#MiMi went through so many different phases

[laelaex]

—oc evolution tag

Ahhhh thank you for the tag @yuauaua! You're the sweetest! <3

So... Let's talk about MiMi's evolution. MiMi has been one of my main sims for the past almost 2 years (will be 2 full years in May). In that time, my sim style has evolved about 10 billion times but I also learned so much more about rendering as well in those 2 years. I started off as a cycles girly before fully switching to Eevee and I must say, my Eevee renders look way better lol.

I tag @buggin-0ut, @madfeary and whoever else wants to show off the evolution of their beautiful ocs. <3

[twoidiotwriters1]

Copycat: Origins —(Marvel Fem!Oc)

A/N: I’ve said it many times before but this time I truly mean it. I am so sorry -Danny

Words: 2,365

Phase Three Masterlist

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Listen to: ‘My Tears Ricochet’ -by Taylor Swift

xxix: Last Words

Peter moved away from the hug, he stopped midway.

"Woah! Are you taller? Why do you look taller?"

She moved away. "Let's focus on the fight—"

Kurt teleported to her side, causing Peter to yelp. "You must be the boyfriend!"

He stared at Nightcrawler with his mouth wide open. "Who are you?"

"I'm Mimi's best friend!" He grabbed Peter's hand and shook it. "You must be so confused right now— Just you wait, buddy, it's about to get worse!"

He teleported out of sight, Cat wished to strangle him.

"W-What?" Peter looked at her. "Who was that?"

Steve shouted from some point at her right.

"Anyone see an ugly brown van out there?"

"Yes!" replied the Valkyrie. "But you're not gonna like where it's parked!"

"We'll talk later," She told Peter.

"Yeah," He nodded. "Yeah, okay. Good luck! Love you!"

He didn't wait for her to say it back, perhaps he thought he would hear it once it was all over.

He would not.

Copycat ran to the opposite side and saw Clint running with the gauntlet, she teleported and shielded him from incoming attacks.

"This is the second time I save your ass!"

"I didn't ask you to!"

"Clint!" T'Challa shouted. "Give it to me..."

The moment the gauntlet was handed to another man she teleported away and helped Rocket take down a few aliens, they heard Thanos scream:

"Rain fire!"

"But Sire, our troops!"

"Just do it!"

"Weak," she growled.

The girl flew as fast as she could towards them but something caught her attention: Wanda Maximoff had been thrown back after a missile almost landed on top of her.

"Watch out!" Cat copied the redhead's abilities and stopped the girl —who was now younger than her— from breaking her neck. Pietro rushed over to his sister and gave her a hug, Cat landed next to the twins.

"Hi!" Pietro beamed. "Missed us?"

"Hi," Cat said in a less eager tone, withdrawing her helmet.

Wanda stared at them, they looked way different than what she remembered.

"You have a beard!" The girl told her brother in astonishment. "Copy! Your... Your eyes!"

"Yeah, yeah," Cat positioned an energy shield above their heads and urged them to move forward. "Forget about me, catch up with your twin— why don't you ask Pietro about his boyfriend?"

"Shut up, Copy!" He smiled. "Oh man, I'd missed this!"

The missiles suddenly stopped coming down on them, the ships had redirected their attention to the sky and were shooting at an invisible target.

"Should we be worried about that?" Wanda questioned.

A blinding light traveled across the clouds and pierced through the biggest ship as if it were made of butter, Cat smirked.

"That's Danvers," She looked at Wanda. "Follow me."

Pietro ran out of sight after giving his sister another hug and the girls joined Carol, the woman was talking to Peter, the boy had gotten the gauntlet and he was now passing it to the Captain.

"Nice to see you, Sparkles," Cat teased.

"Hi, superstar," The woman grinned.

"Peter," Wanda tilted her head. "Nice to meet you. I'm sorry about last time."

The boy smiled at her, the first and only time they'd seen each other was while fighting at an airport. He locked eyes with Cat and his expression changed in an instant. The mutant realized her helmet was off, and Peter could see her feline-like gaze.

She turned her back on him and helped Danvers fly across the battlefield, but just when they were about to reach the van's tunnel, Thanos's sword cut it in half and the explosion threw them in different directions.

The gauntlet went up in the air, Cat seized it using Wanda's powers, she was attracting it towards her with a scarlet mist. A spear struck her thigh and it pierced the ground next to her, forcing her to remain in place. It wasn't enough to stop her, so they threw a second one that she barely managed to stop with her free hand. When the third projectile approached flying just as fast, someone else saved her from it by using their own body as a shield.

"NO!"

She dropped the gauntlet a foot away, pulled out the spear from her thigh, and stumbled over to Pietro. The weapon had gone through him swiftly and it'd left a serious wound on his chest from which the blood was pouring in large quantities.

"No, no, no," The girl fell beside him. "Why did you do that!"

His silver hair had red sprayed over it, Wanda quickly found her way to them and now both girls were holding him up. The redheaded girl put her hand over the wound but she couldn't heal him.

"Stay with us!"

Cat's brain stopped working. Pietro's life slipped through each drop of scarlet that poured out of his body. The fight was still happening around them, but the world had gone terribly quiet in her ears.

"Look at me..." She cupped his face, the young man's eyes were losing focus. "Breathe for me— It's alright, it's— it's going to be alright. You wanted to be here for us, remember? Don't go yet..."

His hand reached out for hers and moved it away from his cheek. Silver and blue were now tinted a darker shade wherever Cat looked on her brother's body. He placed both of their hands on top of Wanda's. Pietro opened his mouth, nothing but blood came out.

"Oh God, no— I'm so sorry. It was supposed to be me— I'm sorry..." Her hand squeezed as hard as she could.

He took one last breath, and that was it.

Wanda screamed in agony, around them the ground shook and cracked, and the wave of the explosion sent several aliens and the gauntlet up into the air.

Copycat grabbed her spear, her leg quivered but she couldn't feel any extra pain. The blood in her veins ran cold at the sight of Thanos finding the gauntlet. Tony threw himself at the titan and pulled with all his might, she watched his hands move, Cat wasn't going to freeze this time around.

She teleported between them and pointed the spear directly at Thanos' throat, giving Tony enough time to retreat.

"Any last words?" She rasped.

"I am inevitable," He snapped his fingers... but nothing happened.

She looked over her shoulder and saw Tony add the stones to his own suit, with grief rooted deep within her, Cat did nothing but witness as the guardian of the best years of her youth did one last big sacrifice. One desperate thought occurred to her, the second thing she'd hoped for during the whole fight, and it had been denied to her:

It should've been me.

Whatever came next, she would have to deal with it alone.

"And I..." Tony breathed heavily. "Am... Iron Man."

He snapped his fingers.

Thanos's army vanished as in slow motion. Cat hurried to assist her old friend, Tony supported his weight on her, and she had no trouble carrying it.

"How was that?" The man inhaled harshly. "Shit... this sucks..."

She could hear his heartbeat decreasing. "You did well, man."

"Where's Peter? And the twins?" He wheezed, blinking rapidly. "Jesus, my arm..."

"Everyone's okay," She lied. "You made it."

"I made it," Tony started to drag his feet. "How about we sit... over there? I'm dizzy..."

She placed him in a comfortable position and knelt beside him so he could look at her one last time. Cat turned her eyes brown, she wanted him to see the girl he'd saved from imprisonment.

"Hello, smartypants..." She tried to smile. "I think... I never thanked you properly..."

The man stared at her, he was slipping away. Someone approached them, Rhodey placed his hand on top of Tony's head and brushed his hair out of his face. Both her hands were tightly holding Tony's intact one and she refused to let go.

"Mr. Stark?" Peter asked quietly.

She leaned closer and kissed the man's cheek.

"I'll look after him," Cat whispered. "I promise."

"Hey," Peter fell to his knees. "Mr. Stark? Can you hear me? It's Peter... we won, Mr. Stark. We won, Mr. Stark. We won! You did it, sir! You did it!"

The man had used all of his words, which seemed an almost impossible task.

"I'm sorry... Tony..." Peter cried.

Pepper lifted him up, and as she did the boy added quietly:

"I'll look after C.C., sir. She's going to be okay, I won't let you down..."

Peter wasn't aware of Morgan's existence. He didn't know about Harley, or that it'd been years since Cat had been called C.C. Most importantly, the boy didn't know Copycat no longer needed to be looked after and that she certainly did not want him to try.

She moved so Pepper could kneel before her husband, the woman placed her hand on the man's chest.

"Hey."

"Hey, Pep."

Of course, only death would stop Tony Stark from speaking, but until then, he would carry on until the last second.

"Friday?"

"Life functions critical."

Pepper smiled at him. "Tony? Look at me. We're gonna be okay... You can rest now."

Cat squeezed the man's hand as a final farewell, he exhaled deeply, his other hand letting go of Pepper's. The woman held onto his body, and someone lifted Cat and turned her away from the scene.

Peter had tried to approach her and she'd done her best to keep him away. She didn't know how to say what she had to say. Eventually, she decided that it'd been postponed for long enough. Peter had to be eased into this new reality as gently as possible, but she would have to break his heart in the process.

She observed him carefully, Cat hadn't aged much but she was taller than him, her body was no longer that of a teenager.

"Five years to you were five seconds..." She began. "I know this is going to be hard on you... but..."

"Cat," he looked at her, "I know something's wrong. I thought you'd be happy to see me and... I know we're all sad about... about Pi and..." He blinked rapidly, looking away. "I just wanna know what's going on."

"We have to split up."

His whole body turned to face her. "What? Why would you say that? We have plans— It's going to be okay, we can make it work—"

"I don't belong in your life," She said calmly. "I dropped out of high school shortly after you vanished. I have no plans to go back," Cat looked down at her feet. "I'll join S.H.I.E.L.D."

"But you hate them," Peter replied in confusion.

"It's necessary," She replied, her voice was void of feeling. "You've been away for too long, many things happened—"

"I met Kurt and Rocket," He shook his head, getting a little annoyed. "It's alright!"

She hesitated. "You talked to them?"

"Yeah!"

"What did they tell you?"

"That you were a Guardian of the Galaxy, you met Skrulls, trained, and got your skills back— but you had to come back cause you were having problems controlling them. It's okay, I know it's hard to get used to it, but you're okay now!"

Her friends had spared Peter from the ugly details, maybe now they understood why she was so fixated on honoring his memory, and they wanted her to remain innocent in the eyes of the sweet kid.

"It doesn't matter, I can't be with you. It's not right."

"Because you're older?" He frowned. "I'll catch up! You can finish high school in the meantime and no one will judge us, I'm sure they'll understand!"

"It's not about age, Peter," She looked around, feeling cornered. "It is about my age, but it's not just that. I've lived, and it's only fair that you do it too however you prefer."

"I want to live with you!" Peter seized her hands. "A house with a white picket fence and many dogs, remember?"

"I can't!" She pushed his hands away, fighting the urge to run from the conversation. "That's not my future."

His eyes began to water. "No! I-I promised Tony that I'll— that we're going to look after each other!"

"I promised May the same thing," Her hand moved as if she were about to touch his face, but in the end, she didn't dare to do it. "This is the only way."

