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[novella-november]

Media Preservation Monday

Yeah, yeah, as of this original post it's actually only Wednesday but hey, take this as a sign to take some initiative, and keep to it each Monday at minimum if you're actively writing!

What's Media Preservation Monday, you may ask?

MPM is your reminder to back up your writing at least three ways at least once a week or whenever you make major changes to your document(s).

Here's some incredibly easy ways to back up your writing:

One your Master Document(s), put a date on the file name, and every day you make changes, "Save As" the Document and change the date. Do this every time or day you make major changes.

Example: You start writing your Novella November Story on November 1st.

You name your master document "Novnov Project 11-01-2024"

The next day, you write some more, and at the end of your writing session, you go to save your document, and instead of simply hitting "Save" you choose "Save As" and save the new copy of the Document as "Novnov Project 11-02-2024".

You now have two copies of your project, and if you keep this up throughout the whole month, you will have a live snapshot of your writing progress.

Each day or after each major writing session, open up the folder containing your document, and back it up. The Easiest and simplest way to do this is to simply email it to yourself, but you can also create multiple backups by:

Save a copy of your dated Master Document(s) to different locations on your Hard-drive, to an external hard-drive, to a thumbdrive, etc.

If you're writing offline on a writing program like Libreoffice, upload a copy of your Master Document(s) to your preffered Cloud-based Writing Program of your choice.

Vice Versa: if you write on a Cloud-based writing program, download it to various offline-based locations.

Download the base document as well as download it as various ebook formats and send them to your ebook library on your phone or kindle or nook or reading app.

Make a personal discord server and upload the document/epub form of your Master Document(s) there [this is also a good way of making a kind of personal journal / diary etc]

Whatever you do, do not be complacent and assume nothing can happen to your writing. Back it up. Preserve it.

Don't have all of your hard work go down the drain because of one tiny unforeseen accident.

When it comes time to clean up your hardrive, always assume you don't have it backed up. Before deleting anything always take the time to copy it over to another physical drive or a cloud drive.

[racke7]

De-aged and injured Danny

Danny is found out by his parents. They don't take it well.

Clockwork is very upset about this, because he'd gambled on almost-certain odds of them being chill about it. So now he has to run damage-control before this very unlikely time-line goes even further off the deep end.

Unfortunately, Danny needs to be in the living world, not the Infinite Realms. Which means that Clockwork needs to put Danny somewhere safe. Somewhere where nobody will find him.

And double-unfortunately, the only place that remotely fits this bill is to contact Lady Gotham.

City-spirits aren't... super-reliable. They're Neverborns who very very rarely consider "humanoid shapes" worth figuring out. So they just kind of... exist. An ectoplasmic presence that's undeniable, but also extremely difficult to have a conversation with.

Thankfully, Lady Gotham is (for all of her... quirks) generally very hero-aligned. Which is why she's the best one to ask for sanctuary for Danny.

Danny who Clockwork de-aged as a way to "limit his injuries" of being vivisected.

Lady Gotham agrees, but she only has one "safe place" to put him. And her Knight is a little bit too paranoid for her to just dump an injured child in his lair, without causing more trouble than it's worth.

But it's hardly a difficult thing, to arrange a few things, and place Danny in a spot where his injuries will cause her Knight to hurry to his aid.

Such as... in a room filled with medical equipment, right next door to where Joker has just lost a fight with Batman.

Things escalate somewhat when Batman finds him and makes some assumptions about what Joker has been up to. Tempers run a bit high, someone loses a few extra teeth, someone else has to physically drag Bruce off Joker's body before he beats him to death, and the Joker considers the whole thing a grand old laugh (he has no idea what's going on, but it sure pissed off Batty, and that's always a treat).

Of course, the Batfam has to actually investigate the scene, evacuate Danny, give Danny medical aid, and then also ask Danny about what happened.

Danny wakes up and is very confused about a lot of things.

He's no longer being vivisected. Great. Love that part.

He's somewhere he doesn't recognize (the Batcave). Could be good, could be bad. At least the bed is pretty nice?

He's very small. This feels like a personal attack. He might not have gotten a good growth-spurt yet, but taking away what he had is cruel and unusual.

And there's a weirdo in an... armored bat-costume? Who isn't setting off his ghost-sense? What the hell kind of "normal" person wears something like that?

Still, Danny does answer the questions that Batman asks him, because... well, there's a green post-it-note in his pocket that says he shouldn't lie.

So Danny tells Batman about his parents cutting him up "for science". And Batman hears that the Joker somehow managed to hire two mad scientists who (upon the tiniest bit of suggestion from the Joker, who'd definitely seen the similarities between Danny and Jason and thought it would be a "funny prank") had leapt at the opportunity to vivisect their own son.

This is definitely worrying, because from the phrasing, they'd been "wanting to do it for a long time". And considering Danny's slow heartbeat and low body-temperature? They'd been wanting to do it because he was a meta.

So, somewhere out there (the Bats had found no trace of the two) were two deranged lunatics who wanted to cut open metas to "see how they worked".

Batman does the very reasonable thing and actually contacts the rest of the Justice League with their descriptions, just in case they'd managed to leave Gotham before the Bats had tracked them down.

[boneskullravenriver]

The free write travelers are ridiculously expensive with added bells and whistles I don't need. Plus it looks freaking gigantic for no reason.

The reviews of that and the other one were... Meh.

This is why I feel like old tech kinda wins out in some respects.

