#Twig is okay guys dont worry

[sincerely-sofie]

If Twig evolved would Opal start transforming into a mini charizard? Would they go for their first flight together, Ark ready to catch them?

This really depends on her age! As an infant, Opal sticks to first-stage evolutions exclusively. To her itty bitty baby subconscious, that's the number-one way to get people to ensure she's safe and cared for. You gotta maximize the adorable baby elements and all that good stuff. Add in the fact that most people only evolve for the first time in their mid-teens at the extreme earliest, and she's only going to begin to venture into other evolutionary stages when she's at that age where toddlers want to copy their parents doing household chores— and even then, it'd be more like a slightly reddish charmander than an actual charmeleon sitting on the kitchen floor while smacking a serving spoon against a mixing bowl as Ark and Twig are making dinner.

However, when she's older, despite being more comfortable with taking the appearance of first-stage evolutions and a handful of second-stage evolutions, she would take more of an interest in charizards once Twig evolves again. It'd be a fun bonding thing for them— Opal would understand way more about flying than Twig would by then, and she'd think that it's hilarious that her mom doesn't know the basics of flight and she's able to teach her something for once instead of the other way around! It's super fun for Opal. She loves it, and she's a good teacher.

Smash cut to Twig launching herself backwards into a tree because Opal said the wind was totally perfect to fully open her wings into.

She's a good teacher :)

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WEIGHT LOSS STORY

(needed to make my own.. )

220lbs/ 100kg: You're officially obese. We all know you are even if you try to justify that you're just tall. This needs to stop now. People ignore you, grimace when they see your rolls. You're invisible to everyone who isn't like you. Your doctor has given you the ultimatum speech already about your future and actions..

200lbs/90kg: You're starting to lose weight. Your family is starting to notice and congratulate you. You can't notice much yet, but you push through.

180lbs/80kg: Your clothing is becoming baggy, and you've made a few new friends due to your new weight loss. They might not be the most popular, but at least you're not alone all the time now.

160lbs/70kgs: You're getting closer to a healthy BMI. Your family is so proud of your new healthy life style. You have made even more friends, even if you havent been invited to a party yet. No longer being one of the fattest people in school has raised your confidence ever so slightly.

140lbs/ 60kg: You're finally getting the recognitions you deserve. The popular kids invite you out now. You may be the biggest in the group, but they find you acceptable enough to chill with. Your first party was amazing even if you're the only one without a date. But it's okay, guys are starting to notice you and your curves (since you're not a fatty anymore) a little now.. so maybe soon.

125lbs/55kg: You look healthy, built, and an inspiration to all. Your old friends envy your dedication and ask for advice. Family members all ask you how you did it. Your doctor congratulates you on your successful diet. You had your first kiss.. and maybe more. You feel empowered by your weight loss.. so why stop?

110lbs/50kg: You are skinny. There is no doubt about it. One of the lighter people in the popular group. Your family tells you how much of a twig you look like now, expecting you to stop anytime soon. Guys notice you and hit on you all the time now. it's the norm. Anyone could assume your athletic ability to be high by just glancing at you.

100lbs/ 45kg: You are light. anyone can easily pick you up, and many guys take an interest in that. Your family is worried, and so is your doctor as you reach a measly underweight bmi. You are the smallest of your newfound group, always getting free clothing that happens to not fit them anymore (and maybe they are getting jealous of you too..)But something inside tells you that maybe you can push a bit harder..

80lbs/ 35kg: You are bones. Your veins stick out of your skin. You are like a piece of paper. Your family wants you to get help, your popular friends think you're too thin now.. But you don't care. You are the smallest person in school, and you love it. Guys dont flock at your feet anymore, but the ones who do love your small size. Your doctor wants you to seek even more professional help.. because we know if this continues, this might be the last weight post there is..

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-rolls in- pumpkin here!!!

Could I request hc with Dante being saved by his s/o and having to ride on the back of their motorbike. Please and thank you! If that made sense! Much lof

Dont worry it made sense to me and sending bunches of lof make to you as well pumpkin! 💙☺ I hope this came out to you're liking!

Even with his years of experience and long since surpassing his father, Dante still makes makes mistakes from time to time - even if it's only a half there's still a human part of him after all and humans makes dumb mistakes.

His dumb mistake just so happens to be messing up a few royal guards on some blitzes and failing to trick out of the way getting grappled and electrocuted almost to a fraction of his vitality bar is all, no biggie.

With a struggled growl Dante gets back onto his feet, jolts shocking through his bones at a strength that would most definitely kill an ordinary human, and slumps onto the abandoned car behind him (leaving a Dante shaped dent the moment he collapses against it)

"Whew, you'd think after such a long vacation in hell I wouldn't be this rusty."

The truth was ever since he and Vergil returned from hell, Dante's hasn't had a break. The very moment news hit he was back in town it was business as usual; Redgrave and nearby cities still were dealing with hellish problems caused by his brother dearest's oversized demon twig even months after the fact. From fighting back to back to back in hell to now dealing with this even if he didn't want to admit it is taking it's toll on him - he isn't as focus as he should be.

The loud eardrum shaking sparking in front if him bring Dante back into reality as the group of Blitz slowly crawl toward him. He needs to end this now. If he's having this much trouble with only a handful of this bastards he can't imagine what would happen if any of the rest of the crew gets themselves in trouble - his family, what if -

No he has to end this now.

Deep red sparks in his chest as he slowly charges the demonic engery build up in him, one swoop. All it'll take, then he'll meet up with you guys at the van, have pizza, and maybe a strawberry sundae. Just end it now.

Then the moment he's about to release the engery, the sound of a loud engine catches his attention.

"Cover your ears!"

He recognizes your voice the moment his eye catches a tiny blue object being flown from behind him and rolling onto the ground, clinking against one of the claws of a Blitz's hind legs, who (looks down at it dumbfoundedly)

The second Dante pressed his glove clad palms up to his head the blue thing explodes with a blinding pink light and even with his ears covered he can't but to cringe at the hellish ringing that shoots through his ears but when he looks to the demons in front of him he instantly picks up what the blue thing was for; their electrical states are now dormant and now they're standing around dazed and confused. Before he can even look behind him to see where you even came from, you're already ahead of him - literally, with your bike, soaring overhead of him and plopping in front of him with a loud rattle of your (favorite color) motorcycle.

Once a Blitz lighting barrier is gone, you'll fine they with the right weapon power can go down quite easily so it's no shock (hahaha, see what I did there? Okay I get it not funny) that you manage to clear the heard fairly quickly with your arsenal and with your little stunt, they're even too dazed to go into their red elecotro pain in the ass mode either! When the last one clickers into red orbs onto the ground before you, you can't help but to look back at Dante with the widest of smiles, proud of your little show.

"Like my new toys?" You ask him pulling out a few more from your pocket.

Dante feeling like he can finally breathe again nods as he channels his engery to preventing him from now popping Sin DT, feeling it now unnecessary.

"Yeah, if I had something like that earlier maybe that encounter wouldn't been such a pain the ass. Nico make those?"

"Yup!" You shove what you hand into his hands, giving him a closer look at the small blue pods. "Just make sure not to drop them or...you heard what happened."

Dante nods as he goes to put them in his coat. Okay that potentially solves some future issues, he rubs at the bridge of his nose feeling the adrenaline of the fight starting to rub off.

Your eyes take a moment to search his face, something in your gut telling you from the tone of his voice and how his eyes seemed to be staying open by a thread...something wasn't right.

"You feeling alright?"

"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?"

"I don't know because you look like you're about to drop on the spot."

He goes to walk past you throwing his hands up the air and a small little spin around to pop you one of the smallest smiles, promising you he's fine. You can't help but to feel at your face.

"When was the last time you actually rested?"

"(Name)."

"Dante." You watch as a whole bunch of emotions flash in his eyes before he just shakes his head.

"I don't know I'm torn; either right before my previously dead brother's inner goth personified showed up at my office door or the month coma, one of the two."

You sigh looking back at your bike then back to your lover, hand outstretched and catching his hand and pulling him closer into a hug, your face tucked in his shoulder, when you feel his body lax against you.

"Get on the bike, I'm taking you home where you can sleep and take a break from work. A week break minimum." He pulls back and open his mouth to protest, only for you to interrupt it. "You may have saved the world at least...five times or more, and you maybe more than 'human', but still by the end of the day you're still only one man, Dante. Leave things for other people to handle and actually take care of yourself. You've done...already more than enough. Please."

After a long moment of silently arguing with himself Dante finally sighs and nods, bumping his forehead to yours and muttering a quiet thanks before reaching up to press a lingering miss on your lips before taking a hesitant step back. A smile melts on your lips as you quickly pull out your phone to send a quick text to Nero about your sudden change of plans because looking over to see Dante already starting up your bike.

"Hey! It's my bike, I get the driver's seat!" Dante takes a moment before holding up his hands to let you take the handles and scooch back so that you can take you place in front of him.

"My apologies, your chariot awaits." You slap his shoulder as you take your seat, immediately kicking off the ground as you let the engine purr with a rev once you feel strong arms curl around you. In true Dante fashion a loud "Yeehaw!" Echoes through the air the second the two of you set off.

It takes a few hours to drive from where you were in Redgrave back to Capulet City, but luckily for you it seems in no time at all that Dante conks out behind you with his chin pressed in you shoulder and his light snorting greeting your ears. Though he almost fell off a few times in the beginning, maybe because of unconscious demon senses making him squeeze tightly onto you as you swish and turn down the road it's a rather easily ride back home. But you're just happy he's taking an early start to his break - you know better than anyone that he needs it.

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Workin on an au and I should probably wait until I have more drawings done BUT...Im pitching my Hex tf2 au, Its pretty barebones atm? it follows the comics closely in that theres 2 teams that then combine into one, but think more ‘A bunch of separately hired mercenaries im forcing to work together and I don’t even give them a matching uniform i just make them wear a patch’ More Info and Rambling below the cut, not really in any order, i just wanna get Ideas Out into the world!

Reginald and Lionel - Blutarch and Redmond Mann Carla - Administrator Miss Pauling stays as Miss Pauling. Shes iconic. Super Weasel Kid - Scout Irving?? - Soldier (Heavily considered him as Miss pauling?? or Classic heavy??? I literally genuinely dont know.) ??? - Pyro Rust - Demoman (Rocky is either the Sword or the Mom back home. except hes a kid) Bryce - Heavy, melee Lazarus - Heavy. Shoots you dead. Rebecha - Engineer (Considered her for Miss Pauling for a bit) Sadie (yknow who i mean) - Medic  (considered jerimiah for a good second.) Chandrelle - Spy Trish - Mirasmus (trust me) Theres No Sniper. In theory I thought about Chandrelle multi classing, and Maybe Lazarus being a sniper instead?? Or Rust could fit sniper and i can make Lazarus Demoman. Im not too fussed about not having a sniper okay. I am a bit bummed about having two Heavys though None of these are set too set in stone, im ironing alot out. The ones I have the most thought out about are Chandrelle, ???, and Sadie, cause ive started drawing them first! Chandrelle is a spy, im figuring out all the Magic stuff cause Magic def Exists but its not like any of the main tf2 characters utilize it besides Monkey Man. I imagine Vallimir is a magical parasite (honestly wish i could make him the sword) thats attatched onto her and gives her abilities of Cloaking and Identity theft. Eventually in the future Vallamir gets trapped in a jar (like the spy’s head in a jar in medic’s lab) but Chandrelle has enough like, leftover magic to function. and the help of technology. ??? Is just.. Pyro.. Like i understand Sadie could be Pyro if u wanna go that route but ??? is mysterious..funny little guy...doesnt speak...u dont know what they look like..its perfect. The weapons ive picked out 4 ??? are supposed to connect to the Walking game, like its purposely all fast acting stuff. Sadie is just medic. its perfect. Shes a little insane and shes replacing all your organs with spiders!! Super weasel kid is so obviously Scout aswell, look at that man. Hes fast. Hes arrogant. he gets NO bitches and he tries so hard. Rebecha is engineer cause it fits well but like, im not entirely happy with it. Ik characters wont fit into assigned roles PERFECTLY but man. Though i can see her as one of those beach chair engineers in a sentry nest. Im changing the story with Reginald and Lionel a little bit? Im unsure how their feud entirely started, i know they arent related, and I know Reginald doesnt seem like a grudge kinda guy and id agree with you if it wasnt Lionel. When both of them die in comic im replacing that with Reginald strangling Lionel to unconciousness (slay!!), everyone thinks Lionel is dead and goes on about their day. Lionel ends up replacing Grey mann later ^^ thats All very loose. im unsure Reginald just really hated Lionel. So Carla wouldn’t be too worried about him hes chill, so all the Administrator stuff would still happen. I think im also keeping Saxton hale as the same person?? I dont know if anyone in Hex has the same pizzazz and self confidence as saxton hale. Id say lionel. but in my mind hes a twig, hes already assigned a character, and I like saxton hale more. Irving really fits Classic heavy more then solider, but then id have to figure out the REST of the classic team and that is more characters then the Hex Has i think, Unless i want to make hex Ocs

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His Sun (Daryl x Reader) - 9

Chapter 9

“You're in a better mood than usual?” Glenn had been grinning all day and has been in a great mood. You were balancing a basket of dirty laundry and was on your way down to the small river in the forest to try and wash the blood and sweat away.

“Oh, nothing” You didn't believe him, not when he had that dreamy look on his face. “Come on! Its clearly something! Why wont you tell me?” Glenn looked around, making sure no one was within hearing distance, he even grabbed your arm and pulled you farther away from the camp. “Okay, promise you won't tell anybody” He took one more look around, and turned to you grinning from ear to ear. “Maggie and I hooked up”

“No! Really!?” You were stunned, he and Maggie?! “Wha! Why are you so surprised, you dont think Maggie is nice?” He looked very offended at the idea that you didn't like Maggie. “No! Maggie is great! She is gorgeous and super nice, I’m just surprised you got with her. She is wayyy out of your league” Now he looked offended. “What!”

“Yeah, sorry bud”

“Well, you don't have to remind me” He pouted and looked away. “But congrats! Are you a thing now, or is it a friends with benefits situation?”

“I don't know, we haven't talked about it”

“What do you want?” He smiled, “I really like her. She's super cool and sexy! I want to be together”

“Then you need to talk together! Let her know what you want” Glenn nodded excitedly. “I will!” You both parted ways and you headed over to the river. Glenn and Maggie.

Their kids will be so attractive.

“Here we go” You finally heard the river flowing. The clear water was streaming down the small river. You sat the basket down and started working. You had asked Maggie for some soap, so you started to rub it into the clothes. Focusing on the stains and armpits. When a clothing article was lathered in soap, you pushed it into the cold water and rubbed the soap out using the harsh stream. But the snap of a twig pulled you out of your work. “Hello?” When nobody answered you unsheathed your knife from your belt and stood up. The sound of something walking drew closer and the bushes started to shake. Sweat was forming on your forehead and neck, were you really going to face another walker?

Your prayers were answered as a lonely bunny jumped out of the bush. Your frames visibly relaxed and you put away your knife. “Just a little guy, no walkers” You calmed yourself “Hey little guy” You bent down again and tried the pspspspsp technice, but the bunny didn't move. just stared up at you with its big eyes. “Right, that only works on cats huh?” You sighed and looked down. Annoyed that you didn’t bring your herb bag, you had some spear carrots you could give to the bunny.

“You're awfully calm, I thought bunnies were terrified of humans” You stared at the bunny, waiting for the answer that never would come. “Well, I have some work to do. You can join me if you want” You turned back around and continued with the laundry, and the bunny never left. He just sat there staring at you.

“(Y/N)! Where ya’ at?” Daryl's voice was coming closer and closer, and when he walked out from behind a tree, the bunny bolted back into the bush it came from. “No, wait” but the bunny was gone.

“What are ya talking to?” Daryl looked down at you confused. “Just a bunny” He still looked confused, “Ya were chattin’ with a, a bunny?” He raised his brow at you. “Yeah, when you say it like that i sound mad” You looked up at him and giggled. “What can I do for you?” Daryl bent down and sat down next to you. “Nothin’ important, just wondering where ya were at” He looked down, not meeting your gaze.

“Aw, you missed me” You poked his side teasingly. But when you saw him wincing, you stopped. “Sorry, i forgot about the wound” You rubbed his arm, apologetic. “No worries’, forgot it was there too. And its nothin’ i can't handle” He puffed his chest. “Sure big man” A comfortable silence fell between you. You continued to wash the clothes. “Here, let me help ya’”, he grabbed some of the clothes and started to wash out the soap. But he pushed the shirt too deep and it got dirtied by the dirt on the bottom of the river. “No, your doing it wrong” You tried to take the shirt from him, but he held it up above you, just out of reach. “What ya talkin about? I’m doing it perfectly” He smirked down at you, even when you both were sitting he was taller than you. “Asshole! Give it to me”

“Nah” You tried to reach, but it was useless. You were now on your hands and knees, but since the rocks you were balancing on were wet, it was easy to slip and fall. Which was exactly what you did. You placed your left hand on the wrong rock, and slipped and fell down into the river. You fell on your behind and lost balance so you fell down and ended up on your back. The river was not deep, but your head fell under water. You quickly got ub and were leaning on your elbows behind your back, the river was shallow enough so that the water only reached up to your chest when you were leaning back like this.

“Happy?” You questioned the snorting man, still dry and happy on the land. “Very” You rolled your eyes at him and reached your hand up. “Give me a hand, would ya?” He, of course, reached out and grabbed you. But before he could help you up, you pulled as hard as you could and was able to pull him into the water with you. “You fucking brat!”

He landed face first onto your lap, and was soaked through all his clothes. He was about to cuss you out, but seeing you laughing and feeling the softness of your thigh, made his heart flutter. He remembered the painfull look in your eyes when you shoved him your scars and told him about your past, and he swore he would do anything to hear you laugh and protect you from the cruelty of this world, even if that meant he would get soaked in river water.

“That's what you get!” You were able to say between the wheezes of your laughter. “Yeah, yeah” He stood up and was on his knees in front of you. “The water is cold as shit” He wanted to look away, but your cute face, laughing and red nosed from the cold, he couldn't look away from that. Your laughter died down, and you stared back at him with as much admiration. You loved his eyes, always have. And they looked even more beautifly with the blue water flowing under you. “Daryl” You whispered, leaning into him. He leaned down towards you, slowly. He stopped when he could feel your breath on his mouth. “(Y/N)”

You were about to throw caution into the air and kiss him, but was rudely interrupted when someone called both your names from the forest. Both of your heads snapped towards the sound and were met with a smirking Carol. “Sorry, did I interrupt you?” She was so smug. “Get out of here!” Daryl shouted trying to hide his blush from being caught. Both of you were supporting a heavy blush. “Take your time love birds! Just know that Rick has called for a meeting” Before Daryl could shout more at her, she ran back.

You both were sitting in the water, trying to comprehend what had happened. After some minutes, Daryl broke the silence. “We should head back” He didn't look back at you, just stood up and got out of the water. But after he threw his crossbow behind his back, he reached out his hand to you. And this time you let him help you up. “Just go ahead, i have to finish the rest of the washing”

“Nah, could be walkers here. I’m stayin’” You finished the washing in silence. When you both emerged from the forest and into the camp, all eyes were on you. This did not help the blushing issue. “We are invited to dinner in the house, so please, everyone, behave” Rick wasn't directly addressing you both, but you understood what he was saying.

Clean up and look presentable

You nodded at him and walked over to your tent. The wind had picked up, and the wet clothes were becoming colder. You started to shiver, and cursed yourself for deciding to wash your sweater and warmer clothes today. You started to hang up the wet clothes, but stopped when you felt something warm wrap around you. “Here, ya looked cold” Daryl's gruff voice came from behind you. You turned around to thank him, but he had already walked off. Leaving you with his poncho wrapped around your shivering body.

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okay. so my batch is in 2 different classes, okay? so thats 40 kids in one room and 40 in the other. but most kids havent been coming offline yet so its around 20 kids in each room. so thankfully im in the section where theres non-dramatic career driven kids so i dont have to deal w this shit. HOWEVER my friend group consists of 6 people including me, where 3 are in the other class. so those 3 tell me and the other 2 (who r in my class) everything. so as of yesterday, ive got 3 star couples to talk about.

A.) so lets call this guy M. so M is this real tall dude, about 6'2, tallest in my class. taller than an average indian. he's bony though. doesnt eat nothing. starves himself for those "abs". he has fluffy hair but im sure its dry asf. to give u a glimpse of how cringey he is, before i moved to this school, he used to date my friend S back in 10th grade. (shes part of my friend group, shes in my class atm. S calls herself stupid for ever dating him, we agree. we also hate him). so S is also pretty skinny, and shes like 5'2. his ideal type. so he once told her that "he would totally be qualified for a model because hes got the Looks™." but hes actually a malnourished (being malnourished is kind of a thing here, apparently thats what most girls and guys dig, as of ive heard) little twig i could probably snap with one hand. so M is like still hung over S, yeah? we now have another girl O. she looks JUST like S. except shes weirdly skinny. like abnormally. (not body shaming people here but i need people to understand that starving themselves is not healthy and it shouldnt be a 'statement maker'.) so, M and O date now, theyre always holding hands in class, and apparently one of their spotify playlist covers is a picture of them kissing ? cringe. cringe cringE CRINGE. now this girl O, used to date this boy T, who is a dick. T is stupid, mean, a Man™, and weirdly obsessed with being able to relate with females. call him a pick me boy if you will, because that's what he is. i used to know T, in 2020, all the members of my class made an Instagram group and apparently he had asked a bunch of girls out on "swim dates" which is really creepy. his trademark line is "I'm a nice guy." I guess that one line sums him up. so last year, T and M were bffs. T promised M that he'd someone get M and S back together. (S was so scared. she was legit worried T might go out of the way and mess her life up.) but then when M and O started dating, WELL. BFF-NESS GONE, GF-BF-NESS HELLO. anyways that's our first star couple. also, M is shit homophobic 🤪🤪

B.) so now we have V. i used to talk to him because we shared a common interest in basketball, and my other friend from my previous school and he liked the same girl a few years ago (even longer story). this boy used to date this SUPER cringey pick me girl R. she was so cringe. but now shes okay. ig some common sense was instilled. but an insight of how cringe she was~ she had his IG username on her bio. with a " ❤️🌍🔒🗝️" next to it. bye I'm literally getting goosebumps from all the cringe SO. they break up because he finally realizes how cringe R was I think? anyways I've heard it was messy asf. so now V is dating this girl H. did I mention V is shit short? he's like 5'6. so his current girlfriend is kinda pretty, but overhyped. shes very fair, has light brown hair (standard indian hair is dark brown or black. her's is lighter which makes her stand out (?)). so remember my friend S? S and H used to be bffs. but H was *barf emoji*. so they don't talk anymore. anyways I think its been a few months since V and H started dating, I saw them looking at each other like pissy drunk butterflies yesterday. V was all "omg look I play basketball like yeah dummy I do too but I don't show that shit off but no. understandable. he wants to seduce his gf or whatever u go boy. but why are they cringe you ask? because when me and S asked H a confirmation on if H and V were dating, she said "well, its complicated. we ... don't do things." LIKE WHAT HELLO YOURE 17 YOU DONT HAVE TO DO THINGS IF YOU DONT WANT TO so then me and S are just standing there and nodding like mhm. yea. understandable girl. u go. then H still rambles off, telling us that (these are her exact words) "hE iS mY hALf bOyfRiEnD" LIKE ME AND S LOST IT THERE. there's a really cringey romance book called "half girlfriend" by an author called chetan baghat. it was really overhyped when we were like 13 or 14, so to use that dreaded phrase "half bf/gf" well.. u just ruined ur social quo. anyways that's star couple 2 for you. C.) here we have the last one !!! hurrah !!! now I don't know either of these people personally so its pretty less. so this boy, (he is also shorter than me. my excuse to people in this school asking me why I do not date is "I am tall. i cannot see most of the boys." I know its a lame excuse but I am not dating here. nuh uh.) lets call him P. so P and M (from the first story) are currently BFFFFFFFF's. i guess its goodbye T. poor guy. (not). so P is just.. abnormally loud. like he's also a Man™. i guess he likes to 'assert his dominance with his voice' or whatever. so P currently dates this girl J. now J, is an overwoke, hyper desi idiot. like its good to be desi, a lot of people (including 14 year old me) are/were embarrassed ASF to be desi because hello western culture and the american stereotype. but somehow, when people get past that, they either become like me, one who's into the culture and loves the aesthetic and tries to learn more about culture heritage etc, or they become J. overwoke, partial-research-doing another pick me variant. shes so desi, her IG stories are filled with her dancing, singing, doing Desi™ things. and its stupid. like to be desi and express it is one thing, but to run into people and scream in their face "OYYY IM DESI WHY ARENT YOU START BEING MORE INDIAN DARLING" is another. that's J for you. i don't know much about P, but the fact that he's besties with M kinda sums up the cringe factor.

there you go. if u've died from the cringe, I need a funeral invite 💕💕

Bestie school started right before I could answer this this morning 😭😭😭😭 but omg very cringey. Sounds like the kind of drama my school had in literally the 6th grade. So what does that say about these people. I’m glad you get to observe without being involved tho. That’s when drama is the best 👌

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Title: Road Trip

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First twilight imagine. First Sam Uley imagine. I hope you all enjoy.

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BEEP BEEP!!

As you were packing up snacks for the trip you heard a loud honking outside. The pack ran through the house to see what it was all about and you followed.

There was a RV parked in the drive way. Sam and Edward came out both with smiles on their faces.

"What's going on? We were supposed to be going on a little road trip just you and me".

"We'll, we thought why not take a family vacation together". Edward told you and the pack.

"Are you all going to behave and not threaten or kill each other"?

"We'll be fine". Sam came and scooped you up planting a kiss to your lips.

"I like the idea that all of us are going but how are we supposed to have alone time"?

"I'm driving so you can ride up front with me".

"That's not what I meant Sam Uley". You say sternly.

"Oh. Ooh. We'll figure out something". He quickly kissed your lips, put you down and ran inside grabbing the snacks and heading on the bus.

"Wonderful". Frowning as you got on the bus, Sam patting the passenger seat up front with him.

Taking a seat beside him, you got comfortable since it may be a long trip cause you had no idea where you were going. Everyone piled on the bus. The whole Cullen family and the pack. There was hardly any room to move but they all were happy to be together. Kinda weird if you asked anyone that knew them.

About fifty miles into the road trip you got this surge of sexual excitement. It came out of no where and that's why you wanted to be alone with Sam. It's been happening from a month now. You didn't know what was happening to you.

"Sam"? You whispered looking in the back. Knowing the Cullens and the pack had such great hearing and could read minds you had to be sneaky.

"Sam"?

"Yeah, babe"? He didn't take his eyes off the road.

"I'm horny". You purred. He blinked his eyes at you, like he was processing what you told him.

"Now"?

"Yes. If you didn't invite the families you would be balls deep in me right about now". You moaned just thinking of the idea of Sam pounding into you.

"I love you but you really need to control yourself at the moment". He scorned you. You huffed, crossing your arms and slouching in your chair.

"Fine. I'll go see what the guys are up to".

Sam shook his head. He wanted you just as badly but he knew how to control his urges.

Walking back to the back of the bus. Edward came up to you. "Hey, sorry if we ruined your getaway week".

"No, it's okay. We can do it another time". You told him with a slight smile.

"I'll make sure you two get some alone time. I know that's what you wanted since you cant get it when the tribe is around".

"You really need to stay out of my mind, Edward. It's not nice". You laugh.

"Actually, it was in Sams mind. He can't stop thinking about it. It's really disturbing what all he's thinking about, to be honest".

"How are you in his mind without him knowing"?

"He's distracted with driving and the scenes he's picturing".

"Can you tell me what he's picturing up? Please"?

"I'm not giving you a mental picture. I'm not your porn source".

"Oh so that's what kinda stuff he's thinking of". You bit your bottom lip.

"That's my Sam alright. He's alittle freaky in bed. May not show it as a alpha but when he's in bed he is way alpha-yer". You laughed as you made up a word to describe Sam in bed.

"Yeah, I didn't need to know that". Edward scrunched up his eye brows.

"So, where are we going"? You thought why not ask someone else and they may tell you.

"It's a surprise".

"If you want to give me a surprise Edward, give me Sam, a room and have Sam give me tons of orgasms then that would be the best surprise you could ever give me". Edward chuckled but you were dead serious.

"I think we should go to our seats before you tell me actually what Sam does in bed".

"I can tell you. Maybe you'll learn a thing or two". You giggled as you walked passed Edward.

"Hey now". He chuckled shaking his head going back to Bella. Who heard everything and was quietly giggling to herself.

Getting back to your seat, Sam was still in drivers mode which annoyed you.

"Where are we going"?

"I'm not telling you so stop asking. You'll love it, I promise".

"Fine". You chewed the corner of the inside of your cheek. Getting a idea that Sam would love and hate.

Seaching for the RV guide to see if there was a door or curtain to close you off from the others. And there was. The divider was in the wall and you found it easily closing you off.

