#Orion Automatic Watch

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Cassiopea and Orion #2

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A/N: I probably shouldn't be thinking up so many different story lines. But my mind won't let me focuse on something else in peace unless I write these snippets and parts out. So here have another part XD I still have a whole Danny and Bruce backstory conversation in my head that I will probably write out at some point too.

"Really B, another one?" A red helmet wearing guy huffed the moment he spotted her, the little black haired blue eyed girl, sitting on a railing by a huge computer set up Ellie was sure Uncle Tuck would have drooled over.

She blinked at the new arrival before her eyes went over to the man. The one she had told that Phantom lost his haunt. When she had spoken these words the air around the man had changed. Before Ellie even really knew what was happening, the man had turned away from her, talking to the still tense boy before whisking the both of them away to a cave. The place she was now, and one after another more and more of the weirdly dressed people showed up. Each of them appeared to feel the need to comment on something, Ellie heavily believed to be an inside joke.

She let her eyes wander over all the arrivals, her fingers nervously drumming on the metal of the railing she was sitting on. Watching them carefully, despite what Danny had told her, she would bold at the first sight of danger from them. They didn't appear to have any ecto-weapons but that could be false impression. Like the GIW. They had appeared so incompetent only to do a 180 decades later.

"So what is going on? Is B printing adoption papers already?" The red and black one appeared to joke and Ellie tilted her head. There definitely was a insider joke she was not aware of. It would be weird to ask them about it wouldn't it? It would also be rude and tactless. Danny and Aunt Jazz had tried to teach her to not always blurt out every question that pops up in her head. Key words, not always.

"Why would the furry need adoption papers?"

She blinked at how a couple of the people broke out laughing while the kid, who had been watching her like a hawk, was now full on shooting daggers at her. She was pretty sure the kid would have thrown a literal one at her, but something as keeping them from doing so. She heard a grunt, and her eyes went back to the man that had brought her here.

"Not necessary." The man muttered as he turned to face them, clicking a key on the keyboard of the computer, and Ellie blinked as an image of Phantom popped up on screen. The people laughing appeared to quiet down now. "She already has a father."

"Mom." Ellie automatically corrected, shrugging when they looked at her. Before everything had gone to shits and Danny's capture, he had become quiet the mother hen, especially with Dan's and her de-aging. The constant mothering and worry about their well-being had caused Dan to joke that Danny was acting like a mother and she had continued to run with that joke. Even after they had to put Dan into a frozen state under Frostbites care in Far Frozen. The two had silently agreed on that Danny was their mom. The past didn't matter and she would honour their silent sibling agreement.

She didn't elaborate any further and they seemed to get that as they turned back to the man by the computer, putting their attention on that. Though she did noticed that the other kids eyes lingered on her longer.

"This is Phantom. A ghost hero stationed at Amity Park. Code: Rho, one of Cassiopea's dying stars." The man paused, and Ellie swore he had looked at her under his cowl. "And this girl's, Elliza Danielle Phantom Nightingale's, mother. Code: Jupiter, the wandering star."

"How do you know my full name?! Plus, my only recently added ones! They are like only a month old! And what about these weird Codes?" She blurred out wide-eyed, staring at the man in bat costume.

"Even if sparse Phantom and I stayed in contact using these codes." And Ellie narrowed her eyes at him. "Doesn't answer my question."

"Actually, B we would also like to know more." One of the onlookers, that's what Ellie decided they were for now, piped up.

Bat guy grunted, staring them down but not answering. The onlooker in blue sighed but Ellie wasn't giving in. She crossed her arms, keeping her balance by floating slightly on the railing.

"Look, you big bad bee, if you can't tell me that, then how am I supposed to trust you to help me, let alone the rescue of Da- Phantom!"

The onlookers snickered as she held her little staring contest with the big bad bee. Jokes on that guy she had held staring contests with Frighty before and he doesn't even remember how to blink at times.

"Phantom and I correspond about various topics since our teen years." The bat guy finally admitted. "One of which was about... our children."

Ellie blinked several times. Until her eyes widened in realization and she pointed an accusing finger at bat guy. "You're the one that kept calling Danny about parent advice! Like how he got me to go to online school and prevented me from sneaking out or how he handled Dan's anger tantrums!"

"Wait... B went to someone other than Agent A for parent advice?" The red and black onlooker questioned and Ellie shrugged. Danny had always been sort of parenting her since he was 16 and Dan once they learned he was aging lower and then the de-aging happened. She did remember that Danny got his first phone call about parent advice when he was around 24.

Now that Ellie thought about it. That was also around the time he took her aside to tell her about the emergency code.

"Which one of us do you guys think was the cause?"

"Wing."

"Hood."

"Demon Brat."

Ellie blinked once more, her attention turning back to the onlookers as thet started to argue among themselves. She tilted her head, watching them. Looks like she accidentally got them off topic. Though now she really wanted to get the story out of Danny once they rescued him. For years she had caught snippets of Danny's phone calls, to think that the guy on the other end was a armored spandex wearing furry. She couldn't wait to tell Dan about that.

Well, once their mom was saved and her brother stabilized again.

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I had a brief dream sequence that involved Shakes and Skarra going missing, and their teams failing to really do anything to find them. They had alerted authorities and tries to search for them themselves but after a while, they just presumed the two strikers to just be gone, either missing or dead–

(The rest of it is under a read more cause it gets pretty long, and honestly could be its own AU at this point)

–Which wasn't entirely the case, as the two of them had been kidnapped by a new villain (not the DeFab doctor unfortunately). Both Shakes and Skarra were separated and escaped from wherever they were being held, although not seeing each other until later on. They both tried to find their own ways back home, but they had this mind control device that had been placed on them, halting their plans to get back home and to their teams. They would always find a way back to the buildings they were being held in, locked up once again, and the devices would be turned off so the two of them had to start their escape plans all over again.

It would be Nandi, Shakes's sister, who would eventually find Shakes and the two of them would help save Skarra from the kidnapper, similar in a way where Skarra saved Shakes during Rookie Season. Once the devices were taken off of them, there was a scene/comic panel of both Shakes and Skarra hugging each other, ending their rivalry and making the decision to retire from the Super League together.

However, this decision is made after the players get back to their teams, only to find that everyone in the Super League was under the same mind control device the kidnapper had put on them. Worse was that everyone was mixed up into different teams, like North being with Orion and Twisting Tiger being with Iron Tank.

Once the kidnapper was beaten by Shakes and Skarra, their teams were ecstatic to see them again but the young strikers were not. At this point, Shakes and Skarra had been missing for almost over a year, where parts of the memories were blurry or unrecognizable, as they had essentially been puppets for the kidnapper to play with. Knowing now that the teams had given up so early in their search for the two strikers, and that the League would not reopen their case, Shakes felt in some way betrayed as he recounted all the times he's put himself in danger to help his team to victory, and they couldn't do the same for him. The fact that it was his own sister that found them, with the help of people she met along the way, solidified his decision to retire early.

Although Skarra could stay with Invincible United now that Shakes would be out of the picture, he left alongside him as we all know he doesn't play his best without Shakes being there. That, and the two had reconciled while on their way back home after getting caught up by Nandi on what had happened around the world while they were missing. They felt better in trusting each other than their teams at this point.

Once the pair retired, the only people Shakes kept in touch with was Nandi, who had become a popular video blogger, and Supa Fran, as she was the one who accompanied Nandi and helped her with driving to different locations, even giving up seeing Supa Strikas games so she could help save the boys. Skarra didn't really keep in touch with anyone from the team, except Dingaan who would send the occasional text to him about how they were doing, and Automatic, who helped Skarra get settled back in, acting like an older brother to him.

The dream ended off with the pair suddenly leaving South Africa, but only to travel the world together for an indefinite amount of time. They promised the ones they kept in touch with that they would keep them updated wherever they went. Shakes and Skarra would either stay in hostels, hotels, backpacked through different countries, before ending up in London, UK, where Shakes would ask if they could watch a football match. Not wanting to watch a Super League one, Skarra found a community football match they could watch, and it ended with them watching a match between the Silver Lions FC and another English football team.

Now, whether or not both Shakes and Skarra became romantically involved or just stayed platonic throughout that whole situation, I'm not sure. But the two of them reconciling and doing things together after being stuck in a traumatic event for almost a year, I think that would be interesting to explore.

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Prompt 7 - Improve

Wolfstar, February 7, word count 853

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One year previously 

Sirius was lingering outside his father's study. Both his parents were out at an event. He’d arrived at Grimmauld with a runny nose and a suitable cough. Walburga had reared back from him and ordered him out of her sight. He took that as he didn’t have to leave the property, so, unknown to anyone, Sirius hid in his old bedroom as his parents finished dressing and left the house with Kreacher. Sirius was completely alone. 

