#PLEASE I SPENT SO LONG ON THISSSS

[julianalvarez9]

JUPITER'S DIARY / CHRISTIAN PULISIC

SUMMARY: You're a YouTuber, vlogging your little getaway to the States to visit Christian's family, when you decide to reveal the news on your last day in Florida.

inspired by this 🥺

MENTIONS OF... pregnancy ¡! allusions of smut, allusions of trouble with conception ? (if i missed something, please lmk!)

WC: 952 words

AUTHOR'S NOTE: just some tooth rotting fluff to get through this sunday kjasajk lmk what you though about it!!! feedback is always appreciated. also, lmk if ya'll want the socmed au version of thissss

"This is why you brought me here?".

Christian's seated at the couch, right in front of the massive window you spent all the trip admiring. Not only the view it brings is breathtaking, a clear lookout of the little town your fiancée has taken you to, but the light that enters the room works great for the camera set-up you're trying to sort out.

"C'mon, you know it's gonna be fun," you cheer, taking a seat by his side before briefly explaining what the video's gonna be about. It's simple, really, just a few questions asked by your followers about the trip, if you've enjoyed it; the normal stuff. Except, it's not just that, and you're gonna use this as an excuse to film Christian while you tell him the good news you two have been dying to hear for what feels like the longest time.

"So, today's our last day here," you said to the camera, clapping your palms, and turning to face your boyfriend. He's already looking at you, little stars shining bright in his eyes, and you have to stop yourself from spilling the news too soon.

You've already thought this through, and if you can pull it off, you're absolutely gonna love having this memory stored in your SD card forever. "What would you say was your favorite part of the trip?" you ask him, taking his hand in yours in a reassuring manner.

He's not uncomfortable, by any means, but this -being in front of a camera-, isn't quite his natural habitat like it is yours. Your touch visibly soothes him though, displaying the smile you adore so much. But maybe he's too relaxed now, recognising the spark of mischief he has going in his soft, brown eyes.

After knowing him for such a long time, not only as lovers but as friends before then, you can accurately predict everything he's going to say or do, so you wrap a hand to stop him from speaking his dirty thoughts out loud. "Not that!".

The glint in his eyes tells you he's thinking about your -more than unholy- session the first night you spent in his place, although he denies it profusely, palms facing the air, feigning innocence, "that's not what I was gonna say!".

Truth is, you two have been trying to conceive your first baby for a few months now, but it has been difficult with everything going on recently: between your move from London to Milan after Christian changed clubs, to how busy your schedule got after you launched your clothes' store, finding time hasn't been the easiest task.

"The barbecue with my family yesterday," is Christian's final answer, after a few seconds of thinking, "Or, maybe, going to see Messi play". That would've been, certainly, the highlight for you, too, so agreeing with him comes naturally. "Yeah, that was a good one!".

Although your hands are shaking, you hope your voice isn't. "Do you want to know what my favourite part of the trip was?" you ask, and he's quick to nod, wanting to know what was your favorite part about visiting his hometown. "Yeah, baby, tell me".

"Well, my favorite part of the trip was finding out that I'm pregnant".

It feels like Christian's eyes would jump out of their place if it was possible. He doesn't say anything, but his hold over your hand tightens, and you know he needs reassurance.

You had thought you were pregnant so many times before, only to be welcomed by a negative sign and a lingering disappointment as the months went by. "I found out a few days ago," you start to explain, "I was feeling a bit under the weather lately, and then I realized that my period never came, so…".

You take the pregnancy tests that were hiding under a random cushion by your side, and give them to him, while you continue explaining.

"I thought it was due to stress, and the moving, and everything, but I took one anyways," you point out the stick with the faintest second line out of all of them. The tears were overflowing his waterline now, but still, he remained calm, listening to everything you were telling him.

"I've been taking one every day. This is today," you point out the stick with today's date marked in the end. The second line in this one is much stronger than the one present in the tests you've taken for the last few days.

"We're gonna be parents?" is the first thing Christian asks, voice choked up and a single trail of tears paint his cheek. It was obvious that, after so many disappointments before, he would need confirmation that this was it; that was real. "Yeah, baby, you're gonna be a dad".

The way Christian brings you against his body makes you squeak , and soon enough he's leaving kisses all over your face. You don't know who's the one crying, and you don't really care; only able to feel the salty tears amongst the incommensurable amount of love you feel in your heart. "You just made me the happiest man on Earth," he whispers in your ear, and you're too choked up by the tears to tell him that he's not the only one feeling like that.

It's been rough for the past year: not only for him, both in his career but mentally, but for you too; seeing the man you love the most hurting, undoubtedly hurt you too. But now, with a new chapter opening up for you two at Milan, you feel like things are finally starting to look up for both of you.

Or for the three of you, in a couple of months.

[incorrect-riordanverse]

finally reading tsats here are my live thoughts (spoilers, obviously):

i’m so excited because some pages are darkly decorated and its so cool. still don’t vibe with the title though (the sun IS a star and its peeving me)

why are we talking about dating darth vader 😟 where are we rn (anakin is a yes, but DARTH VADER???)

maybe i’m too old but the jokes are not funny 😭

“this whole place feels like my soul. empty and dark. dark as the pit of the underworld.” <- i don’t care if he’s joking nico would never say thissss 🙏😭 we’re only 10 pages in but please stop butchering my fav character he’s not himselffff i am cringing so bad

i know i’m being dramatic but if they do nico dirty in this book i’m going to end it all

oh my god i don’t think i’ve thought about the words “significant annoyance” in so long. bringing back good memories for sure.

i can tell which parts were written by riordan and which parts were written by oshiro. i don’t think their voices are blending very well together…

also, maybe it’s because it’s the start of the book and they’re trying to familiarise new readers quickly with the characters but it feels like they’re making nico the caricature of ‘emo and shadow and ebony darkness dementia raven way 🥀⛓️🖤’ and will the caricature of ‘happy and sunshine and blonde and flower gleam and glow ☀️🌈🫧’ and i usually like this dynamic when it’s not blatantly pointed out every other page. i have faith they’ll show more complexity than this later on though. future yan will let me know by the end. (future yan here, im not at the end but the characterisation def does get more complex thank gods)

oh ok so it is bob the titan

since when was nico’s actual name niccolo??? how did i forget this detail??

“you have to listen if not you’ll share my fate.” “ominous much?” <- ok he’s finally himself again guys it’s all good

the one-sided beef nico has with percy will never not be funny

“cookie monster appeared over the mouth of the jar, reached inside and gobbled up nico like the chocolate-chip cookie he was.” <- nevermind i’ve gone back to hating this book again

“what was one straight boy when you spent your whole life longing for the impossible?” <- i’m reminded of that time a few years back where everyone made ‘having an unrequited crush on percy’ nico’s whole fanon personality, so i’m glad they addressed this somewhat. this boy has been through so much and people really thought crushing on percy was the biggest thing to focus on about ‘nico angst.’

“we made a mistake. you have to fix it.” <- call me a red flag but if i was nico i would do anything and everything to not go. i would medicate myself so highly on sleeping pills that i can’t dream (doctor bf can go kick rocks). i would track percy and annabeth down and haul their asses into tartarus instead to do it. and if i had to go i would only go in to kill bob myself for sending me those traumatic ass nightmares. no thx. bro willingly jumped in himself and now wants me to save him. nuh uh.

not cupid being will 😭 its like his aphrodite 😭 i am not well.

they always have a really good and emotionally moving scene and they ruin it with a dumb joke. let it be heavy 👏👏

something’s really fishy and i have a feeling that it might not be bob calling for him

if this whole “grumpy ball of darkness” thing continues i will actually lose it

you can’t tell me the percabeth pep talk was actually needed. i will forgive it because i miss them though

im sensing tension in the gap between nico’s connection to the underworld and his relationship with will and i’m here for ittttt. give me the dramaaa

who is the gorgyra girl and why is she in their business sm?

oh shit a will solace pov??? christmas came early 🙏

nevermind that whole nightmare sequence was so fucked up 😭😭

somebody HELP HIM i never thought we would get will angst (nico angst fs, but will???)

DONT JUMP IN THE STYX PLEASE

SOMEBODY TELL HIM HE’S HELPFUL OMG

nico strangling epiales in his sleep is so fucking cool he’s literally HIM he’s literally THAT GUY

[alistairlowes]

aoud live reread part2 where we are sad

no but gotta love how they all forgive reid just like that even though he fucked them all up but sure let's kill alistair fuck him he is way worse 🙄

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gavin to alistair while torturing a person:

“You’re not doing this alone.”

and they say romance is dead

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"Self-sabotage or not, Alistair was starting to realize he did like boys."

