#RIP Calibri

[river-taxbird]

I noticed recently the default font in Microsoft Office has changed to Aptos from Calibri. I decided to do a test and they seem to look pretty much the same in terms of design, but Aptos takes up more space. Either the person who developed it's eyes are going, or they want you to be able to do less when you get a "Write 3 pages" assignment.

I even found an article that Microsoft put out about the process of developing five new fonts and picking the best one for the new default. IDK why I am even sharing this. It is something that distracted me when preparing for my exams so now you have to hear about it too.

RIP Calibri, you served us well from the death of Times New Roman in the late 2000s to now.

[darkscaleswriter]

palinoia for the director's cut asks? 👀

(ask for a director’s cut on any of my fics!)

omg I haven't re-read Palinoia in years, when I opened my doc for it I got slapped in the face by times new roman bc this is from before i switched to writing in calibri instead lmfao. anyway time loop fic!! i had a lot of fun experimenting with style in this one, trying to capture the low-grade horror of being trapped in time and dying again and again and again. not sure i totally succeeded, but i liked writing it at least!! i'm especially proud of the bit that's a series of vignettes that descend into repeated "reset, reset, reset" lines, i think that part really conveyed what i wanted it to. it's still satisfying to read again after 6-ish years :D

(continued under the cut)

shadow link is so fun to write, he's a classic antagonist turned antihero type character and i love it. i also have a huge soft spot for him bc loz four swords was one of my first fandoms and is probably my oldest one at this point, so he's an og blorbo for me haha. (clenches fist) someday I will treat myself and get physical copies of the manga. someday…

at any rate, i'm re-reading palinoia and kind of laughing at myself about how the key to shadow breaking out of the timeloop was just. teamwork makes the dream work, lol. including using items from past Heroes bc i like the idea of items from previous games still hanging around odd corners of hyrule. i don't think i planned it that way but it's extremely in line with the themes i tend to write ^.^'

and zelda gets to join in! past me even left a helpful note on the doc explaining that zelda gets to be there bc instead of sending that dark cloud thing to take her like in the manga, ganon got distracted by vaati being vacuumed and wasn't able to stop the links from breaking her out. i am also now realizing that i never explained what happened to vaati beyond "vacuumed into a giant gust jar" and if i had plans for that, I didn't write them down. so… i guess he just lives there, now? maybe the links go back and smash the mirror after shadow's fully revived as his own being without being tied to it? maybe the jar was sealed away to become the next hero of courage's problem??

if I was going to rewrite this fic, i think it would be interesting to add a section where shadow gets desperate and tries to recruit vaati. maybe there would be 2 villain turned antihero characters surviving to the end…? or vaati is too power-hungry to go for it and betrays shadow at the last second, if he doesn't refuse and/or kill shadow outright for being a traitor. i think the last minute betrayal version would be a good loop to lead into a deleted scene where shadow straight up just hides in the dark mirror for a loop and refuses to engage, up until the links make it to the tower and are like "hey tf is this giant mirror and should we break it or something"

that deleted scene never got finished, i'm guessing bc it was leading up to shadow letting the links smash the mirror without ever revealing that he was inside (rip). based when where i was in life when i wrote this fic, i probably wasn't in a headspace to get quite that dark. i think there's a difference between considering your death an acceptable sacrifice in a fight to prevent a supervillain from taking over the kingdom and not caring about your death happening bc depression, y'know?

there's another deleted scene where shadow has a much more dramatic death that involves him fighting vaati in single combat himself, and ending the fight by chucking a bomb at the dark mirror to kill them both. i think that was vaguely what the final loop was supposed to be before the gust jar idea, and there was a whole bit with vio where vio is extra upset as shadow is dying in his arms bc shadow promised earlier not to kill vaati via the mirror. whoops, he lied! he went after vaati on purpose and planned that from the start! what a normal and mentally stable thing to do, shadow.

that ending was cut more because it ended up too close to canon, i'm pretty sure, and i wanted the final loop to be something more unique. shadow needed to do something different than his original ending to break out of the loop, so the full canon divergence had to happen.

shadow still died very briefly at the end of the final loop, when zelda had him throw a bomb full of triforce light at ganon, but at that point the goddesses were like "okay we'll call that having learned your lesson" and brought him back quickly enough that nobody realized he was gone. potentially including himself! i'm not sure that shadow ever consciously realized it was the goddesses farore, nayru, and din that put him in the time loop, but after it ended, he was just glad to be done with it and decided not to ask too many questions that could potentially make them change their minds haha.

re: the goddesses, i think the reason they took an interest in shadow to begin with (self-sacrificial death for the four sword heroes aside) is because shadow was created using the power of the triforce. he's one of theirs, sort of, at a sideways angle to how link and zelda and ganon are. close enough for them to meddle with, and idk maybe din was being extra salty at this incarnation of ganon for creating an entire sentient person and then treating him Like That. rip ganon for annoying his triforce piece's patron goddess, lol.

shadow was created from the dark mirror using the triforce of power as wielded by ganon, and my general headcanon is that shadow link literally did not exist until the events of the four swords manga when he is born from the dark mirror. he doesn't have link's memories, but he knows link's personality and remembers feelings/impressions/etc. and, since shadow was created with the triforce of power, he carries of sliver of it with him in a similar way to how each of the links carries pieces of the triforce of courage. part of the reason he's drawn to the links is because like calls to like. shadow was made in part from the triforce of power, but in the image of the bearer of the triforce of courage. the only part he's missing is wisdom, but at the end of his final loop, he does get caught in the blast of zelda's triforce power bomb, so… :3c

at the end of the fic, when shadow notes that he has the triforce on his hand, i left it deliberately vague about whether that was actually the full triforce or not. i don't remember if i had a clear answer in my head for this, but i suspect he shares pieces with the other links and zelda, bc i like the idea of them being all connected like that. regardless, what triforce piece(s) he has are what allowed him to sever his connection to the dark mirror and hang out in the sunlight without burning up like a vampire. he takes a lot of catnaps in sunbeams now that he doesn't have to worry about that haha.

anyway thank you so much for asking about Palinoia, it was really fun to go back and remember how much i enjoyed writing it. and i'm SUPER flattered that you read my fic to begin with!! i am so in love with your god of war time travel au, it lives rent-free in my head at any given moment.

thank you again!!! :D

[ladytauria]

1, 7, 19, and 32 for the ask game please! ❤️❤️

aaah i forgot i hadn't answered this! i thought i had, whoops ^^;

i'm pretty sure these are from the weird asks for writers 🤔 so hopefully im right, lmao

1: What font do you write in? Do you actually care or is that just the default setting?

I use Crimson Pro; it's a free font I found on Google Fonts, lmao. However, I tend to cycle through fonts. One will capture my attention for a while and then I'll change it again. I do tend to prefer serif fonts at the moment, but I also had a phase where I wrote in nothing but Calibri!

That said, if I can't use my preferred font for whatever reason, I don't mind using either the default font or the closest one I can find in their offerings. The most important thing to me is generally paragraph spacing; I don't like trying to write with a wall of text, and I also don't like having to hit enter twice because I don't enjoy cleaning that up when I go to paste anywhere dfghjkl

7: What is your deepest joy about writing?

I looove when I come up with a satisfying turn of phrase or metaphor! Or just... playing with words in general; puzzling out how to describe things or how someone would phrase what I want them to say. This is also what I sometimes find the most difficult & exasperating too, though xD

19: Tell me a story about your writing journey. When did you start? Why did you start? Were there bumps along the way? Where are you now and where are you going?

