#MORE BIG BRO & KIDS SHENANIGANS EY?

[outer-andromeda]

... I couldn't resist doing more self-insert stuff whoops

[thinkingotherwise]

can i request umemiya and reader that they are a couple and since he is like the guys big brother she would be like his big sister? ugh, umemiya is so handsome, gentle, sexy, i love him, i fell in love, i need more content about our number 1.

Umemiya making our expectations for partners way too high. The man seems too perfect.

Hajime Umemiya and his girlfriend being the older siblings or maybe something else to Bofurin members

I think that some Bofurin members give off the youngest sibling energy. Guess who?

You loved Hajime, not only because he was smokin' hot and very charming, even though you loved it as well, but also because of his kindness, the playfulness he showed to everybody, and the attentiveness to, as well as, care about others. He just seemed so perfect and you always told him how lucky you felt to be with him.

As time passed and you spent more and more of it with your ideal man and Bofurin, you also got used to them and the unique relationship they shared. They even started calling you their big sister, as Hajime would usually name himself the big bro, and what other name could they call the girlfriend of their leader?

Honestly, you'd need to be the harsher of you two because your boyfriend was just too soft and playful. He'd pamper the "kids", as he did with the first years, and encourage them to use their youth however they want. You, at the same time, were the voice of reason, trying to keep the Bofurin members under control, as the chaos they could sometimes create was a little too much.

When there was trouble and Bofurin was involved, however, Hajime would become a very protective and firm "older brother". A person you can depend on and leave all your troubles to, and you, as his partner, were responsible for keeping him at bay and not letting him get hurt too much.

The family-like relationship between you, your boyfriend, and other members of the school didn't prevent you from the arguments that arose, thankfully, very rarely.

While you were having a heated conversation with Hajime, the present Bofurin students, who observed it would try to ease you up.

The best ones at that were the first years, because of their awkward, yet playful comments that just made you stop and look at them not believing the words that left their mouths.

"You two always argue like an old married couple." Suou commented loud enough so you could hear him and stop your argument.

It did work and you turned to him but he was far from done and continued with a wide grin on his face.

"Do you plan to adopt all of us in the future, I think some wouldn't mind it."

"The parents are arguing again, what shall we do?" Kiryu joined in on the fun.

You felt your heart beating faster at their teasing getting easily flustered. In the hopes of stopping that your gaze moved to Hajime, who wore a matching grin like the first years, already forgetting about the argument he had with you.

"Well, I wouldn't mind marrying her one day. I'm sure (Y/n) would make a great wife." He commented smiling lovingly at you already imagining the life he could have with you.

"You're getting married?!" Sakura asked loudly getting the attention of other Bofurin members nearby.

That included Hiiragi, who the moment those words left the first year's mouth bent in half feeling the ache in his stomach coming back. He had enough of their shenanigans and slowly walked away to sit somewhere else and calm down.

As well as, Sugishita, who turned with wide eyes to look at the leader in betrayal. How could he not tell him that he was getting married, before telling Sakura?

The whole misunderstanding made you embarrassed and when you saw how much joy it brought Hajime you smacked his arm repeatedly trying to unload the feeling on him. He just laughed loudly and embraced you keeping you close to him.

"Stop it, it's not funny. Sakura, Kiryuu, and Suou you're in so much trouble when I get you!" You called to them trying to push away from the tight embrace but it was impossible.

"Well, hopefully, one day she'll be Umemiya." Hajime said and looked at you with his big loving eyes and you just couldn't take it.

You scrunched your face before hiding it in his shoulder and slapping his biceps twice. You gave in to your fate letting him hug you and shower in love.

Tags: @misticbullet

[i-cant-sing]

Saya want know how Qasim look,are you have proposal?(≡・x・≡)

(pics below) Qasim, the brother, is older than reader by 5 years. He has chocolate brown hair, thick messy locks, and green eyes. He's gifted with eiditic/photographic memory which made him excel in school and he obviously had a high IQ as well. Doesnt mean reader thinks he's intelligent. Sure, Qasim is book smart, but he's not- street smart. Y/n has been the one to often make him realise that his friends were taking advantage of him by making him do their homework, or that they were laughing at him not with him because of his intellect. But reader chalks it up to his sweet nature, her goody-two-shoes of a brother who was hafidh (memorised the Quran) would always be the forgiving person. Its not that he was a pushover, he just... preferred to be the bigger person. Always. He'd chuckle and ruffle your hair "so what if I cleaned up their mess? it only took me 5 minutes and the job was done. Its okay, Y/n." He's always so selfless. You used to worry that he'd get hurt because he's too kind, you used to think he couldnt stand up for himself because he just didnt know when to- but no. Qasim was quite protective over you. When he saw you trying to tackle one of his so-called bullies, the boy towering over you (but you dont consider the height advantage, not when youre a raging kitten), Qasim stepped in and landed a single punch that knocked him down. (then big bro had to spend the rest of the day consoling u because you made him fight someone- and in ur head, that was the biggest sin u made him commit).

Qasim in Arabic means "the generous one" or "the one who shares", and being the older bro, he took his name quite literally. You were the younger sibling, the spoiled brat, the princess! But Qasim never had any problems with sharing anything with you, be it materialistic things or advice or even knowledge. You memorised Quran by his help (because u were competitive) and he had the extraordinary patience of a saint. You two would often participate in competitions at the local mosque just to get the cash prize and help your parents a bit (they never took ur guys money, encouraging u to either save it or spend it on something). Since both of your parents worked long hours, you two were left unsupervised for a long time and that only meant genius yet chaotic shenanigans, including prank calls to the pentagon hq.

Qasim grew up to get a lot of full ride scholarships from top colleges, and once he did his masters (a STEM major), he decided to start his own travel agency, surprising everyone because it seemed like something he wouldnt do? Everyone expected him to go into sciences, but he said he liked to travel and see the world, and Qasim told you that he enjoys running his own business, being your own business.

You supposed it made sense because he was a polyglot and he did enjoy learning new things and seeing new places, their history, etc. Due to his job, he would be gone for long months at a time, but he never returned empty handed. His arms full of souvenirs and sweets and BOOKS! Its not that he bought them for u, no. He bought those books for himself, but once he read them- he's already memorised it and he doesnt have anymore space in his home for more books, so he's always dropping them by your place (as kids, u made him memorise the phonebook before hiding the entire neighbourhoods phone books and had people pay to use your brother's memory for contacts, which was a good business until your father busted it down).

Qasim is the softest, kindest, most generous person. Even though he has a busy schedule due to work, he always made time for you. Whenever he came by, especially during your finals season, not only did he help you study, but he would also stock up your fridge and made sure to do some maintenance around your house. Fridge not working? Qasim has the tools, and if you werent so tied up with studying, you wouldve freaked out over him disassembling your fridge like lego. Sink clogged? No need for the plumber, Qasim knows the right potion of chemicals to unclog it. He's always been the one to prefer to do things himself, by his hand rather than relying on help.

what do u guys think???

[mirrology]

— Rowdy .ᐟ ☆

୨୧ rowdy: ( noun) a noisy and disorderly person. (adjective) noisy and disorderly.

Ft. boothill, gender neutral reader. platonic. Wc: 722

Content: short bit of hc's and a small fic at the end, readers age is not specified, boothill being a little shit, he cares abt u tho, typical sibling shenanigans, sibling bonding, cursing, boothill may be ooc.

A/n: first ever platonic boothill fic /j, also this is kinda lazy but whatever.

He would definitely be one of those annoying brothers that come into your room just to look at you, then leave without closing the door.

but he genuinely cares about you and your safety considering his job as a galaxy ranger.

Boothill also definitely calls you runt, squirt, & kid no matter how old you are or no matter how much you complain.

Frequently ruffles your hair as a sign of affection, although this ends in bickering when you do your hair before it.

Definitely can't cook for shit, every time he tries to make something for you out of the kindness of his heart, he absolutely wrecks it.

It ends up burnt and inedible, and a purple aura around in a cartoonish fashion. and oh, the poor kitchen, you can't count how many times you've had to fix something. it has gone through a lot.

The two of you have sleepovers where you do skincare, watch movies and gossip about anything and everything.

you would think that Boothill is more of a horror movie and/or action movies type guy but he has a soft spot for sappy romance movies and the saddest films possible.

and if you feel like it, both of you talk about your love life.

Trains you by sparring in hand-to-hand combat, he usually wins the sparring, but you've gotten close to beating him.

After your training session you flop on the floor like a dead fish and beg him to carry you back inside, he obliges but not before teasing you for falling to the ground.

he picks you up in a princess carry or in a piggy back ride.

Boothill gives you things at the most random times, "oh but it's not a holiday or anything special today!" you can say but he won't care. accept his gift.

If you just as much glance at something in a store for 1 millisecond you'll find said thing in a gift bag with a little note, handwritten by him.

Since he's part robot he can't drink water or even touch it or he will malfunction, even though he's made to sustain the harsh weather of the desert and attacks from the criminals he hunts down.

so if he's being stubborn and does go through with touching water, you're the one who (quite literally) brings him back to life.

and because of this you've become well-versed in technology. you constantly fix anything that is wrong, such as a jammed finger. Although can't seem to get rid of that swear filter that he's unfortunately stuck with.

Overall Boothill is a very fun elder brother who wants to keep you safe.

You woke up to the feeling of being moved from your spot on your desk. you had been working on one of your tech projects, spending hours on end tinkering away in your room. You cracked one eye open, sleep pulling at your eyes, wanting them to close one more. You were met with the familiar face of your brother above you. then you registered the feeling of his hand on your back and underneath your knees.

Boothill noticed your sleepy gaze on him, and he smiled cheekily, "Heya, runt. I see ya' woke up" he chuckled in amusement at your disheveled appearance. He laid you down on your bed and placed the covers over your body, you immediately sank into your mattress and the soft feeling of the blanket on top of you was making you sleepier.

"Jeez, how long have ya' been up?" His smile dropped a little as he noticed a faint outline of dark circles underneath your eyes. "dunno..." you slurred out and turned to your side, facing him. "Hey, big bro?" you quietly said, Boothill raised an eyebrow "yea?" he asked.

You softly grinned, "Love ya'" you said, then suddenly being interrupted by a yawn. there was silence as your eyes drooped and eventually closed as you fell into a deep slumber.

Boothill stared at your sleeping face, it wasn't exactly surprising that you had said that you loved him. It was just that you didn't say it often, it wasn't that you didn't want to. Boothill's schedule is almost always full, so spending time with him can be hard. A rare soft smile graced his features and he reached over to caress your head.

"I love ya' too, kid." He whispered.

[meowsgirldrawing]

Obey Me Next Generation Idea(aka-My au)

What about poly Au with the bros? I assume with demon culture, MC having kids and the bros all being the dad wouldn't be too surprising as I think monogamous relationships are seen just the same as polyamorous. Like neither really matter honestly in a "oh this is a big deal/drama!" Sense.

