#I should be surprised cuz even though I do this I still don't know anything abt RnF XDXDXD

[michellemouse]

Ok... This looks like any other Deviantart post lmfao XD

Today Im going to propose a "third season" of RnF omg

I feel like there aren't enough characters...if anyone wants to add one more character for this, they can tell me 👍

[nena-la-fresa]

All Night Long | Neutral Ending |

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All Night Long | Good Ending | /// All Night Long | Bad Ending |

Pairing: Josh Washington x f! Reader

Warning: Stockholm Syndrome?? | Tiny bit of Yandere Josh | Kidnapping | Tiny bit of Angst |

Word Count: 2385

A/n: Bare with me, ik it starts as a repeat of the Good ending. But I really thought it would be a cool way to implement the game's ideas of choices affecting the game. Also don't know how I feel about this ending. But Imma leave it.

Sometimes you still think about that night. You felt like Beth and Hannah were like sisters to you. You visited their house often for breakfast and dinner, so it really hurt what happened. You couldn’t even imagine how Josh felt. You still feel somewhat responsible, maybe if you hadn't been taking care of Josh that night things would have been different. 

They both knew you liked their brother. If anything they were the only ones who tried to get you together. They were the ones who set drunk Josh down on the same couch as you. You were so focused on playing with his hair and drawing lines on his face with your fingers. You even confused your feelings to him. You thought he heard you when he mumbled your name in his sleep. 

But then they went missing and Josh cut off you and everyone else. You’d be lying if you said it didn’t hurt but what else could you do. He was mourning. 

You were a little surprised though at the invite you got. But still happy, you really hoped that he was doing somewhat better. 

When you got there it was like he was the same Josh, he didn’t look like he was mourning. He acted the same way. He still made his same flirtatious comments. He was still that boy next door kind of guy. 

He had noticed that you got cold, so he walked over with a blanket. You were about to take it when he opened it and wrapped you with the blanket. You looked up at him, a bit corny but looking into his eyes just made you feel like kissing him. 

And you feel like he noticed too, why else would he clear his throat and walk away. You felt a little disappointed. But you thought it was a good time to talk to him. You sat down next to him while he was crouching trying to light the fire. You weren’t alone so you just spoke softly so only he could hear.

“I’m really sorry for what happened Josh. I really loved Hannah and Beth. I still miss going over to your house on Sundays and eating breakfast with you guys. I really regret that day, I should have been with Hannah that day. But I was so focused on taking care of you that I just didn’t- I didn’t think about what could happen.”

You looked up and saw him looking at you. “Thank you. I appreciate that Y/n.” 

You were about to say something when Chris interrupted, “What am I missing?” 

You rolled your eyes before looking at Chris who was crouched coming in between the two of you. 

“Everything, we just had full blown sex right now. How'd you miss it?” Josh turned slightly to look at Chris. 

“Oh shit no way. Was it hot?” Chris patted Josh on the back. 

“Oh yeah dude. It was, you couldn’t tell? Dude had me cumming three times in the span of a minute. That guys, a real sex god.” They both looked at you bewildered, not uttering a word. 

“Okay, guess I can’t joke around. I’ll leave you ladies to it. I’m going to sit on the couch where it's less awkward.” You got up and moved over to where Ashely was.

Chris moved to where you had been sitting, “So uh, you and uh, you and her?” He nodded towards you. 

“What about me and her?” Josh continued to try and get the fire going. 

“You finally gonna ask her out?” Chris whispers, “Cuz if you don’t I might just have to. I mean have you seen that ass? Just thinking about it makes me wet. Picture it, her ass up in the air while you're pounding into her and it has her screaming your name.” 

Josh glares over at Chris. Chris laughs, “Just saying the same shit you did buddy. But seriously, I think you should finally go for it. She definitely wants you to.”

You slowly stopped talking when you heard Sam yell about there not being any hot water. Josh got up and was about to head to the basement. 

“Go.” Ashley whispered, but seeing that you didn’t get up she yelled. “Josh, do you need help? Cuz Y/n could definitely help you if you needed help.” 

Josh turned around, “Yeah I could use some help. It’s definitely a two man job.” 

“Oh I don’t know. I don’t really like basements.” You hesitated. 

“Come on, you'll be fine.” Josh’s words didn’t exactly help but you still hesitated to get up.

You both stood at the entrance of the basement. “Oh fuck no. I’m not going down there.” 

You didn’t budge, “What you scared?” Josh smirked. 

“Yes actually. Haven’t you ever seen scary movies Josh. People die in basements. There are ghosts and shit down there, psycho’s who are waiting for people to have sex. People get kidnapped and locked in basements.” 

“You tryin to have sex?” He raised an eyebrow.. 

You glare at him, “Sure buddy. Let’s have sex all you want.” 

He pumps his fist, “Yes.” He sees that you still aren't moving. 

“Alright. Here.” He holds out his arm for you. 

“Come on. Just hold onto me.” You hesitated, “Trust me, if there was anything in there I’d protect you.” 

“Okay.” You wrapped your arm around his, pulling him close. He could feel your breast pressed up against his arm. But he tried not to focus on that. 

After watching Josh fix the boiler he asks for your help. “Alright turn that switch there.”

“Right here?” 

“Yeah.”

You turn the switch on and the boiler starts working. 

“Yes! High five girl!” 

“What are we kids?” You laugh but still give him a high five. 

“Nah cuz if we were kids you wouldn't have said what you did upstairs.” You could hear the flirtation in his voice. 

You could feel your face heat up. “Okay. Let’s just forget about it” You start to walk away but hear a loud sound that scared you. “What was that?” 

You backed up into Josh. His hands landed on your hips keeping you close. You felt him lean down and talk in your ear. 

“That could be a lot of things. But what I’m focused on is the fact you called me a what was it again? A sex god?” 

“I'm serious Josh, what was that?” He could tell that you were actually scared. 

His voice was soft, “Hey don’t worry about it. I’m here. Let me just grab the flash light and we’ll go.” 

There was another noise and you couldn’t feel him behind you anymore. “Josh, I really want to get out of here. Can we please go now?” 

You turned around and couldn’t find him. There was noise like someone was struggling and then a thud on the floor. All you could see was a hand and Josh's flannel. 

You looked up from the body to see a man in a mask. You were frozen, hoping that if you didn’t move he wouldn't see you. But he did, he started making his way over towards you. 

You ran but you couldn’t remember the way out of there. It didn’t take long before the masked man got to you. He wrapped his arms around your waist and put a cloth over your mouth. You could feel yourself slipping in and out of consciousness. 

Josh had grabbed the flashlight and found his way back to where he had left you. “Y/n?”

Josh heard footsteps but they weren’t yours. It was Chris

“Hey where is Y/n? Didn’t she come down with you?” 

“Yeah. But she heard a noise and it freaked her out. She probably just left back upstairs.”

Your body ached. Your head was pounding. You tried moving but you felt your hands and legs tied to something. 

“What the fuck.” You tried to wiggle your way out, “What the fuck.” You felt tears start to build up. 

“Help!” You screamed but it felt like you weren’t loud enough. “Help!” 

You started to look around the room to see if there was anything to help you escape. All there was were tvs. You looked closer and saw they were recordings of Josh’s place. There was one screen that caught your eye. It was Ashely, Chris and Josh. Only Ashely and Josh were tied up. And Chris, he turned a switch. You turned away before you could see it but the sound was horrific. All you could hear were Josh’s screams as he got cut in half. You began sobbing at this point. 

“Help!” Your cries were desperate at this point. 

You couldn’t tell how much time had passed since you saw that video but you grew tired of screaming. No one was going to help you. You didn’t even know where you were. 

The door swung open, you watched as the man who took you came in. He slammed the door behind him. 

“Who the fuck does he think he is? First he says that stupid shit to me. And then he picks Ashely over me? That just proves where his loyalties fucking lies. To his fucking dick. I fucking knew it. You knew he would have fucked you right? If he had the chance he would have. It doesn’t even matter that I’m his best friend. He knows I love you. But he would do it if he could, if you gave him the green light he would. And Ashely is just his second option if he can’t get you. I’ve seen the way he looks at you. Ever since High School, it didn’t even matter that I met you first. That we did almost everything together. What a fucking liar.” 

You felt like you had been holding your breath. You were confused about what was going on. On who this person was. 

But then he took off the mask. He got on his knees in front of you. “You have to thank me for that. You will, right? I saved you from having to deal with him. I showed you who he really was. I had to protect you. Who knows what he would have done to you.” 

You flinched when he placed his hands on your thighs. “Josh.” Tears started to pour down your eyes again. “Josh, what's going on? What did you do? Where am I Josh?” 

“It’s okay, you don’t have to cry. I told you I’d keep you safe.” He placed his hand on your face and wiped a tear away. 

“Josh, I saw you die. What the fuck was that. How-how are you still alive? How do I know you're real? How do I know I’m not going crazy? I can’t even feel you. Josh please, please just untie me. Josh please. I don’t like this.” 

“I can’t.” He stood up and walked over to the tvs. “I’m not done.” 

“Done with what?” 

“You’ll see. Just stay here. You’ll be fine. I’ll come get you when it’s over.” He puts his mask back on. 

“Josh, please you can’t leave me in here.” You could tell he hesitated for a moment before walking out and locking the door. 

You had time to think about what could be happening. You remembered Hannah calling you crying one night. She talked about Josh had stopped taking his meds and got committed to the hospital. You remembered the day she called you and told you he got out. Whatever was happening had to do with that. 

You don’t know how long it had been. Maybe three hours or four. That was when he came back. Only he was hurt, you could see the blood coming from his shoulder. He started to take off his shirt and winced at the pain. 

“Josh what happened.” 

“Nothing.” 

“Joshua I swear to god. Get me out of this chair and tell me what happened now.” 

“I can't, you'll try and leave. And I’ll have to put you to sleep again.”

“Then lock the door. Josh please just untie me. I need you to tell me what's going on.” You watched as he locked the door before making his way over towards you. He untied your feet before your hands. He watched as you stood up. 

He stayed kneeling, he looked up at you. He wrapped his arms around you, his head against your stomach. “I can’t tell if you’re real or not. How do I know if you’re real?”

“You stopped taking your meds, haven't you?” You ran your hands through his hair. You know you should have been upset with him. He did lock you up, but you also know that that's not him. Not really, it was just his meds, he just needed help was all. 

He looked up at you. “How do you know about that? I haven’t told anyone.” 

You pull away from him and kneel down to him, you cup his face. “Hannah told me a while back. She told me you got committed, that you stopped taking your antidepressants and that when you got back you felt better.” 

“They weren’t working. I kept seeing things. I kept hearing things.” 

“That’s okay. I know you are upset at them Josh. But please, you can’t keep doing this. We need to get you help. We can switch psychiatrists, if you want.” 

“No. No!” He got up and moved away from you. 

“Josh please.” You tried to console him. 

“No. I’m tired of being medicated. I don’t like it.” 

“I understand that Josh but this isn’t okay. I understand your reasoning but locking people up and terrorizing them isn't okay.” 

“So it was okay for them?” He began to shout. 

You grabbed his arms in an attempt to calm him. “No, it wasn’t okay. But neither is this.”  

“You’re a liar. You’re just telling me what you think I want to hear.” He tried pushing you off him. 

You hug him tight so he can’t get away. “Josh please. I’m here for you. And if we just tell the others about what’s happening they’ll understand. Yes they’ll be upset but, let them be upset before this gets any worse than it is.” 

You could hear him start to cry, “Okay. I’m sorry. I’m really sorry.” 

“It’s okay. Let’s just get you help. Okay?”

"Okay."

[penkura]

You want ideas, I'll give you ideas owo I know you like Zoro too, so best of both world I assume. Reader got hit during an attack and when reader wakes up she can't remember anything/anyone at all. Zoro/Sanji is in a realtionship with reader and feeling unsure if reader forgot it as well. Reader is super shy/nervous and interested in some else. (If you go for Zoro as bf, maybe reader is interested in Sanji and the other way around) Another idea: You've been dating for a long time and Sanji still hasn't proposed. One evening you get impatient and are completely drunk and proposed to him. He loves you but reject it, cuz he believe that this is a "Man's job" to do.

Of course this would work for others as well if you don't see Sanji in this kind of scenarios :) If you need more inspiration/prompts (especially Law/Penguin/Shachi) hit me up. My mind is overflowing with ideas right now.

Take care of you <3

I love the second prompt and may have to come back for the first one later on. 👀

For now though! Sanji gets more attention from me, and I made this one in a modern setting, hope that's okay! 💚

It’s very rare for you to indulge in alcohol as much as Zoro normally does, but for once you’ve let go and decided to have more than what you usually do. It’s not your fault that you’ve been seeing your friends get engaged or married lately and it makes you feel like you and Sanji are way behind the rest of them. You two have been together for a few years, but he still hasn’t proposed or even asked you to move into his apartment with him, what’s the deal? It’s been so long, you just want to know you aren’t wasting your time with him.

Okay, maybe it is all on you, since you haven’t even voiced this to Sanji, only to Nami and Robin, the two looking concerned when you cried over your drink to them, before they started to drag you to Sanji’s place for the night. You sleep over there enough as it is, you really should just move in already, even Nami has said that multiple times.

Sanji isn’t even expecting you that night, you’d told him you were going out with Nami and Robin, so he’s surprised when they bring you buy and you’re a crying, drunken mess when you see him and you’re shoved into his arms. For a moment he worries someone did something to you, he’s ready to find out which bar you’d gone to and fight whoever upset you, before Nami just sighs.

“She’s upset with you, so you better hurry up and make it right.”

He’s confused, but Sanji doesn’t question Nami as she leaves, instead turning to you when you whine and snuggle your face in his shirt. It makes him smile and kiss the top of your head, before you push yourself off him and give him a glare that doesn’t really work with you being drunk.

“My love, are you all right?”

“No……I’m mad at you…”

He tilts his head, especially confused when you lean against him again. Sanji takes that as his cue to lead you into his kitchen and start making you some tea, after he gives you a glass of water. He’s got to start sobering you up, it might be the only way he gets an answer out of you as to why you’re upset with him. While he works, Sanji has you set at the table with a glass of water, but the tears in your eyes while you watch him don’t go unnoticed, he gives you a slight smile that makes you try to glare again.

“What is it, love?”

“I wanna marry you…”

“O-oh…yeah?”

You pout with a nod, as Sanji goes back to making your tea. It’s like he doesn’t even care, you just you want to marry him. He should be happy about it right? But he just ignores you almost, and it makes you even more upset.

“Sanjiiii…”

“Hmm?”

“Will you,” you hiccup a bit which makes him smile, “will you marry me…?”

Taking a breath, Sanji waits a moment before he responds to you, wondering if you even realize that you’ve said. You’ll probably forget by morning, but he should clarify things for you.

“No, my love, I can’t accept that proposal. “

“Why nooooot?”

“Because it’s my job to ask you that.”

You stay quiet after that as Sanji finishes making you both some tea and brings it over to you. You don’t touch your drink for a few minutes, Sanji asking if you were okay while you look at him still with tears in your eyes.

“…why haven’t you asked me yet?”

Another deep breath, Sanji sighs and places a kiss on your forehead, causing you to lay your head on his shoulder. He hopes you’ll sleep quickly, but you put your arms around his shoulders and just look up at him, though he can tell you’re starting to doze off so he doesn’t push for you to drink more of your tea, instead picking you up and taking you to his bed to tuck you in.

“Because,” Sanji makes sure you’re properly in bed and asleep before he smiles to himself while he watches you, “It’s not your birthday for a few more weeks. But I promise, I’ll ask you then.”

[sludgewolf]

Hiii! I was wondering if I can request hazard dating hcs with a short fem!reader who likes feminine things and likes to dress in pink attire? Please and thank u 😽😽

That's such a cute idea, so sk8r boy vibes ;-; btw love your pfp, he would Disclaimer: do not copy, repost, take or feed to AI or NFTs anything I post Masterlist

He was a punk and she did ballet - Hazard x Reader

He's such a softie for you, despite his size Haz is puddy on your hands, all you need to do is bat your eyelashes at his direction that you've got whatever you want

even when you don't ask, Findley will still surprises you with plushies or fresh flowers almost every week just to see the look on your face

Your designated driver, you'll never have to drive when with him

gives you full control over the AC and radio

just don't push your luck with pop, country or funk cuz he will revoke your radio privileges if you play bad songs

Likes to pick you up and have you on his lap when busy or simply when he's stuck sitting somewhere, be it for major repairs on his prostetics or getting new tattoos

or like that time he was waiting for Susie to finish engraving some of the flowers you doodled on his shotgun arm

when he can't have on his lap Haz sits you on a counter by his side as he goes about his business

you in turn constantly drag him over by his spikes in order to steal kisses that leave him chasing your lips

Absolutelly loves pink too, one of his favorite colors bc of how bold it is, besides he thinks its cute how your pinks matches well with his purples

and he isn't about to let society dictate what colors he should or should not like bc of smt so arbritrary as gender

You once covered his right arm in sanrio and winx club stickers while he was asleep, Find then refused to take them off no matter what

he was so sad when they fell off during a fight that he picked back up those he could find and glued them on your shared room door

Findlay has the habit of putting things away on the tallest shelves since it just is more convenient for him

but even if not on purpose he does love to watch as you struggle to reach for things just for not five minutes later to have you pouting at his side asking for help

which he ofc does, though he has the smuggest look on his face as he does

A sucker for headpats!!

