#WOW ITS BEEN LONG SOOOOOOO LONG

[skyland2703]

I miss Trimberly too :(

MY BBGIRLLSSSS I MISS THEM Q_Q<3333

[spamtoon]

DCRC Week 8--hey, look at that! On time!

Okay I woke up early today and I am NOT happy about it so before I do anything I'm going to sit down and read Paperinik because I was so excited to game last night and now I kinda don't feel like it. MAYBE I'll go back to sleep after this but I think I just kinda have to live with this.

Sorry I don't have any club penguin screenshots this time. unless something happens. wait i have the perfect idea

you can say odin eidolon in club pen.guin

omg its the panel. its the pk panel that everyone's like that goes so hard and you know what. it does go so hard

im so mad the way they didnt try to put it over the text this time. i love you pkna translation

omg the duck avenger actually fighting normal crime and being on patrol and shit no way. with these comics if they're dealing with cosmic threats on a daily basis its easy to forget they just like. also stop normal crime. like kidnappings and shit

ah okay. clearly these are the evronians from the second dimension

okay is the time police back to helping donald. or are these guys just normal cops. okay nevermind we time travelled i guess so normal cops. okay

so they use that shot and then they're like BOOM you're in the future actually. let me explain

im so fuckin mad the way this background lady is looking at donald like Who the Fuck is this guy. he Sucks

So I guess those guys are stronger because they're Future evronians and donald fighting them was like nuh uh uh! let's give you a future tour first

hes so tiny. hes so insanely little look at him. i guess after the time police explosion incident they're like alright. this is the only guy who can help us let's just tell him about the future becaues he's gonna find out anyway

i love the super trash here sign. in the future even trash is super

omg... he's coming. he's coming. he's coming. the guy's name i can't spell

hes so sad that uno's mortal after all... poor guy...

lord i dont know if we're supposed to not trust this guy but i do not trust this guy How do you know about all this stuff if it hasn't been documented well

i also like that everyone is taller--not just in the future but in pkna in general actually it feels like donald is in new donk city

donald is so cute in this panel... he's so silly

okay now i dont think we're supposed to trust this guy he's fuckin giving donald a pearl (SORRY) (reference)

donald misses uno sooooooo much already

sorry im on a kick now i didnt include the evermore comment but i swear to cog all my brain has to say about the tape head tv is "the void..." (another (reference)

ooh they're alright fightiiing please get to the part where we see The Catch or better yet. odin

donald's cape in this issue...

THE WAY I WENT YOOOOOO OUT LOUD

iced tea imported from england. lifeguards imported from sp

this fucking guy and his posing

i love how theres just a crowd forming behind them i'm so. they're chilling. hitting it off already.

okay glad to see donald also thinks this is suspicious

im so mad hes so fucking done looking

poptropi.ca good future lookin ahh. not that he doesnt have taste

bruh the fuckin fake evronians. im so mad. wow im sure this isnt foreshadowing anything the walt disney corporation will do in the next three centuries SORRY.

robot eye..................................

so thats why they look like that like they're literally supposed to be edgier evronians for the sake of tv hence why they're so second dimension alright.

the stupid fuckin eyebrow quirk im so mad donald's little goofy shrug

HELP im so mad. the robot parts. not going to photograph because it's kinda unsettling me a bit in a mega.volt way but

SORRY HIS FACES ARE SO FUNNY i keep having to screenshot them

his fucking expression. he's so fucking screwed

IM SO FUCKING MAD the cops were like alright yeah. fuck it. you're a tv guy i'll sign off on this as long as you dont do anything too stupid. lets rewrite this history and shape the perceptions of the future because yeah we wanna see that too that'd be sick

i love how this is the first movie pose he knows when he's like alright fine. let's do this stupid movie. hi odin...

robo-donald

HELP IM SO MAD the way the evronian was actually the chancellor guy, i'm so mad

also i guess xadhoom got her way and donald didnt just get them to stop invading earth but actively destroyed all of them. except this one guy. you know what good for her

oooh the beam deflected. i mean technically we dont either but you dont know hes a robot yet... ooooooh you targetted the wrooong guy

omg the uno textboxes... oughghgnn...

HI UNO!!!!!!! I MISSED HIM i cant send anymore images but HAIIII

oh uno,... i'll admit i looked up odin eidolon like one day before i started reading paperinik and then accidentally found the spoiler but i'm glad its like. hinted at/revealed this issue rather than like. a big buildup because i would have felt bad

im so mad the way uno says his files are overloaded the machine... ohohgnsngnngsng

alright good issue! i prompted puffy to draw a duck avenger 23rd century fanart and now im very scared but yaaaay im caught up on paperinik

[ghoooooooooooooooost]

ok my opinion now that i finished y8's story (spoilers)

tldr; overall it's a flawed but better end for kiryu than 6 imo. n ichiban is there <3 don't play this as your first yakuza game please don't you will get so much more out of this if you actually know who tf anyone is

it wasn't as awesomesauce as it seemed like it was gonna n it fell into the usual rgg problems - while surprisingly fixing a big one

kiryu's story effected me a lot 🥲 while ichiban's was just mostly "well i get to see ichiban yay". not to say i didn't care at all lmao the hawaii plot definitely still had it's strong moments (especially the scene w chitose after the bryce boss!!!) it just didn't hit the same overall

positive: KIRYU. i honestly loved most of the kiryu stuff. letting him look back outside of traumatic flashbacks.... letting him have a nice time..... giving him all these new friends that won't die on top of reassuring him that his old connections are still alright.... getting his ass punched by akiyama lmao. it really makes you realize how weird of an ending y6 would've been if that was truly kiryu's last game. so nice to finally be able to acknowledge previously tossed out characters/story beats in-game. seeing shinada mentioned… i cheered (i wish he was actually in there tho). on the hawaii side: tomizawa n chitose r sooooo good i didn't even think i'd end up liking chitose but i lov her.... n ichiban is the ichiban as usual

n the main villains don't die this game!? they're expected to live w what they did, even the evil cult leader!?!? kiryu's line abt not being able to change anything if you're dead wow wow wow hearing that after the prev games where a lot of them die even when they were able to change wooooooow. the pre-credits ending was sooooooo strong. I LUV KIRYU :( :) :(