Plus its the 7 lords, they can do whatever the fuck they want

I know MC is mostly human but I think having kids is still possible as they got magic plus their pacts with the bros might make them stronger. Plus, historically, woman have been able to have multiple pregnancies, like more than 4 at least, so still- not impossible.

Just let me have my next gen shenanigans

ONTO THE KIDS PLEASE AND THANK YOU

Varya (1st Born) (she/her)-25

Daughter of Mammon

Is more demon than human, possibly the most demon out of the kids.

Holds a very smiley but deadly aura around her.

Seems the opposite of Mammon in behavior but you can tell by her subtle acts towards her family, shes his kid alright.

Is the type of person to shake a person's hand but hold a knife in the other.

"Looks like a cinnamon roll, can kill you"

Lights up at the mentions of crocheting, dogs, and weird but oddly alluring creatures around Devildom.

She does have a small habit of gambling when out with Mammon, but is actually able to keep her wins because no one expects it through her gold-winning smile.

Mess with her family and its on sight.

Lilith the 2nd (3rd born-1st triplet) (she/her)-21

I headcannon Lucifer to at least be the only one to name their daughter after their sister. Not to replace, never, but to honor her.

Is in a strange middle between Half demon-mostly demon

Sweetheart by default

That big sister you can always talk to and she wont judge.

Will make passive agressive remarks when peeved off.

Definitely denies acting like Lucifer yet can do the stance-arms crossed and glare- exactly like him.

Even does the whole hand chest like him too. Shocked look and all.

Calls all the brothers papa but Lucifer father, not as a distance way but thats just how she's always been.

Theatre kid- almost always lead.

Anna from Frozen vibes at times.

Hopeless romantic too.

Basically Lucifer if he actually showed more emotions.

Daddy's girl 100%

May or may not be in a secret relationship with Diavolo's heir👀

Rhomb(2nd Born) (he/him)-23

Son of Leviathan

Named after the Loch ness Monster

A nice balance between human and demon

But has "mutations" that make him have scaly patches on his body, his tail out almost 24/7, and bad eyesight.

Stern attitude most of the time.

Big bro protector

Tallest of all the kids

Softer on the younger kids but will smack a bitch if they act up.

Cant play video games much cause eyes so turns to more physical games that include puzzles.

Likes games with strategy to follow like War tanks, or chess. Is the type to make a DnD game the best cause he makes amazing stories too despite not reading much.

Likes mystery shows too and tries to figure it out before the answer is revealed, could go on rants about why. Gets it right 11/10 times.

If Leviathan wasnt his biological dad, people would believe he was Satan's kid.

Doesnt like cats tho.

Quinn (4th Born- 2nd Triplet) (He/they/doesnt care) (21)

Asmo just thought Quinn was a pretty name so picked it lol.

Also a nice balance between human/demon. Tho his wings stay out constantly.

Very much vibes from that yellow bird in Rio.

Laid back personality but is an outgoing dude.

Also very protective of their siblings, and will not hesitate to cut a bitch.

Isnt as flamboyant as Asmo but does have a just as great fashion sense.

Has a hard time dating as people automatically assume hes just like Asmo so will try to date him for that reason only.

Love his dad but hates the reputation he gets because of being said son.

So he resorts to just sticking to his siblings or the few friends he trusts.

Besides MC, is the second most popular face to pop up on Asmo's Devilgram

Fucking adores axolotls for no particular reason, just loves them to no end which Asmo makes sure to get many axolotl themed plushes, shirts, etc. for him.

Libbey(Liberty) (5th Born- 3rd triplet)(she/her)-21

Another balance between human/demon, maybe a tad more on the demon side.

Tho, also has "mutations" like very enhanced hearing.

Bookworm to the max

Loves reading dramas and fantasies, but seems to enjoy multiseries more than stand alone.

Very quiet and shy kid of the group.

Sometimes cant even talk so signs instead because earaches or headaches.

Likes cats but perfers reptiles more.

Has a small turtle in her room from the human realm, set it up beside her bed and everything. Their name is Casey after one of her favorite human novels she read.

But despite all this, isnt called the daughter of wrath just for nothing beside biology reasons.

Is like Satan 2.0 when pissed, she wont yell or scream but you can just tell from the drop of room temperature and the subtle tilt of her head.

Her eyes glow an electric green when shes pissed.

Had more anger issues when younger, but cause Satan knew how to handle his better now, taught her how to aswell.

Satan is probably the main one to understand her issues with such a problem, despite being more mellowed out now that shes older.

Is definitely a cryer when really angry tho.

Ryder(6th Born) (1st twin)- 19

Ngl, everyone was surprised that they had twins. Including Belphie himself.

But then again, they did have triplets before them so....eh?

Ryder is a tad more human than demon, but still powerful enough to have his own demon form like his older siblings.

His tail is seen smaller than Belphie's, and a bit thinner too.

The sloth genes affact him only so much, making him more likely just want to procrastinate then outright not do anything.

He honestly enjoys the human world more than Devildom, mainly cause everything is less..hectic per say.

Hes the type of brother/older friend that will cover for ya if you have to hide something but will subtly suggest how to fix whatever their doing.

Like one time Quinn came home slightly tipsy and past curfew, and he snuck them into his room. Though he scolded them in the morning, he covered for Quinn at breakfast, saying they ate too much sugar last night, thats why hes queasy and has a headache.

Quinn did fix that habit up quick after Ryder threatened to leave him on his own next time it happened.

Calls everyone bro or dude, no matter their gender.

Gen z vibes too in most areas.

Has a fixation with cow bells for some reason, likes the noise is all he can say.

If he were told what Belphie did to their mom/human parent way before they were born, he says "Cowabummer" while screaming inside.

River(7th born-2nd twin)(they/them)-19

How is this Belphie's kid?

Too hyper, tad crazy

Probably has ADHD, who knows.

While Ryder is the slightly responsible twin, their the reason why Ryder needs to be said twin.

Their just about the same range of human/demon as Ryder, can have a demon form, but only uses it to fuck with people than to actually be scary with it.

They may have alot of power, but their personality alone can kill people.

Is the type of kid to crawl on the ceiling when they were 2.

Is also the type to hop outta window to get to the lower floor faster. Thank Belphie for their demon powers otherwise we'd have another Lillith situation.

Has scared even Lucifer at one point, has made him yelp out of surprise. Will not go on how, no matter how much Papa Satan and Belphie ask them. Just has a toothy grin when they ask.

When calm, is actually a pretty chill dude. They like odd patterns and get fixated on the most random things.

MC gave them one of those sand timers that you flip to restart and when she came down to tell them food was done about 2 hours later, she found them sitting on the table, holding it while watching the sand go down. They use it now to relax and focus on when overstimultated or just having too much of a fuzzy head.

Has spent nearly a how week with Leviathan because they got hooked on one anime with him. Now has frequent solo movie nights with him cause.

"They're tad confused, but got the spirit"

Literally had to have someone (Rhomb) explain to them what the LGBTQ+ letters meant. Legit thought it was just new alphabet pattern, was still happy to find out what it all means.

If you told them what Belphie did to their mom before they were born, they'd think it as a joke. Dont tell them otherwise or they will cry.

Frankie(8th Born)(She/her)-16

Everyone thought that she would be the biggest child when MC was pregnant with her, since y'know, it was confirmed Beel's kid.

Yeah, she came out small. Like scary small for a baby.

It was then everyone knew she would be the most human. Has a little demon in her, but clearly not enough to have a demon form nor mark.

Lucifer's wallet cried in relief.

She does eat a good bit more than the average human but overall, nothing compared to Beel.

She does adore sweets to the max, especially gummies. Give her some and she'll love you forever.

Sweetest little sunshine in the world, everyone adores her. If they dont, then they will soon.

Shes like Mirabel in encanto, kinda wishes she had more demon powers but is still overall happy with who she is.

When her a Beel are with each other- OH MY DIAVOLO, THE CAVITIES PEOPLE GET- TOO DAMN SWEET AND PURE

Like big papa Beel and his sweet little girl all smiley and pure. Best father-daughter relationship out of all the siblings and fathers.

Shes kinda like pinkie pie from MLP but like more hyper as fuck. Can and will speak so fast when excited that it just comes out as squeaks at that point.

Since her more human side, shes more likely to stay in human world when their mom is on Buisness there, so she has alot of human friends.

Shes in gymnastics, which definitely helps keep her figure more smaller despite all the sweets she eats. Does work out with Beel too.

Mess with her and you have a whole army on yer ass.

"Bounce to the beat of my own drum!"

You can just tell how much I love this dear. HA

[skaruresonic]

Being a Cream fan is suffering. The writers aren't hiding that they don't like her. Hello Advanced 2 anyone???

I can imagine.

She's milked for both humor and angst. In most cases, the fact that it's Cream specifically who is suffering/the butt of the joke is the intended takeaway behind the humor or angst.

People try to rationalize such moments as "she's just a child," forgetting that Cream is also her own person and has a personality beyond the expected behavior of children her age. Shunting her into the box of Child(tm) and leaving it at that is like reducing Amy to Girl(tm). Or Shadow to his Black Arms blood. You're not wrong to say those elements factor in, per se, but you are being overreductive by focusing only on those isolated elements of their characters when they're not overall terribly important.

Apologies for the self-indulgence here, but before we proceed to talk about IDW 66 and 67's B-side story, I'd like to bring up Cream's chapter in my visual novel as a counterexample:

In a nutshell: OaS is a slice-of-life where Sonic goes about a normal Sunday, visiting his friends and helping them through their problems, alongside some funny shenanigans. He spends about half the game spending time with Knuckles, Amy, and Cream, respectively.

Chapter three sees his relationship with Cream evolve from friends to Big Bro-Lil Sis(tm) as he endeavors to look out for her the best he can and listen to her little kid problems. Math is hard. :<

You'll notice in the conversation Sonic and Cream have after they sit down to eat their carnival food - about halfway through the video - that "lol Cream's just a dumb kid" is the exact attitude I was trying to avoid.

On the contrary: I wanted to respect her agency while also emphasizing that her status as a child is something worth respect on its own. Just because her problems may seem trivial from an adult perspective don't mean they aren't real to her, and I hope I've portrayed it so that Sonic gives her the respect she deserves.

The gist behind the chapter's more humorous moments isn't to point and laugh at Cream, but rather make light of the awkwardness of Sonic navigating being a big brother figure.

That's why stuff like Cream spouting waterfalls really rubs me the wrong way. Folks will argue "she's a child" while neglecting the important nuance that it's not typical of Cream to wail like a toddler in the games... As well as the other important nuance that if it had been Games!Cream in IDW!Cream's place, Rough and Tumble would be ground into paste before the roast finished.

