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Detective, meloman, really good singer (as a hobby). And also into nature like also looking for horse steps on ground.
2. Jungle girl type. Natural gymasist, swimmer. Into Biotechnology.
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I'll try to keep it short because you're very kind but I'm becoming annoying... I actually like Soichiro. It's his morals I cannot stand. In fact, in line with his, I like Matsuda's and even Light's variations more, even with all the darkness they entail, because they're more critical. I adore L and find him relatable, but I'm not so sure if I'd like him as a person in real life, and yet I again like his morals more than Soichiro's. I still think Soichiro is generally a better person than any of the others. I still dislike his morals the most. When I say at the opposite end of Soichiro in the moral spectrum is where Near stands I'm not talking just about my personal liking, but as I interpret their views on morality. Maybe there's some detail of the manga I'm forgetting (I truly have to reread it), but Soichiro didn't seem very critical about... anything, while Near states something like "even if god came and told me this is good and this is bad and this is The Truth I'd still consider and come to my own conclusion". I like that. I care less about someone getting a moral with what I may consider a degree of grey if they do that. I myself have very strong morals that nonetheless have degrees of grey; strong doesn't mean pure. My grey and someone else's grey might be very different. But I've developed them, not accepted them blindly. Near of course, Mello, L, and even Light and Matsuda do this, but Soichiro generally doesn't. And I dislike that greatly. In fact, I think I'd find him kind in real life, and likeable, but I'd not really like him because I can't really bring myself to like someone like that even when they're kind and compassionate and good. I'm already talking more than I intended but I'll try to point out what bothers me of his attitude.
Soichiro is very very anti Kira, but he's working for a government with the death penalty and he doesn't seem to consider that even for a moment. For him, that the government does it is justifiable but monstrous if a person does it. He doesn't really have a justification, it's just like that because it's as it is. He's very against L's methods, buy L uses people who were going to die anyway at the very moment he uses them either way because of the death penalty, because of the government. From a government pov, if the government were to do what L does, it'd be something terrible. From an individual pov? Not so much. It's ugly, but it's beyond himself whether that people die or not, and his decisions are easily justifiable from an individual pov: they're going to die irrevocably, that very day at that very time, and he is using what he can to solve a very complicated case that is taking many lives, and he even might use the moral support of "I'm giving the prisoners the chance of choosing, with the potential reward of lifelong imprisonment instead of death". And again, while a government doing that is terrible, it's not as terrible for a person. L is a private detective, an individual. People can be fallible. Governments shouldn't. What L does might be justifiable, if ugly, for a person, but it would be unforgivable for the government to do. But the government lies on L and it's L who takes the slander of the rest of the Task Force. And that's what Soichiro doesn't see, and that's what bugs me. Soichiro sides with the government and the laws no matter what, no matter if they're terrible and are actually the cause if indirectly of the terrible things L is able to do (I'd have to reread to be completely comfortable affirming this, but Soichiro's attitude towards the government reminds me a bit of Mikami and Misa to some extent).
Soichiro hates Kira, and hates and criticises L's methods and his ruthlessness, but doesn't even consider for one moment the problem is not L. The problem is not the 24 yo boy/man, the problem is his government, that has the dead penalty and actually let's a private detective carry on with the investigation and do as he pleases (and I'm not even taking into consideration how L's upbringing and the lowkey if fun exploitation he was subrmited to have most probably influenced if not determined the way he acts in these cases, because while it's intriguing it'd feel like justifying L out of pity, and either way Soichiro doesn't know that; but I mention this because L's entire past at Wammy's, like the other children's, is another very terrible move from governments and adults in responsibility positions). The problem is Interpol, the governments in general, blatantly saying L is ruthless but not even setting rules when working with him. And I think it would actually have been very easy to stop L doing those things. Just change the rules of the game, tell him beforehand there are a few things he can't do. It's a game after all. Of course L would still exploit the moral and legal vacuums of the rules as he pleased, as one does when playing anything, but the government wouldn't have given him totally free way.
I'm not sure if I'm explaining myself very well. Years ago in a class I talked about the difference between personal vengeance and the death penalty. I feel this is similar. A person is fallible. A government should be able to stand over licit murder. L manipulating people to prove a point is ugly. A government doing that or letting someone free way to do whatever is terrible. L does whatever, and as an individual is not so horrible as it is that the governments internationally actually let him do whatever even knowing beforehand without setting rules. Soichiro sees this and it doesn't even cross his mind for a moment to criticise the government he's working with. Also, he considers his morals the best, which makes sense in a first person pov (why support x morals if you don't think they're the best? I'm not critisising this), but he's very... imposing about them, while as I say not being precisely the most critical thinker. That Soichiro is like this, morally (I'm not even talking about the policeman aspect though that's so often talked about in the fandom), makes a lot of sense to how Light ends up being Kira, and with how Matsuda thinks and acts. And I find that very intriguing, but I can't stand Soichiro's simplistic morals and his better-than-you attitude even though he's a generally good person. That's why I dislike his morals the most (of course you don't have to agree!). I don't stand by Near's morals either, but I like his "god could come and tell me and still I'd doubt" attitude. It's what makes gods mad in basically every mythology, but I love that kind of thought process. I'm very much like that too.
I'm so sorry this is so long. I tried to cut, but I got the impression it'd make it even less clear or more difficult to understand. Or maybe the lack of clarity lies precisely on how repetitive and long this is. I'd like to think English not being my first language has to do with this, but honestly the problem is most probably just me. I hope I made the point understandable enough, though. And thanks for your patience. I really liked that post of Near someone sent as an opinion and how you replied! Very interesting takes on both ends.
Hi again! You have some very thought-provoking points about it all, and don't worry, your English is excellent.
I loved Near's stance about these things as well, and that's something that really bothered me when growing up about some authority figures and institutions being really totalitarian and silencing of doubts or stances they deemed too negative or incorrect to voice aloud. I value having freedom of choice and the ability to think critically about everything immensely. Maybe it's because I went to a very strict and sheltering and weird little school as a child that tried very hard to indoctrinate me with a specific worldview, and always shamed and silenced anyone who disagreed or questioned them or felt like an outsider or wanted to have a different point of view. I remember relating the most to Matsuda on the task force when I first watched the show as a teen, because he was always speaking up with his devil's advocate questions or confusions. The way Soichiro and the others usually yell and scold and shame him for this bothered me a lot, because I wanted them to discuss things openly so I could see all the different sides of the arguments more clearly. Actually, I think this is a pretty culturally similar thing between Japan and Canada (where I am from). There's a strong emphasis on doing what's best for the entire group instead of just yourself, and being too controversial or outspoken or individualistic about certain things is often taboo and frowned upon as a big social faux pas. It's possibly quite a bit stronger pressure toward obedience and conformity and politeness in Japan in certain ways as well, but I don't know for sure as I haven't lived there myself.
I think Soichiro had a bit of nuance and flexibility with his morals and his stances in various instances throughout the plot, and to me he seemingly tries hard to see things from other angles during complicated moments in what must be one of the most difficult situations he could possibly face as both a police chief and a parent. But it's true he never seemed to doubt that upholding the laws already in place and the way his government punishes the convicted were the "correct" ways society should function. I think this series would be a really interesting one to discuss in a class that talks about stuff like justice and the death penalty and law and ethics and such for how many of these things it touches on in an entertaining and thought-provoking way!
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May I pretty please with extra cherries on top ask for the full sfw alphabet with Dickiebird? 🥺🥺 But if not (and I totally understand) can I please have A, B and C? Thank you 🌻
So you got me with the cherries ngl. Hope you like it!! 💖
Warning: this is super long so sorry about that 😅
Activities - What do they like to do with their s/o? How do they spend their free time with them?
He isn't too picky so even a spend a noon with you without running for your life it's a good start.
Dick likes to take out to wander around to city and search for hidden gems, it could be looking out for new restaurants (nothing too fancy) or look out spots. Those dates are always fun.
Beauty - What do they admire about their s/o? What do they think is beautiful about them?
He admire how you can look at the bright side even when the situation is too gloomy. Your optimistic way of seeing life has stuck with him in one way or another, giving him hope that maybe nothing is entirely lost.
Comfort - How would they help their s/o when they feel down/have a panic attack etc.?
Dick wouldn't leave your side, too scared that might get worse. If you're sad he's going to let you cry or rant about what's bothering you if you feel like doing it, if not then he's going to hold you until you don't need him anymore.
But if you're having a panic attack Dick is going to do his best to help you calm down. He's gonna point at random things in the place you two are and ask you kindly to name them so you can on another thing, also he will help you to control your respiration.
Dreams - How do they picture their future with their s/o?
Dick dosen't really like to think about the future, it scares him. However, he hopes that his future with you would be full of love and peace, just the two of you having a happy life together without fearing for someone coming up to tear apart that happiness.
He sometimes daydream about you and him living a happy life together, married and with a child, maybe two. Yeah, that's his happy little fantasy and he craves to have one day...
E qual - Are they the dominant one in the relationship, or rather passive?
Dick is a man that likes to have control over everything so he dosen't feel like his life is falling apart, he might end up emotionally blackmailing you without noticing which lead to him avoiding you until he finds a way to end with that behavior.
However, that dosen't mean that he will force you to follow his lead, he dosen't want to make you upset or uncomfortable in some way.
Fight - Would they be easy to forgive their s/o? How are they fighting?
Fights are a thing Dick would like to avoid at all cost, so that's one of the reasons he locks up his emotions/ don't tell you when something is bothering him; in the long run all the hidden emotions will explode.
He's bitter and sometimes even cruel when you're in a big fight, his anger blinds him and make him say pretty nasty things that he will surely regret once he has cooled down.
It would take some time for him to collect himself and go to apologize, first he needs to take away his rage and re think everything before he goes to you and he he apologizes you can clearly see how the guilt, angst and sadness is eating him alive.
And I think he will forgive, but forget (in case you were the one wrong) would take a little bit of time...
Gratitude - How grateful are they in general? Are they aware of what their s/o is doing for them?
He knows he can be a pain in the ass sometimes and his temperamental issues dosen't really help, but he's glad that you can put him in place and calm him down and he's definitely grateful for that.
Honesty - Do they have secrets they hide from their s/o? Or do they share everything?
There's a few things that he doesn't want to tell you and will do his best to make sure you won't be able to find out the truth until it's too late. Dick truly believes that keeping you from knowing the truth will make your life easier, he's afraid that you'd get hurt somehow thanks to his erratic life, so this is way of keeping you safe.
It cost him a death near experience to confess you that he was Robin, yeah you're shocked and angry expression had stuck with him since.
Inspiration - Did their s/o change them somehow, or the other way around? Like trying out new things or helped them overcome personal problems?
Before you came in his life he was a man full of rage; he was angry at world and himself for not being able to define what he really wanted. You didn't changed him overnight and sometimes he's back at his old behaviours when he's too stressed, but you certainly change his way to see life in a way.
Jealousy - Do they get jealous easily? How do they deal with it?
Dick dosen't like to call himself a jealous man because he doesn't get jealous over stupid things. Although it's easy to tell when he's jealous since he will keep you closer to him and his gaze will grow colder, ready to tell the other person to fuck off if they dosen't get the hint that you're with him.
Kiss - Are they a good kisser? What was the first kiss like?
My boy Dick is a good kisser, he knows how to make you forget about your surroundings with just kiss.
Your first kiss was unexpected and stolen by you during a playful fight, you wanted to distract him and take some advantage. It didn't worked out as you planned since your little kiss transformed into a make out session.
Love Confession - How would they confess to their s/o?
He confessed his love for you by accident, both of you were drunk and having a good time so he just blurted it out with a big grin and kiss. Dick was kind of ashamed for his overly happy behavior, but he was glad that you felt the same way as him.
Marriage - Do they want to get married? How do they propose? What would the marriage be like?
Dick wants to get married and all the sweet stuff that comes with it, he has dreamed to have a family of his own for so long and starting it with you would be amazing.
Propose: Dould take you to where your first date was and have a fantastic day together.
He would be nervous, but will try to hide it, remembering the words of encouragement his teammates and family gave him (all of the asked him to not screw it, Rachel made him promise it) so when you noticed his way behavior, Dick told you what was on his mind, how he felt about you and then he proposed to you.
I see him being the kind of husband who is supportive, the one who is always there to bring a hand when you have problems and also kiss you hello or goodbye. Dick would be a good husband, trying his best to have a good marriage and if you have kids, provides them love and healthy way of living.
Nicknames - What do they call their s/o?
Dick dosen't call you by a bunch of nicknames since he finds the majority of them too cheesy. Call him old fashioned, but his favorite ones are: baby, babe, darling when he's feeling cheesy, or even sunshine
On Cloud Nine - What are they like when they are in love? Is it obvious for others? How do they express their feelings?
Dick fall in love hard and he would rather pretend that's nothing is going on until the reality slaps him in the face. It dosen't matter how hard he tries to hide those feelings, the others will start to suspect quickly for his dismay.
Dick is gonna be more calm and even flirty around you, doing his best to not fuck up the moment, also his protectiveness over you will multiply.
PDA - Are they upfront about their relationship? Do they brag with their s/o in front of others? Or are they rather shy to kiss etc. when others are watching?
It's complicated, Dick dosen't like to be very affectionate with you in front of the team since he wants to keep the leader image, especially for the youngers. So he will settle for having an arm around you and just a simple peck from time to time.
Quirk - Some random ability they have that’s beneficial in a relationship.
Dick has many skills that have been quite helpful, such as his ability to help you keeping your life if a criminal wants to kill you, and even his detective skills have getting handy in more than once.
But you must say that his acrobatic skills surprisingly are helpful too, it always puts you in a good mode seeing him do flips around the place when he's bored, he even tried to bring the flexibility during sex but if you're not as trained as him then it surely ended up being a unique experience; you had a lot to laugh in the aftercare, that's for sure.
Romance - How romantic are they? What would they do to make their s/o happy? Cliché or rather creative?
He's a romantic guy in his own way and it sometimes fall in the cliche kind of romance.
If you two hadn't see each other for too long he's going to settle up a nice and intimate date that will involve wine, candles and takeout since he sucks at cooking. After that it would lead to some fun time if you know what I mean...
Support - Are they helping their s/o achieve their goals? Do they believe in them?
Dick may not see you as much as he would like, but that doesn't mean he won't give you support in whatever you may want to achieve, but he has the tendency to be the voice of reason when your idea seems a little bit too irrational.
Thrill - Do they need to try out new things to spice out your relationship? Or do they prefer a certain routine?
Dick needs the thrill to live, he's addicted to it and a routine will bore him quickly.
He would try out some things to make your relationship a little bit more interesting, maybe it would be a new dynamic between you two or something from that sort. However, he wouldn't force you to do the change.
Understanding - How good do they know their partner? Are they empathetic?
Well, he knows a lot about you and it's good at reading you the majority of the time, but this man can be so clueless that it's amazing how much he knows about you, but can pass unnoticed the simplest things.
He tries his best to understand your problems and bring a solution to them or just listen to what you have to say. However, it might be kind of hard for him to fully understand your angriness if your problem is mundane, but he does tries to understand.
Value - How important is the relationship to them? What is it’s worth in comparison to other things in their life?
Your relationship is something very important for Dick and he wouldn't want to be the one who do something to interfere in it, but his vigilante duty tend to step in and steal some of his time with you alongside his training with the Titans and his job.
Sometimes days can go by and you don't hear nothing about him (he says that he prefers not to call you when things are getting out of hands and he dosen't want you to get in the crossfire) or you'll go to bed alone and wake up in the same way. He hates it, but he feels like he's turning back on the city if he doesn't take the high and lows of the vigilante life.
Wild Card - random fluff headcanon but I did a blurb because he's my husband and I love him
Dick couldn't tell how long it has been since he had arrived to your place tired and covered from head to toe in purple-ish bruises. The week hasn't been kind to him, too many dangers trying to damage the city, but he was glad to be resting on top of you, far away from the battlefield for an instant.
The sound of rain crashing against the window was lulling him to sleep, making his eyelids feel as heavier as lead, but Dick didn't wanted to fall asleep. He wanted to make up for the lost time and enjoy your moment together.
The lingering touch of your fingers brushing against his back was oddly comforting, a reminder that you were here and you both were safe.
You kissed him on his head before he failed at his purpose of staying awake and submitted to the luring calmness of the noon and just fall to sleep with warmth sensation of knowing that he could finally rest.
XOXO - Are they very affectionate? Do they love to kiss and cuddle?
This man is a fan of cuddling with you with his head resting on your chest and your arms wrapped around him as you caress his scalp, yeah that's his favorite way to take a well deserved nap.
He can get pretty clingy when you two are alone, he dosen't see you that often thanks to his two jobs so he wants to make up for the lost time with you. So prepare yourself for stolen kisses and quick hugs that he isn't sure how to start.
Yearning - How will they cope when they’re missing their partner?
He will get himself busy somehow, it dosen't matter if that means drowning in paperwork or doing extra training, Dick wants to keep the fact that you're out as long as possible so he wouldn't overthink.
But when there's nothing left to do, he will listen your voicemails again and even re read your over sweet conversations, but please don'tet the others know about this...
Zeal - Are they willing to go to great lenghts for the relationship? If so, what kind of?
You have become someone important in Dick's life and therefore he wants to keep you by his side as long as possible, so he's going to try to maintain your relationship.
Dick would search for you, it doesn't matter how far you and the dangers he has to face. He wants to know you're still out there, safe and sound and you can bet he will try his best to protect you.
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can you please do 23 please??
Sorry for the very long wait! Thank you for this~ I know there are already so many fics similar to this, but that won’t stop me anyhow. Let this be an additional cake to the OTP food trope that we all love. 😆 Hope you enjoy another little ShinRan teasing / fluff~!
23. A kiss that tastes of the food/dessert they are eating. (1,518 words) .
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Ran’s been doing something. It’s a rather odd way to throw him off his concentration, but it’s really happening.
Maybe his classmates are blind for not noticing, because something as blatant as that can catch anyone’s eyes so easily. Clearly she wasn’t like that yesterday, so the difference is quite obvious. Just this morning, she’s done it eight times, more for the times he isn’t able to pay attention, which is unlikely.
Her lips aren’t dry - in fact they’re the softest he’s ever touched, ever felt - so to necessitate the application of that brand new yellowish balm she keeps hidden in her uniform pocket is today’s mystery. He is no expert when it comes to stuff like this, but he sure as hell knows that one shall not wet their lips before or after applying lip balm. But that is what she’s doing, and it’s racking his nerves to the point of insanity, in more ways than one.
He tries bringing it up with Nakamichi, but the dude isn’t as observant as he is - a shame. Dude merely shrugs it off and grins, saying something like, it’s his newest addiction. And Ran’s lips. What the hell is he talking about.
(He’s been addicted to those for a long time.)