<3 the tweaks to gameplay were nice too + it was a very pretty game

it had to grow on me but i like kiryu's y8 look a whole lot it's very nice n goes well w his softer expressions

negative: not as well optimized for pc (or in general) as y7 it feels like? i already said i liked kiryu's plot more than ichiban's... yeah. pretty mad that hanawa died but whatevar i guess... i understand saeko's conflict w ichiban but don't really like how they wrote her at times it made me kinda frustrated. esp w the joke at the end. really the whole y7 party took a step backwards in some ways (tho they're still great mostly) it's just saeko got it the worst. also i really don't like how long they took to get me to actually like yamai bc his reason for being in hawaii was constantly in the back of my head n then at the very end after all the fun stuff already happened they were like "actually he didn't try to assault her she framed him" fuuuuuuck you at least tell us that way earlier instead of suddenly detouring in the penultimate chapter. "well they had you warm up to him so you'd know something was up! they wouldn't make an sa-er likable!" listen. listen. i love rgg but if you think i trust them w women.... n if you think i forgot y4......... i didn't realize they still had the dating thing from 7 in there either till i saw someone else mention it n i refuse to touch it :/

too many blonde blue eyed white ppl in the substories wtf why do they outnumber the natives

my one gripe abt the kiryu side is that we didn't get to see him actually reunite w haruka n haruto IN GAAAAME BEFORE IT ENDED. LIKE WE KNO HE WILL BUT I WANTED TO SEEEEEEEE ON SCREEEEEEEN

my current ranking:

y0 = y7 > y3 > y5 > y8?? (not entirely sure bc its like. the highs n lows are so drastic) > kiwami 1 = y1 > kiwami 2 (don't get mad at me) > y6 (doooon't get mad at me i started liking it less when 8 was announced) > y4

gaiden not there bc its a short side game but i liked it so i'll mention it. didn't play the og y2 </3

[konnoiseur]

SPOILERS FOR RWBY VOL 9 BUT HOLY SHIT I COULD TALK ABOUT THIS FOR HOURS

sorry for the janky screen recording twitter sucks and im impatient

OKAY SO LIKE. WOW????? this is so much and its SOOOOOOO GOOD like both ruby and jaune both have completely valid points !!

ruby is finally being allowed to snap a little, shes allowed to be pissed at her friends and sister who have all done a pretty piss poor job of supporting her, despite the fact that shes the youngest and has the most weighing on her. its great that show is lampshading (something i never expected to say) the fact that ruby is usually just looked to for the answers as well as telling blake to shut up when she tries to do the old "i know things look bad but" schtick that always shows up in the show. its FANTASTIC that ruby just leaves them behind even if we know itll be temporary; i truly hope this is a wakeup call for WBY who have been passive in rubys life for FAR TOO LONG despite all ruby has done for them

and its AMAZING that ruby *CALLED BLAKE AND YANG OUT* for prioritizing their relationship NOW! like i said on twitter, rubys reaction to the bees means her "what" in reaction to weiss' "finally" earlier in the vol wasnt confusion. it was disbelief that this is the priority for her sister and teammate after everything and considering where they are; not in a homophobic way (duh) but in a "we are literally in hell and salem is still OUT THERE with two relics and a maiden and we destroyed a fourth of the known world bc of a plan crumbled as we made it AND PENNY IS DEAD and we dont know what happened to our friends and all the civilians and NOW this is a priority?!" way, WHICH IS SO FANTASTIC. i just hope that the writers let this stand and dont have ruby walk back her feelings to protect WBY's because shes 100% RIGHT.

and jaune. oh jaune. i think its easy to forget that jaune really has sort of revolved his entire life around ruby for the past few years; hes really the only one thats never left rubys side, except unwillingly. so hes really not wrong when he says that it IS all about ruby, it always has been; yes, he chose to go with her but doing that has led him to do some really terrible things and of course when he's experienced such high levels of trauma (they all have) and then is abandoned to a madhouse of the ever after, hes gonna snap, AND HE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT HES NOT WELL. he knows hes struggling, he realizes that he shouldnt have yelled, but hes VALID FOR STRUGGLING IN THE FIRST PLACE. again, i hope its something that the writers let continue naturally and not just have it walked back or dismissed as a lot of male trauma is done in the show (looking at you ren i see you)

side note, how WILD is it that yang literally *moves in front of blake* as if to protect her from RUBY?! like thats so insane to me, and it just VALIDATES rubys annoyance and betrayal that yang is prioritizing blake and their feelings over ruby and their situation here. also, yang protecting blake???? i thought blake was the fiesty one? the one that had a shouting match with weiss for hours? the one that shoved past sun and shouted "hes mine" to get at roman? then again, ever since adams death she barely been able to fight at all so maybe i should just stop being surprised that blake is a wilting wallflower even around her own friends. and BOLD MOVES from yang to act like RUBY is the dangerous one when shes rightfully showing anger and frustration, like yang isnt literally the one known to have anger issues and lash out at ppl. i guess its only okay when yang is mad, ruby really is just having a hysterical woman moment i suppose

UGH this is just so nice and i hate to praise miles about anything but hes always voiced jaune very well and this is a real standout moment from both him and lindsey. good catharsis and felt really good for a least a tiny TINY bit of my critiques of team rwby to be acknowledged by ruby and jaune; hopefully this shit can continue and let them ALL learn and honestly i hope we get even more scenes of ruby and jaune laying into others/each other and bringing criticism that rwde has been saying for years to the screen

[romanarose]

Hello there ✨️ love your work 💕 I'm a long time fan 🫶🏼. I've been on tumblr a few years now, but I'd never found the courage to post anything of my own til now. I've been feeling a little optimistic these days, and genuinely excited about posting some of my writing and sharing it with the people out here. Do you have any advice on how to start posting and interacting from scratch? Cause I'm low-key nervous abt it and it seems like my target audience has already formed a solid community I don't know how to get into 🥺

Wow, this might be the sweetest thing anyone has ever said to me wowie!!!!!!

okay let me tell my advice

The numbers don't equal quality. Certain things appeal to people more, like shorter stories, straight up smut, Joel Miller gets way more than when I write Marc. I think one of my best works was my Marc X Jewish!Reader series, Seattle, but it idnt get anywhere really even at the height of moon knight popularity bc people dont read OC's esp ethnic oc's. Put your heart into it and those who enjoy it will enjoy it. I had a William Miller series that averaged like 8-20 notes per chapter but I had a handful of readers I knew adored it and thats what mattered

This site is so much better with interaction. PLEASE DON"T ONLY INTERACT FOR THE SAKE OF GETTING FRIENDS WHO"LL REBLOG!! However, if you dont already, make sure you are reblogging stories and leaving nice words! Me personally, if someone reblogs regularly and leave nice words, espcially things that show they really paid attention, I usually just follow back bc I love friends. Im happy to get to know you!

Yes, it's hard sometimes to break it. It took a few months for me to get into the Oscar Issac writer circles, and then when I started writing Pedro it took a while too but I always reblogged and tried to communicate and I made friends. Isn't it crazy we can just.... become friends with our fav writers? Obvs Im not friends with all my favs but MOST of my favs became my friends <3

It's kinda annoying to me bc Im bad at it but aesthetics help. Title, a picture to catch eyes, summary, warnings, note. Try to make it look nice. Im really had at this LMFAOOOOOO. My lovely friends have made my best looking banners. If you have graphic design skills, use them! i wish i didn't have to but it does help catch readers when you have an interesting headers and everything looks pretty.