"What are you doing"? Sam asked confused.

"Just watch the road and enjoy". You seductively said getting down on your knees beside him. Undoing his belt and pants. You slid your hand in his boxers pulling out his cock. Running your tongue from the base to the tip. Sam shivered as you did so.

"Stop. Someone's going to catch us".

"You really want me to stop"?

"Yeah, we have too".

"Well, someone has a mind of his own". You kissed his cock as it grew in your hand.

You wrapped your hands and mouth about his cock, sucking him off. Swirling your tongue over this tip licking up his pre-cum that was oozing out.

"Shit. Don't stop". Sam moaned throwing his head back.

"Sam, road". You giggled as Sam jerked the bus back on the road, growling at you.

You went back to stroking and bobbing your head. Taking him down your throat, gagging a little as he hit the back of your throat. Sam closed his eyes tightly trying not to cum right away, he didn't want you to stop.

"Road, Sam". You said with a pop of his cock. He jerked the wheel back in place. Rubbing his eyes. You continued you tease and suck him, he tried his darnest to keep his eye on the road.

Meanwhile in the back of the bus, everyone was holding on. They didnt know if they would get thrown one way or the other. All of them confused except Edward, he was giggling heavily his face looked as if it got heated from the laugh.

"What the hell is going on"? Jacob cussed as he was forced on to Paul as Sam jerked the wheel again.

"Maybe he's dodging pot holes"? Esme suggested, shrugging her shoulders. 

"Maybe. I'll go check". Jacob got up from his seat.

"I wouldn't do that". Edward warned but Jacob shrugged it off and opened the divider coming to a scene he never wanted imprinted in his brain.

Sam was a moaning, groaning mess under your touch. He bucked his hips when he could without slowing down the bus. You sped up your bobbing and pumping him. He was close to coming and felt it as he tensed up.

"You going to cum for me baby"? You purred as his face turned beet red. He nodded with a grunt. You wrapped your mouth around his cock and he exploded down your throat. The warm liquid slipped down your throat with ease, you hungrily swallowed it down.

"Fuck". He cursed under his breath.

You both were so caught up between sucking and coming that you didn't hear Jacob freak out.

"Oh god. My eyes". Jacob screamed shutting the divider.

You giggled as you wiped your mouth going back to your seat. Sam panicked and fastened his belt and pants. Wiping the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand.

"That was fun". You say with a smirk.

Sam growled giving you the evil eye. "It's not funny".

"Stop pouting. We had a good time. It's his fault for coming in without knocking".

Sam rolled his eyes and turned on the turn signal as he pulled into a gas station. Coming to a stop. The buses door swung open and Jacob ran off. The pack laughing at him.

"What happened"? Bella asked as she got off the bus.

"Jacob saw something for mature eyes only". Edward chuckled as Bella caught on.

Sam and you got off the bus, eyes were on you two. "So dodge many pot holes lately"? Emmett asked with a snicker getting a slap from Alice.

"Does everyone know"? Sam blushed.

"We have a pretty good idea but we'd like for you to tell us". Emmett opened his mouth again but instead of Alice slapping him Rosalie did it.

"Shut up, Emmett". You told him.

"I told you we should stop, now everyone is making jokes". Sam was embarrassed.

"Who cares. I bet everyone here has been in the same position we are right now. I don't care. I liked what I did and I would do it again. If you dont want to be with someone that does stuff like that then we need to break up right now".

Sam stayed quiet. You threw your arms up in frustration walking away.

"We've all be there, Sam. Dont worry". Carlisle reassured Sam. Emmett nodded with agreement.

"Should I apologize"?

"I would if you ever want that to happen again".

Sam took of running after you. He found you in the woods beside the gas station playing with a twig.

"I'm sorry". Sam came up behind you spooking you.

"I just don't know why you got so mad".

"I was more embarrassed. Jacob saw. Im supposed to be the alpha not some teenager getting caught fooling around with his girlfriend".

"I'm your girlfriend and imprint we can do whatever we want. Who cares who sees or what they think. I love you and I'm going to show you how I feel".

Sam smiled wrapping his arms around you engulfing you in a warm hug. "I love you and I'm sorry that I got them to come with us but I had my reason".

"What crazy reason was that"?

Sam pulled away making you whimper as the cool air hit you. He pulled put a box and got down on one knee in front of you.

"I love you and I wanted the people most important in your life to see this moment. Y/N Swan will you marry me"? Sam asked. You heard twigs breaking around you as the families circled around you. Bella had her phone with your dad video chatting since he had to work.

"God, you're amazing. Yes, Sam Uley I will marry you". You pulled him up by his face, your hands cupping his face bringing him to your lips kissing all over his face.

"I love you, I love you". Sam took your hand and slid the ring on your ring finger.

"I love you more". His kissed your lips softly.

"Congratulations guys". You heard your dad over the explosions in your head as you were kissing Sam. And also something about road safety.

"Thanks. Thanks everyone for being here. It means alot. Sorry I was rude for not wanting you all to come".

"That's okay. We know how it is when you find someone you can't get enough of". Bella and Edward kissed. Emse and Carlisle kissed. Jasper and Alice kissed. Emmett and Rosalie kissed. The packed just looked at each other and nodded. They all knew what you were going through. Finding that special someone is hard but when you do you want to do everything together even if you get caught in the act.

"Sorry to break up this moment but we need to get going. I promised Y/N that Sam would give her tons of orgasms so I'm driving and they can have the back bedroom". Edward spoke up and getting the keys from Sam. Everyone laughed awkwardly.

"Really, Edward? Really"?

Sam buried his face in your neck with a groan that turned into laughing. You giggled at how subtle Edward was.

This was going to be a very interesting road trip.

[rotomgender-moved]

Runs in Our Family, Part two

Warnings: Ask To Tag, Injuries

Word Count: 2.3K

Part Two

The first thing N noticed was the sheer noise that we're coming from this group of children. Second, was the child on child violence going on-

Where are their parents? It made them confused and concerned for a moment, did they not have a chaperone? Who would trust children with pokemon on their own?

It was when he saw someone cowering in the corner that he realized, yes, they did have a chaperone. They've just dethroned the poor guy.

"Pl-ease calm yourselves!" The man squawked, "We can't have anyone getting hurt! Especially Wally, the poor boy is sickly enough!" As soon as the man's gaze met N's, he got up and quickly struttsd over with the grace of a swana. "Oh thank Arceus- can you please help out? Entertain them for a bit so I can set up lunch? The triplets and Mallow asked me to distract them, but they're treating me as a joke-"

"I'll help. My name is N."

"Thank you, oh thank you so much! My name is Wallace, I was a gym leader back in Hoenn." Wallace greeted with a relieved sigh. "Just give me a moment, I'm sure you can handle it for a few minutes. I just need to grab a change of clothes so these ones dont get dirtied, they're a bitch to handwash." He chuckled a little, patting N's shoulder and slipping by.

"... language." N muttered quietly. 

He felt eyes bearing into him as the room suddenly fell silent, Ruby spoke up.

"This is the guy with the white dragon Nate was talking about! All the cool pokemon that he can talk to!" The boy grinned, throwing his hands up.

"Uhm… Hello-?"

"He looks like a twig." A voice spoke up, one with that accent he couldn't place who paralyzed him. The little brats.

"Yeah… He- He looked like a mess-"

"Okay! Okay that's enough!" As Rosa and Nate approached, tugging Hugh behind them like a ragdoll, N snapped his head to them.

"Why did you tell them about the white dragon?" N hissed, giving the twins and their friend a glare. "You aren't meant to just-"

"Shut up, N, anyways!" Rosa continued. "He's sensitive, so don't touch him or be too loud. Or pull his hair, I got bit for that once."

"He bit you?" A gasp came from a blond girl playing with her tall, blue frog pokemon. 

"No, Ex, his Unphezant did. Wh- Why would he bite me?"

"Isn't he that guy that Bede nearly killed in the woods?" Ex said, and a gasp came from one of those kids, as though he had been personally offended. From how he looked, N assumed Bede was one of the kids on the boat in a fight.

"It was not me! It was Gloria and you all know it!" He spat. 

"It wasn't me, it was Victor!" Gloria hissed back. 

"It was me- stop fighting you aggressive dunces." Victor smacked the back of Gloria's head. "Sorry about that again, Mint-Boy."

N starred in awe at how fast all these kids started antagonizing each other. It was almost impressive how tense the energy in the room is. He looked down to Hugh.

"Is this how it always is?" 

"Yeeeaaaah, just about."

"Oh my…" N took in a sharp intake of breath as Wallace returned, immediately sighing in defeat. Wallce had this elegant energy tacked on him that was absolutely torn due to the rowdiness of all the kids. 

"Did they give you too much trouble?"

"No, they were distracted tearing each other apart."

"I see, well. How about you show off your pokemon, or battle one of them? I'm sure they'd appreciate the form of stimulation that isn't… Whatever Silver, Gold and Crystal do." He motioned his hand to a group of three. That foulmouthed redhead getting put in a headlock by a brunette boy. Who seemed to be playfully insulting him while a young girl kept score on a piece of paper.

"Yeah… I'll do that." N nodded, stepping towards the group while Wallace went to break up the rough housing between the three mineral-named children. He immediately was met by a small, frail green haired boy, who had a nervous smile and a cheerful wave.

"Hello, sir! I was told you could speak with pokemon. I wanted to ask if you could hear what my pokemon can say?"

"Oh, uh." N wasn't sure what to do, ever since he had left Team Plasma he had never been around so many people. He thought back on Zoroark's words. That talking to people would do him some good. "Yes, I can do that for you and… Whoever else wants me to." He promised, sitting down.

"I'm Wally, it's a pleasure to meet you."

"Call me N."

He met many faces so quickly! Barry, the energetic boy with a Staraptor who seemed to have nearly the exact same spunk. Wally and his elegantly worded Gallade, who worked tirelessly to defend the boy. The endlessly smiling Hop and his gruff, aloof Dubwool, as well as learning that the four accented children are from a place called Galar. Ex and Wy, two twins with teams that seemed to completely mirror one another. The hot headed Silver and his Magnasium, who N believes that Zororak would get along wonderfully with. 

Seeing all these trainers and pokemon with such diverse personalities couldn't help but make him smile. Especially the grins that they got being able to know exactly what they're pokemon thought of them. Silver's reaction made him the most joyful, seeing the boy try to hide that toothy little grin and begin to ride on his grass types back, whispering to her and thanking her. It made N's heart swell, so much so that he had to return the favor and do as he promised Ruby.

He released nearly all of his team except one; Zoroark, Vanilluxe, Archen, Unphezant and Klinklang. Leaving the white dragon out of this. Some seemed unimpressed, having seen all of these pokemon before. But quick as a bolt of multicolored lightning, some of them rushed over to examine them.

"What is it?" chimed Crystal, running her fingers through Archens feathers.

"Oh you're really tough-looking!" Barry grinned, Klinklang allowing the blond to feel its many gears. 

"This is that Zoroak you were talking about, right?" Sapphire questioned, examining the illusionist's paws. 

Question after question was thrown his way, as N chuckled and tried to keep up. 

"This is Klinklang, he's an electric-steel type pokemon. This is Archen, a flying-rock type. Be careful, it's shy! Zoroark is a dark type, Vanilluxe is an Ice type, and Unphezant. A flying-normal type." N explained, smiling a little as Zoroark nodded in approval. He began to ramble on about the pokemon, answering any questions and quieting down to listen to any of the kids' connections, stories and such. It seemed to calm down… Almost all of them. Except for one, who he had found left the room at some point… Wallace was gone as well. Maybe he had gone off with one of them for one reason or another? It caused confusion and worry to boil deep down inside his belly as he quickly realized which of the kids was missing.

Where had Sapphire slipped off all the sudden?

/// Sapphire ///

"Wallace, come on!" Sapphire called over her shoulder, dashing through the forest. In front of her ran her Blaziken, slapping away vines and thick brush so that the others behind it wouldn't trip and fall. Above them, the call of a Skarmory alerted them that Steven Stone was keeping up well and various other cries of pokemon meant that the entire group was keeping up.

Sapphire was in the lead as Wallace, Steven, Red, Iris and Cheren kept up. There was a disturbance, they knew that was true. It was something that they could just tell deep inside them, something Sapphire knew all too well. A tight ball in her guts that her pokemon seemed to feel as well.

"Over here!" Cheren called out over his shoulder, the cry of his serperior confirming his claim. "I saw the flash of a pokemon being returned! Tuxedo, short hair from the silhouette I saw!"

"Got it, Skarmory that way!" Steven called from above, leading the group away. 

"I'll check over there in case they run!" Sapphire yelled to the group, hearing a grunt of approval from Blue as she ran off with Sceptile. Her running steps crunched the leaves as the leaves thickened above. Blotting out the sky and leaving the light being emitted from glowing flowers, vines and mushrooms. 

The deeper she ran, the more the air thickened with the smell of heavy, damp leaf mold and sickly sweet tree sap. The deeper she ran… The more she realized how lost she got herself in the heat of the moment. 

Sapphire was lost in an unrecognizable part of the forest, lit merely by glowing plants and fungus and silence broken by the movement of distant pokemon and whistling wind. As she walked, she felt the ground disappear from her feet. Before she knew it, she was tumbling down into a small ditch. Sapphire yelped as she fell, feeling a pain in her arm as she hit the ground.

"Ow- ow." She groaned, slowly getting up as Sceptile slid down to follow its owner. When she got up, her Sceptile put a claw on her shoulder, grunting and looking around in preparation to attack at any moment. That moment came soon then she thought, two pairs of eyes suddenly lighting up the darkness, the movement of something stalking and something else dragging itself. 

She backed into the Sceptile out of fear, looking up at the narrow-eyed pokemons threatening glare. As the pokemon revealed themselves, Sceptile growled. A large, fiery maned pokemon with a dark brown pelt beside a tall, haunting pokemon made of wood and leaves. A lion and a tree, slowly stalking towards her. As she shut her eyes and slowly pointed, ready to command an attack, a voice spoke from behind the two pokemon. 

"Are you lost, little one?" A smooth and low voice with a kalosant accent, worry panging their voice. As she cracked open her eyes, she was met by a tall and regal man with long, red hair. His face was aged, but only ever so slightly. Maybe in his thirties or forties. "Are you okay?"

"I'm… I ran off trying to find someone that did some bad stuff." Sapphire explained. "Got seperated from my friends."

"Oh my," The man began, approaching a bit and opening a pocket. "You're hurt, let me help you. Show me your arm." The brunette looked, noticing her arm had a bleeding cut. She hadn't even noticed the cut itself when she initially fell, too struck with shock and fear to notice anything but momentary pain. She held out her arm, which the man carefully took in dark-gloved hands. As though he would shatter her in a moment. 

"Thank you." She quietly nodded as he began to clean the wound with some disinfectant pads he had in his pocket. Soon following it uo with two or three bandaids. 

"No need, petit ami. Is your Sceptile alright? I'm sorry if Treevanant and Pyroar caused you any trouble."

"No! No- they just scared us. Sceptile's okay."

"That's good to hear, a relief." He nodded. "My name is Lysander, I was invited here from Kalos. I missed the main boat so I came on a different one." Lysander explained, taking his hands away. 

"Sapphire, Grass Type gym leader in Hoenn." She introduced herself, sticking her injury-free hand out. Which he took and gave a gentle shake."

"Pleasure to male your acquaintance." Lysander nodded. "Allow me to take you to the home of some friends and I, you can rest up for the night and be on your way. It's quite late."

"Is it?" She asked.

"Yes, nearing the faery's hour." He explained, patting Pyroar's back. "Come and sit on him, I'll guide you back. I promise he doesn't bite." Lysander offered, slowly backing away.

Sapphire thought for a moment, this wasn't the first time in her journeys she's accepted such offers, as well as Sceptile being right beside her, she decided her best interest would be to accept. 

"Alright! Thank you again."

"No need." He smiled warmly, directing his pokemon to bend at the knees and allow her to climb on. As they began on the path, he clicked the button of a PokeBall to the Treevanant, returning it. "I'd hate to see someone with an injury rot away into something hideous."

Sapphire nodded, stroking Pyroar's mane with a hum. The pokemon was quite warm and each swish of its tail caused embers to float in the air for a moment. Leaving small wisps of light only to die out, the silence broke as Lysander joined in the humming with a tune. His warm smile has turned softer, more relaxed. 

"What are you humming?" Sapphire tilted her head.

"Oh? An old song from Kalos." He shrugged, only making her curiosity rise.

"Can you sing it? I wanna hear it." She grinned as he knitted his brows in thought. 

"If you wish," He chuckled a little as he cleared his throat. "Forgive if I'm rusty."

"Comme les ténèbres obscurcissent la lumière,

L'or du soleil étouffé par la nuit d'argent

Oh, petit, ne te laisse pas faire confiance

Les sauvages qui font des bonbons avec de la rouille

Ils arpentent les chemins, les forêts de fae,

Et avec la lune ils font ce qu'ils peuvent

La nuit hantée par les fantômes et les Gengar

Ils portent des malédictions de près et de loin

Toutes les personnes de Kanto à Galar

Sachez que les pierres pointues et les roses

Cachez-vous parmi les étoiles."

[authorofdanger]

Nightmares

Summary: What was life like for Y/N before Stray Kids?

Genre: Angst

WARNING!!! IF YOU ARE SENSITIVE TO ABUSE OR ANY FORM OF IT PLEASE DONT READ THIS!!!

"Get back here you fucking rat," my owner screamed while chasing me through out the house. I ran as fast as I could out into the back yard with his bat in hand. The twigs and broken glass pierced into my feet as I went deeper and deeper into the trees behind my home and in the distance I could hear the hounds howling and multiple footsteps catching up to me.

This was all because I wouldn't let him punish the other ten year old bunny hybrid for something she didnt even do. In a drunken rage my owner came at her with the wooden bat which could easily have killed her so I fought hard and retrieved the weapon, determined to find a way of disposing it. I knew once I get captured I would get the life beaten out of me, figuratively if not literally, but it is always worth it if it means the other prey hybrids are okay.

Getting trapped between the house and the fast paced stream ahead of me I decided to toss the bat into the raging waters and dart upstream. "I see her! Why isnt anybody using the shock button!" I could hear ringing in my ears and a sharp pain shoot from my neck and wrists which sent me to the ground in a heartbeat with a shrill scream. I couldnt even feel the pair of arms that hoisted me up and dragged me back towards the hell house where I would receive possibly another set of broken bones and other various punishments.

"Y/N? Y/N hey its okay," a soft voice hushed as I shot up from the couch and onto the floor to cower myself into a corner. I clasped my arms over my head and gasped out apologies to avoid another beating I was sure to receive. That's when I felt the soft pets on my ears and scalp before removing my shaking arms. A hand found it's way under my chin and guided my gaze into the familiar loving brown eyes of Jisung. I could see the worry and panic in his face and I couldnt slow my jagged breathing.

"Changbin go call-" "No," I cried. Only then did I notice how raw my voice was and how weak I sounded. How long have I been screaming? I scanned both Changbin and Jisung's concerned faces before I completely broke down in front of them. I was then pulled into the strong set of arms and gently lifted back onto the couch. I hate feeling so small and so weak when all my life I had to be strong, if I wanted to live I wasn't allowed to shed a single tear. "Baby what happened? What was the dream about," Changbin sighed while gently stroking my back while Jisung positioned me to sit in his lap facing him. I buried my nose into the crook of his neck and shook my head.

Chan and Felix are the only two who know about my past since we didnt think the others could handle the graphic details. All they know is I was abused and Chan's family rescued me from the shelter I was sent to. I was meant to be Chan's support hybrid for his debut and I do a good job if you asked either one of us but when I finally described what exactly happened to me to the Aussie line that's when they became my support too.

"We cant help you unless we know what's going on. You've been having nightmares like this for the past two weeks again. You havent had this problem in months," Jisung began with the sweetest tone he could muster behind his growing nerves. "Please let us help you." I wiped my eyes and thought for a moment at all the times I have woken up all three rappers from my reoccurring nightmares, two of them watching in worry as only one found the way to calm me down. I nodded my head and guided one of Changbin's hands to the base of my left ear as I took in a shallow breath.

"Its about my last home," I whimpered, "I keep dreaming of all the things he did to all of us. The way he would beat us nearly if not to death. The way he treated us. It still haunts me and it doesnt help that its January." "What's wrong with January," Changbin asked. "My sister's birth month. The same month he forced me to watch him kill her. All because I took away his beating bat."

They looked at me in horror as they slowly began to piece together parts of my history. I glanced down at the scars on my stomach from when on that same night he forced her to shred the soft skin before her demise. I was put in physical and mental torture that night. "Its okay bunny girl. He's gone for good now," Changbin comforted behind a few stray tears. Jisung was close to breaking too with the looks of it but he was trying so hard to stay strong for me in this moment. "Can you tell us what happened to you?"

"My owner owned a breeding ring that my sister and I were born into. The both of us were deemed infertile so he just simply decided to use us as servants around his home. He was a constant drunk and found any reason to beat me and the other hybrids around the home. He killed alot of us over the years from the mix of physically beating us to death, starving us, and depriving us of water if we weren't deemed good enough. I was the oldest of the group when the cops arrived but I also had the worst physical damage. I was the one to take the blame for many mistakes and did everything I could to protect my family. I got no more than three hours of sleep most nights as to make sure everyone survived another night. When the cops came they found me in a tiny dog cage with my stomach mutilated, starving, and barely breathing. I stayed in the shelter in Sydney for almost a year before Chan's family found me. Chan was the first person I allowed to touch my ears and I for some unknown reason trusted him enough to fall asleep on him during adoption day."

I took in one more deep breath before looking Jisung in his eyes and whimpered "if Chan wouldn't have gotten me I was going to be put down because I was deemed aggressive. He saved my life, a life I didnt even know I still wanted." That's when he broke. He hid his face into my chest and shook wildly from a mix of sadness and pure anger.

"You know we would never hurt you. We love you and you do so much for us and I cant imagine how anyone could do that to you," Changbin said while holding his tears back. "I love you guys too. But please if any of the others ask about this dont say anything. I want to tell each of you on my own time."

"I promise. I promise I wont tell, I promise I wont hurt you, and I damn promise nobody will hurt you like that ever again," Changbin assured. "And I promise I will never let you go. I want to hold and protect you forever. We wont let you go."

And they never did.

[jinmukangwrites]

Cub

((I promise I had this named Cub before Ort posted their fic!!!!! I swear I’m not purposely naming this fic after theirs, just the title “Cub” works really well with this fic and what im going for and i really dont want to change it. if ort wants me to change it i will))

Prompt: it's not exactly how the prompt wants it, but I had a lot of fun writing it so I hope you'll be happy with this.

Summary: He's the Hero of the Wild, it's only fair that the creatures get to know him.

Notes: this is the most fluff you guys are going to get out of me. There is angst, but not a terrible amount. I had to put a certain hc in this fic... I had loads of fun with the perspectives, it's interesting trying to write in the mindset of creatures instead of humans.

Warnings: brief mentions of physical/emotional abuse towards a child from a parent, extreme fluff, both emotional fluff and animal fluff, Jin struggling to write happy things, Jin struggling to not kill Wild, Jin being Jin.

-o-o-o-o-

On a clear, bright, and beautiful night, something magical happens. There's a house sitting in the middle of a field of golden wheat, miles from any cities or civilization. The castle is a far off dream, though the people who live in this house don't mind one bit.

Animals don't usually come here, the scarecrows warn against the birds and the men have bows and arrows. The wolves know by now that the sheep in the barn are off limits, the foxes know that the cuccos are well protected, the rabbits don't dare to nibble on the crops for fear of an arrow piercing their hearts. They make their homes in the forest and they don't go near that house, but tonight… they get a feeling. Something important is happening.

The stars are bright as the stag and his herd step carefully through the golden fields, the moon glitters in the alpha wolf's eyes as his pack approaches through the shadows. The birds land on the roof of the house and bats flutter around. Not a single animal attacks each other, not even the mother bear who arrives with her cubs give the boar a second glance. A squirrel scrambles up the wall of the home and pokes its nose against the glass window from the ledge it sits on. The inside of the house is bright and warm, and across the room is a cracked open door, a man sits besides it with his head in his hands. There's yelling and swearing on the other side of the door, though it's not terrified, it's full of pain but also love.

A beautiful creature jumps up besides the squirrel, it's fur glows and it's eyes are bright and wise. It tilts its head the moment the screaming turns into an infant's healthy cry. The man jumps from his chair and runs into the room, and there is a glimpse of a woman laying exhausted in her bed as a dirty and red baby screams as a towel is wiped across it's squirming body.

Oh, the animals think, this is very important.

-o-o-o-o-

A child, just a toddler. His hair is growing long, the owl thinks. Too long for normal Hylian boys his age, though the owl supposes that's nothing out of the ordinary, the child is very special.

The owl sits upon an apple tree branch and watches with wide and very wise eyes as the child swings a wooden sword against a scarecrow in the field. He has gotten the sword as a present from his father just a few days prior and already the child is exceptional at swordplay. The owl thinks that one day the child will grow up one day to become a very, very strong man.

"Link!" The mother calls from her house, her stomach is round, heavy with another miracle, "you're father is leaving! Come wish him goodbye!"

The child looks up from his swordplay and grins before it sprints away towards his home. He dances around the fathers legs, lifting their tiny arms and tugging on the tunic of the father. The father smiles and riffles the boys hair before he fixes the sword strap around his shoulder. "You be good to your mother," he says, "and maybe someday you'll come with me."

"Honey," the mother says, there's a tightness to her smile but the father laughs and kisses it away.

"Bye daddy! Bye bye byeee!" The child sings and the father runs a knuckle over his head kindly. The child grins and waves the little wooden sword in the air.

"When I get back, I'll teach you how to use that, okay?" The father says. "You'll become a knight like your old man."

The mother's lips thin but she doesn't say anything because the child is cheering now and hugging his father's legs tightly.

Then the father leaves not long after, and life continues as normal. The owl hoots and flies away.

-o-o-o-o-

The boy is hurt, the fox relizes. She was going through bushes, looking for a rabbit hole or an easy mouse to grab, when her ears perk up to the sound of a cry. Now, she's no fool, she would never approach a child of any species. Mothers can get furious easily, and fathers are quick release their fangs and claws. Hylian children are on a whole other level.

Yet, this boy is alone. She can see him curled up in front of a tree sobbing into his hands. The smell of blood hits her nose and sends the hairs on her back standing. She gently pads forward, careful to not step on any twigs and let herself be found quite yet. As she gets closer she can see where the smell of blood is coming from; there's a long slice going down his arm, allowing precious fluid to escape and stain his sleeves. It looks painful, she wonders what could have hurt a child so small.

The boy continues to cry and no mother or father are coming to comfort him, so she decides it's safe to do so herself. She lets her paws drop more firmly onto the ground and the boy looks up at her with the bluest eyes, rimmed red from his tears. She continues towards him and lays down next to his head, he continues to watch her with silent tears streaming down his face.

She yips at him, trying to tell him that he will be okay, but Hylians cannot understand animals. He seems to calm down though and he smiles at her. He hesetatly reaches out and she allows him to stroke her head. She lifts her snout and gently licks at the wound on his arm, he doesn't move away from her.

After she's content with cleaning his wound she scoots forward. The boy takes the invitation and gathers her into his arms and cuddles her close to his chest.

"Thank you," he says, and his voice is so mature for a Hylian his age.

They stay like that for quite awhile, comfortable and content, his eyes slowly drying, until a voice breaks through the air.

"Link!" A woman calls out, sounding worried.

"Link! Get over here!" A man shouts.

The fox jumps out from his arms and he makes a distressed noise, but the fox knows she cannot be around when the parents find their cub. They will think she hurt the child, and they'll lash out without any hesitation. She jumps into the bushes just as two adult Hylians come into view, sprinting. The mother grabs at the child and cups his face, talking quickly and worriedly as the father stands off to the side, breathing hard and looking angry.

The father's hand lashes out and grabs the child's arm, looking at the exposed wound roughly, too roughly. The fox almost jumps out and snarls at him when she sees the child wince.

"I taught you how to block that move," the father growls and the fox feels her hackles rise. She doesn't like how the child looks down, as if ashamed.

"Don't get mad at him," the mother snaps and tears the child away from the father. She looks at the cut, more gently. "He's three-years-old, he can't use the sword like you."

The father glares down at the woman. "If he's going to be a knight, he has to start now and work hard."

The mother returns his glare and gathers the child into her arms, picking him up and placing him on her hip. "Who says he has to be a knight?"

"If he's my son he will be," the father says. "You want to be a knight, right Link?"

The small child nods slowly and the mother frowns as the father grins triumphantly.

The mother and father begin to walk away back towards where there house must be, arguing back and forth, and the fox is left sitting there, watching as the child pokes his head over his mother's shoulder, waving sadly.

-o-o-o-o-

Goats are not very intelligent creatures, but they do really love their owners. They love the grass they get fed, they love their haircuts, they love their exercise. As long as they have space to roam and a source of food, they will love most everything. The farm they live on belongs to a nice family of four. They see the oldest woman and her youngest daughter the most, but sometimes the male and his son come into the fields to fix the fences or pull weeds.

