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Blue Dream - Two

Sypnosis: After a tense conversation with Julian, Ria encounters Ellie at Sasha’s party.

Warnings: 18+!! recreational drug use, underage drinking, cheating, sexual content

Word Count: 5.6k

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Ria awoke the following morning to the sound of her phone ringing. Groaning, she dragged her arms around the bed, trying to locate the source of the worst possible sound on Earth. Uncovering it from the sheets, Ria squinted her eyes and found Julian’s face on the screen. It was a photo from freshman year of high school, never updated. Ria answered the call.

“Hello?” she said, a croak coming out instead of her voice.

“Whoa,” Julian laughed. “Good morning, sir.”

“Morning,” she said, laying her head down on the pillow. She checked the time. 7:03 AM. Ria had to remind herself that Julian was three hours ahead, and tried not to be mad that he woke her up so early on a Saturday. “How are you?”

“Great,” he said, but Ria could tell he was itching to talk about something. Indeed, he went on. “Hey, I’m at this travel agency booking a cruise for my uncle’s birthday. We wanted to know if you want to come, too.”

“Uh . . . ” Ria’s eyes fought to stay open. “When would it be?”

“Late June to early July, we haven’t settled—“

“Oh.” Ria sat up at once and rubbed her eyes. “I can’t.”

“Why? Is your passport expiring or something? I’m sure we could—“

“No, my passport is fine.” You’ve put it off long enough. There won’t be a perfect time. Just say it.

“Are you getting a summer job?”

“I mean—“ Say it. “Well,” she started, but it wasn’t coming out.

“What is it?” he said.

Ria took a deep breath. “I got into the Monterey program. I won’t be going home for summer break.”

A moment passed before Julian spoke again. “What?”

“The school offered me a position in their marine biology summer program in—“

“Are you serious?”

She didn’t know what to think of his reactions. Ria couldn’t tell if he was happy or upset, so she simply said, “Yes.”

Julian remained silent.

Ria’s heart beat hard against her chest. “Can you say something?”

“I just want to get this clear,” he said slowly. “You’re choosing to spend a year away. On purpose. Correct?”

“Julian, I’ve told you about this program before—“

“I know you fucking told me, Ria. I just didn’t think you’d get in.”

Standing up from her bed, Ria stayed in silent bewilderment.

“And the saddest part is you probably don’t care whether you see me or not. So fine, run off with all the other fucking nerds—“

“That’s enough, Julian,” Ria said, crossing her arms despite him not being able to see. “This has nothing to do with us. I know you know I could never forgive myself if I let an opportunity like this simply pass me by.”

“Whatever. I have to go,” he said as his end of the call became noisy with the voices of his family. “We’ll discuss it later.”

“No—“

Julian ended the call.

“Fuck!” Ria cursed, and threw her phone against the bed. It bounced off, landing on the floor with a deafening crack. Closing her eyes, Ria scrambled to the floor, praying to every god that would listen. But the screen was shattered, only lighting up in fragments.

Already prepared for the day to end, Ria fell on her mattress, face against her pillow. She took a deep breath in, and—with all her might—screamed into the pillow.

Dragging herself out of the dorm, Ria found solace in a study room deep within the bowels of the library stacks. She channeled all her anger into something useful. It was tedious work, especially the lab reports, but it was a welcome distraction. Julian would certainly not be the reason she fell behind on her schoolwork.

It took until midday to finish all her work for the next few days. She packed up her things and headed back to the dorm, finding the phone still lying on the ground. Ria picked it up, weighing her options.

Valerie College was in the middle of nowhere, and there was no good public transportation during weekends. The only person she knew with a car was AJ, but even if he wanted to drive her, they had both agreed to help with the party.

Until tomorrow it is.

Opening her closet, Ria dug out the duffel that had been in her possession since middle school and set it on the bed. She packed everything she’d need for the party and to stay overnight at the suite.

She passed by Hungry Mind, the cafe on campus, and picked up a cake pop for Sasha. Pressing her ID against the scanner, Ria pushed the door to Cedar Hall open. Music seeped through the door to the suite, and Ria found Sasha and all her suite mates gathered on the living room floor.

A tub of fried chicken sat on the coffee table, and they all sat on the ground around it. They looked up as Ria entered the suite, greeting her warmly.

There was Rosa Molina, of course, an expert knitter with Salvadorian parentage. Her Barbie doll of a roommate was Madi Jones. She was from Southern California, just like Sasha. Isla Kenney had come straight from Manchester to play for the school’s D1 women’s volleyball team, becoming their captain in under two years. Isla was dating Esther, who was not currently present but happened to be the childhood best friend of Quinn Xie, Isla’s roommate. They’d been born and raised just a few miles away in San Francisco.

“I was wondering if you really did get kidnapped,” Sasha said, standing to greet Ria, a party hat upon her head.

“Oh, sorry,” Ria said, “I got them, I got stoned, and then my phone broke this morning. But never mind that.” Extending her arm to show Sasha the cake pop, she said, “Happy birthday, darling! You can finally drink!”

“Legally,” Sasha said behind her hand, laughing. “And I’m sorry to hear about your phone. Come sit.”

Waving to the rest of them, Ria settled beside Isla, leaning against the couch. “What’s up, mate?” Isla said, offering a fist bump. She was one of those people who were so cool they made Ria nervous. Ria watched as she ran her fingers through her long, red hair.

“So did you talk to your boyfriend yet?” Madi asked from across the coffee table, snapping Ria out of her daze. She stared at Madi, her brown eyes bewildered. Madi stared back, unfazed until Quinn snorted, and they all burst into laughter.

Heat rose to Ria’s cheeks as she looked to Sasha for an explanation. How do they know about the Julian thing?

“We all know,” Isla said as Sasha shrugged away her culpability.

If it had been anyone else, Ria might have been angry that her personal matters were shared. But it was Sasha. It was so like her to share everything with this lot. “Letting this go only because it’s your birthday,” Ria joked, but she knew the truth—she’d forgive anything of her.

Ria sighed. “And yes, I did talk to Julian.” Sasha’s eyes widened, and she sat up. “It’s actually how I broke my phone. Sort of threw it in a fit of rage.”

“Damn,” Rosa said, sipping from her cup. “That bad?”

Ria nodded, kind of defeated. Quinn wrapped their arm over Ria’s shoulders. “I’m sorry, Ria.”

“Dump him,” Madi said, and Ria chuckled. It lightened the mood, bringing some cheers of agreement. “No man is worth a broken phone.”

“You should switch over to my team,” Isla said, winking. Somehow, Ria knew she didn’t mean volleyball.

Rosa stood up, starting to clean up. “How do you know she isn’t already on it?”

“I mean,” Isla inspected Ria’s appearance, and the other eyes joined hers. “Are you?”

Ria laughed nervously under their scrutiny, but didn’t give an answer.

“She doesn’t look particularly gay to me,” Madi said.

As the group threw itself into a discussion, their eyes drifted away, and Ria listened in amusement.

“I’m sorry, does ‘gay’ look like something specific to you?” Isla said, standing up.

“Yeah, your face.”

“She definitely doesn’t look like Isla.”

“No, but she does wear tote bags.”

“Those are gay.”

“Sasha? Has she ever said anything gay to you?”

“I have the right to remain silent.”

“Fuck. Quinn, do you think she’s gay?”

“Honestly, I could see it.”

“Wait. Do you own anything Lululemon?”

“Actually, I once hooked up with a Lululemon lesbian.”

“Pause. That’s crazy.”

“Was she, like, old or something?”

“No, she was our age.”

“Fascinating.”

“Alright, that’s enough speculation,” Sasha said. “Whether she’s gay or not, we have shit to do, people.”

“Happy birthday, Sashalicious,” AJ yelled as he walked into the suite, carrying a large speaker. He placed it on the kitchenette counter. “Who’s gay?”

“You,” Ria said, kissing her brother’s cheek. She looked at the speaker. “Is this Papi’s?”

“Dang, Mr. Ortiz got that fancy shit,” Madi said, examining the piece of technology.

AJ leaned against the counter. “I knew you’d like it.”

Ria rolled her eyes and yanked her brother away from the counter, dragging him to the table where Sasha stood with everyone else.

Behind Ria, Quinn whispered to Isla. “Bet you ten she’s gay.” Sasha shushed them before beginning her speech.

“Here’s the game plan. Isla and AJ are doing the shopping. While they’re away, we’re cleaning, rearranging furniture, and decorating. We’re gonna make sure our rooms are presentable. I’m looking at you,” she said to Quinn. “Cup pong is going to be in your room, flip cup in Rosa and Madi’s.”

“What about yours?” Ria asked.

“It’ll be the crash pad,” she said. Ria thought of Halle, who always tapped out the earliest. “Anyway, when Isla and AJ get back, we need to make the spiked freeze pops. Jamie made jello shots, so we are good on that. Then we go out for dinner, come back and get ready. Pregame is at 9. Party starts at 10. Let’s go, people.”

The preparations went exactly as Sasha had planned. Ria helped clean up Isla’s side of the room. The furniture in the living room was moved up against the walls, leaving more room to dance. They set up tables for the drinking games, and put up the golden decorations all over the suite. Heading down the street, they ate noodles and sang a song for Sasha’s birthday, and by 9 pm the shots were being poured in the living room.

Ria stood in the suite bathroom, applying mascara with her cheek nearly touching the mirror. Stepping away, she scrunched her curls, shaping them until she was satisfied. Her mind drifted back to what Madi had said. Dump him. She was joking, Ria was sure.

It hadn’t crossed her mind until then, and now it was all that occupied it. Julian had been a part of Ria’s life since she was fourteen, since her mother married Tom and they all moved next-door to Julian’s family. He’d been her best friend for so many years, kept her company. They didn’t have a whirlwind romance, sure, but she didn’t mind that. Everyone loved him, and he loved Ria so deeply.

But the Julian she had spoken to that morning wasn’t the same Julian she knew. Maybe they’d spent too much time apart. They were getting farther from finding a balance, and she wasn’t blind to her own indifference when it came to the distance.

Ria smoothed the fabric of her beige cargo pants over her legs. She turned, taking one last look at her outfit. The top had been a lucky find at Goodwill, a blue, sheer top straight out of a Y2K daydream.

The living room was growing louder with the arrival of their friends. Inside Sasha’s room, Ria put away her things and kicked the duffel bag under the bed as a precaution. She didn’t want any stray partygoers going through her things.

Sasha walked into the room, holding a heap of green yarn. “What’s that?” Ria said.

“Rosa’s gift,” Sasha said, laying it out on her bed. It was a tube top, loosely knit with sequins sparsely placed. Several straps connected it to a shrug in the same style. It looked like something out of a fairytale. “I’m wearing it.”

Sasha pulled her top off at once and Ria chortled, looking away as she put on Rosa’s creation. Through the window, Ria could see the corner of Ellie’s truck.

“How is it?”

Ria spun to look at her. It was simply beautiful, the color complimenting the brown of Sasha’s skin. “You look like a mermaid,” Ria said, twirling Sasha’s hair in her hands, arranging the waves over her shoulders. “Hey, I wanted to ask—do you know an Ellie Williams? At least, I think that’s her last name.”

“Ellie?” Sasha said, stepping toward the floor-length mirror behind her door. “We had a class together. Why?”

“She was Murphy’s friend from yesterday.”

Sasha examined her appearance in the mirror. “Now that I think about it, I did know she dealt. I’ve heard quite a bit about her.”

Ria sat on the bed. “Like what?”

“Well,” Sasha said, and touched up her lip gloss. “She’s cool, but apparently, every time Ellie walks into a room someone leaves crying.”

“No way,” Ria said, laughing. She pictured Ellie, her relaxed manner in the stash room.

Sasha shrugged. “Just what I heard,” she said. “Now, I want you to make an effort and not let this Julian stuff ruin your night. It’s my birthday wish.”

“Fine,” Ria said, grabbing the paper bag with the pre-rolls. “Let’s go, birthday girl.”

The pregame went as it usually did—the weed was distributed, Halle and Katherine were almost an hour late, and the blue freeze pops were the first to go.

Ria was four Berry Blue jello shots deep when the first large group arrived. It was a mix of Valerie sports teams, all there because of Isla. Already, the space felt tight. And it was only 10:30.

Quinn turned the music up. Isla sat on the couch with Esther on her lap, eating each other’s faces. Katherine and Jamie played cup pong as people watched. AJ was in charge of the door, and Madi had a horde of guys hanging on her every word.

Ria watched them all as she nursed a grape freeze pop, twisting the promise ring around her finger. Rosa poured a couple of shots on the drinks table next to Ria. She gifted her one.

“Thanks,” Ria said, and nodded toward Madi and her horde. “Might have to go rescue her soon.”

“She’s fine, they’re talking robotics,” Rosa said, and raised her shot glass.

Ria raised hers. Together, they chanted. “Pa’ arriba, pa’ abajo, pa’l centro y pa’ dentro.” They drank at the same time, grimacing as the tequila hit their tongues and burned its way down to their stomachs.

“Puñeta,” Ria cursed, squeezing out more of the freeze pop to offer some relief. Rosa downed a shot of pink lemonade as a chaser.

By the time the hum of alcohol was in full force, Ria had taken to the dance floor. She could feel the music vibrating in her chest, and as Bad Bunny’s only merengue song started playing, she dropped her jaw and looked at AJ.

He screamed as the partygoers cheered. It was a popular song, but Ria and AJ were Puerto Rican born and raised. Bad Bunny was theirs.

AJ ran to grab Ria’s hands as she laughed, and they let the fast tempo of the music set the pace. Ria moved her hips and let AJ guide her movements with his arms, just as their father had taught her. They were synchronized, and with just a shift of his hand, she knew to turn. Merengue was among their favorites to dance together, a push and pull of rhythm that was infectious.

Rosa and her boyfriend joined them, along with a few of the others who knew how to dance. They were in their own little bubble of Latin American bliss. Ria couldn’t stop smiling as she sang the lyrics.

Between the alcohol, the dancing, and the heat of a packed room, a sheen of sweat began to form over Ria’s skin. Still, she was sad when the song ended. AJ bowed when it was over, and snuck away into the crowd to do God-knows-what.

Ria’s head spun. She needed a breather. Two hands grabbed her shoulders. “RIA!” She jumped, startled until she saw it was Sasha.

“What?” Ria asked loudly.

“Look!” Sasha yelled, and pointed at something. Ria followed her finger, trying to focus through her drunken haze. “It’s your dealer!” Then she saw her.

Listening as a girl with bright pink hair talked to her, Ellie leaned against the wall, a bottle of Smirnoff seltzer in hand. Her hair was down this time, the short strands tousled into a soft shag. Boxers peeked beneath low-rise jeans, and a tank top left her arms exposed. Ria might not have recognized her had it not been for the tattoo. She tore her eyes away.