In his hand, he held a small device Barty had given him. According to him, it would make any surveillance gear go a bit squiffy until the device's batteries ran out. Just to be safe, Sirius had brought a mask with him. He slipped the rubbery thing over his head and pressed the button on the small metal cylinder. Nothing happened, but Barty had said that would be the case. Sirius took a deep breath and opened the door. 

Everything in there was immaculate. Which made finding what he wanted so easy. A child could have done it. Sadly, everything in this room turned out to be the legit versions of all the Black Empire’s paperwork. He chastised himself internally. Of course, everything dirty would be in his mother’s office. He carefully replaced everything and headed up a floor to Walburga’s study. 

Unlike her husband, Walburga had locked her door. It took Sirius a few minutes to get the lock to open; it had been a while since he’d picked a lock, and the door swung open. But like his father’s office, everything was immaculate and labelled. He grabbed the files he needed and began snapping photo after photo of them. Each picture was sent automatically to an online storage space, so even if he was caught and his phone was destroyed, he still had the proof. 

He’d just taken another one of the dodgy books from its shelf when he heard the front door open. 

“I won’t be a moment, Orion. I left my purse,” Walburga called back down to the car. Sirius gulped as he spotted her black silk purse sitting on the desk in front of him. 

As fast as he could, he put the files back and dove under the desk, pulling the chair back under just as the door opened. Walburga paused and looked around the room. Of course, she’d be suspicious; her usually religiously locked door had been unlocked. Sirius watched her feet walk towards him and the sound of her bag sliding across the polished wood above him. He watched in horror as her feet turned towards the shelves he’d just been browsing. She stopped before it. Sirius wiggled so he could get a better view and watched as his mother touched the same file he’d just put back. It was a millimetre out of place. 

“Walburga, hurry up dear, we are going to be late!” Orion shouted from the bottom of the stairs, Sirius guessed. Walburga let out an indigent huff and strode out of the room, locking the door behind her. 

Sirius waited for ten minutes after the front door had slammed shut, and he’d heard the car pull away from the curb until he came out from under the desk. Sweat was dripping into his eyes, his head boiling from being inside his mask and cramped in the small space. He grabbed the files and got back to work. This would be his only chance to do this. He was almost certain Walburga would have everything moved tomorrow if she suspected for a second anyone had been in her office unsupervised. 

He pulled one last file from the far end of the shelf that didn’t seem to fit. Within it was a picture of Regulus. Sirius stilled as his eyes scanned the text. His stomach lurched, and he had to force himself not to throw up. He took detailed pictures of each page before returning it to the shelves. He made sure he hadn’t left any trace of his presence and picked the lock one more. He spotted the long black hair on the floor as he went to re-lock the door. He knew it hadn’t fallen; he would have seen it fall. She’d put that there to catch him out. Anyone else would have put it over the handle and lock, to see if anyone had moved the handle. But that was far too obvious for Walburga Black. She’d left it there on purpose, so that’s where Sirius left it as he hurried out of the house and down the street, only removing his werewolf mask once he was halfway home. He had them. They’d been too arrogant, leaving the evidence in plain view and so well documented. It would be their downfall, and he couldn’t wait to see his parents behind bars. It would greatly improve them, in his opinion. When he was safe at home, he took his phone out with shaking hands and began to read through everything that they’d tried to conceal in those files. He grinned; there was so much evidence here that they didn’t stand a chance.  

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His question had spread through the Nemesis, many were questioning, all the way up to Megatron who was currently in his throne room, tapping his fingers on the arm of his chair.

He'd been disappointed that Orion had just left like that, however he was aware that Orion seemed to have some tension with Soundwave and let it go, perhaps next time he could give him the aftercare he wanted.

After all even if it wasn't their Prime, it was still an Optimus and an Optimus who didn't want aftercare in the slightest...well would quite literally have to be a mirror version of such a character and the idea of such a being was terrifying.

He'd heard the Stunticons talking amongst themselves and not in the manner of casual conversation, hushed tones and fast whispers.

After demanding to know what they were talking about, they'd told him what Orion had said, the question he'd asked and Megatron had gone silent.

Indeed, where exactly did The Autobots get their energon from?

At this exact moment Soundwave was checking the deals all governments had with The Autobots...and so far not a single one in trade for power or energy they would need to create Energon.

His mask had been fixed , but he was quiet, the mech wasn't going to admit it, but even he was feeling aggravated that Orion had just left....

He'd LEFT! No performance review, just stuck Megatron in his mouth and caused his leader to ejaculate from the barrel and left them both there!

And then the seekers , Starscream, STARSCREAM claimed Orion for his flock...if any of the crew were to follow Vosian laws, you couldn't get near a chosen grounder unless the seekers declared you worthy to be within ten feet of them....

Then again as he looked over the mission where Megatron had used all their inhibitor chips to defeat Optimus....none of them followed the rules...however Starscream did have a habit of pointing out certain things.

Particularly in moments such as when they all gave Megatron their inhibitor chips or when Megatron had faced Prime one on one after battling most of the Autobots....of course Starscream usually only spoke up at such moments trying to prove himself the better leader...what a fool.

Of course moments later the alarms started blaring , saying Optimus was attempting to escape, the cameras immediately on the exit lift, they watched as Optimus unsheathed his axe, neither Soundwave or Megatron would openly admit that weapon was a work of art or that they wanted to show Prime their own capabilities...

They absolutely expected him to cut the guards down only to watch him use the handle to pole vault past them, kicking them unconscious on the way out and kick the door open.

"Clearly he doesn't know unless there's a lock down , those are automatic."

Megatron sighed

"Constructicons fix those doors on the double, I believe they'll need an upgrade.... is-is that Thundercracker chasing after him...wait he's not chasing after-"

Everyone went dead quiet as they saw Optimus leap from the lift opening and the shimmer around him as his legs turned into that of some fish like creature (mermech) told them that he'd pulled something out of that damn subspace of his again! Just what on Cybertron was going on here!

Oh yes the mystery mech had seen this and absolutely was going to explore that on their next rendezvous, but right now his optic was trying not to twitch as Thundercracker and Prime were clearly off to spend time doing something....together.

Megatron slammed a fist down on the control panel and called in Starscream.

"Report at once where Thundercracker is taking our prisoner!"

Starscream his ever nonchalant self was lazing back, doing a bit of light reading on the humans Internet, after all the strange fascinating things they wrote made him want to hide from his data pad....and yet still peek at it, especially on ao3.

"I don't know glorious leader, maybe he's taking him out on a date, dinner first before fraternising. I mean even Skywarp fed him during their hard-line, can anyone else say the same?"

Megatron and anyone else who'd been with Prime so intimately looked sheepish....because , no, no they hadn't.

Starscream knew that was what the silence meant, a laugh leaving him

"Primus and I thought I was the animal, pffft using him like some silicone doll and putting him to the si-"

"Excuse you Starscream, he's the one who keeps leaving, you would know that if-"

Megatron had started, ready to defend himself on at least that, only for Starscream to interject

"I'm not interested in him , not in the manner you seem to be claiming anyway, after all he clearly had something going on with the Starscream of his Universe. I will not be compared, I hold myself in a higher standard."

Neither Megatron nor Soundwave had anything to say about that.

Soundwave was the first to ask though

"Does Thundercracker intend to return him?"

"Of course, did you think he was running away? HA please, he clearly likes it here, but even a bird needs to stretch it's wings, though I don't suppose either of you would understand that, you turn into a cassette player and a gun neither of you could possibly know the desire to transform and travel."

Starscream ended the conversation and looked over at Skywarp who was laughing

"Bro, that was a burrrrrrrn!"

Starscreams wings perked up, of course he loved the praise, he also thought it was hilarious that they didn't know Orion had straight up left his autobot symbol with them for safe keeping.

Not only that but Orion had lent Thundercracker a hard light holo projector that would allow him to walk around with a human form.

"You think they'll find some cheap motel or fancy hotel at the end of the day?"

Skywarp wondered outloud as he was reading one of Starscream’s recommendations.

"I don't know, so long as Thundercracker comes back happy no matter what they do."

Starscream replied , focusing on his story as he went to the next chapter.

"Yeah that's fair, but are you really not interested in Orion? Usually you'd leap at the chance to rub it in Megatron's face that he's not the only one who can seduce the pretty mechs."

Skywarp was curious, of course he was, he leaned forward, getting into his trine mates personal space as he poked his cheek only to have his hand swatted away.