Right now, the big male is holding up a bit of the fence as the son wraps a strand of wire around it to keep it standing. The goats all shift with each other and look at the fence with little interest as they continue to munch on the yummy grass.

"We will leave to the Zora's Domain next week," the adult male speaks, his voice is low and gravely, some of the goats flick their ears to it.

"Harvest starts next week," the son says softly. It's a bit deeper than the last time the goats have heard it, though not like any of the goats care. The grass is too delicious.

"And?" Male asks.

"Well… I was thinking I could stay this year… and help Mom and Angie out."

There's… some sort of tense atmosphere that blankets the land. Some of the goats lift their heads nervously as the grass somehow doesn't taste the greatest anymore. One goat looks at the two owners in anxious curiosity. The adult male is staring at the son with a tight jaw. His posture almost reminds the goat of a wolf or something like it.

"Your relationship with Princess Mipha is very important," the adult says slowly, "it is why the Captain invites you every year."

"Yeah but-"

"Don't interrupt me," the adult snarls and the son backs up with his hands raised in surprise. The wire snaps and the chunk of fence falls to the ground with a crash. Both the adult and the son fall silent. The goats look to and from each other, some making nervous baying, others kicking the ground. The adult rubs his face and takes a deep breath. "You are coming."

"I want to help mom-"

"Link, you're coming."

"But the harvest-"

"LINK!" The adult snarls and a goat jumps and runs a few feet in a random direction. The son falls silent, his mouth shuts with a snap. The adult glares at him before he sighs. "You have to go on these things if you want to be a knight, son."

The son looks down to the ground. Mumbles. A goat flicks its ear, though it's not like the goats are interested in what has been said anyway.

"What was that?" The adult asks.

"I… don't want to be a knight… anymore..."

Smack.

The goats bay loudly in surprise and a few jolt as if they're about the run away in terror as the son falls to his backside, his hand on his reddening cheek and eyes wide.

"You will be joining me to the Zora's Domain," the adult says, his voice eerily steady and calm, "do you understand?"

The son nods and slowly stands up. A goat goes down to munch on the grass again, thinking that maybe the weird tension has finally calmed down.

"Tell me the rules."

"D-don't get in anyone's way."

More goats go back down to the grass.

"And?"

"Don't talk unless told to."

The grass is very good.

"And?"

Very, very good. All the goats are eating again, as they should.

"Make you proud..."

-o-o-o-o-

The stable dog's name is Cherry, and he's a very good boy. That's at least what his master has told him. He likes to spend his time laying in the sun and getting pets from guests. The horses are all very nice to him though the cuccos are a bit rude. He once tried to play with one and he got his nose pecked. Cuccos are mean.

He hears movement behind him and he opens his mouth, panting excitingly. He loves guests. They like to pet him and give him food. He gets up and spins around to see a blond haired boy swinging a sword back and forth in silence. The boy is very interesting, he looks almost like a kid but he acts like a grown up. He's always standing quietly and doing what he's told, though Cherry has caught the boy staring at him multiple times.

Right now, the boy is alone. The sun is going down and most guests are getting dinner or going to bed. Cherry wants to play with this one.

Cherry shakes out his fur and pads over to the boy. The boy blinks down at him and swings his sword again, though he stumbles just a little. His jaw tightens and he looks above Cherry to an imaginary target and ignores the dog.

That won't do. Cherry wants to play.

Cherry jumps in the air and barks, but the boy just scowls and continues his practices. Won't do. Won't do at all. He lets out a whine and falls onto his back, kicking his legs in the air and letting his tongue loll out cutely—the way most guests find adorable—and he wags his tail when the boy looks down at him again.

Finally, the boy smiles and puts the sword away after he looks around him and sees that there is no one else around. Cherry squirms in victory when the boys hands go onto his stomach and start rubbing gently. Cherry can already tell that the boy is very kind. He loves this boy already.

"Link," a deep voice growls.

The boy jumps up like he's been burned and spins around. Cherry twists his body to see a man standing a few feet away looking very angry. Cherry rolls to his feet and whines but the boy ignores him and folds his arms across his body. Cherry instantly quiets down, knowing something bad is happening.

"Did I tell you you can stop practicing?" The man asks. Cherry doesn't like this man. Cherry does not like him at all.

"I'm sorry," the boy says quietly.

It's silent for just a second before the man suddenly lunges and punches the boy in the gut, or he would have if the boy hadn't whipped his arms out and expertly blocked the blow. Cherry scrambles backwards in surprise and barks, but he goes ignored as the man continues to attack the boy.

"Da- sir," the boy grunts as he blocks another ruthless blow. "I'm tired- can we-"

"Did I give you permission to speak!?"

The boy shuts his mouth with a click and the brutal fight continues. Cherry's tail sinks down beneath his legs and fear makes him whine. The man is still attacking and the boy is slowing down and starting to get hit. Cherry likes the boy, and it makes his whole body flinch when the boy takes a blow to the stomach, bringing a whimper out of him.

Cherry is a good boy. Cherry doesn't bite guests. But something takes over him and suddenly he's launching himself at the man. His jaw snaps closed around an evil arm and the man howls in well deserved pain.

-o-o-o-o-

"You pulled the sword?"

Izzy, a cat who lives in the castle, stops when she hears the hushed voice somewhere down the corridor. Curious, she pads forward and sits when she sees a man talking down to a young man. In the young man's arms is the most beautiful sword Izzy has ever seen… not that it matters. It's just shiny. She kind of wants to go over and swat at it.

"You know what this means, do you?"

The young man nods, his fingers are trembling. Strange, though that's not important to Izzy.

"You will bring the family name fame for years to come. This is what I have been training you for. What has the King said?"

"I'm to become Princess Zelda's personal appointed knight."

The man laughs and rubs his chin. Getting bored, Izzy brings her paw to her face and licks at her toes.

"Amazing. The rules are even more important now, son, don't forget them. You must keep up the image I have made for you now more than ever."

"Yes, sir."

The man reaches over and ruffles the young man's hair, but the young man simply stands still and stoney faced during what should have been an intimate gesture. Okay, now Izzy has completely lost interest in what's going on. She yawns and turns to leave.

-o-o-o-o-

The vulture is a sign of death, and he thinks there is plenty signs of that right now, but he's not dumb. The thing bringing death is evil and it won't let him eat, it will just kill him too. The sky is red and fire blazes and he just wants to fly away, but he's blinded by a golden light as he flies, a strong, powerful, hopeful golden light. It scares him more than anything, he doesn't stick around to find out what the light was.

-o-o-o-o-

The wolf is the most powerful creature in the wild, or that's what this wolf thinks. He wonders alone and hunts alone and is perfectly content doing so. The world is so wide and he's the king of it. He owns the forest, he owns the ruins, he lives and goes where he wants because no one, not even the monsters, will dare challenge him.

He has his territory, anything that goes in it dies.

He's wondering his forest, looking for a bite of food, when he sees something he rarely sees anywhere. A Hylian.

It's male and skinny and wearing horribly tattered clothes, not providing a smidge of protection for it's ugly bare skin. It is walking like a newborn, stumbling and panting. The wolf narrows its eyes. He's seen starvation before, and this Hylian clearly is suffering from it. Many have, he's seen so many Hylians collapse and whither away in the past few years.

Yet, this one seems special, important, even as the Hylian trips over its feet and lands on the ground hard. Even as it stills and clenches it's fists and screams into the dirt in anguish.

The wolf should kill it. Put it out of its misery… but that feeling that this one is special sticks around stubbornly. He growls to himself and turns away.

The sun sinks lower to the ground by the time he returns. The Hylian is still there, completely still, just blinking. The wolf sighs through the dead rabbit in its jaws and walks closer to the Hylian. It looks at him, startled, but too exhausted to do anything. The wolf sets the rabbit carcass down and the Hylian does nothing but stare.

The wolf huffs. Of course. The Hylian needs a fire to eat meat. How pathetic.

He turns and picks up a stick in his mouth, feeling humiliated but also that he needs to do this, and sets it down next to the Hylian. He goes and picks up another, and another, and another, until there's a small pile by the Hylian. Now it's up to it to eat. The wolf can't start a fire, he can't bring the Hylian all the way there.

He sits down and stares as it slowly blinks, then it's hand lifts and it's pushing itself up so it's sitting hunched back against a tree. With hands shaking, the Hylian reaches into its bag and pulls out a small black rock and a dagger. It takes a few tries, but soon there's a fire and the smell of cooking meat.

The Hylian eats, and when it looks up again, the wolf is gone, having finished what he felt he needed to do.

-o-o-o-o-

The horse is annoyed. Here she is, just wanting to nibble on the grass when all of a sudden a skinny person jumps on her back and grabs her hair. She's strong, she's wild, and he's weak. She kicks him off and he goes flying. She huffs and glares at him, but he's grinning and standing up from where he's landed, mud splashed against his face, making him look untamed.

She snorts and trots a distance away and continues to eat, but that's interrupted by the same skinny body and impish grin. She bucks him off and is extremely satisfied when she sees his own face screw up in annoyance. Good. He better be annoyed. It's only fair since he's ruining her lunch.

She trots away again, third time's a charm. Or it should be. Because once again the small body jumps on her back and clutches onto her hair. She doesn't even react. She just turns and glares at him.

He gives her a look, letting her know that she's not going to get rid of him.

Sighing in defeat, she shakes her head and let's him soothe her hair behind her ears. It kind of feels good... Though, the moment the small body gets off hers she's going to sprint away. She'll let him think he's won for now.

He rides her all the way to a small stable in the middle of the field. She can feel him get ready to jump off and she's about to bolt when he suddenly loses balance and tumbles hard onto the ground, an apple rolls from his hand.

Intrigued, she goes towards the apple and ignores the little person as he scrambles to his feet and brushes off his pants. He grabs the apple before she can get to it and holds it up in a teasing manner.

"If you want apples, you have to stay with me."

She glares at him. Who does this boy think he is? Does he really think she can be bribed with apples?

She eats it. Gets a new saddle. He calls her Zoie. As long as she gets apples she doesn't care. No, she doesn't care for the small person at all…

-o-o-o-o-

The cub is freezing, the bear thinks. The clouds rush above them and rain pelts down, soaking the world. Even she is cold, and she has thick fur to protect her. But this cub doesn't have fur, he's naked except for the strange cloth on his body. She can see him shivering beneath a tree canopy, rubbing his hands and glaring at the grass. The poor cub, she thinks.

She's about to leave it at that, she has her own cubs to think about back at the cave. She has to get food for her own, not this strange cub who looks like he won't survive the night with this rain.

Oh whose she kidding?

She goes through the undergrowth and approaches him. The moment the cub sees her his eyes widen and he jumps to his feet, a sword is drawn.

Not that it would do anything to her, he's weak and she's strong. The fear in his eyes confirms that he knows this. The wolves think they own the land, but the bear owns the wild. Nothing is stronger than she is.

She continues to approach and he sinks down to the ground, as if accepting his fate, but she doesn't bite his head off like what he must think. No, she grabs him by that strange cloth behind his neck and starts to drag him like she would with any other cub. He makes a surprised noise and a strange protest, but she ignores him and continues to gently carry him over to her home in the face of a cliff.

Her cubs make excited noises when they see the one in her mouth and they accept him willingly when she lays down and pushes them all against her, trying to keep them all warm. The strange cub stays very still for a very long time before she feels him relax and slowly fall asleep. She huffs and memorizes his scent, he's hers now. A child of the wild. He has a long road ahead of him, she's sure. But… she just knows he'll do just fine. Call it a mother's instinct.

-o-o-o-o-

The birds love to fly, but there is one place they never go. It's that really tall pointy thing in the middle of the fields. There's evil that lives there and strange monsters that like to shoot fire from their eyes. No way, they would like to keep their feathers on their bodies thank you very much.

But one day, that evil goes away with a grand explosion of golden light. It's so pure, and so beautiful. They watch as the great beast is taken down and destroyed, as light returns to the land. They fly, fly towards that structure and they wonder why they thought it was evil. It isn't, it's just a building. As they fly, they see a small Hylian. Two of them. One with a beautiful sword on it's back and the other with the face of a goddess.

Something special has happened, they think. Something very, very special.

-o-o-o-o-

"Wild, don't-"

The sound of a Hylian's voice is all the warning the stag gets before he's pounced on. Legs straddle his body and hands grab at his horns and he runs.

There's laughter coming from the person on his back, but the stag isn't happy at all.

-o-o-o-o-

For all of Wild's life, he has known the animals. They have always been there for him when people weren't, they have always brought him comfort, food, shelter, something to kill the boredom. He feels connected to them, even the ones he kills for food. He whispers thanks to them as he ends their lives, and he promises not to waste a single bit of their bodies. It's the least he can do, he thinks.

He's the Hero of the Wild, after all. The wild is his home, and the creatures that roam it are his brothers and sisters. It's strange, he knows, but he wouldn't ask for it to be any different.

[iamconstantine]

RWBY V2 E7: Dance Dance Infiltration

* I see you Ironwood. I see you. * Hiding at the Punch Bowl: a summary of both of the proms I’ve been to * Thank goodness Jaune actually showed up I want him to have fun * Did Neptune turn her DOWN? * “She had too much to focus on to worry about boys” okay either A) she just changed her mind the second he said yes? or B) shes lying and he for real turned her down * The acted laughter is weak with this one... * Jaune do not throw hands Jaune do not throw hands Jaune do not throw hands Jaune do not throw hands Jaune do not throw hands Jaune do not throw hands Jaune do not th

* How come some characters have cel shaded hair and some of them don’t? Is cel-shaded hair harder to animate? * lady in reeeeeeeeed...~ * thank goodness he’s finally getting his priorities straight. Let all your other friends who are having a good time keep going and focus on the one who’s sad * I feel so friggin bad for Pyrrha not having a date because she wanted Jaune to ask her out but I also can’t stop laughing cause: “Where is the guy?”

* Normally the angst of “Everyone thinks I’m too good for them” would come off as whiny or self-centered but it’s good the show is showing that it isn’t. Pyrrha is by NO MEANS whiny or self-centered. She’s very likely the best student Beacon has and because of that people have stopped seeing her as a person. She’s like the uber popular person everyone loved in high school you always wanted to hang out with but never had the nerve to ask. * “That’s what I like about you” MY HEART * (you hold me tight) * boy howdy call me a lollipop because I am a sucker for “over-glorified celebrity surrounded by people who only care about their fame and talent and not them as a person meets and falls in love with someone who sees them for them” * “You’re the kind of guy I wish I was here with” Jaune. She has said it. Point-blank. PLEASE don’t be oblivious about this. * At the same time I can’t help but feel there’s some shade-throwing here for him not asking her out * “Do you even care about the girls you’re hitting on? How they feel about you?” dapocrit dipocrit i smell a hypocrite * oh my good gracious that little whimper of icantdance * (Weiss Schnee I swear on my life if I find out you said that Neptune asked you out and you turned him down because you “didn’t have time for boys” when he actually turned YOU down because of this reason and you were too embarrassed to say what actually happened...) * or...wait, did he ask HER not to tell anyone? * Congratulations on the maturity Jaune * “don’t lie to my face” have I mentioned that Jaune is me and I am Jaune?

* You know what? Forget what I said about the girls’ dresses needing more diversity. Every guy here is wearing the exact same tux with different piping * 50% of me: Why is Penny here? Why would she be allowed to attend a school dance if she’s a WOMD? Other 50% of me: DANCE WITH HER. SOMEONE DANCE WITH HER. * Weiss’s tiny little scoot closer to Neptune haha

* my HEAAAAAARRRRRRT

* Jaune really did just pull her to him like a suave mofo didn’t he? * Also Jaune is way more jacked than I would’ve thought * here * we * go * yep. this is happening. and im okay with this. * Jaune has seven sisters. Noice. * girls in the crowd are giving him SERIOUS heart eyes right now * I’ll be honest and say that I don’t really ship White Knight (I think that’s the ship name for Weiss x Jaune?) but I am more than 100% down for them becoming the best of friends * and then

* there’s these assholes * “We should probably be home by midnight, to be safe” You know I was wondering when they were actually going to do any kind of mythology reference with Cinder being based on Cinderella but nothing could have prepared me for this * Eeeeeeeesh sorry but that animation of her running on the roof was not good. * why the catwoman suit, though? * Aaaaand the swinging butt shot * okay nvm the catsuit is lit. like in both senses of the word. * Her mask appears and disappears; not sure how that kind of animation error happens * COULD THEY ALWAYS ROCKET THEIR WEAPONS TO THEM?! DID I MISS SOMETHING? * RUBY CALL YOUR TEAMMATES NOT YOUR WEAPON * “Guess the ~general’s~ had enough ~fun~ for one night. Should we intervene?” what are you going to do quicksilver. you gonna kick him? you gonna kick a general? that’s all you can do so you gonna kick a general?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6SYrzgvi00

* Ruby lose the heels. like i dont want to call you a dumbass but... * yes, Ironwood!! * No, Ironwood!! * ngl that dress is gorgeous * “should we be ~worried~?” you should always be worried considering you got nothing but your twig legs to run in case something goes wrong * you’re not dancing. you’re not dancing, you’re just standing ther--YOU LITERALLY CAN’T EVEN USE YOUR LEGS TO DANCE YOU USELESS BITCH. * Pls tell me Ironwood won’t actually think RUBY is responsible?! * The “heads” line and the chess symbol makes me wonder if Cinder is also sort of the Red Queen? Or is she working for her?

[dragonwitch77]

Subcon Apartment Ch2

Snatcher was not a nice person.

Nope.

Totally not a good guy.

A very not so nice guy you would want to meet.

Mean?

Yes.

Rude manners?

Defiantly.

Find your pain fun?

Most certainly.

Any friends?

No.

Pick a fight?

Been to jail a couple of times.

Weaponry?

Advise not to leave anything sharp or deadly within his reaching range.

People person?

Only if he wanted something. Usually nothing good.

Listen to loud obnoxious music?

Loud enough for the neighbors neighbors to hear. And he does this on repeat.

Trickery?

…

Thieving or robbery?

He’s not low enough to steal from a bank. Doesn’t mean he shoplifts time to time.

Blood on his hands?

Well, he wasn’t sure.

But, still, Snatcher was NOT a good person.

Yep, most defiantly not a good person.

So why did he have a pecking small girl in his arms?!

“WHY DO YA HAVE A KID?!”

Snatcher flinched, the child in his arms flinching and burying her face against his chest. “Jeez, lighten up old timer. You’re scaring the kid.”

“Ah’m Scaring The Lass?! Why Do Ya Even HAVE A Kid With Ya?!”

“My word! They’re as thin as a twig!” Cookie came over, looking at the child top to bottom. “They’re in rags and—are those scars?! What in the world Snatcher!”

“I didn’t do this! She always had them!” Snatcher slapped a hand over his mouth. Eyes were on him.

“Snatcher, darling. Is there something you’re not telling us?” Grooves peered over his sunglasses, staring in worry with Cookie and the Conductor.

Seeing there was no way out of this now, Snatcher sighed in defeat. “I’ve been visiting this kid over a month.” He rolled his eyes as collective gasps filled the room. “Nothing important mind you! Kid was barely alive when I found her so I’ve been giving her some scraps to eat.” He adjusted his hold on the girl. “I just recently got her trust me enough to hold her.”

“Ya shouldn’t even be holden her!” Conductor stomped over to the tall individual, making a grab at the small child.

“Whoa! Mind your hands old timer!” Snatcher backed away from the Conductor’s grasp, keeping the child out of his reach. “She’s a fragile thing!”

“An’ you are a no good peck neck bum!”

“Language man!”

“Boys! Boys! Enough!” Cookie got between them, shooting a stern look at the Conductor. “You’re not helping anything and jostling the poor girl around!” She turned to Snatcher, looking him dead in the eye. “Snatcher, where did you find this girl? And why haven’t you told us about her till now?”

“Like I could even tell you about her.” Snatcher snorted. “Like I said earlier, I’ve been visiting her for over a month now. She… wasn’t living in the best place.”

“Where?” Conductor glared at him, placing his hands on his hips.

“Sheesh. Pushy much? At an old abandoned building I was, uh, exploring.”

“Exploring? Or vandalizing?”

“Hey! It’s not vandalizing if no one owns it.” Cookie rolled her eyes. “Anyway, the kiddo was hiding in one of the rooms and… in bad shape.” Snatcher chuckled slightly though, there wasn’t any mirth in his tone.

“Darling, why haven’t you taken her to the police? Or anyone with medical knowledge?”

“Do you people have short term memory or something? I said I just recently got her to trust me to hold her.” He looked at the girl. “She’s… shy around other people. Plus, what could I say to the police? Hey! I found this kid in an abandoned building that’s on its last legs with a bunch of open wounds and scars on her body! She’s pretty thin too, almost like a skeleton! Her parents? Don’t know! I hadn’t seen anyone else around who could have done this to her! Have a nice day~” Snatcher frowned deeply. “Yeah, that’s sure to go over very well with them.”

DJ Grooves gave a disproving look to Snatcher, crossing his arm. “Snatcher.”

“Look I don’t have the best track record okay?! One way or another they’ll think I did this to her, which I didn’t. I couldn’t take her to the police because I’d end up in cuffs. And I couldn’t take her to see a doctor because… I don’t know any good doctors to go to for… this.” He gestured to the kid. “I mean. Are there any doctors for this?”

Silence hung in the room as the three looked at each other. The child’s condition was bad. But was there a doctor out there who could help fix what this small girl had been through?

“Ay ay ay ay ayyy… Spook, yer really puttin’ yerself in a deep end. Are ya even sure she was alone?”

“Checked every nook and cranny of the place. She was the only one there.” Snatcher sighed, easing the girl to his other arm.

“Darling… you know we can’t let this slide under the police radar. They have to know about this.”

“Yeah? Well it’s not going to be me walking right up to them.”

“Listen, boys.” Cookie claimed everyone’s attention onto her. “Maybe it’d be best if this girl sees a doctor first before bringing the authorities into this. Just to make sure that she’s not in any danger.”

“Works for me!” Snatcher smiled, gazing down at the kid. “Though, it’s going to be some difficulty for the kid. She’s still a shy little thing.”

“Little is right!” The Conductor shoved his way forward, looking at the girl up and down. “She’s no bigger than a toddlin’ toddler! No bigger than a wee babe! How old is she even?”

“two.”

The four adults looked at the child in surprise. She silently stared back at all of them.

“Wait, two?!” Snatcher choked. “You’re two?!”

“That can’t be right darling!”

“THE LASS IS A TODDLER?! WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MINDS WOULD—WHEN I FIND THE PECK NECKS THAT DID THIS!”

“Conductor please! Calm down!”

Much to say that that night was a night that wouldn’t easily be forgotten. No matter how much they wanted to or couldn’t. And to say the least, no one slept easy that night.

[xiii-jb-46]

I don’t wanna be a princess

A/N: Watching this movie about princess and it gave me an idea. I’ve decided to slightly change it alittle.

Warning: swearing (mildish)

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I looked in the mirror of my house. It was a mansion somewhere in Riverdale. I hated living here and I’ve been living here for only a week. My parents sent me to Riverdale to live as a normal girl untill I was 18. Which is pretty poor decision because I’m 16. I only have two years left, Who knows what they were thinking.

Now I know what you are thinking. Your pribably thinking my parents own a huge company, right? Well your not completely wrong. My parent’s are the biggest mobster in South California. Well technically my dad is, my mother was from another gang you may say is from Toronto. My uncle is boss for that one and our two gangs are very close.

“Y/N it is almost time for school,” My twin brother walks in wearing what he usually wears. Sweater and ripped jeans, “You excited to meet new people and live without the everyone thinking your gonna kill them?” He stood behind me with a smile.

“I didn’t kill him. You did so back off.” I pushed past him making sure to hit him in the process. He always blamed things on me just because I was born first. I was going to take over and I was ready for it. I think.

I got into his black Lamborghini. When I mean got into he basically forced me because he said we don’t walk to school. We arrived at our new school already drawing attention to ourselves.

“I hate you so much. I hope you know that Ryan.”

“I hate you too Y/N.” I got out slamming the door. I looked at my reflection fixing my adidas originals 3 stripped leggings. I looked at my red chill short sweater. I looked okay and I felt okay.

“You look like a whale.” Ryan was leaning against his side of the car.

“Shut up norbit.” I slung my bag on my shoulders and walked in the school. I hated the looks and stares. It made feel pressured to be what how my entire family is. Dangerous and violent.

“Wait up Y/N!” My stupid brother finally caught up and looked down at my maroon timberlands, “You look terribly ugly wearing those.”

“Okay try hard. At least I’m not being someone I’m not, poser.” I walked ahead leaving him. I went into the office and saw the most cutest guy. My heart was bounding so fast just looking at him. His hair fell perfectly on his face. The turtle neck reminded me of my brother but that can be removed. He looked good in those preppy clothes. He smiled and I melted right where I was standing. I could church bells and it was like I had found an angle. It was so perfect until my brother came along.

“Y/N I have your schedule.” I ignored him looking at the cute stranger. “Y/N? Water to whale?” I elbowed him in the stomach. I looked at him and pushed him down.

“Stop calling me a whale you twig.” I wripped my schedule out his hand and punched him in the nose. It isn’t the first time I’ve done it. Thank god no one was paying attention. Blood came down his nose and ran down his lip. He glared at me and stood up.

“You bitch. You wait till I tell father.”

“So what! We all know who he favours!” Now the entire office was looking at us.

“Oh so what! I don’t need his approval!” I didn’t care about the stares anymore.

“You are an idiot and I hope you realise it.” Kneed him in the stomache and left. I cant deal with him or we would end up trying to kill each other.

I walked behind the school and threw sticks at the tree. “Idiot brother! Hope he falls in a sink hole created by mother nature!” I stomped on the stick and screamed.

“You okay?” I lool behind me and saw the cute stranger.

“No my brother really knows how to get on my nerves.” He sits on a bench and I sit next to him.

“Well looks you know how to get on his. He is walking around school with a bleeding nose.” I laugh thinking about it.

“He is always calling me a whale or daddy’s favourite. I never asked for him to favour me. I don’t even want it.” He laughed looking down at me.

“Your cute, princess.” I smiled blushing. My heart raced and I couldn’t believe being here would be a blessing.

The next few weeks were a breeze I became close to the cute stranger who’s name is sweet pea. When I mean close I mean we had an unofficial thing. I became friends with Jughead, Toni, Fangs, Betty and Veronica. Not so much Archie. It felt like he was keeping something to himself and I didn’t like it.

My phone rang and I when I looked at the caller ID I frowned. My brother stared at me weirdly and look down at my phone. “You better answer.” I nod answering the call.

“Hello father.” I said joyfully.

“Hello darling. I’m coming to Riverdale to sort some things out with an old friends.” He hanged up and I knew once he finished things up we would leave and I didn’t want to. I stood up from my couch and walked to my bedroom. What am I going to do? I sighed flopping on my bed.

“Why is it so hard to choose? If I follow my heart I end up captured and dead. If I folloe my mind. I’ll be miserable.” I looked at the roof and watched the fan go around and around.

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I was woken up by the sound of laughter and the smell of alchole and cigars. “So soon?” I look outside and see it was completely dark without a trace of any sun light. The moon barely visable in the corner of the window.

I got up and walked out to greet my parents but was surprised by an extra guest.

“Veronica? Archie?” I stared at her in disbelief.

“Y/N!?” She smiled as I took my seat next to Ryan. You would think she would have guessed I was here too if my brother was right here.

“Well this great. Our daughters know each other. We were just discussing about the serpents.” I gulped a little too loud.

“Whats wrong my dear?”

“Oh nothing they can be scary.” I pretend to hug Ryan as if I was scared and hebwould protect me. I heard Veronica’s little giggle.

“Well we were thinking of doing something about those serpents.” No please nothing dangerous.

“They are in the way of bussiness and we need them gone.” Ryan was trying so hard not to tell something and for father’s approval he would spill anything.

“Y/N knows a serpent and he is wrapped aeound her finger!” He burst out. I slapped the back of his head.

“Well this is going well then. You can use him to get him do your bidding and soon you will be in trusted and then from the inside we will crumble them their walls.” I stood up angrily

“No Father! I will not do your bidding for evil. I don’t care if you disown me. I will not break someones trust for you. Especially if I like them.”

“If you don’t, things will not go well for him. He may not even be alive.” His voice was calm without a trace of anger.

“Fine!"I ran up the stairs and cried myself to sleep. The next I didn’t bother with breakfast. I got ready and left for school. Without Ryan. He would just lecture me about how I disobeyed father and how he wouldn’t do that.

Regretfully I used Sweet pea and every night I cried myself to sleep. I can’t do it anymore but I was too deep to tell him. They had trusted me so much it was like I was one of them and by law Serpents never betray their own. My father was a good man but sometimes he could be cruel. My brother hated me deep down but he hid it away.

"Y/N you gonna eat?” I heard Ryan’s voice from the door.

“No. I’m not hungry.” He closed the door. The next day it was raining. I had barely made it inside without my hair getting wet. Veronica rushed to me with a worried look on her face.