Will sit down in front of you hoping you get the hint and play w his hair

you're forbitten from keeping them from him tho, you must meet the daily headpat quota or he'll sulk for the rest of the day

Asks for your help with makeup, and expecially his eyeliner before taking you out on dates, he has to look good for you

he is one of those guys that actually knows how to properly put on lipbalm (so proud of him)

Regularly calls you Short Stack and will lean his elbow on your head as he pretends to look for you

Gets so flustered when you compliment him, using cute pet names and softly holding his face

full on stuttering and flushing tomato red, you weaponize it after he teases you for your height

Haz leaves his shirts lying around the room so you may steal them without knowing it was actually his plan all along

you wearing them is his favorite sight in the morning

which goes along perfectly with the lazy mornings you spend together, when he won't let you out of bed demanding some more cuddle time w his love

If you liked this pls reblog and comment so I know to write more like it reblogs >>> likes

[kvthgok]

Art Project | Miguel O’Hara x Child Spider Reader (Platonic Ofc)

Warnings- none

Summary- You needed help with your art project and  asked Miguel for help !

Side note- not proofread cuz I’m literally so lazy rn. But please feel free to send over some Ideas cuz I can’t think of any .Ik some of y’all got awesome Ideas that ur gate keeping🙁</3! I would gladly write them.😭🙏

“Didn’t I tell you to do it yesterday?” Miguel questioned.

Before I even did anything he said, “And don’t give me that look. I’ve got better things to do than babysit you and help you with your art project.”

“C’mon it’s due tomorrow and I really need help!” I begged .

“Why should I help you when you've been slacking off like this? I told you to do it yesterday, and you did nothing!”

“But like I was doing something with Gwen sand Hobie sooo..” I trailed off

“Excuses, excuses. I don’t care if you were doing something else. I gave you plenty of time to work on it, right? So you have no one to blame but yourself.”

“Please” I said dragging out the “e” in please.

“Oh, no. Not even if you beg.” Miguel crossed his arms and frowned. “I'm not helping you. You're on your own. And you better get it done on time this time.” I brought out the puppy dog eyes. Miguel rolled his eyes. “Don’t try that puppy dog look with me. My answer is still no.” “C’mon!” I whined

“Did I stutter? I'm not helping you. End of discussion.”

“ It’s a art project about who you look up to!” I begged him again.

Miguel chuckled. “Oh, that’s a sweet, sentimental thing to choose for an art project. Still not helping you, though.”

“Just c’mon” I rolled my eyes

“Nope. Not gonna happen.” Miguel shook his head. “Why should I help you? I already tried to warn you before. The deadline has passed. I'm not giving you special treatment. You can get help from someone else.” 

“But everyone else is busy!” I whined

“Not my problem.” Miguel shrugged. “You should have planned better.” 

"Please Miggy” I said using his nickname while giving my puppy dog eyes. That had to work.

Miguel sighed. “You’re really giving me a hard time here. Fine, fine. I’ll help you but you have to owe me a favor, okay?”

I nodded, “Deal!” extending my pinky, “Pinky promise!” I smiled

He sighed again. “Okay. Pinky promise.” Miguel smiled and extended his pinky finger as well, wrapping it around mine.

Then we got started with the Art Project.

Miguel and I were now sitting together at a desk, working on the art project. I was relieved that he had agreed to help me after all "So, who is the person you look up to for this project?" Miguel asked. 

“You!” I looked up at him and smiled sweetly. 

"Me?" Miguel chuckled. "I appreciate the compliment, but are you sure you don't want to choose someone important like your mom, or your dad?"

“Nope”

"Alright, I guess I'm flattered, then." Miguel chuckled. "I'm curious, why do you look up to me?" I had started to tell him why.

“…and your always pushing me to make good decisions that I won’t regret in the future. Almost like another father figure” I added.

Miguel looked pleasantly surprised by my answer. "That's a very mature and kind thing to say, kiddo. I'm glad you view me that way." 

I paused for a moment and smiled. 

"It does touch me to know you think that way of me."

 I slowly nodded happily. 

Miguel and I worked on the project for a while longer. I was grateful to Miguel for helping me finish the project in time.

As I looked at the completed drawing we had created, I smiled and looked up at Miguel. "I'm so glad you helped me with this. I couldn't have done this without you."

Miguel smiled back.

“Your welcome kiddo”

[photogirl894]

Sun and Rain Part 2: Age of the Empire

Chapter 41

"Special Surprises"

A "Bad Batch" fanfic!

Pairing: Hunter x fem OC, Echo (more best friend pairing)

A/N: Man, I don't know why this one took a while to write, but finally, it's done!

I know the last few chapters have been crazy full of angst (cuz, you know, canon demanded it of me 😝) but this chapter will be a nice breather chapter full of nice, fluffy things! 😊 I hope y'all get some enjoyment out of this one!

Taglist: @the-sad-batch , @nimata-beroya , @intrepidmare , @legolkenxbi , @tech-aficionado ,

@ladykatakuri , @d1n0-dan , @sammi9498 , @darthzero22 , @scarlettrose9901 ,

@thebadbatchscyare , @chxpsi , @ilikemymendarkandfictional , @4pplecider , @locitapurplepink ,

@l-lend , @nekotaetae , @eternalwaffle , @merkitty49 , @avathebestx ,

@idoubleswearimawriter , @techs-stitches , @fantasyproductions , @totallyunidentified , @dreamsandrosies ,

@theknightofivanhoe

《 Chapter 40

》 Chapter 42

All parts (Part 2) (Part 1)

Explanation: The events from Kamino have left Kimber in extremely low spirits...but the Bad Batch and the Koriena Force hatch a plan to raise them, especially after making an important discovery.

With Kamino and Ord Mantell being on opposite ends of the galaxy, it was going to take a few days for the Bad Batch to travel. After spending as much time as they could going through hyperspace, their fuel reserves started running low and decided to make a stop on Corellia, a good halfway point, to refuel, go through as well restock on supplies and to take a little downtime before getting back to Ord Mantell.

While on Corellia, Kimber, Hunter, Wrecker and Omega were going through their supplies while Tech and Echo dealt with refueling the ship. However, while taking inventory, they came across Crosshair’s old trunk with his Bad Batch armor and weapons inside. Realizing it was still there, having not thought about it for months, left a bitter taste in all their mouths. 

Especially Kimber’s.

Seeing his armor made her angry and all she wanted to do was just take it and smash it all on the ground. “We don’t need all this anymore,” she said, almost through gritted teeth. “Why is this still here? We should just throw it out.”

As she moved to grab the breastplate with the intent to destroy it, she heard Wrecker say, “I know we’re all still mad at him…but I don’t think we should get rid of Crosshair’s armor.”

“Why?” she asked angrily.

“Because…what if he does come back someday?” he asked back, his face and voice downtrodden. “Then we should have it ready for him. Besides…it just doesn’t feel right to throw it out. If we do that, then we’ll lose him forever…and I’m not ready for that.”

Any mad retort Kimber was about to throw at him was caught in her throat and she nearly choked on her words. She wasn’t prepared for Wrecker to make such a heartfelt point. Even though she still was mad at Crosshair, there was the small part of her deep inside that agreed with Wrecker: she too wasn’t ready to be rid of everything that reminded them of Crosshair yet despite telling herself that she was. She’d already lost him and she didn’t want to lose him completely. Otherwise, he’d become nothing but a memory that would someday fade away. 

“It’s only just going to take up unnecessary space,” Hunter stated.

“No…Wrecker’s right,” Kimber spoke up, her voice low and on the verge of trembling. “If we get rid of everything that reminds us of Crosshair, then we’re giving up hope that he’ll ever come back…which is something we can’t afford to lose. I’d rather it take up space than have there be just a shadow of a memory forever haunting us.”

Not giving the others a chance to say anything back, she whipped around, nearly hitting Wrecker and Hunter with her braid, and briskly walked to the bunk area of the ship, the sound of a door swishing open and shut following her footsteps. 

“I don’t think she’s doing well,” Wrecker observed.

“No, she’s not,” affirmed Hunter. “Everything with Crosshair was a serious hit to her emotionally.”

Omega then asked, looking up at Hunter with sad eyes, “Is there anything we can do to help her?”

Shaking his head, Hunter answered, “Right now, I don’t think there is. She just needs time to process. Once we get back to Ord Mantell, we might be able to come up with something, but for right now, let’s just leave her alone.”

“Hopefully, the Koriena Force will be back, too. I’m sure they can help her feel better,” Wrecker suggested. 

“Are you discussing Kimber?” they then heard Tech ask as both he and Echo had returned at that moment and were walking up into the ship.

Omega responded, “We came across Crosshair’s old pack again and…she’s still upset.”

“She has every right to be,” said Echo. “She and Crosshair were very close. Losing him and leaving him behind hasn’t been easy for her.”

Then Hunter turned to Echo and ordered, “Echo, see if you can get the Koriena Force on comms. Let them know we’re en route to Ord Mantell…and that we’ll need their help with Kimber when we get back.”

Echo nodded and retreated to his bunk to get his encrypted comm device that Lex had given him. They figured since Kimber had one, it was good for the rest of the Clones to have their own, as well, that they could use in the event they were unable to use Kimber's. He put in Rina's frequency and, a few seconds later, was met with a lovely face he wasn't expecting, but was nonetheless glad to see. 

“Well, hey, handsome,” Lex greeted him with a smile. 

He snickered in amusement. “I didn’t think I’d be seeing you, but you’re a very welcome sight right now.”

She grinned back and then called over her shoulder, “It’s Echo!” As the forms of the three other ladies came into view, crowding around Lex, she went on to ask, “What happened, Echo? We haven’t heard anything from you guys since you skipped out on Cid’s last mission.”

“Yeah, she told us you dropped off some Clone and then ditched again without saying where you were going,” Rina put in. Then she added, “We met Gregor, by the way. Funny guy. He and I shared a couple drinks.”

“A couple? He drank you under the table,” said Kida, which earned her an elbow to the ribs from Rina that made her chuckle.

Then Echo informed them, “We had some unforeseen complications come up. We’ll explain more when we get back. We're heading to Ord Mantell now.”

“Are you guys all right?” Irys inquired.

“Yes…but there’s something else,” he said with a despondent sigh. 

Crossing her arms, Rina then said, “Well, don't leave us hanging, Reverb. Spill it.”

He blinked, stunned. “Reverb?” he repeated. 

Lex, Kida and Irys all looked at Rina, confused, and she replied, “Reverb…like an echo? It's a play on the name.”

In response, Lex playfully shoved Rina and Kida rolled her eyes, but Irys smirked and remarked, “That was actually clever.”

“I have my moments,” Rina said with a proud grin.

After shaking his own head at Rina’s new nickname for him, Echo went on, “Some things happened and it took a serious toll on Kimber. She's fine, but distraught, unfortunately.”

Rina held up a hand. “Say no more. We'll take care of her once you guys get here.”

The rest of the ladies nodded in agreement and understanding.

He grinned gladly seeing that he didn't even need to explain for the girls to know exactly what he needed. “I knew I could count on all of you,” he said with gratitude, looking at each of them.

“Always,” Lex stated.

“Comm us once you reach Ord Mantell,” added Kida. “We'll prepare for your arrival.”

Echo bowed his head and after one last look at Lex, he ended the transmission. 

To the Bad Batch’s surprise, the Koriena Force were already in the hangar on Ord Mantell waiting for them when they finally arrived one rotation later. Wrecker was the first one to run off the ship to excitedly greet Rina and the rest of the squad followed after him. 

Kida ran up to Kimber, engulfed her in a tight hug and exclaimed, “We're so glad you're all okay. We were worried something had happened when we'd had no word from any of you.”

“We're all right, no need to worry anymore,” said Kimber, trying to mask her sadness.

Then Kida turned around to Irys, who was holding Kori, and took the child from Irys’s arms. She then flipped back around and stated to Kimber, “Here, I think you need some baby love.” Then she proceeded to place Kori in Kimber’s arms, a small coo sounding from Kori as she did so. 

Startled at now suddenly being handed a baby, Kimber carefully cradled him in her arms and said, “Oh! Okay then!”

“Come on, boss lady. You're coming with us for a bit. Give you a break from all this testosterone,” Rina declared as she and Kida started leading a confused Kimber away.

As they were walking away, Lex and Irys hung back with the rest of the Bad Batch. Irys was the first to address them, saying, “After Echo commed us, I got to researching a few things that I thought could help cheer Kimber up and I discovered something important that I think will do the trick.”

“What is it?” Hunter asked right away.

“We’ve missed it by a few days, but we can still celebrate. It was Kimber’s birthday,” Irys stated. 

“Her…birthday?” asked Wrecker, scratching his head in puzzlement.

“What is that?” Omega also questioned.

Lex tilted her head. “Do you guys not know what a birthday is?”

Pushing up his goggles, Tech explained, “Given that all Clones are genetically created and produced from tubes, we are unfamiliar with the concept of birthdays.”

Both Lex and Irys exchanged bewildered looks. “I guess that never occurred to me,” said Lex.

“What is a birthday?” asked Hunter. 

“It’s exactly what's in the word: it’s the day of your birth. The date and year that you’re born are noted down and it helps you keep track of how old you are,” Irys informed the Clones. “Each year, you celebrate growing another year older with the people you care about and they give you gifts, either physical ones or they do things for you to show you they love you and are glad you’re still here. Though, not sure how that would work for Clones with your advanced aging and all.”

Then Lex added, “We thought, even though it’s a few days late, we could all throw something together for Kimber as a birthday gift to surprise her; help her feel loved and to get her mind off of things.” 

“I think that’s a great idea. Did you have anything in mind?” Echo asked.

“Kida wants to do some spa time with her and the ladies on the Aurora for a while and we’ve roped Gregor into helping out with something, as well,” answered Lex.

Hunter put a hand to his chin in thought. He liked the thought of getting his beloved a gift and celebrating her life, but there was just one thing that was holding him back. “I don’t know if we have enough money to afford anything special for her,” he said with disappointment.

“That’s fine, you don’t have to,” said Irys. “I also said you could do something for her, too. An act of service of some kind.”

“We’re going to catch up with the girls, but meet us back at the Aurora around 1800 hours. We've got something else planned you guys will want to be a part of,” said Lex.

Holding up a finger to her lips, Irys reminded them, “And remember, it's a surprise, so don't say anything yet.” Then she stole a look at Omega. “Do you want to join us for girl time, kid?”

“Can I, Hunter?” Omega asked excitedly.

He simply smiled and gave her a nod, which made her jump with giddiness.

“If you need help thinking of anything for a gift, let us know,” Lex then called over her shoulder and then she, Omega and Irys ran off.

Now that it was just the Clones left, Wrecker inquired, “Is there anything we can do for Kimber that she would like?”

They all thought about it a little more before Hunter then declared, looking to each of his brothers, “Actually…I might have an idea…and I’m going to need help from all of you.”

Echo grinned and answered, “For Kimber...anything.”

Back at the Aurora, Lex, Omega and Irys arrived and as they walked into the main parlor, Kida exclaimed, standing up from where she sat, “All right, Irys and Lex are here! And Omega, too! Now, we can get started!” 

A bit perplexed at what was suddenly happening, Kimber asked, “What’s going on?”

“We’re treating you to some much-needed girl time and some spa treatment,” Kida told her.

Coming out from the direction of the kitchen, Rina held up a couple bottles in her hands and added, “We’ve got the good stuff from Cid’s, as well as some juice for Little Blondie, and Gregor’s whipping up a little something in the kitchen.”

“Gregor’s here?” was Kimber's next question.

Then Omega told her, “Yeah, we dropped him off here before we went back for you and Hunter.”

Lex’s eyes widened slightly before saying, “And that’s also why we’re all here: you need to clue us in on everything that happened to you guys.”

