#Then decided why not check the other ROs too

[manalltheseart]

OMG finally finished this. I was actually drawing this just for funsies but then the event came up so why not?

Happy 4th Anniversary with the game that pulled me into interactive fiction, made me brainrot so hard and froth at the mouth for such a well written and thought out story, @evertidings

The illustration without the text is below:

[suzuran777]

Analyzing some of the very first BL visual novels

First of all, I've talked about most of these topics during my Citrus con panel on Augustus 24th, so for those who missed it or who wanted a list of all the visual novels mentioned during the panel, those are also mentioned in this blog post! Japanese BL visual novels have been something I’ve been interested in since 2010-2011, and even these days many people in English speaking fanbases are familiar with games like DRAMAtical Murder and the other Nitro + Chiral titles. I've played many older titles which I've previously reviewed on this blog, and in this post I will be looking at some of the very first BL visual novels and how the industry has changed throughout the years.

Before the very first "official" BL visual novels were released, some visual novels already existed in which a male protagonist had romantic or sexual scenes together with one of the other male characters. Some examples of this are games like Sotsugyou Ryokou (1996) and Ko-Ko-Ro (1998). Most of the other love interests in these games were girls, so they were not promoted as “boys’ love” games.

The oldest visual novel I could find that was promoted as a game which focuses on love between boys, is a game called Sei Valentine Gakuen, released by a company called B.M. in early 1999. This is a game in which you can name the protagonist, and none of the characters are voiced. While checking their old website through Waybackmachine, it seemed like the game had a lot of game-breaking bugs which they attempted to patch out, however the website quickly shut down within what seems like only a year (or maybe a few years) after its release date. Since there's not a lot of information about this game available online, I was surprised that someone bought the game second-hand and made a youtube video about it, so I recommend checking that out! You can watch it here. Despite being promoted as a game that focuses on love between boys it seems like there’s not really romance in the game, so I am curious why they marketed the game in this way.

Next is a game called BOYxBOY, released a few months after Sei Valentine Gakuen in April 1999. This is one of the games I actually got to play myself, and I was surprised to see this game was released by King Records (the record label) as I didn’t know they used to publish games, let alone BL games. The protagonist has a face and a name this time, but even though all the other characters are voiced, they decided to leave the main character unvoiced for some reason. This game does have romance elements, like confession scenes, but it's still quite minimal. There’s only one character who actually gets a kiss scene for example. This game did get a fandisc a year later, but it seems to be more of a collection of extra materials and minigames rather than something that really adds something to the story of the game.

Another BL visual novel that was released around this time in July 1999 is a game called Graduation (or Sotsugyou) by Joinac, which as the title suggests, focuses on the protagonist spending time with people at his school right before his graduation. This one actually got translated, so it's probably the first BL visual novel to ever get an (official) English translation. Unlike most other games from this time, this one can still be easily accessed too, as a digital version is available for purchase on DLsite.

Entering the 2000s, game developer AliceSoft created their own BL game brand called AliceBlue and released their first BL game called Kakurezuki in 2000. Even though AliceSoft released 18+ rated titles in the past, this first BL title was actually also all-ages. Some reviews mentioned that they don’t really consider the game BL at all, pointing out the lack of romance, and I can definitely see where they’re coming from. Pretty much all the other games I mentioned so far take place in a modern-day school setting, however this game is more of a historical fantasy game (although the plot still only focuses on the protagonist and his daily interactions with those around him).

A lot of the games during this time period still highly resembled the typical dating sim-style game, which was quite popular in the mid/late 1990s. This kind of gameplay means that usually, the player decides what the character is going to do that day, for example, what subjects he takes in school, which club he joins and which locations he visits. In games like Kakurezuki, it’s a bit different you decide what magic skills you want to strengthen that day. This kind of gameplay kind of limits what kind of story the writers can explore, as the plot mostly focuses on the main character’s everyday life and their interactions with other characters, and eventually also became something that’s not commonly used in BL visual novels anymore.

Later that year, in August 2000, one of the most well-known early BL visual novels was released. This was Sukisho (short for Suki na Mono wa Suki Dakara Shouganai) by Platinum Label. The company promoted this game as the “first 18+ boys love game” though Graduation also seems to be rated 18+ on DLsite. Sukisho gained a big fanbase, as many fans really liked the art (drawn by Tsutae Yuzu) and the characters. Even though the plot still focused on boys going to school, some characters do have a darker backstory. The company even created official forums where fans could discuss the plot of the game and fan theories. Some other boards also encouraged fan meetups at local conventions in Japan. It ended up getting 3 different sequels, a PlayStation 2 port, an anime adaptation, and various drama CDs and novels. These days a lot of BL visual novels get drama CDs, but back then this game really got a lot of extra content compared to other games. Like many others, I personally discovered this game through the anime many years ago, but I played the visual novel later as it has also been fan translated and was quite accessible back then.

Another visual novel that stood out, and which also got an anime adaptation, is Angel's Feather (2003). Unlike the rather confusing anime plot, which adds a new character that isn’t in the game, I think the plot of the visual novel is actually much better. Initially it does seem like another game about high school boys, but in reality it’s more of an RPG game that focuses on the characters learning more about the world they’re living in, and their own magic abilities. I think just like Sukisho’s artstyle, compared to many other games that were released at the time, the art of this game quite unique. The artist is Yamamoto Kazue, who worked on many visual novels, and is still active nowadays. This game also got a sequel and drama CDs, but sadly the third game they were working on was never released. The studio was also working on a completely new game called White Shadow, however this one also remains unreleased to this day. If you want to read a little bit more information about this game and other unreleased titles, I wrote a blog post about that too here!

The inclusion of RPG elements I briefly mentioned just now in visual novels was not something only Angel’s Feather did. For example, some of these other screenshots are from Ouji-sama Lv1, Teikoku Sensenki, and Apocripha/0. The gameplay varied from a simple battle system to complicated dungeons and hard to beat enemies, depending on the game. One downside of this is that it’s quite a time-consuming process if you want to see all kinds of different endings, as these parts of the game were usually unskippable. Gradually, this is also something that slowly became less common in BL visual novels.

Generally, a lot of older games were quite difficult to replay as most games only had a limited number of save slots, and sometimes there would be no preview images next to the save files either, so it was quite difficult to remember which save file you were supposed to load. Some of the oldest BL visual novels also don’t have a skip button, which means you have to play through all of the dialogue again if you want to see a different ending. The pictures below are my screenshots from Angel's Feather and Kannagi no Tori, a game that was released in 2001. Luckily both of these games do have a skip button, but there were never enough save slots!

Other than changes in gameplay and artstyles, something that has also changed quite a lot are the dynamics between characters in adult scenes. In most BL visual novels, the protagonist is either a top or a bottom, and this doesn’t really change throughout the whole game. For example, if the official website mentions that the protag is a bottom, that means he’s a bottom with every single one of the love interests. Something I noticed while playing older games is that this order wasn’t always fixed. In games like Laughter Land and Kannagi no Tori for example, the game would often let the player decide. A game that was released a bit later which also has this option is PIL/SLASH’s game Shingakkou -Noli me tangere. In every route, no matter what character, you make the decision. I think it’s kind of fun when the game gives you choices like this, although I’m not sure if they will ever bring it back.

Terminology and target audience When I talk about these games I use “BL game” and “BL visual novel” as these are easily understood when communicating with an English-speaking audience. However in Japanese these games are usually only called “BL game” or "AVG" which just stands for adventure game. In the early 2000s some official websites around this time would refer to these BL visual novels as ''boys games'' to distinguish them from a genre called “girl’s games” or galge, which are games that would typically target a male audience. Even though the term “yaoi” was becoming less common, some developers would also call them “yaoi games” on their website, as you can see in some of the screenshots below . It’s not like the term “visual novel” is something completely unknown to them, but it’s also not a term I ever see them using to promote their games.

As for the target audience, similar to a lot of BL manga, the target audience for many of these BL visual novels was also women. A lot of websites stated that these were games “made by girls for girls”. However, it’s better to not generalize the whole genre as something exclusively targeted towards women, as some games like Hotaru (released by Tarutaru in December 2000) and its sequels were specifically advertised as games "made by gay men for gay men". One of the games I mentioned earlier, Graduation, was also made by a doujin group that calls themselves the Gay Artist Support, and like the name suggests, they support gay artists and alleys. Therefore it can be concluded that even during this time period, it wasn't just women creating and reading BL.

Marketing and sales Some might be wondering; how did people discover these games back then? Around the year 2001, multiple websites were created by fans that kept track of new BL game developers, as well as any updates provided by the companies that were already established back then. A lot of these websites also gave fans the option to chat with each other in their forums. Some examples of these websites are BOY'S STREET and Boyslove Kenkyuujo (which translates to BoysLove research institute). They kept track of both commercial and doujin game releases. Companies and doujin creators would both sell their games at events like Comiket, Super Comic City and J-Garden too, where they would promote their games and chat with fans. Their games would also be sold at stores like Animate and Toranoana, which is not too different than how creators sell their BL games nowadays, as both of these stores still exist. A lot of BL game creators in the early 2000s were quite close to each other and collaborated. For example, some doujin groups like Anubis Label, Ritz, Moon Parrot and more created their own magazine called B-GAME, which featured information about their new doujin games, corporate games, survey results, game reviews and more. The picture below (on the right) is a picture I found on the website of doujin group Moon Parrot, promoting and selling their game Kuro no Tsuki at Super Comic City. Of course official BL game magazines also existed, but I think I will make a separate blog post about that (update: you can read it here!).

Well-known developers throughout the years Next I made a list of some BL game creators that established their brands in the early or mid 2000s, and who continue to be active nowadays. I will mention some newer games as well. There's way too many BL visual novels to include all of them, so I apologize if I missed some that were quite influential!

Langmaor/Tennenouji: The first game Langmaor released was a game called Enzai in 2002, illustrated by Yura. This game focuses on a boy whose name is Guys, who gets sent to prison as a result of a false accusation. In one interview, Yura mentioned that she was almost afraid that the plot of the game would be “too dark”, as the main character experiences a lot of abuse, but she concluded that at least the game would be unique. In 2004 Langmaor released Teikoku Sensenki, and a year later they released Zettai Fukujuu Meirei (or more well-known as Absolute Obedience). This game had a kind of unique system which focused on not one, but two protagonists. The final game this brand released was a game called Laughter Land (2006. The illustrations of this game were drawn by Yuzuki Ichi who had previously worked on Kannagi no Tori. Yura was also part of doujin group called Tennenouj, which already released their first BL game in 2000 called Sei Crain Gakuen, a BL game that you could play by opening HTML files in your browser. They released their second BL game in 2006, which was Miracle No-ton, a game about a notebook that could grand the protagonist’s wishes (horny wishes only though!). In 2009, Luckydog1 was released, which ended up becoming one of the most popular and well-known games in Japanese speaking BL visual novel fanbases. The game is about the protagonist Giancarlo, who’s a low-ranking member of the mafia and currently in prison, who receives the task to free 4 important members of the mafia from prison. Some BL gamemagazines like Cool-B have an annual popularity poll, and for years, LuckyDog 1 and its characters ended up in first place. On BL information websites like ChilChil it continues to be the highest rated BL visual novel to this day. Two years ago, Tennenouji also released the game Friendly Lab, of which the mobile version is still being updated, so even nowadays they are still very active.

Nitro + CHiRAL: Or just called “NITRO CHiRal” these days. They released their first game, Togainu no Chi, in 2005. In the early interviews the director stated that they wanted to create something different, as a lot of visual novels around this time focused on schoolboys and modern-day settings. So instead, they wrote a story that takes place in a futuristic version of Japan, devastated by a Third World War. Only a year later in 2006, they released their second game, Lamento -BEYOND THE VOID- which also takes place in a fictional world. Even though the characters look similar to humans, they call themselves Ribika and have cat-like characteristics. The characters in this game are struggling to survive, as a mysterious force called “The Void” is slowly destroying their world. Because of their unique stories and beautiful illustrations, Nitro Chiral quickly gained a big fanbase in Japan too. In some articles published in Cool-B magazine, they mentioned that they were taking even bigger risks with their next game, as the plot would be anything but happy. This was about their third game, sweet pool. Despite that, I think fans already expected dark and serious stories from the company, so it was still well-received. Before releasing DRAMAtical Murder, they released two more visual novels called Itsuwari no Alkanet and World’s end Nightmare, though these were only available on Chiral Mobile, an app that could only be downloaded on certain Japanese phones. These days these games are considered lost media, but I wrote a blog post about what I could find about them some years ago. Afterwards they released their more well-known games DRAMAtical Murder in 2012 and Slow Damage in 2021.

