#Probably won’t draw other MCs tho sorry

[goodnight-whore]

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[acefaun]

Hi! I was wondering if I could request a story with Scorpio preventing a female MC from committing su!c!de. I know it's really dark, so if you don't feel comfortable with it, you're under NO obligation to write it. If so, I'm terribly sorry for requesting something triggering. I just really love your writing and all the comfort pieces you've written up until now have been great comfort for me. (Omg- I should stop writing so big requests- Someone's gonna kick my b u t t one day💀)

Scorpio~ Famous Last Words

Synopsis: MC didn’t ask to be a reincarnated goddess. She was always just a tool to be used by whoever had power over her, that included cruel gods like Scorpio. But he didn’t realize his mistake until it was almost too late.

✨Masterlist✨

Female Goldfish! Warnings: suicide, blood, self-harm, GoRe

A/N: Same day delivery, anyone? The angst was enough to make me cry this time—probably because I picked a really angsty my chemical romance song for the title… And I went a little too far adding extra unnecessary drama and angst by pulling some Oedipus Rex shit—for anyone who understands that reference, congrats, you passed your English class. 

I love comforting dudes with my angst, but I wish I could give y’all hugs. It seems like you guys need it. PLUS, the bigger the request, the more information I have to write what you want! So never hold back! I won’t kick your butt for being creative. I’ll kick my own butt for going too deep into the darkness of this request tho.

–Word Count: 5,092–

Their voices were too loud as they echoed through the hall. I wanted to go home, but they offered me a room in their mansion for better access to my powers. I had been surrounded by nothing but gods for more than a few weeks and I was growing weary of their superiority complexes. They were always talking down on humans, saying how high maintenance we were as if I were some kind of animal they had unwillingly adopted. Well, that was mostly Leon and Scorpio who loathed humans. Teorus, Ichthys, and Dui all acted as if I were some new and exciting pet dog for them to play with. Huedhaut was decent enough, but he rarely spoke to me unless he needed something, drawing me to the conclusion that he didn’t really like me being around either. 

I had these self-depreciating thoughts in my head thanks to their low opinions on humans—but I already felt that being alive and human was a waste of time and resources long before I met them, anyway. Before I met them, I would have thought that gods loved humans—guess I was wrong there too. 

“Stupid woman.” My door was flung open, and I flinched as it hit the wall, Scorpio walking in with his infamous scowl. “You deaf? I don’t like being kept waiting. I need your powers to work. C’mon.” 

Scorpio’s anger was one thing I was afraid of on top of all the other feelings I got from him. He was a volatile god, so it was only natural to feel this way. Right? He and Leon were at odds with each other but they acted so similar. I wondered if they both took sadistic pleasure from making me feel like shit day in and day out. 

It didn’t help that they weren’t at all concerned with my health—or maybe they just never considered it. After all, gods couldn’t know what it was like to have a mental illness, could they? I wasn’t sure they’d even understand what depression was even if I said I needed my medicine for it.

Silently, I helped Scorpio with his work for the day. Luckily it wasn’t much, and he only touched me when he absolutely needed to. After all, I had been told by the other gods that his power allowed him to pick up on the negative feelings of others when he touched them. I was sure he felt plenty of negative feelings from me. However, my work wasn’t done even after Scorpio was finished with me. Ichthys and Dui were next—lest they not do their work and incur Scorpio’s wrath too. 

“Hey,” Dui addressed me, actually sounding somewhat concerned since we first met. “You look pretty down today. Do you feel drained when we use you to do our work?”

“That would make sense,” Ichthys agreed despite me not having said anything to either of them. “We get tired too from using our powers. We’ll let the others know to give you a break. The guys from the Heaven’s will be upset, but we can’t drain our goldfish since we need her to get back home.” 

They needed to use me just to get back home. They constantly reminded me of the reason for me being among gods. I didn’t earn their godly favor or praise, they just needed what the stars in my eyes could give them. But Dui and Ichthys kept their promise to give me a well-deserved break. Well, I say it was well-deserved; I was just emotionally exhausted from having to see them every day. Of course, Scorpio was relentless in visiting me at least twice a day to remind me how I needed to regain my strength so he could leave this filthy world.

Right… and the minute they could go home then I’d be left all alone again on this filthy planet that they hated so much. How could they be gods that watched over humans if they couldn’t even tolerate walking amongst them? Nothing had ever made me feel more useless in the universe than knowing that not even gods genuinely wanted me to exist. They were soon to return home anyway…

I hummed, staring out of the window of my room. Maybe the heavens was that much better than Earth. Maybe… it was time for me to go home too.

***

I wasn’t in my room, Scorpio had checked there more than once during his search across the mansion. Usually my presence was so bright and noticeable to them, but I had vanished under their noses. He didn’t like the pit that was forming in his chest. There had been something off about me lately but he couldn’t put his finger on it. Even just touching me he could feel the festering negative energy inside of me. It was something he was familiar enough with, but he didn’t think too hard on it. It wasn’t like this goldfish lived the same life that he did when he was a human. At least I had a pleasant home. Heck, I was allowed to live amongst gods. What could have been a greater honor than to be among divine beings? 

Storming into the living room with his narrowed eyes, he scanned the room. Though, their conversation already clued him in to the fact that I wasn’t there either. 

Leon was leaning back in his chair with Huedhaut sitting on the opposite sofa. They were both doing paperwork, something Leon vehemently hated with a passion. “Idiot scorpion,” Leon complained to distract himself from his work. “If you and your lackeys hadn’t drained the goldfish, then I’d be doing actual work and not this rubbish. When is she coming do her job to send us home?”

“Filthy lion,” Scorpio immediately shot back without missing a beat. “I don’t know where the stupid woman went, but she’s mine, got it? She’ll be removing my mark first.” He grumbled angrily to himself as he retreated from the living room. He didn’t need to put up with this bullshit right now, he had other things on his mind. 

What were things that humans typically needed? Fresh air? Was that a thing on this filthy planet? He searched outside the mansion, but there were no signs of me being there either. Humans needed food, leading him back to the kitchen once again. Even so, there were no signs of me having eaten anything in the past day or so. Did no one notice that? 

There were plenty of stupid humans in the world, but he had met none with my kind of stupidity in a long while. Just what kind of life could I have lived to feel so shitty? Well, Scorpio supposed he might not have helped very much. He wasn’t sure anything that ever flew out of his mouth was relatively close to being nice—but who could blame him? He was Scorpio, the Vice-Minister of the Department of Punishments. It wasn’t his job to be the nice guy. That’s what the guys in Wishes were there for. Maybe I’d have been in a better shape if I had chosen someone from their department instead of some hardass like him. 

He was furious when he returned to my room for the fifth time that day. I wasn’t anywhere around and it was pissing him off that I’d just vanished into thin air. Throwing my door open, his scowl deepened as he didn’t immediately see me. 

He didn’t want to go through any of my belongings, but it seemed like that was the only choice he had left. There were a few books scattered here and there, I borrowed some of them from Huedhaut, but one of them stood out to him. The cover was blank and didn’t have any special title or cover. It was a plain book that almost blended it with the others. 

Originally he was just going to toss it aside and continue his search, but the idea of it possibly being a journal made him think back on his decision to avoid reading. He was sure my handwriting would be too shitty to read, anyway; I was just a human and my hands were always shaking when he took me to work. 

However, he was surprised when he flipped to the first page. My handwriting was legible, but still had some sections that looked like chicken scratch. Well, he couldn’t say much. His handwriting was garbage when he was a human—much worse than what he was looking at now.

Scanning through the pages, he only slowed down to a readable pace when he came across the more important parts. Such as… seeing his name. His eyes were glued to the page where he was first mention. 

‘I met gods today. They’re so strange and nothing like what humanity thinks. They’re… a lot more cruel. I didn’t believe them at first. It would have been more believable if they had told me they were demons. But their powers were real and they need my help to get home. I agreed to help Scorpio after he saved my life—that was the only thing that made me believe they were really gods. 

Scorpio’s a scary god, but he seems familiar for some reason. I picked him because I thought we had something in common. We both think that the Earth is filthy trash. He calls me stupid… I can’t say I disagree. Besides, gods know better, don’t they? If he says I’m stupid and useless, then it must be true. Still, I like him deep down. He tells things how they are. I hope going home will make him happier than he is on Earth…’

That was when he first met me, he noted. He didn’t think I liked him very much at all. Was he that dense that he couldn’t tell what kind of effect his words were having on me? Stupid? No. He just said that because he hated humans, he hated he was once a human. But if he could be a god and I could be a reincarnated goddess, then… surely I wasn’t as bad as he made it sound. 

Still, he continued flipping through the many pages of writings on the other gods. They had little tidbits and extra comments about things he said and did throughout my time in the mansion, but there wasn’t anything that truly caught his attention until he found this week’s entry. 

Seeing his name in the same sentence as Ichthys and Dui, he could only assume the worst.

‘I learned something interesting about Scorpio today… His ideals are different from the other gods. They don’t outright hate humans like he does. The way he sees the world is so similar to me and I never understood why a god could feel the way I do.

I made a comment to Dui about sending them off of this filthy planet, and he made a comment back that some humans think alike. I didn’t understand what he meant until they explained how Scorpio used to be a human too. I had many theories about how Scorpio might have lived on Earth for some time before, but I never imagined he lived on Earth as a human. Not only that, but he was just a child… his parents sold him to become a weapon for some shady human organization. 

I wasn’t sure how that really applied to me until I realized that this must be why I feel like Scorpio and I should share a connection that’s not really there. He didn’t see a point to living in a world with filthy humans. I don’t either. I also want to know what purpose I have. Why am I here? I hate being a human because humans are so cruel in this world. I hate this world. 

There’s no point.

The gods keep mentioning something about the stars in their eyes keeping them alive. I heard a story about how Huedhaut took the stars out of his eyes to save my soul. Is he happy with himself? It doesn’t matter. I don’t hate him for doing something he thought was right.

But… I’m not sure if it’s my heart or my soul that’s in pain. These gods all want to leave and go home to a place that sounds infinitely better than Earth. So I had a thought last night… what if I got rid of my stars? Then my soul wouldn’t keep coming back and leaving me in pain like this on Earth. Then I wouldn’t have to be such a nuisance. Maybe my soul would finally go home and I’d have peace like what the gods are searching for. 

It’s a long shot… and it might not work. But thanks to the place I picked, even if I can’t remove my stars, I can at least have a nice final view of the Heavens. It’s a place that Scorpio once showed me on accident—a place on Earth that’s the closest I’ll ever get to the Heavens. I’ve explored it a few times on my own and found a cliff… It’s scary to think about it so I’ll leave it at this.’

What the hell was he feeling so emotional for? His hands were shaking, and he hated it. There was a page of writing left to read but he felt like he had to move, to run, to go. But the last page… he had such a desperate hope that I was okay and that the last page would leave off on a good note. Maybe it would tell him I was safe somewhere. That I was just catching my breath in that spot that he showed me. 

He was too anxious to flip the page, though. Why was he feeling such a stupid human emotion?! Just flip the page and get it over with! He had to see it with his own two eyes!

‘Scorpio came find me again last night. Why did he seem more angry than usual? Maybe something’s bothering him too. At least he seems like he has good friends. Dui and Ichthys seem to care about him, as much as Ichthys constantly triggers his anger. He should talk to them about his feelings some time. 

I’m just… sorry I couldn’t help them. Scorpio’s mark seemed like it was disappearing but we don’t know why. I’m sure he’ll be able to figure it out soon so he can go home. He’s really smart and knows what he’s doing in Punishments.

Even as a human he was smart enough and strong enough to be noticed by the gods to ascend to godhood. I’m a little jealous that he was rescued like that… but I’ll be saved soon in my own way. After all, it was only thanks to the other gods that I could find a solution to stopping my reincarnated soul from continuing this cruel cycle.  

Terrified as I am… I’m ready. 

As a final note… I guess it’s only a matter of time before they figure out what happened and search my things for answers why. All I can say is… I’m tired. Or… I was tired. I’m exhausted from feeling the weight of this world. I’m sorry I couldn’t have helped more. Next time, I'll do better. I’ll try to be less useless. I just wanted to go home too.’

NO. No, no, no. Dropping the book, he ran for the front door. How much time had passed? When did I leave the mansion? How much time did he have left? Was he out of time? He spent most of the day searching for me like an idiot when I was out there hurting! Well, if I was still out there hurting then he’d consider himself one lucky bastard. 

He got confused glances from Ichthys and Teorus, but he didn’t acknowledge them as he focused on where he was sure I was. He needed to get to me fast. The door slammed shut behind him, only making him go faster. 

All he could hear on the other side of the door was the merciless whipping of the wind around the trees. I had to be around there somewhere. I mentioned something about being nearest a cliff and he didn’t like that thought one bit. What if he found something he didn’t want to see… 

Damn it. He was a god. This kind of situation should have been in his power to control!

But his eyes widened in childish fear as the wind carried my pained cries to him. He wasn’t sure where it was coming from, but he followed it as if it were his own life on the line. There was no time to waste when someone he cared about was in danger. 

Someone he cared about? He paused. Yes, but there was no time to contemplate it now. His chest felt like it was searing—could that have been an effect of my pain that he was physically feeling? That didn’t seem to be the case as he flew up a rocky path. His heart stuttered uncomfortably as he found me kneeling on the ground, my hands cupping my face as if to muffle my agonized screams. There was a knife blood on the ground and on my hands but where was I hurt? What have I done while he wasn’t there to protect me?

“(NAME)!” It was the first time he said my name. But a surge of power hit him and before he knew it, he was in his god form kneeling beside me with the knife kicked away. “You idiot…” His throat tightened as he failed to properly be able to scold me. “What did you do?”

It hurt much more than I expected it too. The other gods made it sound so easy to pull stars out of your eyes, but I didn’t have any special powers, so I… tried to carve the stars out with a knife. I didn’t get very far at all before I was left crying in agony. Still, I wasn’t expecting to be found in my pathetic state. I didn’t want anyone there. I just wanted it to all be over. It wasn’t supposed to be this hard. 

His rough, shaking fingers, caressed my blood-covered cheek as he turned my head up to him, his other hand having guided my hands away. Even to him, this didn’t look good. “You stupid-” He stopped himself from getting frustrated now. That wouldn’t help me. “You tried to take your stars out…” His fingers gently wiped around my eye to see the extent of the damage, but he didn’t know how bad it was. He wasn’t a freaking doctor. “Damn it. I’m taking you back to the mansion. Don’t you dare pull any more stupid shit.” He carefully pulled me into his arms. He didn’t want to hurt me further. It wasn’t like he even knew if that was the extent of the damage I had done. “I wouldn’t forgive myself if I let something happen to you…” 

“It hurts!” I cried to Scorpio. “It hurts so much!” But what was I talking about? I wasn’t sure if I was talking about the way I mutilated my eye or if I meant the fact that I failed to die. What was worse? The emotional or physical pain? I’d read a lot about people who failed to commit suicide, but I never imagined how humiliatingly painful it would be. 

He swore he could almost feel my pain radiating onto him, but his priority was to stop the bleeding. Snapping his fingers, he transported me straight back to the mansion where the gods in the livingroom panicked at hearing my cries and seeing the blood that covered me and Scorpio. 

“Smartass,” Scorpio immediately called for Huedhaut, his sharp eyes landing immediately on the blue-haired smart ass who could fix this. “Make her stop bleeding!” 

“Scorpio,” a voice called that I didn’t recognize, capturing Scorpio’s attention as soon as Huedhaut had begun to tend my injury. None of them had a single clue what was happening except for Scorpio, but he had his own problems. Zyglavis was standing in the living room, clearly for a reason. The Minister of Punishments said, “It’s time to return to the Heavens.” 

His eyes hardened once again as he refused to leave my side. He couldn’t leave yet. “I ain’t going anywhere. I have something that needs to be finished.”

Zyglavis pursed his lips at the determination Scorpio held to stay here… to stay with a human. Scorpio had indeed changed during his time on Earth, but they didn’t have any options. “It isn’t a choice. Staying will put the Earth’s balance in jeopardy. If you want to ensure this human’s safety, then you’ll return to the Heavens.”

Scorpio felt torn. He knew he had to leave; he had been preparing for this moment. The only problem… was that he wanted to stay now that it was finally time to go. 

“Scorpio!” He flinched at hearing me call his name. I called his name once before to save my life. Here, he found himself in a similar situation where my mental health hung in the balance. 

However, before he could argue against Zyglavis, Dui and Ichthys stepped in, determination written on their faces. Dui promised, “We’ll stay with her until you get back. But you have to return for now. We promise we’ll keep an eye on her.” Ichthys nodded in agreement. 

While he’d rather not have to rely on them and stay by my side himself, he reluctantly agreed. It wasn’t like he had a choice for the time being. My life was more important to him than anything else and if his powers interfered with anything that could interfere with my recovery, then he’d leave. But he internally swore that he’d return. Ignoring my desperate cries for him, he left with Zyglavis. I wouldn’t die yet, he was confident in that much. 

***

Things had been harder since that day. I wasn’t sure how long it had been exactly. Every day seemed to repeat on loop. I would sleep, wake up with the sun shining through the window, eat, maybe go to the bathroom for a brief change of pace, and then back to sleep until the next morning. Every day the same gods visited me. Ichthys and Dui rarely left me alone in the room unless I was sleeping, though their attitudes told me that none of them were aware of what really happened that day. 