The only punchline here is "Isn't it funny how Cream tried so hard to do right by her mother and some bully destroyed her work in an instant? LOL and then Vanilla went mama bear on them." When you drill down to the core of the underlying idea, you'll find it's just... meanspirited. The book is making fun of the fact that Cream is suffering what is, in her eyes, a humiliating failure.

It's not humor generated by Cream's personality, or the mood whiplash incurred by beating up bad guys one moment and tending to the roast the next, or inviting the bad guys to dinner after giving them a thorough ass-whooping, or anything like that.

How much better would it have been if, instead, following the food fight, we cut to Vanilla returning home to find an immaculate dinner table and two very twitchy skunk boys playing maid in fear of the goddess of destruction's wrath? Cream cheerily greets her mother while Rough and Tumble trip over themselves putting Vanilla's groceries away. Meanwhile Cheese and Chocola give them the evil eye. Vanilla is confused as G-merl pulls out her chair for her, but in no position to protest.

Imagine how amusing that could have been! Nope. The book has to point and laugh at Cream in a "ha ha bitch you thought" kind of way. Can't join in on the laugh track if we have any love for Cream ourselves.

To borrow the stans' logic, it's actually pretty fucked-up that you're meant to laugh at a child for crying in such a situation. At best, you're made to feel sorry for her, but given how the scene is framed to be absurd, it's probably a safer bet to say you're intended to laugh.

That's before we remember Cream doesn't sob buckets in the games. It took being kidnapped, taken to Eggman's creepy robot depot and watching Emerl gleefully tear Phi robots apart for her to sniffle quietly.

Sniffle. Not wail like a toddler. Because the games have this thing called "a sense of decorum," you see. xP

People contend that Cream's a pacifist based on her refusal to engage in Battle until Emerl gets hurt (and then they conveniently ignore how she stepped up and kicked some ass; rip), which overlooks the context that she was probably sick of fighting after having been forced to spar against Emerl and Amy to the point of exhaustion.

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P.S. IDW!Vanilla wishes she was half as scary as OaS!Vanilla. Yeah, I said it xP

[manygeese]

part three of hoo high school au 🥰 (shout out to @demigod-shenanigans)

Leo and Piper’s Schedules

Leo, Jason and Piper were enjoying their last day of Summer at town center when their Sophomore year schedules were released. They were walking down Main Street when Piper screamed. “Schedules are out,” she explained when she noticed Jason’s concerned look and Leo’s judging one.

Leo, not one to be outdone, screamed with her. “I hope I get computer science this year, my sister says it’s totally fun. Oh! And I think I signed up for marching band again, too, so I’ll get into all the games for free-“

“Simp,” Piper interjected. “And worse: a band kid.”

“Oh, shut it, Piper, you joined mock trial for Reyna and went to fencing meets just for her. That was when y’all weren’t together. You’re completely unbearable now.” Leo shoved her with the rage of a thousand suns.

Piper just laughed, pink lemonade sloshing in its cup as she recovered. “As if you guys aren’t! You talk a big game for someone who won’t even tell me how they got together with their boyfriend,” she crooned.

Both Jason and Leo flushed various shades of red. “I don’t like you,” Leo stated.

“Y’know, I did ask Frank about it on the last day of school- we took algebra together- and wow! I really can’t blame you for not talking about it.”

There was a reason Leo didn’t like talking about the day he and Jason got together. It was the night of homecoming and he was going with Piper and Jason (as friends, because at that time Leo had been vehemently straight, though not for long). A good while in, during a slow dance, he and Jason were hanging out towards the edge of the crowd. Jason had turned to him, hot and a little sweaty, grabbed him by the collar, and kissed him. Hard. So desperately that it was a little embarrassing. But nice.

Very nice.

So nice, in fact, that they decided to excuse themselves from the party to make out in the storage closet.

Then Frank had come in, ruining everything like always, turning into a shocked caricature of himself when he laid eyes on the pair. “I need the mop,” he had muttered. Jason wordlessly handed it to him.

After that, the couple had decided to return to the crowd, albeit a little more disheveled than before. Leo forever lamented the fact that the rest of that night could have been spent having fun in the closet, but instead his hopes and dreams were ruthlessly shattered by his arch nemesis, Frank Zhang.

So yeah. He didn’t like talking about it.

“Piper, please,” Jason pleaded, covering his face with one hand, squeezing Leo’s where he held it in his other. Leo squeezed back.

“Yeah, Piper, just tell us your goddamn schedule,” Leo agreed.

Piper laughed and opened her phone, pulling up the school website. There was a purple banner at the top of it, which, in Leo’s opinion, could have been done better. The text was a little off center, the purple was a little too red, and the school logo was definitely supposed to be on the top, not the bottom. Leo was certain he could have done a better job, but he shook his head to clear it out. He was getting off topic again.

“Run that by me again?” He asked, as Piper had been saying something before he came to.

“I said I have AP psych and theater this year,” Piper bragged. She put her hand on her hip as best she could while juggling a phone and a cup of pink lemonade.

“Congrats, Pipes,” Jason said, looking up to smile at her from his phone, where he also had his schedule displayed. Leo pulled out his phone to get with the times while Jason continued talking. “I have AP government with Mr. Zeus this year, but he’s also my study hall teacher, so I don’t know how to feel about that. Thalia had him when she was in high school and I don’t think she said a single positive thing about him-”

Leo groaned when he saw his schedule, unintentionally cutting his boyfriend off. “Sorry, babe, go ahead.”

Jason’s brow furrowed. “What’s wrong?”

“I got calculus,” he explained.

Piper let out a low whistle. “Damn, bro. Sucks.”

“With Mrs. Dodds.”

Jason hummed sympathetically.

“Lemme take a look at your schedule, see how bad you’ve got it and all that,” Piper didn’t ask, more like she expected him to comply. She made grabby hands at it.

Leo surrendered it peacefully, knowing it meant war if he did anything else. In turn, he looked over Jason’s shoulder (more accurately, his forearm, since Leo was a good foot shorter than him) to see his boyfriend’s classes. “Oh, sick, we have chemistry together.”

“Of course we do. Why else would we be together?” Jason tilted his head to the side like a baby puppy. Or a deer. No, he was a puppy- Leo felt 100% confident in that assessment of character.

Leo giggled. “I can’t tell if you’re making a bad joke or if you really thought I was talking about our groundbreaking love story.”

A hand seized his head, wrenching his gaze away from Jason and towards Piper. She had wide eyes and a dropped jaw.

“Leo,” she started, deathly serious.

“Piper?” Leo asked, a little scared.

“Leo.” She grabbed his shoulders and shook him back and forth.

“Piper,” he laughed nervously.

“Leo. We only have one class together.”

Leo stopped laughing. “For realsies?”

“Yeah, for realsies. I wouldn’t lie about this kind of thing.”

“Which one?” He dreaded the answer.

“PE, last class of the day.”

Leo covered his mouth with both hands as he gasped. “No.”

“Yes.” Piper shook her head, wishing it wasn’t true.

“Next thing you know, you’re going to be telling me my husband isn’t coming home from war.”

“I’m right here,” Jason pointed out, “unless you have another husband I don’t know about.”

“Not the time, Jason,” Piper and Leo sobbed together, holding onto each other like it was the last time they had the chance to. Jason stayed silent and lead them over to a bench. They collapsed onto it, crying incoherently about never seeing each other again and suing the school.

Jason sat awkwardly to the side of them, trying to hold back a laugh at the absurdity. Instead, he just said, “you both know we have the same lunch period, right?”

Leo lifted his head. “Oh shit, you’re right.”

“Damn, I never thought about it that way,” Piper agreed.

[thewertsearch]

Ask Comp 28/6

It's in the recs list! I'm very much looking forward to this one.

I've certainly enjoyed what I've read so far - it's been nice to get back to the story's original protagonists.

The main mood of Act 5.2 is one of anticipation. We've been getting glimpses of the kids' Grand Plan ever since the Act began, and it very much feels like it's all building up to something. If Homestuck sticks the landing, and the Act 5 finale lives up to all this hype, then this might end up my favorite part of the story so far.

Yeah it's a session tag - although a 'reading session' is a little ambiguously defined, especially when I stop posting for a few hours and return later in the day. How long a gap does it need to be before it qualifies as a new reading session?

I've just been tagging every post made in the same day as the same session. It's not a perfect solution, but it'll do.

Wow, it started in 2010? I could conceivably have been reading Paranatural in school - although I'm glad I came to it a little later, so I wasn't constantly waiting for updates.

Big red peepers. I'll admit I didn't really think of this as a reveal, but I suppose it is our first true peek behind Dave's shades.

Based on this, it's it's probably safe to assume that all the kids have eyes matching their text colors. Has Rose been blessed with the legendary mutation, Alexandria's Genesis?

A few people mentioned this Squiddles meme. I like it, it's very Trunk & The Grunks.

I've really gotta catch up on those albums at some point...

I did wonder if Bro's sword shenanigans were something to do with Dave's Quest - like, maybe he was bequeathing his anime sword to his brother, to accomplish some objective. Now that Dave has his own Quest sword, I think that interpretation is less likely.

Symbolically though, I do think it's notable that Bro's sword is intact, and Dave's is broken. It ties into how Dave sees himself as a worse version of Bro, on some level.

As far as Jack is concerned, I doubt the game intends for him to have anything to do with Dave's journey. The whole point is that he's ignoring the game's rules - so if anything, his antics might start to break the Quests.

It sounds like the style was supposed to take readers aback - although I didn't find it particularly jarring myself!

Homestuck's art style is constantly changing, with this, the Earthbound sprites, and Hero Mode, among other things. Honestly, I had just assumed that the comic's art just fluctuated depending on Hussie's mood.

I quite like the HussNasty panels, and I hope Hussie keeps experimenting with the comic's art. It sounds like this is the beginning of a more general trend, so I'm hopeful that it will continue.

Oh, so it just straight up is Excalibur.

New theory about his Quest, then. It's about worthiness, and Dave is being tasked to 'prove himself' as a hero, despite his insecurities. This ties neatly into the next set of asks below:

Anonymous asked: my headcanon (partially supported by the text, as you've seen from rose's conversation with jaspers) is that each quest is designed to help you self-improve, so that you can responsibly preside over an entire universe. whether you agree with the game about the ways you need to improve is another story.

I've speculated that the Quests are teaching the Players how to sculpt their universe. Building on from this idea, then, these asks speculate that Quests are also trying to improve the Players as people, so that the nascent universe will flourish under their care.

It's an interesting idea - although it does beg the question of why Sburb is creating such flawed Players in the first place. If it's looking for self-actualized custodians for its universe, why did it create Players like the trolls, who wanted to rule over their universe like tyrants?

I guess it's possible that a flawed Player who self-improves is actually more resilient than a flawless Player who never needed to change. The former would potentially be more resilient, capable of adapting to the changing circumstances of their universe as it grows and evolves.