The second mystery is how she suddenly thinks of buying one of those flavored breads they always pass by on their way to the detective agency. It has no stuffing in it - thank god - and she isn’t offering him any. He doesn’t mind, he isn’t hungry. But still...
Loud munching in his presence - in her room - crumbs settling on the corner of her alluring lips and she does it again, tip of tongue delectably reaching for the farthest bits it can reach. It’s slick, flexible, pairing with her ever so irresistible red lips and oh, the herculean effort to resist grabbing her face and entangling it with his own—
It’s not just about her lips. It’s her lips and...
“Hey, stop that.”
“Stop what?”
“Licking your lips every ten seconds. It’s annoying the crap out of everyone.”
She blinks at him. “But you’re the only one here.”
“Well-”, he stammers, avoiding her gaze, “when we were in class, it annoyed some people too.”
Ran arches an eyebrow. “It did?”
“Yes,” he lies, “So stop.”
From his peripherals, he sees her shrug before downing the last slice of bread, moist lips wrapping around the food before disappearing into her mouth, then licks leftover crumbs from her fingertips. After that fairly eye-pleasing show, she cups her cheeks with both hands, elbows resting on the kotatsu as she stares at him, a mixture of mischief and innocence swirling in her eyes, like that’s even possible. “Not supposed to matter now that we’re alone though?”
Shinichi groans. He doesn’t want to get started, but he should’ve known calling her out won’t deter her at the least; it’ll just fuel her desire to annoy him even more.
“Are you bothered, Shinichi?”
Stealing a glance at her is a bad idea. The moment he does, her wet tongue travels her upper lip in one painstakingly languid sweep, and his poor self doesn’t know if he’ll allow his jaw to freely hang slack in fascination or fight the temptation growing in him in the form of teenage hormones. What’s the deal with this woman?
He takes pride in his temperance, no matter how hapless it leaves him sometimes - just like now - but he lets his ever magnificent composure prevail.
In what seems to be an attempt at ignoring the warning bells blaring in his ears, he rolls his eyes and exhales sharply, diverting his attention to his notebook.
“I’m gonna leave if you won’t stop.”
“Oh! But look outside. It’s about to rain.”
“I’m going to stay downstairs, at the agency.”
“Dad’s live streaming Yoko-chan’s concert. You cannot concentrate.”
“I’ll stay at Poirot.”
“It’s closed today.”
He rolls his eyes skyward. “Then can you please stop?”
She giggles. “Make me?”
Shinichi feels the tip of his ears heat up. This is not funny. It’s frustrating and it’s draining the life out of him. Is this a test? How can she drop those lines so smoothly without stuttering? What’s gotten into her? What plan does she have in her sleeve? Shall he go with the flow? But what if it’s a test? Must he give up? Give in? Why prolong the agony? If she wants to kiss him as bad as how he wants to kiss her right now, why not go ahead and just do it?
“Ran, I swear to god if you won’t stop…”
“I will stop,” she purses her lips and parts them in a teasing pop, then her voice drops low, and raspy, and hot, “So hurry up and make me.”
Ah, well, fine.
Beating around the bush is, indeed, very tiresome.
He doesn’t waste a single second pushing her to the floor, pinning her wrists above her head. His face hovers above hers as he inhales her scent momentarily, fruity like citrus, fresh like baked bread. When she teases him with another tongue swipe, he cuts through her with his own tongue grazing her upper, then lower lip, before sliding carelessly in her mouth.
He feels her exhale deeply through her nose, a delighted ‘mmph’ rolling out her lips. He knew it. She’s testing him. He played right into her hands. Yielded to her plan. He’s above her - right where she probably wanted - stopping her himself from licking her damned annoying soft lips, using his own tongue. A total, disgraceful, loss but...can he really call this losing?
Is he losing when he’s on top of her, feeling her curves through their uniform? Her body arching onto him as her wrists relax under his hold? Her flesh in close, wonderful contact with his, trembling in utmost anticipation? How is it losing when he can finally - freaking finally - savor the sweet, glorious taste of Ran and...and, wait, a little key lime pie? Is that bread actually key lime pie? What? And her balm? Tastes like citrus too? But she…? How?
They separate breathlessly, and this time, it’s his turn to lick his own lips.
“I...thought you hated lime.”
“I do,” she mumbles, “but you like it, so...” the thought trails off, the last bit barely audible.
A growing blush colors his cheeks. Then he snickers, burrowing his head in her shoulder to hide it.
“All this time, you’re… Geez. Wow, I...Can’t believe you’re that kind of idiot.”
Ran giggles too, a little more breathily.
“Makes two of us. I was so convinced you wouldn’t catch on.”
“Mind you, I did. It was just too bizarre to even have as a thought.”
“Hey, honestly though, I was really licking my lips in distaste. The lime was killing my taste buds.” She scoffs.
“Thought you were totally flirting with me.”
“Hah. Did it mainly look like I was?”
“Deny, sure, but it doesn’t change the fact that you devised a plan for me to do this,” he grins. “Can’t believe you had it in you, Ran.”
He feels her smile against his shoulder. “Mm. Can’t believe you fell for it either.”
They relish the silence a little more, before he finally speaks.
“You know... if you want to go down this route, you could’ve just asked me to chew some of your favorite strawberry flavored candy or something,” he lifts his head, still not removing her from entrapment, “makes it less cumbersome for us ‘cause unlike how lime is for you, I don’t hate it.”
She blinks, shocked. “Wait, so...you’ll let me kiss you?”
“Haah? Why the hell not?”
“You’ve always been the initiator and I always wait so, y’know...I’m not used to...” she blushes. He laughs. Loud.
“Raan. Goodness. Lead me on. Kiss me any freaking time. I’ll be the happiest man on earth.”
“Even while in school?”
“Even while in school.”
“But I thought you hate PDA’s.”
“I do,” he confesses, “but if you’re so eager to try it, then…”
Her plump, rosy lips glisten under the fluorescent; it’s hard not to stare at them. They’re like halves of one ripened strawberry, juicy and fresh, waiting to be tasted, to be savored and eaten. Good thing he doesn’t hate strawberries. Even if he does, why waste a perfectly good opportunity to reconsider?
Cheeks turning the same color, she swipes her tongue in between her pursed lips, purposely wetting them more.
“I-I see...But for now...Aren’t you gonna continue?” Her teeth dig her bottom lip, shy but determined. “There’s still lime in my mouth… a lot on my tongue...so...”
It’s silly, this kind of approach, but for him who’s been restraining for a couple of hours now, a jumpstart from her - whatever and however she prefers - is all that’s needed and he won’t even dare have second thoughts indulging right in.
“Well…for a start, you can always gargle it out…”
“Shinichiii.”
He sniggers. “I know, I get it,” he dips his head lower, “Let me take all the lime out for you.”
The cleanup proceeds in earnest.
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#shinran#kiss prompts#fanfic#ohh kinda word vomited again soooo#why lie we want more teasing scenes between the two#another cake to the hundreds of cakes out there!#still!! hope u enjoy this!!#💗
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Twist of Fate
Rating: Teen and Up
Fandom: Detective Conan, Magic Kaito
Relationship: Kudou Shinichi X Kuroba Kaito
Tags: Soulmate AU, Fluff and Angst, Hurt/Comfort, No Smut, Black Org Takedown, Slow Burn, Happy Ending
Language: English
Word Count: 7348
Extra Notes: For my 100th follower @altumvidetur. This has also been posted on AO3, in case of formatting errors.
“Oi, KID. I found you.”
Kaito stiffened at the call of his moniker. He tried to act as natural as possible when he turned to the steely-eyed child glaring up at him. He held onto his police issue hat, as if to check his disguise was still in place, even though he knew it was. “I’m sorry little one, but I’m not sure who you’re talking to? There are no other children here and, as you can see, I am clearly an adult.”
“Yeah, yeah. And I’m the Queen of England.” The boy, Tantei-kun, gave him a very unimpressed look. “Now, either I can go tell Nakamori-keibu that one of his officers has been replaced with a wolf in sheep’s skin—or, you can hand it over.”
Kaito grimaced at the kid’s ultimatum.
Because it wasn’t a gem or stolen good the kid was asking for. It wasn’t even candy or a cup of coffee, which might also be reasonable. No, it was a small two-ounce container of KID’s special concealer mix. He used it for everything from hiding bruises and marks to blending a fake face with his natural skin tone.
And Tantei-kun had taken to accosting him every few months for a new container. If Kaito didn’t prepare the stuff by hand, he would have been out a fortune in make-up costs.
What use did the little detective have for make-up anyway? He was six, for crying out loud! How did KID end up as his black-market make-up dealer?
Kaito sighed at the thought.
No, he knew how this had happened. Or at least when it had happened.
It was the second heist with little Tantei-kun in the ring. The Suzuki Company had put out a challenge to steal the lady of the company’s jewel. KID, of course, answered the call and took the disguise of Mouri Ran in order to remain close enough to pull off the heist and still get away cleanly.
Not as cleanly as he had hoped, since the boy he now knew as Edogawa Conan, Tantei-kun, managed to corner him before he could make his escape. Instead of calling the inspector on him, though, Tantei-kun had asked him a question.
“What’s that stuff on your wrist?” the boy had asked, a field ball caught beneath his foot.
At the question, Kaito had blinked. He had been surprised the boy had even noticed the thin, dry coating that covered his Mark. After having worn it for years, Kaito had managed to blend the paste seamlessly with his skin. Like there was never a Mark to begin with.
“It’s a special concoction that can conceal any mark. It goes on like make-up and dries to the texture and flexibility of skin. It’s water-resistant and lasts for days, so long as you don’t treat it too roughly.” Kaito had held up his arm, ignoring the panicked rush that came with displaying his Marked wrist so easily.
It didn’t matter that it was concealed. It didn’t matter that it couldn’t be traced back to his civilian self. It didn’t matter that his civilian self had been ‘Markless’ for years by this point. The knowledge of what lay underneath the thin veneer of lies still caused his heart to quicken.
He dutifully kept his face blank of those fears, choosing a taunting smile instead. “I’m surprised you noticed it at all.”
“I’m observant like that,” the boy had said, gaze dark. “Where do you buy it?”
“I don’t.” KID had laughed at the unimpressed look the boy shot him. “Klepto-urges aside, I didn’t buy this. I made it. None of that commercial stuff could compare.”
The boy had given a contemplative hum, obviously deep in thought. Just as KID had secreted a flash grenade into his hand and plucked his emergency sunglasses from their hiding place, the boy had spoken. “I want some.”
KID had paused in his escape attempt. “… Heh?”
“I want some,” the boy had repeated. “Give me some, or I’ll turn you over to the Inspector.”
“… What if I don’t have any on me?” KID had asked, curious beyond measure.
“Nakamori-Keibu it is,” the kid had said and thrown back his head to call to the searching officers.
“Ah, ah, ah! Wait! Okay, okay!” KID had frantically waved his hands and pulled out a small bottle that he always kept on him. It was supposed to be for emergencies, but bargaining with a six-year-old wasn’t too far out of that territory. Plus, it meant he didn’t have to waste a light grenade. The materials to make those cost far more than the little bottle of concealer did.
The boy had looked all too pleased with the trade-off and let KID go without a complaint. Kaito had thought that would be the end of it, but oh how wrong he’d been.
Every few months since then, the boy would track him down and demand another bottle in return for letting KID escape. Now, it wasn’t to say that KID didn’t like Tantei-kun coming to his heists. He loved showing off to his little critic and making those blue eyes widen in awe at a trick the other had never seen before. It quite honestly made Kaito’s whole month, just to get the boy to smile.
But there were times, like now, where the boy was a bit too serious, saw through KID’s disguises a bit too quickly, that made KID wonder just what the boy needed the concealer for.
Though he would never get a straight answer, it never hurt to ask. “What does a kid like you even need concealer for?”
“Reasons that you don’t need to worry about.” Tantei-kun raised an eyebrow at him. “I can always go find Nakamori-keibu if you refuse.”
“I wasn’t refusing,” Kaito grumbled. “Just stalling.”
“Stalling? Really? And you’re supposed to be good at lying.” Tantei-kun scowled at him. “Now, hand it over. Ran will be looking for me soon.”
“Hold up! You didn’t answer my question.” Kaito crossed his arms with a huff. “What does a kid like you need with professional-grade concealer?”
“It’s none of your business—!”
“It is my business if you go through four bottles in a year.” Kaito frowned at him. “You know those are supposed to last twice the time, right?”
Tantei-kun glared at him. “If you don’t hand it over right now, I’ll-!”
“What? Go tell Nakamori on me?” Kaito let a grin play at his lips despite the stab of fear he felt. “Then who would you get your black-market make-up from? Your Onee-chan certainly won’t get you any, not without the same questions I’m asking.”
By the look on the kid’s face, KID knew he’d caught him. Tantei-kun tried to hold a brave mask, but seconds later, it crumbled. “Please. I need it.”
“Why?” KID repeated. “The only use you have for it is to cover up marks: ink, markers, scars, bruises…”
KID paused at that, his mind suddenly snapping to… horrible repercussions. Kaito often used the concealer to cover injuries left over from KID heists, where Taskforce officers had gotten just a little too close. It wasn’t out of the realm of possibility that Tantei-kun…
“Whatever you’re thinking, you’re wrong,” Tantei-kun hissed, immediately defensive. Which, again, could be indicative of…
“So you’re telling me that you aren’t being abused at home?” KID asked, voice suddenly toneless. “I know Mouri is a ‘great detective’, but that doesn’t mean he’s a good man. And you aren’t related to either him or your precious Onee-chan, that much I’ve gathered. It would be all too easy to—?”
“Mouri may be a drunk, but he’s a useless one.” Tantei-kun rolled his eyes, but his body was relaxed. There was no defense in his posture. He wasn’t even tense. “The worst he’s done was box my ears for running around a crime scene. Then again, he’s the only adult that seems to think a child shouldn’t be around a crime scene, so… I think that evens out.”
KID wasn’t thrilled with the answer, but he was sure Tantei-kun was smart enough to go to the authorities if someone was abusing or neglecting him. Or, at least, KID hoped so. (He made a mental note to check in, just in case.) “Then why?”
“I… can’t tell you,” Tantei-kun said through his teeth, like the answer had to be dragged from his throat.
“Then I can’t give you more,” Kaito said simply.
“KID-!”
“I’m sorry, Tantei-kun, but I’ve been an enabler for too long.” Kaito held up his hands in a ‘what can you do’ gesture. “If you want more concealer, you’re going to have to tell me what you want it for.”
Tantei-kun pursed his lips, eyes tracing Kaito’s face in a calculating manner. When it became apparent there was no way around it, he hissed a sigh through his teeth, dragged a hand through his hair, then threw his arms open wide. “Okay! I’ll tell you!”
Kaito straightened, eager to finally get an answer to the questions that had plagued him for months now.
“But not here.” Tantei-kun gave the empty hallways a look. “Too risky. You know where Agasa’s house is?”
“The scientist you and your friends hang out with?” KID thought for a moment. “Yeah, I know of him.”
“Meet me at his house. Tonight,” Tantei-kun ordered. “I’ll tell you there.”
“Got it.” KID nodded. Then he blinked when Tantei-kun held out a hand. “Ha?”
“I promised to tell you, so hand it over,” Tantei-kun clarified.
“Oh-ho no.” KID shook his head. “No way, Tantei-kun. I’m holding it ransom.”
“You think I won’t keep my promise?” Oh, the boy looked pissed at that.
“Promise? Yes.” KID poked the kid’s cheek. “Not call Nakamori-keibu in an ambush since you already got what you want? No.”
The kid clicked his tongue. “You’re sharper than I give you credit for.”
“I should be insulted by that,” KID said. “But now, I’m just disappointed in you. To think, my favorite critic would try to ambush me!”
“Just for that, I’m telling Nakamori to check all of his officers.”
Tantei-kun didn’t. But he did warn Nakamori that KID was waiting for rain in order to pull off his heist. In spite of the extra information, KID still managed to pull of his heist with more fanfare than usual, given it was a ‘reverse’ heist.
And that Tantei-kun thanked him afterwards, well, that was just icing on the cake.
* * * * *
Kaito found himself standing outside a large house, staring down at a little girl and floundering for words. “Uh… is… Conan-kun here?”
The girl stared for a long moment before looking over her shoulder. “Edogawa-kun! Your thief is here!”
Wha— how rude! Kaito had gone through the painstaking effort to disguise himself as Mouri Ran again. She could at least have the decency to treat him like the woman he was!
On second thought, how had she known…?
“I told her you were coming by,” Tantei-kun said, face pinched in a scowl. “Can you not dress like Ran when we talk? This is already hard enough as it is.”
“Hmm…” Kaito dropped a few smoke bombs and flash-changed his outfit. Hakuba Saguru posed on the doorstep, self-righteous smirk in place. “This better?”
Tantei-kun gave him an unimpressed look. “… I’ll take it. Come in.”
He and the little girl stepped to the side to allow Kaito in. Tantei-kun continued further in as the girl closed the door behind him.
“Concealer,” the girl ordered, hand out.
“…I’m sorry?” Kaito stared down at her.
“Haibara is working on recreating the formula for the concealer you have,” Tantei-kun clarified from the couch in the spacious living room. “That way I don’t have to rely on you to get more.”
“Aw, but then how else will I convince you to let me go?” KID whined. Still, he dug out the small bottle and dropped it into waiting hands.
“Something tells me you can get by without me blackmailing you.” Tantei-kun wrinkled his nose. “Or the other way around.”
“Hmm… that’s fair.” Kaito seated himself on the other couch, facing his little critic like the opponents they were. “Now, why do you need the concealer? And so much of it, at that.”
“For starters, both Haibara and I need it. Your comment of how it should last twice as long as it has been? Doesn’t pan out when you have two people using it. As for why I need it…” Tantei-kun inhaled stiffly and straightened his shoulders. “I need to hide my Mark. My Soulmark.”
Kaito blinked. Then laughed. “Hah! Right. A six-year-old with a Soulmark? Really, Tantei-kun, I thought we were being honest here.”
“We are. I am,” Tantei-kun said, voice agitated. “I’m not actually six. I’m sixteen. My Mark appeared on my tenth birthday, like all other Mark Soulmates. When I got turned into a child, it didn’t go away.”
“Right… and how, exactly did you get turned into a child?” Kaito couldn’t help the disbelief in his voice. Yes, Tantei-kun was quite smart for a child, but all physical evidence pointed to him being some sort of prodigy, not a sixteen-year-old turned six.
“I was investigating some shady dealings by men in black suits. They got the jump on me and forced me to down some experimental medicine. All their previous research said it was supposed to kill people, but a microscopic percentage…” Tantei-kun looked down at his hands. “Get turned into this.”