I've been writing since I was small. I remember using construction paper to make a picture book about a dog who---if I remember right?---became a superhero, lol. I also remember using a previous year's calendar to create a picture book as well; trying to find a narrative to string through the pictures they used for each month. (It was a horse calendar, if you're curious.)

I don't have either of those anymore, but.

However, I would say that my writing journey actually started when I was 10-11. My parents had set-up a family/kids computer in the living room, and I basically lived on it dfghjkl I started writing my first book. It wasn't great and the concept was ripped off from the Inheritance Cycle since I was obsessed with it at the time. The second was a little more original xD

Mm... And then a couple years later I was working on something different and decided to look for a place to post it. I found FanFiction.Net, which wasn't really the right place, but it DID get me started writing fic. And THEN after a few years of that I decided to seriously focus on original fiction again, because it's always been my dream to publish, lol.

Where am I now... I'm very happy with my writing voice. I can read over my stuff and only cringe at the occasional typo or wonky phrase, which is really nice. I'm still working toward getting published... in theory. I've been putting off revising/refining/rewriting my first draft, lmao.

32: What is a line from a poem/novel/fanfic that you return to from time and time again? How did you find it? What does it mean to you?

This is a hard one to answer 🤔 While I do tend to find phrases and such that I like, I don't know that I return to them specifically a lot. It's more a whole body of work dfghjk

Hmm...

Oh! Okay. So, I used to read a lot of fanfic for the anime Ghost Hunt. And there's this one fic, Beneath the Lilac Tree, which has a scene in it that I just ADORE. Two brothers, twins, are eating dinner together at a hotel and as they're conversing, they---switch plates? Offer the other food off their plate? It's been a while and I don't remember the specific action BUT it stuck with me? And I think about it all the time. It struck me as just this lovely moment of familiarity and intimacy, and I remember coming back to that fic and rereading it a lot, in part for that scene xD

Thank you so much for asking!!

[the-mjolnir-owner]

For the mun: What do u suppose was the font they used for thr "rip loki" tattoo lol. Idk why but Loki's name looked almost rune like. Idk or its just Calibri

It was totally Korg who tattooed Thor, so, the font is his bad handwriting. I think he tried and failed to make something aesthetically pleasing. Thor liked it anyway.

[tastycitrus]

dawn warrior after cygnus returns dropped

[transmasc-wizard]

AND IT WAS FUN

just finished making a whole ass presentation about the Titanic and presenting it to nico. it went so in depth that he is now educated in the dimensions of the life boats and the exact temperature of the water when it sank. 

[runawaymun]

1, 4, 13, 17 for the writing asks! 💙

writing ask meme

1. What font do you write in? Do you actually care or is that just the default setting?

I used to write exclusively in Calibri but now I prefer either Arial or Georgia. I find them easier to read. If I’m struggling with my work or editing I will change the font. Usually to comic sans.

4. What’s a word that makes you go absolutely feral?

ok so this isn’t one word but I am genuinely obsessed with combined words (i’m forgetting the literary term right now) from old (read: old english, icelandic, or ancient greek) poetry. Wine-dark. Whale-path. God-cursed. Mindgrief & bloodgrief. Treasure-child. Death-shadow. Sea-swirl. Hngggg g they make me go feral. 

Like??

Around their mask-helmets  golden boar-heads    beamed to the sun flashed a war-gleam       on fire-hardened steel signaled their weapons.       They walked strong-stepping crested the sea-wall       till they saw the glinting of that timber-strong hall     trimmed bright with gold tall horn-gables      towering in the sun high to the heavens     Hrothgar’s gift-house its light shone forth       over land and sea

Does this make you lose your mind or are you normal? 

13. What is a subject matter that is incredibly difficult for you write about? What is easy?

Emotionally, there isn’t a lot that bothers me tbh. I like the exploration. But in terms of things that I just sort of muddle my way through and feels like trudging through sludge: action sequences, politics/intrigue, and time jumps. I have such a hard time with these and they always take me forever to dissect and get through. 

I also struggle a lot with writing any kind of genderfluid, enby, or trans characters purely because while I’m bi-leaning-pan I’m very cis and I a) do not understand the experience from a personal level and b) am terrified of getting it wrong. This means I don’t have good representation in my work and that really bothers me. 

Slow-burn romance, trauma recovery, gothic horror, eldritch horror, and sci fi/fantasy worldbuilding descriptions come out of me like water though. Also character’s interior thoughts. I have to edit out a lot of naval-gazing.

17. Talk to me about the minutiae of your current WIP. Tell me about the lore, the history, the detail, the things that won’t make it in the text.

There’s a lot here that I could talk about but one thing i’M SO MAD that I didn’t remember to work in anywhere is Thalionel and Elrían’s relationship with animals. 

In their background experience, dogs are scary & will rip your face off and constantly were used as a weapon against them. Horses are off-limits unless specifically you’re sat on a horse. They do not actually know how to ride and wouldn’t think to ask, and also wouldn’t really feel comfortable with riding-- it would take some getting used to. There are a lot of ingrained mental blocks there because that’s not for them. That’s for real people. 

Dogs especially I wish I could explore more. Imladris fam are big on having dogs (Elrond’s hounds are descendants of Huan). So I know at some point the kids were introduced and had to become accustomed to having a dog around and having it be Fine. This is not Fine at first. There’s a lot of initial panic and fear there. The Eotheod hounds chase, hunt, and are socialized to be aggressive (especially with thralls).

So anyway I might have to go back and write a couple of oneshots because a) Elrond with animals makes me melt and b) i’m very mad that I didn’t find the time to explore this. It happened sometime during the first fic because I know that by the end of it the kids are pretty used to Elrond’s dogs being everywhere around the house. 

[fnafsbheadcanon]

Why this is funny is because customers assume calibri is a lost child, that is, until he calls el chip dad in front of them, then they just mind their own business. Oh, and also, el chip tried the hot sauce with Monty but that didn't end well

Rip Monty's mouth you live a good life.

[kaiowut99]

Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters GX Episodes 65 and 66 Subbed (Finalized)

(Check out my Subbed!GX Stream Masterpost!)

Hell Kaiser Ryou! Chimeratech Overdragon

Since his defeat to Ed in the Pro Leagues, the life in Kaiser Ryou has faded.  But at the invitation of a suspicious promoter, he participates in an underground duel--duels in which, crucially, one risks their life to treat their savage audience to a show.  As Acidic Last Machine Virus causes his Machine-Types like Cyber Dragon to rust, the Kaiser is not only cut off from summoning any Monsters, but it causes him to take damage.  With each drop in his LP, an electric current flows through his body, exciting the spectators...

Judai’s First Dream Duel!

Lost in the forest, Judai’s consciousness starts to fade from hunger, causing him to reminisce about his duels thus far--taking down Instructor Chronos’s Ancient Gear Golem with Flame Wingman during his Entrance Exam, battling the then-Blue elite Manjoume and his V-to-Z Dragon Catapult Cannon shortly after his enrollment, battling Misawa’s seventh deck with the right to represent the Academia on the line, and his first loss in the face of Kaiser Ryou’s Cyber End Dragon...

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*crashes onto your TL months late with non-corporate coffee*

And these two are finally up and finalized! Sorry for the wait, if you were looking forward to ‘em--as I mentioned in my post on Sunday, they were pushed back a bit while I did one final lookover on 1-64′s scripts and hardsubs so I could actually call them “finalized.” I’d started to get them out of the way while waiting for some potential editing help, then just decided to finish it after scrapping the last little thing I hoped to work on (I planned to break briefly after 66 to do these re-finalizations anyway, but the timing happened to work out).  More details there.