I wish! That's more of an aspirational schedule, really. I should probably delink it, if it's causing confusion.

I'm not sure whether this is Karkat's canonical birthday - but if it is, I like the irony inherent in the fact that he's not even a Cancer.

Yes - although I don't blame you for forgetting, since I don't think I've referenced it since the literal first post of the liveblog!

Oh, god, messages from 2024? Is Tumblr using Trollian as a backend?

Bizarre. I assume, then, that the trickster code was cut as well. :(

If we assume that Sburb did evolve, then it makes sense that it works this way. However, if it was created by some intelligent being, then holding the Players hostage like this seems pretty malicious.

I mean, there are ways to ensure participation in the game that don't involve destroying an entire planet. No matter how clear you were about the risks, if you asked the population of Earth for volunteers, you'd be guaranteed millions of responses.

All that said, if Sburb worked this way, we'd have a very different story. I understand why Sburb works the way it does, in the context of Homestuck's themes.

Speaking of Kingdom Hearts, I'd kind of love for Sora to visit a Homestuck world. His Keyblade upgrade could be the Wrinklefucker - and he'd have to unlock Vriska as a summon, right?

Do it. I've been rereading GtN this week, and as far as I'm concerned, Alecto can't come fast enough.

It is she. The million dollar question, of course, is whether Taylor is ultimately more of a constructive or destructive character.

I mean, I have an opinion, but resurrecting The Great Taylor Hebert Debate on this blog would be an exercise in hubris.

@wickedsick asked: The typically accepted name for Girl Egbert is June, after that one time Vriska spelt John with 64 O's and Egbert said they read it as a really long "June". [...]

Oh man, imagine being trolled by Vriska was your trans awakening. How would you ever recover?

Jokes aside, I like June, It's cute. I feel like if John transitioned she'd choose another 4 letter J-name like that, or a name from one of her movies, like Dana or Janine.

Come on - I'd be shocked if Homestuck didn't end with the straight characters getting outnumbered at least twenty-to-one.

Looks fine to me, I think. I assume the website just hiccupped - wouldn't be the first time!

It blows my mind every time I remember that Undertale came out in 2015. The beginning of the Undertale Era feels like it started simultaneously six months ago, and twenty years ago.

You open the TYPHEUS web browser and direct it to what is indisputably the most amazing website ever created.

Au contraire, my friend - Typheus showed up way back in Act 1!

[ I can't send them yet because they'd tell you a lot about the aspects, but someone sent classpect headcanons for discworld characters and they're SO GOOD - C ]

Damn it, I can't wait. Just based on what I've recently learned, I am convinced Rincewind would be the Something of Light.

[retrobr]

Lazytown Shenanigans Pt. 8

Wow I'm finally back with my ramblings (nobody waited and nobody asked for this :,DD)!! I was kinda busy getting acquainted with some fandom stuff — reading some fics, to be precise — and was getting some rest from the show to be more excited to continue watching it! 

I think that this kind of posts will be posted much less often than before because I will take a break from watching more often, at least I think so

But anyway, this time I've watched "The Baby Troll" and. Uhh. Let's just get right into it 😭

"The Baby Troll."

I'm not even going to lie; this is probably one of my least favorite episodes so far. I honestly can't even say that I liked it even a little bit, this episode is just not it. But of course there were some nice moments, so I'd better start discussing it

I cannot keep silent about the fact that the town looks quite beautiful at night. I'm attaching a wonderful frame to convince you of this, my dear people:

Well. Not that it's breathtakingly wonderful — there were much more beautiful frames, but I'm a stupid person and forgot to take some screenshots — but I think it looks nice at least??

Before I get too bored writing this post, I want to touch on the topic of my favorite sillies. One thing made me giggle a little: the city is sinking into the night, it's time for everyone to go to bed soon; Robbie walks around the park and wonders why "those brats" are not playing. Buddy... it's like... a nighttime?... 

And, well, why does he even bother about kids not playing on the playground huh? I mean, their excited shouts and bustling annoy him all day long, so he should be happy that they're finally not playing. BRO YOU GOT SOME REST, AS YOU WANTED!! USE IT FOR YOUR OWN ENJOYMENT OF PEACE AND QUIET!!

This scene is not that long, I would even say insignificant, but I pay a lot of attention to it because in my opinion it gives a subtle hint that he is actually used to their hustle and games and quite likely finds the park empty without their fun. Yes I will make one small scene make sense; I'm a big softie for Robbie's and kids' interactions, nice to meet you 🤵

Also sometimes I wonder how Robbie manages to get into trouble so stupidly and spectacularly; bro kicked the ball, got hit by the said ball in the ass, and fell in the chest, which locked up in the result. Bravo, bravo 😭😭 At least he wasn't complaining when Sportacus saved him (and the kids as well, but we're not talking about them yet) and even asked for it, because, from my observations, he usually gets annoyed when someone helps him

And his disguise in this episode was kinda silly. I don't have much to say about it tbh, it just looked funny 🤷

But let's talk about some other characters now; from this episode I learned that Meanswell can knit. Attaching evidence to the above fact (this frame looks so cozy I want to get in there):

And since we're talking about the abilities of some of the characters, I was pleased to learn that Trixie can play the guitar. In my vision she's a great music lover and you can't convince me otherwise

One more thing about the Mayor and then I'll touch on the topic of the thing that genuinely scared me. Meanswell is kind of dumb — like, not even dumb, but just inattentive. Right in front of his eyes the kids ran away from home to the mountains at night, and he didn't even notice it. LIFT YOUR GODDAMN EYES AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR HOUSE. MORE PRECISELY OUTSIDE THE HOUSE. You know what I mean 😭

Oh and well. About the scary part of the episode. What the actual fuck was that troll? Why does it look so freaking scary?.. I watched this episode before going to bed, that is, at night, and how can I sleep peacefully now when the appearance of this creature stands right on the surface of my thoughts? And it was so annoying in addition to it's creepy appearance, and it seems to me that for the most part I didn't like this episode just because of this creature. I don't even want to think about it tbh 💀

In general, as it's already clear, this episode didn't seem to me the best, at least for the entire fourth season. But at least I've learned a lesson from this episode: if you want to eat like a bitch, gobble up an apple. It solves all the problems.

That's pretty much it. Thank you for your guys attention and have a good day :]

[so-called-yokai]

More crossover shenanigans, because being able to write silly drabbles like this is great for scratching that writing itch, and @thescribblings is amazing for letting me play with their blorbos. Peepaw Leon and little brother Leo are theirs, Eshra is mine.

Of course they met while shopping for clothes.

"That color would look great on you."

The rumbling baritone nearly makes Eshra drop the length of fabric he's been examining and look up in surprise, his shoulders tensing and his crest flaring on instinct. Usually he's more aware of his surroundings, but apparently he's been focusing so hard on whether or not he likes the shimmery white wrap that he hasn't even noticed the approach of the, uh… Woah.

Eshra looks up. And up. And up some more. The yokai(?) standing next to him is huge in all senses of the word, easily over seven feet tall and built to match, with lime green skin and a… a shell on his back? Eshra takes a step back, both to put a little distance between them and get better idea of what he's looking at.

A turtle, he realizes. There's a giant, bipedal, talking turtle standing next to him, browsing the clothing racks without a care in the world. The Hidden City really does have everything.

"You think so?" Eshra drops his gaze back to the cloth in his hands, and that's when he spots the pair of eyes narrowed suspiciously at him from around the giant turtle-man's shell. He leans back just a bit to get a clearer view, and his brow ridges lift when he sees those eyes belong to a miniature version of the big guy. His kid?

As though oblivious to the impromptu staring contest going on behind him, Big Turtle replies, "Sure, it'll stand out really well with your feathers." Bold as you please, he plucks the wrap from Eshra's fingers and holds it against the iridescent blue and green feathers adorning his arm. "See? And it goes all rainbow-y when the light hits it. It'll look great."

"Leon." That comes from Little Turtle, who is still watching Eshra like the feathered yokai is crafting some nefarious world-ending plot right there in the clothing store. "You said we'd get boba."

Leon, huh? Eshra files that information away for later.

Big Turtle -- Leon -- glances under his arm at his fun-size companion. "We just got here, champ," he says with some amusement and obvious affection.

"Yeah, but I'm literally dying of thirst. Look! I'm wasting away!" Little Turtle slumps dramatically against his… uncle… big brother… whatever and turns the biggest puppy dog eyes Eshra has ever seen up to the big turtle. It takes everything in the yokai not to snort at the theatrical display.

"Okay, okay, we'll go get boba." Leon seems entirely unaware of the little con artist's manipulation, or maybe he's just used to it. He looks at Eshra then and gives him the biggest, warmest smile Eshra has ever seen, and it promptly turns the little yokai's insides into mush. Oh no. "Seriously, get the wrap."

Then he's letting his seven foot, several hundred pound bulk be dragged out of the store by a kid not even half his size, a kid who is still tossing suspicious glances in Eshra's direction. Suddenly, on impulse, Eshra hurries after them.

"Hey, hold on!"

Leon stops, despite his Mini Me's attempts to continue to tug on his arm. He cocks his head at Eshra, whose crest ruffles in sudden bashfulness.

"Would you, uh. Would you like to get coffee sometime?"

There's that smile again. "Sure. Actually… how do you feel about boba?"

Beside Leon, Little Turtle looks borderline apoplectic, but the expression vanishes the instant Leon looks down at him. Interesting. "That okay with you, little bro?"

The answer is obviously reluctant. Equally obvious, however, is the teenager's apparent inability to say no to his older brother. "Yeah, that's fine, I guess."

"Great!" Leon offers a hand to Eshra, and the yokai only now realizes that the turtle's right arm is entirely prosthetic. "I'm Leon, and this is my, uh… little brother, Leo."

Taking the offered hand and giving it a polite shake, Eshra blinks. The same name? Okay, kinda weird… but now his curiosity is piqued, and he's going to chase it down no matter how hard the little one, Leo, is trying to set Eshra on fire with his eyes.

"Nice to meet you both. I'm Eshra."

[blorbo-place]

I WROTE A THING!

Practicing some one-shots set in the future of my story, set somewhere between the beginning and middle of it.

You don’t really need any info on the characters involved, except for the turtle bros, since this is just testing the waters and seeing how y’all like it.

Set in the future 2012 tmnt timeline, three turtle brothers take in a band of unruly kids and some domestic home life shenanigans ensue.

Hope you enjoy! Let me know what you think

🐢 🔴 🐢 🟠 🐢 🟣

Bug being bugged

whhuh-BANG!!!

Mikey practically jumped out of his shell at the sound of the front door being slammed open so hard, it probably left a door shaped crater in the wall.

“I said I got. It,” one voice gritted out.

