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jannaphia · 11 months ago

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Ruby/Kaisa Writing Masterpost

Right, okay, wasn't sure if I should post these, but its pride month and I think I deserve a treat after sipping denial juice for like 15 years.

I actually wanted to flesh out some things that happened in their past, but I had so much fun I ended up with like 12 little snippets that I'm just going to throw on here over the next month.

A little background: these two are side characters from my group's DnD campaign, that I have latched onto like a barnacle to a boat (Kaisa was actually my first PC ever, I brought her back as a gimmick & our dm played along, so that didn’t exactly help with getting less attached).

*DISCLAIMER* - the campaign we play is 100% organic homebrew and we treat the world of DnD like a toddler treats a sandbox - with enough respect not to eat the sand but otherwise it's a free-for-all.

Snippets under the cut!

☼・12/12・☼

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☼・1・☼

“They fucked both of us over, didn’t they?” Kaisa tightened the grip on her sword, while the rough wall dug into her back even through the scale mail.

The woman beside her nodded earnestly.

“You could say that.”

Kaisa shot her another glance. Heart-shaped face, grey-purple skin, red eyes, pointed ears. Drow, half-blood, most likely, with those ridiculous white strands of hair that framed her face. She was panting slightly from the exertion of running for cover. And probably the fight before. And the knife wound in her shoulder. Goddamn wizards. She should have aimed better. At least then they wouldn’t be squeezed together in this tiny alcove, hiding from the villagers. Or what was left of them, anyway.

“Sorry I almost burned your face off”, the wizard said sheepishly.

Kaisa grunted, in part to hide her surprise. An apology was the last thing she’d expected.

“My fault I even gave you the chance.”

“I’ve never had anyone dodge my spells like that. You’re used to fighting casters, aren’t you?”

“I kill them, usually.”

“Oh.” To her credit, she didn’t cringe away. “Like…all of them?”

“Are you dead, little mage?”

She frowned. “Not for a lack of trying on your part.”

“But are you dead?”

“No, I guess not.”

“Then there’s your answer.”

“Is it a work-for-hire thing, then? Or is it...recreational?”

“Listen-“

“Ruby.”

“-Ruby, I don’t know why or how you got here, but you’re not what I came here for. So just stay out of my way and we won’t have any…further problems.”

“Fine. Are you sure you don’t need my help with that collapsed entrance, though?”

Damn. She’d forgotten all about that already. A triumphant little smile had appeared on the wizard’s insultingly pretty face and Kaisa felt like cursing again.

“I mean, I’m sure you’re strong enough to lift these boulders on your own, but fighting off a horde of undead at the same time might prove just a little difficult,” Ruby said with a small shrug. She winced and touched a hand to her shoulder. “Ouch.”

“And you think you’ll be of much help like that?”

“Probably not. I forgive you for throwing that dagger at me, by the way,” she said nonchalantly. “But since it looks like neither of us can leave on their own, we can either agree on a truce or we might as well stay here.”

There were few things that seemed less appealing than being stuck in a decrepit funeral temple with a wizard who liked to talk and smelled of peonies.

“Not a chance.” Kaisa fished a healing potion from a satchel at her belt and pressed it into Ruby’s hand. “Drink. Truce it is. Try anything, and I will stab you again.”

Ruby sniffed at the potion, downed it in one swig, and wiped her mouth with the back of her hand. There was a glint in her eyes, a purple glow lighting up the red of her irises. Shit, Kaisa thought. She looked like an innocent doll all groomed and polished as if she was made to be dressed up in lace and ribbons and put on a shelf behind glass. It made it so easy to forget she’d almost blown Kaisa to smithereens. Made it even easier to forget that that was probably her intention.

“Don’t tempt me,” Ruby said and squeezed past her. “I might just get a taste for it.”

☼・2・☼

“Wait!”

Kaisa stopped and half-turned.

“What?”

A part of her wished Ruby hadn’t saved her life at the centre of the temple. There were few things worse than being indebted to a wizard. She’d want something in return; of course she would. A quick end would have been preferable. Maybe then she’d finally find some peace.

“Come work for me. I could use some help on the ship.”

There it is.

“I don’t work for mages”, Kaisa said crisply. “I’ll do what I owe, but no more. Better get this over with anyway. What do you want?”

Ruby furrowed her brow, confused.

“What?”

“The life-debt. What do you want for it?”

“Life-debt? If I saved yours, you saved mine like a dozen times.” “I just pushed you out of the way.”

“Exactly. And anyway, I didn’t help you to get something out of it,” she said, indignant.

“Sounds like you do want something, though.”

“Right. Maybe I do. But not because of some debt you may or may not owe.”

Kaisa narrowed her eyes at Ruby. Was this some kind of game she was playing? No. As far as wizards went, Kaisa had to admit that Ruby seemed to be one of the more upstanding ones. But she was still a wizard. Which made admitting that she’d started earning her respect just a little inconvenient.

“I know you’re looking for that sword. I can help you get off world,” Ruby added.

Kaisa knew it was a hook, saw it coming right at her, and felt it dig right into her heart. It didn’t change anything. That was a damn good argument. Even a risk worth taking.

“And what’s in it for you?”

“Someone to watch my back.”

“And your first pick is someone whose job it is to murder people like you for a living?”

“I’m sure that’s not the only type of people you know how to murder”, Ruby said with a wry smile, and Kaisa snorted. “Not that I want you to murder anyone. But I do want to see more of what’s out there, different worlds, different planes. I think I didn’t realise how dangerous it was to go alone, and I don’t want to return home just yet. We made a pretty good team back then. I want someone by my side who won’t flinch when things get rocky.”

“Hm.”

Kaisa put a hand under Ruby’s chin and tipped up her face. She held her gaze without blinking. And what she saw was someone who had nothing to hide. Someone who carried her intentions like an open book before her.

“You have guts, little mage. I like that”, she said softly.

There was colour to Ruby’s cheeks when Kaisa let go of her. She tugged at her hair.

“I’ll pay you, of course,” she said.

“Finding the sword is payment enough.”

“No, I want you to know that I keep my word.” She cast her eyes down. “I know you don’t trust me, and you don’t have to. Not yet, anyway. But maybe we can start with…begrudging acceptance?”

Kaisa shook her head, a smile tugging at her lips.

“That… I might just manage.”

☼・3・☼

“Oh, fucking shit.” Kaisa skidded along the railing, the ship tilting precariously, the planks groaning. The mast was about to break, listing heavily to one side, the sails a tangled mess of rope and canvas. She jumped back on deck, vaulted over a crate that had gotten loose, hooked her feet into the guardrail, reached over; and managed to grab Ruby’s hand just as the netting snapped, that had kept her unconscious body from tumbling into the wide abyss of open space. With a shudder, the ship righted herself, and Kaisa hauled Ruby back to safety. Blood was dripping from a wound on her temple, ran over her cheek and dropped on Kaisa’s arm. Goddamn, reckless wizard.

She shook her a little.

“Ruby. Wake up.” Her eyelids fluttered. “Come on, little mage.”

“I told you not to call me that”, she mumbled, and sucked in a hissing breath. “Ow, that hurts.”

“And I told you to stay inside. But no. Someone had to go see these damn beasts for herself, didn’t she.”

“Nebula Eels,” Ruby said with a faint smile. “Very pretty.”

“Very deadly.”

“You needed help.”

“I can handle myself. But if you die, I’ll be stuck stranded in the aether, and that’s one shitty way to go. So please be a dear, and don’t do that.”

Ruby cracked her eyes open. “Aw, you’re worried about me.”

“I worry about both of us not getting killed.”

“Mhm.”

The mast made a cracking sound, which reminded Kaisa that they had a few other problems to address, rather than standing on deck bickering, Ruby in her arms like a bride on her wedding day.

“Can I put you down?”

Ruby sighed.

“Please don’t. I mean do. Yes. Sorry. My head.”

“Sure.”