Pil/Slash: This is a BL visual novel developer that is well known for writing dark stories, with themes like abuse, noncon, physical and emotional torture. Though of course this is not too uncommon in BL visual novels, as all of the developers I’ve previously mentioned include themes like that in their games too.Their first game, Masquerade ~Jigoku Gakuen SO/DO/MU~, was released in 2006, followed by Koibito Yuugi a year later. In 2011, one of their most well-known titles, Shingakkou –Noli me tangere- was released. This game is about protagonist Michael who’s enrolled in a seminary. However, his school life is anything but peaceful, as his family gets murdered and he also discovers a secret society of devil worshippers in his very own school. At the moment this is the second highest rated BL game on ChilChil, after Luckydog1. After this they released Pigeon Blood in 2014, which was also a horror-themed game, and Paradise a few years later, which was quite popular in Japan too. In 2021 they released their newest game, Dystopia no Ou. This game focuses on protagonist Kiriku who dreams about becoming a rock star. Initially, this seems quite different than PIL/SLASH's previous games, but I promise the story still gets pretty dark. The writer credited for Paradise and Dystopia no Ou is Kyuuyouzawa Lychee, who's also the creator of doujin game group LOVE&DESTROY and games like CAGE OPEN and CAGE CLOSE.

Spray: This company’s first game was Saikyou Darling, released in 2001, but I think they are probably more well-known for their Gakuen Heaven series. The first Gakuen Heaven game was released in 2002, but since then they have released a few newer versions of the game, console versions and a second game. This is another one of these games that people might know because it has an anime and manga series. Spray has released quite a few different games like Soshite Bokura Wa, Piyotan, STEAL! and more recently Tsumi naru Rasen no Ori, but I think other than Gakuen Heaven their most well-known title is probably Kichiku Megane, released in 2007. This game focuses on protagonist Katsuya, a salesman who seems to be failing at everything in life. Just before he’s fired from his job, he receives a mysterious pair of glasses from someone. Whenever he wears these glasses, his personality completely changes. He suddenly becomes very skilled at everything, but also very sadistic. In recent years fans have started organizing fan events for this game at local conventions again, so it’s interesting to see how popular it still is.

Holicworks: Also known as LoveDelivery, as that’s the name they used to release some of their very first games, like Tsukigami (2007) and Beniiro Tenjou Ayakashi (2008). Their most well-known title Taisho Mebiusline, released in 2012. This game is a historical fantasy game which takes place during the end of the Taisho period, in 1923. The protagonist, Kyouichirou, moves to Tokyo in order to go to university. However, he runs into trouble soon after his arrival, as the Imperial Military becomes interested in his ability to see spirits. The writer of this game, Nakajo Rosa, is often praised for the historical research she did in order to write this game. The story covers all kinds of political issues, international affairs and military activity, and combines it with religious themes such as Shintoism. This also means that even for Japanese speakers, the game can be a bit difficult to read, as it tends to use difficult words and kanji. However, I think with a bit of research it’s not impossible. They also released games like Tokyo Onmyouji, Tokyo 24ku, and more recently Tokyo Satsujinki Gakkou no Kaidan, though the only game that has an English translation is Tokyo Onmyouji, which takes place in a more modern-day setting, but still focuses on supernatural themes like ghosts and spirits.

Karin Entertainment: Another developer that has been around for a long time, who released their first BL game series called Bois in 2002. Afterwards in 2004, they released the game Animamundi Owarinaki Yami no Butou~ (Animamundi: Dark Alchemist), which I’m not sure if I should be calling BL game as there are also a few female love interests. The games they released after this aren’t BL games, but instead they created a new branch called Karin Chatnoir Omega, which released the game Omertà ~Chinmoku no Okite~ in 2011. In this game the mafia controls the government, and the protagonist J.J. is a hitman who’s taking all kinds of assassination jobs. In 2016 they also released the game Omega Vampire, which is the first omegaverse BL visual novel.

Parade: This is a game developer known for creating games in which the protagonist is exclusively a top, or seme, which is also something that was not super common in the past. In a lot of other games almost all of the love interests are younger guys, so I think it was interesting to see at least two of the other main characters in NO THANK YOU!!! were over the age of 35. Even though most Parade games have a lot of 18+ content, like NO THANK YOU!!! and their second game Room No. 9, one should not underestimate the plot, as the writing is really good. My favorite game is probably their latest game, which is Lkyt., a historical fantasy game and my personal favorite.

CORE: This is the BL branch of a company called Orbit, and their most well-known game is Messiah, which was released in 2006. Though their first game was a game called Ever Loyalty in 2001, followed by Fanatica in 2004. Most of CORE's games only have 1 or 2 characters the protagonist can end up together with, although sometimes other characters in the game also have their own bad endings. In Fanatica, the protagonist only has one true love interest, but a lot of the other main characters are also paired up with each other, so even if they don't have their own route, you do get to see different scenes with them. Even though CORE released their last game in 2008, which is the Messiah fandisc Messiah ~ Paranoia Paradox. It was announced that they are actually working on a new BL project called Tokyo Gentou/Tokyo Phantasmagoria, under the new name Procyon.

Adelta: Not really 2000s as their first game was released quite some time later, but I think still important because they've gotten quite popular in recent years. This is a doujin game group created by Kurosawa Rinko. The first games this group worked on were Cocoon and Cocoon Black Noise, released in 2014. The game they’re probably most known for is Koshotengai no Hashihime (Hashihime of the old Book Town). This game is quite well known for its references to literature and real writers, and the story also takes place during the Taisho period. Originally it was advertised as a time-loop murder mystery. In 2020 Uuultra C was released, which is a completely different kind of game that takes place during the Showa period and focuses on heroes you’d typically see in a Super Sentai Series, or Tokusatsu movies in which the characters fight kaiju. Adelta is currently working on their newest game, Ooe.

Conclusion Of course there are many more BL visual novels which left a big impact on people, even less serious games like Gakuen Handsome which still get referenced a lot to this day. Another well-known title is Mada Koubou's Hadaka Shitsuji, which was mostly created by artist and writer Togo Mito. It kind of difficult to determine how many BL visual novels currently exist, but BL information website ChilChil currently lists 345 titles in this database. This does however include fandiscs and games that aren't technically BL games, and also doesn't include all doujin games ever released.

The early 2000s was a good time for BL visual novel fans and a lot of developers were making BL games back then, which also meant that there would be many new games to play. These days the number of active developers has significantly decreased, so most of the time you get about 1 or 2 big releases every year. Of course, there are still doujin groups and individual creators who make their own games, but the number of commercial releases is pretty small nowadays.

Some games that were released earlier this year however, are Tokyo Satsujinki Gakkou no Kaidan and Haiiro no Arcadia. I am personally also looking forward to the release of Adelta's new game Ooe, and Procyon's Tokyo Gentou/Tokyo Phantasmagoria, so I recommend checking those out when they're released!

[daisychainfiction]

How the ros would react to a grown up Bug who thinks that mc is her parent bringing their partner to the house so mc and ro could met them

Cuuute!

-Silas glances from the clock to you, and then back to the clock. He even checks his watch as if that might change something.

"Si," you tease, reaching over to put a hand on his arm. "They'll get here when they get here."

Silas leans back into his side of the couch, smoothing his hands over his thighs. "Why am I nervous? Are you nervous?'

You grin. "Bug likes them - if she approves, I'm pretty sure we will, too."

Silas nods, but that doesn't stop him from glancing at the clock again.

-Annika is dusting the photo frames. Again.

"Sweetie," you begin, trying to keep your smile in check. "There isn't a speck of dust in this house."

Annika turns on you with a half-smile, half-grimace. She puts aside the duster to reach out to you. You go to her, wrapping your arms around her and letting hers cup your face.

She doesn't have to say anything for you to know what she's thinking. That Bug is everything to the both of you. That she's scared of losing her.

You kiss Annika's cheek, brushing your nose against hers. "Trust her," you whisper, knowing she will.

-Vardah is calmly flipping through the glossy pages of the art book you keep on the coffee table. She's flawless, as always; her tousled bob covers her cheek, hiding her from your gaze.

You reach out, tucking the hair behind her ear. Behind the swinging earring of polished pine and jade.

Vardah smiles, tilting her cheek into your hand, but she doesn't look up from the book. "What is it, habibi?" she murmurs.

"You look like it's any other Friday."

"Isn't it?" she hums, nuzzling your palm, kissing the fleshy bit between thumb and forefinger. "Bug and pizza."

"And Bug's partner. A partner we've never met."

Vardah's smile widens. "It'll be fine," she says. "If they aren't worthy, I'll handle it. You know that."

-Hunter has been baking for three hours. Homemade bread to go with herbed butter and spicy oil. A mix of meat and vegetable pastries. Bite-sized fruit tarts. Slender, lacy cookies with a matching creamy dip.

"Babe, I'm pretty sure this is way more than four people can eat."

Hunter doesn't even glance up from where he's piping the macrons. "Whatever we don't eat, I'm sending home with Bug."

"God, her roommates might love you more than I do," you tease, coming up behind him to kiss his shoulder and wrap your arms around him. "Are you nervous?"

"I'm always nervous," he reminds you.

"I mean, more nervous than usual?"

Hunter pauses his work, considering. "No, not really. Bug has good taste."

Bug does have good taste. You smile, pressing your cheek to his shoulder and closing your eyes. There's no reason to be nervous.

-Jordan's foot sways left to right, right to left. They're as blank-faced as usual, but there's a tenseness to their shoulders that you haven't seen in a while. Not since they were the sole security guard for an entire commune.

"You good?" you ask.

Jordan glances toward you, their smile loose. "Just trying to decide if I should wear my gun or leave it casually on the coffee table."

"Oh God," you snort. "Don't be that person. The parent that has to throw around their weight."

"Aww, but I'd be so good at it," Jordan winks.

You grin, leaning back into your chair. "Don't embarrass Bug. Last time you did, she wouldn't talk to you for a month."

"That was not my fault," Jordan says - not for the first time. "That friend of hers was getting perilously close to kissing her, and she was not old enough."

"She was sixteen, Jordan."

"Yeah. A baby."

"She wasn't a baby - she had a car. And that friend of hers was a good kid."

"Not good enough for our Princess."

"Who will be good enough for her?" you press.

Jordan smirks. "No one."

-Nadia spends the afternoon in the garden, deadheading the bushes and using the blooms to create small bouquets. You watch her put these bouquets in small vases, humming as she fills them with water and a little clear soda.

"That's a lot of flowers," you note when she places the twelfth and final vase. This one sits prominently on the coffee table, the scent of lavender and roses filling your nose. "They're going to think you're a florist."

Nadia smiles a little, taking a sprig of lavender from the bouquet and twining it through one of her twists. The purple blooms are gorgeous against the white strip of hair running through the black. "I want to make a good impression. Make the place feel warm. Cared for."

"I think we manage that on our own, but I get your point." You pat your lap. "Come rest. You've been up all day."

Nadia does as you ask, perching her slender body against yours and placing a kiss on your neck. "Are you worried?" she asks.

"Nah," you say, peppering kisses to her face and making her squirm. "Bug knew to trust you right away - I think she knows who to give her heart to."

Nadia's smile is soft, loving. "Smooth talker."

You wink and kiss her until a knock on the door forces you up for breath.

"We can pretend we're not home," you say, now single-mindedly staring at your partner's mouth.

Nadia snorts, smacks you, and gets to her feet. Straightening her clothes, she asks, "Ready?"

You let out a breath and nod. "Ready."

[cultofdixon]

I’ll remind you everyday if I have to

Daryl Dixon • She/Her Pronouns • It’s the smallest of things to startle a person, but thankfully you have someone to always make sure you’re okay • ANGST/SFW • TW: Anxiety Attacks

Requested by: Anon

Anything does it

Loud noises

Yelling

Door slams

Motorcycle engines starting

Walkers trying to claw their way in

Loud snoring if the source is unknown

Honestly, if you made a joke about something breathing and it triggering Y/N’s anxiety…most would think that’s true. She may not be outwardly expressive with her anxiety attacks but one knows she’s having one if she’s disappeared for a period of time.