Look at this chonk late 2000s beauty. I may not have used this in school (we were using actual desktop computers to learn how to type) but it gives me such a feeling of nostalgia because so many devices in the late 2000s and early 2010s had this sort of look. And the screen as well.

"I may not be pretty, but I get the job done 👍"

I got it in the mail yesterday after months of debating on whether or not to get it.

It's completely offline. I don't need some stupid cloud service bullshit or extra app or wifi. It runs on batteries and all I need is a cable that plugs into the device at the top, then the other end on the computer to transfer text. That's it. It's great.

Only thing I dislike is that there's no way to use italics or bold but I use asterisks to indicate when a word should be like that so after I transfer to my computer, I can fix everything up because this is more of a "on the go get everything down" sort of device as if you were writing in a notebook, I'll say. It's messy. The computer is for formatting and fixing lol.

Also, each file can hold 10k words. It's an old device, so the storage isn't as extensive as modern things but we'll see. I assume that once you hit 10k on one file it doesn't let you write anymore on that file. There's 8 files that you can switch to via the buttons on top.

I've been using it all day yesterday to type up chapters I'd written by hand and so far so good

[smolbean-17]

Fellow Whump Enthusiasts!

I am making a list of all the shown (shown, not implied!) on screen physical whump moments throughout the show for the boys (no Omega cuz she’s just a baby) and I need your help! For fic inspo, and maybe even a future video compilation if you guys would like.

If you can think of any moment that I’ve overlooked, even if it’s just a wince or a smack or even exhaustion or anything like that, let me know! This is what I have so far for each character in order of who gets injured in the most episodes (Wrecker is whumped in more eps than Crosshair, but Hunter and Crosshair seem to be almost tied for most actual whump moments total)

Hunter (whumped in 18 eps)

S1E1: Winded and knocked to his knees by blaster

S1E3: Attacked by creature

Suffocating and passing out

Waking up panicked and disoriented

S1E4: Head-butted and knocked out by Fennec Shand

Stumbling/wincing as he comes to

S1E5: Electrocuted by net gun and passing out

Electrocuted by whip

Flinching due to electric sensitivity

S1E7: Beat up by Wrecker (full extent of injuries unknown)

Choked and knocked out by Wrecker

S1E8: Shot in the chest by Cad Bane and passing out

Bacta shot administered

Waking up disoriented and in pain

S1E9: Moments of wincing/hurt throughout ep

Omega head-butting his blaster wound

S1E14: Falling down a mountain hitting trees and rocks along the way

Passing out from fall (full extent of injuries unknown)

S1E15: Punched in the stomach by Crosshair

S1E16: Knocked out by explosion on Kamino

Clutching head as he wakes up

S2E1: Exhaustion from running

S2E5: Overall exhaustion throughout ep

S2E16: Broken ribs and arm from rail car collision

Exhaustion running after Omega

S3E5: Falling through the ice and getting knocked out

Clutching his hurt shoulder

S3E8: Dragged and thrashed under water by space gator

Choked by mantis

S3E9: Beat up by Ventress

S3E11: Exhaustion and coughing from swimming

S3E15: Injured and knocked out by explosion (full extent of injuries unknown)

Tortured with electricity by Hemlock (full extent of damage unknown)

Passing out from torture

Staggering/disoriented and groaning in pain the rest of the ep

Wrecker (whumped in 12 eps)

S1E1: Shot in shoulder by droid

Shot in shoulder again by Crosshair

Hypo shot administered

Groaning in pain throughout ep

S1E3: Knocked head against restraints

S1E4: Thrown and knocked out by Fennec Shand

S1E5: Knocked out by creature

Electrocuted by shock collar

Hit by electric whip

S1E6: Hit head in battle

Painful headaches

S1E7: More painful headaches

Stunned by Rex

Inhibitor Chip surgery

S1E16: Knocked out by explosion on Kamino

S2E16: Hurt neck and chest from rail car collision

Stunned by troopers

S3E9: Beat up by Ventress

Force choked by Ventress

S3E11: Injured and knocked out from explosion (full extent of injuries unknown)

S3E14: Clawed by creature

S3E15: Electrocuted in wound by electrostaff

Passing out from injuries

Disoriented and groaning in pain throughout the rest of ep

Crosshair (whumped in 10 eps)

S1E1: Knocked out by Caleb

Painful headaches throughout ep

Unpleasant chip enhancement

S1E3: More chip enhancement

S1E8: Severely burned face and head by ion engine (full extent of injuries unknown)

Disoriented and in pain the rest of ep

S1E15: More headaches

Thrown by Hunter

Stunned by Hunter

S1E16: Nearly drowning

More headaches

S2E12: Temporarily blinded by explosion

Suffering potential hypothermia

Passing out from cold and exhaustion

S2E14: Tortured by IT-O droid

Suffocated and knocked out by Hemlock’s poison gas

S3E7: Beat up by CX-2

Nearly drowned by CX-2

S3E9: Beat up by Ventress

S3E15: Hand cut off by CX-2

Passing out from amputation

Stump medical treatment

Staggering/disoriented and in pain the rest of the ep

Tech (whumped in 6 eps)

S1E1: Punched by clone in food fight

Knocked down and injured by droids and unable to get up (extent of injuries unknown)

S1E5: Electrocuted by net gun and passing out

S1E7: Choked out and thrown into wall by Wrecker (full extent of injuries unknown)

S1E16: Knocked out by explosion on Kamino

S1E2: Femur broken by crate

Groaning and limping in pain throughout the rest of the ep

Falling to the ground in pain

S2E16: Fell to his death saving his family

Echo (whumped in 5 eps)

S1E1: Knocked out by lunch tray

Waking up panicked and disoriented

S1E5: Hit off of building and knocked out

Electrocuted by shock collar

S1E7: Thrown and knocked out by Wrecker

S1E16: Knocked out by explosion on Kamino

S3E15: Stabbed in the back of the shoulder by CX Trooper

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Wow I didn’t realize just how much these boys went through in the course of just a few seasons!

