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[muddyhippy]

The FINAL part of Night Terrors! 3+ years in the making.

Brace yourselves for comfort, cuddles, sneaky references, heartfelt discussions and the Mechs discovering they might not be the worst substitute parents in the universe...

To anyone who has read this fic over the past few years thank you so much, I hope this gives you a satisfying conclusion to this particular story, one that kept me sane during lockdown and one I know gave me the privilege of being a comfort read for a lot people.

Till next time!

[rosie-with-knives]

Mechs on Roshar is up to 7k words, making it the third longest thing I’ve ever written, and I’ve barely even started lol

[foxinaforestofstars]

tagged by @historian-bibliophile

rules:  answer these 85 statements and tag 20 people

tagging: Can’t think of anyone to tag aside from @muddyhippy and @littleredoutlaw  Anyone else wants to do this, feel free!

THE LAST

1. drink: fruit tea

2. phone call: My older brother

3. text message: I rarely text anyone, but the last person I messaged was my best friend, @historian-bibliophile

4. song you listened to: Wind of Change by the Scorpions

5. time you cried: a few days ago because I tortured myself with sad dogs

6. dated someone twice: I have never dated anyone even once

7. kissed someone and regretted it: I never kissed anyone in a romantic context.

8. been cheated on: Nope

9. lost someone special: August 2012 when my dog Ulrich died at about 12 years old.

10. been depressed: early March this year after I failed the second attempt at an exam

11. gotten drunk and thrown up: I don’t drink at all

3 FAVOURITE COLOURS

12. Dark blue

13. dark green

14. dark purple

IN THE LAST YEAR HAVE YOU

15. made new friends: I haven’t met any new people this year

16. fallen out of love: Never

17. laughed until you cried: No

18. found out someone was talking about you: Nope

19. met someone who changed you: no

20. found out who your friends are: Nah

21. kissed someone on your facebook list: Nah

GENERAL

22. how many of your facebook friends do you know in real life: Most of them

23. do you have any pets: My wonderful cat Mephistopheles

24. do you want to change your name: not really

25. what did you do for your last birthday: nothing out of the ordinary

26. what time did you wake up: 4:30 am

27. what were you doing at midnight last night: sleeping

28. name something you can’t wait for: the start of the new semester as I barely know what to do with all this free time any more

29. when was the last time you saw your mom: like half a minute ago

31. what are you listening to right now: Wind of Change by the Scorpions

32. have you ever talked to a person named tom: had a few classmates with that name

33. something that is getting on your nerves: people who seem to have conferences in the middle of the supermarket and are blocking entire aisles

34. most visited website: YouTube and tumblr

35. hair colour: naturally dark/dirty blond, right now light blue with light green towards the tips

36. long or short hair: short-ish because that’s easier to handle while trying out colours

37. do you have a crush on someone: Nah

38. what do you like about yourself: my eyes

39. want any piercings: nothing aside from what I already have (my ears)

40. blood type: No idea

41. nickname: don’t really have one aside from my best friend calling me Soph, but they’re the only one who does that

42. relationship status: Single

43. zodiac: Aquarius

44. pronouns: She/her

45. favourite tv show: Tatort Münster

46. tattoos: don’t have any, but I’ve been thinking about it

47. right or left handed: Right handed

48. surgery: my ears were pulled back when I was like five, and my pharyngeal tonsils were taken out about a year later

49. piercing: My ears

50. sport: nothing, I avoid it as much as possible

51. vacation: I haven’t had a proper vacation in years. The last one was a family trip to the baltic sea in I think it was 2012

52. pair of trainers: no idea what to write here

MORE GENERAL

53. eating: just ate some tomato noodle soup

54. drinking: cold fruit tea

55. i’m about to: finish a 100 g ball of yarn

56. waiting for: my father to start paying his fucking child support

57. want: a ticket and a way to go to one of the shows the Game Grumps do with Jacksepticeye in Europe in October

58. get married: if I find the right person, sure

59. career: I’m studying to become a translator for Czech and English (into German)

WHICH IS BETTER

60. hugs or kisses: All the hugs!

61. lips or eyes: Eyes

62. shorter or taller: Taller

63. older or younger: I actually prefer people in my age group but if I had to choose I’d go for older

64. nice arms or nice stomach: why would you make me choose? Can’t I have both

65. hook up or relationship: Relationship

66. troublemaker or hesitant: Somewhere in the middle

HAVE YOU EVER

67. kissed a stranger: no

68. drank hard liquor: nope

69. lost glasses/contact lenses: never. I am always aware of where my glasses are (my face, most of the time)

70. turned someone down: no because no one ever asked me

71. sex on the first date: Never

72. broken someone’s heart: Don’t think so

73. had your heart broken: Depends on the definition

74. been arrested: Nope

75. cried when someone died: Yes

76. fallen for a friend: Nah

DO YOU BELIEVE IN

77. yourself: sometimes

78. miracles: I want to

79. love at first sight: I want to, but not really

80. santa claus: Never have

81. kiss on the first date: Depends on the person and how the date went

82. angels: @historian-bibliophile

OTHER

83. current best friend’s name: Era

84. eye colour: Brown

85. favorite movie: Little Lord Fauntleroy

[muddyhippy]

In the still of the night;

In the still of the night, on the cusp of Autumn, peace on the air with a hint of a chill. Under the stars and sparkling cobwebs flavoured with bat's wings and owl hoots, all bathed by the light of a round, full moon.

[muddyhippy]

3 and 4, please?

3) I definitely jump about with my orders of stories, I rarely write a story in order start to finish, chapter by chapter. I usually work in a big document and work on different bits as inspriation and ideas hit. Like, for my current story 'Surprising Salvage' I've written the ending and large chunks of chapters and now am working back and filling in all the gaps!

4) I very much outline, I tend to start with a rough plan of starting at A finishing at Z and hitting key plot points along the way but a lot of the content of conversations and general actions between characters just sort of happens, like I tend to hear the characters talking and I just write it down. So there is a structure and plan but how I hit the all the plot points and actually get there is usually pretty organic, it just sort of flows and happens!

Thanks for asking! Really enjoyed answering!

[muddyhippy]

So, I forgot to say on here that I added chapter 5 to this 'The Mechanisms accidentally accquire a child survivor of a massacre and it turns out the crew (and surprisingly, especially Jonny) turn out to be half decent guardians.'

Basically this is the origin fic of the 'Hello Ladies' Tumblr Chat Group collectively created female child OC, 'Lily of-many-names' who joins the crew of the Aurora!

Chapter 6 is coming, everyone is just being extra chatty and it's taking a while to get everything down in order. I'll hopefully be posting it soon!

This is effectively one of my own coping mechanisms (!) To dealing with lockdown alone-it's been 2 months and counting. Really, REALLY missing hugs now!

So I shall live vicariously through these characters!

As always, let me know what you think :)