"Don't..."

He looked so fragile then, so... young. She would've caved in for his puppy eyes, but Pietro and Tony's end reminded her of the sacrifices heroes were forced to do when they loved too much.

"I'm sorry, Peter."

She watched, with her hand wrapped around Morgan's, as a projection of Tony talked to them in the middle of the living room. Cat was smiling in spite of herself, apparently, not even death could stop Tony Stark from having the last word.

"Then again that's the hero gig, right? Part of the journey it's the end. Right, Kitkat? I know you get it. If you're watching this, in case we, unfortunately, didn't die side by side saving everyone's butt— You get it, right? There's a time and place for everything, even if we're too scared to take the leap."

She'd told him not going for it was selfish, but that was only because she'd been certain that the one dying would be her. Out of Tony, Pietro, and her, the mutant was the only one who had nothing to live for, yet there she was, still breathing.

Cat wondered if the world had been the selfish one instead.

When Pepper and Morgan sent the flower arrangement away, Copycat turned to the young men next to her.

"I gotta talk to Fury," She said. "Be right back..."

"Sure," Harley said hoarsely, he'd decided to come and he would later join her and Wanda to visit Pietro's grave. He didn't blame her for what had happened. "Take your time."

"I should join you," Kurt commented. "I don't think I'll be of use now that the real Guardians are back..."

"Gamora ran away and no one knows where she is, you can have her place."

"They're her family, she'll come back," He shrugged. "Even if she doesn't remember. I bet she can feel it."

"Don't do this for my sake."

He locked eyes with her. "If I leave and never see you again, I don't... I can't even think about it."

She swallowed the lump in her throat. "Having friends is a risky business for people like us, Kurt."

He held her hand. "Let me watch your back, I know you'll watch mine anyway."

She stared at him intensely. "Let me give you some advice: Don't let S.H.I.E.L.D. find you."

Kurt frowned. "But you're going to join them!"

"I owe Pietro and Tony to keep the peace they died for. I owe it to Nat... I can't quit."

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[pastelgrungewrecker]

Precocious {Shattered Glass}

Guileless one I'll shape your belief And you'll always know that your father's a thief  

How cruel of the mercenary- to abscond in the night and leaving his lover with so precocious a burden.

“You’ll be strong, my little supernova.”, he cooed to the sleepy doll-eyed toddler who nuzzled against a scarred chest, “Stronger than even your father, stronger than anyone. I promise.”

She grew; firm and heavy- sturdy and strong, just like he promised. Young hands gained callouses far sooner than they should, and green eyes grew bright and toxic. Her hair grew long, thick and ropelike as he plaited it and overlong nails clicked together as he did so.

She stared at the mirror they sat in front of, Perceptor cooing his viscous praises into her always listening ears. He kissed her temple, and her smile did not reach her demon’s eyes.

Soon she was in the midst of adolescence, and Perceptor cackled in glee as her temper began to show. Sharp teeth bared, knuckles bruised and bloodied as she learned the ways of battle and cruelty only from those approved of by her parent, who watched with keen eyes like the Devil himself.

And, as ever, he cooed lovingly to her upon her return from her “lessons”, cupping her youthful and bitter face in his hands and brushing aside the leaking life that trailed from scrapes and bruises.

“My little villain.”, he purred, hugging her close to his chest, “My blessed bratling- dangerous and beautiful. As one should be.”

“Of course, Papa.”, she said, her voice smooth as whiskey and rough as an abandoned shoreline.

“Who loves you the most, dear heart?”

“You do Papa. Forever and always.”

“That’s right, precious one.”, he said, folding her back into a hug, “I love you more than anyone ever will.”

Her fingers curled into his clothing, and she nuzzled into his chest like she had so many times before as a tiny child.

Her adulthood was met with fanfare of a different kind. As always, Perceptor had a plan, and hungered for revenge. To be abandoned by the one he all but worshiped, the one he LIVED for; it was not a slight he could take lying down. And so he had raised his little supernova, hardened her heart into an armored tank and sealed her mind in shellac and cyanide to keep her loyal only to him- ever loyal only to him.

‘Who loves you the most, dear heart?’

‘You do Papa. Forever and always.’

Soon she was grown; a hazard on two feet with a coldness to her that was cultivated in the vacuum of space where not even starlight can shine. Disdainful, narcissistic, cold and calculating to a fault. Her plaits were heavy, tied back lovingly by her father every morning even now as inked designs shimmered on her forearms.

And then, he enacted his final phase. As they both stared at her reflection in the mirror, he let something show: pain.

Tears, beading up in his good eye and leaking down as his smile shook. Those acid-green eyes widened, and she whirled with bared fangs.

“What happened, Papa?! Did someone hurt you, tell me what happened!”

“Oh, Mimi.”, he sighed, “It’s... It’s really nothing I just. I remembered your... other parent.”

A quieting of his voice, a movement of a chess piece, a confession he wouldn’t face.

“You look so like me- but... so like him, too.”

“...Show me, Papa. I want to see the one who makes you cry.”

Perceptor gave a careful smile- shaky and planned, and then led his infuriated daughter to the desk in the corner. A tap of a clawcapped finger to activate the console’s screen and a few typed commands brought up a familiar picture.

Drift. Draped in red and black and debonair grins he was winking at the camera, raising a glass in revelry.

“He left me- not long before you born, he simply vanished. I had... given him everything. Everything I had to give.”, said Perceptor, quietly, as Mimi leaned forward to rest her hands on the desk and study the face in the image, “And as you grew, I waited- I waited for him to come home.... and he never did.”

A sigh, “I suppose he... never truly loved me.”

The growl that rumbled from the young woman staring holes in the screen warmed his bitter heart, and he raised an eyebrow.

“I love you Papa. And I’ll make sure he gets his own.”

“Darling, come now- he’s a mercenary, I couldn’t bear the thought of losing my little supernova.”

“You won’t.”

The frigid tones wrapped around those words sent a chill down Perceptor’s spine as his daughter turned and wrapped strong arms around his waist to squeeze him in a hug. His arms went around her shoulders, and he kissed her on the head.

“My beautiful baby girl; I couldn’t ask for a better darling.”

Mimi growled low in her throat, burying her face against her parent as she stared fire and brimstone into nothingness.

Somewhere, on his lone shuttle, Drift started awake; grabbing a pistol and aiming into the darkness, he looked around for the threat he swore he felt hovering over him.

Nothing, nothing but starlight through the windows; tinged an eerie and toxic green.

[siberlius-moving]

1x13 coda... of sorts

my writing of what should happen after. kylex cos they cute and someone has to appreciate alex’s fashion sense

also posted on ao3 lol

baby I can read your phases like the moon

Kyle hears about Max, then Maria and Michael, from Liz.

“Maria and Michael?” Kyle almost drops the stethoscope.

“Yea. They are into each other for awhile now,” Liz replies.

“I thought-“ Kyle stops himself. This is sensitive territory; he knows Alex, Liz and Maria are good friends, but he also knows that Alex shows parts of himself selectively to different people regardless of who they are.

She looks up and furrows her eyebrows, “You knew about Alex and Michael?”

“I work with them, especially Alex. Manes-Valenti stuff. Michael joined us for the Caulfield trip just a few days ago and I swear there was something between them - huh,” Kyle pauses, “the talk didn’t go well, I guess?”

“Mikey what have you done,” Liz groans. “Is Alex okay?”

“I haven’t met him yet. Now to think about it, he hasn’t replied my texts.”

Liz dials Alex’s number. Frowning, she calls him again. And again. And gives up. “He’s not picking up. Argh.”

“Maybe we should leave him alone for now. He hates talking about his personal life,”

“The last time he talked to me about his relationships was like ten years ago. And I didn’t even know it was about Michael until three days ago,”

“I’ll find him,” Kyle promises.

“I can come along-“

“I know you want to spend time with Max,” he interrupts gently, “and you should. Alex has changed a lot since high school, he’s not going to just open up especially about Michael.”

She sighs. “I want to be there for him,”

“It will be fine. I’ll check on him. Besides you have never lost out in a love triangle before,”

“What do you-oh,” Liz’s eyes widen, “Kyle, I-“

“It’s cool,” he says honestly, “I will always like you, Liz, but I am not in love with you anymore.”

She reaches for his hand. 

“You are right. Tell Alex I will be there for him? When he is ready,” she pleads.

Kyle squeezes her fingers. “Of course.”

    “Alex Manes drinking in a non-Wild Pony bar?” Kyle has his arms at his waist like he is talking to a patient who has made some terrible life decision like stuffing a kinder egg into their ass. He is tired from driving around. He checked the cabin first, the bunker, then begged his mum to help find Alex’s car. 

“Cheers,” Alex picks up a non-empty shot glass, toasts it, and chugs the whiskey. Kyle can smell the alcohol on him. Alex’s tipsy, and resigned enough that he doesn’t bother questioning why Kyle is here.

Kyle stares suspiciously at the drink in Alex's hand. “How many did you have?”

“Not enough.”

Kyle sits next to him. “Liz and I are worried about you.”

“I’m fine.” Alex’s code for ‘I am not telling you shit’. Fair enough.

“I need to tell you something else though.”

“Shoot.”

Kyle winces. “Your dad was following me.”

At that, Alex stiffens. He straightens his back and takes a quick look around the bar.

“He isn’t following me now,” Kyle says, placing a hand on Alex’s shoulder, “I put him in a medically induced coma.”

Alex stares at him. Just as Kyle begins to feel unsettled under the weight of the stare, Alex giggles. Then he bursts into a loud, full bodied laughter that attracts curious looks from other patrons.

Kyle tightens his grip on Alex’s shoulder and tries to get Alex to look at him again. Alex brushes him off and waves one of the bartenders over.

“Get him the most expensive drink you have. It’s on me.”

Kyle worries his lips, and asks, “Are you okay?”

Alex retorts, “Of course I am.”

The drink comes. Kyle sips it. It’s warm and rich and sweet.

“This is good!”

Alex looks over curiously. “I’ve never tried.”

Then he uses Kyle’s hand as a handle, raises it to his lips and sips from the glass. The bottom of his lip grazes against Kyle’s finger. At this distance Kyle can see his eyelashes, the red flush of his cheeks.

Heat stirs and shoots straight down to his dick. Calm down, Kyle mentally scolds himself.

Alex licks the rim of the glass. He isn’t looking at Kyle though. He’s fluttering his eyelashes at the air, but at least three different sets of eyes are staring back at him, from interest to outright lust.

“You done showing off what you can do with your mouth?” Kyle says bluntly.

Alex sits back up, covers the slight embarrassment with a performative pout and a real threat hidden in heated gaze. “Listen, Valenti, I came here to be fucked. You better not be cockblocking me. I’m not leaving until I get someone who isn’t Michael to touch my dick!”

He’s doing this on purpose, being crude to make Kyle uncomfortable and scare him away. But Kyle went to med school and med school students are so  desensitised to anatomical functions that Alex’s remarks are laughably entry-level. He placates, “Look, I completely understand the need to get laid, but do you want to talk?”

Alex narrows his eyes. “About what?”

