#The community is still working on getting him to play Subnautica

[shrapnelstars]

That Church of Whalefall animation made me think of Yames' Water Womb World game. That whole episode of Mark's 3 scary games is still one of my favorites.

Reminder to wreck Josh with it at some point. He's more terrified of the ocean than Mark is, to the point where he freaked out during the underwater sections of the original Tomb Raider games.

[lefarte]

Gamer Ranking

(Modern au / any au where they’re given access to video game consoles really)

Abella: A hardcore nostalgia gamer. Only plays on PC (built it herself). Bethesda hater and still won’t let it go. Has a picture of Todd Howard in her desk drawer with his eyes cut out. Her favorite series is fallout and has a solid year worth of time spent on New Vegas alone. Well known in the TF2 community. Used to have a competitive record in Tetris, but lost her touch from spending too much time at work. Favorite games are factorio, subnautica and terraria.

August: Calls every console a ‘Nintendo’. Calls on Abella for help with his computer frequently. It’s still on windows 7. Favorite game is solitaire.

Daan: Wouldn’t call himself a ‘gamer’, but has a steam account which he opens once in a while. Prefers narrative based horror games or puzzle games. Never spends more than 7 dollars on a game. Favorite games are bioshock, disco elysium, signalis and pathologic.

Henryk: Likes to dip his toes into a little bit of everything, but never able to get into the gamer scene. Owns a perfectly good PS4 that sits neglected and unused. Likes to talk about the nostalgia of his favorite games when he was younger and how modern games aren’t as fun. He also just has no taste. Favorite games are detroit: become human, fallout 4, borderlands, until dawn, bully and minecraft (the type of guy who always wants to make a big group world, and then when it’s made he never uses it). Abella trashes his collection.

Karin: Runs every game on her shitty company work laptop. Likes roguelikes, or any game that has a satisfying ‘tactile’ feeling game loop. A big resident evil fan, but they make her computer ‘make weird noises’. Favorite games are: Ultrakill, pizza tower, project zomboid, and multiplayer games like phasmophobia and lethal company. Currently has an obsession with Balatro that has gotten her in trouble with her boss. Has been known to play Fortnite regularly. Note: she’s BAD.

Levi: Definitely prefers 3D horror games. Nothing actually scares him though. Favorite games are amnesia: the bunker, alien isolation and the forest. Fromsoft fan, favorite game was bloodborne. He owns a decent gaming laptop and a PS2 where he plays tony hawk pro skater. Also likes half life, silent hill and the shin megami tensei series.

Marcoh: He owns a crunchy ass Nintendo DSi where he plays some pokemon like, once in a blue moon. He already finished the game 7 years ago but will never delete the file. If you look into it you’ll see that his starter is like level 100 and everything else is level 8. Never learned how to play, probably never will. Not a gamer.

Marina: Marina is a visual novel supremacist who downloaded the entire Fate series off a shady backdoor website that probably did something horrible to her computer. She loves horror, but is also not opposed to lighter fantasy stuff. Doesn’t like games that have no story. Favorites are the WTC series (Umineko supremacist), tsukihime, melty blood and rance. General classic nerd stuff.

Olivia: She runs a custom steam deck with a really cute pastel purple layout. She’s pirated the sims with every single dlc + a disgusting amount of mods (including That mod 😏) and it took up so much space she had to put in a 2 TB sd card to hold it. She likes all kinds of games, but has a preference for games with heavy writing/plot. Favorite games are SOMA, Mouthwashing, Stay out of the house (Really any games by kittyhorrorshow, puppet combo or yames) and Who’s Lila. Similar taste to Daan, but likes her games more gory.

Osaa: Probably the worst gamer of all time. Even mobile games are confusing to him. Always complains that the screen is too bright, even at the darkest setting. All games bore him. Horror games are juvenile. Story games are predictable. Action games are a waste of time. Don’t bother.

…Favorite game: Papa’s Burgeria or Bloons Tower Defense.

Pav: Favorite game series is metal gear solid. Owns a PS3. Another ‘nostalgia gamer’ who won’t touch modern games. Likes the typical PlayStation stuff like GTA, Assassin’s Creed, and New Vegas. Yes, he’s the type of person to play COD. Doesn’t have time to play games much anymore due to work (thank god).

Samarie: The same kind of visual novels as Marina, but worse. Big into denpa horror. Yes, she plays eroge. Has no one to talk about her niche vns with. Favorite games are cross channel, saya no uta (of course), chaos head and gore screaming show. She also read homestuck (which is technically classified as a denpa on the visual novel database, so….)

Tanaka: The number 1 mobile gamer in the world. Clicks on every single weird ad he gets with no hesitation. Like a cocomelon baby. Top of the worldwide charts in candy crush for 3 weeks straight. Plays these apps in public with the sound on. No shame.

[nemesis-is-my-middle-name]

Fandom-Specific Tag Directory

misc whatever that isn't expansive enough for its own section:

#fashion: ok i don't know if this belongs here but it feels weird to put it in the main directory. honestly just a "ooh pretty dress" tag

#swift plays (hollow knight / subnautica / flight rising / dragcave / deltarune / rune factory / half life / final fantasy 14): i sure do!

#dr analysis: deltarune bloggin. the narrative is ALIVE

#mv liveblog: malevolent podcast tag that WAS a liveblog and now is just a catchall

elden ring: i don't have an elden ring specific tag actually oops. it's been too long and now i don't feel like starting anything consistent. you get what you get.

this section is the fuckoff huge directory of pla-specific tags

#pla analysis: for meta, character Thoughts, whatever

#pokefic pitch: grab bag of au/fic concepts that were one-offs/i never did anything with. a lot of more involved aus also start here

#surveyfam: the survey corps is a family!!