“I don’t see anyone crying,” Ria said, taking a deep breath. She was still winded.

“Yet,” Sasha said and stood up straighter, slapping Ria’s arm. “She’s coming.”

Ria scoffed, not believing her until she turned, Ellie’s face mere inches away.

She smiled down at Ria, her hands in her pockets. “Hey.” Ellie turned to Sasha as Ria took a step back. “Happy birthday. Nice party.”

“Thanks!” Sasha replied, then pointed behind her. “I’m gonna go dance.” And she was gone.

Neither of them spoke at first.

“What now?” Ria said suddenly.

“What?” Ellie said, leaning closer.

“You wished her a happy birthday,” she replied, reminding her of what she’d said the previous day.

Ellie chuckled, furrowing her brows. “That’s not all I came for,” she said.

Ria’s heart raced as Ellie’s words hung between them. She told herself it was all the dancing.

“Come smoke with me,” she said. “I owe you a few hits.”

Ellie considered it, rubbing the back of her neck as she looked to where the girl with pink hair still stood. She shook impatiently, her eyes on the two of them. Slowly, Ria realized Ellie had left the girl mid-conversation.

“Unless your girlfriend is waiting on you,” Ria said, tilting her head to the side.

Setting her gaze back on Ria, Ellie leaned even closer. “I don’t have a girlfriend.” Pulling back, she spoke again, louder. “Lead the way.”

On the way to Sasha’s room, Ria spotted her dancing with AJ. She laughed to herself, shaking her head. The last time she had seen her brother this excited about someone was with this girl called Marlene, but that ended pretty badly. At least for now, AJ was just having fun. She opened the door to Sasha’s dorm, and Ellie followed her into the room.

The moonlit serenity of Sasha’s bedroom was stark against the chaos in the living room. The closed door didn’t shut out the sound, but it made the party feel far away. Ria unlatched the window and pushed it open, letting the chill of the night cool her warm face. Small groups stood outside in the fog, chatting quietly or smoking. Some walked toward Cedar hall, searching for the party.

Sitting on the bench which Sasha had bought for this very purpose, Ria pulled the tube out of her pocket. She squeezed the top until the lid popped open, flipping it over as the pre-roll slid into her palm.

Ellie sat facing her, one knee up against the windowsill. Ria held the joint between her teeth as she looked for her lighter.

Something clicked, and a flame sparked between Ellie’s fingers, emanating from that same silver lighter in her hand. Ria leaned forward, letting the fire consume the twisted tip of the joint. Ellie’s eyes didn’t leave hers as she inhaled the smoke, blowing it out the window.

When she passed the joint to Ellie, Ria’s fingers brushed hers. She took a long puff and released it through her nose, the smoke floating lazily around her. “Was that Alejandro I saw you dancing with?”

Ria nodded. “You know my brother?”

“You could say so,” she said. “You’re a . . . junior?”

“Sophomore.”

Ellie nodded, taking another hit before handing the joint back. “You declared your major yet?”

“As soon as I got here,” Ria said, smiling as she watched Ellie hold back a laugh. Most people waited until their second year, but Ria had been a bit overexcited. “What do you study?”

“Art,” she said, and Ria looked to Ellie’s green house, at the painted pots that sat in the darkness of her porch. “You?”

Ria smoked. “Biology,” she said, trying not to cough as she passed the joint to Ellie, “with a focus on marine biology.”

Ellie raised her eyebrows. “You into clams or something?”

Ria giggled, the effect of the weed starting to mix with the alcohol. “No,” she said. “I’m more of a sea turtle girl.”

“I see,” Ellie said, eyeing Ria. “How’d that happen?”

Watching her for a moment, Ria smiled softly. The memory played in her mind. She smelled the ocean, heard her parents laughing, her brother shushing them. They were so little, only seven and nine, but back then AJ felt so much older. It was the last time they were all together like that. Something too close to her heart, Ria thought. “I’ve only ever told two people.”

Ellie sighed as the joint went out, lighting it again. “And who has the honor of knowing?” She was digging for something, but Ria couldn’t be sure what it was.

“Sasha,” Ria said, “and . . .” She paused, suddenly feeling strange about answering the question. Sasha and Julian. The events of that morning rushed back into her mind and left a sour taste in her mouth. Did she want to tell her about Julian? Why wouldn’t she want to tell Ellie about her boyfriend? She’d told everyone else just fine, and Ellie wasn’t special. No reason not to say it.

“My boyfriend.”

For some reason, Ria searched Ellie’s face for a reaction. There was nothing. And there shouldn’t have been. Was she expecting something from her? What is going on with you?

The questions in her mind were growing too loud. As her brain started to fog, Ria propped her head on her hand.

Taking another hit, Ellie inched closer. “Where is this boyfriend of yours?”

Ria watched her carefully. Ellie’s eyes looked soft in the dimness of the room. “Not here,” Ria said. Their faces were so close.

Ellie held the now-roach up to Ria’s lips, and she took one last puff as the fire grew dangerously close to Ellie’s fingers. With her other hand, Ellie took Ria’s chin and leaned in, opening her mouth. Slowly, Ria released the smoke into it, not quite touching Ellie’s lips.

Ellie blew out the smoke, and a grin spread across her features.

The door to the room opened, and the party lights broke the intimacy of the moment. Esther stumbled through the door, laughing as Isla—who appeared painfully sober—and Quinn followed her in. Esther stopped in her tracks at the sight of the two of them by the window. “Oh my God, is that Ellie?” she said, slurring her words as Isla ushered her to the bed.

“Hey, Esther,” Ellie said softly, raising her hand in greeting.

“Sorry guys, she’s a little too drunk,” Quinn said, pulling the covers away for Esther to lie down.

Pulling herself to her feet, Ellie stood before Ria, their knees knocking. Ria looked up at her, her head spinning. Ellie held out her hand. “Let’s go dance.”

Behind her, Quinn and Isla gave each other a look. Aware of their attention, Ria decided to let them settle their bet.

Taking her hand, Ria let Ellie pull her up, their bodies so close Ria could smell her cologne. It was subtle, woodsy with hints of jasmine. Ria tried to ignore the way her hand felt in Ellie’s.

Stepping backward, Ellie led Ria across the room and out of Sasha’s dorm, her eyes never straying from Ria’s. Before the door closed, she heard Quinn say, “Pay up, bitch.”

If the living room had been packed before, Ria didn’t know what to call this. There were more bodies in the space than she even thought possible. Ellie worked her way through them.

Several people—mostly girls—greeted her as they passed, completely ignoring Ria. A blonde was particularly touchy, her hands grabbing Ellie’s waist. She pulled away smoothly, waving goodbye as she dragged Ria along. Ria waved, too.

Somewhere near the center of the room, she stopped. The crowd around them was so tight they were forced together. “Was that another one of your not-girlfriends?” Ria asked, struggling to keep her body from touching Ellie’s.

Ellie laughed, rubbing her neck. Ria stared at her tattoo—two ferns and a moth, spreading so far down her forearm that a few of the leaves reached the back of her hand. Ria wondered if it had a meaning. “Sure,” she replied, but Ria had forgotten the question.

“You seem to know everyone,” she said.

“Perks of the trade.”

Ria couldn’t hear the music anymore, too high to make out any melody over all the noise. But the others could, screaming as they recognized another song. They moved around her, body slamming against body, jumping and stepping every which way. Ria stumbled, but Ellie took her hips, steadying her.

“Thanks,” Ria said, but her hands didn’t leave. She looked up at her, and neither looked away.

Every person in the room screamed the lyrics to the song. Ria didn’t care to decipher the words anymore. It didn’t matter. Ellie pulled her closer, moving their bodies to the music as Ria blindly followed. Her skin prickled under Ellie’s touch, her hands tracing the curve of Ria’s waist.

Leaning closer, Ellie looked at Ria’s lips. Ria’s eyes flickered to hers, and her stomach twisted when she realized what had crossed her mind. She pulled away and immediately missed the feeling of Ellie’s hands on her. The revelation disgusted her.

She’d danced with people at parties before. Hell, she’d probably done worse with Sasha. But this felt different. This felt wrong. She liked it too much. Her entire body itched.

“I need to use the bathroom,” Ria lied, and Ellie furrowed her brows. Before she could say anything, Ria pushed her way out of Ellie’s sight.

The way to the bathroom felt endless as Ria fought to squeeze between the crowd. It was growing too hot, and she wanted to claw at her throat. She burst out of the mass of bodies, gasping for air. The small hallway to the bathroom was empty, much to her surprise, but the door was locked. Ria knocked, and upon hearing a response, leaned against the wall to calm down.

She stared at her shoes as she waited, the seconds stretching into what felt like hours. A pair of converse stepped into her view of the floor, and she looked up. Ellie leaned against the wall across the doorframe, in the same manner as Ria.

“What are you doing?” Ria said, standing up straight.

Ellie shrugged. “Just waiting for the bathroom.”

Ria shook her head, scoffing as she took to the wall again. She was watching her, Ria knew. The toilet flushed inside the bathroom, and she looked up. Ellie’s eyes burned through her, so intensely it made Ria’s knees weak.

The door opened, and a guy walked out, leaving them alone in the hallway.

Gesturing toward the bathroom, Ellie spoke. “Go right ahead.”

This time it was Ria who shrugged. “Fine,” she said, and stepped inside, pushing the door closed.

But it didn’t close.

Ellie pushed it open, slipping in and closing the door herself, locking it behind her.

She moved closer, and Ria didn’t step back. Her hands found Ria’s waist again, and she didn’t protest. “Ria,” she whispered, their noses grazing as she tasted the sound. “Tell me your name.”

Ria’s heart raced, and suddenly the party—her life—was in a different universe altogether. Nothing outside of that door was real. Only the two of them existed. Only her. Her breath on Ria’s cheek. Her cologne. Her lips grazing hers.

“Maria Celeste,” she whispered.

Ellie smiled softly. “Maria Celeste,” she repeated, and pressed her lips to Ria’s. Her kiss was warm, gentler than Ria had ever known. Breathing in her scent, Ria snuck her hand behind Ellie’s neck, pulling her closer. Parting her lips, Ellie’s tongue found Ria’s, deepening the kiss.

Allowing her hands to explore her, Ria dragged her fingers down Ellie’s abdomen, running over the taut muscle beneath her shirt. She sighed against Ria, and their kisses grew hungrier.

Ria stumbled back against the counter as Ellie pressed herself against her. She looked down, parting Ria’s legs with her knee, placing her thigh between them. With every kiss, she rolled her hips against her, setting Ria’s core on fire.

Lifting the fabric of Ellie’s tank, Ria pulled it as far as Ellie would let her. But she didn’t stop her, only pulling away to take the shirt off. Ria’s eyes lingered on her exposed chest, and Ellie chuckled softly before kissing her again, harder.

Her hands were all over Ria, grasping at her hips, snaking under her shirt. She squeezed her breast, moaning softly into her mouth. She hadn’t been touched like this in so long, never felt so needed. Ria found the button of Ellie’s jeans, beginning to undo it. “Don’t.” She took Ria’s hand, stopping her. Ria pulled away to look at her. Ellie smiled in the dim light. She kissed Ria’s neck, her own hands unzipping Ria’s pants. “I’m good.”

Her fingers slithered beneath her underwear, and Ellie groaned against Ria. “You’re so wet,” she whispered next to her ear as her fingertips stroked the tender spot.

“What did you expect?” Ria breathed.

Ellie grabbed her face with her free hand, kissing Ria deeply as her fingers set a steady rhythm. The room grew hotter with every breath, but not in the same sticky way as it was outside. Ria liked this—loved the heat that formed between them. Her face grew hot, heart pounding in her chest as she breathed harder. It only spurred Ellie on, applying more pressure.

A haze of pleasure clouded Ria’s already fading mind, and her hands clutched the edge of the bathroom counter, begging for something to ground her. Ellie started moving farther down and slipping her fingers inside her, sending waves of ecstasy through Ria. She was all she could hear, smell, feel—and God, she felt so good. Ria arched against her, writhing with her touch, desperate for release.

A knock came at the door. Ria’s eyes fluttered open, but all she could see was Ellie, and she wasn’t stopping. She brought a finger up to her lips, shushing Ria softly as her hand sped up. Ria opened her mouth, wanting to scream as her legs clenched.

Ellie kissed her again, silencing any sound that might’ve found its way out. The knocking resumed, louder now, and Ellie pressed against her, moving faster yet. Ria dug her fingers in her hair as Ellie pushed her over the edge, her knees buckling as climax shook through her.

It took every fiber of her being to keep from making noise, breathing heavily as she leaned her forehead against Ellie’s.

“There you go,” Ellie said, holding Ria upright as her body threatened to crumble.

“Fuck,” she breathed, and Ellie planted tender kisses down her neck.

She was still coming down from the high when the knocking intensified, the handle rattling as someone yelled from the other side. “Hellooo?”

Ellie finally reacted, looking at the door.

Suddenly the universe inside the bathroom collapsed, and reality rushed back to Ria. She was still foggy from the substances, but growing more and more sober with the thought of what she had just done.

Ellie’s hands held her hips, and Ria stared at her unbuttoned pants in disbelief, shocked by her own behavior. Julian’s face appeared in her mind. He might not have been the perfect boyfriend, but they were still together. He didn’t deserve this. Ria’s stomach turned. “Fuck,” she said, her head spinning.

Looking at her, Ellie opened her mouth to say something before she saw the panic in Ria’s eyes. Her words caught, and Ria had a feeling she knew exactly what Ria was thinking.

Pulling away, Ria zipped up her pants, stumbling on Ellie’s shirt. “I should go,” she said, reaching down to pick it up and hand it to her.

“Uh.” Ellie quickly pulled the tank top over her head. “Okay.”

Ria walked past her toward the door, and Ellie took her hand. “Ria,” she said, but Ria couldn’t bear to look at her. It would only make her want more. She needed to leave Ellie’s presence.

“I’m sorry,” Ria told her, not knowing what else to say. Unlocking the door, she faced whoever she assumed had been knocking. They said something, but Ria didn’t stay long enough to hear it.

She threw herself into the crowd again and burst into Sasha’s room. The window was still open, and she stepped quietly past Esther—and now Halle, as she predicted—to reach it. Climbing on top of the bench where Ellie and she had sat, Ria swung her feet over the windowsill, dropping half a foot onto the soft grass.

The fog was thicker now, diffusing the street lights of campus. Ria’s feet carried her to the green, and she laid down on the grass beneath Old Tree. Breathing in the cold night air, she let it cool her inebriated mind.

This was a fucking mess. She didn’t know how to fix it, or if it could even be fixed. Either way, she had to fix her phone first.