"Stop that, and yes, I'm not interested, it would be inevitable that he would keep comparing me to his Starscream, even if he wasn't doing it on purpose, especially as he's shared some type of connection with him."

He set his data pad down and leaned back in his chair, fingers steepiling as he went into thought

"My question is, what happened to him and why weren't they still together. Did he die? Did they break up? Did my counterpart abandon him? It might be why he has connection issues or the inability to stay put after interfacing. Leave them before they leave you...perhaps it is time we actually ask him more about him instead of half our crew trying to get a leg over."

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Does the NRC staff interact with Yuu’s kids (You can not tell me that Crewel didn’t somewhat adopted Yuu and Bug brother Sam doesn’t use his “friends” to check up on Yuu from time to time)

LOL while I think Crewel would have no issue with adopting Yuu that would mean fighting against Lilia, which I feel like he wouldn't have the patience for so he'd just give up on that pretty quickly 😂

That said, Crewel would order Yuu to keep in touch with him after graduation cause once you're his pup you're always one of his pups, and he likes to know if his pups are staying out of trouble when he's not around to keep an eye on them.

Plus, considering Yuu's otherworldly status, he'd be concerned about how she's doing after leaving the protection of NRC, and he'd want her to always have an adult that she could rely on, although he knew that she'd be fine under Leona's care.

So Crewel would definitely find out about Yuu's kids, but I don't know if they'd like regularly interact since Crewel wouldn't be so close to the family that he'd just show up for visits or anything like that. Rather, I'd see him just sending cute outfits that he's made for the kids to wear with the excuse that he needs some free models, etc.

I think Crewel would see more of the kids once they became students at NRC, which is where all of the kids, sans Tsuki, end up eventually. Tsuki is the exception cause she's magicless like Yuu.

Crewel keeps an eye on all of them, but he doesn't play favorites since he wants to be fair. However, if they ever in trouble, he'll always help them out.

As a result, none of Yuu's kids are intimidated by Crewel like most students are, and they all like him, Liam especially, cause Crewel is always so poised and always looks fabulous like Vil lol

Like Crewel, Trein/Vargas/Crowley would only really interact with the kids once they're at NRC since Yuu didn't interact with them after she graduated, although she would send letters to Trein who also worried about her, like Crewel.

I'd say, out of all the NRC staff, Sam interacts the most with Yuu's family cause he's got Mystery Shops everywhere, and a good big bro like him has gotta make sure his favorite little imp is always doing well.

I could easily see him opening up a shop in Briar Valley once Yuu's group settles down there, so Yuu probably sees him on the regular.

Naturally, Sam's special treatment toward Yuu extends to Yuu's kids, all of whom he dotes on whenever they visit his various Mystery Shops. That's why they all like him so much, Sora and Tsuki especially cause they both love being spoiled lol

A lot of the stuff that gets bought for the kids ends up coming from Sam's stores since he always has everything you could ever need, and the kids are just absolutely fascinated about that, Orion especially, cause he loves when he comes across something he can't immediately find an answer to - something that his genius brain can't automatically figure out.

I could see Sam being like a backup babysitter if one or more of the kids need to be watched and Yuu and the others aren't available, although it would be rare since Lilia is pretty much always available, the perks of being retired 😂

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Oh Baby, You Part 23 - All it Takes is a Smile

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It's not a new thing he's learned today— that Wonwoo hates being home alone.

Still, it settles in again as he ambles aimlessly around the apartment. A half-empty coffee cup sits in his hand, long gone cold by now. Although it's a Saturday, Junhui is at the lab, and Minghao is in his studio, working on a new, large scale piece.

Wonwoo sighs as he submits another letter of intent. His intent is to get his sorry ass out of this slump he's in, but that's not what any potential employers need to know.

He hears the crying before someone knocks frantically at the door.

On any other day like this one, Wonwoo might let his shoulders slump, slowly rise from his worn down gaming chair, and go grab the food he ordered online — after assuring the delivery person has already left so he doesn’t have to interact with any humans who might find him pitiful. But he hasn’t ordered anything today, and the crying…

That little boy?

Wonwoo finds himself up on his feet and opening the front door before he really understands what’s going on.

Your son, face scrunched up and one hand curled in a fist in front of his eyes, sobs at the volume of a small jet engine. His other hand is attached to a larger one, and Wonwoo’s eyes follow the joined arms up to the face of a man he vaguely recognizes. He’s not you — that’s what Wonwoo’s brain registers first, as unhelpful as that is.

Next, he sees the cloth clutched in the man’s other hand, and how it’s slowly soaking through with red.

“Hey,” the guy says breathlessly, a smile on his face for reasons Wonwoo can’t possibly comprehend. “Thank god you were in there— I think I need stitches.” He raises his hand with the cloth. The boy is still crying. “Can you drive? And watch the little guy?”

Wonwoo doesn’t think. He just nods.

There’s a booster seat in the guy’s — Chan, he introduced himself as — car, which is an automatic, to Wonwoo’s temporary relief. He doesn’t know what he’d do if he couldn’t drive to the hospital. The bloody cloth in Chan’s hand is starting to freak him out. Not more than how relaxed Chan seems in the backseat, though.

He’s spent most of the ride just calming the crying boy down, who doesn’t seem to be hurt himself, just worried for this Chan character.

“Who… are you?” Wonwoo asks, then corrects himself. “I mean, how do you know— I mean, are you their…?”

Don’t say boyfriend. God, please don’t say boyfriend.

Chan’s eyes meet Wonwoo’s in the rear view mirror while he internally chides himself for still caring,

“I’m their friend,” he says. “Are you?”

The question stumps Wonwoo.

Is he your friend? He doesn’t think so. Not now, surely.

Why does Chan want to know? He must have seen Wonwoo’s great escape from the boy’s birthday party. How much have you told him about your shared past?

Why is Chan looking at Wonwoo so intently?

“I used to be,” is the answer he settles on. It sounds about right, as much as it hurts to say.

Chan tilts his head. “What happened?”

Frowning, Wonwoo glances at your son, who’s currently distracted by a squishy foam ball. Still, is this guy really asking that question in front of your kid?

“I moved.”

“Why?”

“I got into a university program in Mongolia.”

Chan hums, nodding. “So you left.”

“You don’t—” Wonwoo bites back a growl, breathes out, and speaks through gritted teeth. “You don’t know me.”

The last few minutes of the drive are silent, save for the child’s occasional babbling.

When they get to the hospital, the boy tries to follow Chan into the examination room, but Chan practically drops him on Wonwoo’s lap. “Stay with Uncle Wonwoo, okay Orion? The doctor is going to fix me right up and I’ll be back suuuuper soon.”

Uncle Wonwoo.

He knows Chan must’ve said that to placate the child, but Wonwoo wonders if Chan knows how those two words twist something deep in his gut.

If he had stayed, all those short years ago, would he be something else to this boy?

A dad?

Wonwoo wraps his arms securely around Orion, who’s starting to sniffle again at the sight of Chan walking away. He bounces his leg. Babies like that, right? It’s not just his nerves.

Once Chan finally disappears around a corner, Orion twists and looks up at Wonwoo, studying his face for the first time.

“Ah,” he says. “Bad guy.”

Wonwoo blinks down at the boy. “Bad… guy?” He points at himself. “Me?”

Orion nods, the movement exaggerated and slow. “You. Mama cry.”

The words take a moment to reach Wonwoo’s brain. Mostly because he can’t believe them. You’re the one who…

“I’m sorry,” Wonwoo says anyway. It’s not on the child to deal with your and Wonwoo’s adult problems. Better that he doesn’t know. Better that he never see Wonwoo again, in all honesty. He doesn’t need to know what his parent did to hurt Wonwoo. That he is a product of that hurt.

Orion climbs up and plants his tiny feet on Wonwoo’s legs, then puts one hand on Wonwoo’s shoulder and the other on his head. Softly, he pats Wonwoo’s hair. “Don’t cry,” he says, and only then does Wonwoo realise he must’ve been letting his emotions shine through. Orion balances on Wonwoo’s lap, both hands moving to stretch wide at his sides, like he’s the sun itself. He beams. “We happy!”

Something warms in Wonwoo at the young boy's kindness towards a "bad guy", but then Orion begins to lean backward.

Instinctively, Wonwoo scrambles to wrap both arms around the boy again, lest he fall. In that moment, he sees it.

Your eyes.

But, not your smile.

It’s familiar, but not yours.

No.

Mingyu’s.

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HOW TO LISTEN TO THE EIGHTH DOCTOR AUDIOS

For all those limited on time, money, and who only want to listen to the guaranteed GOOD stories – I have deducted all bad and irrelevant stories and created this list.