“So you’re saying that a magic drug de-aged you… and you expect me to believe this?” Kaito’s eyebrows rose at the absurdity.
“Edogawa-kun is not the only person it happened to,” the little girl, Haibara, said as she came to sit beside Tantei-kun. She had a rag in hand and was wiping at her own skin. Flakes of concealer came off on the rag until a black script could be seen. Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya was printed as plain as day. “I took the pill of my own accord, but it had similar results. Since then, I’ve found myself here, living as someone else.”
The words… looked real, but Kaito knew just how easily they could be fabricated. With a wave of his hand, he pulled out a handkerchief and a small bottle of his home-made solvent and dabbed a bit on the cloth. He reached forward, then paused. “May I?”
Haibara looked uneasy, but offered her arm.
“What is that?” Tantei-kun demanded as he watched on with scrutinizing eyes.
“An all-around solvent,” Kaito explained as he took a gentle hold of her wrist. “Works on most household stains: markers, pen, makeup, grease, et cetera. Strong enough to pull them off, but still gentle enough to not irritate skin.”
As he spoke, he worked at the black words, as if they were a difficult smudge. But after working diligently for several seconds, he pulled away the cloth to reveal the black lines, still as clear as day. They were no impermanent markings. So either someone had the insane notion to allow their six-year-old to get a name tattooed on their wrist, or… “It’s real.”
“Like I said.” Tantei-kun huffed.
“You’ll have to forgive me,” KID said as he threw the handkerchief up. It disappeared in mid-air as he secreted away the bottle of his solvent. “It is not every day, my favorite critic turns out to be a de-aged… how old did you say you were?”
“Sixteen,” Tantei-kun replied.
Kaito blinked. That was the same age as him.
“And I was eighteen before I was shrunk,” Haibara added, running her fingers over her wrist. “And I do say ‘shrunk’. If we were de-aged, then our Marks should have left too. As they have not…”
“Then time wasn’t re-wound.” Kaito got the gist of what she meant. “So you’re using the concealer to cover your Marks, so that people don’t know that you’ve shrunk.”
“That and to evade the organization that is behind the toxin that shrunk us.” Haibara looked down at her lap. “I was with them for many years before I managed to get away. They know me. They know what I look like. They know what Mark I have. If they were to ever find me, they would put a bullet through my skull before I ever had a chance to run.”
Kaito swallowed thickly and tried not to think about the snipers that sometimes took shots at his heists. He tried not to think of the men who had killed his father, or the impossible chase they were competing against him in. There was no way Tantei-kun’s organization and his could be related.
No way… right?
“As for me,” Tantei-kun said loudly and without caution. “I just don’t believe in Marks.”
That brought Kaito up short.
“Are you surprised?” Tantei-kun asked. Kaito wondered what had given him away. “You shouldn’t be. You of all people should know that some people don’t believe in the Marks.”
“I have my own reasons for keeping mine covered. Not the least of which being how easy it would be to track me down as a civilian if the Inspector was able to see my Mark,” Kaito explained. It was an excuse in every sense of the word. Even if the Inspector saw, it wouldn’t help. Kuroba Kaito didn’t have a Mark. He never had.
“Is that so?” Tantei-kun made a discerning noise before giving a shrug. “I just don’t want to subscribe to the idea of Nominative Determinism.”
KID frowned. He hadn’t heard of that before. “Noma… what now?”
“The idea that I’ll fall in love with someone just because their name is on my wrist.” Tantei-kun paused, then rolled his eyes. “Or, technically, it has to do with certain people being named certain things and then going on to follow a certain career path. Like a person named Hiro becoming a policeman or a person with the last name Bowser going on to lead Nintendo. But I think it applies to this situation too.”
“Please.” Haibara sighed heavily, like this was an argument they had multiple times before. “You just don’t want to believe in fate.”
“Some meta-physical entity that guides all people to a certain end despite the free-will people exert over their own lives is just a bunch of hog-wash.” Tantei-kun huffed.
“And the fact that meta-physical entity also knew that you preferred men over women just happens to be a coincidence.” Haibara pointed out.
Tantei-kun just scowled at her.
“So you aren’t planning to look for your Marked?” KID asked. “I have to say, this is the first time I’ve met someone who didn’t want to find their Soulmate.”
“I want to, I just don’t want it to be because of some ink on my skin!” Tantei-kun waved a hand around as if it would get his point across. “The names don’t even mean anything!”
“Oh?” KID cocked his head to the side. “How so?”
“Look at it this way. Say that the name on my wrist is something like… Okino Yoko,” Tantei-kun decided at random. “Who’s the first person to pop into your mind?”
“The famous celebrity,” KID answered without hesitation.
“Exactly!” Tantei-kun pointed to him. “But Okino Yoko isn’t the only one to have that name. There could be another Okino Yoko in Kyoto that lived her entire life as a shopkeeper or maybe one in Hokaido that is the CEO of a business. Either one of them could be my ‘Soulmate’ but because I recognized the celebrity first, I would become fixated on her, whether she has my name or someone else’s or no name at all. And that’s just one example!”
He threw his hands up in emphasis. “Think of how many people have the first name Hiro! Or over in America, the last name Smith! There are only so many last names and so many first names that people use. It is not entirely outside the realm of possibility that the name on your wrist could be shared by dozens of people around the world. That’s not even taking into account the people who legally change their names over the years.”
“And so, instead of trying to find the right one, you decide not to try at all?” KID couldn’t help a raised brow. “That doesn’t sound like you, Tantei-kun.”
“I’m not giving up.” Tantei-kun scowled. “I’m just not letting myself worry over it. If I like a person, I’ll ask them out. If I don’t like someone, I’m not obligated to go on a date just because they have the right name. I may have a name on my wrist, but I’m not going to let it rule my life.”
That was… a unique way of looking at things. A brave way of looking at things. Kaito… he wished his reason was just as good. In the end, though, he was just a coward.
“Which is why Haibara needs more samples of your concealer, so I can keep using it even when I put you behind bars,” Tantei-kun said decisively.
Kaito couldn’t help a laugh at that. “Well, you keep at it, Tantei-kun. I’m sure you’ll get me one of these days.”
“What makes you think I haven’t already?” Tantei-kun asked. Kaito froze. “Haibara, how long does it take for emergency services to respond to a phone call?”
“About eight minutes,” Haibara said calmly.
It had been seven minutes since Kaito walked in. Seven minutes since Tantei-kun had come to the door. Seven minutes since Kaito had handed off the newest sample of his concealer.
Alarms sounded in the distance.
* * * * *
That was a dirty trick Tantei-kun pulled, but Kaito really couldn’t blame him. Their little game of cat and mouse wouldn’t be nearly as fun without a little surprise every now and then.
Oh, he’d managed to get away, of course, but it told KID that he had to be careful not to let his guard down around the little detective, no matter how adorable the boy was.
(Should he really be thinking that? Tantei-kun was a child after all. Or technically, he was sixteen? But then, Kaito didn’t think his sixteen-year-old self would be categorized as ‘adorable’. ‘Dangerous’ maybe, or ‘sexy’ if Kaito was feeling generous. He didn’t actually know what Tantei-kun looked like grown up, but for as active as the boy was, he had to be a looker.)
Despite the latest failure, the boy didn’t let up. He still hounded KID for another bottle of concealer every few months—which KID handed over easily now that he knew the boy’s reasons. Tantei-kun still tried to turn him in every chance he got, despite the fact that Haibara had yet to recreate the formula that KID used to make the concealer. KID wondered, idly, if Haibara had stopped making progress on purpose.
A certified child genius, already holding a PhD in chemistry and biology? No way it took her more than a month or two to figure it out.
But she didn’t, so Tantei-kun kept coming back to him and the cycle repeated itself over and over again.
Until one day, there was a change.
On the Mystery Train heist, Tantei-kun tracked KID down again, but instead of demanding a bottle of concealer, he nearly begged KID for his help in saving Haibara’s life. Kaito ended up in a train car full of explosives for his troubles and had to ditch a fast-moving vehicle to hang-glide his way to safety, but he liked to think he and Tantei-kun came to and understanding.
That, and he got Tantei-kun’s phone number, so he could antagonize him all he wanted from a safe distance away.
Annoying text messages turned into random memes, then into angry phone calls and quiet murmurings in the middle of the night.
Kaito learned that the organization Tantei-kun was after had eerily similar goals to his own. They both sought immortality. They both worked under codenames and a strict set of ‘no-second-chance’ rules. They both worked for one, unknown individual that seemed to be pulling all the strings.
The similarities were too close to ignore.
“We might be after the same thing here,” Tantei-kun said, voicing the one subject neither had broached since the beginning of their strange alliance. “These organizations, they’re too similar.”
“Similar doesn’t always mean the same, Tantei-kun,” Kaito replied easily, though he couldn’t find any doubt to back it up. “Correlation doesn’t always equal causation. You, of all people, should know that.”
“Even so,” Tantei-kun’s tone shifted lower, as if suddenly worried someone would overhear. “I think we should keep each other posted. Something I find might benefit you and something you find might give me another lead.”
“So you want to, what? Work together?” Kaito couldn’t help the grin playing at his lips. “A thief and a detective?”
“We’re pooling our resources,” Tantei-kun said but without his usual bite. “Just… keep me updated, okay? I’ll keep you in the loop too.”
“Roger, Meitantei.” Kaito gave a little mock-salute, even though he knew Tantei-kun wouldn’t be able to see. “How about we make it a little competition, ne? See who can take down their organization first?”
Tantei-kun just scoffed in answer.
So they began to exchange information. Tantei-kun shared bits and pieces of his daily life as he tried to track down the people who had shrunk him. Kaito very carefully divulged the pieces he thought couldn’t be traced back to himself. Their talks moved from information to checking in to relaying silly tales about the day.
It was smooth. It was subtle. The way that Tantei-kun moved into his life. Kaito didn’t realize just how much it meant to have the other boy, the other teen, as an ally, (as a friend) until one question had him stopping cold in his tracks.
“Where did you even come up with the recipe for this concealer?” Tantei-kun wondered aloud. “Haibara swears there’s nothing like it on the market. It’s super practical—it barely comes off when I wear my watch over it! You must have gone through a lot of trial and error to get it to work right.”
And Kaito… couldn’t help the painfully true answer that slipped through his teeth. “I didn’t.”
“What?”
“I didn’t come up with it,” he repeated stiffly, mouth working on its own. “I… got the recipe from someone else.”
There was a long pause before Tantei-kun spoke. “The first Kaitou KID.”
Kaito gasped, eyes going wide. “How… How did you…?”
“It doesn’t take a genius to see that the KID from before the seven year gap was far more cautious than you. He didn’t flaunt his skills. He didn’t play to the crowd. Sure, he was a performer, but he was calm, cautious, had everything laid out to the point where he could literally walk through the police officers, pluck the gem from the display, and disappear,” Tantei-kun listed off. “You aren’t like that.”
“What?” Kaito let out a bitter laugh. “Are you saying I’m not good enough? Are you saying the first KID was better?”
It wouldn’t be a lie. And Kaito knew that all too well.
“Not at all. The first KID was talented, but he was there with a goal. He wanted the items he stole. He didn’t want to play up the crowd more than he had to,” Tantei-kun said quietly. “You… you take risks. Big risks. Scaling-the-side-of-a-building risks. But they always pay off. Your fans always come back for more and draw a larger and larger crowd. He would appear in the spotlight, but you… you live in it. There’s not really a way to compare the two of you, other than the First KID and the Second.”
Despite himself, Kaito’s eyes started to burn. His nose got a little clogged and his throat got a painful lump in it. Because Tantei-kun had just complimented him, had seen Kaito’s plights and acknowledged him and set him equal to the first KID—to his father, Kuroba Toichi.
And Tantei-kun would never lie about this.
“He was my father,” Kaito croaked before he could stop himself. “The first KID. He was my father.”
Tantei-kun didn’t say anything. The silence was an answer in and of itself.
“He was after Pandora too. Just like I am. He’s the reason I’m searching for it.” Kaito paused to take a steadying breath and blink back the tears. This pain was years old. He should be over it by now. It still hurt, especially since… “The organization… they killed him for it. They found out his identity, and killed him in front a crowd of people… in front of me. They made it look like an accident, and I believed that for years, and then—!”
“And then you found out the truth,” Tantei-kun finished when it got too hard to speak. “And decided make them pay.”
Kaito managed to make some noise of confirmation.
“While I don’t like the way you went about it, I can understand your reasoning.” Tantei-kun let out a tired sigh. “Looks like we’ve both dug our own holes, huh?”
Kaito let out a wet laugh.
“Your father… were he and your mother…?”
“Soulmates,” Kaito confirmed. “When he… when he was gone… it shattered her. It took weeks for her to get out of bed. Months to even start to get her life back in order. Even now, she can’t stay in the house for long because it’s where he lived. I could only do so much.”
“I’m sorry that happened,” Tantei-kun said. “I’m sorry you had to recover from that. I’m sorry you had to help her recover from that.”
“Sometimes… Sometimes I think…” he started, non-sequitur. He clutched the phone tighter to himself, spoke more softly as if it would keep the truth from escaping. “I think… that it would be better off if they hadn’t met. If they hadn’t fallen in love. If they hadn’t been Soulmates, because then… then she wouldn’t have been so hurt.”
Tantei-kun took a long moment to think before answering. “I think she would disagree. I think she would say that, even though there was pain, she had some of her happiest moments with him. Most every Soulmate says that. And besides, if they hadn’t fallen in love… they wouldn’t have had you.”
“And I’m someone special?” Kaito either laughed or hiccupped, he wasn’t sure. “I’m just a thief.”
“A thief who has done more daring stunts than anyone alive. A thief who has consistently remained out of law enforcement hands through sheer will and luck alone. A thief who is taking on an entire underground criminal syndicate in order to avenge his father who had left this world too early,” Tantei-kun said heatedly. “Calling you ‘just a thief’, is like calling me ‘just a detective’.”
“I guess you would know, Meitantei.” And this time, Kaito knew it was a laugh.
“I would indeed,” Tantei-kun said, matter-of-factly. Then his voice softened again. “Is that… why you hide your Mark? Is that why you don’t believe in Soulmates?”
“… I believe in them,” Kaito said quietly. He sniffled, trying to keep the nasally tone out of his voice. “I just… don’t know if I’m strong enough to be with one. Or if they are strong enough to handle having me as one. If I went out the same way as my father…”
The thought of someone else going through what his mother had… it was painful. For it to be someone he loved? Someone he wanted to be happy? Someone he only wished to see a smile from?
The thought was agonizing.
“… I won’t try to tell you how to act or how to think. If you want to avoid them, I won’t try to convince you otherwise,” Tantei-kun said. “But for what it’s worth? I think anyone would be grateful to have you. For however much time you gave them.”
And in spite of himself, Tantei-kun’s words really did make Kaito feel better.
* * * * *
After their talk, they grew closer in a way Kaito could not verbalize. They didn’t meet up more often. They didn’t call any more than they had (though it was a lot to start with). The subject of their calls did change from time to time, but not with any consistency.
It was as if they had fallen into some kind of routine that Kaito never wanted to end. A sort of comfort he never thought he’d have with another person—not after covering his Mark and promising to forget about the name he’d seen.
Kaito found he didn’t want to let that go.
“Would you ever tell them?” He found himself asking one day.
It was during one of their rare physical meet-ups, where he gave Tantei-kun some more concealer, even though Haibara had definitely solved the formula long before then. He knew it was an excuse to see the other, knew Tantei-kun saw it the same, but neither of them said a word. Neither wanted the charade to end.
“Tell who what?” Tantei-kun asked, confused by the off-topic question.
“Your…” What did people call their significant others if not Soulmates? “Lover. If you end up marrying someone who doesn’t have the same name as the one on your wrist. Will you ever tell them?”
Tantei-kun looked thoughtful as he paused to ruminate. “I think… I would give them the option. I don’t want to lie to them. A relationship built on a lie isn’t a relationship at all. But I know that… some people handle the truth worse than a lie. If they don’t want to know, then I’ll keep it hidden for as long as I can.”
“As long as you can?”
“I’m not perfect and I won’t claim to be. Accidents happen.” Tantei-kun shrugged. “Despite my best efforts, they will likely find out either way.”
Yeah… Kaito had often thought the same. He opened his mouth to agree, but what came out instead was, “I want to date you.”
Tantei-kun stared at him, wide-eyed. His gaze went from Kaito, down to his tiny hands, then back to Kaito. “Um…”
Kaito flushed red. “Not now! Not when we’ve got… everything else going on! I meant when you change back.”
“If I change back,” Tantei-kun corrected bitterly.
“When you change back,” Kaito repeated with determination. “I want to meet up and… I don’t know. Go to the movies? Hit an amusement park? Walk around the zoo? Whatever normal teens our age do when they go on dates.”
Tantei-kun snorted. “Because we’re normal teens.”
“By then, we will be,” Kaito said softly. “You’ll be back to your own age, I’ll hang up the mantle of KID for good and we’ll just be… two guys, hanging out. Not six-feet away ‘cause we are gay.”
“Bi,” Tantei-kun corrected, but he had his thinking face on. He looked tentative. “And you won’t be mad that… we aren’t Soulmates?”
Honestly, the thought kind of hurt Kaito a little, but he knew he would always end up in a situation like this. Ever since he decided to ignore the ink on his skin and search for other people’s happiness instead of his own. The fact that Tantei-kun wasn’t entirely focused on their Marks matching actually helped. Instead of telling the long-winded truth, Kaito just smiled and said, “Not at all.”
Tantei-kun’s soft, grateful grin was answer enough.
* * * * *
It wasn’t a happily ever after, after that conversation.
The organization got word of Tantei-kun. They started tailing him, even as KID tried to act as the distraction. He managed to pull some attention away, but it seemed like the roaches were crawling out of the woodwork.
Tantei-kun’s parents came in to stay, and with them a few members of the American Secret Services. A few insiders in the organization managed to maintain their cover and leak information as they could, but it was obvious they could only do so much.
The game had been set. The clock was ticking forward, carrying them on toward the finally fight as the momentum picked up.
It came to a head in a fiery show-down of chaos and death.
Both sides lost people. Gin and Snake and a number of other agents were gunned down or chose to turn their guns on themselves. Very few were taken into custody. Vermouth was lost to the carnage, unable to free herself of the shadows that had claimed her.
The leader of the ring, Karasuma Renya, was caught, but whether the police would be able to press charges remained to be seen. He had been skillful at keeping his hands clean as his henchmen killed hundreds of people in their wake.
Kaito made it out with multiple sprains and contusions and one (very painful) gunshot wound. But his luck had held up and he managed to survive to see another day. With a full pardon, something he hadn’t been expecting until a piece of paper was shoved into his hands by a very stoic Nakamori.