Her infamous hiding spots are under tables. Carl found her in the closet once when they first arrived to Alexandria and the new people were overwhelming so no one really dared to drag her out. Not that anyone would given Daryl is usually the one to take care of these moments but there were situations where Y/N had to be dragged out of the comfort of hiding.

The farm fire

Governor attack 1

Prison outbreak

Governor attack 2

The Claimers

Terminus

The chapel

The hospital

The barn

Y/N got creative a few times with her hiding spots during the periods where they were moving a lot. But now the group resides in Alexandria and after a few days Y/N left the living room closet sticking with Daryl for the most part since he gives her the most comfort. He didn’t like the place but after all they have been through, after what they have been through, he’s willing to bend slightly so that they could possibly make this place their home.

“Are you coming with to the party?” Rick asks Daryl who seems to have never left the porch whenever he stepped outside finding him always there.

“Nah. Well I don’t know” He frowns keeping his gaze to the floor while he chewed away at his thumb. “Y/N going?”

“Nope. She’s staying in.” Rick states making his way down the steps and more over to Carol’s porch that Daryl stood on. “Judith is coming with me later so Y/N will be alone in the house if yea ever wanna check in on her”

“You make it sound like she had another attack” His worry started to eat at him and with no instant reply back, his own words are only confirming it. “Why didn’t—-“

“Because in some way, you’re also not okay here. Some people need space, others need comfort…Y/N is safe in the house and for once, after all these anxiety attacks I’ve witnessed, she asked for space” Rick gave a small smile to Daryl in the sense of there’s been improvement, but that didn’t stop the worry from brewing inside the archer. “Take the opportunity and if you change your mind about the party? Everybody else will be there”

Daryl watches the retired sheriff walk past as he looks over to his home finding Y/N turned away from the window holding herself. For a second he wanted to go on and check on her, but decided to listen to Rick.

Even if listening to him this time brought an unsettling feeling in his stomach.

The party started when the sunset and Daryl found himself watching from outside. He never felt like he fitted in with these types of crowds. The social people. Those who host parties and make charcuterie boards. It was weird how old world this place was.

When he stepped away and started to make his way back to the house Aaron the one who brought them in, stopped him to talk. This talk lead to being invited for dinner then a good thing to come out of this place…a bike frame. He can feel like his old self and make a new bike after losing the other one to the prison collapse.

But right before he left, Daryl stepped into the kitchen hesitantly but catching Eric’s attention.

“Did you need something?”

“If it’s uh…not too much” Daryl usually never has this much trouble, it’s just. Talking to new people.

Eventually Daryl got the leftovers he asked for after finally getting it out of him along with who it’s for. But when he entered the still very empty house, because of the party, he didn’t find Y/N instantly. She didn’t take a room in the Grimes’s residence, Carol offered a room in hers for her. She was in there last he saw her.

He checked everywhere.

The rooms, the kitchen, the garage, even the small areas in the front and back of the house. It should’ve been more obvious to check Carol’s but even when he looked in her place, she wasn’t instantly found. Which brought his anxiety to be vocal.

“Y/N?” He calls out, not receiving an immediate reply back. “Y/N!” He didn’t mean to shout knowing that would scare her but he was getting to an extreme level that will most likely be taken out on one of Deanna’s sons. They weren’t all that welcoming and he noticed how sad that made his partner.

A few more calls and Daryl eventually stopped in the kitchen to put away the plate in the fridge when he heard the sniffling.

“You didn’t hear me call you back?” Her hushed whisper still made it to Daryl’s ears as he quickly rounds the kitchen island to the dinning table crouching to find her sobbing in her curled position.

“I’m sorry…I’m so sorry” Daryl frowns bringing himself to sit on the floor and scooting up to her watching her uncurl to wrap her arms around his neck. He gently brought his around her waist pulling her into his lap as she wraps her legs around his torso. “I’m usually better at finding yea but this place is too new…”

“We aren’t used to it” Y/N finished while hiding her face in the crook of his neck for a moment.

Daryl held her for as long as she needed even if that lasted til Carol returned a few hours later. She didn’t say anything, only gave a look to the archer that if they needed anything to just call her, before heading upstairs to sleep.

But after a little while longer of being under the table, the two eventually moved out from under it and Daryl kept Y/N close the rest of the night which led them to the room she claimed. Y/N laid on top of Daryl as he gently grazes his fingers against her back in a soothing motion.

“You wanna talk about it?”

“It just…happened” Y/N frowns bringing herself to look at Daryl and his worried expression. “I feel so stupid…”

“You’re not stupid. You’re never stupid for bein’ anxious, sunshine” Daryl gently brushes the hair out of the way of her face watching her sadden expression last. “Sometimes we can’t control how we feel…just be glad yea ain’t quick to anger like some of us”

“You have reasons for your anger. A pen could drop on hard wood flooring and my mind could think someone is breaking in” Y/N laughed at her own problems which Daryl didn’t exactly like but he hasn’t heard her laugh in some time. As she rests her head on his chest listening to his heartbeat, he pressed a kiss to the top of her head holding her a bit tighter.

“You feel safe with me…and our family. Everybody is unsettled in this place and it’ll take time to get used to it. You’re never at fault for your anxiety…I’ll remind yea everyday if I have to”

“Yeah?”

“I promise, sunshine” Daryl kissed her once more, leading her to lift her head and bring herself up so that she could kiss his lips which brought a hum from his chest. “I’ll always keep yea safe, too. From everything”

“What did I do to deserve you?” Y/N smiles bringing her head back to lay on his chest as he held her close with a hint of a smile gracing his features.

“By being you”

[ladykailitha]

Across a Crowded Room Part 2

This has five parts and is complete. It will be released every Saturday.

In this we has Steve's friends be dim, Eddie bringing breakfast, and Steve be a lovable dork.

Part 1

@mira-jadeamethyst @rozzieroos @itsall-taken @redfreckledwolf @emly03

****

Steve had been shocked by the greeting of Eddie spinning him around. But not as flabbergasted as when Eddie kissed him on the lips just for saying that he missed him.

After Eddie left, Steve felt three pairs of eyes on him and he squirmed a little under their gaze.

“What?”

“Look,” Maria said, “you have been talking this guy up for weeks. Ever since you announced he was coming to stay for a week. And yeah we knew you had a crush on the guy, but this was holy shit fastest levels of yearning to relationship I’ve ever seen.”

Jarren nodded. “I mean, he’s hotter and cooler than you said he was. Like an actual record deal for his metal band? So cool. Long curly hair and doe eyes? So hot. But that’s not the point I’m trying to make here.”

“It better not be,” Steve groused. “Mine!”

Jarren laughed. “All yours, Steve. I promise. But the point I’m trying to make here, is that you kinda blindsided us with this one. Why didn’t you tell us about him before.”

Steve looked over at Robin. “I talk to him all the time. Like prior to him coming out to Chicago, we’d constantly call and text. He’s always commenting on my socials. Like I know I’m slow, but that is extreme levels of dense.”

Jarren and Maria glanced at each other in confusion.

“Wait,” Maria said, “you’re telling me that your ‘stalker’ is that guy?” She pointed toward the door.

Stalker was the name Steve’s friends called Eddie because he would always have commented or liked Steve’s posts by at least the end of the day. Faster than even Robin most days.

“You guys didn’t know?” Robin asked. “Like how many Eddie’s do you think Steve knows?”

Jarren held up on finger and then deflated. “Fuck. Yep. We’re idiots.”

Maria tilted her head back and forth and then shrugged. “Yeaaahhh.”

“I’m going to head home,” Steve said looking at his watch. “I’ll catch you guys later.”

They all waved him off with Maria promising she’d get Robin home safe. As he walked to the door he checked his state of drunkenness. He ran his tongue over his lips and decided that an Uber was a better idea than driving home.

He scheduled the ride on his phone and lit a cigarette. He had graduated from college with a bachelor’s degree in education and basically had the whole summer off to get ready for the major change in his life.

Robin was moving out to New York to get her master’s degree and with any luck an internship at the UN as an interpreter.

She was super excited, but it would be the first time since they became friends that they would go their separate ways.

At first she had tried to convince him to do his last year of school in New York so that he could get his teacher’s certificate and teach there.

But as much as Steve was on board with the idea they both realized too quickly that Steve would be miserable in New York.

But Robin?

Robin would thrive.

So they had packed as much time together as they possibly could as they got used to the fact she would be leaving come summer’s end.

His thoughts were interrupted by the driver pulling up. After both of them triple check they were the other’s right person, Steve slid into the back of the car.

“Music or no?” the driver asked, looking at Steve in the rearview mirror.

“No music tonight, man,” Steve said. “I just want a little quiet tonight.”

The driver nodded and directed the car back to the main road that would take Steve home.

Steve made sure to tip well as the ride slipped by in blissful silence.

He thought that he would be thinking nonstop about Robin. About Eddie. About that kiss. But the quiet hum of the car in the darkness soothed Steve mind and while he didn’t sleep, he felt groggy when he got home as if he had.

He thanked the driver and began the slow trek up to the apartment he shared with Robin.

Steve stuck his key into the lock and sighed. Half the apartment was in disarray as it was nothing but half filled boxes and rolls of packing tape and bubble wrap.

Robin had already packed up her stuff and it was sitting in storage waiting for her to tell them to ship it cross country. The only bit of her things that remained was her clothes, which she had been living out of her suitcase, her daily stuff like toothbrush and shit, and her cellphone and laptop.

She had been sharing Steve’s bed because they needed to be next to each other. To hear the other breathe in their sleep. To know that their person was still there.

Yeah, okay so they weren’t handling it as well they had hoped they would.

He had taken off his shoes and flopped face down into the bed when got two messages.

The first was from Robin saying that she was staying the night Maria’s. Something they often did when they got too drunk. The second one was from Eddie.

-Sleep well, angel

Steve blushed. He didn’t even know why. There was just something so sweet about it.

-Night, Eds

He set his phone to the side and rolled over onto his back. He draped his arm of his eyes.

His plan was always going to be telling Eddie he was in love with him. It was also the plan was to move out to California with Eddie after the week. He was going to give up everything to be with him. Because he didn’t think he could live in Chicago by himself.

He had friends here. But without Robin to put a buffer between him and others when he got overwhelmed, he wasn’t sure if he could keep going out. He would become a hermit.

But now that Eddie was going to move out here, Steve knew that he would have other outlets for social interaction. He got along well with the other members of Eddie’s band and it would be great to see them again.

He got up and stripped down to his underwear. He preferred to sleep like that even in the dead of winter, but with Robin sharing the bed with him he had at least been wearing sweats to bed.

He slipped underneath the sheets and wondering what it would be like to feel Eddie’s skin between these sheets.

He fell asleep to the thoughts of Eddie curled up behind him.

****

The next morning was disturbed by the sounds of his soulmate coming home.

“Come on, dingus!” she hollered. “Up! I have coffee and breakfast.”

Steve was up and throwing on a pair sweats, hopping on one foot as he scrambled out to the kitchen.

He skidded to a stop and blinked at the sight before him.

“Look who I found on our doorstep?” Robin greeted cheerfully.

Steve smiled. “Hey, Eds. I’m guessing you are the bearer of breakfast and coffee?”

Robin squawked her outrage, but Eddie grinned. “Sure am, sweetness. Got you that caramel macchiato you love so much, an iced mocha for the lady and a dark roast, cream and two sugars for me.”

Robin glared at him.

“I kid I kid,” he said and handed her the black coffee. “It’s as dark as your soul, Buck.”

She took the coffee and sipped happily. “Yeah, you can keep him.”

Steve laughed.

“If that’s all it took to get soulmate approval,” Eddie teased, “was a single cup of coffee, I would have bought you one years ago.”

Robin pushed at him and then dug into the bag of breakfast sandwiches.

“What’s this?” she asked pulling out a sandwich in a plastic container.

Eddie snatched it out of her hands. “Mine!” He clutched it to his chest and hissed.

Robin held up her hands in surrender. She went back to her digging. She pulled out a breakfast burrito with peppers, onions, mushrooms, eggs and sausage.

“And that one’s mine...” she said sing-song, setting it to the side.

The last one she pulled out was a simple egg, cheese, and sausage on a buttery croissant. She handed it over to Steve.

“Is it creepy he knows our breakfast order?” she asked as she settled into to her coffee and breakfast.

Steve scoffed. “Robin you have posted about that same burrito almost every Sunday for the last two years, if he didn’t know what you liked, then I would be concerned.”