This post is going through on-going updates. I will add as I listen to each episode. Series 1 + 2 of the guide are complete.

SERIES 1

(Charley Pollard as the companion)

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For this first season of stories, you can listen to them for free on Spotify! Don't go paying for them!! I'll let you know when it's no longer free! Without pirating…

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1) Storm Warning

The story Charley is introduced in. It's the weakest in this list - about 3/5, but it's the only "okay" story that is 10000% needed. You can't appreciate the amazing stories without the info in this.

2) The Chimes of Midnight

The BEST Christmas story EVER. And in my top 5 of stories all time. And why Rob Shearman is my favourite Doctor Who writer. The story follows the stuff you learned in Storm Warning, hence I said listen to that first... And yes, I did just make you skip four stories. You don't need them. Especially not Sword of Orion. My gosh that was so boring...

3) Seasons of Fear

This also follows the stuff from Storm Warning and Chimes of Midnight. There's a really interesting antagonist in this who's an immortal called Grayle and... idk... Just found it so gripping watching Eight and Charley chase him through time. Also a fun time if you like seeing the Doctor and his companions chained up in prison and foul-mouthing each other.

4) Embrace the Darkness

This is also technically a 3/5 story, but it has a really fantastic premise and with a little bit of work (and maybe if turned into a TV serial because that would've worked better) could've been one of the best stories ever.

I don't think this is a spoiler, this is like a hook to get you to listen, but the aliens in this we never actually get to "see" - or get any indication of what they look like. Everything is always in the dark, and all we know, once the light comes back, is that they burn people's eyes out.

5) Neverland

This story explores Gallifreyan Culture in really interesting ways. We learn a lot about a mythical figure from old nursery rhymes called Zagreus. We also get to see Romana be president of Gallifrey, and get some great Eightcharley moments, so fun all around.

THIS ONE IS ALSO AN ESSENTIAL LISTEN FOR ZAGREUS AND SCHERZO!

6) Zagreus

This is the most confusing Doctor Who story you will ever listen to and you will either LOVE how confused it made you, or you will hate it. Either way, it's a listen you will never forget and Paul's voice acting is just....

My god if he wasn't your favourite Doctor before this.

You will think he is now. The way he portrays ANGER!

SERIES 2

(Charley Pollard and C’rizz as the companions)

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Okay, now for season 2, you have to start buying on the Big Finish website! Or pirate… The audio files get downloaded automatically onto the Big Finish app if you have it.

It's pretty easy.

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7) Scherzo

Perhaps the most famous Eight story. And for a reason. It's the sort of story that is so artistically well done, it could never be replicated. You could NEVER make this into a TV episode because it's the sort of story that can only work as an audio drama, without visuals. The monster has no corporeal form, you see.

It's just made of sound. How fucking incredible and ambitious a story is that?!

8) ...

Okay so now, some very specific instructions. Read this summary of The Creed of Kromon plot, but DO NOT LISTEN TO IT!

It's commonly thought to be the worst Eight story there is, but there is a little bit of info you need to know from it, hence the summary. Some people will make the mistake of listening so they get introduced to C'rizz's character. Trust me, you don't need it. I went without listening to it the first time around and I survived fine. You'll learn barely nothin about him you can't learn from the summary!

Read the summary! Save your ears!

9) The Natural History of Fear

This is... Undoubtedly... The BEST Doctor Who story of all time (in my opinion). It's essentially 1984 by George Orwell but in Doctor Who. It's the Doctor thinking he's an aggressor in a totalitarian regime.

It's Eight and Charley TORTURING each other over audio!!!

Fucking incredible acting on all their behalves. My fucking god...

Just make sure you're not multitasking when you're listening and that it has your full attention. It's one of those stories you have to concentrate on hard to get!

10) Caerdroia

Three Eighth doctors with clashing personalities walking through a labyrinth. And the really "grumpy" one has amazing chemistry with Charley. Need I say more?

11) Terror Firma

Davros is going through some really interesting "hard times" and Eight is just so fucking funny and sassy in this.

Every comment he made had me laughing like a maniac on the streets.

There's also a really amazing plot twist you find out about Eight's past..

12) Memory Lane

Another one with a really interesting premise. It's about a prison which looks like a normal 1960s neighbourhood, only every house is exactly the same with the same occupant inside, and the occupant has no idea that this isn't Earth and they're a prisoner.

13) Absolution

Okay, this wasn't boring, I was intrigued what was going on, though it seemed random and I don't care about C'rizz enough to care about what happens to him…

BUT this story is still 1000% needed before the final story in the Charley Pollard serials. AND the last five minutes of these story turned into a dramatic eastenders cliff hanger and in a way, the whole story was worth getting through just to get to that eightcharley moment... my gosh...

14) The Girl Who Never Was

The last story (cries, scratches at window panes for Charley Pollard to come back to Eight). The beginning of this story I found a little confusing because of the Timey-Wimey back and forth, but it was very intentional and everything came together and made so much sense at the end. Eightcharley's departure from each other was also very devastating. It's your most painful misunderstanding trope caused by the time travel backwards and forth. If you don't know what happens to Charley after this series, then the ending, ending scene is a brilliant cliff-ganger and plot twist.

SERIES 3

(Lucie Miller as the companion).

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Okay, so we’re back to having the audios available for free on Spotify! ALL of the stories in series 3 (Blood of the Daleks – Human Resources) are available there. Just be careful. Both those dramas I just named have been split into two parts by Spotify. Make sure to download Pt.1 and Pt.2 of both episodes!

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15) Blood of the Daleks

The only way I can describe this story is The Rise of The Cybermen episodes meeting The Runaway Bride. It’s basically that “humans create that well-known alien” plot crossed with a ten x donna dynamic before tendonna was a thing. Like Lucie and Eight bicker so much and it’s so fucking funny! Amazing! Great episode and start to Lucie’s chapter! Also lots of questions to be asked about why the Doctor met her. Very Ruby Sunday mystery vibes!

16) Immortal Beloved

Okay skip Horror of Glam Rock and go straight into this one! It really surprises me that this averages 3-4 star on Goodreads because the premise is SO INTERESTING. It’s about two lovers who decide to live forever by raising children and grandchildren who are just clones of themselves and then transferring their brain matter into those children/ killing them off. Yeah, there wasn’t really any aliens to fight or anything for the Doctor to do to “resolve” the plot, but the exploration of the morality, power and toxic love as themes was very interesting to me!

Only thing that was a little hard to listen to was this old horrible man hitting on Lucie… ew…

17) No More Lies

Yes, skip phobos. No More Lies is the next important storyline. Picture a not-very-nice futuristic guy getting stuck in a time loop and the Doctor trying to track him down and make him accountable for his actions. The start is very en media res. You wonder if you’ve accidentally skipped an episode, but you haven’t, and for that reason the beginning is very gripping.

Shame about the conclusion to the story. Fell very flat on its face. But as I said before: important storyline. You need that last minute’s worth of audio to read Human Resources.

18) Human Resources

Part one is absolutely AMAZING 5/5, seriously. The concept is Lucie wakes up in your early 2000s style data-inputting office and has been mind-wiped to believe she has been employed to work there and never went travelling with the Doctor. Only, the data they’re inputting seems to be tied to some sort of futuristic war stratagem, rather than normal business work, but everyone seems to think that this is normal office work…

Obvs, I won’t spoil the plot twists. They’re good, though. Especially in part one. Part two of the storyline is kind… meh. 3/5. It’s okay, it wraps up Lucie’s mystery and the season… but I think it could’ve been a tad more dramatic…

SERIES 4

(Lucie Miller as the companion).

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Okay, now for Lucie’s season 2, you have to go back to buying on the Big Finish website! Or pirate…

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19) Dead London

[CURRENT LISTEN]

I will be back to provide a review once I am done!

HOPE THIS GUIDE WAS USEFUL TO SOMEONE! <3

[ninjapaste]

LOVED GRAND FEST, (Troy) LOVED WHO WON (even if i was on %17 team future hahaha)

BUT

Despite this finale being so so so so cool.... deep cut has been sidelined in their own game!!!!!!! by having such a similar amount of screentime as the other idols I think. Like i just watched the post-splatfest splatcast and i thought 'well that was quick!!!' In comparison to how personal or super cool the past final fests were.

Like i do think its rlly great that the splatfest was celebrating ALL the idols, its just that one of them were introduced this game and should have had more time to shine in their own spotlight.

So i hope whatever DLC comes in splatoon 4, deep cut is SLAYING in it!!!! And i cant wait to see what the splatoon devs do with the past theme!! After all, its not as limited a concept as some people think, and it doesnt automatically mean they have to prioritise stuff like lore or whatever to create a (potentially new) location just set in a different place in time, however far back they wanna go!

