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stop-breaking-my-heart-telltale · 4 years ago

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Top 5 GOOD Things About Season Two

Oh, season two... how you hurt me so.

Anyone who knows me knows how I feel about this game-- S2 of TWDG is my least favorite of all five games. I could probably give you a top TEN things that I hate about season two, but... while I don’t love it, I do believe that there is good to be found in it. That’s what I want to discuss today.

I did have some help brainstorming ideas for this list, so big thanks to @pi-creates, @kaylee-wolf, @taurusicorn2400, and @daisystarss for bouncing ideas around with me! :D

5. The Lee dream sequence.

This scene is super well done. The only reason that it’s so low on the list is because I tend to forget about it due to all the bullshit surrounding it. It usually isn’t until Arvo shoots Clementine that I remember Lee’s gonna show up and make me cry. Then he leaves all too quickly, and it’s back to the Kenny/Jane bullshit train.

But pushing aside the shitshow, I love this scene. Of course, emotions are all over the place seeing Lee again given the state he was in at the end of s1. Plus there’s something about seeing baby Clementine again after being an older version of her that gets me.

Their talk is interesting, too, calling back to your choices about Lilly and Carley/Doug, plus discussing Duck being bit. The part that’s always stood out to me, and I’m sure everyone else, is when Clementine asks Lee why people do the things they do.

And Lee’s response is one that doesn’t just apply to s2, it applies to several characters over the course of the series: “Clem, people don't always make sense... 'Cause bad things happen to everyone. And it's hard to keep bein' yourself after they do.”

As the conversation goes on, he also says, “Well, it's not like math, Clem. Sometimes there just isn't a right answer... but part of growing up is doing what's best for the people you care about...even if sometimes...that means hurting someone else.”

“I don’t want to hurt anyone.”

“...It’s not that easy.”

Ugh, it’s so good. It ends with Lee asking what he can say to make Clementine feel better, and it really just hurts because y’know it’s not real, y’know that Clementine’s dreaming all of this and Lee’s going to go away.

Overall a powerful scene that gets me every time.

4. Clementine walking through the snowstorm

Okay look.... I adore this scene. Everything about it.

Like okay, we have the stupid bullshit that is Kenny and Jane being literal children in the truck, then we nearly crash. Kenny leaves to look for gas, Jane gets Clementine to drive which dumb idea Jane and she crashes.

That part sucks, but then the actual greatness begins. Jane runs off with AJ, and Clementine’s left alone with nothing but her gun as she begins her walk through the terrible blizzard.

It has such a sense of loneliness to it-- hearing Clementine shiver and walk around calling out for help before going silent, the song ‘It’s Out There’ that plays while the wind whips and whistles, and then seeing all the frozen walkers standing around like statues really gives you a sense that something terrible is going to happen. It’s this weird calm before the storm kind of thing that also happens to take place during a harsh snow fall? if that makes sense?

It’s a beautiful scene but it’s also sad, y’know? Sad because once again, Clementine is all alone. She’s been through so much bullshit, and this bullshit train isn’t even at it’s final stop. She’s alone, she’s still injured from when Arvo shot her, she’s gonna freeze to death if she doesn’t keep moving, she has no idea where the fuck Kenny, Jane, and AJ are, and just... it’s a lot.

But damn it, it’s so good.

3. AJ is born

AJ being born is one of the best things to happen in S2, and not just because AJ is a super interesting character himself in S2 or even what his being born does for the story.

If AJ wasn’t born here, then we wouldn’t have had him in TFS where he finally got to become this compelling character and player in the overall story. Don’t get me wrong, his birth does bring an cool aspect to S2 when you willfully ignore how the hell he’s managed to stay alive and healthy the entire time.

Not only that, but we get to see the start of Clementine’s relationship with him. It doesn’t matter what choices you pick, Clementine shows time and time again that she cares about AJ. She nearly breaks down when she believes he died in the snow before the Kenny and Jane fight, then cries again when she discovers he’s alive.

I enjoy the big sister aspect they went with for Clementine [it definitely beats ANF’s mom nonsense] and I like the growth it shows with her relationship to Rebecca as well... even though that could’ve been written a lot smoother. Rebecca just kind of does a 180 and they blame it on pregnant hormones which.... eh, okay sure.

For all it’s flaws, this season gave us the start of AJ and I can’t hate it for that, y’know?

2. Carver is a pretty great antagonist

I like Carver. I think he’s a great antagonist and I really wish they hadn’t killed him off as early as they did.

I find him to be a fascinating character study, y’know?

From the very beginning, even before we get to physically meet him, we’re told that Carver is a threat. The cabin group are running from someone, and we can easily put the pieces together that Rebecca might be pregnant with his baby rather than Alvin’s.

Then we actually get to meet him when he comes to the cabin and it’s well executed. From Sarah having a panic attack at seeing a glimpse of him through the window, to his friendly and charismatic nature, to the way he talks to Clementine and just... it’s unsettling.

He’s clever, and he knows that Clementine’s covering for the cabin group, but he’s trying to trick her into giving him info. I also hate how smug he gets when he finds the photo of Sarah, but then he just looks at her, and asks, “You have no idea who these people are, do you?” or whatever and just... something about that, y’know?

Then his “You have a nice day,” as he leaves and you know he’s coming right back with more people, so the group has gotta go.

Then of course comes his later scenes where he shows up with his people to the lodge, murders Walter while saying he didn’t want to do it but Kenny left him no choice, and he can possibly murder Alvin if Kenny keeps shooting which is a huge holy shit moment because of how Rebecca reacts.

Ugh, y’know just the way Carver talks to Rebecca and is so matter-of-fact about the baby being his and how he justifies his actions. Like, we can’t forget Reggie and how Carver threw him off the roof only to turn around like “I liked Reggie, he was chill, but he was weak.”

I dunno man, it’s super well done!

I truly believe Carver could’ve gone down as the best antagonist in the series if the writers hadn’t killed him off so damn early to make more room for Kenny to become the new antagonist of the season. Ugh.

I don’t even have an issue with how he died, either. Having Kenny kill him the way he did makes sense and it’s brutal, it was just premature.

Anyway, Carver’s pretty great. One of the best parts of S2.

1. Clementine

I mean, are we really surprised? Clementine is what makes this game playable. She’s the best written, most consistent character [which I know is a bit iffy because we do make choices for her but ya get me] and her growth over the season is the most compelling compared to the other characters.

Hell, of the four Clementine’s we get across the series, this Clementine is my second favorite! She’s fantastic!

I also love how self-aware she is that her group is just a bunch of morons and she’s gotta do everything around here, but then the same group underestimates her time and time again even though she’s proven herself to be the most competent.

And on top of that, she goes through so much bullshit. Right from the start, Christa’s still cold to her after what happened to Omid and the baby, then she gets separated from Christa and nearly drowns in a river, then she comes across a dog that attacks and nearly killing her, forcing her to fight back which kills the dog, and then when she finds some decent people, she passes out and this group thinks it’s a walker bite because their “doctor” is incompetent. They lock her up in a shed because ??? so she has to break in and steal supplies to sew up her own arm, which she does and you feel the pain of it the whole way through, BUT THEN she gets attacked by a walker and has to fight it off before the dumb dumb crew come in to help her.

And that’s just the first part of episode one.

It’s like the writers were like “Hey, let’s torture Clem so that we can get easy sympathy points from the audience” and then dialed it back a bit because if you look at some of the initial concepts for this season... oof.

But really, S2 in a nutshell is basically “Clementine does anything and gets punished for it.”

However, it’s not all bad and a lot of it does make her story all the more interesting as it progresses. She goes from a young girl who needs a group to survive, to a survivor herself who is capable of taking care of herself and those she loves.

This part pertains to my personal ending for this game-- So, by the time we reach the shit show that is the Kenny and Jane fight, I want Clementine to get as far away from both of them as fucking possible. For me, the best endings Clementine can have is to either go alone, or to go to Wellington.

Wellington’s my personal favorite because I like the idea of Clementine being in a community with strong walls and people to help with AJ. I mean, we gotta throw out the logic when it comes to AJ surviving because in every single endings, he should be dead.

Honestly, that’s the only thing that keeps me from shooting Kenny. Hell, in my opinion, walking off into the woods with him instead of staying at Wellington is the worst ending in the entire game-- I’d rather go with ding dong dingus Jane than stick around with Kenny, but for me, neither of those are a good conclusion to Clementine’s story and character in S2

Anyway, endings aside, Clementine is the only part of the story that doesn’t make me side eye the writers the way I do for everything else... well, I side eye them sometimes but S2 as a whole is such a mess that it takes a lot to not straight up glare at them and the amount of fuck ups they had here.

Clementine is hands down the best part of S2.

--- Honorable Mentions

-Big brother Luke in the first couple episodes -This game does have a bunch of different endings that you can get, which is pretty neat until you realize that they mean practically nothing come ANF and they’re totally unbalanced sooo... nice try? -Uncle Pete is pretty cool -The setting of the ski resort is super nice and cozy until murder happens. -In fact, the snowy nature is visually pretty and the skyboxes are some of the best in the series.

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So what do you think? Do you agree with this list? What are some of your favorite parts of Season 2? Are you looking at this and asking where the Kenny entry is? Well, I’m sure if you scroll up just a wee bit, you’ll find your answer.

Have any suggestions for future T5F’s? Feel free to send ‘em in! :D

Next week’s T5F Top 5 Character Deaths That Made Me Side-Eye the Writers

#twdg t5f #twdg #twdg clementine #twdg aj #twdg kenny #twdg jane #twdg luke #twdg carver #twdg lee #twdg rebecca #twdg alvin

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artgurusauce · 5 years ago

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Oh hey what’s this an AU without Haudion in it? What sorcery is this, Saucy?

Yes yes, another AU spreadsheet. Twist this time: The prompt ain’t for shipping. I’ve been playing with this specific idea in my head for a while now and after rewatching an old playthrough of God of War 4, I got a tad inspired.

Without further ado, let us begin.

Context: As you can probably already tell, the prompt here was “What if Gladion was much younger when he joined Team Skull?” The question of how young I’m afraid I can’t put into precise numbers buuut, about the age he was in the anime when Lillie was attacked by that Nihilego. I’m assuming he was around 7 at that time but that’s just an estimate. Anyways, he runs away from home after stealing a Pokeball containing a Type:Null from his mother. Unfortunately, he grabbed a rather aggressive Type:Null that is poorly trained. It doesn’t kill him, but it often lashed out at Gladion and attacks him, scratching and headbutting him. One day, in the pouring rain, Guzma finds this crying boy sniveling and covered in all manner of bruises and cuts. Taking pity upon him, he decides to take him in.

1.) New Clothes

Since Gladion’s old clothes while expensive and cozy were absolutely ruined, they had to be replaced. Not only were they soaked, but they were terribly scratched up and beyond repair thanks to Null. Luckily, one of the grunts happens to be an expert in sewing clothes and makes up just the cutest little getup for him. However, she makes the sleeves just a tad too long. Guzma also gives Gladion an old pair of sneakers he used to wear when he was about his age.

2.) Roughhousing

Gladion, even as an older more mature boy is quite the emotional one. Often times he’ll lash out quite easily and it’s not hard to get under his skin. Imagine if you were to upset an even younger Gladion with far less experience, poise and who’s freshly emotionally damaged by his mother’s neglectful behavior, not to mention his frustration with trying to train Type:Null. So it’s not hard to imagine that Gladion still wouldn’t get along with the grunts. In fact, they pick on him even more since he’s so tiny and pathetic and gets far more attention from Guzma seeing as he’s the youngest one and needs more care. Usually it would lead to a grunt stepping out of line, saying something like, “Why don’t you go back home cryin’ to your daddy?” or “I’ll bet your ugly little pet would make a better jacket than a Pokemon.” This would obviously lead little Glad to attempt to beat up the older kids, biting and scratching and kicking them. And of course, Guzma would have to break it up and drag Gladion off to give him a stern talking-to, man to boy. Just what on Earth was Guzma going to do about all this pent up aggression he had?