“The serpents were suspended. They found out about the statue. They also found out about whag you had been doing Y/N.” I dropped my umbrella and ran to the south side. I didn’t care about the rain or the fact that when I find him. He wont want to see me at all.

Sweet pea was just about to walk in his tralier. “Sweets!” I yelled just 5 meters away. He looked back and walked in. I walked in just before he closed the door.

“What do you want Y/N?”

“To apologize.”

“Why so you can just break that too? I can’t believe you used me Y/N. After all the things I’ve done for you. I can’t believe I actually like you,” I looked down feeling all the regret I did all those nights, “you dont even care do you?”

“I do Sweet pea. I care so-”

“The why would you betray us!”

“Because! My father threaten to kill you! I love you Sweet pea and I didn’t want to see someone I care about die.” He looked at me shocked.

“Princess…”

“I cried every night because I regretted what I was doing. I held your life in my hands and one slip up would cost me. I hated it. I got to the point I regretted meeting you because I didn’t want this to happen. I didn’t want our unofficial love to end. I-” He grabbed my facd and kissed me on the lips with passion in eyes.

“We will protect you. Even if it means we all die. A serpent is never left to die.” I hugged him crying in his chest. The next few days were rough. My father found me and apologized to Sweet pea because my mother had found out what he did. My mother waa far scarier than my dad. I had told him I don’t want to be a mobster and he felt upset but agreed. My brother got what he wanted and I got what I wanted.

Finally I am at peace.

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[jincherie]

She Who Never Cried Wolf | Prologue

Another collab with @kitten-dont​! Pairing: BTS X Reader Genre: Angst | Gang!AU, Wolf!AU Words: 4k+

After being let go to live on her own by her family, y/n’s only choice is to move to her old hometown in a modern day mansion. Life goes by until y/n gets mixed up with some of the largest, most powerful gangs in the world. She soon comes to find that there’s more to the world then she could’ve ever imagined, and she’s not complaining. 

Kitten’s Note: Okay~ so we’re finally getting this series on the road. I’ve had this written for a while, but I never edited it. But now, here is this prologue.

Bun’s Note: I’m so hyped for this series as well!! Every single one of Kitten’s brainchildren are amazing, and speaking as someone who knows vaguely where this is going I’m so ready!!! Please enjoy this prologue and Kitten’s incredible writing!! 

This chapter was written by @kitten-dont​!!

My Masterlist || Kitten’s Masterlist

This time of the day had always been your favorite. The wind would blow throughout your hair, a nice contrast to the heat coming down from the sun. Birds would be chirping and you could hear frogs singing in a pond just to your right, making music for you to hear. The courtyard you were sitting in made these types of days all the better, a nice place to stay as you sat and wait.

Just like always, a wolf strolled through, stopping and starting at you for a second. It's coat was a light orange, almost sand like in color, and shone beautifully in the sun.  Being larger in size, you thought about how easily it could take down other creatures- including you. But you never worried about it, instead simply watching as it sat down on it's haunches, cocking its head to the side in a puppy-like fashion. You watched while it stayed still, waiting for the signal you would give it anytime you saw each other.

A smile and a wave. That was all.

It almost seemed to nod it's head at you before standing up, turning around and making its way back on the path to wherever it was going.

That type of meeting had been going on for longer than you could remember. You would sit in the courtyard, be it spring, summer, winter, or fall,  looking out for the animal. It would stay on the premises all year long, not a single day passing when you didn't see it. But your sighting wasn't always in the courtyard.

Sometimes you would be walking down the hall of your home, looking out the huge glass windows that made up a wall on one side and spot the animal, doing the same gesture as you just had. Other times, you saw it when you were about to go to bed, standing high up on your balcony and looking down to watch it go into the woods surrounding the premises. It shocked you at first that saw it so often, considering your house was one of the largest mansions in the world, but it happened so often that at this point it was expected. Now that you think about it, if you didn't see it, you would be more worried than not.

Getting out of your trance, you smiled to yourself, looking back down at the phone in your hands to pass time, mindlessly reading the screen.

Another hour or so passed before anyone came to get you. You were scrolling through your phone, reading a recent article before the sound of a twig snapping behind you  alerted you.You could who was there, smirking to yourself and pretending like you were oblivious when you felt their presence behind you. Seeing their hand reach over your shoulder, they grabbed for  your phone. Barely missing the man's wrist as it took your device, you got up, turning and facing the him as he blocked you from its reach.

You laughed, trying to grab the device from the man in front of you who was currently holding it above his head, the golden strands of his hair almost blinding you in the light.

“Ooo what're you looking at?” He lead the phone to his face, looking over the article you were previously reading, a large smile spreading his lips.

“Noé, give it back.” He was dodging all your advances, taking joy as you failed to lay a hand on him.

Noé had been one of your personal servants since you were seven, still staying with you even now at the age of eighteen.

Taken in by your family at five years old, he was found on streets of France during one of your parents trips. He trained for seven years, doing who knows what, before being assigned to watch over you when he turned twelve. Still watching over you, he was twenty three, five years older than you and having practically raised you for eleven. The fact that you had grown up together made him more of a big brother than a servant, your relationship making your life comfortable.

Grabbing at his grey t-shirt, you pulled him so that he was unsteady, using his lack of attention to grab your phone before tripping him. Falling to the ground, he looked up at you, fixing his outfit when you started speaking.

“It's about all the gangs that have been showing up. Apparently, a couple of them are getting together and forming larger ones.” You watched as his once happy smile faded for a split second before coming back again, the change so fast that you would've thought it never went away in the first place. Opening his mouth to question him, another person was heard, making you forget what you were going to say.

“What’re you guys doing in here?” You heard a female voice come from behind the both of you, causing your head to spin around to show a taller girl with long thick black hair.

“Olive!” Smiling, you ran over to her, tackling her to the ground while engulfing her in your arms. She laughed, her chest shaking your head with every breath she took in.

Olive, or as her full name is, Olivia Gayoso. She was your second assigned servant. Adopted from a family in Spain. She had been with you for nine years, serving you since she was ten. She had trained with Noé starting at five, him helping her after having trained a couple years longer than her. Even though Noé was older by two years, Olivia always took care of you both like an older sister, insisting that you listen to her.

“Hey y/n. How are you?” She wrapped her arms around you, hugging you back as Noé sat down next to her.

“Good. I was just reading something before you both came. How are you?” You pushed yourself off of her, helping her to sit straight up so you could all talk better.

“That’s good. I'm doing fine, busy as always, but better now that I saw you.” She reached out and grabbed your cheeks, pulling on them as Noé laughed at the face you were making.  Letting go, she sat back, resting all her weight on her hands, and closing her eyes as the wind blew through her hair. “What were you reading?”

You rubbed your cheeks not answering, while pouting as you thought about how you looked, sure they were now red. Noé sighed, choosing to speak up, answering for you as his voice became more serious than before.

“She was reading an article about the gangs and their activity.” Olivia’s eyes opened quickly as her body seemed to tense. She sat up correctly and looked at Noé, and expression that you didn't understand on both of their faces.

“What's wrong?” You looked at them both, not liking that there was something you didn't know going on between them. You had all grown up together, everything being shared between each of you despite your age differences. Now though, the air around you was tense and made you uneasy, but as soon as you had said something, they seemed to go back to normal.

Olivia cleared her throat, getting up and dusting her jeans off before helping both you and Noé up.

“Nothing is wrong, I just remembered what we had originally came here for.” Noé nodded his head, continuing to explain as you started to walk inside.

“You're schedule is pretty busy today, but don't worry, we'll be here for most of it.” Nodding your head, you stepped inside, the coolness of the house prickling your skin.

“First, you have tutoring for three hours. Then, you have vocal for an hour. After that, you have dance and defense for four hours. And lastly, you'll help with making dinner then eat, getting the rest of the time to yourself.”

Sighing, you looked up at them.

“Why do I have to do all of this again? I never leave the house anyways, and I don't know anyone except all the servants and a few of Father's friends.” Noé turned around, petting you on your head as you all stopped in the middle of the hall.

“I know, but it's what your Father wants.” He stopped his movements, looking down at you. “Why are you asking this now though? You've been doing all of this since you were little, what's wrong with it now?”

You looked down at the floor, both Noé and Olivia looking at you with worried expressions.

“That’s the problem. I've been doing all of this since I was little.” You looked up at their faces, trying hard to convey what you were thinking. “I learn, but don't get to do anything with all that I know. I'm taught how to sing and dance, but I never perform for anyone. I know defense, but I've never had to use it. None of what I do makes sense.”

They were silent the whole time you were speaking. They still didn't open their mouth, giving you one more chance to speak.

“I want to do something other than sit in this house my whole life. I'm eighteen, and I've never been outside before, and that's not right.” Finally being done, they both glanced at each other, almost looking guilty of something. Olivia walked over to you, both of her hands on your shoulders as she looked in your eyes.

“We know y/n, and we feel bad about that, really. Sadly, there's nothing we can do about it. So come on, let's go to the first thing on your schedule.” She started walking as you stood there for a second, watching her leave. You felt as though what you had said fell on deaf ears.

Disappointment washed over you as your head hung low, your body following behind her, and Noé walking beside you with an arm swung around your shoulders, trying to comfort you.

After the grueling hours of your schedule were finally over, you started to walk back to your room. The sun was long gone from the sky as stars started to appear outside, filling up the night in a beautiful way. You walked down the large hallways, passing by other house servants who waved and greeted you on their way.

The servants weren’t really how servants were depicted in the movies you had watched, or books you had read. None of them were dressed in any sort of suits or fancy attire, most of them dressing casual with jeans or shorts, leggings or sun dresses here and there. They were all from different parts of the world, so you knew many different languages due growing up around them. The ages of all the servants differed in many years, the youngest being Olivia at 21 and the oldest being your father's main servant at 67.

Nobody spoke very formally, unless there were special guests in the house or a party going on. You were allowed to wear whatever you wanted, sometimes a crop top with shorts, or a sweatshirt with pants. The house was pretty lenient on everything, but they all did their assigned jobs well. You were comfortable where you lived, there were hardly any rules, except for two: Never leave the premises, and Don't go onto the right side of the house unless instructed to.

Even though your home was one of the largest in the world, you still felt trapped. Those two rules had kept you confined your whole life. Even with all the stories the servants told you about the outside world, and all the different ways they tried to bring their culture to you, you couldn't help but feel like you were missing out on a lot.

You sighed as you reached your room, opening the large doors to reveal your even larger room. Walking over to your bed, you flopped down, rolling on your side, and facing the glass doors that opened to your patio.

“I just wanna go outside.” You said the words as a whisper, hoping that they would reach the ears of anyone. But then again, no one was in the room with you. Closing your eyes and taking a deep breath in, you sat up and opened then again, regrouping yourself and your thoughts. Looking around once more though, you saw a note sitting on your bedside table, your name written in a fancy lettering on the outside.

“Oh? What's this?” Gabbing it and picking it up, you flipped it over, opening the envelope and taking the letter out.

'Dear y/n,

      When you see this letter, come to my office immediately. I have something important that I need to discuss with you.

                                      Father’

Reading it, you immediately got up, already heading out the door to where he was.

'Why would he want to see you? You hadn't talked to him in weeks, maybe even months, so what could be so important now?’ Your feet shuffled through the halls, downstairs and upstairs weaving through the house. Your heart was beating fast in your chest, light sweat starting to roll down your face as your breathing sped up.

He had asked to see you, not only that, but in his office to, his office that was located in an area that you were never allowed to enter- the right side of the house.

It took you what felt like hours to finally reach his doors. It was eerily silent, no one around, which was unusual for this time of day. You turned you head straight, looking at the wood faced in front of you. The doors looked huge to you, the presence of your father prominent even outside of them. If you felt intimidated in the hallway, how would you feel actually inside the room?

The thought scared you slightly as you took a deep breath in, placing your hand over your heart in an attempt to calm it down.

'It’s fine y/n. He's just your father. Nothing bad is going to happen. You'll be okay. Just breathe.” Giving yourself a pep talk, you looked straight forward, a wave of courage flowing through your body as you stepped past the doors.

Once inside, the air seemed even worse than you had imagined, all pep talk and courage being left outside as you close the doors. The sound of them shutting seemed to startle you, as you looked around and spotted him, but he wasn't alone.

Noé and Olivia stood by his side, their faces shooting up to look at you as they heard you come in. You father looked up at you, his face serious as he called you over.

“Ah, y/n. Please, come in.” You walked forward slowly at his call, stealing glances at Noé and Olivia who tried to keep their gaze from you.

“What am I here for? What are Noé and Olive doing here?” Your father looked you in the eye and then at them, their bodies visibly slouched as they heard their name.

“Would you like to sit first, or how about something to drink instead?” You father pointed to the chair which you sat in as you shook your head.

“No I'm fine, thank you though. But really, why am I here.” The silence in the room got heavier as you heard him breath in. Slowly, he raised a glass of water to his lips and drank, the time allowing for more unease to slip in as you felt your hands starting to feel sweaty.

“You’ve been doing good around here, haven't you.” You nodded your head, showing you were listening as he continued.

“I've been busy, so I'm sorry I haven't been able to see you or talk to you as much as I've wanted to lately.” You kept nodding, remembering how close you both used to be. When you were little, he was always with you. Your mother, him, and you used to cook together everyday, making meals for the whole house. Both of your parents would call all of the servants working to play large games of hide and seek and tag with you, movie nights would be held on Fridays, large festivals in the courtyards representing different countries on Tuesday- you were always happy. You were still content of course, but everything had gone downhill after while.

Death had arisen in the family when you were six, the whole of the house mourning for quite some time. Your father tried to keep everything intact, still doing all the different activities you used to. But months later work started to pile up for your dad, leaving Noé and Olivia in the positions they're in now. It was hard at first for you, but you had gotten use to it now. That's why all of this just made the whole ordeal even more confusing for you.

“I've been fine, but why are you calling me in here now?” The room went silent as the tension in the room seemed to reach its peak, the largest amount of tension you’d ever felt before. Your father got up, walking around Noé and Olivia moving so he was leaning against the front of his desk.

You stared at him, body frozen as you waited for him to speak. You could feel your heartbeat against your chest lightly, trying to anticipate what he was going to say, but nothing that you thought of could have compared to what came.

“You're moving out of this house.” Your mind went completely blank as you stared at him, nothing registering until a couple of second later.

“What?” Your voice came out as a whisper, the words sound like a breath, but being picked up by your father.

“After thinking for awhile, I think it's time you go out and see the world. There's so much that you don't know, and being trapped behind these walls isn't going to help.” He reached behind him, your eyes following to find an envelope the exact same as the on in your rooms held in his hands. He handed it to you, watching as you opened it to reveal multiple bills of money. “This should last you for a year, your flights ticket is in there, and you'll be leaving tonight.”

You reached searched through the money, finding the ticket with a flight set to leave three hours from now. You were excited, finally being able to leave the house after all these years. The smile on your face was stuck there, ears thoroughly listening to the rest of what he said.

“You'll be moving to a house six hours by flight away from here. School will start in a week. You'll be on your own from now on, we won't be in contact anymore.” The last sentence confused you as the happiness in you started to fade, a distant sense of alarm beginning to build within you.

“We won't be in contact anymore? What do you mean?” He sighed, his eyes looking into yours as they filled with sorrow.

“From now on you are not a part of this family. You will not be allowed back here, and must find a means of living as no more money will be given to you once you run out.” The tone of his voice was empty, void of emotion, and you felt your hand start to shake. Fear welled up in you, multiple emotions moving through your veins as tears stung the edges of your eyes.

“Why? Have I done anything? Is it because I didn't practice hard enough? I'll work harder, I just-” Olivia cut you off, moving and wrapping her arms around you, stroking your hair as her voice came out, just as strained as yours.

“Shh, shh, you didn't do anything. You've been perfect. This isn't your fault.” You sniffles filled the air while you spoke.

“What about Noé and Olive, will they come with me too?” The thought of them being with you made your heart calm down a little and your breathing more stable. You knew that everything would be okay if they just stayed by your-

“No, they'll be staying here with me. But they will walk you to the car that'll take you to the airport. Speaking of which, it's time for you to go now.” Your heart completely stopped along with all feeling around you. How could he just push you out of the only place you've ever known without a second thought. Olivia released you suddenly, walking around your chair to stand in front of your father, clearly as surprised as you were about this.

“But sir, you said that-” He cut her off, his voice harsh and his eyes flashing in warning.

“I said that she is leaving now, and that you are taking her to the car. All of her stuff has already been packed and is waiting in the trunk. Once you are done, report back here.” He turned around, walking back to sit behind his desk. Oliva was also moving, following in his direction until being stopped by Noé.

“Come on, let's go. There's nothing we can do now.” She shook her head, clearly angry by what was going on, but unable to speak her mind. Walking to your chair, Noé grasped your arm, lightly helping you up onto numb legs that trembled under the sudden weight.

Silently, all three of you walked down the hallways. Nobody could say anything, as this whole thing didn't seem real. Noé’s arm was slung around you, giving some form of comfort as Olivia lead you outside and held open the car door for you.

Looking down at the seat in front of you, tears began to flow down your face again. So many questions filled your head that it felt as though it would explode. The pounding sensation you felt flowed through your body from top to bottom, leaving not a single place calm. Your body was frozen, unable to move as you felt two pairs of arms around you.

“We're so sorry. There was nothing we could do. We- we really didn't know that this was how it was going to turn out.” Noé’s voice came from your right ear as Olivia's came from the left.

“We thought that- we honestly didn't know that you would be alone like this.” They were both crying now, voices wreaked as they both took in large gasps of air. You realized that this wasn't hard on just you, but them too. You couldn't let them be sad that you were leaving, they didn't deserve that. Wrapping on arm around both of theirs, and lifting your other to wipe your eyes, you cleared your throat.

“It's fine. I've wanted to be able to see what the world was like for awhile.” You removed their hands and got out of their grasp, turning around so that you could face them. Smiling, you dried their faces, holding their both of their cheeks in separate hands. This would be the last time you would ever see them again. The two most important people in your life were about to be gone forever.

Looking into both of their eyes, you noticed that they must of realized the same thing. Olivia started lightly chuckling, followed by Noé and then you. The sounds filled the air, happiness mixed with sorrow leaving the only thing to be heard in the night. Looking back at the large house, you felt wetness on your cheek.

“I always wanted to see the outside world, but I never thought it would happen like this.” Shaking your head, you closed your eyes. The air blew through your hair, a cool and calming feeling contrasting that of the heat filling your veins as you thought of everything you would be leaving behind.

You felt two pairs of arms wrap around you, two bodies softly cried by your ears as three bodies started shaking in unison. You put your own arms around them, your face going into the crook of one of their necks as your tears mixed onto their skin.

“We’ll always be by your side, promise.” You heard Olivia’s voice from you left, her voice cracking with every syllable as you felt her tears hit the skin of your neck.

“No matter the time, no matter the place, we will be there. Even if you cannot see us, we’ll be right by you.” Noé's voice fell on your right side, a pair of arms around your back holding you tighter as you felt everything inside of you shatter. You didn’t hold your voice back, loud sobs leaving you mixed with gasps for air that you didn’t feel reach your lungs.

The world didn’t seem to move, the sky stuck in a pink and purple contrast, white clouds fit in with them. Black silhouettes of birds flew through the colors standing atop the brick house that you had know your whole life, but were never allowed to step foot inside again.

[elliotthezubat]

DEATH CITY DAYS CHAPTER 112

 atsushi: *asleep*

Kenji: *asleep upside down next to him*

Tanizaki: *splashes water on his face in the bathroom*

naho: *vibrating with excitement*

Tanizaki: *exits the bathroom, nudges Atsushi*

atsushi: *snrk-* a-WHA-WHAT-WHERE AM I?!

Tanizaki: "?! Easy, easy--you're in the hotel..."

Kenji: =w= "Zzz..."

atsushi: oh, right right. *yaaaaawn*

-BANG BANG BANG-

naho: GUYYYYS HURRY UP!

Tanizaki: "???" *checks the time on his phone*

-7 AM-

Tanizaki: -_-; "We haven't even eaten yet--"

maki: easy, naho, calm breaths.

naho: ahhh im so excited i cant stand it! >w<

Tanizaki: ^^; "Atsushi, I guess pick up the pace."

naomi: we're actually going to meet touya diaz and caleb brent and carina bishop IN. THE. FLESH.

maki: i hear the hotel's cafe is doing a morning special on toast to go.

Kenji: *bounces up* "TOAST?!"

-elsewhere-

caleb: hmmm. should i do this in costume or not?

Touya: *looking through his phone* "Depends--how much attention you looking for?"

caleb: >n< im just trying to do this right. its been a while since last i did one of these contest fan meet ups.

Estevez: "I think it's best to give the audience what they want."

caleb: i just hope that crazy wiggum girl doesnt try to break in again. she scares me. Q_Q;;

Estevez: "Caleb, I don't want you having to worry. I'll ask for increased security."

caleb: thank you sir.

amanda: hey guys. *waves* good luck with today's meet up.

caleb: t-thanks amanda.

Touya: *grunts, still staring at the phone*

amanda: hey touya.......mr estevez.

Estevez: "..." *nods*

Touya: *looks through text messages* "?? No word from Carina."

caleb: i saw her this morning earlier...

amanda: maybe she's still getting ready?

Estevez: "She needs to hurry..." *stands up*

amanda: why dont i go get her?

caleb: just dont sneak up on her, she's been a bit on edge lately...

Estevez: *looking on his phone for medicines...*

amanda: *walks up to carina's trailer* *knocks* carina? the othesr are waiting on you.

-silence-

amanda:....carina? you ok in there?

-silence-

amanda: miss bishop? helloooo?

-no answer-

amanda:.....carina? are you in there? *grabs the door handle. it's unlocked* ?? *opens* carin-......a-....*SCREAMS*

Estevez: "?!!!"

Touya: *leaps up* "What's going on?"

caleb: amanda? what happ- !!!!!

-in the trailer, carina lays on the ground, eyes wide open, throat slit open, blood everywhere-

maggi: what happened? i heard yelling. *looks* o-oh my god, oh my god!

Estevez: *calling the police*

-elsewhere-

fuyumi: *worried, making a call*

Todoroki: "Hello?"

fuyumi: SHOUTOOOOO! ARE YOU ALRIGHT?!

Todoroki: "...Hello. Yes, I am fine. How are you?"

fuyumi: im just glad you're ok! i just saw the news!

Todoroki: "Yes. It was frightening, but no one in my class is seriously injured."

fuyumi: will you be home soon?

Todoroki: "Yes. I-Island security wants to debrief us, however, then they seem focused on keeping outsiders away for a bit."

fuyumi: i guess that's understandable.

Todoroki: "It'll be fine, and I'll be home before you know it."

-elsewhere-

mitsuki: easy there inko, easy.

inko: Q~Q *unintelligable blubbering and screaming*

Masaru: *offers a paper bag*

inko: *takes it and starts breathing into it*

mitsuki: need something to drink? water? zinfandel spritzers?

Masaru: ._.; ("Little early for drinks, but understandable...") ^^; "I'll try calling. Again." *dials*

mitsuki: need us to set up the guest room for you for a bit?

inko: yesh pleashe Q~Q

Masaru: "... ...Come on, answer..."

eijiro: yes? this is bakugou's phone, eijiro speaking.

Masaru: "Oh, Eijiro! It's Katsuki's father, hello. Is he there?"

eijiro: yeah, he's here now. *away from the phone* bakugou, it's your dad calling!

Bakugo: "WHAT?! WHY ARE YOU ANSWERING MY PHONE?!"

Masaru: ._.; ("I've called 4 times already with no answer...")

eijiro: you were still in the bathroom-

Bakugo: "GIVE ME THAT!" *snatches the phone* "OLD MAN, I WAS GOING TO CALL YOU, BUT IT WOULD'VE BEEN 4 AM WHERE YOU ARE!"

Masaru: "I know, I know--and I appreciate that concern. But your mother and I were worried sick. Are you okay?"

Bakugo: "OF COURSE I'M FINE!"

Masaru: ^^; "Great. Let me put your mother on..."

mitsuki: thanks honeybun~ *picks up the phone* KATSUKI YOU LITTLE SHIT! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?! ARE YOU TRYING TO GET KILLED OR SOMETHING!?!

Masaru: ^^;;;;

Bakugo: "OH, HERE WE GO! WERE YOU THE ONE WHO HAD VILLAINS INVADING YOUR RECEPTION? WERE YOU THE ONE FACING OFF AGAINST SOME MONSTER AND A GUY WHO DELETES SPACE? WERE YOU THE ONE LOST WITH TWO KNUCKLEHEADS WHO WOULDN'T KNOW THEIR ASS FROM A HOLE IN THE GROUND?!"

mitsuki: AND WHERE THE HELL IS IZUKU?! HIS MOTHER IS HERE WORRIED SICK ABOUT HIM!

Bakugo: "I'M NOT HIS BABYSITTER! HE'S PROBABLY CRYING AT THE HOSPITAL OVER A PAPERCUT!"

mitsuki: WELL FIND HIM AND PUT HIM ON THE PHONE!

Bakugo: "IF IT'LL SHUT YOU UP ALREADY--I GOT THINGS TO DO TODAY!" *steps outside, bangs on a door* "GET OUT OF THERE, NERD!"

Izuku: O_O; "..." ("Nope.")

Bakugo: "DUMBASS, IT'S YOUR MOM!"

Izuku: "?!" *slightly opens the door* "O-Oh?"

Bakugo: *shoves the phone in his face* "STOP MAKING HER WORRIED AND TALK, DAMN YOU!"

Izuku: "H-Hello?"

mitsuki: hi there izuku. ^^ im gonna put your mom on now, ok?

Izuku: "Oh, thank you, Mrs. Bakugo."

inko: *takes the phone* ISHUKHUUUU *unintelligable blubbering and crying*

Izuku: Q_Q *crying, incoherent blubbering response*

Bakugo: ._______. "...What the fuck am I looking at?"

mitsuki: *sigh* the fruit doesnt fall far from the tree, it seems.

Masaru: "Indeed. At least they're safe."

-elsewhere-

Kyotoku: *headbanging into the phone* "KYOKA! I'M SO GLAD YOU’RE SAFE!!!!"

jirou: yeah, im ok dad.

Kyotoku: "WWAAAAAAAAAAH!" T~T "They feeding you well? The cops aren't a problem, are they?"

jirou: -_-; im not in jail, dad.

Kyotoku: "You never know! I once shared a cell with Bowie!"

jirou: david bowie or the bird?

Kyotoku: *SINGING* "BOOOOOOOOTH!"

-elsewhere-

Mr. Uraraka: "I'm so proud of you!"

ochako: aw thanks dad. ^^;

Waiter: *sets down food*

Mr. Uraraka: "Make sure to rest up--you're going to need to re-charge."

Waiter: *sets down a cell phone charger in front of Kaminari*

kaminari: -_-;

Hagakure: *has jam on her face from the pastries* =w= "So good..."

mina: thanks for the recommendation, melissa!

melissa: no problem. ^^

Iida: *passes the steamed vegetables*

-elsewhere-

Patty: "Upsie daisy!"

shiori: ^o^

Patty: "Aren't you a cutie? How's it going, kiddo?"

shiori: *baby babble*

Patty: "Hee hee! Want to see something really cool?"

shiori: bah?

Patty: "Kid! The topiary is off on one side--"

Kid: *rushes in, already in overalls, a sunhat, and a tool kit of clippers* "Ready!"

shiori: *head tilt* ~?

Patty: "You changed so quickly, like magic!"

Kid: "I cannot afford to let one bit of asymmetry manifest in this estate." *looks behind her* "...Wait...That topiary looks fine--"

Patty: *giggles* "Trick ya!"

Kid: -~-

shiori: *reaching* ki! ki!

Kid: ^^; *sets down the clippers, pushing them away, picks up Shiori* "Hello, Shiori!"

shiori: *laughs* ^o^

Patty: "D'aw..." *snaps a pic on her phone, texting it*

-elsewhere-

Chuuya: "??? That's a lot of cupcakes..."

miyuri: ^w^

sonia: so what else do we all need?

Chuuya: "Hmmm...Some leafy vegetables."

miyuri: *GASP* papa! sonia! look! *holding up broccoli* baby trees!

Chuuya: "Yep--that's broccoli. It's good to eat."

miyuri: can we eat trees too?

sonia: broccoli isnt a tree. it's a vegetable.

miyuri: ooooh.

Chuuya: "There are things that come off trees, like fruits." *reaches for an apple--stops...grabs an orange instead*

miyuri: oooh neat!

sonia: oranges are technically citrus. ^^;

Chuuya: "Yes--good for vitamin C to grow big and strong."

miyuri: wooow!

Chuuya: "How about we make a salad tonight?"

sonia: sounds good.

Chuuya: "I'll even show you some different vinegars to try."

-elsewhere-

lavender: saaakuyaaa~ you have a visitor~

Sakuya: -____- "I'm not really feeling like visitors."

lavender: you sure about that?

mahiru: i could come by later-

Sakuya: "?!!! Ma-Mahiru?!"

mahiru: *waves* hey sakuya.