“If you had it then we wouldn’t have been swarmed! What would you have done if I hadn’t been there to sense them coming from a mile away, huh?!” another older voice shrieked.

Oh boy, it was gonna be that day.

As the bickering continued, a smaller voice called out, “Mooooom! The girls are fighting!” Followed by two angry “SHUT UP”s from said “girls”.

Mikey peered out around the threshold of the kitchen to see his big bro Donnie and one of the feisty younger mutants they took in several months ago fighting about pizza gods know what for the bazillionth time this week. A large brown bear carefully squeezed past the two former to make his way to the kitchen, crawling on all fours to avoid hitting the ceiling. Mikey stepped aside to let him through while a pair of twin rodents scurried under his legs and cut in front of him with several protests from the beast. “You guys wanna fill me in real quick?” Michaelangelo asked the trio.

The bear let out an exasperated sigh as he caught an apple one of the rats tossed his way. “So Grape juice and our sibling thought it would be a great idea to go searching into more ‘off limits’ areas for parts and scrap today.”

“Already sounding great,” the turtle rolled his eyes.

The bear snorted lightly. “Yeah, Raph’s not gonna be too happy about that part, but it gets worse.” Mikey made a face at that, and the twin rodents snickered through their munching.

“Y/n decided to go in by themselves because, you know, they’re hot shit and all that. But uh, yeah it didn’t go so well and we ended up digging straight into a mutipede’s nest.” He wiped away the excess juice dripping down his chin with a paw. “Remember sour worm candies?”

Mikey blinked in confusion. “Uhhh yeah, why???” The bear licked his chops, chuckling, “Imagine a bag full of the blue raspberry ones, except with hundreds of legs, and they’re about a foot long each, and there’s three hundred of them.”

“Terrible analogy, Scratch,” one of the rats snarked. “How about you come up with an analogy next time then if you think you’re so imaginative,” Scratch bit right back.

“I think I get the picture guys, thanks” Mikey held his hands up placatingly.

“WELL WE WOULDN’T HAVE HAD TO DEAL WITH IT IF YOU WEREN’T SO SET ON GETTING A REMOTE!”

All four of them winced at the new volume the argument was taking, the group taking quick glances at each other, silently asking who was gonna be the one to interrupt. The kid was as stubborn as a jackass, and Donnie even more so, especially as the years continued to stack on. Donnie had always been a bit of a hard shell since they were kids, but it felt like he was turning into a stale pizza puff that was left under the bed for too long. Take those two and put them together, and, well, bad things happen.

Creeeeak

Speaking of bad things…

“What the hell are ya two BITCHIN’ about?” a heavy Brooklyn accent growled from the balcony upstairs.

After a beat of silence, the two mutants started bickering over each other again, and Mikey took that opportunity to motion for the other three kids to scram to the back door through the living room, quickly jerking a thumb back and waving them away. They didn’t have to be told twice as they’d left faster than Mikey could eat a whole large pepperoni from the box.

“Your brother is a fucking hard ass about the way I do things-“

“HARD ASS- You LITERALLY dug the ENTIRE group a grave with the shit you pulled today!!”

Oh cheesus pizzas…

Mikey cautiously shuffled over the kitchen threshold into the entryway where the girls continued to try screeching louder than the other. Hopefully he could do some damage control before Raph ripped everyone’s heads off. Including his. He hasn’t even done anything! …Yet

The kid had crossed their arms and leaned back on one leg, seemingly unconcerned with what they pulled today. “Yeah well you were the one who told me to do it if you would be so kind as to recall that before you try throwing me under the bus,” they bit back. Donnie’s eyes widened and then narrowed in barely contained wrath as he opened his mouth to retort, but not before Mikey decided to step in before it got messy… er.

“Dudes, dudes, duuuudes let’s all chill out for a minute here,” Mikey stepped between the two with hands held up at both people. What was that dinosaur movie called again?

“Sounds like you’ve all had a really rough day today, and if we’re going to talk about this then maybe we should take a minute to br-“ His older brother smacked Mikey’s hand away- ow -and pointed accusingly at the younger mutant behind him. “NO! We’re discussing this NOW and I’m not leaving until your little pet project learns some manners and how to listen to orders!” Said kid snorted and uncrossed their arms, hands in pockets. “Well I, for one, like Wazowski’s suggestion. Getting away from your whiny ass sounds like a great idea,” they snickered as they nodded their head back towards the door and turned on their heel to leave where they came from. Donnie was physically shaking from their pent up anger about to snap, growling through grit teeth, “Ohhhh you little bug brained idiot I swear to St. Fuck I’m gonna-“ aaaaand then it got SO much worse when a harsh, guttural growl from upstairs sliced through the tension with ease.

Aw shell…

Mikey closed his eyes and winced, shoulders tensing in preparation for the next part. “No one is leaving until I’ve sorted out what’s goin on with the lot a’ya,” Raph hissed. “I didn’t even do anything man!” Mikey immediately protested. “Yet,” was Raph’s curt response. Damn…

“Raph,” Donnie sighed at a significantly lower volume, “The kid wasn’t listening to me the entire time-“ “THE KID was telling you your plan was nuts from the beginning!” the kid interrupted. Mikey could feel the frustration emanating from his brother upstairs.

“Dude it’s not polite to interrupt, you’ll get your tur-“

”Mikey go make sure the other guys are fine,” Mr. Bossy pants interrupted.

Mikey whipped around to look up at Raph. “The shell did I just say?” Mikey gawked at his brother, arms up in a mock shrug. Raph, leaning on the banister with his arms and fingers enlaced, gave a small shrug back.

“Don’t worry about this, I got it,” he spoke in a softer tone. Probably about as much an apology as Mikey would get, but he was still a petty brother, so he scrunched up his snout at the eldest before turning and walking to the back door through the kitchen.

As he turned the doorknob, he could hear some scuffling on the other side. “You dudes need to work on your ninja skills,” he snickered as he opened it. Three mutant hairballs sat on the steps outside, totally innocent of everything that could possibly exist. “Aaaand it’s rude to listen in on others’ conversations.”

“I dunno what you mean,” Scratch said nonchalantly, a tiny smirk creeping up his lips. “Uh huh,” Mikey responded, eyebrow raised. Taking the steps down and veering around the kids to face them, he put his hands on his hips and rocked on his feet. “While those three play house, who wants to brave feeding the chickens with me?”

All three groaned.

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[lowkeyclueless5137]

Intermission 3-4

>:3

The intermission✨

Our saving graces and also the setter of the next palace!

What we will cover:

-The 2 parties

-the confession

-More shenanigans

-Bro bonding 101 with Azul :3c

OK this will be a very fun one to have... Like it was fun to write it since ya know, it will follow the 'everybody clown until...' plot...

Yeah... It's kinda my fav type of plot to write. :'3

Now onto the party!

Before june 1st, Ortho slammed the money from his bet in front of Idia at LeBlanc and so, much to Idia's dismay, he had to set a day for the ramen payment. Riddle and Ortho mentally cheered.

Yet the 5th of June was a chaos since morning.

The twins came in advance and since the thieves group decided 'oh yeah, let's all hog Riddle's room for the night', these 2 tried to call dibs on the couch.

Sike, Ortho called dibs a night earlier. :'3

But also Idia seemed to prepare a lot for his own slumber party. It is still a shock that this guy landed a sleepover, let alone have the house empty of any kids. Futaba really had to pinch herself and Yusuke to check that it was real.

Meanwhile, Malleus was also preparing for the party. The others tried to help him and Azul by splitting into 3 groups.

Riddle, Ortho, Adeuce and Vil were helping Malleus out, while Rook, the twins and Epel aided Azul.

Meanwhile Jamil had to prepare along Kalim. Thankfully there wasn't too much hassle on that end, but because we are talking about the tight security at their place, the others couldn't mingle in so easily. :'3

Malleus really wanted to find a gift for his partner, as it was a tradition in his family to get courting gifts when inviting the other to a party. And while they were certainly not short on the Draconia bank account, it was hard for Malleus to decide, especially since he didn't want something very expensive.

Meanwhile Floyd tried to eat lipstick. Epel almost threw a perfume bottle through the window. Rook was rook and Jade seemed to just enjoy Azul's ever lasting 'I'm done with these dumbasses' face. :'3

In the end, Malleus decided on flowers. They could be put as little attentions to their attire after all. Then again, flowers were romantic and a go-to gift when it comes to dates or special events.

So they go to a flowershop!

And Jack was working there! :D

A small back and forth about casualties was given before Jack presented what the shop had in store today. He did ask what Malleus was aiming for. The other did say that it was for a very special someone. He also wanted a few narcissus and primrose in there.

Jack adds Carnations and Dahlias, although for the sake of easy to understand message, he also put roses. Jack's boss was a very kind lady who always told him to try and balance out bouquets and watch it to not be too heavy/big.

In the end, Malleus was more than happy with the bouquet. He did give an extra tip to Jack for his insight and help.

And with pulling out the costumes and everything, the preparations were done on all 3 ends. Malleus did say that he will pick up his date himself, like a true gentleman. :3

Meanwhile, Akira had his ever so trusty men(Ryuji and Yusuke) help him out. Haru was pampered by Ann, Makoto being the driver while Futaba was helping out with the dress.

So when the twins get dropped along Deuce and Ace at LeBlanc, it was the means that the guests will come at the party. Vil and Rook also came, all of them settling with some snacks and watching some movie at the TV. Futaba was with Yusuke at their now kid empty home, enjoying some peace and quiet.

Cheeka also got dropped by at LeBlanc, but the kiddo fell asleep by 20 and even when Adeuce yelled due to a scare from Floyd, cheeka didn't nudge. So they put him on the bed and there he slept all night.

Meanwhile, at the Ashengrotto residence... :3

~~~~~~~~

"You sure don't want me to drop you by? Mom already left-" "I'm capable... I have the map on my phone, I got the route, train stops and I don't talk with anyone on my way there." Epel rolled his eyes as he adjusted his bag over his shoulder. The other only exhaled.

"Don't worry..." Epel mused. "Your japanese greatly improved with Malleus as a tutor... I must admit..." Azul smiled as he ruffled the lavender hair of the other. "Yeah! Now I can swear!" Epel happily declared, gaining an eye roll from the other.

After a small silence, Azul smiled as he put in Epel's hands a pouch with something in it. "Wha-" "You deserve it..." The other cut off with a smile as he looked at their hands. "It's something to show that... Whatever happens... You are apart of this family... And family will stay united no matter what, Epel... Alright?" The taller said quietly with a small smile, before turning onto his heel as his phone buzzed in the pocket.

"Call me if anything comes up!" He said before dissappearing through the door. Curiously, Epel opened the pouch.

The fake gems from the palace. All of them were in there.

Azul gave him more than half of the treasure.