3.) The Little Moments

Of course eventually after a while it should come as no surprise: The little brat is startin’ to grow on big ol’ bad Guzma. Even for the spoiled rotten, picky, ungrateful rugmuncher he can be sometimes, he’s not quite that bad of a kid. After all, Guzma actually somewhat admires his spunk. It’s not hard for him to see himself in this kid. He knew how scary it was being away from home at such a young age, and especially with such a goliath under his belt with no experience what-so-ever. This illustration is one of a few wholesome little instances you could probably imagine. Poor little Glad got tired from training and fell asleep while listening to one of Guzma’s post-battle lectures. It’s almost kind of cute.

4.) Motherly Advice

Oh but of course, Guzma isn’t the boy’s only parental figure. Plumeria, more docile and passive aggressive in nature is sure to give little Glad any advice he needs. While it is important he learns to toughen up, he’s not a brick wall. She’s there to talk to him whenever he needs it. While at first he’s not privy to talking to her as putting up with Guzma is enough of a challenge in and of itself, eventually, he warms up to her offers to listen when the grunts’ verbal jabs begin to wear down his self-confidence. She also is prone to helping Gladion understand Guzma’s rules and why he’s so hard on the poor little fella. They weren’t so different, even if it didn’t seem that way. “Might be tough for you to believe it, but everybody here has had it rough, even me.” Gladion definitely takes all her advice to heart, frankly just appreciating that someone would just talk to him like...a mother would.

5.) Tough Love

And now we get right back to Gladion’s biggest conundrum: Type:Null. I headcanon pretty much in any AU that there are 3 Type:Nulls in existence: A docile one, an aggressive one, and a pack leader. Gladion this time around ends up taking the aggressive one, not knowing the difference between the Beast Killers. While under Guzma’s wing, Type:Null and Gladion both endure intense and rough training that while unconventional is actually quite necessary. Guzma knows how to handle a bulky mass of rage after all. So first thing’s first, he uses his Golisopod to battle Type:Null in order to help it get out all that pent up aggression and channel it in a productive manner. The more it associated it’s power and ability with Pokemon battle rather than throwing temper tantrums, the better. Golisopod is more than happy to help, which creates a tense rivalry between the two. Often times they will even spar without either of their Trainer’s request. In a similar fashion that Guzma is a mentor to Gladion, Golisopod becomes somewhat of a mentor to Type:Null. Then of course, there’s the trust-building lessons to help Gladion and Type:Null establish a Trainer-Pokemon relationship rather than a Master-Prisoner mentality. It doesn’t quite understand that Gladion is it’s ally, it only knows that it is free from the tazing devices and cold, claustrophobic cages that prevented it from ripping anyone that crossed it to shreds. It had to understand that the boy was it’s friend, not it’s foe. Leading that, Gladion himself would learn how to battle using his Pokemon. A process that requires surprisingly a lot more paper than hands-on studying. After all, he has to memorize all the moves and rules if he’s to become a proper Trainer for that powerhouse.

6.) Am I Supposed To Apologize?

After a long, long, looonnnggg time of building trust and coming to see Guzma like a second father, Gladion finally spills the beans about his mother’s cruelty and his father’s tragic death. Surprisingly, rather than Plumeria, it is Guzma he confides in. He breaks down, confessing every little horrific detail. How his father died in a horrible research accident. How his mother shut them out emotionally after the funeral. How she forced him and his sister to dress perfectly proper in almost all white. How she ridiculed and belittled and shamed them just to make them complicit. How she locked him and Lillie in their rooms for hours on end for simply wearing the wrong shoes. How she took away their Pokemon, saying they weren’t worthy enough children to be Trainers. How she began to pretend as if Gladion didn’t even exist anymore and gave all the attention to his sister just to spite him. All they were to her were ugly, useless children. She didn’t love them anymore, and they didn’t understand. He didn’t understand. He didn’t know what to do. All he wanted to do was run away. But he also wanted to piss her off, give her something to really be upset about. At least then she would give him attention. At least then she would acknowledge him, wouldn’t she? She had to! But she hadn’t even bothered to look for him, she didn’t care about him. She never would. Why did she act like this? Did he do something wrong? Was he supposed to apologize? Why did she hate him so much? Guzma is obviously taken aback by all this and takes pity on the poor boy again, letting him cry out all of his frustrations and woes. Nothing is more painful for Guzma than hearing the things some of these kids he takes in have gone through, but coming from the mouth of someone so young, it also boils his blood. Lusamine will surely regret what she has wrought upon this boy...

7.) Po Town Raid

So I came up with an interesting plot idea, perhaps a sort of climax to this story. Team Skull is still very much a group of criminals. They steal, vandalize, and sometimes even shake down young Trial-Goers who were unfortunate enough to run into one of Guzma’s lackeys. Up to now, nobody really knew where they were hiding out. However, the police somehow found a lead, and raid the entirety of Po Town to arrest and detain everyone. Guzma knows there’s not enough time to save everyone, and decides to make a split second decision as the police come dangerously close to knocking down the door to the mansion. He calls out his Golisopod, ordering Gladion to hide under him and not to come out no matter what he hears. Of course, Gladion is terrified and objects to this, but Guzma manages to convince him that he can handle himself. Begrudgingly, Gladion hides in Golisopod’s grip as it curls up into a ball, shuffling itself under some floor boards beneath a rug on the floor. With bated breath and tears trickling down his face, Gladion is forced to listen quietly as his father figure is arrested and escorted out of the building, insisting there’s no one else left to detain. Golisopod is just as saddened as the boy, hesitant to sit back while it’s Trainer is being hauled off, but obedient enough to keep the boy safe as ordered. After a few hours of complete silence, Gladion and Golisopod finally emerge from their hiding spot, wrought with grief and panic to find Po Town was completely empty and devoid of any other humans or even Pokemon. Everyone was gone.

Sooo another plot twist, I may consider actually writing a fic for this one but obviously not right now. Or I could just keep posting about it here, lol. Honestly I really like this one so I’m definitely gonna continue it regardless. But lemme know what y’all think.

#pokemon #pokemon sun and moon #team skull #guzma #plumeria #gladion #golisopod #type: null #alternate universe #doodle dump #fan art #baby Glad #he a rambunctious boyo #pouty boyo #fussy boyo #yo why is drawing golisopod so hard tho

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ruthoakenshield · 4 years ago

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Gary &His Neighbor (chapter 3)

Gary & His Neighbor (chapter 2)

Gary & His Neighbor (chapter 1)

By: RuthOakenshield

The next day you are sitting on the floor of your apartment in a tank top and jean shorts, trying to put a large bookcase together when you get a phone call from your counselor, Allison. She tells you that your dog will be available to be picked up tomorrow and that you will need to go through a day of training with him so he can get used to you. You struggle to stand and then do a little happy dance and squeal, making Allison laugh.

You suddenly remember how excited Gary's boys seemed to be about you getting the dog. "Could I bring some friends with?" you ask.

Allison pauses for a moment, "Since when did you get friends?" she teases. "Hey!" you reply and the two of you laugh again.

You excitedly tell her about how you met Gary and his boys. She tells you she is happy you're making friends so quickly and tells you that you can bring them with. She gives you the name of the place to go to for the training and the time you need to be there for. You thank her and hang up.

You can't wait to tell Gary and the boys. You look at the clock and see it is almost noon. You decide to pause with the bookcase and get changed and have some lunch. It's hot outside today and sunny, so you put on a pale blue knee length sundress and a pair of light grey biker shorts.

Right at 1:30pm you hear your doorbell ring. You go to answer it and it's Gary and his boys. You invite them in for a minute while you get your shoes on and grab your purse. Trey and Donnie follow you through the kitchen and look around. You sit down at the table and untie your new tennis shoes, then plop them on the floor and slip them on.

"You're right, Dad, it's almost a mirror image of our place... woah.... what are you doing in there, Y/n?" Trey says, pointing to your bookcase mess in the living room. Gary walks over to the end of the kitchen and peers around the corner to see what Trey is talking about.

You chuckle. "I was trying to put a bookcase together, but I don't have the strength in my hand yet to use the screwdriver effectively, my hand gets too tired too fast. I can get about three screws in and then my hand needs a break... And the drill is not recommended for putting it together. It's too heavy for me to handle anyway, and too big to get at some of the screws." you tell them.

"We'll help you with that when we get done at the arcade if you want!" Donnie offers. "I've put lots of those together!" he says proudly. You smile and thank him.

Gary rolls his eyes and chuckles. He looks down at you trying to tie your shoe and sees you're struggling. "Having some trouble with that?" he asks quietly as the two boys go to check out the bookcase.

You look up and nod. "Still haven't been able to touch my toes yet with these stupid rods in my back. They only bend so far then it's like, 'NOPE... that's as far as you go'... UGH! It's so frustrating not being able to tie or buckle my shoes!" Normally I just tie them loose so I can slip into them, but these are new and I don't want to ruin the heels like I did with my last pair." you explain as Gary kneels and ties your shoes for you, making you blush and thank him. He looks up at you in your pretty blue sundress and smiles warmly, his blue eyes popping against his crisp white shirt. He is grinning when he sees you blushing.

"I bet that is frustrating. I guess I never thought about how such everyday things like tying one's shoes become complicated activities with injuries like you had." Gary said as he stood and scratched his chin. "Are there other things that you struggle with?" he asks, "If you don't mind me asking." he adds quickly.

You shrug and stand. "Most of it is just limitations because I'm too short, or because I've lost most of my strength on my right side. We focused primarily on regaining strength in my legs at the hospital, so I could stand and walk again. Now, my PT doctor is having me work on regaining strength in my right hand and arm." you explain.

"I'm right hand dominant so it's just frustrating for me sometimes." you explain. "I still don't have all the feeling in my fingers yet. He said it takes time for the nerves to regrow and reroute around all the damaged tissue. I go twice a week for massages so that the scar tissue that formed stays soft and keeps my range of motion good." You explain.

Gary nods. "Come on boys, lets get going!" he calls out to them.

You chuckle and turn to head for the door. They come walking back over to Gary and the three of them notice the scar more clearly visible now running down your back. They look at each other and swallow hard. Gary nudges them and you all head out.

You chuckle as Gary walks with you out to the street, his hand on your low back. He opens the dark blue SUV's front door for you. "Thank you." you tell him as he helps you in, grazing his fingers over your bare skin on your back and arm causing you to shiver in the heat of the day. He grins and closes the door and walks around to the driver's side. Donnie and Trey giggle. You turn and look at them with a raised eyebrow. "He likes you... a lot.." they get out before Gary opens the door to get in. He glances up at you and you just give him a grin.

"So tell me about this arcade place, boys." you say as Gary starts the vehicle and pulls out into traffic. They spend most of the trip there telling you how awesome the arcade place is. "There's all kinds of games, and fooseball, basketball, go-karts, minigolf, and greasy food." The two boys rant.

You look over at Gary, who is wearing his aviator sunglasses. You can see through the side of them that his eyes are twinkling with excitement, because the laugh lines at the side of his eye have deepened. He has just a slight curl at the corners of his lips.

You decide not to tell the boys you were on the state championship girl's basketball team and were a crackshot. You also decide not to tell them about your stint on the girl's golf team in high School. You can't wait to see the looks on their faces and wonder if you'll be able to do the tricks you used to do. You just smile. "I've never been to an arcade, so I am looking forward to seeing all this. What's your favourite games to play?" you ask.

They tell you about their favourite games and explain the point of the game. You listen attentively and engage with the boys as if you were their best friend. Gary glances at you sitting there next to him, slightly turned in your seat so you could talk with the boys. His heart is happy seeing you interact with his kids as if they were your own. He chuckles when they ask if you've ever been mini-golfing. You tell them, no, and they ask how is it you've never been mini-golfing and never been to an arcade.