(He was grateful he had the foresight to give himself a long-term disguise and for Tantei-kun admitting him to the hospital under the name Kaitou KID. He didn’t want to see Nakamori’s face when he realized Kaito had been behind the monocle. Hopefully, he never would.)
As for Tantei-kun… well, he had never left the safety of their home-base.
Oh, he had whined and carried on and bargained with every person that went through the door, but none had let him step foot out of the safe house until the fighting was over. For good reason, too. Though he may be sixteen in mind, taking a six-year-old into battle was just asking for bad things to happen.
He did make one hell of a Chess Master though, as he kept in touch over the headsets everyone was obligated to wear. As he called shots left and right in a deadly calm voice, Kaito was reminded, once again, just how spectacular his favorite critic was.
So Tantei-kun was safe, Kaito was recovering and Haibara was reverse-engineering the toxin that had set off the chain of events that led them to where they were today. Now, it was only a matter of resting and healing from the Day of Reckoning.
That, and meeting Tantei-kun for real, face-to-face.
Kaito still remembered Tantei-kun’s promise back before the worst was over. After having survived what could only be described as the single most idiotic decision of his life, Kaito wanted to cash in on that promise.
When he was finally released from the hospital, he decided he would do just that.
Standing on the curb just outside the front doors, Kaito fidgeted as he waited for his ride. Tantei-kun was supposed to pick him up, but the area was clear, not another car in sight. That didn’t spell good things for his nerves.
Not wanting to lose his confidence, Kaito dialed a well-known number and held his phone up to his ear. It rang twice before an unfamiliar voice answered. “To your left.”
Startled, Kaito looked to his left, only to see…
The most beautiful man he had ever met in his life. Or maybe handsome was a better word? He was impeccably dressed, white button-up ironed straight and navy blue suit jacket just reaching his wrists. His blue eyes sparkled right above a wide, familiar smile as he lowered the phone and hung it up.
He was so different and yet so familiar. It could only be—!
“Tantei-kun?” Kaito whispered, scared he was wrong.
“Technically, my name is Kudou Shinichi, but yes, I am—was the little detective that followed you around.” Tantei-kun rolled his eyes and offered a hand. “It’s nice to meet you, for real this time.”
“The pleasure is all mine,” Kaito said, grasping the other’s hand firmly. He didn’t want to let go.
Then the rest of the words caught up with him.
Kaito blinked, taken aback. “Wait, what did you say your name was?”
“Kudou Shinichi?” Tantei—Kudou Shinichi frowned at him, concerned. “Why?”
Kaito hurriedly dropped their hands so he could drag his sleeve up. It took his three tries as his hands shook and he didn’t want to take his eyes off of Shinichi in order to pay attention to what he was doing.
Shinichi watched him with trepidation as Kaito rubbed off the concealer he’d covered his skin with for the last seven years. It had been days since he’d last applied it, so it rubbed off as easily as the temporary glue he used to hold on his masks.
When most of it had been scrubbed off, he held his wrist out to a now wide-eyed Kudou Shinichi who stared down at it with something akin to horror.
“No. No way.” Shinichi shook his head, then reached forward. He turned his gaze this way and that, like it would change the words if he looked at it the right way. But no, Kudou Shinichi remained scrawled across Kaito’s skin in the deepest of blacks. “That’s not—! That’s not possible! You couldn’t have known!”
“I didn’t,” Kaito said, a little slack-jawed. “I didn’t know who you were until today.”
“But that can’t—!” Shinichi abruptly cut himself off. His sharp gaze came up, trapping Kaito in its magnetic hold. “What’s your name?”
“Kuroba Kaito,” he answered, a little breathless. Because it couldn’t be. It couldn’t just work like that. Fate couldn’t be that spot-on… right?
“But that’s—! But I—!” Shinichi dropped his arm to turn around and yell at the sky. “No!” then he turned to Kaito. “No!”
Kaito wilted at the vehemence with which the word was spat. “No?”
“No, I mean, not ‘no’ to you!” Shinichi hurriedly tried to correct himself. “’Yes’ to you, but ‘no’ to Fate because that can’t—! This cannot be happening! This is bullshit!”
Kaito frowned and reached out to grab Shinichi’s flailing hands. His action was surprising enough to give the detective pause, a hesitation Kaito took advantage of as he checked his right wrist, then his left. It was when Kaito let go one and started to take off Shinichi’s watch that the detective realized what he was doing. “No, Kaito, wait—!”
Kuroba Kaito stared back at him, a little dusty from the remains of the concealer the watch had rubbed away.
“We’re Soulmates,” Kaito breathed as Shinichi yanked his hand free. He looked up, still reeling from the shock. “We’ve known each other for at least a year and we were Soulmates!”
“Things cannot work out this well!” Shinichi continued on with his rant. “The probability of having matching Marks in a world full of ‘Kuroba Kaito’s and ‘Kudou Shinichi’s is so infinitesimally small that—!”
“You didn’t know my name until two minutes ago,” Kaito said as he caught the other by the waist. Shinichi leaned away from him with obvious disapproval, but didn’t try to escape his hold. Kaito just rested his chin on the other’s shoulder. “You can’t claim Nominative Determinism when you didn’t even know who I was.”
“I knew who you were,” Shinichi grumbled, but slid his arms under Kaito’s and hooked his fingers into the back of his jacket. “I knew you were annoying and over-dramatic and… kind and smart and selfless to a fault...”
“Careful! I’ll think you’re complimenting me.” Kaito laughed.
“And egotistical,” Shinichi finished, just to be contrary. “I knew you. I just didn’t have the name to go with it.”
Kaito hummed in agreement. “Best name ever, huh?”
Shinichi let out a sigh, but answered. “Wouldn’t change it for the world.”
And for once, Kaito agreed.
“… I still don’t believe in Fate.”
“Shinichi, by this point, I don’t think you can argue against it.”
“No! Fate isn’t real! Just like Luck and Magic! It’s just a bunch of made up things to make people feel better about themselves!”
“A certain girl in my class would have something to say against you.”
“What was that?”
“I was asking if you wanted to go to the zoo? After all, you did promise me a date, didn’t you?”
A content sigh. “Yeah, I suppose I did.”
It was the best date in history, in Kaito's humble opinion. As well as every date after that.
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okie dokie — we have reached another milestone! First I’d like to say thank you guys for following me and just being super kind with loving my writing (even if I slack a bit oop), y’all are seriously the best 🥺 now onto the writing challenge!!
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AUs:
College — 1. @clarkimagines w/ Carol | 2. @marvelbbyx w/ Mason Weaver
Royal
Vampire
Mob
High School
Social Media
Mythology — 1. @buckybarney w/ Bucky x Oc
Detective
Soulmate — 1. @marvels-writings w/ Natasha
Pirate
Dialogue:
“Keep goofing off and you’ll seriously get hurt” — 1. @hopingforbarnes w/ Natasha
“I don’t get why you can’t tell me how you truly feel” — 1. @marvelbbyx w/ Mason Weaver
“Wait- you did what to who?” — 1. @nekoannie-chan w/ Steve or Rumlow | 2. @shaynawrites23 w/ Bucky
“Don’t get too comfortable, now. I wouldn’t want you falling for me” — 1. @aymgreen w/ Wonder Woman/Diana Prince | 2. @tpsebast92 w/ Steve
“See! All is fine and taken care of! No need to worry so much”
“You just don’t get it” — 1. @allfiguredout w/ Carol
“Let me know so I can stop second guessing whatever is going on between us” — 1. @acdeaky w/ Gwilym Lee
“Live a little! Doesn’t hurt to have fun!” 1. @awrykai w/ Sonnet from USWNT
“You’re motherly nature is showing and it’s making you look soft”
“I’m lovesick”
Songs:
Killing Me Softly With His Song - Fugees
8 - Billie Eilish — 1. @buckyssoul w/ Sam & Bucky
Looking Out For You - Joy Again
Let the Sun In - Wallows
Falling - Harry Styles
Liability - Lorde — 1. @wndmxmffs w/ Natasha
High School Sweethearts - Melanie Martinez — 1. @empyreanwritings w/ Wanda
Cruel To Be Kind - Letters To Cleo
Just Like Heaven - The Cure
Leavin’ On Your Mind - Patsy Cline — 1. @marvelbbyx w/ Mason Weaver
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Daybreak Academy: Chapter 99
Intervention
Summary: In which Ephemer has a bad feeling about this. Word Count: 1,733 First | Previous | Next ☆ ⚬ ☆ ⚬ ☆ ⚬ ☆ ⚬ ☆ ⚬ ☆ ⚬ ☆ ⚬ ☆ ⚬ ☆
He never thought he'd see the day when he'd run out of places to hide. And of course Anora was the reason behind it too.
Curse her.
But not too much; he still wanted her to live a long, healthy life.
If only he was made to live the life of a hermit. Then he could just play stakeout in his room until classes started back up. When the first Vulpes and Leopardus cross house class happened, he'd just pretend to be sick. It was a brilliant plan. But Ephemer was not made to be a hermit. He could barely sit down at his desk to play solitaire without tapping his foot on the ground. Everyone knew this, and so now everyone was trying to corner him.
Not that he could confirm that they were. It was just this feeling that he got, like when Skuld was acting odd during the spring play. It was a secret superpower that he held on to with a tight righteousness. Rest assured, this feeling that something was wrong was an absolute curse too. He didn’t know where, or how, or even when something would happen. He just knew that it was due to happen soon.
Ephemer had been so on edge that when he tried to eat lunch, he almost couldn’t. Who, in the name of the Nine Old Men, decided to put raspberries in the fruit parfait this week?
“Mind if I sit with you?”
Brought out of his thoughts by the prudent voice, Ephemer looked up to see Sabrina casting a rather hard expression at him. The young man shook his head, gesturing for her to sit across from him. Sabrina did so before looking over at his tray.
“You gonna eat that?” she asked. “I skipped breakfast this morning.”
“You can have it.” he said as he shoved the tray her way. “I’m not hungry.”
“Thanks.” the girl replied before starting to pick at the food. Ephemer didn’t know what else to do but to watch her. Eventually, after taking a sip of milk, Sabrina asked him, “So, what did you do during break?”
She sounded like she really didn’t want to know, honestly. But Ephemer told her anyway. As Sabrina continued to make her way through the food, the two of them had simple conversations about their breaks. Her answers back to him consisted of only one or two sentences- if Ephemer’s level of suspicion wasn’t already raised, it would have been.
“This is the most we've talked in awhile.” he pointed out. “Is something wrong?”
For this, Sabrina gave him a small half shrug. “I was just told to distract you.” she callously told him. “Something about getting you to talk to your girlfriend.”
Something in Ephemer froze. “I don't have a girlfriend.” he told her- his voice wavering for a moment.
The ten year old cocked an eyebrow at him. “You mean that pink haired chick you keep trying to avoid isn't your girlfriend?”
Ephemer almost let out a sharp gasp in surprise. This was it. This was what he was so afraid of- someone, somewhere, was staging an intervention.
“I think Ven was supposed to help, since this seems like a Dandelion thing.” the girl went on as if she couldn't detect Ephemer's worrying. “But Brain said he wanted to let me help. Something about 'you could be a good spy if you wanted to' or some dumb thing like that.”
“Sabrina,” Ephemer then said, “I-I have to go. I don’t think I’m, uh, feeling very well.”
The girl looked at him and simply let him go as Ephemer dashed out of the cafeteria. Letting out a hard sigh, Sabrina dug for her phone and started to pull up a number that was just added to her contacts this morning. She barely had to wait for someone to pick up.
“Hey Brainiac, I messed up the mission. Huh? Where was he heading? Hmm… About the direction of the dorms. Yep, any time.”
With that, the girl hung up her phone and continued to eat the rest of the lunch she stole from Ephemer. She didn’t know what he was running from, but he definitely wasn’t going to win that battle today.
. . .
Ephemer nearly cursed when he saw Lauriam and Strelitzia heading his way. By the time his brain registered that he needed to walk in the opposite direction, the two siblings were already close enough to take him by the elbow. In fact, they did just that as Lauriam cheerfully greeted him.
“Ah Ephemer, it’s such a shame that we haven’t been able to meet since Strelitzia and I came back to campus. How have you been?”
“I…” Ephemer faltered. He took quick glances between the brother and sister. They were in on it. He could tell by that equal look in their eyes. “I was just going for a walk.”
“So were we.” Lauriam agreed with a calm nod. “Come, let us walk over to the main building. I heard they set up a display on the main floor to welcome everyone back.”
Even if Ephemer had tried to protest, it would have been futile. The grip Lauriam had on his elbow was unsurprising, but it was Strelitzia -who took to wrapping her whole arm around his elbow- that had a surprising amount of strength to her. Ephemer didn’t have a choice as the two guided him into the main building. Turns out, they hadn’t been lying when they said the main floor had been decorated. How did he not notice that before?
Not that it mattered- he needed to find a way out of Strelitzia’s grasp. But how?
“Hey, Strelitzia,” Ephemer casually tried to say as the three of them were looking over some of the art students' work, “You wouldn’t happen to know if there’s more stuff on display upstairs, do you?”
Strelitzia let out a little hum in thought. She gave Lauriam a small glance- when her brother gave her a nod, she let out another agreeing hum. “I think so.” she said. “Would you like to go check?”
Ephemer gave her a quick nod. “Yes please.”
It physically hurt to watch as Strelitzia tilted her head from side to side- as if she were deciding to kidnap Ephemer instead.
“Alright,” she finally agreed, much to Ephemer’s relief, “Go see if there’s more to the display upstairs. Lauriam and I will remain here.”
“Thanks Zee, you’re the best.” Ephemer said as she let go of his arm. He gave her a quick kiss on the cheek as a distraction before he quickly dashed up the staircase.
Strelitzia was bashful for all of a moment before remembering the mission. She turned to Lauriam and said, “Quick, call Brain.”
“Already on it.” her brother affirmed- his phone already up to his ear as it rang over. When Brain picked up on the other end, Lauriam didn’t waste any time in filling him in. “He’s going up the stairs now. Tell Skuld to be prepared. Of course. We’ll be on standby if anything rises. Not a problem.”
“Well?” Strelitzia asked as Lauriam put down his phone. He looked at her with a particularly cunning grin.
“It’s all up to Skuld now.”
. . .
Ephemer did curse when he almost ran into Skuld in the hallway. She was standing by the door to one of the homerooms. He hated that he could tell that she had been waiting for him.
“In a hurry?” she teased without skipping a beat.
“Yes.” Ephemer immediately replied. “I mean no! I mean, ack! Just get out of my way Skuld! I don’t have time to play mind games with you today.”
“Why?” his friend challenged. “Need something from the classroom?”
Ephemer had to take the moment to think. The classroom should have been empty still, right? He could hide out in there until everyone decided to get off his case. Maybe it would take a few hours. Or the rest of the afternoon. Or even until classes started back up. He was a flexible guy.
“Yes.” Ephemer decided. “I did a lot of scavenger hunts with myself over break, you see? Turns out I left one of my favorite pencils in there, and I need to get it back before classes start up. So would you please get out of the way?”
“Alright.” Skuld agreed with a shrug. She even opened up the door for him and gestured for him to enter.
“Thanks.” he nodded. It didn’t even hit him that she could have been trying to trick him until the door shut behind him.
Ephemer immediately spun around to try to open the door again. “Why’s the door locked?!” Ephemer wondered out loud in horror.
“That's because we need to talk.”
Every fiber in Ephemer's body froze. He turned toward the teacher's desk to see the seat turn around to face him. Sitting there was Anora.
“H-hey Anora.” he sheepishly greeted. “Long time no see.”
She did not give him an answer. Instead, she quirked an eyebrow at him. With the grace of a figure skater, Anora pulled herself out of her seat and walked toward him. Her arms were folded in front of her chest as she looked right at him. She stopped just short of being within arm's length of Ephemer. A lump formed in Ephemer's throat when he realized he could see the determination in her eyes. Oh blessed Mary Blair, he was weak.
“I...” Ephemer started to croak, but stopped himself. This was a real bad time to admit he still loved her. Wasn't it? This was an intervention, after all. There was no way that this was going to be that easy. It wasn't like she still loved him too. Right?
Right...?
“Ephemer,” Anora finally spoke- her voice low and almost pleading, “I want -need- to talk. And I need you to listen for all of five minutes. Can you do that for me?”
At this point, Ephemer was sure that he was going to have a heart attack or a brain aneurysm. He had no idea what she had planned. But whatever it was, he could tell that it was important. Swallowing back dry saliva, he rasped out a nervous, “S-sure.”
Anora let out a soft sigh. When she looked up at him again, she was ready to tell him her story.
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Isola Permanent Starter/Relationship Plotter
Here it is, the one you’ve all been waiting for. You’ve been dreaming about a mere chance to befriend Makoto Nanaya. Well wait no longer, ‘cause here it is!
Makoto is a spunky squirrel beastkin whose main goal in life is keeping her friends safe and happy. Althought she may seem a bit scatterbrained at times (and she is), she also has mischievous side that usually manifests in teasing others. She has a strong sense of justice, and also a strong pair of fists that she uses to enforce that justice. Turn-offs include discrimination, snakes, and Kagura Mutsuki.
Liking this post means:
I’m gonna slide into your IMs for plotting purposes
Gonna slide into your asks for memes and stuff
Will slide onto the new text post button to make posts for us
We will slide together down the slope known as friendship
If this stuff sounds good to you, and you want your character to hang out with Makoto, here’s some possibilities for how that can go down:
FRIENDS
This is the standard Makoto package. Makoto’s good at talking to people and very chipper to boot, so she makes friends easily. This works especially well if your character is a bit on the shy side because she’ll happily talk for both of them, or if your character is kind of a jerk because she usually doesn’t care. She’ll go pretty much anywhere and do just about anything, and she’s a kind and reliable friend to have. I definitely don’t mind skipping the first meeting if you’d like our characters to be friends. We can have a thread where they already know each others’ names are are just hanging out or doing something else.
MORE-THAN-JUST-REGULAR FRIENDS
While Makoto loves to make friends, it’s a little harder to become really close to her. These are the kinds of people Makoto might call up or text on a day off to meet up, or the kind of people she makes out with in those kiss memes. Some characters here are already at that point, and with a little work and enough patience to put up with her, you too could be making out with Makoto in no time. If your character likes to work out or play sports, they could probably get a leg up in this department. No one else in Spirale seems to like physical activity, so Makoto would love a workout buddy that isn’t Ragna.
I-WOULD-DIE-FOR-YOU FRIENDS
The closest you can get to Makoto without being Noel or Tsubaki. This would be Makoto’s found family equivalent in Spirale, and despite her friendliness it’s not super easy to become this close to her. Although Makoto wears her heart on her sleeve, there’s still a lot of stuff that she keeps private from others. These are the people Makoto would confide her fears and worries in, the people she will drunk text about how the other women in her life need to raise their standards. Makoto will absolutely fight and die for the people she loves. If you’re this close to Makoto, she’s a friend for life.