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Notes: this has been a long time coming (sorry!!) but thank you for reading! more to come soon

The art for this chapter is NSFW so do with that information as you will.

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sm0lprism · 8 months ago

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I found your BG3 fic on AO3, having no knowledge of g/t whatsoever, and found it so cute that I had to come find your tumblr to learn more! And omg the genre is adorable! I’m loving your fic: Ria herself is such a little (tiny!) badass, and the dynamics with the group are so much fun to read! Your style is really descriptive, too, and conveys a lot in the small actions of the characters.

The first chapter had me cackling at the accuracy — Ria is only alive and not-eaten because Astarion likes the sound of his own voice so much that he talked at her until Official Cat Dad Gale could notice and stop him (“What’s in your mouth? No! Spit that out! That’s people! Bad vampire!”). He literally cannot get out of his own way.

I’m so excited for the next chapter! Poor Ria, that her ally in finding Minthara is the smoothest brain in the party. And this will not be easy for Astarion to explain to the rest of the crew that *this one time* he actually wasn’t trying to eat her. So worried for our teeny friend! I guess worst case scenario… at least he’s undead? So, maybe Ria isn’t in *as much* danger, maybe? Would be kind of hilarious if Astarion knows so little about vampirism as to not even know that eating solid “food” (ie people) doesn’t agree with his undead organs.

So looking forward to Ria meeting Minthara! Ria may be small, but she’s still a tough little lass and I can see Minty respecting that.

Oh my goodness anon, you have no idea just how much this comment means to me - this has made my whole day, no, my whole week, and if I could frame a comment I would frame this one and hang it on my wall. It means even more since you had no idea what g/t was prior to reading my fic, and that is honestly so special to me that you took the time to read it (and liked it!!) and leave such a thoughtful comment. All I can say is welcome to the g/t community! It makes me so happy that you found the community through my fic and I hope you enjoy it! I have been laughing so hard at your description of Astarion finding Ria in chapter 1 and Gale being a cat-dad, like, I actually don't have the words because it's so goddamn accurate and hilarious all at the same time!! As for the latest chapter, I promise that Ria will not be taking a trip down Astarion's throat, so you needn't have to worry about that. Although if he were to swallow, it would be very bad for Ria as I believe in game Astarion can consume solid food, it just doesn't hold a lot of nutritional value for him. However, in my fic, vampires do in fact consume borrowers quite actively for their blood, so it would be a grim end for Ria if he were to actually eat her. ;w; Fortunately for her though, he has developed a small soft spot for her now so she'll be okay <3

Ria's encounter with Minthara is not going to go well. ^^; I don't want to spoil too much, but seeing as how Minthy was involved with trading borrowers for their blood in my fic, she thinks very lowly of them which you'll see in the next chapter when I get around to writing it. Anyhow, thank you so much for your comment. I actually can't stop smiling since I read it and it's probably the best feedback I've ever received for a fic, so thank you anon. <3

#i was wondering if the non g/t fans would find my fic and i am pleasantly surprised!!!#this was not the response i was expecting but it makes me so incredibly happy #thank you so much anon!!#ask

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most-stylish-competition · 2 years ago

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Most Stylish Competition official bracket!

list under bracket since the image quality died

List:

Group1/2:

Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic series) VS. Sans (Undertale)

Mel Medarda (Arcane) VS. Sailor Pluto (Sailor Moon)

Kairi (Kingdom Hearts) VS. ENA (ENA)

Shinji Hirako (Bleach) VS. Kim Dokja (Omniscient Reader)

Gyorik "York" Rogdul (Drawtectives) VS. Eugene Finch (Drawtectives)

Elliot Goss (Search Party) VS. The Weird Guy (The Hollow)

Draculaura (Monster High) VS. Frankie Stein (Monster High)

Stede Bonnet (Our Flag Means Death) VS. Manfred Von Karma (Ace Attorney)

Group1:

Team Rocket (Pokémon) VS. winner of 1/2.1

Papyrus (Undertale) VS. Waluigi (Super Mario Bros)

Mettaton (Undertale) VS. Hatsune Miku (Vocaloid)

Cecil (Welcome to Nightvale) VS. Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way (My Immortal)

Winnie the Pooh (Winnie the Pooh) VS. Ryan Evans (High School Musical)

The Onceler (The Lorax) VS. Harry Dubois (Disco Elysium)

Fred Jones (Scooby-Doo) VS. Hunter (The Owl House)

Teruki "Teru" Hanazawa (Mob Psycho 100) VS. Shigeo Kageyama (Mob Psycho 100)

Group2:

Ciel Phantomhive (Black Butler) VS. winner of 1/2.2

Yor Forger (Spy x Family) VS. Morticia Addams (The Addams Family)

Miss Piggy (Muppets) VS. Rarity (My Little Pony)

Dr. Facilier (Princess and the Frog) VS. Yzma (Emperor's New Groove)

Marz (I Was A Teenage Exocolonist) VS. Scaramouche (Genshin Impact)

Lelouch (Code Geass) VS. Consul Valerius (Arcana)

Sensei Garmadon (Ninjago) VS. Taako (The Adventure Zone)

Mitsuba Sousuke (Toilet-Bound Hanako-Kun) VS. Rias Gremory (High School DxD)

Group3:

Mizuki Akiyama (Project Sekai) VS. winner of 1/2.3

Alex Fierro (Magnus Chase) VS. Luz Noceda (The Owl House)

Pearl Houzuki (Splatoon) VS. Gumi (Vocaloid)

Dr. Starline (Sonic series) VS. Jinafire Long (Monster High)

Noctis Lucis Caelum (Final Fantasy XV) VS. Ratchet (Ratchet & Clank)

Frank N Furter (Rocky Horror Show) VS. Dean Pelton (Community)

Eddie Munson (Stranger Things) VS. Eleven Hopper (Stranger Things)

Gonzo (Muppets) VS. Gyro Zeppeli (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)

Group4:

Carmen Sandiego (Carmen Sandiego) VS. winner of 1/2.4

Red Hood (DC Comics) VS. Nightwing (DC Comics)

Professor Venomous (OKKO Let's Be Heroes) VS. Noisemaster (Cucumber Quest)

Inspector Cabanela (Ghost Trick) VS. Shelby Presipence (Plainview)

Miles Edgeworth (Ace Attorney) VS. Akutagawa Ryuunosuke (Bungou Stray Dogs)

Coco Adel (RWBY) VS. Espresso Cookie (Cookie Run Kingdom)

Susie Greene (Curb Your Enthusiasm) VS. Boyd Crowder (Justified)

Al Calavicci (Quantum Leap) VS. The Obituary Writer (Death By Dying)

Group5:

Lewis Pepper (Mystery Skulls) VS. winner of 1/2.5

Kuranosuke Koibuchi (Princess Jellyfish) VS. Nana "Hachi" Komatsu (Nana)

Eda Clawthorne (The Owl House) VS. Lilith Clawthorne (The Owl House)

Darius Deamonne (The Owl House) VS. Sanji (One Piece)

Link (Zelda: Breath of the Wild) VS. Spock (Star Trek)

Apollo (Hades) VS. Zagreus (Hades)

Rhonda Wellington Lloyd (Hey Arnold) VS. Malfina (Conneticut Clark)

Kanaya Maryam (Homestuck) VS. Daphne Blake (Scooby-Doo)

Group6:

Steven Stone (Pokémon) VS. winner of 1/2.6

Yuki Rurikawa (Act! Addict! Actors!) VS. Nikki (Love Nikki Dress Up Queen)

Bruno Bucciarati (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) VS. Padme Amidala (Star Wars)

Zhongli (Genshin Impact) VS. Franziska Von Karma (Ace Attorney)

Klavier Gavin (Ace Attorney) VS. Saul Goodman (Better Call Saul)

Grillby (Undertale) VS. Spades Slick (Homestuck)

Prosciutto (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) VS. Kira Yoshikage (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)

Mr. Compress (My Hero Academia) VS. Swatch (Deltarune)

Group7:

Loki (Marvel) VS. winner of 1/2.7

Castiel (Supernatural) VS. Aziraphale (Good Omens)

Hypnos (Hades) VS. Alucard (Castlevania)

Howl (Howl's Moving Castle) VS. Blitzo (Helluva Boss)

Blackbeard (Our Flag Means Death) VS. Anthony J. Crowley (Good Omens)

Luce (Drawfee) VS. Mac McDonald (Always Sunny)

Villager (Animal Crossing) VS. Blathers (Animal Crossing)

Jurgen (Sam & Max) VS. Rosemaster (Cucumber Quest)

Group8:

Joker (Persona 5) VS. winner of 1/2.8

Chuuya Nakahara (Bungou Stray Dogs) VS. Dazai Osamu (Bungou Stray Dogs)

The Doctor (Doctor Who series) VS. Sissel (Ghost Trick)

Professor Hershel Layton (Professor Layton) VS. King Dice (Cuphead)

Jolyne Cujoh (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) VS. Bayonetta (Bayonetta)

Samus (Metroid) VS. Velma (Scooby-Doo)

Harper Finkle (Wizards of Waverly Place) VS. Elle Woods (Legally Blonde)

Fran Fine (The Nanny) VS. Klaus Hargreeves (Umbrella Academy)

Good luck to everyone who's voting and have fun!

#moststylish #brackets #bracket #if there's any errors #or anything #let me know!#i am human #and a very tired one at that #so i might've missed something!#also propaganda is welcome if u wanna!#just tag me :]

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starset21 · 1 year ago

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Sincerely, Yours

Standard disclaimer: I only own my original characters, I've done some research but there will likely be Navy/military inaccuracies, and I do not consent to the posting, translating, or publishing of my work to any 3rd party site, the only place it may be found is on tumblr and Wattpad under @.itswildflower

Warnings: N/A

Summary: First day of training

Chapter 2:

Sincerely, Yours Masterlist

“Attention on deck!” A woman called out. All of the Lieutenants stood, their chairs scraping on the floor as an admiral took his place on the podium. “Morning. Welcome to your special training detachment. Be seated.” The sound of chairs moving again filled the hangar they were using as a classroom. “I’m Admiral Bates, NAWDC commander. You’re all top gun graduates. The elite. The best of the best.” From a single glance around the room, Ria saw smirks on the faces of the other aviators. “That was yesterday.” She again watched those same smirks fall. “The enemy’s new fifth-generation fighter has leveled the playing field. Details are few, but you can be sure we no longer possess the technological advantage. Success, now more than ever, comes down to the man or woman in the box.”

Jake smirked and looked over his shoulder to where Natasha sat. Nat simply flipped him off and Ria rolled her eyes at his antics. “Half of you will make the cut. One of you will be named mission leader. The other half will remain in reserve. Your instructor is a top gun graduate with real-world experience in every mission aspect you will be expected to master.” The sound of boots on the ground echoed from somewhere behind them. “His exploits are legendary. And he’s considered to be one of the finest pilots this program has ever produced. What he has to teach you may very well mean the difference between life and death.” Heads turned to look as he came up the center aisle. Jake, Javy, and Rueben all cringed and faced forward, as the man they had thrown out of the bar the evening before walked towards the front of the room. “I give you captain Pete Mitchell. Call sign: Maverick,” the Admiral finished and stepped away from the podium. Ria raised a brow but Bradley was glaring daggers at the man so hard that if looks could kill, Maverick would be 6 feet under. “Good morning. The F-18 natops. It contains everything they want you to know about your aircraft. I’m assuming you know the book inside and out,” he said, earning a chorus of ‘Damn right’, ‘Damn straight’ and ‘You got it.’

“So does your enemy.” Maverick threw the manual he was holding up in the trash bin beside the podium. “And we’re off,” Hondo muttered. “But what the enemy doesn’t know is your limits,” Maverick pauses for dramatic effect. “I intend to find them, test them, and push beyond. Today we’ll start with what you only think you know. You show me what you’re made of.” The aviators were dismissed to don their flight gear and head out to the tarmac. While doing her preflight checks Ria couldn’t help but notice Maverick stopping Bradley to talk to him. The sound of the engine’s starting up made it impossible to hear what was being said but she had a few guesses. She watched as his jaw clenched before he turned and went to his jet, leaving Maverick to watch him walk away. Ria shook her head before turning her attention back to her own jet.

“Good morning, aviators. This is your captain speaking. Welcome to basic fighter maneuvers. As briefed, today’s exercise is dog fighting. Guns only, no missiles. We do not go below the hard deck of 5,000 feet. Working as a team, you have to shoot me down, or else,” Maverick's voice rang through the radio speakers. “Or else what, sir?” Payback asked. “Or else I shoot back. If I shoot either one of you down, you both lose.” Jake twirled a model F-18 in his hand. “This guy needs an ego check.” Ria raised a brow in his direction. “Like you don’t?” Halo scoffed, leaning against the mini bar. “We’ll see to that,” Harvard and Yale high-fived across a foosball table. “What say we put some skin in the game?” Payback says. “What do you have in mind?” Maverick asked. Elliot looked at Ria, who was shaking her head and got the feeling that those two idiots were going to be making a big mistake for all of them. “Whoever gets shot down first has to do 200 push-ups,” Payback says causing Ria to cringe. “Guys. That’s a lot of push-ups,” Maverick told them. “They don’t call it an exercise for nothing, sir,” Fanboy chuckles. “You got yourself a deal, gentlemen. The fight’s on. Let’s turn and burn,” Maverick calls out. “Fanboy, you see him?” Rooster asks. “Nothing on the radar up ahead,” Fanboy tells him. “He must be somewhere behind us.” Not even a minute later Maverick zoomed between them. “Damn it! What the hell?” Rooster yells. “Shit!” Payback and Rooster were forced into a barrel roll. “Tally, tally, tally! Maverick’s coming in! Break left!” Fanboy yelled. “Breaking left,” Payback responded. “Payback, where’s your wingman?” Maverick called out. “Rooster, where are you?” Payback asked. “I got your back. I’m coming. Hang in there. Hang in there,” Rooster called out. “Hurry up, man! Hurry up!” Payback yelled. “Payback, break right,” Rooster ordered. “Breaking right.” Rooster flew through Maverick’s line of sight. “Rooster just saved your life, fellas. But it’s gonna cost him,” Maverick said, setting his sights on Rooster. “Not this time, old man,” Rooster grumbled. There wasn’t any chatter for a moment all pilots focusing on avoiding each other. “Rooster, you’re too low! Pull up! You’re hitting the hard deck!” Payback called out. “Oh, shit.” Altitude warnings rang out for a moment as he pulled up. “That’s a kill.”