Right then, Gregor came out from the kitchen carrying cups in his hands and his face lit up at seeing Kimber there. “Hey, it's you!” he exclaimed. “Kimber, right? I realized I never got your name before we were separated.”

A small smile crossed her lips as she replied, “You are correct, Captain.”

“Oh, enough with the ‘Captain’ talk. It's just Gregor,” he replied, setting the cups down for Rina to start filling. “I'm glad to see you made it back okay.’

“Is it almost done, Gregor?” asked Irys.

“Yes, ma'am. I'll be out with it in a few minutes,” he said, giving her a salute before heading back to the kitchen.

Puzzled, Kimber inquired, “What is he doing?”

While pouring drinks into the glasses, Rina responded, “He's cooking us up some food. What else do you do in the kitchen?”

Gregor poked his head out of the doorway and said also, “I used to work as a dishwasher in a diner on Abafar. I picked up a few cooking tricks there.” Then he disappeared back in the other room.

That was a curious thing for Kimber to hear. A Clone soldier working as a dishwasher? “I definitely need to hear more on that story later,” she commented.

“But first, you have a story to share,” said Kida, pointing at Kimber. “However, before we get to that, I'm getting you out of that armor and into something more comfortable so you can relax.” Kimber started to stammer in protest, but Kida simply placed her hands on Kimber's shoulders, turned her around and said, “I’ll hear no argument against this. Go into my room and you'll find one of my loungewear dresses on the bed to change into. Off you go!”

While still very bewildered, Kimber went into Kida’s room as she was told.

“You know, you've gotten a lot more bossy since becoming a mom,” teased Rina as she was handing out drinks to everyone.

“Hey, we're treating her today and keeping it a surprise. I have to be bossy in order to make sure things go according to plan,” replied Kida in a quieter voice, moving away from the door to make sure Kimber wouldn't hear, and taking a glass from Rina.

A few minutes later, Kimber emerged from the room in a simple, pastel pink dress that fell to her ankles and a blue-gray robe jacket with billowy sleeves over top of it. She already appeared much more comfortable and relaxed than she had even moments before. 

Clapping her hands together in satisfaction, Kida declared, “I knew that dress would suit you perfectly! You already look so serene than you had when you arrived. Now, come! Sit down and tell us everything while I work on you.” Then she stood up, offering her spot on the sofa to Kimber.

At this point, Kimber pretty much had a permanent perplexed look on her face, but just did as Kida said, knowing it would be useless to question her otherwise.

“May I ask why you all are suddenly doting on me like this?” she asked as she sat down and Lex handed her a drink.

“What? We can't just spoil our boss lady without having a reason?” Rina questioned back.

In that moment, Gregor came out of the kitchen, proclaiming, “Here you are, ladies! Hot and fresh out of the oven.” In his hands was a large bowl that was full of multiple small, round loaves of brown bread with black bits inside. 

Kimber saw what he set down on the table and her eyes went wide. “That's…that’s ahrisa,” she observed, taking one from the bowl and feeling the warmth on her fingers. “These are quite popular on Tatooine. I love these.”

“Is that so?” asked Lex, who shared a knowing glance with Rina when Kimber wasn't looking. First part of their surprise: a success.

Kimber bit into the hot, baked sphere and the familiar spiciness of the food she hadn't had in a long time; a taste that reminded her a lot of her home planet overwhelmed her senses. A moan of elation sounded from her throat, having missed this more than she realized. 

“This tastes just like home. Thank you, Gregor,” she said, the other ladies voicing their agreement along with her.

“That's kind of you to say,” he said with a proud smile. “Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got some other things to take care of elsewhere. Enjoy the ahrisa.” With a nod, he walked out of the room and towards the exit of the ship.

Once everyone was finished with their ahrisa, Irys stated to Kimber, “All right, no more interruptions. We want to know what happened since you last called us, when you asked to tell Cid you weren't completing your last mission.”

Omega looked up at Kimber with a sympathetic look in her big brown eyes, knowing this wasn't going to be an easy story for her to tell. At that moment, Kida asked Kimber for one of her hands and pulled out a bottle, giving it a light shake. Once Kimber took a quick drink, she set the glass down and held out her right hand to Kida. Kida squeezed out a dollop of what looked like lotion into her own hand, spread it around her palms and then took Kimber's hand, rubbing and massaging the sweet-scented lotion into her skin.

Then Kimber began her tale, “Well, as I'm sure you know now, Rex asked us to help get a friend out of trouble, which was Gregor. We were successful in freeing him from an Imperial facility, but as we fled from the Empire’s attacks, Hunter and I were captured.”

“Hunter ordered us to leave them behind,” Omega added sadly.

“It's good that he did. All of you could've been captured by the Empire and that would've been much worse,” commented Lex.

Kida kept on massaging Kimber's hand, which almost made her forget she was telling a story for a second. Then she kept going, “We were kept in the facility for a while and we were told a Commander was going to retrieve us.”

Catching on, Irys said, “Oh, don't tell me…!”

Kimber nodded. “It was Crosshair.”

Irys then muttered something most likely unpleasant in Togruti while everyone else rolled their eyes or groaned in disgust. 

“My thoughts exactly,” said Kimber. “He came to get us and said he wanted to take us back to where it all began for us…which was back on Kamino.”

Then Omega chimed in, “We were able to track Hunter's comm to Kamino, but it turned out to be a trap. He wanted us to follow them there.”

“What happened when you got there?” Rina inquired. 

Kimber answered, “He once again tried convincing us to join the Empire…and in the midst of that, Imperial ships opened fire on Tipoca City with all of us still inside “

Kida ceased massaging Kimber's hand for a moment, grasped it tightly and exclaimed, “You're not serious!”

“It's true,” Omega confirmed. “They destroyed the whole city and it collapsed into the ocean.”

“Omega, I'm so sorry. That was your home; that must've been terrible for you,” said Lex, putting her arms around Omega’s shoulders. 

“Curse those Imperial rats,” Rina said angrily, inhaling a drag of sweetblossom from her vape mod.

Kida then commented, “At least you all made it out alive and safe.”

Omega, after leaning in to Lex’s hug for a moment, then said, “That wasn't the worst part, though.”

Everyone's eyes all turned back to Kimber, wondering what Omega meant.

Kimber took a second to breathe, bracing herself for the worst part of the story. Kida had moved on to rubbing lotion on her other hand and Kida could feel Kimber tense up a little. 

Taking a slow inhale, Kimber then told them, “Crosshair told us his inhibitor chip had already been removed…and he refused to tell us when it happened.”

“What?!” both Lex and Kida nearly shouted.

Irys then started spouting more Togruti curses, but much louder this time. 

“You're telling us that all the things he did wasn't under the influence of the chip?” Rina cried out. 

“I don't know how much of his actions were of his own free will, but essentially…yes,” Kimber answered in a low voice. “It could've possibly been after Bracca because when I saw him on Ryloth, he seemed different, but I can't say for certain. Either way…it destroyed me to hear he was choosing the Empire willingly…even after we all escaped Kamino together and we saved him. We could've left him, but we didn't…and he still chose the Empire over us.”

Kida grasped her hand tightly to console her. “Oh Kimber…it’s no wonder you're not doing well. I can't imagine how awful you must have felt.”

Kimber glanced at Kida and asked, “How did you know I wasn't doing well?”

“Echo called and told us,” Lex admitted. “He wanted our help in finding a way to cheer you up when you guys got back.”

Then it became clear to Kimber why the girls had been behaving peculiarly since she'd gotten back. “That explains everything,” she said aloud.

“Your boys were worried about you,” said Rina.

With a light hum, Kimber said back, “They always are. I appreciate all of you looking out for me.”

“Of course,” said Kida, finishing up with massaging Kimber's other hand, “and now that we know the full story, I've determined you need more self-care treatment after all that nonsense. I'm going to run you a nice, hot bath with oil and bubbles and I'll wash your hair for you. Force knows it probably needs it and your head could use a nice scalp massage, too.”

Overwhelmed at all the attention, Kimber tried to protest, “Oh no, that won't be necessary.”

“Boss Lady, haven't you learned by now that once Mom says you need something, there's no escaping it?” Rina questioned with a smirk. “That's how I got my hair color stripped against my will, remember?”

Grinning with satisfaction, Kida declared, “She's right, you know. I am the leisure expert, after all. Now, everyone, gather the drinks and the food. Girl time is going to continue in the bathing room while Kimber gets a much-needed, relaxing bath.”

Kimber was still bewildered at the tender loving care she was receiving, but everyone else was already up and moving. Then she happened to look over at Omega and saw a big and seemingly aware smile on her face, which Kimber found a bit suspicious. It was like the look of a child who had a secret they really wanted to tell, but couldn't.

“What's with that look?” she asked, narrowing her eyes but still grinning at the girl. “You know something, don't you?”

Omega just giggled and ran off with her glass of juice without saying a word. Kimber wasn't sure how to react to that, but just shook her head and got up from the sofa. Something else was going on, more than just the girls wanting to cheer her up…but what was it?

The Koriena Force and Omega spent a couple more hours together conversing while Kimber relaxed in the bath and Kida washed her hair as well as gave her a head and neck massage, helping to ease her tension. Kida even took the time to rebraid Kimber’s hair for her after it was cleaned. Even though Kimber wasn’t used to so much attention being solely on her, she couldn’t help but admit that all of Kida’s treatments were indeed helping her feel a bit better. She was still thinking of Crosshair at first, having had to tell her friends about what happened with him, but talking to them and letting Kida take care of her seemed to take her mind off of him. That and wondering what other reasons were behind all the pampering also occupied her thoughts. What could possibly be going on to make the ladies and even Omega act so strangely?

As she was helped out of the bath and Kida put a robe over her, she heard a comm beep, Rina answered it and Gregor’s voice simply said, “Everything is ready.”

“Copy. We’re coming,” Rina replied.

“What’s ready?” Kimber asked. 

“You’ll see,” Rina said back. “Better get back in that dress quickly.”

Kimber moved back behind the screen in the room, dried herself off with a towel and got back into Kida’s dress and robe-jacket as fast as she could. Once she was ready, Kida and Rina quickly ushered her towards the door. When she tried asking once again what was going on or where Omega, Irys and Lex had gone, realizing they weren’t with them, she was met with “just wait” and “you’ll see”. She found herself walking through the ship towards the dining area, the doors swished open and then--

“Surprise!” 

Her jaw dropped in shock at hearing the sudden shouts inside and then seeing Lex, Irys, Omega, her boys and Gregor all standing around the large table, all with joyful smiles on their faces. There was a pot in the middle of the table as well as bowls, plates and cutlery placed all around and what appeared to be a colorful cake next to the pot. 

“Happy Birthday, Kimber!” Kida said cheerfully to her, grasping her shoulders tightly.

Dumbfounded, it took a second for Kimber to process everything. “Wait…what? My birthday?” she repeated.

Irys stepped up and explained, “I did some research to see what we could do to help cheer you up and discovered that your birthday was actually a few days ago when you were gone. Even though it’s past, we thought we could still celebrate.”

“We wanted to give you some self-care time with us as a gift and, on top of that, we found out Gregor knows how to cook and enlisted his help in making some food from Tatooine for you, as well, like the ahrisa,” added Lex. “Luckily, we were able to get the ingredients for everything just in time.”

Then Gregor motioned to the food on the table and said, “I made some Bantha steak soup and then a pika cake for dessert.”

Speechless, Kimber could barely say anything to respond, her mouth still hanging open.

Then Wrecker spoke up, “We didn’t know about your birthday until we got here, but we’ve also got something special for you after we eat.”

A light gasp escaped her and she started to get teary-eyed, overwhelmed with gratitude and love for her friends; her family. “I…I didn’t even realize…having been caught up in a war and then running from the Empire, I never thought about my birthday at all,” she admitted. “I can’t believe all of you would do this for me.”

“You’re worth it,” said Echo.

“It was difficult for us seeing you so distraught over everything that’s taken place that we felt it was imperative we all collectively do something to raise your spirits,” Tech stated.

Then, with an adoring smile, Hunter said in conclusion, “Because we love you, Kimber.”

A couple happy tears fell from Kimber’s eyes as she looked at Hunter and then around at all of her friends. “I don’t know what to say...except thank you. All of you, from the bottom of my heart.”

“All the best for the best boss lady in the galaxy,” said Rina, giving Kimber a light elbow nudge in the side. 

Omega approached her and she asked, her eyes full of hope, "Do you feel better now, Kimber?"

A single tear slid down Kimber's cheek as she smiled and answered, "Yes, I do, my dear. Very much so."

Elated at her response, Omega threw her arms around Kimber's waist and hugged her.

“Can we eat now? The soup smells really good and I'm starving!” Wrecker exclaimed, putting his hands over his stomach.

Everyone chuckled good-heartedly at him and Kimber responded, “Of course, we can, Wrecker.” Then she looked to Gregor across the way and said, “You'll join us, too, won't you, Gregor?”

Sheepishly, he ran a hand over his hair and said back, “Oh, uh…I don’t wanna intrude on your celebration with your friends.”

“All Clones are my friends,” she replied. “Besides, you made all the food. It’s only fair you get to share in having it, too. I insist you join us.”

“In that case, I’d be honored to,” he said, releasing a squeaky chuckle. 

With that, they all gathered around the table and sat down, ready to partake in the lovely-looking meal that had been prepared. Just like with the ahrisa, Kimber found herself being transported back to her home planet through the savory, meaty taste of the stew and the tart richness of the pika cake. Inevitably, there was a small sense of melancholy as she thought about her late parents and how much she missed them, but she didn’t dare let it show on her face in front of all her friends. This was a happy occasion and she wasn’t going to let those feelings of sadness ruin the mood. Her love for the people in front of her who were all with her now to celebrate her life was what mattered most in the moment. She had lost her parents, but she had gained a new family to look out for her and spend her future birthdays with and she couldn’t be more grateful.

To her slight confusion, however, once all of the Bad Batch were finished with their meal--or rather after Wrecker had finished his fourth helping of soup and his second slice of cake--they all departed quickly from the Aurora without saying where they were going. Hunter had been the last to leave, but before he followed the others, he had crouched down next to Omega and whispered something in her ear. She got an excited look on her face, nodded at him and then he jogged after the others.

“Where are they all going?” Kimber questioned.

Omega ran over to her and told her, “They’re getting ready for your surprise. Hunter wants you to cover your eyes and I’ll lead you outside.”

“Wow, they’re going all out for this,” commented Rina. 

Satisfied, Kimber stood up and placed one hand over her eyes while Omega took her other hand in her own. Then she heard Lex say behind her that they had her back as Omega gently pulled her forward. She trusted the young girl and the ladies behind her to lead her wherever it was she was meant to go. After a few feet, Omega warned her about the ramp that had been lowered and to watch her step going down. She felt someone’s hands on her back and under her arms to steady her. Her feet touched the ground once more and as they continued forward, she heard the light and familiar hum of an engine close by; the sound of the Marauder. She knew that sound well by this point. A few seconds later, Omega told her to open her eyes. Kimber removed her hand from her eyes and had to blink a couple times from the bright lights of the Marauder’s entrance. It was now night time, so the lights were brighter than normal. In front of her on the left stood Echo and Tech and on her right stood Wrecker. At the top of the steps, standing in the doorway to the Marauder, was her beloved Sergeant Hunter. 

As she took in what she was seeing, Echo said to her, “We know things have been hard for you for a while now, Kim. Even more so recently. We weren’t familiar with what a birthday was until a few hours ago, but we still wanted to put together something significant for you.”

“I decorated the inside of the ship just like how I decorated Omega’s room,” Wrecker stated.

“I helped clean the inside of the ship with him…because we all knew it needed it,” said Echo with slight exasperation.

Kimber turned her attention to Hunter and inquired of him, “Are we going somewhere?”

“Just you and me, sweetheart.” Still flashing a loving smile her way, he held out a hand to her and answered, “I’m taking you up to the stars.”

A smile of joy and amazement slowly crossed her face. The thought of watching the stars alone with Hunter was something she’d wanted for a long time. She hadn’t ever mentioned it to him before; there just hadn’t ever been time to think about it or bring it up. The fact that he had thought of it on his own without any encouragement from her was more clear proof of how in sync the two of them were; how alike their minds were in their thinking. She started up the steps and placed her hand in his, grasping it tight with anticipation.

Tech then came forward and said, “I did some research and discovered that a cosmic event will be taking place tonight. I have given Hunter the coordinates where you should be able to see it at its most poignant moment. That is my contribution to your gift.”

“Thank you, Tech,” said Kimber. She looked back over her shoulder and said in addition, “Thank you to all of you. You have all made this the best birthday I could’ve ever asked for.”

