#Implied dead assasin

[laurikarauchscat]

save me

"Alledgedly, the crown princess became aware of her fathers distress as she passed his quarters.

It was not a fair fight. The assasin never saw her coming."

[ajax0x]

Linked through pain

Tw: light violence, self harm, implied abuse, murder/assasination + first ever fanfic ive made public

Childe x g/n reader

might countine the story if this goes well!!

Fanfic under the cut!!!

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Ajax was 6 years old when he first found out about soulmates.

He remembers asking his parents why they had matching marks on their skin, and he remembers the way his mother smiled and crouched down to be on eye level with him as she explained.

"Every person has a soulmate, and every person is linked with their soulmate in a different way. Me and your father had a matching mark on our skin, my dear"

Listening to his mothers words made him curious, and he remembers asking one thing and one thing only.

"How will i know in what way me and my soulmate are linked?"

His mother only smiled in response.

"One day, you will just know"

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He was 9 years old when he woke up screaming.

Everything hurt, his entire body felt like it was on fire. His mother and father rushed into his room in a panic, worried for their son. His screaming had been so loud, he woke up his younger siblings. His mother was the first at his side, frantically asking him what happend and checking over his body for any signs of visible injuries.

When she found none, she simply hugged her son and rocked him back and forth until the screaming stopped. Once ajax was able to talk again, he tearfully told his parents that he had just woken up in horrible pain, and that was when they knew something was wrong.

His parents never said it out loud, but ajax knew they were worried. Worried, not for him, but for his soulmate.

That was the night ajax found out that he could feel his soulmates pain, and they could feel his.

That night was only the first, as ajax started waking up in horrible pain regulary.

After the first time it happend, ajax promised himself that one day, when he was older and stronger, he would find his soulmate.

And he would protect them so no one could hurt them like that ever again.

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He was 14 when he went missing for 3 days.

He was gone for 3 days, and once he came back, he was never quite the same.

He had gained a sudden bloodlust, and went from this soft, gentle young boy to this..

Monster.

Nobody said it to him, but he knew they were all thinking it.

Ajax started getting into fights with the other kids, beating them bloody, and yet it was never enough.

He had a thirst for more, and his parents couldnt give him that.

Once his parents couldnt handle him anymore, feeling like he had become a danger to everyone around him, they took the only option they had left.

He was 14 when he was sent off to the fatui.

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Military life suited him.

He did exceptionally well in combat, and rarely got into trouble.

Sometimes, his family would write to him, and he would always be happy to write back.

Ajax pushed himself to his limits and beyond on the battlefield, often times ending up with a broken bone or two after a fight, and his soulmate no doubt felt all of it.

Ajax was the cause of most of their shared pain these days, and he felt kind of bad because of it, but he just couldnt stop himself from testing his limits.

He just hoped they would forgive him for it one day.

They were still getting hurt too, but it wasnt as bad as it used to be, and ajax no longer woke up screaming in pain each night.

Everything was going just fine.

Until it wasnt.

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Ajax was 16 when it happend.

He had woken up in pain once again, but this time, it was different. His screams had been loud enough to wake the dead, and when someone came to check on him, they found him frantically clawing at his arms and wrists.

A few fatui soldiers attempted to pin him onto the floor, but when he couldnt scratch at his own skin anymore, he would scratch at anything and everything else. He kept saying the same thing over and over again, but among his screaming, nobody could figure out what he was trying to say.

And when they couldnt calm him down, they knocked him unconscious instead.

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When ajax woke up again, he couldnt remember much of what happend, but he remembered the pain.

His soulmates pain.

He had felt his soulmates pain before, but this time it was different. It wasnt like any of the other times, it wasnt like the shared pain he had felt as a child, it was like hell itself. His entire body felt like it had just gone through the worst kind of torture imaginable, and he wondered

"What kind of person can endure such pain?"

For ajax, that was the worst night of his life.

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They called it, 'the incident', and it had managed to catch a certain harbingers attention.

Pulcinella was a very reasonable man, and he saw potential in ajax. Potential for something more than just a fatui soldier.

It was his call that would forever change ajax's life, for better or worse.

He was 17 when he was awarded his harbinger titel.

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Ajax went by childe these days, and with his new position as a fatui harbinger, thoughts of his soulmate faded into the back of his mind.

He never stopped wishing he could meet them one day, to protect them from harm and be there for them, to grow old with them and start a family one day, but his work simply didnt allow him enough freetime to activly look for them.

'The incident' was the last time he woke up screaming in pain, and he could only hope it would stay as the last time forever.

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Childe stared at the busy streets of liyue through a window, waiting for the sun to set. Because when the sun set, all was fair game, and there would be no innocent people on the streets to get into the middle of what would go down tonight.

He didnt normally partake in debt collections, but he had been feeling especially bloodthirsty lately, and who was he to pass up on such a opportunity?

It was practically handed to him on a silver platter, after all.

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Through the now empty streets of liyue ran a young man, no older than 25. He had been running for what seemed like hours, trying to escape the unescapable, turning and jumping at every sound in the dark.

He was running like he was a mouse being chased by a owl, and in a way, he was. Just a prey being chased by a predator, praying to any god willing to listen to safe him from his ultimate demise.

It seemed the gods had answered his prayers, as the next moment he spotted a person walking near the harbor, looking no older than 19. He reconsidered his options for a moment, but he soon heard the laughter of the person he had been running from all this time, and with that his choice was made.

The young man grabbed the person by their hair, slapping his hand over their mouth and pulling them infront of him as a human shield. He didnt care if they got injured, as long as he could save himself.

A laugh came from the darkness as the person struggled against the mans grip.

"Do you really think a human shield will save you?"

Childes voice echoed throughout the empty streets of liyue. Footsteps could be heard coming closer, and it only caused the man to start panicking more, pulling on the hair of the person he had snatched.

"Boo"

Childe had always had a talent for sneaking up on people, and as the arrow of his bow hit the back of the mans head, he thought of it as pretty useful.

The mans body dropped limp to the ground, the arrow having pierced through his head, coming out on the other side and making for a nearly instant death. The person he had attempted to use as a human shield was still standing where he had held them, most likely paralyzed from shock, though visibly shacking. Childe almost felt bad for them, almost.

"Go, im not here for you"

That was all he needed to say, as the next moment, they had already started running as far away from the scene as possible. Childe watched them run, knowing his job here was done.

Atleast, thats what he thought.

Just as childe was about to turn around and leave the scene, he watched the person who was still running trip and fall flat onto their face, though they quickly got up again to keep running from the scene. He thought nothing of it at first, ready to leave aswell, until..

He felt a sharp pain on his face, like he had just fallen flat on it.

[darlingofthorns]

Bullet Holes in a Guitar

Pairing: Hobie Brown x Stylist!Fem! Reader / Spider-punk x Assasin!Fem! Reader

Description: When given one last job to end your career as an assassin, during your work, you run into a punk and his disastrous band.

Warnings: Blood and violence, weaponry, cursing, implied abuse of power, no physical description of R other than clothes here and there

Chapter 1: Boxed In

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The man grunts as your foot shoves him further on the ground. His lackeys lay bruised and blue behind you, their clothes torn, soaked in rain, and smudged with dirt. Their unmoving bodies spilled crimson into the drains, the long hunt finally coming to an end. They needn't lose their lives. Just their beloved boss had to be put down, but you give credit to their loyalty.

"You bitch!" The man spits at your boot, his own blood dripping down his mouth before it mixes with the rain water. His eyes are crazed and filled with anger, hair that was previously slicked back now lay sticking to the sides of his face, his blunt now smushed under your foot. Your boss will be thrilled to hear that one of the many thorns on his side has been eliminated. You didn't care that much about that part of the mission. Just getting paid to take down corporate assholes like him were good enough.

You look down on him with an icy glare reserved for pathetic men like him. Mask snug around your face, hood hiding your eyes in its shadow, the neon lights of the street reflected on the bloodied bodies that surrounded the two of you. Thankfully, no one was out tonight to see this grueling sight. Windows and doors were shut closed, the stands empty, shops barren. The fog danced and slithered just a few inches off the ground, making the scene more dramatic.

Your mind shifts to the irony of it all, the oddly beautiful view with its inspiring neon colors were now stained with a crime scene. How many more times would you have to do this until you could get away from all of it? Every moment after your eyes are shut closed, the same dream would haunt you, the same memories. Blood forever stained your hands, unmoving and stubborn, gripping to your skin like it was its very color. Every object in your grasp turned a weapon, every assignment given to you is another person dead.

The wheezing of your current assignment brought you back to the wet streets covered in red. The man was close to his last breath. No help would be fast enough to aid him. Maybe it was fitting for a pig like him to suffer until his last cough anyway. He has done immeasurable crime. Human trafficking, dealing drugs, scams, and how many mistresses did this guy have again?

Before you could get lost in your thoughts further, a familiar beeping noise rang, one that alerted you to any further information. You tapped on the device next to the shell of your ear.

"How's my favorite assassin doing?" The voice spoke, an annoying screech of a voice that always brought some unexplainable anger to you. Never mind information when your 'guy in the chair' is some dude who you only know by voice and whatever drama he tells you about his coworkers.

"Gent. Hq talked to you about this. This is unprofessional." You replied, voice colder than usual, so no one would recognize your actual pitch.

"You and I both know professionalism can kiss my ass-- Listen! We got a new assignment for you!" Gent cheered. You could hear him twirl in his wheeled office chair.

"You're not allowed to call me that." You huffed, shaking your head. A short silence follows between the two of you, and you wondered if the line had somehow cut off. When you decide to open your mouth to say something, it closed promptly at the annoying start of Gent's voice.

"So, uhh.. you done with your assignment?" He completely ignores your previous statement. Your brows furrow before giving the bloodied man before you one last good kick to the nose, the crack of his bone echoing.

"Yeah." You answered truthfully as you walked away from all the scattered bodies. As an assassin, it wasn't your job to be clean up crew too. Either someone will come in and clean it up, or police will find them. Whoever comes first wouldn't know who left all that blood spilled on the street, no trace of anyone there.

"Alright! I'll pull up your next file. This one's- uh, unique!" Gent cleared his throat.

"Meaning?" Your voice going back to normal as you walked the hushed streets.

"Meaning you're not gonna particularly, specifically, exactly, generally..." He went on and on.

"Gent."

"Okay, you're not gonna like this one!" He finally admitted.

"And why is that?" You swerved into an alleyway swiftly after sighting a car light from a mile away, the fog fortunately covering you.

"You need to somehow go undercover in York."

"New York? That's not so far away...what's the deal?"