I still feel like I’m missing a lot, so let me know if you think of anything I’ve missed and I’ll update the list!

[stealingyourspins]

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Ninjago Mermaid AU- Zane.

Species: Narwhal. Chosen because of their ability to withstand cold temperatures plus their color pallet.

Zane is a Marine “spy” Robot used by researchers to record and collect data of Merfolk in their natural environment. Made in a partnership with Borg Industries and Julien Laboratories, he is a revolutionary advancement in the robotics field, going past a simple language learning model level to becoming a true AI in the 25 years of development. Zane’s expedition is simple: to help marine biologists to study Merfolk and blend in the best he can.

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[gt-abby]

Tiny!Omega AU

“THAT’S Omega?” Wrecker, exclaimed, a little too loud and close for Omega’s little ears. She could feel his breath brushing through her hair, and she shuddered.

“Wrecker…” They heard from behind them. Hunter was pressing his pointer finger and thumb on the bridge of his nose in disappointment. Wrecker wasn’t exactly known for his environmental awareness. “You’re gonna scare her if you lean in so close.” Hunter walked over and pushed the big guy a little bit back.

“So… what happened exactly?” Echo piped up from behind them, walking into the room. They were on the Marauder, after Hunter gathered around everyone to talk about the situation.

“Well, as far as I can tell,” Tech said as he clicked on a few buttons on his datapad, “We have yet to find an answer to this question.” He looked up.

Hunter scooped up his little girl with both of his palms as he held her up to their eye level. She’s never been so high before, since she was the shortest of the bunch. That took on a whole new meaning after Hunter found her on the rocks on the beach of Pabu, after looking for her for hours. Omega scratched the back of her head.

“I only just remember waking up on that rock from a nap when I heard Hunter shout my name…” she said, her voice was too small even for her. They all looked at her as if with question marks over their heads. Those four men were absolutely mountainous, even more so now that she was merely 9 centimeters tall. She cowered in front of them, unable to speak. Hunter seemed to have sensed that. He was good at reading her body language.

“Alright, here’s what we’re going to do now.” He said with his authoritative voice, “Tech, go with Echo to scout out the beach areas for any signs of anything unusual. Wrecker, go get some food. I’ll handle Omega.”

And so, they all left the room, each to their tasks as Hunter placed Omega back on the table and sat across from her, only his head visible above the surface.

“Hunter…” Omega began but couldn’t let any more words out before the tears started spilling out. She was shaking, and Hunter was left baffled, and unprepared.

“Hey, wow, hey, kid, it’s okay-“

She put her head in her hands as she wept, overwhelmed with emotions. Fear, anxiety, the burden of the unknown, all resurfaced once they were alone. He watched her as she let everything out, helpless in the situation of trying to comfort a child in such a bizarre state. Everything he’d been training for, all battle scenarios, survival tactics etc., were nothing compared to this. His little girl that he swore to keep from harm, needed him most, and he could do nothing. He clenched his fists under the table. They too were shaking. But he didn’t let himself break.

Hunter held out his finger and as gently as possible he lifted her tiny little chin so she would look at him.

“Everything will be okay, kid. I promise.”

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Here’s a little snippet of my new project. I hope people like this enough to keep reading in the future.

[waywardsou2]

Waking from a Nightmare with The Bad Batch

Tags: Nightmares, comfort, bed sharing, fake character death, tw: techs death

Scenario: You and your Batcher are sleeping together when you start having a nightmare, a nightmare that you lose them. You bolt upright as you scream their name and they wake up beside you.

Hunter

"Hunter!" You scream his name as you wake from your dream, the covers being yanked off of the both of you as you sit up.

Your heart is pounding, and tears are spilling from your eyes creating rivers down your face. Hunter sits up beside you, places a hand on your shoulder and coos at you softly

"Hey, hey. Shh. It's ok" He pulls at your shoulder slightly and you lean back into his chest, soft sobs escaping your lips as you remember your dream.

"Oh my sweet baby boy" Hunter pulls you closer and begins to stroke your hair. You continue to sob, you can't help it.

The scene replays in your head, over and over making you cry harder. He simply holds you letting you cry it out until you can take in enough air to speak.

"Do you want to tell me about it?" Hunter asks tentatively you sniff and attempt to wipe away the trail of tears, but they continue to flow.

"It was a Separatist ship, we had been stationed there and Grevious showed up, he...you...I watched him...put his blade through you" You begin to cry more as you recount your dream to him.

He holds onto you tightly still lightly shushing in your ear and brushing his hands through your hair.

"I'm not going anywhere, it'll take a lot more than a laser sword to bring me down" he squeezes your shoulder and plants a kiss on your neck, he continues to hold you tight until you completely calm down again.

Crosshair

"Crosshair!" you reach out and clutch at his sleeping figure beside you.

You grip onto his arm with such strength your knuckles crack. He wakes up beside you and grabs your arm in return, in your hazy state you don't notice as he tries to pry your hand away.

"Hey" he shakes you lightly to bring you out of your frightened hazy state.

You look down at your hand that was clutched around Crosshair's wrist. You let go like his skin burned you and gasp.