#strong pokemon... weak pokemon... maybe the trainer should just git gud: making fun (affectionate) of ingo and emmet’s starters/teamcomp. i mean they have to be so good to make it work but also why the rock lee ankle weights my guys

#hisui timeline debate: it is NOT in the 1800s

#volo’s evil togekiss: my conspiracy theory that the reason that volo has a togepi he manages to evolve is bc it is also super on board with the “reach god through violence and rewrite the universe” idea

sneasel: the funny animal pokemon: drawings of quadrupedal sneasel line (mostly sneasler) bc i think they're fun

substantial aus/things with fics:

#jailbirds au: aka Ounce of Prevention, my currently longest-running fic. kamado puts the rift travelers in prison and also emmet finally arrives in hisui after an ATROCIOUSLY long delay. it got wildly away from me and now there’s politics and every single minor character is involved

#galactic commander emmet: aka Fate of a Lost Comet. an extremely tense alliance is developed between cyrus, who wants to imprison the gods to rewrite reality, and his new commander and right-hand man, who is openly planning to sabotage him as soon as he gets what he wants: dialga on a leash.

#gligar emmet: aka Copy Corruption/silent loyalty. ingo's partner gliscor is actually emmet, who got stuck in a pokemon body upon arriving at the same time he did. they can’t communicate, but he’s very worried about his brother and is determined to stick with him

#pladoption au: Sinnoh is Silent. an au where akari falls like, IN the temple of sinnoh, and then gets really lost and then ingo finds her and he just keeps her. very minimal plot. mostly just fluff.

#immortal volo: fic: Nobody Writes Them Like They Used To. volo's immortal, but it’s been a few thousand years since hisui and he’s matured. he’s normal now. ...then he finds a pre-hisui ingo in unova.

#warden fusion au: wardens can fuse with their nobles. yeah like in steven universe. this one has a fic too: Covalent Bonding

#warden emmet au: emmet falls in hisui alongside ingo but lands in the wrong spot and they get separated. whoops!

#lord zoroark: a subset of warden emmet- the forgotten lord of the mountain, zoroark, finds a dude in the snow and decides to keep him. emmet lives in a cave with his dogs now

#living history au: a bunch of major pla characters get yeeted into the future. ingo does not get to go with them.

the following are aus that were more just posting/throwing stuff around w/ no real fic or art or anything. in no particular order:

#leader swap: adaman's now the leader of the pearl clan, and irida's diamond. the wardens are still the same

#ley lines au: magic fantasy au with some real worldbuilding happening

#timeloop protag: a "pla protag loops time when they die" au, except ingo is also conscious of the loops happening and has no idea why they are

#surveyparents: the protagonist falls into hisui as a toddler. cyllene and laventon are parents now and also The Plot is their responsibility

#card fortune: did you know the miss fortunes used to be galaxy team? what if they took the protag (counterpart) with them when they left? ...akari, who’s akari, i only know the Bandit Card

#the magical misfortunes: spinoff of card fortune based on a couple random posts. they’re teen superheroes/magical girls in a modern setting

#origin visions au: due to consequences from falling through the spacetime rift unshielded, ingo now has prophetic dreams. sort of. it's complicated

#hisui n au: N takes the place of the pla protagonist and has a bad time in hisui

#hisui fallers au: ultra wormholes take mohn, anabel and looker to hisui along with ingo. also, there’s more wormholes and they’re extradimensional monster magnets

#frenzy swap: swapping which noble of a region is frenzied—wyrdeer, ursaluna, basculegion, sneasler, and braviary instead of the canon 5

#legends creation starters: instead of rowlet/cyndaquil/oshawott, when transporting the protagonist to hisui, arceus offers them a newly-created egg of one of the creation trio

#zoroark twins au: ingo is a unovan zoroark but still has amnesia, leading to some Complicated feelings about his human guise. meanwhile, emmet dies shortly after falling into hisui and comes back as a weird dog

#dragon champion ingo: ingo’s a chosen champion of the unova dragons but he forgot. one day he summons a deity by complete accident

#distortion subway au: gear station has always been a little Weird, actually

#rift ghost au: instead of falling through a rift into hisui, ingo gets trapped in the distortion world. wardens think the rifts are haunted. also, turns out staying in the distortion world long-term is not so good for human minds and souls

#twin dragon curse: ingo and emmet are descended from the original unovan heroes, and their bloodline is cursed

#guardian of ideals: arceus’ champion was sent to stop volo at any cost. ingo, zekrom’s champion and divinely-ordained guardian of ideals, was sent to save him.

#zero constructs: the area zero professor decides to use their time machine to recover Champion Dawn and Subway Boss Ingo from their place adrift in time. unbeknownst to them, and unfortunately for dawn and ingo’s loved ones, they do not have a time machine, they have a wish-granting machine, and it does NOT know how to put a dawn and ingo together

#magearna twins: “hey the shinies for regular/oc magearna look sort of familiar”

#platinum clan: spawned off of living history- the clan leaders and wardens never figure out how to get back to their original time and ingo becomes the de facto leader of both clans, eventually unifying them into one

#tringo: SUB-subclass of platinum clan. ingo goes to unova and gets turned into the three legendary dragons

#giratina champion ingo: much like the protagonist is arceus’s champion, ingo is giratina’s, unknowingly serving volo and giratina’s will

#emissary au: spawned off of giratina champion/living history—after the leaders vanish, ingo is approached by a shadowy entity that claims to be almighty sinnoh, and which makes it his priest. giratina Is Not Evil, and is in fact trying to protect reality from a greater threat... not that the rest of the world believes that

#anthro legends arceus: i’m doing a miserable job beating the furry allegations

#modern hisui: rei and akari, totally non-suspicious teen twins, wind up in a small town full of cryptid stories

#nobel lady sneasler: this one is fully a stupid joke that got out of hand. pseudo-1920s-au, pokemon all have recognized sapience, and the clans are two rival groups of scientists with their own pet theories, trying to prove themselves right in time for an upcoming award. get it. nobels

CROSSOVER STUFF:

#arc vessel: hollow knight au. ingo is the ghost and emmet is the hollow knight

#pokesouls: grab bag. some of it’s elden ring, some of it’s ds1, some of it’s ds2, some of it’s bloodborne. we are just vibing

#msaxpla: pla/mystery skulls animated crossover. unlike 99% of my crossovers this is a “the characters exist in the same universe” crossover bc we are hyperfixation multi track drifting. vivi is the protagonist, lewis died in hisui and became a zoroark, and arthur’s a depot agent doing really inadvisable things to one of the train engines (it’s fine emmet okayed it)

#subnautica au: ingo crashes on the degasi. several years later, emmet chases his voice recordings across the crater, hoping to catch up to him (and find him alive when he does) (they both end up fine dw)

#pla dhau: submas/pla dishonored au. no listen listen. ingo and emmet were twin princes, but one family assassination attempt and several years later, ingo’s an assassin-turned-vigilante with no memories and emmet’s smiling in the lord regent’s face while turning the palace against him behind his back.

