#The ever-moving Moon

[darthruaky]

"This shaper of the dark and changing eye stretched out his hand against the pure black sky.

He pulled the Moon, but could not make her stay.

So now she moves 'twixt mortal and the fae.

You have your tale.

Your 'who' and 'how'.

There is a final secret now.

So all your owlish listening lend.

This is the part on which you must attend.

The Moon has our two worlds beguiled, like parents clutching at a child, pulling at her, to and fro, neither willing to let go.

When she is torn, half in your sky, you see how far apart we lie.

No matter how we long to kiss, the space between us is not ripe for this.

And when your moon is waxing full, all of faerie feels the pull.

She draws us close to you, so bright.

And now a visit for a night is easier than walking through a door or stepping off a ship that's near the shore.

'twas thus while wandering in the wild, you found Felurian, manling child."

"And this is true of any fae?"

"Most fae are sly and subtle folk who step as soft as chimney smoke.

Some go among your kind enshaedn, glamoured as a pack mule laden, or wearing gowns to fit a queen.

We know enough not to be seen.

Many of the darker sort would love to use you for their sport.

What keeps these from moonlit trespass?

Iron, fire, mirror-glass.

Elm and ash and copper knives, solid-hearted farmer's wives who know the rules of games we play and give us bread to keep away.

But worst of all, my people dread the portion of our power we shed when we se foot on mortal earth."

"We are more trouble than we're worth."

"While she is full you may still laugh, but know there is a darker half.

A clever mortal fears the night without a hint of sweet moonlight.

On such a night, each step you take might catch you in the dark moon's wake, and pull you all unwitting into fae where you will have no choice but stay.

And on such unfamiliar ground, how can a mortal help but drown?

I do this so you cannot help but hear. A wise man views a moonless night with fear."

[accio-sriracha]

Marauders and Co. playing Never Have I Ever

~~~♤~~~

Remus: *bluntly* Never have I ever been a dog.

Everyone else: ?

Sirius: *drinks*

Everyone else: ?????

Marauders: *refuses to elaborate*

~~~♤~~~

[kinokoshoujoart]

the coolest kids in forgotten valley!!☆

(…it seems there may have been a stretch of time where rock and lumina were the only kids in forgotten valley…🥲)

poseref

[sandwichhour]

Wah-Rosalina (wosalina?)

she's from the sea but she keeps trying to convince people she's from space bc she thinks its cooler (she's not very convincing)

[starheirxero]

No but genuinely this is such a fun and fascinating turn to me!!

I will never truly get over the fact that Solar harbors guilt for "killing" his Sun and now the fact he's being hunted by the one other peson who should know that he didn't is gut-wrenching to me.

It almost mimics Lunar and Eclipse to me in some way. Just,, the vibe of "you should be the person who can help and understand me best, but instead you hurt me. Instead of being a supportive figure, I have to run away from you to feel a semblance of safety and normalcy. Instead of being able to cry into your arms, I have to raise my hands to shield myself from you." Yk????

Idk it just feels very sad to me and I can't fully explain why. It's just the ever-lingering "what could have been", I think.

[spock-adoodledoo]

Tsubasa_Syaoin on twitter thank you for my life

https://x.com/Tsubasa_Syaoin/status/1835696809483911572

[maiios]

What do the iterators do in their freetime? do they have any hobbies, like drawing or singing? -star anon!!

part (1/2) - suns & moon

yes! they have multiple hobbies they enjoy to pass the time :]

[bones-of-a-rabbit]

The brotherless/what was taken au

Reader is an asshole. Snarky. Smartass. Rude for no reason. Just basically a prick. But there is something sincere abt them that Sun thinks is good. Moon likes the challenge, likes how stubborn and abrasive they are, but can tell that something has made them that way, the same way the virus made him into something different. Either way, both are curious about the reader, who seems equally as interested in them.

Takes place a few years (15? Maybe?) after Plex catches fire and closes permanently. Some unnamed company has dug out what was left behind and is messing around with the animatronics to see how damaged they are. Reader is hired for the Sun/Moon tasks. The company’s goal is to trace back what happened to the Plex, why it happened, and who was involved. When the project is done, the suitable animatronics (the ones cleared of the virus) will be given a chance to return to the world and carry on with whatever sort of life they wish, with close supervision for six months to a year to be sure they’re hospitable enough to live with the public.

Sun/Moon are kept in a square, bland as hell room with a big window on one side. This leads to an observation room where a staff member (reader) can talk to, interact with the animatronics without being close to them, and manage controls for the room. Sun/Moon are hooked up to a system by a series of chords that stretch from their back. These control them: turn them on and off, which parts of their body they can move, give short correctional shocks, basically can keep them easily under control and helpless. If they remove the chords, they power down immediately. There’s no way to get rid of the chords or ignore what they do.