But leaving that aside, here we have a pretty popular episode in Hell Kaiser Ryou’s debut, as he’s pushed to the brink by Mad Dog Inukai after Monkey Monkey Mountain Saruyama invites him to his first underground duel. They do a really good job of portraying Ryou as having lost his mojo post-Ed, showing a realistic view of what the big leagues in sports are like when that happens to you and you lose out on sponsorships/etc, and so when he gets cornered and Saruyama drills into him how he never once thought of winning since that duel, wanting to just stick with his respectful dueling, a spark lights up in him and... well, RIP Mad Dog. (Also, s/o to Takeshi Maeda for really selling Ryou’s shift in mindset by the end, and to his dub VA for sounding similarly good, imo.)

66 is probably less popular in comparison, treating us to our first clipshow of the series, though 66 episodes in isn’t a bad time (could be worse, VRAINS jk).  It’s endearing enough, though--kinda nice seeing SAL again; Judai’s hunger-induced visions give us Chronos, Misawa, and Manjoume making monkey noises; and the duels featured were important for Judai early on.  I also like the bit of new animation as vision!Ryou follows up with Judai about respecting his opponents; goes with what I’d noticed before about Judai adding his Fusion Undone/De-Fusion strategy to his own dueling after losing to him. (also Judai making a signpost sweatdrop from his aloofness pls)

Part of the initial delay with these were the footage fixes I wanted to work on, as well as a couple visual translations here/there which were fun to work on.  Really want to thank @paradoxi-kay for their great work as always in helping to translate the cover of the copy of Duel Magazine that Judai comes across early in 65, and starting the one on Shou’s copy that I finished up.  List of everything worked on below the cut, as usual, if you’re curious.

Enjoy, folks! I’ve gotten some work started on 67 already, and my plan is to try and work on some double releases to make up a bit of time, lol.  I’ll be posting these two on NAC in the next couple of days along with the re-finalized hardsubs and scripts/DVDRips; while I work on getting 67 and 68 done, I’ll also start some work on prepping softsub MKVs (also to go up on NAC) for everything I’ve fully finalized, since it’s been a while on that front.

Fixes/Edits! (65)

As Judai wanders in the forest early in the episode, he comes across a stack of old Duel Magazines; the front cover shows Ryou and is an issue from his winning streak days before his more recent loss to Ed.  Thanks to @paradoxi-kay​‘s great work in typesetting my translation onto the cover I blanked (which I detailed here), you’ll see it in English in the hardsub above.  The translation was first applied to the close-up of the cover that comes after #2 below, and then I took the translated cover and made it its own image that I put into the earlier shot as Judai approaches it while they’re all still tied up (detailed here).  The text reads, “Exclusive!! Kaiser Ryou Marufuji / Breaking down his Cyber Dragon deck!!! / In this issue: / -Duelists Du Jour / -Pro League Battle Data! / -Reader-Submitted Best Duels! / -Strategic Attack Decks by Type!” (Really appreciated Kay’s input on “Du Jour” because my original translation for that, “Duelists Who Are All the Rage,” wasn’t as catchy, lol.)

As Judai picks up one of the older Duel Magazines and flips it open, we see on the back cover an ad featuring the three Phantasms--it’s actually an in-show ad for Shadows of Infinity (since the episode aired around the time the pack came out in Japan); I detailed the process in blanking and translating it here (shared above).  The ad reads, "The Three Phantasms Descend!" featuring Uria and Raviel’s names on their images.

As we go to the Red dorm as Shou narrates about the Kaiser’s slump, we see a magazine page describing what happened to him since his loss to Ed; I covered my blanking/translating this in the link shared in #2.

We then see that it’s Shou reading the page from his own copy of Duel Magazine, this one more recent than Judai’s featuring Ed on the cover, though it features the same SOI/Phantasms ad on its back cover (now showing Hamon and its name as well).  Like with Judai’s issue, I used the Japanese cover and the dub’s edit as reference to just redraw Ed and Diamondguy enough to remove Ed’s name; Kay had started the translation placement and I finished it up.  For the SOI ad, like with #2, I added in the dub’s edit in pieces, tweaking it to match the original image more (since they again oddly edited the text out or redrew Uria/et al weirdly to do so).  We do now see more of the ad which shows that the trio’s names are on each of them, the English of which I added.

As Asuka snatches the magazine from Shou to work on cheering him up, to be consistent, I also worked in these cover translations to the magazine as she lifts then curls it up, using the dub’s blanked Phantasms edit as a base that I touched up a bit while adding back the Japanese cards.  Detailed more in #2′s link.  (We now also see that the ad reads on, “New! Shadow of Infinity - On Sale November 11th [2005]!”; the IRL booster pack came out in Japan on Nov. 17th, 2005, a few weeks before 65 aired.)

Asuka then lifts the curled-up magazine into view in a close-up, with the SOI/Phantasms ad visible which I also applied my translations above to as needed, using the dub’s blank edit as a base that I redrew parts of to touch up and match the Japanese image more.  Detailed more in #2′s link.

As Ryou meets Monkey Saruyama, he introduces himself by handing out his business card reading, "Saruyama Promotion - Representative Monkey Saruyama;" as detailed in #2′s link, I cleaned it up using Photoshop’s Clone Tool, then slapped the translation on using Calibri as the font.

As Ryou contemplates attacking Acid Slime with his Cyber Dragon and Mad Dog Inukai taunts him, as Mad Dog then slides in on a split-screen to “clear his doubts,” there’s a quick frame as Inukai takes over the screen where there’s a gap between his pecs and the split-screen edge.  I fixed it by just drawing in the rest of his chest in Photoshop to fill his side of the split-screen.

As Inukai starts his turn and activates his Contingency Fee Magic Card, there’s a frame where, as he’s sliding his hand with the card into the shot, the card itself slides ahead in his hand before his hand does; as a result, you can see a bit of the background just under the card before his hand catches up to the card in the next frame.  I fixed this by just duplicating the first frame here over it in Vegas.

Two here--first, after Ryou has his Proto Cyber Dragon attack Clone Slime, as Inukai begins to explain its effect, there’s a quick frame before the shot goes from a close-up to a slow zoom as he moves where his neck vanishes (new meme format go); I fixed this by just duplicating the previous frame in Vegas, while also correcting one of his looping lip-flap frames so that the scar on his chin is above the shading under his lip.  Then, as Inukai goes into Clone Slime’s effect and the shot slowly zooms out, we see Clone Slime on his Disk in Attack Mode when it’s in Defense Mode right now; fixed it by placing a proxy in Defense in AfterEffects for a frame, then re-keyframing that frame to the zoom-out in Vegas to put it in place.

After Acid Slime slips out of Inukai’s Cemetery as Clone Slime’s effect activates, Inukai moves to grab it before the two Slimes switch out, but Clone Slime’s still in Attack Mode on his Disk; fixed by placing the Defense-Mode proxy over it in AE, then moving it as he moves his Disk and applying a brief brightness increase as the light from Clone Slime being replaced with Acid Slime grazes it.

As Proto Cyber Dragon’s attack approaches Acid Slime in a quick shot, the card under it in Defense Mode is reversed (the name box should face to the left to match how it’s placed on his Disk); fixed by first applying the correctly-facing proxy in AfterEffects and moving it as the shot moves, then masking Acid Slime back in over it, along with the light coming from the attack as it starts to shine over its card.

As Ryou explains Overload Fusion’s effect, just before it starts to zoom out as he then chooses the six Monsters he’ll fuse, there are a few frames I noticed where Ryou’s whooshing hair throughout this shot suddenly stops whooshing; I fixed it by just masking in his whooshing hair from the previous frames for a few.