Fanboy and Payback watched Rooster doing his pushups through the window in the lounge. “That should be us down there,” Fanboy says as Phoenix walks over to them. “But it’s not. And now you know a little something about Rooster.” Next up were Harvard, Yale, and Fritz. They paused out on the tarmac to make fun of Rooster but then they weren't laughing anymore when they got ‘killed’ too and had to join him. “Say, Phoenix. How about we tell everybody “Bob” stands for something? Other than Robert, I mean,” Hangman said with a slight laugh. “Don’t take the bait, Bob, want to know why we call him Hangman?” Phoenix asks him. “I got it. Baby on board.” He chuckles to himself until Maverick flies in between them just as he had the first group. “Shit!” he yelled. “Greetings, aviators. Fight’s on,” Maverick calls out. “All right, Phoenix, let’s take this guy out!” Hangman yelled. “Watch your back, Phoenix,” Bradley muttered as moved to stand beside Ria at the radio. “Break right!” Hangman called out. “Breaking right,” Phoenix responded. “Where’s he going?” Bob asked. “That’s why we call him Hangman. He’ll always hang you out to dry,” Phoenix told him, mildly irritated. “Leaving your wingman. There’s a strategy I haven’t seen in a while,” Maverick said as he followed Phoenix. “He called you a man, Phoenix. You gonna take that?” Hangman asked.

“So long as he doesn’t call you a man. Talk to me, Bob. Where’s Maverick?” she asked. “Jesus, his nose is already coming around!” Bob exclaimed. “Get him off me, Hangman!” Phoenix yelled. “For all you folks at home, this is how you Bury a fossil,” Hangman said rather arrogantly. “All right, Hangman. Time to teach you a lesson, you’re out, Phoenix,” Maverick said. “Son of a bitch!” Phoenix yelled. “That’s it. Let’s go, Mav. Let’s see what you got,” Hangman called out. “Come get me,” Maverick taunted. “Evil be gone. Hangman’s coming.” Maverick rolled his eyes as he swung his jet around towards the sun. “Yeah, you’re good. I’ll give you that,” he said. “Shit. Phoenix, I can’t see him. How close am I? Phoenix?” Hangman called out. “I’m dead, dickhead,” she replied. “See you in the afterlife, bag man,” Bob added with a chuckle. “Where is he? Where is he?” Hangman gasped as he heard the tone ring out. “That’s a kill. Let’s go. Who’s next?” Omaha, Halo, and Fritz went next and were out within minutes.

“Coyote, Tempest, and Denver, you’re up,” Hondo said as he stood in the doorway to the lounge. “Alright, let’s do this,” Ria told them. Soon enough she was flying side by side with Coyote, her eyes scanning the skies for Maverick. “Anything on the radar, Denver?” she asked. “Radar’s clear,” he tells her and Ria bites her lip beneath the mask. “Every other run he’s gone straight between them from below to split the pair up,” she mused, causing Coyote to look over at her for a moment. “How sure are you about that, Tempest?” he asked. “About 90%, but it’s Maverick, he can be unpredictable.” Elliot’s eyes were on the sky, scanning for any sign of Maverick. “Tally! Maverick’s 5 o’clock low!” He shouted. “Greetings aviators,” his voice filled the radio. “Breaking left, who’s he going after?” Coyote asked quickly. “Looks like he’s staying on us, Tempest,” Denver answered. Ria let out an exasperated sigh. “Of course, Coyote, Combat spread,” she orders. “Copy Tempest.” The combat spread is one of the most basic maneuvers pilots can do. A pair of aircraft will separate, often by a distance of about one mile horizontal by 1500 feet vertical. The fighter with the lower altitude, which was them, becomes the defender, while the wingman flies above in "the perch" position. The defender will then attempt to lure opponents into a good position to be attacked by the wingman. “Hold on, Denver, it’s going to be quite a ride,” Ria called out as she sent the jet into a barrel roll to avoid Maverick's lock. “I’m getting closer, Tempest,” Maverick teased. “Coyote! Any day now!” she yelled as she did evasive maneuver after evasive maneuver. “Can’t get a lock,” he yelled back, frustrated. “Then switch with me!” Coyote came from above so he was right on her wing and she gave him a silent nod before she pulled up and hit the brakes. She soared right over the top of Maverick as Coyote started into a dive, forcing Maverick to chase him. Ria smirked as she inverted and flipped around so she was now chasing Maverick. She stayed on his tail, closing in until finally, she heard tone lock. “That’s a kill, old man.” Denver and Coyote cheered. “Good work, Lieutenant, back to base,” was all Maverick said as he resumed lead and Coyote leveled out behind her.

Maverick watched as Ria was all smiles as she climbed out of her jet and removed her grey, blue, and purple cloud-themed helmet. Coyote rushed her, even going so far as to lift her from the ground in excitement. Elliot wrapped an arm around her shoulder as they set off towards the air-conditioned lounge, leaving Maverick to do his 200 pushups. She had done one of his signature maneuvers with an ease he hadn’t seen in anyone but him for years. She really was her father’s daughter. When they walked in, the others cheered. “The first of us to get a shot in, well done, Tempest,” Phoenix said. Ria waved her off. “Couldn’t have done it without Denver or Coyote,” she told them. “Oh someone’s had a slice of humble pie this morning,” Fanboy teases, and Ria rolls her eyes. “All right. You’ve all shown me some real talent. You’ve also proven the very best often have the most to learn,” Maverick said as he stopped in the doorway to the lounge. “Hangman, Rooster, you’re up,” he added walking away.

“So, Rooster, mind if I ask you a personal question?” Hangman asked. “Would it matter if I did?” Rooster grumbled. “What’s the story with you and Maverick? It seems like he’s got you rattled,” Hangman stated simply. “That’s none of your business. Now where the hell is he?” Maverick inverted so he was over Rooster. “Been here the whole time,” he said. “Holy shit,” Hangman says. “You see me now? Come on, let’s get it over with,” Maverick replied. “Fight’s on!” Rooster yells and peels away from Hangman. “What is with these two?” Hangman asks. The sound of heavy breathing was all that was heard for a moment. “All right, you put us here. How are you gonna get yourself out?” Maverick said. “You can bail out anytime,” Rooster replies. “How low do you want to go, Rooster?” Maverick asks. “I can go as low as you, sir! And that’s saying something.” Ria put her head in her hands. They’re going to get themselves killed. “What’s past is past. For both of us,” Maverick said. “You’d like to believe that, wouldn’t you?” Rooster said. “Hard deck is 5,000 feet, fellas. You are running out of room,” Hangman’s voice came through the speaker. Phoenix and Bob, who were closest to the radio, glanced up at each other. “Your strategy is about to run us into the ground. What’s your move?” Maverick asked. They pulled up with about 700 feet to the ground, Maverick was in front of Rooster. “You got it. Don’t think, just do,” Maverick encouraged. “Come on, rooster, you got him! Drop down and take the shot!” Hangman yelled. “It’s too low!” Rooster yelled back. “Too late. You had your chance. That’s a kill. Knock it off.” Ria sighed and leaned back against the counter, Elliot squeezed her shoulder. “Same old Rooster,” Hangman’s own sigh was heard. “Go see Hondo about your push-ups,” Maverick ordered.

“All right, that’s enough. Rooster. That’s enough, man,” Hondo said. When Bradley didn’t stop Hondo sighed before walking off, having spotted Ria and Natasha walking out of the hangar. “Breaking the hard deck, insubordination. Are you trying to get kicked out?” Ria asked him, causing him to stop and sit down on the still-hot tarmac. “Don’t worry about it,” he said. The pair stopped in front of him and kneeled down, Ria passing him the cold water bottle she’d brought with her. “Look, we’re going on this mission. But if you get kicked out, you leave us flying with Hangman. Talk to us. What the hell was that?” Natasha asked. “He pulled my papers,” Bradley mumbled before taking a long drink from the water. “What? Who?” Natasha asked. “Maverick,” Bradley told them. “He pulled my application to the naval academy. Set me back four years.” Natasha frowned looking between the two friends. “Why would he do that?” she asked. Ria shrugged, “I’ve had my suspicions but Maverick never told him, or me for that matter.” Bradley nodded and pushed himself up off the ground. “It’s like I have to prove to him that I belong here, that I belong in the sky,” he told them. “Bradley, the fact that we’re even here already proves that we belong here,” Ria told him.

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riasykei · 1 year ago

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Stigma Legacy Challenge

Created by 𓆩♡𓆪 ria 𓆩♡𓆪

Welcome to Stigma Legacy Challenge

I love to come up with different stories for my sims as I play along. I like to add a little bit of everything in my gameplay. So, I wanted to share stories of my legacy family that I’ve been playing with for a long time as I realized that each generation had interesting lives and it could be an amusing legacy challenge. You can follow this strictly or it can be just as inspiration for your own gameplay if you are not feeling creative. Since I made this challenge after I finished playing with my legacy family, life stories of each generation are very detailed (I played them like this). They have a long description of their life and their goals. You can plan and decide how to play everything out based their story. I've added some tips, but you don't have to follow them. This is mainly a story based challenge. That said, I tried to add a few skill and aspiration goals. Hope you’ll like it. TW: Some generations can have triggering topics, like cheating, death, criminal activity, revenge…

Just heads up, be prepared for drama.

General rules

Play with lifespan on Normal or Long

Follow the storyline for each generation as much as you can, because the life story of sims down the family line will make most sense that way. Try to keep the story in mind for the next generation so that you can play accordingly. I’ve tried to highlight when something is important.

If you don’t have a certain pack, feel free to change something. I’ve tried to add few options for traits, careers, etc., including base game options as well. Some of generations are based on occult sims

Mods are allowed (and recommended). I included links for specific mods I recommend, but check if they are updated if you want to use them, since links are maybe old

I’ve included a color palette for each generation. I use this in my game to distinguish my sims even more. You can ignore it if you want, or you can choose other colors. If you decide to use it, try to pick colors from palette for clothes, decorations, furniture and if you want even hair and/or eyes for your heirs

Your heir can be any gender, and they can be adopted

No money cheats

Ꮺ Generation One Ꮺ

~ Wrong choices ~

You’ve just moved into your new place, started a new job. As a brainy sim, you chose to be a scientist. You have started to meet new people. You’ve become really close with two sims from your friend group, you are always going out together. And at the same time, you started to develop a crush on one sim at your job.

One of your two friends is a flirty person. They can come across as trying to hit on you, but you know that they are never serious. Or are they? You try not to think about it, saying to yourself that it is just their personality. After all, you were never attracted to the same gender until now.

You started dating a sim from your job that you’ve had a crush on. This ends with marriage and a kid.

Your friends also have their partners and kids. You have dinner parties and kids love to play together.

One night out with your friends, you got really wasted. Your friend took you home. You were laughing, joking around, and they were, as always, flirting with you. This time your heart skipped a bit. You always rejected their advances, but this time you didn’t. Maybe it is alcohol. You didn’t have your guard up anymore, you're finally honest with yourself, you like them. You lean in for a kiss, and you guys didn’t stop all night.

Next morning you wanted for everything to be a dream, you regret your actions. But your friend tells you that they love you, that they always did, it is just that you have never thought that they are serious. You tried to break it off, but next time you meet to talk about it, it happened again. And every other time. It is official, you guys are having an affair. You wonder about your life so far. You love your spouse, but you love your friend more, it is a true love. Why didn’t you take them seriously when they have always told you that they like you? Why did you make the wrong choice? And now, you are also making a wrong choice. But, drunk on love, you continued your affair, successfully hiding it from everyone. But as time passes, you’ve become oblivious to the fact that someone is catching on to what is happening.

Traits: Geek, Perfectionist, Neat. Aspiration: Nerd Brain Career: Scientist or Engineer or Tech Guru

Summary:

It is your choice if you want to complete aspiration and reach level 10 of the career

Max Video Gaming and Logic skill

Move into an apartment (if you have City Living), otherwise you choose

Have 5 or 6 friends that you hang out with every weekend at your favorite bar or at your place, playing video games. Two of them are your best friends

Friend that you end up having an affair with is the same gender as you. Have that friend occasionally flirt with your sim (you can use mods (Control any sim, MCCC), or add them to your Household and move them out after)

Start dating your work colleague and marry them

Your friend gets married around the same time when you get married. (Try to set them up with someone, or just marry them in CAS or with help of MCCC)

You and your friends should have kids around the same time. Organize dinner parties often for everyone. Your kids should become friends (story for generation two)

One night you go out only with your friend, you got drunk, and this time you accept their advances

Continue your affair after that, until your kids are teenagers

Your kids will work together and they will expose your affair (story for generation two)

Will you stay with your spouse or divorce them? Will you continue your relationship with your friend?

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Ꮺ Generation Two Ꮺ

~Atone for others sins~

Your parent had always had their friends around. With their families. Your house was always full. You and all of the kids were always together. You start to develop a crush on one kid. Just innocent kid’s crushes.

As you became a teen, you started to really like your friend. You were in love with them. And they were in love with you too. It was really true love. You know that you’ve found your soulmate. But then they tell you something about your parents. They tell you about their suspicions about your parents' affair. You decided to be a little detectives, started following them, and you did catch them. And then, all hell breaks loose. Relationship with your parent is gone, you are not sure you can ever forgive them.

As you become a young adult, you marry your lover. You love each other, it came naturally. You want a big family with them. But your spouse is really depressed about the situation with your parents, and you are upset too. You were too young, and maybe you two haven’t healed properly. This causes arguments. Over the years you were fighting a lot, so you decided to get a divorce. Kids were staying with you for a few days, and with your partner the next few days.

You tried to move on, tried to date other people, but nothing was ever serious. You were angry, at your parent for basically destroying your marriage, at your partner, at yourself for not protecting your relationship. Why do you have to suffer because of other’s mistakes?

As you got close to being an elder, you decided to reach out to your ex. You have cleared your thoughts during your life, and you are ready to start talking again. They are happy to hear from you. You decided to try again with your ex, you want to enjoy the time you’ve left.

Traits: Hot-headed, Active, Family-Oriented. Aspiration: Big Happy Family Career: Business

Summary:

Max Logic skill

While you are child, be best friends with your parent’s friend kid, and spend lot of time together at each others places

When you age up to teen, start a romantic relationship with your best friend

After a while, you will get suspicious of your parents, so you will start following them everywhere until you catch them in the act. You can take pictures of them as evidence.

You will expose them in front of their partners, and your relationship with your parent will be ruined. (you can use Relationship Overhaul - Cheating & Jealousy mod for realistic reactions for cheating)

After this you will move out with your other parent

When you are young adult, marry your lover

Join a Business career. It is your choice if you want to complete aspiration and reach level 10 of the career

After a while you will start to have arguments

You can have one or more children, but do not pay much attention to them, you will be occupied with your spouse and your problems

Divorce your spouse after a while and share custody of your kids (you can also use Relationship Overhaul - Custody & Temporary Separations mod for in dept gameplay)

Try to go on a few different dates, have one relationship after where you will break up fast since you’re not interested

When you get close to being an elder, you decide to contact your ex spouse, and you start a relationship again with them

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Ꮺ Generation Three Ꮺ

~To be noticed~

You were invincible at home. No matter how hard you’ve tried, your parents were preoccupied with themselves and their arguments. Your whole family is a hot mess. You are not seeing your grandparents often, and when you do, even they are in shambles.