“Oops!” she said around a bit of food.

Eddie just shook his head and dived into his breakfast.

“What did you get, Eds?” Steve asked.

Eddie had just taken a bite, so he didn’t answer immediately. But he moaned happily around his bite.

“That, my darlin’,” he said once his mouth was clear, “is an eggs Benedict in a breakfast sandwich and I’m in heaven.” He wiped his mouth with his fingers and sucked on them to lick them clean.

Steve’s eyes went wide as he followed the movement. He licked the bottom of his lip and forced himself to look away before the situation got uncomfortable.

“It’s almost as good as the eggs Benedict Uncle Wayne used to make. I see why you guys love that place so much.”

“Yeah...” Robin said, “I’m gonna talk to Kendra and see if I can sleep on her sofa this week...”

Eddie and Steve’s heads snapped her direction.

“What?” Eddie asked, oblivious to Steve’s torture.

Robin rolled her eyes. “I don’t want to be around when the tension finally breaks and you fuck like rabbits on every surface of this apartment. Just clean up after yourselves, yeah?”

She hastily finished her burrito and kissed Steve’s cheek. She walked down the hallway to their bedroom to change out what she was wearing and to shower.

Eddie chuckled at her swift exit. “I didn’t realize I was being that obvious.”

“I think it was the moan that got her,” Steve muttered going back to his sandwich.

Eddie leaned forward and whispered, “Why, darlin'? Did it get you?”

Steve blushed all the way to the roots of his hair. He chewed on his bottom lip and then nodded.

Eddie wagged his eyebrows suggestively.

“Eds!” Steve groaned, pushing the other man’s shoulder. “At least wait until she goes to work, yeah?”

Eddie cackled. “All right, darlin’. I’ll be good until then. But after that, all bets are off.”

Steve felt like heat slid down his spine to pool in his gut.

He gulped and went back to his sandwich. Eddie and Steve were finishing up their breakfast when Robin came back out. She had her bag thrown over one shoulder, ready to go.

“I’m off at five,” she said. “So if you two wanted meet somewhere for dinner, just text me before then.”

She kissed both of them on the cheek goodbye and sauntered out the apartment with a cheerful wave and a “Don’t do anything I would do!” said over her shoulder.

“I’m not sure which of us the menace anymore,” Steve chuckled, shaking his head fondly.

Eddie pulled Steve in for a kiss. “Babe, you share the same brain cell, I’m pretty sure the answer is both of you.”

Steve snorted but couldn’t deny that Eddie was probably right.

“I’m going to miss her when she moves to New York,” he said softly.

Eddie held Steve tightly. “I know, sweetheart. Have you thought about what you want to do after she’s gone? I mean I know you were planning on moving out...” he makes a vague hand motion at the mess around them, “but where were you thinking?”

“Originally or now?” Steve asked after a moment or so just staring at him blankly.

“Is the plan different now that I’m in Chicago?” Eddie asked, pulling back so he could look Steve in the eye.

Steve pursed his lips and nodded.

“Stevie...” Eddie said warningly.

“What?”

“What was your original plan?” he asked dryly.

“Throw myself at you and move to California with you when you went back at the end of the week?” Steve said with a grimace.

Eddie blinked a moment. “Oh.”

“Oh?” Steve asked tilting his head.

Eddie steered him over to the sofa and sat him down on it. “Let’s talk about this for a minute, because even though we want the same things it seems like we’re not on the same page yet.”

Steve furrowed his brow but nodded anyway.

“Hey,” Eddie said firmly. “I’m not saying that’s a bad thing or that I don’t want to be with you. I do, but we need to have a talk about what being together means, okay?”

Steve let out a rough sigh. “Yeah okay.”

“So tell me about this plan of yours.”

Eddie settled himself on the sofa, twisting his body so he was facing Steve. He leaned one arm against the back of the sofa and laced his hands together, giving Steve his full attention.

“I was going to confess my feelings for you tonight over a fancy dinner at my favorite Italian restaurant,” Steve began. “Which I’m still taking you to, but maybe not tonight.”

Eddie smiled encouragingly. “Sounds good so far. What’s next?”

“And then if you told me you felt the same,” Steve continued, ducking his head, “I’d spend the rest of the week trying to convince you to let me go back with you to California.”

Eddie huffed out a laugh. “And what would you do back in Cali, baby?”

“I’d bartend,” Steve said with a shrug. “It’s what I did when I was going to school here anyway. Then during the day I’d get my teaching certificate in LA.”

Eddie blinked and then his expression softened. “Oh, Stevie. That sounds like a great plan. Too bad I blew by getting a record deal out here, huh?”

Steve laughed. “Nah, it just means I didn’t waste my money getting my teaching certificate for here.”

“So now what’s your plan?” Eddie asked after kissing him fiercely.

Steve shrugged. “Well, you’re here apartment hunting, so I figure I can tag along. Because something that might not work out for you...”

“Might work out for you instead,” Eddie finished. He licked the top row of his teeth thoughtful. “Sounds like fun. Let’s do it!”

“Today or later this week?”

Eddie grabbed Steve’s wrist and hauled him to his feet. “Go get dressed, baby, I want to go apartment hunting with you.”

Steve kissed him deeply and then went and did as he was told.

****

Part 3 Part 4 Part 5

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[leiawritesstories]

Mom, Please!

@throneofglassmicrofics August prompts "Lake" & "Splash"

Word count: ~1k if you squint 😂

Warnings: swearing, teenage antics, Rowan getting grey hairs from stress

Enjoy!!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"I hear footsteps," Aelin mumbled, half-drowsy.

"Go back to sleep, Fireheart," Rowan mumbled back, burying his face in her hair. "It's probably just a rabbit or something."

"At---" She cracked her eyes open and stared at the fuzzy numbers on the clock across the bedroom. "One in the morning?"

"Mmmh, fine." Her husband attempted to push himself upright and flopped back into bed with a groan. "Dammit!"

She kissed his shoulder. "Don't throw your back out, old man. I'll go check on things." Aelin pushed herself out of bed and tucked the covers up over her sleepy, grumpy husband, who grumbled something about I'll show you a thrown-out back as she stepped into her slippers and crept out of their bedroom.

The hallway of the lakeside cabin was dark and silent, broken by strips of silvery moonlight filtering in through the skylights. Aelin came into the living room and paused, wondering why the hell the sliding door that led to the patio was cracked open. Had one of the kids forgotten to close it?

And there were those damn footsteps again.

Slowly, she crept up to the windows and nudged the curtain aside just enough to peer out and find---"Gods above, Mom!"

"Holy shit, Lana!" Aelin and her oldest daughter screeched at each other at the same time, and Aelin leapt back from the window as if it had slapped her, wishing she could scrub the sight of Lana and her boyfriend playing tonsil hockey out of her eyes. "Fucking hell," she groaned, rubbing at her eyes with both hands. "It's too damn late for this."

There was a rustling outside the house, and a very sheepish Lana snuck back inside through the patio door to find her mother sitting on the couch with her head buried in her hands. "Mom?" she ventured. "Are you...okay?"

Aelin grumbled something incoherent in reply.

Lana discreetly tugged her sweatshirt's hood up, relying on the shadows it cast over her neck. "Um, Mom?"

"I'm fine," Aelin mumbled. "Just gonna have to tell Yrene about this. You could've at least mentioned that Cal's family was here too."

"I didn't know he'd be here," Lana whispered, blushing an adorably bright pink. "He surprised me."

"Pebbles on your window and all that romantic shit?" Aelin teased.

Lana grinned, her smile a mirror of her mom's. "Yeah."

"Can't hardly blame you, then." Aelin stood up. "Well, I'm going to bed before your overbearing father decides I've been gone for too long and hurts himself trying to find his way down the hall in the dark. G'night, sweetheart."

Rowan, of course, was awake when she came back into the bedroom, fumbling for his glasses. "Stop that, buzzard."

He sighed and flopped back into bed. "Everything alright?"

"Yeah, just Lana and Cal tangling tongues out behind the patio." She turned onto her side and fluffed up her pillows.

Strangled wheezing erupted from Rowan, and Aelin flipped back over to rub her husband's back until his shock dissipated. "The fuck?" he croaked.

She chuckled and handed him his water. "You know, Lana's boyfriend?"

"I know who," Rowan grumbled. "When? How? Why?"

"Ro, honey, you really don't want me to answer any of that." She kissed his forehead. "Go back to sleep, love."

~

The summer sun shone brightly over the lake, and Aelin lounged comfortably in her chair, enjoying the warmth and the laughter surrounding her family.

"Owww! Get away from me!" The shrill shriek was accompanied by a pair of feet sprinting towards Aelin and a smaller body taking refuge behind her chair. "Mom, Bran keeps shooting his stupid water gun at my face!" It was Charlotte, their third child.

"It's not my fault you're afraid of your stupid lashes falling off!" Bran, who was nearly sixteen, yelled back at his younger sister.

Indignant, Charlotte gasped and stood up, planting her hands on her hips. At fourteen and a half, she was the most strongly opinionated of the Whitethorn kids, and she wasn't afraid to show it. "You take that back!" she demanded, and when Bran told her to make him, she picked up a nearby bucket and headed for him.

Aelin opened her eyes and watched her wildfire daughter dump a whole bucket of lake water over her oldest son's head, which resulted in him screaming like a little girl because a frog had happened to be in the bucket and had now found a new home in the back of Bran's swim trunks. She chuckled to herself.

"Kids these days," Lana fake-sighed as she walked past, three more baby frogs cradled carefully in her hands.

"Says the kid who snuck her boyfriend over in the middle of the night," Aelin deadpanned.

Lana's face went scarlet. "Mom, please! Everyone can hear!"

"Just like last night," Aelin added. She winked. "Uncle Fen would be so proud of you, sweetheart."

"Oh my gods," Lana groaned. "You're the---"

"Are those frogs?" A younger voice broke into the conversation, eager eyes peering at Lana's hands. Rielle Whitethorn, the older of the twins by three and a half minutes, jumped up, trying to see the little frogs as Lana put her hands up higher. "I wanna see the frogs, Lana!"

"Shhh!" Lana shot a look over towards where Bran and Charlotte had moved their water gun fight into the lake, joined by Cal and two of his brothers. "I'm gonna dump them on Bran's head." She winked at her little sister. "Wanna join?"

"Hell yeah!"

Aelin lowered her sunglasses. "Rielle Enna Whitethorn!"

"Sorry, Mom." Rielle was ten, and she and her twin brother Declan were like sponges around the older siblings that they idolized. She ran off, following Lana down to the lake, and Aelin watched with her smile hidden behind her book as the two of them crept up behind Bran and successfully released the frogs onto his head.

He howled and scrambled frantically, arms flailing, until he finally gave up and ducked beneath the water to get the frogs off of his head. Aelin snickered, beyond pleased that her children had inherited her fondness for fun little pranks.

Down in the lake, Cal slung his arm around Lana, and she rested her head on his shoulder and smirked up at him. He leaned down, whispered something in her ear that made her shake with laughter, and pressed his---

"Gods above," Aelin groaned, shoving her face into her book.