“Ah, enough with the sap and get going already!” Rina cried out, waving a hand at her.

Needing no more convincing, Hunter gave a light tug on Kimber’s arm and pulled her into the Marauder, closing the ramp behind her and leaving the both of them alone inside. Once the door shut, Hunter took Kimber’s face into his hands and brought her to him, kissing her tenderly yet still with a lot of pent up passion. 

When he pulled away, a tiny chuckle escaped his lips. “Had to get that out of the way before I fly the ship,” he told her, his mouth just barely hovering over hers.

“Doesn't bother me at all,” she said, grinning up at him. 

After that, they walked hand in hand up to the front of the ship and Kimber was amazed to see lights similar to the ones in Omega's room hanging from the ceiling of the ship. They illuminated the inside quite well and they were so pretty to see. Kimber marveled at Wrecker's decorating skills, more than she even had the first time. Then a pleasant, clean scent filled her nostrils and she couldn't help but grin. Echo had outdone himself cleaning the ship.

Hunter then took his place in the pilot’s seat and Kimber sat in the chair opposite him. He pulled the controls up and lifted the ship up off the ground. Before long, they were exiting the hangar and soaring up into the night sky. 

Once they passed the clouds above them, Hunter said, “Come over here.”

When she looked, he was standing up and holding the controls with one hand, motioning to the chair with his other one. 

“You're letting me fly the ship?” she questioned. 

“This is an extra addition to your gift,” he said. Then he smirked. “Just don't tell Tech. It'll be our little secret.”

She hadn't expressed overly keen interest in learning to fly the Marauder, but that it might be fun to just try it out once, so she was quite surprised indeed hearing Hunter suggest it. Especially knowing how protective Tech was of the ship. Omega had said she wanted to learn to fly, but Tech insisted that she had to learn all of the ship’s systems first and be able to recite everything from memory before getting her first official lesson. Seeing Hunter was trying to be sneaky about letting Kimber fly made her snicker. She loved this spontaneous side of him that he didn't always show as often, especially recently.

She moved over into the pilot's seat and grabbed hold of the controls, which felt a little surreal at first. 

“Pull back just a little and hold her steady,” Hunter told her, still standing beside her. 

Kimber did as instructed and pulled the controls towards her, but she did it a little too hard and the ship jerked slightly as it went up, making her tense up.

“Whoa, easy there,” said Hunter softly, placing a hand over one of hers and his other hand on her back to help ease her worries. “Pull back gently. You've got this.” He helped her pull up on the controls slowly towards her and eased the ship up just as it left the planet’s atmosphere and entered the black sea of stars in space. “There you go. Now…you’re flying,” he said encouragingly. 

Kimber chuckled with delight. It was crazy to think she was flying the Marauder, even if they were just going straight at the moment. It was more than she ever thought she’d get to do. “This is amazing!” she cried.

“You’re a natural,” he complimented her. 

They continued on for another minute or two until Hunter told Kimber to ease up on the controls and to set the ship into hover mode, showing her how to do it. Once the ship was set, Kimber stood up to give Hunter back the pilot’s seat. He sat back down in it, but then pulled Kimber down onto his lap, wrapping his arms tightly around her waist and pulling her close as the two of them gazed out the window at the vast blanket of sparkling stars.

“Hunter, how did you think of this?” she asked him.

“I don’t know…it was just something I couldn’t get off my mind,” he admitted. 

“I've wanted to watch the stars with you for a long time now,” she admitted. “Ever since that day on Bestine a long time ago when I went on the flight with Tech and he took me up into space. I enjoyed that time with him, but all I could think was how much I wanted to do the same with you someday. I'm just amazed that you thought of this without any word from me.”

He squeezed her tighter around the waist and replied, “That just shows how much we think alike then.”

“And how well we know each other,” she added, leaning over and kissing his cheek.

“That does make me wonder…how old are you? We've never talked about that,” he inquired.

She had to think for a moment. She had been with the Bad Batch for over a year now and realized she must've missed another birthday in that time, too. “Well, I was twenty-four when you found me and I think I missed another birthday in the time I've been with you, so I'm twenty-six now.”

“I see,” he replied. Then he added, “We don’t have to go into how old I am. I know my advanced aging makes it…complicated.”

“That’s fine,” she said. 

He turned his attention back out the viewport and then stated, pointing, “Look…it’s starting.”

Kimber looked where he was pointing and she gasped, astonished.

Outside the ship, she could see in the distance a series of bright orbs soaring slowly through the stars with bright tails following behind each of them. 

“Is that a meteor shower?” she asked Hunter.

With a glad smile, he answered, “It is. This was what Tech discovered for you.”

Her eyes wide with delight, she watched the falling meteors intently. In all the time she’d been in space before, she’d never seen anything so marvelous. Hyperspace was maybe the closest thing she could think of. There was something other-worldly about the meteor shower that left her in awe. The whole thing was beautiful and enchanting and she kept her eyes on it as they continued forward across the stars. She felt Hunter hug her tighter, nuzzling his head into the crook of her neck as they watched it together. Even after the shower had traveled past their line of sight, they kept their eyes on the stars, pointing out different shapes they could see within them. 

“Over there, I see a bantha,” said Kimber, pointing up to where she could see the shape.

“I see it. I also see a clanker over there,” Hunter said back, gesturing over to another point in the sky.

She chuckled. “You’re right, I can see it, too! Oh, and right there is a--” Then she stopped, realizing the picture she was about to point out and feeling an ache in her heart.

Her abrupt stop as well as her shift in emotions didn’t go unnoticed by her Sergeant and his senses. “What is it?” he asked.

Sighing softly and turning her head away, she told him, “I…I saw the shape…of a crosshair.”

That told Hunter everything he needed to know. Gently, he reached up and guided her face over so she was looking at him again with sorrow in her amber eyes. “Kimber…I know you were hurt by everything that happened on Kamino and you have every right to feel this way. Believe me, we’re all struggling with accepting what we went through and having to leave Crosshair behind again.” He felt her breath hitch and saw her eyes close, a tear escaping from one of them that he brushed away with his thumb before cupping her cheek. “It’s been tearing me apart seeing you like this. I’ve missed your smile and it made me happy seeing it again today. Don’t let what Crosshair did take away your light and happiness. We still need you.”

Leaning into his hand, she said, her voice choking up, “I know…I’m just going to need time, is all. It’s been a lot to process and emotionally, I’m in a weird place. I want to hate Crosshair for what he’s done, but I also know that I can’t and most likely never will no matter what. I want to forget him and move on with my life, but I know if I do, then I’ll lose what little hope I have left that he’ll one day see the error of his ways and come back to us.” Then she reached up, placed her hands over his hand on her face and kissed his palm. “I’ll be okay eventually, I promise, and I appreciate you and the others all looking out for me.”

“Always,” he said. 

Quickly wiping away a couple stray tears from her eyes, Kimber then stated, “I think, if I’m going to move on, there’s one thing I can do to start the process…and I’m going to need something from Crosshair’s weapon kit.”

“What do you mean?” asked Hunter.

“His reflective discs,” she answered. “He only gave me minimal training with them before and I’ve been able to make a successful shot once. Now, he doesn’t need them anymore and I want to use them for myself. I want to train more with them and get better using them…in a way, just to spite Crosshair and to get just as good if not better than him.”

The corners of Hunter’s mouth twitched upward, pleased to see Kimber already making strides at moving on and getting back to her normal self. “That’s a start,” he commented. “Though, when did you ever make that shot? I don’t remember that.”

In response, Kimber said, “Oh, it was when I was off on my own. It was actually on Jakku after I first met Rina. She was with me, so I’m sure she’d be able to tell you the story better than I could.”

“I’m sure, but I could listen to you tell even the most mundane story all day,” said Hunter, leaning his head forward and nuzzling her nose, which made her giggle. 

Touching her forehead to his, she said softly, “Thank you, Hunter. Being up here amongst the stars with you was the best ending to a wonderful day.”

He lifted his head just enough to place a sweet, loving kiss on her brow and said adoringly, “Happy Birthday, Kimber.”

[migueloharaslave]

WARNING!!!!!!!!! NSFW WILL OCCUR HERE SO SKIP IT IF U WANT OR WHATEVER (obv it's not the best cuz im still new to this pookies)🗣🤪🫶

"You always do this shit. Why do you keep asking me that?" Shawn groaned in annoyance as he slammed the refrigerator door.

"Well I can't help it. Sometimes it just feels like you don't even love me anymore. You haven't even took me on a date in a fucking year." You choked back tears as you studied his movements. Shawn then decided to walk up to you, he pushed you down onto a chair, pointing a finger at you. "You're a bitch. You constantly fucking say 'do you even love me anymore?' Of course I fucking do. I don't take you on dates because your always busy with that dumb job. Plus, I think your cheating. Who's that guy you've been texting.. Miguel? Yeah, you didn't think I saw that on your phone? What fucking guy asks a girl 'You free tonight?' You got something you wanna tell me?"

You stared up at him, you felt tears form in your eyes as you stared at him. "M-Miguel is a friend. He's just a friend I've met at work! I wouldn't cheat on you and you know that. I see him nothing more than a close friend. Sometimes we hangout and eat dinner together that's it." You choked back your tears as she you stared at him, fidgeting with the bottom of your shirt.

"Uh-huh. Whatever you fucking say. I'm going out, don't call me." Shawn scoffed as he stormed off out of the apartment, slamming the door behind him.

You stared off into the distance before bursting out into tears, all these bottled up emotions were now coming out. You've been dealing with this toxic relationship for so long.. You didn't know how to get out of it though. You felt so attached to him.. emotionally. He's the only boy to ever lay eyes on you, sure you may had a huge glow up since highschool, but deep down you still felt insecure. You sniffed as your last few tears dropped, then you heard your phone vibrate against the table, you picked it up and saw it was Miguel. You wiped your tears away as you cleared your throat and answered.

"Hey." You said in a soft voice.

"Hey.. You sound weird. Are you alright?" Miguel responded, furrowing his brows at the tone of your voice.

"Yeah, just allergies." You giggled.

"Yknow.. If anything is bothering you, you can always talk to me." Miguel spoke in a stern voice.

"I-.."

"Tell me."

"I don't know.. I just don't want anything bad to happen."

"Nothing is going to happen, I wouldn't let a thing happen to you. Talk to me."

"It's my boyfriend."

Miguel scoffed.

"What?"

"Nothing."

"Well anyways, Shawn is accusing me of cheating. Just because we hang out. He thinks just because you asked me if im free tonight that I'm hooking up with you or some shit, it's annoying. I would never cheat, I love him so much."

"Oh... I see. So, he's jealous of me?"

"I guess."

Miguel smirked, "He's jealous because I'm treating you the way any other man would treat a wonderful woman like you. 8 years together and still no ring, he's not worth it. Not at all."

"But I love him. He's just going through a lot.."

"And he takes his anger out on you."

"Well.. I don't mind."

"Are you being serious right now?"

"Yes, I'm not a good girlfriend to him anyways."

"Whatever, stop talking about him. Let's focus on us, hm?"

"Yeah.."

"Great. Soo.. still gonna go out with me tonight?"

"We're not going out together. We're two friends hanging out."

"Still, you wanna go? I have no plans.. "

"Yeah, I'm going still."

"Great, I'll pick you up."

"Okay, bye."

"Bye." You hung up.

"Love you too." Miguel whispered at his phone. He sighed and sat it down on the table. He chewed on the inside of his cheek. God, he was head over heels for you. Although you two barely even met, he felt so close to you already. Call him obsessed with the way he remembers every single detail. Miguel stood up, and walked over to a window, looking out at the city. He had a great paying job, which was the reason he would be able to afford all of those dates. And there should be no surprise that he lives in a penthouse, his apartment was black and red themed, definitely gave off a romantic vibe.

..You put on a white sweater with a casual jean skirt along with white legwarmers to give it a more cozy vibe, and black boots to top off the outfit, the outfit was cute so of course you did a half up half down hairstyle while slipping a white bow in your hair. You were fixing your lashes that you were putting on before you heard the doorbell ring, you gasped when you knew it was Miguel. "Shit!" You scattered around the room to find your purse, you snatched it up when you found it laying on the ground. You made sure to spray yourself with some perfume before dashing out to the door. You took a deep breath before opening it, looking up.. you saw Miguel.

Miguel.. That man knew how to take your breath away. He wore a white sweater and jeans.. just like you did. You glanced down at what was in his arms.. purple roses?

"Heh, seemed like we decided to match." Miguel chuckled to himself as he invited himself in ,walking past you  he looked around, peeked around the corner, then back at you. Scrunching up his nose he asked, "Where's that boyfriend of yours?"

"He went out.." You closed the door and bit your lip as you watched him, eyes examining his strong build before he handed you the flowers.

"Purple roses, just like you told me you liked. I thought since you liked the color purple and roses that'll I'll get you both instead." Miguel hummed.

"Thank you, they're beautiful." You smiled to yourself, you grabbed a empty vase, feeling it with a little bit of water. You sat it down on the middle of the table, taking the roses out of the plastic before slipping them into the vase smiling at them.

Miguel looked at you, his eyes seemed to narrow as he watched the way you moved across the kitchen. You were kinda like a swan, all graceful and soft with your movements better yet you could be a goddess. A goddess who deserves more in her life then some poor idiot. Miguel scoffed and looked off to the side as he just thought about your boyfriend, the way he treated you.. he hated it.

"What's wrong? You look upset." You looked at him before stepping close to him. Miguel turned his head to look back into those eyes of yours, he licked his lips as he felt his throat go dry.

"Nothing." Miguel closed his eyes and sighed, that vanilla perfume you wore was starting to drive him crazy. "Let's go, Hopefully you don't mind walking. It's not too far from your apartment."

"Fine with me." You smiled.

You two made your way out of the apartment making your way down the streets of Nueva York, the streets were crowded so you held onto Miguel's arm as in hopes to not lose him. Soon, you two made it to the restaurant. It seemed to be a fun little colorful spot filled with laughter and a live jazz band playing.

Your eyes widened with excitement at the vibes this whole place gave off, it was so colorful.. it smelled absolutely amazing, there was nothing but happiness all around. You and Miguel found a spot to sit next to near the band so you could watch them play.

Miguel pulled out your chair, when you sat down, he pushed it in before sitting down himself. He watched you as you smiled watching the band play, seeing your smile.. the way your smile stretched across ear from ear, the way your dimples showed. It felt like he was trapped. Trapped in this curse you had put on him, he bit his lip as you looked over at him, you two locking eyes. He felt his heart pound in his chest, only God knows how long he has been staring at you.

You looked up as a waiter walked over with a big grin, handing you two a menu. "Hello, hopefully you two are enjoying your evening so far. I'll be your waiter, any drinks I can start you guys off with. We have soda, water, some wine.. and don't miss out on our little deal for couples!"

"Oh we're not a couple. Just friends." Miguel cleared his throat, you nodded your head in agreement.

"..Oh. Well, how about you skip over that deal." The waiter chuckled nervously.

"Uhh.. I'll have a coke. You, Miguel?" You smiled at him.

" I'll have iced tea." He looked back at you.

"Okay, okay.. I'll get those ready right quick!" The waiter walked off.

"Thank you for bringing me here. I like it.. It's been awhile since my boyfriend and I been out together, it just feels nice to not be trapped in that apartment." You sighed as you looked into the distance.

Miguel reached his hand across the table, placing his hand on top of yours. He dragged his thumb across the back of your soft hands. "Leave him."

"What?" Your frowned at him. "That's a weird thing to say." You laughed.

"No, I'm being serious."  Miguel squeezed your hand, "I.. I think I'm in love with you. You're so beautiful and just overall perfect, someone like him doesn't deserve you. I can treat your better, I wanna be yours."

You stared into his eyes as you listened to his love confession, you shook your head. "No.. No I can't. Miguel.. I have feelings for you too but I just can't leave Shawn. He's.. He's my boyfriend, he's the only guy I've ever been with."

"Let me be the second and last guy you'll ever be with."

"Miguel." You cocked a eyebrow at him.

"Y/N." Again, he rolled your name off of his tongue in such a way that it made your body ache for him.

The waiter came over and sat your drinks down, holding up her notepad as she smiled at you both. "What can I get for ya?"

..About a good hour and a half later, you and Miguel were walking down the street. "Wanna come over to my place, maybe we can watch a movie or two..?"

"Sounds nice" you smiled softly.

"Great. Let me call a uber."

And after a good ten minutes, you finally arrived at his place. When he opened the door, you gasped. "Oh my god.. It's like a vampire lives here." You joked, looking around. Everything was so nice, way better than your old apartment. You started to walk around, dragging your hands along the wall as you made your way over to the window that overlooked the city. It was night, so the city lights were so bright, everything looked like dream as if it could take your breath away.