The Wishes gods occasionally came to see if I wanted anything. They were the ones in charge of making sure I was comfortable. I mean, it was hard to be comfortable with bandages wrapped around my head to keep my eye covered and healing. Huedhaut asked many times what happened, but each time I met him with silence as a response. He changed my bandages at least once a day, always asking me how I was feeling. His heavenly concoction of salves sped up the healing process to where my eye felt numb for the most part while it healed. 

Each day that passed by, I saw all gods except for the one that I really wanted. Though, as the days passed, I began to fear his return. I began to not want to see him. He was the only one who knew how appropriate it was to lecture me. He was the only one who knew how much of a real idiot I was. He saved me twice… despite that, part of me resented him for it as much as I loved him. How strong did he have to be to come find and save a lowly human like me?

I was lost to the land of dreams when I felt something softly cross my forehead, brushing the hair from my face. I never felt the bed dip, but I was suddenly awake enough to register that there was a weight beside me. 

My eye opened up just enough to allow me to see the bleary image of a god. Only… it was him. Scorpio was leaning beside me on the bed, clearly wanting to get close without completely invading my space. His eyebrows furrowed as he felt the fear that coursed through me at first seeing him leaning above me. “Are you still hurting?” I couldn’t answer his question; I didn’t know if he meant physical pain or… “I’m not gonna ask why,” he continued when I didn’t speak. “I won’t waste your time with useless questions that we both know the answer to. But… Why did you think I’d be okay with losing you?”

“Why wouldn’t you be,” I quietly returned, my voice slightly hoarse from not being in use. “I’m just another filthy human with no use, no real place in this world. You don’t like humans anyway—but neither do I. Why did you save me again? Was saving me what let you return home? Why’d you come back?”

His fingers pressed against my lips to cease my endless questions. “I came back because I promised I would. I left behind someone important on this filthy planet. I didn’t think there’d be anyone who could understand me the way you do. Even for a goldfish…” He sighed, tired of pretending like his past never happened. “I had nothing to live for when I was a human—no real place to belong. I became the Minister of Punishments to cleanse the world of filth, but I can’t do this job completely right either if I’m still letting people like you suffer.” He paused, his eyes trailing over the clean, white bandages. “I thought it was my fault.”

“It wasn’t,” I defended him, not wanting him to hate himself for something he didn’t cause. “I’m a stupid human. I just- I wanted-”

“I told you, you don’t need to explain it. Especially if you’re not ready to talk about it.” 

I silently stared at him, but he noticed the tears that were gathering at the corner of my eye. He was just in time to catch it as it fell, wiping it away before it could fall down my cheek. “But you already know.”

“Yeah,” he admitted as if it weren’t anything to be ashamed of. This was an example of what it meant to share the same brain-cell, I guess. Seeing my quiet despondency, he said, “That’s why I’m not leaving again. I didn’t have anyone until they accepted me as a god. I dunno if you’ll ever have the same chance that I had, but you have stars in your eyes. So, if you feel you don’t have a place on this stupid planet, then I’ll give you one.”

“What?” My eye widened as I regarded him. He looked completely honest. 

Without the harsh look on his face, he looked softer. It tempted me to ask him if he was really Scorpio. “You want a place to belong,” he said, his hand gently covering mine. “You can belong with me. You need someone who’s gonna understand you. I… I also like having someone who understands me.” 

I couldn’t respond with how tight my throat began to feel. I wanted to say yes, but I wasn’t sure that I should. It couldn’t have been appropriate for a god and a human-

I froze as he leaned over, wrapping his arms around me as he held me close to him. Gently, he caressed my head. Whispering softly, he said, “You don’t have to answer that right now either. I’m sorry for making you feel overwhelmed when you’re still recovering. Just… promise you’ll come to me before thinking about trying to leave me again?”

Sniffling, I buried my face into his shoulder, my hands feebly grasping at his shirt. “Yeah… I promise. I pro-omise. I’m sorry.” 

“Hey,” he grumbled, his harsh expression returning as he tried to wipe away my tears again and put a stop to my hiccupping. “You can’t start crying on me. That smart guy’s gonna get mad and blame me if you mess up your bandages. You need to get some more rest.” Despite his scolding, his eyes remained with that soft look. His hand caressed my head, and he sighed with a small smile. He was going to leave out the fact that his powers grew thanks to me and he could feel the entire spectrum of my emotions now. I didn’t need to know that he knew I loved him yet. He’d save that mushy stuff for when I was truly feeling better. In the meantime, he would not be leaving my side.

Relaxing beside me, he made sure I was comfortable and secure in his arms as he let me drift back off to sleep. He’d save me as many times as he needed in order to keep me beside him.

[softpatts]

꒦꒷ִֶָ· . the obey me characters preferred nicknames (as well as their reactions because i cant stay on topic)

warnings: none !!

fandom: Obey Me!

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ᜊʕ っ◞ ˕ ◟c ʔ.. ♡︎ 𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑠: ayee im,, not dead ^^; im soso sorry for not posting- havent had much motivation to write latley,, as you can probably tell !! so again,, sorry !! but have these,, kinda shitty headcanons ~ !! <3

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𝙻𝚞𝚌𝚒𝚏𝚎𝚛:

- hes really old fashioned with pet names

- will automatically call you "Darling",, no i dont take criticism

- as the relationship progresses hell call you more,, such as sweetheart,, doll,, mine,, pos s i b l y babydoll though im a bit iffy on that one

- hes just a sucker for nicknames like those,, the old sappy ones,, and god the way he says it fits perfectly,, just the slight accent he puts into it is,, mWAH

- as for him,, he doesnt have any preffered nicknames,, but something about the way his name sounds coming out of your mouth

- god he loves it so much

- though besides his name his favorite would probably be darling/my love

- it seems so intimate and he loves how hes the only one you call that,, nobody else

𝙼𝚊𝚖𝚖𝚘𝚗:

- weve seen what this man calles MC,, his human,, he likes most nicknames as long as theres "my" in front of it

- though the ones he called you most are stupid,, idiot,, dummy,, you can see the pattern

- while that i s how he expresses his love,, if he sees its bothering you even the slightest bit hell stop right away

- hes pretty rough with affection,, but he wILL call you doll,, no doubt about it

- and the way it soUN D S AAA it sounds so pretty and god its just,, wow

- when it comes to calling HIM nicknames,, he loves being called baby (or baby boy,, but hell never admit to that one)

- no matter how long you two have been together hell get extremely blushy n flustered whenever you call him that,, hell tell you to shut up,, spoiler alert he doesnt want you to

- please keep calling him that he loves it akdhsk

𝙻𝚎𝚟𝚒:

- hes extremely akward with it at first,, and youll probably have to bring it up first

- i feel like hell call you his "irl waifu" alot,, or hell call you his "henry"

- though in the private of his or your room,, hell call you really sappy names like princess,, baby,, or anything with "my" in front of it,, though he only really calls you baby when youre teasing him

- hell stretch out the "y" n say it in a really whiny voice aA

- the first time he called you princess was one night,, after staying up for days on end,, he finally crashed,, he was close to passing out while leaning against you

- though before he fell asleep you heard him whisper a soft "night princess" AND OH MY GOD AKDHSK

- switching to him now,, he loves it when you call him handsome,, or your prince

- every time itll make his heart soar and hell turn into a fumbling blushy mess,, like mammon he wILL call you stupid,, and tell you to shut up

- once agAIN DONT- DONT SHUT UP HE LOVES IT

- theres been many occasions where hes accidentally called you a really cheesy cutsey nickname in front of mammon,, and god he never lets it go

- hell tease levi endlessly,, mocking him in a wierd voice that you assume was supposed to be levis..?

- but no matter how much he gets teased for it,, he loves being called pet names

𝚂𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚗:

-hell definitely call you kitty,,, doesn’t matter where,, in the bedroom,, in front of his brothers,, even in the presence of Lord Diavolo himself

- he thinks it fits !! seeing as he likes cats,,, and likes you even more,, what better than to call you his kitty??

- I feel like he’s also the type of person to call you baby,, but in a really deep n fancy voice,, fancy?? I think that’s right AKDHSK

- but he loves your reactions,, no matter if it’s getting extremely flustered,, or you doing it right back to him !!

- the first time Lucifer heard him call you kitty,, mans spit out his drink- he was,, surprised to say the least??

- after that it just pissed him off,, so aye another reason to keep calling you his kitty !!

- he enjoys any nicknames,, though if you call him master- WOOH lemme just say this man will go feral aA he loves it,, he’ll get flustered if it’s in a public setting though- he’s all for calling you embarrassing nicknames but when you flip it around all of a sudden he’s against it 😞

- (just saying,, thats a lie- he loves it when you call him that in public akdhdk he likes people knowing he’s yours as much as you’re his !!

𝙰𝚜𝚖𝚘:

-he calls you baby,, precious,, cutie,, all tho s e akdhsk 

- hell do it in a real,y high pitched,, almost baby voice n it’s sweet at first,, but gets annoying when he wONT SHUT UP

- if he knows it annoys you,, no he won’t stop,, he’ll do the opposite in fact,, he’ll do it even more !!

- if you start getting “angry” he’ll drape himself over you n try to kiss you while saying “you know you love meeee” drawing out the e

- when he does that the others swear he drunk,, actually drunk?? no,, love drunk?? yes,, yes very much

- he loves you,, and he’s not gonna stop showing you exactly how much he loves you !!

- now that’s what he calls you,, but ypu calling hIM nicknames ><

- he lOVES LO V E S it when you call him things like "pretty boy" "cutie" "handsome"

- they just make his heart flutter,,, and though he may get those all the time,, them coming from you just makes it an absolute gift

- hell often retort back with one of your nicknames

- "what are ya doing handsome??"

- "nothing really cutie~ i was planning on going to this new salon that opened up though,, would you like to come?"

- something about you calling him nicknames just,, mwah !!

- he also loves when you call his personality pretty,, or compliment his personality/traits,, hes used to compliments about his physical body,, but hi m and what he can actually do makes his heart flutter,, and hed actually get somewhat flustered !!

𝙱𝚎𝚎𝚕:

- He definitley calls you sth food related,, his creampuff,, dumpling,, honey,, sweetheart,, just really sweet n nice nicknames,,, he loves the way it sounds when he talks to you

- the first time he called you that was in the kitchen,, he had heard satan talking about these things that were common in relationships called "pet names"

- so you walked into the kitchen one night n it was the first thing that came to his mine

- "hey there creampuff,,"

- wh a t

- you had to do a double take,, but,, after a few seconds you answered

- "is something wrong??" please he thought he made you uncomfy,, or satan was wrong,,,

- "no !! i just,,, wansnt expecting that from you"

- hell call you nicknames ALOT

- first thing in the morning,, randomly in the hallway,, just anytime hes able to hell call you nicknames,, its gone to the point where hell rarley call you by your actual name

- he loves it when you call him "my man",, "baby",, "sweetheart",, but his favorite would have to be "my love"

- nicknames with "my" in them make his heart flutter

- the first time you called him a nickname he froze up and got all blushy

- he didnt at all exepect that,, and you sounded so casual??? what???

- he pulled you over you him,, wrapped his arms around you,, and rested his head on top of yours

- he didnt let go for,, quite a while

𝙱𝚎𝚕𝚙𝚑𝚒𝚎:

- belphie isnt actually one for nicknames,,, he doesnt think it makes any sense,, why should he call you anything other than your name??

- though if you ask,, or it comes up at all that you want him to call you something,, hell do it without hesitation- aksjak

- he calls you sleepyhead. No i dont take criticism- it doesnt matter if you nap as much as him or not hes calling you sleepyhead

- i feel like he also might call you his light,, or his sunshine,, just because of how he met you,,, n how at some points you seem like the only good thing in his life at that moment,,,

- "i love you, my light,, more than i could ever tell you."

- AAAAAAAAAAAAAA GOD PLEASE AKSJAJS

- as for you calling him nicknames,, he could really care less,, as long as its from you he loves it

- one of his favorites is "my moon" you just,, came up with it one day,, and he stuck with it,, and its gotten to the point where hell barley answer to his own name,, which can get him in a bit of trouble

- "belphie !! get yer ass up and help me with this !!"

- "belphie."

-"BELPHIE!!"

- "hm? Oh were you saying something?"

- "yes i called your name like a hundred times or somethin !!"

- sometimes he just doesnt answer you when you call him by his name,, and hell wait and stare at you until you until you call him by his nickname

𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑠 🏷️:

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[arllenn]

image des: I really loved the fact that your brought their past into the light, that you made them actually effected and reflected on it. So often I just see stories focusing on their relationship with the "new" characters (Caesar, Luminous, Johann, The Gen fam) so following that line of thought.

Can I request a flashback scene? Like when we get requested to make it snow (at the beginning of the game) the group of friends reaction to it snowing makes you reflected on your past. In which a fluffy meeting/promise happens between Z, Renata and you. Or even any fluff you can think of between the three? It can be when they were kids or the age they were at during the game.

Admittedly I would love it if you can really focus on Z and the Character interaction/relationship because we all know he cares for Renata; they have that slacker x mother hen childhood friend vibe going on. But the idea that Z and you are ACTUALLY close (it just LOOKS like your friends with Renata and only friendly acquaintances with Z from the outside) makes me happy and bittersweet.

Sorry this got so long!

Tags for this chapter: fluff, hurt no comfort, bittersweetness, pure angst at first tho Tw: mentions of death and cannon typical violence, puke, death Time setting: pre japan like imagine if the mc got an adjustment period at cassell before they got shipped off to dragon war

You smiled happy to be of help to the friends who were separating today. Their cheerful giggles and cries of happiness as they raved over being able to leave on a snowy day just like the one from when they had met made your insides bubble with warmth and nostalgia. Z, Renata and you had been the same once..... before, before Herzog had...

You shake your head, now isn't the time for this. You wring your wrists, it's a habit you picked up from Z, though you two do it for different reasons. You feel a bit light headed, your knees are weak, it's so weird to see snow and not see your beloved friends among it. It just felt wrong to not feel their warmth around you in this cold tempature. The others giggling is getting too loud, it's beggining to ring in your ears and bounce around in your head at the same time as the memories of Renata and Z pour out of your head and spill in front of your eyes. You stiffly walk over to Claudia, left foot, left hand, right foot, right hand. Back and forth back and forth. You want to leave, but it’d feel wrong just going without checking with her.

“We met and departed on a snowy day.” She sounds so happy and while you’re glad that you were able to help them you also can’t help but feel cloying jealousy at the fact that this trio, Claudia, Susu and Leah get to be together, to meet and depart on snowy days filled with joy, while you can’t. You want to be able to see Z and Renata, you want to be able to tease them while jumping for joy and promising to stay in contact. You want to be able to send them off with a smile on your face and a promise to be well.

But you can’t.

And that’s it.

There’s no going back and searching, there’s no making up after an argument, there’s just nothing. Renata is dead Z is dead everyone is dead! And you can’t do anything about it.

Staggering away you start walking towards one of the benches in the courtyard that face the library. To say that you collapse on it would be an understatement. It’s like all the bones in your body liquified then disappeared at that moment. You clench at the snow on the bench, using the all too familiar feeling of it to guide you through your memories. The day you arrived at the orphanage, the first time you met Renata, Z and you arguing over who would get to hold which of Renata’s hands, the day Vera had arrived, so small and only a year old. You remembered her small finger curling around your own while Z helped you readjust how you held her.

Just Renata, Z and you.

But now it’s just you. You clench at your throat, clawing at it as if that’ll destroy the lump forming in it. You bring your knees up to meet with your chest. Burying your head in your arms. It hurts, you want to see them. At this point you’d even take Anton and Khorkina’s belittling of you or even Ivan and Sherkman failing horribly to hide the fact that they were dating over anything else that could possibly occur right now.

Rubbing your face on your knees you try to get rid of the few silent tears that have begun to spill. It doesn’t work, in fact it just makes everything so, so much worse. Memories of your childhood fly by, you’re loosing your grip on reality you know that. You don’t want to do it here. Not on a bench where anyone can see, if you’re completely honest you don’t want to confront them at all. But that isn’t an option, it’s never going to be an option for you, because you’re trying so hard to push them down and stamp them out right now. And it’s not working.

One of the wandering vending machines come up to you, clawed arm holding something in it. You can't see it at all, your line of sight only contains your legs after all, but you can hear the distinctive beeps of the machine, the whirring of its mechanical organs that allow it to move. You can feel the jagged edges of a wrapper lightly scratching at your leg through your uniform. The robot beeps twice shoving the snack into your leg once again before dropping it and skittering off. Lifting your head up you stared down at the snack you had been left with. Maybe the world really does hate you. Maybe you deserve to constantly have your mind ripped at and heart torn apart, because laying there in front of you is a cookie a chocolate chip one at that. The second your eyes land on the bubbly font that spells out chocolate you cant help but watch in horror as Vera falls in front of you, mere feet away, body still warm as she hits the snow, dead. You feel the bile rise in your throat, it isn't something that you can just swallow down either. Hand clapped over your mouth you stand, getting ready to run.

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You have no idea how you've made it back to your dorm room without puking on the way here, but now you're sitting over your toilet dry heaving into it. You stare down at the item that made you like this the choco- you spit into the toilet. Cookie, you'll just refer to it as a cookie. You consider tearing off the top half of the wrapper but then the smell of the cookie and the chocolate might just tip you over the edge. Instead you settle for smacking it away from you. In some small way it makes you feel better.