#pla rf4: rune factory 4 au. the wardens etherlink with their nobles to sustain both adaman and irida. if you know what that means congrats and also come yell with me about it

#poke slayer: demon slayer au that is, i will be honest, mostly about torturing former darkness hashira ingo

#the legends zone: taz balance au. an ipre consisting of ingo, emmet, elesa, prof. rowan, laventon, cyllene and one stowaway. emmet and elesa are liches, emmet gets stuck in a whistle, rowan voidfishes everyone and becomes kamado and founds the galaxy team to fix their mistake with the light of creation (arceus) and the nobles.

i don’t post much msa anymore and most of this is not particularly Up To Standard but i GUESS i’ll compile those tags too

#msa analysis: for meta

#fic pitch: approximately 2 billion msa au concepts that never went anywhere bc my brain is a pinball machine

#msa mermay: i did two of these! it’s mermaids! more or less 100% art!

#mystery hate blog: aka kitsune (derogatory). i DON’T hate him as a character but i DO bitch a lot about how Everyone Except Me Is Wrong About HIm

#mori and arthur are friends: i think it would be funny if they bonded

(most of the following are also au concepts that span maybe one sketchsheet or a few posts, because again, brain. pinball machine.)

#precave lewvithur: you can't textually prove that they WEREN'T all already dating and lewis just forgot

#search death au: arthur dies while looking for lewis and comes back as a ghost whose death mission is to find him. this uh, raises some conflcits with lewis’ own existing death mission

#ot3 fake dating: no cave no mystery skulls au where, for Reasons, lewis has to pretend date both arthur and vivi at the same time. not as a throuple just. two legally distinct fake couples he's gotten accidentally involved in. at once.

#spooky kids with magic powers: au based on the idea that lewis was a station experiment where they (lewis, vivi, arthur, reverb's also there i guess) are All science experiments

#vampires au: everyone in the gang is a "vampire” but they’re all following different cherrypicked rules about it

#shards of winter: a sort of ambiguously period au? lewis is a... something, vivi and arthur are... something else. this one is a fic! it's more interesting and coherent than it sounds here

#noir au: fantasy noir, vivi’s a detective and arthur enlists her to find lewis

#western au: fantasy western, specifically. arthur made a deal with the devil. lewis is a ghost.

#little mysteries: little nightmares au

#msa celeste: lewis, vivi, and arthur are all mountain climbers with their own issues to work through

#msa hk: vivi is hornet but also the protagonist? arthur is the vessel. it’s convoluted

#dishonored au: you know the grimdark stealth action game series dishonored yeah i made a msa au about it that i have brainworms for and almost exclusively talk about in the tags

i think that’s all the major ones but i’m almost definitely forgetting something anyway. whatever. i’ll pin this post i guess

[gordonthesquid]

Intro Game

Hiiii! I'm Gordon Tracy!

I was tagged in an introductions game by @jbarkerstargazer​ So you all want to know a little bit about me? Buckle up my Squid Squad, my little Gordon Guppies, my Fabulous Foursies. *hugs the lot of you*

Favorite color:

Currently reading: I don’t do a lot of reading because I can get distracted easily when there’s just words!  The most reading I do is with the scientific magazine articles I follow. I do prefer to listen  to most things if I can get my hands on an audio recording, and that’s how I take in most articles and books if available. It’s why I love podcasts so much! So the last story I listened to was The Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22609485-the-soul-of-an-octopus

Last song: I’m typing this up in the lounge while Virgil is playing, so whatever he’s --- “Hey Virgil! What song is this? The internet wants to know.” @vgtracy

Last series:  Well “Into the Unknown” is currently on its summer hiatus, so if you haven’t yet, I recommend “Welcome to Earth.” Episode 2. The explorers go deep in to the ocean at 3,300 feet in a giant plastic bubble!!   My baby goes further than that, of course, but they do a great job showing what its like to descend into the deep. They talk about colors and light and there are such cool animals they see!!

Last movie: John came home a few days ago and we had a Lord of the Rings movie marathon. It was awesome! Extended Editions or bust. 

Sweet, savory, or spicy : I used to have such a sweet tooth, still do, but I reel it in with crackers and cheese or celery crunch bars. I wasn’t able to really let loose with food when I was training, so I got really used to cutting out the sweet foods. Nowadays, it is probably savory. But man, do I love a good cinnamon roll.  

Currently working on: Super Secret Upgrades to Four I can’t tell you about, a thesis paper on dolphin communication, hardcore mode of Subnautica, and Virgil is helping me learn to latch hook a squid rug. He says I am not ready yet for knit or crochet, and apparently I don’t have the patience, but I am determined to prove him wrong!

[voidendron]

Deep Blue Sea: Ch 10

Chapter 10: Decoy Subnautica/JSE Egos Crossover

(( I struggle with dialogue. I enjoy chapters/fics like this that I don’t have to write any XD ))

Warnings: Swearing Characters: Marvin the Magnificent POV: Marvin the Magnificent

Reaper Leviathan.

Even the name was terrifying. The scanner couldn't have at least let up on that part? They went with names the AI “thought” as fitting (sometimes not exactly being the most creative, he'd heard), going off the information from the scans to select a name. But Reaper? God.