"No.. York as in England, York. As in England, Britain."

"..."

"Y/n?"

"Yeah, I'm here. But, England?" You whispered, confusion and frustration mixing in your tone.

"I know, I know.." Gent hushed you.

"But listen, if you complete this.. you'll be set." He let out a small chuckle.

Those few words almost lifted the weight off your chest. It almost seemed like the world was dangling a piece of meat in front of you as if you've been starved for days. It's offer tempting and successfully persuading. This could be it. No more blood, no more close calls, no constant instruction and destruction. You'd be free to live as you please. Wear clothes that don't restrict you, talk how you want, live how you want.

"I'm gonna guess you'll take the job?" Gent laid back in his seat with a smug smirk as he files his nails.

"When do I start?"

"In a week or two. We need you to lay low incase the press find out about your most recent...errand." He shrugged.

"But until then, get in the car." He twirled in his black office chair again. You turn your head and find a shiny black car pulling up in front of the alleyway, the same one you spotted.

"Talk to you next time, Y/n!" He sang. You let out a sigh, from the long day of hunting down that gang in the casino to just chatting with Gent can take the caffeine induced energy out of you. Amidst your thoughts, you slipped into the car, no words spoken to the assigned driver. Nor did you make a sound.

You did notice he seemed spooked at your sudden appearance, the hair on the back of his neck prickling up with his eyes widening for a split second before he started the engine.

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"Word on the street says you're moving abroad!" Your neighbor stopped you in your tracks as you were about to reach your door. The cursed entrance stands only a few feet away, you wonder if you could just pretend you didn't hear her and quickly go in.

Dropping your shoulders with a twitch of an eye, "Uh..yeah." You sighed in defeat, slowly turning yourself to face your innocent neighbor. Who in reality, has been nothing but nosy to you. Which really doesn't help you as an assasin, you already have countless detectives all around the country trying to trace you based on blurry security camera pictures.

"Wow! I've always wanted to go to the big ol' tea country!" Her eyes sparkled as she locked her hands together and dreamed of Britain.

"I didn't tell you-" You scratch the back of your neck, trying to find place to speak before she inevitably cuts you off.

"Anyway.." She looked to the side, avoiding eye contact as she does.

"So you already got a job or a place to stay?" She fiddled a strand of her red hair as she chews the gum in her mouth with a smack of her lips. She always asked you curious questions. It started out as small talk, you put in what you could at first so she didn't grow suspicious, but as time went on, her questions seemed more like riddles about your personal life.

"Heading out for the day?"

"You have any pets?"

"You always look so tired.. what's up with that?"

"Do you have a girlfriend or a boyfriend?...or a friend.?"

There weren't many risks in answering her inquiries. You tried to live your life as boring as possible so people don't show interest, answering questions with the most plain answers you could think of. But somehow, Holly has stayed ever so curious.

"Uhm..no. I guess not." You tell the truth, keep it short and simple but left out the part that Gent was already looking for apartments you could stay at.

"Ah, that's a shame." Holly shrugged. You looked at her with a blank stare, knowing and waiting for when she tells you an idea she conjured up, like she planned the conversation and she's pulling strings on whatever happens next.

"Oh I just remembered!" She clapped, smile gleaming up at you.

"My brother in law is in England. He's planning on selling his loft and moving back here! Didn't this line up perfectly?"

Ah, there it is.

"Wow, that's crazy." You attempt a typical response.

"Wait, brother in law? I didn't know you were married."

"Didn't you know? I own half of this building, I bagged the landlord.!" She whispers that last part to you, elbowing you discreetly as if you guys weren't the only two in the stairwell.

Suddenly everything clicked, from the way she knew what your name was immediately after you moved in to when your rent was due.

"Ah." You say dumbfounded.

"I'll see you around, gotta help with dinner. Email me if you're interested in that loft!" Before you knew it, she was already halfway down the stairs, waving theatrically.

You sighed, turning around to enter your humble abode that's been decorated for you. The apartment doesn't feel like home. But, to be fair, you were barely in there.

The walls of pictures are all edited, the framed certificates on the wall are fake, and even the two trophies "you got from high school" were custom-made to fit the space on your bookshelf. Despite the warm ambiance Gent and his team pushed into the space, so it looked like you weren't one of their best assassins. The air always seemed cold. Loneliness struck you every night or early morning as you entered through the door. No one greeted you, no familiar smell danced through the air, no embrace warmed you up from the cold feeling of taking someone's life.

You were by yourself. Like you've always been.

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"Hobie!" Gwen shook him harshly by his arm, ignoring the few spikes that poked her from his jacket. Said man wakes up with a snort, looking around the room half awake and his guitar sliding off his lap as he sits up from his bean bag made of various patches.

"Wha' happened.." He blinks away the sleep, slapping himself awake. One side of his hair has perfectly stood up instead of its usual out turned position, a product of him sleeping on his left side. He looked like the epitome of being disoriented.

"I've been trying to wake you up for like half an hour!" The blonde paces around the room, arms flung in the air in disbelief. Her sneakers slide on the hardwood floors, Hobie's eyes regaining focus by watching her shoes glide past him.

Shaking his head, "Alright, alright... why're you doin that?" He grabs his beloved guitar, placing it to the side.

"That stylist Nix hired a month ago quit! You guys need one before that show at the bar next week, duh!" She snatches her cardigan off the growing pile of clothes on the floor, her eyes lighting up when she spotted it.

"Tha's it? Gwendy, we can style ourselves." He waves her off, flopping back into his place on the bean bag. "Right, only wake me up if someone's dyin next time." He begins to doze off again, crossing one leg over the other and putting his hands behind his head before Gwen's cardigan hits him straight on the face, his spider senses failing him miserably.

"Style ourselves my ass! Yeah, maybe if the world gave the whole band like five years to decide on which leather jackets to wear before every show!" Gwen stood before him, her hands on her hips as her foot taps on the floor impatiently. Gwen eyes his disheveled state, wondering how this guy led a handful of successful missions.

"Alright, alright.." Hobie surrendered, hand gently grabbing her cardigan off himself. "We'll get another bloody stylist.." He folded it neatly, tucking it next to his guitar and adjusting himself to go back to sleep, muttering small grumbles as the cushy chair sinks to his liking.

Gwen walks out of the room with a loud bang of the door after making sure he's true to his word and giving many suspicious glares his way.

[angelshizuka]

Not to defend cheating, but as Stolas said "Cheating implies there was a betrayal", so in a way Stolas didn't cheat.

He's stuck in a loveless arranged marriage he literally never wanted with an abusive bitch of a wife who literally wants him dead (and he undoubtly would've died if Stella's brother didn't make her call off the assasin).

But god... the way this post started out to defend Stolas' "cheating" (quotation marks since it's technically not cheating), but now all I can think about is how close Stolas came to dying and what his final thoughts must've been like...

[tetsunabouquet]

(Un)popular SK Opinion: Ren&Jeanne make no sense and Men's existence is the most questionable of all

Alright, let me first get this out of the way because I'm a known Ren fangirl- no I don't hate Jeanne. I kinda used to after watching the original anime, but the manga as well as growing up and realizing she was just a brainwashed little kid who should be playing with dolls made me a defender of Jeanne and I firmly believe Marco should be in jail for what he did to her. But that still doesn't mean Jeanne and Ren started making sense, not even after Red Crimson. The only thing they share is a similar pain from their pasts, and that's not enough to make a relationship work for the long-term. Ask my parents. A relationship is build on so much more then just having a similar backstory and regrets. What do these two have in common, except for perhaps a better-then-you mindset on top of the aforementioned similar background?! We see NO build-up at all. Even in Red Crimson, all we get is as much as a two page scene of them being a couple. Yet even during that one scene between Yoh and Ren about having a family, it was implied he might already have a crush on Jeanne

HOW?! In every scene they were in during the main series, he was pretty much annoyed with her and the X-LAWS. So HOW?! And then we get to their actual relationship, which seems messy AF. Like, Jeanne and Ren got engaged before she was pregnant, but she had short hair during their wedding. Ren said she cut her hair short after she had Men. So, did she get pregnant during their engagement and is Men being babysat by the Jiang Shi during the wedding or something? Also, the 'holy maiden', giving birth to a child out of wedlock?! Are you kidding me?! Am I seriously supposed to believe that considering Marco was so strict and religious, Jeanne grew up to be like, 'A baby before getting married? Okay, no problemo.' It's not unheard of for teen moms to be allowed to get married when they are above 16, so why the fuck didn't Jeanne and Ren get married first in order to legitimize Men as their child? And then we get to their actual married life. Iron Maiden Jeanne, THAT Jeanne, who would shoulder all the sins of the world on her shoulders through regular self-torture, would travel through war conflicts to aid the people in need and would sleep in camps having barely anything, who turnt the X-LAWS into the world's largest charity organization, THAT Jeanne became a STAY AT HOME HOUSEWIFE?! EXCUSE ME?! Where the fuck did her noble mission go?! She's an ambitious martyr, yet she gave everything up that she worked so hard for to mope the floors of her home? That's character assasination if you ask me. As parents, they make zero sense either. Ren's pain and hatred of his family came from them robbing him of his childhood. Yet he's perfectly fine to send his SEVEN year old son into a dangerous tournament where nobody can be revived from the dead for the SLIM chance of them getting back Jeanne. EXCUSE ME?! This doesn't fit Ren AT ALL. The more you actually think about Ren sending his son into the Flower of Maize and how it is in stark contrast with how he wants to be different from his family's ways and his established character, the more confusing it gets. And I didn't understood why until I watched a YT video about Ren's character the other day, in which they pointed out the Shonen trope of having a rival-friend that the audience could root for in case they didn't like the main character like Goku and Vegeta. That's what Ren and Yoh are in the series, and obviously, a lot of the people reading the sequal read the main series. The more I think about it, the more I feel like Takei created Men and the Jeanne storyline to keep the Ren fans invested in the sequel. Which is why, its definitely poor lazy writing, and not even the only problem of poor writing in the sequel (I am looking at you Miss Alumi, you're way too much like some fanfic's poorly written OC).

[emotionally-eager-assistant]

[The sound of laughter, soft but brash and excited. Someone loud but mindful. The camera shifted, focusing on a woman who swung on the heels of her well- heels. She was looking past the camera with a goofy look in her eyes.]

"Que tu haces?" [A voice, feminine by nature, chirred happily. A voice that was chirpy and amused. Another voice pipped in quickly from behind the camera, also feminine.] "Look at the came- Eduviges!" [The second voice yelped.]