You hate that Herzog has ruined this for you. You hate that you can’t even see the word chocolate without feeling your insides churn, you hate that you can’t see snow without seeing your friends bloodied corpses staring back at you, eyes glassy and unfocused. Cookies were the first dessert that you had ever tasted and the last one. You remember the day you had first tried to bake them.

That day Z had let you in his room, Renata was sick, and neither of you were allowed to be around her as per Herzogs orders. With the knowledge that you have now you think you understand why you weren’t allowed to see her back then. Rather than actually being ill Renata was probably suffering from the side effects of the incomplete evolution pills. But either way natural disease or not it had been just you and Z. Sitting side by side on his bed, you laying with your torso hanging off his bed partially, practically upside down, and him crisscross leaned up against the wall that his bed bordered, a hand close enough to your leg to catch you if you started to slip. You two had been mindlessly talking, reading some book that you’ve forgotten the name of now, alternating turns each chapter. When you had gotten to a part where the main character was making cookies for their friend as a get well gift.

“Hey Z, have you ever had a cookie? I mean I’ve heard of them but I’ve never even seen one.”

“I can’t say that I have,” he yawned, “I’m not a big fan of sugar in general. That combined with the fact that the orphanage doesn’t even get the ingredients for them makes it obvious that I’d never even have the chance to try them, same as you.”

“That’s too bad, based on the description I think they’d be pretty good. You think Renata has ever had one?”

“I’m not her, I wouldn’t know.”

“I mean fair enough, but I kinda expected that you would, you guys spend forever having those late night talks after you send me to bed.”

You haul yourself up and spin on your ass so that you’re looking him in the eye, “Speaking of~, I won’t allow you to marry my daughter young man!” You cross your arms in an ‘X’ in front of you shaking your head. “Absolutely not don’t think I’ll allow anything of the sort!!”

Snorting he had pushed on your forehead with his finger until you were laying down the same as before and used his foot to roll you away from him. “2/10, If you’re going to give me a shovel talk then you should at least be intimidating, 1, and 2 you should do it in front of Renata so that you can embarrass her, who just gives that kinda talk straight to the supposed,” he raised his hands and gave out finger quotations “boyfriend?”

“Is that back talk I hear sonny? Don’t make me get up there!”

”Yeah because you haven’t already.” You can’t see him from your position but you can hear the smile on his voice. An accomplishment if you’ve ever seen one! You mean the stoic eternally tired Z was snorting and smiling because of what you said! You always loved times like this, when you would manage to break through his exterior and draw out a reaction, (preferably positive!!), out of him. Tapping his knee you grip onto his leg to pull yourself up once more, you can see him contemplating rolling you off the bed, thankfully he chooses peace for once.

”No okay but dead seriously, let’s go make cookies for Renata. We just got the shipments a little while ago, there’s got to be some of the stuff we need in there! We’ll just ask Herzog,”

“Or steal”

“Yes, or steal, come on it’ll be great!”

“Normally Renata would be here to stop you, which I am always grateful for since it means that I don’t have to be the one to talk you out of these things,”

You snap your fingers, “Speed it up Z, do I have a partner or am I gonna have to start running before you catch me?”

He claps a hand over your mouth which you look down at “Don’t you dare lick me,” is what he says in response to your stares. “As I was saying before someone cut me off,” if gives you a pointed stare, “Normally Renata would be here to be the voice of reason, however since she’s ‘sick’ and I don’t want to have her on my neck about you getting in trouble later here are my words of caution,” He takes his hand off your mouth and pats slaps your cheek twice before bringing the tips of his fingers in between the book page that you had been on and the next, folding it over and closing it. “Don’t, and if you do don’t get caught.”

It was your turn to snort, “What the heck, you suggested stealing in the first place!” You laughed. He shrugged his shoulders and set the book down on his bedside table getting up off the bed and bringing his arms above his head to stretch.

”I never said that we weren’t going to steal if that’s what you decide to do I simply offered you a word of advice about you stealing alone.

”AWWWW Z I knew there was a reason I put up with you!” You cried jumping up off the bed and attempting to latch onto his back,

He turned to face you swatting your hands away, muttering about you being “too big for him to carry like that anymore”

“What was that!?”

He pinched your cheek with one hand and used the other to ruffle your hair in a way that you knew wasn’t meant to be affectionate but instead to mess it up. “Look at how big the babies gotten! It can walk and talk now! Go ahead say ‘papa’ again!” You knew that you could never win against Z in a fight, all attempts left you on the floor with him sitting on you, or you hiding behind Renata and you exercising your lying and puppy dog eyes abilities. But boy oh boy did Z have a way of activating your Cain instinct and making you want to slap the shit out of him (affectionately of course). You heaved out a long suffering groan, and pulled Z’s hands off of you. You walked over to where his dresser was and sucked your teeth as you stared at your reflection. You tried your best to undo his damage to your hair, but it was a lost cause, hanging your head you turned to him with what you hoped was a horrifying, knee shaking, earth quaking, chicken baking, glare.

“This is why you’re an orphan.”

“Fair enough.” He said with a shrug before motioning towards the door, are we leaving now or what.”

“I’m coming, we’re going.” You said waving your hand at him in a shooing motion.

The minute you stepped outside it had been like you were ass blasted into one of the shipment containers mega freezers. You rubbed at your arms, lamenting the fact that you lived on a hunk of ice in the middle of a polar bears ass cheeks. “Okaaay so,” you clapped your hands together, “Do we know where Herzog is?” Z yawned and shook his head no from beside you. “Alright thank you for your participation! Gold star! I’ll go ask Anton, you stay here. And don’t fall asleep!” You ran off to go find Anton ignoring Z’s comment about you acting like a stray dog.

Heaving you clutched at the toilet, sobbing over the loss of your friends. You couldn’t even think of the times back then as being over, you just can’t.

No, that’s not right, you know they’re over, you know those peaceful days of snow and teasing are over. And yet you still long for them, you want to feel Z’s hands in your hair once more, want to feel the thrill of catching him off guard and running to hide behind Renata. You want back the times that you had spent, absorbed in watching Vera as she took her first steps, your young self amazed that anyone could ever be so small. You miss those moments when you seriously contemplated smashing Antons face into the ice under your feet, missed the random times when Ivan would pull you away to look at something cool that he had found. You just missed being homeyou miss the safe feeling that you had been provided with daily back then. Ignorance truly is bliss you suppose. If you had survived not knowing about what Herzog had done, if you survived thinking that all of this was just some randoms attack on you and your family would you have been happier? It doesn’t matter now. What’s done is done.

You dry heave and spit into the toilet, bile rising in your throat but not to the point in which it would spill past your lips. Your vision is blurry from the tears and your head throbs with the pain of the pressure your tears are both building up and releasing. “I wanna go home…” you mumble slowly laying yourself down on the floor, hands clutched into your hair, fingers threading themselves in with the strands and pulling at them like a tide. You would yank at your hair then let it all fall out of your grip, massaging your scalp slightly, and then yanking at it again. You continued in this way as the blurry memory of that day played in front of you. Anton being no help, Khorkina doing her best to goad you into punching her, Ivan being somewhere that you swear was unreasonably high up. Eventually finding Herzog and asking him, him granting you permission as long as you cleaned up after yourselves, running back to Z with the good news.

“Z! Z! Listen to this!” He looked up at you from his spot on the stairs, clearly bored out of his mind, but hey at least he hadn’t fallen asleep like you asked!

He made a twirling motion with his hand “What is it?”

You placed your hands on your hips and grinned, “Herzog says we can use the stuff in the kitchen as long as we clean up afterwards!” You gave an overzealous thumbs up afterwards to make your point even clearer.

“That’s great!” He said all too sarcastically. Getting up he put both hands on your shoulders resting all of his weight on them before finally standing up straight shushing you and your whining.

It hurry you so much to know that everyone is gone. It hurts to know that you’ll never get that chance to just see them again, to hear their voices, catch a glimpse of them on the street. Instead they’re all dead and there’s nothing that you can do about it. You had watched everyone die, you had seen their eyes glaze over and go out of focus. You had seen how their blood stained the pure white snow a bright and somber red. You had run past them as you registered them as dead, praying to nothing but everything at the same time that at least one of them would live. That you would get to hold at least one of them in your arms as you two promised to stay with each other. But you didn’t get that. Instead you got to watch as Renata faded into the distance, your last hope, you got to claw through icy waters, pleading your legs to move, to allow you to save your dearest friend….

”Z, Z, Z! Help me I have no idea why the egg keeps cracking like that!”

“Maybe it’s cracking like that because you keep squeezing them until they explode.”

“Don’t use that tone of voice with me young man! I’ll have you know that Dr.Herzog says that I’ve made great progress in my home economics studies.” You proudly bumped your chest with your fist only to look down and see your uniform covered in egg goop. Z snickered before handing you a rag and motioning for you to hand him the bowl and the eggs. You slid it over to him with your elbow and focused on cleaning your hands and uniform up.

”Here,” he held up one of the eggs,”I’ll show you how to crack an egg, so that you don't end up wasting all of them.” He hit it lightly on the edge of the bowl, holding both ends of the egg with his fingers and pulling his palm so that the egg slowly slipped out of the shell before proceeding to throw the shell somewhere off to the side of him. He pushed the bowl back towards you with a smug look on his face. "You get it now?"

"Yep, yep, yep," you waved your hand at him dismissively before turning back to the book. "Okay so now we mix wet ingredients and dry, then we add in the chocolate." Getting the chocolate for the recipe had been the hardest part. With how rare chocolate is at the orphanage and the fact that you weren't allowed into your room because of how sick Renata was it had been hard to find any. Eventually after bribing Z and way too much effort on your part, you had ended up on Z's shoulders searching through the backs of the older and dustier cabinets, in one of which you had found a chocolate bar that was a week off from its expiration date. Not the best but it could've been 10 times worse you suppose. Z pushed the chocolate towards you with this hand before resting his head on his hand.

"So how much longer do we have? It's getting late." Z stifled a yawn.

You glanced at the book and back down at the cookie batter that you were currently scooping out and onto the baking sheet. They didn't hold their shape as well as the book described them as being able to but you supposed that it was just a matter of reality vs. idealized fiction. "Um I don't know. The book says that they need 25 minutes to bake properly and who knows how long its going to take to clean this all up."

"Well good luck with that." He said slapping his hand down on the table, turning around on his stool, and standing up.

Even if it was just the memory of the sound, the slapping of Z's hand on the table sent a wave of nausea scorching through your body. Everything was a blur, reality, what you were really seeing, cold white tile and the rug in front of the shower were blending together with the cold white of snow, the rug that was in you and Renata's cabin. You felt hands on your face, were they from the memory of Renata checking your temperature or were they your own? Your vision was swimming, you were underwater, you were lying on the bathroom floor. You were drowning, you're lying on the bathroom floor. You're dying, you can't see.

You clamored up in a haze, you have to run! You have to get to Renata and Vera and Anton and and and and! And you slam into a desk that was out in the middle of Hezog's lab. Z is right there, Renata is right there, Vera is right there! All you need to do is reach out a little further and you'll be there! You'll be able to save them! You finally latch onto Z's uniform begging him not to go, begging him to stay with you, because if you go alone then everyone will die. "PLEASE Z!" You yell out. "I need you, I need you, I need you, everyone's dying, dead, dying dead, dying, dead, I can't save them! PLEASE!" And then the Z you're holding onto collapses, leaving nothing but a pile of clothes behind. His uniform lies bloodied in your hands. Renata lies bloodied in your hands. Anton lies just out of reach, dead. "Come back, please." You clutch onto Z's uniform harder. The tears don't falter as you trace your hands along the sleeves of the uniform. "The sleeves are too short you should get Herzog to make you a new one." You chuckle fondly. only...

Only...

Only the uniform has too many mistakes for it to have ever been Z's, theres too big a difference in size. It doesn't smell the same. It's not his... it's yours. You're not at the orphanage, you're in your dorm at Cassel. You're sitting on hardwood floors right now, not the powdery snowfall of home. Its warm, not cold, theres no dead bodies, only you and the mess that you made when you stormed through here earlier. You choke on a sob, tears coming down in even thicker streams, your headache had bloomed into a splendid migraine. You can barely see straight, but you know for sure that this isn't anywhere near, by or in the orphanage. And it can never be. The orphanage is gone now. Everyone's bodies are probably still lying on top of the snow, glassy eyes unfocused and unseeing, faces twisted in fear. Or maybe they've been charred to ashes, with nothing left to remember them by, their remains carried by the winds or at the bottom of the sea. You clutch your uniform tighter, biting down on it to muffle your screams and sobbing.

You have no idea how long you've been here. Your tears have faded now, only leaving the uncomfortable burning of the dried tear tracks in their memory. You don't stare at anything in particular, theres nothing left of your emotions, just the dull ache of apathy. Your vision is spotted with dancing black circles and lines. They look a bit like what you imagine TV static would look like but you really have no idea. Your conscious waves and ebbs like the tides from back home. You can't think of anything other than the feeling of the cloth clutched in your embrace right now. Sighing you bury your face in it, resigning yourself to a night on the floor.

[holycow99]

石田お寿司 19/7/21 stream translation Part 3

This is not the full translation of the stream. I only translated the parts I could understand & interpret or parts I found interesting/important. I’m still a beginner in Japanese, so the translations may not be accurate. If you want to repost, please repost at your own risk.

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C: Can finally sleep peacefully.

I: You’re right.

C: Why did you turn off the super chat option? (t/n: Super chat is an option, whereby viewers can donate money to youtubers.)

I: I’m afraid of becoming a billionaire. There are people who don’t turn on their super chat. I feel grateful just by you guys watching me streaming.

C: Aren’t you gonna live by the money you made through super chat?

I: Can you live with that much money though? I think watching my videos is enough.

(t/n: He said something more, but I totally couldn’t hear what he said. Sorry.)

I: However, please buy the things that should be bought (TG manga, JJ, merch, artworks, etc.). Please buy Jack Jeanne at 7000 yen ($63-$64). Is that considered expensive? (inaudible).

C: JJ has become my favourite works.

I: Thank you. I couldn’t have done it all by myself. It’s all thank to Ms. Towada. It’s the product of the combined efforts of the staffs who worked painstakingly, including myself. I hated it. I didn’t mean that I hated working on it. I just thought it was tough. It was the toughest works. Making JJ was a lot harder than playing Ghosts n Goblins. JJ is the demonic world (Makai Mura) itself.

*Ishida died and accidentally started from the beginning of the stage, not at the latest checkpoint, so he quit the game.

C: Sensei, you’re not good at saving.

I: Yeah, I’m not. I defeated Lady D twice because I wanted to see and defeat her again. I’ve done it now.

*Upgrading skills.

I: I’m not trusting the skills on the left side of the tree. “Your clone will appear for a certain period of time.” This is good, but then… “The first attack after you’re reduced to just an underwear will be tripled.” This might be strong, since I always in my underwear.

*Still surveying the skills.

I: This skill allows you to carry 2 weapons?! They have skills like that? This one allows me to carry 3 weapons! This is super amazing!

I: I’ll probably choose the right side of tree. You can increase the amount of weapons or shield you have. Makes it easier to hunt. The left side is more on the offensive skills.

*He chose the right side & obtained fire wall skill.

C: I have to wake up at 5 am tomorrow.

I: Is that so? Let me use the fire wall for once.

C: Were you able to cut off any lingering attachment to your wife? (t/n: OP was referring to Lady D from RE Village.)

I: I wasn’t able to. My heart clenches whenever I recall about her. I thought of including a hot character named Dimitrescu in my manga.

I: This skill looks weaker than the one before.

C: You’re not hungry today?

I: I am. I really am.

C: How can I fall asleep when sensei is fighting in Ghosts n Goblins!

I: I’m gonna sleep though. I’m thinking of resting now. Go and study. Good luck on your study. Wait, not studying. You have to wake up at 5 am, right?

I: Should I try once again?

*Continuing the game.

I: I’m getting bad at this game. My concentration is depleting.

I: Should I draw the manga I’m writing as a hobby after this?

C: What’s your plan for tomorrow?

I: My plan for tomorrow is working. Get a haircut as well. I wanna cut my hair.

C: I’m glad that the description of your channel has become youtuber-like.

I: Right? Look at my description if can. I wrote in twitter that Unro Channel has been removed and will be reborn. You could see a little bit of the channel’s description when I pasted the channel’s link. It was so embarrassing. I’d like for you to see it. I’m becoming more and more like a youtuber.

C: Please add “subscribe to my channel today.”

I: I won’t. I decided not to put that. I’d ask Gravy. (t/n: Gravy is the zebra MC from Animal Rap.)

I: “This channel contains enjoyable animal rapping as well as game playthrough contents”.  The description is cute, right? I said it myself that it’s enjoyable. However, other people don’t find it enjoyable. But, animal rap is fun. I think it definitely will be fun. Other people would want to try it as well.  

*Ishida died and once again accidentally started from the beginning.

I: (Letting out his frustration in weird noises.) I’m being calm. (t/n: He sounded so pissed off tho. XD)

I: Well, that is that. How was the game today? Hehehe. Let’s sleep. Well… The new stage is like this.

*Someone asked about Gaston.

I: Gaston? I’m seriously practising. When I got better… Nope, I’ll invite Gaston eventually.

I: They made quite a lot of changes in the game. Isn’t it good? Somehow, I gained my energy.

C: I want to play Splatoon with you.

I: Can you play with others? But I’m not gonna play it anytime soon. I wanna play Smash Bros with someone.

C: Haven’t you become stronger mentally?