Marvin swallowed, kept a hand pressed against his aching head.

What had Four been supplied with again? Wetsuit, check. He was wearing it, even if it was a bit small on him. Maybe he should look for something sharp to cut the sleeves and legs on it; they were too short and too tight. Oxygen tank, scanner...oh! A decoy, as well. Food..? No, but there were two bottles of drinkable water, the tops shaped in a way that they fit in a spot on the suit’s waistband. It was a start, at least.

Running a hand through sweat-slicked hair, Marvin let out a deep sigh. Just breathe, keep calm, gather your supplies, he thought. Get to the Aurora. There had to be other survivors on it.

The light on the radio wasn't on. He had to wonder if he'd accidentally hit the button or if something had been thrown against it during one of the attacks. That meant the coordinates to other pods would be in his PDA, didn't it? It also meant a distress signal for Four would have been sent out. That...he wished hadn't happened. What if another survivor came for it and the Reaper returned? That would...not be favorable.

Head to the Aurora. He had his mind made up. That would be his best bet, wouldn't it?

His PDA said the air was oxygen- and nitrogen-based. Breathable to humans. Thank god, at least there was an upside in that.

Shoving open the—well, technically it was the bottom hatch. but with the pod upside-down, that left it as the top one—bottom hatch open, Marvin pulled himself up the ladder and sat on the flat surface bobbing just slightly above the water.

Okay, Marvin. Deep breath.

He could see the ship. The Reaper hadn't dragged him as far from it as he'd feared. In the distance he could see another lifepod; the ship was closer. That was his target. Worry about other survivors later. Save yourself first, figure out where to go from there.

Another deep breath before he slipped the mask to the air tank on. He couldn't hear the Reaper. Maybe he wouldn't even have to use the decoy.

Three...

Two...

Splash.

Marvin could never win a competition in swimming, but he could at least keep his head above water and swim fast enough that it actually felt like he was getting somewhere.

He wasn't able to make it far before his PDA started trilling with warnings.

...Radiation.

The fucking ship was surrounded with it, and if he went any closer that would be it. It was die to radiation poisoning, or risk going back the way he'd come. He wasn't particularly fond of either option.

He could still see the other lifepod. Five, if the coordinates in his PDA were any indicator. How were Four and Five the only ones that hadn't sunk? How was that possible? They had one job, and almost all of them were below the surface. Even Four, through numerous attacks by the massive Reaper, had continued floating.

Five. Five was about the only place he could go, now. The Aurora was irradiated. As far as he knew, they didn't have radiation suits, nor even blueprints to make them. They couldn't even get close to the ship.

...They couldn't get close to it.

How the hell would any of the survivors get off the planet?! Lifepods were useless for communication, let alone any sort of long-ranged communication!

Okay, Plan B. Get to Five and worry about that later, he thought with a growl. If you can't get to the ship, at least try to meet up with other survivors. Get to Five. Get to Five. Find other survivors.

Marvin turned away from the ship, stomach dropping at the stretch of water between him and Five. The stretch of deep, murky water where the Reaper could be lurking anywhere and he'd never even see it.

Swim for it. Go, Marvin.

PDA and water and scanner at his hips, decoy held against his chest with one hand, he ducked his head under the surface and started the long swim.

His eyes played tricks on him as shadows danced in the murk. Was it tricks? The light creating false creatures below and around him? He could only hope.

Lifepod Five. Get to Five. Don’t let your mind wander. Fear will make it betray you, he told himself. Calm thoughts. Even breathing. There’s a long swim ahead of you. Keep a clear head.

He could hear the Reaper again. With his head submerged and water filling his ears it sounded almost…funny. He bit down on the mask’s mouthpiece.

He could hear it, but was unable to see it. The water was so murky he could barely see his own hand in front of his face. It was like that because of the ship crashing, wasn’t it? It had to settle, the water had to clear. Sooner or later.

Not soon enough.

Marvin could have sworn his heart stopped when something swam under him, nearly brushed against him.

The Reaper roared again. The sound reverberated around him, made his blood run cold. It was there.

It was right there.

His mind immediately went to those mandible spearing through him like he was nothing. It would be effortless. A little human didn’t stand a chance against the massive creature.

He could see its shadow. Why was it circling him?

Marvin swallowed as he tracked the creature’s shadow. His arms pulled tight against his chest, wrapped around the creature decoy.

Decoy.

How does it work? he thought frantically as he turned it in his hands. It had a battery. It had to have an “On” switch, right?

There!

Flipping the switch, he shoved the device away from himself. It bobbed in place, a light blinking, as it gave off a weak pulse he could almost feel through the water.

When the Reaper lunged, Marvin covered his face and went rigid enough to start sinking a little.

Besides water shifting around him, forcing him away from the device, he didn’t feel anything.

The decoy had actually worked!

The Reaper took off with it.

A part of him really hadn’t believe it would actually work. Oh, boy, the survivors would be needing more of those buggers…

Keep swimming.

Keep swimming.

Five had to be safe, right? Well, safer than Four had been, at the very least.

Eventually, he could see sand rising beneath him. He didn’t understand how there could be shallows in the middle of the ocean, but he wasn’t going to question it (sunken island, maybe? whatever). Between him and the lifepod was a pillar of…stone? sand? both? that rose up almost to the surface.

Marvin was breathing heavily by the time he reached the pillar. There was colorful flora growing on top of it, but he didn’t pay it any mind as he threw himself down on his back and tore the mask away from his face.

Take a breather, then swim the rest of the way and check the lifepod for survivors. Yeah, sounded like a plan.

He was panting, his muscles ached; he just needed to lay there for a bit.

[that-one-person-we-all-know]

Have you ever tried a Peeper, Captain Avery?