"I'm- I'm sorry," you say through sobs, you can see the red marks you left on his wrist and guilt now floods your being alongside terror.

"I'm sorry" you struggle to say again but he stops you.

He takes your shaking hands in his placing his thumbs on your palms rubbing small circles into your skin.

"Breathe, follow me" and so slowly he breathes in and out and you follow with him. Bringing your heart rate down to its usual pulse.

"Better?" he says quietly, and you nod in response.

It's all you can manage right now. Tears still fall here and there dripping into the space between the two of you. He wipes away the stray tears from your face.

"Another nightmare?" he asks and you nod again "What was it this time? Friendly fire or a Sith?" he says it jokingly, but you scowl at him and shake your head

"Neither you fell from the ship. It was a fire fight and we had to swerve out of the way...and you fell" You gulp trying to stay calm, but the fear rises in you again.

The small grin that was on his face fell instantly. Yeah, not the time for jokes. He brings your hand to his lips and places a soft kiss to it.

"I'm never going to leave you, not willingly"

You almost believe him. Almost.

You lay forwards and place your head on his lap taking his hand and bringing it to your mouth to kiss the marks you left behind.

Wrecker

"Wrecker!" you must've been yelling in your sleep before you came to your senses because Wrecker already had both his hands on your shoulders and was shaking you relatively forcefully.

You gasp when you fully awaken and realise the situation you are in. Your face feels wet. You're crying?

"Oh, kriff, I didn't know how to wake you" Wreckers voice shook as he says this, worry laced in his voice.

"What's wrong?" he asks. You open your mouth to speak but all that comes out is a shuddering breath

"Hey, you know what, forget that. Just c'mere" without waiting for you to move on your own he picks you up bridal style and holds you to his chest as if you weigh nothing. To him you probably do.

You hide you face in the crook of his neck, tears dampening his shirt collar

"Do you uh, wanna try and talk to me about it again?" without removing your face from his neck you mumble

"You died" your breath hitting his neck as you spoke.

"What?" he asks disbelievingly

"You died" you say again bluntly "The droids swarmed you and backed you off a cliff. I didn't get to you in time"

You start crying again, rough breaths leap from your throat and choked gasps follow with them. Wrecker puts a hand on the back of your head holding you close.

"That is never going to happen, okay? I can fight off swarms of Clankers all day, every day, you don't have to woryr about that one bit. You hear me? And I know you'll always have my back. I trust you"

"But I didn't save you-"

"Nah that's just a dream, you always have my back during missions. I got you and you got me!"

You look up at him and give him a kiss on the shoulder. He returns the affection with a kiss on your head.

Echo

"Echo!" your eyes fly open and you gasp, you toss from side to side looking for Echo but he wasn't in the bed next to you

"Oh, kriff. Echo!?" you shout louder this time, and you hear quick footsteps getting closer and suddenly the door slides open. Echo was by your side in an instant.

"I'm here, I'm here. I'm sorry" you look into his golden eyes, full of light and colour. You put your hand on his face and chest, feeling his warmth and his heartbeat. It's still strong still thrumming with the essence of life.

"Thanks the stars" you sigh.

He places one of his hands over your own, the one on his heart

"Are you alright?" you take in a shaky breath, closing your eyes.

"I'm fine now. But...I wasn't...you. You died, in my dream and then I couldn't find you"

Echo exhaled sharply and a look of sadness creased his brow "I'm so sorry, darling. but I'm here now. I won't leave" he pulls you towards him and wraps his arms around your back.

Tech

"Tech!" you roll over abruptly and reach for Tech, he wakes up abruptly and reaches for his goggles, pulling them on.

"Please remove your hand and calm down"

You take you hand away from his shirt where you tangled it the material "Kriff sorry"

"That is alright" he curls your fingers over and places his hand on top them.

He extends two fingers and presses them to your wrist, his fingers cold against your skin. He looks at your face, but you look away, you can feel tears welling in your eyes and you don't want him to see

"Were you having a nightmare?"

"How could you tell?" you say sarcastically

"Well judging by your pulse, your lack of eye contact and the rate in which you inhaling and exhaling, that is what lead me to my conclusion"

You look at him now, a dead panned expression on your face

"Oh you weren't being genuine" you sigh and look away again

"I'm sorry, I just- yeah it was a nightmare" you rub at your eyes trying to clear your vision and your tears, but they keep flowing.

You continue to rub at them, irritated you sigh heavily. He takes your other hand and holds that one in the same fashion as the first.

"Would you care to tell me what it was that you dreamed of? Perhaps I can help ease the emotional distress?"

You sigh once more and begin to tell him of your dream "We were on Eiradu, I think, I recognised the rail car. You were hanging from a broken one, I could see you but you fell, there was nothing for me to do, I couldn't reach you, and then you were gone"

Tech hums thoughtfully "Well that is highly improbable, I don't see a scenario where that would be the outcome"

"Improbable but not impossible?" you clarify

"Well...considering all that has happened and could happen in a universe as vast as ours nothing is impossible"

You smile, it amazes you how clearly logical Tech can be but its soothing in away, almost like he has all the answers, or close enough to give you comfort.

"I can see you are feeling better. Do you wish to try and sleep or perhaps a round of Dejarik?"

You chuff at him "I could go for around of Dejarik"

This was very spontaneous and for some reason gave me a huge headache but it's fine. I really like these :) Hope you enjoyed too!

!Feel free to request anything else you can think of in the mean time!