“What happened,” Kyle presses. He is self aware enough to know that pushing for answers and not knowing when to stop is his worst trait, but in the time they spent together Alex has grown from annoyance to resignation and acceptance of Kyle’s worse habits. And egging tipsy Alex on occasionally leads to him adopting a botched valley girl accent and he gets more tactless and sarcastic than usual. It’s funny and Kyle loves that about him.

“I went to find Michael, and like I was honest. Pouring my heart out honest,”

“...Okay?”

“Then something alien came up, I guess it has to do with the weird lightning storm in Roswell. And Michael was like, okay meet me at the airstream tomorrow we’ll talk. So I went there and waited and he never showed. Next thing I know Maria and Michael are making out at the Wild Pony.”

What the hell. “I will punch him in the dick,” Kyle growls.

“Nah. It’s my fault. I was too late. And also he has mind powers so you are gonna lose. And don’t you dare report this to Liz. She shouldn’t feel like she has to take a side. Besides, they didn’t do anything wrong and I do deserve this.”

Kyle wants to convince Alex that he’s wrong. But Alex will simply shut him down and the conversation ends. Kyle makes a mental note to himself to make things difficult for Michael in small and petty ways when he sees him around.

“What happened to your phone?” Kyle asks, carefully running through a list of less tenuous topics in his head.

“Uh. Dumped it somewhere. It kept ringing and I was trying to listen to my high school mixtape.”

“It was probably the hospital about your dad, dude.”

“Well. Guess it’s not important.”

“Flint picked up so he’s at the hospital now. He probably called your other brothers.”

Alex grimaces. “Argh. The Manes family is back in town. I’m gonna lock myself in the cabin. You should too, just in case. Flint saw the two of us at Caulfield. He doesn’t think I am ballsy enough to do that to our father, so he’s gonna target you.”

“I am wearing a bulletproof vest.” 

Alex snaps out the drunk fuck-all act, looking instantly sobered. “Wait. He shot you?”

Kyle shrugs.

“Jesus christ,” Alex runs his hands down Kyle’s chest, “you okay?”

“You know, the more you do this, the lower your chances of getting laid,”

“You got shot, Kyle! I care more about your safety. You can stay at the cabin - no one knows I live there.”

“Inviting me to move in with you, Manes?”

“If you aren’t comfortable, I can find another place to stay,” Alex says seriously.

“Chill, I’m joking-” 

“This isn’t a joke! It’s important that you are safe - dad’s incapacitated but my brothers can be a threat too, even if they aren’t as difficult with dad no longer pulling their strings!” Alex’s gaze is intense. His fists are clenched and his knuckles are white. Kyle takes one of Alex’s hands and gently massages it, coaxing his fingers to relax.

“I am going to be fine. Both of us can deal with them together because we are in this together as partners. You and I aren’t defenceless,” Kyle soothes.

Alex breathes out. “We are gonna need a plan to deal with them.”

“And we can discuss it in your cabin.”

“Yea, we should.” Alex stands up. It’s almost like the past twenty minutes of conversation and drunkenness didn’t happen. Now that he is standing, it hits Kyle how good Alex looks. That leather jacket. The tight pants that shows off his thighs and ass. The v-neck shirt that tempts his collarbones.

Bite him! 

Kyle gulps the remaining of his drink before he follows Alex out.

    Kyle drives them to the cabin. 

“You switch gears really fast,” he comments, as Alex dumps his jacket on the table.

“Had to be in the army. I’m still gonna be mad at you for cockblocking once we are free from the alien nonsense.”

“You do look really good today,” Kyle blurts out. Alex doesn’t catch the flirtation at all. He drops himself at the couch and removes his prosthetic.

“Would have dressed better if I found out dear old pops is almost dead,” Alex stills, and looks at Kyle guiltily, “I’m sorry,”

Kyle joins him at the couch. “Nah it’s fine. He did fucking shoot me.”

“I won’t take it personally if you pulled the plug, though I know you won’t do it.”

Kyle looks up in surprise, “How do you?”

“Because you are a good person. And you live by a good code. I know I am safe with you because you honour that code,” Alex replies easily.

Shit. Kyle realises. He’s in love. With Alex.

“You are a good person too, you know,” Kyle says. His voice is shaky from the epiphany.

“Michael can’t look at me without seeing what my father did to him. And he isn’t wrong. I know what my father is capable of. And I am so afraid that-“ Alex covers his face with his hands.

“You aren’t your father,”

“Mimi says I have the same energy as him, what if I am corrupted like dad and I-“

“Alex, look at me,” Kyle pries Alex’s hands away, replaces them with his own, “you are never going to be father, you know why? Because you love. And people love you. You think you don’t deserve this love, but you do. And it will always be this love that will never make you your father.”

Alex’s eyes are wet. A stray tear falls and trails down his cheek. Kyle wipes it away with his thumb.

Alex kisses him, backs off as soon as he does. “Shit. I’m sorry. I just-“

“It’s ok,” Kyle says, “it’s okay if you just want to use me as a rebound,”

“Are you offering to have sex with me?”

Kyle raises an eyebrow, “Yes?”

Alex pushes him down onto the sofa and straddles him.

Just as Kyle prepares to kiss him properly, Alex whips a gun from behind the cushion and points it at him.

“Jesus!”

“Who are you and what have you done to Kyle?” Alex demands.

“I am Kyle! I swear!“

“The Kyle I know isn’t interested in guys,” Alex hisses.

In the face of a loaded gun, Kyle is calm. He knows Alex won’t hurt him, knows that this is something only he can fix. He says quietly, surely, “The Kyle you knew in high school, didn’t realise that about himself. The Kyle you knew then was a dick who wanted to be popular and he did the worst thing he could do to his best friend. The Kyle you know now has grown since and found out in college that men are really fun in bed and he has missed out because he was busy being bigoted. He is also very sorry for what he has done and he will aways try to make it up to you.”

Alex lets out the air he has been holding and shoves the gun back into the sofa. Kyle pulls him down and holds him against his chest.

“You weren’t going to shoot me. The safety was still on.”

“I fucked up,” Alex mumbles into his shirt.

“I contributed,” Kyle replies, stroking Alex’s hair, “do you really hide weapons all around the house?”

Alex nods, “I’ll show you around, where they are at.”

“Are you gonna pull out other moves?“

“I don’t want you to have sex with me because you feel sorry for me.”

“I don’t feel sorry for you. I am upset for you. I am also very turned on because you are on top of me and you whipping the gun out did things to my dick. So. Is it a cold shower or -“

“I don’t want you to be a rebound. I actually uh -“

“Uh huh?”

“I do like you. You know? Like more than friends.”

Kyle’s heart soars.

“So do I,” Kyle readily admits, “and we are adults. Adulting means we can have sex with people we find really hot. And we can talk about what we mean to each other too.”

“Okay,” Alex braces himself over Kyle, “I think you are hot, and that you are important to me. If we are having sex it’s not because I’m using you as a rebound. It’s something more.”

Kyle says, “It’s something more for me too. And f-y-i, I wanted to jump you since I saw you at the bar.”

Alex lunges forward. The kiss is intense when both of them reciprocate. Kyle curls the hand in Alex’s hair and he gets soft moans into his mouth in return.

He wants Alex, Kyle realises. Not just when he is sad and angry and there’s alcohol in both their breaths. Not just when they are stuck together by some bizarre family legacies they didn’t choose to have. Kyle wants Alex and he wants Alex to want him back.

Alex rolls his hips down and Kyle gasps. “You are thinking too much,” he shivers when Alex whispers that in his ear, trembles when Alex gently bites the lobe, “focus on me.”

Yes, yes. They will have time to talk about it. Right now he is so turned on it hurts and he wants to make Alex scream his name. Kyle pushes himself up with one hand and guides Alex closer, so that he can sit comfortably on his lap.

“Can I get a real life performance of what you were doing to that glass in the bar?” Kyle asks breathily, after pressing kisses to Alex’s cheeks, the sides of his lips, his neck.

Alex smirks. “I am already gonna.”

[allaboutmimi]

Nothing Says True Love Like A Chin Whisker

June 15, 2022

by Mimi Williams

All About Mimi

Many relationship experts will tell you, leave something to the imagination.  Some things aren’t meant to be shared.  It’s good for couples to retain a bit of mystery.  I used to buy into this as well.  I remember when I used to sleep in my makeup so my then boyfriend (now husband) would think I just naturally woke up with flawless skin, eyeshadow, mascara and lipstick.  I never belched or vomited, and I sure as hell never farted.  I was a walking miracle of modern science!

Then we had a baby together.  And let me tell you, if anything is going to rip the veil off that relationship and put it all out there it’s being in the delivery room with your one true love when her abdomen is a gaping wound, her uterus is on display, there’s blood everywhere and she’s crying because she’s scared and uncomfortable. I was more interested in surviving the ordeal, while my fiancé was more interested in doing his own Lamaze breathing techniques and avoiding any glances at the gore that might result in him fainting, to even think of hearts and flowers.  There isn’t much mystery, romance or flirtation involved in an operating room during a cesarean section, or for the 9 months leading up to it, for that matter.  Swollen ankles, back pain, nausea and indigestion aren’t really the most attractive attributes a women can possess. And being scared shitless isn’t really what turns a woman on.

I went from never farting in front of my man, to whipping a boob out in a shopping mall and feeding my shrieking newborn while I shopped for a wedding dress.  (An experience that my husband has still not recovered from to this day.)  Why he should have been surprised at this development, as in the previous few weeks my favorite cure for boredom, and new way of letting off steam as I sat in my basement apartment without a car, unfamiliar with the city, broke and pregnant, was ambushing him by the front door when he got home from work each night, and greeting him by squirting him with breastmilk from my suddenly overflowing and abundant breasts.  What can I say…I had read all my books, we couldn’t afford cable, I didn’t have any friends in my new town yet, and I needed a hobby. And I was suddenly in possession of two built in squirt guns. Oddly enough, as he ran screaming through our one bedroom apartment, with me waddling behind him, giggling in hot pursuit, we were having fun. We were in love! As they say, thanks for the mammaries…  (Ok, so no one says that. )

Over the years we have changed smelly diapers, cleaned up vomit and dog poop, cared for sick kids, cared for each other while we were sick, and grumpy and gross, and survived teenagers.  A lot of marriage and true love is taking care of each other and about the day to day grind.  Popping the zits, looking at that rash on your partner’s back, inventorying each other’s moles.  It’s slogging through the bills and the boredom and the moods and the different phases of your lives. It’s getting older with someone, both of you physically falling apart and laughing about it together and helping each other out. Because sometimes you can either laugh or cry, and we usually choose to laugh, though we’ve shed our share of tears together too.  Sure, there are many great times, fun, romantic dinners out, and plenty of sexy moments in between all the hard stuff.  But it’s being able to ask your partner to pluck your chin whisker that really encapsulates the trust, security, companionship and unconditional love of a good marriage.  Nothing says true love, like a chin whisker!

[infinity-trials]

Hiromi's Backstory

She was born into the Soule family in May 24th, 1998. She was born 3 weeks prior to her due date.