As Ryou taunts Inukai about how his Acidic Last Machine Virus will bother him no more, Inukai starts to slide in on a split-screen, but until his split-screen has fully slid in, there’s no border on its edge; I fixed it in Vegas by first masking out the border once it’s fully slid in, then moving it in another video layer with his split-screen for those nine frames.

As Ryou explains Chimeratech Overdragon’s multiple attacks, we see it reversed on his Disk; fixed by slapping on the correctly-facing proxy in AfterEffects, then re-keyframing it to the slow zoom in Vegas for the 94 frames it zooms out in (phew).

One error that I hoped to fix but scrapped happens as Chimeratech Overdragon’s first attack closes in on Inukai’s Multiple Slime, where we see a Defense-Mode card under it despite it being in Attack Mode the way Inukai summoned it (and since he then takes damage from the attack); couldn’t quite figure out how to light up the floor I’d redrawn under it with the ensuing explosion, and had sought a bit of help to get it right but ultimately that fell through. (Incidentally, not only did the dub not catch this as they dubified its card, but they reversed the card, at that, lol.)

Fixes/Edits! (66)

(Note: These are all flashback-related, and I detailed most of them [including a few new ones] in my post from Sunday that I linked just under the summaries; I went on to apply the fixes I’d applied in 66 to the respective episodes, so I’ll be brief here.  Reinserted fixes from a while back are in italics.)

(Episode 1 Flashback) I reinserted the fix I did to replace the blank Normal Monster on Judai’s Disk in Flame Wingman’s spot with its card as Antique Gear Golem crashes onto Chronos.  [Ep. 1 Flashback End]

(Episode 22 Flashback) As Misawa attacks with Litmus Death Swordsman to start his flashback, I reinserted the fix I did to detail the blank cards on his Disk with Diamond Dragon and Litmus Death.

As Misawa finishes explaining Wingbeat of Giant Dragon’s effect and it zooms out to Litmus Death, I reinserted my fix to his reversed card on Misawa’s Disk to flip it right-side-up.

Reinserted my fix to the repeat of #3 as Skyscraper fades.

Reinserted my fix to another repeat as Misawa explains Spirit Barrier’s effect.

R-R-Reinserted my fix to the r-r-repeat again as we see Misawa’s Disk while Judai explains Cyclone Boomerang’s effect (gotta love reused animation!) [Ep. 22 Flashback End]

(Episode 4 Flashback) As Judai prods Manjoume into choosing a card from his hand for A Hero Appears’s effect, I fixed Manjoume’s blazer looking semi-faded for a frame on his split-screen.

As Judai’s LP take a hit from V-to-Z destroying Burstlady, I fixed the four frames where the upper part of his Disk is missing the little bottom part that extends out a bit and Judai’s vanishing Disk wrist grip.

A bit complex, but I fixed Judai’s briefly-still-missing-then-vanishing-again wrist grip, the shading near his Cemetery slot, Judai’s arm becoming part of his Disk, and his wrist grip suddenly consuming his whole wrist. (Detailed in that Sunday post)

Reinserted my fix to the Attack-Mode Winged Kuriboh on Judai’s Disk to put it in Defense Mode as he discards two to activate Evolutionary/Transcendent Wings.

As Judai swings his arm around telling Winged Kuriboh LV10 to “send [V-to-Z’s] energy right back” at Manjoume, I reinserted my fix to put its Defense-Mode card in the spot on his Disk colored like the Monster Zone it’s on for a few frames.

A bit complex again recycling the Judai shot in #9, but I fixed his again-vanishing Disk wrist grip and half-Disk arm, his wrist grip suddenly consuming his whole wrist again, and his yet-again-vanished wrist grip, miscolored undershirt, and his half-Disk elbow while restoring some previous detail to his Disk. (Detailed in that Sunday post)

As Judai summons Featherman–to Shou and Chronos’s surprise–and has him lunge at Manjoume for the finisher, I reinserted my fix to keep the black faraway box that is Featherman on his Disk both as those two slide in on split-screens and as they slide back out. [Ep. 4 Flashback End]

(Episode 8 Flashback) I reinserted my fix to remove Featherman from Judai’s Disk as his LP drop from Cyber Dragon destroying it.

Reinserted my fix to a repeat of #14 as Judai’s excited about Ryou’s Time Capsule.

As Judai draws for his turn, I added a Fusion card over the dark-orange rectangle briefly in his hand as he draws it.

After Judai’s first hit on him, I fixed the error as Ryou Special-Summons another Cyber Dragon as a Monster in face-down Defense Mode on his second Monster Zone (detailed in that Sunday post).

Reinserted my fix adding Cyber Twin Dragon to Ryou’s Disk over a yellow rectangle.

As the screen zooms in on Judai after Ryou declares Cyber Twin’s attack, I added Thunder Giant to Judai’s third Monster Zone, then reinserted my previous fix adding it as it zooms back out while Judai uses A Hero Appears.

Reinserted my fix adding a few quick lip flaps to Judai as he says, “Partner,” out loud.

As Judai thinks about how Evolutionary Wings would evolve his Winged Kuriboh and we then see Bubbleman on his field, I added a missing Bubbleman card to his Disk.

Right after #21, I revised my previous fix to replace the Defense-Mode Mudballman on his Disk with an Attack-Mode Bubbleman, after I accidentally put it in Defense Mode before.

As Ryou grabs Power Bond from his hand before activating it, I reinserted my fix adding Ryou’s two missing Cyber Dragons to his Disk and then one over the blank Normal Monster card in his left hand.

As Ryou slips Power Bond into his Disk, I reinserted my fix adding those two missing Cyber Dragons onto his Disk.  [Ep. 8 Flashback End]

For the Ep. 67 preview, I added my translation of the notice left on the Red dorm by Napoleon which I’ll be using in the episode proper.

[kckenobi]

13, 15, and 16 for the fic writing questions!

13—Are there any things that might have happened in any of your stories, but you changed them at the last minute? (So-and-so dies, they don’t actually kiss, main character has long extended ballet-based dream sequence, etc.)

Answered here!

15—Does font matter to you when you’re writing a draft?

Yes!! I actually change the font depending on what draft I'm on lol—it helps me spot mistakes and see the story with new eyes. I usually start with Calibri for draft one, and after that I just pick something else I life for subsequent drafts! But it has the have the right ~vibes~

16—3 favorite comments ever received on fanfic.

Oh man. Hmmmhfhh this is SO HARD...

From @lynnpaper on The Thing About Falling:

whatever compelled you to write this, be it a silly little prompt or a fleeting thought or twelve hours of agonising over an idea, i can't help but feel that this comes from somewhere in your heart. nobody writes a fic like this, as poignant and layered as this, without going through something first. and maybe i'm wrong, but you really do have something special. can't deny it. i can't think straight. i don't know if i'm going overboard with this comment, but you've made me feel something tonight and i thank you from the bottom of my heart for that. absolutely fucking beautiful; thank you. ❤️

From anxiety_banana on Everything, In the Air:

It was so refreshing to see and read a fic that felt close to home in a bitter, but still soft way. It was like you were trying to tell me it's okay i promise others think like you it's okay and I hope you know that it made me really really happy to read, even if it ached a little.