Miguel followed you, moving to stand right behind you. "Nice, isn't it?"

"Yeah.." You whispered, looking up at him.

Miguel brushed a strand of hair out of your face as you two locked eyes, his lips parted as his heart nearly skipped a beat. He felt as if his heart was running laps around his lungs as if it was going to do a back as if.. and something soft touched his lips before he knew. Suddenly, his hands found their way to your waist, pushing you closer.

You wrapped your arms around Miguel's neck, closing your eyes as you leaned into the kiss. It was so passionate, you had to part your lips just to deepen the kiss. The feel his hands on your waist was driving you crazy.

Suddenly, Miguel pulled away, He stared into your eyes. "God you drive me crazy.."

"Where's your bedroom?" You asked with a smirk on your face. Suddenly your at home life didn't exist, suddenly Shawn didn't exist. Suddenly Miguel was the only man you wanted, suddenly.. you were in his bed.

You two continued to kiss, practically trying to eat each other's face off at this point. You were desperately lifting Miguel's shirt up, trying to get a glimpse of those muscles. Miguel pulled away, lifting up his sweater and tossing it aside. He exposed those strong abs along with those strong pecs, god the way his body slimmed down at his waist honestly drove you crazy. You bit your lip as you caressed those strong arms of his giggling as you sat up, allowing Miguel to take off your sweater too.

Miguel leaned in, pecking kisses along your neck. He mumbled soft praises along your tender skin, hands on your waist dragging down to your skirt. You couldn't help but feel desperate, the way he unbuttoned your skirt with ease, nearly tearing it off he finally toss them aside, exposing your panties to him. Miguel kissed your ankle before pecking kisses down to your inner thigh, he looked up at you with hungry eyes. He licked his lips as he leaned forward, catching your lips in a kiss once again as he brought his hand down, pressing his palms against your clothed cunt

You let out a small whimper in response which caused him to chuckle. You felt your body heat up as you started to grind your hips against his hand, god how long has it been.. your boyfriend hadn't touched you in what felt like forever, better yet he never made sex feel this exciting. Miguel's pulled out off the kiss to catch his breath, his eyes narrowed as he stared into your eyes. He hummed as he leaned down, pecking kiss down until he reached your lace trimmed panties, he pulled them down gently. He looked up at you, smiling softly. "Tell me when I should stop. I want to make you feel good, not hurt you. You're everything to me.. I want you to have every good thing in this world, mi amor." His words was so smoothing and comforting, the way he talked drove you crazy.

You bit down on your lip as you sat up on your elbows watching the way he propped your legs up on his shoulder. You gripped down onto the sheet when you felt him lick at your slit, your voice hitched when his tongue started to circle around your clit. "M-Miguel.." You whispered, bringing you hand down to grip onto his hair as he started to gently suck on your clit. Miguel pulled away and giggled, dragging his tongue along your clit before pushing it inside of you drove you crazy  the way he gently pushed in it out, flicking against your pulsing walls.. everything was pushing you to the edge.

Suddenly, Miguel grew bold, which is exactly why he pushed a single fingers inside, watching your reaction before he slipped a second inside. "Oh g-god.." You cried as you leaned your head back, your walls clenching around his fingers. Miguel started to thrust his fingers in and out at a gentle pace, then he started speeding up as he leaned in and started sucking your clit again. He looked up at you, watching the way you reacted to the way he made you feel.. you were so beautiful, the way your chest heaved when you took a deep breath.. he couldn't help but chuckle.

Suddenly, his pace quickened even more, his pace quickened suddenly and you let out a cry. "M-Miguel..!" You cried out his name, gripping onto the silk sheets of his bed, wrapping your legs around his head as you groaned. "I'm.. I'm gonna c-come.." You whined. You felt your thigh twitched, biting down on your lip you threw your head back, crying with pleasure. Suddenly, just as you were getting close, it all stopped.

Miguel had pulled away, "Not yet." He spoke softly, leaning in and gently kissing you, making you taste yourself on his lips. "But.. Please, Miguel.." You whined.

Miguel smirked as he leaned over, "You might as well get ready.." He grabbed a condom from the night stand, "It's gonna be a long night."

..After a night of nonstop loud moans and the sound of skin slapping against each other, it was finally morning.. and oh boy you woke up to something crazy. Not Miguel, but your boyfriend or.. ex spam calling your phone. You groaned as you sat up, glancing over at Miguel who was still sound asleep. "My god.." You hissed as you felt your thighs feel numb as you tried to stand up. Maybe you should start doing yoga again because you were not ready for this. You grabbed your phone and sighed, you stood up and answered the phone.

"WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU? You haven't been answering your fucking phone, You weren't at the fucking apartment. Your friends said you aren't with them. Where the fuck are you? Huh? Answer me damnit." Shawn grinned his teeth to try and keep his composure.

Just as you felt tears fill up your eyes.. and just as you were about to speak, Miguel snatched your phone. "Hello?" Miguel asked.

"Who the fuck is this? Why the fuck are you with my girlfriend?"

"..The same guy she told you not to worry about." Miguel hung up the phone.

[bots-and-cons]

heyyy uh since requests are open again I thought this might be a good idea to explain what I meant in my last request cuz I realized I didn't really explain it right sorry, what I was requesting was kinda for an anthro fruit or vampire bat reader (kinda like a furry I guess but biologically a bat but I understand the mix up and I still enjoyed reading what you made

I'd really appreciate it if you could maybe make another one this way, I understand if you don't feel like it and I know it was because of a mistake on my end so uh yeah 😅

A/N: I did the same characters as last time, that post can be found here. Idk if I understood it correctly this time either, but like a bat with some human characteristics? I purposefully left the physical description pretty vague, so there’s room to interpret it how you want. This is more based on fruit bats, and general bat characteristics

~Shockwave~

•Shockwave finds the variety of creatures on earth quite fascinating

•You’re not quite human, but you’re not really an animal either? Not according to his understanding anyway

•He wants to study you, surprise surprise

•Your eyesight is kinda bad, but it can be fixed by wearing classes, that can give you a bit of a headache if you wear them all the time though

•You do sometimes use echolocation on the Nemesis, but you’ve noticed Shockwave doesn’t seem to like the sound you have to make, so you kinda avoid it

•Even though humans can’t pick up the ultrasounds you produce, cybertronians seem to be a different case

•You’re much more active during the nighttime hours, which Shockwave honestly hasn’t even really noticed, because he just works without caring about the day-night-cycle and rest when he has to

•You eat a variety of fruits, and some insects sometimes too

•Shockwave is fascinated by your more animal like characteristics, and honestly the human ones too, because he doesn’t really know anything about either, so you’re an interesting specimen

~Knockout~

•Knockout doesn’t really find your diet weird, like maybe some humans could, because you only eat fruit and some insects

•He doesn’t really have a reference point for what humans normally eat so he doesn’t find it odd

•Knockout has a very bad recharge schedule, as in while he doesn’t need rest as often as humans, he doesn’t rest as often as a cybertronian should either

•He does notice you seem to be awake much more during the night than day though

•He loves how furry and soft and warm you are

•Knockout likes caressing your wings, and you also enjoy it because they’re pretty sensitive and he’s so gentle

•You’re very careful when touching him, because you’ve got some sharp ass claws and you don’t want to ruin his paint job

•He’s also very careful about it, but he doesn’t really mind that much if it’s you, since the marks are extremely small if they do happen

•Your ears always seem to mirror your emotions, and he’s gotten very good at reading you by just the way your ears move

[blueberrypancakesworld]

i know it’s hard to write for occultus cuz he had like 5 seconds of screen time and it’s okay if you can’t write for me.

can you write about how the reader is always quiet and to themself and occultus tries his best to help them since they were kids, so he introducs the reader to the black circle? and occultus has big crush on the reader but doesn’t want the reader to know but the black circle knows

Quiet and Loud

warning : fluff, friends to lovers, alcohol

masterlist

Info : Thanks for the request and it was a little bit of a strugle to write for him but it was also fun. Hope you like it :)

Disclaimer : I don't want to glorify anything, it's about the actors who play a role, not the real events.

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It was a bright summer day in the small Norwegian town. The sun was in the sky and the bushy clouds were not visible. Everything was peaceful. People were going about their business, going to church, school and work. But the younger ones were also going about their work, so to speak. Playing.

The primary school children of the local school had all kinds of children. Loud, cheeky, happy, sad, exuberant and of course quiet children. Among them was a little girl who was sitting alone in the shade under a tree.

She watched the children around her, watched them play, laugh, cry, and just seem happy. It wasn't that she didn't want to play, she just didn't feel like it. She was also a little different from the other children. She was quieter, introverted and yet not unfriendly. She was just always herself.

A squeak and a hiss reached her ears and she watched a boy jumping from the swing. She knew his name was Occultus, a boy who was sometimes alone. But he was bursting with energy and joy.

Something that made her smile. She saw him running around spreading his arms and moving them up and down. Is he playing bird? she asked herself, looking from the flower in her hand to the songbirds singing in the trees. Continuing to watch the birds she was startled when suddenly the boy appeared in front of her.

She saw Occultus use his finger and nudge her neck. ,,I bit you, now you have to play vampire with me," he demanded, giggling and pretending to wipe blood from his chin.

Uncertainly putting the flower away and looking down at herself pretending to feel something she rose and turned slightly. A giggle crossed her lips before she spread her arms and walked with him through the shaded area. Two bats and an encounter that would later become so much more.

That was more than ten years ago now they were both twenty and yet their relationship had not changed. She was still quiet and introverted, he was still hyper and loud. But still the black-haired man always had an eye on her.

He was always there for her, tried to integrate her everywhere and had to realise that he was also labelled as weird and that they could no longer be seen together in the normal environment. They were both too weird to be normal.

Which is why the call from her boyfriend at one o'clock in the morning didn't come as a surprise. ,,Hey bat come to the record shop Helvete. I want to introduce you to someone who is a good friend of mine" she heard him say and she knew which shop he meant.

She had heard that a new shop had opened in town a few months ago. One gets to know everything in a small town. She briefly weighed whether she should do it but even though she was nervous she knew Occultus was there.

Grabbing her boots and heading out of the flat, she made her way to the shop. She knew where it was, everyone knew, because even at this time of night there was still music coming from the shop. Loud enough not to disturb her, but quiet enough so that the police wouldn't come.

Walking to the shop and going inside she found herself in the front compartment. She looked through the shelves a little and saw that a few albums appealed to her before she heard the voices from downstairs.

Pushing the curtain aside, she went downstairs and found herself in a spacious basement. ,,Y/N! There you are," she instantly heard his voice before she was pulled into a warm embrace. Returning the embrace she felt safer, felt that she finally had him with her again.

Detaching himself from her, he introduced her to his friends. They're all funny, it went through her head, feeling more welcome. Felt understood and happy. ,,Also if you ever want an abstract artwork just ask Dead" she heard him say and saw the short nod of the blond who seemed to be looking for animals already.

The others were also nice to her, telling her about the beginning of the band, telling her to try the beer, listening to new albums together. It was a good night, a night in which she found herself at Occultus more and more often.

She was almost put on Occultus again and again by the black coven. She didn't mind, she felt her heart beat a little faster when she was close to him.

At the same time, the warmth shot into her face as their hands touched again and again. She saw how the dark eyes kept landing on her, how he nervously played with his necklace and sipped his beer to watch her.

He occasionally used his voice to tell jokes and lighten the mood. ,,How about we get some more beer and you two stay here, you love bats," Euronymous said, a little beside himself with the alcohol as the others hastily joined in.

Occultus became a little more nervous and Y/n sipped her beer again. They saw the black coven chuckle and wink before they all hurried out of the cellar, leaving the two alone in the candlelight and music.

There was a little silence between them before she saw Occultus smirk before he finished his beer and rose from the couch. ,,What are you doing?" she asked, worried he was going to walk out of the basement. Instead he squeaked and turned before spreading his arms for a moment. ,,A bat dance?" he asked and held out his hand to her.

A smile came to her lips as she nodded and took his hand before they both moved around the room dancing and laughing. Not only did their wings beat in unison, but their hearts beat the same. Rapidly with love.

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@mayhem-things , @icarus-star , @black--cherryy , @andrada-boierean

[zane-wanna-sleep]

Part 2 of this time-travel concept!

Actually part one is all I had in my head at first but after I start it other ideas just keep coming in so here we go!!

Part 1 , Part 3

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It is another normal day Spider thought, he got out from the lab into forest running ahead to village where his, siblings for him he didnt know what they think, best friends were. He's ran and jumped over the root then ran again, raised his head up to soak in how beautiful Pandora is.

Then he finally there, in front of the Sullys' pod so he waited for his friends, maybe I wake up early today that's could explained why they don't come out yet, but when random thought reached him, he started fidgeting in his place

or maybe they went without him?

Just as his mind decided to thought of something bad there's a na'vi behind him when he turned around he saw Jake, who seemed... shocked? But why?? What made Jake shocked in this morning?? He had no idea at all.

“ oh Mr.Sully, ” Spider used his most polite tone as possible to hide his curious, this is not a good sign; if Mr.Sully here Mrs.Sully would be here soon, he didn't want to offend anyone so he said again “ I came here for Lo'ak and Kiri but um.. am I disturb you? If so I can leave ”

He didn't realized Jake didn't looked at him until he did. All of his moves were kinda weird today, Spider hoped he didn't sick or anything, even it's obvious Jake wasn't in his right state. With lacking of Jake's response he decided to called him again “ Mr.Sully? Are you– ”

His words were cut off by Jake, that's made him relief actually, “ y- yea? I'm good, kid ” the man looked nervous as if he didn't know what to say next “ so.. you here for the kids, right? They might be here soon.. ”

Jake couldn't understand at first how could he sleep through last night without wake up in middle of it but he understood now, it's because he's in another dream. Jake try to laugh out his stress but failed when he still uncomfortable with how the boy before him looked.

Spider tried to hide his doubt then just keep waiting but failed the first one miserably since Jake looked awkward even more after saw his face. Fortunately, Jake didn't say anything, in fact Jake begging him in his mind to not ask any further, or maybe he wanted to but the chaos in his pod shut him off.

Start with Lo'ak shout that he would remember anywhere, Spider taken back by it nonetheless, then there Kiri's voice, not loud as Lo'ak's but still louder than usual. That's not what made him surprised the most since it's normal for the two to mad at eachother even it's just early morning. But how Neteyam also in that argument as well tho, not trying to calm his siblings or mediate them, that's could be one of most shocking moments of his life.

When Jake tried to say something to stop them as usual he was, again, shut off by the Siblings stromed out of their marui, so fast that they didn't noticed Spider and could've bump into him if he didn't managed to avoid it in time. “ woah easy there cuz ”

He tried to sounded chill, but the way they hastily turned to him was too.. too fast he wonder if they'd get neckache after that

Then they started to cry, out loud, little Tuk quickly ran to him for a tight hug and cried into his chest as if she was afraid he would disappear before her eyes if she doesn't hurry, he had just realized how much this three-years-old na'vi girl had grown in that moment due her height and strength she leaned and put on him. the older siblings also moved to his side pulled him into their hug. Spider can feel their tails curled around his middle, his thigh, his legs and his waist.

Spider was really confused now. Why are they be like this?? Did something happened?? If it's only Tuk, he could assume she had a nightmare and he know how to handle it! But this! This with other siblings had same action, he had no idea what should to do.

Not that he mind it though he liked it even, but it's too sudden and he couldn't keep up with whatever they're thinking “ um.. what's worng guys? ”

They didn't answer him just some murmur ,into his shoulder from Lo'ak and Neteyam, he couldn't understand due how quiet they were. However this was bad, really bad, they're still in fornt of the Sullys' marui and Neytiri can show up at any moment, she would kick him out as soon as she saw him be near her children this much.

“ Kids, let Spider breathe should you? ” Jake suggested after returned from his thoughts, he also didn't sure about his mate's reaction to this especially after everything that happened yesterday, or he should say his previous dream? He didn't ask for this kind of dream

The siblings' ears perked up a little but they weren't stopped their snuggling to their human brother friend, but at very least they hold back a little more except for Tuk, wait his kids also younger?

He heard footsteps and oh his mate was on her way, his chlidren must heard it as well 'cause they hastily got up and shield Spider from door way before set off with Tuk threw herself into Spider's arm to be hold by him.