An idea I had where a PDA can pick up a signal from a close source and use it as an emergency broadcasting network. (Which would’ve been helpful in Subnautica jfc.) It’s just a stupid idea I had stuck in my head for a while, where Ryley communicates with Avery in live time, and can warn him about the QEP and etc. Or, just use the radio transmission to talk. (Lmao he needs socialization.) This is mainly just a oneshot by the way. @tradeshipsunbeam I honestly think you may like this.

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His PDA had picked up on a local internet router, most likely used for sending out radio messages, updated work emails, etc. The PDA had voiced this discovery out loud to a young man sitting in front of a white box, trying desperately to repair it. He was the ex-Engineering Maintenance Chief after all.

Ryley felt confused, how was this helpful? He was sure he couldn’t send out any messages from his radio, only to receive. This new fact had only made him feel worse. He knew that the signal was more than likely from the Sunbeam, but as said before, he couldn’t send out any damn messages! Unless...

Ryley decided to try and tamper with his PDA. Perhaps he could send out a voiced message from there? If he could, he knew the benefits. He could send statements from wherever he was and not have to worry about hurrying to the nearest radio. He could update to the crew on his findings right away. Heck, he could let the crew know that he was alive, that there was a survivor to rescue.

————

Ryley Robinson couldn’t believe it. After a few hours of messing around with the device, he figured out a way to send out signals. He practically smiled to himself when he held his PDA close to his chest in a tight embrace. It was a shame that the PDA couldn’t connect to Alterra, but he was thankful enough that he could send out messages to nearby sources.

He remembered his new favorite quote, “There’s no bad without the good, and no good without the bad.” Perhaps Capt. Avery was right, maybe he really was overdue for a lot of the latter. Ryley had decided to give it a shot, he might as well right? What exactly DID he have left to lose?

He knew that there was more than enough to gain from this.

————

Capt. Avery Quinn was currently tapping his fingers against his thigh, obviously deep in thought. One could tell that it was of course due to recent events, such as finding out about the crash of the Aurora. He pondered on what it was like, to feel alone and hopeless. He had remembered that once when he was young, he had strayed away from his mother in a crowded store. He couldn’t find her for what felt like years, he was terrified at the time.

Yeah, to feel that kind feeling for weeks would kill him.

“Captain? An incoming message was sent from near the crash sight. It’s labeled for you.” The room was silent for a moment, could a survivor really have been alive? To be able to send a broadcast? Avery nodded his head towards his co-pilot before switching stations with him.

... “What the hell?” Avery stated aloud to himself. On the display screen was an audio message labeled exactly for him as his co-pilot had said, however, the title of the message was labeled, “Have you ever tried a Peeper, Captain Avery?” ‘What in gods name was a Peeper?’ Avery had thought to himself. Was this some kind of joke, were his crew mates pranking him into thinking that this was an actual broadcast? Against his judgement, Capt. Avery decided to click on the message and allow it to play through his headphones.

————

Ryley was trying hard not to laugh when recording his message for Captain Avery. This has to be one of the most idiotic things he’s done, and that’s saying something. He knew he was doing this for a good reason though, despite what little he knew of Avery’s personality told him.

Ryley had assumed that the trading ship captain still felt bad for what was said on the first transmission. He had decided to turn this whole ‘first impression speech’ into a bit of a joke, and what was a better way than to tease the captain with dead memes? He checked his PDA’s built in clock. It was 7:45 a.m., it was go time.

“Good morning Captain Avery, this is Ryley Robinson. How has your trip been so far? I hope that its been okay. Listen, you can’t land on 4546B at the moment. It’s too dangerous. There’s an alien weapon called the Quarantine Enforcement Platform, it was what had shot down the Aurora for getting too close within the atmosphere. I’ll message you when I’ve figured out how to disable it. Until then, I want you and your crew to fly around for a bit. I’ve sent you the coordinates to other lifepods scattered from the Aurora, the origin point. Try and memorize them until I’ve contacted you again. The coordinates are, (-5,5), (3,4), (6,3), (-6,-3), (-4,-3), (3,-2), and (6,-4.)

Before I go, have you ever tried a Peeper, Captain Avery?”

Ryley hit send while laughing to himself, this was going to be gold. He wished he could see the captains reaction to this. He just had a feeling that this would cheer the captain up.

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Capt. Avery was pacing throughout the Sunbeam as his crew mates began to plug in the coordinates. He had no idea what a Peeper was, and was definitely going to ask the next time he heard this ‘Ryley Robinsons’ voice. He abruptly stopped his nervous tick of walking when he heard chuckles coming from across the room.

“Umm, well Captain.. You may want to see this.” One of the co-pilots said while giggling throughout the sentence. Avery was already anxious enough with the news of this new QEP, that he wasn’t ready for this.

Avery smiled to himself and allowed a small laugh to escape his lips along with the rest of his ‘dying’ crew. “Ryley Robinson,” Avery had stated out loud, “you really are the good without the bad.” Avery crossed his arms while staring at the display screen. The coordinate dots were really just to create the meme, ‘Loss.’

[choric]

( park jimin - demimale, he/they ) — did you see noeul han walking down the street? the twenty-three year old has lived here for three weeks. i heard they’re an aspiring painter & a part-time barista now, time sure flies. gooey by glass animals always did remind of them, maybe it’s because they’re so audacious & charitable. though i did hear they can also be commanding & capricious if you catch them on a bad day.