From @katierosefun on A Million Little Times (back when we were still such new friends omg I remember just loving this comment bc I admired you so much and it meant the world to hear this :'))) and still does :')))

I had to re-read that passage over and over and over again because...oh my g o d??? The poetry of your words just...nO WORDS??? My head is full of too many thoughts but my heart is empty because?? Wow?? Those words just describe exactly how Anakin and Obi-Wan must feel, with both of them just tied and tangled in their own situations, and I'm just--oh my g o d you can feel how everything is just slowly ripping them apart and I'm--

And I know I was only allowed four but I HAVE to add @lightasthesun 's comments because litetally every single one makes me want to print it out and tape it to my wall. She picks out the lines she likes and says why she likes them, and it literally makes my LIFE every time. I couldn't even pick which one I liked best to list it here—they're all so special to me!!

So thank you all for these comments :')) they make writing especially wonderful!

fic asks

[kcabyap]

This is Calibri! She's 18 years old and she's pretty introverted, but she's a sweet girl c: she's blind in her left eye so most of the time she wears an eye patch because she's a bit insecure about it :c she has a twin sister named Callista who isn't albino like Calibri is, so she has brown hair and green eyes, and she's more extroverted by contrast lol. Also, unlike my other MCs, she has pre-existing magical abilities that she's been working on for the past few years before coming to the Devildom!

She likes to hang out in the library or in Satan's room because she likes books lol, her favorite genre is fantasy c: she also tries to be Mammon's voice of reason, but isn't always successful rip 😔 Solomon ends up becoming her mentor in like season 1, but she's always conveniently busy when he offers to cook for her jfgdgddhdd

She started off as one of many Undertale OCs I had a few years ago, and she used to be a skeleton girl, as evidenced by the fact that she's named after a font lol -🌼

Aww, she's adorable!! I do not blame her for being busy when Solomon-sensei wants to cook for her, she's probably doing herself a massive favour there 😂👏🏻

[dicegremlin]

19, 20, 23?

pet snake or pet bird?

love snakes but i would have to go w pet bird i wouldn't be able to handle feeding a snake rip

weapon of choice in a medieval battle

hmm probably a mace they seem fun

default font when typing?

calibri babeyyy

[juliussneezerfics]

Aph Handwriting Headcannons

#Feliciano: His handwriting is a weird combination of cursive and print, with loops in the ‘y’s. He dots his ‘I’s with little empty circles. His letters are very large, with only a little space between them. His notes are often unorganized and done in many different colors of pen. There’s lots of doodles in the margins. He usually just flips to a random page and starts writing, leading to him losing many of his notes after the meeting. It usually goes like this until there are only a few random blank pages left and he loses the first five minutes of the meeting just searching for a blank page.

Kiku: Whenever he writes in English, his letters slant slightly to the left. It’s very neat and easy to read from a distance. It’s the textbook perfect writing, being a medium size. He writes with very little pressure. So if he happens to write with a pencil, the first couple words are illegible until he realizes that he needs to press the graphite harder to the paper. He keeps his notes on a white legal pad. The only problem is that his writing takes time, so if you happened to glance down the table, you’ll see him slightly panicked as he tried to write in time with whoever is speaking.

Ludwig: Ludwig handwriting is perfect. Straight and neat, it basically looks like Calibri font. He usually prefers to type out his notes, but he doesn’t want the keyboard to distract other people, so he writes his notes down. His notes have to be in fountain pen, every single time. There’s no particular reason except for the reason that he likes writing with it more. He prefers to write on plain white paper without lines. He can already write in a perfect line anyway, and it makes his notes appear neater. He can somehow maintain his handwriting perfectly well while writing quickly, so he has the unique ability to take perfect notes at perfect speed with the speaker. He usually ends up sharing his notes with Japan and Italy.

Gilbert: It’s all fast scrawls. Gilbert’s handwriting looks like chicken scratches. The thing is, Gilbert is determined to get every. Single. Word. So, as time passes, his writing devolves even further as he attempts to keep up with whatever the speaker is saying. He, like Ludwig, prefers to write on plain, white paper. Gilbert, however, cannot keep his handwriting in a straight line. He’ll notice his handwriting floating up and, mid-sentence, go back down to the height he started at and continue the sentence as normal. This creates quite a few strange breaks between his words, so he usually just borrows his brother’s notes.

Spain: This man writes in perfect comic sans, and you cannot convince me otherwise.

Romano: His handwriting is pressed firm into the paper. So firm, that you can feel on the other side of the paper and feel the outline of his writing. He writes in pencil, because he finds that he pokes through the paper and rips it up with pen. If you miss a meeting, you cannot rely on Romano for notes because he doesn’t take many of them. He lets his thoughts roam instead of writing much except for how bored he is.

Alfred: This man… no-one can read his handwriting except him, and occasionally even he must squint to figure out what he was trying to write. He is the king of shorthand, often leaving out words like ‘and’ and ‘the’. Reading Alfred’s handwriting is the literary equivalent to hearing a cave man speak. He takes his notes on plain white, un-lined paper. Whenever he does this, his handwriting slights slightly downward as he continues writing, but he doesn’t allow this to get in the way of his harried, gross note-taking.

England: Garbage handwriting. He has Doctors’ handwriting. Only him, America, Canada, and France can discern what he’s trying to write, so England prefers to type his notes out on a word document after a meeting so he can read them easier and send them to his boss. He writes on loose-leaf lined paper clipped together in a binder, so he can easily tear out old papers to save time. Occasionally in the margins, you’ll see a couple of strange symbols and sentences in old, unknown languages. England claims these are spells. When he’s not taking notes, he just writes on whatever pieces of paper happen to be lying around. Napkins, receipts, pages of old, unread books, and even paper plates. The only drawback from this is that he constantly loses these little notes. If you happened to drop by England’s place, before you left from your visit you would probably see him roam around his house, attempting to find his loose notes.

Ivan: His handwriting is miniscule. It’s small, but neat. It slants slightly to the right, and is pressed into the paper a little too hard. He prefers to write in pen. He takes his notes on a little pocket notebook. Occasionally in the upper corners you’ll find a doodle, but he mostly prefers to keep his notes short, sweet, and to the point.

Yao: He takes is notes in Chinese every. Freaking. Time. He, like Germany, prefers to write with a fountain pen. It brings back fond memories of the good old days, and he enjoys the familiar feeling of it between his fingers. He uses medium pressure as he writes. He likes to use a standard notebook to take his notes, set aside just for meeting notes. The other nations believe it to be a slight shame that he takes his notes in Chinese, as his handwriting is quite neat and would save the other nations quite a bit of time for them to borrow them.

Francis: This. Man. His handwriting is so flamboyant, so loopy, so large, that he can hardly keep up with whoever is talking. But, he shouldn’t sacrifice beauty for extra words. So he tries to just get the main points from the meeting, his handwriting still in its loopy, outrageous glory. Calligraphy is actually a hobby of his, so if you peered over the table you would occasionally see him pull out a different fountain pen to scrawl his notes in different fonts. Because his notes leave a little bit to be desired, he usually asks England if he can borrow his… whenever England can find them.

Matthew: 

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[wherethewindtakesher]

actually all qs cuz I wanna get to know u :) boink!

OF COURSE BOINK ANON!

I will be excluding the ones Ive done (:

1. coffee mugs, teacups, wine glasses, water bottles, or soda cans? Wine glasses/water bottles c:

3. bubblegum or cotton candy? Bubblegum! im not really a big fan of cotton candy tbh.

5. do you prefer to drink soda from soda cans, soda bottles, plastic cups or glass cups? for some reason, soda from plastic cups hit different 😞

7. earbuds or headphones? headphones in the winter, earbuds in the summer.

9. favorite smell in the summer? the smell of my oncoming de- the smell of flowers blooming.

11. what you have for breakfast on an average day? it depends, some mornings I skip breakfast all together, others i’ll have a light snack, or I just have some cereal or make an egg.