You wanted to be praised for your good grades, to be disciplined when you do something wrong, but it looks like everyone is too preoccupied with themselves. With your friends, you were ‘Yes men’, wanting to have someone to notice you. But only when you are a teenager you will meet the friends that truly love you. Regardless, the need for attention was always there. You wanted to be the best in school, to be the popular one, to be included in everything.

You were always attracted to people who don’t care about you. It is like you need to fight for their attention, like you do at home with your parents.

Your first relationship ended when you discovered that your partner cheated you. Then you were in love with a sim who wants nothing serious. This relationship was exhausting, as you always wanted more and they never did. That only caused you to be attached even more. Until you’ve decided you can’t go on like that and you broke up with them.

As a high achiever, you wanted to reach the top of your career. Everyone would admire and respect you then. Finally you’ll meet a sim who truly loves you. You have their attention. And you do like them, they are great. You marry them and you have a good life, good career, adorable kids. But, now that you don’t have to fight for attention, now when you have a healthy relationship, is it enough? You feel guilty, like you don’t love them like they love you. What is wrong with you? You don’t want to ruin everything, like your parents and grandparents did (you did learn the truth about everything from your parent). One day you get a call from your ex that you were in love a long time ago. They want to catch up. They admit that they realized that they loved you, and they are ready to be only with you. And now, like you’ve finally scratched that itch, you are noticed by the sim you always wanted to be noticed by. But what will you do? You’ll never cheat, not after you saw what it can do to a family. But will you end your marriage and hurt your spouse? Can you trust this sim to be honest now, when they never were serious about anything?

Traits: Ambitious, Perfectionist, Overachiever (or Outgoing). Aspiration: Renaissance Sim Career: Doctor

Summary:

Have a grade A in elementary and high school

Complete Whiz Kid aspiration while you are child

Your parents should never help you with homework or projects

Don’t have good relationship with your parents

Enroll in any afterschool activity (if you have Seasons, Get Famous of High School Years packs)

As a child, have a lot of acquaintances but not friends

When you age up to teen, get a part time job and start saving for rent. (I suggest using Piggy Bank mod for saving money)

Max Entrepreneur skill (if you have High School Years pack)

Have a tattoo as a teen, but your parents will not notice

Have a group of good friends (2 or more)

After you age up to young adult, change your part time job again, and don’t quit until you reach level 3. You’re still saving for rent. When you reach level 3, move out and take only money you’ve earned

Later join a Doctor career. If you have Discover University pack go to university first

Reach level 10 of the career

Have a relationship with a roommate or colleague, but you will find out they have cheated (you can use Relationship Overhaul - Cheating & Jealousy mod for realistic reactions for cheating)

You will meet a patient with whom you will start relationship with

Get married with your lover and have three kids

After a while, run into your ex and start building up friendship with them

They will start flirting with you (you can use mods (Control any sim, MCCC), or add them to your Household and move them out after)

WIll you divorce your spouse and start a relationship with your ex?

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Ꮺ Generation Four Ꮺ

~Is it time to be serious~

You are adorable. You have always been charming, from the moment you’ve opened your eyes. Your parents love you, your siblings adore you. When you were a child everyone wanted to play with you and wanted to be around you. You are a natural charmer. Also, you are suuuper smart. School was so easy for you.

When you were a teenager, everyone was falling for you left, right and center. You just say hi, and they are yours, basically. So, that made it … uninteresting?

You were not interested in relationships. You were so loved from your childhood, it was a little overwhelming. And, you watched how one of your parent was sooo in love, but the other was not. You did notice it. Maybe nobody did, but you pick up on small things.

You can read everyone and their affection and love was always superficial, at least towards you. So you never wanted that. But you were honest towards everyone. They knew you only wanted to have fun, and that's it. But it was inevitable, you broke some hearts.

You also didn’t have close friends, but you were popular and you knew a lot of sims. You were always partying, surrounded by sims who wanted to be around you. You had everything, but wanted nothing. As you could do anything, you tried a few careers. Never knew what you actually wanted. So you started to have a lot of random hookups, just to fill that void. That was not without consequences. Soon your life was turned upside down. You got twins with one of your random hookup. They wanted nothing with them, so you are now left with these kids, and you need to take care of them.

But, for the first time, you wanted to have a bond with someone. With you kids. You’ve loved them from the moment you’ve met them, and know you’ll be the best parent. You will take this life seriously, for them.

You were living a fulfilling life with your kids. You were truly happy. But then, when kids were teenagers, the other parent suddenly came back to your life, wanting to reconnect with kids. You are not sure what to do, you want your kids to have a relationship with their other parent, but you could almost smell that they did not have good intentions. Not wanting to disappoint your kids, you decided to allow this to happen.

Traits: Genius, Self-Assured, Noncommittal. Aspiration: Serial Romantic Career: Change 3 or more careers by your choice

Summary:

Max all toddler skills and complete Whiz Kid aspiration OR cheat “Mentally Gifted”and “Top-Notch Toddler” (so you’ll gain mental skills faster during sims life - your sims supposed to be genius)

Complete Social Butterfly aspiration OR cheat “Socially Gifted” (so you’ll gain social skills faster)

Max Charisma and 3 other skills by choice

Have a lot of friends. I suggest having a club with your friends (if you have Get Together) and have a lot of gatherings. (You can buy perk to add two more sims or increase maximum number of sims for clubs with MCCC mod)

Be good friends with all of your siblings and parents

After you age up to teen, start dating around

Complete Serial Romantic during your life

Go on parties 2 or more times a week

Have a random hookups (this can be done with mods: SimDa Dating App or Relationship Overhaul - Meet&Mingle Dating App)

Get pregnant (if your heir can get pregnant) or get other sim pregnant (if your heir can get others pregnant) with twins (you can cheat this with MCCC)

Decide to keep them, but other parent is not involved

Be involved in your kids life, try to raise them as best as you could

Go on 2 or more vacation together with your kids

Later when other parent come to ask to meet the kids, you will allow it

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Ꮺ Generation Five Ꮺ

~Protect what you love~

You had the coolest parent. You could see that everyone admired them, and so did you. You and your twin loved them so much. When you look back to your childhood, you can remember laughter and happiness, when you were playing with them. Everyone has two parents. You had one, but you know it was enough. But you were curious. Who is my other parent? Why didn’t they want me? As you get older, this questions started to weigh on you.

You wanted to meet your other parent and ask them yourself. And as an answered prayer, they did appear one day. It was … weird. They said that they love you. You are not sure you want to believe them, but you cannot control the warmth in your heart for them. You really want a connection with them. You want to believe them.

You started to go live with them a few days in the week. They convinced you to do some ‘legal’ odd jobs for them. You went to some place to pick up some stuff a few times. You didn’t notice anything until you met some shady sims. They started to threaten you, telling you they will harm your sibling if you do not work for them. You began to work for them. You were basically in a criminal career. Your other parent had debt, and they tricked you into this. You had to pay for them. Life played a trick with you. You opened your heart, and you paid for it. But you will protect your sibling and other parent. You hid the fact that you worked as a criminal from them. You decided to get out of this as soon as you can. You will fight.

In your free time you liked to go to local coffee shop. You fell in love with a coffee shop regular. You did start a relationship, and you had one more person in your life that you wanted to protect. When you guys got pregnant, you knew you have to get out. Before your kid stared to go to school, you paid debt, changed your name, and when to live off the grid with your family. At least, you’re safe now.

Traits: Good, Loyal, Loves Outdoors. Aspiration: Super Parent Career: Criminal

Summary:

Have a grade A or B while you’re child

Be good friends with your twin and parent who raised you

Meet your other parent when you age up to teen and start to build up relationship with them

Start going over to your other parent place for a few days

They are hanging out with suspicious people, and they start to include you in their activities. Since your sim should be in a gang, you can use clubs for this (if you have Get Together) and set club activities like “Stealing” (so you won't need Kleptomaniac trait for this), “Be Mean to other clubs”. You can also use Basemental drug mod, and take it as far as you want. For example, you can be a drug dealer with help of this mod, etc.

You’re hiding this from your other parent and twin and you start to have arguments with them because they are noticing something is going on with you

When you age up to young adult, your other parent will force you to join Criminal Career

You will have to “pay off” their debt (set to 30000 simoleons of higher), each week you will have to give 1000$ or more simoleons to them

If you have Get Together, have your criminal club go to museums and steal paintings two times a week. This will go towards debt payment. If you don't have Get Together, you can cheat Kleptomaniac trait for this, and revert it after you've stolen the paintings.

Go to one coffee shop few times a week, and always meet the same person

Start a relationship with them

Hide them from the club and your parent

Your lover and you will get pregnant

After you pay off debt, you will cut off contact with your parent and club (try to do this before your kid age up to child)

Move in off the grid lot

You will live from harvestables and animals (if you have Cottage Living / Horse Ranch)

You can never go to a community lot, since you are in hiding

You’re strict parent, and your kid is not allowed to go outside for long

Note: If you have Get Together and use clubs for this storyline, try to keep the criminal club populated throughout all generations. This will make sense for the story for generation nine and ten. MCCC mod will keep clubs populated.

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Ꮺ Generation Six Ꮺ

~Written in the stars~

As a kid, you lived off the grid, so your main entertainment were books. One day you found an astrology book, and you fell in love. You were spending your days moongazing, wondering what is up there. As you were curious about space, you were also curious about the reason why you are cut off from the world. You were not allowed to go anywhere, when you didn’t return home right after school, you got scolded. You were always arguing with your parents, as you were staying late in library, researching on computer, or just playing video games. You couldn't understand why don’t you have basic electronic devices. You started to rebel as a teenager, and were running away from home. You stayed at your friends house, or at random motels. Your relationship with your parents got worse. But you knew that you want to feel normal, and you didn’t understand why were they so overprotective.

Even though you were a rebel, you kept your dream from childhood, you wanted to be an astronaut. You know you had to get good grades, so you always find the time to study and do your homework in between running away from home and finding a place to sleep for the night.

When you got older, you came back home and your parents explained to you that they are hiding, and they are worried about you. Now you know why they were so paranoid. You promised you will lay low, and you went to live in Oasis Springs, in a secluded lot, to pursue your dream career. But you installed every damn electronic device you could think of.

You’ve met someone who is equally in love with stars as you. You fell in love with their passion. You guys get married and have one kid. Your life was wonderful.

But destiny had other plans. After an accident your partner lost their life. You and your kid are left alone now. Maybe it was written in the stars, maybe you should have known. You feel guilty, but you try to keep it together for your kid.

Traits: Geek, Creative, Hot-Headed. Aspiration: Nerd Brain Career: Astronaut

Summary:

Read a book every day as a child

Have fights with your parents about curfew

Go to library at least two times a week to read and/or search the web

Have a group of friends and gather often to play video games at someone’s house (not yours since you don’t have computer)

When you age up to teen, start to sleep over at your friends houses, and have arguments with your parents

When they forbid you to exit the house, you had enough, and you run away from home and move on a empty lot

You will sleep in libraries, in motels when you have money to afford it (you can ‘pay’ each time you sleep on a community lot - set the price around 100 simoleons for night, or whatever you like), take odd jobs for money

You can use Education System Bundle mos to do online schooling. If you don’t use this mod, just don’t go to school, cheat grade A, and always do homework and projects, and be on computer for few hours a day (“play as you are online schooling”)

After a week (or two if you are playing on long lifespan) you parents will find you and make you go home. They will tell you the truth about their criminal past

Your relationship with your parents will get better

You notice someone in the park using a telescope, start a conversation. They are in love with space as you are. Invite them on a date and start a relationship with them

Join Astronaut career when you age up to young adult, and move with your lover to Oasis springs in Acquisition Butte neighborhood (bulldoze houses there so it will look secluded, since you still want to hide because of your parents involvement with criminal groups)

Marry your lover after you reach level 3 in the career

Have one child

After your kid is close to age up to teen, an accident happens, your partner will die. It can be fire, but most suitable is death by meteor.

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Ꮺ Generation Seven Ꮺ

~The other world~

You and your parents had a great relationship. You were close with both of them. So, when one of them lost their life, you were devastated. Why did it happen? How is it fair? While having nightmares and sleepless nights, one time you saw the ghost of your deceased parent. You talked to them, you were so happy. But in the morning, you are not sure if you’ve dreamt that all. In your heart you knew that you didn't, that it was real.

That opened doors for you, doors into the other world. You wanted to know more. You know there are unexplained things out there. So, you got to work, you were reading every occult book you could find. When you were a teenager, you were playing around with ouija boards, seance tables, communicating with the deceased. You wanted to talk to your parent again, but that never happened.

You did find out a lot. You were a journalist, going into Forgotten Hollow, Moonwood Mill, Glimmerbrook… You interviewed every supernatural being you could get in contact with. A lot of them became your friends.

You are a collector. You collected metals, crystals, objects, basically all of the collectibles you could find. You locked all of your collectibles in the basement, since a lot of them can be dangerous.

You decided to move to Glimmerbrook, you lived off the haversables you were selling and seances you were holding for people. You wrote a lot of books about the supernatural world.

One day, while communicating with dead, you meet a ghost who piques your interest. You fell in love with them and swear to bring them back to life. You had all you need. You knew how to do it. So you did. After they are brought back to life, you got married and you had three kids with them.

But messing up with the circle of life can never be good. Your partner is not supposed to be here. So, they were turned into a ghost again after a few years with you. You were devastated. So you spend the rest of your life desperately communicating with the dead.

Traits: Bookworm, Gloomy, Active. Aspiration: The Curator Career: Paranormal Investigator (if you have Paranormal pack) or Gardener (if you have Seasons)

Summary:

Be good friends with your parents

After your parent dies, talk to their ghost one time. After that release them in to Netherworld

After that you are obsessed with OtherWorld, you want to learn everything that you can

Max Vampire Lore

Go to the graveyard and talk to ghost often

After you age up to young adult, move into Haunted House in Glimmerbrook

Have an interview with every occult sim. Try to befriend them and be friends with each occult sim

Start to write a book about every occult sim that you have met. You can publish them, but always make a copy and save those books.