Few technicals. Use the readmore option. No one wants to reblog a LOOOOOONG story and clog up the feeds. Use as many correct tags as you can. Tag any triggering content. And I'm the worst at this but proof read. Im bad at proof reading, everyone who reads my work knows spelling, grammar, wrong words are a common issue I have bc Im bad at typing. When I still had word on my laptop I started typing in word and using text to speach to help me catch stuff!

Keep at it! IDK where you know my work, weather moon knight, triple frontier or tlou or whatever but all those fandoms right now are like.... a little less active. So don't be dissapointed if it takes a while. With TLOU, theres SOOOOOOO many amazing writers. With Moon Knight theres just less buzz rn. If you write for lesser known characters like Llewyn Davis or Will Miller, you probs won't reach the notes of established writers in Joel Miller. Just the reality. the point is keep going, find what you like and what gets people excited and go from there

This is the most important. Write what you want. I mean it. I love writing Will Miller because he's my special man <3 even though it's a small fanbase. My series Rooms On Fire, a lot have lost interest bc its a long series. That's okay! I love the series and it makes me happy to write it. I wrote a few Miguel O'Hara stories because, I'm being honest here, I wanted to capitalize on the hype. Guess what? They weren't good. I'm not proud of them. Since then, I write what Im inspired to.

THIS SHOULD BE FUN AND IF AT ANY POINT, IT"S NOT FUN STOP AND FIGURE OUT WHY

feel free to say hi off anon! I'm always happy to get to know new people. If you like Triple Frontier, I have a discord server that is pretty much open to everyone! I'm trying to revive it and you can share your works and meet knew people!

Anon or not, let me know if you have any questions!

[96babyfuckyeah]

sept 19/23

this is so insane. literally a whole year later i’m back out here man. well where does one even start? i’ll just brain dump

1. i’m 27, sometimes i feel old but other times i still feel young af lol i love it here

2. can u believe i’m still single lmao no like it a actually so crazy/sad/wow no words. maybe soon i’ll be CUFFED i hope to the loml imma manifest and speak him into existence. i kinda got my eye on someone but idk we’ll see inshaallah

3. i want a new car!! the one i want is kinda expensive so im not sure about it yet but maybe i can find something similar or something that i’ll love even more and more cost effective

4. compared to 2 years ago, i am HAPPY alhamdulilah. looking back at old journal entries ive come a long way fr like i never knew sadness like that in my life and im so happy and grateful for where i am now. id like to think im somewhat at peace

5. love my lil friends group (work) i enjoy their presence in my life and my other close friends. sometimes friendships u think that will be there forever cause you e known them for so long just don’t turn out and honestly that’s okay. u have other priorities/prerogatives and they won’t always match up to what others have and it’s just how life is

6. i’m trying to hone in and focus even more on my self, being in my own bubble it’s a lot less stress fr lmao

7. my skin has gotten quite stable ALHAMDULILAH MASHALLAH im so happy ive had such problematic skin for SOOOOOOO long in my life and im just happy its normalizing itself

8. hurt my neck a couple weeks ago at the gym so i haven’t been back for like a whole month now!! i miss it and being in shape man. i need to get it checked ASAP so i can get back to being in shape although im kinda tempted to get a lil thiqueeee this winter but idk LOL we’ll see what i can do. lowkey also looking for a new gym to go to, i just don’t feel as at home here even though it’s quite nice. it’s almost been a whole year at this one.

9. my good sis graduated from her graduate program and now she’s a lawyer!!! mashallah i’m so proud of her

not sure what else to write for now to ta tA

[theglitchywriterboi]

vent post- [Under read more cause it's a lot. TL;DR, I fucking hate my oldest brother so much & for a lot of reasons other than whats in this post]

So my older brother, who we'll just call N, asked my little brother & I to take out the garbage [bathroom & kitchen] and recycle today, but he didn't have any time he wanted it done, just by today cause the garbage & recycle comes tomorrow [or Friday depending on when you see this]. So my little brother had started on the recycle & asked when I wanted to do the bathroom garbage [it normally overflows so its a two person job] And... Well its easier if I break it down like this:

Little Brother: "So do you wanna do the bathroom garbage at 10:30"

Oldest Brother [We'll call him S]: "No you're not doing it then" [Keep in mind he was already hostile in tone***]

Little brother: "... Why???"

S: "Because I go to sleep at 11PM, you're doing it now" [two things to note: He's almost NEVER in bed at 11 or even preparing at 11. Most nights he's still playing video games at 12 to 1AM. And also he's still being rude/hostile, he's not at all being calm or nice about any of this. For him talking just imagine his tone is rude/hostile]

Little brother: "How does us doing it at 10:30 interfere with that..."

S: "BECAUSE !! You guys are gonna take a while to get it done !! And why wait ?!"

Little brother: "Because I don't want to do it now. And it literally doesn't take long"

[This goes on a little longer, S tells us [not once did he ASK we do it sooner, he repeatedly told us we're doing it now] He also said we're doing the recycle now, to which Little brother said "Thats what I'm trying to do now jackass" & S didn't reply]

Me, to little brother: "Just get me when you wanna do it" *Walks to my room cause I'm holding shit & I don't wanna argue w/ him*

S: *More about how we're doing it now*

Me: *Doesn't reply cause of already stated reasons*

S: "Really [my name] you're gonna be like that???"

Me: "I'm putting stuff away oh my god..." [Yeah not super nice to walk away/not reply while hes talking, but he was being really rude][ALSO I SHOULD SAY he has this tent in the living room - it's like a big curtain that all his stuff is in & that he was in, so he wasn't seeing us he was just yelling at us]

S: *Tbh I wasn't really listening because he was still being rude, but basically being mad I didn't reply*

So I took a beat to not have to deal w/ him, like less than five minutes. I typed on my phone basically saying "Lets just do it now so he stops being an asshole" & showed it to little brother. Do you know how long it took us to do it ?

FUCKING SIX MINUTES [and thats w/ a buffer, we set a timer & it had only passed 5 minutes when we finished]. So when we came out we were being a bit cocky about it if I'm being honest. [But note that while we knew he could hear, we weren't talking TO him or purposely being loud about it, we were talking in normal speaking voices]

Little brother: "Wow that too sooooooo long !!!"

Me: "I know right ?!?! Its almost midnight !!"

S *Yelling*: "I SAID I DON'T GIVE A FUCK IDK WHY YOU GUYS ARE BEING ASSES ABOUT IT, GODFORBID YOU'RE ASKED TO DO ANYTHING"

[Which like... We were literally ALREADY doing it when he started demanding we do it now.... And the only reason we get upset when he "asks" us to do stuff, is because he almost never asks, he normally demands & is an asshole about it..]