12. name of your favorite playlist? ‘Recently added’

13. lanyard or key ring? landyard so I can find my keys easily. I still lose it tho-

14. favorite non-chocolate candy? spicy or sour candies are dope a f.

15. favorite book you read as a school assignment? The first book I read that I actually enjoyed was twilight.

16. most comfortable position to sit in? with my legs w I d e open because I cant sit properly.

17. most frequently worn pair of shoes? my tan/floral converses.

18. ideal weather? cloudy, cold, and raining 😌.

19. sleeping position? on my stomach, leg raised to my abdomen while the other is in the open air, and hands underneath my pillow. the BEST.

21. obsession from childhood? picking my scabs-

22. role model? my mom and sisters.

24. favorite crystal? garnet. It’s also my birthstone! I have it as a gem for my class ring.

25. first song you remember hearing? “bidi bidi mom mom” by selena quintanilla.

26. favorite activity to do in warm weather? if it’s not scorching hot, go on walks.

27. favorite activity to do in cold weather? snuggle up in a blanket and watch movies.

28. five songs to describe you? ‘humble’ kendrick lamar, ‘cry baby’ melanie martinez, ‘stupid’ ashnikko, ‘paparazzi’ lady gaga, ‘or nah’ ty dollar $ign.

29. best way to bond with you? send me M E M E S-

30. places that you find sacred? my bed.

31. what outfit do you wear to kick ass and take names? ripped jeans, boots, a crop top, and a jacket.

33. most used phrase in your phone? fuck.

34. advertisements you have stuck in your head? that empire carpet wash commercial.

36. what is the first meme you remember ever seeing? DAT BOI.

37. suitcase or duffel bag? duffel bag.

38. lemonade or tea? how about both of them combined 😉.

39. lemon cake or lemon meringue pie? I hate pie 🙊

40. weirdest thing to ever happen at your school? someone brought a gun and it fell out of their backpack during 2nd period.

41. last person you texted? @caws5749

42. jacket pockets or pants pockets? pants pockets. BUT THE DEEP ONES NOT THOSE SMALL FUCKING ONES.

43. hoodie, leather jacket, cardigan, jean jacket or bomber jacket? hoodies or a bomber jacket.

44. favorite scent for soap? Lavender.

45. which genre: sci-fi, fantasy or superhero? superhero!

46. most comfortable outfit to sleep in? naked-

47. favorite type of cheese? queso fresco.

48. if you were a fruit, what kind would you be? mango.

49. what saying or quote do you live by? “im a bad bitch you cant kill me”

50. what made you laugh the hardest you ever have? anytime my friends and I joke around.

51. current stresses? school, personal issues, and my NEW JOB THATS RIGHT YALL YO GIRL EMPLOYED.

52. favorite font? calibri.

53. what is the current state of your hands? kinda rough but smooth.

54. what did you learn from your first job? that people fucking suck.

55. favorite fairy tale? little red riding hood.

56. favorite tradition? eating tamales during christmas time.

57. the three biggest struggles you’ve overcome? that im not perfect, my flaws are just as beautiful as my perfections, and that im just ug-

58. four talents you’re proud of having? im not talented aT ALL. uh...

59. if you were a video game character, what would your catchphrase be? ‘let’s fuck ‘em up’

60. if you were a character in an anime, what kind of anime would you want it to be? sasuke from naruto or mey-rin from kuroshitsuji.

61. favorite line you heard from a book/movie/tv show/etc.? “see you in a minute”

62. seven characters you relate to? natasha, cristina yang, dexter, ford, thor, scott lang, and tony.

63. five songs that would play in your club? ‘bodak yellow’, ‘man of the year’, ‘rockstar’, ‘bickenhead’, ‘slumber party’.

64. favorite website from your childhood? I forgot the name but it was that educational site with the orange robot and human.

65. any permanent scars? my entire body is riddled in scars no joke.

66. favorite flower(s)? hibiscus and roses.

67. good luck charms? my dog’s name tag.

68. worst flavor of any food or drink you’ve ever tried? onions-

69. a fun fact that you don’t know how you learned? that cracking your joints won't give you arthritis.

70. left or right handed? im mixed handed but I do the majority of stuff with my right.

71. least favorite pattern? plaid.

72. worst subject? MATH FJSKSJKFSJS I HATE IT.

73. favorite weird flavor combo? have yall tried chocolate milk with chicken nuggets-

74. at what pain level out of ten (1 through 10) do you have to be at before you take an advil or ibuprofen? 8-9 because I tend to fight back and not admit there is something wrong going on 😬.

75. when did you lose your first tooth? 2nd grade I believe.

76. what’s your favorite potato food (i.e. tater tots, baked potatoes, fries, chips, etc.)? for some reason my love of tater tots has come back.

77. best plant to grow on a windowsill? uh cacti?

78. coffee from a gas station or sushi from a grocery store? coffee from a gas station cus im not trying to die-

79. which looks better, your school id photo or your driver’s license photo? oh man, I look like shit in both of them. School id.

80. earth tones or jewel tones? earth tones!

81. fireflies or lightning bugs? ive never seen either 😔.

82. pc or console? i’ve own consoles for most of my life.

83. writing or drawing? writing. I cant draw very well.

84. podcasts or talk radio? podcasts! I listen to ‘last podcast on the left’.

84. barbie or polly pocket? barbies! did anyone make their barbies have sex or was it just me-?

85. fairy tales or mythology? mythology. yall don't know this but I have fallen into the greek mythology rabbit hole-

86. cookies or cupcakes? I fuck heavy with cupcakes TILL THIS DAY.

87. your greatest fear? to see those I love die.

88. your greatest wish? to be happy.

89. who would you put before everyone else? myself.

90. luckiest mistake? guessing on a question and getting it right 😎.

91. boxes or bags? i’ll go with boxes. it makes everything easier to stack and organize.

92. lamps, overhead lights, sunlight or fairy lights? fairy lights are so pretty.

93. nicknames? clown by @caws5749, bottom by @domromanoff, and variations of my real name.

94. favorite season? fall/winter TIMEEEEE.

95. favorite app on your phone? mario kart. if anyone wants to be friends give me your friend code-

96. desktop background? it’s black with a colorful smoke cloud exploding.

97. how many phone numbers do you have memorized? mine and my oldest sister’s because she has had that same number since I was in the WOMB.

98. favorite historical era? I would say the WWII era since ive studied more about it than any other era.

UPDATE; this would've been done last night but my screen decided to just crash and not save anything I had done and my girl sent my ass to bed so I couldn't finish it but here ya go boink!

[decaffeinatedcatastrope]

i think the readmore works now :D

A snippet / kind of a chapter of Storm the Sorrow?  There’s some bits before this but I wanted to establish their meeting before I posted anything else about these two.  

Gaster is like, 19-21ish here, I think.

warnings:  awkward/accidental flirting, a smart person says stupid things and makes stupid assumptions

This is a prequel to all the cute shit that happens with Red and Sans I’ve been posting.  Just a prequel set like, 800 years in the past or something.  :3c

The two of them met in the Royal Court, although Calibri admits that she really didn’t notice the nervous young skeleton admiring her from the Prince’s side.  It wasn’t until after the Prince became a King and her Queen was married that her and Gaster actually met.  

Gaster wanted to access the Font of Knowledge, and according to Asgore, Calibri had a physical access point to it in her personal quarters.  Gaster was suspicious, of course, since Asgore knew of the young skeleton’s odd...fascination with Lady Calibri.  But she was so...scary.

She was Captain of the Guard, The Royal Judge - hell, her title was the Hand of Judgement!  She was twisted by LV and had a presence that could silence the entire Court simply with her entrance.  