You want to collect every cristal, metal or cursed item that you can find. You are always digging something

Finish one collection. Find Mermaid Kelp (important for generation nine)

Have a basement where you will store all of the collectibles and stuff you find. Leave Mermaid Kelp here. With specters around, you will get a lot of objects also when you please them

Max Medium skill and join Paranormal investigator career

Have a seances with random sims, and make them “pay” you (cheat the money after seances). You are famous now, afterall, so people want your help with paranormal

Meet a ghost one time when you visited graveyard, and you fall in love with them

You know how to bring them back, so you make ambrosia (you can cheat this, since it requires Gourmet Cooking and Cooking Level 10. If you don’t have time to level up this, you can find ambrosia on gallery for example, or cheat those skills and make it yourself)

Have three kids with them

After a while, your partner will turn back into a ghost (cheat this)

Will you turn them back to life again? Maybe the consequences will be that they are not the same. Will you risk it again?

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Ꮺ Generation Eight Ꮺ

~Pursuit of glory~

All you can remember from your childhood was chaos. You remember your house was always full with people, your parent was obsessed with their spiritual rituals. You were constantly annoyed. There was always noice, specters floating around, making a mess. You were sooo done with that.

Your siblings were always helping your parent, and you didn’t get along with them. You didn’t care that much about your other deceased parent, you didn’t want to be included in this occult world, you just wanted to get out of there. You were always out of the house, hanging in parks with other kids.

When you were a teenager, you started to hang out in the city, and you fell in love with San Myshuno.You liked fashion, like how people were ... not obsessed with ghosts for example. You belonged there. Not in that stupid Glimmerbrook. You didn’t choose that life. So you moved out to a cheap apartment, and got a part time job to pay rent while you were teenager.

Your aim is to get a modern apartment, to become a fashion influencer, and to never look back to your old life. You don’t even contact your family at all. Maybe once a year, to let them know you’re alive. They don’t need to know more.

You became successful in your career, you dictated fashion looks. You were offered acting roles, so you dipped your toes in the acting world as well. You marry a costar, mainly for fame. You have one kid with them. But after a few years, you divorced them.

You marry one more time, with another younger costar. This was not a successful marriage, worse than the first one, so you divorced them too.

Traits: Mean, Ambitious, Self-Absorbed (or Snob). Aspiration: City Native (or Music Lover), later switch to World-Famous Celebrity (if you have Get Famous pack) Career: Style Influencer (Trend Setter), later switch to Actor (if you have Get Famous pack)

Summary:

Be enemies with your siblings and your parent

Hang out in city park in San Myshuno with other kids

Be out of the house as much as you can

Complete Social Butterfly aspiration OR cheat “Socially Gifted” (so you’ll gain social skills faster)

When you age up to teenager, ‘steal’ few items from basement, sell them and use money to move out to cheap apartment in San Myshuno

Get a part time job for the money

Max Charisma skill

Be at karaoke club often with popular kids

After you age up to young adult, join Style Influencer career (Trend Setter branch). You can advance in the career quickly by writing style blogs (have a high level of writhing skill so the blogs have higher chance to be accepted)

At level 7, you can make trends. Make 5 looks for feminine trend and 5 for masculine trend

Move into expensive apartment at Fashion District or Uptown

Leave Style Influencer career and join Acting career. (If you don’t have Get Famous, you can use Road to Fame mod)

Have 3 famous friends

Met a costar and marry them

Have one kid that you pay no attention to

Always have a nanny to take care of your kid

Divorce your spouse after your kid age up to a child

Have a scandal that will affect you reputation

When you age up to adult, marry a costar who is young adult

Divorce them shortly after

Will you find a partner that is good enough for you? You are a star after all.

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Ꮺ Generation Nine Ꮺ

~Curiosity killed the cat~

You never liked to be around your parents. One was mean and only cared about fame, the other uninterested. So, you spend your time with nannies, and after you got older, you liked to go to your grandparents house, where your parent’s siblings live. They are nice, and they love you. Basically, you were never home, but your parents didn’t care.

The house is interesting. After your grandparent passed away, it got calmer (that is what you were told). They were specters, ghosts and all kinds of sims running around, but now the house looks normal. Only the basement locked and suspicious. You are not sure if you believe in everything that was said about the house and your grandparent, but you are curious about the basement.

One time, you were at the house, no one was there, and you decided to explore. You successfully snuck into the basement and you were surprised with everything. Energy there is different. There were potions, pictures, metals… And you felt dizzy. In the corner of the room you noticed strange fruit. It looked delicious. You need to eat it. So, you ate it.

What you didn’t know is that you ate Mermadic Kelp. When you found out after your parent’s siblings told you, you needed to move to Sulani. Your life turned upside down. You took books about mermaids that your grandparent wrote, and moved to Sulani. How did you got yourself into this mess?

In one of the books, you found an interview with a mermaid, and you found out that mermaids were in danger in the past. Now it is different, they can live freely with sims, but in the past they were hunted. There is suspicion that criminal groups that hunt mermaids still exist to this day. But you got nothing to worry about, right?

You met other mermaids and learned to accept your new reality. You love Sulani and your new friends. Also, you did meet one interesting Sulani resident. You fell in love, got married, had kids and for a while everything seemed peaceful. But after a few years, you and your mermaid friends started to get threats and blackmails. Now you know that you may be in danger. But now you have a family to protect. How will you deal with it?

Traits: Bookworm, Loner, Music Lover. Aspiration: Beach Live Career: Conservationist

Summary:

Do not have a relationship with your parent, be only acquaintances

Have a good relationship with your nanny

Be good friends with your grandparent and your parent’s siblings

Hang out in your grandparent’s house in Glimmerbrook, do not stay at home often, you don’t like your parent

When your grandparents die, remove Haunted House lot trait from that house

Read all of your grandparent’s books about occult sims

When you aged up to teen, go to basement of your grandparent’s house to explore, and end up eating Mermaid Kelp

Your parent’s siblings told you what it was, and you are terrified

Take all mermaid books that your grandparent wrote

You move out to Sullani, join Conservationist career

Your parent will give you money , they don’t want to deal with you

You meet other mermaids. (You can use clubs if you have Get Together) Have gatherings with them often, and enjoy swimming around

Meet Sulani resident at the bar and start dating them

Have one or more kids with them (all of them are human - cheat this if needed)

Learn that mermaids are in danger, since they are pursued by criminal groups

Have an encounter with a criminal group and they threaten you. (This can be the same criminal club from generation five. Add activity for this club to be mean to mermaid club, have fights, etc). Play as a criminal and take pictures for this incident. Leave them around in the apartment criminal lives in (This is for story for generation ten)

You need to disappear after your kid ages up to teen. (You can decide if you want to kill your sim, or just move them out, and never communicate with them. If you decide to kill them, have a criminal group sim do it. You can use Extreme Violence mod if you want. Also take pictures of this if you want to play this out and leave them around the place where criminal lives in)

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Ꮺ Generation Ten Ꮺ

~A dish best served cold~

You hate injustice. You hate crime. You want this world to be right. You know damn well how it can be cruel. If not for evil people, your parent would be there with you. Instead, they are missing. Nobody knows where they are.

Your parent disappeared when you became a teenager. You were sad, but more than that, angry. You knew it was not ok for them to be afraid of getting hurt just because of who they are. You know that they are mermaid, and you thought they were majestic. And now they are gone.

You decided you will get to the bottom of this. You will find the ones responsible for everything. It is dangerous, but you got to do it.

You started to hang out in dangerous neighborhoods. You read in your parent’s books about criminals that were responsible for endangering mermaids. So, you wanted to find out more. You hooned your hacking skills, so you can dig information on the dark web. You did find a few names. But nothing more. You will have to wait until you can do something.

That something is you becoming a police officer. You will have more power, access to databases and all cases related to similar crimes. You were patient, and in the end you have joined a detective career. When you got to the corporal level, you were able to open a missing case for your parent. From then on, you were collecting clues together with your colleagues. It is an open case. When you got to sergeant level, you caught your first suspect. And finally, on captain level, you’ve brought that criminal organization down. Now that you got your revenge, you feel numb. You are not sure if it is over. You work few more years, then you quit. There is no end to the crime, but you have no energy anymore.

You decided you will volunteer and you will make donations for those in need for the rest of your life.

Traits: Self-Assured, Active, Neat. Aspiration: Computer Whiz Career: Detective

Summary:

Be best friends with your parents

Complete Whiz Kid aspiration OR cheat “Mentally Gifted”

When you age up to teen, your parent disappears, and you start to investigate this yourself

Read all of mermaid books you found laying around the house

Go to criminal groups hangouts and talk to people to find out information

Find out about criminal club and remember their names

Always be on computer, searching on the web about this criminal group

Max Programming skill since you need to hack and dig info on dark web

After you age up to young adult, join Detective Career and move out

Do not have any romantic relationships (you are only thinking about revenge). You can have woohoo partners and random hookups if you want, but nothing serious (this can be done with mods: SimDa Dating App or Relationship Overhaul - Meet&Mingle Dating App)

When you get to corporal level (level 3), you opened the case about your missing parent (You can decorate police station with pictures of your parent, so it looks like you are working on that case)

When you got to Sergeant level (level 6), you caught the first criminal from a criminal group. (You can check who is the member of the criminal club if you are using clubs from Get Together). You can do this by fighting with them, and after that turn them into a ghost with cheats (so that they don't appear in the world anymore - they should be arrested). You can have “police station” community lot where you can play out interrogation of criminal group, since you cannot to this in regular police station (you cannot chose criminal sims)

You will find pictures of criminals treating your parent at one point when you went to a one criminal’s apartment (or house) to investigate and this will be evidence for taking down criminal group

You will ‘arrest’ criminal club members one by one and when you are promoted to Captain (level 8), arrest last one (If you decided to just move out your parent and not kill them, find there whereabouts as well and rekindle the relationship)

Quit or retire after this

Make donations every week for different causes and volunteer for the rest of your life

Now that you had your revenge, will you be happy? How will you continue your life? Will you find a partner maybe and start a family?

Color palette:

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hope you will enjoy this ❀❀❀

#sims 4 #sims 4 legacy challenge #sims 4 gameplay #sims 4 legacy #ts4 legacy challenge #ts4 #stigma legacy challenge #riasykeichallenge

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fastlanehqs · 5 months ago

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WELCOME TO MIDWAY, DUDE. Take a look our checklist for a few little deets before we get started.

OOC INFO

Alias: ria

Age: 29

Pronouns: she/they

Timezone: pst

Triggers: [REDACTED]

What made you want to join fastlanehq? I was peer pressured (jk)

If you aren’t chosen for your first skeleton choice, what are your second and third choices? [REDACTED]

Are you applying for a wanted connection? If so, which one? Naur

Anything else? piece of my heart by janis joplin

IC BLURB

[OWEN TEAGUE, M, HE/HIM] Well, well, well, [ROBERT “ROCKY” LEE MORRISON], after that stunt you and your friends pulled, half of town didn’t think you’d make it to graduation! Let alone turning [20]. You’re getting a reputation as [THE DIRT BAG] you know, it’s all the talk around [THE ERSKINE MOONTOWER]! Nevertheless, Principal Grauss announced your postgrad plans to [SAVE UP AND DRIVE OUT WEST] when you walked across that stage and got that diploma. Folks around Midway will always remember you as [+DARING, +A GOOD TIME] and [-HOT HEADED, -BROODY].

WRITING SAMPLE

Rocky’s hands trembled ever so slightly as he reached for the door knob of the master bedroom. There was a whole ass party happening downstairs and the host had been pretty clear: upstairs is off limits. Off limits to who? Not him, obviously. If the rich kids in town didn’t want him snooping around their houses, they should’ve known better than to invite him to their parties.

With a final glance over his shoulder to make sure the coast was clear, he turned the knob and pushed, causing the hinges to creak. He slid into the master bedroom quietly, going straight for the dresser that was flush against the wall. It didn’t take long to find what he was looking for. All he had to do was open the first drawer and bam. Jackpot.

The scoff that escaped Rocky’s lips at the sight of the jewelry was half amusement at how ill-secured everything was, and half disbelief at how much of it there was. Rings, necklaces, and bracelets all glittered with diamonds that were worth more than his miserable life—more than his entire family’s. Would the poor little rich kid’s mommy even notice what was missing? Fat chance.

Rocky contemplated for all of two seconds before he grabbed the third most-expensive looking necklace and shoved it into his pocket. He was about to grab a couple of rings when he finally clocked the shadow in the doorway. Fuck.

“Hey,” he greeted coolly, locking eyes with the girl who was lit only by the light in the hallway. “Sick pad,” Rocky gestured vaguely to the room, clearing his throat as he waited for her to hurl accusations at him. But she never did. She just…stood there. Feeling some pressure and uncomfortable with the silence, Rocky shut the drawer aggressively and stalked over to the host of the party, towering over her with ease. “Look,” he started through gritted teeth, “it’s rent, alright?”

Rather than scream for help or summon her posse to come try to pummel him into giving back the goods, she sort of just stepped aside and opened the door wider, clearing a path for him to exit. His lips parted, but no words came out. Was she really going to let him off the hook? He unclenched his jaw and relaxed his shoulders, hoping this wouldn’t result in him feeling weirdly indebted to this girl. “What was your name again?” he asked, his lips curling up into the slightest smile. When she told him, he nodded. “Cool,” he brushed past her as he exited the room, “see you around.” With a quiet sigh of relief, Rocky barreled down the stairs and returned to the party feeling rich and ready to take on the night.

#submission #dirtbag #fast:accepted

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rhianwells · 11 months ago

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The idea that alcohol could hurt her, give her a terrible hangover, seemed so outlandish right now. She would be fine! Ria shook her head in disbelief when Ash mentioned locking up the alcohol, pretending to be offended, but she couldn't stop herself from smiling. "I know, I know! He's at his friend's today, playing chess, so I might be the less hungover one," she joked. "I will call him, though. I send him a photo of me and Courtney, in our matching dresses," she added, proudly.

Ria wrinkled her nose as if she were trying to connect the dots, thinking about something intensely. "Maybe he's a Wexley," she said after a moment, arching a brow in suspicion, and Eric shook his head, wrinkling his nose a little. When he turned around to check where his brother was, he noticed him leaving with Courtney and now Ria's fiance was standing there alone. "Speaking of whom... I'll leave you two and see how he's doing. Just me doing your job, Ri, you're welcome." He winked at her. "It was nice to meet you, Ashton. Enjoy the party." With a nod, he walked away and left the two friends. Ria waved at Eric before she clasped her hands together and turned to her friend again. "They both deserve a break, or they'll never agree to dance with me again," she said with a chuckle.