Idk, maybe this makes it look like little brother & I are just as bad as he is - which maybe. But he's always so rude about everything. Also if he had just been a normal human about it & went "Hey, I'm going to bed at 11, do you mind doing it sooner ?" *We say it doesn't take long at all* "Oh, I'm sure it doesn't but just to be safe I'd prefer if it was done sooner, especially since I might turn in sooner" We would've done it then w/ no issue, the problem was he was being a fucking asshole about it. Also maybe its worth mentioning MOST of the garbage in the bathroom is his used tissues. Like I'm not even exaggerating.

[queermania]

i've genuinely been thinking about what is going on with this fandom that makes it seem so much more annoying than other fandoms, despite not actually being any worse than any other fandom and i think i've unlocked it:

generally speaking, fandoms tend to split into different factions based on ships, and then the resulting factions tend to have pretty similar views on the source material and fanon interpretation (not one-hundred percent the same but in the same ballpark). and if there are further dividing opinions, the fandom, again, tends to split (for example: teen wolf fandom resulted in the sterek vs stydia shippers. and then, as time went on the sterek fandom split even more, with the pro-scott and anti-scott crowds. and then with the pro-malia and anti-malia crowds, etc).

with supernatural, however, that split never really worked because what ended up happening was there was w//ncest (and the br*nlies), and then there was everybody else. and within that faction of literally everybody else, there is now a very wide range of opinions. there are diehard hellers. there are multishippers. there are people who think destiel is fine but like this one other thing more. they are gay dean truthers. they are bi dean truthers. there are ace dean truthers. there are deangirls. there are casgirls. there are samgirls. etc. etc. etc. the differences go on forever. it is literally just a dumping ground for anyone who is not screaming about how the the brothers are the only thing that matters.

in addition to that, the show went on for sooooooo long, in a way that most other shows do not. sure, there are fandoms that have more material to work with, like star trek or doctor who or even star wars. but those properties tend to already be broken up into different eras/runs/casts, and the fandoms tend to then sub-specialize so to speak. supernatural also has different eras in its own way but we don't really break off accordingly. so some people have made their home base kripke era and some have made it the domesticity of dabb era and some are living in a godstiel world and we're all coming at the show from wildly different view points because of it.

and this is where it starts to get annoying. because in any other fandom, if you saw a post that was clearly aimed at diehard destiel shippers who are living in the domestic dabb era and talking about the prequel, and you yourself are an angel lore and godstiel scholar who thinks the prequel should be lit on fire with gasoline, you would not reblog that post with tags about how "well actually..." you would recognize that post wasn't aimed at you and either move on with your life or make your own post. (i mean there is a chance that you're an asshole and you would reblog it with the most annoying tags/commentary but then everyone else would rightfully go 'ugh you suck').

but we don't do that here because we're all kind of just wandering around together at a big party. and, like, i don't necessarily think it's a bad thing that we're all co-mingling. it's good to be able to see differing points of view and to be able to dip your toe into different parts of the show's run and different special interests and what not when the mood strikes. but it becomes a problem when we can't recognize that not every post is meant for us. sometimes you just have to silently go "wow i do not agree with that at all" and move on. there is literally no reason to reblog a post about the winchesters just to say, "this looks like garbage." if you don't like the winchesters, then that post isn't for you. there is no reason to reblog a post about how cas is bisexal just to say, "i think he's asexual, actually." that post clearly isn't for you. you can literally just make your own. not everything needs to be a debate. and the frequency with which this happens is incredible. idk about you guys but i cannot scroll through my activity feed without this happening. it is constant. it's not hard to ignore one person but it does wear on you when people are constantly being obnoxious for no reason.

all that being said, i genuinely do love being in this fandom and interacting with people. i just.. man, sometimes y'all get on my nerves 😂

I feel like I'm watching this fandom slowly erode at your sanity over time lmao.

this is what happens when an unstoppable force (this fandom's ability to be as annoying as fucking possible on every single post they come across) meets an immovable object (my patience)

[aysall]

the fact is, for someone who's been following the manga for too long and solely for the villains since chapter 115, mva was the spark that ignited my love for the series once more in such a profound way and also at the same time it was the climax of all the suspicions and hints horikoshi masterfully left throughout the chapters until that point. shigaraki's sense of the world, his distorted kindness, the speculation behind the hands, his purpose, his potential, it was all intuitable yet still a little too headcanon-y and up in the air but with mva everything started with a bang and then went beyond expectations, made shigaraki into the stellar character we know today--the whole fandom did a one eighty on him so quickly I still feel the whiplash. twice's role that humanized and softened the whole arc so much, his connection with toga, his loneliness, his consequent and debatable-if-toxic-or-healthy-or-a-little-bit-of-both bond with the league, and toga's character blooming! the discussion about quirks influencing one's nature and how to handle that when the power you find yourself with is a destructive one, what kind of responsability one has towards society and what society could(and didn't) do for them. and more!! twas all already there still horikoshi was not satisfied because he had to take spinner's character (whom was suspiciously labeled as ‘gamer..?’ since chapter 160, thanks gta meme, hence some were already making connections with the obvious 'gamer!' shigaraki tomura) and turn him from a very minor character into the most loyal and enamored "fellow associate" (-mr c) and through his eyes the league became for the readers too something more akin to a familiar place, fucked up, full of painful and gory stuff (and wow did it also deliver on that front!), yet it still gave the impression of coming back to something well-known and lovable in its own way, with characters with their own gimmick, funny traits, meaningful roles. it's still the most complete arc in the series. nothing has topped it in regards of writing and pacing and sense of reward. do you get why I am sooooooo frustrated with the anime's situation. we could've had a round 2 of all of that, instead. instead.

it's still a luxury to have got it at all tho, which I'll always praise horikoshi for. and I'll probably go read it once more when the season's over and done. such a fantastic ride.

[sekhisadventures]

Jaie's Favorite Recipes

Jaie has been all over Azeroth and beyond and in each land one of her main goals is ‘learn what they cook here and how to cook it.’ From Azuremyst Island to Zandalar, she’s learned enough cooking techniques to fill several books, and has several favorites from each land. A sample of which follows.

Sea Mist Rice Noodles

3 cups Rice Flour

5 Tiger Gourami

5 cuts Fresh Turtle Meat

25 Fresh Scallions

Jaie’s Notes: “This is actually a traditional dish from my home on the Wandering Isle. Yes I know its odd to eat something with Turtle Meat in it when we live on a giant turtle, but I think Shen-zin Su didn’t really mind… or notice… he’s kind of big and its not like the other turtles are related to him. I find this is a good snack whenever I’m not feeling cheerful. It reminds me of home…”

Calamari Crepes

5 Rylak Eggs

10 Fire Ammonite Tentacles

1 Nagrand Arrowbloom, dried and crumbled.

Jaie’s Notes: “This one is really unusual, its actually from Draenor. The rylaks are these huge two-headed monsters that live there, while the Fire Ammonite is a type of squid that believe it or not lives in molten lava! Spicy! Sadly… this is also one I doubt I’ll ever be able to make again. With the Dark Portal closed and the Hourglass of Eternity destroyed we can’t go to Draenor anymore. I’ve tried making it with Azerothian ingredients, but its just not the same…”

Leybeque Ribs

5 Tablespoons Leyblood

5 Racks of Ribs (big and or gamey preferably)

5 Dalapeno Peppers (medium size)

Jaie’s Notes: “Wow this stuff is spicy! The Dalapeno Peppers on their own pack a punch but mix in Leyblood and it really has a kick to it! I remember when Nomi and I first tried using Leyblood in cooking… that stuff is so volatile that it almost blew up the kitchen! Oh man Nelen was upset… but we promised to help repair it. The ribs were worth it too once we worked out how to cook with Leyblood without… well… THAT happening.”