Not again.

~~~

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[jscwrites]

Please Follow this Backup Blog for Vendetta-IF

Hey guys, it's jsc, the author of Vendetta. I'm making this blog to backup all of the stuff I've posted over on the vendetta-if blog because I can't access my main account. Until I can access my account again, this will be the blog I'll use to interact with all of you and post updates. And in the worst case scenario, this will become the main blog.

So, please, follow this blog as I will be posting updates and answering asks like usual here. Also, for those who want to share their fanarts and other fanworks, please tag this blog too so I can see it. I'll also start reblogging some posts and asks from the Vendetta blog here in hopes of preserving them as much as I can. So, be prepared for a little blast from the past as we walk down the nostalgia road, I suppose.

I'm really sad because just earlier today, I checked my followers count and saw that we were 30 followers away from reaching 4K Followers in the main Vendetta blog, and I was thinking about what to do to celebrate it. Plus, there are also so many awesome fanarts and asks that I don't want to just be gone, which is why I'm making this blog to reblog all of them.

For those who are new and wondering what my story is all about, please check out the intro post I've reblogged. I might need to make another intro post in the future if I never get access back to my account, but for now, I hope it'll suffice.

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[AO3 WRITTEN FANWORK] -> Currently 3 works

For those who are interested in what happened, I'll tell the details under the cut.

So, a few hours ago, I decided to open my iOS Tumblr app to check on notifications and stuff, as I usually do. But instead, I got hit with the Tumblr error messages over and over as it keeps trying to load in.

At first, I just thought it was my cellphone Internet connection, so I tried logging in on the desktop. At first, after I input all of my login credentials, the page loaded, but it brought me to the viewing page of my Vendetta blog as a non-user. I tried again, and this time, it said that my account got terminated. I never got any email from Tumblr about this, and it came as a shock because I just used my Tumblr earlier today to reblog some fanarts with no problem and I have never really used my account for other non-IF related stuff.

So, I scrambled to ask my members in Discord whether my Vendetta blog is still up, and thankfully it still is. But, my main account is somehow gone. The problem is, my Vendetta blog is actually a sideblog to my main account, jsclarissa.

As you can see here, when I tried searching for my main account, it says "Ghost blog! This blog does not exist." despite me having used that account to respond to comments and send asks to other authors before.

I have sent a support ticket to Tumblr support and also tweeted them on Twitter. I really hope they can give me my account back as I'm pretty sure this is some kind of technical issues on their end. I'm just worried about how long it would take them to respond and of course, the worst case scenario that it actually got terminated, so, I'm making this account.

Even if I got my account back, I'll still reblog stuff from the main blog here and maybe I can finally have a more personal blog where I can talk about stuff that is not really related to Vendetta.

[ri-writes-if]

An "omnipotent" figure approaches the ro, telling them that they can get rid of mc's problem (in a way that is just getting rid of it, not involving killing the mc and saying they "got rid of the problem" nothing violating the spirit of the arrangement) and maybe do a few other things for them - if they make a deal with them. One undisclosed favor, a complete blank check this stranger can cash in at any time, for any reason.

Who makes the deal with the devil?

I don't see any of them accepting the deal no matter what relationship they're in. It's not their place to decide anything for the Oracle. So let me answer this as if the offer is for the cast:

Vez doubts this is possible, and if it's possible, then they're concerned how it's possible. Too many questions. Even if the methods were clear, they wouldn't agree because they'd feel guilty for taking an easy way out + they wouldn't want to owe anyone favors.

Os doesn't agree because they're suspicious—of the methods and of the favor the demon will ask for. They won't let anyone random have such power over them. Even if they had a problem they needed to deal with asap, they'd rather do it themselves, no matter how hard it was, than depend on a shady demon/whoever they were.

Laz won't let anyone "fix" their problems because they have particular ideas about how they should be dealt with. Besides, the offer is too shady and unclear, and Laz doesn't like to owe favors—they prefer when others owe them. They decline without hesitation.

Ash doesn't think they have problems that would require someone else's help, especially help like this. They refuse, confused why the demon offered such a thing to them.

Az is enticed to agree because of one specific problem. Very, very enticed. If there's proof it works, they might accept the deal.

Thank you for the ask! 💛

[toppersjeep]

Chapter 1- All For Love Charles Leclerc

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Elena’s POV

Growing up wanting to be a racer I was always looked down on. Especially since I was a woman going into a male dominated sport. Not many people expected me to succeed.

So when I made it to Formula One I knew that it would be hard. Considering there weren’t many other female drivers. As of right now it’s just me and my friend Addie. Despite all the people telling us we couldn’t do it we did.

She however had more support than me. I mean of course I had my mom. But my dad wasn’t in the picture. He had decided to leave my Mom after he found out about me. Max and I have the same father just different mothers.

So we grew up with completely different lives I grew up in Australia with my Mom. He was raised far away from me. Which is why we’ve never really been close at all. We don’t even talk unless it’s for an interview or pictures. I don’t know why he’s always disliked me but it didn’t matter to me.

I knew I was a better driver than him. And I was here to prove it.

“So Elena when are you making the switch to Ferrari” Carlos asked jokingly. “Never in a million years” I said. “That’s so mean” Charles said. “Oh char you know I love both of you but” I said. “She’s a Mercedes girl boys” April said.

“For life” I said. “Would your ever consider the possibility of it in the future ” Charles asked. “I don’t know” I said grabbing plates from my kitchen. Tonight was our weekly game night.

It was off season so we all liked to hang out before getting back to the madness. It was nice to be around everyone.

“Who else is coming” Daniel asked looking at his sister. “George of course” Addie said April rolled her eyes. “I also invited Lando” April said. “You kidding he cheats all the time” Carlos said. “Okay but I want El on my team” Charles said.

“Oh what the heck” Carlos said. “Carlos I’ll be on your team” Daniel said. “Okay fine” Carlos said. “Please be careful with the pizza on our couch” I said handing Charles a slice of pizza. “I will be” Charles said. Someone the knocked on the door.

April opened it and let George and Lando in.

“We are here did you miss us” Lando said I laughed. “Oh my god what’s with the stupid top hat” Addie said laughing. “Oh mate you love it” he said setting the hat on her head. He then sat beside Addie.

I knew she had always had a thing for Lando. Charles and I knew too. We kept trying to get them together. I think everyone knew they liked each other besides themselves.

“Since everyone is here I calm dibs on Mario in Mario Kart” Daniel said. “Are you kidding that’s my favorite” Charles said. “Listen as the oldest here I overrule” Daniel said.

Later…

We were in our last couple rounds of Mario Kart. It was just down to Daniel and Lando. Whoever won this match was the winner of our mini tournament.

“Come on Lando” Addie said. “I’m team Daniel be always wins” Carlos said. “He’s trash” April said. Someone then texted me. I checked my phone to see who it was from.

Text From Lewis The Goat 🏎️

Lewis The Goat🏎️: oh shoot did I miss game night? or is it still on El?

Lewis The Goat🏎️: Was walking Roscoe and lost track of time but if you guys are still there I’ll come by!

Me: it’s still on and everyone is here watching Lando lose to Daniel as usual. Also did Ros learn his new skateboard tricks yet?

Lewis The Goat🏎️: haha yeah he’s getting better he could use your skills though. you’ll have to help him sometime

Me: Will do next time I see him at the race and of course I’ll bring him treats:)

Lewis The Goat🏎️: You can visit him anytime. Also I’ll be there shortly see you guys soon be prepared to lose

Me: see you soon !

___________

“Who was that” Charles asked. “Her super secret boyfriend perhaps” April said. “I don’t have a boyfriend” I said. “Sure you don’t you blush every time he texts you” Addie said.

I then heard a knock on my door.

“I’ve got it don’t worry” Lando said walking over to open the door. It was Lewis. “Room for one more” Lewis said I smiled. “Always” I said. “I’m a bit late but I did bring drinks” he said holding a bottle of wine.

“A hero for real” April said taking the bottle. “April no more wine love” George said following her to the kitchen. “You’re up mate” Daniel said to Lewis. “Oh me versus who” Lewis said setting his coat in the closet.

“Me I guess” I said.

Later on..

Everyone decided to start leaving and of course April and George were gone. So it was just me , Charles and Lewis now.

“So doing anything for your birthday the big 25” Lewis said. “Uhhh I don’t think so” I said. “What about a dinner or something” Charles said putting dishes away. “I don’t wanna do anything fancy” I said. “Not even cake” Charles said.

“Maybe a cheesecake” I said. “That’s my girl” Charles said I blushed. “Well then if you aren’t doing anything can I take you out to dinner” Lewis asked. Char stopped in his tracks.

“Uh sure I don’t see why not” I said. “With the whole crew they’d love it” Lewis said. My smile faded. I thought he meant a date. But I guess not. “I’ll be there too” Charles said.

Charles and Lewis finally went home. So I sat out on my balcony looking at the sunset. Then I heard my neighbor open there balcony door.

“Pssst neighbor” Danny said. “God your annoying what” I said. “You look bored” Danny said. “Yeah your sister is hanging out with George” I said making air quotes around hanging out. “I don’t wanna know what she’s doing” Danny said.

“Or who” I said. “Okay enough mate” Danny said I laughed. “What do you want” I said. “For you to come over” Danny said. “Me” I said. “You see I need help with this thing” Danny said. “Oh” I said. “Wanna help me” he said I rolled my eyes.

I then went back inside my apartment and shut the balcony door. I quickly went over to Danny’s door and knocked on it.

“You’re not the plumber” Danny said. “Oh shut up” I said kissing him. He then shut the door. “Well maybe you can still help me” he said setting me on his couch. “Perhaps” I said.

And there I was again. Back in my ex boyfriend’s apartment. We said we’d stop doing this thing but well.

I can’t say no …

[deadend-if]

This is just to give you guys a better idea about the game!

Where is this taking place?

The MC, A, and S will start in the city they live in together. M will also be there, but you won't meet K until Chapter One starts (sorry). Once Chapter One starts the rest of the game will be in the underworld!

The underworld? Which one?

Great question!!! All of them!!! I have taken my inspiration from... so many things. I'm sure there is a depiction out there similar to mine, nothing is original or something? It will get explained in the game but it can't hurt to give a little summary of it! The underworld is surprisingly easy to reach if you know where to look. The old doors are deep within catacombs and cave systems, but in the modern world, it becomes a problem to bring massive amounts of souls down twisting tunnels and tight passageways. So, when the subway system was implemented in big cities around the world, the denizens of the dead decided it worked for them, too. The underworld became the city of the dead, built with skyscrapers that reach toward no sky, and streetlights that have no stars to outshine. At the lowest level, souls are in turmoil, writhing in memories of people and tasks they left behind. The highest point is occupied by misty, formless wisps who have left behind everything they knew and loved to seek an audience with the Council of Rot. It's a crooked city of souls that linger on the cusp of something new, or something old. Hardly anyone knows what happens after the dead are done being, well, dead.

What kind of customization will the MC have?

You'll be able to choose your name, pronouns, gender identity (trans or not), hair color and length, eye color, height, college major, room/apartment decoration/general style, and smaller details like tattoos, freckles, glasses, etc. MC will also have different job options, though limited, along with some choices on their backstory, mostly focused on death and family dynamics. You can choose why S has a rivalry with MC, one-sided or not. I am also adding a childhood pet choice! And if you ever have an idea on something small to add to the customization feel free to let me know! I'll do my best to accommodate it, but I'm still not great with twine lol...

What are the non-customizable features of MC?

There will be limited choices for your background, job, and rivalry, but I'm hoping to leave a lot of options on the table for your MCs. That being said, your MC will always have a neutral-to-good relationship with A and a neutral-to-bad relationship with S at the beginning of the story. You will also have a set age (27) for various reasons. There might be more later, but I want to keep a lot of options on the table for you guys. The ending may seem a bit rail-roady (I don't know 100% yet) so I want to leave a lot of wiggle room for other things.

Personality Stats? Skill checks?

Yeah, so there won't really be "skill checks" in the typical sense, whoops. This story will have personality choices and some other variables that will change the game, but there won't be any failing/passing checks or rolling dice. MC's personality stats will affect flavor text and it will be the classic types like stoic, cheerful, shy, bold, etc. Your most game-changing stats are going to be MC's feelings on death and attachment to living. You determine A's fate, and maybe everyone else's, too. Who knows? :)

On the topic of NSFW and RO asks