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"He’d insulted Gavin. Fought him. Hated him. And yet, he realized he wanted him, a moth drawn to a lantern even knowing it would burn."

lines that altered my brain chemistry

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“In a different story, would we still have been enemies?”

“Does it matter?”

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Yet even as Alistair strode outside, he tossed several glances at his shoulder, hoping—recklessly—that Gavin would follow.

He didn’t.

HE SHOULD HAVE. can't blame him tho neither of them can read emotions for shit

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“Gav?” Alistair’s voice rasped through the dark. She hadn’t realized that he and Gavin were on a nickname basis.

bestie i wish you knew

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"He knew exactly how he felt about Alistair, and after all the time they’d spent together he’d thought—maybe foolishly—that Alistair might feel the same way. But he didn’t even know if Alistair liked boys."

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and fuck grieve family too.

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"Alistair had asked him who they’d be, in a different story. He wondered for the first time if they could have one. If they could truly acknowledge what was happening to the tournament. To Hendry. Between each other."

I AM ILLLL

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i would kill to get hendry's pov of what it's like looking at these two oblivious idiots

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"Instead, he’d opted for a subtler strategy, targeting Alistair’s greatest weakness: his heart."

we cannot keep doing thissss

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“Do you hear yourself right now? Gavin doesn’t want to kill you. If anything, he—”

LET HIM SPEAK LET THE MAN SPEAAAK

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“I don’t want to be another thing that haunts you, Al.”

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alistair on his little murder spree

hendry:

alistair about to kill his boyfriend

hendry: okay that's enough

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"He couldn’t stop thinking about Alistair’s hand on his cheek. The rage on his face. He’d wanted Alistair to touch him like that for so long that it had hardly mattered to him if it was the last thing he ever felt."

when i tell you they make me ill i mean it

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“You can’t kill my brother. You like him too much.”

and there it is <3

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“Dying is the only thing I was ever supposed to do.”

shhhh. no

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honestly hendry parts always get me because as fun as these books are this is actually v fucked up and it's making me sad

"I—I don’t want to die knowing that everything I’ve suffered through meant nothing.”

😭🔫

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“When I escape, I’ll kill him. I’ll make his blood boil in his veins. I’ll skewer him upon a stake and leave him for the crows to feast on. I’ll fashion myself a crown out of his bones.”

why is he like this

“You’re too late,” Alistair told him. “I’ve long descended into madness.”

“It’s been fourteen hours.”

CRYING

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"I always do this to myself. I get these … twisted thoughts about whoever is close to me.”

i was gonna say he is so relatable because i too fall in love with anyone nice to me but ok he is self aware

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“Stay,” Alistair whispered. “Please.”

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“I’m sorry,” Alistair said. His first good thing, and he was terrified of it. Terrified that Gavin would reject it—or worse, twist it. Whatever Alistair felt for Gavin, whether it was genuine or a symptom of self-sabotage, he didn’t need Gavin to return it. But Alistair didn’t know how he’d go forward if he didn’t have someone to believe in him. And he wanted that someone to be Gavin.

SCREAMING

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"Isobel couldn’t pinpoint the exact moment when Reid had earned her forgiveness, but he had."

they are like great and all but it's funny how she forgave him when he got her into the tournament and fucking kidnapped her and not alistair who did all he did by accident cuz he dumb 😭

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alistair's curse is becoming white haired anime boy ☠️

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"Gavin remembered how Alistair had crumpled into his arms in the courtyard; how he’d felt so fragile there, as though all the villainous armor he’d so carefully constructed had fallen away. Gavin had known at that moment it no longer mattered to him what they’d done to each other. He still wanted this. Wanted Al. But after a lifetime of Gavin pushing his desires aside, he had no idea how to approach something so important."

THEY ARE SO CAREFUL WITH EACHOTHER I CAN'T

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"Gavin regretted bringing up the fan club earlier, if only because he now suspected he’d accidentally become its president."

no that's me actually sorry

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“I’m sorry you had the world’s worst first kiss,” he said. “You deserved something better.”

“I think you could argue I deserved exactly what I got,” Alistair murmured.

“We both know that’s not true.”

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briony saying how she wants chips when this is all over... well... WELL...

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“Do you know how this looks? Like I’m some kind of freak mastermind, manipulating everyone behind the scenes.”

“But isn’t that kind of the truth?”

literally 🤡

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alistair saying he didn't use the ring to save gavin's life even though he knew it would kill him even tho he didn't want to do it for whole of 2 books because it was his brother's life he is just so full of shit i love him sm :')

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“I’m sorry,” Gavin forced out, over and over, as though he’d somehow failed Alistair after being the only person beside his brother who’d stayed with him, who’d believed in him despite everything he’d done."

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"After everything he’d gone through, one thing remained unchanged: He’d always want what he’d never have."

AAAAAAAAGGGGXGDHHDHD. this chapter makes me so mentally ill i'm sorry

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"And if his enemy’s lips were the last, fatal touch Alistair ever felt, then so be it. He would gladly welcome his demise."

THEY ARE SO FUCKING SICK FOR WRITING THIS LINE

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alistair: how did you know kissing me would break the curse?? 😳

gavin who just wanted to kiss him:

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noah fence but two of them making out on a grass next to a corpse is the single best scene ever written idgaf no one will ever match this

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“You’re the only good thing I have left. So I want to try and make this work, if you do.”

🥺🥺🥺

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gavin is a good brother and a bigger person than me because if i had to pick between running away with alistair or staying to take care of my brother girl i'd be out so fast ☠️

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as long as alistair is happy ❤️

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okay done damn what the fuck am i suppose to do now

[penisgeneticist]

prime example of the fact that goth women should just marry each other

[verfound]

'hugging while straddling the partner' please and thank you

…oops, (early) Winters strikes again…

“Luka!”

The naga raised his head at the shout, but before he could properly get his bearings a dark little blur was slamming into his chest with enough force to knock him off balance.  He landed back in the grass by the riverbank with an oof, his arms automatically coming up to protect the little witch who was nuzzling her cheek against his chest from the fall.  She didn’t seem phased by it at all, too preoccupied with wrapping her limbs around him in a crushing hug.

“Hello to you, too,” he chuckled, a hand rubbing along her back as she finally settled with a sigh.

“You were gone forever,” she said, squeezing him tight.

“I was gone less than three days,” he said, though he couldn’t deny it had certainly felt longer.  He loved his family dearly, he did, but the Solstice celebration just…it hadn’t felt the same this year.  Not when it had meant three whole days away from his new friend – and it had only been three days because he had left early, much to his mother’s annoyance.  She looked up at him, propping her chin on his sternum and scrunching her face as she stuck her tongue out at him, and he idly wondered if perhaps she could join him next Solstice.  He could just imagine it, flowers in her hair as she danced under the bright summer sun…

“Which is three whole days longer than you’ve ever been gone before,” she said.  She laid her head back on his chest and sighed.  “I missed you, you silly snake.”

“…I misssssed you, too,” he murmured softly, bending to bump his forehead against her own.  “It was good to see my family again, but that is not my home anymore.”

“So don’t go away again,” she said, fisting her hands against his back as she tried to pull him closer.  He chuckled and bent nearer, until his breath on her ear made her shiver.

“But if I do not go away, how can I bring you back presentssss?” he whispered, and just like that she was jolting up.  She sat back on his tail, her hands bracing against his stomach for balance, and he was momentarily…stunned.  Dazed.  The excited smile she blinded him with was dizzying enough, but her hands on him…the way her knees pressed into his sides, her weight sitting comfortably on his…

She was talking – he was vaguely aware of her talking – but for the life of him he couldn’t tell you what she’d said.  It was too much.  She was…

“…Luka?” she called, tilting her head to the side.  The collar on her dress was low, and her hair was tied back in a low bun, and the way the sun shone warm and bright on the soft skin of her neck…  “What did you bring me?”

…my heart, he thought, his hand stilling on her calf.  I think you kept it here with you when I left…

He blinked when she called his name again, shaking his head as a breathy chuckle escape him.

“A ssssarong,” he said, his thumb brushing her knee absently.  Her eyes widened as she gave an excited little wiggle that was absolute torture.  “Like my kind wear during our fesssstivals.  My ssssisssster made it.  It’ssss…”  he paused, clearing his throat as his hissing grew worse.  Marinette giggled and settled back against his chest, folding her arms over him and resting her chin on them.  He wasn’t sure if that was better or worse: at least she was no longer…the pressure of her weight over his…she was no longer as distracting as…his arms lifted to wrap around her, holding her close.  He took a long, steadying breath to try and compose himself (it was getting har…increasingly more difficult with every day spent around the enticing little witch).  “It’s back at my cave.  I was going to bring it to dinner.”