Wildberry Bread

8 cups Wild Flour

8 handfulls Wild Berries

5 cups Powdered Sugar

2 Tablespoons Aromatic Fish Oil

Jaie’s Notes: “A Kul’tirian special. Dried fruit, flour, and sugar keep well on long voyages, and of course it’s easy to get fish oil when you’re out at sea, so it makes a sweet and nutritious snack for sailors. Its also good if you’re going to spend a long time out in the wilderness too. This stuff takes a while to go stale, so it’ll keep you going for weeks.”

Tenebrous Crown Roast Aspic

3 racks Tenebrous Ribs

3 pounds Creeping Crawler Meat

4 tablespoons Multispice

2 cups Rich Grazer Milk

Jaie’s Notes: “Now hear me out! Yes it has crawler meat! Yes that’s the stuff that comes from those huge bugs in Maldraxxus! But its really good! It’s a meat gelatin that’s super savory and just melts right in your mouth, and the juices are sooooooo tasty! Yeah okay so you’re kinda sorta eating something made with a huge crawler that lives in a world made of dead flesh but… wait come back!”

Thrice-Spiced Mammoth Kabob

4 cuts of whatever meat you prefer

4 racks Mammoth Ribs

Spice to taste

Jaie's Notes: "Do you know how hard it is to feed six people every day? It doesn't help that for all his bookishness Nelen is a worgen and he eats about twice what most humans do because of it. With Zhan-min on our team now add two more Nelen to that. Well, Mammoth Kabobs help a lot. Mammoth meat is easy to get since its, well, from a mammoth! They're HUGE! I take down one and I'll have enough meat to last at least a couple weeks! I can even swap out whats on the kabobs for whoever is eating. I'll put some veggies in for me, Shalandrae, and Dareley, but Nelen, Sam, and Zhan-min like it meat all the way down... especially Nelen. Infact I notice he really doesn't like veggies at all. Must be a worgen thing."

[ambivalent-anarchy]

Empire State Of Mind

Masterlist

Gender: Female

Pairing: Peter Parker x stark!reader

Warning: None

Summary- (FLUFF)(CRACK)the story of how Peter Parker got over his fear of heights (I was inspired by one of Peter's lines in the Spiderman ps4 game)

A/N: Okay this is me getting back to fics because apparently the only way I can actually get inspiration to write is if I'm procrastinating sooooooo since school has started I guess there will be lots of that lol

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When Peter told Ned about his fear of heights, he completely freaked out.

"You can't be afraid of heights. You're Spiderman!," he whisper-shouted at their lunch table. "How can Spiderman be afraid of heights?!"

Peter shrugged. "I dunno, maybe I'll just have to get over it eventually."

"But if the spider gave you strength, perfect eyesight, and all those other awesome things. How could it not give you the ability to not be afraid of heights?!," Ned asked, utterly confused. "I mean, spiders aren't afraid of heights."

"Yeah Ned, I know. But-"

"And if spiders aren't afraid of heights then when the spider bit you, you should've picked up that trait too, right?"

"Ned-"

"-Maybe you just got a really lame spider. Maybe the spider that bit you was afraid of heights and he was a spider outcast and-"

"Ned!"

When Peter told MJ about his fear of heights, she immediately mentally prepared herself for his funeral.

"How is Spiderman afraid of heights?"

Pete groaned. "I don't know..."

"I knew it," she sighed. "You're gonna die."

"Wait, what?"

"You can't be out there saving the city while being afraid of heights. That doesn't mix," she explained matter-of-factly. "You're gonna die."

"I'll get over it, MJ. I just have to keep trying."

She shook her head. "Whatever you say, loser. But when you die, the only thing I'll be saying at your funeral is 'I told ya so'."

When Peter told Harry about his fear of heights, he teased him about it relentlessly.

Peter braced himself. "And before you say it, yeah I know: 'How is Spiderman afraid of heights?'. Ha. Ha. Funny."

Harry tossed a pretzel into his mouth. "That's pretty pitiful, Pete," he snickered.

"Yeah I know-"

"-You're supposed to be the 'Amazing' Spiderman, not the 'I-can-only-save-you-if-we're-under-fifty-feet' Spiderman."

"You know what? I'm just going to stop telling people," Peter mumbled, hiding his face into his hands.

"C'mon, I'm just messing with you, bro," Harry teased. "But seriously, how can Spiderman be afraid of heights? That's like Ironman being afraid of iron!"

Peter stared. "...it's really not though."

"Whatever." Harry reached over to ruffle Peter's hair with his hand. "Just come to the penthouse tonight and I'll throw you off the roof. Bam. Fear conquered."

"..."

When Peter told you about it, you did the natural Stark thing to do, and helped him out...after teasing him of course.

"How the fuck are you Spiderman and you're afraid of heights? How does that even work?," you laughed.

"Ugh, not you too [Y/N]," he groaned.

"Why're you scared if you've got your webs?," she interjected again. "As long as you remember those, you can't fall."

"That doesn't really help."

"Wait, so you save all those people in tall buildings while you're so scared of heights? Wow. You're even more awesome now."

Peter shrugged it off. "I guess when the moment comes to save people, I kind of have to push the fear aside, y'know?"

"Aaaand why are you even telling me this? What, you want me to fix you or something?" You laughed again, slapping the table. "I'm good with robots, Pete. I'm not a wizard."

Peter shuffled in his seat. "Well I-i was kind of hoping that... maybe you could h-help me?"

You raised an eyebrow. "And how would I do that?," you asked, giggling a bit. "Push you off avengers tower?," you teased.

"A-actually I was hoping for the Empire State Building..."

You paused. "...wait, what?"

Peter nodded in response.

"Pete..I was only kidding... Like really, are you being foreal?!"

He smiled, patting his hands on his lap nervously. "Will you?"

"You're going to fall off the Empire State Building to get over your fear of heights?," you asked.

He nodded uncertainly. "Yep."

"...And you want me to push you off said building?"

"Yeah pretty much," he confirmed.

You stared in disbelief for a moment before checking your watch. "The things I'll do for your dumbass," you sighed. "Alright. Meet me at the top of the Empire State at four. But if you die...I will not be held responsible.