"Sorry, sorry! Hi!" [The woman in frame waved at the camera, a closed eye smile on her face before she popped her eyes open and looked behind the camera again waiting for instructions.] "Describe what your job is. But! Introduce yourself first!" [The woman behind the camera instructs with a sigh. 'Eduviges' brightens up and nods her head eagerly. She shuffles to stop from swinging on her heels.]

"Hi! My name is Eduviges Girão, I am 38 years old! I am like, I dunno, maybe 5'9? I think yeah! Oh and I work for-" [The camera cuts out for a spilt second, jumping ahead.] "-I assist Miss Pauling," [She motions behind the camera] "in running errands!"

[She moves around with a little bounce.] "That means I will do paper work for Miss Pauling, I will give or send things to others and/or Miss Pauling when asked and I will also do physical work! I will kill, hunt, assasinate whoever Miss Pauling wants me to!" [She lists off, counting on her finger to keep up.] "Also everyone calls me Miss Gi!"

[The camera cuts off with a hiss.]

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Rabbit here again!

I couldn't help but have to make Mimic a sister BAHAHA

Alright so basics! I'm going to say rules first and then we can dive into fun facts about Miss Gi!

Magic anons allowed!

No NSFW! The mod is a minor who will publicly shame if weird asks are sent /srs

Messages/asks are fine as long as they aren't straight up nsfw!

Interactions/threads are open to anyone and everyone! Send an rp in!!!

Basic DNI: Don't be homophobic, racist, if you're against Palestine, known to like problematic creators.

The mod uses tone tags, if anything that doesn't have a tone tag to imply things that might come off as aggressive the message will be deleted. Please use tone tags!

Anons with sign offs will be tagged! I will collect y'all like Pokemon /lh

Basics on Miss Gi include!

Miss Gi is unaware that Mimic, her brother, works with the mercs. She is confident they are dead. Nobody should know the two are siblings unless with their files!! Aside from anons that is!

Just like Mimic, Miss Gi is Puerto Rican and primarily speaks Spanish alongside English.

She is AFAB and uses she/her pronouns however her sexuality is questionable, she isn't aware of what or who she loves.

Miss Gi works for Miss Pauling specifically, of course she works under the Administrator but specifically with Miss Pauling.

SHE ISN'T A MERC!!! (/nm) She is just an assistant and almost never interacts with the mercs unless asked to by Miss Pauling!!!

Miss Gi's log includes!

Ask tag: #Folders

In character post tag: #Assisted Hunt

Rp response: #Organizing papers

Reblogs/character reblogs tag: #Prey

Open thread/open for interaction: #Scattered papers and weapons

Mod/ooc tag: #a rabbits response

Her ref!!!

[richardsphere]

Leverage Redemption Log: The Muddy Waters Job

Penultimate episode, with a name that implies ambiguity and shady-ness (also potentially actual mud, EG: a company that's been deforesting a mountain and as a result destabilised it/removed the soils ability to absorb rain into treeroots and caused mudslides that killed people.)

Yeah this is definitly gonna be a 2-part finale in disguise, ending on some kind of cliffhanger. (knowing the show, and how they've kept teasing "harry is still keeping secrets" and "Harry's old firm still kind of wants him back cause he's good at being evil" im gonna say, probably ends with Harry "defecting" to team Evil again, only for the finale to do a Trojan Horse reveal). --- Little Modern-day Romeo and Juliet scene? Unfortunately as Juliet descends of the balcony she is shocked to find a kidnapper? Well that is awkward.

Romeo runs in front of the Would-be-kidnappers car and makes him crash it (he's dead now). --- Ok so I dont watch Who, but my family does and I get the references. (do wonder if they ever get in trouble cause people assume its an obviously fake name, or if they just "Parents agreed mom gets to name the odd-number children and dad the evens."-splain it away)

Also why is Hardison using the presumably female River Song ID?

Teddy Bear, Sophies Personal Irregulars are making a return (or at least one of them is). So this is gonna be one of those "is she re-retiring" plotlines.

Wait... Julliet is Harry's daughter? (Alsoi thought his daughter was a "Nick?"-name, not saying he cant have multiple kids or anything, but its weird to have a second kid dropped on us?) Any way "Becky" is confiding in her dad (apparently a child-tracking app works both ways. Normally i'd complain about parents violating childrens privacy, but the dad in question used to be a billionaire's personal lawyer, the kind of person who makes enemies that may have a desire to put pressure on him to "fail" in his job. So with her being a particularly high-risk kidnapping target. Im gonna say he's justified in putting it there, but not necessarily in trying to be sneaky about it)

Ethan and Ex-wife (Maybe she is Nick? Was he on the phone with his wife talking about his daughter in the christmas special instead of talking to his daughter?)

--- Ethan is the CEO of an oil company. Im sorry Harry you have some splaining to do if you want us to trust this guy. (Presumeably Harry is right and its the "not so good" members of the company trying to coup him)

Harry thinks its a competitor trying to get GulfOil to go back to being Black after it started a pivot to Green. (absolutely not, its an inside job)

Harry, I get that you are presenting this stuff the way you'd present a case (Story first, disclosure second) but this is definitly a "disclosure first" case. Also Breanna is on Strike, (minor note to the writers: Parker should know that striking is an option. IE: Hardison in the Gold Job)

Ok admittedly not a good look for Harry to be trying and get Sophie to Scab on Breanna as a hacker. --- Parker and Elliot arrive to the interogation mid-assasination. (my guess: the man isnt an assasin or kidnapper, he's an attempted whistleblower trying to reach Ethan)

Ok guy in a suit showed up with his grandkid, says that would-be-assasinee works for him against his (the employer's) will. --- Suit is a lawyer working pro-bono to deal with the oil spill. Vantons kid has leukemia from Benzene (oil) poisoning the groundwater after a hurricane caused a mudslide (muddy water).

Ethan isnt the good man Harry thinks he is, he's just a PR Guy.

"every bit of data is in the hands of the legal team", and there we have our motive for Harry to turn Trojan Horse. Be part of Legal Team=Get the Data. Harry's gonna double-check Ethan, (he still has faith in his ex-wife's husband) Wife's name is grace (Seriously am I misremembering a Nick? I swear that was the name he used on the phone). Parker is waitstaff, (classic Bard and Rogue)

Ethan insists that though he'd love to pay her a check legal refused (also insists they do have the wrong company. I think this might be the number 6 job again. Good Corpo being forced by Bad Corpo.

Better encryption then expected, little stall here. ("gonna have to card you" is a great compliment if you're old enough) Sophie is gonna go after the evidence,

Legal doesnt actually have real data. All they have is doctored stuff. (real data is on probably the oil rig, the less people know your crime, the less potential for whistleblowers) The question is still if Ethan knows.

And there it is, "he lied to my face", fucking damnit. Im gonna be honest, im a bit dissapointed there, Like i get we need a bad guy and we're too far into the episode to make it anyone but Ethan without having to do a really late character introduction but man... I really hoped we'd get a non-evil stepparent. We need more good stepparent representation in media. Its a hard position, with strange powerdynamics as you try to fill an already semi-taken chair at the dinnertable and figure out the role of parent to a child. (remember, most parents have 2-3 years of learning opportunity before the kid forms their first permanent memory, stepparents have to figure it out from scratch while the kid is already old enough to know what it's like to be alive. Now imagine having that struggle in a world where the only cultural referenceframe a kid has for "stepparent" is Lady Tremaine and you can see why we need more examples of good stepparents in media)

--- So... Breanna can just see into Elliots flash-forward imagination sequence? Also the fact that our formula-mandated once-an-episode Elliot fightscene is taking place in a hypothetical flash-forward tells me the mission is gonna go way South. Like "hey look how flamable this chemical accelerant pumping station is" type of "goes south". --- Harry is watching his daughters house. Talk about morality being seperate from legality, honour amongst thieves. --- Back on the Rig, Parker is shocked to find that Breanna's never been on a helicopter before.

Maria calls Elliot (i thought phones werent allowed on the rig?) and they talk relationship status. (another thing that is gonna go South before the end of this two-part finale)

Harry is talking with Grace. Elliot is asking Parker for relationship advice (she's shocked to be considered an authority)

Sophie discovers that the time limit is 1 hour, not multiple days, and unfortunately the rest of the team is out of celular reach.

Ok so personal phones arent allowed but Satelite Phone is. Good to know. Nice improv conversation. --- Elliot suprised to find he doesnt have a dozen mooks to punch, mysterious stranger aproaches from behind: his cover is blown. Harry and Sophie are trying to figure out a way to stall for time. Elliot ready to knock heads, finds a "you're a dad"-party held for him. (most heartwarming heist-complication in the history of the show)

The look on Parker's face when she realises how Sophie just accidentally solved ALL of their problems by clearing every worker from every station except the cameras.

"rewire this whole place so we can send it back", you mean open up all the electrical wiring, posibly causing a bunch of sparks and setting the entire rig ablaze? Bad Plan. --- The Raw Data doesnt exist because the machine mucks the math at the source. (Thats... suspicious? Are we sure Ethan is evil? Cause at this point all evidence we have of him being evil is "Harry thinks that Ethan has a tell)

Why in the hell do they have a CAMERA POINTED AT THE LEAK. So im fairly certain that this might technically count as a discovery violation. But also this is now clearly publicly available information.

The judge agrees that this evidence is unproven, and insists that though it cannot prove guilt it defintly means that the defenses assertions ("they havent been able to prove a causal link" is not correct. This opens us up to further discovery.)

No Sophie, that is not what this means. This means that they're about to destroy the evidence before the Department of Whatever Governing Body Is Responsible can find it by destroying the oilrig. (its a single old rig tapping into a drying well. It would be more profitable to write it off as a loss and blow it sky high then risk hundreds of multi-million dollar suits)

Ok so was Harry doing this to get back with his wife? I dont think so, i think he's trying to redeem himself to be worthy of his daughter, wife doesnt count into it. He's just legitimately shocked at his wife's apathy to her new husbands evil. (but then, she married you so... maybe she's just got a taste for bad people.)

Breanna with the video, goddamn man. Props to the writers for using the fight-scene subversion to make us personally like the people who just died. These might be the first post-leverage victims in the shows entire run. --- Harry is at RIZ playing presenting himself as a Trojan Horse.