“We could go get it now,” she said.  He chuckled and rubbed her back.

“In a bit,” he said, relaxing back against the grass.  “Thissss is niccce.”

“I missed you, too, Luka,” she giggled.  He smiled as she snuggled closer.  “Silly snake.”

[corpsette]

May I request a sykkuno x fem!reader fic where she's this really cute and shy yet cheerful girly girl and how they would match. Like maybe they first "meet" through a stream that Sean or Felix invites them on and sykkuno's being his adorable self and finds her really pretty, and it's all fluff and blushy. 💖

YES, YES, YES!!! I LOVE THISSSS! I hope you enjoy 💞

𝑩𝑰𝑮 𝑩𝑹𝑨𝑰𝑵

pairing → sykkuno x fem! reader

words → 1.2k

the day was going by slowly, and it had been rather boring so far. you had spent all day watching other people stream, and, to be honest, you didnt feel like streaming today...

until sean dmed you asking if you wanted to fill in for someone and play among us with some very big creators.

of course you jumped on the opportunity! who wouldnt? it would benefit both your social life and your real life. besides, a few more friends wouldnt hurt.

"yeah, she should be joining any minute now!" you joined the voice chat and heard sean talking about you. "be nice, please! shes a very good friend of mine!!"

"no need to tell me twice!" you heard a sykkuno say. you had been a fan of sykkuno for a long time, but you didnt have the guts to message him. "oh, is that her in the vc?"

"y-yeah! hello everyone!" you said, smiling shyly as everyone tried to say hello at the same time. "I'm Y/N..."

"that's a lovely name, Y/N!" sykkuno said, making you blush and making your chat spam 'uwu.' "I've watched a lot of your streams, I'm a big fan!"

"thank you, sykkuno! I'm a big fan of you too!" and that was the complete truth. sykkuno was a big role model for you, he was one of the reasons you started streaming.

"okay, enough flirting, sykkuno!" rae butted in, making you both laugh awkwardly. everyone went around introducing themselves, and toast started the game.

the word 'crewmate' flashed over your screen. you quickly said goodbye to chat and connected to the proximity chat modules.

it took you a while to connect, though, so when you came back to the game you found sykkuno standing guard and making sure you didnt get killed.

"sykkuno?" you asked shyly, adjusting your headset ever so slightly. "is my mic working?"

"it's working! I can hear you!" sykkuno said, wiggling his character back and forth.

"oh, that's good!" you said. it was a little awkward, you had not the slightest clue on how to keep a conversation going.

"yeah! so, how would you like a body guard?" sykkuno asked, at this point you were both blushing and smiling like dorks.

you were big fans of eachother and didnt think this moment would ever come, since neither of you had the guts to tweet at eachother, let alone send a direct message.

"y-yeah, I'd like that. thank you!" you replied, but before you could move an inch, a body was reported.

"double kill in-" corpse started, but he was immediately shut up by rae's yelling.

"NONONO, SHHHHH!" she yelled, trying to talk over corpse. "BEFORE YOU SAY ANYTHING, ITS CORPSE. I KNOW YOU'LL PROBABLY SIDE WITH HIM BECAUSE OF HIS VOICE BUT ITS HIM!!"

you giggled quietly as the chaos unfolded and rae and corpse started blaming eachother. at one point you zoned out, only coming back to your senses when sykkuno called out your name.

"Y/N?" he asked, you looked up to see you and sykkuno were the last people who had to vote. "are you there?"

"oh! yes! I'm sorry!" you said, fixing your posture and focusing on your screen.

"who do you think it is, I'll vote with you." sykkuno smiled to himself as you hovered over each person who was being accused.

"I think its corpse..." you said quietly, not voting yet, but sykkuno voted right away.

"I trust you, Y/N!"

"fuck, I should've listened to Y/N." sean said, shaking his head. "small brain plays on my end tonight."

you quickly voted and watched as the voted racked up. 3 votes for corpse, 4 for rae, and 3 dead people. it was obvious that rae, sykkuno, and you voted for corpse, so you already knew who voted who.

"should we 50/50 to be safe?" felix asked, standing at the button and waiting to call it.

"speed run?" corpse asked, laughing slightly as felix started wiggling his among us character, his child dancing behind him.

"SPEED RUN!!" felix said in a deep voice, only for reactor to be called. "SHIT." everyone ran towards reactor, leaving you and sykkuno alone at the button.

"hi again, Y/N." sykkuno said, standing on top of you to protect you. "I know you're crewmate."

"yeah, and I think you're crewmate too..." you said, a bit unsure. "because of the double kill."

sykkuno chuckled and wiggled around. "yeah! and, even if you were the imposter, I'd let you kill me."

"what do you mean-" you stopped talking as the sabotage was fixed and sykkuno called a meeting.

"we're alive!" leslie said, taking a deep breath. "so, we were right with rae?"

"I dont think so..." you said, thinking about all the big brain plays you've seen toast do. "I think its toast and corpse. toast does these kinds of things a lot-"

"WHA? ME? LITTLE OLD ME?" toast practically yelled. "I'd never kill anyone!"

"b-but..." you mumbled, trying to sound confident. "we should at least 50/50 corpse just in case..."

"I'm with Y/N on this one!" sykkuno said in his cheery voice, voting corpse and making corpse gasp.

"sykkuno... are you simping for Y/N instead of me?" corpse faked a sad sounding voice. "I cant beleive it. I actually think its Y/N and sykkuno."

"oh, it's not me and Y/N we were together at spawn when the double kill happened." sykkuno smiled, thinking no one would sus you two after that.

"can anyone confirm that?" toast asked and there was silence all around. "GET EM!"

with that, everyone voted, and sykkuno ended up being voted out because everyone trusted toast...

and that's how you lost the game to corpse and toast. damn, they really were amazing imposters.

"how'd you know it was corpse and toast, Y/N?" ludwig asked, making you try and shy away.

"w-well... I watch all of you guys so I know what kinds of plays you make..." you expected to be laughed at, but instead you got praised.

"that was really big brain, Y/N, sorry I threw that game." felix said, running around the lobby.

"yeah, that was really smart." toast admitted. "I guess I'll have you change my tactics from now on."

"oh... thank you all..." you said, laughing gently. "I have to thank sykkuno, hes the one that kept me alive. so, thank you, sykkuno."

"it's no problem! just trying to make sure we all have fun!"

after the stream, sykkuno added you and discord and you started messaging. you were so lucky to be picked by sean to join the lobby, because that's how you met sykkuno!

sykkuno brought joy to your life, even on days when you weren't feeling like there was any joy in the world.

you cherished these moments with sykkuno, and soon enough, he was more than a friend to you. soon enough, he was your bestfriend.

and maybe even a little more...

[29-pieces]

Whumptober day 19 - Good Omens

Day 19: Mourning Loved One Fandom/setting: Good Omens, ~1970s Read on AO3 Read on FF.net

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It was just easier as a snake. Easier to avoid eye contact, easier to keep his face from revealing any "emotion" or other such nonsense. Easier to carefully wrap himself in knots around the angel and assure himself that the corporation beneath his coils was alive, whole, and safe.

"I think you could do with some rest," Aziraphale told him again, settling back on the couch with his book. "Why don't you sleep for a while? I've nowhere to be."

The snake currently wrapped around his arm and torso didn't reply, just stuck his snout down into another coil and closed his eyes.

If they both ended up snoozing in a nest of blankets and scales, well that was just fine.

:::earlier:::

Aziraphale was screaming. And bleeding. The demons only laughed and held the Hellfire closer to his skin until it blistered and split. Crowley was screaming too, voice raw with it by now. He knew the angel couldn't withstand the Hellfire much longer, and then the screams silenced and Aziraphale's eyes clouded over, leaving Crowley on his own.

:::earlier:::

Aziraphale reached a trembling hand towards Crowley, dragging himself over the ground and leaving streams of blood in his wake. The Hellhound pounced on his back with a vicious snarl, hackles raised and teeth exposed. Crowley shouted for him, but it seemed to be the signal the Hellhound was waiting for and it struck like a viper, fangs burying themselves in Aziraphale's neck so the angel choked and gurgled on a bloody cry before falling still.

:::earlier:::

Heaven had found out about their Arrangement, had learned that Aziraphale had given Crowley the precious holy water. The building housing Heaven and Hell was silent. Aziraphale's lifeless body hung suspended by hooks and chains on the ground floor, a grisly reminder for anyone who walked in the door what happened if the status quo wasn't maintained, a cold, stark reminder that Gabriel and Beelzebub came from the same stock.

:::earlier:::

Aziraphale was dead.

:::earlier:::

Crowley was the one who got Aziraphale killed.