The main reason I'm not including NSFW in this IF is because I genuinely don't think it would fit well in the plot at any point. That plus the fact that I, myself, am asexual... I don't think I could even begin to do it justice lol. It would be just... cringe guys, you wouldn't even want it. I can't really say anything though, I'm writing romance while also aromantic :/ I intend to keep this blog and the story away from anything NSFW. While I, personally, don't care about those asks, I want to create a space without NSFW topics. I'm also wary of people asking NSFW questions about asexual characters (Mortimer/A). Romance/SFW asks/scenarios/prompts about worldbuilding or ROs are totally fine, and I will be sososo happy to answer them.

Updates and Timeframe

Guys... I hate to break it to you... but I may be slow on the updates (shocking, I know). I want to write as much as I can, but I am also a college student writing this on a whim. I love this story, I've been thinking about it and scribbling ideas for it for about 2 years now. I don't want to abandon it, but there may be long stretches of silence sometimes. I WILL say something if it goes on hiatus or goes dark completely, I won't leave you hanging! This story will go through a lot of changes, I change my mind about things all the time, so you may be getting a lot of random updates of me changing (seemingly) unimportant things, sorry in advance. Lowkey might take years to write this :)

This will update with time! :D

[thesoulforgeorder]

hi.

i just replayed the current chapters again and i came up with a few questions/suggestions. im not sure if they were already asked (maybe even by me; i follow some IF´s, so sometimes im getting confused which questions i already asked).

1.a) during the prologue, more specific the medic scene, you have 4 choices: 2 folk hero and 2 soldier ones. in this case both soldier ones reduces the relationship with Astrid. will those situations happen more often & for other RO´s? b) also can i indirectly lock myself out of a romance, because e.g. my soldier choices will reduce the relationship too much? ==> idea: a fifth option during the medic scene; could be a soldier/neutral one, like "calm the man down professionally"; would increase soldier OR nothing.

2.a) the first choice during chp. 1 is basically: "selfless" VS "selfish". the selfish option only increases your combat skill, while the selfless-option also increases leadership & folkhero. this idea focused one the selfless one and is mainly born out of the fact, that i play a soldier MC, and well… in this scene there is no soldier-option. so if you decide to add one, i had this rough idea: in my opinion there doent necessarily be much differences between folkhero and soldier; maybe the main difference could be a few lines about the why the MC would do this: folk hero simply because its the right thing to do/saving lifes (and maybe as a way to make amends if you let the mother & child die) VS soldier because its their task/duty. personally i would be fine with even a simple and small difference: if you choose the folkhero option, the text/MC would refer to the people stuck as well… people, while the soldier option would call them civilians. b) a followup question: what exactly do the soldier/folk hero bars represent? is it MC´s personality OR MC´s reputation?

thank you very much for your answers in advance.

Hi, Blook! I'm more than happy to answer your questions. I don't think any of them have been asked before, and they are quite interesting, so I enjoyed answering them a lot.

1.a) Yes. Depending on the choices you make and how your character reacts, it will affect the relationship you have with the ROs. Theo and Astrid respond more negatively to soldier-leaning MCs while Mina and Nico favour those MCs. Ara and Will can fall either way, it depends on the situation.

It does not necessarily mean you will be locked out of their relationships because you can earn approval outside of those kinds of scenarios, but it will be more difficult.

b) You will be able to spend time with the ROs outside of missions, your day off segments, so technically you can offset any point penalties earned during missions. However, each RO has traits and personalities they favour so you will be locked out from some depending on how you want to play the game.

For example, if you are aiming for a soldier playthrough where you are completely by the book and have no room for personal feelings, Theo will be locked out. He and Will are two characters who cannot have their ideals swayed.

But if you were a soldier who was open to learning more about the world and showed a caring nature when you could, it is less likely you will be locked out. Hopefully, that answers your question!

Idea) I can't add that option because it will overlap with the calm option that already exists. The MC handles everything calmly and professionally in that choice. However, I can make it so it adds +3 to Folk Hero and +3 to Soldier since it is a good balance between the two.

2.a) I thought I added soldier increases but I checked my code and I did not. Thank you! The idea was that Soldier MC would believe the other academy students should have the training necessary to escape and focus on themselves to ensure their own survival.

However, reading your feedback I think I will change it to reflect that a bit more because its tone is not being conveyed. Perhaps I'll add a segment where MC will help those they can but ultimately prioritise their own survival so the risks of losing more people are lowered.

In that scenario, should be reflected that Folk Hero MC is willing to take risks while Soldier MC is always evaluating and weighing options. I'll change it to reflect that idea better!

b) Folk Hero and Soldier bars are personalities/ideals. If you are a Folk Hero MC, people will see you as more idealistic and a risk-taker. For Soldier MC, you are always looking at the bigger picture and driven by logic.

Leadership is more of a reputation indicator but not really. That is used to decide whether you will be given a position of leadership later in the game or not. Those in the military will respect you more if you have a high leadership bar while those outside that sphere may be more wary of you.

Thank you for the questions! I really had fun answering them and you gave me some great feedback. I'll make sure to update those parts in chapter one while working on chapter two so it can be reflected in the next update.

[nebulaad]

with bio/ware I feel like D/A2 was a hard turning point for the way we move forward through the series. In spite of that, only two things really persisted from the myriad interesting concepts present (the rival system, customisable personalities, melee mages): we kept the dialogue wheel even though it immediately lost it's core function which was the ability to affect how the player character responded outside of chosen dialogue, and we kept blank space writing.

I kind of think of blank space writing as the sort of thing that pissed everyone off so bad about V/G: writing that says "now is the time to focus on your companions, and each of your companions have something to say right now and you should attend to them". V/G was obviously egregious, but D/A2 was almost hardly better, but foundationally designed for these moments: there's just been a huge time skip, are you curious about what your friends are doing? A big event just happened, check on your friends (notable especially in Inq). Moving forward, bio/ware leans on this structure: romances trigger around the same time, so you can tell if you've done something wrong if at x point you haven't triggered a scene with your LI of choice. Your LI will speak up here, and if y companion speaks instead then something hasn't triggered.

And it all led to V/G, where such pressure points weren't only not artfully hidden, but our attention was drawn to them. The game shuddered to a halt to say this is the time where you have to pay attention to your companions instead of doing the main quest. Stop doing the main quest, and focus on your companions instead, or else they will not perform well in the main quest. Rather than convenient time jumps, conveniently mandated down time, or even just allowing for emotionally fraught, wired, and upset characters, they decided to pull back their robes and show us their skeleton.

Why didn't they simply wave their hands and say "you can't pursue the gods right now because x character has to research y and it'll take some time; build your strength, Ro/ok" and then have the conversations activate? There's no point in continuing to ask why very easy quality thresholds were not only missed, but every faceplant was then framed and hung up on the refridgerator to make sure we didn't accidentally miss it. Much like our friend Emmerich, the skin of the game was peeled back too far and revealed the gleaming white bone of structural writing so rote and joyless that you can not only imagine the spreadsheet full of 'companions says dialogue line here' but you can datamine it and read it on reddit.

it just had me thinking because other games aren't like this. there certainly, across titles and studios, exists a document with the words 'companions says x here', but it only really stands out to me in bio/ware games because they're the only games that then stop to point at the pressure plate and loudly announce to everyone that it's there.

[ladydaybreaker]

Well, I finally got around to reading "Cross the Jaded Stars" and so I really wanted to leave a comment, but I felt like since I also wanted to ask a couple of questions, I decided it would be better to do it here.

I'll start by saying that this is probably the most unique RoleSwapAU for MD that I've ever seen and damn, I love that J is the main character. It was quite funny while reading to think about who is who and it was fun when I guessed, especially with the fact that Beau, N and Khan are also SD and I already have bets on Doll and Yeva. Also, of course, I can't help but note the differences from the original story, which only add to the fanfic's pluses.

But as I said earlier, I also had a couple of questions:

How did you come up with the idea of ​​who should take whose role? Especially interesting regarding DD, since the use of secondary characters was quite unexpected for me.

Why did J, N and V get these names? I can also guess about J and V since the beginning of their names is identical to how these letters are read, but how N became Emmett is a mystery to me (there is not even an N there).

Why does Jaelyn have this corporate slang? And what is her attitude towards people and JC Jenson in general? In canon, her loyalty made sense, but there must be another reason for this.

Since Cyn is just a drone from the colony, then if this is not a spoiler, then can we see or at least mention Johanna and Simon? Perhaps this can also be expanded to Ava.

Sorry if this is too much for one message, I needed to put these thoughts somewhere and understand a few things.

Oh my guy, do not feel bad for asking all the questions haha. I am always constantly checking ao3 to see if there are questions to answer (I'm a bit bad about it here but I try to get better!) So, let me see if I can answer your questions! (below the line for spoilers and for ease of access for the mobile users!

Ok so, J being the Uzi swap was a bit of a joke because @mephiles97 (SilverTails), DoodlingNutjob (She doesn't have tumblr from what I know) and I were all talking about how funny it was that each of Tessa's bots got with the Doorman kid or were the Doorman kid in our respective stories. Silver's got Serial Designation: C falling for the Doorman kid in Through the Looking Glass (There's Cyn). DoodlingNutjob, Heart, had Vera Doorman in Flipside (there's V). And I had of course N and Uzi for Ad Astra. Then we realized that...huh. J's alone.

I made the joke a loooong while back that the only one that could make J chill tf out other than Tessa would be Sam. So that started talks of the crack ship we called "Business Casual"...

As for the DDs, well, Sam was a given. I came up with Emily next mainly because I went "V swap...could play with the shy girl becomes monster...final girl...final monster Emily let's go." Lot of Emily's look I got inspiration from Sidney Prescott from Scream. So she became Serial Designation: E. And since I didn't want to do the common thing of Lizzy being the J swap Rebecca was the next one on the list...so she came to be known as Serial Designation: R.

My Solvers were...interesting. Mainly because I had the idea, because no one had done it before...having N be the Doll swap. And it tied in what I wanted for the Host...which I'll talk about in a bit :3 Part of me wanted Beau to be in here in some respect as a nod to both my co-conspirators Silver and Heart since they have him in prominent places in their swaps...that being the Doorman Kid for Through the Looking Glass and the Doll swap in Flipside. But with N taking the original place I wondered...what if I made him N's brother? So Beau became the second half of the Doll swap and Alice (and Luke!) became their parents as the Yeva and Alexei swaps which meant they unfortunately met their ends by E pre-story (plus, Nori and Alice being best friends was hilarious to me considering how hostile they are to each other anywhere else).

Cyn and V were fun to place. V taking Thad's original role (with N sharing it somewhat) but still being ready and willing to crack a few skulls was funny to me. And Cyn...well...I had Beau as half the Doll swap...seemed fitting that Cyn became the Lizzy swap. Except for the fact she's queen bee but is by no way the typical mean girl. She's just popular because of her friendliness and kindness...though can be a regular gremlin as Beau can tell you.

The Solver Host was probably the one after J I made. And with her...I kinda figured out where N went because I'm a sucker for tragic romances. I was very surprised that no one (that I had seen) had made Uzi the Solver Host...where Doll was rampant as the Host. Lumineary Arts and Heart being some of the big ones there that had her as it. I knew I wanted to do something big and dramatic because, c'mon, it's Uzi. So...I did two things. One: She has an illusion she constantly keeps up as a form of 'protection' and reassurance...that being of the scariest thing she can think of, a dragon. And two...I didn't do the 'Big Brother'-'Little Sister' relationship between her and S(am). I turned that into the Manor eNVy. And that fueled R(ebecca) and her manipulation tactics against S. "I won't hurt you like she did."

So I will admit for V I was lazy and Victoria seemed to sound right to me. Could go with 'Vicky' or 'Tori' (like I do with Ad Astra V's kiddo). But Vicky's got another thing going for her...she's undefeated in a fight (until the bar. And then against E. Which she is incredibly bitter over). J and N both have the same reasoning for them. I wanted something unique...but I do have nods to friends' works with J (Jaelyn uses many names to get into the bunkers. Joy is Silver's J, Jade is Heart's and Jeannette is The_Caretaker @existence-overwhelming and the name he uses for his series Eschatology.) I hadn't seen anyone use "Jaelyn" before so I used that. Emmett was the fun one because I was fruuuuustrated with the fact I couldn't find a normal name that no one had used. And I didn't feel like going obscure and hard to pronounce. So I played a bit with it. The reason it is what it is and why it has no N? Little two year old Beau couldn't say "Emmett" and it lisped out as "N". Alice and Luke didn't have the heart to correct him.