[aac-cabinet]

How do I write letter for new teacher explaining self disabilities and AAC stuff?

[wasabikitcat]

community college is so funny because half of the teachers are like "For this class you need to use lockdown browser for all quizzes and tests. You need to buy this 70 dollar textbook, and all papers turned in must be in APA format with a title page even if they're only 500 words long. I will not accept late assignments. Also you have a minimum of 4 assignments a week." and the other half are like "you don't need proctoring for the final exam I trust you. here's a download link to a pirated copy of the textbook. as long as your writing is coherent and demonstrates an understanding of the material I literally could not care less what format you use. I can't figure out how canvas works so I'm not giving you due dates, just make sure it's turned in before the grading period ends. your only weekly assignment is a forum post with a minimum of 100 words."

[insidetechie]

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[tacticaltutter]

Fear in Safety #2

Hello fellow lovely rats, I, Tutter, have now finished my second chapter of this g/t series featuring the Bad Batch. Credits to gt-abby for the inspiration. I hope you enjoy this angsty chapter, It's a good one.

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_Chapter 2_

Bright light greets Omega’s vision as she comes to consciousness, noting the aching that seems to be present all over her body. She sits up, her hands messaging her temple and eyes. Her last moments feel a bit muddled. Omega assesses herself, beside the aching, she is just cold. Too cold. She gets a proper look in front of her and stops in confusion, why is the floor stretched… so… Far… out? Her eyes glance further up and her breath hitches as it dawns on her what lays before her.

“What.. the. Kriff?! I- W-what in the-” Her voice barely above a whisper and shaky as she takes in the sight of her family's kitchen bigger, much, much bigger than it should be. Cabinets and shelves loom over her like the tallest buildings of Coruscant, the ceiling impossibly stretched far above her. A mix of awe and dread, mostly dread, left a deep, swirling pit in her stomach, as if a trap door had sprung open beneath her and dropped her flailing body into an endless void. Thoughts start to plague her, her breathing quickens, hands clench the sides of her head as she curls in on herself. Before her mind could continue its growing panic, her wrist comm goes off.

“Havoc 2? Do you copy?.... Omega?” Hunter’s voice sounds from her device, A tone of panic apparent. Not good, he is worried. Though it is enough to push a little bit of the panic at bay. For now that is.

“Hu-Havoc 1, I-I cop-copy. What’s the.. The situation?” she curses her stuttered response. He’ll definitely notice her stressed tone.

“Just wanted to check in on you, weren’t answering for a minute. Are you ok? You don’t sound alright. What’s… what’s the matter Omega? Are you in danger?!” concern rings through. He caught onto her panic. Kriff.

“You-you could s-say that? I guess?” She responds, she doesn't know how she should proceed without scaring him one way or another. But what else could she do!? She was impossibly small, smaller than one should ever find themselves!

“What do you mean by that Omega?” His question, laced with palpable confusion.

Omega took a second to think out her response, taking a breath she continues, “I’m not in d-danger, just, a bit… a bit out of sorts. I have NO idea what is going on, b-but… I don’t re-really think it’s something I can possibly explain over a-a comm, more or s-so… show in person. I am sorry, but I am just …just, really, really freaked out right now Hunter.” She finishes, her breathing less hectic, not completely, but it’s better than nothing. She at least feels a lil bit less lightheaded, something she just realized.

The comm is quiet for a few seconds, a small light beeping from the device on her wrist. She hears him take a breath from the other side, “So… You are not in any danger. But you are freaked out and don’t know how to explain it?” He parrots back to Omega.

“Basically. I-” she starts back when Hunter cuts in.

“I’ll com Cross and Tech to check on ya, You are still at the house, right?” His statement cuts into her, the thought of the others seeing her, or her seeing them, hadn’t crossed her mind, till now.

Her breathing quickens again, hands becoming clammy and sweaty. “Ye- Wa-wait! Hunter, I don- I don’t know if th-that’s a-” Her attempts at pleading were for not as the call went dead. It was too late. They were gonna see, they were gonna see her diminished size. And she… she was gonna see their looming forms. If the lower cabinets are enough to make her stomach drop with anxiety, what would happen if she were to face them!? The sound of the front door creaking open alerted Omega back into reality, her body going off of instinct as she darted, aiming to hide under the lower cabinet ledge. Her heartbeat drowned out her thoughts, her body stuck in a fight or flight mode. Her breathing was dangerously loud with her heaving for oxygen. Eyes wide as she heard their booming voices calling for her. Their footfalls like earthquakes that shook her very being to the core.

“Miss Omega?! Are you here?” Tech seemed to impossibly shout louder than she thought was possible. She brought up her hands to cover her ears, hoping for some solas that it will help with the noise. Their footsteps echoed throughout the house as they checked every room till they seemed to stop.

Even in another part of the house, she could hear their conversation, “Where could she be?! Hunter said that she was home!” Crosshairs unmistakable voice boomed with his usual raspiness.

“I haven't the slightest clue as to where she may possibly be at as we have searched the whole house.” Tech states in his usual fashion.

Omega could possibly hear Cross’ eyes rolling, “What do you propose we do? Got any bright idea’s Mr. Glasses?!” He snarked back, though she could pick up worry lacing his snarkiness.

“No need to worry Crosshair, as Hunter requested of me to set up a series of hidden cameras around for safety purposes.” Tech’s statement sent Omega’s panic into overdrive. Camera!? They’ll see her, They’ll find her, They’ll…. They’ll… She doesn’t know what will happen when they find her, but she doesn’t want to know. Her fear has taken over any and all rational thought. She can’t seem to think about anything good coming out of her brothers, her Vod, finding her in this state.