:::eventually:::

Aziraphale gripped his sword tightly, wishing it was his flaming, angel sword, but any blade should do. He prowled through the dockyards, eyes and ears perked for any sign of his quarry. He would have liked to wait on Crowley for this, truth be told; after all, an echidna was half serpent, maybe a snake demon would have been naturally predisposed to be able to fight her better. But he'd been unreachable and this wasn't something Aziraphale could allow to continue until he got Crowley on the line.

The slithering of scales on rotten wood and desiccated leaves drew the angel's attention. He readjusted his grip on the sword and hurried in the direction of the sound. A derelict old office stood to one side, shuffling noises leading Aziraphale to the doorway. He took a breath, then raised his sword and dashed around the corner, only to stumble to a halt at the sight before him. He'd found his demon friend—strung up by his wrists to dangle over the dirty floor. Crowley's head was hanging limp, glasses gone and eyes closed. The monster he was hunting was sniffing his neck, her lower serpent half teasing its way around Crowley's leg.

"Crowley!" Aziraphale gasped, hardly the battle cry to strike fear into the heart of the echidna. The half-snake, half-woman turned to eye him with arrogance and irritation.

"Who are you?" she asked. "Never mind, pet, you'll jussst have to wait your turn."

"What have you done to him?" the angel demanded, pointing his sword at the creature. "Speak, I command you!"

The echidna sniffed. "I'm not under your command," she retorted. A long, forked tongue slipped past her lips and she licked the many puncture marks dotting Crowley's neck. "Mmm, thissss one is delicioussss. Watch thisss."

Before Aziraphale could stop her, the echidna's jaw unhinged, fangs protruding like something from a horror film, and she sank them deep into Crowley's throat yet again. A second later, the unconscious demon started to twitch and moan, swiftly building up through cries to full-blown howls. Tears streamed down his face but he showed no sign of true consciousness even once his yellow eyes opened.

"Stop!" the angel cried. "Leave him alone, foul beast!"

"Beassst?" the echidna hissed with a short laugh. "Everyone'sss got to eat, after all. Relax, thanksss to my venom, he hasss no idea what'sss happening." She giggled again and licked at the puncture wounds once more, much to Aziraphale's disgust.

His eyes flicked back to the demon, currently sobbing with pain or terror or both. Aziraphale had never seen Crowley in such a state, in all of their years together. Then, the demon whimpered, actually whimpered, and choked out,

"Please, Hastur, no..."

Aziraphale straightened, grip once again tightening as he demanded, "Hastur- he's hallucinating! That's what your venom does?"

"Mm," she agreed contentedly. "Ssshowssss them their mosssst terrible nightmaresss. You've no idea, the tasssste of adrenaline as hissss deepessst fearsss come true before hissss eyessss..."

Crowley's most terrible nightmares? Aziraphale felt the blood drain from his face at the mere thought; as a demon, Crowley would be all too familiar with the worst torments of Hell, and the idea of him reliving a single second he might have spent there or the constant fears of what they could do to him, no, it was simply too much to bear thinking of. With a furious shout, Aziraphale thrust his sword towards the echidna and attacked.

The battle was short-lived and ended with her slain on the floor and Aziraphale rushing to get Crowley down. The demon's hands were bloodless from having been bound so tight, ligature marks already standing out stark against his pale skin as Aziraphale wrested the ropes off of his hands.

"Crowley," he called, patting his friend's cheeks carefully. "Oh please wake up... my poor dear, you're not in Hell! Come back!" Even as he said it, though, Aziraphale knew there was most likely nothing to do but wait until the venom worked its way out of his system.

But not here, in the dirty, dilapidated building on his own. Trying to ignore the sobs and moans that he never wanted to hear coming from Crowley ever again, Aziraphale scooped the demon up in his arms and headed back out into the night.

Crowley had a flat somewhere, Aziraphale knew, but he'd never been to it and wasn't sure exactly how to get to it. In this state, he didn't want to simply leave the demon anywhere; best get him back to the bookshop, then. Hopefully none of the angels would pop down for a report on the affair. That would be a trifle difficult to explain, why a hallucinating demon was laid out on his sofa.

By the time they reached the safety of the bookshop, Crowley's condition was none better. Not sure what else to do, Aziraphale fetched a cool rag and contented himself to mop off the demon's brow. Crowley's eyes were open but faraway, trapped in whatever horrible nightmares of Hell his brain could concoct, and Aziraphale knew he had quite the imagination—a curse, in this instance.

Finally, after far too long, the demon slipped off into a fitful sleep. Even that seemed to be no mercy, as Crowley continued to thrash and cry out, sometimes even calling for Aziraphale—that was the worst, as the angel couldn't imagine what torments he was seeing and of course had no way to save him from it.

Finally, finally, Crowley's eyes peeled open once more, filled with trauma and pain.

"There you are, my dear," Aziraphale said softly, settling himself beside the demon on the couch. "Are you awake?"

For a moment, Crowley stared blankly at him, then gasped like he was taking his first breath and shot up on the couch.

"Angel-" He got no further, throwing his arms around a thoroughly shocked Aziraphale.

"Oh! Um... yes, it's me-"

"Aziraphale... you're alright... you- you're alive... you're alive!"

Well, that wasn't at all the reaction he'd been expecting. Aziraphale patted the demon's back, clearing his throat. "Erm, yes, I'm quite well. You were caught by that awful echidna, do you remember? She was poisoning you, I'm afraid, making you see your worst-"

"You were dead," Crowley blurted out, clinging all the tighter to Aziraphale, nearly wrapping himself completely around the angel. "You were dead, over and over and over, and I couldn't stop it, I- are you alright? Really and truly, you're alright? You're okay? Aziraphale?"

The angel was at a loss for words. But... that echidna... she'd distinctly said it would be Crowley's worst nightmare he'd be experiencing, but surely that had to be Hell? Torments untold? He'd even mentioned Hastur specifically...

"I'm alright," he said slowly. "Whatever you've been seeing, none of it was real. I assumed it would be Hell..."

"Hell, Heaven, everything in between," Crowley choked out. "They kept hurting you- killing you, I thought you were dead. I thought..." He coughed and pulled away, cheeks pink as he wrapped his arms around himself. "Er, anyway, no reason to make a scene. I'll just... I should go..."

"You're in no condition!" Aziraphale immediately protested, still trying to sort out in his mind how his own death could be Crowley's worst nightmare when the demon had literally lived in Hell. A mistake on the echidna's part, perhaps. An exaggeration, no doubt, about Crowley's "worst" nightmare rather than just any old uncomfortable one. Surely.

Either way, he couldn't bear the thought of Crowley being alone right now. "You've been kidnapped and poisoned and I won't hear of you going anywhere until you've had a proper sleep, not the sort she did to you. It's quite safe here. Why don't you curl up and have a little rest? Er, just until you- Crowley, I'm sorry but why are you looking at me like that?"

The demon didn't say a word, just continued to stare at him with fearful, watery eyes. Aziraphale coughed, then suggested,

"You're shivering. I'm going to fetch some more blankets. Make yourself comfortable, my dear, because I won't hear of you leaving until I'm convinced all the negative effects have worn off."

Nodding decisively, Aziraphale stood to go gather some more flannel throws and warm quilts, knowing how cold Crowley could get at times. When he got back to the couch, he was surprised to find a serpent coiled up on the cushions.

"Oh, Crowley..."

"Thought you were dead," the snake repeated, burying his head in his coils. "I- I thought..."

Shaking his head, Aziraphale sat down beside the snake and picked up a book that had been sitting on the table next to it. "Well, I'm still alive and kicking, as you see," he reassured the demon. "No need to fret. Now then, I think I'll just sit here for a while and read my book. Stay, won't you?"

Then he pointedly turned all his attention to the book at hand so as not to embarrass Crowley if the demon needed closer comfort. Sure enough, the snake slowly wound himself around his arm and chest as though just feeling Aziraphale there beneath his scales was the grounding proof he needed that the angel was still there, quite alive and whole. He'd expected Crowley wouldn't want any comments on the matter, so was surprised when a small voice hissed,

"You're not going anywhere...?"

Heavens, that venom must have done more damage than Aziraphale had thought. Crowley rarely made himself so vulnerable, so the angel kept his voice as light as possible. "Not in the slightest. I think you could do with some rest. Why don't you sleep for a while? I've nowhere to be."

Crowley nodded and closed his yellow eyes, burying his head again. It actually was quite comfortable there, laid out on the couch in the nest of blankets with the serpentine coils holding him carefully. Maybe a light snooze wouldn't be the worst thing in the world.

Breathing deeply, Aziraphale settled in, feeling warm in body and heart.