You tell them that there weren't those things in the community you grew up in, but you did have lots of regular golf courses.

"What did you do for fun when you were growing up?" Trey asks.

You think for a minute.

"Well, we played outside a lot. Cowboys and Indians, Robin Hood and his gang of outlaws, Peter Pan versus Captain Hook and his pirates, we had a sandbox and played house, and we rode bikes and played at the parks. We went swimming in the pool a lot and played different sports. My brothers played basketball, football and hockey, and baseball so I helped them practice and learned to play against them on the court and in the fields near our home.

"Cool!" The boys said. "You said you had a sister, right?" Donnie asked.

"Yeah. She was my little sister." You replied.

"Did she do all that stuff with you and your brothers?" He asked.

"Most of it. I was the Tomboy, she was more of the girly girl. She liked her dresses, and playing with makeup and hair, and baking and sewing. But she loved playing outside with us. Especially if we played house or Robin Hood." you said with a grin, remembering how she would dress you all up.

"She would make us costumes to wear and sometimes my parents and the neighbor kids and their parents would join us when everyone got home from work. Our dad always played the evil sheriff of Nottingham or Captain Hook, and his best friend from a few houses down would be the deputy sheriff or Mr. Smee, depending on what we were playing." You giggled.

Gary glances over at you and raises an eyebrow. "And what did you play?" he asked with his baritone voice and a smirk.

You could feel your face get warm and pink. "I played Maid Marian, when we were playing Robin Hood. If we played Peter Pan, then I was either Tiger Lilly or Wendy, and if we played cops and robbers, I was a robber (usually my brothers deemed me as 'calamity Jane, or Bonnie' and my other brother would play Clyde' or wild Bill Hitchcock." you explained.

"I wish we had a sister, growing up, but mom died a few years ago and never had any more kids after Trey; so I don't think we'll get that little sister we wanted." he comments. "It sounds like you had a fun childhood though." Donnie says.

You nod. "Yeah. We had a lot of happy memories. What are some of your favourite memories of growing up?" You ask the three of them.

Donnie tells you about the trip they took as a family to Colorado and tells you all about the camping and the kayaking and canoeing. He tells you about going skiing with Gary there in the winter and how he broke his leg the first time he went down the main hill. Gary nods. "Yeah, they had to put you on a sled and pull you back up to the chalet with a snowmobile and you ended up in a cast for the next 6 weeks!" Trey laughs, "Yeah, I spent the whole vacation getting pampered in the Chalet by the female staff while the rest of the family was out skiing! It was great!"

You bust up laughing. Gary just grins at the sound of your giggling.

Trey tells you about their mom and how she would give them first aid lessons instead of reading them bedtime stories, and how she always made sure they had one sugary snack in their lunch every day and would leave them little encouraging notes in their lunch boxes and how much they got teased for the notes, but how much they now mean to them now that she is gone.

"Did you keep all the notes?" you ask.

"I did." Donnie said. "Trey has most of them, at first he threw them away because he got teased, but then he started keeping them and just hid them in the pocket of his lunch box so the other kids wouldn't find them." Donnie explains.

"You boys are lucky to have those things. I lost everything in the tornado. The only things that survived were my waterfall painting my sister did and the river scene her friend did. Nothing was salvageable of the stuff my parents and brothers had given me. All my photographs and baby pictures were scattered to the four winds. My paintings were found miracously undamaged 50 miles apart and 30 miles from my apartment! My name was on the back of them and someone was able to track me down to return them at the hospital, that was the only reason I had gotten them back." you explain.

They were quiet for a moment. "I'm sorry you lost all of your stuff, Y/n." Trey says quietly. "I was out with Dad looking for Donnie when the tornadoes hit Silverton. I was so surprised to see how easily they would tear through stone buildings and pick up vehicles, even semis and airplanes, and toss them around like matchbox cars. It was really scary. Stuff was thrown all over town when we got back to our home. Ours was one of the few that for some reason was barely damaged." he explains.

"I've heard that tornadoes can flatten homes on one side of a street and rip out all the trees and leave the other side of the street completely unscathed, I never understood how though." you replied.

They all shrugged.

"Well, We're here." Gary says as he pulls up into the parking lot.

The boys cheer and are scrambling to get out of the vehicle once Gary parks it. You chuckle and unbuckle. Trey opens the door for you and you hop out.

You realize you are only a little taller than Trey and Donnie is a smidge taller than you. You start to giggle and they both look at you with a puzzled look on their faces.

"I just realized how short I am compared to you two." you tell them. "I feel like a kid again." you giggle. They look at each other grin, and Donnie drapes an arm over your shoulder trying to measure your height with his, while Trey puts his around your waist and tries to stand so he's taller than you.

Gary comes around the front of the truck when you say that and chuckles since the three of you are standing in a row and it's like a step ladder going up. Trey is the shortest, then you, then Donnie.

"Yup, one of them is taller than you and the other is shorter than you, but not by much." he replies." In no time they both will be towering over you." he says with a chuckle.

The two boys groan and let you go then they head inside and Gary chuckles and offers you his arm. "By the way, you look lovely today in that dress." he says quietly.

You grin and loop your arm through his. "Thanks Gary. You're looking pretty snazzy too! I like your sunglasses." you giggle grabbing them off his face, making him squint at the bright sunlight. You put them on and look around. He grins and the two of you walk into the arcade.

It's loud and there's flashing lights and a few families with young kids running all over. You tilt Gary's sunglasses up onto the top of your head as you enter. The two of you look around for the boys and spot them by the ticket counters. Gary goes to buy prepaid cards for everyone and comes back with one for you. You look up at him surprised. He grins and says, "What? You didn't expect to go to an arcade and not play any of the games, now did you?"

You roll your eyes and take the card.

Donnie and Trey are already at the basketball game and are tossing the balls into the basket and are only making about half of the shots.Then they challenge Gary to play. He obliges and they are giving him a bad time cuz he's a lousy shot. You're laughing at their comments and bantering back and forth. "What's so funny?" Donnie asks and says, "You think you could do better?" You smirk and give him a raised eyebrow.

When Gary's turn ends, you're ushered up to it and Trey takes your card and shows you how to swipe it to pay to play the game. You start shooting the baskets and make nearly all of them. The game spits out a loooooooonnnnnngggg line of tickets and you look at Trey confused.

He is staring at you slack jawed. "How'd you do that?!?!?!" he asks as he gathers the tickets for you. "Beginner's luck!" Gary teases good naturedly with a smirk and a twinkle in his eyes. You grin and swipe the card again.

You start shooting baskets and make every single one including the trick shots you attempted. All three of your companions' jaws drop. You just smirk as a second looooonnngggg line of tickets shoots out of the machine, you gather your tickets and go to find another game to play.

They stand there for a minute in shock and then snap out of it and follow you, asking you all kinds of questions about how you learned to shoot baskets like that. All you'd say is, "Brothers... I had brothers, remember?" Which caused Trey and Donnie to groan and Gary to get an impish look on his face.

Next the boys showed you how to play the fooseball/skiball game. This was one that Gary liked to play and seemed pretty good at it. The two of you had fun playing side by side and you'd laugh when his ball would skip over the side and land in one of the holes on your game every once in a while. You liked the game and got pretty good at it, earning you a long line of tickets. "What am I supposed to do with all these tickets, Gary?" you asked.

He chuckled and led you over to the ticket counter machine and showed you how to feed the machine the tickets, which it counted and then printed out a little piece of paper telling you how many tickets you won. Then he took you to the prize counter and explained how the tickets and prizes worked. You looked at the prizes and found one you'd have fun using. You nodded, folded the slip of paper and put it in your pocket. You needed 1500 more tickets then you could get it.

The two of you looked around at the games and found other ones to play. Whack a Mole, Pinball, various shooting games, along with Packman, air hockey, and your favourite, Tetris. Donnie watched you play Tetris and just laughed at how good you were on it. "That was the ONLY video game I could beat my brothers in." you explained. He nodded, smiling.

You and Gary had fun playing "Space invaders" which you were both really good at and accrued quite a few strips of tickets. Sometimes you'd watch the guys play, other times they'd watch you play. Sometimes you'd play against them in a competition and laugh yourself silly at their bantering.

Gary had fun watching you interacting with the boys and he still couldn't figure out how you were so good at the basketball game. Of course he challenged you to a rematch and you giggled when Trey and Donnie started playing defense and tried to block yours and Gary's shots. You still ended up nailing the majority of your shots and whooped Gary's ass in the game, making him laugh and pat your back. "Good game!" he said. You startled at his touch on your bare back but just giggled and said the same to him. "I'll have to teach you to shoot properly one of these days though. You have terrible form." you teased. He just raised his eyebrow and gave you a lopsided grin.

Danny and Trey looked at the two of you and then at each other, giggling, seeing their dad giving you a lovesick puppy face and you not noticing it as you looked around at all the games you hadn't tried yet.

"Dad, can we get some food and then do Mini-Golf?" Trey asked.

"Sure, what do you all want to eat?" he asked.

You all headed to the concession stand and ordered hot dogs, nachos, cheesy pretzel bites and sodapop. After stuffing yourselves, Gary went and paid for you all to play mini-golf.

The four of you head outside and you chuckle as Gary plucks his sunglasses off of your head and puts them back on. "It's too bright out here, I need these back sweetheart." he tells you. You giggle and let him take them. "How do you manage without sunglasses?" he asks. You just shrug. "I guess I'm just used to squinting." you reply.

They explained the game to you and you grinned wickedly. "Oh!!! So it's a putting game!" you exclaim.

"A what?" Donnie asks.

"A game where you're putting around obstacles. Putting is what it is called in Golf when the ball gets onto the green near the hole and you have to putt long or short shots to get it into the hole in as few putts as possible." you explain.

Donnie nods.

You just smirk, "Ok. Who's first so I can see how this is supposed to be done?" You ask. Gary and Donnie look at Trey. He shrugs and goes to putt first. Then Donnie and then Gary. You go last. You decide to take it easy on them and get your shot in three or four putts for the first few holes, to give them a false sense of security. "So do these get harder as you go further into the game?" you ask. Gary nods then takes his putt.

You watched the three of them take their shots and observed their methods. You looked at the way this hole was lined up and figured out the best route for your shot. You aimed and swung and your ball rolled right into the cup in one shot. The three of them just looked at you and shook their heads. "Beginner's luck?" you feigned innocence. Gary just looked at you with a raised eyebrow. You giggled and waited for them to finish their shots.

You began to get a feeling for the game and quickly started to do well with the putting. Grinning that your bum hand hadn't given you much of a handicap like you had thought it would. Now if you were playing regular golf, you're sure it would be a much different outcome. You were glad that you had regained enough feeling in your hands that you could control your swing and the club fairly well.

Halfway through the game Gary comes up behind you, puts a hand on your hip, startling you, then he leans down as you are watching Trey putt. "Either you've played mini-golf before or you've played plain old golf on a regular basis before coming here. No novice player makes some of these shots in just one or two putts." he whispers in your ear with a sultry, velvety baritone voice.

You glance over at him and bite your lip and feel your face get warm and pink. You look up at him and he raises his sunglasses and gives you a knowing look and then raises his eyebrow. You just cover your smirk by sucking both your top lip and bottom lips into your mouth to try to prevent yourself from grinning and giving it away. You know that he has figured out your trick though, but the question is, will he betray you to Donnie and Trey? He just grins and gives your side a pat as he stands next to you.

The four of you finish the game with you beating Trey by two strokes. They tease you a bit, but you take it in stride. "You're welcome to a rematch next time, Trey." you tell him. Gary chuckles and winks at you.

Trey's face lights up and he says, "Oh, I plan to!" Making you all laugh.