So the reason for Jae still having the jargon thing is it's a glitch in her system that she hates. If she gets worked up, frustrated or scared enough she'll start speaking corporate jargon. Nori and Khan found this effing adorable when she was a kid despite the fact they don't like the megacorp. Jae doesn't care for them either but eh, what can you do? They're a million miles away and Jae's only one drone (Unlike Uzi in canon Jae's realized "The heck exactly am I going to do?"). It's also a thing of, if I didn't have the little corpo speak glitch people would eat me alive. It's my little reminder that "Guys, remember this is J, not Uzi." (I've had so many people go "but she shouldn't be so callous and willing to murder!")

Ah Joanna and Simon, my sweet little sibling units...Unfortunately Cyn's alone in this world, so if they were a thing they likely were killed by a DD or in a raid on the colony. Poor Cyn...you do not get your sibling units in my stories. As for Ava...Ava would have been on Earth or amongst the stars much like she is in Ad Astra...whether or not that means she's alive...well...that's just something that has yet to be seen :3

I hope that answered your questions! Please feel free to ask more, I like to gab about my stuff. I've been feeling kinda down on JS lately because it feels it's not getting the same amount of traction as Ad Astra or iNtersubJeCtiVe requital do. And I've been putting a lot of worldbuilding stuff into this one to make it unique as a swap. So, thank you. That made my day and renewed my hope a bit in this one.

[eternadreeblissa]

I've been getting into Sonic for a smidge so here's some hcs on how Sonic, Shadow, Silver and Mighty the Armadillo react to Ava for funsies

If I'm gonna have to rank, I'd have to say the fastest to like her and fall for her to least would be: Silver, Shadow, and Sonic. I haven't figured out Mighty's yet but we'll explore that here later! If I get the characters kinda OOC/Off-key though, i'm sorry. I'm a lil rusty since I havent been in the fandom and stuff for a bit since... Sonic colors?? I forgot but yeah sghdfgjsfgjuf Might get back just to re-analyse the characters and get their arcs and stories right.

Anyway we start off with Silver :D

Oh beloved. He started off nice and friendly with her but ofc didn't exactly trust her just yet. Guy came from an apocalyptic future or some timeline whatever. Terrible times. But despite all that is so optimistic, hopeful and driven... Love him.

The Ava i'm having over in this story is the overseer Ava; not quite Goddess yet, but a very powerful one and is more enigmatic and mysterious.

Anyway, I think he was quite curious of her. She lives in this enchanted forest? Alone? By herself? Oh wait she has lil chao friends! And spirit wisps too? Well at least she's protected. But either way, yeah he's a lil curious. If there's anything else he noticed about her though is that she loves her lil small friends, and not just that, the other lil critters and animals big and small are fond of her and seem to respect her. The environment seems.. More magical and react to her presence. Something Silver is amazed by. I bet he asked her a ton of questions just cuz he was so fascinated by her.

It's when he saw Ava caring for the animals and nature and how sweet and caring she is did Silver felt like he liked her. Not necessarily attracted just yet, but just like her as a person, you know?

Next we kick off with Shadow XD :DD

Shadow was definitely on guard with her, but also intrigued. As the ultimate lifeform with powers I don't fully remember its whole list about asides that he has a lot of capabilities and skills, I can say for sure bro sensed Ava to have something in her: he feels a mysterious power, a force, to her. Her aura was alien. Like something foreign, not from this world type of thing. He has this sense she's not exactly from here and the environment seems to react with her, as if drawn to her in some way. But she doesn't seem to be a threat... She's nice, kind and compassionate to those around her. Still, while she seems harmless, her aura and her... Influence he can't put a finger on is smth he feels he shouldn't exactly ignore just in case. For all he knows she might become a threat and he can't let that happen.

So... He kinda stalks her??

A little. Last I remember guy works at G.U.N so he doesn't necessarily have all the free time in the world to do that and, while he does wanna keep an eye on her, she's not that high in the danger or priority list... It's just a lil gut feeling or hunch you know? A feeling that doesn't exactly scream danger, but just for him to make sure she really isn't a threat just as she seems to appear. So I guess he comes around watching her every... Once a week? Twice? Sometimes if he feels he hasn't checked in on her for a long time he might send out Rouge or Omega to watch her (theyre absolutely confused tho and have no idea why he would want them to look after her... Except maybe Omega who also sensed smth w his scanning whatnot?)

Bcs of that, he learned quite a lot of things about her. If there's any way to describe it, this gal could definitely pose a threat should she ever decide to.

He's seen her disappear from his sight a lot, and later learned she can teleport. But she barely if ever makes a sound; the only traces of it are lightly carried by wind; if he wasn't in its direction, he may not have heard her leave at all. He also notes that she has a lot of friends who could help her and assist her, and often times when danger was around, like a monster or robots, said friends, the ones who are more capable and stronger at least, dealt with them. And he's learned they sometimes even come in hordes, otherwise, many are hiding within the trees and leaves. Like they ambushed their threat. It's a deadly but efficient method of keeping themselves safe.

And that was just her friends in action. She must be very cunning or some significant person to have all these animals and creatures follow her every command without any use of force whatsoever. But he didn't need to know the full details to get the memo she can be a dangerous individual.

Either way... She's intriguing. Shadow got interested in watching her go about her life when he has nothing in his hands. It became.. A weird hobby. Rouge and Omega started teasing him that he's crushing on her or smth XDD Oh yeah did Rouge and Omega also learn how potentially dangerous Ava could be? Well not upfront like Shadow surely. They probs only heard bits of it from Shadow but the full picture hasn't really caught with them.

It wasn't until Ava wasn't in her home in the enchanted forest, somewhere beyond it, dunno. Maybe in some desert or a town? without her friends in sight or hiding around anywhere, and was surrounded by tons of eggman's robots for some reason, did he finally came and meet her, by destroying and beating up said robots and saving her.

Shadow was fascinated with her skills yes, but he supposes that she's a bit too reliant on her friends. Because he didn't see any sort of action or movement from her to attack those robots. They were about to hurt her if he didn't do anything, so he had to step in. After the robots were turned into metal scraps littering the ground, he turns to her like: "You can't always rely on others to help you and sit around and wait. You have to find your own strength and help yourself." Sorta rough tough love advice thing. And then he left her.

After some time, watching her as usual, she got caught in another sort of trouble again. But Shadow couldn't step in; actually he finds he didn't need to. Ava was simply standing there, looking unfazed and unwavering with the foes facing her, and seems to only talk and have her enemy be angered or fearful. Either way, they tried lunging themselves at her, but instead of Ava steps out of the way, or dodges. There was more talking and less moving and hitting. But Shadow noticed her often confusing her enemies and suddenly, he and her enemies finds Ava being the one in control of the situation or has higher ground that the enemy couldn't deny or face, and is forced to leave with Ava unscathed.

He had to come down from behind her, remarking smth like: "It seems you some backbone by yourself after all. I underestimated you."

Ava turns to him. "It's flattering to know you came out all the way from afar just to say that to me."

He blinks in surprise. "So you knew I've been here this whole time?" But her friends weren't with her at all. He's sure of it. He triple checked the area and everything.

Ava simply smiled.

Shadow was impressed.

He started showing himself more to her after that, and took a liking to her then.

WOOO ahem, Shadow was embarrassingly long. Did not anticipate to ramble an entire marathon with this guy 🧍‍♀️, my bad. The words tumbled out and the ideas were running a waterfall haha 🥹 But Ok. Man—

This was a doozy to ramble through @@ ig this'll be a two parter thing KFBKDBDKDBDK Thx for reading, to those who did at least, especially the ones who went until the end. Id appreciate if you reblog if thats fine 👍

[another-dr-another]

debate the cause of death! (annie)

Maeda, narrating - The cause of death…

Maeda - Yeah, I guess we kinda just took it for what it looked like.

Maeda - I don’t see an issue with calling it asphyxiation, but maybe someone else will know where to go.

~*~

Maeda - Let’s talk about Higa’s death itself some more.

Maeda - Even if we know what caused him to die… maybe there’s something more to it?

Tomori - Like what?

Maeda - …

Tomori - …Ah.

Tomori - What’s the difference between, like… asphyxiation, and suffocation?

Tsurugi - Asphyxia is death due to lack of oxygen. Suffocation is asphyxia due to a material preventing breathing.

Tsurugi - They’re generally used interchangeably, but…

//Maki nods.

Maki - If you’re going to make a distinction, that’s where you’d draw the line.

Kobashikawa - …And strangulation is something around the neck, right?

Tsurugi - Constriction of the airway, yep.

Ōtori - …Oh.

Ōtori - When we say Higa was asphyxiated, do we mean he was suffocated, or strangled?

Maeda - Suffocated.

Tomori, simultaneously - Strangled.

Maeda - …

Tomori - …

Maki - Okay. Something to talk about.

Maeda - …Sorry. I think Tomori’s right- I was thinking about the pillow.

Uehara - The pillow?

Maeda - Yeah… but we decided there wasn’t evidence it was used, right?

Maeda - So, strangulation is probably more accurate.

Taira - I don’t agree with that.

Taira - Just because there isn’t evidence to prove it was used doesn’t mean it’s more reasonable to assume it wasn’t used. 

Taira - Strangulation with the hands is difficult. Suffocation is easier, and it’d muffle sounds.

Tomori - Ah…

Kobashikawa - …The sound thing is weird either way, isn’t it?

Kobashikawa - I understand why Tsurugi didn’t hear it, but it’s odd to me that Higa didn’t make any noise that could have woken someone up.

Hatano - …

Hatano - Could the noises Maeda heard have been Higa struggling? And the white noise was something the blackened put on to cover it up.

Ōtori - That… might make sense, yeah.

Taira - Ah, it’s one of the other things I suggested talking about. Funny.

Maeda - …Maybe we’re going down the wrong track.

Hatano - …I’m glad you suggested the things you did, Taira.

Hatano - I think this would explain the lights, too.

Hatano - If they seemed closer to Maeda, wouldn’t that be the direction of the bathroom? Maybe the lights were from the blackened opening and closing the door, and the white noise was something in there.

Maeda - Oh…

Tomori - Ah…

Tomori - What in the bathroom could sound like white noise? Genuinely asking.

Maki - …Tsurugi, what do you have in your bathroom? I didn’t investigate the room, I was busy looking at Higa.

Tsurugi - …Normal things? I dunno.

Tsurugi - I can’t think of anything weird… the geckos that live there wouldn’t sound like white noise, at least.

Uehara - Oh, I like geckos. Italian ones are less scary than what’s here…

Tsurugi - You don’t need to be afraid of them.

Taira - Did anyone investigate Tsurugi’s bathroom?

Tomori - …

Kobashikawa - …

Maeda - …Oh, shit.

Taira - …Most of the people we have left in the class went into Tsurugi’s dorm.

Taira - None of you thought to check the entirety of the space the blackened would have had easy access to?

Ōtori - …

Hatano - …Seriously?

Tsurugi - I mean, I didn’t notice anything weird.

Tsurugi - We should have had someone verify that, because relying on one person to confirm there’s no evidence in an area isn’t good, but there wasn’t anything there. I’ll testify, at least.

Taira - Did you check thoroughly?

Tsurugi - I opened every drawer, every cabinet, all of that.

Tomori - …Really?

Tsurugi - Couldn’t find the hearing aid I usually wear in trials- that’s why I don’t have one right now. 

Kobashikawa - You have two?

Tsurugi - Mhm. One’s behind the ear, the other one is in the ear. I usually wear the behind the ear one.

Taira - You said you weren’t able to find your hearing aid- could the blackened have tampered with it to cause interference, making the noise?

Tsurugi - Nah.

Tsurugi - I put it in Uehara’s room before the sleepover. I just didn’t remember that when I was looking for it.

Hatano - You forgot where you put it?

Tsurugi - Mhm. Bleh…

Maeda - We’re going around in circles.

Maeda - So, that’s what we believe happened last night, with the noises? It was something unknown, to cover up Higa’s struggling?

Ōtori - …Maybe. But we still need an explanation for the talking Maeda remembers hearing.

Taira - Ah.

Taira - Was it a short conversation, Maeda?

Maeda - …I think?

Taira - Then, perhaps the noise did wake someone up, and the blackened was able to explain it away, and told the person to go back to sleep.

Taira - If Maeda truly didn’t remember until recently what he’d heard, and he heard so much… I don’t think it’s unrealistic to say someone wouldn’t remember a shorter conversation.

Maeda - There isn’t evidence of that… but it fits with what we know.

Maeda - Okay. Are we all okay with what happened last night, then- I mean, what the explanation for the noises is?

Maki - …

Ōtori - I don’t… see a flaw with it, personally. 

Tomori - It’s the same here. There’s nothing that seems… inconsistent with what we know.

//Taira hums.

Maeda - …

Maeda - It feels… weird. The atmosphere in here is just off.

Maeda - …Let’s go back to earlier, then. I mean-

Maeda - This hasn’t told us much about the blackened, and that’s what we need to work out, right?

Maki - Right.