I: My mental strength is originally like this.

*Someone asked about Heavy rain.

I: I wanna continue Heavy rain.

C: Was this a good break?

I: It was. It definitely was. I probably won’t be able to sleep after this. I might have a nightmare.

*Someone asked about Psychobreak.

I: Psychobreak looks interesting. I played a little bit of the first one. The first one caught my interest more. It looked scary.

I: I’ll let you guys know whenever I wanna play Ghosts n Goblins again. Somehow… I don’t feel relief at all. Haha. I don’t feel relief at all. I should’ve stopped after I defeated the dragon. Well, whatever. I was able to refresh myself. I can do it. Let’s be calm.

C: Will you stream the next time you play the game?

I: I’ll invite you guys through twitter if I feel like it. I wanna play Smash Bros with someone. The viewers can join me. But, I’d probably feel down if I got my ass kicked.

I: Should we sleep now? I’ll be working for a bit. I’ll cry after this rather than working. Then, please be healthy. Thank you.

Part 1

[apenapaperandadoofus]

wE NEED A VNADY, RIKA, RAY, ETC ETC WHOEVER YOU'D LIKE TO WRITE PLEASE

ALRIGHT ASK AND YOU SHALL RECIEVE

Mornings (Vanderwood, Rika, Unknown+ Alters -its alters right? Bc for some reason my brain translates it to personas and it's just- MA'AM WHAT)

Vanderwood:

While he worked at the agency he barely left with a goodbye.

He didn't want to be actually saying goodbye forever.

Instead he would give you a quick kiss and immediately leave.

When they got rid of the agency tho?

Honestly this man will not admit how much he freakin loves you.

I like to think that in his 'route' or smth MC was in really heavy danger, and he realized just how much he cares about them. Now he's not so much of a "i-its not like I like you or anythin!" Sort of relationship, but instead it'll be like "god I love this dumbass do much....dammit." He will show he loves you by cooking your favorite food, or suddenly coming up to you and hugging you while blushing like crazy.

It always depends on who's up first. If it's him he'll stay in bed with you until you wake up. Those days he will be super honest with you. That's when he lets his guard fully down, and he shows how much he adores you.

He is also a housewife. You cannot change my mind, MAKE THE V+SAERAN+VANDERWOOD HOUSE WIFE CLUB I BEG YOU-

On days you both don't have to work or do anything, he will draw up a bath for the two of you to shower together while he hugs you and kisses your forehead. He isn't one to say "you are my everything" or "I love you" or "I'm crazy for you", instead he shows it and imprints his love for you in all his kisses and all his caresses.

Rika:

(She's healthy in this of course)

She wakes you up with kisses and smooches all over your face, saying I'm a sing-song voice to wake up! You have a very busy day today!!

She will dance around the room, and help you cook breakfast.

You both help each other while dressing yourselves, with her helping tie a ribbon or tie while you caress her hair, making her giggle.

On days you don't have to do anything, if it's too late she will wake you up by muzzling her nose against yours, and then you will both lay in bed talking about work or the RFA, or things you both want to do to change the world. Those days you will both make breakfast later than usual.

Unknown:

Oh honey.

Oh boy

I don't know if I'd like waking up with him.

I mean a masochist part of me is like MMM YEAH CUTE BOI but on the other hand it's like bAbY nO

Unknown sometimes let's you sleep in.

He woke you up super early before, but after he began caring about you he realized that you're a human being and you need rest.

As soon as you wake up he will give you his usual smirk. "Good morning princess~ I was about to wake you with a kiss of you didn't get up soon~"

He will have some breakfast ready for you (and probably some elixir too, although he honestly doesn't want you to take as much -this guy, deep down really cares about you, he just shows it in very...uhm... strange ways.)

You will both eat together, with Unknown telling you your schedule for today and what evil plans you want to get done.

If not and you're both eating pescefullt then it will probably be cut short by the two of you having to go to work.

If there are days where you don't have to do anything, which...uhmm....is probably impossible, then he will keep you in bed with him for the whole morning, biting and kissing your neck, while pressing your bare body against his, not letting you go while whispering and teasing you.

Ray:

You almost never get to wake up with him :(

He will be already gone by the morning, but he will always leave you some nice breakfast and a note, attached with a flower.

"I'm really sorry I had to leave to work really early. I'd love to stay just one morning with you...to see your beautiful face as you wake up...to caress your cheeks and maybe even...kiss you...

Ah! But don't tell savior I said that! ! Work is going fine, and I don't deserve you worrying about me. I hope you enjoy the breakfast I cooked for you.

I'll see you later, my one and only love 💕

~Ray"

Suit!Saeran:

Mornings are not....normal.

You almost never get to sleep, and are woken up by a very mad Saeran.

"Who said you could fully sleep huh?? Get up princess. I'm pretty bored today, so why don't we have some fun?"

Your days are filled with either screams or yells or insults from him, especially if he had had a bad day.

Although.... sometimes... sometimes he will come up to your room, when it's really early, and come to lay beside you in bed.

Those moments he will be quiet. He won't day anything.

Although...if you listen closely you can hear him...sobbing?

Those moments, you will quietly wrap your arms around him and rub his back, or caress his hair.

It's just...gosh it's been so hard....and he can't do anything about what is happening now.

Then, a few hours later when you wake up, you will have some breakfast. He won't be anywhere around, but then you'll recieve a text message from him.

"Don't look so surprised. Eat up.

.....

Thanks for yesterday. Even if I didn't need your stupid help.

Don't expect this to repeat again, so you'd better eat everything on your plate and when I come back I expect you to be on your knees telling me how grateful you are to have such a kind master.

Then you will pay me back with something else.

SE! Saeran:

You two had moved in together when you felt Saeran was well enough mentally to finally leave his brother and his partner to start a new life with his own.

Some mornings start better than others.

There are days where he will wake up and smile at you, kissing you and then getting breakfast ready for you.

Others...well...

Sometimes though, mornings will be a bit hard. When that happens you will wake up first and make him breakfast. Sometimes you will run your hands through his hair while hugging him and whispering reassuring words.

Other days he will wake up before you and make you breakfast. He's also a bit of a house wife, since he likes keeping busy while you work.

When you don't have to do anything, then he will hold you close and bury his head on your chest, telling you he loves you, and you'll both cuddle until you get hungry and have to get breakfast!

[panychocolatito]

I'm sorry for bringing drama into our nice, peaceful side of the Internet, but I need to dump this somewhere so it gets out of my head and let's me sleep bc I just can't stop thinking about it and I’m dying here. So my english will probably be very broken, sorry, not-native speaker here and I’m not sure of what I'm gonna write yet.

This is me blabling about the whole drama with the supposedly fake run.

I'll start by saying that I'm not really trying to defend Dream on this post, I'm mostly talking about how badly a lot of people are handling this. Yeah, I'm a fan and obviously I want him to be innocent, I'm not unbiased. But if he cheated then he cheated, it would hurt but I won't deny it if it is the case. Just one little tiny detail:

Why is people basing their whole posture about this on ONE video, ONE source of information?

That is so rushed, to say the least.

It doesn’t matter how nice, rational and logic the video sounds, it's literally ONE source. JUST ONE.

Do teachers at school let their students present an essay with just ONE source?

I sure hope not.

Not only that but that one source, that youtube video, is already making corrections in the description. They - the head mod - investigated and puted this together in 2 months, but it still has errors. Yes, they said it's meaningless and it doesn’t matter for their conclusion, but are we really supposed to take this video as fully reliable when it has confirmed wrong information?

You know what half my teachers at university would said if I gave them an essay that has "meaningless" errors?

"No matter what kind of information it is, it's still wrong and it only proves to me that you didn’t give this as much though as you're saying you did".

The other half would tell me "Shut up and redo it, you lazy fuck" but that's besides the point.

This video was made with the general public (read: people not well-versed on either mc speedruning or coding) on mind. Is the general public supposed to blindly trust the relevant parts of this investigation when it has wrong information?

So people is not only assuming Dream cheated based on ONE source, but also that same source is UNRELIABLE.

No, fuck that.

Someone can take anyone's hand and gently guide them through a line of thinking. They say nice words and go from point to point, saying numbers and giving their own conclusions disguised as just another point because they're not unbiased (and I don't expect them to be, they're trying to defend their case and it'd be unfair on my part to expect anything else). They take a person from the start to the end of their ideas and that's nice because it's sounds so logical.

It doesn’t mean their right tho.

It’s like people who talk about the dangers of the - oh so terrible - dihydrogen oxide, how it has an pH higher than any other acid, it's present in a lot of bad things like acid rain or whatever and it's in vaccines too so we should get rid of those. And the damn thing is literally just water.

I'm not saying that this mod is purposely liying and hiding facts in some kind of conspiracy against Dream or anything like that.

I just think that we should at least hear what Dream, the other party on this mess, has to say before concluding anything. Because we can't base our posture on just ONE source of information. Or any other source that's literally just that same first source but with other words. What are we? Anti-vaxxers?

We should listen to all sides of the story with both an open mind and some critical thinking. Then we draw our own conclusions.

.

And, just in case, let's prepare bc I don't think this whole drama will end just with Dream's video.

Also, don't take me too seriously. I write this annoyed at the methodology some people are using to draw their - very rushed, in my opinion- conclusions, but I'm also kind of laughing bc if someone told me a year and a half ago that I could get this invested in FREAKING MC SPEEDRUNING I wouldn't have belived it at all. What has my life become? How did I get to this point?

[chaotic-trav]

Tell me about your story

U mean the novel I'm writing or my life story? Cuz I think I should probably stop myself from talking about my life story, sorry. However my novel on the other hand is smh that I will happily talk about.😌

Haha, tbf with you I haven't completely figured that shit out. But I have a good idea of what I want it to be. All the MC's are a part of the LGBTQIA+ community 😌. No one is straight...except for a few people. Otherwise everyone is gay.

For the main characters you got, Livia, Melissa, Eduard, Alexade also goes by Jamie, Rigel and Corlac the twins, Scott, Jacy, Nora...should I count Marsina? I'm counting her.

So basically, there's this magical world, where everyone with magic and powers live. However people with non magical parents do exist, and it's some people's job to find them and get them there. Some people are magical, but there can be a bit of issue finding them, so sometimes they find you when your at like your adulthood. Two of the MC's get found at twelve and have magical parents and the other two at fourteen and have non magical ones. There's a bunch of powers in this world. Like kheimokinesis which is basically winter powers, Argokinises which is firepowers, Aquakinises which is water powers, Mentokinises which means that u can literally control the whole brain, Aestakinises which is summer powers and so many more. There's also magic, which is different from powers. Magic is just the normal stuff like moving things and spells. They could do the same thing with people as powers but it would take more concentration and effort on their part then someone who can do it instinctively. In a way it's the same way for everyone, because it's harder to use some other powers than your own. Especially if it's the opposite of your own. Oh and everyone needs to know spells, to do magic, in the beginning. Overtime their magic gets stronger and they can just easily with concentration do it.

Some people just have magic and no powers. Some people have two powers and are known to be extremely powerful. Some have powers, but it's like the opposite of themselves, which is a disease. Your powers are supposed to symbolise who you are as a person, they're supposed to symbolise certain aspects of your personality. For some people they don't, they are the complete opposite of who they are. It can be just a little bit harder for them to control their powers. Just a little tho.

There are also levels for magic, up to twenty. Level one is the second highest and level twenty is the lowest. The highest is level Virvanda, and people of that level only appear once a century. Of u get lucky they come twice. There are also cursed Virvandas. Virvandas throughout history have been someone who put the greater good above everything, who were ready to do whatever that needed to be done and were supposed to not care for mercy and be a bringer of justice. Cursed Virvandas are basically people, who cared more about the people than they love than the greater good, who were merciful and always ready to give a second chance. People would have loved them if somehow they didn't end up causing the demise of so many things, and themselves. So basically people hate cursed Virvandas, because in their eyes they are a bringer of doom....more will be told in the story on why that kept happening.

There's a war going on. But it's not like this side is wrong and evil and that one is right and good war. Because dammit I'm tired of seeing those. It's basically just that. A war. Neither side is fully right and neither is fully wrong. Not gonna elaborate anymore on that.

There's this prophecy, but it's like a dark prophecy. All of the MCs in the prophecy's words are supposed to be evil. But yeah the prophecy might or might not be defied😌. Well not all of the MCs. Livia who is also Virvanda level is supposed to bring them peace but she's also cursed and loves all of the other MCs alot so she'll probably give her best into defying the prophecy.

I'm going to now go on a ramble about Livia who's most definitely not the most main and most beloved for me. ( I am so sorry about all my rambling)

She's an atheist who grew up in a toxic and mildly abusive household, she is also bi but will discover this later on. She's like I said cursed Virvanda. she's going to hate being called that and just be like fuck u I'm Livia erelans, that's my name, call me by that. she also has anxiety and will get depressed as the story goes on. Loads of trauma for her. She wants to be an author. She loves reading and is in so many fandoms. Loves cats. Always there to help out. Does not work well under pressure. Got anger issues. She's also someone who's like always trying to hide their problems. Can be a indecisive. Badass and nice as hell. Won't hesitate to call you out on your shit. Chaotic mom friend. Can sometimes do things without thinking. She is kheimokinesis. Feminist. Insecure. Self deprecating. Cares more about others than herself. Will stand up for any cause that she thinks us right. Creative as hell. Gotta learn to love herself. Just so tired and done with everything but will still get excited about stupid things. She keeps fighting for what she believes in even after going through so much trauma and gives so many second chances. Loves to daydream and the colour sky blue and the sky itself. She also loves to stragaze and listening to music. Bad at maths and drawing. I absolutely love her and she is def my favourite character to write.

Basically that's my MC for u. A beautiful human being that I love....if I ever finish that book and if u already don't hate my guts after reading all this, then you can read that and find out about the others yourself....if u feel like reading the bullshit that I will write. If u don't that's okay too. Thank u for this ask tho, it made me extremely happy🥺🥺.

[vlads-yuka]

A few Ikepri suitor theories (hc?)

So just earlier (not really anymore, since this took me a few d a y s) I was talking on discord about who among the suitors would be which type (the mom, yandere, tsundere etc) and since I wrote such a long thing about Rio, I thought I could try to do the same for the others 👉👈

I base my assumptions on translations I found of canon content (as of June 7th) as well as my own understanding of Japanese (I might be wrong about things that I claim canon, so if I do please tell me).

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Leon

So it's pretty obvious that Leon is the Ore-sama type basic black haired first guy. I honestly don't have much to say about him, his animal is the Lion, often labeled as the king of animals (how funny haha) so he's going to be very proud and probably use MC just to do his thing and that's it. It's likely he treats MC unfairly and grants you a few misogynistic comments about how useless you are if not to allow him the throne. Eventually, he'll fall in love and become at first awkward af and then probably really sweet and somewhat protective (he has a goal to achieve and his pride won't allow him to let you be hurt in front of him). He'll have some kind of sexy scene when feelings are returned and single handedly resolve whatever drama happens while swearing to protect you and make you happy once everything is over.

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Yves

Yves is really awkward. He tries to act tough like he doesn't give a damn but that's to hide that he's too clumsy to say things honestly (unless it comes to Licht). Pretending to be a tsundere, maybe his lack of luck will also come with the fact that being a bitch to everyone draws them away from you, and he's probably scared of hurting the people he cares about with his harsh words, but that's his only way to hide his "weak" self. He actually doesn't feel comfortable with a lot of people so he doesn't bother opening up. He's dense as fuck and doesn't realize that Licht DOESN'T CARE. Once you try hard enough and keep on being nice to him even though he'd expect you to hate him by now, he'll be so thrown off guard that you'll get to see his adorable stuttering messy self. He'll probably threaten you to not spill what you know about this part of him. He'll gradually sweeten and allow himself to touch more MC and he probably has the cutest laugh once he fully opens up. He's not really clingy unless he's sleeping with MC (you're not getting out of the hug until he says so) and will act selfishly from time to time because suddenly he wants a hug but doesn't want to do it in front of everyone. Note that his earring will be an important part of his past and since there's only one of it, it's either that the other is somewhere else or it's originally not an earring and was something else belonging to someone dear to him. He might break/lose it at some point in his route (since he's unlucky). After MC help him trying to fix/find it for his sake he'll grow soft and tell her how she makes him happier than ever by being her lover and he doesn't need it anymore if he has you, thanking you to have let him love you (I'm thinking about that one adorable cg in the trailer where you can't see his earring and I can't tell if it's just hidden or not) and he'll find/have it fixed soon after. He'll probably tell you that being by your side makes him feel better because he's so lucky to have you that it's almost like his usual rotten luck is meaningless (or at least that's what he'll think if he's too embarrassed to say it). He probably needs to be praised (not exaggerated or he'll sulk thinking you're making fun of him) and he'll blush into an adorable mess.