Anyway hopefully i still wanna play this game after a month LMAO, this win might be a calling to draw more Troy than Orion haha

[audreyscribes]

I had an idea on how children of Artemis come to be and it’s basically Artemis taking the soul of a hunter that she thinks died unfairly (like the ones Orion killed) or deserves/wanted a normal life(ones who fled to join the hunt to stay safe but after a couple thousand years wanted something different)

Like how Athena creates her children from thoughts, Artemis creates her “children” by taking the soul of one of her hunters and creating a body for them from her essence

They would always be female as all hunters are female and children of Artemis are just reincarnated hunters

I’m kind of debating if the reborn hunters would still be allowed to rejoin the hunt in their second life or if it’s like a once per soul thing if that makes sense

Alright this is going to be a long post but it is possible but not without its restraints and specifics. So disclaimer long post ahead under the Keep Reading:

It’s not entirely impossible to do it but the requirements for her doing such a thing would be very strict. Artemis is also technically a goddess of nature so she understands and abides by the nature of life and death (That and because Hades wouldn’t like it if she did it on a regular basis). So anytime she acts outside of that cycle, such as being rebirth, she does it within her domain such as nature. Reborn hunters would still be bound to the Hunt one way or another however.

While as much as I like the fact souls who deserve or wanted a normal life, it would go against the binding oath that the Hunters made to Artemis; one of which the Hunters must live by for the rest of their days. There’s also a fact that the Hunters of Artemis also received eternal youth so they’re already skirting the edge of the rules of mortality. So if Artemis does the whole rebirth thing, Hades might have some words. However, I can see Artemis perhaps doing something to the soul of a child that has died unfairly. Whether or not if the child was a hunter, children technically fall under her domain and thus protection; moreso if the child is a girl (up until the age of marriage). So if a child hunter died under her watch, it would be in her rights to oversee it. So whether giving her a form of rebirth or bringing her back to life as her child, supported with some of Artemis’ divine essence, it’s possible. From there, they are automatically part of the hunt because it’s Artemis, it’s her domain and nature. Once reborn though, especially as a child or scion of Artemis, they are still targeted as a demigod by monsters so not much of a normal life regardless.

There isn’t any clear cut conditions to how a child of Artemis can come to be, but that’s the point isn’t it? 

Then again, there’s nothing stopping from Artemis taking a female child abandoned or lost in the wilderness as her own either until she is old enough to come to the decision to leave or follow the hunters. Whether a demigod or simply human, she is under Artemis’ domain and she’ll take care of her as if they are her own child or as a sister. Afterall, Artemis has a bunch of other daughters and sisters that’ll gladly help.  

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Black Heart Part 11

Regulus Black AU

Request: Will you write a Regulus x Reader fic where Regulus is older than the reader? She comes to help the Order and Regulus falls in love with her. The relationship isn’t easy because of the war and Regulus’ denial that he would be a good boyfriend.

Summary: Admitting that he was in love had never been something that Regulus wanted to do. Now that you were in his life, Regulus didn’t know how to react. Should he love you or push you away just like he had everyone else?

Rating: M

Pairings: Regulus Black x Reader

Link to Part 10

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The moment Regulus stepped into the room with Ellie, your eyes fluttered open. Regulus had never been happier to see you looking at him. After watching you be taken away from him so fast with little preparation…Regulus was ready to come apart. All of the books that he had read never prepared him for THAT.

Sirius gave you a small nod before moving to sit down in a chair near the window. He wasn’t about to ruin this moment for his little brother. Witnessing it, was more than enough for Sirius.

You smiled seeing Regulus and the small bundle in his arms. Regulus held the baby like the most treasured jewel in the world. All of your hidden worries about Regulus somehow being like his father vanished.

Regulus looked ready to kill whoever may lay a hand on the baby in his arms.

“Are you okay?”

You asked softly. Regulus blinked a few times before quickly coming to join you. He gently placed the baby in your arms before returning to his confused state.

“You just had twins and you’re asking me if I am alright?”

You nodded as you looked down at your baby. Everything about Ellie was perfect.

“Yes, I am. Again, are you alright?”

You asked before stroking a finger over Ellie’s cheek to her little nose. She opened one little eye and looked at you before yawning and snuggling against your chest.

Regulus was sitting in silence for a moment. He was partially taking in your concern about him and partially loving watching you hold his baby. Regulus wanted to sit and just watch you for as long as he could.

How did his father not enjoy this?

It was the only thought that Regulus could make. He would never understand how Orion wasn’t with Walburga when he and Sirius were born. How could he not look at his children and feel some form of paternal love? Regulus couldn't even think about Ellie or Emmy growing up the way that he did. There would be no way that he would let that happen! Emmy and Ellie would always know that they were loved and wanted.

The same question could be said for Walburga too. How could she not care more about her children? The best Regulus could come up with was that he would never understand them or their thinking.

“Reggie?”

Your soft voice pulled Regulus from his thoughts. He leaned forward taking your free hand in his.

“I’m fine now. You scared me nearly to death. How are you feeling?”

You squeezed his hand as Regulus moved to sit closer to you on the bed.

“I’m feeling much better now. She’s perfect, you know.”

You said turning your attention back to Ellie. The baby had opened her tiny eyes and you were delighted to see that they were the same shade as her father’s.

“Of course, she’s perfect.”

Regulus replied before letting his mind go back to Emmy. He automatically frowned as the panic began to surge back. Remembering that his other daughter wasn’t 100% was now Regulus’ thing to fixate on. What if she wasn’t okay? What if she was born too early and something happened?

I can’t think like that.

Regulus muttered quietly to himself before taking a breath.

“Did the doctor talk to you about Emmy?”

You nodded, automatically picking up on your lover’s worry.

“She will be fine, Regulus. This is normal with twins…”

“Yeah, but those twins aren’t our twins.”

Regulus interrupted. You again squeezed his hand, hoping to calm his raging anxiety.

“Yes, the statistics aren’t our twins but I can assure you that our Emmy will be fine. I have taken care of many sets of twins. The healers are going to have her working just fine. There are some potions and spells that they are doing.”

“See Reg, I told you that everything would be okay.”

Sirius commented. Regulus only nodded as a healer came in. You were instantly relieved to see that she was holding what had to be Emmy in her arms.

And not a moment too soon…

You thought with a pleased smile. Of course, you were worried about Emmy but you knew medically that everything would be okay. Regulus didn’t have that knowledge. He only had what information that you gave him. Squeezing Regulus’ hand, you motioned to the doorway. Regulus immediately stood up to take Emmy from the healer. Coming back to join you, the both of you sighed in relief to see that Emmy was just as perfect as her sister.

Sirius had gotten up from his place and came over to join the two of you. He smiled looking at the baby in Regulus’ arms and the baby in your arms.

“Yep, they are identical. I think the both of you literally hit copy and paste.”

(2 weeks later)

Sirius stood outside Grimmauld Place with a frown on his face. Glancing over his shoulder, he made sure that he wasn’t being followed. Sirius had been taking a lot of extra care when he came for a visit now. Call it nervous jitters or whatever you like but Sirius was worried about some death eater following him to where his nieces slept. As far as Sirius was concerned, he was ready to take out any fucktard that looked in Ellie or Emmy’s direction.

That is partially why I am here.

Sirius thought. He was there with news that Regulus may or may not like. Only time would tell on that one.

Regulus opening the door pulled Sirius from his thoughts. He automatically smirked at his younger brother’s rather disheveled appearance. Regulus was normally always put together and tidy. Today, he looked exhausted with his shirt sleeve rolled up and nearly untucked.

“You look…well.”

Sirius commented as he stepped in. Regulus gave Sirius a glare as he shut the door.

“I look like stomped over crap.”

Sirius grinned as he looked around the neatly maintained house. He was thankful that you had brought some life into the place. It didn’t necessarily look like a haunted house anymore.

“Did the little angels keep you awake?”

Regulus yawned before nodding.

“They have been up since four. I swear for them being identical they do nothing identically. When one is asleep the other is awake. When one’s hungry the other needs a change. I’m exhausted.”

Sirius laughed to himself as he went over to where the twins lay.

“Awe, I think Daddy will be just fine. Daddy just needs to get over himself don’t he?”

Sirius commented in a high-pitched voice. Ellie gave him a little frown while Emmy just blinked.

“Daddy is going to kick you.”

Regulus grumbled. Sirius again chuckled.

“That one is always scowling at me. Which one is that?”

“Ellie.”

Regulus commented before motioning to the little blanket the baby was wrapped in.