Sakuya: *smiles--then tries to play it cool* "Oh, hey. What's up?"

mahiru: lavender invited me over to hang out with you. ^^;

lavender: you're welcome~

Sakuya: "Oh...Um...How you been? Hungry?"

mahiru: sure.

-elsewhere-

Kanin: "Wow, watch out!" *holds out an arm before crossing the street*

amelia: *stops*

*a car speeds by--followed by police*

amelia: *watches*

Villain: *cackling in the car*

amelia:...

Kanin: "Someone should help stop them..."

amelia: *looks up*

*vines come down, forming a wall that--*

Villain: "!!! SHI--"

*crash*

Villain: *hits the air bags* *groans...* *starts...falling apart like slime?!*

mt lady: what the-

Villain: *tries to slither away into the sewers...*

mt lady: *pulls out a vacuum*

Villain: O____O *scurrying as fast as it can to the sewer grate--*

-VRRRRR-

Villain: "EEEEEEK--" *sucked in, but not before some splashes onto Kamui*

Kamui: "?!"

mt lady: oops, missed a spot. *uses the vacuum on kamui*

Kamui: -_-; "Watch that--you're going to pull twigs out."

-elsewhere-

ochako: thanks for the food! *eating a burger* mmm~ yum!

Izuku: ^^; "We're all finally able to get a break."

kaminari: hey tokoyami, i got a question for ya; do you ever molt?

Tokoyami: "..." *sips on his straw*

eijiro: *smiles*

Bakugo: -_-# "Don't ask stupid questions--we don't ask you whether you get static cling if we shove you in the dryer."

eijiro: *still smiling*

Bakugo: "...WHAT?"

eijiro: you called me by my first name last night. ^^

Bakugo: "?!!! ..." >\\\> "Don't make anything out of it--I'LL CALL YOU WHATEVER I WANT TO GET YOUR ATTENTION IN A FIGHT, YOU DUMBASS!"

eijiro: ^^

ochako: same old bakugou. ^^;

Todoroki: *nods* "Very tsundere."

ochako: *giggles*

Todoroki: *smiles* "Ha."

melissa: ...

Todoroki: "You see they started the concert again?"

ochako: yeah, we should check it out later.

Todoroki: *nods* "Sounds great. My sister was telling me about the instruments they're using--they change the notes by colors."

ochako: wow that's so cool!

Todoroki: "Yeah!" *smiling wider*

melissa:...say, todoroki, may i talk to you for a moment.

Todoroki: "Oh...Um, okay?" *looks at Ochako* "Be right back."

ochako: ok, im gonna get some more ketchup in the meantime.

Todoroki: "?!!!" .\\\\. "...Huh?"

melissa: you seem to smile more around her than most of the others in your group.

Todoroki: "I...smile. At times."

melissa: you also seem to look at her a lot.

Todoroki: "?!! I-I'm not trying to be creepy or anything."

melissa: ^^; sorry, if this is a bit personal-

Todoroki: "It-It's fine...Not many people have said something like that to me."

melissa: ah...well, that's all i wanted to say.

Todoroki: "...Could I ask for some advice?"

melissa: sure.

Todoroki: "If it was you...what would you do? I...don't know that I'm...deserving."

melissa: ._.; honestly, im not the best person to ask in regards to that sort of thing, but she seems happy around you, doesnt she?

Todoroki: "Y-Yes? But Ochako is a very friendly person."

-elsewhere-

naomi: were almost there!!

Tanizaki: "Right..." *looking at a map on his phone*

naho: >w<

Kenji: *looking around* "Ooooo! So modern!" *staring at the palm trees and--* "Shiny lightposts!"

maki: *snapping pics*

Tanizaki: "Sending any of those back home?"

maki: yeah.

Kenji: "Atsushi, what do you want to see while we're here?"

atsushi: i dont even know where to begin. ._.;

Tanizaki: "How about the giant 'Hollywood' sign? It's a bit of a climb, but I heard the view is incredible."

atsushi: sounds good.

Kenji: "I want to see how they put movies on the screens! How do they get all of that done in just one go?"

maki: it takes a long time to make a movie, days, months, even years sometimes.

naho: even the police get called in to make movies, see?

naomi:....guys....i dont think they're acting....

Tanizaki: "!!!"

maki: oh-oh shit!

Kenji: "??? What happened?"

naomi: i dont know. bro, stop the car!

Tanizaki: *pulls over*

naomi: *gets out and walks over*

officer: ma'am, this is a crime scene, we're going to have to ask you to vacate the area-

naomi: what happened?

EMT: *removing a body...*

naomi: !!!!

Tanizaki: "...Someone died?"

naomi: who died?!

officer: that's classified-

Kenji: "How sad. Were they an actor?"

naomi: we just so happen to be detectives!

Officer 2: "Hmm...Well, she was found dead in her trailer."

naho: who?!

Officer 2: "...Carina Bishop."

naomi: !!!!!!!

maki: WHAT, NO!!!

Tanizaki: "!!! H-How did this happen?"

officer: we're looking into it now.

Tanizaki: ._.

naho: WE WONT LET OUR JOURNEY BE FOR NOTHING!

maki: JUSTICE FOR CARINA!

Kenji: ^^ "Let's do this!"

officer: ._.;;; i'll talk to commander fold...

Tanizaki: "Th-Thanks..." *looks around*

-there are officers and crewmembers about the place-

make up artist: well, i heard amanda screaming, and when i came in, i saw the body.

Tanizaki: "It could've been anyone..."

???: it's a good riddance honestly.

Kenji: "...?"

-a short, somewhat chubby girl with brown hair is talking to an officer-

???: that mary-sue bitch was dragging the show's quality down. with her gone, things can only improve.

naomi: exCUSE moi?!

Tanizaki: "Naomi, easy--"

naomi: a person just DIED and you just bash on her?!

???: that's what she gets for being in the way of zephro!

naomi: SHIPPING SLASH DOESNT JUSTIFY HATING ON THE HEROINE! D8<

maki: YOU TELL 'EM!

naho: ESTELLA MARSHALL DID NOTHING WRONG!

Tanizaki: -n-;

caleb: what the heck is-... oh great. _you_ again.

???: nero-kun! these twats are actually DEFENDING that breeder, carina! we all know they're idiots and that zepher is your one true love, right~?

caleb: for fucks sakes, wiggum, how many times do i have to tell you, i'm caleb. nero is a fictional character.

wiggum: THE NAME IS 'KOKORO'!

Kenji: "Wow, are all fans in this city this mean?"

maki: nah, she's just one of the crazy fans most likely.

naho: it's people like her who give us fujoshis a bad rep!

Tanizaki: "And that's saying something."

atsushi: *looks at the crime scene*

Officer 3: "Careful!"

atsushi: *looking around*

*it's bloody...*

atsushi:.....

Officer 3: "Don't touch anything! We don't need some outsiders screwing this up."

atsushi: *shows his ID*

Officer 3: "Is that supposed to impress me? What are you, 16?"

atsushi: 19, actually.

Officer 3: "You ever see this kind of a murder before?"

atsushi: i am a detective, so...

Officer 3: "In your opinion, then, how do you think this happened?"

atsushi: did miss bishop have any enemies?

Officer 3: "You kidding me? Actors always do: fans, other actors, writers..."

atsushi: hmm...

Officer 3: "We're starting with interrogating her coworkers, find out who had motive and means."

-elsewhere-

lukas: so how was the trip, saria?

Saria: "A lot of fun! We roasted marshmallows, Dad tried a new grilled cheese recipe. And we got to watch the wildlife." *sets down some sodas* "How have things been for you?"

lukas: same old, same old, i suppose.

Saria: *nods* "Well, I'm excited to get back to training with you, especially before the summer desert camp work. Looking forward to the camp work?"

lukas: i suppose so.

Saria: "Let's do our best! I'm sure we can improve our resonance rate!"

lukas: right. shall we go to the training room then?

Saria: *nods* "Lead the way!"

-elsewhere-

Sakuya: "And that's been about it--just trying to stay under radar so we don't get some C3 weirdos bringing us in."

mahiru: ah. i see.

Sakuya: "...You sure you're doing okay?"

mahiru: hmm? oh, yeah im well. kuro's well too, see?

Kuro: =_= "Zzz..."

Sakuya: "...Yeah, totally." *poke*

Kuro: "Stop that."

-elsewhere-

*someone is sitting at Vortex Cafe*

Akutagawa: "..."

lucy:....akutagawa.

Akutagawa: "...Montgomery. Hello."

lucy: let me guess, tea again?

Akutagawa: "No. I'll also have some tea cookies."

lucy: .....

Akutagawa: "What, no investigations today with the Tiger?"

lucy: he's on vacation.

Akutagawa: "...He never told me that."

lucy:.....in phoenix, did you and him...talk about anything?

Akutagawa: "??? Yes. We discussed our respective visits. I was vacationing with family, he was on some murder mystery, if I recall. That is what we discussed."

lucy: i see.....

Akutagawa: "...Why do you ask?"

lucy: ...nevermind.

Akutagawa: "Hmm. I'll suppose the Tiger said something nasty behind my back. I'll have to insult him back when he returns. Where did he go anyway?"

lucy: why should i tell you?

Akutagawa: -_-# "Fine. Be difficult. I'll ask him myself when he returns."

-elsewhere-

elise: *walking through the halls*

*looks like mafiosos milling about...Motojiro can be heard in his lab...Tachihara is examining his handgun*

elise: *pokes her head in chuuya's office*

Chuuya: *has a map rolled out, circling armories*

elise: hiiiii chu-chu~ ^^

Chuuya: "Hmm? Oh, hello."

elise: how're sonia and miyurin?

Chuuya: "Quite well, thank you. They're playing with Kouyou."

elise: can i visit them?

Chuuya: "Sure...They were supposed to be in the garden."

elise: thanks. ^^ dont worry, i wont tell rintarou, he's busy with something anyway.

Chuuya: "..." *nods* "Good."

-elsewhere-

Damon: *looks at Soul's motorcycle* "How did you learn to ride a bike?"

soul: oh this? well, i've known how to ride for a while now. also it's a motorcycle, a bit different from a regular bicycle.

Damon: "I-I know the difference! I...just was curious since..."

soul: ??

Damon: >_>;;; "I'm not very good at it..."

soul: did you want to learn, buddy?

Damon: "C-Could we?"

soul: sure thing.

-elsewhere-

Fear Factory Droid: "YOUR MEAL." *shoves a sealed plastic packet of liquid into Shotaro and Mana's cells*

mana:.....

Shotaro: ._. "...Is this pee?"

Droid: "SUSTENANCE. YOU IMBIBE IT."

Shotaro: *picks it up, sniffs at it* "Hey, where's Yohei?" *looks at Mana* "We were wondering when we could talk to him."

mana: yeah. is he alright?

Droid: "HE IS ALIVE--FOR NOW. THE PRESIDENT WANTS TO SPEAK WITH YOU ALL FIRST."

mana: oh?

Shotaro: "??? Someone that important wants to meet with us? But we haven't had a chance to bath--and I'm kind of smelling rank."

Droid: *presses a button, revealing a giant hose, aims at Shotaro--and fires water at him*

Shotaro: "UMPH!" *slammed by the water into the wall*

mana: well? take us to your leader already.

Droid: "THE PRESIDENT WILL ARRIVE WHEN READY. UNTIL THEN, DO NOT DIE." *turns to leave*

Shotaro: X____X *spits up water, coughs*

mana: you alright, showtaro?

Shotaro: "Why are they doing this to us? They're the bad guys!" *shakes his nutrition packet* "And I got no bones to bite!"

mana:...*punches the wall* DAMMIT! this is so FRUSTRATING! i couldnt even do anything to stop them! I HATE FEELING SO GODDAMN HELPLESS! i hate this.....*she curls up and silently cries*

Shotaro: "..." *reaches out a hand through the cage--but can't reach* "...Hey. Don't cry. We'll get out of here. Yohei's smart--he's probably thinking up a plan to get us out right now!"

-meanwhile-

Yohei: *still tied to the crucifix* "...42...43...44...45..."

???: yoooooheeeei~

Yohei: "..." *looks up*

nofix?: ya miss me baby~?

Yohei: "..." *smiles weakly* "I was just counting off how long it had been since I saw something really stupid. 45 seconds. New record."

nofix?: =3= aw boo, you're no fun.

Yohei: "What are you even doing here?" *looks at the crucifix behind him* "...This is all sadly familiar..."

nofix?: *swoon* brings back memories, doesnt it~?

Yohei: "Bad memories." *struggles against his restraint* "It's bad enough to be tied here--now I have to listen to your ridiculous ass?"

nofix?: yep! nice job making the jailbait cry, THAT was hilarous, GYAHAHAHA!!

Yohei: "...If this is a hallucination, of course you would know that. But if it was a hallucination, I'd be able to influence it...So, how do I get rid of you?"

nofix?: jeeez you're such a party pooper, yo-yo.

Yohei: "I sure am...Just like I got us all stuck in this situation. Even you, you fucking insane nut-bag."

nofix?: ooh yohei~ you flatter me~

Yohei: "I'm not kidding...Chie wouldn't be in this mess if I didn't go to I Island...Shotaro and Mana would've been fine if I hadn't listened to them, bringing them to IC Prefecture...If I didn't help Fear Factory build their killing machines...Help the Dokeshi Hunt track down even people like you...I ruined a lot..."

nofix?: welp, nothing you can do about it now i guess.

Yohei: "...Maybe. Guess I got to wait for...whatever happens next...No one even knows where I am..."

-elsewhere-

nea: and that's basically the situation.

Chuuya: *tapping a finger on the table* "...A space ship? Seriously?"

Abernathy: Q___Q *just peeking over his desk* "An-And you want our help, m-ma'am?"

Bryn: *gripping her desk so hard it's cracking*

nea: that's the main gist of it, yes.

Chuuya: "This is asking a lot...I'll see what the Mafia can do."

Abernathy: "We still have leftover robot suits--my team has been modifying some for more ammo--"

nea: that will be our ground army.

Bryn: "I'M GOING TO BREAK THEIR BONES IN MY BARE HANDS! ALSO, MY SISTER CAN BABYSIT!!!"

nea: thank you for that. chie and saki will appreciate it.

Chuuya: "...Nea, Fear Factory was trying to do a lot for Dokeshi. What are we looking at here?"

nea: while that is true, but they also wish to eradicate humans as well. us dokeshi arent over-all trying to be _better_ than humans, we just want to be accepted. but i do have some schematics of some of their tech.

Abernathy: "I'll pass those onto the tech team--HEY, MITCH! READ THE SCHEMATICS OR I'LL CHOP YOUR FINGERS OFF!"

Chuuya: ._.; "...'Better than humans' is a low bar."

nea: ....

Bryn: "I'm booking a flight now...Honey! Grab the kids! We're going to Death City!"

nea: oh that reminds me, shinoda~ call up our friends on japonshima, will you~

setsuna: i'll contact minato as well.

Shinoda: *nods* "On it..."

Assi: "I put in time off with Mr. Fitzgerald--he didn't really have anything to offer because, and I quote, 'Wait, how much will this cost me?'"

-elsewhere-

David: *passed out*

{David: "Look at her...She's so tiny."}

{rebecca: hmhm ^^ }

{David: *holds out a finger* "Hello, Melissa."}

{melissa: *yawn* -.- }

{rebecca: aw, did we wake you?}

{David: "Sorry, sweetie. We just wanted to check on you."}

{melissa: *small baby babble*}

{David: *smiles* "You sound happy. And Mommy and Daddy are so happy to see you."}

David: *wakes up with a start--then cringes, gasping, clutching his stomach*

nurse: mr shield?

David: "Ah...S-Sorry..."

-elsewhere-

Iida: "Keep up, people--we only have so much time to take in all the sights!"

Tour Guide: -_-; "Sir, _I'm_ the tour guide."

ochako: ^^;

Todoroki: .\\\.;

Bakugo: -_-# "This is boring. We don't even get to have the tournament done..."

Izuku: "Yeah, it's really awful we don't get to fight each other since I-Island is dealing with injured people, property damage, and missing people kidnapped in space ships."

Bakugo: "...No one likes sarcasm, Deku, you fucking asshole."

ochako: that actually happened.

Bakugo: "HE'S MOCKING MY DESIRE TO HAVE A TOURNAMENT INSTEAD OF THINKING ABOUT MORE IMPORTANT THINGS INVOLVING CIVILIANS' BODILY INJURIES--"

Izuku: .~. *backs up to Tsuyu*

tsuyu: *chops bakugou on the head*

Bakugo: >_<# "YOU WANT TO GO, ASUI?!! I'LL RIP OUT YOUR TONGUE UNTIL YOU GROW A NEW ONE!"

Mineta: "...Frogs can do that?"

momo: now now, behave, all of you.

Iida: *nods* "This is our limited opportunity to learn as much as we can about this island before departing--HATSUME, STOP THAT!"

Mei: *trying to disassemble the security robots* "--and how do you increase processing power without losing mobility?"

-elsewhere-

Arthur: *petting the donkey head hanging on the office wall* "Good, Silver. Who's a regal steed? You are! Yes, you are..."

Vulcan: "...Why do you call it 'Silver'?"

Arthur: "??? All horses are Silver's."

Vulcan: "...It's a burro, not a horse."

Arthur: "...Okay, 'Silburro' is his name now."

Relan: *sitting at his desk* "..." *headdesk*

shinra: it's also an ass, fitting for arthur.

Arthur: "?!!!"

Vulcan: "HA!"

Takehisa: *under his desk, curled up in a ball*

iris: we're ba-. ... ._.;

Petra: "??? What the devil happened to these fools?"

Arthur: *shaking Shinra* "TAKE IT BACK!"

tamaki: *sigh* the 8th brigade at it's finest. -_-;

Akitaru: "Okay, reviewing missions. Arthur and Shinra--"

Arthur: *headlocking Shinra*

shinra: *ARM BITE*

Takehisa: "..." *sad sigh, crawls up under the desk...he doesn't look shaven...pulls out a whistle...BLOWS LOUDLY*

shinra: AH! >!<

Takehisa: "..." *sad sigh, crawls up under the desk...he doesn't look shaven...pulls out a whistle...BLOWS LOUDLY*

tamaki:....maki please get back soon.

-elsewhere-

maki: so can you walk us through the crime, mr estevez?

Estevez: "It-It all happened so fast...We heard Amanda scream, we get there--and there's Carina, dead."

maki: i see. out of curiosity, did amanda have any connections to carina personally?

Estevez: "You mean outside of work?"

maki: *nods* but really, anywhere works

Estevez: "Yeah, for drinks after a long day..."

maki: was there any hostility?

Estevez: "None that I noticed..."

amanda: oh gosh, no! i mean, it did hurt when carina got the role, but i'd never _kill_ over it!

Tanizaki: *nods* "We're just trying to determine means and motive, ma'am..."

amanda:.....

Tanizaki: "Can you think of anyone who would have a problem with her?"

amanda: other than miss wiggum, i dont know...but she did seem a bit uneasy when we had lunch together last time. she mentioned that she felt like she was being watched...

Tanizaki: "??? 'Watched'? She's had stalkers before?"

amanda: *nods* given her status, that's to be expected...

Tanizaki: "Did she speak to the police?"

amanda: i-i think so?

Tanizaki: "We'll check with their reports. Thank you, ma'am."

amanda: r-right...

Tanizaki: *opens the door* "We'll be in touch..."

-elsewhere-

Emine: *staring up at the hospital ceiling* "..."

chie: *outside, holding toru* .......

Tool: *walks up* "...We got a flight booked."

chie: ......

Tool: "..." *sits with her* "...Nea told me she's got something planned."

chie:......

Tool: "...Hey, have you had some sleep? I can watch Toru..."

chie:.....*biting her lip*

Tool: "..." *pats her shoulder*

-elsewhere-

Duncan: *following Izumi* -n# *holding ice to his face* "Stupid dodgeball..."

izumi: you probably shouldnt have been so rude as you always are. -.-;

Duncan: "How was it rude?! I said, 'I bet my grandmother can throw harder than you!'"

*looks like some students in the hall, giggling, pointing towards Izumi and Duncan*

izumi: to be fair, i dont even _know_ your grandmother, so i'd be in no position to judge, i guess.

Duncan: "Oh, she was super frail! I remember one time--"

Bully: *giggling* "Look at her hair--just pathetic."

izumi: ?? excuse me?

Bully: "Ha! The Albarn twin can talk."

izumi: i-i dont have any twins.

Bully: "Right--'cause she's dead, you faker."

izumi: *wince*

Duncan: "..." -_# "Excuse me, we were having a conversation--"

Bully: *brushes a hand over Izumi's hair* "Pigtails? Really? Jeez, you do want to be daddy's little girl, don't you? Weirdo."

izumi: *backs up* just stop it.

Bully: "Or what?" *puts hands against both sides of the wall behind her, stopping her path* "You'll go crying to the Death Scythe?"

Duncan: "!!! H-Hey! She said stop!"

izumi: i-im...-

Bully: *grabs Izumi's pigtail--and pulls down*

izumi: OW! STOP!

Duncan: "!!! She said stop!" *tries to grab the Bully's arm--*

Bully 2: *slams Duncan into the wall*

izumi: !!!!

Bully 1: "See, my big brother told me about the previous students here. And from what I heard, you're just some pale imitation. Why you even here..." *transforms her arm into a curved sword* "And if you're too weak to be a meister half as good as Maka Albarn, then what're you doing here?" *traces the blade against Izumi's face*

izumi: you...YOU THINK I KNOW THAT?!

Duncan: "Ow..." *trying to wiggle loose*

Bully 1: "??? Oh, you smart enough to figure that out?" *punches Izumi in the chest*

izumi: GRK- im just trying to find a purpose in life....a real purpose......not just some test-subject of my birth father.....i just....want to find who _i_ am....

Bully 1: *picks Izumi up by her shirt* "Ha! You hear that, ladies? She's a freak! She just admitted it!"

izumi: *tears falling* just please leave me alone already...i never did anything to you…

Duncan: *wiggles loose--and bites on Bully 2's hand*

Bully 2: "OW!" *punches Duncan in the chest*

Duncan: X__X *passes out*

Bully 1: "Aw, but now your boyfriend just hurt one of my girls..." *points the blade into Izumi's chest* "And that means..."

izumi: !!!

Bully 1: "HA HA HA--"

*a whip grabs Bully 4 by the ankles, pulling her down*

Bully 1: "?!!" *turns--*

lukas: WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!

Saria: "Let her go!"

Bully 1: "..." *smirks--lowers Izumi* "What? Can't some friends talk?" *puts an arm around Izumi's shoulder*

-shot by bully 1's head-

izumi: eep!

Bully 1: "?!! WHAT THE FUCK?!"

preston: *holding up a rifle* ah do believe that's our friend yer harassin'

Yafeu: "NOW STEP AWAY FROM HER, BEFORE SOMETHING BAD REALLY HAPPENS!"

Bully 1: "..." *backs up* "Hey, if you want a duel, I'm open to it. But we'd need a teacher here, now wouldn't we? Or are you just some thuggish rule breakers?"

genny: like you arent?

hibiki: picking on others just to make yourself look tougher, people like that just really peeve me off.

Bully 1: *smiles* "Just call me a tutor: if the weak-ass teachers won't build up people's strength, my girls will..."

Bully 4: *drags Duncan over, drops him in front of Genny and Hibiki*

lei-lei: HEY! beating up duncan is OUR job!

Duncan: *murmur of pain*

Bully 4: *eyes* *mumbles something, walks over to Bully 1*

genny: and we only do it when he's being a total dick. which granted is almost always-

Duncan: >_# "I GET THE POINT!"

Bully 1: *nods* "Well, this was fun." *winks at Izumi* "See you around..." *turns...*

izumi:.....

*CRACK*

izumi: ?!

Bully 1: *knocked back, her nose bleeding*

Asher: *their arm transformed, looking furious*

izumi: asher.....

Asher: "Never...touch her again..." *marches forward*

Bully 1: "!!!" *roars, leaping up*

Spirit: "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?! Break it up, all of you!"

Asher: "..." *looks down*

izumi: this is my fault....

Yafeu: "?! NO IT ISN'T--"

Spirit: "..." *looks at the bullet hole in the wall* "...All of you, follow me." *walks with Izumi*

izumi: *curls up into fetal position* it's my fault for even existing to begin with....*crying*

Spirit: "!!! ..." *looks at the others* "Go to Room 101, now! You have detention!" *gets down on his knees, picks up Izumi* "It's okay--Daddy's here..."

izumi: the others didnt do anything wrong....they dont need to be punished for what i did......

Spirit: "We'll sort that out later...Come on--let's get you home."

lei-lei: yeah! it's those nasty girls that started it!

Spirit: "Lei-Lei, just...Please. I need a moment. Go to Room 101."

lei-lei:....yes sir.

hibiki: *glares at the bully squad*

Bully 4: "..." *middle finger*

Asher: *rolls up a sleeve, moving towards Bully 1--*

izumi: dont.

Asher: "..." *backs down*

Spirit: "..." *pats Izumi on the shoulder*

bully 3: looks like we get off scott free, eh?

Spirit: "I SAID ALL OF YOU! GET YOUR ASS TO 101, MCKENZIE!"

bully 3: OwO

bully 2: great going, steph.

stephanie: ooopsie~

bully 2: _this_ is why you're the dumb one of the group.

Spirit: "And ask Naigus to patch up your buddy."

Bully 1: -_-#

Spirit: "..." *looks at Izumi*

-elsewhere-

Hani: "--and let me know how the project turns out. I'm so excited to see your progress on the class project!"

student: of course, professor. ^^

Hani: *her wrist watch beeps* "Whoops! I'm behind schedule. Let's check in for coffee tomorrow, okay?" *walks towards her office*

-elsewhere-

Tanizaki: "You handled that well, Maki. Did you do police work before?"

maki: not personally, but my bro is part of the military police. ^^;

Tanizaki: "Oh, neat! Kind of runs in families with siblings, huh?"

maki:..yeah...

Kenji: "Is he like the cops on TV?"

maki: how so?

Kenji: "Does he say cool catch phrases and wear sunglasses and drive a convertible?"

maki: well.... ^^;

Tanizaki: ^^; "I'm guessing that's a 'no.' I'm sure he's working hard, though."

maki: credit where credit's due.

Kenji: "Oooooooo! It'll be so helpful to see how big city police handle crimes!" *looks around* *GASPS* "Look! It's Elvis!"

*an actor walks by*

naomi: bro, could you talk to miss wiggum? naho's not doing well without it turning into a screaming match. remember that ship war she got into a while back? turns out it's this person. -_-;

Tanizaki: "Oh no..." *runs over* ^^; "Hey, so, what's going on here?"

naho: TELL THIS JERKBUTT THAT SHE'S WRONG!

wiggum: _SHE'S_ THE WRONG ONE!

Tanizaki: "Well, I mean--Um...What led you to your conclusions?"

naho: ZEKE IS A SEME! NOT AN UKE!

wiggum: EXCUSE YOU BUT HAVE YOU SEEN HIM?! 100% UKE!

naho: SEME!!

maki: time out girls, time out!

Tanizaki: >~< "I'm no good at this...Can't you two just ship your own things and be happy with that?"

naho: you dont get it do you, tanizaki? zeke is a protective badass who will always be there for daichi.

wiggum: DAICHI'S THE ONE WHO SAID 'I'LL PROTECT YOU WITH MY LIFE'! HE'S THE CLEAR SEME HERE!

naomi: (i sometimes wonder how she can yell so much without breathing. then i remember she's a vampire.)

Tanizaki: "I mean, couldn't Daichi be _both_, um, 'seme' and...'not seme'? Or alternate at different times of day?"

maki: reba ship!

wiggum: DAICHI IS TOP! THERE IS NO OTHER WAY! GET THAT THROUGH BLUE'S HEAD!

naho: i guess he has a point.

wiggum: you actually listen to HIM?! heh, show's how much of a fan you are~

naho: D8< HEY!

Tanizaki: ._.;;; "...Is this really worth getting upset over? In this world, we have such bigger problems, like a real-life murder. Shouldn't that be what we worry about? How brief life is, how tenuous it is, how we could die at any moment and need to value all moments we have left?"

naomi: in case you didnt know, we're in a CRIME SCENE, so can we save the fandom drama for some other time?

naho:....i bet she's the killer.

Tanizaki: "?!!! Naho!"

wiggum: just because im glad she's dead doesnt mean _i_ did it. if i could have i would have, but i didnt!

naomi: easy nahonaho, let's not let opinions cloud our judgement.

naho: GRRR...you're right. -n-;

Kenji: "???" *looks at Wiggum*

wiggum: the fuck are YOU looking at?!

Kenji: OxO "That's not a nice thing to say, ma'am."

wiggum: you think i care?

Tanizaki: -_-; "Could you not curse in front of him? Kenji is a nice boy."

naomi: ok sweetcheeks, here's how this is gonna work. we're gonna ask you some questions and you just answer honestly. no snide remarks or rude comments, capiche?

wiggum: tch-

Kenji: ^^;;;

Tanizaki: "Where were you before the murder?"