[meadowlarkkitties]

supermidnightqueen asked:

*comes in with Brassy (MY brassbitty), edge (my coral), Knight (my king), Soul (my Chain), Honey (my Honey bo), and le roi (my mamba).* Hi! I heard from vex that you just opened shop! i wanted to look around and see what caught my boys intrest before picking one, if thats okay.

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Meadow smiled brightly when you walked in with your own bitties, she didn’t see other types too much these days since she spent her time here at the shop making sure the kitties were well taken care of. Greeting you first before she praised each of the bitties in turn, making sure to compliment them all heavily. “Miss Vex is a lovely person, thank you for coming over to see us.” Meadow’s smile was bright and welcoming as she gestured you into the adoption center. “Oh of course, the kitties do like when visitors spend some time getting to know them.” She smiled as Clove hopped down from a high catwalk onto her shoulders. “I’m Meadowlark and this is my Papysynnian, Clove.” She reached up to rub the side of his skull earning her a purr. “Please come on in everyone, sit down. Would you like something to drink? Or a snack?” As the group of you all sat down some of the more outgoing felines batted at lamia tails gently or peeked over the arms of the couches at the snake bitties and their owner. A Boss Coon the first to jump up and sit close to you, folding his forepaws and swaying his fluffy tail. A Russian Blueberry peeking at your Mamba with wide eyes, admiring the shine on his scales and he reached out very tentatively, eyes looking up at the mamba for permission to touch. A Honey Fold hopped down from a cat walk above to sit on the arm of the couch, watching curiously from a distance while a Redimese flat refused to get close to any of the snakes yet, eyeing the group from beside Meadowlark. “So what kind of companion are you looking for?” “Clearly they are feline up for a furry companion.” A sansapura smirked as he appeared next to your King, grinning wickedly and expecting groans. He got them as a Papysynnian hopped up next to him and shoved the Sansapura to the floor with a scolding look.

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I giggled as knight and soul began petting a few of the kittybitties. “well, i honestly enjoy all types of bitties. But i was hoping to find a bitty that my bois and brassy would feel conformable around, are comfortable around my boys, and at the same time willing to help out soul when it comes to my disorders.” I moved Le Roi to my shoulder as honey slithered behind me. “I know i’ll have a bit of a hard time choosing. i am glad that the adorable kittys have agreed to meet with me.”  brassy was looking out of a pocket in my shirt at the kittybitties in awe

“You may touch” Le Roi hisses at the Russian Blueberry from my shoulder. Knight started petting sansapura as Soul waved to the Honeyfold and Redimese in greeting.

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@supermidnightqueen More of the less shy felines quickly piled around Knight and Soul, leaning into the pettings and purring at differing volumes. They were quite enjoying the attention and were not shy about letting that be known, even the Redimese giving in and surrendering to some pettings himself. “Oh I can understand that completely, when it comes to things like that I will make a suggestion that a Papysynnian, Boss Coon, or a Russian Blueberry make fine additions to large groups of bitties and are among our more helpful felines when it comes to such things.” Meadow offered gently, not pushing any one breed but those three were known for being far more intune to their owners and other around them. It was one of the reasons she had Clove, he helped tremendously with her own issues.

As the two spoke the Boss Coon puffed up that his type had been recommended, of course they would. The fluffy cats, while a bit of an ego trip, were very balance felines in their own high opinion. The blueberry’s eyes sparkled with joy when Le Roi allowed him to touch the gleaming scales, his fingers moving over the sheen of them with a gentle, admiring quality. “So pretty.” The praise was instant and genuine, the feline having never seen lamias before, especially lamias with such brilliant scales.

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“Thissss one” Le Roi hisses as he preened from the praised that the russian blueberry gave him. I laughed quietly as knight and soul clearly liked a boss coon and papysynnian each.

“it seems that they are quite taken with those kittys. they are quite beautiful” I said as edge move to ‘accidently’ pet the redimese.

“if i cant decide, do you mind if i take all three? I have a feeling that knight and le roi might put up a little bit of sulking and puppy eyes to get the kitty they want.” I stated with a sigh but smiled.

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The Blueberry’s eyes grew wide when the mamba declared that he wanted him and he wiggled happily, the bell on his scarf chiming softly as he did. He moved carefully closer to the Mamba, still looking at the gleaming scales with an admiring look. The Boss Coon fluttered his thickly furred tail as he was pet, his purr a low rumble and he relaxed into the arms that held him, quite content. As for the Papysynnian, he was much louder in his own purring, his long tail swinging happily as he leaned into every pet given to him. “Oh not at all, in my opinion the more cats the merrier but I may be a little biased.” Meadow grinned and pet Clove’s head softly. The Redimese glanced at Edge touched him, his ears perking just a bit and he made a harumph sound before shifting his body ever so subtly towards the petting, not that he liked it or anything. Ha, as if. Still, his tail did swing towards the coral, coming to rest along his own by TOTAL ACCIDENT.

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I giggled behind my hands as i watched the redimese and edge. it was just too funny.

“ anyways” I said through my giggles as i ran my hand along the boss coon “I just need-” honey cut me off by draping himself over me. “Honey noooo! I need to decide”

“dont care, your warm and comfy” Honey hissed.

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Meadowlark smiled over at the two fell type bitties as they “begrudgingly” tolerated the other’s company, the Boss lifting his back into the petting as his fluffy tail coiled around your wrist loosely. “Decisions are tough.” She laughed softly at the antics of all the bitties, eyes soft and loving as she reached into a basket filled with blankets and offered it to Honey as he draped over your form. The Redimese blushed slightly and looked away from you when you noticed how close he was to Edge, shoving his hands in his pockets and tucking his head into the fluff of his hood a bit.

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honey took the offered blanket and draped it over himself, covering my face in the process. Le Roi snickered at my misfortune. edge pretended not to notice that he was still petting the redimese. knight and soul were cuddling the kitties.brassy giggled a bit.

“honey not the face!”  I laughed as i tried to move the blanket out of my face. honey winked at meadow. “sssssssshes the trouble maker ssssometimessss and needssss to ssssleep more than an hour” honey hissed in amusement. the other lamias nodded

“Hey! dont gang up on me!” I totally didnt pout under the blanket.

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Meadowlark’s face scrunched up in amusement as Honey winked at her, Clove shaking his head a bit but you could see he also found it funny. The Blueberry leaned up on the very tips of his paws to try and uncover your face helpfully, however he wasn’t all that tall so was a bit of a chore for the guy. Giving up he sat in your lap and waved to Brassy before going back to admiring Le Roi’s scales. “Only an hour? Oh my oh my. I think a nap is in order than.” Meadow exaggerated her tones as she spoke and Clove pawed at his owner.

“Don’t be mean, Meddie.” He huffed and you stuck your tongue out at the cat. The redimese watched the goings on curiously, still sitting beside Edge. He lowered himself so he could stretch his legs out behind him, folding his forepaws and somehow ending up resting right up against the coral lamia. “are they always like this?” he questioned idly, crimson eye lights a bit confused by the antics but interested.

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“I-i think so” brassy said as he watched. “honey only recently started teaseing Midnight like this” knight said as he petted the Papysynnian. I managed to get the blanket off my face with a pout. “i dont need a nap” I then started to sulk and pet the russian blue berry and the boss coon. Le Roi started to pose to show off his scales.

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The redimese made a show of scoffing but he did find the camaraderie appealing in a way, absently he reached one hand out to run his fingertips along the coral’s scales. The Papysynnian leaned into Knight’s hands with each pet, The blueberry also leaned into your hands as you began to pet him. Meadowlark cooed praise and admiration at Le Roi, such a handsome lamia deserved it after all.  Clove flopping on his side to bat at a toy that happened to be laying on the couch. This was nice and relaxed, Meadow found herself rather enjoying the banter of the lamias and their owner. “Teasing is how my people show affection so I would take it as a compliment.” Meadow smiled and winked at Honey.

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honey chuckled then noticed the look on my face and look at knight “you gotta say it knight” he said in amusement. Knight scowled and shook his head. Le Roi preened from the attention. Edge hummed softly that way he could deny it.

“Say it knight” I said with laughter sparkling in my eyes

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Meadowlark blinked as they kept asking the king to say something specific, her fox like ears lifting from her hair for the first time and she tilted her head curiously. “Say it?” she questioned, her fingers reaching into her pockets, pulling out a shiny coin of Fae currency and offered it to Edge with a smile. She knew their affinity for shiny objects. Turning her eyes back to the Mamba she resumed offering compliments and praise as she waited to see what the others were talking about.

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edge snatched the coin and hid it in his jacket. knight repetedly shook his head as i kept telling him to ‘say it’. honey was giggling and le roi slithered other to meadow and perched in her lap. chain was helping me pressure knight in to ‘saying it’.