Donnie wants to go on the Go-karts next and Trey does too. Gary looks over at you and you shake your head, No. He nods and goes to pay for the two boys to ride on them. He comes back and hands them the tickets. "Aren't you coming, Dad?" They ask. You move over into the shade and lean against the railing of the go-kart track fanning yourself with a paper tent from off one of the tables.

Gary shakes his head and chuckles. "You go ahead, I'll ride on them later with you." he tells them. They grin and head over to the line.

You chuckle and look at Gary. "You could've gone on it with them. I know you said they want to try to beat you at the ride." you tell him. He just grins. "It's warm out you doing all right?" he asks. You sigh. "I could use something cool to drink." you tell him. He nods and says, "I'll be right back."

You watch him as he goes inside and comes out a minute later with two bottles of water. He hands one to you and watches as you take a swig of your water. You hold the cool water bottle against the back of your neck and close your eyes. You can feel the sweat dripping down your forehead.

"So why didn't you go on the Go-karts with the boys?" you ask Gary as you hear the engines of the Go-karts start. He chuckles and waves as Trey and Donnie go racing by. You open your eyes and look when they holler out to you. You chuckle and wave.

Gary grins and when you look over at him he smiles and says, "I wanted to hear how you got so good at putting and shooting baskets." he tells you and gives you a mischievous smirk as he casually leans on the railing and looks at you with a tilted head and raised eyebrow. He opens his bottle of water and takes a couple swigs of it.

"BUSTED!" you sigh, making him laugh. "I played golf in high school. I was on the team that went to state championship and we won." you confessed. "I spent a lot of time practicing my putts and figuring out the angles and incline so I could do them in one or two shots." you explained.

He grinned. "I figured it had to be something like that." he said. "I suppose it was the same with basketball?" he asked with a raised eyebrow. You grinned and nodded. "I was on our high school state championship team and was labeled the queen of the trick shot and 3-pointers" you confessed, "...but don't tell the boys about that!" you tell him. He just gives you a wicked grin.

The two of you lean on the railing, sipping the water from your bottles and watch the two boys slamming into each other on the track and banter and laugh at each other's antics. Gary sets his sunglasses on the top of his head since the two of you are in the shade.

You shake your head at his two boys and chuckle. "They are SO much like my brothers. I wish mine were here so they could meet your boys. They would've gotten along with them so well!" you tell Gary as the boys make another pass around the track.

He grins and rubs your back gently. You startle a bit at his touch but he just chuckles. "You doing ok, Y/N?" you look up at him and nod. "Yeah, sorry, I haven't spent time like this with people for almost a year. I'm not used to physical contact with anyone other than my PT, Doctors or Nurses, so that's why I startle. It was either doctors and nurses poking, prodding & pushing me to do my exercises and walking, or I was alone in my room or my apartment after I got out of the hospital.

I miss having family to hang out with and do stuff like this. I didn't realize it until last night when we were watching the boys play video games. It just kind of hit me."

"Was that why you left?" Gary asked as he turned to face you, looking concerned.

You nodded. "You have a wonderful little family, Gary. I hope you know how lucky you are to have them." you tell him as the two boys holler at the two of you as they drive past. You wave and they wave back, crashing into the wall and each other. You and Gary laugh and giggle at the two clowns. "Remind me not to be in the car when they are driving." you tease. Gary laughs a deep belly laugh, his eyes twinkling.

"You are welcome to join us and hang out whenever you want, Y/n. We enjoy your company. The boys really miss their mom and it's nice for them to have you around to talk to and interact with. I hope you don't mind." Gary tells you.

"I don't mind, Gary. They are both great kids. You should be very proud of them. I'm sure their mother would've been." you reply.

Gary smiles at you and you see happiness and joy in his eyes, but you also see something else. You're not sure what it is though. He just nods and turns when the two boys come trotting back up to the two of you and are giggling and snickering about something. "What's so funny, boys?" Gary asks.

"Nuuuthhinn..." they reply and snicker again. You just smile and shake your head. Gary rolls his eyes and grabs Donnie and gives him a knuckle rub on his head. Donnie tries to escape but Gary has him in a head lock. Donnie is laughing and trying to tickle his dad. Gary laughs and lets him go. You're grinning and laughing as you watch them.

"Come on, Dad, you promised to race me on the Go-karts!" Donnie says.

Gary looks over at you and you motion for him to go. "Shoo! Go race your son." you tell him. "I'll stay here and watch." He tosses you his water bottle, gives Trey his sunglasses, keys and wallet, and nods.

Donnie grins and pulls Gary into line. "Come on Old Man, I'm gonna whoop you on the track!" Gary just laughs and give Donnie a friendly punch on the shoulder. "You talk big, son, but let's see you put your money where your mouth is on the track!" he replies with a big grin.

Trey and you stand along the railing and watch them standing in line, bantering and laughing.

"You having fun, Miss, Y/n?" he asks. You chuckle. "You can just call me Y/n." you tell him. "And yes, I've been having a lot of fun. Have you?" You ask him.

He nods. "Yeah. I haven't seen Dad smile and laugh as much as he has today in a long time. Not since before Mom died." he tells you. "He was really looking forward to today." Trey says with a grin. "I think it was cuz you said you'd come with us. He talked about you all night last night when you left. He still can't believe you went and had the painting framed and that you gave it to us." Trey says.

You chuckle. "I'm glad I made a good first impression." you say. "Your dad said you all were having a hard time adjusting to life after your Mom died, and that he felt like he was losing you two." you say.

Trey gets quiet and looks at you. "He said that?" he asks. You nod. "Yeah. He said you all were trying to deal with the grief, but were pushing each other away unintentionally because of the pain instead of leaning on each other. He said it wasn't till the tornadoes hit and you all got scared of losing each other that you finally started to heal and reconnect." you say. Trey nods. "Yeah, I guess he is right on that. Mom's death left me and Donnie feeling like we had a huge hole in our hearts. We were mad that she died and I guess we unfairly took it out on Dad." he says quietly.

"You should have seen him though, during the Tornadoes, Y/n! He was so brave and fought to find Donnie. He was so worried about him! We got to ride with the storm chasers after he rescued their weather lady from being sucked away by a tornado. I rode in their tank of a vehicle and got to record footage of the tornadoes with them! Their tank had a rotating bubble on the top that you could see out of. It was so cool!!!

Anyway the weather lady working with them helped us find Donny. I felt bad for her though, the head storm chaser guy, her boss, died trying to keep us safe. We had to hide in a storm drain and the wind was pulling off the grate at the end of the drain. A Semi had been tossed to the other end and was blocking the other entrance, so he climbed out of the man-hole and drove his tank vehicle in front of the culvert's grate right before the weather lady was almost sucked from the culvert. He saved her life, but the tornado broke the tank off from the bumper with the winch that we had used to hook a line between the semi and the other side of the grate to keep it in place. They found the tank upside down and it was almost 5 miles from where he got sucked into the tornado. The storm chaser guy inside was dead." Trey said sadly.

You reached over to him and rubbed his shoulder. "I bet that all was really scary to witness." you say. Trey nods. "I sometimes still wake up dreaming about it." he confesses.

"It's ok, Trey, I still wake up some nights freaked out and in a sweat when it's windy outside. One of my windows leaks air a little and mimics that howling sound the tornadoes make." you tell him.

He looks at you wide-eyed. "Really? Donnie and I aren't the only ones that have that?" he asks. You shake your head, no. I’m sure a lot of the survivors of those tornadoes have night terrors and night mares, Trey. I bet even your Dad has some nightmares about it too, and he just doesn't say anything about it.”

“It's ok though. It's just our brain's way of trying to cope with what we've witnessed and lived through. Don't dwell on it. Try to remember the good things that came out of the tornadoes instead of the scary things. OK?" you tell him.

He nods. "Like us moving here and Dad meeting you?" he asks. You blush and nod. "I suppose that is one thing. What about the lady your dad saved. How come he isn't with her?" you ask.

"When it was all done, and safe to travel again, the weather lady dad had saved left and went to her home in another state to be with her parents and daughter. Dad talks with her once in a while just to see how she and her daughter are doing. Sometimes she will call and check up on us, but it's nothing more than friendship with them." He says as the two of you watch the people on the Go-kart track, and Trey laughs when Gary smashes into Donnie and then takes off on the track, leaving Donnie in the dust. You giggle.

"Trey, when you asked me how I managed coping with all I've had to deal with, what I said about having a support group, it's true. We all need people to rely on when we are going through tough times, when we are sad, or confused, or angry. It helps a lot if you have someone you can feel comfortable talking to. I know you guys haven't had a Mom for a while. I don't know if you both were close to her or not, but if you want a woman to talk with, I will be willing to listen and help if I can. If you want a man to talk to that isn't your dad, I would highly encourage you both to come and talk with the guys where I go for counseling. They are hilarious and fun guys, they see things in ways I hadn't thought about before. You and Donnie and even your Dad, if he was willing, would really like them."

Trey thinks for a minute. Then nods. "I will think about it and ask Donnie if he wants to try it. Oh, by the way, Dad hung your painting up in the living room so we can all see it when we sit on the couch." he tells you. We talked about the camping trip to Colorado and are thinking about doing another one maybe next summer. You should come with us! It would be SO much fun!" he said, his eyes lighting up with excitement.

"I wish I could, Trey, but I can't sleep on the ground any more. Not with my back and pelvic injuries. I have a hard time even reaching my shoes to get them tied or buckled. Trying to get me off the ground or off of an air mattress would be not much fun, for you guys and probably quite painful for me." you tell him and chuckle. "You'll have to tell me all about it though, if you guys do go." you say. "Take lots of pictures and videos." Trey looks bummed but nods.

"Oh, I forgot about your injuries. Y/n, I noticed your scar on your back. Aren’t you afraid of other people seeing it?” he asks. You chuckle. “No, Trey, most of the time I forget it’s even there. They’re my battle scars, which tell everyone I went through something terrible and overcame it and survived.” You tell him.

“Y/n? I noticed you walk kind of funny, is that cuz of your pelvis being crushed?" he asked. You nod. "Yeah, it changed the way my body moves and altered my gait. It also affected other things and crushed some of my dreams of having a family. However, I'm just grateful to be alive and able to walk." you say. He nods.

"How come you don't want to go on the go-karts? Is it because of your injuries?" he asks as Gary and Donnie let out a loud laugh as they crash into each other on a turn near you two. You point at them and say, "Yup. Cuz of that. My body is still healing and jarring movements like that would undo months of therapy for me." you explain.

"Ah." he replies.

He is quiet for a while and watched his Dad and Donnie racing. "So are you and Dad gonna start dating?" he asks mischievously. You chuckle. "Would you want us to?" you ask. He grins and nods. “We all like you... a lot.” he says with a grin. "Well I wouldn't be opposed to it if he screwed up the courage to ask." you reply with a mischievous smirk.

"I enjoy being with you all. I miss my family terribly and didn't realize how little interaction I had with people until I met you all yesterday. Normally I only interact with people when I went to the grocery store, the art store, my doctor & PT appointments or my counseling sessions." you explain.

"Don't you have any friends here?" Trey asks surprised.

You shake your head, "No, not really. I only moved here a month or two before you guys did? Remember?" you remind him. "I'm not much of a social butterfly. I read a lot and do my painting, so I rarely leave the apartment. But maybe that will change now once my dog arrives. I suppose I will be outside more, and going for walks with him." you reply.

"Oh, yeah! I forgot you’re fairly new here too!" he chuckles. "Well, we like having you around. Dad smiles more when he sees you, like he did when Mom was still alive." he says.

You blush and giggle. "Y/n can I come with when you take your dog for walks? We've always wanted a dog, but Mom always said, 'No!'" Trey asks you. You nod. "Sure, Trey, you can join us for walks, if it's ok with your dad." you tell him.

"Speak of the devil and he appears!" Trey says, "Here comes Dad and Donnie." he says as the two men come up to you two, laughing and teasing each other.