Despite this, she had a gentle voice (she’d never spoken to him before, but still!) and an awful laugh (not to mention, her taste in humor was...unfortunate.) and her bouts of Premonition were...frightening, at best.  

And yet, she was captivating.  Why was he doing this?  Why did he trust Asgore with that stupid piece of information, there was no way it was true, why was he even knocking on her door, it was after moonrise at an ungodly hour of the night, she wasn’t going to--

The door opened, and Lady Calibri loomed over him.  Her eye lights glittered ruby with violence, with Determination, with malice, and--

“Why do you not answer me - ...oh.”  Gaster flinched, but noticed that she seemed to relax when she noticed it was him.  Her razor teeth showed in a soft, if not amused smile.  “...forgive me, i did not mean to startle you.”

Her font was so strange, so...plain, he noticed.  Out of reflex, he began to sign in response.

“speak please.  i know that you can.”

Gaster seemed startled at first, before chuckling nervously.  Right, she was a skeleton.  She could understand him.  He knew this, but still...he wasn’t used to people being able to understand his font.  Immediately, he knew his mouth was going to get him in trouble.

“...Yes I...can.”  He spoke often enough to himself, but his voice cracked with nervousness.  Oh god, his soul felt like it was going to rip from his ribcage. 

Calibri quirked a brow bone at him.  “...are you alright, Archivist?”

He opened his mouth to speak again, but flinched.  Right.  Focus, this is why you’re here.  Don’t get distracted.  “Yes, I...was informed that you may be able to help me with a problem.”

An absolutely wicked smirk broke her face.  “oh ~ and what sort of problem is it, that you come to me at this hour of the night?”

“I want to access the Font of Knowledge.”  He stated flatly.

He frowned in confusion as her whole demeanor shifted.  Her smile faltered before she tensed again and broke into...nervous laughter?  She was so strange.  

“ah, yes well.”  Calibri took a moment to gather herself back up and put on her business face.  “And what is your reason for wanting this?”

Gaster winced at her change of tone.  Did he do something wrong?  “I...I was hoping accessing the Font here would allow me to learn easier access on my own later.  As I am the Archivist now, I only wish to further our knowledge, in hopes to help my King and Queen.  Maybe better the relations with our human neighbors?”  

She gave him a hard stare, those ruby embers burning into his very soul.  After a moment though, her look softened and she stepped aside.  “You speak truthfully.  i welcome you.”  

Gaster stood there for a moment, unsure about what’d just happened.  Had...had she just judged him?  Stars above, that was the single most terrifying experience he’d had, knowing that with just a look she could see everything, everything he was and everything he’d done.  Perhaps even things that he would do, eventually.  The thought horrified him.

“Archivist?”

“P-Please, call me WingDings.”  He replied, quickly walking past her into the room.  It was, as she was, extravagant.  

She snorted, then giggled.  He frowned.  

“Really??  Must you laugh?”  He chided her.

“i’m sorry, i know that’s terribly rude.  i just can’t help it, it’s such a silly font.”

“It is not silly, it’s rare.  Prestigious.”

At that, she laughed loudly.  Obnoxiously.  “’prestigious’”-snort-

“Do you have access to the Font of Knowledge, or is this a waste of time??”  Gaster snapped grumpily.  He couldn’t help that his font was strange!  If anything, Calibri’s was worse, it was so plain and she couldn’t even bother speaking in proper script half the time!!  The nerve!

“i’m sorry~”  She wheezed.  

“Really.  Because it does not look like it.”

She snorted again, trying to regain her composure.  “well, you’ve certainly gotten brave, for someone that was so terrified of me mere moments ago, Archivist.”

He opened his mouth to retort when he realized he’d been talking back to the Captain of the Guard and the Hand of Judgement.  He let out an embarrassing noise.  “Oh stars - I - You - I’m ashamed, Lady Cali--”

“Do not apologize.”  She ordered.

He went silent.  She cleared her non-existent throat and gave him a smile.

“...Do not apologize for acting true to yourself around me.”  She said, looking at something else in the room.  “never apologize for that.  we are not in the Court now, and i so despise the masks everyone wears around me.  they hope i will not see through them.”  She spoke, walking over to a potted plant and petting the leaves slightly.  “i do, and it is an ugly thing, to hide yourself like that.”

Gaster didn’t quite know how to respond to her speech, and out of reflex began silently signing before he caught himself.  She wasn’t even looking at him.  “...I...uh.”

“you wish to see the Font, correct?”

“Y-Yes, very much so.”

“...well, in return for my allowing you access, you will not hide yourself here, around me.”

“What?”

“please, it is all i ask.”

“I...of course.  Yes.  I can do that.  Well, I’ll try.”

She smiled slightly, looking back at him.  “yes, i understand that it’s a difficult habit to break.”

“Yes...”  Feeling the nagging need to speak his mind, he let go and let his mouth free for a moment.  “You know, you are nothing like I thought you were.  The only payment you ask of me is that I don’t hide who I am, for something as precious as access to the Font??  I thought you would be different.”

“...it is an ugly thing, the mask we wear for others.  yes?”

Gaster opened his mouth, before his sockets widened.  Oh.  She was also talking about herself.  She...really wasn’t all that different from everyone else, was she?  The stories made her sound so different, putting her on a pedestal of power and glory.

“You’re lonely.”  He blurted out, and he clapped his hand over his mouth.  He saw her wince slightly.

She chuckled.  “...you are perceptive.”  She started.  She was going to say more, but his damn mouth started up again.

“Is that why you were flirting with me?”

She faltered again, and an absolutely brilliant scarlet lit up her cheekbones.  “...Well, I...did not think you had noticed.  You didn’t exactly take--”

“I am after knowledge, not affection.”

She gave him a look.  He winced a little and looked away.  

She sighed.  “Right, well.  It’s this way.  Follow.”

“...I’m sorry.  You wanted me to be true to myself.  Well, this is me, with my brilliant mind and stupid mouth.”  He winced again.  Goddamn it.  

She snorted.  “...well, you are not wrong.”

Gaster relaxed a little at that.  She didn’t seem terribly angry at him, at least.  “...There is something I don’t understand.  You have the company of the entire Court.  The King and Queen are just down the hall.  You have permission to go anywhere in the palace, and further if you wished.  How are you lonely?”

She gave him a look again.  He must have said something stupid again.  “Don’t answer that.”

She snorted again.  “maybe you’ll find the answer in the Font.”  She replied a little more sharply than intended.  She halted at the precipice of another room, letting him enter first. “It’s through here.”

Without hesitation, he entered the room and then immediately came to a halt.  “...Uh.  This is...your bed chamber.”

Calibri peeked into the room, a slightly amused smile on her face.  “Yes, the wellspring is strongest within the circle there, around the bed.”  She pointed, and he got a good glimpse of the sharpened phalanges she called fingers.

“Your bed.”

“Yes, that is what I said.”  

He was quiet all of two seconds as his soul screamed at him to run.  “I’ve decided that maybe I won’t need it--”

“For the uninitiated, access to the Font is easiest in slumber.  I have reports to complete, and will not bother you.”

“Lady Calibri, I will not - I can’t--”

“I do not tolerate cowards, Archivist.”

“I am not a coward, I just don’t think it’s appropriate to--”

“it’s just a bed, are you frightened it’s going to bite you?”

“No, I’m not--”  He caught sight of that wicked smile again, those razor teeth glinting in the candle light.  Oh.  She was teasing him again.  “Stop that.”

“stop what?”  Her grin widened.

“...That.  What you’re doing right now.”