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She smiled at the coral when he hid the coin away, the redimese watching in amusement. Shiny things interested him but unlike the lamias they weren’t prone to collecting them, however foil balls would never be safe. Meadow’s fingers stroked along Le Roi’s scales gently, her touch almost massaging. Reaching back into her pocket she pulled out a microfiber cloth and began to gently polish the mamba’s scales. The Blueberry started to chant “say it” as well, not knowing what he was pushing for but wanting to join in with everyone else. The Boss Coon did not join in on the chant, but he was curious, though the Papysynnian looked up at Knight curiously.

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“knight if you dont say it i will use the puppy eyes on you” i said with laughter in my tone. le roi began to hum happily. knight began to sulk.

“besssst sssay it and get it over with knight” chain said in amusement.

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Meadow watched you and your bitties with interest, tilting her head curiously a she continued to polish Le Roi’s scales till the gleamed in even the dimmest light? How did she do that. Maaaaaaaagic.

“what do they want him to say?” the redimese blinked a few times, kinda feeling bad for the poor knight, the Papysynnian petting the king’s arm before rolling over on his back and swaying his paws at him to try and cheer him up. That’s a papysynnian for ya.

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knight sighed before picking up the papysynnian like the monkey did with simba in lion king then said” This Child Is Too presious for thei crule crule world. I must hide him away for all of eturnity!” Me and honey started to giggle.

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The Papysynnian’s legs swung easily as he was hoisted by the King, blinking at the others in a confused manner before he craned his head to look back at Knight. As the words were uttered the Redimese facepalmed, totally not to hide his chuckling, and Meadow snickered loudly.

“Oh my…” She managed between giggles, resuming her petting of Le Roi as the Blueberry snickered loudly. “Well you do seem well suited to protecting him from the evils of the world, Knight.”

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Le Roi snickered as i somehow managed to slip out of honeys grip and fell to the floor with laughter.knight blushes lightly before shifting papysynnian to he was holding him comfortably.soul slither over and checked it i was injered from my fall. honey had caught blueberry before he fell with me.

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Meadowlark smiled as the group laughed softly, the blueberry smiling at Honey as he caught him before he hit the floor. He would have landed on his feet but he appreciated the sentiment and grinned up at Honey with bright stars in his eyes. “Thanks!” The Papysynnian smiled up at the Knight, clearly enamoured. “I thought it was great.” He offered with a bright expression, hoping to ease the lamia’s embarrassment.

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knight smiled and scratched the papysynnian back gently. “no problem” honey hissed with a chuckle. I was currently trying to warn off a mother hen. “soul im fine stop” I said while trying to pushing him away. he only kept checking for wounds. Le Roi laughed at my misfortune.

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It was nice to see how much your lamias cared about you, clearly you were all very close knit and it made the puca smile. Offering her free hand to you to help you off the floor so that your chain would worry less, she kept stroking along Le Roi’s scales with a gentle firmness. The fae was honestly rather fond of snakes, and had often wished to have the ability to shift to them… if only to startle her friends. “Don’t worry Soul, the center has fae magic built into it, even if the fall had caused injury the essences within these walls would have began to heal it immediately.” she offered with a warm smile, the cats made a habit of jumping from the top cat walks often so she had to protect their tiny legs somehow. “One of the precautions I took due to the daredevil nature of cats.”

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I grabbed your hand and got up “thanks meadow!” I said happily. chain smiled and nodded a bit in understanding.

“im guessing that it happened quite often?” knight asked. Le Roi hissed contently as edge seemed to have fallen asleep.

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“You’re very welcome.” Her response was bright and she glanced over at Knight when he asked his question. “Unfortunately, the young kittens like to think they are invincible and after many many accidents involving broken legs I had to do something to make it safer. Taking down the catwalks would have put the whole community in here in an uproar.” She laughed softly, glancing over at Edge and the Redimese, who were curled up together and sleeping. “It was quite the problem.” Clove offered from his spot laying beside his owner. “The Blueberries and the Papysynnians are so energetic as kittens that we had to make sure they were safe as they play, and young Sansapura are fairly clumsy.” He offered, the Papysynnian in Knights’ arms nodding his head in agreement.

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I took out my phone and took a picture of the redimese and edge. “i dont think edge will let me leave without the redimese” I stated in amusement. honey handed the Blueberry into my arms and soul picks up the boss coon.knight still help the papysynnian

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She smiled at the coral and redimese curled up together, it was a cute scene and she had a soft spot for the fell types in general. Glancing over at you she laughed. “To be honest, I don’t think the redimese will let you leave without him either.” she observed as the feline lifted his head slightly in his sleep lean it on Edge’s shoulder, purring quietly. She folded her arms and shook her head in amusement. “Shall I get some paperwork for you than?” Meadow looked over at Clove who saluted and jumped over the back of the couch, towards her desk.

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I sighed in amusement. “please” i laughed softly “i come in here for one kitty and i leave with four” soul chuckled along with knight. LE Roi slithered off meadows lap and back over to me. “who’s gonna wake the sleepy boys?” I didnt show it but i was exsausted.

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Clove returned a few minutes later with a small pile of papers and a pen, Meadow taking it from him as he scurried of for one of the clipboards. As she waited for the feline to return she laughed. “As I said, the more kitties the better in my opinion, it happens more times then you would realize around here.” She took the clipboard when Clove returned and began to fill out the majority of the paperwork for you, handing it over when all that was needed was a signature. She tried to do most of the work for people who came in. Turning to Edge and the redimese she smiled and reached out to draw a finger along the Redimese’s back before doing the same to Edge. Leaning close she whispered. “Time to wake up and go home you two.” She kept her voice low so as not to startle them but kept away from the reach of claws. She wasn’t dumb. The redimese’s legs stretched out, claws flexing in the air as he yawned and opened one eye groggily. “home?” He was confused clearly. She nodded and glanced over at you, he followed your gaze curiously. “really?” His voice was shocked, hoping that it wasn’t some joke. Not that you ever pranked the kitties so meanly.

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I smiled as i signed the paperwork before looking at the redimese “yes, im taking you, boss coon, russian blueberry and papysynnian home with me and my boys” i smiled happily but my grip tightened slightly on the pen to keep it from slipping out of my hand.

“After you ssssleep” hissed soul “I can feel that your exsausting yourself again midnight”

“I’ll be fine soul” I stated with a smile. the other lamias looked at each other.

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Meadowlark smiled a bit, taking in your weariness with an appraising eye. She walked to a small fridge and pulled out a bottle of cold water, as she walked back she focused her essence into the water, small bursts of misty vapors escaping her mouth as she did. Offering the bottle of water to Soul she smiled. “This will help with her exhaustion till she gets home, promise it’s perfectly safe for humans to drink.” The redimese was still a bit surprised, sitting up slowly and glancing at Edge then at the other lamias. “Please be careful on your way home, Meddie’s essence is potent but it’s not a cure for lack of sleep.” Clove offered and smiled up at you with a cheerful expression. “And you all are welcome in at any time if you want to visit, perhaps I can get some of my herbalist friends to make you a tea to help?” Meadow offered gently, she could tell you were quite worn out and she took back the clipboard and pen once you were done so that you wouldn’t accidently drop it. Smiling gently she offered her hand again, ready to walk you out. “If you need anything, please do call or drop by.”

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“thank you meadow” I said softly as soul handed me the bottle of water before drinking it. honey handed the blanket back to her as soul shifted his hold on the boss coon.” and thank you for letting adopt these four beautiful boys”

[curlyjoe7]

The Mystery Snek Fic

There once was a noodle, a very spooky noodle, spells and potions galore! Poof here and poof there, they had no time to bore. Their name was Shinpi, the mystery snek, a snek witch, the protector of the night. They are never seen but always there, keeping you safe in the dark hours, hidden in plain sight. You may have heard the lore but trust me when I say they are no myth, often seen with the grim reaper and her soul vanishing scythe. Don’t be afraid they never bite, with a hiss and swoosh there is eerie music though they don’t mean no fright.

Eerrie music begins to play.

“WAIT WAIT WAIT” there is a voice coming from nowhere it seems.

What is this? The music suddenly stops and with a pop out comes mist straight out the record player.

“I’m no mist” the voice goes again. “I’m the mystery ssssnek here to make my appearance at convenient timing.” Ah yes of course, I always forget you are a mist. You think I would be used to the sound of your voice by now.