As a baby, she was quite well behaved. Which set her up as a specific archetype of person. She loved other people's attention, but specifically stuck to her grandfather, Keon. Her first steps were taken at 6 months old, trying to get back to him after being ripped from his arms. A sign of concern appeared as she spoke her first word at 9 months, "Blood."

After her first birthday, she began to close off more. Despite being so young, she became wary of humankind. But Keon forced the interactions, teaching her how to act like she was one of them.

By two years old, she became quite well mannered. Always listening to her superiors and elders. Her "terrible twos" mostly involved Hiromi not knowing her boundaries with others. Which most people found endearing.

When she was 3, she began to realize not many people her own age got along with her due to her superiority complex. So Ronin and Larkyn were more than happy to take her under their wings.

At 4, she began reading like her brother. But quickly became disinterested in fiction. It was her doctor phase, as she learned basic herbal remedies from her grandmother, the Shaman/Healer of the Coven, Mi-na.

At 5, in kindergarten she began running. She enjoyed the physical aspect of it, but there was still something missing. This also the age she noticed Destry, the only elementary school student brave enough to speak up about witches. After Destry's incident, despite the sudden intrusion in her life, they became friends.

Age 6, Hiromi was shoved into a pool for the first time. It was by an older bully, who expected her to cry and call for help. But Hiromi's legs were strong, and this is how she discovered her love for swimming. At this age, when she would spend time with Mi-na, her family would call them Mi and Mi. Destry, using word association, bestowed the nick name Mimi onto her. It is still stuck on her to this day, Hiromi hates it.

At 7, is when Keon's mind broke after the death of Hiromi's mother. She became closed off to everyone, except for her new friend, Arcadia. Arcadia, who's memories had been erased after Keon attempted to kill her. Hiromi would play pretend that she wasn't distraught from Keon's abscence. She was able to bury her emotions into physical exertion, aka swimming.

At 8, Mimi began competitively swimming. She got 5th place in her first race, which for someone her age and level, was amazing. In Hiromi's it wasn't good enough. This is also the age she began getting nightmares about her grandfather. They weren't bad enough to draw unwanted attention.

At 9, she still hadn't gotten first place in any competitions, but consistently third. Arcadia's parents took a shine to Hiromi, considering how close the two had gotten. Mi-na began teaching Hiromi simple and educational healing spells. Having decided that after Mi-na, Hiromi would take on the mantle of Shaman in the Coven.

At 10, is when she finally placed first in a race. As a matter of fact, she went above and beyond making a new record for that age group. It was this day that she decided that it was what she wanted to do for the rest of her life (of course, not consulting her grandmother who had different plans). It was also at this time that Arcadia's parents, the leaders of the Anti-Witch Campaigns, began to suspect the Soule family of witchcraft. Considering the only days Hiromi would sleepover, would be full moons (the days that witches typically enacted their plans due to their powers being at their peak).

At 11, Hiromi noticed that they were different than other girls. They didn't like things girls liked. At first, not understanding different sexualities or genders, assumed it was just their way of following their older brother. As puberty began to hit, their nightmares were evolving. Into night sweats and panic attacks. They also had their first kiss with a fellow swimmer, named Andrew Parker.

At 12, the nightmares fully developed into night terrors, which Mi-na saw fit to put Hiromi into therapy. Janet took care of them, but it was to no avail. Ronin had discovered his powers, which made Hiromi extremely jealous, knowing it would still be awhile until they found their's. They stopped competing in swimming competitions, hoping that eventually they would find a greater challenge once they reached older age groups.

At 13, they searched desperately for their powers. In the beginning, Hiromi couldn't understand their totem which was a bear. The only power that seemed to appear was the ability to manipulate people through intimidation. At this point, they had given up on curing their night terrors, and only slept about 2-4 hours a night.

At 14, Hiromi learned from Destry the term non-binary (Destry, being more exposed to the LGBTQ+ community because of her moms) and finally began to understand themselves. They only came out to 4 people closest to them (Ronin, Larkyn, Arcadia, and Destry).

15, Hiromi discovered Carmine and Errol, and invited the two into the coven. They began competing again, coming in 2nd their first returning race. On a particularly exhausting day, they accidentally feel asleep on Carmine's shoulder. But for once, they didn't have a nightmare. It was only when they slept next to Carmine that they felt safe enough to sleep peacefully. Though the arrangement confused Carmine, he thought he owed Hiromi for saving his life. Because high school had begun for Hiromi, their sport achievements began attracting University scouts. Arcadia's powers began to show through, after she poisoned her ex-boyfriend with venom. They were able to comfort their best friend, and from then on there was a natural dependency shared between the two.

16, they had been breaking swimming records left and right. Mi-na had realized if they were to go to a prestigious school, they wouldn't be able to become the Coven's Shaman. Although, to the League of Witches, this seemed to be for the best. Once they considered how Hiromi's powers were weak compared to others. In order to keep Hiromi on the path of the Coven, Mi-na forced a car accident.The car flipped over several times, Hiromi and Arcadia's sister being severely injured in the crash. Hiromi's knee was shattered, ending her career in sports. What Mi-na didn't predict was the car setting on fire. Hiromi, in the heat of the moment, attempted to push the dark in enough for Arcadias sister to wiggle out. With ease, the only detergent being the awkward angle, they pushed in the dash as if it was a pop can. The League and Coven realized the strength came from their totem and were very impressed. Afterwards, during one of the core 7's meetings under the full moon, Phoenix stumbled upon them in the forest. She recognized Hiromi from school and begged to be a part of it. Phoenix herself had begun to develop powers. Hiromi agreed reluctantly, but were also secretly happy that they were needed.

17, after their blessing ceremony, Hiromi became obsessed with learning the ins and outs of magic. Considering that they thought they would never amount to anything outside the Wiccan world. At the same time, they still needed to pursue a career to steer clear of the Witch Hunters. They chose medicine, specifically a Nurse, which would aid in their Shaman passion.

18, the one and only year that the boys and ladies were separated. Hiromi became stressed, which only made the night terrors without Carmine worse. Their grades leaving High school weren't what they would've liked, but their college essay (which was mainly bullshit tbh) was enough proof for them to get in. Their was a concern about the group being away from the Coven, but Hiromi was able to convince the League otherwise. They decided to skip Prom with Arcadia that night.

19, first year of University. They had a stoner roommate while Arcadia's roommate dropped out first day. Which got the two to be able to room together. Although most night they spent with Carmine and Errol. It's gotten to the point where Hiromi has a key to the boys' dorm room. Over the past year, Hiromi had noticed the major escalation of Carmine's alcoholism. But they couldn't worry about that right away, having their own things to worry about. More and more witches were being discovered. And, according to witness reports, Keon has followed the group across the country. The biggest concern for not only Hiromi, but the entire Witch race, was the new and innovative ways Witch Hunters finding out who were witches.

[runanadwiddles]

Mahonia and papyrus for the ask game pls!

mahonia ~ what place, thing, activity inspires you most and how do you express yourself when it does?

papyrus ~ if you put your ‘on repeat’ playlist on shuffle, what’s the first song that comes up? what do you like about it / associate it with?

SJEISBDOAJDKA SORRY FOR ANSWERING THIS LATE,,, ahem anyways~

Probably some of the few things that inspire me is songs, flowers, and everyday activities~ songs and flowers can be used in many different ways and meaning and it always gets my brain going whether I like it or not. Everyday activities are something that always get me daydreaming so I end up thinking of some kind of sugary sweet fluff that's just absolutely tooth rotting or some extremely angsty depressing angst. Weather plays a big part on my inspiration too since sometimes i get inspiration from just a scenery outside of my window in the car or at home~ usually when I get hit with inspiration I HAVE to write it down or else I'll forget it within seconds djakfbktjwka

くうになる by MIMI came up on the beloved blank playlist~ blank, as in, there's no name for the playlist~☆ I change out my songs somewhat often but Kuninaru hopped on the train the day it was released. MIMI is possibly one of my top favorite vocaloid producers out there,, I love how soft their music is and has a lot deeper meaning to the lyrics to those ‘happy’ and cute tunes. The piano is practically one of their signatures when it comes to their music. The piano always sounds so good in every song it’s in and I think MIMI just does amazing justice with it too~ kuninaru (lit. Becoming empty) happened to be a lot deeper to me than I thought when I was reading the lyrics. “If I can make a smile sometime, oh sometime, then at least let me cry just for now” this was one of my favorite lyric from the song,, it spoke to me the most because I went through a certain phase in my life where the lyric perfectly described me as back then. I think this song in general reminded me of myself when I was younger,, so it kinda hits home ehehe~

Ask game~

[yeonchi]

Kisekae Insights #8: Defining the Time War and the Parallax War

A major part of my stories revolves around the Last Great Time War. No, not that Time War between the Time Lords and Daleks, but the Last Great Time War on Earth, mainly fought by humans fighting for – alright, it’s between the Time Lords and Daleks. Many battles in the Time War weren’t directly fought between the Time Lord and Dalek factions, but they were enabled by either faction. This is the Time War I will be referring to in this series, except where stated or implied.

Another minor influence of my stories is the Parallax War. It was based on a sort of game/drama I played with a couple other friends where we were fighting an enemy named Antoni, who I later defined to be a Kaled similar to Davros. I had hoped to write a recount of those battles for Soulbound, but after putting it off due to other things, I decided to make an original story for it because I couldn’t remember a lot from those days.

The Parallax War

The Parallax War was named after the Australian children’s TV series Parallax. I didn’t watch it back in the day, but my friend did and so my understanding of the series and its elements came from how he implemented them into our games. Initially, we fought individual entities like Hackbot, an AI that went out of control and created a robotic body for itself, and Heavy Metal Monster (HMM), a “heavy metal” robot who can turn into a train and leads an army of robots. Later, when a third man joined our games, our main enemy became Antoni.

Because it has been a long time since our game ended (when we had to graduate from primary school), there is a chance that my details of it will be wrong, but in any case, this is my current interpretation of those villains. Like I said, Soulbound was intended to be a reboot of the Parallax War with the intent of recounting it, but I later decided to make it into its own thing. Hackbot and HMM were in Soulbound, it’s just that they are a bit different to their Parallax War counterparts.

Setting and Background to the Time War

Before I tell you about the Time War, I should tell you about some things that were essential for it to even be possible. I’ve told you a bit about the setting in the introduction, so this is a bit of a recap.

The setting of the personal project is based on the city of Melbourne in Australia (which just so happens to be where I live). Sometime between 1992 and 1999, the Kennett Government established One Country, Two (Naming) Systems, which would superimpose the names of places and suburbs in Melbourne with the names of places and suburbs in Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan or even a little bit of Russia. This later extended to the whole of Australia, with states being split up and named after Chinese provinces. If Melbourne was Hong Kong, then Victoria would be Guangdong Province, or you could call them Melbongkong or Guangtoria.

Following the Dimensional Merge in 2007, the Archangel Tunnel System was established, powered by the same satellites that powered the Archangel Network. This allows people to get to versions of Cardiff, Sao Paulo, Tokyo, Chiba or northern Taiwan from three tunnels that turn off the Eastlink tollway in Melbourne. The centre of the tunnel system is in Tokyo. If you went north, you could head to Taiwan, or if you went west, you could go to Melbourne through Sao Paulo and Cardiff (one of the routes also passes through Shizuoka).