[pbaintthetb]

Burya Role Reversal au- full DGS/GAA2 spoilers

Aight, so now that I've finally finished the game I thought I might note down some of my thoughts of key points that would happen in this theoretical role reversal au, armed with the knowledge of what Kaz's goddamn secret was

Cut for length and/or spoilers for both games

Ryunosuke dies- so the first difference is that after Ryunosuke eats all the chicken legs there is a chicken shortage for dinner. Kazuma eagerly signs up to not have chicken for dinner as a confirmed chicken hater, and thus is the one to eat the drugged portion whereas Ryunosuke is awake to see Pavlova and get murdered

Ryunosuke is a stowaway, while being in a first class cabin does suggest the occupant is aware of his prescence maybe it was also a coincidence. Or perhaps Ryuonsuke actually met his sticky end in the corridor. Regardless the crew decides the neatest end to cover up the murder of a man who isn't even supposed to exist is actually to just dispose of the evidence rather than set up a frame job. Ryunosuke's corpse is thrown overboard* Sholmes, being the only other person who knew Ryunosuke was there, eventually helps Kazuma prove it

*undecided if in this role reversla Ryunosuke is actually dead, because regardless if youre dead when you get chucked into the ocean it's unlikley to end well. However if this is also a fake death as in canon then a few options, one, Sholmes sets up the lie (unlikely he doesn't ahve the same motivation as canon) OR a series of unlikely lucky coincidences, i.e. they're not that far from HK coastal water and a fishing boat happens to be there pretty much as Ryunosuke drops and somehow falling into the freezing ocean from height actually just gives him the shock to regain conciousness instead of, idk, breaking his ribs, accidentally breathing in water and drowning

Sholmes, knowing of both Kazuma and Susato and having been unsuccessful in suggesting Kazuma should return to Japan as a result of his friend's untimely death is very, very, eager to keep an eye on them both. Aside from the assasination threat they are the child and ward of a dear friend and Sholmes is quite worried that Kazuma is going to spin out because he's not doing so well

Kazuma never stops wearing his headband in this, it's the closest thing he's got to a memento of Ryunosuke, after all. Well, other than copies of their identical uniforms. No armband or katana inheritance here

Post McGilded Stronghart makes subtle noises aboout Kazuma killing Gregson already. Kazuma, who in his mind has so very little left to lose now (rip Susato), points out that he came to England to learn get revenge on Van Zieks and the point of the visiting students is to get sent back once done. Stronghart angrily concedes to let Kazuma attend precisely three trials before he needs to do his duty... or face a sticky end of his own

Now this is a problem with timeline in a ryunosuke lives because it implies Ryuonsuke somehow gets to england like, nearly a year before kaz does, but I like the idea that in this au Ryunosuke doesn't wind up under Van Zieks like Kazuma does, but with no memory and a fondness for literature and the english language winds up with Natsume (in his second trial) goes off looking for a lawyer for him,,, and finds Kazuma and Susato

Around the time of the Eggert Benedict trial Ryunosuke eventually (accidenally) wanders his way off to Stronghart- he is curious about British law after alll, and winds up being co-counsel for Kazuma (perhaps after Susato leaves?). A development Ryunosuke is thrilled about and Kazuma is horrified by. Especially when Stronghart comes to personall tell Kazuma actually, 3 trials is not enough, why doesn't he defend a few more :-)

Kazuma cracks and confesses to Sholmes after the eggert trial, he would tell Ryunosuke but he just got him back and doesn't want to lose his trust so soon. Sholmes bundles Gregson off ASAP, Susato is recalled to Japan

See after the Eggert Benedict Trial Kazuma's grace period is up and he's meant to start assasinating so there is a gap in trials... unfortunately Gregson has gone awol (huh how funny). Still Stronghart has leverage and Kazuma is still in a very sticky position

In the gap Kazuma is desperately trying to get Ryunosuke to return to Japan (without telling him why), Ryunosuke refuses- he may not know what's going on but Kazuma is his best friend and he made a promise. Simultaneously Sholmes is trying to get Kazuma to return to Japan (telling him why) Kazuma refuses. (He hasn't done what he came here to do yet.) Sholmes is this close to drugging him and stuffing him on a steamship, but somehow he suspects Kazuma would find a way to come back and at least Sholmes can keep an eye on him this way.

Anyway those are some of my ideas, I'm torn about a. if ryunosuke is alive and b. like while i really do like the idea of meeting him via natsume, it also is kinda too ealry so idk. Also this whole thing was actually originally meant to be about how I felt Kazuma would deal with Ryunosuke's death way worse than the other way around becuase a. he's so angry b. ryunosuke dying is much more his fault than kazuma dying being ryuonsuke's fault and c. he's so much more isolated in it becuae susato doesne't know ryuonsuke so they can't grieve together and stuff?

I also originally considered kazuma not being intersted in 1-5 but i love gaaac 1 gina so much so, BUT kazuma in this au kind of gives up on trust but that's when ryunosuke is dead. Anyway i had a lot of fun thoughts about kazuma nad gina interacting in 1-5 where Kazuma refuses to trust people nor accept anybody's trust. But if Ryuonsuke is alive.... Similiarly, the lack of interest wasbecause initially before I knew much about spoilers Kazuma was honestly just moping and working on his plan (to take down van zieks) and like didnt actually care about trials. But now where the only way he's pushing back his assasination mission by doing trials he might care more. My first thought was he holds off on trials becuase 3 isn't many... but Stronghart probably wouldn't like that. So now we have kazuma strongarmed into trials for people he might genuienly feel bad for (gina). Also gina's complete lack of trust in people and systems could mesh really intrestingy with this jaded Kazuma

Alternatively, Ryunosuke does come back in 2-3,, not 1-4/2-2 and perhaps the only thing he does remember is this guy with a katana and billowing headbands who constantly talked about reforming courts or... tldr amnesiac Ryuonsuke makes his way to Stronghart trying to chase his memories. Stronghart is like the cat who got the cream (it's not hard to see Kazuma has been spinning out about something and now this guy shows up who dresses the same...) So stronghart lets Kazuma have an extra trial, perhaps, just to push leverage

either that or around 2-3 kazuma figures out gregson had something to do with his father's death/snaps a little further and calls gregson back to london to ask about it on the pretext of thsi case. (Sholmes is... uh not happy, to put it lightly, when he finds out)

anway great thoughts

[redamoureux]

Yay a yandere tf2 blog! Thank you for writing for it.

Two potential prompts:

HCs or drabble of yandere sniper stalking and kidnapping someone he's become obsessed with, and keeping them locked in his camper van

And/or

HCs or drabble of yandere spy assassinating readers corrupt family, but becoming enchanted by the reader, so he decides to kidnap them and take them for his own, hiding them away from a world that believes them dead?

─Damsel 𝗂𝗇 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌

Yandere Red/Blu Spy Headcanons/Short

• trigger warnings: manipulation, false comfort, possesive behaviour, implied kidnapping, obsession at first sight, implied murder, forced relationship

• genre: romantic | ooc spy (?)

a/n: ohh, i like your second idea anon! Thanks for the request! Again, this might have some grammar errors because i'm feeling a little too tired to redraft it again x-x

Sneaking in and blending in with the crowds was never a trouble for Spy.

With his charming personality and neat outfit, he is easily off any suspicion.

Currently on his yet another mission, he observes around the large-scale grand banquet room, searching for his chosen target.

Occasionaly, there would be plenty of womens that tried to presuade him to go with them. And as much as he was tempted, he knows he needs to stay focus, Atleast just during his job.

What he didn't expect is to meet you.

Spy saw you standing outside the mansion balcony, back facing towards him while you're gazing upon the dark blue sky that adorned with small sparkling stars.

  For a uncanny reason, he somehow felt a voice in his head whispering to him to reach out to you. And he decided to act on it. A small chitchat wouldn't hurt anyone right? 

He wouldn't want to admit it, But his talk with you was suprisingly delightful. You were polite, attentive and outwardly interested to what he had to say. Even though, he hates the fact that you are his objective's child. When you first mentioned it, he was dumbstruck with disbelief.

How could a ravishing and gracious person like you be related with such an pompous and corrupt fool? Spy felt himself almost boiling in rage upon hearing that you are about to be engaged by your father's request.

He hates the way he felt when he saw the sad expression on your face but this only encouraged him more to finish his task.

Gazing up at the slanting rays of the setting sun on colorful orange sky, wind softly blowing through your hair. Distant sounds of people speaking. You sense the feeling of reminiscence, remiding you much of what happend after that one fateful night. You closed your eyes, wanting to get rid of the memory. when almost all your family members were murdered in your own home, infront of your eyes. 

"Ma fleur?" A familiar voice called. You opened your eyes and turned around to see Spy standing nearby the door with a black paper bag in hand.

"Oh, hey spy." You greeted him. He puts down the paper bag on a close table and walks over to you, seemingly a little worried.

"You didn't respond when i called you earlier. I was worried something might've happend."

"Ah. I'm sorry. I guess i was just really lost in my thoughts."  "Is there something bothering you, dear?" 

You sigh and looked down. Hesitation evident on your face. "..I've just been thinking about my family. It has been awhile now, and- the police certainly are still searching right? I know some of my family are still alive.." your sentences dwindle down as you felt like yourself almost tearing up.

Spy frowned and gently places his hands on your shoulder making you look up into his blue eyes.  "Amour, we've talked about this. You know how filthy and wicked your family are, they clearly do have any regards or concerns about you. You've seen how they didn't even mention about you during questioning." Spy stated firmly.

You believe he's telling the truth. How could you not? You've seen it all yourself. Your family doesn't care. Moreover, He was also the one who saved you from that assasination.  You avoided his gaze for a few moment before nodding slowly and Spy smiles in respone, brushing a strand of hair off your face. "Besides, it's much better when you're with me anyway, right dear?" you nodded again and smiled.

Spy pulled you closer and embraced you and in return you did the same.  He lets you go and stares at you lovingly, "Come, mon amour, i want to show you something."  Maybe it is best that you're off without your family after all.

──

─── 

What you didn't know is that, behind all Spy's sweet gifts and affectionate gestures, he was the one behind your family's assasination. He purposesly invited you to witness just how disgusting your family's work has been before ending their  valueless life. You, saw him as your saviour, and he is never planning on changing that.

@redamoureux

[fl0r4f4wn]

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✧. ┊ 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒  *✧･ﾟ:

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐍𝐄 | 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐔𝐍𝐀𝐕𝐎𝐈𝐃𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐒

𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐘 : You were nymph, a deadly enigma. Someone with a perfect record, never failing to kill your targets with a fatal bullet, you were good at your job. That's why you did it - but what will you do when you pick a fight with the wrong man that leads you to questionable scenarios. That you would have never expected from your first failed kill.

𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 : poly! mafia! ateez x female! assasin! reader

𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓 : 2.9K

𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 : attempted assassination, guns, slight blackmail, murder, slight street racing, smoking, alcohol, ass hole aristocrat, mentions of an abusive parent, suggestive content, brief make-out, mention of extreme debt, mention of mafia actives, drugging, brief mention of suicide, slight suggestive content, brief make-out, grinding, mentions of hickies.

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐖𝐎 | 𝐔𝐍𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒

𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐘 : After your unfortunate capture, you try to hold on for dear life as the relentless hunger & psychological torture lead you to find comfort in an unexpected place. But this surprising sympathiser has a past with you - that you don't remember, but the question is, will it be revelled?

𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 : poly! mafia! ateez x female! assasin! reader

𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓 : 3.0k

𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 : kidnapping, starvation, restraint, electrocution, mental torture, drugging, murder, stabbing, mention of alcohol and cigarets, mention of stalking, arguments, threats, almost fights, sexual tension, mingi?, gaslighting, fainting, hella lot of angst.

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄 | 𝐍𝐎 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐒 𝐘𝐄𝐓

𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐘 : It had been two months since the incident, and guilt gnawed at you like maggots to rotting flesh - yet you could do nothing. Confined in a room and more sanity fading by the final failed escape attempt led you to seek comfort in the arms of the man you thought was dead; little did you know others were watching.

𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 : poly! mafia! ateez x female! assasin! reader

𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓 : N/A

𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 : mentions of long periods of isolation, kidnapping, mention of phycological and physical abuse, mind break, mention of not eating, mention of blood & murder, suicidal thoughts, self inflicted injury, attempted suicide, implied smut, non-con recording .

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑 | 𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆

𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐘 : N/A

𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 : poly! mafia! ateez x female! assasin! reader

𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓 : N/A

𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 : N/A

✧. ┊ 𝐁𝐎𝐍𝐔𝐒 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒  *✧･ﾟ:

none yet...

© 𝐟𝐥𝟎𝐫𝟒𝐟𝟒𝐰𝐧 | 𝙞 𝘿𝙊 𝙉𝙊𝙏 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚, 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙩, 𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩 𝙢𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝘼𝙏 𝘼𝙇𝙇 𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢.

[bokubear]

“one night.”

pairing ; bakugo katsuki x reader

warnings ; mafia!au, implied sex, vulgar language

notes ; thank you for reading ! i really like this one

“do you know who i am ?” you crossed your arms, staring defiantly at the man across from you. you don’t answer. of course he doesn’t inquire another objection, licking his teeth with squinted eyes.

“do you know what i could do to you.” this time you lift your brows. clicking your tongue with an amused expression. leaning over the table with a cocked brow, you spare no expense explaining the dilemma.

“.. you could do many things to me. some of which i wouldn’t mind. i know what you do, and i don’t care whose blood lays on your hands. i asked if i could be with you, not be with your organization.” bakugo doubled over dramatically, barking out a boisterous laugh.

“just be honest sweetheart, you wanna fuck me don’t you ?” the way his eyes looked almost predatory gave you chills, but you stood your ground. rolling your eyes with a hefty sigh before staring him dead-on.

“i do. you’re right, since we were little i’ve been in love with you. i don’t care what you do, but just .. i want to be with you.” from a surprised expression to that of doubt. he’d thought of turning you down immediately. despite how much he wanted this he knew there was a massive barrier.

bakugo katsuki was a mafia boss, the head of the assasination based group. choosing individuals to target depending on convictions. the conviction being an easy giveaway to their “punishment.” as he referred to it.

“one night. one night to let me make love to you and you can decide then.” he bit his lip, uncertain at most. very un-katsuki like.

he meant every word. the man’s back littered with countless scars and new marks like a puzzling artwork along with a tribal based tattoo running from his neck down to his chest. a serrated blade. breathtaking. again and again, he’d kiss you lips and tell you things would be alright, that you were okay and he’d be gentle. so, so gentle. caressing your face like the most beautiful of glass. loved.

you weren’t scared, not in the slightest. because no matter what he did, not matter the dirty work done by his fingertips alone, you knew he would never hurt you. he had a hard time just kissing you alone, so different. touch’s of velvet along silk sheets. the sun glittering majestic rays along the windowsill and across the bedroom.

“how was it?” his usual fiery-personality leaking at the tips of his words. soft, he was very soft. you felt comfort to be held in his arms like now, soft. tracing his jawline, you leant back to admire this piece of art in front of you.

“soft.”

he chuckled at your compliment, eyes crinkling in the corner, laugh lines apparent.

“why soft ? why not hot or dreamy.” the question made you ponder, it seemed accurate enough but you couldn’t explain it. you had to feel it to know.

“to become connected like that, knowing your powerful enough to break me, you were soft. i like that side of you .. katsuki.” picking up his unmoving hand, you placed it to your heart with a warm smile. his face progressively red as time passed.

“so is that a yes to someone who runs a murderous association ?” he rolled over, hiding that flaming face from your prying gaze.

a silence followed, the afterglow unmarked.

“..maybe so.”

katsuki groaned obnoxiously from beside you. obviously troubled. rubbing his temples audibly with frustration. you were so difficult. ( he truly believed it ).

“fine fine .. yes.”

-maak

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[slecnaztemnot]

Comprehensive speculation about companion line-up from Dragon Age: Dreadwolf (based on leaks, concept art and more)

This post will use info we have from leaks and also from comics, concept art and short stories, plus Tevinter Nights, so if you don't want to be spoiled, steer clear! Of course, this is all speculation so feel free to add your thoughts.

The leaks showed us 3 possible/probably warrior sub-classes - Grey Warden Guardian, Lords of Fortune Berseker and the Mourn Watch Reaper. We also got a leak which implied existence of black elf, red-haired rogue (possibly dwarf?) and a female (possibly human?) mage. We got the name Rook, but I am assuming that's the code name of our player character.

If we go based on previous games, companions always used the sub-classes offered by the game to the player character. Since there are 3 archetypes/sub-classes, its reasonable to assume the count will be 3 x 3, same as in Inquisition - aka 3 companions per class, one each archetype.

Another thing that Bioware likes to do is to use the companions as the "representatives" of various factions around the Thedas you encounter. In DaD, we know we will be operating in the northern part of the map.

Lastly, in DA:I, we had 2 elves, 1 dwarf, one qunari, 1 spirit and rest of the cast were humans, so I am considering similar numbers in DA:D.

Okay, so line-up in detail:

Warriors

Grey Warden Guardian - Davrin from the leaks. Black elf, member of the Grey Wardens. Character who appeared in one previous "making of" feature as well, so this one I am fairly sure about. Represents Grey Wardens faction.

Mourn Watch Reaper - this likely will be the character with the flaming skull we saw in some promo images. Represents Nevarra and Mortalitasi. Our "weird spirit" guy, akin to Cole in DA:I.

Lords of Fortune Berseker - faction which appeared in both Tevinter Nights and Absolution. Represents Rivain/connection to the sea. No idea about gender. While some Lords of Fortune appeared in both stories and Absolution, I am betting on new character.

Rogues

4. Ben-Hassrath agent and/or (Tal)Vashot Striker - our qunari character. Based on pictures, probably a tall Qunari woman. Ben-Hassrath makes more sense as representative of Qun, on the other hand, we already got Ben-Hassrath agent in the previous game, so its possible the character wont be a Qun member.

5. Antivan Crow Assasin - Crows features heavily in Tevinter nights, and we didnt get a "proper" member yet (sorry Zevran). Could be entirely new character, but if its someone already mentioned, I am betting on Lucanis Dellamorte, who is a grandson of the current Crows leader. (he is implied to be dead in the short stories, however, so we will see.) Either way I am thinking a man.

6. Inquisition agent OR Kal-Sharok Dwarf - the third rogue is definitely a dwarf. Red hair dwarf could suggest Lace Harding, who lot of fans have been asking for and who could represent former Inquisition. If it isn't her, it could be a dwarf from Kal-Sharok, as its a dwarven city we havent met anyone from yet.

Mages

7. Tevinter Magister - could be Dorian as a returning companion, but I am betting more on Maevaris Tilani, who we know is kin to Varric.

8. Dalish Keeper OR Ancient Elf mage - elven character who for their own reasons fights against Solas. Probably a new character. Since Davrin is a male elven character, I am betting a woman.

9. Apostate mage? Former Circle member? One from those Beyond the Sea? - no idea about this character. Definitely someone new. If there are only 8 characters and not 9, possibly nobody.

Brightened picture from one of the trailers matched with the numbers:

You might be asking, what about Varric? Apart from Solas, he is the only one character confirmed to appear. Imo Varric will be our advisor/mentor and not an active companion (or only for one or two missions.) Let the poor dwarf rest! If there are advisors like in DA:I, I could see one of them being Dorian, the third then a new (possibly woman?) character.

So, with this line up, we have 9 companions, 2 are elves, 1 dwarf, 1 qunari, one weird spirit guy, rest are humans. We get Grey Wardens, Nevarra, Rivain, Qunari, Antiva, Dwarves (or Inquisition?), Tevinter, Dalish or other elves, last ambiguous faction. Hopefully we will learn the details this year.

Thoughts? Opinions? Arguments?

[purple-goo-writes]

I had the greatest idea while sleeping.

Adult Marinette just waking up one day and there is a Feral Assasin Child sitting in her living room confused as heck looking like he just woke up. Like this kid is maybe five years old. Very angry child very stabby...oddly familiar looking. Like wtf.

Marinette declaring its too early for this and finds a note left for her on the coffee table: Consider my debt to you repaid with the life of my son

Okay...Who did she save that would drop a Feral child onto her? Then she remembers the weird as heck lady she was pretty sure was an assassin that she saved from dying that she meet in Tidbet.

Oh God that's why the kids familiar. That's Talia's son...

Wait why would she drop this kid off to her to repay a debt from 10 years ago? Wtf seriously too early for this.

Apparently she has a son now.

And I had more thoughts about this-

Marinette lives in New York with her own boutique, it's small but it's a start after breaking off from Audrey's fashion house with her mentors blessing.

Miraculous Fashions is born just 5 years before Damian enters her life.

Marinette not knowing what to do with her new son, brings him with her to work daily. Where he watches her sew and design with interest because this could be useful for future missions.

It starts out with him only being interested for possible cover stories in later missions... And ends with Damian catching the fashion bug.

Another hilarious thing I thought of, Tony being a regular at her shop cause Marinette is a honest designer who doesn't fawn over his wealth and is very very blunt. Plus he always seems a little more lucky after getting a new suit from her.

(BECAUSE CIVIL AND INFINITY DID NOT HAPPEN AND TONY ISNT DEAD.)