“ Jake, where the kids going? ” Neytiri pushed the beaded curtains aside, her words were so firm, so sharp that it sounded like command and it's not sounded like he's in a dream

Of course you're not, stop being in denial already, Jake. Even though all of these made no sense and no one explained anything to him, it's not a dream, it's real, all of these nonsense shit are real. He sighed in acceptance. “ Sorry, Neytiri but I think we should give them times they need for now. ”

His mate looked offended as he continued, or more like changed topic, “ However, did you notice something weird like our children look.. younger? As if.. I mean.. ugh I don't know how to explain this damn consequence ” Jake messed his hair in frustration of himself.

Neytiri, closed her eyes, took a deep breth try to calm herself as well then let out a long exhale, she calm down a little “ yes, yes I noticed that. It's most obvious with our baby Tuk, she's a baby but not like this ”

Jake desperately needed explanation. Why Eywa can't tell anything to him before did all of this and chose to left him confuse? He would say this again in case he didn't made it clear enough; If this was a dream, please hurry wake him up.

———

Neteyam didn't know how to react to all of these just like his siblings were; yesterday they had learned that their brothers was dead and now when they woke up they met him again even though it's him in younger version.

Surely, made them all confuse amd totally lost, what can be done in this kind of situation anyways? If this was a dream then he wish he wouldn't have to wake up, at least not so soon.

He made up his mind as soon as he saw him that just screw it all they're back, to home, to the forest and with their brother and that's all what matter. He looked over Spider's, who still confuse and ask for explaination, head to met his siblings' eyes

They're all agreed with him

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Glitch into the Hufflverse Chapter 16: Swapboys Bad End

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On the other side of the ring they’re in another destroyed part of town. This time it seems more like apartment buildings and a mix of businesses. Henny moves right along, Sahne following at his side.

Schneep walks along slowly, sweeping wide space with his cane in front of him, trying to sense anyone nearby.

Bro sees Alt and goes to walk beside him. “…you okay?”

Alt stays quiet, gripping his arms. “A…l-little better… I guess.”

“Hey let’s… try to look on the bright side! The doorway… if we can get it to work then… maybe it’ll take us back to JJ’s world so we can get another TRVLR! Or… maybe it’ll take us to Jackie’s world like the first time and we can find Anti… it’s gonna be okay, lil bro….”

JJ overhears Bro and Alt's conversation. He nods in agreement. I'm sure that anything will help. It's definitely going to be okay.

Jackie looks around at the buildings. "Wow... really... did a number on things, huh?" he mutters to himself.

“Yes… every day something new is destroyed…” Henny says quietly to Jackie. “I am glad I was able to get many people out before it got worse. Luckily it seems the Glitch is more interested in trying to find a way out of this universe than in making puppets like Magnificent. That could be the reason for his… insanity. We know Magnificent sustained himself by stealing magic or life from others… I do not think Glitch does the same.”

Alt nods a bit to JJ and listens quietly to Henny. His eyes dart around though- jumping at every glitchy sound and too dark shadow. 

"Really? Then I suppose this could be worse?" Schneep wonders.

"Doesn't mean it's not bad," Jackie mutters, tightening his grip on his staff. "Why is it that all of these powerful black magic guys eventually start looking for the multiverse?"

"Mine did not," Schneep says. "Our Anti was focused on us."

"Yeah, well, maybe if you gave him enough time he'd have turned his sights there."

“…selfishly I like to believe it is because… Alt is still somewhere in there… and he remembers what it was like to be under Magnificent’s power. And he does not want to inflict that on others… but it is… complicated. He still has his victims…“ Henny quietly explains.

Well... there's nothing to prove it's NOT that, JJ says. Even if he hurts others...

"Victims, huh?" Jackie mutters. "Um... I don't think... We might need, uh, information on what to watch out for. What do you think Al—the Glitch would do if he found us? Obviously he'd try to fucking... kidnap Bro or something, but what about the rest of us?"

"... I do not know..." Henny admits, " We managed to get Jackie and Jewel out of harm's way once... once Chase was..." He swallows shakily. "So I... I do not know how he will react to... people who share their faces."

Alt shudders at this, holding his arms. Bro tries to keep a positive vibe though, "M-Maybe that means he'll leave us alone?"

Jackie frowns. "...maybe." But he doesn't believe it. That other Alt already tried to glitch out the ground beneath him and Schneep.

"We should prepare for the worst just in case," Schneep says.

JJ shakes his head. I don't know if I could fight any version of Alt, though...

"Well, we'll see, won't we?" Jackie says. "You might surprise yourself."

JJ looks troubled. That's quite grim.

"S...sorry," Jackie mumbles. "I guess I'm not an optimistic person."

A glitchy laugh echoes around them before a voice giggles in Jackie's ear, "Well~ Isn't that perfect? Cuz optimism is dead here. I could use someone like you, Jackie~!"

Henny freezes and whips around, "No! Jackie!"

Glitch Alt laughs madly and tries to whip out green strings to capture Jackie. Jackie whirls around, swinging his staff, but he's not fast enough. The strings wrap around his torso, forcibly pinning his arms to his sides. "Fuck!"

Meanwhile- several big cat bodies slink out and try to tackle the others. Schneep and JJ start running for Jackie, focused on him—and therefore not noticing the cats. JJ yelps as one pins him to the ground, and Schneep cries out as the same happens to him. "Motherfucker!" He tries to leap out of its grip, and JJ struggles to push the cat who tackled him away with magic. Alt dodges the cat going after him in a quick glitch then hurries over to try to help JJ. Bro almost yells but thinks better of it and tries to stagger back. 

Glitch laughs and glitches up onto a building and lets Jackie dangle off the edge. The copy kicks his feet almost like a child excited by an insect he captured, that same mad gleeful expression on his face. And looking at his boots up this close…  those look very familiar. The same kind Bro wears- just dirty and faded by time. But before Jackie can dwell on that further- Glitch brings up the strings so he can look the trapped vigilante in the face. "Come on Jackie! We're f̷̪̓r̴͍̽i̴̪͆ḛ̶͒n̴̤̈́d̶͔͗s̷̖͌~ aren't we? No need to be scared of me~" He giggles.

Jackie yelps and kicks his legs wildly, trying to find purchase that doesn't exist. "Have you lost your fucking mind?!" he shouts. "You tell me not to be scared of you while you dangle me fucking a hundred feet off the ground?!"

"Well I know you can handle it-" Glitch says matter-of-factly, tilting his head with a grin. "And you know-a bit of danger means you'll probably listen to me more... you can tell me where Chase is, right?" 

"No, I can't actually," Jackie says through gritted teeth. "I haven't seen him in a while. We knew we had to hide him from you."

“Hmm I’m not sure I believe you,” Glitch hums in amusement. He rocks Jackie back and forth with a giggle. “But if that’s what you wanna tell me maybe I’ll just use you to help me look instead!” His eyes start to swirl as he laughs, “Cmon Jackie… don’t you wanna help your old pal, A̸͚̓ļ̴̈́ţ̸͝?” 

JJ quickly grabs onto Alt as he gets close, still trying to struggle against the cat, but the cat just growls and pushes him further into the ground. Schneep yelps as the claws of the cat dig into his shoulder, breaking his concentration. "Where did he go?! Where did he take Jackie?!" He can't sense his soul nearby! Gritting his teeth, he pulls out his scissors and slashes at the cat.

Schneep manages to slash the cat off as it roars in pain and lets him go. Alt yells and tries to shoot lightning magic to get the cat off JJ. Bro looks conflicted up towards where Glitch has Jackie.

"Do not even think about it Chase!" Henny warns.

"But he needs help!" Bro tries to argue.

"Yes- but Glitch wants you!" Henny yells and then whips around and freezes two of the cats in time, holding out his hand.

Schneep leaps out of the way of the cat as soon as he's free. JJ scrambles away and staggers to his feet. "Seriously, where is Jackie?!" Schneep asks.

JJ looks up. On top of a building!

"Which one?! Point me in that direction."

JJ runs over to him and physically turns him towards the building in question, moving his head so he'd be looking at Glitch and Jackie if he could see.

"A bit forceful, but thank you!" Schneep says. "Let's go! Alt, grab Henrik!" Schneep latches onto JJ and leaps out of sight, heading towards the roof.

Alt startles and then nods and grabs Henny. He looks back towards Bro and narrows his eyes, “Stay here! We’ll be back.” Bro tries to open his mouth to protest but then Alt glitches away with Henny.

Schneep and JJ appear on top of the roof, on the opposite side where Glitch is dangling Jackie. JJ shudders, holding back the nausea of Schneep's teleportation, and looks at the two of them. He gasps and starts rushing forward, but Schneep grabs him and whispers, "Be subtle. He might drop Jackie."

Right. JJ nods and the two of them go forward as quickly and quietly as possible. They just need to get within range of JJ's long-range spells!

Alt appears with Henny next to the others. Henny pulls out his watch, watching the two of them cautiously. Alt feels himself wanting to glitch angrily but tries to hold back.

Jackie glances down at the air beneath his feet and tries to hide his fear. Then he looks up at Glitch—only to see his eyes swirling. He quickly tries to look away. "You're not my 'old pal.' Some version of you might be, but we have no history."

Glitch frowns and tilts his head at Jackie. “Damn… don’t have loyalty to anyone huh? No wonder you lost your Schneep.” 

Jackie stiffens, going a bit pale. "Y-you—you don't know anything! I-it's not—I tried to go back for him, they tried to get him out, they have a tight hold on his—on his fucking mind! W-we—we'll need to—you shut the fuck up! H-how do you even know about that?!"

"Cuz I was there," Glitch says matter-of-factly, grinning sinisterly, "I was the same Alt that went on adventures with all of you~! I know a lot more than you think, Jackie Parker..." He tilts his head to try to catch his attention again, eyes glowing and swirling even more, "Which is why you should be able to trust me~!" 

As they walk forward, Schneep hits the end of his cane against a metal vent of some kind, making a small ding! sound. He winces. Alt glitches a bit in surprise and Glitch's gaze flickers for just a second to notice the others. He twitches his head and a glitchy shield appears in front of Glitch and Jackie- cutting the others off. Alt tries to glitch through it and gets blown back, skidding across the roof with a cry of pain.

JJ rushes forward, throwing magic at the shield, trying to break it down. Schneep also leaps the rest of the way forward and slashes his scissors across the shield to cut them. Schneep’s scissors manage to break through, making a rip in the shield.

Jackie's stomach sinks as he stares at Glitch in horror. Then he quickly looks down again as his eyes start to swirl. "No, you're not him," he says quietly. "Maybe you were him once, but it's clear that something happened to change you. I don't even recognize you. You're not my friend anymore."

Glitch’s face falls and then flares with anger. “F̶̣̓i̵̳͛n̸̠̉e̵̥͌,” he snarls and opens up his hand- letting Jackie fall.

“NO!” Alt cries out.

Jackie screams as he falls, wind rushing past him.

"Jackie!" Schneep shouts.

JJ throws his hand out, blue magic shooting out. It forms into the shape of a big hand and grabs Jackie before he can get too far. JJ's arm trembles with the effort of the spell—he put as much power as possible in this to be sure that he got him, maybe too much. But it works, as he manages to pull him back onto the roof. Jackie breathes heavily, visibly shaking.

Bro screams at seeing Jackie fall, ready to get up and fly towards him. He quiets once he sees JJ manage to save him… but if Glitch is throwing his friends off buildings- he can’t just sit here! He flies up, trying to stay away but being close by. Sahne, who was left on the ground, barks after him in distress. 

Schneep hurries over. He feels the strings that Glitch wrapped Jackie up in and starts cutting through them.

Glitch glitches to his feet and growls in anger. “Hey! Let me play with my toys how I please!”

“Fuck that!” Alt snarls, glitching so he’s in between Glitch, Jackie and Schneep.

Glitch stands taller and narrows his eyes, “hmm… okay. I guess I can play with all of you too.” He glances at JJ then glitches to try to grab him. JJ gasps and barely manages to dodge, Glitch's hands an inch from him.

"We are not your fucking toys!" Schneep snarls, and throws his scissors past Alt and towards Glitch as Jackie shakes off the rest of the strings. JJ conjures a shield around Schneep and Jackie, leaving himself, Alt, and Henny exposed.

Glitch yells as he’s struck and then growls and glitches to try to grab Schneep but gets stopped by the shield. He glitches back, giggling unstably. “That’s some pretty strong magic there J…. Let me have a taste-!” he lashes out to grab JJ again.

Henny tries to whip out his hand to stop him but Glitch dodges it easily.

JJ yelps as Glitch grabs him and squirms against his grip. Glitch laughs and digs claws into JJ’s arm, trying to drain some of his magic… just like Magnificent.

"Jamie!" Schneep gasps, and leaps out from the bubble shield, pulling out another pair of scissors and going to stab Glitch.

He easily dodged Schneep’s scissors and laughs wildly. “Gonna have to try harder than that Schneep!”

Alt hesitates and then tries to see if he can glitch over and grab JJ.

JJ gasps in horror. He recognizes the feeling of his magic being pulled away from him and squirms in discomfort. As his magic is drained, the shield around Jackie flickers and dies. Jackie gets to his feet shakily. He dropped his staff earlier but he has to do something! He jumps at the Glitch, planning to tackle him.

Glitch easily skirts his way out of Alt’s path- but ends up being barreled into by Jackie, getting tackled away from JJ. JJ staggers backwards, away from the Glitch, staring in shock. Schneep rushes to his side and helps support him as he sways tiredly. 

Glitch laughs wildly though, grabbing onto Jackie’s face and spiraling his eyes to try to capture his gaze again. “Hehehe! I wanna see you fight, Jackie! I wanna see alll the damage you won’t let yourself do! Show me!”

Jackie is expecting Glitch to fight back, not try more hypnotism. He tries to jerk back from his grip, but he looks into Glitch's eyes at just the wrong time. He stops, slumping, as the spirals draw him in. "You... want... to see that?"

"Jackie, no!" Schneep gasps. "Don't listen to him!" JJ tries to grab Jackie with magic again but his power flickers and fails.

“Yes! Yes!” Glitch giggles, grinning sharply. “Show me how brutal you can beee~! Then all of you can help me find Chase! It’ll be so fun!”

Bro eeps slightly and goes to hide at the edge of the building- trying to stay close in case they need help.

“No!” Alt calls, pushing himself up, “Jackie! Wake up!”

Henny yells out in anger and tries to grab Glitch in his magic but Glitch twitches his head and Henny’s magic gets sent back at him and sends him skidding back, trapped in his own magic.

Glitch lets go and helps Jackie up. “Go on Jackie~ give us a good show!”

Jackie gets to his feet, staring at the others with spirals in his eyes. He bends over and grabs the scissors that Schneep had thrown and missed, then rushes forward, bringing the scissors down towards Schneep. He cries out as his own scissors pierce his shoulder and leaps back. Jackie keeps hold of the weapon and whirls on JJ instead. JJ's eyes widen and he runs, not wanting to face Jackie. But Jackie chases after him.

"You bastard!" Schneep hisses, whirling on Glitch. He leaps forward, grabbing him.

Glitch laughs wildly and lets Schneep grab him. He studies him then frowns. “Aw you’re no fun- I can’t hypnotize you… fine-“ He grabs onto Schneep’s arm and lets sparks crackle across his jacket sleeve but not letting it shock him yet. “Will you tell me where Chase is?”

Schneep feels the electricity crawling across his arm. His eyes widen but he grits his teeth and glares. "You cannot torture me into giving you information! I've lived through enough pain already!" Then he tries to wrest his arms free.

“Wrong answer, Henrik.” Glitch cackles as he shocks Schneep heavily. 

Alt panics slightly at seeing Jackie get caught. He glitches over to try to tackle him away from JJ. Jackie yelps as Alt tackles him. He immediately twists around to stab him in the back with the scissors. Alt grabs Jackie’s hand to stop him and bares his teeth, “Jackie! C’mon! Cut it out!” He tries his best to keep Jackie down.

Jackie snarls, glaring at Alt with those spiral eyes. He does everything he can to fight against Alt, kicking and writhing and trying to headbutt him. Jackie manages to head butt Alt hard enough that he sees stars, crying out as he lets go of Jackie. He doesn't hesitate. As soon as he's free he tries to stab Alt again.

Schneep cries out, collapsing to the ground as pain wracks his body. JJ's head snaps towards him and he throws a ball of icy magic at Glitch.

Glitch manages to dodge JJ’s magic with a giggle then glitches over to try to grab JJ too, eyes spiraling again. “You need an upgrade on your magic, J~! Let me help you!” JJ shuts his eyes immediately. He pulls an arm free and presses a hand to Glitch's chest, trying to freeze him in place. Glitch grabs his hand and snarls, “Nice try-“ He tries to shock him too. 