You smile and say, "You two have fun?"

They both nod. "So who won?" you ask. Donnie looks sheepish and mumbles, "Dad did." Trey laughs and hands his Dad back his wallet, keys and sunglasses. You hand him his water bottle, which he finishes off and tosses in the garbage.

You look at Gary and he is gloating. You shake your head and smile. "Serves you right. Next time don't talk big until you've won." you tease Donnie.

"Ok, now who's up for cooling off inside and a rematch of ski-ball?" Gary grins and nods. The boys' faces light up and you all head inside for the ski-ball games and the four of you play. Gary wins and you come in second place. Donnie and Trey roll their eyes and tease their dad, "Dad, quit showing off for y/n, we'd like to win some games too ya know!"

Gary just grins mischievously and tells them to go find a game to play then. They grin and head off to go find some games to play.

Gary follows you over to the ticket counting machine and you start feeding it the pile of tickets you won.

He grins and watches you. "So what were you and Trey talking about while Donnie and I raced?" he asked.

You grin. "A lot of different stuff." you reply with a smirk.

He raises an eyebrow. "Like?"

You chuckle. "He mentioned you hung up the painting I gave you and that you guys talked about going on another trip like that next summer possibly." you tell Gary.

He smiles, "Yeah, it's been a while since we had a relaxing trip like that." he replies, leaning against the machine as you add another strip of tickets into the machine.

You grin. "He asked me if I'd like to come with you guys." you tell Gary with out looking up at him. You see his eyes go wide out of the corner of your eye.

"He did what?" Gary asks, nervously surprised.

You chuckle, "Don't worry, Gary, I told him it was nice to ask me, but I can't camp like that anymore, as much as I'd love to. But me sleeping on the ground or on an air mattress just isn't going to work anymore. I can't even touch my toes and it is hard for me to get up off the floor when I'm there. I can't imagine how much pain I'd be in if I tried camping and sleeping on the ground like that. I told him that I'd love to hear all about it though when you guys get back." you explain.

Gary just nods, sadly.

"So what are you going to get with all those tickets?" he asks, curious what you’d say.

You grin. "It's a surprise." you reply.

"Dang It! I'm still short!" you state when you see the total. Gary chuckles, "My dear, you'll always be short, but here, you can have my tickets. I don't need to get any of the stuff they sell at the counter." he says as he shoves the ticket strips into the machine.

You grin and thank him. Once you have your papers and double check your math you go over to the counter and tell the man you want the nerf gun set and hand him your slips of paper. He grins and gives you the set. You squeal and do a happy dance, which makes Gary chuckle. "You're almost as bad as the boys are!" he teases.

"What are you planning on doing with that?" he asks.

You grin devilishly. "I assume the boys have a set?" you ask. Gary sees where you're going with the train of thought and he grins a huge grin. "Well, yes, in fact they do! Are you thinking of having a nerf war with them?" he asks.

"Maaaayyyybbbbeeeee." you reply, smirking. "But you can't tell them!" you warn. "Well, that will depend on if I get to join in this Nerf War or not?" Gary replies with an evil grin. Your eyes get wide. "YOU have a set too!?!?!" you ask. Gary nods, grinning.

"Bring IT on then!!!!" you say.

Gary laughs and pulls you in for a hug! "Oh my dear, you don't know what you're getting yourself into!" he tells you still laughing as he pictures how this will end up.

You laugh and give him a surprised squeak when he pulls you in for an unexpected hug. You stand there stunned for a minute, then relax and let him hug you as he laughs at the thought of having a nerf war with you and his boys.

Suddenly you hear giggling and look over to see Donnie and Trey watching you. You poke Gary. "Um. Gary... it appears we have an audience. You whisper." he looks up and nervously lets you go. Clearing his throat. You chuckle and point the nerf gun set at the boys.

"I hereby challenge you guys to a nerf war on Saturday afternoon!" you tell them. You laugh when Trey and Donnie look at each other shocked then break out into a HUGE grin. "REALLY?!?!?!?!" they ask as they come over to you both. "Dad, does she know how competitive you are with this game?" Gary just shakes his head and smirks.

You raise an eyebrow and give him the stink eye. "Don't forget, Gentlemen, that I played this game with two brothers who were in the military! We also did paint ball too. And I was always one of the last ones standing!!!" you informed them. The boys cheer and get all excited. You look over at Gary and he is looking at you with a fire and an excited gleam in his eyes. You give him a wink and he blushes and looks away as he rubs his neck and chuckles.

"You boys done playing?" he asks. "Yeah, my card is empty." Trey says. "Mine too." says Donnie. "I have some left on mine, you boys take it and go play a few more games on it." you tell them as you hand them your card.

"Really?" they ask. You smile and nod.

"Thanks Y/n!!!" Trey says.

"Trey!" Gary growls, annoyed that he isn't addressing you properly. "It's ok, Gary, I told him he can call me by just my name." you say, trying to calm Gary.

"Ok." he says with a frown as the boys take off to finish off your card on some games

"What's the matter, Gary?" you ask.

"It's nothing." he replies.

"You sure? I'm sorry if I upset you. I'm just not used to being addressed as Miss Y/n. I guess it's because it makes me feel old. And despite my tinsel in my hair, I don't feel old enough to be called that...yet." you apologize.

He looks at you and smiles. "I didn't even notice the tinsel strands until you mentioned it." he replied as he reached up gently and ran a finger along the hair by your temple where the grey strands were more abundant. "They look nice though." he says with a smile.

You blush and chuckle. "My sister always teased me about them. Every time we saw each other, she would mention that I had more of them. She would try to fluster me about them, but I just told her that I had earned each and every wisdom highlight God gave me and that I had no intention of pulling them out or coloring them away." you tell him.

"Wisdom Highlights?" Gary asks with a chuckle. You nod. "Yup. I figure they appear when you start to become wise enough to teach others what life has taught you. Once they appear, it's a way to show how much you've learned and shouldn't be something to be ashamed of or to want to remove and hide. I'm proud of my 'silver strands' as my sister called them.

Gary chuckles. "Well you wear them well. Wish mine looked better on me." he chuckles again.

You walk over and look at his face for a minute. "I like how they look on you, Gary. Makes you look... distinguished and sexy...." you say with a wink, then go to find the boys and see if they are done with their games yet.

Gary just stands there for a moment, trying to process what you just said to him. "Was she just flirting with me?" he quietly asks himself and rubs the back of his neck again.

He looks over and sees you laughing at the boys while holding your Nerf set in front of you. He likes how you look standing there with them. He wonders how the boys would react if he asked you to be his girlfriend. Would they be happy or upset? He decided he was gonna have to talk to them tonight and see what they think.

He shakes his head and chuckles. He never expected this to be the outcome when he went to help you with your dropped mail and armload of books yesterday.

He grins and walks over to where you three are. "Are you ready to head out yet?" He asks and the boys nod. "Let me go put these in the machine to get a slip, Dad, then we can go. I don't have enough yet for anything good." Trey says. Donnie joins him.

You and Gary go stand by the door and wait for them. Gary's hand on the small of your back as you stand there and watch the boys and talk quietly.

@fizzyxcustard @thetherianthropydaily @ellavaneck @emrfangirl @midnight-reader-morning-sleeper @rachel1959 @demoniccheese83 @daisy-picking-lady @richard-crispin-armitage

#Into the storm sequel.#Gary Fuller #Donnie Fuller #Trey Fuller #Arcade #Go-karts #Basketball #Flirting #Teasing #Mini-golf #date #lunch #dinner #getting to know each other #reader

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kitsune-kirei · 5 years ago

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Neverending Survey: Kirei Meztli

RULES: Repost, do not reblog. Tag 10 blogs! (Or as many as you’d like)

Tagged by: @lightofthecrystal, @elegie-de-sang, @ataki-yuuto, and @lillies-n-lilacs, thank you for tagging me, It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these!

Tagging: @gaillaffxiv, @infiniteleftdoesffxiv, @sparrow-ffxiv, @fensa-valehart, @mai-takeda, @seina-kurokiba, @gaggle-of-dorks-ffxiv, @jorandalkitor, @thesinsofgreed

BASICS.

FULL NAME: Kirei Meztli ( @kitsune-kirei )

NICKNAME: Kitsune, Kitsu, Rei, The Firefox.

AGE: Unknown, looks in her 20′s or 30′s.

BIRTHDAY: Unknown.

ETHNIC GROUP: Half Hyur, Half Doman .

NATIONALITY: Ul’dahian, Doman.

LANGUAGE/S: Hingan, Eorzean.

SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Bisexual.

ROMANTIC ORIENTATION: Quoiromantic (thank you for this term Spurrow)

RELATIONSHIP STATUS: Complicated as fuck.

HOME TOWN / AREA: Yanxia, deep within the bamboo forests.

CURRENT HOME: A hidden cave in the Mists. The location is unknown, except to those Kirei has become dedicated to.

PROFESSION: Flower arranger/seller, deliverer, information broker, exorcist, spy.

PHYSICAL.

HAIR: Curly, wavy, and messy, fire orange in color, recently cut to cheek length.

EYES: Peculiar lavender eyes.

FACE: Almost doll-like and delicate in appearance, sometimes covered in dirt.

LIPS: A bit pouty, rarely wears lip-paint.

COMPLEXION: Olive, dewy.

BLEMISHES: A mole on the left side of her chin.

SCARS: Small, barely noticeable scars mar her entire body.

TATTOOS: None, sometimes Kirei will mess with Henna.

HEIGHT: 5′6, pretty tall for a Miqo’te.

BUILD: Skinny, lanky, tall.

FEATURES: Foxlike ears and a foxlike tail.

ALLERGIES: None.

USUAL FACE LOOK: Neutral, melancholic, bright, friendly, ever present smile.

USUAL CLOTHING: Practical clothing on the skin-showing side.

PSYCHOLOGY.

FEAR/S: Losing sense of taste, hands and feet being cut off, feeling trapped.

ASPIRATION/S: To liberate every single slave under the Echion slave branch, to understand what it means to be human.

POSITIVE TRAITS: Empathetic, helpful, friendly, dedicated worker, passionate, self sacrificing, able to look at the bigger picture, peacekeeper.

NEGATIVE TRAITS: Self sacrificing, self pitying, generous to the point of poverty, feral, half truths, holds too many secrets.

TEMPERAMENT: Phlegmatic- individuals tend to be relaxed, peaceful, quiet, and easy-going. They are sympathetic and care about others, yet they try to hide their emotions. Melancholic- individuals tend to be analytical and detail-oriented, and they are deep thinkers and feelers.

SOUL TYPE/S: The Shaman- This type of soul is wise and old. They can give great advice as well as truly connect with people around them. Others often feel better in their presence.

ANIMALS: Fox, Deer, Otter.

VICE HABIT/S: Smoking, drugs every so often, having strong urges to dig holes in the ground out of nowhere, toxic relationships, succumbs to feral instincts every now and then.

FAITH: Loose faith in Kami/ Shinto.

GHOSTS?: Yes, Kirei can communicate to spirits and sense ones nearby.

AFTERLIFE?: Yes.

REINCARNATION?: Yes. Kirei has brief episodes where she gets feelings from her last lifetime, and rarely, will share a familiar feeling among people she had been acquainted with in her past life.

POLITICAL ALIGNMENT: Neutral.

EDUCATION LEVEL: Taught to read and write, self studying.

FAMILY.

FATHER: R’ihan Meztli - Estranged, Keeper of the Moon. Kirei traveled with her father in Thanalan for a while before he ultimately sold her to a slaver. Spent his life work searching for a powerful Kami in the east.

MOTHER: Leiote Sekai - Deceased, Doman Hyur. Leiote was a Geiko in Hingashi, and was well known for her ethereal presence, beauty, and kindness. She was ultimately charmed by the outsider R’ihan Meztli, and they both moved back to her home village in Yanxia to start a family.