-elsewhere-

ochako: SERIOUSLY, HATSU-MEI?! A FLYING SHIP?! *shiny eyes*

Mei: "KUKUKU...ONLY THE BEST FLIGHT TECHNOLOGY IS SUITABLE FOR MY GRUNKLE'S SUPREME EXPERTISE IN ALL THINGS SUPERHEROIC!"

Iida: "..." -_-; *starts to walk away* "I'll take my chances on a flight--"

ochako: come on iida! A FLYING PIRATE SHIP! HOW IS THAT NOT COOL?!

Izuku: "Yeah, Iida--this is the fastest way to get back to Death City due to all the flight delays and investigations out of Death City!"

Mei: "SO WHAT DO YOU THINK, GLASSES?"

Iida: -_-# "I...can't ignore the pragmatism."

eijiro: then it's settled!

Bakugo: *staring at the ship* "...This thing isn't going to crash, is it?"

mina: WE ARE GOING HOME IN STYLE, BABY!

Mei: "NOPE, KACC--"

Bakugo: *glares*

Mei: OwO; "...Bakugo. It is air-worthy! Or you can deal with cramped seating in couch--"

Bakugo: "Let's get on board."

-elsewhere-

izumi:......

Spirit: *sets down a cupcake and some milk* "..." *sits with her* "Your classmates explained what happened."

izumi:......

Spirit: "Sweetie, I'm sorry. I just thought...until I could sort out what happened, it'd be best..." *sighs* "Don't believe that nonsense--those kids are idiots."

izumi:...it's not fair, dad.....

Spirit: "No, it isn't..." *looking away from some photos on the mantle, one of Maka...*

izumi: i thought, partially imitating her would help me feel closer, but it hasnt helped at all. i just-....i wish they wouldnt compare me to someone i never met!

Spirit: "I know--and no one is expecting you to be someone else. You're Izumi--and that's who you are."

izumi: yeah, people always say that, 'be yourself!' 'be yourself!' but how can i do that when i dont even know who 'myself' is supposed to be?

Spirit: "...That's what takes so much time to figure out."

izumi:....*sigh*

Spirit: "Sorry, I'm not much help..."

izumi:...*hug*

Spirit: *hug* *pat pat*

izumi: thanks dad.....

Spirit: "You're welcome...Let's take this one day at a time..."

-elsewhere-

Saria: T~T "How am I going to explain this to my dads..."

Asher: "Just sneak in through the window when they don't notice you're coming home."

lukas: a fine mess we're in.

lei-lei: mrgrgr! this is so unfair! those mean girls were the ones that started it, not us!

Yafeu: "IT WASN'T OUR FAULT--THOSE REPROBATES WERE THE ONES WHO HURT IZUMI!"

Duncan: "...They hurt me, too."

hibiki: that one's less surprising.

Duncan: >_<# "SCREW YOU!"

Sid: *tosses an eraser at Duncan's head* "Pipe down!"

lukas: OxO

Sid: "I think you all need a punishment to show you the error of your ways--and since you're all interested in physical activity..." *holds up toilet plungers and scrubbers*

-elsewhere-

naho: thanks, naomin.

Naomi: "Any time--we all get hot and bothered about things we're passionate about." *passes a tissue*

naho: right. *sniffles*.......

Naomi: *pat pat* "I think a walk may help--we're in Hollywood after all." *smiles* "And I got a business credit card..."

naho: *sniffing*

Naomi: "..." *hug* "It's okay."

naho: no....*her eyes go almost wild* i smell blood......

Naomi: "?!! N-Naho?"

naho: it's coming from over here! *runs inside to the staff areas*

Naomi: *follows, dialing her phone*

naho: in here! *it seems to be the trailer of the make up artist*

Naomi: *snaps a pic of the trailer, texts it to the Agency LA team* "Okay--let's be careful about this..." *looking at the door*

-seems ajar-

naho: *looks inside* in the trashcan.

-there is a note on the desk and a photo-

Naomi: *studies*

-the photo is of carina-

Naomi: "Why would this be here?"

note; mags, since mr bishop has failed to pay up, why not take his little angel downtown to visit ~Don Dios

Naomi: "...Oh man..."

naho: !!!

-in the trashcan is a bloody box cutter knife-

Naomi: "!!!" *snaps pics*

-elsewhere-

Shinoda: *hangs up* "I have finished travel arrangements."

nea: excellent. we'll be regrouping with emine and the others soon, and then we raid the fear factory's base!

Shinoda: "Right! Oh, this will be a good opportunity to finally put them down--"

*ACHOO!*

*something like spires explode through the wall, nearly piercing Shinoda and Nea*

nea: O_O WHAT THE FUCK?!

Shinoda: *had tried to block for Nea* Q__Q

Zuno: *sniffle* "Sorry--my nosehairs have been all weird lately..."

-elsewhere-

*a giant goby frog is hopping in place impatiently*

*an old farmer pets it*

Chai: <Hey, hey--it's okay, calm down. It's just a short trip. And they even got you your own seat!>

Oolong: Q_Q *nudge nudge*

kisuke: <mr chai?>

Chai: ??? <Yeah, Chibi-suke?>

kisuke: <will the marketplace be far?>

Chai: <Just a few hours--we should be back by nightfall.> *loads up the wagon*

kisuke: <be safe!>

Chai: <You know me! And don't forget your chores!>

kisuke: <yes sir!>

-elsewhere-

Bakugo: *passed out in his comfy seat* "Zzz..."

Iida: -_-

mina: woooooah! so cool!

Hagakure: "I can see the horizon!"

Izuku: ^^; *looking around the walls of the ship* "It is some impressive tech..."

-text message-

Izuku: "???" *looks*

melissa: [dont worry deku, your secret is safe with me]

Izuku: "...?" ("What is she talking about? I hadn't said anything to her even after she realized All Might--!!!!") O________O "..." [kay thanx]

ochako: isnt this fun, deku? *she's in a pirate costume*

Izuku: "... ... ..." ^^;;;;;;; "SUPER FUN YES FUN FUN FUN FUN FUN..."

Todoroki: "...Where did you get that?"

ochako: oh this? there's a room with lots of pirate themed costumes and props! hatsu-mei said it's for guests to get into the spirit of things on the ship. ^^

Iida: -____-#

Mei: *in a captain's outfit* "YAR, MATEYS!"

mina: *SQUEEEE* SHOW US THE COSTUME ROOM!

Mei: "TO THE STARBOARD GALLEY!" *swings a sword in that direction*

-elsewhere-

iroha: *looking out the window*

Iroha's Dad: "Excited?"

iroha: hmm? oh, yeah!

Iroha’s Mom: ^^ "I know this will be a new experience--but we'll get to see something new."

iroha: yeah...(and i'll find ui there....i just know it....she just has to be, that's where her hospital is after all....)

Iroha's Mom: "I think you'll like the neighborhood, too! The neighbors are friendly..."

iroha: do you think there'll be other magical girls?

Iroha's Dad: "Um...Maybe?"

Iroha's Mom: *nudges her husband* "Hey, come on! Kamihama is like a magical girl capital, right?"

iroha: i know that, i meant like in our neighborhood. ^^;

Iroha's Dad: "We could hold a potluck and see what we find out."

-elsewhere-

sayaka: wow! you were actually in the kamihama winter parade?

mami: yep. i was kind of called in at last minute. ^^;

Crona: "A-Ah..."

kyouko: they originally wanted to bring in that local artist, alina gray, right?

mami: yes, but her take on the dress was a bit.....obscene.... ^^;

Crona: ._.;;;

kyouko: yeah, she is a bit controversial. she makes art about death for cryin’ out loud.....she'd fit right in with the death city crowd.

Crona: >~<; "That's kind of creepy..."

-elsewhere-

Todoroki: *adjusting his pirate outfit* "...This seems silly."

Izuku: *putting on a bandana*

eijiro: THIS IS SO COOL!

Bakugo: *wearing an eyepatch, carrying a big-ass sword* "...Okay. I could get used to this..."

Iida: -_-; *has a parrot on his shoulder*

kaminari: yolo~ yolo~ a pirate's life for me~

jirou:....*siiiiigh* -_____-

Mei: OwO; "C-Careful--Grunkle has a rule against that song..."

momo: *squints* ... !!! oh! come look! out in the distance!

Izuku: "??? What is it?" *picks up a spyglass*

-sky whales can be seen on the horizon-

Izuku: *GASPS*

Iida: "Incredible!"

mina: WOOOAH THAT'S SO COOL!!

tsuyu: i've only ever seen sky whales in books or on tv.

Izuku: *snapping pictures*

Hagakure: "THIS IS INCREDIBLE!"

sero: huh, the world's full of surprises, huh?

Todoroki: "Hmm...I think I hear their singing..."

-elsewhere-

Asher: "..." *knocks*

sachiko: yes?

Asher: "Hello, Mrs. Albarn...How's Izumi?"

sachiko: oh, asher, come on in, she's resting right now.

lukas: ...

Saria: ^^; *waves* "Hello, ma'am..."

sachiko: and i see you brought friends.

Yafeu: "HI! YOU HAVE A LOVELY HOME!"

Asher: -____-; "..." *looks at Izumi's door*

-she has a rather adorable name plate on the door-

Asher: "..." *sighs* *small knock*

-it's unlocked-

izumi: *lying in bed, facing the wall*

Asher: "..." *opens the door slightly* "...Hey."

izumi:....hey....

Asher: "...This okay, or..."

izumi:.....*holding a pink dog plushie*

Asher: *sits down* "...Nice room...Sorry."

izumi:...you didnt...do anything wrong...

Asher: *rubs their neck* "...I let my meister get hurt."

izumi:......

Asher: "I'm not very good at this, am I?"

izumi:...thanks..for standing up for me....

Asher: "..." *nods* "It was the others who did that..."

izumi:.....

Asher: "...They're actually outside. Everyone was worried, wanted to make sure...you were okay."

izumi:....im fine....

Asher: "..." *looks at the dog* "...The plushie has a name?"

izumi: this is Wancha. she helps me feel better when i feel bad...

Asher: "She's...very pink. A gift?"

izumi: my mom got her for me when i was little.

Asher: *nods* "That's nice...She looks like a happy companion."

izumi:.....*stomach growl*

Asher: "??? You haven't eaten?"

izumi: *shakes head*

Asher: "...Want to step out with me to get something? Or we could bring something in..."

izumi:...yeah...

Asher: *nods* *opens the door--*

Saria: *ear to the door* "...!" ^\\\^;

izumi: oh, saria!

Saria: "Hey! Just wanted to see how you're doing."

Asher: -____-

-elsewhere-

PlushFix: *tapping his fluffy mitt on his phone* "...DANG GPS ISN'T WORKING!"

mimeca: *raises hand*

PlushFix: "Yes, Mimeca?"

mimeca: *makes a 'hitchhiking' motion*

PlushFix: "OOOOOO, good plan!" *holds out his leg, whistles*

-elsewhere-

All Might: *lifts his suitcase* *looks around* "..."

melissa: *waves*

All Might: "!!" *waves back, walks to her* "Hey! Come to see me off?"

melissa: yeah, dad's still in the hospital....i'll probably see him later today...

All Might: *nods* "I'm on my way there to say goodbye..."

melissa: ah....want me to go with you?

All Might: *nods* "I'd like that."

-elsewhere-

Pirate Sidekick: "YAR! Any last words?!" *aiming a sword at someone on the plank*

kaminari: OwO;;;

Mei: ^w^; "Let's not be too hasty..."

Mineta: >_>; "I'm just glad they didn't get at me for teaching the parrot new words..."

Parrot: "SQWAK! LADIES! GIVE ME SOME SUGAR!"

ochako: *offers the parrot a sugar cube*

Parrot: *TILTS HEAD...picks up the cube, happily gnaws on it* ^w^

Mineta: *relieved sigh*

*looks like other students are listening to pirate stories...*

-elsewhere-

Ogun: *puts items in the grocery cart, then notices--* "...Put the cigarettes back."

juria: *grumbles*

Pan: *checking off the list* "Don't forget your cooking responsibilities: we need nutritious meals--" *puts back Ogun's cupcakes*

Ogun: D8< "Sir!"

-elsewhere-

Poe: *looks through the newspaper--and spots a photograph of--* "..." *tenses*

karl: o^o~?

*the newspaper shows a crime scene...Touma is seen in the background...*

Poe: *small growl*

karl: *chitter*

Poe: "..." *folds the paper, hides it under a book* *frowns*

-elsewhere-

Tanizaki: *looking over the photos* "...Horrible."

naho: we figured it out!

Kenji: "Wow--so, this was about a bad relationship?"

naho: what? it has to do with local mafia!

Tanizaki: "Take us through this again--what was the mafia hoping to get out of this murder?"

naomi: from the looks of things, it seems miss bishop's dad had mafia ties, so they executed her as a way of 'sending a message'.

Tanizaki: "Where was her father last seen?"

naomi: we're trying to figure that part out, but we do know who the main suspect is.

Tanizaki: "I think the police will be interested in hearing this."

naho: we suspect the make-up artist had something to do with this.

make up artist: !!!!

maki: you found the evidence in her trailer, right?

caleb: then again, it could have been planted there to frame her too.

Tanizaki: *looks at the Make Up Artist* "Where were you at the time of the murder?"

make up artist: *shaking* i-i-i was-...i-i was...

naho: *shivering*

Tanizaki: "Hey...We're just here to make sure we got the facts right..."

Kenji: *noticing Naho* "???"

make up artist: i-i-i was just-

naho: *pounces on her, her eyes crazy*

naomi: NAHO! STOP!

wiggum: WHAT THE HELL?!

Tanizaki: "?!!! Kenji--"

Kenji: *tries to grab Naho--*

naomi: bro, give me a knife!

amanda: i-i dont feel well.

Tanizaki: "?!" *hands her one*

naomi: *makes a cut on her wrist* here naho, drink this.

naho: *sniffs and latches on, sucking on the wound*

make up artist: *in shock*

wiggum: EEEEW SHE'S A FREAK!

caleb: !!!! s-she's a vampire!

atsushi: ......

maki: naho? are you ok?

naho: *pulls away, panting and crying*

Touya: *staring*

Estevez: *rubbing his chin, staring at Naho and Naomi*

naomi: it's ok, naho, it's ok.

naho: i-im sorry....i could....smell the remnants of blood on her....and i could feel her heart pounding and i-i lost it....*sobbing*

Tanizaki: "Let's get you out of here for a bit..."

make up artist:....i...i was.....only.....following orders......

Tanizaki: "I think the cops will have more to say about this."

Touya: "..."

-elsewhere-

All Might: *sitting by David's bed*

melissa: h-hey dad....

David: *wakes up* "...All Might? Melissa?"

All Might: "Hey, buddy...How you holding up?"

David: "...In a bit of pain."

melissa:......

All Might: "...I know what you did was wrong...but I appreciate your concern."

David: "...What's going to happen when you lose it all? This world can't survive that--not like how things were before."

All Might: "..." *pats Melissa's shoulder* "You've seen what Melissa invented?"

melissa: the first on kinda....broke, but i'll make a new one soon....

All Might: *nods* "And if you have kids like this out in the world, like Melissa and Young Midoriya, then I have to have faith that our future is going to be fine."

-elsewhere-

Hani: *opens a drawer, removing a jar of honey...one of dozens of bottles of honey in just that one drawer* "..." *spoons out a tablespoon of it--*

*KNOCK KNOCK*

student: hey teach?

Hani: "Oh--it's just you, Andrea." *relaxes but has a more sour persona than her usual chipper facade* "What brings you here?"

andrea: just, uh....

Hani: "Yes? Well, spit it out?"

andrea: so, i heard that dr shield was in the hospital.

Hani: "Uh huh..." *licks the spoon clean* "He got there after that failed attack by some random thugs."

andrea: riiiight, so...

Hani: -_-# *sighs* *presses a button to shut the curtains...stands up, walks around* "What is wrong?" *pulls out a screwdriver*

andrea: well, there's a rumor going around that he might have had more involvement in the incident than just being a hostage.

Hani: *staring at the back of Andrea's neck* "Is that so? What do you mean?"

andrea: they're saying, get this, that he orchestrated the whole thing! can you believe that?

Hani: "Do you believe that?" *taps the screwdriver against the palm of her hand*

andrea: i mean, i dunno.

Hani: "Let me help answer that...my busy bee, your labor is a chant, your idleness a tune, oh, for a bee's experience of clovers and of noon..."

andrea: ugnhh... *collapses*

Hani: *groans* "Thought she'd never shut up." *drags her over to a chair* "HMPH!" *lifts her into the chair, lets her head rest on the desk...then reaches to her neck and...pulls enough of the skin away to reveal a USB port...she plugs a cable into the port and then into her computer...revealing a list of folders marked by date, and video files marked by times* "Let's see who exactly has been telling you that news."

-elsewhere-

Shotaro: *hanging upside down from a bar atop his jail cell* ;_-_ "Let us out already...I'm hungry. These liquid meals suck! I'm bored!"

Droid Security Guard: "SHUT UP."

mana: *worried*

Shotaro: "I don't wanna! I want some bones so I can open up this cell, get Mana out, watch her beat you up, then we'll go rescue Yohei and leave this-- ...How high up are we?"

Droid: "416659.162 kilometers."

Shotaro: "THIS REALLY HIGH UP PLACE!" >n< "...Do you need me to do any good deeds now?"

mana: (i just hope he remembers the plan...)

Droid: "YES. WE HAVE ANOTHER DROID THAT NEEDS TO BE RECHARGED." *drops a tiny droid-mouse into the slot, passing it into Shotaro's room* "PLUG IT INTO THE WALL OUTLET."

Shotaro: TnT "This isn't a good deed--it's just busy work..." *plugs the mouse's USB tail into the wall outlet*

Mouse Droid: O_O *its eyes fade in and out as it charges*

-elsewhere-

Rin: "Yo, Shiemi! How's studying?"

shiemi: exhausting.

Rin: "No kidding..." *flips open his notebook* "I can't figure out any of this--the Tanacu incident is just bizarre."

shiemi: *looks*

*it seems to be a mistaken case of demonic possession that led to the death of a nun in Romania...*

Rin: "Just bizarre--they screwed it up."

shiemi: how awful...

Bon: "The reason that's on the test is to make sure you look for all pieces of evidence instead of running in blind, Okumura--duh."

Rin: "Oh, really? Huh--that makes sense. Thanks, Bon!" ^w^

Bon: -_-;

-elsewhere-

Yafeu: "WOW. YOU HAVE A BIG BACKYARD, IZUMI!" *collapses on the grass*

Saria: ^^;

izumi: yeah, it is big, i guess.

axel: sweet shed! we should totally have a camp out in it sometime! bro and i did that all the time as kids, right bro?

Zeke: "Yeah, we'd pretend it was a fortress and that there were dragons outside--and hit Dad with a slingshot by mistake."

axel: ^^;

Asher: *looks at the tree* "...Maybe a tire swing...Nah, that's stupid, isn't it?"

hibiki: sounds like fun.

Asher: >_>;

Saria: "Maybe a barbecue, too!"

izumi: i'd like that...

Spirit: "Speaking of which..." *sets down a tray of hamburgers*

hibiki: oh!

Zeke: "Thanks, Mr. Albs!"

-elsewhere-

Black Star: *calling Naho* "..."

naho: hello?

Black Star: "Hey! It's the amazing Black Star! How you holding up?"

naho: im pretty good. ^^

Black Star: "Good! How's California?"

naho: it's nice. really busy. *wipes her eyes*

Black Star: "...I see...You sure you're okay?"

naho: eh? oh, im fine, im fine, really.

Black Star: "Alright--glad to hear! You enjoy this trip, okay?! Do some touristy stuff, like taking photos!"

naho: right! i will, thanks. and tell sakkun and lilac that im thinking about them ok?

Black Star: "On it! Later!"

naho: ok, bye. *hangs up and wipes her eyes*

Naomi: *knock knock*

naho: it's open.

Naomi: "Hey...Feeling better?"

naho: i guess.....

Naomi: *sits by her* "...You really helped us on this case."

naho: even though i lost control and caleb brent probably hates me now.

Naomi: "But you got control back...and you don't know that--maybe he was just surprised."

naho: .....did i mess up?

Naomi: "I don't think so...but this is something you're having to deal with."

naho: im scared that i'll lose control again and hurt someone....*whimpering*

Naomi: "..." *hug* "Has this happened before?"

naho: i-i dont think it has....

Naomi: "What do you notice before it happens? You just really want blood?"

naho: well, i can smell the blood, and then i see just their veins and heart and stuff, and i dont see anything else.....it was scary, like i wasnt even me....

Naomi: ^^; "Sure...I'm there if you need it."

-elsewhere-

chie:........

Tool: *waves down the car*

toru: baba?

Kepuri: "...Babe..."

akaderu: yo.

nea: hello dearies~

lin: EMINEEEEEEE!!!! *TACKLE HUG*

Emine: "OW!" *collapses*

lin: I MISSED YOU SO MUCH! TT^TT

Emine: "..." *hug*

chie:......

nea: well, we better get going, time's a'wasting.

Emine: "...I want to know what you intend to do and what resources we have."

nea: alright, so here's the plan.

-elsewhere-

Security Droid: *opens a slot in Mana's cell* "PUT YOUR HANDS HERE FOR THE CUFFS."

mana:...fine....

Security Droid: *puts cuffs onto her* "DON'T TRY ANY FUNNY STUFF, YOU TWO." *opens both cells...Shotaro also has on cuffs*

Shotaro: "??? Where are we going?"

Security Droid: *aims a taser at Mana* "MOVE."

mana: ...

*the doors open, revealing a hallway...the walls are clear, revealing all of outer space, with a door at the opposite end...*

mana: ......

Shotaro: "Oh, wow! Look at all the stars!"

Droid: "I SAID MOVE!" *shoves Shotaro, knocking him down*

mana: hey!

???: "Now, now--that's no way to treat prisoners...The President won't be happy, R-8."

R-8 (Security Droid): "..." *steps back*

mana: ??

Luke: *picks up Shotaro*

Shotaro: ._.;

mana: let him go!

Luke: *picks up Mana, too* "Be careful how you speak, Hinoki. You don't want to be crushed too, do you?"

mana: *she just stares at him* ....

Luke: *carries them effortlessly to the door, which slides open to reveal a dark room with curved walls and a high ceiling...in the center is a crucifix...*

mana: !!! YOHEI!

Yohei: *looks up* "...Thank goodness..." *tries to move--but he's stuck*

Shotaro: "Hey, you're alive! Great! Now we can bust out of here--"

Luke: *tosses Shotaro to the floor, as he skids to a stop, crashing into the bottom of the crucifix*

Shotaro: "...Ow."

mana: SHOWTARO!

Luke: *lowers Mana* "The President will see you now."

Yohei: "President...I crushed the President with the Fear Robot..."

{Yohei: *hands over a chip to Dr. Agei* "Here you go."

{Agei: "Finally--it took you long enough!" *waves to mechanics* "Take this and install it immediately!"}

{mechanic: got it, boss!}

{???: *walks down a stairway* *looks up* "..." *smiles wickedly* "Finally...With this, Mr. Nanami, I can strike fear into the hearts of those despicable humans...Present company excluded, of course."}

{Yohei: *lights up a cigarette* "No skin off my nose..." *exhales* "Ready to test it out?"}

{Queenie: *nods to the mechanic* "Initiate the test!"}

{mechanic: roger roger!}

{*the Fear Robot is motionless*}

{Agei: "...NOTHING IS HAPPENING, IS IT?!"}

{Yohei: "Hang on--it just needs to warm up..." *stepping back towards a Fear Factory jeep...*}

{Queenie: *stares at the Robot...*}

{Fear Robot: *its eyes brighten, and it steps forward, just tapping into the mechanics on the stairway*}

{Queenie: *her smile widens, as the Fear Robot approaches her...*}

{Fear Robot: *stops moving...then starts to shimmy in place*}

{Queenie: "??? What the hell? Is...Is that some kind of dance? Like the kind bees do to communicate?"}

{Yohei: *starts the jeep* *shouts* "Yeah, it's an interpretative dance I programmed! You know, to test the motor functions!"}

{Agei: -_-; "Madam President, I think Nanami is wasting our time, yes?"}

{Queenie: *enraptured* "--and this movement tells other bees where to find the best flowers! It's so delightful!" *overjoyed in one spot...right under the Robot*}

{Yohei: *takes out a remote...pushes a button...*}

{Fear Robot: *starts dancing faster--then lifts its foot--*}

{Agei: O___O; *steps back...then runs away--*}

{Queenie: OwO;}

{*CRUNCH, SPLAT, STAMP STAMP STAMP*}

{mechanic: 0_0}

{mechanic 2:....does this mean no raise?}

{Agei: D8< *dials his phone* "VICE PRESIDENT! WE HAVE A PROBLEM, DON'T WE?!"}

{Rodigy: "...How would I know? I'm not where you are. What is--"}

{Yohei: *drives off...looks at the rear-view mirror...*}

Yohei: "...I saw her get squished under the foot of the Fear Robot."

Shotaro: "Wow...She must be a pancake now!"

mana: -_-; that's your main concern?

Yohei: "I agree...Since the Robot's feet had markings along the bottom, it's more like she was squished into a waffle."

Shotaro: "Ha ha! Waffled President!"

mana: guys, please. -_-;

*FWOOM*

Luke: *smiles*

*something lights up in the room, in an oddly insectoid shape...*

mana: !??

Shotaro: "?!!! Hey, it's all bug-like! Kepuri must be here!"

Yohei: *squints* "Guys, Kepuri may be smart--but how would she locate us?"

Shotaro: "The GPS chip she put in your brain."

Yohei: "WHAT."

Shotaro: "What?"

mana: GUYS

*the light fades, revealing a bee-shaped human-sized container...a figure in shadows is seen against the light...the door opens, as she walks out*

mana: !!!!!

Yohei: "...No..."

Queenie Hani: *smiles* "Hello, Mr. Nanami. It's been too long..."

Shotaro: "...That beehive lady from the island got kidnapped too?"

mana: you!

Queenie: "Allow me to properly introduce myself. I am Hani, I Island Executive. And I am the President of Fear Factory, the one this turncoat left to die--"

Shotaro: "Waffle Woman!"

Queenie: "... ... ...Akiho."

Luke: *bumps the bottom of his laser sword atop Shotaro's head*

Shotaro: "OW!"

mana: SHOWTARO! *glares* let them go!

Queenie: "All in good time...I intend to free you all from your lives--along with the rest of humanity."

Shotaro: "?!!! You can't do that! That's just wrong!"

mana: yeah! *lunges at her*

Queenie: *holds out a hand--*

*Mana feels herself freeze in place*

mana: .....

Shotaro: "...Well?! Mana?! Aren't you going to bash her face in?!"

mana:....*lunges*

Shotaro: "?! That's the wrong way!" *blocks*

Yohei: "...So that means..."

Queenie: *smirks* "I never showed you my Dokeshi Ability, did I, Mr. Nanami?" *opens her purse, removing a spoon and a jar of honey* "I have mind control abilities."

Shotaro: "Mana! Did you go blind or something?! I'm not the Waffle President!"

mana: .....*throwing punches*

Shotaro: "Stop it! This isn't good..."

Yohei: "Let go of her, you monster!"

Queenie: "Oh, a monster am I? What is it, Mr. Nanami? Is that what you think of _my_ kind? After all, I thought you married one--"

Yohei: *snarls* "WHEN I GET OUT OF HERE, I'M GOING TO DO WORSE THAN JUST STOMP YOU WITH A STUPID DANCE!"

Queenie: "..." *licks the spoon clean with a smirk* "Temper, temper. It'll be the death of you."

Shotaro: "Yohei! I don't know how to stop her without hurting her! And she punches way too hard!"

Yohei: "..."

Shotaro: "YOHEI! I don't know what to do! Help!"

Yohei: "..."

mana: *PUNCH PUNCH KICK*

Shotaro: "YOHEI!"

Yohei: "!!! You need to break off the mind control!"

Queenie: "Ha! It can't be undone. Knock me out, and she'll stay in that state until I will her to stop!"

Yohei: *smiles* "I think you forget what is Shotaro's ability..."

Shotaro: "??? But I don't have any bones!"

Yohei: "Oh, yes, you do...PUNCH QUEENIE IN THE MOUTH!"

Queenie: "...I'm sorry, what?"

Shotaro: "??? I don't understand, but okay!"

Queenie: "!!! Akiho!"

mana: *lunges*

Luke: *laser sword out, swings at Shotaro--*

Shotaro: "?!!! Mana, forgive me..." *picks up Mana by the head--and flings her right into Luke's chest--*

*CRASH*

mana: *groan*

*Mana's head is now shoved _through_ Luke's torso*

Luke: O_O;

Queenie: "USELESS!" *stamps her foot* "DRONES! GET IN HERE NOW--"

*PUNCH*

Shotaro: *punches Queenie so hard it knocks out one of her teeth*

mana: !!! WHAT THE FUCK?!