It was good to know that Ria was at least a happy drunk, and that she had friends and loved ones looking over her when she gets there. It eases he mind when Eric and him shared a look for understanding and familiarity. Though he was more acquainted with his brother, he knew of Eric at the very least. "Time to lock up the rest of the alcohol then," Ashton pretended to whisper to Eric though much obvious too loud that Ria van hear them. "You'll regret it tomorrow, don't forget you said you were giving your dad a call for the holidays," turning back to Ria as she protested and Ash simply reminded her of tomorrow. The alcohol feels great until it doesn't the next day.

Ashton huffed at the accusation, "hey, I'm totally trying. See? Eric agrees. I bet Zach and Tobias could get along." On some weird unconventional circumstances, perhaps in an apocalypse. "I bet your fiancé would say the same thing."

#ria:ash #bnyxmas

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ssreeder · 3 years ago

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just read chap 16 and my first thought was: "at least with all the blood-letting this idiot (aka zuko) keeps accidentally getting he's gonna purge out whatever remains of the suppressants much faster" bc whatever mess he's running towards this time, I'm sure he's gonna screw up some stitches on his way there and i need to look on the positive side of that for my mental health u__u

#hahaha one day things will really be fine #& you’ll all be really confused #like Zuko runs out of the tent & they have a SURPISE PARTY WAITING!!!#TA DA #Welcome to the tribe party!!#Sokka was yelling because he wa EXCITED!!#do - do y’all believe me?#:D #I’m super trustworthy #;)#haha ok sorry #I’m done fucking with y’all #ask #liab #ria

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beardysteve · 8 years ago

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LET ME JOIN U ON THE PINEAPPLE ON PIZZA TEAM! IT IS DELISH!

@inediblesushi what’s good

#WELCOME TO THE PARTY RIA #WE HAVE PIZZA FOR EVERYONE COME HAVE A SEAT #ria #pineapple pizza discourse #lucii doodles #lmfa o god LET THE DISCOURSE DIE P LEA SE #riakomai #ask insanaty

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mrwexleysr · 9 months ago

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"You never fail to lighten the atmosphere, Ria." Even before the days of their world being restricted to the building, Ria had lit up every hallway and space she'd been in. The Christmas before she'd absolutely taken over the dance floor and the party had been better off for it. "I must say, from the moment you moved into the building, you've been a wonderful addition to our little community." The fact that she was more than willing to help out in almost literally any and every way that she could was heartening. Hopefully those others who found themselves immune would be as open and willing to more testing.

"Ms. Vang does have some clever ideas." Interesting ones as well, but he chose to keep those to himself. The woman was not only successful, but powerful, and that came from a wiliness that he couldn't begin to fathom. There was so few people in his very own social circles that weren't beholden to her in some way or another. Really it was impressive. The woman's relationship with the one in front of him incredibly interesting as a result. "I honestly think that's such a good idea. Yourself and Mr. Bane did such a wonderful job the last time, I think it'd be more than welcome this year. A little festivity might be just what the populace needs to relax a little. I think we all deserve that."

She was beaming. Maybe some things would change now, just a little bit, in terms of what others would expect from her and how she perceived herself, and Ria was excited about her new adventure. It was also nice to share this moment with someone who appreciated or at least understood her enthusiasm.

"Oh, of course! Whatever happens, whatever this result brings, it will be an exciting journey. Fresh supplies, samples for research purposes... I know my attitude would be the same, have I received different news," she replied with a smile. She probably shouldn't say that out loud as many people were disappointed when they got their results, but she would try her best to put them in a better mood. Hopefully, they wouldn't just say it was easy for her to say that because she was immune. "Really? Thank you, Sir!" Now this made her feel important. "As for doing something for our community, I think I even have an idea. Well, it's not my idea, it was Sada's. She suggested I should entertain our residents with some music during the Christmas party." Ria offered a little shrug, smiling. "Maybe it would help them, all of us, forget about the virus and feel the Christmas spirit."

#rhianwells #Ria 01 #Event 04 #Dec 13 #The penthouse

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readingunderstars · 1 year ago

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Blue Dream - One

Dealer!Ellie Williams x OC, College/University AU

Sypnosis:

Ria Ortiz is a sophomore at Valerie College, grappling with the difficulties of a long-distance relationship. In preparation for her friend's birthday party, Ria needs to get her hands on some pre-rolls. Her regular plug only sells edibles, but he refers her to another dealer on campus—Ellie Williams.

Warnings: 18+!! recreational drug use

Word Count: 2.5k

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Professor Vargas’s office was everything one might hope for in a study. A massive shelf consumed the far wall, full to the brim with science books. Before it, a colossal desk was home to the Chair of the Biology department at Valerie College. Photographs from decades of research adorned every corner. Professor Vargas was in all of them, holding sea urchins, embracing her teams, petting turtles.

Ria stared at them in awe as she waited for the professor to finish whatever she was writing in her computer. At once, the typing ceased, and Professor Vargas removed her glasses, setting them aside. “Thank you for your patience,” she said, and looked at Ria in the chair opposite her. “Miss Ortiz, I have news for you.”

Straightening her posture, Ria fidgeted with her ring. “Did you hear back from the Monterey program?”

Professor Vargas opened one of her drawers, and retrieved a blue envelope, sliding it across the dark wood of her desk. Ria took the envelope. It was from the Biology department. She looked up to Professor Vargas, who was watching expectantly. “Did I get in?”

“Open it,” Vargas said with a smile, and Ria’s fingers trembled as she ripped the side, pulling out a folded letter.

This was it. The reason she had come to Valerie. Well, not the only reason, but it was the biggest one. Valerie College partnered with the Monterey Bay Aquarium to create a marine biology summer program for its students. It was everything Ria wanted, from field work all over the west coast to the chance of studying marine life. Especially green sea turtles. She had spent countless hours preparing for this—studying, building a relationship with the department, interviewing, writing essays. And now she held the decision in her hand, a year and a half of hard work condensed into a single moment.

She opened it, and gasped as she read it, her eyes filling with tears. “Welcome to the team,” Professor Vargas said, standing to offer a congratulatory hug.

Ria jumped into her arms, closing her eyes, crying with happiness. “Thank you so much, Professor.”

“Please, we’ll be working together soon,” she replied. “Call me Melissa.”

Ria ran out of the science building complex and into the green center of campus. “AJ!” she screamed. Her brother looked up at the sound of his name, standing up from his spot under Old Tree, where she had seen him studying earlier. “I GOT IN!”

AJ laughed, grabbing his head with his hands. “For real?”

“YES!” The wind ran through her curls as she charged at AJ. Ria threw her tote on the ground as he braced for impact. She ran straight into him, launching them both unto the grass.

Rolling off him, Ria sighed and stared up at the massive canopy of Old Tree. Little laughs escaped her, still in disbelief.

“Congrats, renacuaja,” AJ said. Tadpole.

Ria shoved him, but couldn’t manage to be mad. She’d gotten in.

“You gotta tell Julian.”

Sitting up, Ria’s smile dropped. “You couldn’t let me have a moment before thinking about that?”

AJ shrugged. “Sorry,” he said. “But you do have to.”

“Ya te oí,” Ria said, waving her hand. I heard you already.

Ria’s phone vibrated in her back pocket, and she jumped. Unlocking her screen, she opened Snapchat to a notification from the only person she ever texted on the app—her dealer.

Ryan Murphy had replied to her question about some pre-rolls for tomorrow’s party.

murphyslaw: i only sell edibles

Ria groaned. He was the only dealer she’d bought from since her last one graduated, and Ria had promised to hook everybody up.

“What’s wrong?” AJ asked, going back to where his laptop sat.

“Murphy doesn’t sell bud,” she replied, twisting to look back at AJ.

He tsked. “I could’ve told you that.”

Giving him a look, Ria laid her head back down on the grass. Another notification popped up.

murphyslaw: my friend sells bud tho, she might have some. u want her info?

Fuck yeah, I do.

ria.ortiz: Yes pleaseee

murphyslaw: alr hold on

murphyslaw: @el_will

ria.ortiz: Thanks Murph, see you around

Typing in the username into the search bar, Ria laughed. El Will. The Will? She wondered if Murphy’s friend was Hispanic. It didn’t help that the account had no name, just an emoji of a fern. Ria added her.

Standing up, Ria swiped away any pieces of grass on her clothes and hair. Then she spotted her bag several feet away and picked it up, sitting against the trunk of Old Tree beside AJ. “What kind of gifts does Sasha like?” he asked.

Ria’s phone lit up again. “Um,” she said, seeing the dealer had added her back. That was quick.

el_will: you came from Ryan, right?

“Ria,” AJ called.

ria.ortiz: Yeah, he said you might have pre-rolls?

“What?” she said, not really paying attention to him.

“I asked you a question,” AJ said.

el_will: i do. right now i’ve got a sativa-dominant hybrid. that good?

“Hm?” Ria looked at him. “Oh. She likes candles.”

ria.ortiz: Yep, I just need 10 for tomorrow

“What did you get her?”

“Just get her a candle, AJ,” Ria said, watching as the dealer typed. “Can’t go wrong with that.”

el_will: alr so it’s 10 half-gram pre-rolls, $7 a piece. can you meet at 6?

ria.ortiz: Sounds good and yes

el_will: come to the green house across the street from Cedar Hall.

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Ria spent the rest of her afternoon in her dorm, first calling her parents to tell them the news, then doing assignments until her brain practically rotted. Closing her eyes, she decided to leave the rest for the following day, before the party.

Checking the time, she saw there was enough to grab dinner before picking up everyone’s share of the money. She grabbed a sad plate of pasta and questionable chicken and climbed up the hill to Birchwood Hall. Halle and Katherine had left their dorm unlocked for Ria, and the money was on Halle’s desk.

Two floors above them, Jamie handed her the cash. “I’m making jello shots. What flavor do you want?”

Looking at the flavor boxes laid out on Jamie’s bed, Ria took the blue one. “Berry Blue.”

“The only option,” Hugo said, walking into his boyfriend’s dorm. He took out his wallet and counted enough for two joints. “Thanks, Ria.”

“Anytime,” she said, and headed out.

The last stop was Sasha’s suite on the first floor of Cedar Hall. It was the dorm building across from the dealer’s house, and where the party would be held the following night. Ria knocked as a courtesy but didn’t wait for an answer before turning the knob—none of them ever locked the front door during the day.

The suite living room connected the three dorms within, two doubles and a single. Party decorations had been dumped on the small table, waiting to be put up. A foldable chair sat to either side of a couch, upon which one of Sasha’s suite mates sat, knitting. Rosa’s hands worked to make something Ria couldn’t identify out of the sage green yarn on the ground.

“Oh hey,” Rosa said, and stopped knitting to point at a roll of cash on the coffee table. “It’s all there. Sasha’s in her room, in case you wanted to see her.”

“Thanks,” Ria said as she counted the bills, walking to the door directly past the couch. Her hand barely touched the handle before Sasha opened the door, smiling brighter than usual.

“So?” she said, her brown eyes wide. “Did you talk to Vargas?”

That same happiness flooded Ria again, and she smiled just as brightly as Sasha. “I got in,” she said.

Sasha screamed jumping as she took Ria’s shoulders. “Oh my God!” Then she stopped, her jaw dropping. “Oh my God,” Sasha said. “Now you really have to tell Julian.”

Ria groaned, throwing herself on Sasha’s bed. “Why is that the first thing everyone says?”

“He’s your boyfriend, Ria. He needs to know at some point.” Sasha knelt beside the bed, and Ria turned her head to face her. “What’s scaring you?”

“I’m not scared… It’s just that we only see each other when I go home, and if I stay in California over the summer,” she covered her face with her hands, “I know he won’t like it.”

“Alright, so he doesn’t like it. What’s gonna happen?” Taking Ria’s hands away from her face, Sasha leaned her head on the mattress. “Would he end your two-year-long relationship over this?”

“No,” Ria said, staring at the ceiling. Sasha had placed glow-in-the-dark stars on it, the kind Ria had always wanted as a kid. “He wouldn’t. But the distance is already hard on him, and I feel bad.”

“Isn’t the distance hard on you too?”

Ria shrugged. “I don’t really think about it a lot.” Looking down at Sasha, a heavy weight fell on her stomach. “Is that bad?”

Sasha considered it, pressing her lips together. She softly stroked the hairs on Ria’s forearm. “I can’t answer that for you.”

Ria chewed her cheek. “I guess,” she said, getting up. “Oh, by the way, Murphy didn’t have pre-rolls so I’m getting them from his friend.”

“I could have told you he doesn’t sell pre-rolls.” Sasha said, and Ria glared in disbelief. How did everyone know that except for her?

“Whatever,” Ria said, laughing as she opened the door. “Find me if I get kidnapped.”

“Of course,” Sasha said as Ria stepped out.

“See you tomorrow, Rosita,” Ria said, and Rosa waved.

Ria crossed the street, crossing the boundary between the campus and the world outside. She walked down the hill to the only house that matched the description.

It was a small house with two floors, the green paint beginning to crack. Hand-painted pots held flowering plants on the porch, and a wooden bench leaned lazily beside the front door.

A rather large, dark gray Toyota truck was parked outside, pristinely clean and sorely out of place. Ria admired it as she passed. She spotted a doorbell camera as she approached the door, and began to feel awfully self conscious. A chime rang as her finger pressed the button.

Seconds passed as she fiddled with her promise ring. A dog barked in the distance. She was about to ring the doorbell again when the door opened and a tall, bronzed girl with cropped hair appeared behind it. Her dark eyes squinted in the sunlight, perfectly smudged with black eyeliner. She smiled softly at Ria as she walked past, crossing the same street she just had.

Ria couldn’t help but watch her.

“You Ryan’s girl?” A voice said behind Ria, and she nearly jumped out of her skin. Turning to face the source, Ria eyed the girl at the threshold. She was just taller than Ria, her dark auburn hair pulled back into a bun. Her eyes were the same soft green as the painted panels of her house, set among freckled cheeks. The sleeves of her flannel were rolled up to expose a tattoo which covered the whole of her right forearm. She didn’t seem to notice Ria’s startle.

“Ellie,” the girl said, holding her hand out for Ria to shake.

Ellie. El Will. El is short for Ellie. What’s Will short for? Williams? Ellie Williams? Definitely not Hispanic.

She took it. “Ria.”

Ellie nodded. “Come in.”

She led Ria through the house. The living room was dimly lit, with a worn-out couch and more plants in painted pots. A set of stairs led to the upper floor, but they walked right past it, and past the old kitchen as well, through a narrow hall that led to a room in the back of the house.

The smell hit her before Ria could see it—a scent that was simultaneously delicious and repugnant. She looked around, to the shelves that held jars upon jars of weed and all sorts of equipment. A desk sat against the far wall; a scale and a tray with dozens of joints atop it. Ellie took a bin labeled “tubes” and set it on the desk. “So,” she said. “What party is this?”