Maki - We’ve worked out in theory why no one spoke forward to say they’d spoken with the blackened, and it’s good to have an… answer for that.

Maki - But no, it doesn’t help clarify who the blackened is. 

Ōtori - Okay. Last thing we talked about was suffocation versus strangulation, right? Which one are we going with?

Maki - …

Maeda - …

Tomori - …

Taira - Does anyone have anything they particularly believe in? Tomori?

Tomori - Oh… I’m not really sure.

Taira - Hm.

Taira - I guess, then, that saying whatever comes to mind should work.

Taira - All for the sake of debate, right?

Tomori - …

Tsurugi - …Before we do that, let’s establish why it matters. Maki got into it a bit earlier, but I wanna remind everyone.

Tsurugi - Suffocation necessitates holding something over a person's head, to cut off their airflow via the mouth and nose. 

Tsurugi - Strangulation necessitates constricting the throat to cut off airflow through… well, the throat.

Tsurugi - Different techniques! Different tools, different results.

Nonstop Debate: START!

Truth Bullets

Bloodied Pillow

Higa’s Body

Tsurugi’s Autopsy

Hatano - What do you mean “different results”?

Tsurugi - Sorry, that’s silly wording. Different… experiences. {Strangulation takes more strength, suffocation is longer.}

Hatano - …Really?

Tsurugi - Mhm!

Tsurugi - Also, they can elicit different responses from the victim. Strangulation will see attempts to {fight the person off}, while suffocation {sees an attempt to get away from the surface}-

Tsurugi - So, seeing Higa try to get out from under whatever was suffocating him, if he was suffocating- like hands and feet planted to try and get leverage and exert enough counterforce to get the person off of him.

Kobashikawa - This {doesn’t feel like a debate}...

Tomori - Let’s debate, then!

Tomori - I still think {the position of the pillow could be weird}, given the fact it was near Higa.

Ōtori - I mean, a lot of Higa’s death is odd.

Ōtori - Maybe it matters that {the blackened thought to put on white noise?} I don’t know…

Hatano - …I wonder if we could narrow the suspect pool down to those who are capable of strangulation.

Hatano - If you need strength to strangle, that’d {take some people from the list}, right?

~*~

Maeda, narrating - Suffocation or strangulation…

Maeda - It’s sort of reminiscent of checking people’s arms for injuries, isn’t it?

Maeda - Like… it’s hypotheticals… uh- extrapolation, I think is the word they’d use.

Maeda - But we need more information, right? It’ll be good if we can have a new idea we’re operating under.

Maeda - I should see if there’s anything that indicates what Higa’s reaction was…

[madness-of-void]

The Cosplay Progress (?)

Okay...I'm doing it. I'm showing off the hot mess of progress of the possibly decent, or absolutely hot garbage, cosplay of my version of human!Ink. I do have a nice chunk of the items for the cosplay - just gotta put it together. Most of the putting together can be done in a day, and I have until July to finish it all, soooo...we'll see how this goes! ^^;

Now I'll just post updates maybe every other day, or once a week, since I do have most of it in hand. And it will all be under the cut, since it'll long as fuck. So, without further ado, let's begin, shall we?

First off, this is probably the most ambitious cosplay I've ever done. Normally I do something easy. Examples: Stiles from TW, casual Keith from VLD, and recently (for Halloween) genocide route Frisk. debating on positing what garbo pics i have of those

Flowerfell!Frisk? Probably the most complex I've done, and only because I had to have help make a flower crown, actually use fabric glue for the flowers and little heart on the shorts and flower on the mask , painted up a random prop stick I had lying around no idea why i had that , and did a little bit of faint make-up. And ended up with this:

bad pic i know but it's all i got of the full thing where i don't look like a drowned rat coz goddamn it was hot af

So after that, for some damned reason, I decided it would be a GREAT idea to do a difficulty jump and do Ink! Yaaaaay...I'm so smart. I have been looking at this as a reference for what I need mostly coz i had it saved on my phone already , which has been both motivation to get this done...but also a little intimidating. But I'm already too far into this. Can't back out now!

Anyways, enough rambling! Let's start with the first update on this silly thing!

HOODIE

So, firstly, I already had my eye on the Ink hoodie from @simakai's shop! I already have the Underfell one that I used for my Flowerfell!Frisk cosplay. I also have the Outertale hoodie, bi pride hoodie, and ace pride hoodie all from Simakai! They are all amazing hoodies, and I actually just bought Epic's hoodie from their new shop! Definitely check them out! They're comfy, well made, and I'll admit I wear my Outertale and Underfell hoodies out sometimes.

The pic doesn't do it justice (hence all the millions of links above), but tada! The hoodie! My biggest worry is maybe tripping on the scarf, but I think I can manage. place your bets coz my ass clumsy

Also, there is a little surprise in it!

Twas quite the laughing jumpscare when I was messing with the pockets.

And that's it for update 1! Stay tuned for more. >:3

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Update 2 time!

Apologies for how garbage the pics are for this part. Space was a mess at the time, and I'm too lazy to redo it. With that out of the way...let's ramble!

PANTS

So, next to the sash for the vials, this was surprisingly the hardest thing for me to find. I couldn't find anything that looked "just right". The first pair that I bought did look just right...but the color was way off. Way too bright from what was advertised. Took me a while to find another pair, and I actually bought two more. one of which i may use for a ftfo!ink Now, the next pair is the right color...but it's just a nice pair of sweats/joggers. Which is a bit of a bummer, but seeings how I cannot sew/make a full blown pair of pants (can barely sew at all), and my stepmom (who can sew) isn't that insanely skilled, they will have to do.

Here is a pic of the pants side-by-side coz for the longest time I was going to go with the first pair I bought. But after putting it together with the top...no. Just...no. Did not look good. You'll have to take my word for it.

And before you ask, yes. I will have assistance sewing on the little suspenders. That will be two separate posts on their own in the future! It won't be just plain brown pants.

So that's it for update 2! Stay tuned for more! if you want i ain't forcing ya lols

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Update number 3! Wooooo!

And it is actually really boring.

Like...royally boring. sorry?

GLOVES

So these were a bit easy to get. Granted, I did buy two pairs, because I couldn't decided initially. It was only after trying them on that I could make a decision.

They are a bit long, but I can live with that. especially coz I am not planning on doing the tatts, that would end terribly And, yes, they are missing that little piece on the pinky. Just like the pants are missing the suspenders. And just like with those, I will be having assistance sewing that piece on!

I could show you want I have of that, but I'm planning on making that one big update.

Okay! That's it! Stay tuned for update 4!

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Update 4! Not another exciting one again. The more exciting ones will slowly trickle in. depending on what you define as exciting

Anywho! Update 4!

SHOES

Yes. Shoes. I know our favorite souless bean doesn't wear shoes anymore...but I have to. No need to get my toes all messed up! Especially at this convention center. Walking around there can be a nightmare! Closed toed or not. 😭

Anyway!

Shoes!

They were sadly kind of expensive, but these were the closest I could find that kind of fit for what I was going for and i looked at custom ones first. Plus, I will be wearing these outside of the cosplay. So I get shoes for cosplay, and shoes for whenever I wanna wear them - a win-win.

But, one more thing! I will also I guess ruin them, in a way. How will I ruin them? Well...I was thinking of adding more splatter to them. Plus, see that pesky logo? Welp...I also had an idea for that.

And I'll just leave this update at that. >:3

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Update 5! Long time coming, I know. But a lot of what I have left are bigger pieces that have a few extra things I gotta do, and I just haven't been focused on doing them. But since I'm actually going to finish this one this weekend, I decided to show the unfinished product. With that being said, here we go!

VIALS

These were actually so hard to find! I couldn't find anything that worked! And I originally started looking during the Halloween season, too! When these type of things would be more around. But everything was either way too big or just straight up decorative glass. Which...yeah. Would not do!

Eventually, after searching for ages, I found these on Etsy.

They're originally for necklaces, which, even though they are glass, they're hopefully a tad more sturdy. And, if things work out, I'll have a perfect way to keep them in the sash! We shall see.

I also found these!

Figured it would be fun to have little earrings on human!Ink.

Now, for the paints in the vials, I was having a hard idea what to do. Part of me wanted to put real paint in there. Yeaaaaah...probably not the best idea. But I finally figured it out, and I'll be working on it this weekend!

Stay tuned for the final look!

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Hello hello hello! Tis time for the final rush post of the process! It's all the final stuff, so yay. Pics of the full cosplay will be up either later on after the con, or the day after.

So, without further ado...here we go!

PANTS PART II

Tada! Simple little thing. Probably one of the easiest to do with the whole shebang. And the straps?

Ribbon. Ain't that neat? XD

GLOVES PART II

So this was a bit tricky. I had cloth from an old t-shirt to do for the pinky, but it kept making the sewing machine freak the fuck out since it's such a small piece. I did have backups of gloves that i could wear under the brown ones and cut off all the other fingers. Unfortunately, the two pairs I got turned out to be bright, obnoxious blue instead of the sort of teal-ish/mint color as advertised. So I had to get a third pair, which was a darker green and sheer. Not exactly what I wanted, but eh. Oh well. Creative liberties!

Here is the final result! I had to cut the pinky on the brown gloves too so it looked a little better. And the nail polish is close to what they'll be at the con, just more cleaned up.

SHOES PART II

Okay! Shoes! These came out a little better than I thought they would! And they were fortunately very easy to do. (Which I needed after a few things causing issues)

Tada! Fun little nod to his old shoes (before he had nada)! And of course the black "ink". The paint refused to splatter like I wanted, but oh well. Still pretty happy about it.

VIALS PART II

These actually proved to be more difficult than I anticipated. Many coats were needed, and even then they sort of still smeared oddly. Despite that, they turned out pretty great! I especially love the ink vial earrings. Those definitely were difficult due to their size.

SASH

Whoo-hoo! The sash! Fortunately, my stepmom is a sewing whiz and she helped a great deal with making sure this part of the cosplay came to be. So, here is the sash before:

Definitely was a bit rough, since the Joanne's we went to lost all momentum to care since the bankruptcy filing. And it did fray a little bit upon the cutting of the pattern. Not enough to absolutely ruin it, thank hell.

Here is the final result:

(Sorry about the poor lighting, I really had nowhere else to get a decent pic)

Tada! Vials in sash! Thankfully, they all are snug as a bug in a rug in those pockets! .... With super glue. Really didn't have a choice on that front. Still, for something as ambitious as this, something I definitely went clueless in to, happy it turned out as good as it did.

(Stepmom saved ass with this one ❤️)

WIG

Okay! This...this bitch...was a nightmare. I had never styled a wig before, and for some reason thought it would be a good idea if I did! Had a nice tutorial vid all qued up and thought I was all set! Except...the wig was an absolute tangled mess and took ages to untangle. It was also the second wig I had bought, coz the first one, for some unknown reason, was more purple than advertised. So wig number two, I had to buy in a hurry and it was a tad cheap since I'm on a bit of a budget (moving at the start of August ftw).

But, finally, after hours of fighting with this beast, this is the end result:

The braid will be pulled back into the makeshift ponytail, since I actually do have to pull it back up once it is secured onto my head, but otherwise this is the final result. The blue and pink (squint and you'll see it) are extensions I added, which also proved to be a challenge. Still proud of it all for someone who has never done more than brush a wig before! Though, never again. At least for a long ass while. ;_; thank you Dust for being an easy cosplay for next year

MAKEUP

I can't really show the full makeup I have to do until, well, it's all done, but I have tried it all out and hooray! It all works! So, instead, here is the nice pile I will have to use:

We got two different shade of eyeshadow, since I can't do colored contacts. My eyeballs are...very weird. Only one eye will allow a colored contact, and I did not wanna waste money to only use one contact. So one eye will have green eyeshadows, and the other will have yellow eyeshadows.

There's also gonna be blue eyeliner with the green eye having it on the underlid, and they yellow eye having it on the upper lid. To make it all "whimsical" and "silly".

There's a pencil liner to create the inkblot shape, black face paint to fill it in, and black eyeshadow to help make it even darker. i am a master of doing some cool shit with eyeshadow

I have two different sprays to help keep the makeup on longer. And, of course, the foundation and concealer coz I will look like a zombie otherwise lols.

Yeah...I am...gonna be having a blast with this lot. Especially making sure I can remake the really nice inkblot I did when testing it out. Fingers crossed and best wishes for my dumb ass for being so ambitious.

BROOMIE

No. I will not show this one. Just picture a wig on a stick and there you go. Needless to say, as much as I wanted to like it...I don't. It looks so bad. 99% sure I will not bother bringing bootleg Broomie with me. Makes me sad, but hey...can't win them all.

Okay, so that's it! I'll do a part two of this post since, whoops! I have hit my limit! So, with the next post, I'll have the bag I specifically got for this cosplay (and will totally be using it later), and the full cosplay itself!

And, if anyone is going to AX, I'll see you there mayhaps!