hey babes drum-roll it’s admin fany here to welcome yall~ with some random info about me I guess uh so I’m 26, living in northern europe, most of the time dying bc I’m not made for these hot ass summers, other times just being distracted twelve times outta ten jsyk I’m not ignoring anyone my attention span is just in the negatives. or I’m playing overwatch. or subnautica when I’m feeling particularly masochistic.  would drop dead without tea. ye. that’s all for today folks

anyway here’s Noeul’s profile if you wanna peep also a very messy plot page aaaand I’m gonna ramble about him now uwu

tw: emotional abuse, tw: assault ( kinda brief mentions, esp the assault, I tried keeping it safe )

born in Seoul but his family moved to USA when he was barely 6. they moved around a l o t since then but stayed within the borders. save for one weird year in France back in 2010

he haTED it. all the constant moving around and starting at new schools with new people trying to get new friends and find new hobbies and leaving pretty much everything behind so often just stressed the hell out of his young self and he was in a perpetual state of over-emotional about the whole ordeal and angry and bitter and yeah. not having a good time

over the years he managed to find ways to cope with it, drawing and painting being a major thing as it was one of very few things he could just continue without any special arrangements made or it feeling different. putting all that bent up negativity on paper was helpful in itself so he stuck with it without much thought then, clinging into a lifeline of one constant in a sea of variables

later on it morphed from being less of a therapeutic activity and more one of him being able just flow with creativity, paint with a less personal agenda and enjoy it way more too ( not to say he doesn't still use it as a form of escapism too )

reading was another thing he found enjoyment in, especially during his early teenage years. that is something he doesn't engage that often in anymore however

his parents didn’t really care about what hobbies he took on ( even with painting carrying throughout the years he ended up trying a whole slew of other things too ) until it became apparent he was actually considering art as a legit career path. neither agreed it being a good idea but they didn’t flat out deny him either.. just were very patronising about it for months and by that time he had come to actual decision of going through with it out of pettiness alone lmao. which of course served nothing but to legit piss them off and led to a number of arguments they still have to this day yikes

his parents entire view on life seemed to be there was no point getting attached to anything, sentimentality was a flaw and you could just buy everything you needed again without much care for what was left behind. especially his mom had a lot of emotionally abusive ways to steer his life in the direction she wanted, but giving just enough freedom for him to think he had a say in anything. not to say she wasn’t supportive and encouraging too but he honest to god can’t tell now how much of it was genuine. she was especially fond of using subtle blackmail in form of referring to her own feelings and how his actions will upset her, occasionally bursting into a loud tirade which was then quickly pushed to the side without any apologies for making him in turn upset so boy was always just on edge. this still happens but he pretty much only communicates with her through calls anymore so, Noeul just hangs up when she starts acting up. his dad was more the type to not involve himself into his hobbies and likes or anything at all he only cared about academic plans.

that all messed him up big time in his younger years bc he was inherently just very attached to everything and everyone but now.. it’s almost the complete opposite, enough repetition and shit will stick I guess cause he has next to no sentimental feelings towards anything, in turn actually loves travelling and meeting new people now. partially also cause he doesn’t feel obligated to uphold anything or allow himself being chained down, he treats everything like it’s fleeting, but not without care– don’t assume he doesn’t care when that’s something he does in abundance actually. he just.. accepts nothing lasts forever. ironic enough he’s adopted far too many of his parent’s habits to count now but has grown more tender with the experiences rather than cold. probably a miracle in itself. hella guarded about his feelings tho

so yeah he moved to LA ( parents were at the time both living in NYC ) for art school and got that bachelor of fine arts degree, graduating just spring last year and has no desire to further those studies cause screw school he’s done with institutions for a decade

also his parents filed for divorce while he was at it. before he was even done with freshman year. wasn’t all too surprising nor did he have anything to really say about it, except the times mom called him whilst drunk and essentially blamed it on him being a bad son :/// his dad’s fucked off somewhere he hasn’t heard whole lot from him in last three years beside birthday texts and money transfers to his bank account. and subtle messages through mom about how he expects him to clean up one of these days. meanwhile mom mostly contacts just to check he’s alive & doing well financially while slipping in vague ‘if you would have just listened to me‘s and ‘when will you come to your senses’s >_>

forgot to mention his dad’s a CEO of a small airline company. don’t ask me what his mom does idk prob some manager of a huge ass successful online shop?? something along those lines

will not speak about them if asked tbh don't expect anything other than "they're alive."

does not like announcing his ( their ) wealth to the world either and tries not to make decisions that could reflect that but something always has to give in the end. like he’s just way too happy to blow money on other people no matter how subtle he tries to be about it and often like his parents buys new stuff instead of finding ways to bring his old along, some of his clothes are also a dead giveaway it’s not so much that he specifically purchases anything cause it’s designer but if it looks nice he doesn’t see it as any different buying from any other store around. smells awfully lot like privilege but he’s unapologetic in getting exactly what he wants, it’s not his problem if someone takes offence to that

kind of also hates that he’s so dependant on parent’s money still but has made peace with it by giving away and works twice as hard for his own stuff, regardless if it yields anything cause he’s not doing this whole painting thing as a means to gain money ( would like to, but alas, it’s a tricky career path ) more from pure passion for the art

and noeul def is not gonna tell them to stop sending him cash he'll just have fun spending it in all the shit they'd hate-- even if they've basically set conditions but weird enough haven't cut him off yet.  guess that really is the only thing they can give him and they know it too :)) 

so. doesn’t actually like sitting idle even tho he all but could, yet cannot happily place himself in an establishment with very strict 9 to 5 shifts and such, so if and when he takes on extra work occasionally it’s always part-time, and for own personal gratification

in the case of him recently taking on a spot as a part-time barista here in acarike ( started like, two days ago or something ) was also bc of keeping up appearances ( surely he would run out of money eventually? no, but no one needs to know that ) and getting to know some of the people around since his group of road-tripping friends have seriously decided to settle in

if anyone was wondering yes he has experience working in cafes, among other places. his parents abhorred him taking on such jobs at all cause “what was the point? are we not providing enough?” first of all did he ask?