Queenie: "GAH! ...WHAT THE HELL?! Do you know how much reconstructive surgery I needed just to keep up appearances?!"

mana: *shoves herself out of luke's torso and lunges*

Yohei: "..." *glances at Mana* "..." *looks at Shotaro* "I don't think Mana is out of the Waffle Woman's grasp. Her tooth is like a bone, so shove it in your mouth and take on her power."

Shotaro: "What?! I don't want to put her tooth in my mouth!"

Yohei: "You put dead animal bones in your mouth."

-PUNCH-

mana: THAT'S FOR THROWING ME INTO A GUY'S CHEST! as for you! *PUNCHES QUEENIE IN THE FACE*

Queenie: "GAH! Why is everyone PUNCHING ME?!!!!" *stamps her foot up and down* "DRONES! GET IN HERE ALREADY! KILL THE BOY AND THE OGRE GIRL!"

Shotaro: *knocked out, sucking on Queenie's tooth* XxX

mana: *GLARES* showtaro, get yohei. im gonna-....SHOWTARO!!

Yohei: "Yeah, maybe knocking out the guy who could absorb the mind-controlling powers was a bad plan, Mana..."

*windows open around the dome, with Drones pointing bee-stinger shaped projectiles at Mana and Yohei*

mana: WHY IS HE SUCKING ON A TOOTH?! *dodging* ugh NEVERMIND!

Queenie: "KILL THOSE BRATS!"

*stingers start firing towards Mana*

mana: *dodging* *running for showtaro*

Yohei: *looking around* "Huh...Fear Factory bots still have terrible aim, don't they?"

Queenie: "SHUT UP, YOU!"

Luke: *sparking...rips himself loose at the torso, running on two arms after Mana*

Shotaro: *groans, waking up* *looks up* "!!! Mana! A gremlin!"

mana: ?!

Luke: "Get back here! The Queen commands it--" *leaps towards Mana, mouth open--*

-POW-

Luke: *knocked back into the crucifix--slamming through it...*

Yohei: "..." *stands still...as the crucifix falls to the side, with Yohei still attached to it*

mana: oh shit!

Yohei: "Hi. Could you get me out of here already before we're shot to death? Or, so that _I'm_ not shot to death?"

Shotaro: "...Mana, you thinking what I'm thinking?"

mana: cant say i am, honestly.

Shotaro: "I'll take the top of the letter T, you take the bottom of the letter T!"

Yohei: "...No."

-and so-

mana: how do we get into these scenarios?

Shotaro: "Must be luck!" ^w^

Yohei: *hanging from the crucifix, staring facedown on the floor* "YOU COULD HAVE JUST FREED ME FIRST!"

Drones: *firing at Shotaro and Mana, running after them*

Luke: "Don't let them escape, Drones!" *still running on his arms*

Queenie: *holding ice to her mouth* "Give me back my tooth!"

*up ahead is a side: Turn left for Escape Pods; Turn right for R&D; Straight Ahead for the Cafeteria; Turn around for the Video Game Arcade*

Shotaro: "Ooh! Look! An arcade! Let's go back--"

mana: TURN LEFT!

Shotaro: "Okay!" *turns...right*

Yohei: O____O;

mana: SHOWTAROOOO! DX<

*The crucifix slams onto the floor...with Yohei underneath it*

Shotaro: "..."

mana: D8

*The Drones all stop*

Yohei: "..." *muffled groan*

Queenie: "...HA! NOW YOU KNOW HOW IT FEELS!" *leaps on top of the crucifix, stamping on it*

mana: *PUNCH TO THE BACK*

Queenie: *face-first into the wall*

Shotaro: *pushes the crucifix back up...* "So...How you feeling--"

mana: showtaro, come on!

Yohei: *freed--and his hands wrap around Shotaro's throat* "...Let's get the fuck out of here already."

Shotaro: XwX *choked* " 'Kay..."

mana: let's go!

Yohei: *runs with Mana* "Escape pods. I'll need to check the trajectory inside the unit..."

Drones: *firing at them*

mana: ACK!

Yohei: *taps onto the keyboard* "Okay--I programmed it for Death City. Get in--"

*CHOMP*

Yohei: "OW!"

Luke: *biting Yohei's leg*

Shotaro: "...Oh! Now I recognize him! That's the guy Mana fought in the Robot Tournament! ...He got shorter."

mana: YOHEI! COME ON! *reaches out*

Yohei: *reaches out a hand--*

*The door slams shut on the escape pod on Mana and Shotaro*

Shotaro: D8 *slams his fist on the door* "Hello?!"

Yohei: "...Well, shit."

mana: !!! SHIT! *trying to open the door*

Drones: *approaching*

Yohei: "...Mana, Shotaro...Tell Chie...I'm sorry."

mana: YOHEI COME O-

Yohei: *slams the button on the pod, shooting it into space*

mana: NO!!

Shotaro: *slammed into the wall, as the escape pod blasts towards Earth...*

mana: GRK-

Queenie: *watching from the window* "...Initiate Phase 2. Tell our soldiers to scour Death City--scour every major city. I have given you the map of the Dokeshi's locations--so we are moving forward..."

Yohei: *stares at her*

Queenie: "And bring him to my room. I'm not through with him...AND GET ME A DAMN DENTIST!"

mana:......DAMMIT! GOD! FUCKING DAMMIT!! STUPID YOHEI! WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE A GODDAMN MARTYR ALL THE TIME?!

Shotaro: "Because he knows he'll be fine."

mana: how do YOU know that?!

Shotaro: *smiles* "Because things tend to work out when you work for them! We stopped Fear Factory before! How hard can this be?"

mana:.....

*something big and blue is seen through the window, quickly approaching*

Escape Pod Computer: "ERROR. COORDINANTS NOT RECOGNIZED. PREPARE FOR CRASH LANDING."

mana: !!!!!

Shotaro: "...Hey, is that the ocean--"

*SPLASH!*

mana: !!!

Shotaro: *slams into the wall, as the escape pod turns over and over itself as it descends into the sea...*

mana: shit!

*the pod finally smashes into the ocean floor...and something drips onto Mana's head*

mana: .....ha...hahaha....well...we're really fucked now, huh?

Shotaro: *looking out the window* "Oh, fish!"

Fish: O^o

Shotaro: "Hello, little fish--"

*a shark comes by, scoops up the fish in its mouth--then spits out the bones*

Shotaro: "..."

mana: .....heh....stupid showtaro...always so optimistic...even when we're probably going to die.....

Shotaro: "..." *grabs Mana's hat* "Here, use this to breathe for the next few minutes."

mana: !!!! my hat! how did you-

Shotaro: *leans back on his hands so he can lift up his feet--and slams them into the window, breaking it open, causing water to flood into the pod*

mana: !!! SHOWTARO WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!

Shotaro: *disappears into the water, while the water rising, with Mana's head just poking over it next to the pod's ceiling*

mana: !!!! *shuts her eyes*

*something grabs her, pulling her down the pod and out the window--and up towards the surface

mana: ?!?!? *holding onto her hat*

Shotaro: *Bone of the Angelfish, as he assumes a more aquatic appearance, one arm around Mana while his back feet are like fins, helping him swim upward until their heads over the ocean's surface*

mana: *gasps and coughs*

Shotaro: *gasps, dropping the bone out of his mouth to lose the gills* "Woo! We made it!"

mana: ha..ha.....*laughs*

Shotaro: "Hee hee! We're alive, Mana!"

mana: *laughs* i was so scared, you dummy.

Shotaro: "Me too! You were all 'Ah, we're going to die!' so I did the first thing I could think of..."

mana: i really thought...we would die....you know the last thing i probably would have done?

Shotaro: "???"

mana: *kiss*

Shotaro: "...?!"

-they seem to be...floating?-

Shotaro: >\\\\\> "If-If you needed oxygen, I could've just gotten us here faster than you kissing me--...Do you...feel like everything's gotten lighter?"

mana: m-maybe....i-it's my fi-

-PLOP-

fisherman: <WHAT THE?!>

Shotaro: O_O; "...Is this a net?"

mana:..... O///////////O;;;;;

fisherman 2: <a-are those kids?>

Fisherman 3: <That or the ugliest fish we've ever caught...>

Shotaro: *bumps into Mana in the net* "Hi! Can you point us to Death City?"

mana: d-do-<DO YOU MIND?!>

fisherman: <im gonna get the boss, she'll know what to do!>

Shotaro: "We lucked out again, Mana!"

-elsewhere-

setsuna: !!!

Shinoda: "??? What is it?"

setsuna: showtaro and mana! they're on a boat!

Zuno: "??? Is it a motherf--"

Assi: *slaps a hand over Zuno's mouth* "No."

setsuna: they seem to be on a fishing boat towards....japonshima!

Shinoda: "All the way back there? Is that where Fear Factory is operating again?"

*the front door is heard opening, as Kepuri, Chie, and others return*

nea: we're baaaaack~

saki: chie! *hugs her*

Kepuri: *storms in* "Hugs and love later!" *presses a button under the living room table--causing the TV to flip over to reveal a giant computer system--but not before the flip smacks Assi in the head*

Assi: "OW!"

Tool: *walks in* "..."

io: tuu! tuu!

Tool: "..." *weak smile, picks up Io* "Hey, buddy."

io: ^o^

Shinoda: *looks at Nea* "How much did you tell them about the plan?"

Emine: *enters with Lin* "Enough..."

nea: told them everything~

Kepuri: *marking on the computer screen's map of the world* "That covers Salt Lake City and Death City, as well as some contacts we can make in London...But that leaves too many other metropolitan areas uncovered! We don't even know anyone left in Japonshima, do we?!"

setsuna: speaking of japonshima....

Kepuri: "What what what?!"

-she explains what happened-

I Island Executive: "Andrea? Have you seen Professor Hani?"

andrea: i dont think i have.

Executive: "Darn...If you do, please have her report to the Executive Room? There's something important to discuss."

-elsewhere-

All Might: "Well, there's my plane..."

melissa: *waves*

All Might: *waves* "Be safe, Melissa! I'll call when I get back to Death City."

-elsewhere-

Chai: *loads the last bag of fertilizer onto his cart...then holds his back* <Getting too old for this...>

*some people walk by in a rather stilted fashion...*

oolong: ??

Person 1: *to shopkeep* <We want all of your fertilizer.>

shopkeeper: <um...ok?>

Chai: ^^; <Sorry about that, folks--I did buy some of it before you got here-->

Person 2: *takes Chai's bag*

Chai: D8< <Hey!>

shopkeeper: <OI!>

Person 1: *snatches more bags, carrying them effortlessly*

Chai: *grabs a broom, smacking Person 2* <Let go!>

shopkeeper: <THIEF!!>

Person 1: *their hat comes off...revealing a person with glowing eyes*

Chai: O_O; "..." *drops the broom* <Take it! I don't like that stuff anyway--it smells...>

Person 1: *swings his fist*

Chai: "EEK!" *ducks*

oolong: *TONGUE ATTACK*

Person 1: "?!!!" *pulled back by Oolong*

-yoshi nom'd-

Chai: <Good Oolong!>

*Screams are heard behind Chai, as more of these people in these outfits start terrorizing residents*

shopkeeper: what the hell is going on!?

Chai: <Must be that vaping the kids are doing nowadays--messing with the brain-->

Resident: <Dokeshi! They're all Dokeshi!>

resident 2: <what's happening?!>

Person 3: <We are taking over this village for supplies--starting with explosive material and human labor. Quake before the might of Fear Factory.>

resident 3: <fear factory?!>

Chai: <Does this look like IC Prefecture to you!> *picks up the broom again* *whap whap whap* <Go back where you came from, you city slicker!>

-elsewhere-

Izuku: *looking out over the ship, down at the clouds* "It's just...so amazing up here!"

ochako: hmm? what's that?

*sounds like thunder*

Todoroki: "??? That dark spot...A thunderstorm?"

momo: we better get inside-

*FWOOM*

momo: EEP!

Hagakure: "What the H?!"

jirou: a villain attack?!

*something loud buzzes by--dropping explosives down onto the ship*

Mineta: D8 "WE ALREADY DEALT WITH ONE!"

jirou: !!!!!!!

*it looks to be some insectoid glider, with a giant "FF" logo on its side*

Bakugo: *climbs up from below* "WHAT THE HELL IS ALL THAT NOISE?!"

swashbuckle: alright, battle stations! we got ourselves some ruffians!!

Mei: "Aye-aye, Captain Grunkle!" *jumps into a shooter seat, aiming...*

Izuku: "Battle stations?! Where do we go?!"

ochako: should we be doing this?!

Iida: "We do not have licenses, so we cannot interfere--"

*a giant blast knocks Iida forward*

momo: TENYA!

Iida: *falls over the rail of the ship, descending through the clouds*

momo: !!!!!

Iida: O___O; *desperately running--and just going in a circle downward*

ochako: OH SHIT!

Mei: "EYEGLASSES!" *presses a button--causing a claw to pop out from under the ship, grabbing him*

Iida: ._.;

momo: *phew*

Insectoid Rider 1: *calls through a megaphone* "Attention Swashbuckle! Surrender your airship to the might of Fear Factory!"

swashbuckle: FIRE!

Mei: *aims--and shoots at the Riders*

Insectoid Rider 1: "!!! Swarm them, soldiers!"

-elsewhere-

Bryn: *looking at Io and Toru* "Look at the cute babies, kids! Aren't they just adorable?"

daughter: aww, so cute!

toru: *baby babble*

Bryn: "Now, behave yourself for Aunt Helen, okay, kiddo?" *holds up a high five to her daughter*

daughter: will do, mom.

Bryn: *nods* *stands up, turns to look at Emine and the others* "Just point me where to punch."

lin: will do~

Emine: "First we have to find their target. Knowing how Fear Factory operated in IC Prefecture, they're going to try to find something they can use to power up their technology..."

Bryn: " 'Kay, so, what kind of power is used in Death City? Doubt it's hydroelectric, right?"

nea: that we're figuring out.

Bryn: "Maybe we could convince someone to give us some answers..." *cracks her knuckles, looks outside* "...That guy looks suspicious."

Hiro: *across the street, carrying groceries*

mono: actually, he's just-

Bryn: *roars, rushes at Hiro*

Hiro: O____O; *drops the groceries, runs*

mono: .... -_-

Emine: "At least she's doing something. What can you do, Dokeshi Hunt reject?"

mono: i-i have a knife!

Emine: "..." *holds up a multiple-bladed hand by forming blood around it*

chie: please....now isnt the time... to fight amongst ourselves.....

Emine: "..." *lowers his blade* "You better be useful. We are getting Shotaro back, or God help this world..."

-elsewhere-

Shotaro: "AH-CHOO!" ^^; "Thanks for pulling us out of the water..." *wrapped in a blanket, sipping tea*

captain: <of course. it seems you two have been through quite a lot.>

mana: <no kidding...>

Shotaro: <Yeah! On top of the legless robot man, the giant space station, and our friend stuck up in space, we need to call home!>

captain: <we'll get you back to the island, and you can use a phone there.>

Shotaro: <Yay!> *nudges Mana* <And we can pick up real food, too!>

mana: r-right.

Shotaro: "..." .\\\. <So, um, Mr. Captain? If you hear anyone asking about us and they say they're from Fear Factory, c-can you lie to them?>

-elsewhere-

Chuuya: *gets off the plane at Salt Lake Airport, walking to a limo* "You Abernathy's people?"

grunt: yeah.

Chuuya: *tosses a bag to him* "Get me to the armory."

grunt: r-right.

grunt 2: is that the port mafia's underboss?

grunt 3: he's even dreamier up close~ >w<

Grunt 4: "So he's really buddies with the boss?"

grunt 5: he's a lot younger than i was expecting.

Chuuya: *trying to ignore the gossip, hardening his expression as he gets into the limo...*

Abernathy: *leaning back in the car, smiling* "Welcome back."

grunt: where to, sir?

Abernathy: "Let's swing by--"

Chuuya: "The armory."

grunt: r-right away.

Abernathy: "Um...Buddy, I'm the one to--"

Chuuya: *points at a grunt* "How many mech suit prototypes you got?"

-elsewhere-

Kouyou: "So you'll be staying with me tonight."

miyuri: yaaay sleepover!

sonia: *holding mito*

Kouyou: *nods* "Anything you would like for dinner?"

-elsewhere-

GNN Reporter: *on TV* "We have reports of multiple attacks on Paris, London, and Beijing by a group claiming to be Fear Factory..."

lord death: this is troubling...

Yumi: "We've increased security around potential terrorist sites at DWMA facilities, but that is spreading ourselves thin."

lord death: any updates from the other death scythes?

Yumi: "Spirit is in the middle of something, Justin is checking Amaterasu, Tezca said...something incoherent. And Jinn and Zubaidah are at one of the Sage shrines."

lord death: as for marie and soul?

Yumi: "I asked them to come here for back up for students."

lord death: *nods* and the safe houses?

Yumi: "In optimal condition and ready to receive anyone."

lord death: excellent...i feel this is going to be a long night...

Yumi: *nods* "You also have calls coming in from world leaders. The Governor of Japonshima as well."

lord death: put them on the call then.

Yumi: *presses a button, pulling up a mirror*

Governor: <--ello? Hello, is anyone there?!>

lord death: <yes, this is lord death speaking. i see you're in good health, governer towa.>

Governor Towa: <Appearances can be deceiving--as seen by this horrible news. I was not expecting another Dokeshi uprising...>

lord death: <nor have we. is there anything we can do at present?>

Governor Towa: <Your Death Scythe for our area is not presently here, so we feel we're at a bit of a disadvantage. Are there any members overseas in Japan that could come here to assist with some muscle?>

lord death: <we're currently working on that as we speak.> yumi, who do we have for our japan team?

Yumi: *nods* "They are on their way."

lord death: <they are en route.>

Towa: <Keep us posted, please. It is bad enough we were trying to improve relations with Dokeshi--now we have this PR nightmare.>

-elsewhere-

aimi: daddy, what's going on?

Tetsuda: "...I'm afraid some bad people are out there right now, hurting others."

aimi: im scared, daddy.

Tetsuda: "It's going to be okay...Come on--let's get into the safe room."

-elsewhere-

mana: *making a call*

Tool: *picks up* "Hello?"

mana: tuhl, are you there?

Tool: "Mana?! Is that you?!"

mana: yeah! showtaro is here too, we're in japonshima!

Shotaro: *looking at shirts at a booth* "You got this in a small?"

Tool: "Japonshima...Mana, have you seen the news? How did you even get there? Where's Yohei?"

-she explains what happened-

Tool: "...Okay. We're working to get you both back here, but getting Yohei down from outer space is more challenging. Has Fear Factory followed you?"

mana: i dont think so, but we're laying low for now-

Shotaro: *looks--spots someone* "!!! We got to move!"

mana: ?!

*Fear Factory drones are marching through the street*

mana: !!! hide!

Shotaro: *pushes Mana into the shop's dressing room*

Tool: *on the phone* "Mana? Mana! What's going on?!"

chie: what happened?

Tool: "It was Mana--she's with Shotaro in Japonshima, like Setsuna said. But then the call went out!"

chie: !!!

nea: well, we best get a move on! no time to waste!

Tool: "It's not going to be easy to get all the way to Japonshima on such short notice--"

Kepuri: *chuckling* "Oh, there are ways..."

-elsewhere-

Queenie: *rubbing her cheek* "Those stupid brats...How the hell did those 2 and that kappa help you destroy my Fear Factory..."

Yohei: *bleeding, slumped against a wall* "..."

marie anette: awww, arent you gonna answer?

Yohei: "...Because my friends, as dumb and stubborn as they are, are freaking geniuses compared to you knuckle-dragging dumbasses."

Queenie: "!!!"

naoka: *WHACK*

Yohei: *knocked down* "..." *spits blood*

naoka: so disrespectful....

Queenie: -^- "Thank you, Naoka." *holds up chains* "Bring him to the command center...He's going to want to see what happens next."

-elsewhere-

Luke: *reassembled, looking at an army of drones* "Get ready for them to mobilize...Where did that escape pod go?"

drone: we've tracked it to the bottom of the pacific ocean, sir.

Luke: "Life signs?"

drone: nothing, sir.

Luke: "...Hmm..."

{???: "My...robot...Where's my robot? Tournament..."}

{*wheels are heard rolling, bringing in a bandaged person*}

{Queenie: "...What's his condition?"}

{medic: alive, but critical condition.}

{Queenie: "...Have you reviewed Agei's notes? Can it be done?" *staring at the Fear Robot chip* "Could you implant it into this human?"}

{medic: i think we can, note i havent tried it before-}

{Queenie: "Then consider this near-corpse your new guinea pig. Get to work."}

Luke: "...What was that?"

drone: sir?

Luke: "...I'm going to run self-diagnostics. Have the ship ready to leave for Japonshima--we're heading out in 20 minutes."

-elsewhere-

*from Chai's farm, a fire can be seen in the village*

kisuke: !!!!

*something is hopping up the trail, panting*

Oolong: *panting...legs of someone are sticking out of its mouth*

kisuke: <oolong! what happened?!>

Oolong: *drops a half-conscious Fear Factory mook out of its mouth*

Fear Mook: @~@ <It was so gooey inside...>

kisuke: ?!?!?

Fear Mook: *looks up* "?!!!" <Filthy ogre!> *heats up their fist, aiming at Kisuke's head*

kisuke: !! *dodge*

Fear Mook: <Beast! I'll bend you to the will of Fear Factory for our glorious leader!> *firing blasts around Kisuke*

Oolong: *upset growl*

kisuke: *jumps onto oolong's back with a shovel* <CHARGE!>

Oolong: *hunkers down and--LEAPS*

Fear Mook: <HA! Got you right where I want-->

-PWOOM-

Fear Mook: X_______X

Oolong: ^_^

kisuke: <come on! to the village!>

Oolong: *hops towards the village with Kisuke*

-elsewhere-

Mei: *sword fighting an insectoid Dokeshi* "Have at thee, vile knave!"

momo: *shooting at fear factory mooks with a net gun*

Mook: *caught, slammed down into the deck*

ochako: way to go, yaomomo!

Hercules Beetle Dokeshi: *roars at Izuku, punching holes into the walls*

Izuku: "AH!" *dodges, trying to find a weak spot* ("Maybe the back--") "CLEVELAND KICK!" *direct hit--knocking the Hercules down*

eijiro: *slicing*

Todoroki: *getting splashed with water by a Water Beetle Dokeshi, putting out his flames before he can get a hit*

Stone Beetle Dokeshi: *blocking Eijiro's slices, but getting pushed back to the plank...*

eijiro: NOW, BAKUGOU!

Bakugo: "I KNOW!" *fires a blast, knocking the Stone Beetle off the ship's edge* "GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!"

eijiro: nice one! ^^

*a loud buzzing is heard...like a swarm...*

Mineta: Q___Q "Guys..."

ochako: ?? aw heck

*it's an entire armada of Insectoid Fighters*

Insectoid Leader: "Yar! Surrender your vessel, you Quirk-ridden abominations!"

jirou: any plans?

Bakugo: "I SAY BLOW THEM OUT OF THE SKY!"

Mei: "YEAH!"

*The insectoid beasts they ride fire at the ship, blowing a hole in its bottom*

mina: *SCREAM*

Mei: D8> "MY GRUNKLE'S AERONAUTICAL BABY!!!"

Todoroki: "!!! Yaoyorozu! We're going down to the breech to seal it!"

momo: RIGHT!

*the swarm persists, rushing onto the deck and flying around the ship, blasting at it*

Mei: *growls, muttering quickly* "IWILLMAKEEVERYLASTONEOFYOUSUFFERFORTHISINDIGNITYTOTHEMAJESTYOFAWESOMESAUCETECHYOUMISERABLESACKSOF--"

kouda: >~<

Izuku: *thinking* "...!!! Kouda! Can you talk to them?"

-a low droning noise is heard-

mina: uhhh guys?

*something dark is underneath the clouds...and then a water spout erupts upward, knocking through the swarm*

jirou: holy shit.

*The sky whales fly up, blasting water from their blowholes at the Insectoids--and inhaling others*

Insectoid Leader: "?!!! Retreat!"

mina: WOO HOO!

Hagakure: "Yay, Kouda! You did it!"

kouda: ^^

Mei: Q___Q "Man, I'm never going to be allowed on this ship again..."

Insectoid Beast: .___.; *scitters along the deck*

-tongue attack-

tsuyu: <where do you think _you're_ going?>

Insectoid Beast: "DON'T EAT ME! I DON'T WANT TO DIE LIKE THIS!"

jirou: then start talking.

-elsewhere-

Justin: "Thank you for coming on such short notice, Sisters."

Petra: -_-# "Why is this non-Sol Church priest here?"

nayumi: i guess they're short staffed given the incident?

Justin: ^^; "We're just trying to have as many people familiar with Amaterasu nearby--given heightened security--" *looks around and spots--* "...Is that a battle nun?"

tamaki: hello. *waves*

nayumi:....war cleric sounds cooler.

Karim: "??? New threads, Tamaki?"

tamaki: it's a work in progress.

dia: *glares*

tamaki: *HISS*

Foien: "Ah, like cats and dogs--good times..."

*looks like tourists passing by with cameras, snapping pictures of Amaterasu*

Justin: "..."

Petra: -_-# "How awful--reducing this holy building to a tourism site. HEY! THIS IS NOT JUST SOMETHING YOU PHOTOGRAPH, YOU PHILISTINES--"

Tourist 1: *snaps photos of Petra--blinding her with the flash*

Petra: "?!!! AH! I can't see!"

Justin: "!!! Them!" *transforms his arm*

Tourist 2: *unzips a fanny pack--as multiple limbs explode out of it*

Foien: "...Oh, that's just wrong."

pearl: !!! *summons flame wall*

Tourist 3: *pierces the flame wall with a selfie stick, stretching a hole through the flames...*

pearl: !!!

tamaki: OH COME ON!

*the Tourisst flood in, one of them swinging a suitcase at Justin*

Justin: *slices through the suitcase--which explodes out clothes, falling onto him and Petra and...changing their attire into flashy Hawaiian shirts and bermuda shorts*

Justin: ._.

Petra: "...Great. First I'm blinded, now I'm fashion blind..."

Tourist 4: *snapping photos of Tamaki, Pearl, and Dia* "OMG, you're so cute! Can I take your photo? I promise not to post them online!"

dia: *PUNCHES THEM SMACK IN THE FACE*

Tourist 4: "OH YEAAAAAAH--" *flies into the flame wall, screaming as he's burned alive*

Tourist 5: "Cutting in line, cutting in line..." *rushing into Amaterasu...*

ruby: *TACKLES* OH NO YA DONT!

Tourist 5: "OMPH! Darn you, security guards!"

Tourist 6: "Hey, is this the line to get for Shatner's autograph? And do you take credit?"

amy thyst: oh dear, this is....troubling.

Karim: "Then let's wrap this up already...by holding them in place." *channels the fire wall into his instrument and--* "FREEZE!"

-elsewhere-

Max: "?!!!" <Sir, we have a situation outside the Haijima chem lab...>

mr helvitz: <what is it?>

???: "GIVE ME AN F!"

Crowd: "F!"

???: "GIVE ME AN E!"

Crowd: "E!"

???: "GIVE ME AN A!"

Crowd: "A!"

Max: -_-# <They've been spelling words in English for 20 minutes.>

fawkes: <oh?>

???: <WHAT'S THAT SPELL?!>

*A hole smashes in Helvitz's office, as a gigantic American football player crashes through*

helvitz: ?!?!?!?

Max: *pulls out the Sol Temple sword, aiming it at the footballer*

*Suddenly, a cheerleader squad rushes through the hole, doing flips and cartwheels before forming a pyramid*

fawkes: <what is this, high school rebellion? has the education system gone that sour?>

fear-leader captain: <ATTENTION HAIJIMA! WE'VE, LIKE, TOTES DECLARED THIS FACILITY AS OURS!>

Max: <Get back!>

Haijima Security: *aims taser at the Captain--*

fear-leader captain: *throws a baton-boomerang at them*

Haijima Security: "OMPH!" *struck--sent flying through another wall*

Max: "?!!!"

captain: <so, are you gonna, like, surrender now? or are we gonna have to force you?>

Fear-Leader 1: *shakes pom-poms--that send vibrations through the room*

helvitz: !!!

Max: *struggling to stay upright* <St-Stay behind me, Sir...> *runs at the Captain with the sword--*

captain: *takes megaphone and SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECH*

Max: *gasps, dropping to his knees, clutching his head*

helvitz: !!!!!

Footballer: *smashes into Helvitz's safe, pulling something out...*

fawkes: ...

helvitz: !!!!!!

Fear-Leader 2: *doing poses while reporting* <WE! GOT! THE! LOOT! FOR! THE! BOSS! BOSS! BOSS! BOOOOOSS!>

-elsewhere-

GNN Pundit: *on TV* "This is outrageous! Dokeshi are always saying they deserve the same respect as other empowered beings--and they are no better than villains!"

GNN Pundit 2: "That's not fair--these are people who did not ask for these abilities--"

hachi: *looking at a TV in a store window* ....