WORK FRIENDS
Makoto works at the El-Melloi Detective Agency, which is a great avenue for interactions. Is your character also a detective? Maybe they’re an officer in the Spirale Police Department? Or maybe they could use a detective’s help and have thus hired Makoto through her firm. She is also down for under-the-table type investigations as long as she’s compensated. There is, of course, also the possibility that your character is a criminal and in need of a sexy detective rival. Makoto is available for that as well.
BEASTKIN FRIENDS
With anti-beastkin prejudice running rampant through her home, Makoto feels an innate bond towards other beastkin. Of course, in Spirale they might go by different names, but merely having, say, animal ears or a tail would be enough for her. She’s very eager to meet and make friends with other people like her, so if your character is also animal-esque, that will be some automatic bonus points towards friendship.
NOT FRIENDS (ENEMIES)
Makoto has a strong sense of justice, so while she’s good at making friends, it’s also easy to get on her bad side if you’re a jerk. Things she really hates include: bullying, discrimination, and betrayal. Also, because she works as a detective, she usually won’t turn a blind eye towards lawbreakers either. She has a sharp tongue and strong muscles, and is more than willing to arrest people or simply beat them up as the need arises. She’s also very good at holding grudges, so don’t expect her to forgive easily. However, the best way to earn Makoto’s ire is to be cruel to her friends. That kind of thing will earn your character an immediate ass-kicking.
OTHER TYPES OF FRIENDS NOT LISTED
There’s a lot of types of friends out there, so maybe you thought of something I didn’t. Maybe your character also enjoys lacrosse, and they can bond over that. Maybe you want your character to go on a date with Makoto. Maybe there’s a third thing. If you have some ideas of your own, just let me know! I’m flexible.
We all know and love Makoto. If you’ve seen her on the dash and wanted to RP, this is the perfect chance! Just like this post, or hell, just send me an IM and we can hash it out!
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hi mod ava!! would i please be able to request a regular matchup?? i’m bi, so i don’t mind any gender. i hope this isn’t too much info, but i hope the layout makes it readable?? thank you so much!!
personality
the good:
curious
i love to learn? is that a good thing? (as long as I’m not being graded on it,,, otherwise that’s a disaster)
open-minded
thoughtful
good conversationalist/listener (or, at least I’d like to think so,,, i can talk for hours and hours)
trustworthy (ish)
compassionate (or at least, i try to be!!)
patient
accepting (within reason aadjsdfkjhfds essentially i just try to not judge people)
understanding (i do my very best!!)
the bad:
prone to catastrophizing (that’s the anxiety poking through)
indecisive (I cannot make a decision to save my life)
shy (it’s not that I’m quiet or withdrawn, I’m just Deeply Afraid Of Rejection)
unforgiving (while I can be pretty patient, once I’m done with someone, I’m Done)
prone to melancholy (I do my best to fight it, but that melancholy be Strong)
overthinker (i literally write a whole dissertation in my head about a topic literally No One cares about… or i’ll decide to pick apart my relationships with others when it’s really not that deep. this one’s a mixed bag.)
irresponsible (ish. i can take care of myself and my roommate, but i get a bit scared of Responsibility with a capital R. idk if i’m making much sense but,,, i can take responsibility, i’m just scared i’ll mess up so i try not to?? ir’s something i really need to work on)
the neutral:
opinionated (I’m putting it as a neutral trait bc I’ve been told that I’m “interesting to talk to” because of it, but my god… sometimes I wish I’d just calm down,,, and there are just some things it’s not worth being opinionated on, you know?)
Sensitive (with a capital s)
imaginative (fun for creative things, bad when your catastrophizing)
talkative (for similar reasons as opinionated… I love to talk and I have So Much to say, but sometimes I wish I’d just learn to… shut my damn mouth)
my sense of humour (i’d describe myself as a “chaos goblin”, and one of my friends once said I’m a “mixed bag of human”, meaning that he can never predict what I’m going to say to him next; essentially i have a very “flexible” sense of humour, but the more absurd, the better)
perceptive (neutral just bc while it’s good when dealing with people I like, it’s fuel for anxiety)
a bit of a “mum friend” (in the sense that,,, i’m always concerned with people’s health and wellbeing but that can come off as overbearing at times? and it’s ironic that i’m a mum friend because as stated earlier, i can be kind of irresponsible hhh)
Interests
reading (when I can actually commit to a book sjkdfhs)
writing (when I’m not LAZY!! Also, my genres tend to be more along fantasy or urban fantasy lines? A little sci-fi, when I’m not scared off by trying to do worldbuilding for that genre because O H B O Y science & technology is a LOT scarier than magic tbh)
trawling Wikipedia for an unreasonably long time
drawing
character analysis (my favourite part of engaging with any new media skdfhkfhj)
anthropology (it’s my uni major and I love it!! so much!! i could talk about it for hours!!)
history (shamefully, i am a nerd)
art history (I LOVE ART, my fave artist is probably alphonse mucha? If you’ve never seen his stuff definitely have a look! It’s A Lot but it’s stunning)
sociolinguistics (it’s so interesting!! And I guess languages too, but I’m so bad at learning them asjfdhddsklj)
fashion (in a way? I just love pretty clothes, and my style is… a lot of patterns, especially animals and flowers, and it’s retro-adjacent?)
D O G S
most animals tbh (I love foxes and owls! i also adore mythological creatures, like dragons and griffins and all that)
again, i hope this isn’t too much!! thank you again, and i hope you enjoy the rest of 2019!! (when will i stop using exclamation marks my goodness–)
Hewooo!💕Omg I love your matchups I can’t believe you asked me for one I feel honored lsfdjdjakj. I really hope I don’t disappoint lol. Also haha I got inspired. So without further ado, let’s get to it! Your match is…
Claude von Riegan!!!
Bro you and Claude are like two peas in a pod. You both share a passion for knowledge, curious about the world and people around you. It’s a big part of who you are, which makes it all the more important for you to find someone who sympathizes with that need. For Claude, it’s one of his biggest motivators. Same as you, he appreciates different cultures and societies greatly. For that he needs someone who is open-minded and accepting, someone who can support his dreams, a world without borders, as well as someone who can accept who he truly is. With Claude’s curious nature, he always looks to be engaged, so your conversational and passionate character would certainly be intriguing to him. I can just imagine you two going on about for hours and hours, discussing anything and everything that comes to mind, especially about stuff relating to different cultures and different ways of life. Because Claude is more on the lighthearted side, someone with a sense of humor would be best suited for him, so someone who is as “chaotic” and unpredictable as you would be perfect to keep him engrossed and prying. All the same, Claude’s light-heartedness would be greatly beneficial to you, as you often struggle with anxious thoughts and feelings. A calm presence in your life to remind you things aren’t as bad as they seem, especially one as rational and reasoned as Claude. As we all know though, Claude despite acting light-hearted is quite secretive and wary of others. Therefore the fact that you have a trustworthiness about you could really get Claude to open up to you more so than to others. You being patient and perceptive would also be of great help, knowing Claude has his reasons as well as you being willing to wait until he opens up. Together, you’d be sure to change yourselves and the world for the better
Headcannons:
When you first meet Claude, you are incredibly drawn to him, as he possesses a very mysterious air about him, which of course only entices your curiosity.
Claude, sensing this, in turn, becomes curious about you (meanwhile everyone else just senses sexual tension)
Um, lowkey a detective couple? Discovering the mysteries of the world together…or your classmates’ secrets
Also tea time with you guys is #DEEP. Just thinking about the world and life in general
Sometimes it just turns into you rambling about your opinions or just in general things you want to talk about and Clause just listening to you with admiration or vice versa where he just talks about his vision of the world and you just staring at him in wonder, just goals
When Claude first hears you talking so passionately about stuff like anthropology and history, he immediately goes “Yep, they’re definitely the one”
He really appreciates how patient you are with him, even when you are curious about him. He promises though that one day he’ll share everything with you
Claude is always there to help whenever you start overthinking or catastrophizing, as he always has a logical argument as to why the situation is not as it seems. If it’s something more serious though and you really start panicking, he’ll hug you while reassuringly tell you it’s okay (he doesn’t always help with the indecisiveness though, like my bro how are you so chill about every decision you take)
He could also be of great help with your fear of responsibility, teaching you to have faith in yourself
Loves that you are imaginative, seriously you just brought his schemes up to a whole new level
Also haha chaotic couple, people are either dying of laughter with you guys around or are super confused about your dynamic (or scared who knows)
I get the impression that because Claude is always so immersed in his goals and responsibilities he has, he sometimes forgets to take care of himself, so you being a sort of mom friend would definitely be good for him
Umm also i’m pretty sure Claude loves dogs and animals (he rides a wyvern for christ sakes). He’ll totally take you out on a ride on his wyvern, just soaring across the sky seeing the world
If you’d ever take an interest in Almyran art history or fashion the man will love you forever. Honestly just taking an interest in the Almyran culture, history, etc. Will increase his love tenfold
Ughhh I just stan
Other matches: Ignatz Victor, Petra Macneary
Hope you enjoyed the matchup! If you feel like you weren’t portrayed correctly/I misinterpreted your information let me know and I’ll make the corrections!
#fire emblem three houses#fe:3h#regularmatchup#request#golden deer#submission#fire emblem matchup#three houses matchup#2
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Artist’s Software Surfing P1 - Sketching
SSSo recently, after finishing (an admittedly long-overdue) a piece, I decided to download a trial of the new Corel Painter 2019. I hadn’t used Painter since my old DeviantArt days (circa 2005) and wanted to see how it felt with more digital art-veteran hands. Loaded it up, started sketching my default doodle-muse and wow, that “Real 2B” pencil feels great. I loved it so much, and wondered why.
That’s the story that is spawning this weird personal series of Software Surfing. I wanted to write little notes to future-me on how it felt using my favorite sketching tools in each program I have, and after the sixth one I thought it might be a good idea to check out inking, colouring, painting, etc. and writing those down as well.
So I’m writing this series for myself, but making it available in case anyone else can benefit as well. Thanks for sticking with the intro, let’s get into it.
Artist’s Software Surfing P1 - Sketching Artist’s Software Surfing P2 - Inking Artist’s Software Surfing P3 - Colouring Artist’s Software Surfing P4 - Painting
There are many ways to sketch, but this is specifically the classic “pencil” or “drawing” form using the tools with the program’s default settings.
As an introduction, this is my doodle-muse, Cloey. She was my first original character, and though I don’t usually share my anthro art on here (I know that’s not everyone’s thing) I do have a separate blog for that stuff that you can find here if you’re so inclined. If you’re familiar with Artgerm (and you should be), she’s basically my Pepper.
Corel Painter’s “Real 2B”:
The one that started it all. The pencil just GLIDES, and I’ve always loved when you can tilt a pencil tool and it will shade just like tilting a real-life pencil. The only thing I want from a program now is to be able to bind touch to blenders so I can use my finger to smudge-blend the scribbling. (I tried drawing that fist so many times /fume)
Likes: Tilt functionality, line width variance, stroke speed, eraser Dislikes: Rebinding Rotate Canvas tool was a pain. I like Shift+Space, and that key combo is reflected in the shortcut panel, but it just continued to pan. Never worked for me, and rotating or flipping the page quickly is crucial for my sketching process. Also sometimes if I quickly resize the eraser and mash it down to use, it won’t detect any input.
Photoshop, Kyle Webster’s “2B” & “Animator Pencil”:
**Disclaimer** Firstly, I’ve used Photoshop for over 15 years now, and it’s a great digital art tool, but for drawing and painting I find it’s sorely lacking. It’s slow, expensive, and unintuitive. That being said, there are some things this program does exclusive to others so I’m still clinging to it (desperately) and while I would definitely recommend something else for budding digital artists, I have to supplement my misgivings by purchasing additional plugins and tools, such as the famed Kyle T Webster’s Ultimate Megapack for Photoshop (
which is now complementary with Photoshop CC, damnit
). Unless otherwise noted, all the brushes I use in Photoshop will be from that pack. **End Disclaimer**
Following off the heels of Corel, I remembered messing around with another “2B” (which btw is my personal favorite traditional pencil to sketch with) in Kyle Webster’s Drawing Box in Photoshop. It felt a bit similar, but with no tilt functionality and it really lacked the chunky-thickness (a scientific term) I enjoyed with Painter’s pencil. I switched to my favorite (and the favorite of MANY digital artists btw) his “Animator’s Pencil”. So chunky, but the ability to shade lightly... It’s really a fun brush to use for sketching digitally. Still one of my absolute favorites.
Animator Pencil Likes: Line width variance, texture fills in and scales perfectly Dislikes: It’s a photoshop exclusive, a program that for some reason you can’t bind shortcuts to whatever you please, takes forever to load, and WAY too often suffers input lag while drawing. Also no tilt shading, :’( aw
Paintstorm’s “Textured Pencil” & “Pencil Tilt”
As a bit of an aside, I love Paintstorm, Paintstorm is what got me back into digital drawing and painting after doing 3D and game design for 7 years. I bought it for the very low price of entry (2 licenses for $30) and was impressed by its ability to customize literally anything in the program. You can create your own tool/brush boxes, bind any shortcut to any key combination, and every single brush tool adjustment comes with the most customization control of any program I’ve come across since Photoshop set the bar way back in the day. Out of the box a lot of the basic brushes have that old OpenCanvas or PaintTool Sai feel, but more recently they’ve added some very textured default brushes you can play around with. It’s also hands-down the FASTEST program I’ve ever worked in. I highly recommend giving it a try, it’s great for learning and experimentation. I grew a lot working in Paintstorm.
The Textured Pencil is a fun sketching brush, you can get as think or thick as you’d want and it keeps a clean outline. The Pencil Tilt really blew my mind the first time I used it. YOU CAN SHADE! It was the first time I had ever seen a program do that. The tilt has a great texture, fantastic control, and gets just as dark as you’d need. I’d recommend using them both, the Textured Pencil for a cleaner sketch, and the Pencil Tilt for something more expressive or loose.
Krita’s Ink-Tilt & “Sketch”:
I’ll be honest, I have almost no experience in Krita despite having downloaded and given it a try back in 2014. It was a hell of a time to figure out how to rebind my usual shortcuts (flip horz, rotate canvas). I couldn’t even rebind colour grab/eyedropper. Yikes. I opened up the “Sketching” brush box and there were only two options, made worse as one was a sketch pen... That lacked the flexibility of ballpoint.
First I grabbed the pencil dubbed “Sketch” and was bewildered why the size of the circle was so large compared to the mark it made. Very confusing. Feeling intimidated, I abandoned it immediately to try out the “ink_tilt” (which by the way there’s no tilt functionality??) and hated it. I reluctantly went back to the pencil and just started trying to make marks. Wow. It’s weird, but surprisingly fun. You have to be willing to relinquish a LOT of control, but the shapes the brush makes while moving and tilting during a stroke can yield some really interesting and suggestive shapes. I would say great for early concepting or making something really loose and expressive. Fun to play with, but not really practical.
Clip Studio Paint’s Real Pencil & Rough Pencil
I’ve been wholly immersed in CSP since I purchased the program back in late 2016. It goes on sale often, so you can pick up a nice fully featured program for ~$35. I’d had my eye on it for a while and still really want to get into self-publishing comics, so I picked it up, bought a couple of brush packs for it (it’s pretty lacking in default painting tools) and I’ve been illustrating in it ever since. The brush creation isn’t as fun as Paintstorm, but brushes are quite customizable. I usually like to use the “Rough Pencil” if I want just a little texture and line variance, or the “Darker Pencil” for something cleaner. Trying to be different, I just jotted out a couple heads in ones I don’t normally use, the Real Pencil and Design Pencil. The Real Pencil has a lot of texture, but for some reason in CSP the textures don’t seem to scale with the brush, so I tend to avoid using it in most cases. I hate the design pencil, I just could never get dark enough. I guess that’s probably the point, though.
Well, that definitely wraps this digest up. I feel refreshed after trying out a lot of new digital sketching brushes. I was really reminded of how much I enjoyed drawing in Paintstorm. I hope someone other than me found this useful or otherwise inspiring! Sometimes, especially if you’re stuck in some art blockage, it’s a good idea to try something new, and for me digitally that’s hopping programs and trying new brushes.
I’m thinking about doing inks, colours, and painting at some point. Let me know if anyone’s interested in those! I’m planning on doing some for myself eventually, but I might expedite a post if anyone is interested. o/ Take it easy, y’all.
Artist’s Software Surfing P1 - Sketching Artist’s Software Surfing P2 - Inking Artist’s Software Surfing P3 - Colouring Artist’s Software Surfing P4 - Painting
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7 Interesting Facts to Know How to Writing Online Dating Profile
Composing an internet dating profile which brings anybody is not all that tricky. Nevertheless, you are not attempting to bring only anybody, you would like to draw the individual who's best for you personally. And also this may be considered a little trickier.
The very fantastic thing is the fact that after a couple of composing profiles, I will say with reasonable certainty which my skilled profile authors plus I've mastered the procedure.
If you would like to have a best profile bio for online dating apps then follow these below seven methods to compose a amazing profile based to skilled authors.
Step 1: Without the right photos, nothing matters whatever you write.
When piecing together your photograph gallery, so be certain that you look flexible in most photograph you place. In the event that you may unite this with images which likewise show your pursuits and also most alluring personality traits, then you will truly have exact strong photo picture gallery.
Step 2: Provide Your Own Profile Aarrangement.
Your profile ought to be ordered at an fashion. Just about every "miniature paragraph" really should tap in to an alternative element of that you are being somebody. An example profile could seem having a amusing hook, and talk concerning my outside pursuits at the 2nd paragraph, so my first enthusiasm for travel at the next, and '' My livelihood while in the fourth, etc.,. The purpose is that every single paragraph needs to tap in to an alternative subject, anecdote, or even motif.
Step 3: Insert Some Bait
The tougher it's to get some one to initiate a dialog on you, a lot much more inclined they are going to proceed on the future account, even when they're otherwise curious. Adding exactly what I make reference to as profile lure circumvents this issue by putting up the reader by having a simple discussion starter.
Let us good look with a good example:
At the second year that I intend on lastly researching Iceland (northern-lights I encounter) And carrying that long awaited family visit to Italy, however I am always receptive to fresh thoughts. Any pleasure experiences on your lifetime? The writer with the profile today has numerous entrance points to begin a dialog.
The reader may: Request about my visit to Italy remark in my Iceland journey
Share a enjoyable experience or notion in these Join together with me in their own fire for travelIt is a triumph on a great number of degrees in 2 short paragraphs. However, it becomes greater...those 2 paragraphs additionally show I love to traveling,'m open minded, truly have a passion for character, and also family members is valuable in my experience personally. Given there is a great deal of bang for the dollar. Reward Suggestion: images could function as account lure too!