“I would hope sso” the mystery snek said, “but allow me to introduce myself since the reader doesn’t know me like you do.” I think they do, I just spent a whole paragraph talking about you. “Yeah you right” they said. I know I am. “Nonetheless it is rude to not introduce yoursssself,” with that the snekky mist stood up tall on their tail and cleared their throat “DIDN’T I JUST TELL YOU I AM NO MIST?!” they screamed. Right right, sorry sorry. “Well anyway” they said with a wiggle to their slither “my name is Shinpi, protector of the night.” they bowed with that. “And you?” they asked but to who? “Obviously the reader!” they exclaimed. Oh Shinpi what a silly little snek, so courageous, brave and polite. You certainly have excellent manners but you do know they can’t respond? They suddenly seemed embarrassed, “yes I do just forgot.” “When you’re as old as I am your memory is not quite what it used to be.” I bet so.

“Aren’t you going to introduce yourself?” they asked. Who me? Nonsense! I am simply just the narrator, anything else would be just preposterous. They rolled into a ball and began to laugh “You can only make that joke sssso many times before it’s not funny anymore.” “Just tell them your name.” I don’t have one and I don’t make jokes. “Yes you do.” they said. No I don’t. “Yes you do.” No I don’t. “Yesss you do” they said followed by that tongue thing. Oh fine alright. My name is Preposterous, the teller of story, I narrate everything. “Basically he’s the dude you don’t ever notice” they said with a snekky smile. I hate you. “I know.”

Well anyways onto the part that is going to help progress the story without any real meaning. Have you seen Grim? “No I haven’t, not today” they said “though she’s probably off banishing souls to the underworld.” Probably. Though doesn’t she have a date tonight with Penelope? “YESSSSSS!!!” they screamed “ah my memory is really nothing but a bowl of porridge.” “If you already knew why do you even assssk?” I wasn’t sure it was actually happening this time or she chickened out again by hiding in the bathtub until their car left the driveway. “Fair.” We should check on her. “I mean yeah probably” they started “have to make ssssssure sshe issssn’t more dead than ssshe already is.” Indeed, now hop on and we’ll be off.

Shinpi hopped onto the air for I am nothing yet I am something only few can actually see. I change appearance to everyone who can see me so they all see me differently. “I see a giant teacup.” You have got to be kidding me. “Would you rather be an empty box of condomssss?” they asked. What? No! No thank you! “That’s what I thought” they said cockily “now move along Earl Grey and by the way you, who issss reading!” they waved at seemingly nothing. “Don’t be fooled by hiss false truths, I am NOT and NEVER HAVE BEEN cocky” they said defensively “nor will I EVER BE and I’m not defenssssive.” Sure you’re not. Misty. They huffed and did that tongue thing again. “It’s called flicking my tongue bitch” they said. “Ya ever heard of Go-“ Yes I have heard of Google, let’s just please get on with this. “No one was stopping you.” To think a snek witch needs help from a lousy narrator.

Poof poof to a Chinese buffet

“Oh my god, you’re ssso cringy” Shinpi said. It’s the magic words, I didn’t make them. “I despise who ever did.” Yes I know. We have bigger problems though now, were in the hell is Grim? “I wouldn’t know this infrared is kinda limiting sometimes” they said. That’s fair.

Suddenly there’s a scream, a shrilling, high pitch call of a young female. “Why you gotta say it like that?”

“HE-Y-ALP!”

My goodness, it’s Penelope Pitstop! “Why, who else did you expect?” she asked. “Wait, hold up,” Shinpi began. Yes? “She can hear you too?” they asked. “Of course” she exclaimed. “Thiss story is getting reeeeally weeeiird.” That’s not important, what is important is knowing exactly why did you scream Miss. Penelope? “Oh,” she began “I was painting my nails and I spilt the polish on my skirt.” Ah I see. That is quite a problem. Shinpi rolled their eyes, “look I’ll be honest Pen I don’t care about your nail polish, I just want to know where in thissss realm is Grim?” they asked.

“Really? I’m right here guys”

Shinpi slithered around to see a crepuscular figure standing behind them. “You think I’m crepuscular, Preposterous?” Grim asked blushing. I do in fact. “Aw shucks” Grim said “you’re always so nice to me!” You deserve it, cleaning up souls all the time is a hard job especially after that… thing.

“Hellooo?” Penelope said hastily. “Oh I’m sorry Penny” Grim apologized “actually in fact with their arrival this is good timing.” “Good timing for what?” Penelope asked. There was a silence and then Grim and Shinpi turn to look at me as if waiting for something. What? Did you expect me to answer? “No ssshit Sherlock” Shinpi said “you’re the reason she has to sssssssay something to Pen Pen in the first place.” Sherlock? Grim sighed, “Penelope, I’m sorry but you’re just not the one for me.” She then grabbed my hands, looking into my eyes deeply with her own, lifeless sockets. Umm… Grim? “Preposterous,” she began “these sockets see you as a human.” “I see you and love you just like any other love between the living.” Grim said with tears in her sockets. “They’re not tears I’m just sweating through my sockets” “Sssure” Shinpi said sarcastically.

I, I don’t know what to say. “You say you love her back” Shinpi said “you’ve narratored every story to ever exist, you should know what to ssssay.” You’re right. I guess I’m just overwhelmed because, I love you too Grim and I am happy to accompany you to a date. “Well I have a booth right here and there is certainly enough lo mein” said Grim. She always says lo in such a unique way, sounds like cow with an L. I love that about you. “Thank you” Grim said flustered. “Oh barf” said a disgusted snek. “I have a name.” Yes but this is more entertaining, adds fluff to the story. “But isn’t the ssssstory ending sssoon?” asked Shinpi “why does there need to be more fluff now?” That’s just how the story works and yes, it will be very soon. “Who cares we have a bunch of Chinese food to eat.” Uh Shinpi? This is a date, you know, between Grim and I?  “Oh it’s fine I don’t mind” Grim said “you can eat with us Shin.” “YAY” yelled Shinpi. Okay then, suppose I have no choice in this matter.

“You can stay if you want as well Penny” said Grim. “That would be delightful” she said. I guess this isn’t really much of a date anymore is it? It’s fine, it’ll still be fun as long as Shinpi doesn’t eat all the orange chicken… again. “That was one time!” they shouted. It has happened 86 times Snekky. “I ssssstand by it was only once.” Right 86 times, one time, same thing.

The mystery snek did a poof poof with a vial of…. something and was suddenly in the booth

I thought you found poof poof cringy? “It’s growing on me.” I’m delighted it has, Misty. “I’m going to ignore that and btw the vial issss filled with the tears of wolves.” “Now let’s cheers to the end of the story and the beginning of a wonderfully weird relationship between death and a voice in your head” Shinpi said to a raise of a beer glass wrapped by their tail “by the way I have a night to protect tonight so I might have to leave early and thiss glasssss is ssssslipping” Grim grabbed the glass before it fell in her cold hands “Don’t worry we understand Shin” said Grim “and stop flirting so much Preposterous!” “I can’t handle it!” Indeed we do, you’re a snek witch after all and you’ll get used to it, Grim. “You know what this reminds me of?” Penelope asked. No, not really. “Picture it Sicily, 1924…” And with that the story was to an end. “That’s a shitty ending” Shinpi claimed. It is the ending the writer gave so it is the ending we have. “She should have done a better one.”

She did the best she could now if I may: I declare this THE END.

“That’s really menacing.” Oh for heaven’s sake Shinpi, just shut up! The story is over! “Yesss it is,” they said “the end.” Sigh. I swear they are a good snek once you get to know them.

[thelastifntdragonrider]

HI! I’m putting all of the things i’ve been tagged in from the past couple of weeks that i haven’t answered yet bc i’m working hard on an admission portfolio for university and i really want to get into Sheridan, so yep lots of work and lots of art. i am also working on the HTTYD fandom reading (please sign up) and the next chapters of J’Imagine and No Cannon Shall Sink This Ship. Anyways, onto the tagged: 

get to know me meme: tagged by @animalsarepeople2​ thank youuuu! 

nicknames: Kei / Keiko *i explain this in a question down there somewhere 

Gender: Female 

Star Sign: Libra

MBTI Type: INFJ 

Height: 163cm 

Time: 17:07 (by the time I finished all of these it’s 18:36) 

Birthday: February 25 

Favourite Bands: Beatles, Young Rising Sons, Clean Bandits, Lovelyz, Infinite 

Favourite Solo Artists: Ailee, Ed Sheeran 

Song Stuck in My Head: 1cm by Lovelyz 

Last Movie Watched: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with Johnny Depp

Last Show Watched: I just binge watched Stranger Things 

When I created my blog: July 15, 2013/June 27, 2017

What I post about: httyd, animated movies, animation

Last thing I Googled: information about Sheridan and character rotation 

Other blogs I have: my main blog @tokkeiko

Following: 100, though I want to find more good blogs, any recs anyone? 