Gently, she set Ruby on her feet and watched her sway towards the battered mast. Her, worrying about a wizard? Ridiculous. She should have carried her into the cabin, though. That wound looked nasty, not something to be walking around with. Ruby stumbled. And Kaisa only just managed to catch her fall.

☼・4・☼

[very mild spicy 🌶️ ] [🎵]

Clink. Clink. ——Clink.

Ruby crumbled the piece of paper in her hand. The noise wouldn’t stop.

“Can you please not do that while I’m doing my calculations?”

Kaisa didn’t even slow down as she answered, her sword slicing the air in perfect, glittering arcs. “We agreed I do my exercises in the morning. Go inside if it bothers you.”

“I can’t calculate anything if I can’t see the stars. Besides, it is not morning!”

“Maybe you should get glasses and look at the damn clock.” She whirled around, the blade lightly gracing the deck as she pivoted and finally came to a halt.

“Maybe you should stop scratching up my ship,” Ruby said, frustrated, and pointed at the chronometer above the cabin door. “And look at the time.”

“It’s nine.”

“Nine in the evening.”

“How the fuck am I supposed to know what it is when it’s always dark out here”, Kaisa said, gesturing at the whirling nebulas above and around the ship.

“I don’t know; you could see me going on deck, lay out my charts and think to yourself ‘hmm Ruby is trying to work so we don’t crash into some moon or asteroids or a sky whale; that must mean it is evening so maybe I should stop being an inconsiderate meathead and put my toy swords away for just an hour or two’.”

“Toy swords?”

Ruby swallowed. Definitely the wrong thing to say to someone holding about 34 inches of blank steel and towering above her by at least a head. But she wasn’t about to back down either. The air had grown thick with tension between them, their fragile truce evolved into something different altogether. It’d been a long stretch between Seucury and their next destination, Ilror, with nothing but each other for company, and both had gotten increasingly irritable and restless. Didn’t help that for some reason, she really, really liked it when Kaisa looked at her like she was about to put a dagger to her throat again. There was a sort of thrill to it, like casting the Walk On Water spell and watching the sharks below your feet. She wouldn’t get hurt, but just the thought of danger made her mouth run dry. At home waited only responsibility, decorum and routine. And Kaisa was none of that.

Ruby breathed in deep as she came closer, the table digging into her back. Her eyes travelled over Kaisa’s arms, the tattoos on them that looked like someone had carved them with a blunt knife. Ruby had to crane her neck to look up at her, the lamplight reflecting in her dark red eyes, making them glow like burning embers. She’d only needed to…

Kaisa reached around her to grab the astrolabe lying on the table.

“If anyone’s playing with toys, it’s you. What even is this thing?”

“A star chart”, Ruby said, although she could barely speak. “Put it back.”

“Huh”, Kaisa said, activating the small illusion inside and squinting at it. “Look at that. We’re off by a few degrees.”

“How would you know?”

“Yes, how would I with all that meat in my head?”

Ruby made a sound between a huff and a growl and reached for the astrolabe. “Let me see.”

Kaisa pulled it out of her reach. “Come and get it.”

She was an archmage of Dakar, a respectable member of the Dakarian university, a noble from a house with a long reputation, and games like these were beneath her. Under any other circumstance.

“You fiend”, Ruby snarled and lunged at Kaisa, who laughed and twisted away, taking Ruby with her. They swayed over the deck, half wrestling, half losing balance, tumbled over a coil of rope, fell, and Ruby found herself pinned beneath Kaisa, the astrolabe rolling from her hand. She could hear her own breath in her ears, felt something unravel in her chest like a spring, a want she’d tried to talk herself into not feeling. What would my mother say? What would my colleagues say? What would the nobles say? What would Kaisa say?

“Ruby, Ruby, Ruby.”

Ruby pulled her face down and kissed her. Hungry, starving. Felt her hands run over her arms, her back, every touch a small lightning strike, every kiss the answer to a question she’d never known she’d had. The only thing left of her was breath and fire, she weaved her hands into Kaisa’s braid as her lips travelled down her neck, one hand beneath her shirt; and the sound she made when Ruby ran her fingers along the membrane of her long ears might have sent Ruby to Elysium right then and there. She’d no idea how long they’d been lying there entangled, might have been a minute, might have been an hour, might have been an eternity. Not long enough by Dakarian standards. Too long, by Ruby’s.

“Cabin,” Ruby gasped. “Now.”

“Why? Is anyone else on this ship?” Kaisa whispered against her ear.

Oh, this was depravity. Absolutely unthinkable. The most wonderful, brilliant thing. Ruby lifted her eyes to watch the stars wheel above them, the endless dark expanse, the blue and purple nebulas, fractals, pattern, beauty she thought she’d gotten used to. But there would be no getting used to this.

☼・5・☼

[ 🎵]

“This one is my favourite”, Ruby said, trailing a finger over Kaisa’s back. She could feel the residue of old magic beneath her fingertips. These weren’t simple tattoos. But what purpose they might have had, she couldn’t tell.

“Hm. What does it look like?”

“You don’t know?”

“Don’t think I ever cared to find out what they did to my back.”

“They?” A few times Ruby had tried to uncover the reason behind Kaisa’s aversion, or rather borderline obsessive hatred, towards wizards. She’d only ever gotten pieces of an answer, had never guessed that the tattoos were a part of it.

Kaisa didn’t reply.

“It looks like a sun,” she said softly. “I think it’s beautiful.”

“You wouldn’t say that if you knew…”, Kaisa trailed off and turned around. “Have you ever had your will taken from you?”

Ruby shook her head, taken just a little off guard. “Only in training. As an exercise.”

“Well, there was no training in Arathflor. Not for that sort of thing, anyway.”

“Your home?”

“No. That’s where the fighting pits were. Lawless place. They throw you into a cell with a bunch of other poor bastards, tell you they’re on your team, watch you befriend them and then force you to kill them in front of an audience, all the while you fight for control over your own fucking body.”

“Why would anyone do that?”, Ruby asked, unable to keep the horror from her voice.

“Money, power and sadism, mostly.”

She sounded like she was talking about the weather, but Ruby did not for one second believe she actually felt this calm.

“How did you get out?”

“A friend…he damaged the spell’s anchor. Wasn’t more than a little coin. Almost killed me. Kind of wish he had. It was the last fight of the season. Never found out if it was an accident, or if he knew. Never got to ask him.” She stared at her hands, as if there was still blood on them.

“I’m so sorry,” Ruby said and swept a strand of hair from Kaisa’s face. There was no word in any language she knew to take that kind of hurt away. “I’ll never let anyone do that to you ever again. I swear.”

Kaisa pressed a kiss to her palm. “Neither will I,” she whispered, gathering Ruby into her arms. There was something else in her voice when she spoke again; old hurt, hope, an edge like a shattered blade. “Gods help me, I don’t know how, but I trust you. Please don’t break it.”

Ruby fiercely shook her head.

“Never, never, never.”

☼・6・☼

Ruby woke to the last rays of the evening sun shining through the blinds of her room. Returning to Dakaris was always an exercise in re-adapting. This time even more so. She kept her eyes closed and waited for Kaisa to kiss her brow and say ‘good morning, gem’, but when she reached out her arms, the bed beside her was empty. Right. Kaisa was at the barracks. Easier this way, they’d decided. No inconvenient questions. No worries about anyone questioning her status or mental capacities. They might have looked past her being a woman, but not that she was an uncultured barbarian to Dakarian society. No match for an archmage. No match for a family already in a precarious situation. They couldn’t see what Ruby saw. Kaisa was no scholar, but her knowledge of the arcane and those who wielded it was extensive and unconventional. Ruby had no doubt she could hold her own against some of the professors at the university. Especially when it came to putting them through a wall, just to prove a point. Which was the second, and biggest the biggerissue. Kaisa might trust her, but that trust certainly did not extend to the wizards at the university, and Ruby refused to put her into a situation that might hurt her in one way or another. So they’d agreed to separate for the time being. Which meant, no ship ration breakfast in bed, no one to hold her when she couldn’t sleep and no one to tell her to ‘fuck the old crones at the university with their shitty little magic books and trinkets’. So by the time she’d swung her legs over the edge of the bed, her night was already ruined.