SIBLINGS: Kaeyu Meztli - Half sibling, half Keeper half Seeker. Kaeyu and Kirei don’t know the other exists. Kaeyu has a reputation for being rather rambunctious and a trouble maker.

EXTENDED FAMILY: Kirei has family on her mother’s and father’s side, but she doesn’t know anything about them, or there whereabouts.

NAME MEANING/S: Kirei (きれい)- The Hingan word for ‘pretty’, or ‘beautiful’. It has been heavily implied to Kirei by others, that she was named after her mother’s beauty and kindness in hopes that she would inherit these traits.

HISTORICAL CONNECTION?: None.

FAVORITES.

BOOK: A Hingan child’s book called ‘The Tale of Mohatsu-Otome’, otherwise known as the Eastern version of Rapunzel.

DEITY: None.

HOLIDAY: Moonfire Faire.

MONTH: Fall seasons.

SEASON: Autumn.

PLACE: The astral plane, various hidden nooks and crannies throughout Eorzea, Doman bath houses, hot springs.

WEATHER: Sunny with a chill in the air, warm desert days, rainy.

SOUND / S: Ethereal singing, the singing of lesser nature spirits within the woods, wind chimes, ocean waves, water, the rustle of leaves in the wind.

SCENT / S: Incense, tobacco, fresh unpicked flowers, old tomes, herbs, fresh baked bread, tea.

TASTE / S: Peaches, apples, fresh sweet cream.

FEEL / S: Soft and bristly fur, warmth, fresh snow, crunchy leaves, fine sand, hot rocks, pebbles.

ANIMAL / S: Goobbue, Tortoises, smaller creatures.

NUMBER: 3, 6, 9, 33.

COLORS: Rich purple, pink, light/bright blue, green.

EXTRA.

TALENTS: Dancing, healing, cooking, making shitty looking but durable furniture, sewing, manipulation, twin daggers, aether control.

BAD AT: Lying, drawing, staying clean, writing.

TURN ONS: Charming cockiness, depth, intensity, shoulders, meaningful words, white eyes, dark eyes, smirks, someone who can figure her out, making her laugh, a nice voice.

TURN OFFS: Simple minds, tunnel vision, someone who doesn’t listen to her words, racism, un-needed/careless violence and aggression, calling her a ‘cat’, unflattering colors, self absorbed.

HOBBIES: Flower frolicking, cooking, traveling, swimming, making junk, people watching.

TROPES: Girl next door, Hippie, Undere/Yandere

QUOTES:

“I want to understand... The weight of a human life.”

“We need to keep moving forward. We have our eyes in the front for a reason after all, there is no point in looking back to the past.”

“I take a hold of my fate with my own two hands. I will not leave things to chance.”

MUN QUESTIONS.

Q1 : If you could write your character your way in their own movie, what would it be called, what style would it be filmed in, and what would it be about?

A1 : I’m not sure about the title, but it would definitely have to be an animated film. And It would probably be about Kirei’s backstory and about her parents. There’s a lot of details about her past that I don’t get to touch on too much in RP.

Q2 : What would their soundtrack/score sound like?

A2 : Something that would invoke a lot of emotion if possible. Ghibli/Disney-esque would be awesomeeee.

Q3 : Why did you start writing this character?

A3 : Long story short, something happened to me while visiting Japan that gave me inspiration to write Kirei. Close friends know the entire story, but its a bit long and wild. I’ll just say it involves a Fox shrine I ran into!

Q4 : What first attracted you to this character?

A4 : Besides the thing that happened in Japan, I wanted a character where I was able to express my interest in things like shamanism and the spirit world. I also was really attracted to the idea of writing a character that was still kind to others even though she has no reason to be, due to the rough life she lived.

Q5 : Describe the biggest thing you dislike about your muse.

A5 : I’m a really open person who likes to approach people to start conversations, but Kirei is the opposite of that. It makes it a bit harder to approach in RP since I wrote her to be a wallflower. She’s also much more reserved than I am, so if there’s a wild scene happening in RP that I would like to get in on, I really can’t on Kirei since she’s not one to participate in things unless asked.

Q6 : What do you have in common with your muse?

A6 : Probably too much in hindsight rofl. Kirei is the first RP character I ever wrote, so I gave her a lot of commonalities from myself so it would be easier to write her and learn how to RP.

Q7 : How does your muse feel about you?

A7 : She would probably tell me that I’m trying my best, but she thinks that with most!

Q8 : What characters does your muse have interesting interactions with ?

A8 : A whole other side of Kirei comes out if she interacts with manipulative/cunning characters, and I really enjoy writing that darker side of her that appears.

Q9 : What gives you inspiration to write your muse ?

A9: A big inspiration for the core of Kirei is Tohru Honda from Fruits Basket (if you couldn’t tell but all the fruits basket stuff I reblog). I just loved how she was written, and how she stayed kind despite her hard life, and I loved her layers and how she viewed others. Tohru gave me a lot if inspiration to be kind to others growing up, Kirei is really just a homage to her.

Q10: How long did this take you to complete ?

A10: TOO LONG, I worked on it on and off throughout the week.

Thanks for reading if you stuck around this long!

#ffxiv #ffxiv rp #ff14 #ff14 rp #kirei meztli

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radioactivereactions · 5 years ago

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Friend do you have anything for my lesbian needs pertaining to lingerie headcanons for the female companions of Fallout 3, 4, and NV (Mostly Piper as she is the love of my life)???

Yes, I indeedy do my friend.

Piper is also my one and only wife in all of the fallout games tbh, probably because I see a lot of myself in her but fhskf shes a cutie.

Also, I didn’t add Lilly and Star Paladin Cross since I find them to be more motherly type figures and I don’t think I’ve met anyone who finds them to be more than that so—

Fallout 3

Clover

- She has scavenged quite a lot of Lingerie. While she was in the “care” of Eulogy he actually had bought many articles of clothing for her and Crimson… She wore them better though, obviously.

-Out of all of her pieces though, her favourite is a red velvet chemise gown. Simple, but effective in showing off her greatest assets

Fallout New Vegas

Cass

- A simple bra and underwear is all Cass needs to feel badass. So she never has any reason to look or shop for that stuff for her own needs

- She also has a way to make the rattiest bit of clothing look amazing

- Even if she does come across any, it’s likely she won’t wear it, complaining that it’s just ‘gonna come right off anyway’

Veronica

- She would have an absolute ball over finding out what Lingerie is. Being trapped in a clunky suit of armour and a potato sack for most of her life, and only recently wearing a dress for the first time has made her desperate to feel sexy in her own body

- Because of this enthusiasm shes made it mandatory for Six to watch her show it off in front of them

- By far the best thing Six has done is find her a working camera, you best your ass shes got them getting every single angle of her, so when they’re travelling and she’s unable to wear the outfits, she can at least look at them and remember how she felt

Fallout 4

Cait

- She isn’t normally one to go out of her way to dress up or make herself look sexually appealing. Shes never had any reason to

- However, she is a big fan of corsets (hence why she wears one in the game) and incorporates a few scantily clad outfits from using them

- The majority of, if not all of her lingerie are one piece’s which are tighter around the waist and stomach area to help define her bust and hips a lot more than they are already

Curie

- Being the curious little mind she is, she would ask Soul to explain different types of Lingerie (and what lingerie even is) were before the war

- After getting every bit of information possible, she would actually start to make her own lingerie if she was unsuccessful in finding any in the wastes

- Her reasoning behind this is so she can feel what real female confidence is and takes great pride in showing off her adorable little body to Soul

- Her finest piece of work and the article which she wears the most is a sheer two-piece consisting of a freeform, thin shoulder strap top and matching colour lace underwear

Piper

- No one can convince me otherwise on the thought that she constantly wears a Garter Belt regardless if she plans to show it off or not. It just helps her feel sexy and empowered.

- The belt also really helps accentuate that ass

- Her entire ‘aesthetic’ while wearing lingerie is the slutty reporter vibe (unsurprisingly), so that would include her heels, chiffon or fishnet stockings that are a little tight around her thighs, a garter belt and a sort of Bustier top. Shed hide it under her trench coat and reveal it to Sole by dramatically dropping it to the floor.

- Though while things like showing herself off, especially with only one person watching, would make her feel embarrassed as hell, hearing and seeing Soles approval and encouragement allows her to open up a lot more

- She found the majority of the lingerie she wears at an old building in the middle of the commonwealth, they assumed it was some sort of photography building after finding a bunch of cameras strewn about, but quickly found out that it was actually just a porn producing company

- She taught herself how to sew simply so she could repair any articles of clothing she can find

#fallout #fallout 3 #fallout 4 #fallout new vegas #fnv #fo4 #fo3 #curie #cait #piper wright #clover #rose of sharon cassidy #cass #veronica santangelo

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puppy-the-mask · 5 years ago

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You ever create AUs of your own self-insert fantasies? Hahahaha...

So I made an AU for my Epithet inserts... I call it the ‘Crypt!AU’

Basically one of the twins absorbed the other in the womb- like ya do- anyways the parents named her Lilith, which is a really pretty name!

But not to the parents, it’s got Symbolism!

There’s a myth about a lady named Lilith who apparently was supposed to be Adam’s first wife but refused to ‘lie under him’ and voluntarily walked out of Eden- which what a fucking power move! She was like ‘fuck no I’m not below you nor am I gonna sleep with you- bye bitch’- which apparently later on she’d represent lust and sexual desire??? Doesn’t make sense but I skimmed a bit

ANYWAYS! They’re basically calling her a demon that represents a heap of bad things cause she absorbed her sister and they wanted twins dangit! Also Lillies are the flower of death, sybolizing spirits gaining purity/innocence after death or something like that. So more death but better context! So she doesn’t mind so much when her friends call her that for short

Not that she has any cause ya girl’s INSCRIBED!!! And her epithet it ‘Crypt’

She makes Crypts (like how Percy makes her buildings but she only has 1)

And In her crypts are skeletons, and depending on how big it is, Lots of skeletons (‘skeletons are cool’ is my multiversal constant, if an alternate me doesn’t like them then she ain’t a me plain and simple)

Cause Crypts are used for 3 things, burying dead, storage, and apparently religious ceremonies? Idk what to do with that one honestly BUT I DO FOR THE OTHER TWO!

She can store things in her crypt, or summon skeletons to the material plane. It’s cool cause at first they were mindless but she kept summoning the same ones cause she got attatched and the thought of experiencing something with one only for it to stop existing after hurt her heart, so basically she accidentally gave them autonomy. She has 2 that have been with her since day 1 and she loves them dearly, crypts are where you bury important family members and stuff after all! She also has a hoard of animal skeletons, she feeds the town’s strays and so once they’re family they appear in her crypt after death. Those have the most sentience, since they had previous lives. She also tends to find strays on their last legs- comforting them and welcoming them to her family so they aren’t alone in their final moments. Then she buries them and they can decide if they’ll stay in the crypt, move in and reincarnate, or just move on/ stick around in the afterlife.

When it was discovered that she could conjure skeletons her already shaky reputation plummeted and everyone was afraid, there were even random rumors saying they were all victims of her murders which- she’s like 5 when this starts so wtf people??? She’s in your sight like all the time????? Anyways she only has 1 friend and that’s Chief (cause he’s also here and a living person) cause his epithet also makes him a outcast!

Things stayed like this- her regularly being sent to Eclipses house to learn how to be an upstanding citizen (really cause the parents are assholes who think they need to cleanse the house every week of their daughter’s ‘inherent evil’) she feed lots of strays here and even taught herself how to sew and make clothes for her skele-fam who liked to be discernible from one another to people other than her. Things come to a head when she’s about 11 and the family cat dies unexpectedly, they come home to find the cat dead and the mom is hysteric, she’s cradling the body when Lily feels a gentle but insistent, desperate nudge in the back of her head that tells her someone wants out of the crypt so she relents and lets the cat say it’s goodbyes. But when it rubbed against her and purred (or did the skeleton cat equivalent which is light bone rattling) the mother was disgusted and remarked it was devil magic and all that Jazz- condemning lily and ‘that thing!’