I guess he is currently residing in the stardust motel?? but is looking for a place

for him travelling in the past few years has been sorta cathartic, inspiring if I dare say both in personal growth and in his work since he can decide on everything by himself, where he wants to go, for how long, for why etc

sometimes likes when he has company for that, other times he just needs to make a trip in solitary. altogether prefers meeting random people along the way

is a kind of odd friend, loyal, compassionate and all that but puts himself before anyone else. or rather puts his emotional and other needs before everything else. if he feels you’re the one getting more out of it than he is it’s not worth it sorry. very generous tho and sees it as his duty to help others in any way if it doesn’t inconvenience him. not unreliable but available only when it suits him. so unless it’s life threatening or emotional distress he will not drop everything for even a friend’s sake you can wait an hour or two. can make friends as quick as he drops them

might get a little inappropriately affectionate with friends. especially so when intoxicated

is an even weirder lover. he loves the idea and feeling of being in love and the emotional thrill of it. relationships are fun yeah but commitment?? not in his. vocabulary. to elaborate he lives for the push and pull and the suspense of it all and needs things to stay stimulating on all levels across the board when deepening relationships further while also being able to maintain a sense of own freedom. he craves the sort of emotional security and gratification it all brings but refuses to become dependant on it ( he knows how that will go ), furthermore does not like all the limitations it brings nor everything being perfect to the point of feeling fake??

tries to make it clear that he’s NOT looking for anything long term but even then people haven’t taken it well when he out of the blue announces they should stop whatever it is they’re doing. he always feels bad about it and tries to part in good terms but yeah :// many hearts have been broken. it’s probably even worse for the other person cause Noeul himself seems to have absolutely no problem continuing his life like nothing happened. all this has made him into a bit of a serial dater??

in whole he takes everything as they are, nothing is everlasting and he doesn’t try to make it so, doesn’t necessarily want to. values experiences but doesn’t get too hung up on letting go of them. including relationships. this is something a lot of people in his life wont understand and it’s frustrating for everyone involved sometimes but you gotta do what you gotta do. might be scared of opening up to people. of that attachment. maybe he’s actually just picky and is waiting for something out of the world magical who knows

repels all negativity as if his life depended on it like. add begone thot meme here

but can also be very confrontational so???

is actually in constant war with himself over positive and negative emotions but filters that out pretty handily. most of the time. cause uh absolutely will turn vicious and loud when angry. sensitive to criticism and personal attacks but gets over it quick enough. does hold grudges but mainly towards people whose opinion he cares about. strangers rarely phase him. has random emotion™ bursts but tbh only cries when being shouted at and/or being target of someone’s wrath-- OR when noeul's angry himself?? also lowkey dramatic but most of the time he’s just sorta chill and cheery, occasionally sarcastic but in a good-natured way he doesn’t mean ill with it. has very strong opinions on some things but doesn’t care if someone else sees it differently. as long as they’re not saying their way is the only right way. or if their reasoning is utter bullshit which he will call out then :))

negative people just make him laugh. will not take your ass seriously at all if you’re being a douche. used to take offence to these kinds of people all the time but he’s grown out of it and learned to simply ignore people who don’t deserve the time of his day. at least outwardly.

similarly used to be very.. well. lets say prone to letting people control and push him around cause that’s what he had learned to accept but whoo boy when he finally figured it out and took the reigns into own hands no one could stop him try it bitch

likes doing things in own terms in general, need for control has kinda taken off so will not take kindly to being ordered around in any manner. tries not to impose on other people or be pushy himself but cannot stand indecisiveness so. it happens. for better or for worse

in tune with his surroundings and current community of people if something’s off he can sense it and it will bug him to no end before it’s fixed. this could be anything from his room being in disarray to something going on in the city in whole

I ain’t saying he’s a psychic but actually stupid intuitive most cases WILL see through your bullshit don’t even try

…ok but lowkey into supernatural stuff and spirituality all that jazz he’s gone through it all while trying to find himself– which is a whole another can of worms we ain’t opening here

did I forget to mention noeul and co ( minho & jae ) rolled into town in this shiny big rv. he's def looking to buy a smaller car to drive around

not too keen on giving rides to strangers since this one time two summers ago that went south real fast when a guy pulled a knife on him. has a pretty big scar to show for it on his right side? tummy?? there’s a pic in the profile page if you’re curious. he jokes about it now "it adds character" but is actually terrified of that happening again so perpetually jumpy minho blames himself for it cause he's dumb

you can prob hear him coming 5 miles away with the amount of jewellery he adorns

don’t get me started on his wardrobe it’s a mixed bag and then some. gender norms belong into the fiery pits of a volcano

is equal parts a tea & coffee enthusiast basically lives off that stuff. i'm probably not even exaggerating here boy forgets to eat when he gets focused on something and just wolfs down a pot of coffee.

obsessed with watermelon flavoured lollipops probably has one on him at all times somehow magically pulls them outta thin air??

you can prob find him painting outside in the randomest places when the weather's nice

likes painting on people probably as much as painting them

it’s not an intimacy thing I swear. but. can be?? probably accidentally turns that way that’s just how he is

prefers either to focus on faces ( eyes specifically ) or nude models in general fcking @ him

this. is so long already I’m sorry omg

and that’s all I got my brains’ fried over this all but yo come plot with me pls also check my plots maybe orrr if you want me to check your plots ( I’d love to!! ) come poke me ay ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[ninabeyou]

Jacksepticeye imagine

Kind of like my other @therealjacksepticeye imagine (Jacksepticeye imagine: a night alone.). It’s just Jack/Seán as the protagonist, so @wiishu is also featured (because 1) She’s awesome and 2) They are adorable together.)

I made this for the Septicart event around the PMA because I can’t draw that well and a story is art too right? Anyway, keep that PMA high and know that you are loved. Hope you like it.

Jack/Seán's Point of View:

I hadn't heard from Anti in weeks since he pulled that stunt. I was wondering if I did it. Did I really temper my dark side? I just sat in my room looking at the screen, thinking. Signe brought me some coffee.

"Thanks." I smiled. "Seán, you've been so quiet lately." She sighed "Have I?" I asked. "Yes you have. Ever since I came back from Denmark you've been quieter than usual and I don't like it. Seán if something is bothering please talk to me." "Oh." was all I said.

Signe sighed and left. I thought back at my nightmare. Anti seemed so broken like he needed someone to tell him he mattered and I had pushed him down. I pushed him out.

"Anti?" I asked, "Anti? Are you there?"

I closed my eyes and opened them again. I was on a roof.