The house is deathly quiet as she presumes that Tech has pulled up the camera’s video feeds and is going over them for signs of her. After what felt like forever, she picks up on a quiet, yet surprised “oh” from Tech. Followed by a clear as day “What in actual Kriff did we just watch?” from Crosshair. Taking into account that they must have seen her diminished size on the feed, she bolts out of her hiding spot, racing as fast as her legs can go towards the wide open door. The moment she is running, she can feel their thunderous footfalls racing to her position. She can’t face them, not like this. She exerts more force into her steps as tears blur her view of the door. They are getting dangerously close, She reckons she is only about halfway to the door when they make it to the living room hallway.

“Omega!!” A shout, so loud that she violently flinches, nearly tripping, sounds from Tech, or was it Cross? That doesn’t matter as her only goal is to make it out the door. Right when she is about 4 feet from the door, it slams shut at an alarming speed, her ears ringing. Realization hits when a deafening step crashes to her side and the sight of long, outstretched fingers comes into view.

“NO!” she jolts from the path of the giant hand and darts to the side, now setting her sights on the couch. As tears smear her face, she doesn’t seem to catch onto the hand that reaches for her from behind. Until it's too late.

[littlespacereader]

hayy :DD I saw that your writing requests are open and I was wondering if you could write a Star Wars fic? If that's okay of course ^^

The prompt would be Caregiver ch helping little ch getting their halloween costume ready (nothing too scary as they don't want to frighten their little)

I don't know if you could do one with Cg Indara and little Torbin (from The Acolyte), but if you don't for whatever reason, could you make it with Cg Tech and little Echo? Love your work btw 🥺

Thank you so much for you request!! I apologize, I have not finished the Acolyte (I only watched the first episode😅). But THE BAD BATCH IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SHOWS AND ONE OF MY TOP HYPERFIXATIONS👀 Little Echo with Cg Tech🥹😭 My heart!!🙌😭💞 In a previous fic I wrote the Caregiver side of Echo, so I really wanted to showcase Echo’s struggles as a Regressor, dealing with the trauma he endured and how Tech and the rest of the Batch help him through it!

Thank you so much for your request!! I love me some Bad Batch request! Please send more!🥹💞🙌

Different But Still You🥺🎃

Caregiver! Tech and Little! Echo (SFW)

Tags- disable little, hurt and comfort, nonverbal little, forehead kisses, holding hands, hugs, sibling as both littles and caregivers

“I don’t know Tech…” Echo looked in the mirror at himself in his Halloween costume.

He lifted his scoop and his hand up, looking at himself. He didn’t feel like a Jedi with his costume on. He felt…different.

Everything felt different when he was regressed. His scoop bothered him, his legs bothered him. He used to have a hand and now? Now he didn’t. How could he be a Jedi without a hand? He’s be a useless Jedi…

He started to take his robe off when Tech stop him. “Hey, hey, hey,” Tech rushes over and finds a teary eyed Echo, at the beginning of a tantrum or a meltdown. He trying to figure out which…

“What is the problem with the costume? You said you wanted to be a Jedi.” Tech asks.

“Well I changed my mind.” He take the robe off and throws it on the floor with a huff. Ah, a meltdown.

Tech, as usual, analyses the situation. He kneels down so he’s below Echo and not hovering over him while he sits. “Tell me what’s wrong sweet boy.” He says gently.

Echo sigh, trying to hold himself back from crying, “I…I can’t be a Jedi.” He says, a voice heavy with emotion.

“And why is that? Anyone can be anything on Halloween.” Tech tilts his head.

“Be-Because of my hand…” He lifts his scoop to Tech.

Tech adjusts his glasses and look to Echo confused, “You can’t be a Jedi…”

“Because I’m missing my hand Dadee. See?” Tears fall from Echo’s eyes. “Jedi’s have their hands. I only have one.”

Echo lost his hand during his accident at the Citadel. Ever since then, whenever he regressed, he struggled with his scoop. It was easy as an adult to accept his disability, but harder when he regressed.

“Echo, may I remind you that the Jedi you used to serve under, General Skywalker, lost his hand too. You’re not alone.” Tech explains.

He reaches up and wipes the tears from his cheeks with his thumb, “You’re not alone Echo. There are more people in the galaxy missing a hand than you think.”

“This,” He lifts his hand to hold Echo’s scoop. “Is a part of who you are. It makes you unique, and more time than not it’s helped us out.”

“It-Its helped?”

“Of course it has. Last mission I wouldn’t have been able to get into the ships controls if you hadn’t scooped in and rewired the power.” Tech starts to explain.

“But even if you could not do anything with your scoop, it doesn’t define you Echo. You are your own person. And you are beautiful just the way you are.” He stands, leaning forward and kissing his forehead.

More tears fall from Echo’s eyes as he stands and practically tackles Tech into a hug. Tech chuckles, rubbing Echo’s back and lightly swaying them in the hug.

“Thank you.” Echo says softly, resting his head against Tech’s shoulder.

“Of course Echo. I want you to stop getting in your head about your scoop. But if you start feel insecure, I want you to come to Hunter or I, understood?”

Tech gets a small nod from Echo before he lifts his head off his shoulder. Tech wipes his teary cheeks before giving him another kiss to his forehead.

“Now, your brothers are waiting and we both know they aren’t patient.” He thinks to Wrecker and Crosshair, playing outside the Marauder while Hunter watches. “Do you want to stay a Jedi?”