~~~~~~~~

For the party, Makoto drove Akira and Haru. Of course their gc was full of texts and Akira again just being a lil teasing shit.

The party was held at a very luxurious hotel.

And surprisingly, they arrived right when Kalim was checking in with Jamil. Or more like Jamil getting the formalities while Kalim was looking around a bit nervous. His emotions seemed to calm down once realising that Akira was in here with Haru. It was a bit hard to recognise each other(due to the whole mask thing), but Akira also reached them in time and Haru spoke her name to the receptionist, gaining their entry too.

Of course the usual compliments were given, although whenever Kalim was praised for his looks, he would immediately reply by saying that Jamil is totally slaying tonight. And ironically, Kalim couldn't seem to do justice to Jamil's fit for the night with just words as he put it lightly.

Pls Jamil... Appreciate the compliments, don't just puff... :'3

Meanwhile, the party was ready to start when the last ones arrived. First Mrs Asim with Mr Koizumi as her plus one. (much to Kalim's visible worry and annoyance).

And the last one was Malleus himself, who came with not 1, but apparently 2 partners, which was a shock for most people.

They didn't expect THE Draconia to bring in 2 partners.

Also the group at LeBlanc were spamming the whole GC when Kalim sent a photo of the whole ordeal. Like dayum, Malleus... Most of these guys can't get 1 date to save their lives... But here you are with 2... O-O;

Even wilder was when Epel arrived at LeBlanc and recognised Azul in the photo as one of Malleus's dates. Like that's when things went nuts completely, since who tf was the 3rd one?!

Meanwhile Akira living the high life and Haru just keeping him in check. It seems like Joker was slipping through like a waterfall. The adults PT chat was also running wild, but a tamer one since a lady tried to hit it on Akira at the buffet (blame the max charm U-U) and Haru went passive aggressive. Futaba and Ryuji encouraged a rich peeps fight in the gc.

Meanwhile Malleus did notice the stares he received. It was clear as day that his dates were a bit anxious about the stares, so for most of the party, they enjoyed it quietly in a corner.

That was, of course when it was announced that Mr Koizumi had something to say. At that moment Kalim was basically on the verge of either tears or throwing hands. Jamil holded him by the hand to remind him that homicide is still illegal in the real world. :'3

And so, much to the relief of the thieves, the man confessed to his crimes and the party had to be cut short due to the police getting an intervention.

This shit was also broadcasted as breaking news, so the sleepover gang had to interrupt their 3rd movie to see that and finally pop out the real cheers. Kalim and Jamil dropped at LeBlanc after the party, joining in the party gang.

Meanwhile, Malleus said that he will drop at Ashengrotto's for the night. He was let off the hook for the night, but tomorrow, it was clear as day that Vil, Ace, Jade and Ortho wanted the full on boiling tea.

~~~~~~~~

"Well... Now they know..." Azul grumbled as Malleus closed his phone, putting it on the nightstand as he dragged the covers of the bed over all 3 of them. "I believe it was just a matter of time... Grandmother is accepting this... Much like Lilia and Sebek..." "Mom also was surprised about this, but happy nonetheless..." Azul mumbled, before the 2 looked at the 3rd person in the bed.

"I-I... I don't really know..." He mused, looking in another part. Malleus only exhaled as he draped his arm around both of them. "I know you are afraid... But we all have to face our true selves one way or another... And I am more than confident your parents will accept it..." "You say that?"

"Darling..." Azul breathed. "Whatever happens... We will always be here for you... And everything will be alright..." "this ain't a fairytale, Azul... This is reality... And reality is disappointing..." "Well now you are just pessimistic..."

Malleus only hummed as he nuzzled his face into the pillow, dragging the 2 closer. "Yeah... We get it, mal... Sleep..." The other 2 smiled as the 3 snuggled together.

PING!

"Epel won't let me live it down..." Azul breathed.

~~~~~~~~

The next day, Epel busted down the door in the early morning. Boy got the first train and got there only to find just Azul in the apartament.

It was a known fact that Epel entered the apartment when the loud ass 'SO YA SMOOCHED WITH DRACONIA?!' was heard. It was so loud that Azul even dropped his books on the floor in surprise.

It was a bit of back and forth before Epel finally left Azul to prepare for school.

What he didn't know was that with the first second of privacy, Azul stuck his head out the window to check on something.

In the morning also, Idia came back from his sleepover. Apparently he and his buddies pulled an all nighter bingie watching the whole new season of the anime he was hooked up onto. He kept from watching the episodes in advance just for this.

Futaba makes a whole goddamn drama about it because 'this is why you didn't want to watch it with me?!'.

Leona also came to pick up Cheeka. So the man did cht with Futaba for a bit, while Riddle, Ortho and everyone who had a sleepover got ready for the school.

But they overheard a bit of the conversation. Leona mentioned that his flight would be on July 9th, at night. That was also when his brother with wife and Cheeka would leave as well, but for their own country. Leona was relived that finally those political affairs discussions were done and over.

Reminded by the look of sadness Cheeka gave to his uncle, the group decided to get back on track again.

So calling Malleus and Epel, after school the group assembled for a meeting. Vil, Rook and Jade made their little homework regarding Leona.

Leona was the 2nd prince of the Kingscholar dynasty. His brother, the 1st born, also got the throne. Little is known of Leona as he seems to not be that active in the public life. Rumors circled around about possible affairs or illegal things he might be doing.

The most outrageous rumor was Leona attempting to get the throne. But that, of course, would be if his brother would give it up or if he died before Cheeka, the next in line, would be of age to rule.

So with those on hand, the group was ready to get in the Palace.

Except that things can never be that simple... :'3

~~~~~~~~

"Sebek-" "SHHHHH..." Jack only rolled his eyes as he awkwardly looked around, before glancing back at the bush in which the other was hiding. "Wakasama keeps dissappearing! He might be involved in some illegal things!" the Greenhead declared.

"I doubt it..." Jack mused. He didn't even know how did he get in this, but Sebek was his gym buddy and when he expressed, quite in the Sebek fashion, that his Wakasama might be in danger, Jack didn't expect to be faced with babysitting a bush.

And to add it, Jack was surprised he didn't receive as many odd looks as he expected.

"Sebek... I have homework... And you said we would do it together... Let's go... Your 'Wakasama' seems to be in a tight enough group to think of trouble..." The boy mused, rolling his eyes as he opened his phone, checking onto the time, then a few messages he got. Might as well play a game to pass some time before Sebek would finally let it go of his suspicions.

Except that Jack could bearly open the little mindless phone game when Sebek immediately jolted up and grabbed him by the arm, dragging Jack and making him trip, enough so that the 2 would topple down on the ground.

Sheepishly raising his head, Jack was ready to be faced with the array of stares from people and maybe a laugh or 2, since this was literally a cartoon stunt.

Fsh...

Against his expectations, Jack found himself with leaves in his face. Redressing himself along Sebek, the 2 looked around in confusion.

A jungle....

"Sebek, just so you know, I still have to be home by 18..."

~~~~~~~~

Priorities... :'3

But here we have the intermission as well... :3

Our new palace ruler is: Leona Kingscholar! :D

Really, who didn't expect it from me by now? :3c

So get ready to dwelve into the ✨tea✨

Until next time, buh bye!

[robbieshomestuckliveblog]

Day Twelve

02/21/25

[S] ACT 4 ==> to ==>

( page 1358 to page 1503 )

Favorite Panel: Page 1433

Favorite Pesterlog: Page 1394

Favorite Flash (if applicable): Page 1358

Takeaways:

- [S] ACT 4 ==>

IS SO COOL!!!! The establishing shot is my everything: all of the blues and greys, the cool environment, the fireflies lighting up the sky! I always love a good Land title card aswell, makes me all giddy hehe. The chiptune-esque song, turning more ethereal and magical yet all the more mysterious.

I love that John’s health bar is called MANGRIT VILE??

I like that the imp’s design is more visible inline with what the kids prototyped, all of the octopus kitties and such.

I wonder if the fireflies are instrumental to LOWAS’S ecosystem? Or just LOWAS in general?? 

John’s first class mentioned by a Salamander!

I pressed the arrow key while walking to walk, skipped to the next page a-fucking-gain. I have given up and am reading this flash in my physical book copy.

- So John’s quest in short is: Waking and slaying the Denizen, then he will free LOWAS from the Denizen’s spell with his soon to come awesome Breath powers! Cool!!!!

- ( Trying not to let Hussie’s footnote commentary persuade my notes here )

- I love the bit of everything that John got thrown into the abyss is now being pawned to him from Salamanders who snatched them up.

Exiles my beloved. ( STTOOOPP FIGHTING/This isn’t you... )

- Big fan of the little stops Hussie takes to do something silly for a while to smooth up the pacing

Plus who doesn't love some good shenanigans.

I love the tiny snide remark towards Dave for being dramatic about installing Sburb. I love that the kids are realistic, they're not always nice and cooperative, it makes them more authentic, as teens and as humans. ( And also this panel is cool as shit. Jade’s tech is so fun to explore! )

A fan service-ey part of me really wants this line to be influenced by John missing his father. This line is also just sweet! Good call back on Dave’s take him out behind the woodshed and shoot him line. 

I love how John gets to be silly with Jade, they’re just such siblings and their banter is so tight knit and sweet right off the bat!

DAVE ASPECT MENTION, also Jade is so real for taking the joke John just texted her. The beta kids dialogues are EVERYTHING to me.

JOHN/KARKAT HAS OFFICIALLY STARTED!!!! I adore how all the timey wimey shit builds their relationship, John earliest messages from Karkat being Karkat’s latest messages ( After he’s talked to John for a while ) and Karkat’s first message from John being from the future, after he had been waiting for the big bad speech Karkat told him he gave, with AMAZING payoff. hi karkat! PEEAAAKKUHH.

- Sidenote: I absolutely adore the John/Karkat parallels. The perfectly genetic Human boy and Troll boy!

- OH MY GOD HOW COULD I FORGET ABOUT KARKAT’S PITCHED CRUSH ON JOHN. The relationship is perfectly conceivable to me, of COURSE Karkat’s so angry about how “easy” John had it growing up, so happy and joyous he was is enough to make Karkat burst a blood vessel. I’m so excited.

- This is where I will stop referring to this portion of Homestuck as early act Homestuck, I would say now that the trolls and a land have been introduced, we have reached mid act Homestuck territory!

Just a really pretty panel, they're all just chilling in the pretty maroon sky. Good shit, man.

Is this just a meta-art joke bit or did Bro actually account for this somehow?

- I wonder if the flock of ( what i assume are ) Crows are just plain DRAWN to Dave? Or does Hussie just enjoy the imagery? Or If this is alluding to the belief that a flock of crows are bad luck?? I believe the latter two could be simultaneously true.

- Rose’s only use of a gender neutral term is “it” It makes sense for her, being a very skilled linguist, but god if it's not funny.