☼・7・☼

Kaisa walked back to the barracks with the first morning light at her back, tracing the new leather tie around her arm with a smile. When Ruby first suggested she’d stay with the soldiers, she’d been sceptical, to put it mildly. It had been one of their nastier arguments. But the Dakarian military had turned out to be quite the opposite of the stiff city guard stationed on the upper levels of Dakar. With little threat from other nations, the main function of the army was to keep the city safe from the creatures that roamed the desert. Giant chitinous, alligator-like beasts that hid under the sand, centipedes as long as a man’s leg that collapsed tunnels the drows had dug into the rocks below, or hordes of desert corpses that hunted travellers on the few accessible trading routes between the cities. That meant that the soldiers stayed mostly topside, on the fringes of Dakarian society, and Kaisa had found herself amidst a bunch of hardened, disarmingly forward and hearty fighters, who had first roped her into a drinking contest, then an arm wrestling contest and then a boxing match. The sense of honest camaraderie had soothed her initial anger. Even Ruby’s father, the acting general of the Dakarian forces, had welcomed her with open arms. Basilides seemed to be a generally fair and respectable sort of person, who was on good terms with almost everyone in camp. Last night, he’d granted leave to Osha, Tux and Kiril so they could take her out hunting. The hide of her prey’s soft underbelly now decorated Kaisa’s arm. It had been a good hunt. A good night. No, all things considered, things could be much worse.

☼・8・☼

“This is getting ridiculous.” Ruby wanted to groan, or scream, or possibly do both at the same time. Schooling her expression into a detached, pleasant mask was getting gradually harder as the night wore on.

“Master Dalael has appealed the notion twice, he requests a formal inquiry and a re-examination of how the funds will be diverted,” her secretary said, pushing up his glasses.

That smarmy bast-

“He argues that your absence warrants a revision of the schooling program for children from the Dens. ‘Things are constantly changing and need perpetual revision’, is what he said, if I recall.”

What would Kaisa do?, Ruby mused and twirled her pen between her fingers. Hold him over a crevasse by his ankles and shake him until he agreed to see reason, probably. The thought had some appeal.

“Tell Master Dalael I’ll be at the meet and that I will be available for a re-evaluation.”

“Of course. Then there’s the Society of Extra-Planar Arcane Arts. They have requested your presence for a demonstration of a communication device.”

A device that doesn’t work and likely will never work.

“I’ll be there after the meet.”

“Very well. Lastly, Professor Lylok wishes to inquire about the state of the final exams. He is growing…impatient.”

“I’m working on them. He may discuss them with me before first light tonight. Is that all?”

“For tonight, yes. I will arrange everything and update your calendar.”

“Thank you.”

Thalel nodded. When the door had clicked shut behind him, Ruby buried her head in her hands. Dalael, the SEPAA and then Lylok. The nobles fighting as always, the people in the Dens suffering. Nothing had changed. The city was still a pit of vipers, impervious to change, the festering darkness hidden by a shiny veneer of gems and starlight. She’d only been home for two weeks, and all things considered, things couldn’t be much worse.

☼・9・☼

“Oi! Reed! How did it go yesterday?”

Reed stomped past, sending an unmistakable gesture towards Kiril, who slapped his thigh, laughing.

“She’s been trying to get into Mel’s bed for like a decade now”, Osha explained and handed Kaisa a cup of ale. “It’s not going well. He’s the righteous sort, you know.”

“Poor thing”, Kaisa said.

“You got anyone at home?”

“Home?”

“You know, that world of gorgeous, tall and muscular warriors you so obviously come from.”

“Oh. Yeah. I got someone.” The fact that someone was actually on Dakar didn’t exactly change her situation. She might as well have been off-world.

“Must be hard being so far away.”

“We’re taking a break,” Kaisa said, staring into her cup. She missed Ruby with a force she didn’t even want to admit to herself. She’d rather thought the feelings would go away once they stopped being constantly in each other’s face, stuck on a tiny ship. But to her dismay it seemed quite the opposite was true. Either way, if she’d learned anything on her travels, it was to not get overly attached. To take it one day at a time. Or on Dakar, rather, one night at a time. They’d leave again eventually.

“Osha, shut up already.” Tux nudged her with an elbow and Osha shrugged apologetically.

“It’s fine”, Kaisa sighed and downed her cup. “She says her parents won’t approve. Don’t want to get her into trouble.”

Osha grimaced.

“Ouch. Yeah. Been there.” She put an arm around Kaisa’s shoulder, clinking her cup to hers. “Well, if you ever want a fresh start and that archmage won’t bring you back, we’ll gladly keep you.”

☼・10・☼

Ruby sank into the plush chair, the cushions almost swallowing her. She kind of wished they did.

“Denied”, she said tonelessly. “I’ve got a week to appeal the appeal of the appeal, no support, no time and no leverage. Who even came up with a system like that?”

“And what are you going to do about it?”

“What am I going to do about what? I can conjure a whole damn fire elemental from nothing, but I cannot conjure up a bloody conscience for Dalael and his ilk.”

“Rubinia!” Damariel pursed her lips. “That is unbecoming of someone your station. You have clearly been away for too long. And the company you’ve kept!”

“Mother, please.” Ruby plucked at the fringes of an exceptionally frilly cushion. “I did not mind the company. And since we’re on the topic, she deserves better accommodations.“

Damariel clicked her tongue.

“Be that as it may, I believe that you have more pressing matters to attend to. Have you entered some sort of contract with the mercenary?”

“No, nothing like that.” She wanted to tell her mother not to speak about Kaisa as if she were just some muscle for hire. That she would give her right hand to make sure she was safe. And if she pretended hard enough, keeping her mouth shut about the true nature of their relationship was the only way to shield her from Dakarian politics. So Ruby did just that.

“Then I cannot fathom what you’re fretting about. Your father says Lady Brightwind has taken well to life at the barracks. I’m sure that will put your mind at ease?”

Ruby rubbed her eyes. She’d never been more tired in her life.

“I’m glad.”

Damariel set her cup down and put a hand on her daughter’s knee. “Dear, you look tried. Stay for the day. And surely tonight you will see things more clearly. There are more important things to focus on than appeasing mercenaries and your little social projects. Although I would not mind seeing you go toe to toe with Master Dalael. It would strengthen your position.”

Ruby was too exhausted to protest, so she simply nodded.

☼・11・☼

Kaisa’s room was at the back of the barracks; a word from his daughter had seen the general grant her a small private space apart from the other soldiers. A luxury, but isolating. She climbed up a flight of stairs that was fixed to the outside of the building. Light would come soon, and the air was already getting hotter. She’d half a mind to grab her swords and head to the little oasis instead when she noticed the door standing open. An orange glow came from inside, whoever it was, they did not try to hide. It mattered little. Kaisa grabbed her dagger, crept towards the door, a spell ready on her lips, and hesitated.

Peonies.

She allowed herself a little smile, willed the space between her and the room to let her pass through, stepped forward and out of the air behind a familiar figure standing by the window. Carefully, soft as a kiss, she put the blade to her throat.

“Gotcha”, she whispered.

But to her disappointment, Ruby barely reacted. She simply pushed the dagger away with a finger and turned, her presence hitting Kaisa like a wave. Like water in the desert. Like something that had only grown sweeter in its absence. This could have been the best morning in a month if Ruby hadn’t looked a right mess. As if she hadn’t slept in weeks. Judging from the red rims of her eyes, she’d been crying too. And Ruby never cried.

“What happened?”, Kaisa asked, her voice dark, ready to break someone’s neck.

Ruby just shrugged a little.

“You look like you’ve been having fun”, she said instead of an answer, and it sounded almost like an accusation.

Kaisa forced the dagger back into its sheath with a loud click.

“I’m making the best of things. As you suggested,” she bit back.

“Well, I didn’t expect you to be-“

“-Not miserable? What the fuck do you want me to be? Wasn’t my choice to get dropped off here with barely a word of goodbye. So don’t tell me how I’m supposed to feel about it.”