Echo thinks for a moment before shaking his head no. Tech immediately recognizes he’s feeling nonverbal and accommodates him as such.

“Alright, let’s see what we have then.” Tech he holds his hand out for Echo to take before he leads him to a small trunk. Inside is all their play costumes, prop weapons and toys.

Tech kneels down and starts looking through. “I must admit, there are not many choices. Most of them belong to Wrecker and will be too big for you. The others belong to Crosshair and usually are horror movie themed.”

As he continues to look for something Echo’s size and something he’d like, Tech feels his arm getting tugged.

He lifts his head to Echo who points to Tech’s helmet. “My helmet…” Tech starts to follow Echo’s nonverbal cues.

“You want to wear my helmet?” He asks, getting a shake of the head from Echo.

Echo reaches down to where Tech is kneeling and points to his eye?….No! His goggles!

“You want to wear my goggles?” That gets a nod from Echo.

Finally Tech starts to see the trail Echo is on. “Would you like to be me for Halloween?”

That brings a smile to Echo’s face and an enthusiastic nod.

Tech smiles back, honored that Echo feels so comfortable that he would want to be him instead. “Of course you can. I’ll grab my spare armor from storage and you can be me. I bet wearing this will be much more comfortable than wearing an itchy costume.”

Tech didn’t plan on dressing up himself because of that. It’s a texture thing, he couldn’t stand the rough cheap fabrics on his skin. And it seems Echo was following suit with him.

“Come on darling, let’s get you ready for Halloween.” He holds his hand out and instead takes his scoop in his hand, walking together to the storage room.

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Hunter stood outside the Marauder watching Crosshair and Wrecker play with each other as they waited for Echo and Tech.

Hunter could sense Echo’s anxiety since he woke up regressed. And while he would’ve loved to help him calm down and put his mind at ease, he knew only Tech could do that for Echo.

He wasn’t insulted, far from it. He was happy Echo felt comfortable and safe in Tech’s presence. Each Little in their batch had their person. He knew he’s Wrecker’s person, and when it came to Crosshair he went between Tech and himself.

But Echo’s person had been Tech since they met him for the first time on Skako Minor. Before that, Echo had mentioned a clone named Fives being his Caregiver…he wondered if they were similar.

“Crosshair! Don’t scare your brother.” Hunter scolded.

Of course Crosshair dressed as Michael Myers. Why wouldn’t he? Wrecker decided to go as a rancor which really just consisted of him wearing a grey shirt with a horn on his head.

Hunter decided to join in the fun as well, wearing a cowboy hat, a western vest and a sheriff badge as his costume. While Echo and Tech worked out the Little’s costume, he spent his time chasing Wrecker and Crosshair saying he was going to throw them in jail.

Steps down the ramp of the Marauder caught his attention. He turned to see Tech and Echo, a smile spreading across as he takes in the two Techs.

“I can’t tell who’s the real Tech anymore.” He lightly jokes.

Echo wears Tech’s backup armor and his spare pair of goggles. He hold Tech’s hand with his scoop, starting to feel more comfortable with it.

“I couldn’t be more honored.” Tech smiles to Echo. Echo lights up to the compliment.

“Wow!! Great costume Echo!” Wrecker runs over. “Come on! Crosshair and I are playing!”

Echo looks to Tech, silently asking him if it’s alright. With a nod from Tech, he runs over to Wrecker and starts playing with him and Crosshair.

Laughter and playful yelling surrounds the Bad Batch as the three Littles play and the two Caregiver keep a close eye.

Soon Wrecker runs over, “Papa…I…I want to be you for Halloween like Echo’s Dadee.”

Hunter chuckles, “Wrecker, I don’t think my armor is going to fit you but…” he takes his bandanna off and lean forward, putting around his head, “I bet this will do the trick.”

“Thank you Papa!” Wrecker runs back to the group, excitedly announcing that he’s Hunter.

A little while later…Crosshair comes over to the Caregivers a bit shy. He looks to the ground, “I want to be one of you…but Echo and Wrecker already took both of you!” He says frustrated, kicking a rock on the ground.

“What if you were both of us? You’d have my intelligence and Hunter’s heightened senses.” Tech suggests.

That perks Crosshair’s head up, “Really?”

“Of course. Stay here a moment,” Hunter goes into the ship and grabs another one of his bandanna’s. He ties it around Crosshair’s forehead.

Then Tech walks over and takes his goggles off, putting them on Crosshair. “There, now you are both of us.”

Crosshair doesn’t smile but clearly in his eyes he’s beyond happy. They get a small smirk from him before he runs off with the others, yelling that he’s the superior clone.

Hunter chuckles, “See? And they said Halloween with three Littles was going to be hard.”

“On the contrary, I can not see.” Tech squints without his goggles.

Hunter laughs, patting Tech on the back, “Don’t worry, I’ll keep you fill in on what they’re up to.”

And so the three Littles play around the Marauder while they’re Caregivers….well..while one of their Caregivers watches. But both with smiles on their faces as they hear their Littles having a great Halloween together. One big happy Batch.

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Tech and Omega

For hours, Tech an Echo searched all around the beaches of Pabu for anything that could be a clue. The sun was about to disappear on the horizon when they finished circling around the island.

“I see nothing on my scanners.” Tech piped up, not looking up from his datapad. Echo was looking around as they stood on the sand, hoping to get a glimpse of SOMETHING before they were going to return to the ship empty-handed.