She was shipped off to Eclipse’s at the end of the day, having to pack as much as possible cause she was now banned from the house. The cat had lived a long healthy life and even though things were tense between the human family members they all loved and adored the cat, so it’s form had 2 tails (cause I’m a sucker). Initially it was going to watch over the family as a spirit but after the fiasco decided to stay in the crypt with lily and the others.

But sadly, word spreads and after 3 years of eclipse and her roomies trying their best they can’t give her the help/ life she needs. So she ends up getting adopted and moving a couples cities over. The fun thing is, Chief has been living with Eclipse too- cause he’s a runaway and the local neusance, but he was old enough to emancipate himself when she moved and found a place that was renting a stones throw away!

Some other fun facts;

-Lilith is selectively mute, all her crypt-mates learning asl with her so she doesn’t have to use a dry erase board 24/7

-I have a crossover idea with my CasSwap Bois, where they met online while the brothers were going through old PlayStation games and tried out online mode. And it just so happens that she moves to Ebott, it still takes like 5 years for them to start planning a meet up and realizing that ‘holy shit we’re practically neighbors!’ But wholesome ideas nonetheless

-Apparently Crypt and Catacomb are similies, eventually she can create a whole creepy-ass labrinth that she can set her skeles loose in (like the catacombs under Paris), and since she uses her epithet like all the time she’d be able to use stronger powers relatively fast cause training.

~someone catches her using an abandoned cemetery to summon her crypt and put a stray’s soul to rest? Labyrinth full of fog to confuse them and then suddenly everything’s gone and they’re still where they were (don’t know if she’d make a legit labrynth or an illusion of one, like you could wander for hours but then when she takes it awa you were just walking in circles in the same room)

-someone started a ghost legend about her random crypt appearances at the cemetery (she only makes a big ornate one for the whole respectful ceremonial vibe of a stray’s last moments/moving on, always in a cemetery/graveyard cause it takes a little less stamina there)

-she’s awkward so when someone catches her doing her thing she tells them to just call her ‘Stray’, cause like why would she tell them her actual name in this situation????

-this got longer then I thought

-OH YEAH ALSO! Apparently another Lilith thing was the thought that she murders kids so, that might’ve added to the wonky rep and rumors about the poor kid

#casual conversation #au ideas #not reading back over this before posting- we die like men

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venus-says · 5 years ago

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Aikatsu Stars! Episodes 39-44

This post is brought to you by the Wholesome Content Inc. in partnership with the Unusual but Usual Unit Union of Unified Uniformed Idols.

It is time for more Aikatsu! We’re now even closer than the end and IT FINALLY HAPPENED! This will be my most positive post on Stars since this has begun! Can you believe it? Because I sure can’t.

Giving start to tonight’s work we have Episode 39 that is the episode where Gothic Victoria is started! I’ve gotta say, the reason why GV came to be was kinda dumb, like, you would think such a famous school would be able to keep their finances in check, but apparently they don’t so they gotta take sponsors money which proves my theory that these girls don’t receive a single penny for their work and all profits go the schools is correct.

But even though the motive was dumb, the actual execution of the thing was good. First I like that Lily was straight on and cut any external help from the beginning so we would have the protagonists running around doing nothing *coughcough*purepalettetaggingalongibelieve*coughcough* and they only appear when they’re really relevant. I also like that all stages of this audition had competitions that were actually related to sewing and fashion. And as ironic as it is that they dropped Dreaming Bird’s fashion show stage for a live one in a performance with the intention of showcase GV’s dresses, I can’t deny that this is was a very good performance. Different from 4 Stars’ bank account, this episode had a very positive balance.

Episode 40 was our last drama episode of the season I believe. AND I LOVED IT!

At first, I thought this was going to be just a cheap knock off of the Stylish Thief Swallowtail from season 1 of OGkatsu, and while this one had similar elements, it was completely different and I loved every second of it. As simple as the plot was I WAS SO INVESTED AND CAPTIVATED BY IT. I don’t know if it's my love for mystery novels, but I really wanted to watch this show. I think this is my favorite drama EVER. I’m shocked. I even liked Ako in this episode, I don’t know if it was because she was playing a character or it was because there were no boys around, but I was really sympathetic towards her this time.

What else do I have to say? Amazing, just amazing.

We’re still riding in the good episodes wave with episode 41 and the winter festival that was lots of fun to watch. I don’t really have a lot to say, because besides bringing the Kasumi sisters even more close, this episode doesn’t do a lot. The small contests were fun and while I wish Theater Class had taken the win since they don’t get the spotlight, I agree with Beauty Class win at the end. Besides, it’s my favorite Romance Kiss PR and my favorite song being used in this episode so I can’t get mad. In fact, I’m very happy Song Class didn’t win this thing, they have enough attention already.

Episode 42 gives us the “birth” of my favorite Stars unit! I call it “birth” because they really didn’t form the unit in this episode, but the elements for it to happen were there and that’s what matters to me.

Anyway, the episode was very good, I think it was a stretch to say no one in Dance class could keep up with Yuzu, but it’s fine it wasn’t a big deal after all this wasn’t the focus of the episode. The focus was Yuzu and Lily’s friendship and Lily’s worries about going on stage and clouding Yuzu’s shining performance, and this was a very adorable plot to follow around, they didn’t work a lot with it but it was enough to make that moment when Yuzu calls Lily her sunshine feel very emotional, and made the performance be a good pay off, a good crowning, to the journey we saw in this episode. Also, Yuzutto & Lillie version of Animal Carnival is the superior version, i’m sorry Ako.

Now episode 43 is my least favorite here, but it wasn’t bad, it’s just that valentine’s day episodes aren’t my thing so I don’t enjoy these as much as other people do. But taking out the parts with M4, that were the only parts I had to watch at double speed because yall know I can’t stand them, this episode was cute. If shipping or romance was my thing I feel like I would feel better about this episode, but it ain’t the case so...

Thankfully the next episode more than compensates. It was like they thought “hmm he’s not gonna like this valentine episode so let’s give him something he’ll like right after”. Now I know that they didn’t have me in mind when they came up with this episode, but this episode really was perfect for me.

Low participation of the MC? Check. Characters I like getting the spotlight? Check! Said characters doing a joint performance and giving us something new? Check!!! Wholesome content? CHECK!

Really, this episode was everything I wanted from Stars since day 1. Not epic plots, no shady drama, just girls doing their best while trying to achieve their dreams. HOW COULDN’T I LOVE THIS? Especially when they put Rola and Mahiru together who, to me, have a much better chemistry and dynamic than Yume & Rola ever had? This episode was perfect and I definitely know that I would love Stars way more if episodes like this were more common during the season.

And on a last note, again, Rola x Mahiru’s version of Honeybee’s Kiss is the superior version. Sorry, I don’t make the rules.

And this was Aikatsu Stars for the day! Definitely the high point of this season to me. Tomorrow we finish season 1 and, surprisingly enough, I’m excited about it, even though I feel like i’m gonna get very disappointed by the results of the S4 Election. Oh well, I think I’m gonna dive on youtube and rewatch some performances on loop since Lantis and BNP are cowards and didn’t release full versions of the superior versions of Animal Carnival and Honeybee’s Kiss, see you guys tomorrow. Bye-bi~

#Aikatsu Stars!#aikatsu

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pokemagines · 6 years ago

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random lillie x reader hc’s

anonymous asked: Maybe just some cute lillie x reader stuff? Up to you what it’s about!

a/n: oh yall said lillie x reader? yeah we makin this all about miku, SORRY LADIES. honestly the Deeper Stuff about lillie’s relationship with vocaloid reflects a lot of my own personal experience with vocaloid/miku. i dont mean to get all depressing, but vocaloid helped me through my depression in middle school – i’m pretty sure without miku, i wouldn’t be here typing this today. i owe a lot to crypton’s twintail idol lmao. signed, mod elesa.

lillie shows reader her fave songs

you cry because they’re… all vocaloid… but OK some of these SLAP? we all know matryoshka goes so fuckin hard…

lillie loves k.k. slider covers… her and her synthesized waifus and husbandos i don’t understand it HONESTLY

lillie’s super nervous to show you at first and honestly? understandable. bc you don’t enjoy sharing your music taste with… real people standing next to you either… makes you Nervous

but you realize her music taste? just like her! cute and bubbly and occasionally morbid just a great happy dandy time! you make sure to show her that you enjoy her music by bopping your head along to the lyrics you can barely parse to your un-vocaloided ears.

she is pleased … and she’s extremely thankful you’re not saying anything because she’s afraid that one comment from you will hurt her entire existence and she doesn’t want that

“i really like this one, lils!” you gesture to the title – ten faced – and smile brightly at her. suddenly she’s tearing up and managing a soft “thank you…” before bursting into tears at your acceptance of her interests.

lillie crying over how she didn’t get to go to miku expo in alola

“lillie, it’s… it’s fine, you know? miku performs in kanto all the time!” you try and reassure her, brows furrowed at the sobbing girl on your bed.

“but … i could’ve gone with gladion! i could’ve dragged him with me and we… [sniffles] we could’ve cosplayed and …” she sobs some more and you just pat her back, nodding in understanding.

at first, lillie’s obsession with miku seemed a bit… odd, to say the least, but you slowly came to realize that it’s not so much miku she’s in love with – she’s in love with the variety of forms miku comes in, how people still love miku regardless of what she sings about or what she looks like, and that makes lillie love her that much more.

her mother never gave her that freedom to be who she wanted, constantly dressing her like the pokemon she coveted and abusing both her and her brother if they ever stepped out of line. those memories haunt her, and now that she’s free of her hellish past, she wants nothing more than to break out of her shell.

vocaloid helps her explore concepts and ideas her past self wouldn’t even think of contemplating. you’ve seen how lillie has changed; she’s blossomed into this happy-go-lucky, blissful spirit who’s finally appreciating who she is. she’s finally becoming her own person, and not the image her mother crafted for her.

so as she sobs into your covers, you can’t help but thank whatever is out there for helping lillie blossom into such a gorgeous human being – even if that ‘whatever’ is a 16-year-old android with turquoise twintails.

you surprise her a few weeks later by purchasing tickets for miku’s next kanto concert as well as a plane ticket for gladion to come and join the two of you. she bursts into tears and hugs you so tightly you swear she broke your ribcage.

reader helping lillie make her cosplay since she picked up a sewing hobby

y’all really pullin’ up to the fabric store in the middle of the day, rushing past the old ladies to get the Good Patterns for lillie’s (and yours! ... and gladion’s) cosplay.

she managed to convince you and glads to join her in cosplaying the trio of miku, len and rin. although it would make logical sense for her to be rin (considering len is gladion and... they’re related), she... doesn’t care about that LOL

shopping with lillie is so??? wholesome and good?? she always makes sure to shop efficiently and buys things on sale to preserve her wallet

she will fight an old lady for the last spools of electric blue thread don’t come for her

if she has to make a big purchase, she often consults with you and gladion because she believes you two have wisdom for purchasing the “correct” fabric for this costume, apparently. you can’t even tie your shoelaces what is lillie thinking???

after you buy your materials (thanks joanne’s) lillie sits down and stares at the sewing machine for five minutes before announcing she doesn’t know how to sew

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the two of you spend a couple minutes looking up sewing machine tutorials because that’s what the cool kids do in 2019 and eventually lillie makes her first stitch... into yOUR FINGER

“LILLIE OH MY GOD TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE PEDAL hoLY FUCK WHY DID YOU DO THAT” ��Y/N I’MN SO ROSRY I DIDnt EMANT TO TO DHAT IM SOHj SORRY ARE YOU okAY?!?!” “NO????”

your mom eventually comes in because the two of you are yelling and crying and she tends to your injured finger and lillie’s injured pride before helping the two of you get started on miku’s top

it comes out.... ok... and your mom comes in and openly grimaces before redoing the whole thing herself while you and lillie watch in awe

next time you’re never getting near a sewing machine with lillie there

#anonymous #lillie #lillie (pokemon)#lillie x reader #x reader #lillie stans hatsune miku #vocaloid #hatsune miku #pokemon headcanons #pokemon imagines #mod elesa #alola #pokemon sm #pokemon usum #Lesbian Activity...