I love that Dave just said this in a casual fashion, that is most definitely not his intent, but to say something genuine such as how much he cares for his best friend? Really big moment for Dave and I'm proud of him!! I find that Rose/Dave and John/Jade find a sense of comfort with each other that is solely unique to them.

- Rose’s Land, POLAR is one of the prettiest. The whole land in contrast to John’s ( and also personality wise, her land isn't quite “on brand” for her yet being a gothy teen, but yet she had a reluctant fondness upon arrival. ) is bright, a pearl and iridescent type vibe.

Is this the first instance of the Bluh gag?? Would you count it? I'm undecided.

 Exile polycule when.

Just a small note, I find this moment very cute. Just a big fan of any Exile character dynamics focused on.

And she knows this because Jade must talk to her about John on Prospit!!!! So cool!! :D

Of course I can't talk about this panel and go without stating the beauty of LOLAR. Besides that i wanted to say i love Rose’s commands, her relationship with the White Queen ( I presume.. based of my memory at least. ) being an ( actually ) helpful guiding force to Rose is very cute.

- My favorite Panel!

I love Rose’s arc, how happy she finds herself through Sburb. Surface level seeing her class being Light despite being so goth seems just wrong. I love Rose’s fight to let herself indulge in the small things. Rose's gothic tendencies contrast against the pink ponies her mother gifts her, against a bright spectacular world such as LORAR, but in this panel you can see how happy she is here. Great example of what I'm ( badly ) trying to express here is her desire to destroy Sburb itself. She always wants and expects so much, and her search for finding happiness in relaxation and self care is sweet and admirable.

I WAS ABSOLUTELY OBSESSED with this panel on my first read, I was just all in on the cool looking John panel, he is my favorite Beta Kid.

Big fan of the more abstract Monsters Hussie makes, you can really tell he had fun with them.

I LOVE THIS FACE ON DAVE I would kill for one of the girls to do this aswell LMFAO.

The first Bluh panel!!!

This panel has so much to take in, the fire made of the Jake English branded ammo AR found, WV only eating greens, and Jade’s Captchalogued items.

- Were AR and PM regarded as imps by Sburb as such teleported on LOWAS because of it??

- GRANDPA HARLEY??? How did nobody ever note this i also entirely forgot hello.

Are the exiles doomed to forget their previous lives? Is it a matter of PM forgetting with time? Or is this her sensing her life in another universe??

Nevermind I guess!

Not much to note, i just like their solidarity over PM, she’s too cool for either of these dorks.

John is so real for putting various iterations of this drawing sucks on like EVERY drawing, I find his drawings quite charming.

- Jake slaying the underlings but causing the village to burn, is so poetically Jake, he tries his best to help everyone but doesn't have the foresight to do so successfully.

- Do you think the gust of wind was in some form John’s doing? Characters such as Terezi utilize their aspect despite not being god tier? It is atleast plausible, and good foreshadowing either way!

Hussie’s utilizing this panel again with the flashing colors is soooo pretty. Plus the Rolal cat being so small it's absolutely adorable.

Mom Lalonde being immediately recognised by her wine glass. Rose is starting to realize that her mother knows more than she lets on, she has a plan and will stop at nothing to protect her.

[craziersarah98]

So here’s what I’ve written down about Sarah and Carson, as well as a couple of picrews i made and art i did!

Bday is August 30, 1999

So the twins were born from a lovely couple who were good friends with Tony. One day their dad mysteriously vanishes, leaving them and their mom alone. Their mom leans on Pepper and Tony alot after this, especially after she’s diagnosed with brain cancer. Unfortunately, she loses her battle when the twins are about 7. Tony had already agreed to adopt the kids in a worse case scenario at this point, so they soon move into the tower with him.

They grow up living with the Avengers and absorbing their dad’s love of tech. Carson finds himself fascinated by the programming aspect, while Sarah prefers the hands on experience of building devices.

In high school, they meet Peter, MJ, and Ned (all older in this AU)and form a tight knit friend group who love getting up to shenanigans! Those include but aren’t limited to: Stopping Sarah from getting into fist fights, covering for Peter when he has to go do Spiderman shit, annoying various members of the Avengers, sneaking into the lab to “make” new devices, and driving around in Sarah’s jeep as they blast and sing along to music (usually MCR)

Out of the 5, only Sarah remained during the blip. And she saw everyone (except Peter) turn to dust before her eyes; the emotional shock triggered her mutation manifesting

Seeking help and an almost fresh start, Sarah goes to the X Mansion and (temporarily) moves in. She starts rebuilding her life from there

There’s some good in the twins’ stories though! After living at the mansion for awhile, Sarah’s pretty much back to her old self and reclaims her room at the tower. Movie nights at her place with Yukio, Kurt, NTW, Kitty, and Wade aren’t uncommon

She also, of course, falls hard for Gambit and Rogue, who accept her with open arms following an accidental confession ☺️

As for Carson, readjusting to life post blip is surprisingly easy. He’s ecstatic to discover he’s an older brother (and takes his big bro duties very seriously)! He’s gobsmacked but lowkey interested after learning Sarah joined the X-Men; He’s absolutely stoked to discover he’s also a mutant! That leads to him meeting and falling for Kurt (he’s way more confident in initiating a relationship than Sarah was lmao) He decides to live at the mansion full time afterwards

Carson’s method of “confession” was walking up to Kurt and asking if He could kiss him. When Kurt (confusedly) accepts, Carson pulls him by the horn and kisses him hard; Kurt loves it. And this was all to prove that he’s the more confident twin!

Their sibling dynamic even shows when they’re fighting together! like they’ll in the danger room/battlefield/ect, and decide to make it a game. Whoever takes out the most targets get ultimate bragging rights for the next week or something. Bonus points for dramatic flare when appropriate

Oh! their mutations…

Sarah can fully or partially transform into any animal, living or extinct. Later on she develops a “chimera” ability: mixing and matching different animal traits

Carson can fully or partially transform into any fantasy/mythological creature. He too develops a chimera ability, but in respect to his mutation

Angsty Carson lore: He’d gone through a rough breakup about a year before the blip. He was about to put himself back out there when the blip occurred

They have a minor healing factor, but being diabetics seems to counter act it, so it’s only effective against minor cuts and bruises

Show me your X Men Oc.

Show them. Yap about them. I WANT TO KNOW ALL ABOUT THEM

So, fact about my main x men oc is here

[changingplumbob]

York Household: Chapter 8, Part 5

Deanna catches up with Reece, Kelly has a horrible time, improbably all four York kids feature (when I invited 0 over) and Calista gets more than one good change. Finally Deanna and Paris have a much needed discussion.

Harvey: Reece? Fancy meeting you here

Reece: I'm visiting one of my best friends, what about you dad

Harvey: Visiting one of my best friends as well, we're twinning

Reece: *rolls eyes*

So while Deanna and Reece head to the patio to practice some soccer passes, Harvey and Aaron play some chess.

Deanna: Ouch! That was my face

Reece: It was hilarious

Deanna: You should be better with balls

Reece: I'll have you know I've received good feedback on my ball technique

Harvey: Reece!

Reece: I mean....

Deanna: *laughs*

Aaron: If you're talking woohoo, do it elsewhere, I'm focusing

Deanna: Sure pa. Lets go cloudgaze

Reece: There's not even clouds

Deanna: Imagine

Reece: You know who was imagining, Paris

Deanna: What

Reece: We were talking about taking the moving in plunge and she needed to think through things

Deanna: Should I be worried

Reece: I don't know De. She did seem to have a mini identity crisis

Reece: Who am I outside of my relationship kind of thing

Deanna: That's not great

Reece: I think she's just scared. She wants a happily ever after you know

Deanna: Does she worry I don't love her

Reece: More like, she's scared of being hurt down the line if she gets everything she wants so young. If it seems to good to be true, is it, kind of worries

Kelly had one very bad day. From waking up with a loose tooth, to having a bully assuming a bib was his, he is not in the mood to head home and be forced to do homework. He and his crew head to Atlas' house to have snacks and shenanigans. By which I mean one of them tosses paint everywhere.

When Kelly gets home it's movie time so he parks himself in front of Deanna, she is not pleased. The movie just makes him madder. He finds it lame, boring and juvenile. He stalks off to his room and grabs his journal ready to scribble some obscenities.

Dear diary, I should have ripped that bully limb from limb, extra slowly. He's lucky he was taller than me or I would have let him have it. And why do we have to get loose teeth anyway. It's stupid. If I find out who did it then they'll be on my future torments list. It's a pretty long list.

Calista is busy cooking when an ecstatic Aaron finds her.

Aaron: Guess who just maxed their research and debate skill

Calista: Some tall handsome dude with an excellent array of stubble

Aaron: Guilty

Calista: Well done Aaron, seriously that's big

Aaron: I couldn't have done it without you

Calista: What do you mean

Aaron: You put your career on hold for me, and it means more than I can say that you took the reins with our kids for so long. I love you so much amore

Calista: To celebrate Mr York, may I have this dance?

Aaron: I thought you'd never ask

The two dance outside to the faint prom music

Aaron: What filled your day

Calista: I reached level 9 knitting and cooking

Aaron: I'm impressed

Calista: And being 54 the watcher made me infertile

Aaron: We didn't exactly want more kids I guess

Calista: So we can woohoo without consequence now

Aaron: What are we doing down here then? Race ya

It is really not Kelly's week. He still has that sore tooth. Beyond that he had an awful nightmare about melting away to nothing. Stupid wizard of oz affecting his sleep. He spends some time with bunbun before school to try relax a bit. It doesn't work very much.

Joey: What did you want to see me about

Calista: I made you a sweater

Joey: Another one? So quickly

Calista: This one has a scarf attached. I didn't want to give it to your pa and get the sweater curse

Joey: Just making it gets it in CAS anyway

Calista: Oh and I've been promoted, I'm a captain now

Captain Calista heads to work and Joey goes to see Deanna

Joey: Yo De, how's it

Deanna: Oh you know, casual fear of death from repeated electrocutions

Joey: Damn, stop living on the edge bro

Deanna: Hey since you're here, can I have cake help again

Joey: Why not, I'm footloose and fancy free

Joey: I noticed you're not see through anymore

Deanna: I did try get a tan. It would be easier if the watcher could just darken my skin

Joey: I know that's not whitewashing but it still feels shady

Deanna: So I should just stay tanned forever

Joey: Maybe. Oh, it's ready! Remember, add candles

Joey: Now just go slow

Deanna: Have you built a robot before

Joey: Well no

Deanna: Then be quiet genius, you don't know everything

Joey: I know you probably shouldn't-

*ZAPS*

Joey: do that...

Deanna: Youch! Maybe I should stop for today

Joey: And maybe you should listen to your family genius

I'm thinking I should invite Devin over when she rings the doorbell, I love her.