A majority of the Time War was fought by soldiers and officers born around 1998 that would graduate high school in 2016, meaning that they were child soldiers. During the same period that One Country, Two (Naming) Systems was established, the Arming Schools for the Future program was also established thanks to the machinations of individuals linked to the Daleks. As a result, preschools, primary schools and secondary schools became militarised, resulting in countless inter-school battles (like round-robin sport but deadlier). Other smaller armies not affiliated with the schools would pop up from time to time.

Following the 9/11 attacks, premier Steve Bracks (who is of the opposite party to Jeff Kennett) vowed to abolish the Arming Schools for the Future program. Following Bracks’ victory in the 2002 election, the people behind the program became paranoid and were trying to find any way they can to prevent it from being abolished. A few months later in March 2003, they manage to tip the scales by turning two preschool armies, who were in talks to form an alliance, against each other. Coincidentally, those were the armies that young Hiroki and Akari were in. The ensuing battle marked the start of Hiroki and Parker’s rise to power and conquest of the land.

Finally, when the Gonski Report was released by the federal government in February 2012, it was found that there was increased child and youth violence in Melbourne because of the program, so a bill was passed that would force the state government to phase out the program by the end of the year. By July 2012, 90% of the armies had already begun demilitarisation, but the government decided to begin a crackdown on those that had not already begun the process. It was only after a fierce battle involving Hiroki that his secondary school finally started converting their armies into classes, but by then, Hiroki had decided to leave and become a ronin.

Even with Arming Schools for the Future gone, the Time War still wasn’t over as the Daleks were still working behind the scenes to defeat Hiroki. I’ll go more into this next.

An Overview of the Time War

So, as I said, the people who started the Time War were people linked to the Daleks. In actuality, it was Akari’s relatives who started it and kept it going after schools were demilitarised. Akari is the granddaughter of the Kaled Antoni. When the Daleks went to war against the Time Lords, Antoni joined the cause as well and encouraged his children to support him and further the Dalek cause on Earth. With help from another Kaled who was sent by Antoni, they found a suitable candidate, namely Hiroki, who was known for pushing and fighting other kids at his preschool. Discovering his link to the Doctor and the Time Lords, the Daleks saw him as a target and so, they attempted to use Akari to kill him. The Daleks would manipulate their timelines so they would meet before they were supposed to actually meet in the real timeline and Akari would become acquainted with Hiroki for some time before killing him.

Of course, in order to cover this plan up, a lot of distractions were utilised, particularly the fighting between the schools. The real conflict didn’t start until around 2011-12, so in the meantime, we were left with armies fighting each other.

Following the Dimensional Merge, a lot of fictional characters started appearing on Earth, many around Hong Kong, and formed armies in order to survive in this hostile environment. Where the schools represented the armies of late-Han Dynasty and Three Kingdoms period China, the armies led by fictional characters represented the samurai clans of Sengoku period Japan. In case it wasn’t obvious, it is an homage to Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors (along with some elements of Warriors Orochi).

After being charged for insubordination in their preschool army, Parker and Hiroki are assigned to the Special Unit, where they were placed under supervision. The unit was carried over to their primary school army, where Parker and Hiroki later took full control and recruited their own comrades, with Fifi and Big Chris being among the first. In 2011, Parker was able to maintain the Special Unit as an independent army while Hiroki moved to his secondary school army. They disbanded following Parker’s death and Parker never reformed it after his revival.

Some of the other samurai-based armies were as follows:

Oda Army (led by Mario, contains characters from the Mario franchise)

Akechi Army (led by Alex, contains original human characters from the Mario Tennis series)

Toyotomi Army (led by Jon Arbuckle, contains characters from Garfield, U.S. Acres/Orson’s Farm – I’m sorry, Wyatt Duncan – and the original human characters from the Mario Golf series)

Maeda Army (led by Bowser, consists of characters from the Koopa Troop)

Shibata Army (led by Wario, contains characters from the WarioWare games)

Tokugawa Army (led by Sonic, contains characters from the Sonic franchise)

Date Army (led by Dr Eggman, consists of his minions)

Takeda Army (led by Maurice Mouseling, contains characters from Angelina Ballerina)

Sanada Army (led by Ms Mimi)

Uesugi Army (aka the Salacian Army, led by the Shark King, contains characters from Sea Princesses)

Naoe Army (led by Toad, consists of various Toads)

Lucky Star armies (see #6 for more info)

Shimazu Army (consists of the Hiiragi family)

Chōsokabe Army (consists of secondary characters and also contains characters from Koihime Musou)

Azai/Asakura Army (consists of secondary characters)

Hiroki was only in his secondary school army for 18 months before he left to become a ronin when his army began demilitarising. Throughout the second half of that, new threats arose, such as the Teiro Army and Girl Power, two armies who swept Hiroki up in their conflicts. Towards the end of 2013, Hiroki married Akari, but not long after, the Teiro Army took control of Girl Power and had Akari betray Hiroki so they could execute their nefarious plans. Hiroki went on an all-out campaign to fight Girl Power with the help of his friends. Girl Power became unstoppable when they allied with other armies, mostly consisting of Hiroki’s former enemies, to the point that it took the second coming of Jesus to stop them for good. The defeat of the Teiro Army commander marked the end of the Time War on Earth.

My stories have changed a lot over the years as I’ve had to rewrite them to retcon some small things long after I’ve finished them. My main explanation is that the events of the Time War and Parallax War caused reality to be warped and certain details in time to be in flux, meaning that certain things in time could be different from the point of view of different people, different times and different universes. The Dimensional Merge, the creation of the dimensional bridge, the black hole paradox and the coming of the demonic overlord also contributed to the warping of reality, but those are stories for another time.

[bolbianddolanhouse]

BNHA self insert AU [Book 2]

Lost and confused? Read this post to catch up!

Chapter 6: Dear Diary, I Couldn’t Find My Diary...

It’s still one more day until move in! Luckily for me, I don’t have to babysit anyone’s brat on this fine Sunday.

“Hey mom” I called out for my mom from the couch “can we watch your iconic fight?”

“Oh sure! I have it saved under high school fights on the digital library” she yelled back from the laundry room “it should be the first one on the list.”

I scroll through the digital library on the TV and the robo doggy jumped up on the couch to take their ‘nap’.

“It still creeps me out that your robo does normal dog functions” Hoshi spoke up.

“Huh? What’s so weird about it?” I asked genuinely confused on their feeling.

“Like they bark, talk, sleep, growl and even pretends to eat at meal times” he looks at the little robo “I didn’t know these things were programed like that.”

“Oh this is the original robo dog and my mom and her friends made for their intel class project” I found the section mom what talking about as I talked “this one has a completely different set of internal devices and mechanics from what’s produced now. Uncle Jin says this AI is different too, Mr Muffins is programed to be a house pet, security bot and learning AI but this was his best at that time.” I tried to remember what else Jin told me “Oh! and his coat was hand sewn by my mom and repaired over the years to preserve the memory of her childhood pet.”

“That’s so sweet actually” Hoshi had a change of heart and pet the napping robo “looks like the rest is history huh?”

“Yup, speaking of” I click on the video “heres the video of that fight.”

We watched the video in awe on how the first two teams failed in the beginning and how my mom, Mimi and Jin just plow through the beginning like nothing. I noticed on how much they didn’t use quirks unless it was necessary for escape. Their roles changed so much in the fight and they all take turns taking the lead, that gave me a few ideas for new formations. We finally got to the part that made the fight iconic.

“Oh hey, that’s my dad and his friends” Hoshi���s eyes lit up “look how young they look! Heh I see why Nejire calls Tamaki chicken feet! Man’s feet are exposed, toes looking like they belong on a farm.”

I stifle my laugher and playfully hit Hoshi “Shut up! I’m trying to pay attention to the fight!”

He stayed quiet as the next part was crazy! I don’t even know how to describe it other than mom tricked all three of them into capture. The last part where she phased into the ground to escape the man’s grip to pop back up, naked and finished the electrical field for the kill. Ending the video with them holding hands as they cross the finish line. My jaw was on the floor.

“That was incredible! Your mom’s friends are just” Hoshi was trying to find the right words “I don’t even know what to say! Why does my dad even bother with those three? Anybody with common sense wouldn’t pick another fight with those three after an ass beating like that!”

“Didn’t they tell you?” my dad said, startling us.

“Tell us what?” Hoshi and I said curiously.

“Your mom and your dad used to date” my dad casually dropped as he took a sip of his canned orange juice “back in my first year, it didn’t last obviously, but that really put your mom on the popular scope at school. And this fight dethroned Mirio from his popular status and made your mom the one to take the spot.”

“My dad dated your mom?” Hoshi was in disbelief “that makes sense! His weird obsession with her and why your mom doesn’t want to work with him” he put everything together in his head “my dad has been harassing her for years because she was the only one that put him in his place!” 

“It’s my specialty!” Mom chimed in with a basket of fresh laundry “your dad had this whole plan to convert me into a hero because I was over powered and rare combination of double quirked. His plan fell through when he got me mad and broke up with me weeks later” she smirked “jokes on him, I hid my second quirk and gave him the slip in that fight when I showed up. If you should learn anything about me, it’s that I’m always 10 steps ahead of the enemy.”

“It’s true, that’s why you’re the queen of spars” my dad put his arm around her waist “smart, beautiful, powerful and witty...And all mine.”

Mom sneered at dad’s move on her but blushed “O si? Okay then Casanova” she phased right through him and replaced her hips with the laundry basket so he was holding it instead “you can put your laundry away, King of Order!”

“Aw I thought I got you there” dad laughed and sighed “all these years and I can’t land a single upper handed flirt.”

“10 steps ahead!” Mom said as she walked away “never forget it babe!”

“Mr. Iida, why did you continue to pursue her?” Hoshi asked like a child asking where babies come from “she was clearly out of your league in so many ways.”

“I was friends with her before we dated, we were so close and she opened up to me about her traumas when I was being nosey” Dad fixed his grip on the basket “and I kept those secrets along with other secrets. We had a deep trust and a different kind of bond that didn’t cross the line. So love wasn’t too far off and boy was I the stubborn one.”

I love my parent’s dynamic to the point of wanting what they have for each other. That gave me an idea once my dad went upstairs. “Let me show you my favorite home video!” I pull up my parent’s wedding video.

“Look how young your parents are!” Hoshi awed “OH THOSE ARE MY PARENTS!” he yelped as he pointed at a couple in the background “and my mom was pregnant so that means my brother is in there and my older brother was maybe like 2 or 3 at the time.” He sighed “what a lovely wedding, your uncle and aunty really know how to plan a wedding!”

“Right?! But my favorite part is coming up” we watch as the video transitioned from my parents running out of the church to the reception “here, the first dances are my favorite!”

Hoshi watched the dances with awe “Oh! That’s the ballroom move you came up with! This is were you got it from?”