One day (after she gets Damian) he brings Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes because there is a charity gala and he will not stand to see Rogers in ill fitting tuxs again and their new resident former assassin because this man needs actual clothes Steve! Not more sweats and hoodies! He looks like a hobo.

And of course some how Damian recognizes Barnes and is like "Soldier."

With Barnes like "Al Ghul." Much to the confusion of everyone watching. And Damian just "ttsk" "It is Dupain-Cheng now. Mother saw fit to give me to Maman."

Tony just looks at Mari like "Soooo how the heck does your green eyes mini-me know Winter Wonderland?"

"You save an assassin's life one time and apparently they repay their debt by giving you a kid. Who knew."

Which Mari ment that the Assasin gave her their kid. But everyone takes it as the Assasin some how made a kid with Marinette despite it being implied that the Assasin is female. It doesn't help that Damian is picking up her mannerisms from the month he has been with her due to his training to mimic others to blend in.

That's it that's the thought I had

Mari in this is like nearly 30. But looks younger.

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COME TO HELL, ANGEL - PART 2

Read here --> Part 1

genre || romance, greek mythology, 

warnings || implied smut, suggestive, death, agressiveness

pairing || demigod!johnny x reader, hades!jaehyun x reader

wc || 4,8k

charlie’s notes || i appreciate sexy feedback on this fic! Part 2 IS FINALLY HEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE :D

summary || there’s something about death that is so powerful, no one can do anything about it. Except the woman that makes the underworld god crazy, she should die for the good of the humanity but she won’t. Someone should make something about it, huh?

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The embroidery it’s beautiful as there’s such fine details in every stitch. They shine from the shoulders to the end of the sleeve, it’s probably one of the works you put such effort in, you wish it’s worn at least once.

It’s probably a way to assert the power he has over you now but that doesn’t stop you from feeling proud of the work you have in your hands. Your fingers are caressing the foreign fabric that you sew into a shirt when you feel a warm piece of cloth pressing against your fingers. “Look at those hands, did you really have to do this?”

“It’s no different from what we used to do so I’m fine.” Your reassuring smile is cut by your own wince as Jeno wipes your hand with delicacy, the warm water soothing the pain of lots of hours sewing and embroidering. He scoffs and asks for your other hand. No one could help you either as it was JaeHyun’s specific order, ridiculous but accomplished. That also meant you would see him today after he came to the mortal reign. “Let’s think of him as one ordinary client.”

“Hades is not, he can break our necks if he doesn’t like something.” You feel the chill running through your body as you recall everything that involved the guy talking from his room being assasinated, this is not the first time he uses that moment to pressure anyone in the room into doing something. You shuddered but noticed something, everyone got quiet. The dead silence recognizes the anxiousness and the worry the guys seem to have after Hyuck speaks, he is right but no one wants to give him the recognition of that. Jeno and Renjun are worried as you didn’t give details after going to the underworld. The amount of work accumulated plus the special work for Hades must absorbed you so much to not notice their behavior, the tension is broken down by his agitated voice once again. “What’s the deal you made with Hades anyways?” Hyuck whines when Renjun presses hard on the bandage he was helping with as the injury is recovering slower because this asshat can’t stay still and isn’t taking the resting part seriously. “Ow! Why? I want to know!”

No one talked about that day until now, just Hyuck and his jokes about almost dying. You three prefer to ignore him or just do whatever he is asking for so he would shut up, you just mentioned you would be working on everything this time until you meet Hades once again and that’s it. No more information.

“Why am I alive if everyone shuts up when I mention this, huh?! I’m sick of this awkward tension and all of you acting sensitive! I didn’t ask for this! I’d prefer to have died there to be more relaxed right now.” The bandage falls from his already shirtless chest as he gets up, a couple of bruises are shown and the scars of the stabbing will be there always. Those bruises seem new though, Jeno huffs realizing Hyuck is still getting into fights and going out even with all the warnings of him being in recovery.

“Hyuck! Shut up!” Renjun screams as you look at him speechless, Jeno closes his eyes as he promised to have patience with the youngest. “What do you want Hyuck? Is it you manipulating us using this traumatic experience as a way for doing everything you want again?” You said gritting your teeth as he approachs taking the cloth away from your hands and throwing it to the ground, he plops down in front of you two, a scoff being the first thing that greets you.

“Traumatic for you? I was the one being stabbed and then I woke up, you were talking about sewing for Hades, what can I think? You are acting like you betrayed us and actually killed someone.” He says and you can feel your eyes sting, tears or rage, maybe both as your vision is blurring and you wonder if you are more sensitive these days.

“I did.”

“What?” Your behavior is indeed different and he feels awkward at you being hurt by his words instead of answering with more sarcasm. His eyes widen as you really don’t back out of admitting the statement he just voiced out as a way to make you feel bad.

“I killed the man who stabbed you and I also made a deal with Hades. My sensitive self was selfish and wanted you to live a little longer. What else do you want to know? Ah right, why is it traumatic? Well, we never saw you having your neck broken and drowning in your own pool of blood." You watch as his hand starts trembling as his figure fidgets on his seat, your words harsh and serious cutting deep down on his skin.

"Y/N-" "Yes, we all were worried. You can mock me for crying over you but don't be a little bitch with Renjun who is taking care of your wounds or Jeno, who literally brought you dead here using his own body as a shelter to protect you from anything until you woke up."

You stand up as his voice dies on his lips trying to say something, the shock on his face is obvious. Before he starts to speak, you quickly stand up and gather your things, you love him so much that if he asked, you would want to stay and treat his injuries begging for him to not get out and do the exact opposite. "I’m sorry for not being thoughtful with you guys but I promise we are all safe, I'll just embroider for Hades and we are all good."

"That's the deal? Are you sure?" You nod and smile at Renjun's words, hopefully they do find some comfort in your words that aren’t a lie.

But they aren’t the truth either.

You hug Renjun and Jeno, you approach Hyuck caressing his hair softly before leaving to meet JaeHyun.

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The timing of your argument with Hyuck was awful but at least it made you forget that you were making your way to the underworld alone. It’s not like you don’t remember the way JaeHyun showed you the first time, it’s all the secret places you have to walk by. Maybe you took his words too literal and you should have accepted Jeno’s companion.

But you trust Jeno more to comfort Hyuck until you are back.

You’ve been walking for a couple hours across the forest and you curse your bag that feels heavier as time passes. Finally, you reach the place where you met JaeHyun for the first time, it’s easy to guess because the flowers around where he appeared are now a shiny bloody red. They didn’t die and now they stand out from the others, some thoughts pass through your mind as you admire them: You didn’t realize the amount of time you spent walking, searching and begging for Hades to save Hyuck until now. The reason for today's journey is not vital and you are already tired, wondering also if you are really ignoring the power Hades holds and how you made a weak deal with someone who can kill you in a span. But strangely, you are not scared.

Maybe you feel a fake sense of loyalty towards him now as he saved Hyuck and you have the young man safe and by your side, so you choose to be on his side today and believe everything it’s going to be ok. You don’t think you want JaeHyun too close though, you shiver just thinking how powerful and intimidating his aura is. Feeling little or weak is not something you want to experience again but you can make an exception for him.

“Miss?” You feel a tap on your left shoulder and jump, quickly putting yourself on guard with the dagger you have in the secret pocket carefully put on the side of your chest. Long sleeveless dresses are always a good choice to fight, you look at a young man in foreign clothes that seem a bit rough. “That’s a nice place to hide a weapon.” You furrow your eyebrows as he raises both hands in defeat but quickly puts them down laughing. “Wait, why did I even do that? You can’t kill me. But it’s indeed you as the King said you greet gods like this, that makes me feel godly too.”

“Who are you?”

“Well, I can be your companion if you let me. It would be better if you actually accept me because I’m afraid Hades will get mad at me. You don’t want to be on his bad side, I promise.”

“How can I trust you?” He grabs your wrist that holds the dagger, smiling gleefully as he slices down his own wrist without even flinching. You yelp, covering his wrist with your hand that quickly drops the dagger as your head spins, your free hand clumsily searching for something that can help him. “Aren't you a softie? My heart would have skipped a beat if it was alive, I guess you are indeed special."

He puts a hand over yours and removes it showing you there was no bleeding, in fact, there's just a slight mark of your dagger. "I am Jaemin, your companion for the whole time you want. The way to the underworld it's going to be by my side from now on. If you give me the honour of course, plus, I'm pretty positive I'm going to be punished by JaeHyun or even Johnny at this moment if not. You should arrive with no injuries, not even a hair touched." You look at the handsome young man that smiles at you and doesn't let go of your hand, maybe you can trust him if he comes in Jaehyun's name, right? But why Johnny?

"You’ll have to answer any question I have, that’s my condition." The way he gulps is noticeable and you see his eyes wander thinking if he can trust you. "So, deal? We can protect each other."

"Deal, I guess I can trust my life and leave it in such beautiful rough hands. You are almost like royalty anyways, I am probably going to promise loyalty to you soon like every woman Hades lays his eyes on." When you furrow your eyebrows with an energy of being clearly offended, it seems like that was too much information as Jaemin's eyes got wide and he quickly lets go of your hand. "I shouldn't have touched you, can you please promise me you will maintain that as a secret?"

"About you touching me? Or you spilling the tea?" He huffs clearly conflicted for what he just said and was definitely caught, now you were smiling. "I guess we need each other. It's weird for a creature to have Hades' people around them and you have me right now."

His flirting doesn't stop but he does take a step back to not touch you, hopefully you'll get there soon so you can be home earlier. You turn around as you feel someone watching you, nothing. It's probably an animal, this place is really far from the normal hunting zone.

"I volunteered and took Mark's place because I wanted to know the amazing woman in question first. But you are really clever, huh? That's dangerous and attractive."

"Who doesn't want me to know about Hades’ decisions?" You wonder if JaeHyun does have more plans to include in the deal, you heard from Renjun who searched for information on Hades that humans are not allowed to live or stay too much time in the underworld. If he doesn't want you to know, is he going to keep you here? Are you going to die today? Maybe you should prepare yourself to negotiate.

Until your thoughts shut down when you hear the young man that already put himself first on the way, showing you the way and as a clear signal of protection.

"Johnny?" You repeat what Jaemin said, not really sure of hearing it well, leaving you more confused than ever.

"Not only you, he wants to keep Hades' orders to be a secret for a while. You know there's a rumor of a privileged human, that would be pretty different from what I've seen, but for Johnny it is the ultimate chaos." You then realize Jaemin doesn’t know you are a human, and the carefulness he speaks makes you really curious of what you really got into, your confused face must be obvious as he laughs. "You really don't know anything, huh? He despites mortals and everything useless. You shouldn’t be around him too much as you are a foreigner. It’s the tallest guy with jewelry on his left ear."