By the time she’d finished the sentence, Ruby was crying again. Ah fuck, was it hard to see her like that. But she’d a point to make, too.

“I’m sorry,” Ruby sniffed after a long pause. “I should have never left you like that. I was so worried about everyone's opinions, I thought if I played my cards right, I could actually do some good this time, but it’s all just the same and nothing I do really matters, I could do everything perfectly right and they still won’t listen and-“

“Woha, slow down”, Kaisa said, calm as she could manage. She should be fuming mad right now. Barely a word for a month, no visits, no messages, just a handful of cold letters, only for her to come back crying when things grew over her head. But unfortunately, this was Ruby. And she simply could not stand to see her hurt. “Just tell me what’s going on.”

“I don’t think I can do this.” Ruby wiped at her eyes, but the tears just kept coming. “I’m not cut out to be an archmage. The others barely respect me enough not to insult me to my face. My mother has all the empathy of a bowl of sand, and father is never home long enough to talk to. I’m alone, and I’m miserable, I’ve made the worst mistake I could have possibly made, I pushed away the only one who actually cared, just to gain the approval of cut-throats and liars, and I’m so so sorry, I should never have-“

“Ruby-“

“I miss you! I miss you so much. And I don’t-“

Kaisa pulled her into her arms before Ruby could choke on her own tongue, rested her chin on top of her head. Just let her sob for a moment. She fit perfectly against her, like a puzzle piece, and in that moment she knew she never wanted to hold anyone else ever again. What was a month to an elf anyway? Nothing more than the blink of an eye.

“I’ve missed you, too,” she said, gently rocking them both back and forth. “You have no idea.”

Ruby held on as if she were drowning.

“Will you come home with me?”

Trading the barracks for the inner city? The university? The laughter and levity for hostile stares? Not very appealing. But she’d have Ruby back. That was all that mattered. And Kaisa had never cared about pissing off a few wizards anyway.

“Of course, gem. I’ll pack my things.”

☼・12・☼

Ruby smiled and took a deep breath, the air filled with the smell of the sea, the wind gently tugging at her hair, the sun in her face. The Scarlet Harlot glided through the waves like a fish, as easily as she’d navigated the aether above. Her heart was light and the road ahead wide open. What wonder to exist with nothing but blue all around and the sails snapping happily in the wind. She adjusted her sun-lenses, watched Kaisa stroll on deck, leant against the guardrail and beckoned her closer.

“Hello, my darling sunshine”, she said and wrapped her arms around her waist, but for some reason Kaisa only smiled against her lips when she went for a kiss.

“What is it?”

“You lost”, she said, took Ruby’s chin and pointed her face towards Coy, who sat on a crate, hidden in the shadow of the mast, an open-mouthed expression of disbelief on her face.

“Oh. Oh no.”

“I think you owe me ten gold, my love.”

“You dogs. You absolute dogs!” Coy jumped up, the string of her violin snapping. “I knew it! I fucking knew it.”

“And I knew you’d slip up first”, Kaisa said, and planted a kiss on her cheek before heading for the ship’s wheel.

“That’s not fair, you’re the one with all the names!”, Ruby called after her. “The one time I…I didn’t even know she was there! And you know I can’t see well in the sun! …What?”

There was a wide grin on Coy’s face.

“My darling sunshine. That’s disgusting. Oh, mother will be furious. I’m so proud.”

Ruby sighed. She’d never hear the end of this.

“She knows already.”

“And?”

“Well, you know how she is.”

“Oh, do I know.” Coy sat down again and fixed her violin. “You fooled me long enough, I’ll give you that. But on another note, you should really give the gold to me.”

“And why would I do that?”

“Compensation for all the emotional damage you two are going to inflict on me.”

“Ah.”

“Make it eleven, and I’ll even throw in one or the other sappy love song, if you’re so inclined.”

“I’m not inclined. At all.”

Coy shrugged. “Your loss,” she said and started plucking at her violin as if she’d never seen the instrument before.

“Gods, you’re impossible.”

Ruby flicked a coin at her and Coy snatched it out of the air, still grinning.

“Good choice,” she said, changing the tune, humming softly, her bow dancing over the strings and the wind carrying the music like the sea carried their little ship.

“A silver for your thoughts, my love // a silver for your hand // a silver for a kiss, my love /// you said the sky cannot be bought // and I said just look up // see all the coins you have collected there // see them scattered in the dark // and I’ll add mine and more than that // just to have your heart. O, a silver…”

#phia writes #oc #dnd #Ruby #Kaisa #Between The Stars

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Cruiser Nya!

Ah role-lock. This jacket would have looked so cool with the caster Late Allagan shoes with the glowing red details… At least the jewelry isn't locked.

Head: Scion Hearer's Hood - ash grey / jet black Body: Cruiser Jacket of Maiming - default Hands: Street Handwear - ruby red / default Legs: Martial Artist's Slops - default / ruby red Feet: Eastern Lord Errant's Shoes - ruby red / turquoise blue

Earring (optional): High Allagan Earrings of Casting Neck: The Emperor's New Necklace Wrists: High Allagan Bracelets of Casting Right Ring: The Emperor's New Ring Left Ring: High Allagan Ring of Aiming/Healing

Main Hand: -- Off Hand: --

Fashion Accessory: -- Minion: -- Mount: -- Location: Solution Nine - Recreation Zone

Shader: Faeberry Bokeh

#ffxiv #ffxiv glamour #ffxiv au ra #ffxiv reaper #eorzea collection #valkariel ilmarë #au ra #raen #reaper #maiming melee #darks/blacks/greys #reds/oranges/browns #blues/indigos #uses mogstation items #no seasonal items #futuristic glamour #casual glamour

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lazyscience · 3 months ago

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DCC Challenge, Day 13

Time To Floor Collapse: 17 days, 2.5 hours (give or take)

Time for the recap episode!

Crawler @quartzandsundry

New Achievement! Sugah Sugah!

Ah, the lure of blood. Is it the sweet, sweet illusion of helplessness that makes the mobs go crazy for you, crawler, or is it the desire to claim the honors of taking down such an efficient killer? Either way, you sure look like the world's biggest cupcake to those mobs, and you're making it work for you.

(is a giant cupcake still a cupcake, or is it a cake?)

Reward: A silver Riverdale box! Inside, The Serpent Crown, which grants its wearer one Teleport per day, and three opportunities to look "through" a closed door or portal and see what is on the other side. Also contains a sack of burgers in a greasy paper bag branded "Pop's Malt Shop."

Crawler @kathrynalexao3:

New Achievement! These Boots Were Made For Walkin'!

That has to be some kind of - you know what? Fuck recordkeeping, I declare that you did, indeed, set Some Kind of Record for how many steps in a crawler's day. You were busy! Some of it on difficult terrain, and a not-inconsiderable portion it on, across or against mobs!

I love that for you--no, for US. I love that for us. But could you maybe, just maybe, try it barefoot next time? Just for kicks, ha ha, I made a funny!

Reward: A gold I'm Your Huckleberry Box! Inside, a box of Targeting Hollowpoint Ammo for a pistol or revolver-style weapon, with a guided function guaranteed to keep it from missing targets even in cover or in motion! (This is why it's only for small magazine weapons, where's the fun and excitement otherwise?) Also included a marked deck of Earth playing cards, two 100,000 chips for the Desperado Club casino, and a hit of Glory Bound.

Crawler @king-ofconfusion:

New Achievement! Heavens No, Hell Yeah!

Welcome, Crawler, to the Desperado Club. Where telling god fetishists to fuck off is not only tolerated, shit, it's pretty much mandatory! Where the only person's wishes that matter are yours, and the only things that are forbidden are the ones you can't afford.

Funny how many more people actually meet friends here than Club Vanquisher. And you know, actually have fun and do silly shit instead of eternally self-flagellating in the hopes that their vindictive deities will smash someone else beneath their mighty feet.

pfff, I kid, that'd be fun, and fun is Not Allowed there.