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Peter crawled cautiously along the side of the Empire State Building, being sure to never look down.

'You're not that high, Pete. You're not,' he told himself. 'You're only like twelve....t-twelve....hun....'

"Twelve h-h-hundred fucking feet off the fucking ground oh my goshhh!," he whimpered, squeezing his eyes shut as he continued up the building. "Oh my God, please let me live."

He crawled with his eyes closed until he couldn't feel the thick glass wall anymore. Peter jumped over the railing of the 103 floor observation deck and finally placed his feet on solid ground.

"Wow, Spiderman. You're literally shaking," he heard your voice laugh.

Peter looked at you, wide-eyed as you sat on top of the railing, legs pointed outward, facing the city. "How are you not terrified right now?!"

You shrugged. "I literally take the iron suit for a joy-ride like every week. Heights don't bother me. Now, are we doing this or not?"

"J-just.. gimme a second," he mumbled. "You can do this, Peter. You can do this," he pep-talked himself. "You got this."

You remained sitting on the railing and swinging your legs, trying to give Peter some space to get himself together.

After what felt like about ten mintues, you looked over at him. "You okay over there, Pete?"

Peter took a deep breath and gave a small nod before peeking over the side of the building, which he quickly realized was more than just a big mistake on his part. "F-fuck no!" He quickly stepped back until he was the furthest he could be from the edge. "It's too high! I-i can't do this!"

You groaned. "C'mon, Pete. Wasn't this your idea anyway?"

"Actually it was sort of Harry's!," he stammered. "...[Y/N]..I-i really don't think I can do this."

You ran towards him, cupping his face with your hands. "Hey, hey... relax. You're gonna be okay. You hear me?"

Slowly, he began to nod. "...O-okay," he sighed and took the time to prepare himself again. "I think I'm ready."

You backed away a bit. "You sure?"

"..no."

"Look," you said. "Y'know, you don't have to do this if you really don't want to."

"No," Peter declared, squeezing his eyes shut, his hands turning to fists. "No, I said I'm going to do it today. So I have to do it today. I have to."

"Well then let's do it."

"But I can't!," he whined.

You groaned. 'If this dork doesn't make up his mind.'

Then it hit you.

"I guess when the moment comes to save people, I kind of have to push the fear aside, y'know?"

He'd told you the answer to his problems without even knowing.

"Got it," you whispered.

Turning around quickly, you climbed back over the railing separating the standing area from the edge of the building with a mischievous smile.

Once comfortable, you started to rock, swinging your legs back and forth. "Golly gee, Peter. I sure hope I don't fall!," you yelled dramatically in the perfect 'woe-is-me' fashion.

Confused, he looked up from where he was frozen in place. "[Y/N], what?"

You continued to speak dramatically and robotically. "Oh it would be such a shame if maybe I were to..." You gestured a person falling with your hand until it finally reached the end. "Splat!"

"[Y/N], c'mon. Stop."

"And I suppose if I were to happen to be plummeting to my death-" you looked over at him with wide eyes. "-The only person capable of saving me would be the AMAZING Spiderman!"

"[Y/N]. I'm not kidding around. Seriously, this is dumb."

"Gee wilikers! I guess my life is in your hands now Spidey!," you smirked before throwing yourself off the edge of the Empire State Building.

"[Y/N]! What the fuck!"

"Whooooooooooooo!," you yelled as you fell, confident that he would catch you.

Rolling his eyes and cursing under his breath, Peter immediately threw caution to the wind as he jumped over the fence. The only thing on his mind was catching you.

'You idiotic bitch of a girl that I love...'

Gathering his crazy surroundings, he looked around until he finally saw you. And there you were, free falling and whooping like you were on a rollercoaster and not actually almost dying.

'Okay, Pete,' he thought. 'Save her or Mr. Stark will literally kill you..Plus your girlfriend will be dead... yeah definitely that too.'

"[Y/N]!," he yelled.

"Any time now, Peter!," you shrieked once you felt you'd been falling for a bit too long. "C'mon, I know you can do it so how about you FUCKING DO IT!"

Finally catching up with you a bit, he shot a web out to pull you towards him, and then shot another on the building.

You gasped when you felt something yank you upwards. Immediately after you were scooped up by a blur of red and blue.

"I've got you, [Y/N]," he gasped out, one arm holding you while the other was busy holding the two of you up with the webbing. "I've got you."

You held onto him tightly and let out a laugh of relief. "I knew you would," you giggled. "That was awesome."

He began to laugh too. "Oh my gosh, you crazy little adrenaline junky!"

You smirked in response, looking around at where you were now "Sooo.. we're hanging off the Empire State Building..what now?"

Peter looked around too. "Uhh-" he smirked. "-wanna go for a swing?"

"That's just the adrenaline talking, Petey," you informed. "But I mean, I'm down if you are. You're not still scared?"

"Oh I'm terrified," he laughed before leaning in for a quick, messy kiss. He stared at you with nothing but love in his heart. "But I'll be fine as long as I've got you."

The next time Peter found himself swinging through the air, the last thing on his mind was how high he was going.

@spideyyeet, @soft-petey, @hey-its-grey, @allegra-writes, @chaoticpete, @underoosjae, @allegra-soleil, @sovereignparker, @lost-space-ranger, @kelieah, @spidey-reids-2003, @spidey-boy-89, @thesherlockianavenger, @crappy-unicorn

[haderberkman]

Welcome To The Family

Barry Berkman X F Reader

Warnings: Language

Requested by: @berkmansbabe

Y/N hated when her dad made her go with him to hits. She didn’t like being in a hitman family, but it was her family legacy for everyone to learn the way of the business.

She thought tonight felt a little different as she followed behind her dad into a compound. She was still in her training so her dad thought it was best if she learned from him.

They quietly entered the Chechen compound and immediately took out the guards at the door. They snuck around a corner and creeped down a quiet hallway. They heard gun shots and quickly dove behind a wall. They heard someone groan and a loud thud following it. They moved cautiously through the hallways, towards where the groan came from.

They rounded a corner, and Y/N’s dad immediately raised his gun and pointed at the figure sitting in the corner of a dead end hall. They carefully moved closer, and the figure jolted, suiting up straight and raising its hands with a groan.

“Please, don’t shoot. I’ll do anything. Please, I’m hit.”

Y/N’s dad motioned for her to stay back as he moved closer to the person. As soon as he saw who the person was, he lowered his gun and squatted down.

“Berkman? Barry, is that you?”

“Yeah, wait a minute. Colonel Y/L/N?”

“In the flesh. What the hell are you doing here, Berkman?”

“Paying a debt. I was hired to kill some of their guys, and they eventually caught me. So, I became their hitman, and I was trying to escape, but it slipped my mind that the big boss was coming in. They fired at me, and I took a hit but I managed to lose them in the halls.”