"I should get more information then, huh?" You smile as you keep walking, Jaemin starts talking about the wild animals and how they are sacred, he reminds you of Hyuck. You also notice he is probably afraid of Johnny too.

Hopefully, you will meet him again.

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You enter the palace and Jaemin doesn't lower his head like the other servants to the mention of you visiting the King. Guards tell him, Hades is now receiving new slaves so you two can go there.

Jaemin winks at you when you stop on your tracks as you hear the word slave. “It’s ok, it’s not like you made a deal with him or something.”

When you are about to enter the room, they don’t let Jaemin enter and the surprise in his eyes is obvious, something is wrong here. You can’t back out, there’s nothing to do but to meet JaeHyun.

After the guards opened the door and Jaemin offered you a weak reassuring smile, you started walking holding your bag tight.

There's something you'd never recognize in a million years: You are a coward. There was no need as you were never alone, because Jeno would have always got your back. The three guys at home make you feel safe enough for you to worry how to act in moments of danger.

So thinking of them, you walk the whole hall until you reach a big room where bit by bit you can hear JaeHyun’s voice ordering punishments and you feel relieved to at least hear him. It’s ironic how your body relaxes at his voice.

Until you feel someone behind you.

“A beautiful piece of mortal meat for me to have fun I see, huh?”

A creature that seems like a man grabs you by the waist. You screamed when there's a sword next to your throat ready to slit it, the sting of your neck starting to be cut makes you cry for Hades, like the coward you didn't want anyone to see. It doesn't matter if he is the king here, if he is going to kill you, whatever the deal was on his mind. You didn’t want to die today.

You promised them you wouldn’t.

"Y/N?” At your name being called, the sword trembles. You suppose JaeHyun is looking at the color of your energy as his eyes look around you and then glare at the guard that doesn’t let you go. “She is my guest, How dare you?”

“But my King, this undeserving bitch is a human stepping on the Underworld Palace-” “Are you defying my orders? Didn’t I say the woman called Y/N has free access to everything and must be treated right?” He gets closer to you both and the man finally lets you go, the tiny bit of patience he seemed to have clearly dissolving when he grabs your jaw carefully and notices the cut in your neck. His eyes were getting red and furious, you don’t know if you want to stop him or you want him to take revenge for you. "You can't touch her."

You are not only a coward, but maybe are vengeful too.

The fact of someone making you feel like a frightened weak kitten, makes your blood boil. JaeHyun offered you his hand and you took it without thinking twice, his smile was the key on this and you didn’t notice it.

You wish you wouldn’t.

When he slit the man’s throat is weird as he doesn’t bleed but his horrified eyes meant something you would understand later, it’s the mark of Hades on him it would punish him for life. Other guards come to take him out as they yell there’s a traitor in the kingdom, JaeHyun ignores his begging and watches him leave. The fuss makes you grab him by the coat he is wearing and his gaze softens a bit, you just don't see it.

“Are you ok?”

“Can you please let me go alive?”

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Johnny follows you in the forest, the fact you admire the flowers JaeHyun left for you makes him roll his eyes. It’s carefully planned by him but you seem stupid enough to believe he left it with his presence.

Never in his life he thought he would start following you. He doesn’t want you to die yet, he has to kill you first.

That was his plan from the start.

JaeHyun forbade him to approach you so he was hoping you would approach him first but the slap was so hard, you seemed really angry. He wonders if you miss his body as much as he misses yours. Those little men you have in your house have all your attention.

“Then answer it, Johnny. Why would you betray me for her if that’s not the reason?” He clearly gulps at hearing his voice and you were there too, fuming at his statement of you offering your body to Hades. “I don’t think she wants to be yours.”

“I wouldn’t betray you, JaeHyun. I owe my life and everything I have to the Underworld and its King so why would you think that? Is it because of me approaching Y/N too much?” Johnny hates feeling you turn softer when JaeHyun appears, you are too stupid. Hades seems to catch the threat and laughs, shaking his head and of course, ignoring the question so you wouldn’t freak out.

“Y/N, you would visit me when you finish sewing and embroidering for me, right?” He asks you and you nod sheepishly, Johnny raises an eyebrow. “You already know we already met before, we have a deal as I saved his little toy, right? The one you should have protected.” Johnny scoffs at the light reprimand, maybe Hades’ plans are changing without him knowing?

“Your ways of taking information are none of my business so I hope you won’t mention it again. His words are definitely a threat and he stays quiet, of course even his behavior would start to change. “Y/N, I don’t think you’ll have time to finish my work early if you don’t start soon. Just your hands are able to touch my things, deal?”

“Deal. Am I going to be your designer?”

“Something like that, we’ll talk details there.”

“Great, see you there. And don’t call him my toy, Hyuck is not. He is so much more than that.” Your words make them both stiff and Johnny glares at you, JaeHyun only smirks.

“That makes me want to regret saving him then.”

“I didn’t say anything then, bye!” You ran away making Hades chuckle, as Johnny wonders if he should be worried about the half-dead man instead of the one who had a coral energy when talking about you. That Jeno guy, he seemed to care too much about you.

“Don’t approach her Johnny, we can’t fight over a mortal, right?”

“That's ridiculous. Isn't this more like you being afraid I will tell her the truth?”

“You should start telling her what you think of humans first then.” He laughs at Johnny’s reaction, patting his shoulder as he leaves. “I trust you enough you won’t be stupid to fall for her. I’ll respect everything she says or does but not with you on the way.”

He observes your neck and the hickeys already faded, he feels anxious of you not having them, when he sees Jaemin he freezes. He is literally the worst person to be next to you, his mouth is too big for his sake.

Johnny follows you two as he hears the small chat and of course he would spill something, he is going to kill him later. Jaemin is right, he hates useless people so the flirty boy shouldn’t breathe anymore.

When he enters the reign, he forgets a detail: His own orders to every guard to kill mortals who dare enter the reign.

So when he sees your neck starting to bleed, he wants to rip the head off his own people. It wasn’t in the orders to be so nasty, the guard implying he can do something else instead of slitting your throat. That would be a good argument, Johnny leaves to order to take care of a guard who didn’t obey his orders but when he appears with his people, he watches with his own eyes JaeHyun’s rage as he marks the guard as a traitor.

Johnny freezes once again.

That mark means the guard tried to kill the King. He is acting like whatever happens to you, affects him. You are him.

JaeHyun is forgetting his plans, he is actually falling for you.

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"Aren't you a cute coward?" He smiles as servants hold you in place to take care of the injury, you didn't run away but you didn't want to be touched. What if you get attacked again?

Now you are being held by two people on each side and a third person applies something on your neck, you close your eyes and can't hold back the yelp.

"Don't move, angel." You feel his voice closer so you open your eyes and see him glaring at the person who is taking care of your cut. He lowers down where you are sitting and everyone leaves the room hurriedly, JaeHyun is a few inches from your face but you don't move. His lips touched lightly the side of your jaw, and went straight to your injury.

The light kiss on the fresh cut stings and sends shivers down your spine, you wonder if Johnny did tell him some details of your intimate moments as you enjoy these sensations. Your instincts start to fail as you get lost in the feeling as his lips don't leave your neck, the moment is interrupted by your own soft heavy breathing that sounded almost like a moan. You were fearing something like this happening so your cheeks burn once again in front of this man.

He stops at your reaction and his eyes are in a gold shade that looks deep down your own eyes. It's stupid how you are falling for things like this. "Is this your way of apologizing? Kissing it better?"

No matter how much you try to keep a stern face, the genuine laugh he lets out leaves you more dumbfounded. He backs away and looks at your neck.

"You are really interesting, Y/N. I hate to see an injury on your body but it's really nice to look at your neck like that. Spotless of others." If your face was a tint of light pink, now it's certainly red as you remember the constant marks of Johnny's lips on your neck. JaeHyun must really see you as a new toy or something like that, if it was other circumstances, maybe you would accept him at least once. But now, of course not.

"Don't tell me this is a spoiler of what you want from me. I've heard you bring a lot of women, hopefully that's not on the deal."

His face quickly hardens and he raises an eyebrow, you genuinely don't know what he wants instead of showing everyone his power. That's what gods do, right?

"I… I finished your shirt this morning so I came as soon as I could. Hopefully, you'll like my work and we can make a decent deal."

"You don't trust me."

"What?"

"You cried for me to help you save your little toy and you called for me when you were in danger. And you still don't trust me." It makes you feel anxious how his voice turns hurt and is definitely frustrated, you have to say something. To be honest, it offends you how Hades says that so easily so you are honest and say what you have in mind.

"I came here alone after making a weak deal with you knowing fully well I can die right now. I trust your orders and I did the whole clothing by myself and the other work with my own hands." You stand up and hold his hand with your hands that are fully rough with the purpose he feels the hard work on them. "Isn't this proof I trust you enough?"

"It's not enough for me." He huffs but holds your hand and caresses it lightly. "But maybe you are right, your energy is purple so you are being honest."

You smile genuinely for the first time in this world and show him the shirt, he takes off his clothes in front of you and tries it on.

A god wore your work.

"My work looks incredible on you, don't you agree?" His hand caresses the embroidery and seems appreciative so you carefully ask. "So, is this the deal? I can make you the most beautiful clothes in the universe."

"I enjoy your chaotic presence, Y/N. Come here once every five days and we'll see."

"But-" "Don't even think or imply I would do something bad to you. I simply won't, unless you ask me to. From what I see, you definitely know what you want and I'll respect every part of it."

"Promise me?"

"You literally can ask me for anything that doesn't involve hurting you."

"Even killing someone or something like that?" You laugh at the nonsense you just said, it's like he is at your disposition and not the other way. It feels good though.

"Yes, Y/N. Anything."

Your smile erases as he caresses your hair. He sounded too serious for a joke.

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The first time, it was your frustrated self yelling at the hunter laughing you wished he would die the same way. He confused a kid with a deer and shot him.

Renjun saved the kid and Hyuck targeted him to make his life hell. Until he comes later, telling he saw him dead by arrows.

His own arrows.

Maybe you weren't the only people who hated him.

But the second time?

You said it would be incredible if the main wife of one of the richest people in town would burn in hell as not even Hades would want her for the way she treats her slaves. The slap she gave you still burned when you put yourself in front of an old woman that served her.

She literally burns in front of you as her cabinet suddenly is involved with fire, no one could save her. Her body is intact but her left cheek is burnt.

The same place where you were slapped by her, it looked like revenge and it's scary.