Followers: in total from both blogs, 200 or something 

Favourite colour: Green 

Average hours of sleep: 8-ish 

Lucky number: 7

Instruments: piano, oboe 

What I’m wearing: jeans and my current favourite sweater which is grey with gold spots 

Number of blankets: I need to remember to find another one bc my room is freezing when I wake up in the morning

Dream Job: story artist at Disney 

Dream trip: i just want to get out of my city rn 

Favourite food: i’m just hungry rn, give me anything, but favourite food, among others, is salted caramel truffle blizzard from the good old DQ (#lovemydq) 

Music ask, tagged by @yv-sketches THANKS!!!! 

10 songs that you are listening to right now; 

my current favourite playlist is called Shut Up and Dance:

“Elle Me Dit” Mika 

“Red Balloon” Charli XCX 

“Dancing in the Dark” Rihanna 

“Shut Up and Dance” Walk the Moon

“Red and Gold” Young Rising Sons 

“Can’t Stop the Feeling” Justin Timberlake 

“Better When I’m Dancing” Meghan Trainor 

“I Bet My Life” Imagine Dragons 

“Into a Fantasy” Alexander Rybak 

“Get Back Up Again” Anna Kendrick

Tag Game, taggged by @thepurplewriter333 ty friend-o! 

Nicknames: Keiko/Kei/Spirit/Sweet Potato 

Gender: Female

Star Sign; Pisces 

Height: 163cm 

Sexuality: probably straight 

Hogwarts House: Hufflepuff!!!

Favourite animals: uhhhh... orcas probably 

Average hours spent sleeping: 8 i think, i’m not bothering with math rn 

Dogs or cats: KITTY, all of my sibilings have a significant other and all of their significant others’ have cats and why can’t I have a s/o with a cat???

number of blankets sleeping: during the winter, aka now already, two 

Dream trip: geeeeetttt meeeee ouuuuttt offf thissss citttyyyyy

Dream job: Story artist at Disney 

when I made this account: June 27. 2017

why I made this account: bc i wanted a place to reblog all of the httyd stuff without loosing followers on my other blog 

# of followers: like 47, I think? I recently got more. follow me i am cool person 

92 statements, tagged by @thepurplewriter333 thanks for the double tag! 

Last: 

Drink: Tim Hortons’ Double Double (got to stay caffeinatedddddddd) 

 Phone Call: Home to get a ride home 

Text message: Friend to go hang out later

Song You Listened To: Shooting Star by Lovelyz

Time You Cried: uhhhhhhhh... oh, like a month ago, it was a bad week and then I watched Home and my emotions were already out of wack so I basically sobbed near the end 

Have you: 

Dated someone twice: Nope 

Kissed someone and regretted it: Nope, i’m boring

Been cheated on: nope 

Lost someone special: nope 

Been depressed: i feel like it’s hard to be a university student and not get depressed 

Gotten drunk and thrown up: i am a boring party person and yeah, no i haven’t 

List 3 favourite colours: 

Green

Blue 

Gold 

In the last year have you: 

made new friends: Yeahhhh

fallen out of love: nopppeee...?

Laughed until you cried: like every other day

Found someone was talking about you: in a good way; nope. In a bad way: yeah too many times

found out who your friends are: yeahhhhhh

kissed someone on your FB list: okay someday, i’ll have more interesting answers 

General: 

how many FB friends do you know IRL: 99% of them 

Do you have any pets: nope 

Do you want to change your name: i recently thought about dropping my middle name, but like it has significance to my parents so probably won’t happen and my middle name doesn’t do anything so idk 

what did you do for your last birthday: Keep in mind that I turned 18: my friends and I went to Build-A-Bear and they got me a Build-A-Bear Toothless. 

What time do you wake up: my alarms on early days are 7:00, 7:05, 7:15, 7:25, 7:35, 7:45, 8:00. I naturally wake up at 9-ish 

What were you doing at midnight last night: Sleeping :D 

Name something you can’t wait for: to (hopefully) get accepted into Sheridan and start a new adventure out there.

When was the last time you saw your mom: she’s in the kitchen with me 

what is one thing you wish you could change in your life: i wish that I could’ve figured out what I wanted to do with life so that I could’ve started Sheridan this year 

What are you listening to right now: Sheridan portfolio reviews, tips, etc. (Starting to see a pattern here?) 

Have you ever talked to a person named Tom: friend’s dad. he’s a cool dad. 

Something that is getting on your nerves: when people are packing up their stuff before the professor is finished talking in the last 5 minutes of class. URGH stop moving ppl this stuff is important 

Most visited website: FB, YT, tumblr 

Mole(s): couple

Mark(s): I have freckles (might be moles) on each cheek under both eyes. 

Childhood dream: when you’re a kid, you’re really only exposed to teacher, doctor, police man and whatever your parents are. I think I defaulted to an artist when adults asked. 

Hair colour: black, I have silver hairs though, they stick out on the black hair a lot 

long or short hair: I always grow my hair out and then cut off 12 inches to donate to cancer wigs  

Do you have a crush on someone: not currently, though i had a crush on a guy for like 5 years, so even now, 5 years later, I get happy when I think about him 

Piercings: no, i really think a conch piercing would be nice though 

Blood type: ... A I think, i’ve never gotten tested, but according to genetics, I should be an A 

Nicknames: my full name is Keiko, but everyone called me Kei as a kid, but during high school, I started introducing myself as Keiko, so some people call me Kei, some people call me Keiko, one of them is a nickname, depending on which way you think about it, 

Relationship Status: Egg salad. 

Zodiac: Pisces 

Pronouns: She/her

Favourite TV show: Friends 

Right or left handed: Right, but recently I’ve been trying to teach myself to draw with my left hand 

Surgery: Wisdom teeth 

Hair dyed a different colour: nope, but I think I might try a ombre some day 

Sports: ballet since I was 4ish, ballet is a sport, come fight me on it if you dare 

Vacation: a lot of camping when I was younger, I’ve been to Japan twice, and then places across Canada

Pair of trainers: are we talking about trainers as in shoes? bc then ankle high all black vans. 

More General: 

Eating: this is taking so long I stopped and had supper between these sections

Drinking: Double Double (Tim’s coffee, two creams, two sugars), gotta stay AWaaaaaaaaaaKE

I’m about to: draw character designs or go out to coffee shop to study with friends 

Want: to get into Sheridan so so so so so badly 

Get married: I’m still single, want to put my career first, so yep not for a little while 

Career: i’m a cake decorator rn, see my cakes on my insta @tanakeiart 

Hugs or Kisses: hUG mE

Lips or eyes: Eyes, (though I am supper bad at making eye contact) 

Shorter or taller: would be nice to be slightly taller... 

Older or younger: like to date or something? I think high school rule is a good rule, but rn looking at niners mAN they are tiny

Nice arms or stomach: arms to hug meeeeee

Sensitive or loud: i think I would need a loud person to compliment me 

Hook up or relationship: relationship bc you have a standing plus one to everything and rn being single I have to text like 5 friends to find someone to go with me to something 

Troublemaker or hesitant: hesitant 

Have you ever: 

kissed a stranger: Nope 

Drank hard liquor: I only have like four months until my 19th so like i’ll go drinking then 

Lost Glasses/contact lenses: funny story: family and i were in Japan and we were at Kinkaku-ji and then i realize that one of my eyes have gone fuzzy, so thinking that there is something on the lens, i take my glasses off and my lens had fallen out of the frame. my family literally crawled around trying to find my lost lens, we did find it, but we couldn’t find a small screw that would hold the lens in. my dad fixed it with a twist tie.

turned someone down: nobody likes me so nobody has asked me so i have never turned someone down 

broken someone’s heart: no 

had your heart broken: yeah, by a friend. It is shATTERing 

been arrested: not even a parking ticket in my name 

cried when someone died: no, i am some kind of emotionless egg

fallen for a friend: my heart easily leaps and often trips falls and gets lost

Do you believe in:

yourself: yes, I believe that I can get in, I believe that I can be what I want to be. 

Miracles: I believe in karma more than miracles 

Love at first sight: yes, but not in the way that media portrays it 

Santa claus: nah 

Kiss on the first date: this is weirdly phrased. 

other: 

current best friend name: becky 

Eye colour: brown 

Favourite movie: the other day i was procrastinating and made an official list of favourite movies, which still has a lot of ties: 1/2: httyd 1/2, 3/4: moana, big hero 6, 5/6/7: wreck it ralph, tangled, rise of the guardians,  8/9/10: back to the future 1-3 

wow that took a lot of time, but thanks for tagging me! I’m tagging @thepurplewriter333 @yv-sketches and @animalsarepeople2 on the ones that you didn’t tag me in! also tagging @katlikespie @crazilexa and @fading-shadows for whichever one/s you want to do!