“We gotta get you out of here before you bleed out. Y/N, come here.”

Y/N moved closer to them, and Barry’s eyes never left her as soon as he saw her. He thought she was absolutely beautiful. Her dad stood up and looked at her.

“Help me get Barry up, and I want you two to go back to the car and wait for me there. Go ahead and patch up his wound.”

“Are you sure you’ll be okay by yourself?”

“Don’t worry about me, sweetheart. Just help Barry right now.”

Y/N nodded at her dad, and Barry groaned as they helped him off the floor. She wrapped her arm around him, and he leaned against her as they quickly made their way through the halls towards the exit.

They finally made it to the car, and Y/N helped Barry get into the backseat. She opened the truck and pulled out a first aid kit. She got in the back beside him and opened it. She looked at him, and she noticed how hot he was. She closed her eyes and shook her thoughts from her head.

“So, um, where did they get you?”

“Oh, uh, in my calf.”

“Okay, I’m gonna try my best to get you fixed up here, but if I can’t, I’ll have to finish when we get back to the family compound.”

“Yeah, okay. That’s fine. I really hope you have some painkillers in there.”

Y/N gave Barry some painkillers and got him situated before carefully pulling his pant leg up to reveal his injury. She examined his leg and noticed that the bullet just grazed his leg. She treated his injury, and she carefully sat his leg back down and look over at him.

“You’re seriously lucky. The bullets only grazed your leg.”

“It still hurt like a bitch. So, are you a nurse or something like that?”

“No, my dad has been doing this for a long time, and after my mom left, I had to learn how to take care of him when he got hurt.”

“Wow, I’m so sorry.”

“It’s okay. It was just something I had to do, and now, he’s training me to be a hitman like him.”

She looked away from him, and Barry sensed that she was upset. He moved his inured led carefully and scooted a little closer to her.

“You’re dad is a good man. He taught me everything I knew when we were in the marines.”

“He’s always talked about ‘Berkman from the marines’. It’s nice to finally put a face with name. A very handsome face might I add.”

Y/N mentally facepalmed at her choice of words. Barry smiled at her comment, but he couldn’t respond because the car door opened. Y/N’s dad entered the car and sat his gun in the passenger seat. He turned around and looked at them with a look that neither of them could read.

“You don’t have to worry about them anymore, Barry. I took care of them. Y/N, did you get him fixed up?”

“Yes, sir. The bullet just grazed him so he’s gonna be fine.”

Y/N’s dad turned back around and turned the car on. Y/N sat back against the seat and looked over at Barry to see that he was already looking at her. She smiled shyly at him as her dad drove into the night.

Shortly after this night, Barry was recruited to Y/N’s family as a hitman, and he realized that Y/N was the love of his life. They started dating, and Barry swore that he would be with her forever.

Two years later, with an expensive ring in his pocket, Barry gathered up the courage to ask for Y/N’s dad’s permission. He walked up to the Colonel’s office door and knocked. He heard a voice say ‘come in’, and he walked into the office.

“Colonel.”

“Berkman, come on in and have a seat.”

Barry shit the door behind him and made his way the the chairs in front of the Colonel’s desk. He sat down, and he felt a sense of nervousness creep onto him.

“So, what can I do for you, Barry.”

“Well, uh, sir, I would like to ask for your permission to marry Y/N.”

“You want to marry Y/N?”

“Yes, sir. I love her so much, and I want to spend the rest of my life with her. She’s My everything.”

The Colonel stood up from his desk and around to where Barry was. He stared down at Barry, and Barry gulped as he looked up at him.

“Stand up, Barry.”

Barry quickly stood up and positioned himself in front of the Colonel. The Colonel raised one arm up, and Barry closed his eyes right before the Colonel pulled him into a tight hug. He let out a sigh of relief and hugged the Colonel back. They pulled away, and Barry put his hands in his pockets.

“So, is that a yes?”

“Yes, you have my permission. Welcome to the family, Barry.”

Of course Y/N said yes when Barry proposed. She loved him, and she wanted to be his forever.

They didn’t want to wait too long to get married so a couple of months after their proposal, they had their wedding. It was everything they both dreamed it would be. Y/N wore a beautiful white wedding gown, and Barry teared up when he first saw her walking down the aisle towards him.

They vowed that they would love each other forever, and they both meant it. When the officiant said ‘You may kiss the bride.’, Barry didn’t hesitate to kiss Y/N. He pulled her into his arms and passionately placed his lips against hers. They pulled away, and they placed their foreheads together and at each other as the crowd erupted with applause and cheers.

At this very moment, Barry was extremely happy that he went into the marines, though it caused him sever emotional damage. If he hadn’t, then he would have never met the Colonel, and he wouldn’t be married to his extremely beautiful daughter. Barry loved Y/N, and nothing would ever change that. It was them two against the world, for now and forever.

(I’m sooooooo sorry it took me so long to write this. College is literally killing me at the moment 😭)

[jimimn]

HI ITS ME WHO'S NOT OVER JJK BLONDE SELFIE AND WILL NEVER BE -💫

HELLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO <33333333

HONESTLY ITS THE WAY YOH SAY SUCH NICE THINGS AND I DISAPPEAR FOR DAYS ON END BECAUSE INCONSISTENCY BLEEDS INTO EVERY CORNER OF MY LIFE FNEKALKD BUT I'M GETTING DONE WITH MY FIRST LEG OF EXAMS ON MONDAY SO YAY TO THAT!! OKAY I THINK WE'LL MOVE SLOWLY WITH BABY STEPS JUNGKOOK DROPPED SOME SELCAS JIMIN DROPPED SOME SELCAS IN THE WORDS OF THE LEGENDARY JEON JUNGKOOK ALL WE NEED NOW IS "together..BAM!" (THAT'S LITERALLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOMENTS EVER THE WAY HE SAYS IT 🤧)

YES IN THIS HOUSE WE SCREAM OVER JIMIN'S DISRESPECT HE IS THE PARAGON OF A MULTI-FACETED MAN THAT HAS US WRAPPED AROUND HIS FINGER. THE AUDACITY 😤

CHANEL X JIMIN LETS MAKE IT HAPPEN AND OMG THAT SELFIE THAT DROPPED?? SIR???? WHAT THE ACTUAL HELL?? I MEAN YES BH SAID LET'S DROP SELFIES IN BULK BUT THAT ONE PICTURE OF HIM IN BLACK(GREY? I DONT KNOW FHSKKAJF) WITH THE SHIRTS UNBUTTONED!!! THEM COLLARBONES ARE FREE AND THEY'RE THRIVING IN THE OPEN IN THAT ONE. ALSO HIS LIPS ARE SO PRETTY. OH GOD LITERALLY HE HAS THAT COCKY SMIRK ON HIS FACE WHEN HE KNOWS HE DOES HOT BOY SHIT LIKE SHUT UP OK YOU CANT DO THAT JAIL FOR U NDNSLSKAJJW