JJ's eyes widen and he screams hoarsely. The sound snaps Schneep out of the trance he was in after being shocked himself. He leaps over and attacks Glitch from behind with yet another pair of scissors. Glitch senses Schneep coming behind him and throws JJ at Schneep with a wild laugh. “Too slow!” 

Schneep stumbles and he and JJ fall to the ground as JJ gets thrown into him. JJ scrambles up first and aims another magic blast at Glitch. Glitch grins and does the same trick he did with Henny, forcing JJ’s spell to backfire and blast into himself. JJ cries out, skidding back against the roof. He pounds against the bubble that's now formed around him, trying to break free. But while Glitch is distracted, Schneep leaps forward and tries to slash at him.

Glitch glitches away and giggles, “You guys are really bad at this! It’s almost fun to watch! But we don’t have to dooo this, you know! Just let me know where Chase is!” 

"Fuck off!" Schneep snaps. "Nothing about you tells me he will be safe with you!" He attacks again.

Bro notices that Henny is still struggling to get out of his magic and carefully tries to fly over, seeing if he can help. 

Alt tries to dodge Jackie but gets stabbed in the shoulder. He yells out then tries to blast Jackie back with his magic. Jackie gets pushed back but leaps forward immediately, making to stab again. Alt gasps and grabs Jackie’s wrist again, trying to keep him from stabbing him before trying to punch him in the face. Jackie's head snaps back, and for a moment the spirals in his eyes flicker as he gasps in pain. Then they return in full force and he tries to punch Alt right back in turn. Alt’s eyes widen a bit- then narrow in determination. He dodges the punch then tries to grab Jackie’s arm to shock him.

Jackie cries out, his body shuddering as the electricity jolts through his body. The spirals in his eyes disappear. "H-holy shit, Alt!" he gasps out. "I—" He shakes his head. "Th-the magic—h-hypnosis—it's trying to come back—"

Alt looks apologetic but he grabs Jackie’s shoulders and shakes him, “Fight it, Jackie! I know you can!”

"I... I-I..." Jackie's eyelids flutter. The magic in his head is trying to sink in again, telling him to listen to the Glitch, to do as he said--And then, suddenly, there's a SNAP in his mind. He cries out and suddenly, the magic is completely gone. "Wha—what the—?" He presses a hand to his head. "What was that?" He takes a deep breath and gets to his feet. "I-I'm good. I'm good! We—we have to help Schneep!"

Alt seems to relax at getting Jackie back and he nods. “JJ too… then maybe we can get out of here-!”

Glitch gets slashed and he bares his teeth at him but tries to laugh, “c’mon Schneep~! He’s my brother! You’re not gonna keep me from my own family are you~?” He tries to slash claws at Schneep.

Bro shudders at this and then gets up on the roof to try to see if he can untie Henny. …how do you untie magic??

Henny stiffens and looks back with a sinking stomach. “C-Chase? What are you doing??” He whispers. “You were not supposed to come up here!”

“You need help! I can’t just sit around!” Bro hisses.

“I am fine! You will not be!!”

JJ notices the strange distortion in the air by Henny. His eyes widen. Get out of here! he signs.

Bro hesitates- then scrambles to try to pull Henny free.

“Chase!” Henny hisses quietly, “You must go now!”

Schneep leaps out of the way. "He is not your brother!" He snarls. "He is our Alt's brother! Just because you are similar does not mean that you are entitled to his life!"

"Schneep!" Jackie shouts. "My staff!"

Hearing this, Schneep reaches out and grabs Jackie's staff, tossing it back in Jackie's direction. Jackie grabs it, extending it to its full length, and lunges forward. Schneep does too, both of them attacking Glitch at the same time.

Glitch growls and starts to spark dangerously with purple lightning. Alt notices this and tries to warn the others- but then Glitch sends out a shockwave of electricity, sending all 3 of them off their feet and skidding back. 

JJ's eyes widen at the lightning and Chase's refusal to leave. He takes a deep breath. What did that Marvin in the last world say? Remember who you're fighting for? He's fighting for not just the ability to get home and see all his friends, but also to protect the friends he's made here—-his friends who are now in danger. His eyes start to glow, the blue entirely consuming it. He slams his hands against the bubble—

And it shatters like glass.

JJ lunges for Glitch, closing the distance remarkably quickly, and grabs him. Magic swirls around him, trailing, a blizzard, extending from his back—in a way that almost resembles wings. The magic around him swirls around Glitch as well, the temperature noticeably lowering as he tries, again, to freeze him.

Alt gapes at seeing JJ break from his magic and then form- wings?? Just like his own lightning bird form! He laughs breathlessly then calls out, “Yeahh JJ!! Kick his ass!!”

Glitch jolts back- not expecting this and is completely caught off guard. His whole body gets encased in ice except for his head and Glitch tries his best to struggle and pull himself out, “W-what the fuck?! Since when could you do something like that?!” He snarls.

JJ backs away, looking down at himself, surprised. This feels familiar... but he can't remember ever doing anything like this before. He looks around at the others. We're getting out of here! he says. He dashes over to Jackie, Schneep, and Alt, making contact with all of them. There's a puff of blue smoke and all of them reappear near Henny—and the invisible Bro. Another puff of smoke surrounds them all, and they are gone—

Reappearing back on the street, right by Sahne who was left behind.

Sahne barks in surprise and Henny finally manages to break out of his own magic. He looks at JJ with awe, “Jamie… that was incredible!”

“Yeah!! Way to go man!!” Bro exclaims happily. Henny takes a second to find where Bro is then hits him. “Ow!! Hen!?”

“That was incredibly stupid Chase! You are so lucky you were not caught!” Henny scolds.

Alt nervously watches the building they left Glitch on. “We should hurry- who knows how long that will hold… how much farther, Hen?”

“Yes… not too much farther. Come-“ Henny says and starts to hurry back down the street.

I'm not sure how I did that... JJ says slowly, and the magic around his splutters out. He falls to his knees, and Jackie and Schneep rush to his side. He waves them off and stands up again. Not sure I can do that again, though. At least not easily.

"That's fine," Jackie says. "Do you need any help?"

JJ shakes his head. He starts to stumble, and Schneep reaches out to help him. JJ insists.

"Yes, but you may not be able to run," Schneep says. "So let us help you."

JJ hesitates, then nods. He leans on Jackie and the three of them rush after Henny.

Alt slows down to look at JJ with worry,  “You okay dude? …it’s crazy huh? Suddenly using power like that-“ 

Henny notices JJ’s struggle and slows down too, but keeps an eye out for anything coming their way.

JJ nods. I'm fine. It's strange, but that felt... familiar somehow. But I know I've never done anything like that.

"Maybe you have, but you forgot?" Schneep asks. "Is that possible?"

For a moment, JJ just frowns thoughtfully. Maybe... I'm not sure, though. I'll have to do some research once I get home.

Alt nods, “Yeah… I get that. I hardly remember the first time I did something like that. Chase said it was kinda freaky though.”

“Yeah! You damn near gave all of us a heart attack!” Bro grumbles.

JJ chuckles, but then pauses thoughtfully. After... after me and my friends escaped IRIS, I was very exhausted. Most of the escape is a blur to me. Perhaps... then...?

"You think you did something like that back then?" Jackie asks.

Maybe...

“Damn right.. you mentioned that… that makes sense though. I think that kinda power can be brought up through… desperation more often than not? I’m still learning how mine works too..” Alt says.

I was thinking a lot about saving the rest of you, JJ says.

"Daww," Jackie grins.

JJ laughs slightly. And getting home to see my friends again, of course.

"Hmm... you know, in my world, my Jamie was able to gain magic," Schneep says. "What did you say he might be, Jamie?"

A warlock, JJ says. That is indeed someone who gains magic through desperation. Though they also need to be exposed to a lot of magic beforehand.

"So perhaps desperation plays a part in many types of magic."

Alt smiles warmly. “Yeah… I think my J would say… it deals with just how much power the mind and body have that we don’t even know about… even if he doesn’t get magic I think that principle is there.”

“Very true! We often don’t know what we’re really capable of until we’re pushed to a certain point.” Bro adds.

Jackie nods slowly. "Though... I'm not sure how much I like the idea that desperation is a sort of power."

It's not the desperation itself, I think, JJ says. It is the desperation FOR something, wanting to do something so much that you break through your limits.

“Kinda Like… determination! In Undertale!” Bro grins.

Alt laughs, “It does kinda feel like that, huh?”

Schneep hums the game over theme, Determination, a bit.

Jackie laughs. "You a fan of that game? In my world, it came out on your birthday."

"Oh yes, it did in my world, too." Schneep grins. "Jack insisted that I play it for that reason, even though I am not a game player usually."

“It’s such a good game!! Shame it got meme’d to death- me and the lads all love it!” Bro laughs.

"Ah, lots of good games get meme'd to death," Jackie says. "Doesn't make them less good."

Alt chuckles, “It has a good message… I guess its mechanics can be applied to magic! Who knew?”

"Who knew?" Schneep repeats. "I suppose it shows how great stories hit at the heart of life."

How deep of you, JJ says, smiling.

Alt and Bro laugh. “So true!” Bro grins.

Henny slows completely in front of them. Sahne’s fur bristles as they stand in front of a large building with the name of Hope Water hospital barely visible through the destroyed concrete and rubble. “We’re here.”

Jackie stops walking. "Wow... this place really has gone to shit, hasn't it?" he mutters. "Destroyed hospital. Real apocalyptic."

Hope Water Hospital... JJ repeats. There's a SCLERA thing here?

“Yes… SCLERA had a habit of using hospitals as fronts for their underground operations. Real sneaky shady way of getting subjects for their experiments…” Henny says darkly.

Alt shudders, looking at the familiar logo.

“Come,” Henny says as he starts to make his way through the rubble, searching for a way down.

"That would explain everything that happened in the first world," Schneep mutters.

"They disgust me," Jackie says darkly. "If the IRIS in my world is anything like this, no wonder my Anti hates them so much." He sighs. "Anyway. We're gonna have to sift through this rubble, Schneep."

"Oh joy," Schneep says drily.

Can you just glitch down there? JJ asks.

"I can try—but I don't want to risk it if there is this much rubble."

"Old-fashioned way, then," Jackie says, and the three of them start looking through the destroyed area.

Alt looks around, “…this is the same SCLERA we’ve been to… I… I think I can glitch us down to the right room.” He suppresses another shudder. “I remember it very clearly.”

Bro laughs, his invisible form a bit higher than the others as he hovers. “Good idea then Alt- I was starting to feel bad for everyone!”

Alt rolls his eyes.

Henny looks back and then smiles, “Ah yes I almost forgot Alt… I am so used to uh… dealing without your glitching. We link up, yes?”

Alt nods.

"Right, yeah." Jackie backs away and grabs onto Schneep and JJ. Then JJ walks over and holds out a hand for Alt to take.

Alt grabs JJ’s hand and Bro floats down and grabs Henny and Sahne. Henny laughs, “it is very strange to be grabbed by something you cannot see.”

“Oh right- sorry!” Bro chuckles.

Alt glitches them all down.

[stardust-arcade]

Black Star and Planet quickly stomped down to parts and service. Furious with what had been told to them. He quickly goes over to the cabinet where everything is stored. Growling with more ferocity when he figures out They really were telling the truth. His history book is missing. Slamming the doors shut. Planet peeking over with disdain.

Planet: That dumb cheese face really lost your book? What was he even doing in there?

Black Star: I don't know! Apparently caring for me!? Agh! I don't even know where to start looking for that book. Whatever mess was here is clearly gone now.

Planet: He said it was some critter. They probably didn't get far.

Black Star: But where would be far enough? I'm not seeing it obviously anywhere.

Planet: Perhaps somewhere in the vents? I guess we should look for places an animal could get in and out of.

Black Star: But this place is so secure. What vents could have animal even carry a book out of? Much less access.

Planet: I don't know. Just look around.

Blackstar and a planet start to look around. Planet see me to look at any of the high vents and rafters, while Blackstar is kneeling down looking at any low vents or cracks. At first he's looking at vents. But then he starts to move on to the bottoms of doorways.. Wondering if any of them are big enough for a creature to slip through. He almost passes the closet. He knows it doesn't lead to any vents, and would be a last option for a critter that was still stuck.

At least he would have passed it if his shadow didn't fucking move. His whole body freezes as he watches his shadow inexplicably stretch towards the door. Most of the shadows in the room stretch out from the central parts and service machine. The closet was tucked away in a corner. A light above it making it so most saddles don't cast that direction. And yet his did. Denying the laws of physics cuz it stretched off far too tall. As if there was a light directly behind him despite it being on the ceiling facing towards him. He watches in slight horror as the door knob jiggles.

Planet: What in the mighty hell?

Suddenly his shadow snaps back. Black star jumping and surprise with how quickly it shifted. Once again forming the awkward double shadow that is expected in the room. Black Star finally looks up. Planet is staring at the ground with a loose jaw. Her eyes is slowly looking up. Catching with Black Stars. Worry and confusion settling on her face.

Planet: Blackstar. Did your shadow just fucking move?

Black Star: Yeh.

Planet: How?

Black Star: UhhhhhhhhhhhAAAAAHHHHH!?

Planet jumps as Black Stars confused noise twists into a yell. Having only seconds to feel as something worms itself next to her neck and into her head plate. Planet panically reaches up behind her head before she suddenly slumps over. Her eyes momentarily turning black. Black Star stairs at the culprit. It's fairly childlike looking dinosaur skeleton and backs up. It's phantom eyes staring at Blackstar as it seems to dissipate away from reality again. A faint rumble fading into the background. Planet finally getting up as it dissipates. Her eyes turning back on as she seems to blink in confusion.

Planet: What the hell happened?

Black Star: I- I think you resetted. The lights flashed for a second.

Planet: Oh? Egh. I guess that does make sense. Some arcade games do really bother my eyes. I guess I'll have to get a replacement or upgrade since it seems to be affecting me more.

Black Star: Yah. I know we have some eye covers, But I think eye translation boards are out of stock.

Planet: Dam. I guess I'll have to ask fucking moon for a order. Eh. Have you found anything though.

Black Star: Um, no. Although I haven't checked the closet. Perhaps the critter got stuck in there?

Planet: Maybe. Do you think it could even fit a book under there?

Black Star: Worth a shot anyways.

Black Star turns away and head's towards the closet. Desperately trying to forget the beast and the clear magical mistake. Briefly remembering that he did send off his soul to protect his book. But he wasn't quite expecting them to come out and show him where they hid it. Much less have some different soul cover up for his. He quietly gave them thanks. Hoping that they could read his thoughts.

He opened up the closet door. Looking around briefly before quickly spotting the book. It was not the most well-hidden thing. Almost looked as if it had been kicked in place. Black Star letting out a slight chuckle at the feeling of a defense. Grabbing up the book and slightly dusting it off.

Black Star: I found it planet.

Planet: Oh good. Let's whisk that off to your room before the fool gets any more ideas.

Black Star: Agreed. I'll put it in my own sort of safe box-

Eclipse: Brother!

Black Star: Eh!

Blackstar barely had seconds to process what was happening before eclipse barreled in. It was rare that the giant animatronic even came in here. Planets rings nearly touched the ceiling. So eclipse didn't even fit at all. And yet he crawled in with such speed, Black Star couldn't believe his eyes. Nor did he have time to move out of the way as eclipse practically collapsed into him. Making Black Star breathless as eclipse nuzzled into him.

Eclipse: Brother I was acting different! Blood moon said I was strange! Something wrong with me!

Black Star: Wha?

Planet: What do you mean eclipse? What do you mean blood moon called you strange? He doesn't seem to be the person to do that?

Eclipse: He said I strange! I felt normal. But he said it was different. Was worried.

Black Star: He was- worried? Eclipse can you please get off me, I can't breathe.

Eclipse: Sorry.

Planet: Worried? Was it cause you changed colors and got all angry?

Black Star: I thought he saw that?

Eclipse: He said I act different. That putting people in timeout was not normal.

Planet: Oh.

Black Star: Eclipse. I don't think blood moon thinks you're weird or anything. It just doesn't know how you shift acts.

Eclipse: But everyone does?

Black Star: Everyone accepts it. Doesn't mean they understand it. He's probably concerned how you can shift acts so quickly.

Planet: To be honest clips, we're a little concerned too.

Eclipse: But it normal!

Black Star: I'm sure it is normal. But uh... I think you're stuck in a act.

Eclipse: I don't feel different.

Black Star: I know buddy. Consequences of being stuck on the machine after life. Some things just aren't normal, even if they feel like it. But don't worry. I'm sure me or blood moon will make it better.

Eclipse: You make it better?

Black Star: One day buddy. How about we go rest up for the night? I got my book.