Ria laughed. She’d never said it was for a party, but she guessed there weren’t many things to do for someone to buy that many joints at once. “My friend Sasha is turning 21 tomorrow,” Ria said. “She’s throwing this big party at Cedar.”

Placing a pre-roll in each of ten tubes, Ellie spoke. “Sasha Mehra?”

Ria furrowed her brows. “You know her?”

“We had our first year art seminar together.” Ellie placed the tubes in a paper bag, folding the end. “She’s very talented.” Opening one of the drawers of the desk, she retrieved a silver lighter. Ellie took one of the joints from the tray and held it with her lips.

She handed the bag to Ria, lighting the joint as Ria dug in her pocket for the roll of cash. “Yes, she is,” she said as she handed the cash to the dealer.

Taking a hit before counting, Ellie seemed satisfied and set it aside. “Here,” she said, holding the joint up to Ria’s mouth. It was the first time Ellie really looked at her, and Ria could see the thin scar cutting across her brow.

“Alright.” Ria took a hit, hearing the soft crackle of the weed burning in the silence of the house. Ellie leaned against the desk, her eyes watching Ria carefully. The smoke rushed in, but it didn’t burn Ria’s throat as much as other strains she’d had. It tasted almost sweet. Holding the smoke in for a couple of seconds before exhaling, Ria handed the joint back to Ellie, watching a thick cloud of smoke leave her lungs.

Ellie took another hit from the joint, her eyes scanning Ria’s body as she did. The attention made Ria nervous, and she nearly laughed, but held it in. As Ellie breathed out, a grin pulled at her mouth. “I might pass by tomorrow,” she gave Ria the joint, “wish Sasha a happy birthday.”

The next hit was smoother than the last. “I think she’d appreciate that.” Although, Ria didn’t know whether Sasha would remember Ellie.

She nodded slowly, her eyes still lingering on Ria. Taking one last hit, Ria returned the joint and took a few steps back. “I’ll see myself out,” she said, pointing to the front of the house. “Thanks for the J.”

Ellie’s chuckle followed Ria out of the house and all the way back to her dorm. She told herself it was just the weed taking effect, that she’d imagined Ellie’s eyes straying and the way it made her heart speed up.

Whether it was the weed’s fault or not, one thing was above reproach—Ellie’s weed was damn good.

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Notes: hiii this is the first fic i’ve ever actually posted, you can also find it on ao3 under the same name and username. just as an FYI, i am also an artist, so i’ll be posting some art along with the chapters. it’ll be linked at the end of every chapter :)

art for this chapter is actually a preview for the next one. it is Sasha and the Suite Mates. you’ve already met Sasha and Rosa, more on the others next chapter

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whumpy-writings · 3 years ago

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Of Vampires and Men Masterlist

Note that I am no longer updating this masterlist, so if you want to read all of OVAM go to the current masterlist.

Start Here ->Aldon’s Birthday Present (takes place 15 years before “The Blood Market”)

Biology

Tribute

Nets

A Warm Welcome

Ship Days

Wrecked

Salvation

Mercy

Gratitude

Pressure

Falling

Parting is Such Cruel Sorrow

The Day He Died (4 years before “The Blood Market”)

Grief

Intake

Comfort

Bonding

Branding

Date Night

Inspection

Point-Blank

Candlelight

Aura

An Offering

A New Life

Violation (NSFW)

Scars (NSFW)

Discipline

Five More Years

The Transaction

You Should Be Scared

Hope

Taken

Surrender

Prisoners

Necessity

Hatred

Deal

Exchange

A Drink

Fascinating

Not Home Yet

Punching Bag

Party Time

Recollections

Escape

The Blood Market

First Impressions

Fed and Watered

First Feeding

Venom

Culture Shock

He Just Wanted To Be Good

Fever

The Attack

Regret

Panic

Lost Cause

A Bit of Blackmail

The Long Road

The Outside

Snow

Sickness

Enough

Captured

You’re Going To Be Okay

Too Late

Off To War

Alone

Darkness

Monsters

Ria (takes place approximately two years after “The Blood Market”)

Trust

Choices

The Reunion

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Papa

Meetings

The Origin of the World

Awesome collages for Henri and Aaron

Picrews

Whumptober 2021

12 Days of Whumpmas 2021

#vampire whump #vampire caretaker #pet whump #recovering whumpee #aldon the vampire #henri the human #ria the human #whumpblr #whump #of vampires and men #whump series #vampires

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queermtl · 2 years ago

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QUEER MTL THINGS TO DO: DECEMBER 2022

Every month, Montréal’s queer calendar is stuffed full of exciting events, parties and performances. Here’s some of our picks for the best LGBTQ+ things to do in the city this December. For further announcements, follow QueerMTL on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr! Got an event coming up? DM it our way!

EVENT OF THE MONTH:

🎤 Marking their first concert presentation in Montréal, lesbian-event organizers Ellelui present Constellations: A Benefit Concert for Black Healing Fund at Théâtre Fairmount on Friday, December 16, 2022. Featuring performances by Naïka Champaïgne, OK Naledi and Fraud Perry (with bonus afterparty sounds from KidCrayola), proceeds will assist the volunteer-run Black Healing Fund in providing funding for mental health and wellness services to low-income members of the community. Tickets are available at Universe.

EVENTS

🕯 In recognition of World AIDS Day, Montréal’s Parc de l’Espoir (founded by ACT UP Montréal in 1991) hosts a Vigil for those lost to HIV/AIDS. Free and open to all at 5:00 PM. 🎤 Ria Mae comes to Le Studio TD on December 1, 2022, with Virginia to Vegas and Noelle. Tickets at Evenko.

🎥 Co-presented by Séro.Syndicat // Blood.Union - BUSS, AIDS Community Care Montreal (ACCM) and Queer Film Club, Day Without Art: Being & Belonging features works by HIV-positive artists and a Q&A with artist activists Camila Arce and Mikiki. At Cinéma de Sève on the Concordia University campus at 6:30 PM. Tickets available at the link above.

🎥 All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, documenting both photographer Nan Goldin’s luminous career as well as her fight against big pharma, comes to Cinema du Parc from December 2, 2022.

🎤 The Rufus et Martha Wainwright Ensemble + Famille host Étoiles et Toi, their annual holiday spectacle at Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste on December 3, 2022. Pop Montréal has tickets here.

🎭 GW Brazier’s Brother 12: A Cult Rock Opera, based on a true story, receives its world premiere on December 3, 2022 at O Patro Vys. Tickets at thepointofsale.

💪 Diablos Boylesque: Holidays Edition is coming to Bar Le Cocktail on December 4, 2022 to answer the question as to just who’s been naughty or nice this year. Tickets at Eventbrite.

🎤 Ellelui’s Sapphic Open Mic Night welcomes one and all on December 6, 2022 at The Diving Bell Social Club. PWYC, with nobody turned away for lack of funds.

✏️ Drink & Draw returns to Bar Le Cocktail on December 7, 2022 (and again the week following on December 14, 2022), featuring live models to sketch. Presented by Hommehomo.

🐶 Montréal’s puppy community gathers at Bar Le Stud on December 8, 2022 for Puppy Noël.

📚 The Violet Hour Book Club will read and discuss Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis and gather to discuss on Saturday, December 10, 2022 at the Archives gaies du Québec. (They’ll also be reading The End of Eddy by Édouard Louis for their next meeting on Saturday, January 3 2023).

🎤 The Backstreet Boys Burlesque takes over Café Cléopatra on December 10, 2022. Tickets at Eventbrite.

🎤 Sing your heart out with Boney M at the stately L’Olympia on December 14, 2022. Tickets here.

🎤 The Tales of Gender Affirmation Open Mic Fundraiser featuring comedy, music, poetry and more alongside special appearances from Raquel Maestre, Binya Koatz, Alo Azimov and a Respectful Roast Battle with Gowtham Kasy will take place at The Diving Bell Social Club on December 15, 2022.

🐻 The bears will be out in force at Bar Le Stud on December 16, 2022, to celebrate Bear Noël.

🌱 Root to Branch brings the Queer Solstice Swap to Frigo Vert on Saturday, December 17, 2022, an opportunity to buy or trade with local QTBIPOC artisans and makers.

🤣 Queer Comedy All Stars is back at the Diving Bell Social Club on December 29, 2022 with host Lucy Gervais, All Azimov, Maka, Darragh Mondoux, Ash Davis and headliner Dan James. Tickets, which usually go quick, are available here.

🤣 Stand-Up St. Henri Open Mic runs every Tuesday throughout the month of December at Montréal Improv. With a focus on giving stage time to women, non-binary, queer comedians and allies, it’s the perfect fit for comedy fans. Tickets at Eventbrite.

PARTIES

🥳 Celebrate 27 years of Bar Le Stud on December 3, 2022!

🥳 Techno Haute Couture: Oil Edition brings a night of electronic sounds to KIN Experience on Saturday, December 3, 2022. Tickets available here.

🥳 The Dark Eighties: Cult 80s Hits Party returns to Bar Le Ritz PDB on Friday, December 9, 2022 with a night full of your goth faves. Don’t forget the eyeliner, and purchase tickets at Eventbrite.

🥳 Queen & Queer celebrates their seventh event and first anniversary with a birthday party at La Sala Rossa on Saturday, December 10, 2022, featuring sets from resident DJ Sam and special guest DJ BlackGold. Tickets here.

🥳 Les Divas d’Hochelaga take over Blockhaus on December 10, 2022 with All I Want pour Noël dance party, featuring all your favourite pop divas’ seasonal hits.

🥳 The F4gtory Collective brings their Industrial dance party MANUF4GTURED to Bar Le Ritz PDB on December 10, 2022.

🥳 Tension Shibari school and lifestyle space in Montréal’s gay village is hosting a Queer Dance Party on Saturday, December 10, 2022.

🥳 Homopop’s popular tribute nights continue with a Beyoncé Dance Party (featuring local queen royalty Kiara and Lady Boom Boom) on December 16th at Cabaret Berlin.

🥳 District Events’ Frosty guarantees to heat up Club Soda on Saturday, December 17, 2022 with sets from DJ Ashley Gauthier and DJ Isaac Escalante. Grab tickets here.

🥳 Super Taste MTL want you to dance the night away at VOULEZ-VOUS 2023 to all your favourite new-wave and disco hits at Bar Le Ritz PDB. Tickets available here.

🥳 Say goodbye to 2022 in style at Cirque De Boudoir’s Carnavalesque 2023 Snow Ball New Year’s Even Party at Bain Mathieu on December 31, 2022, hosted by the legendary Plastik Patrik. Tickets at Eventbrite.

🥳 Bar Le Stud rings in the new year with Party du Nouvel An on December 31, 2022, featuring free entry. We’d suggest arriving early!

🥳 Celebrate New Year’s Eve at the epic L’Olympia in the heart of the Gay Village with music from Domeno, TIZI and Michael Louis. Get your tickets here.

DRAG

👑 In collaboration with Montréal’s gay rugby team Armada Montréal (who trade in their jerseys for drag), Gisele Lullaby hosts Armado – Edition Noel at Cabaret Mado on December 1, 2022. Tickets here.

👑 Self-professed “tiny shapeshifting glamour demon” Yikes Macaroni brings Chum Dump #6—Joyeux Noel Open Stage to Bar Le Cocktail on December 3, 2022.

👑 The incredible drag chameleon Jimmy Moore brings Merry Christmas: Jimmy Moore Does Mariah Carey to Cabaret Mado on December 3, 2022. Tickets available here.

👑 Montréal drag kings Rock Bière and RV Metal host Bière et Métal featuring the city’s finest fellow talents on December 8, 2022 at Cabaret Mado. Tickets here.

👑 Lulu Shade presents Garden of Shade – Winter Edition at Bar Le Cocktail with Sarah Winters, Misty Waterfalls, Sally D and Niko Lubie on December 13, 2022.

👑 Underkingstruction: Werking in the Snow Edition, hosted by Ad’Horrible, Niko Lucie and Mike Oxlong promises to be the most unique holiday drag open stage show in Montréal on December 15, 2022 at Notre-Dame-Des-Quilles. Sign up here to perform. PWYC!

👑 Miami Minx brings Les Folies Draglesque to Cabaret Mado on December 15, 2022, a night open to all genders and bodies in the spirit of burlesque, drag and all things in between. Tickets available here.

👑 Uma Gahd and Selma Gahd bring their spooky COVEN back for its December edition featuring Bijuriya to The Diving Bell Social Club on December 16, 2022.

👑 Lady Boom Boom hosts La Revue Drag 2022 at Cabaret Mado on December 18, 2022, featuring Clay Thorris, Démone LaStrange, Jessie Précieuse, Miss Mira Belle, Pétula Claque, Walter Ego and surprise guests.

👑 Celebrate the holidays in drag with Deux folles à Noël at Bar Le Cocktail on December 22, 2022, hosted by Miss Butterfly and Michel Dorion. Tickets here.

👑 Wow! A special finale screening of Canada's Drag Race: Canada vs. The World is coming to the Olympia de Montréal on December 23, 2022! And the line-up is incredible, featuring Anita Wigl'it, Gisele Lullaby, Kendall Gender, Kiara, Kitana Sweett, Kiara, Rajah Ohara, Rita Baga, Silky Nutmeg Ganache, Stephanie Prince, Vanity Milan and Victoria Scone, hosted by Uma Gahd! Grab tickets at the link. 👠

👑 Rainbow hosts Bingo Disco on December 28, 2022. And what’s better than drag bingo? Not much! Tickets here.

👑 Jimmy Moore keeps the hits coming with Jimmy Moore personnifie Lady Gaga at Cabaret Mado at both 7:30 and 10:00 pm on December 29, 2022. Tickets for both shows available here.

👑 Crystal Starz hosts Starz Night at Bar Le Cocktail with special guests Sasha bags and Lana Dalida on December 29, 2022. Pre-show tickets are available at lepointdevente.

👑 Ring in the New Year at Bar Le Cocktail’s Bonne Année 2023 on December 31, 2022 with queens Ciatha Night, Crystal Starz, Chouchoune, Chibouki and Sally-D. Tickets available now.

👑 Every Tuesday, Canada’s Drag Race season 3 winner Gisèle Lullaby hosts Full Gisèle at Cabaret Mado. Tickets and schedule at Cabaret Mado’s website.

👑 On Friday nights, the legendary Mado Lamotte hosts Mado Reçoit at her namesake club, Cabaret Mado. Each week, she shares the stage with a hand-picked roster of queens. Tickets and lineup info here.

👑 Bar Le Cocktail’s regular weekly events include Butterfly de Nuit with Miss Butterfly on Thursdays, Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion on Fridays and Samedi Drôles de Drags with a rotating cast of queens. Check listings for specific details, and pick up tickets here.

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