Just then, something floated ashore, and caught his eyes by shining bright red in the twilight sun. It was tiny, but bright enough for him to notice. He walked over to it quickly before it floated away and picked it up, showing it to his brother- who in turn took it from him and scanned it to his datapad.

“Huh…” Tech mumbled uncharacteristically.

“What is it?”

“It appears to be… a Kyber crystal.”

—-

“A what?” The batch all asked at the same time. After the two batch-mates returned to the Marauder and explained what they found.

“A kyber crystal,” Tech repeated himself in that tone of voice of his- as if anything he knew was somehow common knowledge. “A crystal infused with an unimaginable amount of energy, extremely rare and mostly used by Jedi to power their light-sabers.”

Everyone looked at him, dumbfounded.

“And you just happened to find it on the beach?” Wrecker piped up, arms crossed, as he looked over at Omega.

“It appears so.”

“What’s that got to do with what happened to me?” Omega’s small voice was heard from the table and the four men looked over at her. Tech was still holding the crystal, but he then brought it closer to her. A sickening feeling came over her, and she could swear she could hear it… screaming?

“Well, it was the only thing we could find, and given it’s immense power, it’s not too far fetched to believe it was the cause of it all.” He said. He pulled away the crystal once he saw omega’s negative reaction- she almost gagged. Weird, non of them other than her seemed to be affected by the crystal. The four men looked at her with weird looks, but said nothing.

“Long story short- this is the only lead we have- that it floated to the shore near Omega, it’s energy, as you put it-“ Echo broke the silence, gesturing to Tech, “effecting her in such a way that made her body react negatively and… well… Shrink.”

“… you don’t know if it’s ever going to wear off, do you?” Omega, voice shaking, asked, following Echo’s hypothesis. She sat down on the table, her arms hugging her knees.

“Hey, it’s okay, Omega, you’re gonna be totally fine! It’s probably gonna dissolve over time, just like it appeared, right?” The biggest of the batch, Wrecker, was the first to notice Omega’s distress. He knelt down to be at eye level with her. He gestured for everyone else to agree with him, mainly to make their little sister feel better.

“Wrecker has a point,” Tech pointed out. “Energy has a tendency to dissipate, converting into a different type of energy. As long as we keep the crystal away from Omega, she will most definitely recover.

“See? Nothin’ to worry about.” Wrecker smiled at her warmly, and she smiled back to signal that this did make her feel a little better. He gave out his signature big laugh and brought his fist closer to her. Omega felt even smaller, with his fist being even bigger than her, but she shook of this feeling, knowing it wouldn’t do anyone any good to stay pessimistic. She extended her own fist and touched it to his. Even though it was small, he could feel it and laughed again as he pulled it away. Wrecker’s entire being took over her field of vision, and she couldn’t help but be infected by his optimism and good energy.

“Hey, how about we sell it?” Wrecker wondered aloud.

“What?” Echo responded.

“Y’know, if it’s so rare and valuable, we’d probably get enough money to live off of for a while.”

“This… could work, but what if it’ll get us attention from the empire?” Hunter finally joined the conversation, with his worrying questions as he usually does.

“If you could all please discuss this somewhere else,” Tech interrupted their conversation. “I best get to understanding Omega’s condition.” He the gestured for them to leave the room. They looked at each other shrugged, then one by one left the ship as Tech handed the crystal to the sergeant.

Silence befell the room- except for Tech’s typing on the datapad and computers. Omega watched him, feelings of insignificance growing as he kept up working. She said nothing, though, thinking it was irrelevant. Part of her hoped he’d notice, and the longer it lingered, the bigger the feeling grew.

At one point, tech put on his helmet and began examining Omega more thoroughly. She kept telling herself he was meaning well, he was doing this to help her, but his nonchalantness about it was was putting her on edge.

“Please… don’t look at me like that…” she almost whispered. She thought he didn’t hear her, and told herself it must be for the best and it’ll all be over soon, but then he put the helmet down and looked down at her with his own eyes.

“What’s wrong?” He asked, almost as softly as she spoke just now, still in his monotone tone of voice.

“I just…” she paused, searching for the right words. “It feels like I’m just one of your other…experiments? The way you’re looking at me like a test subject… I can’t…” she couldn’t STAND it.

“I’m sorry I…” she saw him falter for the first time ever. His eyes were racing. Maybe it was her size, but she swore she could see mannerisms she’d never noticed before. “I didn’t mean to upset you.” He finally said. “I must make sure that you are with no other side effects. This crystal, it’s extremely powerful. It might have caused more damage then we realize. I want to examine you fully, so that nothing escapes us, if there could be more danger.” Tech finally looked away from her, adjusting his goggles.

“Tech, I…” She began saying, but she didn’t know how to continue. Was she sorry? What for? “I understand. I don’t feel any different other than my size, though. If you’ve got questions I guess I could answer them so you could be confident I’m okay.” She gave him a small smile. He finally smirked back. Even though it wasn’t much, his reassurance was enough. It’s like what he said, he just shows his emotions differently. He was right. Maybe from this angle she could finally see who he was without him hiding anything from her. She felt closer to him now, that she could see that he really wasn’t all that different from anyone else. He wasn’t actually emotionless like he seems at first glance.

So that’s what they did- they checked her blood pressure, her heart rate, any damage to her skin, each test he was sure to ask her if he was hurting her and if she was okay. She was patient and reassured him she was okay. They came to the conclusion that she wasn’t affected in any other way.

The rest of the batch-mates came back hours later. They found Tech and Omega, leaning against each other on the table as they snored.