“Yup, it’s my favorite dance move but obviously I need a partner to perform it” I sighed “I really like ballroom dancing but I was really good at ballet that I just stuck with it and didn’t do much ballroom when I was in my private lessons.”

Hoshi stands up and sticks his hand out “You have me, let’s dance together!”

I giggled “I’d be a fool to refuse a dance from you!” I take his hand and we clumsily danced to pass the time. We didn’t notice my parents looking on from the stairs.

“Is that what we looked like?” Tenya whispered “no wonder everyone pushed me to say something.”

“How do you think I felt? It took so much self control not to kiss you” Ita whispered back “but I’m afraid history is going to repeat itself.”

“Oh those poor kids are going drive themselves crazy” Tenya sighed then smiled “but I’d do it all again and fix the last part of 3rd year.”

“I’d just connect the kiss at the dance, get all the weird shit out of the way” Ita slapped Tenya’s ass, startling him “we could’ve skipped the after party and jumped straight into bed with you~”

Tenya turned red from the bold statement “Well, that’d still be one of the best nights of my high school years.”

-Dorm move in day-

Both of my parents decided to come even though I asked them just drop us off at the curb of the dorms. I don’t mind my mom accompanying me, it’s my dad I’m concerned about. He tends to get emotional every time I go through a new phase of life, it’s embarrassing.

“OH HONEY LOOK!” dad pointed at the commons room “they kept the cat tree!”

“Oh shit that means-” mom gasped as she searched for something in the room. Dad joined her in the search.

“Um, who’s the weirdos in the commons room?” asked a passing classmate that stopped to see.

I sighed stressfully “Those weirdos are my parents and I have no idea what they’re looking for.”

“FOUND THEM!” my mom jumped up with a cat in her hands “Tenya look! They’re a chonky wonky.”

We watch as my parents coo and pet the cat “Oh gross they’re baby talking the cat” I take a deep breath “it’s like they’re teenagers!”

“I think it’s cute that they act like they’re still young” Hoshi chuckled “so carefree and madly in love with each other, couple goals.”

Sensei walks out of their quarters and spots my parents “Ugh it’s like I’M in high school again” he rubbed his forehead “get a room! geez and put Clawford down!”

“It’s name is Clawford?!” my mom squealed “so cute ahhhhh! I’m gonna cry!”

“Sensei, can we get the dorms unlocked?” said the classmate “I just remembered what I came out here for heh.”

“OH? They’re locked?” sensei and our classmate walk off.

“Locked? Hmm, I wonder if I can warp in my old room” mom pondered as she put the cat on the cat tree “it’s this first one in this hall.”

“That’s the boys side?” I observed.

“The school did your mom so dirty with the accommodations our first year” my dad explained “she lived among the boys hall, used the shared bathroom with us and did laundry in the shared laundry room until 2nd year” he pointed out the window “then she moved into the proper dorms, right over there with your uncle and aunty.”

“Oh my god TENYA COME!” my mom cried out as she opened the door of her old room. My dad ran in and we followed “they got balconies! do you know how much easier life here could’ve been if we had these!”

I watch my parents geek out again, then I looked at the name plate “Hmm, this isn’t a claimed room.” I turned around to see the other door’s name plate “wanna find your room Hoshi?”

“Sure” they walk with me down the hall “I wonder what happened in these halls when your parents where here!”

“A whole lot of my mom causing chaos” I smirked “dad and his friends told me of her iconic roasts and other quips she said that caused big reactions.”

We find his dorm and called my mom over to open it from the inside “Oh this was Shoji’s room!” she reminisced before warping in and opening the door “I wonder what happened to him after that huge fight in Chiyoda a few years back.”

“He’s alive and well but he’s not in hero work” dad answered “but it has been a while since I last spoke to them, maybe we should pay him a visit soon.” 

“Well in any case, Lets get your things from the van Hoshi” mom said as she held her hand out “I’ll warp us there.”

I watch them warp out, then turned to dad “Which one was your room?”

“It was the dorm closest to the shared bathroom” he chopped to the room down the hall “or if you’re everyone else in the class, 5 doors down from the love of my life.”

“Oof that type of classmates” I laughed then I thought about what my mom said about their old classmate “Hey, are you in constant contact with your old classmates? I know the ones that come by the house and invite us to their events, but what about the others?”

“Well, as much as I wanted all of us to stay together like we used to” he fixed his glasses and sighed sadly “I haven’t seen our good friend Aoyama for 10 years, just the occasional video and card. Sato is another good friend that I know is well but runs a business and does hero work, so no time to socialize. Oh and sweet Hagakure, she’s a mystery in itself! Haven’t seen her since I married your mom! Kota travels all over the world lending his voice to help all sorts of animals, not that he talked much to humans anyways. Asui is too wrapped up raising a whole pond of kids nowadays. And I think that’s all of them.”

“Oh that’s not that many” I counted them on my hands “then your class was bigger than mine!”

“Yes but also technically your mom didn’t count in the official count in our hero class” he said as she warped in with all of Hoshi’s boxes “I was just talking about you! And the classmates we haven’t seen in ages.”

“I’m seriously missing Aoyama!” my mom reminisced “my eyes hurt every-time I look at him but I’ll be damned if he didn’t appreciate a good flashy piece!” she turned to me “Okay, your turn to settle in! I saw more people roll up.”

“Oh shit okay!” I refocused on moving in “see you later Hoshi!” Later found my room on the next floor up and took more time than I thought getting things laid out. I walk out to my balcony and see what I can put to occupy the space I didn’t plan for. Then my attention was shifted by the loud muffled music coming from the other dorm building. Mom said that intel students party hard because school rules don’t apply to them, she also said that not to crash their parties or I’m going to get my ass beat. I believe her so I’ll keep my distance. Then I looked at the balcony below me, I wonder who’s my next floor neighbor? I cut a piece from my practice muslin bolt to make a rope ladder and made my decent. I took a good look and it was Hoshi! I jumped onto their balcony and knocked on their sliding door.

“Knock Knock neighbor! May I borrow a cup of sugar?”

“What the? Lili?!” Hoshi opened the door “is this allowed?”

“What’s sensei gonna do? Oooh! I’m soooo scared to get a sticky ball on me!” I sarcastically acted out as I walked in his room “but dang your room looks so lively! I like where you moved your bed.”

“Thanks! I was just organizing my closet” he pointed to his empty boxes “I’m trying to figure out what to do with these.”

“Save them for move out?” I suggested as I was looking at his desk and a picture caught my attention “hey, who’s that in the picture?”

He looked at what I was pointing at “Hm? Oh! That’s my mom” he picked up the picture to show me “This is my favorite candid of her, I keep her around when I need a little pick me up.”

“You look so much like her” I pointed out “the same icy hair, light blue eyes and smile.” I then remembered something from when we were leaving Hoshi’s house “hey, um who’s Hime? If you don’t mind me asking.”

The smile disappeared from Hoshi’s face “Um, well that’s my...my old name.”

His tone made me realize that it was a sensitive topic “Oh, OH! I’m sorry if I hit a nerve! I didn’t-”

“It’s okay! You didn’t know and I’m comfortable enough to talk about it” he took a deep breath “I was born Hime Togata and I was raised like how I was named, like a princess, dresses in all sorts of colors and dollies. I wasn’t bratty or anything but my family spoiled me because I was the only girl but I wanted the attention of my mom.” his smile came back “I only wanted to wear those dresses and play princess with my mom because she was the loveliest person to be around. She taught me all about being good and how to be a better person to others. Imagine my poor little heart when she died, I felt like I lost my best friend and I didn’t want to wear the dresses anymore because it hurt too much. I didn’t want to play princess or smile anymore because my reason to do so was gone” he wiped his tears “then I showed signs of my quirk and my dad was extra obsessive of me and put me right to training. I didn’t want to do that either! I didn’t want to be hero or my dad’s prodigy child, I just wanted to have somebody to make me feel happy again and for things to make sense.” He turned to me “then I met you, when you played with me, that was the first time I smiled in a long time. You were different and so sure about who you wanted to be, I wanted to be like that and it gave me the courage to make my wishes come true. Things back home were getting worse and worse but I held on to that wish. At 12 years old, I decided to change my name to Hoshi and made the physical changes to be more masculine. Because it felt comfortable, it felt more like the real me!”

I was straight up crying “Hoshi what the fuck?! Like, I actually love that for you!”

“You’re actually crying!” he laughed and wiped my tears “but I have to thank you for everything. For being yourself, for accepting me, for saving me in more ways than physical.”

He held me so tightly that it knocked the wind out of me, but I welcomed it. I never thought of myself as somebody’s savior but he said it like I was divinity. Theres those warm feelings again, feeling small like a baby in their parent’s arms. How this boy reduced me to such!

“Oi Togata-kun” hollered and knocked one of our classmates, interrupting the moment “can you help us with moving Toei-kun’s furniture?”

“Uh yea! Be right there!” Hoshi broke the hug and refocused “you should probably head up your room, I’ll see you later.”

I climb up the rope ladder to my room and decide to keep it there for quick travel to each-other’s room. As I reach my room, I see all 7 of my female classmates in my room, giving me that look.

“Soooo, where does that rope ladder lead to?” said one of them.

“That’s none of your business” I responded “why are you guys in my room?”

“I was knocking and thought you died so we jumped balconies to see if you were alive” responded a different classmate “then I saw the rope ladder and figured you were busy. Then we all gathered here.”

“Come on Iida-san! We saw you come with Togata-kun” coaxed my classmate “your parents basically treated him like he was part of the family! Just say you two are a thing, we’re supportive of this ship.”

“My parents are just nice people!” I was heavily dismissing these assumptions “plus, well, Hoshi is going through a lot lately with things at home. I kinda don’t want to leave him alone for a while until things are better” I fixed my glasses and sighed “we’re just really good friends.”

“Oh I’m sorry that he’s going through it” winced a classmate “now I kinda feel like an asshole for assuming.”

“It’s all good, you didn’t know” I smiled then my stomach growled real loud “oh wow that was loud hehehe, guess we should figure out dinner?”

We all make our way to the kitchen to see there ain’t no fuckin’ food except dry pasta. Turns out (but to nobody’s surprise) Mineta sensei didn’t get all the arrangements done to get us food. And I did what any girl with my status did... I called my aunty Midnight and told her that I was hungies and there was no food. And that’s how I got whole class pizza for dinner that night.

“Iida-san you shouldn’t just call a pro-hero like that!” scolded the class rep “what would your father say?!”

“My daddy won’t say shit! He knows how I get when I don’t get food first!” I huffed as I was feeling very hangry “if anything he’d do the same thing and personally deliver it to me!”

“Thanks Iida-san! We appreciate your efforts!” cheered the rest of the class.

“See, everyone else isn’t complaining” I crossed my arms “I get things done!”

“Your daddy also got things done” chuckled sensei “he was class rep when I was in high school. Great guy but he’s so dorky!”

“My dad was class rep?” I perked up “I mean it suits him but he’s like me?”

“Yup OH! I can show you!” he pulls up a video on his phone “heres a video from our 2nd year, your mom put my friend on the flag pole by the briefs.”