Reward: A gold Church and Destroy box! Included, a ring of Opposite Day with five charges (spells cast on the wearer rebound on the caster), a tome of Black Nimbus (removes worshippers from any connection to their deity and associated buffs/resistances, can trigger a Smite from their deity) , and a bonus tome of Skedaddle! so you can bail before the pitchforks and torches.

Crawler @oreniaa:

New Achievement! Frock You Like A Hurricane!

You want me to leave the zuchetta on? Well, meeee-row! Red is a GREAT color, being as it symbolizes willingness to shed blood...for the faith! yeah, that's it, for the faith. Not at all for the Aesthetic (cough) Anyway! for your groundbreaking work in blasphemy, have a reward!

Reward: A silver Apostate box! Inside, an enchanted Stick-N-Poke Prison Tattoo Kit, three scrolls of Eye in the Sky, and an enchanted Nipple Ring of the Defiler! +5 to Charisma, +10% chance to activate aggro in any clerical class who sees it and hates bodily autonomy.

Crawler @cairfrey :

New Achievement! Where Do You Go?

And like a bad 90s club anthem, your mobs are left deprived, disappointed...empty. Until you hear their careless whispers and STAB STAB STAB - oops. I am mixing genres, decades, realit--nope! Nope! Not losing it at all over here, nope! Except maybe to these sick beats! See you on the dancefloor at the Desperado, fellow kids!

Reward: A silver No Mercy box! Inside, an enchanted Belly Chain of +20% to Charisma! Upgradable with charms; currently equipped with a ruby charm of All Eyes On Me.

Crawler @deathdovesong

New Achievement! "What Up? I Got a Big--"

It do be a known fact that you have eyes for a large EDGED WEAPON, what did you perverts think I meant? I mean, that is why you watch the Adherents to An Ancient Forgotten Religion practice so often with their shirts off, so you can get a REALLY good look at what the exact muscle motion is, right?

Dedication, thy name is deathdovesong.

Reward: a silver Big Swingin' Sword box! Included a Helm of Resistance, adding +10% to your resistance against fire, ice and poison-based attacks! And to go with it, a Vorpal Sword of Stabbing! +10 to your strength, and unlike those other things, DOESN'T light up so mobs can see you from a mile away! (I mean, unless you're into that. Let me know, that could be cool, or you know, hilariously awful, kind of the same thing? For me, anyway.

Crawler @clearbrightlight

New Achievement! WEEEEEEIRD SCIENCE!

Crawler. Crawler, do you know how close you came to atomizing a quarter of the FLOOR with that shit you just came up with? Even WITH your Sapper's Table? Not gonna lie, that even made ME a little tingly. Good tingly? Bad tingly? It's all sensations! They're all equally horrigood? Terrigreat? I DON' T KNOW.

but ooh. SHINY. It's like the love child of a Hoblobber Rave Started and a suitcase nuke!

Reward: Is being alive and still in possession of all your limbs and fingers not enough for you? I kid, I kid! Here, have a Legendary Push It Real Good box! 10 Proximity triggers, 10 Impact triggers, and a box of alchemy supplies to see if you can successfully aliquot that thing into reasonable-sized servings of bizarrely pretty and sparkly destruction. I'm counting on you! And if not, it'll still make for an AMAZING recap episode!

Crawler @lazyscience:

New Achievement: It's Tricky!

Crawler, not gonna lie here, you could be doing better on the doomscrolling front. But congratulations on landing a good solid kick in the face to the PAT boss which is now hopefully well and truly down, a good hard knee to the groin of Mr. Jones boss, and just when you thought you had a minute before U Can't Touch This turns up - BAM IT'S WELLS FARGO WITH A FOLDING CHAIR!

But you put your Big Crawler pants on, sent some emails, made some calls, it's not great but it's survivable!

Reward: Amnesty on the Would You Do Something About The Kitchen quest for another day. And Thai basil red curry rice from doordash.

ATTENTION, all partied crawlers! Don't forget to update me on mobs, quests, or parties (defined at link) so I can award you achievements! Please let me know either in the replies to this post, reblogging with additions, or hit my askbox/DMs!

(please, do this, even with small and silly mobs/quests, it makes giving achievements so much easier!)

#dcc challenge 2025 #recap episode lucky 13!#pump up the jam

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(Outlaw Star “Caster Pistol”)

Might be a bit dangerous, but what weapon isn’t?

Jaune: Whoa... What's this?

Ruby: (Flinches) N-No way! (Pulls Jaune) Nononono! Nope! Absolutely not!

Jaune: Wh- Ruby?! What's going on?!

Ruby: Jaune, that is probably THE most dangerous pistol EVER made!

Jaune: Really? Why?

Ruby: It has a 100% kill guarantee.

Jaune: Oh, well, isn't that-

Ruby: For both the target AND the user!

Jaune: HUH?!

Ruby: I... I don't even know why it's even here! I thought it was locked up for good!

Jaune: H-How does it work?

Ruby: ...So, it's kinda like a black hole gun. You shoot it, and the target is sucked into oblivion. But every round drains you of your life after you fire.

Jaune: H-How?

Ruby: I... I don't know. I think it's some kind of old magic, but... Whatever. Bottom line: DON'T go near that thing!

#rwby #jaune arc #ruby rose #ru ja gun con au #ru ja gun con #outlaw star #rwby au

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darksaiyangoku · 2 years ago

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RWBY/Swords of Fate: Masters and Servants by Route

Dragonslayer Route

• Jaune Arc/Saber-Arthur

• Yang Xiao Long/Lancer-Cu Chulainn

• Ruby Rose/Archer-Arjuna

• Oscar Pine/Rider-Boudica

• Mercury Black/Berserker-Beowulf

• Emerald Sustrai/Caster-Hans

• Roman Torchwick/Assassin-Moriarty

• Cinder Fall/Saber-Mordred

Lancaster Route

• Jaune Arc/Saber-Ruby

• Ruby Rose/Archer-Jaune

• Sun Wukong/Lancer-Sage

• Mercury Black/Berserker-Arslan

• Nebula Violette/Assassin-Yoru

• May Zhou/Avenger-Whitley

• James Ironwood/Catser-Ozma

• Robyn Hill/Rider-Raven

• Morgan Faye/Archer-Gilgamesh

Knightshade Route

• Jaune Arc/Saber-Miyamoto Musashi

• Blake Belladonna/Rider-Medusa

• Rin Tohsaka/Archer-Hachiko

• Sage Ayana/Caster-Tamamo

• Shirou Emiya/Berserker-Sun Wukong

• Misaya Reirouken/Lancer-Elizabeth Bathory

• Adam Taurus/Assassin-Sienna Khan

• Saincrad Phahn/Berserker-Hazel Rainart

• Henry Marigold/Saber-Sigurd

• Amakasu Shirou Tokisada/Avenger-Jeanne Alter

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wrestlingexchange · 1 year ago

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Masterlist

Authors and Artists are now revealed! Thank you so much to everyone who participated, this was a ton of fun.

The collection will remain open indefinitely for treats.

If you're crossposting to Tumblr, tag your work #Three Count Exchange and we will reblog in the coming days! Full list of links on AO3 under the cut.