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the-fiction-witch · 6 years ago

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Doctor And Witch P5

MOVIE: MAZE RUNNER AU X SLEEPY HOLLOW COUPLE: NEWT X READER RATING: FLUFFY AF

I liked living and working in this little Town, not much ever really going on and strangely I like that, that is a problem I suppose in London everyone is so close and board every one often gossip and stirs things just to get a little entertainment so there is always something going on. However living here was nicely quiet, simple, I liked it very much, only having to deal with odd things every now and again people still not fully warming up to me Not yet. The Town seemed so small to me even just roaming the outer reaches of the farmlands, to the deepest darkness of the forest the place seemed so small compared to where I grew up and simple now almost everyone now knew who I was and I knew almost all of them but a few where still unknown to me, But I have a good friend I suppose. I have y/n, often meeting for walks or little adventures almost every other night, not a day goes by I don’t see her at some point. Either joining her for chess in the Book Shop or her coming here to help in the little garden I have at the back of the house... and My feelings had grown very strong for her, Yet every night without fail Akiko would help us send little messages to each other. My favourite thing was that every time I saw her we would do the little nose kiss thing she loves to do to me, it was so very sweet, just rubbing our noses together felt so nice, she meant everything to me and The Town seems to have warmed up to her a little more they more just ignore her being there now rather than outright denying she exists but there a still a few very scared of her.

When I woke up the sun was just rising over the hill and through the window and curtains, I didn’t shut last night them from getting home late and I happily got up and dressing for the day and doing myself a little breakfast sitting at the dining table In silence and I sighed before getting up and sorting things around the office trying to fix the system in here. Until someone came in the door “Doctor?” a woman asks as she walks in she wore a very long thin grey dress and had very tied up Blonde hair and holding the hand of her little girl with a grey dress with a large green bow on the back her brown hair in a long ponytail and a little rag doll in her other hand

“Yes?” I ask them

“My daughter keeps complaining her knee hurts,” the woman says sounding very annoyed tugging on her daughter's hand to push her forward

“Mummy! That hurts” the girl cried sadly so I go and kneel down to be down at the little girl’s level

“Hey, what’s your name sweetie?” I ask her

“Lilly” she answered

“Well come on then Lilly, let’s see what’s wrong” I tell her making her smile a little letting her sit on a little chair as her mother stood around passing impatiently as I checked over her knee “nothing to serious” I tell her cleaning the little gash over with clean water “just a little cut” I smile to her getting a little plaster for the gash “there you go, good as new” I laugh making her smile and showing me her doll “oh is dolly sick too?” I ask her

“Mary fell with me” she explained

“Oh, she seems to be a little hurt too,” I tell her as I look over her little rag doll

“Oh no,” she says sadly so I get a little plaster cut it in half and put it over the little rag doll's knee

“There now Mary is all better too,” I smile giving her, her rag doll back making her smile widely

“Come on Lilly” her mother pressured so she hopped off the little chair giving me a little hug

“Thank you doctor” she smiled before running off with her mother off out the door and back into The Town so I went back to sort things around the office

“Your very sweet to children” I heard a familiar voice laugh from the door so I turned back to see y/n leaning on the door frame today dressed in a light yellow dress

“I have to it kinda come with the job” I shrug

“Isaac?” she asks coming in wandering around with her hands behind her back

“Yes, y/n?” I ask her

“Did you ever have children?” she asked

“No...” I tell her “but I have always wanted them” I blush

“That’s sweet” she laughed “why?” she asked

“well…I’m not too sure, I think years of helping people bring their own little lives into the world…kinda makes you want your own” I blush just I felt a tiny little kiss on my head and I stood shocked and I can tell my eyes went wide in shock and surprise as she went off and sat on the little chair

“I need you to check something,” she says so I laugh going over and standing crossing my arms as I look at her “is this a cut or a splinter?” she asked

“Every day with this” I sigh slightly laughing at her

“What do you expect? I work with old books it’s a constant worry” she explained "Whenever a mark appears that I don't remember I get concerned" she explained

“Alright, hand” I sigh so she gives me her hand and I sit looking at it grabbing my glasses to look closer “Yes that is a splinter today,” I tell her

“Great, go on then” she sighs so I grab the little tools and start fixing her hand to get the very deep splinter out

“Ouch,” she said rather annoyed at me “Oww!” she said in pain “OUCH!” she yelled

“Oh be quiet y/n, I’ve had little babies complain less then you,” I tell her

“It hurts, I have sensitive hands” she complains

“Umm yet you have a coulis for sewing needles” I laugh

“That’s different,” she said

“How? This is basically a sewing needle” I tell her

“Oh just…. Go away” she answers

“There,” I tell her getting the splinter out “happy now?” I ask her

“Yes” she smiled happily hopping off the chair “Oh and I have news” she smiled as I put the tools away

“Oh, what?” I ask her

“Akiko is having kittens” she smiled

“Oh wow! That’s great” I tell her “How far along is she?” I ask

“I’m not too sure, she’s put a lot of weight on so I have no idea” she shrugs

“well bring her over if you want, I can check everything is fine,” I tell her so she smiles happily running off back to her house to get Akiko and within a few moments she came back putting Akiko on the table she looked very fat “I don’t know either actually,” I tell her

“Great so I brought her over for nothing” she sighed

“Well If you wanted you could keep her here, closer for when the time comes and all, plus I have another room you could even stay with her if you’d like” I suggest

“No we couldn’t do that, I don’t want to cause you any trouble” she explained picking Akiko up and holding her close

“It’s alright no trouble,” I tell her

“Alright, I will think about it” she smiled going to the door

“y/n?” I ask her

“Yes Isaac?” she asked turning to face me again

“Why did you kiss me?” I ask her

“You needed it” she smiled before wandering off to her house.

I stayed inside most of the day no one else came to see me today so I stayed up in my room on the window seat reading my book as darkness feel expecting Akiko to come through the window any second but she didn’t.

When suddenly I heard a familiar song and saw a small light appear on the hill so I put my book away and lit a lantern rushing off to the hill passing the many stones of people until I saw y/n sat In a red long dress sat on the grass beside a stone Akiko laid atop the stone and everything theirs Illuminated by a few candles as she fixed flowers there singing her sweet little song.

“y/n?” I ask her making her jump

“Oh, It’s just you, you frightened me” she replied a little surprised

“I’m sorry, what are you doing up here?” I ask her

“Fixing my mother’s flowers” she smiled

“May I?” I ask indicating to beside her

“Of course” she smiled so I went and sat beside her putting the lamp beside her candles the stone was old and moss covered the name completely warn away “I have always cared for where my mother rests, It’s only decent” she explained

“I suppose, when did she die?” I ask her

“When I was seven, I didn’t know her for long but, I never knew my father” she explained

“How did she die?” I ask

“they burned her” she explained wiping a tear from her eye “they accused her of being a wife of Satan, her choice was to either die or join the reverend she decided she would rather die…so they shaved off all her hair, stripped her naked and burned her in The Town square” she explained “and then they took us, her daughters…to the river they didn’t know if we had chosen to follow the path of our mother so they decided that they would tie weights to our shoes and throw us into the water, If the Lord saved our lives we were pure and if we drowned we were in league with our mother, there used to be four of us sisters, now it’s just me” she explained sadly

“How did you survive?” I ask her

“To this day, I don’t know” she replied “I and my eldest sister survived it but she wanted to use our powers to take revenge on the townsfolk, I to this day have no knowledge where she is now” she explained

“Oh y/n” I say pulling her into a tight hug we stayed like this for a long time until she pulled away slightly and looked deeply into my eyes and I stared back getting lost in those deep green orbs and without knowing it we both began leaning into a kiss till we were inches away and “Meow?” Akiko said questionably making us pull away

“Come on Me and Akiko were planning a campfire out in the woods, did you want to join us?” she asked sweetly beginning to stand

“oh of course I would love too” I smiled getting up with her as she picked up her little basket and Akiko climbed onto her shoulder I then took the basket from her hand “I’ll carry it for you” I tell her making her smile a lot more blowing out the candle and picking up my lantern before we wandered off into the forest where a campfire was already set to be lit “where do you have time for this?” I ask her

“Well, the Book Shop doesn’t get much of a looking so I have a lot of time on my hands,” she says

“Oh, well It looks amazing,” I tell her

“Thank you” she smiled sitting down by the fire with Akiko and lighting it up and getting two metal sticks from her basket and beginning to cook some food so I sat with her and Akiko as we cooked up some food on the huge fire “OUCH!” she screamed as the metal stick had burnt her hand and she dropped the hot stick on the floor

“Oh my gosh, are you alright?” I ask her gently taking her hand and she now had a very hot burned line in the middle of her hand “It’s alright, just clean it up it will be alright” I tell her getting a little water from the river and cleaning her hand with it and ripping a bit of fabric from my shirt and wrapping it around her hand carefully and tying up the fabric and giving her hand a little kiss making her giggle

“Thank you Isaac” she giggles giving my cheek a little kiss making me blush a little

“You’re welcome y/n” I smiled and we carefully went back to cooking up some food some little bits of meat and a few little bits of toast and eating them as soon as they are done and once we had eaten all the food we stood around the fire I kept glancing up to see her face illuminated by the fire and her face looked so beautiful in the fire she seemed so sweet we kept walking around the fire in time with each other each step we take in time with each other so we were always exactly across from one and another until she just stopped “You look beautiful y/n” I told her making her blush more even in the firelight

“Thank you Isaac” she giggled wondering around the fire to be beside me and we both just looked at each other before she stood up on her toes and kissed my lips I instantly melted into her kisses and kissed her back her hands moving to my shoulders as we kissed and I shyly moved my hands to her waist as we kissed until we both pulled away but out arms remained around each other and our foreheads leaning against each other and we couldn’t help but laugh smiling widely at each other after a while more of kissing I walked her home both of us hand in hand walking through The Town with Akiko sat on y/n’s shoulder often crawling around our arms to sit on mine until we reached her door “Thank you for walking me home Isaac” she giggled

“You are quite welcome y/n” I smiled giving her Akiko who jumped from her hands and ran into the house so I take her hand lightly kissing it making her giggle and jump wrapping her arms around my neck and kissing me so I kissed her back and wrapped my arms around her waist as we kissed before she pulled away and leant against her door frame

“Goodnight Isaac” she smirked blowing me a kiss and quickly shutting her door

“Night y/n” I smiled before going off back home very happy going up to my room and sitting in bed reading my book and within seconds I heard a little ‘Meow’ from my window so I went over to the window and picked up little Akiko from the window and brought her over to sit on my bed “hey Akiko, what you bring for me tonight?” I ask her and she crawled up into my neck and licking my face “aww, Thanks, is that from y/n?” I ask and she ‘meows’ “Alright, head on home then,” I tell her and she just moves her neck and I notice she has a note so I take it and it simply read

“See you tomorrow Isaac XX y/n”

So I smirked and wrote one back

“See you y/n, Goodnight X Isaac”

and giving Akiko back the little note “go on then give that to y/n, and Uh give her this” I tell her giving Akiko’s head a little kiss and lifting her up and putting her back by the window and she wondered off to y/n’s house so I went back to my bed and blew out the candle and happily went to sleep.

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