“If you could read then you would notice that the blanket says their names on them. Molly dropped them off.”

Sirius frowned before looking down at the blankets closely. Sure enough, both blankets had each baby’s name neatly embroidered on them.

“Well, would you look at that? Apparently, Uncle Sirius is a big dummy. I have come to the conclusion that Ellie is your mini. She scowls at me just like you do. Emmy is Y/n’s mini. She’s just peaceful and calm.”

Regulus moved to sit down.

“Yeah, she’s calm alright. Just wait until it's 2 am and she has a loaded diaper.”

Sirius winced.

“Ew, not my thing. You, on the other hand, look like you were born to change dirty diapers.”

A small smile formed on Regulus’ face.

“I suppose so. I’m almost positive that Kreacher is now in hiding. He heard the two of them screaming at the same time and ran for it. I haven’t seen him in days.”

“He may have died.”

Sirius interrupted. Regulus gave him a displeased look.

“Mate, don’t.”

Sirius held a hand up ready to defend his thinking.

“Reg, he’s like a million years old. He was old when we were kids.”

Regulus rolled his eyes.

“Don’t let Y/n hear you say that. You know that she adores Kreacher besides…she’s a little sensitive right now. She’s bursting into tears at the smallest thing…thankfully Tonks and Andromeda showed up like god damned fairy godmothers to help out. They’re in the kitchen having tea. Anyway, what are you up to today? It's early for you to make an appearance.”

Sirius’ smile fell as he, once again, looked over his shoulder.

“I have something for you. I was going to take care of it myself but I figured that you would want to join in. I didn’t want you getting jealous because…”

“What is it, Sirius? I am going on three hours of sleep and don’t want to play charades.”

Regulus interjected. There were just times, like today, when Sirius could be exhausting.

“First, off interrupting is rude. Second, I have Pettigrew tied to a chair in my flat. I wanted to see if you wanted to get a few hits in before I finished him off.”

Regulus nearly broke the chair that he was sitting in to get up. Had he heard Sirius correctly? Did he really say that he had the one man that Regulus wanted to choke? He was almost 99% positive that he had heard his older brother correctly.

“How did you get him?”

Regulus questioned as he moved to make sure that you were still eagerly talking to Tonks and Andromeda. When he was sure that you hadn’t heard anything, Regulus turned back to Sirius.

“It's fine, she’s busy.”

Regulus replied, giving the go-ahead for Sirius to speak.

“I ran into him in a dark ally way. He tried to run, I hit him over the head. As much as I wanted to finish him off for James and Lily… I knew that you would want to get a hit in for how he threatened Y/n and the twins.”

Regulus immediately looked furious. His attention went to the twins who were now cuddled together sleeping. Sirius was right. Regulus did want to kill Peter. He wanted to make sure the other man downright suffered!

Regulus focused his attention back on Sirius. He wondered just how dirty Sirius wanted to get his hands. Regulus knew that Sirius was definitely capable of killing Peter himself. There was no questioning that but the question was, would he?

“I nearly killed him last night but I thought that was too good for him. The worm doesn’t deserve an easy way out.”

Sirius replied, feeling the rage over losing James and Lily return. Peter’s deception and betrayal were still “a cut” that never healed itself. Sirius did well at hiding his true feelings most days but when Peter came back to endanger Regulus’ family’s lives…everything was torn right back open again.

“Did you leave him alone?”

Regulus questioned. Sirius shook his head.

“Remus is with him now. He wanted to get a few punches in too.”

Regulus had already pulled his coat on. He was going to do more than punch Peter. Regulus was going to make damn sure that Peter regretted ever mentioning a word about any member of the Black family.

“I’ll be doing more than that. Excuse me for a moment.”

Regulus turned and went into the kitchen where you sat with Tonks and Andromeda. He felt guilty leaving you immediately even if it was only for a few hours. Regulus knew that you were as exhausted as he was. He justified it, however, by telling himself that he was getting rid of the waste of space…a cowardly, useless waste of space that no longer deserved to breathe.

“Love, can I talk to you for a moment?”

You immediately got up and followed Regulus into the study. Something on Regulus’ face made you nervous.

“Is something wrong?”

You asked. Regulus shook his head, trying with everything he had to appear normal.

“Love, I’m going out with Sirius for a bit. He needs my help with something.”

You raised an eyebrow before glancing to where Sirius stood. Even his expression seemed “off”

“What does he need help with? Both of you seem off. Regulus, what are you doing?”

Regulus took a breath before moving forward to pull you into a kiss. His hand didn’t leave the side of your face.

“I can’t tell you right now. I need you to trust me and know what I am going to do is for the best. It's for the best of all of us. Can you do that?”

Regulus was relieved when you reluctantly nodded. He knew that he would have to tell you the truth soon enough. Until Peter was dead, however, he wanted you to stay in the dark. There was safety in the dark, especially now.

“Just be safe and come home to me. The girls and I need you.”

You said, hoping that Regulus wouldn’t be doing anything too dangerous. The main thing that you wanted to do was plant the seed that not only did the twins need Regulus but you needed him too.

Regulus kissed you again softly.

“I promise, I will be just fine. The three of you are my everything. I’ll be back as soon as I can.”

Regulus kissed you one final time before following Sirius out the door….

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Prompt 5 - Whump

@wolfstarmicrofic July 5, word count 994

Not gonna lie I had no idea what this prompt meant so had to look it up. I hope it's right 😅

CW - Torture, use of the cruciatus curse

His father grabbed him by the collar and forced him to walk down the hallway towards the library. He struggled as best he could, but Orion Black knew what he was doing. He flung Sirius onto the hearth rug. Sirius grunted at the manhandling but stubbornly got to his feet and glowered at his father. He hadn’t even done anything this time. He’d been lounging on his bed reading a wizarding history book for Merlin’s sake. 

The library door opened again and a procession of family members filed in. Bella and her husband, Cissa and Lucius, Cygnus and Druella. Then finally his mother. This wouldn't be good. 

He automatically stood up straight with his head held high like he’d been trained to do his entire life. 

“Father, what is going on?” His voice adopted his old accent as a form of self-preservation. His eyes flickered to his mother’s side where Regulus’s grey eyes peeped from. 

“Stop being pathetic Regulus,” Walburga scolded her youngest son, dragging him from behind her. Sirius’s eye twitched as he watched Regulus grit his teeth in pain as Walburga’s hand squeezed tightly around his arm. Sirius had to tense his muscles to stop himself from crossing the room and wrenching her hand from his brother’s arm. 

“It is time for you to take your place in this family, Sirius.” Orion brought Sirius’s attention back to him. His ears pricked as Bella laughed her horrid cackle, but he never took his eyes off his father. He swallowed and steadied himself. 

“What would you have me do, Father?” He kept his jaw clenched tightly, silencing himself. 

“It is time you proved yourself the true heir of the Black family and join us in the new future that shall soon begin.” He felt his stomach sink. This was more than just taking over from his father. 

He allowed his eyes to quickly scan the room. The only ones that seemed uncertain were his aunt, Narcissa and Regulus. His eyes rested on his mother and her superior scowl. This was bad. 

“Enough pretty words Uncle,” Bellatrix burst out, ripping the sleeve from her forearm. “It is time, little cousin, to take the mark and join your family in our rightful place.” She rasped proudly, the snake and skull tattoo stark against her pale skin.

“Father, you can’t be serious!” He turned back to Orion, panic creeping into his voice. 

“We have allowed your little rebellions for too long, Sirius,” Walburga took over as he knew she would. “You will take the mark, Sirius, and you will find more suitable companions. From this day you will no longer associate with the Potter boy and the other riff-raff you seem so fond of.” He couldn’t help it, he shook his head at her. No. “If you won’t agree on your own, then we will make you!” She raised her wand at him. “Crucio!” She spat the curse at him. He watched in slow motion as the red spell crackled its way towards him. 

The pain was unlike anything he’d ever felt. His skin was melting from his bones. A thousand knives sliced into his nerves. Time meant nothing as the pain engulfed him. Then, just like that, it was gone. He was on the floor. He didn’t remember falling. He lifted his head defiantly. 

“Crucio!” Bella cackled with glee. The pain shot back through him, harsher than the first time. He screamed, his throat felt like it was ripping itself apart. He was on the floor again, panting, when his cousin lifted the spell. His body spasmed with aftershocks. But again he raised his head. 

“Crucio!” Orion drawled, flicking his wand at his eldest son. Sirius’s scream croaked out of his burning throat as he thrashed about on the floor. Orion let up sooner than his mother and Bella had, but at this point it meant very little.