Eclipse: Ok... Bye-bye Planet!

Planet: Bye-bye clips. Good night.

[totaldramafan-lauri]

Some strange facts about some random anon like me!

I keep checking everyday those past few months when the update came when I still didn't find your tumbler account so I didn't have any knowledge of what was going on but I didn't stop doing that even though I found your Tumblr account everyday because apparently it became a habit.. checking and refreshing my browser page to see if getting updates was the best thing that happens to me with the chapters .. like chapter 8 I think got released on my birthday so I was very happy that I think I got it as a gift from you even though you didn't knew! So even if you didn't know that fact thank you ^-^!

I keep re-reading the parts where Golden cheese is angry because that was kinda a little attractive!.. You made it so well that I was surprised, just a question.. were you getting possessed when you were writing golden cheese or something because you did her so well lol!

I like her firm and dominating.. I just want to imagine it and I'm already getting sleepy due to the high overlord in my mind XD..

Like reader share some of that light- ahem!.. went overboard there..but what I said was true.. I got attach to golden cheese even with the lack of content when I found your fic :))...

I'm happy and kinda sad about the fic ending now.. like I mean I have been here since chapter 3-4.. even though I think that's not kinda long..I think?.. I basically got attached since that's too long that I will eventually get attached! Even if it's just writing! I waited for it.. I waited even if my time was wasted, I waited and it was worth it.. I was happy!.. I'm happy reader have found golden cheese cookie again at ending 2.. now I don't know where I should find another golden cheese fic again because apparently.. no one write her much since all the attention went to Burnt cheese due to his natural attractive nature with that long hair..

I would eat and gamble all that yummy food that people would write fics about golden cheese because it's the most delicious thing I can have in crk for awhile.. since I recently just join because I was raging at the lag months ago so-..

Take care by the way! I hope this brightens your mood like the other anons!

AAAAAA, h-holy crap! Yeah, this did make me happy! Thank you so much! I was already feeling a lot better about myself today, so you didn't have to do anything to cheer me up, s-so don't worry about that.....I-I was just a bit stuck in my head yesterday....^^;

Y-yeah, it's a shame that she doesn't get a lotta X Reader fics....I checked that tag recently, and the whole thing was me, like ONE other fic, and some older compilation stuff from pre-her release (when most of her characterization was just people speculating cuz we knew so little about her). She deserves so much more! Sh-she's just SUCH a cool character....! B-but sadly, I did see it coming, cuz back during her update, i-it really did immediately seem like Burnt got all the simps....I-it felt like I was in my own corner.....Wh-which is why it's such a pleasant surprise to me that my fic's gotten as much love as it has!

I-I do have ideas for other fics about her, and....i-if I ever do get to those, it'll probably be just for the sake of giving my fellow simps more food, cuz.....th-there's so little of it.....>///////>

A-also, the whole "it felt like you were possessed by the character while you were writing them" is SUUUUUCH a good compliment to give a fic writer, you have no idea....I-I really had so much fun writing her after I got the hang of it, so hearing that I did that good a job makes me feel very.....very good.....Cuz, I DID try to make her as in-character as I could, even if I got a bit indulgent in the last few chapters......X//////D

R-really, thanks so much for sticking with me for so long....( If you're telling the truth that chapter 8 was posted on your birthday, then wow, that's VERY lucky, cuz that was a really important chapter, for....o-obvious reasons, pffff.....) I-it's good to know that I was able to keep someone's interest for this long....Now, if CRK sticks true to their word and we DO see her again in canon soon, the game'll do the work for you while I take a rest from writing for a while! We'll see when that happens tho....So....y-yeah, thank you....!

[demonicintegrity]

Watching from the sidelines as photomatt makes a fool of himself. and I'm just tired.

Listen im not gonna say "i hope someone dies in a car explosion full of hammers" has like, the strongest high ground standing. I'm above that. So may you. But I am gonna say it highlights the double standards pretty well. Are we gonna pretend like half the site wasn't openly wishing for Trump or any sort of alt-right politician to die? Not even like in a cartoony way? Just straight up memes about preparing the crave rave if anyone went? Which was a lot more passionate and strongly motivated than this? I watch so many people get straight up nazis in their askbox. I see so many bigots remake blogs without a sweat if they're even deleted in the first place. Misinformation and racist memes abound. But this small thing gets someone and all their blogs nuked off the website? Okay. Sure. Yeah. That tracks.

Hell, the fact no one can even tag him now shows a special standard. Wdym none of us can blocked being mentioned by others but the specialist ceo can because he's getting flamed for his own double standards? We can actually, its just buried in my settings I didn't know was possible until writing this and double checking. LMK if yall knew that was an option cuz I sure as hell didn't. @staff can still be mentioned and replied to on some of their posts, I'm sure some genuis is gonna have the bright idea to bother them even though they have no control over him. Hell, I've seen them being tagged in posts about policies and drama and all that! The ability to bother the working folks is never taken away but the ceo is above that.

(and no, it's not comparable to a kys joke, which I have never and will not ever condone. That's a fucking crime and terrible.)

(And if the average person can't get the police to do anything about the weirdos in their dm's, if celebrities couldn't get the police to help by being stalked by paparazzi, I doubt they're gonna take "someone on the internet I don't know wished I would be dead by a silly way" seriously. They wouldn't even take my roommates bike being stolen on camera seriously. That was a bluff out of his ass and we know it. He just wants to throw around power he doesn't/shouldn't have.)

("I hope X person dies" is harassment at best but not a credible death threat. It's hard to prove any sort of legitimate attempt behind the words. I would know, queer people get told they should be dead all the time and there's nothing that can be done because it's not a threat. I don't even think it was mentioned at him or anything like that, so it wasn't even intended to be seen by him. So yeah.)

And that's what all the outrage is about. It's the double standards. It's about how all these legitimately awful people still stick around because its not hard, but some random queer or otherwise marginalized person will get scrubbed off the face of the Earth because they were a little rude once. Or because they've done nothing at all. Remember when normal-horoscopes' blog got nuked for no fucking reason at all? Have no idea if that blog was ever restored. But man, all those posts unable to be searched for again.

And to be clear, I'm not surprised by this. In the slightest. When have ceo's ever reacted will to the people using their product not giving a shit about them? I may not know the entire story of who this trans women is and her history but like. But this part doesn't shock me. It sucks but its not surprising when Whatever Rich Ceo picks an enemy out of thin air and tries to drag them around as an example. It's happen so many times. I'm not shocked.

Nor does seeing the transphobia spike AGAIN because of it.

It's just exhausted that I set up myself here all comfy and everyone I follow is considering jumping ship again. I doubt I'll ever use any of the tumblr copycats. I got rid of my twitter. I've been putting off making an instagram for forever. If this goes assume your best chance is finding me on discord or by carrier pigeon. And ill be upset as hell because I love tumblr, it's my homebase, and I just set up my art blog here.

Yeah. So none of this is surprising. Disappointing, but not a surprise. You mean the website that regularly thinks any depiction of a queer person deserves a mature label with no ability to really appeal and fight against that, is being mean to a trans person?? Is the sky being blue also shocking??

Yeah whatever. This isn't changing or personally affecting me in any way but like. Man. Sure. Okay. Might as well be an issue on top of the others on this god forsaken webbed cite.

[greenxprof]

Prof. Green Oak's Playlist

I explained the reason for each song to be in the playlist under cut. Most are either because of vibes or lyrics that remind me of Green/His relationships, and some are assigned by friends :)

IDKHOW, Do It All the Time

Mostly about his teenage/young adult years. He's taking your girl and making her his, beware! Back when he was (surprising more) reckless. Also, by the ending when he says "I don't wanna do it but I'll do it 'cuz I do it all the time" can easily be about Green's "toxic" behaviors that he was aware to be bad but was his only way to cope...

2. IDKHOW, Social Climb

Same thing as above! Huge Green Vibes on "But if the lights don't stop me, no one's got control of what I do" as well.

3. ARCTIC MONKEYS, I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor

Oh you can bet Green's a flirt specially on parties and raves etc! Used to be even more when he was younger, on his 20s, before taking up the laboratory. I usually think of his ship with an Ethan where they met years after HGSS in a party...

4. DAFT PUNK, Robot Rock

Purely vibes  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ He shares this music with Leo Mew. Do picture him vibing with his sunglasses on to this.

5. MAFUMAFU, いかないで

Assigned to Green by a friend! This music talks a lot about pursuing someone and asking them to not leave. Do I need to say it's Green about Red or Leaf?

6. SILENTROOM, NULCTRL

Pure vibes as well. I like giving him music that you'd listen to in parties :)

7. ROYAL BLOOD, Sleep

Oh Dear now we're getting to Green's Anxiety Crisis music lol. This one is open but you could say some sections of it, like "I've waited so long, Forever counting down, Thinking of all the ways I could get you back around" could be about Red... Left on his own, he doesn't wanna sleep.

8. ROYAL BLOOD, Little Monster

Much like the first three songs in this playlist, Green being a flirt but more sensual this time. I love him and I love royal blood what do you want from me

9. ROYAL BLOOD, Careless

Another Anxiety Crisis Music!!! Everything in this song screams Green Oak. "I wish I cared less but I'm afraid I don't" ???? THAT'S HIM. That goes for all his ships because he needs to go through the "they don't give a single fuck about me/they absolutely hate my guts" phase every time. He's also very prone to thinking he's NOT a good partner and his loved should, like, run away.

10. LAZER BOOMERANG, Time to Pretend

Vibes only but specially the Reguri in Alola vibes. Green driving his convertible with Red and Pika by his side, sunset behind them, all in a synthwave fashion....

11. ROYAL BLOOD, Lights Out

Third Anxiety Crisis Music. I feel like this one is more about an specific Ex that certainly traumatized him back in Kalos. Oh if she could see him now, looking all manly and handsome. She's not so hard to forget with all the lights out, though...

12. NANO, All Eyes on Me

Vibes and some of the Lyrics. It feels like a younger, teenager Green feeling all powerful and smartass with his new life in Kalos.

13. Champion Blue Encounter Music 

DO I NEED TO SAY ANYTHING? When I first played SuMo (I did it specifically to reach the battle tree and see them all grown up) and this started playing I felt so strongly I cried a little. oof.

14. YUNGLIXO, Sombra

This is a PT-BR Song. I feel like this one has some transgender subtones when he sings about not recognizing the person in older pictures or the person in the mirror, etc. It also speaks about not knowing yourself and feeling lost. I think this is about that phase in Green's transition in which he's in the middle of it. He's not like he used to be before it but he's still not like how he wants to be, yk.

It also speaks about not having a self-esteem and how it leads him to bad paths, because he feels like there's a void where he should be.

This song is really beautiful. Shoutout to the line "All the time I spent brooding I should've spent switching channels".

15. YEAH YEAH YEAHS, Heads will Roll

Another with the vibes and the party/rave mood. Also his head did roll once HAHAHAHAHA

16. THE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS, Video Games (Cover)

Assigned Reguri Song by Kyle. "It's you, it's you, Everything I do" and "He holds me in his big arms, drunk and I am seeing stars" .... oh I am mentally ill for them. Heaven is a place on Earth with Red yeah.

17. LAST DINOSAURS, Apollo

This one is about when Green decided he didn't want to be a Gym Leader. "My mind is made up, I'm willing to come down and wake up". That life isn't for him! He felt like staying there, a place offered to him because he lost to Red, because Giovanni wasn't there anymore, simply filling a hole, a consolation prize for failing on his efforts. He decided to pursue his (other) dream.

Also, for he "One more time, I need to see you one more time" as when he felt like maybe he should climb Mt. Silver to say goodbye to Red before spending a decade away. (He didn't)

There are some small transgender subtones on this music too. He's ready to be someone else, someone he wants to be and can feel proud of himself, no more letting others dictate his life. No need to feel like he used to, unhappy with himself, with his image...

18. CARPENTER BRUT, Hairspray Hurricane

Assigned by Cas. I like to think, when Cas Red and Green have that flying battle, THIS WILL BE THE BACKGROUND MUSIC. Also the name is just... Green. A hairspray hurricane every morning to get his hair like that!!

I will be adding more songs in the future, then updating this post :)

[1shepherd7wanderers]

Hiya I know I only just started to follow you cuz you followed me on your main blog but I saw your ask thingy!! And soooo

How does your WoL/OC relate to the culture of their species as established in lore? Do they consider themselves a typical example of their kind? Are they in touch with their heritage? How does this affect their interactions with others of their own kind?

Thank you so much for the ask! I'm always so glad to see people interested in my characters! As is tradition, everyone else is under Keep Reading <3

Hohoka Hoka 

Since she was born in Thavnair to an Uldahn merchant father, she had a taste of the typical culture of Dunesfolk Lalafell but grew up separate from it all outside of him. She never really knew another Lalafell until she arrived in Eorzea. Though she holds some of the same values like scholasticism and prosperity, she doesn’t know the death rights from Thaumaturgy- she barely even knows the Twelve. She knows she isn't typical, but she does blend well with other Dunesfolk. Though it was a surprise to see so many of them in Ul'dah, it was a pleasant feeling. 

Kiyomi Umihou 

While she used to hold many of the same beliefs as other Raen from Yanxia, she has long since shrugged that off. The gods and spirits either don't exist or are absolute douchebags in her mind. And the hierarchy of Doma pisses her off. If anything, she has a preference for Xaela culture. She appreciates the honesty of battle on the Steppe. Because of this, she actually interacts much better with Xaelas than fellow Raens. To Kiyomi, she is a Raen Aura and there is no denying that, but is she typical? No, she wouldn't consider herself typical. She didn't have a typical life after all.

Aluette Verbena

Aluette was raised as a male Veena Viera would because she refused to leave her older sibling's side, even after the sibling grew into their male characteristics. Due to this, she would not consider herself a typical female Viera. She is still very much in touch with her heritage though, even if she can't go home. I feel that Aluette would get along well with other Viera that she met.

Qih'tan Mujuuk/ Quill Verbena

Born as a Keeper of the Moon Miq'ote to one of the families that stayed in Ilsabard, his mother was the only one who could have taught him their traditions. And she was too busy with his twin sister so he was raised by a couple brothers no more than 7 years older than him and the Garlean school system. Because of this, he is not very in touch with his heritage, especially as it's related to Gridanian Keepers. His interactions with others Keepers are always tense because they are pretty much the only people who know what his name should be and what it means. He absolutely does not consider himself a typical Miqote: he doesn't even feel at home in his own skin. So much so he drinks a Fantasia to become a Rava Viera. All he knows about Viera culture comes from Aluette and he is certainly not typical, but he feels more comfortable in his body. By extension, he feels more at home with Viera and gets along quite well with them.

Aisbryda Wyznbyrtwyn

She was born in the Northern isles that Roegadyn's originate from, so she was very much part of their traditional culture. To this day, she enjoys fish, ale, and sailing. She would say she is definitely typical for a Sea Wolf. Thanks to her time among Hellsguard in Ul'dah, she's come to embrace the independence they value as her own. She normally gets along well enough with others of her kind, as long as everyone is treating everyone with respect.

Faine Beltarois

Faine is Wildwood/Ishgardian Elezen raised in Coerthas. Despite her parent's best attempts to raise her with Ishgardian culture, she feels no attachment to it outside of her love for expensive fashion and wine. She is a free bird and doesn't particularly care about her heritage. She would say she is relatively typical, especially after being around other Wildwood Elezen, who she relates much closer to. Because of that, she also gets along better with Wildwood Elezen than Ishgardian Elezen.

Odinvel Urselmert

Odinvel is a Duskwright Elezen, but he grew up in a very isolated underground village that worships Odin. The only thing their cultures share is a taste for Mun-Tuy beans and a distaste for Gridania and Elementals. Due to the fact that he was worshiped as Odin reborn by his village, he firmly believes he is not typical. He knows of his heritage, but he tries his best to separate himself from it. Despite it all, he gets along fairly well with Duskwrights from outside his village. Their shared dislike for Gridania led to Odinvel bonding with some Redbellies and joining them a year after the Calamity (though he left not too long after joining).

Albi Halibi

Albi is from the South Sea isles so he was raised deep in traditional Plainsfolk Lalafell culture. He loves the culture greatly and started traveling to learn of other Lalafell societies around Eorzea. Albi would think himself pretty typical for a Lalafell - a little too typical in all honesty: it's boring. He is very much in touch with his heritage still, found in the tunes his hums, the food he prefers, and his love for arcanima. He gets along well with just about anyone, this includes Plainsfolk Lalafell like himself. Though he was quite surprised to learn that Lalafell in La Noscea don't speak Lalafellin at all???