Art:

All Apologies by flyguys for GodivaDevice Max Caster/Maxwell Jacob Friedman Rating: Explicit https://archiveofourown.org/works/53057080

Mystery Work by Bbyfacebunn for Flyguys Donovan Danhausen/Hook Rating: Gen https://archiveofourown.org/works/52999354

Not your boy toy. by cumdumpster666 for JustAnotherMadOne Shawn Michaels Rating: Teen And Up Audiences https://archiveofourown.org/works/52999717

Fic:

all your blood and curses by voodoochild for stinkbuggery Nigel McGuinness/Blackpool Combat Club Poly Rating: Explicit https://archiveofourown.org/works/52994188

Bloom by racketstory for NastyBambino Matt Jackson/Nick Jackson Rating: Explicit https://archiveofourown.org/works/52981177

blooming now (be my honey) by sarahcakes613 for sequentialprophet Claudio Castagnoli/Wheeler Yuta Rating: Explicit https://archiveofourown.org/works/52997395

butterflies from new york (a window) by blizzard_suplex for voodoochild Willow Nightingale & Ruby Soho & Eddie Kingston (platonic) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences https://archiveofourown.org/works/52986868

cause all the memories that we dreamed of now have all been washed away (do you feel love?) by rawrimmapanda for pastelwind Narita Ren/Umino Shota Rating: Explicit https://archiveofourown.org/works/53072986

The cleaner, Joe by liznt for ungefug Samoa Joe/CM Punk Rating: Mature https://archiveofourown.org/works/53046757

Give Me Revelations by WakeUpDreaming for sarahcakes613 Daniel Garcia/Eddie Kingston Rating: Explicit https://archiveofourown.org/works/53015833

Feel the Heat, Come out of Cold by WakeUpDreaming for sarahcakes613 Nick Jackson/"Hangman" Adam Page Rating: Mature https://archiveofourown.org/works/53011801

the heart tells the tale by sequentialprophet for blizzard_suplex Adam Cole/Roderick Strong Rating: Teen And Up Audiences https://archiveofourown.org/works/53041348

Hot Ones in Long Island by idyllic_idioms for Stay_Safe_Pixieboots Adam Cole & Maxwell Jacob Friedman (platonic) Rating: Gen https://archiveofourown.org/works/53202682

I could be your girlfriend tonight by ungefug for GlamAssKiddo Samoa Joe/CM Punk Rating: Explicit https://archiveofourown.org/works/52987816

I'm Coming With You by thunderkiss86 for PokeGirl628 Will Ospreay Rating: Mature https://archiveofourown.org/works/53190007

Love's Gone To Hell (And So Have I) by Stay_Safe_Pixieboots for idyllic_idioms Blackpool Combat Club (Poly) Rating: Gen https://archiveofourown.org/works/52992535

Luck be a Lady by GlamAssKiddo for terribleCoder Maxwell Jacob Friedman/The Acclaimed Poly Rating: Explicit https://archiveofourown.org/works/53049598

MD4R by sunsetflips for thunderkiss86 War Dogs (platonic) Rating: Mature https://archiveofourown.org/works/53018842

needed by Anonymous for racketstory Matt Jackson/Nick Jackson Rating: Explicit https://archiveofourown.org/works/53202913

No Chance. No Way. And Yet…. by ThatBohoFemme for reeby10 "Hangman" Adam Page/Swerve Strickland Rating: Teen And Up Audiences https://archiveofourown.org/works/53174530

Partners by reeby10 for ThatBohoFemme Donovan Danhausen/Hook Rating: Teen And Up Audiences https://archiveofourown.org/works/52982422

picture show by stinkbuggery for Bbyfacebunn Donovan Danhausen/Brody King Rating: Teen And Up Audiences https://archiveofourown.org/works/53056576

R U Mine? (I Wanna Be Yours) by NastyBambino for WakeUpDreaming Matt Jackson/"Hangman" Adam Page Rating: Mature https://archiveofourown.org/works/52867378

The secrets we keep by pastelwind for rawrimmapanda El Desperado/Takahashi Hiromu Rating: Explicit https://archiveofourown.org/works/53054425

the ties that bind by GodivaDevice for liznt Maxwell Jacob Friedman/CM Punk Rating: Explicit https://archiveofourown.org/works/53023174

the universe to the left by or-ng-c-ss-dy (o_r_ng_c_ss_dy) for KatMagenta Orange Cassidy/Chuck Taylor Rating: Mature https://archiveofourown.org/works/53048416

we'll set something ablaze by KatMagenta for or-ng-c-ss-dy (o_r_ng_c_ss_dy) Fire Ant/Chuck Taylor Rating: Explicit https://archiveofourown.org/works/52998934

With Ice Cold Hands by JustAnotherMadOne for cumdumpster666 The Undertaker & Kane (platonic) Rating: Mature https://archiveofourown.org/works/52988734

you gave up so easily (promise you can’t replace me) by rawrimmapanda for sunsetflips David Finlay/Jay White Rating: Teen And Up Audiences https://archiveofourown.org/works/52977919

#three count exchange #flashing gif

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alicesadventuresinffxiv · 2 months ago

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Pure Ruby [Shinku | Rozen Maiden]

Time to kick off a project I’ve been working on for three years now: Alice’s Rozen Maiden Cosplay Collection!

Here’s the Eorzea Collection for this first glam!

Back when I started FFXIV, I set a silly goal for myself: try to cosplay all eight (we’re counting both Barasuishou and Kirakishou) doll characters from the Rozen Maiden series. The idea was that I’d need items that would force me to interface with social systems I was otherwise intimidated by - treasure maps, PVP, Alliance Raids, and more. Eventually, that goal took shape as a set of eight different outfits which I now use as cross-role glams on my main.

This first glam here is for Caster/Magical DPS jobs, and is based on Shinku!

(Art here is from a SINoALICE collab of all things.)

More details and full versions of all screenshots below the cut!

RDM: When I first started out, I only picked one job per cosplay. Shinku was going to be RDM, hence why this ended up a Caster glam. Strictly speaking, though, the only pieces that are locked to casters are the earrings, and those have equivalents for all roles.

SMN: I was originally hoping to use the Akademos Recollection here, but oops, that’s a SCH weapon, not SMN! Ah well. I adore the sparkle of the Tsukuyomi weapons, so I wanted to use at least one in this project anyway.

BLM: I knew I wanted a cane-like weapon for at least one job, since that’s the weapon Shinku normally uses. There unfortunately aren’t too many BLM weapons with a hooked top, but the Augmented Deepshadow Scythe works pretty well!

(And yes, this is a WIP version of my Suigintou glam too.)

PCT: Aesthetically, PCT seems like a more fitting job for Hina Ichigo - in fact, I have a half-finished Caster glam for her in case I ever change my mind - but the rose-shaped Hellhound Round Brush is so perfect for Shinku I couldn’t not use it. .

Misc Notes -These glams are meant to capture the spirit of each character more than the exact cosplay. For example, the Loyal Housemaid's Pumps might be more accurate to Shinku’s canonical character design, but I felt the Valentione Emissary's Dress Boots worked even better with this ensemble. Plus, I don’t just want to use the same shoes for all the characters!

-Locations pictured: Custom apartment, Great Gubal Library (Hard), Eulmore

-What next? Well, I’m planning to upload a new one of these whenever I get all the jobs for the corresponding role to level 100.

And it looks like Healer is getting close!

#ffxiv #rozen maiden #eorzea collection #ffxiv screenshots #my screenshots #my ramblings #alice rozen posts #alice's rozen maiden cosplay collection #also if you’re wondering about BLU…#that will be a different doll #please look forward to it :3

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mostbelovedaewwrestlertournament · 7 days ago

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Most Beloved AEW Wrestler Tournament 2: Week 11/HALFWAY POINT Statistics Dump

We've officially reached the halfway point of this tournament, which means that today is going to be a comparison to the first week for funsies

Total votes thus far: 473,658 (average of 61.3 votes per bracket, WAY up from 57.5 last week)

The Ties

I'm gonna have to figure out a way to efficiently determine if a Grand Three Way Tie has happened cause currently I do not have an efficient way. Cope and Britt have just had so many.