Step 4: Eliminate of Negativity.
Rather than composing, "Should you insufficient driveway, assurance, and so therefore aren't clever, do not mention mepersonally," strive, "I have to find exceptionally excited about men that are positive, possess enormous objectives, and also certainly will make me chuckle. In the event you are the sort of man which likewise wants to browse and then receive yourself a tiny geeky some times, you may just be my prince charming!" In no way give attention to which you panic of online-dating or whatever that you never desire in your mate. Negative vitality brings unwanted consideration. Whenever some one means the own profile needs to exude confidence, enjoyment, and depict somebody who's enthused about your foreseeable future.
Step 5: Show Do Not Tell.
Imagine staying funny can be something. If you should be humorous, do not simply say you are comical or your buddies think you are humorous--be more comical! This can be really a snippet out of the account of mine until I had been wed into a unbelievable girl:I can not forgive you by telling you that I play with guitar or even stone climbing. However, that I will perform a mean fighter x box and put a mountain up onto a skilift, therefore I think that it ends up. I will spare an infant over the Monday, also leave my grandma stranded to your very first delightful lady I visit the Tuesday. Okay, kidding. Idon't rescue infants. But I'm definitely sorry grandmother. That really is me basically becoming amusing (or as my partner will say, believing I am more comical than I'm) as compared to merely saying I am humorous. Everybody else says they truly are humorous, enjoyable, clever, and positive on line. Thus do not only declare. Confirm it.
Step 6: Blend it up a Little.
Variety can be a very essential and appealing characteristic to flaunt. It indicates a romance together with you wont finally develop to a monotonous and deceased connection. Individuals that read that your profile would like to be aware life together with you will probably end up interesting and more exciting awaiting. The further passions, passions, and also personality characteristics that you show, the further people will undoubtedly be attracted to a own profile, and also a lot much more inclined folks are going to have the ability to detect commonalities together with you personally. Add a mixture of stuff!
Step 7: Assess for errors.
You will find a great deal of moving areas as soon as it regards establishing an internet relationship. Regrettably, thanks to all of your rivalry on line, a single little blunder which goes undetected could unwittingly undermine the full procedure. It might possibly be anything as easy being a term which unintentionally comes around too distressed or destitute, '' a terrible punctuation error, inadequate speech decision, a marginal film, unwanted vitality, or even some number of those heaps of accidental warning flag which we inadvertently exhibit.
Consistently proofread your account repeatedly, receive instant, third, and sometimes even fourth remarks, and also not be reluctant to self-reflect in the event that you aren't having any replies. Composing a relationship may look to be intimidating task sometimes, however the simple truth is it is less difficult than you might imagine. It has just a while and added exertion, nevertheless, you also may cause a account that assists you to stick out and also match up with the sort of men and women you are considering in.
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Our homes are usually our first, best option in a SHTF, TEOTWAWKI or natural disaster scenario. Not only does it most likely have the majority of our prepping supplies, but its has “the family” and is often the primary “meet here” place in disaster planning when family is spread across work locations, schools, friends homes, etc.
So it goes without saying that home security is of monumental importance and that the world is a place full of people who will take what is yours given the opportunity. Professional thieves seldom miss an easy target and the opportunity to get into your house and take what’s yours, and even bored youths may find the idea of an easy target a thrill, not to mention free stuff!
This is after all our homes, our castles, the place where our children and family feel the most secure. As such we are all dealing with a group of people who steal for a living, and practice makes better (perfection is not achievable.) Alas, as preppers and homeowners or tenants, we do all bare the responsibility of protecting ourselves and we have to admit that some of us do not cross all the “t’s” and dot all the “i’s”.
Many of our neighbors are just not as concerned about the security and safety of their homes, or they are but have made little no effort to discourage intruders.
Fortunately I could find no real pictures of people running from bears.
While you cannot free this world from burglars, you can protect your house and make their job much more difficult. It is the application of the bear escape principal. If you are not alone and chased by a charging bear you do NOT have to outrun the bear, just someone else running with you. So making your home a harder target than your neighbors is the goal here.
30 years ago, you could protect your home from intruders by buying a dog, installing more door locks, and asking neighbors to keep an eye on your house while you’re on vacation. Fortunately, now we have many more tools and gadgets that can protect your property and create problems for those who want to steal from you.
What Are The Burglars Friends?
Time First of all, burglars are looking for an opportunity. They are searching for homes they can easily access and leave quietly, hopefully unnoticed. They want to do it quickly because the more time they spend on getting in, the higher chances that someone will see them and call the police.
Why do people lock their doors? The truth is, there is no lock that can make your home 100% safe. The only function of locks is to buy you more time. If a burglar realizes that he must spend an hour picking your locks, he will likely go away looking for an easier job.
Sound Burglars don’t want to attract attention. Any loud sound can make your neighbors look out their windows and see that something is wrong. If there is a barking dog or a loud alarm, a burglar will likely move on to the next house. Breaking windows makes sound and taking out enough to release the simple lock or to get in makes a lot of sound.
Visibility Why do we say “like a thief in the night?” Because criminals like dark areas. If you have many trees and your garden is dark, it is likely to be the first home that burglars check. They choose such homes because there they can easily hide. If your bushes are trimmed and your home is well-lit 24 hours a day, you stand a better chance that they won’t try to break in.
These three items, time, sound and visibility are still concerns today even with the advent of so many smart gadgets and security services.
Motion sensors comes to mind as a near perfect solution for those who don’t want to waste electricity, but do want to not only know when someone is out there but, more importantly, want the intruder to know that he has been discovered.
Smart gadgets allow you to see what happens in your home while you’re away and to be aware of burglars when they just start thinking about getting in.
While we hope the following gadgets/services will help you in preventing crime, and are provided as an explanation of the service they provide. YOU can better protect your home, family, and yourself by ensuring that the three buglers friends, time, visibility and sound are denied by controlling the access.
Why Do I Need Smart Home Gadgets?
Because they are a deterrence, Period. Can smart-devices be hacked? Yes, anything using wifi can be hacked by someone determined, and skilled in the dark-web arts. But the key here is again, out running your neighbors as opposed to the bear.
Advanced technology does provides you with a vast range of opportunities to make your home more secure. Remote cameras allow you to keep an eye on your house while you’re at work or on vacation by just opening an app on your smartphone. No matter how far away you are, you can see what happens in real time. There are security systems that can be armed or unarmed remotely, even if you forget to do it in the morning when going to work. You can also install smart locks that will lock your doors automatically any time you go out. Various motion-detecting devices can notify you at the very moment when someone is trying to get into your house.
Gadgets & Services that Can Protect Your Home
So a quick review of some of the more prominent players in home security systems.
FrontPoint is a simple solution. This company offers a range of security devices that you can easily install yourself. Frontpoint also includes a traditional monitoring option which will cost you around $35 a month. You can customize and adjust this system using live video and automation functions.
Vivint offers many smart devices for your home security system. This kit includes cameras, smart locks, thermostats, doorbells, and sensors, so you can create your own system that meets your needs. This system requires professional installation, which implies additional fees, but people who don’t like DIY solutions will appreciate it.
Simplisafe – this is a kit that includes sirens, alarms, monitoring system, and a number of sensors that detect movement, fires, and even natural disasters. Why is it called Simplisafe? Because you can control the whole system using one device and a security code keypad. If you want to save money, you’ll appreciate this system for simple installation. There are many all-in-one solutions, but not many of them include an alarming monitoring system. It’s a perfect solution for small homes and apartments.
Link Interactive – If you’re looking for a traditional security system, Link Interactive is a good choice for you. It takes care of your house while you can do whatever you want, with no need to control the system. It includes sensors, locks, and a professional monitoring system. You can also install an app and control it remotely. Link also includes advanced protection of your electricity, in case a burglar tries to turn it off.
Scout – This system is much more flexible than its competitors. The system consists of only four sensors and is controlled using one hub. All devices can be installed anywhere in your house, allowing you to create your own security system. It comes with an easy-to-use app that will notify you if your alarms suddenly go off. Prices for monitoring start from $10 a month, which makes this system rather inexpensive. However, this system also has a considerable disadvantage: It does not support security cameras.
Brinks – Brinks is a great solution, especially if you already have some smart security devices. It’s a set of smart wireless gadgets that can be customized as you like. Remote monitoring involves a monthly fee that starts from $20, which is not too bad but get this set in stone. A good feature is you can always cancel it for free.
Protect America – Choosing Protect America, you can select one of many customizable plans. This system allows you to add as many smart gadgets as you want, from simple sensors to Amazon’s Echo. It comes as an all-in-one solution, and the system is installed by professionals. Prices are rather high and you won’t be able to change the chosen plan. However, if you’re not satisfied with other traditional systems, Protect America may be the right choice.
ADT – This is, probably, the most conservative security system. However, recently, ADT released their updated Pulse line, which is a fruit of its collaboration with such partners as Samsung SmartThings and Nest. Some packages include free installation, and the system itself also includes some free options, such as a Nest Thermostat. On the other hand, we suggest reading your contract carefully because it can’t be called flexible.
Nest Secure – If you’re a fan of DIY solutions and don’t want to pay monthly fees for monitoring services, Nest is your best choice. This system was made for people who love managing their smart homes. It consists of a motion sensor, hub, and a satellite sensor. The latter is called Detect and helps in guarding windows and doors. A Tag system makes it possible for certain people and animals to pass through sensors without triggering the alarm. You can add as many sensors and cameras as you need, which is also a great thing, however, Nest devices are not cheap.
Abode – It’s one of the simplest starter kits on the market, and it is also beautiful. It includes a motion sensor, hub, door sensor, and a key fob. This system allows you to install your devices wherever you need. You can also buy additional cameras and sensors and control your security system using a simple app. There are also many plans available, including weekly and 3-day options.
Conclusion
There are many ways to make your home a safe place. Some smart systems are simple and allow you to create your own scheme, adjusting every device to your needs. Others will be good for users who want to forget about all troubles, buying an optimal monitoring plan. Smart home gadgets come in all shapes and sizes, so everyone can choose a solution that will be best for a particular house.
There is a whole world of dummy cameras, easily installed, even some that move and blink. Great to make anyone think twice. There are even systems that can trigger a broadcast of a large dog bark when a doorbell is rang or any other noise is detected, like breaking glass.
It’s important to understand that, even though you cannot stop criminal activity, you are still able to make your home a challenge even for the most experienced burglars. New security technologies will help you protect yourself and your family, so you have more peace of mind when it comes to your homes security, no matter where you are.
BIO Berta Melder is a brand manager and co-founder of Masterra.com. Being passionate about her job, she cooperates with different universities as a guest lecturer on examples of leading brands, cases of successful personal branding. In her spare time she enjoys creative writing and blogging. Follow @BertaMelder on Twitter.
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bc carly @aldmerii humored me and answered all 60 questions of the oc question thing for shaelle, i’m gonna do it for al as well even tho literally no one asked so. here goes!
1. WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S BIGGEST FEAR?
having his friends, people he’s grown to trust and care for, discover all the bad shit he did in the past and basically breaking all ties with him. he’s terrified they’ll think he’s a monster bc well. he thinks he’s a monster sometimes too
2. WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S FAVORITE MEMORY?
it’s not one specific memory exactly, more like. a mix of lots of memories. in the summer he used to play outside all day with the other kids who lived in his neighborhood (very poor, pretty decrepit houses, mostly dust and dying grass) and like. those were some of the best times for him? because he was still too young to care that their family didn’t have enough money to send him to school, or that all of his clothes were hand-me-downs with at least one tear that had been fixed, or that his mother’s face was worn with wrinkles that would better suit someone much older than she was. so he’d play pretend with these kids in his neighborhood, and go on “adventures” and kick around pebbles and wrestle in the dirt, and then he’d come back home to his mother calling him, and she’d wash his face and feet and hands gently and tuck him into bed and he’d fall asleep under the heat to the sound of her soft voice and the insects buzzing in the grass.
3. WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S LEAST FAVORITE MEMORY?
he’s got plenty to pick from, so i don’t think there’s one specific worst. but the gazes of people he willfully hurt, potentially even killed, really haunt him. he tries not to think about the stuff he did when he was younger.
4. DOES ANYONE HAVE A CRUSH ON YOUR CHARACTER? IS YOUR CHARACTER AWARE OF THIS?
my beautiful girl shaelle do,,,, and also this one demon dude they helped once. can’t remember his name bc he’s a pretty irrelevant npc. he was aware of that crush, but he has no fucking clue shaelle likes him
5: DESCRIBE YOUR CHARACTER’S DREAM DATE.
oh man. anything romantic that would make his date happy. it’s cliche, but he’s fond of long walks and candlelit dinners. he’s an exceptionally hopeless romantic.
6: WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S SEXUAL ORIENTATION?
lol what’s that????? al likes a lot of people he’s not picky. he’s actually kinda lowkey a ho.
7: HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER FEEL ABOUT THEIR NAME?
my boi gots lotsa names. his birth name makes him nostalgic, but he doesn’t really attach it to himself anymore -- the only person who can call him that is his mother. the name he used when he was a thief he absolutely despises. he still twitches if he hears it spoken, regardless of if it’s pointed towards him or not. he picked the name he has now himself, so he likes it quite a bit thank you very much. it makes him feel like a distinguished human gentleman. he’s a fucking doof.
8: DOES YOUR CHARACTER HATE ANYONE? WHY?
al is not someone who hates easily. he trusts easily (too stupid to learn from his past mistakes, he’d remark bitterly, but really it’s because he’s an idealist by nature and wants to believe people are inherently good). he doesn’t respond well to betrayal. at all. he accidentally punched a dude to death once for betraying the group. to be fair, the dude was really fucking old, and he only had one hit point left and failed all his death saves so like. not really al’s fault. you woulda done it too if you were in the same situation
9: HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER FEEL ABOUT RELIGION?
neither of his parents are very religious, and he wasn’t raised religious either, so it doesn’t really matter to him all that much
10. WOULD YOUR CHARACTER EVER KILL SOMEONE?
yes, but only if he felt it was justified and there were no better options. he is strongly against killing people who he feels don’t deserve it, but there are some people he would kill without hesitation solely because he believes their death will benefit many others. he’s got. complicated morals.
11: HOW DID YOUR CHARACTER MEET THEIR BEST FRIEND?
he met borem when they were assigned to be partners. they’re both detectives. although not sure how long that friendship is gonna last now...............
12: HOW WOULD/DOES YOUR CHARACTER FEEL ABOUT ROLLER COASTERS?
terrified. hates heights. don’t make him do this.
13: WHAT WOULD YOUR CHARACTER DIE FOR?
people he loves. easy.
14: WHAT IS THE CUTEST THING YOUR CHARACTER HAS EVER DONE?
when is my boy not cute, honestly???? idk, i can’t pin down a specific instance. but he’s like. super blushy and awkward around people he’s romantically attracted to, and that’s incredibly adorable. he took shaelle to the prison where her brother was being held so they could see each other again after ten years, and that was also very sweet
15: WHAT MUSIC GENRE WOULD YOUR CHARACTER LISTEN TO?
fuck, idk. he strikes me as the kind of person to just listen to whatever’s on. he doesn’t have a very developed taste in music
16: WHAT OTHER FICTIONAL CHARACTERS REMIND YOU OF YOUR CHARACTER?
jeez. probably gumshoe from ace attorney? mostly because they’re both good good detective boys just trying to do their best and i love both of them desperately.
17: DOES YOUR CHARACTER HAVE ANY IRRATIONAL FEARS?
heights!!! he hates heights!!!!! which is funny bc his acrobatics score is insane.
18: HOW WOULD YOUR CHARACTER FEEL ABOUT HAVING THEIR LIFE RECORDED?
it would make him supremely uncomfortable. he may be very social, but when it comes to his home life he’s intensely private.
19: WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S DEEPEST, DARKEST SECRET?
he gots lotsa those. he’s stolen very important things that resulted in the detriment of others, he’s tortured and killed people, he’s aided in drug trafficking and human trafficking -- with children. which is when he quit, because he couldn’t stand that. he hates watching children suffer.
20: WHAT IS THE MOST SURPRISING THING ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER?
he’s actually a really good detective. not because he’s smart, though -- he’s desperately determined to better society, and he’s also just very, very lucky.
21: IS YOUR CHARACTER FLEXIBLE?
oh my god, yeah. listen, my baby got 18 dex, +7 to acrobatics. he is EXTREMELY flexible. wink wink
22: WHAT IS THE WORST THING YOUR CHARACTER HAS EVER DONE?
oops i kinda answered this one already. i’m not gonna go into detail bc i kinda just don’t want to?? listen he’s done bad things he regrets
23: IS YOUR CHARACTER MORALLY GRAY OR BLACK OR WHITE?
hmm. he generally does things with good in mind, and usually he does it in a way that’s not so bad. but sometimes he twists the rules a little bit in a way that’s. ehh?? he’s not entirely against using violence to better things.
24: WHAT PREJUDICES DOES YOUR CHARACTER HAVE?
he’s generally not a fan of rich people or the ruling class. ofc he’s got a huge crush on shaelle, but like. she’s the exception
25: WOULD YOU WANT TO HANG OUT WITH YOUR CHARACTER?
no bc he’s devastatingly handsome and i’d be terrified.
26: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE HEADCANON FOR YOUR CHARACTER?
him whistle real good. he likes to whistle and sing like. all the time. when he’s just idly doing things at home he does it without even realizing it and he’s a little off-key sometimes but he can carry a tune
27: WHAT WOULD BE THE WORST WAY FOR YOUR CHARACTER TO DIE?
at the hands of a friend, probably
28: WHAT PET WOULD YOUR CHARACTER LIKE TO HAVE?
for a while he had some sort of ferret weasel thing? idk if nj is gonna let me say he’s still got it tho lmao
29: WHAT WOULD BE YOUR CHARACTER’S FAVORITE FOOD?
his mom’s recipe for fresh-baked bread. real white bread was a fucking luxurious treat when he was growing up and so whenever his mom would make a small loaf of it, maybe like once or twice a year, it was always so special to him
30: WOULD YOUR CHARACTER HAVE ANY HOBBIES?
he likes to read, especially adventure or romance novels lmao
31: WHAT SOCIAL MEDIA WOULD YOUR CHARACTER USE?
i can see him on twitter??? he’d have no idea how to use it though
32: WHAT DOES YOUR CHARACTER LOOK LIKE?
him real hansom. angular features, high cheekbones, tan skin, very fair hair and silver eyes bc he’s a sun elf. long, long eyelashes that are darker than his hair, thick eyebrows. thin build, 5′10, long nose. i’m lov my boy.