You are genuinely curious and frightened.

It's like feeling powerful and dumbfounded at the same time, what's happening?

So you try the other side of the coin with these weird wishes that suddenly come true and itt works.

You pray for people Renjun is trying to save and they get better. If you think about it, after returning from your first meeting with JaeHyun at his kingdom, you did take care of Hyuck and prayed out loud for his injuries to heal fast.

And they did.

They did.

Nothing comes free though.

What's JaeHyun expecting from you?

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Johnny sits on the floor between your thighs, after resting his head on your crotch for a bit, his hands start running through your legs. He murmurs things you are unable to hear.

You are too focused on what his actions are because you don't trust him anymore but you can't seem able to let him go at nights like this.

The kisses inside your thigh feel soft and your strong facade slips off a bit as your hands go to his hair and caress each strand. He sighs and leaves hickeys on your inner thighs.

"You know you never show your legs to anyone? Your long dresses make me the only man that can look and touch them."

“You can’t see my energy, right?“ You say and he bites your thigh, it’s true. He can’t as he seems pretty anxious trying to figure out what you feel.

“I can’t see humans’ feelings or crap like that.“

This all started as a way to assert dominance with each other as the power play goes as far as having each other’s body but you can feel, this is not like that anymore.Honestly, you don't get Johnny anymore.

And today you don't care.

You need more information as to what's really going on in the Underworld. From JaeHyun's real intentions to Johnny's real self.

So you kiss him once again.

But you don't let him kiss your neck anymore, it reminds you of JaeHyun.

Maybe you should think in another way to have him close. The letter of your family suddenly wanting you to meet people to get marry quickly is stressing you out. You’ll miss his hands, his whole body.

Because you should marry a human.

Right?

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I don't know if this has already been said/ discussed within the community but it's so cool to me how the powers are a reflection of their wielders (Spoilers for both Dishonored Games and their DLCs as much as the novels ahead!). Corvo can use Blink, Bend Time, Dark Vision, Possession and Devouring Swarm. Blink as the ability to teleport could symbolise his regret on not being fast enough to stop the Whalers and in the end save Jessamine. You could say the same for Bend Time. He wishes to control and go back in time to make things right. Dark Vision plays into his profession as someone lurking in and melting with the dark, an assassin. Possession plays more into his role as a diplomat for the Empire and spy. He has to get into the other person's mind or rather understand them in order to know how to convince them and to foresee their next move. Devouring swarm is a reflection of the hatred Corvo must have felt right after the coup. He had only been away from Jessamine, and therefore didn't know about the treason that was being prepared in the Empire, because of the Rat Plague. So when his lover is dead, his daugther's fate is unknown to him and his position as the Royal Spymaster has been taken away, he doesn't really have anything left to lose. Why not let the world go down and let everyone else die because of the Rat Plague too? Daud can also use Blink and Bend Time. Dark Vision gets replaced with Void Gaze in his case but is basically the same and Summon Assasin/ Arcane Bond are unique to Daud. Well much like with Corvo, Daud also regret his past actions and would like to go back in time to change them (slight spoiler for the novels/ post DOTO: note that time travel is a recurring theme throughout the whole series). Void Gaze is also an allude to him being an assassin. However for his powers connected to the Whalers, why does he have them? Sure, it's a cool thing to summon others to your aid, but he could've also gotten doppelgängers like Emily did to do the trick. It's because Daud has a deep connection to the Whalers. For him they are the people closest to a family. "If we go down, then we go down together" translates to, if I get supernatural abilities that grant me advantages, you'll get them to. Not because I willingly chose to get Arcane Bond from the Outsider, but because you mean so much to me and we share everything. "I love you bitch. I'm never gonna stop loving you, bitch".

Emily's unique powers in the second game are Far Reach, Doppelgänger, Domino, Mesmerize and Shadow Walk. She got Far Reach because she always wanted to escape Dunwall Tower and explore the City. By having her grip over the entire city, by knowing it, she wanted to truly be able to rule Dunwall rather than just own it. I think at some point in the game she even said herself, that she did know very little about the actual people and fates she ruled over. Doppelgänger is an allusion to her double life as an Empress at day and an Dora the explorer at night, who wished not to rule. Domino could symbolise the fates that are connected and influence she has on them with her decisions as the Empress. Mesmerize serves as a look into the Void I guess. On my last playthrough I've heard some npcs talk about their past and things they regret while being mesmerized. Maybe it also served as a way for them to reflect on their lives, just as much as the coup helped Emily reflect on hers. Shadow Walk shows my point the clearest. This ability tells us what Emily could become and maybe even wishes to be sometimes. She wants her Throne and Father back, no matter the cost. Yeah, sure, she talks about being a better ruler etc. but ultimately she wants her life in a comfy home and her family back. I guess the coup even triggered her feelings from her mother's assassination, as shown by the drawing she made as a child when you leave Dunwall Tower from the secret chamber. She's so scared of losing a parent yet again, that she'd even turn into a monster to prevent it. She's fully aware of the opportunities her powers grant her, of the havoc she could wreak and the possibility to just cut her way through whoever's standing between her and her father. In canon she's careful not to become that monster but having acess to that power implies, that Emily sometimes thinks about choosing the easy way to just kill everybody. Billie's abilities all have to do with switching places rather than bending time. This could refer to her questioning her identity and who she could have become if only she had made other choices. As much as she loves Daud and thinks about following his instructions blindly again throughout DOTO, she's curious about the positions she could be in if she had chosen another life. She had been in hiding under a different identity after the first and during most of the second game after all. Displace shows the possible points where Billie could go. Of course it isn't implied that this alludes to her life overall within the game, I mean the way you can use this power is of course limited within this medium. Semblance literally lets her take on a different identity for a while and even plays an important role during the auction for example. So to end this really long post, I don't know if I'm totally mislead by my interpretation of the character's powers, but I assume there's a reason why they got the powers they got. I think they are a reflection of both the point they're at in life and the humans they desire or fear to become. I'll tag some people here who might be interested in this theory but please don't feel pressured to react. @incorrect-dishonored-quotes @grandinventor @kirin-jindosh @corruptedbonecharm @tsainami

If you took the time to read this, thank you so much.

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Leverage Redemption Log: The Paranormal Hacktivity Job

Well, guess its time for the plotline that all multi-season shows eventually have to do: Who believes in ghosts/magic/ghost-magic and are they right. Either that or our heroes are going to pretend to haunt a house for reasons unknown. --- ESTABLISHMENT FONT says its 4 days before halloween (which, means its a haloween special...) Shots around the house, pictures on the cabinets, duck-shaped cane. "Aunt Mildred", is it weird that i've never seen a show that had a mildred that wasnt an aunt? Prediction: The mother is doing the haunting (Aunt left the house to the daughter in the will), either that or Aunt Mildred used to be a criminal, got money from a heist stashed in her floor/walls and her old buddies are trying to get the loot by buying the house. (unlikely, generic backstory robbers tend to be less subtle) Note: Whomever is faking the haunting has style, the smoke, the little candles lighting by magic. (I think the blood-mirror is a bit cliché, and also a bit "generically blamefull" with the whole "did it"-non specificity thing) but they get a good... 7/10 for showmanship.

But the house is legit on fire now (whatever is hidden better be gold/diamons and not paper money or stock certificates or these criminals fucked themselves)

Generic Goons 1 and 2 walk away from the scene (Parker was probably preparing to con/heist them before this happened) --- It is now that it springs to mind i havent yet commented on the sequel series new leader/intro thing. I dont mind the smokey-ness, but i think the insertion of playing cards and a time bomb are both really generic ways to get a James Bond-vibe across, and misleading in that i've yet to see a single time bomb in this season, and only 1 episode with any kind of gambling. --- It is now Halloween, and Breanna is to Haloween what Parker was to Christmas.

Parker brings Client here to double-check her read with Sophie who insists that they are definitly not doing any crimes without her.

--- Breanna and Parker investigate (disguised as arson investigators). They find an attendance list from the funeral party/event/whatever-it-is-called, (low attendance)

Stuart the Suspecious walks in and tries to stop our investigation. He is probably just a real cop. (mentions the investigators have already been over, but gives up after only the tiniest smidgen of police code. I think if he was a criminal he would've been more insistent)

Tiny Box with a speaker hidden in the walls. --- I agree with Parker, Human brains suck.

"i dont mean literally in here..." thanks for clarifying. --- So its a real-estate scam (scooby doo villainy) ... still a bit suspicious on the detail (the cane and the clients insistence it was mildreds exact footsteps. You cant copy a dead persons natural walking cadence unless you knew them when alive)

Parker plays her Conitinuity card with the victim. (i think it was Tara's second episode?) --- Time for the Con: Pretend to let them con you (while secretly filming it for the client)

Breanna is verry disapoint to have to let them tamper with their breakers. --- Newby Conman is the only one to catch on that maybe this is a bit too convenient.

Deke was our Candleman. (I side with Deke, they were a masterstroke. I also agree that they very much backfired and were not worth the investment. But they were a good idea in theory)

The marks have clients ready. they are heavily armed and have blueprints underneath their armorstashes. (prediction: house is alongside the parade-route. This is an assasination on Breanna's favourite politician) --- I dont like the way that the frame came loose (Breanna's computers say its disengaged the "bolts". Which implies they have electronic nuts and bolts. Which is nonsense. Now the frame is said by Deke to be made of iron so i can believe it to be attached to the wall with electromagnets. so the scene works, the presentation of it as being remote-deactivated BOLTS is just weird)

Effects department Comping a skull over Deke when electrocuting him, while a lovely home-alone reference, just looks wrong in this show. --- Good news for Sophie: The assasin lives by the adage "if you're good at what you do, never do it for free".

Our hitman is, unfortunately (for him) extermely superstitious (wears two different saints around his neck). Also interesting that our heroes all know enough about saints they can not only recognise them, but name their relevant domains/patronages. --- Sophie legitimately looks like she wants to adopt Deke into her theatregroup.

--- Hamilton takes a taser to the neck, Crutches are down and its time to start the counter-haunting. --- Oh we're doing the "fake-out murder offscreen before the comercials" thing. (its very clear Sophie realised that Deke didnt have murder in his bones and has convinced him to just get out of this life. She does love herself a good death-scene) --- Hamilton breaks out of the wardrobe he's been stuffed in and just trips face-first into unconciousness (Parker is disapointed she doesnt get to tase him) --- Elliot and Harry at the bar, Elliot is proud of Breanna for her first ever assasin-takedown.

Ok you know what, the executive producer credit being written in blood is legit funny. 10/10 gag.