With this week's batch, there have been officially 40 ties in the first half of this tournament

The Crushing Defeats

Nick Comoroto has his status as Top Unanimous Loser challenged this week as Kamille gets not one, but two more losses, tying him at 4

The Top 20

Below are the stats for the Top 20 from days 71-77

The Undefeated

Enormous upsets this week as Adam Page suffers both his first and second loss, leaving only 3 remaining undefeated

The Midcard

Lovely little midcard this week, thanks to some ties

The Stock Market

Kenny Omega - 1 - 1 ( =)

Orange Cassidy - 2 - 2 ( =)

Adam Page - 3 - 3 ( =)

Toni Storm - 4 - 4 ( =)

Swerve Strickland - 5 - 5 ( =)

Willow Nightingale - 6 - 7 ( +1)

Wheeler Yuta - 7 - 6 (-1)

MJF - 8 - 9 ( +1)

Kris Statlander - 9 - 8 (-1)

Eddie Kingston - 10 - 10 ( =)

Jay White - 11 - 11 ( =)

Chuck Taylor - 12 - 13 ( +1)

Jon Moxley - 13 - 12 (-1)

Samoa Joe - 14 - 14 ( =)

Will Ospreay - 15 - 16 ( +1)

Konosuke Takeshita - 16 - 15 (-1)

Julia Hart - 17 - 18 ( +1)

Mariah May - 18 - 17 (-1)

Nyla Rose - 19 - 19 ( =)

Matthew Jackson - 20 - 20 ( =)

Queen Aminata - 21 - 21 ( =)

Christian Cage - 22 - 25 ( +3)

Harley Cameron - 23 - 23 ( =)

Kyle Fletcher - 24 - 24 ( =)

Kyle O'Reilly - 25 - 22 (-3)

Athena - 26 - 26 ( =)

Hook - 27 - 30 ( +3)

Daniel Garcia - 28 - 28 ( =)

Claudio Castagnoli - 29 - 35 ( +6)

Kota Ibushi - 30 - 27 (-3)

Kip Sabian - 31 - 31 ( =)

Nicholas Jackson - 32 - 34 ( +2)

Brody King - 33 - 37 ( +4)

PAC - 34 - 32 (-2)

Kazuchika Okada - 35 - 29 (-6) MOST SPOTS DOWN

Jamie Hayter - 36 - 33 (-3)

Katsuyori Shibata - 37 - 36 (-1)

Evil Uno - 38 - 38 ( =)

Bryan Danielson - 39 - 39 ( =)

Powerhouse Hobbs - 40 - 40 ( =)

Hikaru Shida - 41 - 41 ( =)

Riho - 42 - 43 ( +1)

Danhausen - 43 - 44 ( +1)

Mark Briscoe - 44 - 42 (-2)

Anthony Bowens - 45 - 47 ( +2)

Mercedes Mone - 46 - 45 (-1)

Adam Cole - 47 - 51 ( +4)

Ruby Soho - 48 - 46 (-2)

Mark Davis - 48 - 50 ( +2)

Abadon - 50 - 58 ( +8) MOST SPOTS UP

The Beast Mortos - 51 - 48 (-3)

Penelope Ford - 52 - 49 (-3)

Skye Blue - 53 - 53 ( =)

Jack Perry - 54 - 54 ( =)

Buddy Matthews - 55 - 52 (-3)

Marina Shafir - 56 - 55 (-1)

Thunder Rosa - 57 - 61 ( +4)

Juice Robinson - 58 - 60 ( +2)

Sting - 59 - 57 (-2)

Emi Sakura - 60 - 62 ( +2)

Komander - 61 - 56 (-5)

Killswitch - 62 - 59 (-3)

Anna Jay - 63 - 65 ( +2)

Matt Menard - 64 - 63 (-1)

Trent Beretta - 65 - 67 ( +2)

Darby Allin - 66 - 64 (-2)

Austin Gunn - 67 - 68 ( +1)

Yuka Sakazaki - 68 - 73 ( +5)

Hologram - 69 - 66 (-3)

Bandido - 70 - 76 ( +6)

Roderick Strong - 71 - 70 (-1)

Nick Wayne - 72 - 73 ( +1)

Lee Moriarty - 73 - 71 (-2)

Malakai Black - 74 - 69 (-5)

Isiah Kassidy - 75 - 72 (-3)

Red Velvet - 76 - 75 (-1)

Colten Gunn - 77 - 78 ( +1)

John Silver - 78 - 77 (-1)

Serpentico - 79 - 79 ( =)

Mr Brodie Lee - 80 - 80 ( =)

Deonna Purrazzo - 81 - 83 ( +2)

Shelton Benjamin - 82 - 81 (-1)

Bryan Keith - 83 - 86 ( +3)

Dustin Rhodes - 84 - 84 ( =)

Cope - 85 - 82 (-3)

Taya Valkyrie - 86 - 85 (-1)

Ricochet - 87 - 89 ( +2)

Lance Archer - 88 - 88 ( =)

Billy Gunn - 89 - 90 ( +1)

Big Bill - 90 - 92 ( +2)

Keith Lee - 91 - 87 (-4)

Matt Taven - 92 - 91 (-1)

Angelo Parker - 93 - 95 ( +2)

Dante Martin - 94 - 97 ( +3)

Ricky Starks - 95 - 94 (-1)

Marq Quen - 96 - 93 (-3)

Leyla Hirsch - 97 - 96 (-1)

Cash Wheeler - 98 - 100 ( +2)

Max Caster - 99 - 98 (-1)

The Butcher - 100 - 99 (-1)

Angelico - 101 - 101 ( =)

Darius Martin - 102 - 104 ( +2)

Leila Grey - 103 - 102 (-1)

Luther - 104 - 105 ( +1)

Kiera Hogan - 105 - 103 (-2)

Lio Rush - 106 - 105 (-1)

Johnny TV - 107 - 107 ( =)

AR Fox - 108 - 114 ( +6)

Bobby Lashley - 109 - 113 ( +4)

Alex Reynolds - 110 - 111 ( +1)

Brandon Cutler - 111 - 112 ( +1)

Rey Fenix - 112 - 108 (-4)

Diamante - 113 - 109 (-4)

Mercedes Martinez - 114 - 110 (-4)

Wardlow - 115 - 115 ( =)

Tay Melo - 116 - 116 ( =)

Dax Harwood - 117 - 118 ( +1)

Brian Cage - 118 - 120 ( +2)

Mike Bennett - 119 - 121 ( +2)

Matt Sydal - 120 - 117 (-3)

Scorpio Sky - 121 - 119 (-2)

Dr Britt Baker DMD - 122 - 123 ( +1)

Action Andretti - 123 - 122 (-1)

Lee Johnson - 124 - 124 ( =)

Colt Cabana - 125 - 125 ( =)

The Blade - 126 - 127 ( +1)

Toa Liona - 127 - 126 (-1)

Bishop Kaun - 128 - 132 ( +4)

Ortiz - 129 - 128 (-1)

Peter Avalon - 130 - 129 (-1)

Jeff Jarrett - 131 - 130 (-1)

Rush - 132 - 131 (-1)

Preston Vance - 133 - 133 ( =)

Jay Lethal - 134 - 134 ( =)

Michael Nakazawa - 135 - 135 ( =)

Griff Garrison - 136 - 137 ( +1)

Shawn Dean - 137 - 138 ( +1)

Vincent - 138 - 136 (-2)

Sammy Guevara - 139 - 139 ( =)

Dralistico - 140 - 140 ( =)

Tony Nese - 141 - 141 ( =)

Dutch - 142 - 142 ( =)

Ariya Daivari - 143 - 148 ( +5)

Satnam Singh - 144 - 147 ( +3)

Josh Woods - 145 - 143 (-2)

Madison Rayne - 146 - 144 (-2)

Chris Jericho - 146 - 145 (-1)

Paul Wight - 146 - 146 ( =)

Aaron Solo - 149 - 149 ( =)

Anthony Ogogo - 150 - 150 ( =)

Saraya - 151 - 151 ( =)

Miro - 152 - 152 ( =)

Rebel - 153 - 153 ( =)

Serena Deeb - 154 - 154 ( =)

Kamille - 155 - 155 ( =)

Nick Comoroto - 156 - 156 ( =)

Everyone who has been in the Top 20 at some point and their progression through the ranks (a proper stock market)

Now for the highlight of all of our weeks:

TAGS OF THE WEEK

@powderflower for supporting Ricochet infringing on RJ City's gimmick

@jackietracks for correcting me, as I sorely needed

@throesofincreasingwonder for considering the environment

@dykecassidy and @emofaggott for this tag team effort

@otsukare-katsukare for learning about the Monkey's Paw curse

@kayfabe-is-king for figuring out my dastardly plan all along

@bang-bang-gang for understanding what must be done

@wrestledyke for making sound financial decisions

@heeleryuta and @orbcube for just making a really funny combo of tags

@sarahcakes613 for painting a beautiful picture

And sorry this is the tag that best described the Big Divorce last week

#most beloved aew wrestler tournament #aew #all elite wrestling #tourney stats

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sheinthatfandom · 3 months ago

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Got this idea from @bang-bang-gang since @mostbelovedaewwrestlertournament has so many people in the first round I wasn’t sure about spamming the posts all day so if you wanna know my votes and why it’s under the cute I added all 78 matches and tried to keep it in order

Aaron solo vs Yuka : Yuka all the way she’s fun she’s cute I love her style and her moves

Abadon va willow: this made me sad to choose between two people I live but I went with willow

Action vs Ospreay: I do not give a fuck about Andretti he had a very short window of me caring and it’s been a very long time since then

Adam Cole vs wheeler Yuta: YUUUUTTTTTAAAA BABY THEY DID YOU DIRTY PUTTING YOU UP AGAINST COLE.Yuta man Yuta best Yuta the one I vote for always

Adam page vs wardlow: hanger is amazing and probably the greatest wrestling storyteller

Alex Reynolds’s vs Vincent: I was gonna say Vincent but then got sad thinking Alex would have no votes had I known he was winning I woulda been honest.

Angelico vs Trent Baretta: Angelico all the way wish it was closer cause honestly he’s a cute fun guy and deserves more votes

Angelo Parker vs Tony nese: it’s angelo there’s no thinking about it welcome back new daddy

Anna jay vs Toni storm: I picked Toni but I love them both it’s just Toni knows who she is knows her characters and is the greatest storyteller

Anthony bowens vs toa liona: Anthony bowens let’s start pushing him and not use the breakup to catapult caster

Ar fox vs the butcher: butcher all the way I miss this trio

Anthony ogogo vs thunder Rosa: they can never make me hate you it’s la mera mera

Daivari vs the blade: the blade again I miss this trio

Athena vs the beast mortos: I knew all votes would go to Athena so I wanted mortos to have a vote he’s not doing nearly as badly as I assumed but I love them both

Austin Gunn vs Taya: how you put two bad bitches against each other I went with Austin cause I haven’t see him in forever so I miss him more

Bandido vs tay melo: fuck that bitch anyone over tay but I actually do like bandido

Big bill vs swerve: one is the greatest and most charismatic wrestlers in the world wow who to choose lol swerve

Billy Gunn vs sting: I respect them both but I rather eat out Billy

Bishop Kaun vs skye blue: skye skye skye

Bobby lashley vs Shelton Benjamin: Shelton has more personality

Brandon cutler vs Shawn Dean: I went with cutler assuming he’s be outvoted I was wrong again lol

Brian cage vs serpentico: SNAKE MAN!!!!!

Brody king vs Serena deeb: an amazing man musician father and wrestler vs a pedo wife to whoever voted for her please block me I don’t wanna know you

Bryan danielson cs Scorpio sky: my BCC daddy the American dragon the clam digger

Bryan Keith vs satnam Singh: Bryan Keith but he deserves better than what he’s been giving now

Buddy matthews vs saraya: buddy hell I’d choose a pile of hot elephant dung before I choose saraya

Cash wheeler vs Samoa Joe: Joe Joe Joe got if he chopped me I think it might actually fix me

Jericho vs Sammy: I chose no one

Christian cage vs rush: Christian we love a cult daddy

Chuck Taylor va ruby soho: this is the Chuck Taylor website and I voted Chuck lol

Claudio vs Rodrick: Swiss sweetheart!!!!

Colt cabana vs riho: I went with riho but neither one is my most beloved

Colten Gunn vs richochet: Colten is coming back!!!! Sorry richochet especially now when you’re starting to show personality

Cope vs Ricky Starks: my big booty Ricky god I miss you the charisma the skill you deserve so much better the fact that cope has so many votes really tells me people get mad that a black man knows his worth

Danhausen vs Rey fenix: danhausen I do not care about Rey he ruined all good will with me last year

Daniel garcia vs red velvet: Danny!!!!!

Dante Martin vs rebel: is rebel still signed? I voted Dante

Darby vs aminata: the queen of course

Dax vs powerhouse: powerhouse and I’m so glad others are agreeing with me

Darius vs Preston: I voted Preston cause I knew he wouldn’t get many votes and I was right

Deonna vs Peter Avalon: Deonna

Diamante va penlope: call me Odysseus cause I’m obsessed with Penelope

Dmd va Paul wight: Paul again ruined all good will

Dralistico vs pac: my soggy wet man pac

Dustin Rhodes va ortiz: ortiz Dustin holding two belts hostage is tiring and made me stop watching roh honestly

Dutch orange Cassidy: I was going to give Dutch a pity vote but orange was the savior of the death riders story and he deserves all the votes

Eddie va Nyla: I’m sure she would vote Eddie too

Emi vs Nick Wayne: one I love in fics and one I love to actually watch wrestle emi for the win

Evil uno vs comoroto: evil uno

Griff vs Nick buck: Nick buck best buck

Shida vs mjf: holy shida

Harley vs Brodie lee: it’s unfair to have someone who passed away go against anyone I voted Harley rip Brodie

Hologram vs miro: legit forgot miro still worked here hologram for the win want him up against Harley

Hook vs Mike Bennett: hook mainly cause I like his current polycule more

Isiah vs nakazawa: Isiah he deserves a win cause lord knows Tony won’t give him one

Jack Perry vs Mercedes mone: Jack he doesn’t have a catch phrase and his whole thing with Danny is still feeding me

Jamie vs martinez: Jamie

Jay lethal vs max caster: I hate them both

Jay white vs matt Jackson: legit thought it would be all Matt and no one but me would vote jay so I’m glad to see others have jay some love he deserves it

Jeff jerrett vs matt taven: taven!!!!!!! Taven taven taven he’s got the skill the charisma the ship ability but also he’s not a misogynistic pos who cares more about pushing himself than the rest of the company

John Silva vs matt sydal: matt I knew he wouldn’t get votes I was right John is just too fun

Johnny tv vs matt Menard: daddy magic all the way

Moxley vs Quen: JON MOXLEY!!!!!!!!!! The heart and soul of professional wrestling

woods vs mark Davis: both have great asses but Davis has personality

Juice vs mark briscoe: mark all day every day I miss the word of the day and him with KOR

Julia vs Marina: I love Marina and she’s great in ring but aew doesn’t use her so I’m going with Julia

Kamille vs Mariah may: Kamille is a garbage person and Mariah is a goddess according to Nigel

Shibata vs Malakai: hopefully he doesn’t see this but had it been anyone else I woulda voted him but shibata got that damn Turkey leg in his shorts so I went shibata lol

Okada vs Madison rayne: okada is Madison still here

Keith lee vs Luther: I went Luther cause I knew he wouldn’t win and I did enjoy his character with timeless

Omega vs lio rush: best bout machine for a reason!!!

Kiera vs Layla: I’m going with Kiera hogan she shows more fun in her personality

Killswitch vs leila grey: leila no offense but luchasaurus was better and what I remember that’s canon killswitch wasn’t more fun than everything Leila brings

Kip sabian vs Lee moriarty: I love them both but voted Kip cause he was sweet and kind to my family when we met him him Penelope and willow have my heart

Komander vs lee johnson: I went with lee I might have been the only one damn

Takeshita vs archer: I shoulda voted lance so he wouldn’t get spanked so badly but my love of Takeshita was so strong I hit vote before seeing who he was up against

Ibushi vs o’reilly: I still do not know this man hopefully that gets fixed now that Kenny is back and healthy kor for the win him and mark were the best together

Statlander vs Fletcher: I voted Fletcher sorry you won’t get to see the next round

#aew #Loren rambles #long post for ts #very long

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