“...and for the last time, just so it gets through your thick head, NO I WILL NOT GO OUT WITH YOU!” blared the familiar voice of young mom.

“AHHHHhhhhhGUAHHHHH!” cried out the yellow haired boy as an unseen force pulls the back of his underwear that hung on the top of the flag pole.

“ITA! Get him down this instant!” demanded young dad, with the iconic chops.

“You can’t tell me what to do Tenya!” yelled young mom at dad “the boy had it coming! He put his hand on my ass!”

“I don’t care! DON’T WALK AWAY FROM ME!”

“Get bent you square!” young mom retorted as she warped out.

“Dang it! DON’T WORRY DENKI! I’LL GET YOU DOWN!” assured young dad as he made some calls and got him down in a few minutes.

“I still can’t believe he married your mom” sensei shuddered “she’s not a force to be reckoned and had kicked your dad’s ass multiple times! On and off the field.”

“Why do you still have that video sensei?” asked Hoshi, almost too scared to know the answer to that.

“Every-time that girl gets to fighting” he puts his phone away “she makes it into a spectacle and at the time nobody could figure out how to defeat her. So we’d record her fights and study them so we could have an idea on her weak points.”

“Has anybody succeeded?” I asked.

“Nope, she’s too unpredictable and brash” he sighed in defeat “her roasts were too devastating that they would end me instantly without her touching me!”

“I’m suddenly feeling less and less secure on sensei’s abilities to protect us” spoke up on the the girls. And everyone nodded in agreement.

The pizza comes and it looks like my mom paid for it from the receipt notes. I didn’t think much of it but everyone else was.

“What does your mom do for a living?!” asked one of my classmates “I know sensei said that she’s not in hero work but if she’s powerful and tactful PLUS can afford to buy us all pizza on a whim, what or where does she work in?”

“She’s the CEO of RoboDog INC and works as an independent unit with the Emperor’s Coup” I say before taking a bite of my pizza.

“I WAS WONDERING WHY SHE LOOKED SO FAMILIAR!” screamed the classmate that saw her in the commons room “oh my gosh Iida-san! Your mom is one of the most powerful women in the country and she’s just roaming around in public like that?!”

“I mean, she’s just living her best life” I responded before swallowing my bite “my mom taught me that simplicity and hard work is the way to go, she’s humble and gives back to the community.”

“Yup, she’s one of the school’s biggest donors” sensei spoke up “she’s the reason we have a botanical sanctuary garden and why we have a very expansive and stable international student program” he wiped his mouth “oh and a music program, wish we had that when I was a student.”

“Wow your mom really does care” said another classmate in awe “tell her we said thank you!”

All that affirmation made me feel good. It’s way better than being treated coldly at the dance academy. That night I went to sleep feeling much better about my stance in hero school... lets see how tomorrow goes!

-Chapter 6, End-

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HELLO AGAIN !! so i vanished to sob over and plant the cute baby pine saplings that my mom took home from her office ( we both work for the provincial government and it’s public service week so.. lots of cute things happened ) and realized that i could expand on the neighbours plot in a better way so i could accommodate more ppl, plus a couple of other ideas came to mind so !! if you feel like our muses wouldn’t work in the plots already given, like an additional connection for the two would complete what we’re doing already or some other reason, you can check a few others out below !

so i’m just gonna make a whole thing dedicated to neighbours bc why not?? especially since most of your muses live in apartments it could work out decently for everyone lol :

unlikely pals : “ the walls are paper thin and you just heard the brutal break up of me and my ex, and now you’re trying to comfort me through the walls and it’s kinda awkward but it’s also helping so ” one of her next door neighbours, perhaps they keep to themselves or mimi doesn’t know how to face them when they kinda know everything going on in her life just by seeing and hearing shit ?? but perhaps something like this leads to them becoming rl good pals tho her sugar baby arrangement is understood by both to be straight up ignored lol

shy bun(s) vs proper neighbour etiquette ( idk ?? ) : “ we always see each other in the elevator and it’s inanely awkward because we both live on the top floor of this really tall apartment complex and we always ride in silence because the one time I tried talking to you I fucked up REALLY bad ” it could prob tie into her constantly having a new crush since she’s normally p outgoing, but this is just.. rly cute ig ? like they’re both rly trying to be normal and shit but sometimes the wrong or most jumbled thing is said and it jst.. kinda screws them both over every time rIP

the world’s biggest nuisance ( aka miran being “ you ” in this situation ) : “ you were drunk and you broke into my apartment and when you found out this wasn’t your friend’s apartment you started crying and I really don’t know what to do ”  so this is prob when jaesung abandons her in her time of need sdhfkgl this could be her neighbour a floor up or down, she prob forgot which floor she lived on and kinda let herself in thinking it was her place ?? whatever happened after that was prob a series of fucked circumstances where her clumsy and rly dumb antics screwed this other person over and she rly.. tries to make up for it when they prob just want her to fuck off altogether idk hahaha

future sperm donor/surrogate ( whaT THE FUCK AM I DOING LMAO ) : ok like she prob has this one person in the building who rly is a gem to her ?? like this is the person who will let her crash in their room when she locks herself out and the maintenance dude won’t come by until the next afternoon, or is the kang miran protection club president as in they somehow prevent her from being a clumsy shit in the complex ? likely has a “ let’s get married if we’re not already by 30 ” or a “ i’ll be your surrogate if you need me to be but make me the godmother or so hELP ME GOD ” pact, the real mvp and one of her favourite people in the world  [ im sangtae ]

internet buds: maybe ?? like they met through skype accidentally ( an extension of the pen/online pals plot but a little less developed ) or some shit and were like “ wait.. i know you !! ” bc yeah, that’s the girl on the sixth floor but maybe they suck at actual, real life interaction with each other so it’s just.. yeah

and now to like.. other, last minute general things: 

almost lover : ?? she’s had zero relationship experience but this was someone she would’ve backed out of the sugar baby thing for if they rly encouraged her to, she would’ve happily dove head first into something with them, but shit might’ve hit the fan and what could’ve been a good thing jst.. fell apart. maybe they were too different in the other person’s eyes and didn’t wanna drag her down, maybe mimi’s feeling of owing the guy who p much gave her her dream for free by staying in the arrangement was too much. she rly was hurt by how it all went down and it gave her the motivation to suppress her feelings until she thought she would be alright with leaving the rich dude. might still harbour feelings but she would never admit that to anyone. idk i jst have a lot of feelings over this one bc i wanna hurt my angel ofc !!  [ min jaehyun ]

childhood best friends : her babies from incheon or from her visits to changwon/america to see her parents’ families !! it kinda speaks for itself but she ! loves ! them ! so much, they saw her through almost every embarrassing phase and got to tug on her pigtails without any repercussions besides a cute, whiny “ give it up !! ”

complete opposites [ 1/2 ] : lis ten.. so many muses here are rl softies, pure babies like miran, but there’s also a ton who jst.. aren’t and i’ve always been a fan of a ray of sunshine and a rl stoic person being at least friendly to each other ?? like they kinda jst deal with her, let her get in the occasional hug with at least a groan of discontent at her tendency to abuse physical affection, irdk  [

models !! [ 2/4 ] : so with any online shop, you need people to wear what you’re selling to attract consumers so these would be two or three people she’s hired to do exactly that !! maybe she’s a close friend to one or all, or they’re the barista at her fave café, the options are endless rly  [ kwon hyuna,  ]

so i’m gonna go fix the theme/change that icon already slkdjg and set up her connections page/cross out the taken plots on the other post, then i’ll get to messages and answer a few starters !!

[hellooogaynow]

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omg ok tbh i forgot that i reblogged that ask thing but thank u fren here u go

1. spotify, soundcloud, or pandora? 

spotify

2. is your room messy or clean?

um ok so my room at my mom’s is technically the office and just full of mine and everyone else’s storage so it isn’t really my room i guess and my room at my dad’s is nearly empty and i haven’t been there more than a couple times in a while and i’ve been crashing at friend’s and family’s houses and living out of a suitcase for weeks so i’m just gonna say i don’t really have a room

3. what color are your eyes?

dark brown

4. do you like your name? why?

alright well this is complicated because i hate the name emily and lately i’ve been going by emmitt for a while and it’s just weird because i feel so disconnected from emily and not super connected to emmitt either and i feel like i should just be a nameless person because i hate being referred to as anything tbh

5. what is your relationship status?

happily in a relationship with someone i really care about

6. describe your personality in 3 words or less

a detached mess

7. what color hair do you have?

my natural dark brown color

8. what kind of car do you drive? color?

ah it’s a purple mini van that’s rusting and dying

9. where do you shop?

target lol

10. how would you describe your style?

almost exclusively button ups and baseball shirts

11. favorite social media account?

tumblr probably i use this the most out of all of them

12. what size bed do you have?

queen

13. any siblings?

i have 2 sisters

14. if you can live anywhere in the world where would it be? why?

i honestly have no idea how to answer this question i don’t have a dream destination or anything

15. favorite snapchat filter?

omg probably the cute cat one that changes ur voice cuz my friends look so cute when they use it

16. favorite makeup brand(s)?

i don’t know anything about makeup

17. how many times a week do you shower?

every day sometimes multiple times a day

18. favorite tv show?

buffy the vampire slayer and dollhouse kill me

19. shoe size?

idk i’m pretty sure i’m a 6

20. how tall are you?

5’1

21. sandals or sneakers?

sneakers

22. do you go to the gym?

no lol but i do plan to start going once i actually move in to my new place and get settled

23. describe your dream date

i want to spend a day in chicago with emily doing whatever we want just walking and wandering into stores and go to a zoo or a museum or navy pier or honestly just anything at this point i miss her so much i don’t care what we do as long as we’re together

24. how much money do you have in your wallet at the moment?