Deanna: Hey

Devin: Is that... a smoke cloud

Deanna: Not the fashion in Del Sol Valley I take it

Devin: Not even close

The two hug and do their secret handshake before Deanna heads for a jog to clear her mind.

Devin: Hi Kelly how are-

Kelly: Why are you here

Devin: Visiting my family duh

Kelly: I think you want to rub my nose in your superiority. Well guess what, I'm the better child

Devin: No you're not

Kelly: Am to

Devin: I literally am on TV, Joey is genius, Deanna is valedictorian

Kelly: You all suck pixels!

Aaron: KELLY

Kelly: What

Aaron: Stop being mean to everyone! Time out mister

Kelly pouts while Devin basks in her true superiority

Kelly: But she's a-

Aaron: Do you want to be grounded because I can do that

Kelly: This is so unfair. I'm clearly the better one

Aaron: Time out, NOW

Kelly may sit down for time out but he's angry about it. Stupid siblings. Stupid parents. Stupid watcher. All he was doing was saying that he was the better child, the truth shouldn't upset the peasants.

After school Deanna and Paris have the chance to meet up and discuss the future some more.

Deanna: How was school

Paris: So keen for it to be done. Without you lot there's just boring sims

Deanna: So tomorrow's your age up birthday. Could we talk more about you maybe moving in with me

Deanna: I realised when I offered it probably didn't sound as romantic as it could have been

Paris: It kind of sounded like you felt obligated to let me move in to be honest

Deanna: Oh baby no. That was not what I meant at all, I'm sorry if you've been thinking that. I don't feel obligated, I love you is all

Deanna: I just didn't want you to worry about your future and it came out wrong

Paris: Like when I tried to put this shirt in the dryer and it shrunk

Deanna: It just makes you boobs look gorgeous

Paris: So... you do want a future with me?

Deanna: Of course I do! I love you. I know we're a bit young...

Deanna: But that just means we'll get more time together right

Paris: I worry I'm being naive

Deanna: You are beautiful and kind and frequently adorable

Paris: Can we really have happily ever after though

Deanna: We can try. In the end, everyone is trying for the best no matter where they are

Deanna: So Paris Pearl, will you do me the honour of moving in with me

Paris: I may have a condition

Deanna: What is it

Paris: Don't get really skinny on me, I love your love handles

Paris manages to hold a straight face for a few seconds before bursting in to a fit of giggles.

Deanna: *laughs* I like fitness but I can try keep curves

Paris: Then it's a deal. I'll move in babe

Previous Part ... Next Part

[imbonewary]

Shifting Sans Chapter 7 "Good Morning, or Is It?"

~

Chapter 1 - Chapter 6 - Chapter 8

~

I woke up to a low voice saying something but I didn't catch what. My cheek was pressed against something solid but warm, laying on my front. One arm was curled up into my side, the other dangling. A hand was resting between my shoulders.

Hand?

And the solid thing I'm laying on is breathing.

Ah, I must be laying on Pap's chest, maybe we fell asleep watching movies or something. Wouldn't be the first time. Movies would also explain the weird thoughts nibbling at the back of my mind. Another hand began gently petting my head and I was almost lulled back to sleep. Then it started shaking my shoulder gently.

"it's time to wake up, brother."

"Five more minutes, bro..." I groaned, curling in on myself. 

The surface under my cheek chuckled. That wasn't my brother's laugh.

I stiffened, immediately wide awake as my head shot up, staring into a too-familiar face. I blinked a few times as memories of last night slowly filtered into my mind. Right, he is my brother, just not that one. My new brother. He adopted me. Cuz he's me. But not me. Alternate universe shenanigans. 

And I was currently lying on top of him.

Clearing my throat of awkwardness, I backed up with a blush, the blanket sliding off my back as I tried to not look like I was scrambling to get off of him. He sat up too, still bemused. Which I could feel. On my soul. Through my wings. That's right, I have wings now. 

That whole crazy mess wasn't just a dream.

"'mornin' sleepy head," Sans said with a raised eyebrow.

"'morning," I replied, rubbing one eye. "Did you uh, sleep well?" With me on top of you?

"well enough," he smiled.

"Breakfast is gonna get cold if you don't hurry up," a voice called from behind me and I stiffened. Someone else is here and I didn't even notice. I'm usually more aware of my surroundings. Now that I was actually paying attention I could hear cooking sounds behind me and looked back to find the kitchen area with-

The Human.

Holding a knife.

Panic coursed through me as I tasted dust in the air, felt the swish of a blade too close to my head, saw their empty smile as they struck down monster after monster after monster as they laughed and laughed-

I gasped, snatched at the hand that touched my shoulder, summoned bones around me, on my feet, ready to dodge, ready to fight-

"eeeaaasy bro, easy, i didn't mean to startle you," I could feel his shock, see his wide sockets, his free hand held up placatingly. Right, this was Sans, my big brother, meaning this couldn't be that human, I'm safe here, right? "i guess i forgot to mention the kid was human, huh."

"That..." I swallowed, releasing his wrist. "That woulda been nice to know." Figures, my life can't be that easy, can it. "S-sorry I... I'm just... jumpy, I guess." My bones were still summoned; better take care of those. Dissipate, darn you. "Nothing against you, kiddo, but I haven't had much positive exposure to humans and wasn't expecting to see one with a knife this morning."

Nonplused, they looked at the knife in their hands.

"It's a butter knife," they deadpanned.

"Still registers as a knife."

They raised an eyebrow.

"frisk, please," Sans urged quietly.

With a sigh, they rolled their eyes and put down the knife on the counter, holding up their now empty hands at shoulder height. I could distantly feel their annoyance over the table between us and I was still having trouble controlling my breathing but seeing them unarmed did help as I finally managed to dissipate the last of my bone attacks. I sat back down on the couch; one foot on the floor while the other knee was now held against my chest as I felt my wings curling around my shoulders slightly. I was barely resisting the urge to fold into the fetal position. 

“I’m sorry,” I said again, looking away, acidic shame bubbling up in my chest. “You just… reminded me of someone. For a minute. It wasn’t a happy memory.”

“I gathered,” they said, though they seemed more interested than annoyed now.

“we'll have plenty of time to discuss hard topics after breakfast,” Sans stood, interrupting whatever they were going to say next. “come on, it’s time for a formal introduction.”

Sans offered me a hand with a smile.

I hesitated, I don’t deserve his kindness, especially after an outburst like that, but it would be rude to refuse, right? Besides, I owed it to him to make things work between me, him, and Frisk. I am the stray here. 

I took his hand and let him pull me up to my feet, leading me to the table between the living room and kitchen, pulling out one of four chairs for me as he dropped my hand. I sat, as bidden, and Sans set about helping the human get everything on the table. Three plates were set and Sans pulled out a chair opposite me for the human before sitting down himself. 

"so," Sans started. "before we dig in, thank you frisk, for making breakfast while I was taking care of serif." The human gave a grin and a thumbs up. "and serif, this is frisk; they fell into the underground about a week ago and i was assigned as their guardian. frisk, this is serif; i don't know much about him yet either but i picked him up from pap's last night. you remember what i told you about The Labs, right?" Frisk nodded. "serif is a clone of me that was in hiding for a while but now he's here and i've decided to take him in as my little brother so he'll be your uncle from now on. that said, let's dig in!"

Frisk needed no further encouragement and began greedily eating their breakfast while Sans and I started at a more reasonable pace. There was fried eggplant yolks, sliced yham, and toast with butter and crab apple jam. At least the odd underground food was more or less how I remembered it. It was pretty good, too, considering a human made it; humans can't use magic so the magic in the ingredients themselves must have been enough to keep it as monster food. Then again, humans are more common here so maybe they found a way around that. 

"you did a good job making monster food for the first time, frisk," Sans praised. "you learn fast."

Frisk grinned happily, unaware of the egg on their face. I hid my snicker by clearing my throat, which also got their attention so I subtly swiped at my own cheek, mirroring where the egg was on theirs. They stuck their tongue out at me before wiping the offending food off with the back of their hand and I grinned, sticking my own blue tongue out at them. They feigned offense but I could feel their delight. 

Sans pretended to not notice. 

Breakfast was finished without much chatter, we were too busy eating. Frisk finished first, surprising no one with how fast they scarfed everything down, and began clearing the table. Sans was done next, and I finished off whatever food was left over; I didn't usually need to eat this much but I guess I was still recovering from universe hopping and nearly dying. 

"Last one to eat washes dishes!" Frisk declared, heading for the couch. 

"Fair enough," I replied as I got up with my plate. 

"i'll dry and put them away," Sans offered, grabbing a towel. "so, I have to go to the capitol later to finish some paperwork for frisk and start some for serif, but i'll admit i'm insanely curious about you, serif. you said you were cloned in The Labs, right?"

"Right, it's... more complicated than that," I said, loud enough for Frisk to hear from the couch, glad to have something to do with my hands. Do I go with my cover story with the people I'm going to be living with or just bite the bullet and tell the truth? The best kept secrets are the ones not shared but they could help cover for me, too. And what if the resets are still happening? Do I tip my hand this early?

Maybe I'll just skip the reset bit.

"Ok, this is going to sound crazy but," I braced myself. "I'm actually Sans from an alternate universe. I don't know exactly how I got here but don't think there's any way back. That's why I said I'm your clone; it technically isn't a lie, I'm just not from The Labs. However, my universe did have its own version of The Labs so I still had to deal with that. It was just a much smaller scale than it was here, with only me and my brother as test subjects."

"you had a brother, too, then?" Sans asked. "i had one, a very long time ago, but he wasn't a boss monster so i outlived him." 

"Are you a Boss Monster?" I asked. Oh right, so is Undyne; that works differently here. 

"yes, but we can get into my past more later," Sans said, waving away his pain and discomfort. "i want to hear more about you! i take it you're not a boss monster, since you seemed surprised that I was?"

"Yeah," I nodded. "Skeleton monsters tend to be on the strong side of average but nothing like a Boss Monster." I can ask more about how that works later, along with Sans' history. "At least, where I come from anyways."

"So aside from Sans being older than you, by, like, a lot," Frisk piped in. "What other kinds of differences are there?"

"Well, I've noticed a lot of differences so far, but a lot is still kinda the same too," I shrugged. "Like, everyone I used to know is still around, in one form or another, but they're all jumbled up, doing different things than I remember; like Alphys being the current Royal Scientist instead of Toriel, or how Asgore and Undyne have swapped places. Papyrus is a good friend to you here but he's supposed to be my brother."

And I'm never going to see him again.

A sob caught in my throat as I dropped the fork I'd been working on. I'd seen him die, sure, and had to live without him for a while after that, but he always came back the next reset, like nothing ever happened. There's no coming back from this, though, no second chance, there's more than just time and space keeping us apart. He's deader than dead to me now, he may as well be-

Erased.