"Zach": "What a bunch of assholes, yelling at each other. People get paid for this on TV?"

hachi: i actually get paid to watch this.

"Zach": "For real?! How did you con your way into that job?"

hachi: -,- wow, you're gullible.

"Zach": -_- "Not my fault you keep lying."

-elsewhere-

Colleen: "Hey, Andrea!"

andrea: !!! oh, hey colleen.

Colleen: ^w^ "Ready for the exam?" *she's holding a note for her and Andrea from Professor Hani*

andrea: *looks*

Colleen: "Oh! This is from Hani--she said to meet at the Executive Offices first. Think she's going to give us some last-minute tutoring--because I could really use it..." ^^;

andrea: ah.

Colleen: *walks with Andrea to the tower...a metallic glint in her eyes*

-elsewhere-

Fear Factory Mook: *projects images off their wrist, showing Mana punching a tournament opponent into the ceiling, and another showing Shotaro with pencils up his nose* <Have you seen these fugitives?>

man: <er-...no.>

Fear Factory Mook: <Damn...> *looks across the street* <Move along--we have more people to interrogate.> *walks across...*

man:....*looks back toward the dressing room*

Shotaro: *pops out his head--he has on a wig with the hair looped on the sides* <They gone?>

man: *whispers* <yeah>

Shotaro: <Great!> *steps out in a white cloak* <Come on out, Mana!>

mana: *in a white shirt, brown vest, jeans, boots, and a black wig*

Shotaro: "Neato, right?! But not as fun as the cloak..." *sways in place* "It's so fluttery!" *his bone-covered boxers are exposed*

mana: -___-;; *facepalm*

Shotaro: "Hee hee!" *turns, watching where the Fear Mooks are going* "Looks like they're heading to city hall...They're probably bringing more soldiers there to take control of the government and hold hostages."

mana: alright, so what's the plan?

Shotaro: "As awesome as these disguises are so that they won't recognize us, I think we should find a secret entrance..."

*there's a sewer grate near Mana's feet*

mana: through here?

Shotaro: "Oh, sure!" *pulls out a box* "And the butcher shop was kind enough to give me all these leftover bones: cow bones, pig bones, chicken bones, cat bones-- ...Wow, that raises uncomfortable questions."

mana: let's just go. -_-;

Shotaro: "Right!" *Bone of Cow* "Moo..." *lifts up the sewer grate* "After you!"

mana: *drops down*

Shotaro: *follows, using Bone of the Cat's claws to break his fall* "Watch the water--looks dirty."

mana: eugh...

???: <oh, what's this?>

Shotaro: "???" *blinks, using Cat Eyes to see* <Oh, hey!>

-two female kappa stand near the end of the tunnel-

kappa 1: <say, you're setsuna's boy, arent you?>

Shotaro: <Heck yeah I am! ...Wait, how do you know my mom?>

kappa 1: <well, i helped her find you, actually.> *extends hand* <call me minato. i think you're friends with my son, tuhl.>

Shotaro: <?!!! Wow! Hi, Tool's mom! I'm Shotaro! And this is Mana!>

minato: <nice to meet you. and this lass here is kaoli.>

kaoli: <nice to meet you. im tuhl's neighbor. i was visiting this village to visit my family by the seaside when all this happened. luckily, minato was here too, so we decided to take cover.>

minato: -,- <if it were just me, i'd have taken those grunts head on, but kaoli's not much of a fighter, and i didnt want her getting hurt.>

Shotaro: <Hee hee--I'd love to see that! We're fighters! Mana and I were going to break into the City Hall and free any hostages in there!>

minato: <is that right?>

kaoli: <i think there is a way to city hall from here, but i warn you, it's not too pleasant....>

Shotaro: <We just sank to the bottom of the ocean, got caught in a net, and Mana saw me change, and now we're in a stinky sewer--How much worse could it get?>

minato:...<what>

-elsewhere-

Kepuri: "Tah-dah! Our new mode of transportation!"

*It's shaped like a rocket looking like GET and WASHU*

mono:....um-

Kepuri: *twirls keys on her finger* "GET, WASHU--load them in so we can take off! I'M DRIVING!"

nea: NOOOO! D8>

Kepuri: "Come on--I promise I'll brake for red lights this time--"

*a loud trucker horn is heard from the street*

Assi: "Hey, guys! There's a big rig outside!"

mono: ??

mimeca: *waves*

*a noise is heard from the front of the vehicle*

???: "What's up, bitches?!"

chie: !!!!

mono: SON OF A BITCH!

*tied to the front of the big rig is a foul-mouthed toothy plush teddy bear--*

PlushFix: "Now...I suppose you're wondering where to find Yohei..."

-PIERCE-

chie: *has stabbed him with a shadow spike* what....are you doing here? *her expression is one of rage, hatred and disgust*

PlushFix: GAK! You know--heh--usually, this'd feel good, but the surprise kind of ruined the pleasure." *looks at Chie* "Jeez, someone's PMS'ing royally. Look, Mrs. Yohei-hottie, I got a sixth sense for all things related to your hubby--and since I don't remember any of you knowing much about Fear Factory's inner-workings--"

Kepuri: "I worked for them and know they have Yohei on a space station they developed years ago."

Assi: "Yeah, quite a few of us worked with them."

Zuno: "D'aw, a little plushie!"

PlushFix: "SINCE I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS THE EXACT COORDINATES OF THAT SPACE STATION--I've decided to help y'all~"

mono: ....i say we burn him.

Tool: "I'll start the barbecue."

PlushFix: D8

mimeca: D8> *shakes head no*

nea: wait now. are you certain about the coordinates? you arent just bullshitting around?

PlushFix: "Cross my heart! ...Stuffing. Plastic eyeballs--WHATEVER I'M NOW MADE OUT OF! Why would I lie about this?! I could've stayed in hiding and just showed up to, what, troll your asses?"

mono: i wouldnt put it past you.

saki: it'd be classic you, certainly.

akaderu: you arent exactly what we'd call 'popular' here, my dude.

Kepuri: "Hang on, babe--I hate to admit it...but Fear Factory did keep the coordinates secret. And even I can't back-track from Shotaro and Mana's escape pod crash the exact location. Fear Factory could be a galaxy away for all we know."

PlushFix: *smirks* "Sixth. Sense."

nea:.....*sigh* very WELL i guess, but we're keeping an eye on you, fuzzball.

PlushFix: "Keep wherever you want on top of me, my delicious bowl of soft serve~"

nea: *STOMP*

chie:........*looks at mimeca* why do you even follow him?

mimeca: *points to herself, then makes a heart shape with her hands* ^////^ ~<3

nea:......honey, your taste in men is awful.

mimeca: >3<#

Shinoda: "In any case, if we now have Yohei's location, we don't need everyone going on one mission to get Mana and Shotaro. I propose we break up into teams."

mono: i am NOT going with this family killing dokeshi-bear!

Emine: "Then you're coming with me to Japonshima."

mono: *grumble* FINE!

Kepuri: "Hey, if it's between boring old Japonshima and space, I'm picking space every time, creepy death bear doll or not!"

Bryn: "...I'm going to rescue Mana. That thing? That thing needs to be exorcised."

akaderu: i'll probably stay home.

Tool: "We tried. I'll tell you about it on the way to Japonshima."

Bryn: "...Jesus, you people live weird lives."

setsuna: as will i. as much as i want to see my son again, im afraid i wont be much help.

Assi: "I like not dying, and I can't really fight...Mono...This could be the last time we see each other..."

mono: d-DONT ACT LIKE IM GONNA DIE, DUMMY!!

Assi: O\\\\o "B-But we don't know what could happen! Emine could stab you in the back!"

Emine: "This is true."

mono: *glare*

lin: ^^;

Bryn: *pats Mono's shoulder* "Calm down, Blades--I won't let M&M hurt you."

Emine: "..." -___-

-elsewhere-

Queenie: *opens 2 boxes, removing a repaired Quirk Detection Machine...and a repaired version of David Shield's Quirk augmentation headband*

Yohei: *chained to the wall, upside down* "...Neat. You subscribe to Loot Crate, too?"

naoka: do you ever shut up?

Yohei: "You want me quiet? Then knock me out again."

naoka: tempting.

Queenie: "Not yet, Naoka. Nanami has to witness this..." *taps a globe, causing the images behind her to shift until they show that point on the globe: Japonshima*

Yohei: "Hmm...I see some device for diagnosing genetic structures...I see some body enhancement device. What, you're going to empower yourself?"

Queenie: *smiles to Naoka* "He isn't too stupid, now is he?"

marie anette: coulda fooled me~

Queenie: "And what do you think I'll do when I enhance my mental powers of mind control? Maybe I'll use it to order every human being on earth to kill themselves..."

Yohei: "..." *shakes his head* "No. You prefer drawing out the pain."

Queenie: *smiles* "Correct."

-elsewhere-

Mayor: *hands behind their head, on their knees* <Please, let the hostages go--you can keep me, but let them-->

-WHACK-

Mayor: <OW!> *collapses*

City Manager: *standing against the wall, smirking* <Jeez, you humans are so fragile...> *juggling items on the Mayor's desk* <And naive. So easy to infiltrate your sanctuaries for the powerful and the elite...>

guard: ...

kaoli: *listening*

minato: *whispers* <alright, do you know the plan?>

Shotaro: <I kind of forgot the middle parts...The smell might have done something to my brain.>

mana: -_-;

Shotaro: ^^; <Still kinda fuzzy on things since the ocean crash. But I know how to punch those people really hard.>

minato: <good enough>

Shotaro: ^w^ <Great! Let's start the good deed!> *bites down on a bone*

City Manager: *whistles to one Mook* <Get me another bottle out of the Mayor's private stock.>

grunt: <yessir>

Shotaro: <!!! Hey, that one mook is coming here!>

minato: <you know what to do.>

Shotaro: *nods* *gets down on all fours, wagging his behind like a cat, ready to pounce...*

grunt: *turns*

Shotaro: "MEOWR!" *pounce-tackle*

grunt: GRK-

Shotaro: *drags the Mook behind the corner*

City Manager: *not noticing, still juggling*

mana: *RUNS IN AND-*

Mook 2: <Halt!> *aims a rifle at her--*

minato: *WHACK*

Mook 2: X-X *falls down*

Shotaro: *picks up the rifle* <Okay! Let the Mayor go!>

City Manager: *still juggling* <Ho-hum...I suppose it couldn't just be easy.> *looks at Mana, Shotaro, and Minato* <I can't believe a Dokeshi is fighting against us, let alone a kappa and...an ogre girl?>

mana: *GLARE* <LET THE MAYOR AND HOSTAGES GO!>

City Manager: <Tell me, something. 'Dokeshi'...Why do we let them call us that?> *juggles...with one hand, as he reaches into his pocket and pulls out a hankie...that's tied to another one...and another one...in a multi-color string...*

mana: ....

City Manager: *wipes his face...revealing clown makeup underneath as he smiles at them*

minato: ...

City Manager: *chuckles* <Perhaps we all just need to embrace our inner 'clown'--> *pulls out knives from his pocket, starts juggling them* <I awoke my ability in a circus--when a knife went the wrong way and killed a little girl...> *fixates his stare on Mana*

mana: !!!

City Manager: *tosses the knife--which just passes Mana's head--just slicing a bit of her hair before it imbeds in the wall*

minato: *takes out sword*

City Manager: <Ah, I see you are someone with a cutting wit as well.> *pauses* "..." *double over, cackling*

Shotaro: "...HA!" <I got that one!>

City Manager: <Then my Daily Condition is fulfilled--one corny joke, one laugh-->

minato: <why dont you cut it out then.> *lunges*

City Manager: *dodges* <Ah...> 蛙が帰る。（かえるが かえる。! [In Japanese: "The frog is coming back"--where "frog" and "coming back" use the same character...]

minato: -_-# *SLICE SLICE*

Shotaro: <Ha! It's funny because she's not a frog...Wait, that kind of a ruins the joke-->

City Manager: *tenses* TwT <Being witty on demand weighs heavily on me.>

mana: showtaro, focus!

Shotaro: *claps his hands on his face* <Right!> *bites into--* <Bone of the Boar!> *charges at the City Manager*

City Manager: <And now, to go international:> "Oh, I'm sorry--was I boring you?"

Shotaro: *pig snort, as he rushes--*

City Manager: *le leap* *flips over Shotaro, tosses a blade--that embeds in Shotaro's back*

Shotaro: *pig squeal--as he hits the wall*

mana: SHOWTARO!

City Manager: *grabs Mana's hand, twirls her--then dips her like a dance* "Bavonjavour! Pouvons-nous danser La Javnaise?" ("Hello! May we dance the Java?") *He's making a pun on "Java" and the French slang "Javanais."

mana: *POW*

City Manager: *falls back onto his head...then falls back and upright again* "Golly! I said I wanted a drink, but no punch!" *smiles, revealing a black eye from her punch* "Sorry, am I 'wine-ing'?"

Shotaro: *picking the blade out of his back with Bone of the Octopus* "Okay, I'm kind of over this guy...Mana, can you hit him again? I need to find something..." *searches through his box* "Thanks for the extra bones, Kaoli!" *searching*

mana: who even is this guy? -_-;

City Manager: "Er, man--forgive my manners! I am the supreme jokester of all Dokeshi, P. Erot!"

mana: cool story bro. *POW*

P Erot: "OW-P!" *tumbles back*

Shotaro: "Got it!" *pulls out 2 dog bones* "Bone of Kerobos!" *bites down, looking canine*

P Erot: *lying on his back, looking up* "Hey...In what unit do dogs measure their temperature?"

Shotaro: "..."

Erot: "Belgrad." *smiles goofily*

Shotaro: "..." *bites down on P Erot's head*

P Erot: "...It's funnier in German."

Shotaro: *muffled* "I think we've freed the hostages!"

kaoli: that's good.

Mayor: Q___Q <What the hell is even going on?!>

mana: *releasing the mayor* <we'll explain.>

-elsewhere-

Justin: *pants* "There...That takes care of that."

Karim: "Good." *in swim trunks* "If I had one more wardrobe change by those maniacs, I'd lose my mind."

Petra: *in a ballerina outfit* -_-# "I'm going to kill them..."

pearl: goodness.

tamaki: -_____-###

Foien: ^^; "Nice outfit, Dia--"

dia: *in a doggy mascot suit* -_-#

Justin: "Let's look on the bright side--we repelled their attack, Amaterasu is safe--and that was an impressive fire wall, Sister."

pearl: t-thank you mr law.

Karim: "..." *looks away* "I just hope none of them got inside...The Church has been really paranoid about anyone going inside the Amaterasu facility."

-elsewhere-

Kepuri: *rubs Akaderu's cheek* "I'll be back soon--faster than you know it, given how fast I made that ship."

akaderu: *holds her hand* be safe, ok?

Kepuri: *nods* "Hey, this is me--I'm coming back in one piece."

Emine: "...Mom...I..."

setsuna: *hugs him* please, be safe.

{emine's mother: *throwing a beer bottle at him* <useless piece of shit kid...>}

Emine: "...Hmm."

-elsewhere-

Colleen: "??? I don't see her anywhere...Hey, what time is it?"

andrea: *checks watch*

*an alarm goes off on Andrea's watch...Colleen's eyes turn white*

andrea:.....

Colleen: "..." *approaches a security panel, punches in a code, opening the doors to the security office*

Security Guard: "?? Hey, you can't be here--"

andrea: *turns*

Colleen: *a taser pops out of the palm of her hand, as she shocks Security Guards*

andrea: *jacking into the security system*

Security Guard: *struggles, reaches a button--*

Colleen: *stabs the Guard's hand with a pen*

andrea: *turns off communication*

-elsewhere-

Chuuya: *points at one mook* "Why do you guys have these mechs? You can't be getting this much crime here."

grunt: arent you a bit short to be a mafia exec-

*KA-POW*

grunt: x~x

Abernathy: "Hey, hey--buddy! Don't go punching all of my people. We're going to need them if we're going to take out those awful, dirty Dokeshi--"

Chuuya: *hard glare*

grunt: OxO;

Abernathy: "What? I'm just saying--"

Chuuya: *looks at the mooks* "Get the bots lined along the armory. Keep an eye for airborne attacks--I'll take them, you take the ground."

Abernathy: "Hey, who is running this show here?!"

Mitch: "Here's your drink, Mr. Nakahara."

Abernathy: "GODDAMN IT, MITCH!"

grunt: um sir, we actually got some info on mr nakahara, and well... *whispers*

Abernathy: "... ... ..." Q_____Q "Ooooooooooooh, I'm going to die today."

-elsewhere-

Kouyou: "Girls, I think we'll be staying in...How about I make us some tea?"

miyuri: ok!

sonia: *petting mito* .....

Kouyou: "Very good..." *taps a button on a tablet, triggering security on her estate*

sonia: ....will papa be alright?

Kouyou: *smiles* "I've never known him to be otherwise."

-elsewhere-

Kenji: -n- "There are no rodeos here. I can't believe this city would lie to me."

naomi: *pap pap* cheer up kenji, there's plenty of other things to do.

Kenji: *sniffle* "Yeah..."

Tanizaki: "There's the Griffith Observatory for looking at stars--although that's more of a nighttime thing. Or the Pier has the Ferris Wheel."

atsushi: ?? you guys hear something?

Kenji: *stomach growls* "Sorry about that."

atsushi: no, it sounds like-

*a giant wave of water appears above the buildings...coming down towards Atsushi and the others*

atsushi: !!!!

Tanizaki: "!!! Run--"

*SPLASH*

naho: !!!

Kenji: *floating upside-down under the water* .-.

*SNAP SNAP* *a lobster claw passes the side of Naomi's head*

naomi: WOAH!

*tentacles wrap around Atsushi, pulling him up*

atsushi: O_o

Lobster Man: *toying with Naomi* "Jeez, Takoya! Stop fixating on that scrawny kid and wrap up the others."

Takoya, the Lady Octopus: "Yeah, yeah..." *ropes up Tanizaki, missing Kenji*

naho: looks like we got a whole sea kingdom here!

maki: well fire's gonna be useless here...

jellyfish kid: kukuku. *sends an electric shock*

Kenji: "EEP!" *hit, falling back into the water, screaming*

Tanizaki: X\\\\\X *choking* "Can't...breathe..."

naomi: HEY! TENTA-BITCH!

Takoya: *not even looking, just shoots a tentacle towards her--*

naomi: *rolls out of the way* LET GO OF MY BROTHER, OR WE'RE GONNA HAVE KALAMARI ON THE MENU!

Takoya: "Like I haven't heard that one before...Hang on, I'm going to need another hand..." *tosses Atsushi and Tanizaki into the same tentacle, squeezes* "What can you do? We're freaking Dokeshi--the C Team of Fear Factory."

atsushi: *tiger jaws and bites the tentacle*

Takoya: Q______Q "OOOOOOOOW!" *lets go*

Tanizaki: *falls, pants...uses his ability to hide*

-elsewhere-

izumi: dad? mom?

Spirit: "Hmm?"

izumi: what's going on outside?

sachiko:...why dont you kids go to the basement for a bit?

izumi: !! o-ok.

Spirit: *looks at Sachiko* "Stay here..."

sachiko: *nods*

Spirit: *opens the door, closes it behind him, stands on the front step* "...I'm Spirit Albarn, Death Scythe. State your business."

-elsewhere-

PlushFix: *in a tiny spacesuit in the shuttle* "Hurry up and get on this rocket!"

Kepuri: "You sure you can drive the new car?"

chie: ...

Bryn: "Yeah, I used to make deliveries--how hard can this be?"

Shinoda: "You're likely a better driver than Kepur--"

Kepuri: *tugs on his ear* "Quiet, Johnny Appleseed."

Tool: "We'll be back with those idiots before you know it."

mimeca: ^o^

mono: well let's get a move on already!

Emine: "Indeed--cease this prattling."

Kepuri: "Okay--everyone on Space Team got your suit on?"

chie: *nods*

PlushFix: "You know it, brainy bug eyes!"

mimeca: *thumbs up*

nea: indeed~

Kepuri: "Great! PlushFix, put in the coordinates!"

PlushFix: OwO "...Huh? I don't got those."

chie: WHAT?!

Kepuri: "YOU SAID YOU KNEW WHERE TO FIND HIM!"

mono: I KNEW WE COULDNT TRUST HIM!

PlushFix: "I do know, honeybee! But you can't quantify the sixth sense. It's an innate feeling, as my Power of Spin taps into the multiverse of harmonic energies." *leans back in his tiny chair* "So just blast off, float around in space for a while, and I'll let you know when my Soul Resonance or whatever taps into Yohei's~"

chie: i have half the mind to rip you to shreds. and the other half is inclined to agree.

nea: or we can just look for a big station with the fear factory logo on it.

Kepuri: -_-; "Nea, space is pretty big. Factoring in the speed at which the star cruiser was going, the radius by which to locate them is--"

mimeca: *takes out a phone*

*there's a photo from the Griffith Observatory of a giant space station with the Fear Factory logo on it*

Kepuri: "... ... ...Everyone just shut up!"

-elsewhere-

Shotaro: *looking at a map in City Hall* *making marks on it* <So, they still have the police station and the electric power plant and the mall...I think we should go to the mall first.>

mana: sounds good.

Shotaro: <Great! We can also stock up on weapons and food!> *looks out the window...* "Um...But that's a lot of Fear Factory people..."

mana: crap.

Shotaro: "We need to distract them..."

mana: and how do we do that?

Fear Factory Mook: "Hey, up in the window! It's that Dokeshi and that ogre girl!"

mana: *THROWS HER SHOE AT HIM*

Mook: *KO'ED!*

Mook 2: "HE'S BEEN HIT!"

Shotaro: "Dang, Mana--you didn't even hesitate. You shot first!"

mana: -_- let's just beat them up.

Shotaro: *bites on Bone of the Bird* "Works for me!" *picks up Mana and leaps out the window--as his cloak flies up into his face*

-elsewhere-

Chai: <What are you going to do with all this fertilizer? You boys don't exactly look like farmers...>

Fear Factory Mook: <Explosives.>

Chai: ?!!!

kisuke: <MR CHAAAAI!>

Chai: <Kisuke! Watch out!>

Mook 1: "?!!" *aims a gun at Kisuke and Oolong*

kisuke: <OOLONG! GET HIM!>

Oolong: *wraps his tongue around the gun, pulls it--then whips it down on the Mook's head, knocking him out*

Mook 1: X_X

Chai: <Good boy...> *pets Oolong* <We got to get out of here!>

kisuke: <right!>

*CLICK CLICK CLICK CLICK*

*Mooks surround the three of them*

Mook 2: <AIM!>

Chai: <?!!> *gets in front of Kisuke--*

*SLASH SLASH BONK*

Mook 2: "..."

kisuke: ??

Mooks: "..."

*All Mooks spray out with blood in the shape of sharp angles before collapsing*

kisuke: !!!!

Chai: <...Are these those new-fangled exploding mooks I heard they have in the big city?>

*from the shadows, a pair of serpentine eyes watch...*

kisuke: !!

???: <You're welcome.>

kisuke: <who...are you?>

???: <The direct hero, Vector Jibako.>

kisuke: <i...see.>

Chai: <I don't. This guy's in the shadows!>

Vector: <It maintains my sense of mystery. Also, I hate the smell of fertilizer, which is now everywhere.>

-elsewhere-

*in the Pacific is a small boat*

Fisher: "..."

-seems quiet...?-

*suddenly, a fast-moving vaguely car-shaped vehicle sails by towards Japonshima...knocking the boat around a bit and kicking up a ton of fish onto the small boat*

Fisher: ._.

mono: *SCREAMING*

Bryn: "...Huh. This thing handles really well."

Tool: *covering his mouth, about to vomit*

Emine: "...So, this is how I die."

lin: >~< *holding onto her hair buns*

GPS: *in Kepuri's voice* "You are approaching your destination in 8 SECONDS. Preparing emergency airbags..."

mono: THIS SU-

-meanwhile-

Fear Factory Mook: <So I said, 'She's sweet as honey!' ...She filed a sexual harassment allegation against me.>

-NYOOOOOOM- -CRASH-

mono: *face in an airbag* is this....heaven?

lin: smells like...wisconson.

Emine: "This isn't what i imagined Heaven would be like--too many annoying people--"

GPS: "You have arrived at your destination. Vomit bags are in the door pockets--"

lin: oh look, we're here.

Shinoda and Tool: *fighting for the bags*

*muffled screams underneath*

???: take THIS!!

Bryn: "???" *rolls down the window* *looks out the window* "...Hey, we had a soft landing, too." *opens the door, steps on a Mook* "Alright, kiddos, depart! We got a busy day ahead of us!" *turns on the vehicle's car alarm*

Emine: "???" *looks to the distance at ???*

-seems two figures are taking on a group of mooks, along with two kappas-

???: "Bone of Kangaroo!"

*a mook goes flying, crashing into the top of the vehicle, setting off the car alarm*

mono:...found 'em.

Bryn: "!!! Mana!" *waves* "How you doing?!"

Tool: *holding his stomach, dragging himself over*

minato: <tuhl!>

Tool: <?! Mom?!>

Emine: "...Ha."

minato: <we-he-hell! look at you, all grown up!>

Tool: -\\\\\- <Mooooom, stop, you're embarrassing me...>

kaoli: ^^;

Shotaro: *lands on the ground in front of Mono--his cloak lifting up to expose his boxers*

mono: D8

Emine: "Shotaro..."

Shotaro: "!!! Emine!" *hug--then pulls back, holding up--* "I stole the President's tooth!"

Emine: "...Shotaro, you're infringing in my territory."

Shotaro: ^^; "Heh, yeah..."

Mook: *approaching Mono from behind...*

mono: *ELBOW ATTACK*

Mook: "UMPH!"

Bryn: "Nice one, Mono! Mana, heads up--" *tosses a Mook towards her*

Mook 2: *HIGH-PITCH SCREAMING as he flies towards Mana...*

mana: *KICKS THE MOOK*

Shinoda: *collapsed on the ground, looking pale* "Apples...Someone, help me..."

lin: *takes an apple from a stand and gives it to him*

Shinoda: =w= *nom nom nom--powers up, Olympian pose* "I am ready!" *speeds across the field, swings his arms--and knocks back 20 Mooks in one blow*

Emine: "..." *removes a bandage...a small drop of blood forms, which circles around his arm, generating electricity* "Let's begin..."

grunts: HYAAAAAH!!!

Tool: *swings the pickaxe* <Mom, how did you even get roped into this?>

minato: <long story, kiddo. just in the right place at the right time, i guess.>

Tool: <Typical---Mana and Shotaro got all the dumb luck...>

*meanwhile, atop a building is an archer...*

???: *aims at Shotaro...fires*

Shotaro: *giving a noogie to a mook* "Say uncle! Say uncle!"

lin: *throws a fork at the arrow*

*the fork catches the arrow, knocking it away*

Shotaro: "??? Did anyone feel a breeze?"

???: wow, nice aim, sagi.

Sagitarrius: -_-# "It's not my fault--I wasn't expecting eating utensils."

???: come on canni, save your agitation for later, we got to report to the squad boss.

Sagitarrius: "Let's go..." *horse gallop...*

-elsewhere-

Kepuri: *piloting...looks out the window* "Enjoy the view, people--you're not getting a view like this from earth..."

nea: woah...

PlushFix: "Makes you feel kinda small, doesn't it? ...Granted, I'm already tinee tiny now."

mimeca: *face against the window*

Kepuri: "Now approaching the Station. Turning on cloaking tech..." *presses a button*

*their spaceship seems to disappear...*

chie:....

Kepuri: "Okay, GET, put in the security code to get in through the doors..."

nea: ..um guys, i think we're about to crash onto the moon.

Kepuri: "Wait, what--"

chie: that's no moon....

PlushFix: "That's yo' mama."

chie: *GLARE*

PlushFix: ^^; "I didn't mean you! Jeez, just trying to calm everyone down..."

Kepuri: "That is a big facility...How are we going to find him in that?"

*CRASH in the back*

nea:....

Zuno: *pops up in the back, gasping* "I CAN'T BREATHE!"

nea: .... -_-;;

PlushFix: "!!! A Klingon! Kill it! Kill it!"

mimeca: ._.

Kepuri: "How the hell did you get in here?!"

{Zuno: "Oh, a door!" *opens it, walks in--and falls into the storage closet on the spaceship*}

PlushFix: "THAT WAS MORE POINTLESS THAN USUAL!"

chie: we're here...

*the doors slide open into the Fear Station...*

Kepuri: *deep inhale* "Stay calm..."

PlushFix: "Someone, please hold me..."

mimeca: *does so*

PlushFix: =w=

chie:... *grimace*

*the ship docks*

Kepuri: *sighs* "Okay...We're still cloaked, so we need to get off carefully, quietly, find some disguises, and locate Yohei."

PlushFix: "Leave me to sniff out Yohei!"

Zuno: "???" *picks something off the floor* "Wow, astronaut's ice cream!"

nea: hands off, buddy.

Zuno: OxO *backs up--and falls out the spaceship with a loud crash into some boxes*

Kepuri: D8<

PlushFix: "YOU STUPID STOOGE!"

-elsewhere-