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Licht

Licht is that one suitor who thinks he doesn't need anyone (and no one needs or wants him). He's super love deprived and will say mean stuff like he's too cool for you (it's canon he's a kuudere and misanthropist) and sincerely doesn't want to have to do anything with anyone. He's the definition of a lone wolf (funny innit) and will be cold, interested and mean with MC for a good part of the beginning of his route. Now this could go two ways. Either Nokto will reveal you about his/their past (because he's that bitch but he probably cares about him) which will allow you to somewhat find your way inside his shell and let you do something he likes, which would, for once, let him show his pure and cute smile, or something will happen causing him to have to protect you (it may be a real danger, but I'd rather think it would be something not necessarily dangerous but triggering to a trauma) and he'd drop his resting bitch face. I think his case could be similar to Kenshin's. He doesn't dislike people, he just hates that he can't/couldn't protect them. His animal being the wolf, I think Licht would become very protective once in a relationship. Him being the powerful male of you two, he'd act like the leader of a bundle of wolves and protect you as you and him. By that I mean he doesn't protect you especially, he protect what the both of you are, and it's like protecting himself at the same time. I think he'd be really quite but would love nuzzling in private. He's that one prince who's icy to everyone but warm to his lover in private. In the same logic as protecting, he'd make sure that you have everything you need and I can imagine Nokto working a bit behind the scenes too to make sure Licht can open himself in a good environment with MC. I don't think Licht hates Nokto, but I definitely think he'd be mad that Nokto is popular and can keep people around him (and in that way, somewhat protect them) so I can see Nokto understanding that and plotting things so MC can help his brother regain confidence. Licht would be the type to, like wolves, have his lover stick to him all the time, but it wouldn't feel obsessive, it'd feel more natural and protective (he's definitely not a yandere imo). In terms of displays of affection, he wouldn't be too vocal about his feelings (he doesn't know much about it yet, it's not really familiar to him to let himself feel so much) and wouldn't say much in general, he's more of an action person. In public, your hands would probably be GLUED but that's about it. In private he'd definitely hug a lot more than kissing and would be the big spoon most of the time when cuddling.

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Jin

I have a feeling Jin is one of those suitors who thinks MC is too pure for him and he shouldn't stain them with however disgusting he thinks he is. I expect him to be a fun mix between Shingen and Arthur and I'm pretty sure his route will be a RIDE. He's absolutely shameless and probably touchy (it's canon he's a boob man, Clavis said it so you better believe it), but I don't think he will with MC. Since he said in his profile he wants to watch MC chose a suitor rather than get involved in becoming king, I think it's going to start by him spending gradually less time with Clavis as he spies on you. Naturally, he'll fall in love (before MC does) and understand quite fast but might take some time to acknowledge it. Something will probably happen like MC randomly tripping or facing a dangerous situation for him to come out of the shadows to protect both her body and her pureness (the type of guy to fight while telling you to not open your eyes and remove your hands from your ears until he says so). Upon you thanking him, he'll go with a bitter smile because he knows he loves it but doesn't deserve it. MC will probably try to make it up to him and so he will spend more and more time being intoxicated with love while trying to push you away. Will come a moment where something bad happens and he realizes that the only way to protect what he wants to protect is with the throne. He'd probably say some cheesy line like "I didn't intend to become the king but I guess it wouldn't be too bad to have you as my wife" and will end up accepting. He'll be a king putting the well-being of the people before his and he'll keep on saying how proud he is of you. In terms of affection, he wouldn't go overboard in public but he'd definitely say some inappropriate stuff in your ear to make you blush in front of important guests. I think he would definitely keep PDA to a minimum because you're his woman and he doesn't want anyone else to see your pleasured face. But boy once you're together between 4 walls he has no self control and doesn't care a single bit if you want to work a little more before sleeping, because you're not going to be able to anyways with him in your bed. An eagle looks like it'd be free spirited and proud so I think this is where his personality will go.

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Chevalier

The information we have on him definitely makes him one of the hardest characters to guess for me, so I'm quite unsure and I'm sorry (I love him tho). For a start, I think a good comparison would be Nobunaga, since the first impression is pretty much the same. Now Chevalier certainly isn't as shameless as Nobu when it comes to touching women (in fact, I think that in the beginning of the route he'd be treating MC with respect but lots of distance). I'm pretty sure I caught him referring to himself as a monster several times, and he's convinced that his core is filth. However, the fact that he's a monster doesn't mean he can't do anything good. The fact that he's often drenched in blood means he fights a lot and this comforts him in his own thought that he's a monster (my best guess is that he's been called so by people in his childhood because he beat some brat up or something and he just decided to stick with it because it's just more convenient than trying to explain why he did), as well as the fact that he probably doesn't smack just anyone and does so it protect his ideals (in that way, he's quite like Mitsuhide). Again, I think that, like Mitsuhide, he overall doesn't bother supporting his acts with saying why he does them, and just does what he thinks is right. Rio mentioned that Chevalier is a late riser and Sariel added that tigers are nocturnal. During night, I think he secretly does some sort of charity stuff (secretly, because it's just laughable to have a monster do charity and he wants to keep acts of light away from his name, that's associated with filth) and probably also beats up some criminals here and there. I think that this would be uncovered a night where MC can't sleep and follows Chevalier out of the castle (maybe she's curious and wants to understand him more, maybe he dropped something) and finds about it. He's not stupid and MC probably is to some extent as usual so he'll notice and will start to tell her why he does this and why he doesn't want it to be known. Following this event MC will start to think that after all he's not just a monster and will stick with him when he goes doing charity at night because you can "Do whatever, it's not my business". While spending time there with you, you'll slowly creep up on his list of things he wants to protect even if he has to stain his hands. Of course, some kind of drama will lead him to have to do it, probably in front of a large number of people and I can see him leaving his sword aside and kneeling to the enemy to protect MC from danger. There, he'll show his sweet side and his desire to see you happy more than anything. Of course, you, who already loved him, will call him out on his bs and tell him you don't want him to be hurt either and you love his beautiful smile. He'll definitely be confused at first but then will take a new breathe and save you, who became a part of him. He'll obviously still think of himself as a monster, but he knows that doesn't mean you can't love him. He won't stop fighting for his ideals, but now that he has to protect himself to protect you, he'll stop being as reckless and definitely will be thankful that you helped him access the throne to pursue his dreams (even though at first everyone told you that you should stay away from him, but you loved seeing his eyes so full whenever he was doing something good). In terms of relationship, Chevalier will be reasonably protective and will trust you to not betray him because "Only you could love a monster like me, and I won't stop loving you either" or something like that. He'll definitely be quite of a tease in private when he wants things to get heated but most of the time it'll just be fluffy with small forehead kisses, hair combing and warm hugs (he's always the big spoon and he's soo warm).

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Clavis

You heard it, the court's number one problem child is romanceable (and this is so messy wtf I literally can't decypher him at all I feel like I wrote something so wrong for him ugh I'm so sorry). He loves to stir up drama and then sit back to watch and has no shame in doing so. Since MC will, as usual, be kinda dumb and innocent, Clavis will tease her A LOT, and use her to stir up even more shit. No one at the court really likes him (COUGH Sariel COUGH) but some somewhat tolerate him, like Chevalier (but if he goes overboard he'll end him). I mean I say no one important, because he sure has a lot of women swooning over him, but I can see him being all flirty and stuff but then not doing anything because he just doesn't really care, it's for fun (lol). When he mentioned Jin's preference, I think he said that he himself was more of an ass man (he said something like leg or something iirc but bruh we all know what that entails when the other option is boobs). Clavis will propose you to mess up the king election (more like drag you into it), but I'm pretty sure that it's because he knows that something fucked up is happening or bound to happen. It seems he will pull up a Mitsuhide except he drags you into it, probably to have you by his side when shit will go down so he can protect you (since you'll trust him, i guess ?). Everything will go according to plan, except for the fact that he's starting to be fond of you, so instead of just having you into the drama and protect you from afar, he'll start to actively stick with you, which will screw up his plans. I'm honestly not too sure about what will happen but basically he realizes he can't be as carefree as usual when something so big is going on and his love interest is in the middle of it because of him and decides to tell you what is happening so you can untrust yourself to him. I think from this point onwards, you both will somewhat have understood what you feel for each other, but nothing will have been said. Hand holding will be normal, and cuddling too if the situation forces you both to stick together outside and/or hide. He figures he'll just confess properly after everything will be over and he'll get to apologize for getting you into all of this. Once it is actually over, he'll turn into a big romantic (Chevalier but cringe) to start the relationship like it deserves to and then will proceed to tease the shit out of you. Overall he'll be a Mitsuhide or Leonardo type lover in my opinion. Now HEAR ME OUT, have you ever seen a leopard walking ? It's beautiful. He knows it. I can just see him walking while somehow seductively balancing his hips sjshid imagine him crawling on bed djdbjd MY MIND IS GOING DOWN THE GUTTER. He's such a flirty seductive ass but I swear he's loyal he just wants to see your cute pouting face. He's quite blunt when it comes to PDA (that's where the fact that he's an ass man comes in handy if you see me haha I can't help it he has a thot dot) and will not hesitate to straight up make out in public if he thinks it's needed (he's not dumb sjbsix he likes to stir up shit for fun but he wouldn't do something extreme if he knew it would end up bad when there are other ways).

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Nokto

Two words: skirt-chasing liar. The man painted his nails to have them black when he does the fox/kitsune hand symbol, he's totally trying to have people distrust him. It is mentioned that Nokto's behavior is a great contrast to his past heroic acts. Linking this to what I wrote of Licht, I think he might have been praised for whatever he did and he hated it because he didn't reach his goal (like nobunaga who unites Japan but hates the fact that there are victims nonetheless). What would be the most interesting would be if it was like I hypothesized of Licht, that he couldn't protect someone in particular. In that way, there would be a contrast between Licht feeling like he can't protect anything and Nokto who can protect everything but what he really cares about. Following this logic, his womanizer personality could be explained in the way that by chasing skirts left and right he can feel like he doesn't have anyone important and protect himself from the pain of loving someone too much and the pain of losing them. Now, either the two's traumas are totally different, or it might be the same event; if so, my best guess would be their mother's death. However, Nokto being a womanizer leads me to think that it was actually a love interest that he lost. Being a good liar and trickster (kitsune things), I assume he's good at reading people and is probably very observant of his brother. If his brother even confided in him, I'm pretty sure Nokto would hide his disappointment of not having been able to protect a few people for his brother's sake. I think his route (or at least the beginning of it) would be a mix of Mitsuhide and Arthur's, being some bold flirting at first as a warning because he wants to draw pure MC away from him. I think MC would then be drawn by his caring attitude toward Licht (almost like a big brother, even though he's the 7th prince and Licht is the 6th) and would make him notice how kind he is. Nokto would probably find a way to make her uncomfortable with heavy flirting mixed up with denying but if it repeats, he'll probably just say that he wants to protect the last person he dares to care about. MC would probably see pain and sadness in his gaze and choice of words and kind of like Arthur's route, she'd be drawn to this vulnerable caring side of him and understand the flirting is only a part of Nokto. Drama will happen, and Nokto will have a breakdown, because he got attached to MC and is convinced he won't be able to protect her. It's likely he tries to push you away even more to make you mad and break his own heart before he has to see you die before his eyes too. Due to this bring a heavy and very bottled up trauma, he will be looking very distressed and MC will rather try to soothe him. I do think Nokto might be crying at this moment (the other one I have in mind would be Yves) and both will realize their feelings at this very moment. However Nokto still won't think he can protect you, but maybe Licht would think something like "I can't protect anything by myself but I can help my brother protect what he cares for" and help him, which would easy Nokto into the idea of having to fight. It's also possible Clavis and Chevalier join in, but I'm not too sure about that. In terms of relationship, Nokto would be a super touchy fluffy lover, liking to feel your chest move in rythm with your breath against his chest while hugging you tightly reminds him that you're alive and that he could protect you and he always will no matter how many times he has to. Like Licht, he would be very protective, but he won't become too obsessive if you soothe him back enough and prove him that you won't break in his palm (the fact that he becomes king also helps since you can have personal royal guards). He's a bit more into PDA than his brother and won't mind resting his hand on your hip in public, but your cute facial expressions are for his own pleasure only~

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Luke

So Luke is the big brother one (but only for MC) and apparently he's lazy. Like a bear, he's huge but you can bet he would spoon you For his lazy traits, I think it might just be his personality, but I do think his doting comes from his past. A guess would be that he was very fond of his little sister but lost her to another man for arranged marriage. I don't know where or when Ikepri happens but arrange marriage can be planned very early, and this would explain his hate/disinterest for official affairs and his doting (it's like he would try to see his little sister in MC while treating her as such) and the fact that he tries to drag her out of official affairs as well. Like mentioned in his profile, his eyes sometimes look somewhat dark and dull, so I assume this could be when he thinks back about his past. I wouldn't go as far as saying he's a yandere, but he'll definitely try to drag her away from court life (not especially people, not especially violently, he'd just try to not lose her). It's sad, but you will probably get sis-zoned for a nice long time before he realizes that 1. he can't force you to do something you don't want to and 2. he doesn't just love you as a sister. Maybe this realization will make him want to become king with you to not lose you, or maybe he will be needing a little something else to be pushed to do so. In terms of relationship, he'll be doting and have remnants of big brother behavior but he'll finish his light scolding sessions with a big fluffy hug. Jokes on you if you wanted to spoon him. For PDA, I think he'd be pretty much just like hand holding and head pats/hair ruffling.

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Sariel

Sariel is known in the court as the "Devil". I would say his role is a mix of Giles (midcind) and Mitsuhide. As the profile says, his past, identify etc is quite of a mystery so I wouldn't get too much into this. Now Sariel expects MC in his profile to kind of suck up to him and do as he pleases while she finds a new king. Whether Sariel is loyal to the princess (you) and the crown or not will determine whether he's simply a shady suitor or the villain of most of the other routes if not all of them (William things hehe). He'll obviously be EXTREMELY shady and will make it very clear that it's best you stay away from what his job entails. However MC will find a way, consciously or not, to get involved way too much in Sariel's affairs (Mitsuhide things haha, he radiates the energy of other chaotic shady suitors only) and he will have to first of all scold her a ton shit and secondly a find a way to get her out of his business. They will probably struggle together their way out of an important job of his and MC will most likely have a good impact on the overall outcome but he'll mostly scold you for getting on the brink of death thanks to what he'll consider a foolish move. As a relationship, once king, I don't think Sariel would go any further than formal hand holding, arm holding and back of the hand kisses. I have a feeling that in private he wouldn't be the touchiest either (I mean he's busy with his shady stuff) but he would definitely pull you into his lap without asking and I could see him stroking your hair while your head rest on his shoulder until he finishes work before carrying you to bed, whether you're asleep or not.

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Rio

Rio IS the yandere and it's 100% canon I'm not accepting critiques on this (someone saying "Look only at me, you only have to think about me" screams yandere already, not to talk about my obsession consisting of comparing him with Toneri of Yuroma) and I honestly think it's soooo cool that the yandere is a butler I love it. ANYWAYS. Rio lost his memory 3 years ago (he was already your butler back then) which means his memories only consist of serving you. That said, you're literally his world, his only friend and his master. I think Rio would be scared not only to forget about everything again and see (I assume) you sad again and forget all your smiles he saw for 3 years (I definitely think he's one of those suitors that love you right off the batch but give you the liberty to be happy with whoever), but also lose you as easily as he lost him memories. If he lost you to someone else, either he'd be forced to watch you be happy with another man, or be left behind. As a loyal dog, he would totally hate the later. Now being your love interest's butler is extremely convenient as a yandere. If he doesn't want you to get out of your room he just has to give you some sort of somniferous stuff or lock you in saying you're sick and "My Lady does not wish to receive anyone in her quarters". Butlers not only attend to their master's wishes (he does say that granting your selfish wishes is also his job), but also are their first connection to the outer world. If your butler doesn't come with you outside, he'll at least be there to see you off and the first person waiting for your return. Now I don't know what entails the secret behind his memory loss at all so I'll leave it as it is. I don't think Rio will be as brutal as Toma from Amnesia or anything (Sariel is watching too) and will probably try to convince you that you need to stay in for a while and that he'll look out for you (bonus points if something bad actually happens). I'm actually not sure to what extent Rio would go. Would he harm others ? Just keep them away ? I don't know, but a dog sure knows how to bite to protect its owner. The route will probably follow the classic yandere schematic: everything is fine, he gets really obsessive, you try to push him away, he gets hurt, you explain him that you love him too but you can't stay locked in forever, he eventually chills. As a king, I think he'd take some time to stop being there for his Mistress' every needs but he definitely would in private, he just wouldn't want to embarrass you in public. For PDA, he would also not be too touchy, sticking to basic butler extent touchy, but he'd be extremely cuddly in private, trying to hook up as much time as possible from you. He'd give a lot of little pecks and smol kisses everywhere on your face and neck until you stop working so he can pull you on the bed in his arms for a slower making out session.

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THAT'S IT

That took me quite a while, phew ! Sorry if there typos and sorry for the huge length inconsistency !

If you have something to add, especially regarding the ones I didn't write as much, please do say so in comments or in my messages and if it adds something to the analysis (and if you're okay with it) I'll add it with credits !

I'm so excited for Ikepri I hope to be able to play soon but for now it's 3am haha

[tsubaki3192]

250+ Follower HCs! Spending Time With Their Kids [Nobunaga, Kenshin, Yukimura

Requested by: @nad-zeta​

Aww Thank you so much Love! <3 

Yuki added on her request! :3

Warnings: .... YUki’s became crack I’m so sorry... so I’m putting that at the beginning lol

Tags underneath cut! Let me know if you wanna be (un)tagged! :3

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Yukimura:

a…. Girl?

Hmm… I dunno. Haven’t put much thought into this one. But it’d be funny if his child was a girl.

He… Doesn’t know how to react to his baby girl.

Maybe it’s bc he has no idea how to treat her, but when she’s a baby, he does talk and interact with her more

Okay, let’s timeskip to the future and your daughter is now…. 7.