It took him what felt like hours to raise himself onto his knees and raise his head this time. He glared at his mother. Seeing Regulus’s blank face beside her. 

“Crucio!” Multiple voices said in unison. He had no idea which of his family members had cursed him this time, but the pain spread to every part of his being. His spine curved backwards and his neck followed. His muscles were so tense he was sure they were tearing. He felt his mind starting to bend towards madness. But he refused to let them win. He conjured Remus’s face to the front of his mind, blocking out what he could. His vision became fuzzy and blackness crept in at the corners. As he lost consciousness, he kept that vision of Remus close.

When he came to, the room was empty. They’d tortured him until he couldn’t take it any more and then left him, broken on the floor. 

“Sirius,” A whimper came from the corner. “Sirius, can you get up?” Regulus’s face appeared above him. “Sirius, you have to go! They’ll kill you,” Something dripped onto his scorching face.

He was rolled over and over and into green flames. “Potter Manor!” Regulus choked out. Sirius’s last view of his family home was of a shaking, tearful Regulus as he swirled away in green flames. 

He landed with a thump on the hearth of Potter Manor in the middle of the night. 

“Sirius?” A voice he’d know anywhere gasped into the quiet room. Candles around the room suddenly burst into life and Remus was holding him, stroking his hair from his face. Sirius burst into tears and grasped at Remus, needing him closer. Remus wrapped him in his arms, murmuring sweet words to him as he gently rocked him. “You're safe now. I promise you’re safe. I won’t ever let them hurt you again.” And for the first time in a long time, Sirius felt safe. He spotted the Potters coming down the stairs and let his eyes close as he lost consciousness again, safe in Remus's strong arms.   

[turtlesandfrogs]

I have a job in invasive species removal. Im trying to study on my own. But im not sure Where should i start? Its overwhelming tbh but since you also have ADHD im hoping you have a good perspective of where a good rounded starting point might be.

'Invasive species' is a pretty big category, and I'm not sure what aspect of it you're trying to study. It may be helpful to narrow in on what exactly you're wanting to learn. What species are invasive in your area? What species are most detrimental to the other species in your area? Ecosystem-specific removal strategies? The conceptualization of invasive species and how that effects how we interact with the ecosystems around us?

I would assume that who ever you're working for has given you a list of the invasive species/noxious weeds in your area, but in case they haven't (and for others reading) there should be a state/county/other local governmental body that maintains a list of the relevant plants in your area. For example, here's the one for my state:

https://www.nwcb.wa.gov/printable-noxious-weed-list

Narrowing down further, by county or city level is going to be more useful, depending on how diverse the ecosystems of your general area are. Like, I don't need to worry about a bunch of those plants, because they're adapted to the dry, hot side of the state, and they just don't compete here.

If you want to know which are having the biggest impact, well, learning to identify the species which are creating large monocultures, particularly if they're able to create monocultures in relatively undisturbed areas. Also looking up which animal species are struggling (threatened, endangered, etc), finding out what host plant(s) they use, and what those plants need to be successful may be useful. For example, Taylor's Checkspot is an endangered butterfly that needs prairie habitat, and depends on the (native) "harsh paintbrush (Castilleja hispida), marsh speedwell (Veronica scutellata), American brooklime (V. beccabunga)" and non-native "plantains (Plantago lanceolate and P. major) and thyme-leaved speedwell (V. serpyllifolia ssp. serpyllifolia)"*. So if you're in the area of that particular butterfly, you might want to leave the plantain and thyme-leaved speedwell, even though they're not native, depending on the local situation of host plants. Because a native and endangered butterfly depends on them. While also encouraging the native plants above and restoring prairie habitat in general.

As for creating a more nuanced perspective than "evil plant evil", here's a few things that broadened my prespective:

A talk called "Indigenous perspectives on invasive species" by Giniw Gary Pritchard, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pay6nAu62l8

A book titled "Beyond the War on Invasive Species A Permaculture Approach to Ecosystem Restoration" by Tao Orion

And this article:

With all of that said, I beg of you, and all people reading and going out and personally interacting with ecosystems, understand that it's a matter of nuance, complexity, care, locality, and on going tending. Different invasive species are different, and have different effects on the ecosystem. You can't just rip out invasive plants and expect that the native plants will automatically come back and dominate the ecosystem again. There's replanting, selective weeding, prescribed fire, habitat restoration and more and it's an on-going process, not a one and done thing. People have a real tendency to either decide that ALL non-native plants are bad and evil and no one should plant them (while ignoring all of agriculture) or deciding that invasive plants aren't a problem at all and we should just let them do their thing. Please find the middle path. Nuance!

*source: https://wdfw.wa.gov/species-habitats/species/euphydryas-editha-taylori#desc-range

[nsokolow]

Transformers One: Charoite

Chapter Seventeen

Charoite paced back and forth across her room. First, she weighed different pros and cons of giving information to Megatron, then she mentally played out different scenarios of what would happen to Iacon City should he take over. The only good thing Charoite was able to come up with was that he would make sure there would be no more deceitful leaders.

However, Sentinel was gone. The truth was known. Was this all just to get back at Optimus? Although the Decepticons saved her life and took her in, she noticed they placed an alarming amount of value over who was stronger or more powerful. Also, how would they treat her if she changed her mind about helping them? What would they do?

What would Megatron do?

Charoite needed to clear her conscience. This was too much to bear. She walked out the door in hopes of catching Optimus alone to hear his side of the story.

She was relieved to see Optimus was in fact, by himself, in his room. He was reading the same book he had when she first saw him.

“Optimus! Hey!” Charoite tried to sound casual but knew her fear made its way into her tone.

“Hey, Charoite! Optimus closed the book and stood up from the couch. “What’s up?”

“Just, well, there’s something I wanted to know, since things changed so much when I was gone.”

“What did you want to know?” Optimus’ eyes glanced at where the Sentinel decal used to be.

“Well…uh, I wanted to know what the…deal is between you and Megatron. B mentioned him a few times but he doesn’t seem to like thinking about him.”

Optimus’ expression became more serious, then a little sad.

Charoite regretted bringing it up, but she had to if she was going to have any hope of figuring out the truth. Maybe she could have asked B, but she didn’t know how much he’d be able to tell her, given he wasn’t supposedly as close with Megatron.

Optimus took a few steps toward the window and stared out of it. “Megatron…wasn’t always Megatron. He leads an army called, the ‘Decepticons,’ now, but before, he was my best friend. We mined together. His name was, ‘D-16.’”

“Really? No way!” Charoite wanted to throw in a little fake surprise in case she looked suspicious.

Optimus gave a small, sad chuckle. “Yes. He was D-16. I was Orion Pax. I used to sneak around, trying to get information about where the Matrix was so energon could flow again. I would always get chased down by guards, and D would always be there to help hide me if I needed it.” Optimus gave a more light-hearted laugh. “He always thought I was an idiot for trying to find out, being so reckless. Last time I did it, he said if he could transform, he’d turn into a shovel and beat me. Anyway, I had this idea to sneak into the Iacon 5000, to show that us miners have potential. That we could do more than just mine. D wasn’t crazy about the idea, but I got us to watch the racers from the starting lineup, inside the ‘go’ light. I put jet packs on us and dropped us into the race as soon as Sentinel shot up in the air!”

Charoite burst out laughing. “Seriously? Wow! I’m even more sorry I missed the Iacon 5000, now!”

Optimus laughed. “Well, I admit it was inconsiderate of me to force D into it, but it was sure exciting, and it led to…a lot! Sentinel personally told us how much he loved the stunt I pulled, though I realize now it was just because he wanted the miners to keep working harder and not see their full potential. Darkwing…didn’t see it in any positive way, though. As soon as Sentinel left, he threw us down to a room where garbage burned, and that’s where we met B-127, or ‘B,’ as we all know him. We ended up finding out a map to where the Matrix of Leadership likely was, and we snuck up to the surface on one of the automatic trains. Elita-1 got stuck with us, which she was thrilled about, and we all found the fallen Primes. We found out Alpha Trion was still alive, but unconscious. After he was fed an energon cube, he told us the story of Sentinel’s betrayal. We ended up also seeing Sentinel pay off the Quintessons with our energon.”

Charoite remembered when she saw him do just that. She hated remembering the pain.