$6

25. what color socks are you wearing?

they’re both different variations of black white and light blue

26. how many pillows do you sleep with?

at least 2

27. do you have a job? what do you do?

yeah i recently got a job in the mental health field and i work primarily with adults with various mental illnesses in a 24/7 supervised living area at the moment it’s mostly individuals dealing with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, and borderline personality disorder and i help them with symptom management, building the skills they have chosen to work on in their treatment plans, and help them carry activities of daily living so they can become self-sufficient and can transition out and live on their own

28. how many friends do you have?

ah i mean i know i have a lot of friends but as far as really close friends i know i can count on and will most likely always have around i’d say i have about 8

29. whats the worst thing you have ever done?

ah fuck well i went through a really destructive phase in my recent past where i was just in a bad place and i withdrew and lashed out a lot and was super emotionally unstable and i hurt a lot of people and i regret it

30. whats your favorite candle scent?

omg i have no idea i usually just smell all the blue ones and go from there

31. 3 favorite boy names

elliot (this is my favorite name in the world probably)

max

derrick

32. 3 favorite girl names

bennett

caroline

sara

33. favorite actor?

i thought about this for a solid 5 minutes and no one is coming to mind i’m gonna leave this blank

34. favorite actress?

eliza dushku and alyson hannigan kill me every time i watch dollhouse or buffy i���m in love with her

35. who is your celebrity crush?

amber liu

36. favorite movie?

selena

37. do you read a lot? whats your favorite book?

i used to read a lot when i was a kid and the music of dolphins by karen hesse has always stuck with me for some reason idk if it’s my favorite but when i was a kid i checked it out at least once a month on our elementary library visits and even now i always find myself thinking about it

38. money or brains?

well if u don’t have money u can’t survive in this capitalist society so i mean

but if this question is asking what i want in a person i’d want the smart

39. do you have a nickname? what is it?

my family calls me mimi and tbh it’s the only thing i actually feel comfortable with weirdly

40. how many times have you been to the hospital?

i’ve been to the hospital multiple times to visit people but i don’t remember actually needing to be there myself besides when i burned my hands as a child

41. top 10 favorite songs

this is def subject to change depending on my mood at any given moment but for right now:

hold me tight by bts

house of cards by bts

lie by bts

all mine by one ok rock

deeper deeper by one ok rock

we are by one ok rock

decision by one ok rock

clock strikes by one ok rock

como la flor by selena

moon river waltz by shinee

42. do you take any medications daily?

no i had issues with family and insurance so i had to stop seeing my psych and taking meds

43. what is your skin type? (oily, dry, etc)

dry

44. what is your biggest fear?

my mom having anything else bad happen to her

45. how many kids do you want?

this is most likely not going to be my choice lol i don’t have a number in mind if i do have kids

46. whats your go to hair style?

short and whatever it wants to do when i get out of the shower

47. what type of house do you live in? (big, small, etc)

well i don’t really live in a house rn but my mom’s house is huge she just moved in and it’s crazy big i’m so happy for her also the house i’m gonna move into soon is p small but still cute

48. who is your role model?

idk probably my mom she’s been through a lot and is still going strong

49. what was the last compliment you received?

“you’re so sweet, you know that?” from a client

50. what was the last text you sent?

“nini

51. how old were you when you found out santa wasn’t real?

tbh i have no idea i was probably in elementary school

52. what is your dream car?

something that runs, is either blue or grey, and magically doesn’t cost me anything to drive it

53. opinion on smoking?

it smells terrible and i don’t like to be around people who smoke

54. do you go to college?

yeah i just graduated

55. what is your dream job?

i have no idea i don’t know what i want i haven’t really thought that far ahead but i love my job so far so i’m alright with where i’m at

56. would you rather live in rural areas or the suburbs?

i don’t really have a preference as long as i’m with and near people i care about

57. do you take shampoo and conditioner bottles from hotels?

i don’t think i’ve ever personally done that

58. do you have freckles?

yeah i have a couple scattered around

59. do you smile for pictures?

i make this weird stupid half smile face and i can’t stop

60. how many pictures do you have on your phone?

761

61. have you ever peed in the woods?

i have not

62. do you still watch cartoons?

i never want to not watch cartoons

63. do you prefer chicken nuggets from wendy’s or mcdonalds?

i don’t like chicken nuggets from anywhere

64. favorite dipping sauce?

wait for what

i like soy sauce for potstickers

65. what do you wear to bed?

usually shorts and a t shirt

66. have you ever won a spelling bee?

no i’m terrible at spelling out loud

67. what are your hobbies?

i like to dance idk not much else tho i guess

68. can you draw?

nooooo

69. do you play an instrument?

i played guitar once but i forgot everything smh

70. what was the last concert you saw?

the bts wings tour

71. tea or coffee?

tea

72. starbucks or dunkin donuts?

dunkin donuts

73. do you want to get married?

yes

74. what is your crush’s first and last initial?

e g

75. are you going to change your last name when you get married?

i’ve thought about this actually and i’m mostly just hesitant about how difficult it would be to change my name on like all the legal paperwork and like bills and work things and it just sounds super complicated but i wish it could be easier because i hate where my last name comes from and if i married my current gf we would literally have the exact same name and we would be able to confuse people even more and i just think it would be funny

76. what color looks best on you?

black i think

77. do you miss anyone right now?

yes oh my god

78. do you sleep with your door open or closed?

closed always closed

79. do you believe in ghosts?

yeah i do

80. what is your biggest pet peeve?

ok i get so mad when i go to a friend’s place who has long hair and i’m walking barefoot through their house or i’m sleeping over or i’m under a blanket or something and it just makes me so mad when i feel dumb long single strands of hair in my toes i hate it so much it makes me so mad idk man but this happened to me last night and i’ve been thinking about it ever since

81. last person you called?

ah well the last phone call that i was on was with the director of all the residential living things at my work

82. favorite ice cream flavor?

idk probably chocolate and vanilla with caramel

83. regular oreos or golden oreos?

regular oreos

84. chocolate or rainbow sprinkles?

no sprinkles pls

85. what shirt are you wearing?

black and grey v neck t shirt

86. what is your phone background?

a picture of my gf i took a while back of her from a distance with the river and sunset in the background

87. are you outgoing or shy?

shy with everyone besides my friends

88. do you like it when people play with your hair?

only like a very specific like 2 people but when it’s anyone else i get really uncomfortable with being touched and you’d think that people wouldn’t just come up to you and start touching your hair and telling you how soft it is but it’s more common than you think and it makes me want to d ie

89. do you like your neighbors?

my nonexistent neighbors r gr8

90. do you wash your face? at night? in the morning?

i always wash it in the morning but sometimes i wash it at night too if i feel gross from the day

91. have you ever been high?

nope never

92. have you ever been drunk?

yes

93. last thing you ate?

a blizzard from dairy queen with pieces of brownies in it

94. favorite lyrics right now

ok i’m gonna be honest and just say i’m not in a place to listen to music rn i’ve been listening to exclusively podcasts and i have not listened to a song and not zoned out completely during it in a very long time and no lyrics are coming to mind

95. summer or winter?

summer

96. day or night?

night

97. dark, milk, or white chocolate?

ah milk or white i guess i’m not a super big fan tho

98. favorite month?

june cuz my birthday also gay

99. what is your zodiac sign

gemini

100. who was the last person you cried in front of?

my dad

[crystalelemental]

Now that I’ve reached chapter 7 and experienced the halfway point major cutscene, I have finally obtained all playable characters!  Which means now’s as good a time as any for early-game impressions.

Lydie - Surprisingly good protagonist.  She’s the more standard of the two, in the sense of being the more mellow one of the twins.  Despite that, she’s got some quirks that help her stand out a lot.  She can be fairly intense, and gets really invested in romance novels, but has a very negative opinion of men it seems, which makes things difficult for her.  She’s pretty good, but nowhere near as good as...

Suelle - Suelle’s amazing.  I’m tempted to say Meruru-esque.  She’s tough and outgoing, and has my favorite expression possibly in the entire series.  She has the best deadpan expression while firing off one-liners.  Also, very much like Meruru, she’s surprisingly brilliant.  She doesn’t do well with reading or lectures, but is amazing at hands-on experience, and understands concepts even if she can’t articulate them or use the technical terminology.  She’s a ton of fun.  Plus, dual-wielding pistols.  She outdamages the knight most of the time, even without her items.  Speaking of whom...

Mathias - I’m so glad I got the DLC characters so I can shove this guy out of the party.  He starts off as a huge dweeb, then they add in that he’s a flirtatious dweeb with no success in wooing the ladies.  So great, that’s...not intolerable.  They have salvaged him a bit, giving him some contrast with his sister, Mireille.  While his sister is sheltered and unfamiliar with the world, Mathias seems hyper-aware and is actively trying to improve his knowledge of the world.  Of course, everyone seems to think he’s a bum, which...good.  He’s not the worst, but he’s still not that interesting.

Firis - Firis returns!  We...don’t have much to update here.  She seems similar to her character in her own game, which is to say, not all that interesting.  She’s fine, I just...definitely think she’s one of the less interesting alchemists in the series.

Lucia - Yeah, I got the DLC, and Lucia is one of the two.  As a character, she fits an ongoing trope in the series that I actually love: the tsundere aristocrat who’s very attached to the protagonist.  She’s alright, and she even does the “Ohoho!” laugh, which is excellent.  I’m not immediately sold on her character, though.  I can’t explain why.  She has some great scenes, including making Mathias her guinea pig for different potions she brews, one of which turns him into a Puni for a day for funsies.  She’s definitely mischievous, and does care a lot about the twins.  I dunno, I think my issue is how much she’s fallen out of the picture.  Usually, this archetype is center stage through most of the game after they show up.  But Lucia is around a lot in the early phase, and then kinda just...disappears.  She does a bit, but she’s not as prominent as others in this role have been for the series, and I think that’s what’s really holding her back.  Also, competition with someone who is, frankly, better in every way.

Alt - Eh.  He’s got a decent thing going, being weird and maniacal, insisting he’s trying to take over the world and all, but he’s not that interesting.  He’s just an eccentric who speaks in riddles, and apparently does it because that’s just how he is.  Not particularly engaging.  Also his support attacks weren’t that good, so we’re swapping him out for DLC characters too.  This is Atelier folks, and I will go to what lengths I must for my all-female team.

Sophie - Hell yes, Sophie has such a good entrance in this game.  Fun fact, the first time through the fight with the dragon god of thunder, the game froze when she showed up and the screen went gray.  I assumed at first that there was some weird time-manipulation power going on, before realizing the game crashed.  So, in true Atelier fashion, Crash Count: 1.  Sophie’s still as great as before.  Light-hearted and fun, but down-to-earth and engaged with the people around her.  I’m really glad she’s back.  AND SPEAKING OF BEING BACK

Ilmeria - BEST GIRL RETURNS!  It’s almost to Lucia’s detriment that she’s here, frankly.  At least with Mimi, she got to really shine in Meruru without Cordelia around to one-up her.  But I guess it’s fine.  Honestly, Ilmeria is precious, and in my favorite surprise of all time, Firis is not the twins’ teacher.  Ilmeria is.  Pretty sure this is a first, where the alchemist from the previous game doesn’t serve as the teacher for the new protagonists.  Ilmeria’s a great teacher, too.  The role is perfect.  We get to see shades of the character we’ve known, but having also developed into someone much more calm and a bit more open with herself.  Only a bit, though.  There are still some reserves, but she’s opened up a lot, and what’s left is a cute quirk.  She’s an absolute delight.

Of course there are the many side characters as well, which includes a lot of playable characters from previous games who are...not playable this time?  Fritz, Cornelia, and Drossel are all here, but are not playable.  Why?  My guess, it’d be a pain in the ass to outfit all those characters for combat in a synthesis system that’s so user unfriendly.

But the real surprise?  Hagel is here.  I...really don’t know what to make of this.  Pamela’s also here, but she’s been in this entire trilogy.  Why is Hagel here?  Is this a usual thing?  I’ve been told Pamela pre-dates the Arland games, but she’s the only real recurring character I know from that trilogy, and I can’t remember anyone from Arland being in the Dusk games.  But the Mysterious trilogy?  We’ve had Logy as a blacksmith, Escha as a small child, Pamela as a nun, and now Hagel is back as a blacksmith again.  I don’t think the trilogies are meant to be interconnected.  They’re probably just references.  But then, Hagel knows Pamela, so who the hell knows anymore.