33: IN WHAT WAYS IS YOUR CHARACTER LIKE YOU?
he’s loud, goofy, occasionally pretty snarky, expresses emotions like happiness, excitement, and anger very easily, but feels weak showing sadness and tries to suppress it. fails. head over heels for shaelle.
34: WHAT IS CLICHE ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER?
so many of my characters are pretty boys. so many. also he’s a lovable idiot
35: WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER?
i made him myself n he’s got a big ol’ heart.
36: DOES ANYONE WANT TO HARM YOUR CHARACTER?
there are a lot of people who would kill him immediately if they knew where he was and that he wasn’t dead. he has a lot of enemies.
37: DO PEOPLE HAVE JUSTIFIED GRUDGES AGAINST YOUR CHARACTER?
probably. he speaks his mind a lot and can kind of be an asshole sometimes
38: WHAT ROLE DOES YOUR CHARACTER PLAY IN THEIR STORY?
he’s there to take everyone to fantasy jcpenny
39: WHAT WOULD BE YOUR CHARACTER’S NICHE ON TUMBLR?
historical fashion blogs and poetry all the way
40: WHAT WOULD BE YOUR CHARACTER’S FAVORITE SCHOOL SUBJECT?
creative writing or some sort of music class. he like both.
41: WOULD YOUR CHARACTER WANT TO HAVE ANY CHILDREN?
YES!!!!! he loves kids. LOVES them. his entire life he’s wanted to be a dad. eventually he’s gonna get married to shaelle and they’re gonna have lotsa babies, but currently he hasn’t had the time to meet anyone or settle down and he’s worried he never will.
42: WHAT WOULD BE YOUR CHARACTER’S DREAM CAREER?
he’s doin’ it. basically he just wants to help people however he can and make up for all the bad things he did for so long
43: WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER INSECURE ABOUT?
his social class. especially around shaelle. he definitely thinks he is absolutely not worth her time, and the subject of poverty or the social hierarchy in serin ilyan really touches a nerve for him. he also just really, really wants people to like him.
44: WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER PROUD OF?
all the good work he’s done as a detective. he’s (surprisingly) solved a lot of cases, and he feels a sense of accomplishment and justice for doing it. like maybe he can start to sleep a little easier knowing he hasn’t just hurt people all his life.
45: WHAT WOULD YOUR CHARACTER CHANGE ABOUT THEMSELVES?
his past. he’d go back and do something different, try to actually work hard and make honest money instead of getting involved in what he did
46: WOULD YOU WANT TO TRADE PLACES WITH YOUR CHARACTER?
hell no. i love him to bits and i’d love to be a really handsome elf man, but like. my boy has way too much guilt that i wouldn’t want to live with.
47: WHAT FANDOMS WOULD YOUR CHARACTER BE IN?
al isn’t cool enough to like things like that. plus he’d be very confused by fandom culture i think
48: HOW WOULD YOUR CHARACTER TYPE?
hunt and peck, capitalized first letter but nothing else, punctuation when he sees fit
49: HOW DOES YOUR CHARACTER STAND POLITICALLY?
he doesn’t know what, but he knows SOMETHING needs to be done about the poverty in his city. other than that he tends to look at the smaller scale of helping people
50: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER?
he messes up a lot but he never stops trying?? he has a lot of determination and things he believes in and i love him for that. i love him for trying so hard to be good.
51: WHAT IS YOUR CHARACTER’S FAVORITE ANIMAL?
he likes mice, mostly because they were easy to find when he was a kid and he always caught them and tried to train them, but then felt bad and let them go like an hour later
52: HOW WOULD YOUR CHARACTER ACT IN GYM CLASS?
he’s not super strong but he is crazy flexible. probably not a ton of stamina and although he looks like he’s got the body for it he’s not that great at running. he’s just really fucking good at climbing and doing flips and shit. he’s always one of the last people out during dodgeball just bc he’s so good at dodging. he can move FAST.
53: WHAT CLUBS WOULD YOUR CHARACTER JOIN?
he probably wouldn’t join any clubs bc high school is around the time he started down the path of Bad Shit so he definitely wasn’t spending any time hanging around the school if he didn’t have to
54: WHAT IS THE SADDEST THING ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER’S LIFE?
he doesn’t realize that people are complicated and that good people are capable of and do bad things sometimes. he’s not a monster for the mistakes he made in the past. he’s genuinely good, he’s doing his best, and people love him and care about him and he needs to know that.
55: WOULD YOUR CHARACTER DO THE ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE?
hm, this question sure dates the original post... yeah he absolutely would. he likes doing dumb things like that, especially if they’re for a good cause. he’s a goof.
56: WHAT’S ONE OF YOUR CHARACTER’S QUIRKS?
he’s very fidgety. he doesn’t even notice it but he’s really not good at staying still
57: HOW WOULD YOUR CHARACTER FEEL ABOUT FEMINISM?
i think he wouldn’t understand the complexities of it, but in general he would absolutely be for it. inequality pisses him off.
58: IS YOUR CHARACTER DORKY OR MORE ATHLETIC?
he’s an absolute dork. 100%.
59: WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER?
a lot of the time i worry he’s too contrived and tragic or that i play him out of character or that he’s just like. way too dramatic in general.
60: IF YOU COULD TITLE YOUR CHARACTER’S LIFE, WHAT WOULD YOU TITLE IT?
The Good Boy: Please, Folks, He’s Doing His Best
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Tales of carnivorous plants are one of the favorite staples used by adventurers and story tellers. When it comes to fictional stories or tall tales, one of the go-to's for making a strange place seem even more alien and dangerous is to toss in flesh-eating plants. If one were to believe every story they heard around the campfires and bar tables, then apparently 90% of our world is coated in bloodthirsty grass and meat-loving trees. Now I am not saying that such creatures do not exist. They totally do. I am just saying that their numbers and prevalence has been blown completely out of proportion. Yes, Ya'De'Vorrs are plant monsters that eat people, but they are very few and far between. Lost Souls do exist, but they are only found in certain, warped forests. Out in the jungles, there are several species of plants that feed upon blood and flesh, but they usually feed upon small primates and reptiles, rather than machete-wielding explorers. The tales of carnivorous plants are not things I am fed up with. I am not trying to tear them down or mock them. Instead, I am trying to point out how tame they are. Compared to the vicious ways of a Ya'De'Vorr, being digested by some plant isn't so bad. Dare you even compare it to a Giant Bloodsbane, and you would find being eaten to be a very pleasant way to go. At least that gives you the mercy of death... Giant Bloodsbane are just as rare in the wild as a Ya'De'Vorr. Their existence is scattered across the globe, their numbers few and far between. Even with such a low population, there are still too many Giant Bloodsbane alive today. They are an extremely cruel and deadly species, with their sheer existence causing unspeakable torture and pain. If I could pick one species to be wiped off this planet, the Giant Bloodsbane would be my first pick.
Giant Bloodsbane lives up to its name in every way. The "giant" part is easy to see, as these creatures can grow to heights of almost twenty feet. It may be hard to see them stand at their max size, as they often bend and squirm on their flexible stems, undulating like serpents. Their main stems can grow as thick as a human torso, and their tendrils match the thickness of an arm. Each is coated in sharp, stiff hairs, which irritate flesh upon contact. They have multiple appendage types, split between upper and lower limbs. The upper limbs come out from the body in fours, and the buds at the ends spit forth three tendrils. All three are coated in the pointy hairs, but only one ends in a sharp spine. The lower appendages only sprout two, which end in wide, leafy hands. Embedded in these hand-like leaves are its primary eyes, which possess the best vision and are used to observe its surroundings. Its other eyes can be found in its flowery top, spinning wildly in their blossoms. These eyes are very primitive, as they can only recognize light and dark. These are can act as an early warning system, detecting movement so that the true eyes can zero in on potential threats. With these primitive eyes covering its flower head, it is impossible to sneak up on a Bloodsbane without them noticing. This helps protect themselves from ambushes and attacks, but that is not its main purpose. The reason they have so many eyes, is so that they may detect any victim that comes within reach. Giant Bloodsbane lives up to the "blood" part, as it is their primary food source. They drain blood from victims through their sharp tipped tendrils, often wrapping them in a viney embrace so they cannot escape. The problem, though, is that they are rooted into the ground. Though they are quite flexible and can have an insane reach, they cannot pull themselves from the earth. This gives them a very limited hunting range, if they were to rely solely on themselves. This leads to the real problem, as the Bloodsbane chooses to "recruit" others to help solve this dilemma. Much like ivy and other oily plants, a Giant Bloodsbane is coated cap to root in a toxic oil. Every leaf and hair is dripping with it, allowing them to spread it with even the slightest touch. This oil has no effect on plant life. A dryad could swim in the stuff without the slightest issue. Beings of flesh, though, are a different story. Here is why they are called "Bloodsbane. Any beast or man of flesh and meat is highly vulnerable to these toxic oils. The slightest contact with it causes severe burns and blisters on the affected area. Itchiness and severe irritation is a constant, causing victims to scratch their own skin off in desperation. As an oil, this secretion is difficult to get rid of and can last on surfaces for days without deterioration. It can soak into clothes and cling onto any surface with ease. Touching anything that the Bloodsbane has coated will instantly cause these burns and pain. These injuries and torturous effects last for days, even weeks. Getting the oil in your eyes leads to instant blindness. That is not even mentioning its effects in the sun. When flesh that is touched by the oil is exposed to the sun, the pain becomes maddening. The blistering will become even worse, and your whole body will feel like its on fire. The mere touch of sunlight can send victims into spasms, and cause them to fear the day like a vampire. This is what happens when you just get a few drops on your body. Here is what happens when the Bloodsbane chooses to go further.... Hungry for blood and victims, the Bloodsbane will lash out at any who enter its range. Its long tendrils will seize prey and cover them in its oily embrace. These victims may be slightly drained for blood, but the Bloodsbane wishes to keep them alive. It will slather them head to toe in oil and keep them trapped in its vines. It will then simply wait for the transformation to take place. When a flesh-based creature is exposed to massive quantities of this oil, a horrible transformation occurs. Giant, fluid filled blisters will erupt from the skin, and burning pain will lance through every vein. The eyes will be blinded and swollen over, and the victim's tongue will grow to vile proportions. Their mind will remain intact, but they will be in constant agony. The oil now runs through their body, building up and festering within the gross boils. Their entire bodies will now react with the sun, causing excruciating pain when ever they are exposed to the light. At times, the transformation is so painful that it can kill victims outright. Those who survive, though, will now be forced to serve the Bloodsbane. This servitude is not done by mental domination or mind control. These victims serve the Bloodsbane in hopes of gaining the slightest bit of relief. When a victim is transformed, the Bloodsbane will use them as an enslaved servant. These poor souls are referred to as the "Scorched," as their bodies constantly feel as if they are burning within. When one becomes a Scorched, the voice of the Bloodsbane enters their mind. This voice will not seize control of their brain, but will simply tell the victim what the deal is. The Bloodsbane is hungry and the Scorched is in pain. Both of them can come up with a solution. If the Scorched can bring food to the Bloodsbane, than the master will give it relief from the constant agony. If the Scorched does not comply, than they simply get to exist in perpetual agony. At this point, the Scorched obviously agrees to work for the Bloodsbane, as the pain is more than they can withstand. With that, the Bloodsbane will send them out into the world, looking for victims to drag back to the master plant. Due to their reaction to light, the Scorched must travel at night. Though blind, their sense of smell and hearing remain, and are often amplified. They seek fresh blood, and will go after any fleshy being that can feed their master. Due to constant pain, their adrenaline is always on max, allowing them to have surprising strength. To aid in bringing down prey is their swollen tongues. These fleshy appandages are now bursting with spiny hairs, which inject the toxic oil. The oil they flush into victims is drawn from the supply that grows within the Scorched. So when a Scorched snares a victim with their tongue, their pain lessens as the burning oil siphons away. This insidious mechanism causes Scorched to happily seek out prey, as it means that their pain will subside for a few wonderful moments. To prevent the Scorched from taking advantage of this, the hairs on their tongue only activate when pressed up against warm, living flesh. They must catch living victims for their pain to subside, and they must bring them to their master if the agony is to stop for a brief moment. When prey is subdued by the agonizing oil and their great strength, the Scorched will drag them back to the Giant Bloodsbane. There, the Bloodsbane will take the victim and completely drain them of blood. As long as they have servants already working for them, there is no need to eat lightly. The drained husk will be dropped amongst their roots, destined to add to the pile of bones that grow at its base. After the meal is enjoyed, the Scorched gets its reward. A sharpened tendril of the Bloodsbane will puncture their bodies and drain away great quantities of burning oil. At the same time, it will feed in a numbing fluid that will free the Scorched from pain for a few hours. This fluid also has euphoric properties that fill the Scorched with wonderful feelings of pleasure and joy. Drugged out of their minds and pain, the Scorched will slump down in a nice dark place and drift away in ecstasy. Their clouded minds too absorbed in the pleasure to even try and escape from the Bloodsbane. In time, the effects will wear off and the pain will return. Now in agony and hooked on the addictive fluid, the Scorched will now be even more desperate to find prey and experience that pleasure again. This creates a sick cycle, where the victims happily serve this cruel plant, all for a bit of rest from the constant pain. When transformed, very few are capable of escaping the Bloodsbane's grasp. The burning and blisters are permanent, and they are forever blind. Hooked on the fluid and driven by pain, most Scorched will be killed by victims who fight back, or be hunted down by knights and guards. While this may seem cruel, it is honestly the best course of action. There is no cure for their agony, and there is no way to heal their burnt bodies. The relief of death is what they need, even if their maddened minds do not realize it. Until the end, they will fight and hunt, desperate for that pleasure and pain free trip the Bloodsbane will send them on. For the few who have escaped, they have simply just been hooked up to a constant stream of pain-relieving drugs. The endless flow is needed to combat the oil, which will leave the Scorched in a vegetative state. So even when free, they are left as nothing more than mindless husks, forever slumbering in a medical coma. Some have been able to speak a few words, and that has given some knowledge on the Bloodsbane. According to those who have been able to speak, the Giant Bloodsbane speaks with "a voice of mother," giving comfort and gentle warnings for those who serve under them. Apparently the voice of the Bloodsbane remains in their head at all times, always urging them to try harder and to succeed. They give promises of relief and pleasure, and never seem to insult or belittle. If one tries to stray from the path, the upset Bloodsbane will simply warn them of the consequences and suggest that they "think more clearly." From what is gathered, Giant Bloodsbane all speak with a female's voice, a soothing, motherly tone that gives the illusion of comfort in their agonizing lives. Due to their horrible ways and cruel methods, Giant Bloodsbane are targets for eradication by practically every species. Even dryads seek their destruction, and they are often the ones enlisted to bring them down. Even though we are immune to their oils, Bloodsbanes are not to be taken lightly. Their tendrils and stalks can move at lightening speeds, allowing them to whip an opponent so hard and fast that they can decapitate them as if using a blade. Crushing embraces are often used, and every Scorched in their command is brought into the fight. Despite the warriors' good intentions, the Scorched will fight them to the death. The Bloodsbane offers the only relief they know, and they will not let it disappear so easily. The last thing to mention about the Giant Bloodsbane is their odd behavior when it comes to reproduction. That is to say that they don't seem to think about reproduction at all. Bloodsbane are not sterile, and can indeed bear seed, but they seem oblivious to the whole system. They do not seem to pollinate intentionally, and the seeds they bear are not spread by their hand. Their leafy hands can release pollen, but this seemingly occurs at random and not by the will of the Bloodsbane. Their hands also contain the pores that can absorb pollen and use it to grow a seed. Bloodsbane seem to be able to pollinate with any plant, which allows them to bear seed without even realizing it. If they simply touch a plant that is in its reproductive phase, they can gain the materials needed to make seed. The seed is formed within their roots, and it will remain there forever, as the Bloodsbane does not even seem to be aware of its existence. The only reason Bloodsbane even exist is because the Scorched aid them. Some curious Scorched may find the seeds within the roots and take them away. Perhaps they believe the Bloodsbane will reward them for spreading their kind, or perhaps it is some invasive command in their brain that forces them to comply. Regardless, the Scorched are the only reason these seeds are spread and the Giant Bloodsbane live on. It is saddening, really. How those who are victims to this horrible species are the sole reason why these monsters even exist. Chlora Myron Dryad Natural Historian -------------------------------------------------------------------- A nasty plant monster based on the Giant Hogweed. It is literally a plant that causes burns that react in sunlight. It is practically a vampire maker!
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#ASKANADMIN: ROUND 1
Hello members, and welcome to the first volume of our #askanadmin compilations!
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GENERAL/SETTING QUESTIONS
Given the use of silver in hunting and protection from some supernaturals, would it be more expensive or would it be cheaper and more widely available?
I would imagine that the demand for silver is higher with hunters needing it commonly, but in the same vein, I’m sure there are strong alchemical and other magical efforts made to produce more silver for those purposes. Hence, I would say that it’s possibly somewhat more expensive due to the increased demand, but there’s also an increased supply keeping that from being overwhelming.
Interestingly – silver is probably less common in jewelry in this world as well, since despite supernaturals having to be on the downlow… Businesses know they’d be losing some market if they make everything silver. :P Must have been harder being a vampire/were in the old days when they hadn’t figured out a lot of alternative metals to make things out of :V You’d have to wear gold jewelry mostly. These days there are lots of alloys that’re safe.
(Also if you’re buying silver for protection, beware of assholes scamming you with it. I’m sure that happens, because you know, it’s one of the few things that’s Known To Work.)
Does the same apply to the production of iron? Just wondering since it’s a very common metal used pretty much everywhere.
Iron is more common but in order for it to be effective against fae, it does have to be processed – raw iron doesn’t do the trick. Also if it’s mixed into other things, it loses effectiveness for that purpose.
But yeah, iron’s not something you have to worry about the price of, it’s the most common metal on earth in our world so it’s certainly still available enough
What do you mean by processed iron?
All iron that humans use has been forged; that’s what “saps” the magic from it and makes it dangerous to fae. According to legend, that’s how that works ouo but like, the raw iron ore in the earth isn’t dangerous. That’s what I meant!
But don’t people encounter processed iron more often in everyday life?
Definitely; gotta be careful of those wrought-iron fences! It takes a lot for just ambient iron to become a problem, though, and in a small area. Fae just have to be careful not to touch anything that’s made of actual iron, or it smarts pretty bad.
Bless the modern era of strong plastics and polymers, honestly! That’s probably part of what has fae interacting more and more with human culture; it’s becoming less danger-laced to do so.
Can I send my muses to universities that exist in real life?
Yes, that’s fine. Those things still exist.
Are there doctors that specialize in different species?
Probably! They wouldn’t be able to advertise that outright, but there are definitely fae doctors around especially, but also doctors/healing magic practitioners who know different species in depth. You’d mostly find them through word of mouth. Beast-blooded probably have the hardest time on this front, though, since there’s a pretty wide variety of them.