"Why a roof?" I asked trying to conceal my fear. "Because it's me, Jack." Jackieboiman said. "Jackieboi." I greeted him. "I caught you calling for Anti, but no one has seen him for weeks." Jackieboi said. "No one has seen him?" I asked. "No Anti is gone, he's not even causing troubles, You have to figure out what is going on." "Where is his room or place to go?" I asked. "You know that. He took you there last time." Jackieboiman said. "My old apartment." I mumbled and thought about it.

It was empty. Last time Anti took me here it was filled with things he liked. I looked around and saw him by the window. The glitches were fading. So was he.

"Anti?" I asked. "Seán." Anti acknowledged. "Hey are you okay?" Jack asked. "uhu." Anti said. "You sure?" I asked. "I'm fine." Anti lied. "What happens if I say I don't believe you?" I asked. "Nothing." He sighed.

I carefully walked closer. I was generally worried.

"Anti no one has seen you in weeks what happened?" "Nothing." "Why won't you talk to me?" I asked. "Because I don't want to talk." Anti sighed. "Okay, what do you want to do?" I sighed. "Nothing." He replied and had the knife in his hands. "Anti." I tried again.

Anti was quiet, he was never this quiet. He was usually the one screaming in my mind. I put my hand on his shoulder showing him that I was there but he just shook it off.

"You're a long way from where you should be." Anti mumbled. "I am where I should be." "Why? You banned me, remember?" Anti sighed. "I was wrong." "No, I hurt the people you like. I made you hate me, you shouldn't care about me." "Wrong you lost control but I still care that you're there." "No one cares about me." Anti sighed. "Really?" I asked and opened tumblr on my phone, "scroll through that."

He looked at so many messages and drawings they made of him.

"But I'm the villain." Anti said. "No you're misunderstood." I smiled and sat down with him.

He sighed.

"No, this isn't real. Anyway the Doc left maybe I should too." "I disagree. I think you should stay." "Why? Life is going great without me." "What are you talking about." "You're on a great diet, you conquered your fear of heights to go in the Brighton Tower, A movie premiere, your birthday, 18 million subscribers, the charity stream and more. I can do this all day. You're happier without me." "Also quieter. Signe noticed, I noticed." I sighed, "Have you ever realized that. Whenever I'm scared the my volume goes up?" "Yeah but you're already loud, you don't need me." "I do because on a normal day I'm terrified of you. Everyone loves it because it makes me look energetic but I need you." "Yeah right. I don't even know who I am anymore. For these past few weeks it's like I don't know what to do. There is no hope left for me I fail everything I do, you're not even scared of me anymore." "It's okay. If everything seems hopeless, just take it one day at a time and if a day is too much, take an hour at a time. If an hour is too much then just take a minute. You can do this anti." I smiled, "And just so you know, you terrify me. Each and every day." "I don't know Seán, It's different, just let me be." He sighed. "Why aren't you on board with the positive mental attitude?" "Because I'm the physical form of negativity. Why don't you get that." Anti shouted.

I didn't expect Anti to shout and looked terrified at him.

"Okay we're actually doing this... " Anti and I heard.

Anti looked at the video that started to play on tumblr.

"Hi, my name in Nina, I've not been subscribed that long, actually last Christmas, but I do think this community is amazing. Everyone is so nice and understanding. That's why I'm making this video about who my favorite character is of him and how I look at him." The girl stopped and took a deep breath and smiled again, "I'm sorry I'm really nervous. My favorite character is Anti. He's terrifying and badass but he's also a role model for the PMA that everyone in this community is working towards. I say that, because I've had it rough and wanted to quit college because of bad results but I learned from Anti that quitting is not an option. No he didn't tell me that exactly, but he is the character that wants to kill Jack, but he never actually succeeded, yet he tries again and again. So what I take from that is that Anti never gives up. It doesn't matter that he failed he's there to try again, so I move on with my college degree even if I failed most of the tests, but so should you. No matter what goes wrong, you have to get back up again, if it's too hard to do it at once, take little steps because a long journey starts with one footstep."

Anti's glitches were more frequent again and the edges turned sharper again.

"That's right. I never give up." Anti smirked. "That's the Anti I know." I smiled.

Anti had his knife in his hand.

"If it's okay with you, I'm going to run now." I said and ran as fast as I could. "Run little rat, you cannot run from me." Anti said, "I'm always there."

His laugh filled my head and I shot up. Anti was back and I was back. I ran down.

"Signe!" I shouted. "Not now I'm working on a blogpost." "Signe!" I smiled. "Fine what is it?" She asked  and got up from behind her computer.

I spun her around and placed a little kiss on her nose.

"I just want to tell you I love you, I'm going back up recording some video's." I said.

Signe laughed at random behavior. Her laugh made me smile and everything went back to the way it should be. Me keeping up the PMA while being terrified of Anti. I went back up to my recording room and started filming some more subnautica, who knows what weird stuff I'll do this episode.

[lucimorningstar812]

Boss Week 2018- Day 3

If you could say one thing or talk to Sean what would you say?

There’s a lot I obviously a whole lot I’d want to say, but really I would just want to thank him endlessly for everything he’s done. I’d thank him for that time he told me I should be proud of my drawing and when his words/attitude have helped keep me going. I would thank him for making such an amazing community and continuing to be such a big part of it. I’d thank him for making millions happier every day and being so dedicated to his work that we still get two brilliant videos every day. I’d thank him for introducing me to Slime Rancher and for making me fall more in love with Undertale and Subnautica, which resulted in me buying them all to play for myself. I’d thank him for the egos because some truly amazing things have come from them, including fanart, fanfics, gifs, edits and more, and for making Anti a big part of the channel. I’d thank him for the charity streams and his positive mental attitude, even if I struggle to stay positive myself, because sometimes seeing others so determined can make you feel that little bit better.

Honestly, I have so much I’d thank him for. Not just things he’s done for me but things he does for everyone Sean William McLoughlin is an amazing, inspirational person and I hope he knows just how much we appreciate and love him