Yukimura probably has a tendency to avoid girls other than MC, and I think that also goes with his daughter… Not because he doesn’t like her, but because he has no idea how to care for her.

She grows up with a ton of toys… But….

QUESTION WHY ‘Daddy won’t spend time with me’

YOU’RE LIVID- Tbh, I would smack him for that and Shingen or Sasuke wouldn’t even be able to hold her back, and Kenshin would be impressed….

He does end up spending time with her tho.

It’s awkward at first

And then he opens up, even if he’s grumbling about the messy makeup and mess at the end of the day.

It’s not surprising that since Yuki wasn’t in her life, she usually goes to Shingen for help bc he’s been so open

Yuki actually cries at that, but only with you… there was this one time she actually caught him crying, so she started crying and it became this mess of “Stop crying” “no u-”

They bond pretty quickly after that lol

LOts of outings and helping Yuki to sell goods :3

Any piggy backs

Yes.

Lots of piggy backs

He has become so cute wtf

Kenshin: 

A boy…. then a girl... I think.

So I stan an overprotective father here for his daughter, in the very least.

That’s not because his son is ‘too weak’- It’s the fact that culturally and in that time period, he’s supposed to be the stronger one.

Kenshin teaches him the art of sword-fighting from the age of 5, but soon realises that he’s much more into Senbon and, well… Flowery stuff. It’s good, in a way, since his son has quite the feminine face shape and your eyes. It’s a very good thing, actually. He’d make a successful ninja- 

So that’s what he becomes, xD 

Together with Sasuke, Kenshin trains him in the art of ninja skills. It’s significantly more interesting to him, maybe because you’ve told him random stories you’ve read from your time. 

There’s fluff time too- You pretty much bring all the warlords together and teach them how to sew. Yuki too, because Shingen and you have told him it’s the exact same thing as sewing a wound and practice is good.

Kenshin’s baby girl is a complete treat to the whole family.

You know she’s bound to be spoiled in the same way as you- With probably twice as much gifts as he gives you, and his special fatherly-love.

“I hope you remember she’s a baby, Kenshin… No stop- A dagger isn’t suitable for a baby-”

So it’s a lot of cooing, playing with toys given to her by both Shingen and Kenshin and cuddles… 

YES CUDDLES ARE EVERYTHING-

Ironically or not, the boy also becomes protective of his mother and his younger sister, no matter how young he is. He’s spent quite a bit of time with Kenshin, after all.

Ngl, but I think when the girl is older, she’s not gonna like the over-protectiveness. So expect a lot of ninja work by her brother, joined by Sasuke bc Kenshin doesn’t trust everyone to be safe xD

She still, notices them tho….

*Cue scolding by Daughter bc of of irritation*

MC does nothing to help bc they honestly deserved it xD

Nobunaga: 

A son… I mean what did you expect?

So Nobunaga and his son are the most endearingly domineering… pair?

I mean your son’s personality stems directly from Nobunaga, despite having your looks and that does make you wonder why, since you spend the most time with him.

Nobunaga’s probably the busiest man on Earth. So when he does find time to spend with his son, they’re the most mischievous pair. You’re not even surprised when Masamune joins in one day, with Mitsuhide just chucking away at the sight.

Hideyoshi doesn’t even try when they get to this messy point, and to be fair neither do you. If you stopped them, they’d casually rope you into the mess.

You’ve long learnt to leave them be when they’re like this.

You pretty much take over the castle when they’re playing- Can’t have the castle’s structure falling apart because of a handful of idiots, right?

Hideyoshi still hasn’t learnt his lesson, it seems-

The two of them are always thieving konpeito from the kitchens and screwing around the castle in the most ridiculous ways.

You swore they had somehow once gotten hold of some black paint (or was that charcoal?), only to end up fully covered in the colour…

You only found out after nearly giving Nobunaga a back massage- His back was COVERED in the pigment. Obviously, your son had dropped a handful and some down his clothes and back.

Honestly? You just sighed at their antics and dragged him by the ear to the bathhouse. And you can’t even say anything when he drags you in, fully clothed.

When Nobunaga does spend time with his son, the adrenaline and joy just lasts until the following morning when he’s slept it off. It’s very different from the type of adrenaline from war- Less stress and fear, and more joy and… out of control actions.

So expect an extremely hyper Nobunaga when you both retire to your bedroom…

Mitsuhide: 

A girl. I don’t budge. … Okay, maybe a baby boy in the future, but for now? Just a baby girl.

So Mitsuhide’s one of those ‘I-never-expected-to-be-this-happy’ or ‘I-never-expected-to-one-day-have-a-family-of-my-own’ warlords.

So when you announce you were having a baby, he just… freezes. Like one of those signature ‘holy-crap-what’ freezes. 

He’s so silent you swore you broke him. But when you reach out to press a hand against his cheek, he turns, presses a deep, loving kiss to your palm. He’s exceptionally gentle with you now as he draws you to his chest, thanking you for every miracle you’ve given him.

So I also headcannon that Mitsuhide’s the epitome of practicality y’all… Like he’s so busy he doesn’t have time for anything he deems ‘useless’... or will he buy things that will never be used.

So expect some gender-neutral toys and tiny clothes for your young one, even before she’s born.

Did I mention he’s also quite protective of you? That doubles or triples when he finds out you’re pregnant. And again, when he finds out it’s a girl after birth.

Literally. It has to be either him or Kyubei with you and the ‘little one’. AT ALL TIMES.

Mitsuhide’s the only one he’ll allow to care for the your- and his- daughter when you’re busy with something. On occasion, it’s Kyubei, but it does mean that he and his daughter must be in the same room.

More than often, this ends up with Mitsuhide being W E A K for his daughter’s laugh and dropping his work- That can always be finished later, after all.

Dress up. Make up. Toys. Games. Anything. Mitsuhide would literally kill for some time with his daughter.

When she was younger, Mitsuhide used to cradle her against his chest, whispering sweet stories or singing to her as she giggled from the vibration of his low voice.

Now that she’s older, he spends his time with her carefully. Teaching her with gentle teasing- Something she’s become accustomed to 

NGL, but Kyubei ends up being her ‘older brother’ figure when she grows up.

The look on Mitsuhide’s face when she says she wants to marry Kyubei is gold.

Just don’t let Masamune hear okay?

Tagging: @tsuki-no-usagiii​ @unstoppablelinda​ @zavannahmj​ @nad-zeta​ @thesirenwashere​ @ikemenmitsuhide​ @choi-jiyu​ @nuttytani​

[neotriohp]

Hi! I just read her info and Devon seems like a really cool MC, but I was wondering something. Why did she learn ASL, was it her idea or a parental figure or did a relative who knew ASL teach her or something? And does she eventually learn BSL after moving to England? How does she feel about the language barrier when she runs into members of the deaf community who use BSL or ISL? Sorry for all the questions. I just love SLs and am eager to read more about that part of her character! 💛

Oh my GOD hajshdjdjf can I just say you do not need to apologize for all the questions cuz this is the first anon ask I’ve ever gotten!!!! I’m screaming!!! For the first part I kind of thought that both her and her parents would have sought out a teacher and all learn it so they could communicate the best they could. Being muggles they would have just found a muggle expert ahdkdhjd. I did like the idea of drawing her doing asl which is why I made her learn it ahdkdhdj Ngl. (Haven’t draw it yet tho!) Um but also I just figured it would be better than her writing things down. And I think her character would make her not want to try to speak? I know I would have a hard time regulating volume if I was deaf 😂. I also think that her parents learning sign would help her out a lot so that she won’t have to constantly be trying to read lips because there can be room for error.

The next questions im gonna admit that I didn’t know that there was other forms of sign language which should have been clear to me with the word AMERICAN sign language 😂😂😂 rip me. But I guess I should probably go back and edit it to be BSL then? Or does France have one too? I should research that oops. Or is asl used even in Britain?? Like I wonder which is predominant 🤔. And if she did run into someone with a different SL she would make sure to take the time to maybe learn a bit of theirs so they could communicate easily. She might find it frustrating trying to get her point across but she would work hard to make sure they both understood each other! Thank you for the questions SO MUCHHHH they really helped me point out a few flaws I can fix that I never thought of!!!! 💕 hope my answers were ok and coherent lmao

[flute-fields]

Ooh nooo I did put animal crossing! I feel so dumb now I meant harvest moon. Sorry about that!

that’s fine! considering your mom wants one for her DS, i’m going to list the DS games available for Harvest Moon and offer my two cents on them since the DS games are the ones i have the most experience with lol so you’re in luck

to add another note, keep in mind that Harvest Moon has rebranded as Story of Seasons, so SoS is the same HM we all know and love; Natsume took the Harvest Moon title and released a bunch of horrible games to catch peoples’ interest with the familiar title, so the title shifts in this list. i only used the name Harvest Moon when discussing the games out of familiarity/force of habit; later on down this list, the title changes. i’m also adding the 3DS games.

i’ll link you to the games as well so you can go over them yourself/she can check them out herself to see what she’d prefer. i wrote a lot but not nearly enough to cover the controls/functions/story line/overall goal/townspeople in each game.

1) Harvest Moon DS/Harvest Moon DS Cute. considering one of your mom’s favorite HM games are AnWL, i think she’ll like this the best; the game is set in Forget-Me-Not-Valley with a huge amount of characters from AnWL! in DS, you can only play as Jack/Pete. in DS Cute, you can choose to play as either Claire or Pony/Jill. DS/DS Cute is probably one of my favorite title games because it’s so similar to AWL/AnWL, so i think she’d really enjoy this one. i don’t have much to say on the story/goal of the game since it’s basically AWL/AnWL for a DS. out of all the games i go over here, i think she’ll like this one the best.

2) Harvest Moon: Island of Happiness/Harvest Moon: Sunshine Islands. these two are very similar to Tree of Tranquility/Animal Parade because they’re essentially the same game with major differences. in IoH, the player character is washed up on a new island during a horrible shipwreck after a violent storm/lightning strike and sea and never makes whatever their original destination was; those who survived the crash make a new life on the island they washed up on (it sounds bleak but i promise it’s not).

however, in SI, the MC sails to SI for a new life and all of the villagers have an established life there. the two games have different goals and slightly tweaked characters, but are functionally relatively the same, with SI adding in more marriage candidates. this series is also one of my favorites, but one thing to add is that the art is very chibi-fied. not sure if your mom will mind it, but it kind of bugged me at times. i personally prefer SI.

3) Harvest Moon: Grand Bazaar. this was one of my first HM games, and it’s very cute and charming; the art, however, is more cutesy than the previous titles, so at times it kind of feels like everyone is a baby lol. the game is a little different from usual - there’s no shipping bin, because the goal is to sell everything you produce at a bazaar that’s held once a week (or at a shop in town if you don’t want to wait that long). you don’t mine in this game either, since you buy ore in shops or find them in rocks during winter. overall, it’s a cute game, but maybe not the most memorable? i remember enjoying it a lot, but i can’t remember that much about it. >_> it’s one of the more cutesy games as opposed to the little bits of realism/somberness in AWL/AnWL

i’m skipping Puzzle de Harvest Moon/Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming because neither of them are farming simulators, they’re puzzle/matching games

4) Harvest Moon: Tale of Two Towns. one of my favorite games! you play as a farmer starting in one of two towns situated on either side of a mountain, with a blocked tunnel connecting them. your goal is to bring the two towns together again through cooking festivals, which will unblock the tunnel; until then, you travel between the towns by climbing the mountain, which is great for foraging but eats up some time in your day. one town is focused on farming crops, the other is focused on farming livestock; you can do both in either town, but your farm will be devoted more to main export of either town. for example, in Konohana has a lot of fields for crops and a small barn. it’s the opposite in Bluebell.

your residency in one town isn’t permanent, though; i think at the end of every season you can choose if you want to move to the other town and you can keep doing that indefinitely. another addition to the game is dating, where you go on dates with marriage candidates rather than just leveling hearts and proposing! it brings a tiny bit more realism into the romance lol. this game is available for 3DS as well.

5) the Rune Factory games. i haven’t played a lot of RF (only 4 lol ._.) but they’re all titled as fantasy Harvest Moons, meaning you have a farm and farming is a major focus, but there’s also magic and elves and fighting monsters in dungeons to get good loot! RF title games for the DS are Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon, Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon, and Rune Factory 3: A Fantasy Harvest Moon. Rune Factory 4 is a 3DS title and the only one i’ve played but i liked it a lot and intend to play the other titles!

i don’t have too much to say on the series since i haven’t played a lot, but i really enjoyed RF4! the games are much more story driven than Harvest Moon, which i found really fun since it felt like i had more of a goal than just “farm for the town”. i will add though that i loved all of the bachelorettes(minus Amber)/bachelors up until gearing toward proposing, because a lot of their Marriage Events suddenly had like...weird stuff? i won’t spoil anything but suddenly things like possessiveness/jealousy/weird unhealthy relationship stuff came up and i was like WHOA WHAT WHERE IS THIS COMING FROM O_O because it was all SO drastically different from everything else up to that point. i didn’t romance any of the bachelors but it was there for the bachelorettes so idk if it’s the same.

there are more HM games, but these next ones are for 3DS. i’m not sure if your mom has a 3DS (i know u said DS but i call my 3DS a DS all the time so idk if it’s the same thing for you or not >_>), so i’m adding these next titles because i’m on a roll, but keep that in mind! i will also add that, with your mom’s preference in her favorite games, she’d probably enjoy the games i listed above waaaaaay more than these next ones, since that’s how i feel too.

1) Harvest Moon 3D: A New Beginning. this is the title where things feel... very different. i didn’t really enjoy it that much, if i’m being honest, because it brought in a weird focus away from farming where you reorganize the town and build new buildings and stuff. it felt a lot like the sims, minus making characters. this is the first title where you can customize the player character though! which i love! since your mom’s favorite games are AnWL and Animal Parade and MY favorite games are AnWL and Animal Parade and i didn’t enjoy this game much, she probably won’t either. the tutorial stage is also really, REALLY, horrifically long -- it stretches over a week in-game time of just basically doing nothing. most of the characters are REAL charming though imo, and they lose the cutesy chibi art which i was really happy about. the art and characters made me stick through the gameplay since i enjoyed them. they also brought in older characters and renewed their designs; i loooooved Witch Princess and Amir in this game so much i was so stoked to unlock them. but overall yeah one of my least favorite titles in the series since it brought so much focus away from farming to me and while characters/romance are nice, a huge draw TO the HM games is the farming

2) Story of Seasons. first game to be hit with the rebrand from Harvest Moon! any game after this was released (FEB 27 2014 in Japan) with the title of Harvest Moon is NOT Harvest Moon anymore! it’s Natsume up to their dirty tricks of using a great brand and stealing the name to release bad games.

anyway, SoS was... pleasant! i enjoyed it. it didn’t stick with me like the older games, though. but i loooved the art and the town, and the villagers were charming. you compete with other farmers in town for certain fields located in different places, all of which are best suited for certain kinds of crops. i liked the rival aspect, but it is very different from older HM titles. you can also select the difficulty to play in either Veteran mode or Seedling mode; i recommend Seedling mode, both because prices aren’t as high and because HM (to me) is a game to relax and have fun farming, and Veteran mode is just stressful.

3) Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns. i love this one. (well, for the most part). this is the first game that introduces your family! you start off as a young adult still living at home with your mother, father, and younger sister, and decide to move out and become a farmer. your father is furious at this idea but you are eventually set to live in the same town as your Uncle Frank, who is a farmer, to measure your farming ability. if by the end of three years, you haven’t proven to your father than you have what it takes to be a farmer, you’re leaving the town forever. the bleakness reminded me a lot of AnWL, for some reason; i loved the aspect of your father being strict and hard on you since it felt a little bit more somber than the super cute, super peppy titles in the series of recent years.

that’s where the bleakness ends, tho. i will say that, despite loving this game and the characters, i really, REALLY hate the three-town system. you start off on your farm to three crossroads that lead to three different towns that all unlock by summer in your first year. and yes, it’s fun! the different towns yield different crops and resources. but it doesn’t feel at all like Harvest Moon to me. it feels way bigger and with way more things to do. it also makes days a LOT longer, since you run from all of the towns to complete errands in part-time jobs. it needs more of your focus than other games. i haven’t finished the game yet, and while i love it, i love it separately from other HM titles. it doesn’t hook me in the way the older titles did, which i think is because of the modernity of it with three different towns and being bigger and and having such consistently bright colors as opposed to one small town and muted color scheme of, for example, AWL. it feels, like ANB, very different from the vibe Harvest Moon usually gives you. idk how to describe it. i feel like this game exists in a separate niche.

i like how your family feels more real in it, though; they periodically send you letters and visit you. it really feels like you had a life before coming to the town(s), rather than starting off as a blank slate at the beginning of the game.

anyway i hope that helped! lmk if you need any clarification or want to go over other things or want any other recommendations. i hope ur mom finds a game she likes! ^_^

[kira-fluff]

could you do a request with MC having tons of beautiful tattoos all over her (like her stomach, arms, thighs, and hands) with RFA?

Sorry this is such a looooong wait!! I’ve been meaning to get back into writing. Anyways here you go anon! P.S. I also added a little surprise at the end ;) 

Yoosung 

-Yoosung would be very surprised at first

 -Like

-“WHOAA that’s SuPeR CooL”

-You’d grin as you show him the tattoos coating almost every inch of your body

-Won’t stop talking about how you like one of his favorite video game characters

-Often asks you to cosplay

-And if you’re up for it, then you’d go quite often to Cons and LARPs with Yoosung

-And get lots of compliments

-But not just about your tattoos ;)

-You laugh it off and thank them with a smile

-Until you turn and see a little pout on Yoosung’s face

-You bite back a smile

-“What’s wrong, Yoosung?”