“Afterwards, something started changing in D. He became focused on wanting to kill Sentinel. Not enough of his desire was about fixing our society. D’s hero turned out to be an evil liar. I definitely understand why he was angry, but his focus on revenge and on himself is what destroyed the bot he used to be. I’ll never forget how he beat up Starscream, the leader of the High Guard. How he choked him and damaged his vocal component. How he so quickly took over the High Guard. Well, Sentinel’s guards and Airachnid found us and the High Guard, then a lot of the High Guard, along with D and B were captured. I almost gave up. With the proof Alpha Trion gave us damaged, I started to think I should have stayed on protocol like D always told me I should. After…what was clearly Elita’s first time giving a pep talk, I realized that if I hadn’t broken protocol, I wouldn’t have learned the truth, and I would never have had a chance to fix our broken society. The rest of us rescued all the prisoners and exposed Sentinel using Airachnid’s memory. However, it wasn’t enough for D. He still wanted revenge. He wanted Sentinel to suffer and die. D tackled Sentinel off the balcony and beat him up. When they reached the ground, Sentinel wasn’t able to do much to defend himself, given the damage D caused.”

Charoite felt like the traitor many thought she was for the sparkbreak she felt at what Sentinel went through. The fear he must have had. Despite him leaving her to die, part of her wished she could have been there for him.

“I wasn’t however focused on saving Sentinel. I wanted…” Optimus choked up as his voice became higher. “…I wanted so badly to save D from himself. I jumped in the way when D tried to shoot Sentinel, but I got shot instead. D grabbed me before I fell off a cliff. The sadness and remorse in his face slowly disappeared. He looked me straight in the eye and said he was done saving me. He…let me go.”

Charoite suddenly felt like a monster for working for Megatron. She tried to think of a reason to still be on his side, but she couldn’t.

“While my dead body was falling, the spirits of the Primes caught me, and Alpha Trion, who was now dead, told me my sacrifice made me worthy to carry the Matrix of Leadership. I became Optimus Prime. I was restored to life, I shot up from underground, and I got into my first battle with who was now Megatron, along with the High Guard. A lot of Iacon City was destroyed, and bots were put in danger because of it. I had to make the sparkbreaking decision to banish my former best friend from Iacon City. He took the High Guard and left.”

“I…I’m so sorry.” Charoite took a step forward.

“Thank you, Charoite. It didn’t completely end sadly, though. The energon came flowing back, along with cogs for the bots that had them stolen. I also have two new best friends who stayed by my side as we rebuilt Iacon. We still have some work to do, but we’ve made a lot of progress. Elita is a very smart, worthy commander, and B would do anything for Iacon.”

Charoite couldn’t take it anymore. She fell to the floor and cried.

Optimus gently picked her up and gave her a hug.

“I’m sorry! I’m so sorry!” Charoite exclaimed, reluctant to accept the hug. “I’m sorry for what happened between you and Megatron! I’m sorry I was with Sentinel!” Charoite nearly apologized for working with Megatron, but she wasn’t sure if she should ever reveal it, even if she now didn’t want anything to do with him.

“Shhh…it’s okay. You’re allowed to grieve for Sentinel. Although he did many horrible things, I can assume he was good to you. You can grieve for him and know what he did was wrong.”

Charoite wrapped her arms around him and leaned into the hug. “Thank you.”

“I think I know something that would be good for you.”

“What?”

“While Sentinel didn’t have a funeral service, I arranged for him to be buried. I hate to bring this up, but we still have yet to find where he hid Alpha Trion’s body. Anyway, at the Iacon Burial Site, his body capsule is hard to miss. It’s a bright blue, and its one of the ones on the far right, though I don’t remember which one. Not to mention his name is on it, though he isn’t labeled as a Prime. Just ‘Sentinel: Ruler of Iacon City for 50 Cycles.’ I think visiting his body capsule would provide some closure.”

Charoite immediately knew how right Optimus was. She didn’t think Sentinel was buried at all. She assumed Megatron disintegrated him somehow or took his body to the surface and threw it, or the halves of it, somewhere.

Without a word, Charoite ran down the stairs, took the exiting stairs instead of waiting for the elevator, and sped off in her plane mode.

Charoite transformed back upon her arrival at the Iacon Burial Site. Hundreds of pods were halfway underground, half over, and were all transparent, but had different colors. She caught sight of a bright blue one, flew over, and fell to the ground upon seeing both halves of Sentinel inside. A small part of her didn’t want to believe he was really dead, but there he was. Through the blue tint, she could tell all traces of his effervescent gold and blue colors had disappeared. His top half was separated from his bottom half, wires between them. His eyes and mouth were closed, but she thought it was likely done by the burial company. She tortured herself with the thought of how he must have looked when Megatron ripped him in half, how he must have screamed. She looked over at the square plate welded onto the end of the capsule. It indeed read, “Sentinel: Ruler of Iacon City for 50 Cycles.” She looked back up at Sentinel’s resting face. She could have loved him. Maybe she did love him. She threw herself on top of the capsule, and sobbed, no qualms about her grief. She was allowed to grieve, and she was never going to forget that.

After what felt like an hour, Charoite gave the capsule a kiss and flew away. She felt relief she never felt before.

As she neared the Autobot Base, she remembered Megatron. She didn’t know when or if she would feel any relief from the power he had over her. She resolved to, for now, come up with the best lies she could to keep him away from the Autobots. Hopefully he would just think her an incompetent fool and leave her alone, not wanting anything to do with her.

Hopefully.

[wistsandmagic]

@emptymanuscript

So we're not threadjacking that poor person's post anymore. XD

YES, in G1 Skyfire and Starscream were scientist buddies pre-War. That remains in some continuities, and is honestly the fan-favourite for the two of them in most iterations. Key word being most.

In the Aligned continuity (Which Transformers Prime is a part of, I know you're watching right now~) Megatron was a gladiator, yes. He rose to the top of the gladiatorial pits, though he was also a poet. Somewhat of the embodiment of the warrior-poet, though not as much as what is portrayed in the IDW continuity.

For Prime and other Aligned-related bits (the novels, RID 2015, Rescue Bots, etc.) he definitely has the braggadocio, and the cunning. He is moderately science-minded, in the way that all bots must be to some extent to be able to operate their own technology, but he is not a scientist, nor was he ever any kind of aristocrat. One of his biggest things is bragging about how he came from the pits and worked his way up from nothing. It's one reason he resorts so very easily to violence, despite his clear and marked intelligence. In...most cases. We are not including the idiocy that is EVERYTHING to do with Dark Energon, because then we would have no cartoon plot.

I am still mad about what they did to Cliffjumper. I know it was necessary for the plot, but the poor guy didn't even make it halfway through the season! Though, it is thematically important, both what they did and how Arcee is treated and developed. Keep an eye on it!

IDW goes much the same route with Megatron being a warrior-poet who started in the mines, got in trouble and wound up in the gladiatorial pits as punishment, and then rose to the top as a gladiator, then used that infamy to publish his works condemning the Senate. Which caught the eye of Orion Pax and Senator Shockwave, resulting in some interesting times Pre-War. Megatron, however, believed that violence was the only way to solve the corruption plaguing Cybertron, and others...disagreed. Hence you get the start of hatred, perceived betrayal, and a severe rivalry that ends up in all-out War, with some bots unfortunately getting caught in the middle of it and getting their lives destroyed even before tensions became full-fledged battle (but this is about Megatron and I will not tangent into a Shockwave rant....)

As for aristocracy and Megatron...that is straight from Transformers Animated, back in 2007. It's not part of the Aligned continuity, it's its own thing. Again, we don't actually know Megatron's backstory in that, just what we get in the show and some snippets of him leading the 'Cons in the past. We know he overthrew Megazarak, who led the Decepticons as a splinter off of the Destrons, and the claim is that Megazarak was exiled, though everyone knows Megatron straight up killed him.

From clues in the show he likes the finer things in life and has both the means and the contacts to get said finer things, and he knows how to carry himself as an aristocrat. Now whether or not that is a put-on is hard to say, but evidence points to him having actually been a Cybertronian aristocrat back in the day. Yes he is large like other Warframes, which society at large has deemed makes one automatically a Decepticon, since Autobots seem to generally be of the companion and civilian frame-types (besides Warrior classes like Optimus, Sentinel, and Ultra Magnus, but even THEY are small in comparison to Decepticons, though they are lauded as the elite of the elite in Autobot society), however, Megatron's frame shape says that he is a Warrior class, not a "Warframe". He looks as though he has modified himself to be larger, like the true Warframe Decepticons, but his shape belies the fact that he was clearly a Warrior class at some point in time. He also speaks and behaves like an aristocrat, not like one pretending at it. He doesn't like getting his hands dirty when someone else can do the dirty work for him, for instance. He seems to feel as though the world owes him a favour, and not in the way that delusions of grandeur usually manifest, as they do in Starscream. He is the elite, of course the world owes him a favour!

But again, this is all conjecture, as we're never actually given that bit of backstory. Animated ended too soon, tragically.