Reader gives them simple tasks. “Pretend this teddy bear” a teddy bear is dropped into the room “is a distressed child. What do you do?” They ask them basic questions. “What were you built to do?” “What is 13 multiplied by 24?” “Why is the sky blue?” “Who created you?” Just testing their knowledge. What they know. About themselves, about the world. Sometimes they’re rude and play tricks on the animatronic for no reason. They don’t hurt them- just kind of push them around. Sun gets attached, with how Reader is, at heart, a jokester, and, when fixing any broken parts Sun/Moon are discovered to have, diligent and careful, making sure everything is as it should be, asking how they are feeling every step of the way.

Moon is still partially warped by the virus and rarely comes out. When he does, reader turns intense, borderline vicious, needles him and antagonizes him. They’ve got a fight to pick with him, it’s obvious, but neither Sun nor Moon can remember much from before the fire.

But reader went to the Plex as a child, often. And they remember everything.

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Aka, reader is the older sibling of one of the kids Moon lured away, and even if it’s been years, that’s years they’ve spent seething and hurting, and they still want answers- and for Sun and Moon to regret what they did, and regret it properly

Also could be considered an unlikely enemies-to-tolerance-to-friends-to-confused-but-might-be-crushing relationship! Reader has always thought they knew what they’d do if they ever got the chance to make Moon pay for it all, but suddenly they’re here and he’s there and they’re both stupid and hurting and shells of themselves and neither is sure what they want anymore

[siderains]

great day for those of us who are constantly obsessing over the parallels of dracula and alucard huge day, even

[clits-and-clips]

Since writing the affirmations and starting manifestation again, I've actually been in a much better headspace. It's crazy how things align, and you end up where you need to be, especially through pain

[theladyfae]

i think human nature/family of blood is a really good two parter in how it manages to show how full of shit ten is 🫶

[glambots]

Every time Moon’s merry go round breaks down he acts like the world’s ending and he mopes around until you fix it again upon which he’ll get the zoomies in happiness

Constantly prowling around while you're working on it, while making the same kind of comments Sun does when you're taking too long at the Arts-n-Crafts mini-game.

[todayisafridaynight]

cant stress how obsessed i am with yamaguchis shirt

[starheirxero]

Been thinking about the ways you could hug Centipede Eclipse

(Also, does he have legs?)

AAAAAA OKAY FIRST OF ALL THIS ASK HAS BEEN SITTING FER A MINUTE AND IT FILLS ME WITH SO MUCH JOY EVERYTIME I LOOK AT IT!!!! THAT BEAST IS GIVING HUGS...... WHAT A NICE GOD HE IS U GUYS <3 /silly

BUT ALSO SECONDLY THIS INSPIRED ME SM HELLO !!!! The first idea is the softest I think so personally ofc that's the one I like personally. but the second idea is SO FUNNY 2 ME bc it's something that Lord Eclipse would probably loathe to do but probably have to do a few times to boost morale LMAOOO 😭 THEY TURNED HIS ASS INTO A JUNGLE GYM!!!!!

Even still, as delightful as both options are, I'd imagine there's WAY less arms and hands involved and more... like. boa constrictor moves. and it'd go like that AHAJSBAKDNW

(Also yes he has legs, just not people legs! He has both the lil skittery legs and the long fake-out legs that actual centipedes have! The first several sections of his body are arms, but unfortunately I like my men to skitter, so he needed some actual buggy legs <3 worth noting tho this is only bc my beloved friend kat drew him like that and I liked it much more than the idea of "his long body with many arms Never Stops" LMAOAHSKWHD)

[lil-melody-moon]

which song will be the first one you'll learn on drums? 🥁💕

If I ever get the chance to drum?

Well, I would say I would go for "Yellow Submarine" first. It has fairly easy drumming, plus it's my favorite song so I think it would go well - truth be told, this is also the song that I've chosen to start learning guitar chords. I tried to come back to playing it on my classic guitar yesterday and it sounded somehow similar, so yay to that!

But yeah, drumming that simple beat would be fun! <3

[stiltonbasket]

xiao-yu's bio dad is also a bit :( to find out that a) no decent woman will ever want to marry him b/c his parents will immediately tell her how much of a bag of dicks he is, and b) he's now on the "refuse service" list for many, many brothels b/c someone (nhs?) told them all about his nasty ways + possibly gave them $$ to send him packing.

Xiao-Yu's dad actually never visited brothels; Xiao-Yu's mother Yang Xin worked on a lotus farm until her pregnancy + her scarred lungs weakened her to the point where she could no longer do hard physical labor, at which point she found a position doing mending for a brothel in Yunping. However, her wages weren't enough to cover the funds she needed to provide for a child, so she became a prostitute after she gave birth to Xiao-Yu.

After Wangxian figured out who Xiao-Yu's biological father was, they asked Pan Gaolin's squad of doctors to warn all the lower-class women they treated about him (he was no longer remotely attractive to the local gentry girls, which was why he ended up starting a relationship with Yang Xin). His parents eventually sent him to watch over a remote village to the south, but they made sure the young women living there were informed about his abandonment of Yang Xin and Xiao-Yu beforehand.