-He’d continue to pout until you pester him a bit longer

-He finally gives in eventually, despite his stubborn personality

-Because you’re you.

-And Yoosung can never say no to you

-He’d slowly make out the words to tell you

-“…I just don’t like all those guys looking at you…”

-You bit you lip to keep you from laughing

-“Yoosung…I’m cosplaying..they’re supposed to look at me”

-“WELL NOT LIKE THAT!!”

-“Like what?”

-“Like you’re some,,,some sNaCK!”

-Oh?

-You have failed, you’re bursting out laughing

-“Y/N it’s not funny! Seriously!!” he’d cry out in frustration

-But you’re laughing at his jealousy

-Because…

-Does he not realize you’re already his?

Zen

-So as you all know

-Zen used to be the “baddest boy”

-…..sure Zen….

-When he meets you and sees all the tattoos decorating your arms as well as you neck and legs

-“..You know, Y/N, I used to have a friend that had a ton of tattoos too”

-Thinks it makes you the edgiest thing ever

-Brags about you ALL THE TIME in the RFA chat rooms

-“JUST LOOK AT HOW GORGEOUS SHE IS”

-“Zen. Its 3am. Go to sleep.”

-“Shut up trust fund”

-Lowkey thinks you have a dark past

-“Zen stop i’m not that edgy”

-Always begging you to wear his leather jackets

-The Edgiest Couple?™

-Nope

-Smooth rides on his motorcycle

-“Zen were you in a gang”

-“WHAT NO WHO DO YOU THINK I AM?!”

-“A mafia boss”

-“….really?”

-Despite all your tattoos he still treats you like a princess

-As he should

-In fact, he calls you a princess all the time

-“Princess, wanna go on a ride?”

-CONSTANTLY COMPLIMENTING YOUR TATTOOS

-As well as your face, hair, body, etc.

-Ok pretty much all aspects of …you

-Sometimes he’ll trace the designs of your tattoos

-He’s just in awe at the beautiful art that is you

Jaehee

-Not judgemental at all

-Jaehee is the type to believe that the choices you make in life are your own decisions and shouldn’t be judged

-She finds many of the tattoos to be really pretty!

-Scolds those who try to embarass you in public that say your tattoos are “too much”

-Honestly in general she’s very respectful of people’s lifestyles as long as it’s not affecting their health

-At first she may be a little surprised

-But she knows it doesn’t matter :)

-Jaehee is also very supportive of you (really about anything in life)

-Somewhat similar to Zen she’d compliment the artistry of the tattoos

-Jaehee likes to appreciate the small things as well

-So she’d give very heartfelt compliments about you as well

-And when you come to her crying one day because, yet again, your relatives all went off on their rants of how you are “going to regret your foolish decisions later”

-Jaehee consoles you telling you that their opinions have no value

-That you shouldn’t listen to them as they obviously don’t understand that this is your decision and therefore your choice

-Obviously she’s also the mom friend so she’s always checking up on you when you aren’t with her

-Because she loves you

-And nothing will change that

Jumin

-If I’m being honest he might be a bit less supportive :/

-“Y/N I do not see why this would be ethical nor why it is necessary”

-“Jumin, I didn’t do this because it was necessary, I decorated my body because I wanted to. You have your way and I have my way.”

-That shut him up

-But he’d also be worried because “how are you going to be able to get an MRI if you get hurt”

-That’s mainly his concern

-He’s not really one to say that you “will regret your decision later” because he believes that you can do whatever you want

-He just doesn’t understand the reason why

-And as I said earlier, his concern for you.

-But after a short time of convincing, he’d give into you.

-He always does.

-But also because you got pretty upset

-And he of course felt horrible

-He’d try to apologise with gifts but after seeing you reject them all he’d realize that all you ever wanted was his acceptance

-And so with no hesitation he would run up to you and hug you whispering of how he was wrong, as well as the beauty that you are

—And then it’s all in the past

-Eventually he’ll probably get a tattoo of Elizabeth III because CatDads.com said it is the utmost display of love to your cat

-(You’ll find out later this website was made by Seven as a payback prank for all the trouble Jumin caused you)

-Also he would of course get a tattoo of your name in Chinese

-Reporters would go crazy with outlandish headlines

-“IS JUMIN HAN GOING THROUGH A PHASE?!”

-“JUMIN HAN SEEN GOING ROGUE AFTER DATING NEW GIRL”

-“WHAT IS THIS PHENOMENON?!”

-All you and Jumin did was laugh at the headlines, going about your lives

-Unless someone publicly offended you

-Then Jumin would definitely bite back

-Almost arrested someone

-“Jumin stop”

-“Mr. Kim. Send support to coordinates…”

-“JUMIN OH MY GOD”

-“Y/N i’m not making the same mistake again”

-He still feels bad about it..

-“Jumin it’s ok. All is forgiven”

-You still find it endearing that he cares this much for you though

Saeyoung/Seven

-Lots of laughter

-He’d known for a while but when he first saw you in person he was still laughing

-Not at you but at the parallel from the way you talk in the chat rooms compared to real life

-Calls you the edgelord

-Also lowkey wants to get matching tattoos with you

-Sometimes he’d mess around with you kissing your neck but saying “I was just kissing your tattoos lolol”

-Lots of tattoo memes?? Like where did he even find these??

-Turns out he made them himself

-Also since he’s such a considerate person he’d look for clothes that compliment your tattoos

-Well….anything looks beautiful on you so…

-He also really likes when you wear a swimsuit because he gets to see (almost) every inch of your body, and all the art displayed on it

-Sometimes he’ll draw little designs or cats on unmarked parts of your skin

-Calls you his “work of art”

-Among other things

-He also spams the chat room with cute pictures of you and your tattoos

-Like Zen, a LOT of bragging to the other RFA members  

-“Seven we’ve heard enoughh stop hogging the chat”

-Uses the “is this allowed” meme/vine unironically whenever you get another tattoo

-He’s only joking tho

-Sees anyone with a tattoo and asks if its your sibling or long-lost cousin

-“No seven no”

-knows you’re a bad bitch

-Yet he still likes to be you Defender 707!

BONUS!

Saeran/Unknown

-“You’re just like me”

-Really likes your tattoos

-People in public are a little intimidated by this PowEr CouPle

-All the swirls and designs don’t go unnoticed by others either

-He kinda glares at them if he seems anyone checking you out

-Lets just say they go away with their tail in between their legs

-He always compliments your tattoos as well

-I mean seriously

-“Y/N. You’re so beautiful.”

-Just like Seven he’d want to get a matching tattoo

-He’d always blush when he’d wonder where else you might have tattoos

-He’s a bean ok

-But also he can’t stop thinking about it

-He’d bite his lip

-When you finally ask and he tells you, you’d laugh

-You lift up your shirt to show your stomach is also completely decorated with tattoos as well

-He’d blush an even deeper red cuz the boy is too pure

-But he’d grab your arm, pulling you toward him before kissing you softly

-Because you’re a masterpiece

Wowww ok so I’m really sorry for our inactivity but I’m baack ! I love you guys! Keep sending requests in! 

-Elly 

[zigsexual]

Empiricals (maxwell x mc)

hey hi hello!!!! it’s me your friendly neighborhood thirsty gurl back with maxwell fic because like, do i need an explanation 

summary: this is a continuation of my last fic, hypotheticals (u can read it if u want that would be so nice!!! i think it’ll still make sense otherwise tho), which has wobbly roots in the real timeline BUT basically this is the day after beaumont bash feat. brunch, croquet, holding hands, whiskey, olivia??????, kisses

word count: 3300+

(also my MC’s last name is Aldridge so that’s what i used here)

Riley can’t stop thinking about it. 

For the entirety of the party, she had stood there thinking about it: about the way his hands felt on her skin, the way he laughed as he helped her with her dress, the blush of his cheeks as he smiled at her with his hair all tousled from her fingers.

The rest of it had been a daze; a half-dream coated in glazed over memories of stolen kisses, making it near impossible to keep up appearances as she stammered through conversations with Liam and Drake and the other girls.

She’s got no idea how she’ll be able to handle it all over again today.

There’s a knock at her door, but she’s barely just sat up in bed and doesn’t feel like answering. The comforter is still pulled up around her like a cocoon, her hair knotted in what used to be a bun. She blinks. “Yeah?”

The door slides open, and Maxwell pokes his head in. “Riley?”

“Yeah?” she says again, biting into her bottom lip. He steps into the room, closing the door behind him, and she notices that he doesn’t look entirely done up himself, which is a first. His hair is still a little disheveled and he looks soft, fresh from sleep in the same way she is.

He pads over to her bed and sits down close at her side, turning to face her. It’s so reminiscent of the last time they were on a bed together that she feels her face redden, not that it seems to give him any pause.

“So,” he says, “I’ve got good news and bad news.”

Riley blinks at him again.

“You’re supposed to, you know,” Maxwell rubs at the back of his neck, “tell me which one you want to hear first?”

“Great.” Riley leans back into her pillow, closing her eyes with a grimace. “Okay, bad news. Hit me.”

Maxwell sighs. “Well, the bad news is that Liam wanted to have a little get together before the rest of the festivities kick off today, so he arranged to have an enormously elaborate brunch this morning as a surprise to the suitors and it’s here in my dining room and also Liam is here in my dining room, too.”

Riley sits up immediately, eyes wide. “What? He’s here, right now?”

Maxwell nods, and she presses her palms to her face, dragging them down her cheeks in frustration. “Fuck. Okay. What’s the good news?”

“Good news is that Drake managed to intercept him before he could really go to town, and now Drake and I are coming to the brunch too! It’s a friends-and-suitors brunch.”

Riley stares at him. “Excuse me, how is that good news? That’s even worse news. That’s literally worse than the original bad news.”

“It’s not that bad.”

Riley groans and pulls her comforter over her head, trying to block out the reality of her life. Brunch — elaborate, royal brunch — with all three of the men currently in love with her. And all of the courtly ladies who want her gone. Awesome. Great. A fine example of the shitshow this trip to Cordonia has turned out to be.

There’s a rustle in the bed, a flurry of sheets, and then Maxwell’s head pops up and he is there too, under the comforter with her, inches away in the filtered light. She sits back on her hands and looks at him.

“I’ll be there,” he says quietly.

“That’s the worst part,” she replies. Because three guys in love with her? She can handle that. Certainly not ideal, but manageable.

The problem is the one that she is in love with. The one under the comforter.

Riley leans forward and kisses him, needy and soft, and he lets his hand come up to touch her cheek, and at the feel of his skin she presses forward just a little too hard and tumbles against him in a mess of crisp white bedding.

Maxwell gazes up from underneath her with a sheepish smile, and she lets out a ragged breath before propping herself up on her elbows. “Sorry.”

“Don’t be,” he says. “Just… you need to get dressed. For brunch.”

Riley smiles back. “You wanna help me?”

“God, no,” Maxwell rolls his eyes and sits up, pushing the tangle of sheets and blankets off of them as his feet touch back to the floor. “Sounds like the worst.”

“The worst,” Riley is still smiling, even as she watches him head back towards her door. “See you at brunch.”

“See you at brunch!” he calls back, and when he shuts the door, Riley collapses back onto the bed and kicks her feet into the air.

 —

“Do you want some cantaloupe?” Liam asks, holding out a bowl of fruit in her direction. “We had it imported so it would be ripe. Do you like cantaloupe? I didn’t know if it was a big thing in America, but—“

“Liam,” Olivia sighs loudly from her place across the table, “everyone has cantaloupe.”

“It’s okay,” Riley says, taking the bowl from him before Olivia has more of a chance to go off. “I love cantaloupe.”

Liam smiles at her, dazzling and smitten and terribly cute, and she feels her resolve waver. The brunch has been a so-far-so-good scenario, but any more of Liam’s doting and she might just crumble into dust.

Anyone would be so lucky to have him. Anyone but her.

Next to Liam, Drake is silent and sullen (or, more so than usual). He keeps avoiding eye contact with Riley, which is probably for the best, given that they still haven’t spoken about that time when he showed up and promptly confessed his affection for her before vanishing back out into the night.

Thankfully, Maxwell seems to be pretty much his usual self, carrying on the conversation with Liam even as Riley stuffs her mouth full of eggs (and cantaloupe) in an attempt to speak as little as possible. Sometimes his arm brushes against hers as he brandishes his fork for anecdotal punctuation, and she feels her heart warm.

The other girls have been chattering amongst themselves, occasionally filtering in on the conversation in an attempt to draw Liam’s attention. Olivia and Madeline are the only two making any real progress, and are perhaps the only two really trying, as the rest seem to have resigned themselves to their fate. Riley wishes Hana were sitting closer to her, so at least she could have someone to ground her, to be a constant.

As it stands, Liam had asked if she would sit near him at the head of the table, and of course she’d said yes, and of course Drake and Maxwell had followed suit, and now of course here she is, wanting to die again.

She takes a sip of her mimosa. It’s not really mimosa, more champagne with an afterthought of orange, but it’s exactly what she needs right now.

“I didn’t realize you’d pulled out all the stops for the party,” Liam comments, looking over at Maxwell. “I mean, the chocolate fountain, the horses, the ice sculptures… there really wasn’t a need to do that for me.” He pauses, glancing over at Riley with a smile. “Well, I shouldn’t take all the credit. Riley wasn’t at a loss either.”

“Hmm?” Riley chews through a mouthful of toast, eager to change the subject away from herself.

“Your new dress,” Liam says. “It was so you, and so you to debut it in the middle of an event, too. I think everyone else was jealous they hadn’t thought of it.”

Riley swallows. “Right. My new dress.”

Her mind flashes back to the day before, arguing with Maxwell while she stood in his room in only her underwear, hands thrown up in exasperation because why didn’t they have any dresses in this whole goddamn estate didn’t women ever visit like look a bachelor pad is one thing but a mansion?

Maxwell had crossed his arms and complained in a huff that it wasn’t just like girls were waltzing into his bedroom every other day and ripping their dresses so why should this even be his fault when clearly she was the one with the faulty clothing.

In the end, she wore one of his shirts as a dress and knotted a belt at the waist. It practically screamed ‘we just fucked in a back room’ (which was, unfortunately, not the case), but for some reason it passed off as chic. The timeless LBD and all that, praise the lord.

Maxwell coughs.

“Aldridge, ever the fashionista,” Drake rolls his eyes. “Thank god she’s got Maxwell to help her.”

“Don’t be rude,” Maxwell says sweetly, “You’re wearing double denim right now.”

Olivia has been watching Riley during this exchange, a bemused expression on her face. She glances between Drake and Maxwell, then says, “Right, the t-shirt dress.”

She takes a bite of omelet and chews for what seems like an eternity before speaking again. “Cute.”

When she smiles, it lacks all the comfort of warmth.

Riley focuses back in on her food, hoping that whatever god is out there, he will be a merciful one and let her go peacefully in her sleep tonight. They won’t even have to spare an expense for her funeral; they can just use the same flowers from the party. An ideal situation, really.

It’s only a moment later when she feels Maxwell’s hand brush against her knee. At first she thinks maybe it’s an accident, glancing over at him to find he’s still laughing with Liam. But then when she reaches down her own hand, his fingers find hers and intertwine together too quickly for it to be coincidence.

She feels a gentle warmth rise within her and pulls her bottom lip between her teeth, barely suppressing a smile. Next to her, Maxwell is talking as though he doesn’t have a care in the world, as if this brunch is merely a formality and not a terribly intimate moment hidden beneath stained wood and tablecloth. She watches him, wishing.

Maxwell looks over at her, catching her in the act of her admiration. There’s a blush spreading up her face now, and she squeezes his hand, her smile finally breaking free. He squeezes back, smiling at her too, and for a moment she feels alight with anticipation. Something flutters in her chest, too delicate to name.

“What?” Olivia says, breaking the spell. She’s looking at them with one eyebrow raised. “You two talking shit over there?”

Maxwell snaps his attention over to Olivia. “Riley had egg on her face.”

“Thanks,” Riley mutters, just as Olivia replies, “When does she not?”

So things continue as they do: Liam is kind, Olivia is loud, Drake is sarcastic and Madeleine is cunning. Hana knows all the finer points of dining etiquette, Penelope is fussed over her poodles, and god knows what language Kiara is speaking. It’s not a surprise, really — after all her events with this group, Riley knows the drill.

And yet, the break from normalcy, the one piece out of place in this delicately crafted puzzle: her hand, holding his.

—

The cleanup is easy and swift; when you’ve got an armada of household staff, things tend to go quickly. Riley almost wishes she could have a moment to stand in the kitchen, hands wet with soapy water, and clean off a dish. Just a moment to do something routine, to clear her head.

Yeah, she misses dishwashing. It’s been quite the day.

They’re outside on the lawn now, playing croquet. The sort of thing noble people do, apparently, when there aren’t enough horses around to play polo. Liam’s met his match with Olivia, who won’t even let a prince win, and the other girls are doing their best to keep up.

Riley is sitting this round out, hiding in the shade of the balcony. She can already feel the sunburn on her shoulders, and besides, it’s getting too hard to play along with coronation chatter again.

“What’re you thinking about?” Maxwell says, sidling up next to her. She jumps, surprised, and he laughs, leaning forward against the railing with her.