“and what would that be?”

“The - The teasing, flirting thing!”

“i am simply smiling at you, Archivist.”

“That’s not a virtuous smile.”

“i am not a virtuous monster.”

“Not with that Level of Violence, no.”

Her whole demeanor changed in an instant.  Her smile flickered away as if she’d been struck.  Gaster’s sockets widened when he realized what his stupid mouth had done.  “Wait, I didn’t--”

“No.”  Her voice was...calm, but he could feel the pressure of it strike his soul.  He’d made her angry.  

“...No, you are correct.”  She replied quietly.  It was as if she’d realized what she’d been doing, was holding herself back again.  She was practically whispering.  “I’m sorry.  I won’t bother you.”

“W-wait, I didn’t--”

She was gone.  The door to the chamber didn’t quite click shut, as if to give him peace of mind that he could leave if he wanted.  

The room felt...cold, and he stared at the door in confusion.  Everything about her confused him, he’d felt that angry pressure on his soul, yet she’d been calm.  She had every right to be cross with him for his stupid words, yet she apologized to him.

He frowned.  Asgore had always told him that he was terrible at reading people.  For all his knowledge, people were a mystery to him.  Calibri was a mystery to him.  He wanted to know more, like why she was lonely?  Why she insisted he be himself around her and yet, she felt the need to hide herself from him.

“What a hypocrite.”  His mouth answered, and he winced.  “Why do I always do this?  I’m an idiot.”  

He waited a moment to see if she would respond, but was met with only silence.  He really had to stop talking to himself.  Sighing, he took in the room.  The chamber was simply decorated, not at all like the extravagance of the main chamber.  The floor was stone, and there was a...tree?  A tree growing out of the stone floor.  Right, yes, the Judge’s chambers were in the tower that rested on the mountain side.  Connected to it.  

Still, why would she let the stone floor degrade enough to let an entire tree grow into the room?  Surely the leaves were a nuisance.  Ignoring the tree, he noticed the candles littering the room.  Leaving lit candles everywhere, really--

Oh, they were probably lit with magic.  The King and Queen were well versed in fire magic, after all, lighting some candles for their favorite Judge wouldn’t be too hard.  At least that meant they were safe.  Stepping towards the bed, he notice the faint hum of magic, starting at his toes and sending his soul thrumming.  That was the circle she’d indicated, the runes more ancient than history remembered.  

But the Font remembered.  Stars, what he wouldn’t give for that knowledge.  When he’d been chosen as Archivist for his infallible memory, he’d been over the moon in excitement.  Access to the Royal archives?  All that history??  And now, the Font...it was right there.  It was right there.  He could hear it calling to him, and he wanted so badly to step forward.

But something kept him rooted in that spot.  Maybe it was the fact that this was Calibri’s bed.  This was personal.  She sleeps here, he thought to himself, in the Font.  Every night.  Well...he glanced to the door, where the light of more candles flickered silently.  Most nights.  Maybe...

He was no stranger to what knowledge did, and had spent many a sleepless night awake, making plans, designing grand ideas.  And he couldn’t help but wonder...what knowledge keeps one like Calibri up at night?

He knew she wasn’t ‘doing reports’, because her desk was in here.  He could see her notes.  And oh how he wanted to read them.  But no, that was...that was a horrible invasion of privacy.  He might have the empathy of a rock, but at least he had enough sense not to invade her privacy...any more than he already was.  He hugged himself as the fact that he was in her private bedchamber popped into his head again.  

And as much as he wanted knowledge, he felt...guilty.  “I’m an idiot.”  He repeated with a sigh.  Turning around, he quickly made his way to the door and...cautiously peeked out.  

Calibri was sitting before the fire on the floor, her dress pooling around her like water.  Her armor was scattered around, and she was polishing it.  In the harsh firelight, he could see every scratch and scar on it.  

Even the ones on her.  Although, only the physical ones.  Quickly, his mind brought up a list of things he knew.  He knew that Violence did terrible things to the soul, to a monster’s mind.  He knew that Calibri took on Violence so that her King and Queen did not have to.  So that the rest of the guard could go back to their families with light souls and warm smiles.  And for every level of Violence she surpassed, the easier it became to protect them.

And yet she seemed...alright?  No, she was clearly not alright.  She kept herself isolated, even more so than himself.  He did not know who her family was, or where she came from.  Maybe it was in the archives somewhere?  He didn’t know how long she’d been the Judge, nor did he know the burdens that brought upon her.  

He did not know why she was lonely.  He opened the door a little wider, and it made a noise that, if he had not been right next to it, he would have never noticed.  But Calibri did, and her gaze snapped to him, those eye lights locked onto him with almost impossible precision.  

He felt himself frozen in place, not by magic, but by fear.  She was terrifying.  She was captivating.  She was like the swell of a storm crashing overhead.  He could feel his soul twist in his ribcage.  

And then the moment passed, and she looked away.  Almost ashamed.  

“...That was quick.  You truly must be a prodigy, to have accessed the Font so--”

“I didn’t.”  Gaster cut her off, stepping into the room and shutting the door.  “I didn’t actually...access the Font.”

She gently set down the piece of armor she was polishing.  So very gently, he noticed.  He had no doubt she could easily crush the metal with those hands, if she desired.  Could crush him too.

He frowned.  That...was a thought he’d rather not deal with right now.  Focus.  “I hope you can forgive me for bothering you.  I will...leave if you want me to.”

She didn’t answer.  

“...Lady Calib--”

“was it because of me?”  She asked, so quietly.  

“No, no.”  He answered quickly.  “Please don’t think that.”

She chuckled...rather sadly, actually.  “it’s hard not to.  i was acting... inappropriately.”

“Well, yes, but it’s alright.  I was too.”

“you were being honest.”

“Sometimes, it’s better not to be.  I simply forgot that...you can understand everything I say.  I often talk about others, differently than my hands do.  It’s not always...nice.”  He admitted, his voice going quiet too now.  

He jolted when she laughed.  He didn’t understand, nothing about this was funny.  

“so, you are honest when people are not aware of it.  And i am aware of it when people are not honest.  we are truly different.”

“Yes, but why are you laughing?”

She just laughed again.  

“I don’t understand.”

“maybe you never will.  it does not matter.  why couldn’t you access the font?”

“Because...well, your bed is in the way.”  He stated as if it was the most obvious answer in the world, and she giggled.  Shaking his head, he continued.  “I also felt terrible for upsetting you.”

“ah, it’s...fine.  i honestly forget sometimes just how scary it must be, to talk to me.  alone.”

“...Yes, well--”

“to be faced with the Hand of Judgment.”  When her tone shifted, Gaster made a rather embarrassing noise.  She laughed as his face blushed a brilliant violet.  

As embarrassed as he was, that laugh sounded a bit different than before.  Lighter.  More genuine.  His soul thrummed happily.  

“Yes, yes, you’re terrifying.”  He rolled his eye lights, before boldly scooting a few pieces of armor out of the way with his boot and sitting next to her.  Next to the fireplace.  Which a part of him was worried she was going to toss him in.

She stared at him incredulously, before rescuing her armor from his abuse and huffing.  

“Before you ask, I’m...lonely too.  It’s nice to have someone to speak to.  Like this.”  Gaster replied, and he was correct.  She’d been about to ask what he was doing.  Instead, her expression shifted to one of curiosity, and then she smiled.  

“Also, my room doesn’t have a fireplace.  It’s rather cold, and I--”

“that’s enough honesty for right now.”  

His teeth clicked as he shut his mouth, before he chuckled.  “Me and my stupid mouth will be quiet now.”

She laughed again.