Are ghosts a thing in this universe? Like if my muse went ghost hunting, would they actually find something?
Ghosts do exist in some capacity, but generally you can only interact with them if you’re a witch and you know how to do that—you’re more likely to find daemons or fae playing poltergeist. Though you’re free to hunt ghosts regardless of if you find anything, you usually won’t find anything ghost hunting to begin with ww
Can healing/regenerative powers be ranked? Like if a person was to practice or be coached in how to make their healing faster could we spend points to improve that?
Yes!
So if you can spend points to increase healing capability, how would that work out in character? From what I understand it’s not something a muse consciously works on.
Sometimes there’s a concentrated effort on getting better at it (like, meditation type things? focusing on that innate magic in an effort to strengthen it), sometimes it happens naturally due to getting hurt a lot, sometimes it just…… happens.
What do you think would be the biggest difference between Rank IV and Rank V level healing? Like what would be a speed or property that serves like a cut off point?
I… I really don’t think I have an answer to that in simple terms? It seriously depends on the muse and how they style the ability. In general terms, a rank V indicates the best you could possibly be at something (species limitations in mind), whereas IV would have not quite have everything.
Can wards break? Specifically wards that are powered by a living being.
Generally wards lose power or ‘fade’ over time, with the time depending on the power and magic imbued into the ward or the power of the person that cast the ward. Wards can “break” suddenly under certain circumstances, but this is much less common. For instance, if there was some sort of “flaw” in the magic of the ward—it could either get “broken” by making contact with some other spell, or it could fall apart due to some other unforeseen trigger. Magic is rarely perfect in nature, so these flaws would not be unheard of by any means, simply that exploiting them would be somewhat rare as it’d be unpredictable as well. It’s also possible that a ward could be “broken” by counter-magic in general.
Is magic an internal power source, kinda?
Magic is very much metaphysical and born into living things, and things assigned meaning by living things. Humans have the greatest influence over it in a cosmic sense. Something without that “soul”, for lack of a better word, won’t be able to interface with magic unless magic is imbued into it. So yeah! I’m sure there are nice fancy expensive wards for detecting (fae) magic traces though.
RULES QUESTIONS
Can I be on a semi-hiatus? There are days I might be totally MIA because of work so my posting might be sporadic.
You’re allowed to post while on hiatus without penalty, so we don’t distinguish between full and semi hiatuses. You’re free to take a hiatus for safety and post if you can! Or just let us know if it happens that you can’t post for a full week, we’re pretty flexible as long as members keep in touch with us.
can we use non-asian fc’s? I know we’ve had non-korean faces, but what about non-asian entirely faces?
Yep, all fcs are allowed as long as they’re signed (not social media famous), alive, and over 18!
DRUGS QUESTIONS
How long does moonlily root/lunar dust stay in a were’s system & when does it start wearing off? it’s probably different for everyone based off of height & weight and stuff, but maybe there’s an average?
A: Depends on the dosage. Obviously too high of a dosage would result in an overdose, but smaller doses would wear off more quickly. I’d say the average for a medium sized dose for someone of average height and weight, it takes about 30 to 45 minutes. Larger doses that aren’t fatal could last up to 2 hours while a very small dose might last about 15 minutes.
What would happen if a were that’s agitated or high on lunar dust got a whiff of werenip? Would they just explode?
A: Generally mixing drugs is a bad plan. Likely they might get sick; since lunar dust is a upper and werenip is a downer, the drugs would clash quite strongly. So they might just cancel each other out, in a way, and result in the were laying on the floor with a terrible headache, stomach problems, and strong desire to kill but not move enough in order to do so.
H: Mixing uppers and downers is a really bad plan in general; might cause heart problems, seizures, even a coma, death is not unlikely… so in short: Not Recommended!
VAMPIRE QUESTIONS
Hypothetically, could a progeny kill their sire?
They… could, though I would say that is unlikely, since a sire could prevent that from happening via compulsion, and the pain link would be a bit of an issue.
Given that vamps have accelerated healing, would body modifications or major cosmetic surgery work or would their body forcefully heal those over and nullify whatever you were trying to do?
This can be done, but they would need to be sealed in with magic.
Can hell-drinkers go back to normal?
With approximately a bit more difficulty than ghouls going back to being human, yeah. As in, that might require chaining yourself in a basement for a few weeks/months at worst.
If someone becomes a vamp at a young age do they maintain the emotional maturity of that age forever? Like an eight year old just doesn’t have the mental capacity to understand some things, so would they maintain that or would they just mature as the years go by without physically maturing?
I am going to go with that they will mature with time, since the body is in stasis but the spirit is kept alive by magic? For child-vampires this may be more of an issue since the body never developed far enough—but for ones in the teens and on, they should mature in time. A lot of vampires don’t seem to mature though—not because they can’t, but because they get trapped in a mental stasis that’s kinda psychological in nature due to their body not changing. That’s just a character trait though. Vampires have some issues to deal with. Many cope with immortality by doing silly things like creating obtuse rule systems and imposing them on their progeny or something. Vampires. I’m rambling.
If a vampire shape shifts into a non-vampire creature (like a cat), would they still be weak to sunlight?
Yes. The nature of what they are doesn’t change.
Do vampires have reflections in this universe? Can they be recorded?
That’s a great question because I actually stole this answer from a great tumblr post. They do have reflections in newer mirrors, but not in old ones—due to the old ones having silver backing. Must be a trip when old vamps see an aluminum-backed mirror for the first time! But yes, they do appear in recordings!
Since vamps can be recorded in this verse, can someone live stream a vamp attack?
If millennial can do it, they will do it.
If a vamp lost a body part, big or small, while they’re young and have limited healing ability, could they regrow it years later when they’re much stronger?
Yes, assuming they can survive long enough without that body part. Vampires in a way represent stasis; given a bit of effort, they can almost always return to a previous form. Unless magic gets involved. That can change things.
FAE QUESTIONS
Do changelings have greater illusion?
Yes but it’s… kinda wonky? They almost look photoshopped, like “someone seems to have airbrushed some spikes off here”. No, not like “someone just stuck the wrong face on this body sloppily” level photoshop; it’s a bit more like “upon squinting that does not appear to be correct but I cannot put my finger on what is wrong; it just looks Wrong”.
What would happen if a fae ate another fae or any magical creature?
You know admittedly this is one of those things I haven’t put that much thought into. I mean as far as eating other species…. they probably taste funny…? May not be healthy depending on what we’re talking about here. Vampires are not tasty.
As far as cannibalizing a fae… it would probably be fine if the one eating it was a fae. If not, it’s gonna taste super weird and be fae madness central! (Also, this may not even be possible if the true form of that fae is something non-fleshy.)
What do fae smell like to people with advanced sense of smell? Do they smell like their alignment or is there a universal fae smell?
There is a universal “weird fae smell”, but the alignment smell would be stronger, so that scent would be caught first.
How long do binding contracts last with fae if unspecified? Can a fae lengthen a pre-existing contract if they wanted? Could they have multiple binding agreements with one or more people?
How long they last would depend on the power level of the fae and the strength of the agreement. For most fae, they won’t last that long, they’ll taper off after a few weeks/months/after the terms of the agreement have been reached. Powerful fae could make these bind for an extremely long time, though, through a person’s whole lifespan even.
Yes, fae can add onto a contract, and yes, they can have multiple bindings with one person. It’s most likely though that the agreements will become less powerful (less binding) if there are many of them!
If fae are immune to illness, are they vulnerable to fae-specific illnesses? Are those even a thing?
They’re immune to human illnesses (though they could potentially carry them) but yeah, they could get fae illnesses that may or may not be roughly equivalent of human illnesses.
since fae are saturated in magic would there be like… magical residue on their fingerprints if you understand what i mean like… a magic detector would be able to pick up traces of magic from their fingertips or w/e they touched–
I would say… probably yes? though those traces would be difficult to pick up without a very powerful magic detection ability!
is there like magical engineering devices crafted like has anyone/the government made machines that could detect magic/magical beings? i know fae and their specific magic go against modern day machinery and all of that but??
There’s probably a spell for it, but technology that can detect magic in general is… pretty impossible to manufacture, for some odd reason, unless the tech is enchanted itself in some way. Probably because magic is a strictly… “spiritual” thing, for lack of a much better word? It can’t be manufactured mechanically; there has to be some sort of “living” component here.
WERE QUESTIONS
Can someone be a were-insect? A were-fish?
No, weres can’t take their animal form as an invertebrate; the biology would be way too different from their human form. Leave the insectoid stuff to the fae sphere! As for fish (including sharks), it’s possible, though extremely unlikely—they’d definitely have to live near the water, so…
Can someone be a were-pomeranian?
Were-animal forms shouldn’t be as specific as individual breeds, especially if those breeds only exist due to domestication. You could have a were-dog, but their animal form would look more like a wild dog (though they’d be able to communicate with a pomeranian) unless they specifically honed their shapeshifting to get a pomeranian form out of it. The same applies to individual breeds of cat, horse, cow, you name it; the most specific you should ever get is at the species level (ie, tiger versus lion), though the “general type of animal” level is generally sufficient.
the page on were’s says that “Weres are intensely burned by silver and weapons otherwise charmed to harm them.”, so does that mean they’re resistant to normal weapons or heal abnormally quickly from regular wounds?
They heal about twice as fast as a normal person from mundane wounds and feel ordinary amounts of pain from them. Silver weapons cause more pain (a burning sensation) and the wounds heal at a slowed rate.
Ooh so like if they got a paper cut, it’d be gone by the end of the day instead of taking two days?
Yep, something like that!
Do weres remember what they did on the night of a full moon the next day?
It probably depends on the were, honestly, whether it’s all a blur or they remember bits and pieces or what. I wouldn’t think that most of them remember perfectly since it’s such a primal thing, but I also wouldn’t think they’d forget entirely either, so.
If say, one were is shifted, while the other is human, would they be able to communicate still? Or would it possibly be only limited to weres of the same species?
Hmm, the communication would probably be difficult, but not as bad as trying to talk to a literal animal. Like… it’s a bit like if there’s a language barrier? One of you speaks the language fluently, but the other is conversational at best.
should a were have a silver earring that is completely silver, would it eventually fall out?
No, but they’d want to tear it out. Silver burns, but not badly enough to melt/disfigure the skin or anything like that. Injuries made by silver weapons are the same as injuries made by other metal weapons, they just hurt more and heal more slowly.
BEAST-BLOODED QUESTIONS
Were the (humanoid) ancestors of beast-blooded definitely human? Or could they have been something like a fae?
Probably a witch! They’d have had to be human, and since some heavy magic was involved in the birth of the beast-blooded themselves, I’d say they were witches.
Were the “beasts” fae, then?
The other creatures are… literally beasts, flesh-and-blood magical creatures that in this day and age are very rare, but may still exist somewhere. Once again, definitely not fae—fae are not truly biological and cannot reproduce sexually!
Would they have turned into beasts, or turned the beasts into humans, to reproduce with them?
Either way; it probably depends on the beast in question, but… trust me, given humans, someone is always “into that” in either direction.
Could a beast-blooded have hatched from an egg?
This seems very unlikely, but… as far as first-generation beast-blooded, the answer is a strong maybe. Beyond the first generation, the answer is no; beast-blooded are human.
WITCH QUESTIONS
So witches are basically the same as humans, just they more adept at magic?
Yep. Witches are just humans who’ve studied magic.
at what point do you draw the line between a witch and a normal human who happens to know how to perform some spells?
The line is more or less drawn when the character chooses to draw the line themself. Witches, generally speaking, have done a good bit of study, even if they’re self taught, significantly beyond a simple hobby level.
if witches can learn magic later on in life, is there a specific process they have to go through / do they have to attend classes for this kind of thing? or can they be self-taught like I picked up a book on magic at the library, it seems cool, I'ma dabble
Witches can be self taught, and humans can also dabble in magic without being witches! There is no specific process; it works differently for each person, just like how we all learn differently in reality.
HUNTER QUESTIONS
is it possible to play as a freelance/third-party affiliated hunter? or do we strictly have to stay within dsem/aequitas? if we can go freelance/third-party, what limitations would our muses have? what is deemed illegal/non-illegal behavior/actions for hunters?
Freelance/third-party hunters are acceptable, naturally, but bear in mind that it can be difficult to find hunting jobs as these types due to the stronger prevalence of the other factions. Third-party hunters likely have their own ways of getting resources and information; freelancers are going to have the hardest time here, and hence will most likely only be able to find paid hunting work in… rather shady dealings.
In general, even Aequitas’s work isn’t strictly legal, but officials are often willing to turn a blind eye in the case of actions related to hunting supernaturals if justification can be presented. Of course if hunting is a “hobby” for a muse and they don’t expect to make a living doing it, that can drastically change things—but ones who do it purely out of moral conviction are most likely to find a home in Aequitas! On the same note, remember that Aequitas hunters are loosely affiliated at best; a hunter in the guild may never so much as speak to other guild members apart from the times they need information or to buy wards or silver weapons. Aequitas is a guild, after all; while some of then may consider each other family, others barely interface socially at all.
would a hunter that hunts hunters still be considered a hunter or something else?
I mean if they want to call themself a hunter they can… but that sounds a bit like a serial killer. Not that a lot of hunters are much better, though…
can a human just be a regular human civilian? because all the humans I’m seeing on the mlist seem to be hunters.
Humans don’t have to be hunters, and hunters don’t have to be human. “Hunter” is an occupation, not a species.
SILLY QUESTIONS
(note: Helsing answers silly questions in utmost seriousness because they are completely devoid of humor.)
What would happen if a vampire bit a were?
Weres can’t be turned, and becoming a vampire is much more complicated than just biting. Only “humans” can be turned — where weres, fae, and vampires are considered “non-human” supernaturals, and witches and beast-blooded are considered “human” supernaturals.
Can my vampire shapeshift into a cockatoo?
… Yes.
Can weres get cones of shame?
I don’t see why not?
Do hunters have cone of shame devices that can like zap weres into being good?
I would not think….. that DSEM wants weres hunting under them. since they’re kinda anti-supernatural in the writing. Aequitas people can do….. whatever they want i guess as long as it’s not hurting innocents?
Are there otherkin who identify as supernatural? Are there beauty bloggers who do “supernatural looks”? Are supernaturals fetishized? Can you find spells on youtube? How does atheist youtube feel about that?
… The internet is, and always will be a deplorable place, in every universe. So yes. Go wild. (Within reason).
(As a note, I feel beast-blooded probably suffer the most from the fetishization aspect. Not all beast-blooded are sexy “nekomimi” types, but nor are they all huge freakish monsters from bad horror movies… though I’m sure that’s exactly what the internet would lead you to believe. Being such a varied species that exists on the line between human and not is hard.)
(And on the note of spells on youtube, I feel that there are some very angry activist witches trying to get people to stop doing just that because doing magic without understanding the first thing about magic is extremely dangerous.)
Male witches are cucks.
Please ask questions only.
Why are there no elves in Obscura?
Because elves are fae.
This is 100% a serious question but like…can a witch get cursed…to have tentacles? Like octopus tentacles?
yes.
if a fae doesnt know what a belly button is by the time they make their greater illusion… or nipples…
The greater illusion comes naturally from the collective human unconscious of magic, don’t worry. Most fae won’t have that problem, though it may occasionally be an illusion flaw…
SILLY NSFW QUESTIONS
(beyond this point, these questions and answers may be somewhat nsfw!)
does viagra exist still in obscura? or is there magic to fix that?
There’s both.
will it work with fae?
Only if the dosage was made with fae magic in mind. Fae are non-biological, in the strictest sense, so non-magic medicines aren’t going to work on them.
Since vamps are dead, can they still get one up?
They have blood in their veins and can imitate all biological functions. Though doing so may require conscious effort and therefore not be worth it At All, vampires can nonetheless breathe and sweat and cry… and get boners.
does this mean weres get a little…needy during the spring time??
iiiii will leave that COMPLETELY to your interpretation. The official verdict is no a/b/o (words like alpha and beta should only be used to denote pack rankings, nothing about a were’s actual biology), but I’ll leave mating season urges to people’s personal tastes because ��\_(ツ)_/¯
is bad dragon a popular thing in obscura verse????
I, uh… well, beast-blooded exist…
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That’s what helped our clients achieve results like this:
Solution #2: Make yourself accountable to a person… who really cares.
As we like to say here at Precision Nutrition, nothing worth doing can be done alone.
Social support — whether that’s a friend, a workout partner, your spouse, your kid, your dog, a co-worker who walks with you at lunch, a personal trainer at your local gym, whatever — is crucial.
Don’t try to do this all alone.
Independence is great, but for a project like this, you need a team and a tribe of like-minded people helping and supporting you.
Social support plus accountability and lots of caring coaching is our specialty.
We’re in this business because we want to help you feel, look, and perform better… whatever body or goals you have.
If you want to join our next
nutrition coaching program, we’d love to help you.
If that’s not a great fit for you, no problem. Just find one or more people who can support you, guide you, help you, and maybe give you the occasional loving boot in the butt when you need it.
The important thing is that you make yourself accountable to somebody and get the help you need. You have a lot on your plate already; why not let someone else show you the way?
Want help becoming the healthiest, fittest, strongest version of you?
Most people know that regular movement, eating well, sleep, and stress management are important for looking and feeling better. Yet they need help applying that knowledge in the context of their busy, sometimes stressful lives.
Over the past 15 years, we’ve used the
Precision Nutrition Coaching method to help over 100,000 clients lose fat, get stronger, and improve their health… for the long-term… no matter what challenges they’re dealing with.
It’s also why we work with health, fitness, and wellness professionals (through our
Level 1 and Level 2 Certification programs) to teach them how to coach their own clients through the same challenges.
Interested in Precision Nutrition Coaching? Join the
presale list; you’ll save up to 54% and secure a spot 24 hours early.
We’ll be opening up spots in our next Precision Nutrition Coaching on Wednesday, July 17th, 2019.
If you’re interested in coaching and want to find out more, I’d encourage you to join our presale list below. Being on the list gives you two special advantages.
You’ll pay less than everyone else. At Precision Nutrition we like to reward the most interested and motivated people because they always make the best clients. Join the presale list and you’ll save up to 54% off the general public price, which is the lowest price we’ve ever offered.
You’re more likely to get a spot. To give clients the personal care and attention they deserve, we only open up the program twice a year. Last time we opened registration, we sold out within minutes. By joining the presale list you’ll get the opportunity to register 24 hours before everyone else, increasing your chances of getting in.
If you’re ready to change your body, and your life, with help from the world’s best coaches, this is your chance.
[Note: If your health and fitness are already sorted out, but you’re interested in helping others, check out our
Precision Nutrition Level 1 Certification program].
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