“I thought you were inside with Drake,” she says, folding her arms up next to his and looking out over the lawn. Hana is laughing at something Kiara has said, and Madeleine has a hand on Liam’s shoulder.

“I was,” Maxwell replies, “But he’s been… extra Drake-ish, lately. Probably something to do with his mad crush on one of the suitors.”

Riley groans and closes her eyes. “Don’t remind me. I’m trying not to think about my love life right now.”

“You might be the only one,” Maxwell looks out at the lawn too, his brow furrowed. “Seems like it’s all there is to think about these days.”

Riley straightens up. “Can we just… go do something? Something normal? Is there anything inside to clean or arrange or like, take down? I just…” She sighs. “I don’t know, all this stuff is messing with my head.”

Maxwell glances back at the doorway. “I mean, Liam brought his people, so there’s really not much to do in there. But I’m sure we could find something boring.”

“Boring sounds great,” Riley answers. “Let’s go be boring.”

Unfortunately, it only takes one thorough sweep of the Beaumont estate to recognize its veritable lack of household chores whatsoever. Riley realizes Maxwell wasn’t kidding about Liam’s ���people,” who have gone as quickly as they came and left not a speck of dust in their wake. The place looks too perfect, just like the prince is too perfect and the palace is too perfect. Perhaps she has made a grievous error in thinking that seeking out boredom would be the answer to all this.

“What do you think I should do about Drake?” she asks Maxwell on their third meandering round through the house. “Should I talk to him, or will that make it weird?”

“The real question is, what should any of us do about Drake?”

“I’m serious.” Riley stops in front of him, grabbing his arm. “What do I tell him? And, frankly, what do I tell Liam for that matter?”

Maxwell tilts his head slightly, surveying her. “What do you want to tell them?”

Riley lets out an exasperated sigh. “You can’t answer a question with a question. It doesn’t help.”

“Well, maybe I’m serious,” he says. “What do you want to tell them, Riley?”

She doesn’t even think before she kisses him, pulling him to her and pressing up on her toes just a bit, messy and chaotic and too fast, just like everything they do. His hands find her hair and she tightens her grip on his arm, willing him to be closer, wanting him to be nearer.

When he pulls away she lets out a tiny sigh.

“Riley,” he says, “we’re in the hallway.”

“I know,” she says. “But what if we weren’t?”

“Well,” Maxwell answers, “We don’t have to be.”

It takes them less than a minute to find a door, and Maxwell says, “It’s the study, no one ever goes in here,” and Riley is already pushing him back against it as the lock clicks and her lips find their way back to his. They’re frantic all over again, like every minute could be the last one, like they’re running on borrowed time.

Or maybe it’s just the adrenaline of it all: the way his hands trace her collarbone while she shrugs off her dress, the tremble of her fingertips as she undoes the buttons on his shirt, the whisper of kisses against exposed skin. The fluttery feeling has returned, threatening to overtake her this time.

She pulls back. “Max.”

“Mhmm?”

“Do you think…” She hesitates. “Do you think Liam would understand, if I… if I told him how I feel and, maybe if we—”

“Riley,” Maxwell sighs, pushing back his hair with a hand, “You shouldn’t talk like that.”

“Why not?” She reaches for his hand, threading their fingers together. “I think we’re already there.”

He kisses her forehead, and she closes her eyes for a moment, breathing him in.

“Look,” he says, “It’s not that I don’t… that I don’t think those things, about… about you. I do, all the time, and after yesterday, I’m just not sure how to explain…”

She kisses him, her free hand cradling his cheek, murmuring against his mouth, “It’s okay, we don’t have to talk about it right now.”

It’s Maxwell who pulls back this time.

“No, you were right, we should talk about it,” He purses his lips, looking down at the ground, then back to her face. “It’s just that—”

Suddenly, he freezes. “Oh shit.”

Maxwell is staring over her shoulder, eyes too wide. And she knows, already, she knows, but she yanks up her dress and turns anyway, just to confirm.

Drake is standing there, behind the desk, an empty glass in one hand and his expression twisted in shock.

For a moment, no one says anything.

Finally, Drake manages a weak “you could’ve knocked.”

“I thought you said no one ever goes in the study,” Riley hisses, crossing her arms tight over her chest.

“Um.” Maxwell blinks. “I forgot that Drake sometimes goes in the study.”

Drake waves, expression still dumbfounded. “Hey. Drake. In the god damn study, right now.”

“Why didn’t you say anything?” Riley stares at him. “You’ve been in here the whole time and you couldn’t — I don’t know — cough for courtesy?”

“Well, when I heard the door open I figured it was just some random court hookup,” Drake says, “Not… you. So forgive me for being a little speechless.”

“At least you don’t have to tell him anything now,” Maxwell whispers to Riley. She glares.

“Jesus,” Drake folds his hands behind his head, pacing along the line of bookshelves. “Okay. Okay.”

“Drake,” Riley starts to say, “wait—“

“Nope.” He holds out a hand. “Put your clothes on, I’m not having this conversation with both of you looking like the first half of a low budget porno.”

“Low budget?” Maxwell scoffs.

Riley pulls her arms back through her sleeves, then steps forward tenuously.

“Listen,” she begins, “Drake, we can explain—“

“You’re a ‘we’ now?” He shakes his head. “Aldridge, seriously? This is like, more than a one time thing?”

“Technically,” Maxwell says, “It’s been a no-time-thing, what with the inhabitants of this house and their constant disregard for privacy.”

“How many times do I need to reiterate that I was in the fucking study first?” Drake lets out a frustrated sound, then pauses, narrowing his eyes at Maxwell. “Is this why you made that double denim comment at brunch?”

Maxwell looks at him incredulously. “What? No. I made that double denim comment because you were literally wearing double denim at a royal function.”

Drake frowns. “It’s coming back in style.”

“Good god—okay,” Riley shakes her head. “First of all, no, double denim is never coming back in style, and second,” she holds up her hand, “Let me just say that this is not ever how I wanted to start this conversation with you, Drake, but we’re going to talk now. I promise. I’ll explain everything.”

“No shit,” Drake sighs. “Well, the coronation is tomorrow, so you better get started.” He slumps down into the desk chair and looks at his empty glass. “Something tells me this is going to call for a lot more whiskey.”

[canon-rivamika]

EPISODE 28 DRAMA PART 2 - Q&A

Part 1: Did Isayama have any say in this?

I’ve exhausted my salt supply because of the Season 2 cour drama already, (the one thing WIT Studio couldn’t have fucked up but did it anyway...) so I tried to be positive in my replies!

Anonymous said:

I m deceived of how they made the rivamika scene :( 

I feel you, anon! But honestly, after almost being scared to death while watching the raw stream because someone whose stream was ahead said they’d skipped the carriage scene again (@suniuz​ I’M LOOKING AT YOU LOL), I’m just relieved they did not skip that scene entirely.

@noatchka​​​ said:

I watched the 3rd episode of season 2, and Levi didnt say 'dont make a mistake', or something to Mikasa, but Towards Eren. I like that tho xD 

Nevermind, i saw your post xD 

Despite popular opinion, I also don’t really mind, as long as they do justice to Mikasa’s character development during the Uprising Arc, whenever it airs. Apparently they changed Levi’s scolding to be directed at Eren because of the butterfly effect that came with radically changing season 1′s last episode (rage mode Eren). 

Pros: Changing Levi’s dialogue to “I dunno why you’re so attached to him, but protect him at all costs” made him seem just jealous of Mikasa and Eren, and that’s it. In the manga at least he had an excuse for what he said - he was concerned about Mikasa AND her performance. Rivamika feels!

Cons: Mikasa not being scolded takes away from her flaws and makes her character more dependent on Eren, and less on Levi (which is actually what happens in later chapters). Cue “Mikasa is a Mary-sue” and “Mikasa is just shipping fodder” comments. Plus, Levi’s scolding is one of the catalysts for almost her entire character development in the Uprising Arc, and that’s what I like best about Rivamika - Levi is the one that helps her mature in that arc.

It’s also bad for Eren’s character. While they removed his “I’ll know exactly who to point all this anger at...” line, they added his rage mode to episode 25, and now Levi’s scolding on top of it makes Eren seem even angrier and more out of control. We know he’s going to snap later this season because of Reiner and Bertholdt anyway, so what’s the point...? At this rate I don’t understand what they’re trying to get at with Eren’s character anymore.

Anonymous said:

I feel like the rivamika carriage scene got really trivialised.... my only consolation was seeing Levi's face literally soften specifically for Mikasa when he gave her orders 

In the manga, while we can’t see Levi’s face when he talks to Armin, we can suppose he keeps the same expression when he’s speaking to Mikasa.

Notice above how his expression doesn’t change at all when he scolds Mikasa, after asking her why she’s so attached to Eren. In this episode, however, Levi’s expression is stern towards Armin, becomes softer towards Mikasa and turns even harsher towards Eren, because of his scolding!

That’s a big deal and something I’m eternally grateful to the anime for!

Anonymous said:

As time passes by I find myself even more disappointed and salty about how the carriage scene was handled. Mainly because of how Mikasa's character is portrayed in the anime and how all the anime-only viewers I know see her and I quote " she is a generic MC centered character with no actual purpose other than fighting and following the MC around. She lacks all the depth and development of other characters and as it is for a supposed main her presence feels insignificant " and to my dismay I can't defend her since The anime adaption does portray her that way with all the changes in season 1 and I can't reference the manga in our discussions. I'm honestly worried about her character going forward.........( two part ask. I guess having more than a 100 people bash one of your favorites while you watch helplessly does that. I'm mostly venting but I'd love to know your opinion on this if you don't mind. )

Yes, unfortunately. See the pros and cons I wrote about above. We can’t do anything right now except be patient and wait and see if they fix it this season or next (which is more likely because... Ackermans).

Anonymous said:

With these drastic changes in the latest episode (which I was looking forward to so much) it is likely that EreMika and EreRi (NOTE: I have nothing against this 2 ship whatsoever) will gain tons of fans, it just saddens me RivaMika don't even get much screen time and then the studio will just change it like that, and to top it all they had ruined Mikasa's character development. We won't even get the "How's your leg part"... Is that too much to ask?? Do they really need to do that? 

I don’t think it was all that bad for the Rivamika ship relatively speaking. But which ship gets more fans because of that scene should not be the main concern here, it’s Mikasa, Levi and Eren’s character development!

As for the “how’s your leg” moment from chapter 53: Hold on, we don’t know if they’re going to cut that scene from season 3 just because of what they did to episode 28! Some time ago I even talked about how they might tie Mikasa’s missing monologue from episode 25 to that scene when it airs in season 3. Who knows, maybe Levi will scold Mikasa differently, in other circumstances!

It makes sense to postpone that part of Mikasa’s character development to season 3 since the Uprising arc is much more about these two (Levi and Mikasa) than the Clash of the Titans arc. But it doesn’t look good for Mikasa’s character in this arc - it takes away the balance that Isayama gave her from Levi’s scolding.

Anonymous said:

Hi! I know that you talked about the change in the last espisode, but I feel that they took away what Isayama himself put through several chapters: that feeling of curiosity towards Mikasa. They also eliminated the guilt of her, because first the dialogue of "the strongest man of humanity is injured because of me" was removed. And now the one of "protects to Eren but controlate" which just referred to that occasion of the fight with the woman Titán. (1/2) 

I would not be surprised if they removed the part where mikasa asks for his leg if they animate the bow of insurrection. The only thing I rescued from that moment in the anime, was that in fact Levi did not even scold Mikasa, instead to Eren himself and made him rather annoying. Sorry if my English is with google translate xD (2/2)

As I said above, let’s wait and see if they include these moments this season or next. Since they emphasized his leg’s injury with the added dialogue from last episode, I think chances are low that they’ll cut the “how’s your leg” scene from season 3.

@dark-als​ replied to your post “EPISODE 28”

I get that they are adapting things to fit with season 1 ending but I must admit I'm disappointed with how they handled this scene. I always viewed this scene as an important character development moment for Mikasa where she acknowledges her mistakes and takes responsibility for them. Yet they completely downplayed the moment ... I really hope this doesn't become a trend with other important scenes

I also hope this doesn’t become a trend, but let’s just wait. They can’t ignore this aspect of her character for too long because of the Uprising Arc. 

I’m still hopeful that they won’t cut the “is your leg okay” scene from chapter 53. In my opinion, the anime’s biggest fuck up was making Levi, despite his injury, use the 3DMG to stop Eren from eating Annie. But they included this line to last episode’s dialogue to remind everyone that he’s still injured and to explain why he’s not actively fighting in the Clash of the Titans arc. So you see, if they fixed their blunder with Levi’s character, there’s still hope they can fix the one with Mikasa’s.

@suniuz  replied to your post “EPISODE 28”

I was a little bit disappointed but maybe this means Levi doesn't want to blame Mikasa in front of everyone else? (Idk I'm just trying to make myself feel less salty but yeah Mikasa taking responsibility for her own mistake is so important :'(

Maybe it is. But it’s the second time the anime skips over that matter (Mikasa’s blunder versus the Female Titan). While from a Rivamika shipper’s point of view that might be great since Levi seems less harsh on Mikasa (even less than he usually is, considering how lenient he was to her during the Uprising Arc!), I really hope that means they’re just postponing these scenes to season 3 so the context is easier for anime-only watchers to understand.

Lastly, I’m going to quote Isayama, because here’s a friendly reminder that he’s genuinely worried about her character development:

Isayama: Mikasa’s growth probably involves separation from Eren. By separation, I mean she might be able to return to that ordinary girl that she used to be in childhood…… I read some interesting thoughts from readers on the internet. People would say male mangaka have a tendency to reject the notion of “fate.“ On the contrary, female mangaka draw works that approve “fate.” You meet your Mr./Ms. Right, you say “This is fate!”, and you accept that the trajectory of your life is already predestined. People who interfere with that and seem to affect your serene life are portrayed as villains. Of course, I am not speaking of all mangaka, but with my mentality as a male mangaka, I think it is pitiful if Mikasa’s life is only about staying together with Eren. However to Mikasa, it is a wonderful thing to be with Eren forever. Combining what I’ve said, if I were to draw the separation of Eren and Mikasa, I feel like my portrayal likely won’t be satisfactory for readers, because Mikasa would have to endure the strain of being stuck between Eren and Armin...

If he allowed these changes there must be a very good reason, and we’ll only know it when this season ends or maybe when next season airs.

[looveel-realm]

2, 24 and 43 for the OC ask? 💖

Aaaah I’m a potato, I queued this post and forgot I wouldn’t have internet ! >_

Answers for this OC ask 

2. Do you have a personal favourite among your OCs?

okay that one is really reeeeally hard because all my OCs are my children even the ugly or evil ones and I love them all equally. BUT but

THEM (idk why tumblr won’t let me add the pic)

Tish is really easy to draw and I love her for that, she’s also probably the OC that is the most like me ? And Saoma is just ♥ she’s so far my most complete character I think (with Tish) probably because they’re both MC from my most recent project. Also I just really like how they interact with each others ? They have many flaws and had a bad start, but they always try their hardest and learn to live with their flaws or change them for the people they care about. And I think that what it means to grow up.

Now Cynbel ! Cynbel haha, I really love this character (even tho he’s a pain in the ass to draw) because half the time he’s just a big fat joke. He’s from my sci-fi story and basically when I created him I was like “hey what if I drew a womanizer that was scared of woman ? “ So basically he’s this big flirt who flirt with every remotely female looking aliens but just scream and go hide when his partner Kanede (who is a character that I absolutely love too but a very human woman too ) is around. Which is really awful for mission and explain why they’re three in the team and not two like it’s the norm. But working on this team dynamic is really fun and here too, I really enjoy Cynbel and Kanede relationship. I also really like Cynbel as a character, he’s interesting.

But I really like all my OCs in the end, I could write a freaking essay for each one and explain why I love them.

24. If you could meet one OC of yours, who would it be and why?

… Probably no one. No seriously, I mean it, half of my OCs probably want my death (understandably so ) I’m not sure I want to jinx it.

But hey, I probably could have a fun party with my OCs from Linked and I’ll also probably have a good time with Loann (very old drawing of Loann because I don’t draw her that much ) because she’s a real cinnamon roll and she seems very fluffy and soft and I wanna take a nap on her. i just want to meet them all and give them hugs but they probably don’t want to meet me Q.Q

43. Do you have any certain type when you create your OCs? Do you tend to favour some certain traits or looks? It’s time to confess

honestly ? Yes. I mean we all do (if not we would have to be kind of schizo) because all of my OCs are a part of me. Even if I try my hardest to make them very different, they’re always a part of them based on me, and sometimes one character and another have similarities because of that.

Tho now I try my hardest to diversify my OCs, my oldest OCs were very “shojo manga” inspired with all the cliché chara design that goes with it (blonde girl with long hair, very white or asian characters, etc ). And even now, sometimes I have a chara design in mind for a character, then I start drawing an other character with the design I had in mind and I’m like “fuck. They could be brother and sister”

That’s why I’m starting to re-design some of my oldest character (Cynbel is a good example. He was at the start a very blonde and very white character. You’re usual good-looking boy. Now he has real backstory and the design that goes with it, and it’s better. )

I also had a tendency to create strong woman and soft boys (that can be badass, but still very soft ) and that’s something that I’m starting to change (Like Tommy, for Linked, was a very soft boy when I created him when I was 16. I twisted his personality a little since then.