SUCH A FUCKING TEASE THATS RIGHT!! EVEN STRAIGHT MEN?? BRO LIKE HOW DO YOU HAVE ALL GENDERS JUST TRIPPING OVER THEMSELVES FOR YOU IT'S INSANE AND OMG MISS SHIVI HAVE YOU SEEN THAT ONE CLIP IN WHICH JIMIN HOLDS HIS GAZE WITH THESE MEN WHO LOOK AT HIM (i think it was bon voyage?) and when they cross each other he JUST SMIRKS AND RUNS HIS HAND THROUGH HIS HAIR LIKE YEAH OK ALEXA PLAY I'M SEXY AND I KNOW IT. AND YES I'LL LISTEN TO EVERYTHING YOU HAVE TO SAY ANYTIME 💗💗

12PM KST IS THE HOLY HOUR I TELL YOU ALTHOUGH I REMEMBER WAITING THE NIGHT BEFORE BE CAME OUT WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO COME AND BH WAS JUST LIKE "yea...no" OMG THAT'S AWESOME YOUR COUSIN'S VISITING YOU

HHFJDOSO YEAH IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE THEY DID THE JUMP ALTHOUGHHHH I'M POSITIVE THEY'LL DO SMTH COOL LIKE THAT IN THEIR CONCERTS BECAUSE THEIR PERFORMANCE QUALITY IS JUST.. THROUGH THE ROOF IT'S CRAZY!! WHEN THE PERFORM WINGS?? LIKE HOLY SHIT NO CHOREO NO POSITIONS JUST BTS RUNNING AROUND THE STAGE MAKING THE CROWD GO FERAL I LOVE EVERY WINGS PERFORMANCE SO MUCH MY SEROTONIN LEVELS ARE ALWAYS AT A HIGH THEN. OOHH MY GODDD BS&T IS REALLY THAT BITCH!!!! WHO'S DOING IT LIKE HER TODAY NO ONE IS EXACTLY. AND NOOOO I TOTALLY GET IT WE THINK ON THE SAME WAVELENGTH THAT ACCIDENT HAS THE SAME EFFECT ON ME. IF ONLY YOU'D TOLD ME THEN IN 2016 THAT THAT ACCIDENT WAS THE START OF SO MANY I'D BE PREPARED FOR EVERYTHING THAT FOLLOWED (see: him basically stripping himself that one serendipity performance. holy shit.)

FOR REAL THO CHRISTMAS LOVE DROPPED OUT OF NOWHERE AND DO YOU REMEMBER JIMIN SAYINF uUH iM nOt wORkInG oN a SoLo SoNg aT ThE mOmEnT heHe LIKE ALL MEN DO IS LIE OK AT THIS POINT. BYE. YES TAEHYUNG DID WARN US BUT ARMYS (LIKE MYSELF) PUT THEIR CLOWN WIGS ON AND THOUGHT IT WAS KTH1 LMAO. OMG I HOPE YOU DON'T SLEEP THROUGH ANY OF THEIR UPCOMING SONG RELEASES BUT I'M SURE IT'S THE BEST FEELING TO WAKE UP TO CHECK YOUR NOTIFS AND SEE "Big Hit Labels" BECAUSE THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE FIREEE. DUDE SERIOUSLY I NEED JIMIN TO GO LIVE AGAIN (although we've been well fed by namjoon for now🤧😌💗) LIKE THAT ONE YT LIVE WHERE HE SAID "O...M...G" SHUT UP STOP BEING SO CUTE I'M DHJSWLIFJWKALS

LMAO OKAY YEAH THAT'S VALID YOUR BLOG THEME IS BASICALLY ✨jimin✨ AND I LOVE THAT IT REALLY GRAVITATED ME AND YOUR URL OH MY GODDDDDDDDDDD YOUR BRAINNN 💆‍♀️💆‍♀️💆‍♀️💆‍♀️💆‍♀️

YES YES YES JIMIN IS SO PERFECT AND THE SOCK DOODLESSS 😭😭😭 oooo so when did you get into giffing? how did you start? BROOOOO YOUR URL'S ORIGIN STORY. I LOVE IT WOW YES IT'S DEFINITELY GOT THE REQUIRED ✨pazzaz✨

NOOO OMG THIS URL IS YOUR BRAND LIKE YOU'RE A LEGEND ON ARMYBLR I LOVE IT SO MUCH. BUT STILL!! IT'S YOUR CHOICE AT THE END 💖

OMG QUARANTINE DID IT'S ONE GOOD JOB AND GOT YOU INTO BANGTAN YAY. OMG YOU AND MISS LIFEGOESMON ARE FRIENDSS??? LEGENDS INTERACTING THIS IS SO COOL. LMAO THE PARADIGM SHIFT YOU MUST'VE FELT FROM LISTENING TO STAY GOLD (WHICH BTW THE MV...THE LITERAL CUTEST OH GOD THE LITTLE DOG AND JIMIN'S LITTLE SMILES DHSJAOWO) TO THEN GOING TO BST IN WHICH JIMIN IS BASICALLY STRIPPING AND JUNGKOOK IS UPSIDE DOWN LMAOOO. YES BS&T HAS EVERYONE HOOKED THE POWERRRR. YOU FALLING DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE WITH YOUR FRIEND'S ASSISTANCE OH GOD THIS IS SO CUTE 💓 EVERYTHING ABOUT THEM 🥺🥺🥺

AAAAH OKAY MY STORY ISN'T AS INTERESTING AS YOURS IS BUT IN 2016 BASICALLY ALL I KNEW OF KPOP WAS GANGNAM STYLE AND WASNT WILLING TO CUANGE THAT PERCEPTION (FOOL BEHAVIOUR I TELL YOU) AND WAS TOO BUSY OBSESSING OVER ONE DIRECTION'S REUNION AND SO ONE NIGHT (THE NIGHT BEFORE JIMIN'S BIRTHDAY 🤧🤧) I JUST STUMBLED UPON THEIR BS&T TEARS MV AND I HEARD IT AND I WAS LIKE OMG!! THIS IS THAT SUPER ADDICTIVE SONG THAT I'D HEARD SOMEWHERE AND IT JUST SPIRALLED FROM THERE I REMEMBER SEEING JIMIN AND BEING LIKE 👀👀👀👀 WHO IS HE I LIKE HIM AND JUST HIS AURA DREW ME IN SOOO MUCH AND WHEN I WAS GETTING INTO THEM I REMEMBER WRITING THEIR NAMES IN MY NOTES TO SEE IF I COULD REMEMBER 🤧 AND I STILL HAVE THAT NOTE FROM 4+ YEARS AGO 💓 AND YEAH BASICALLY SEEING THEM DO ALL THE MUSIC SHOWS AND STUFF AT THE TIME WAS SO COOOL AND MIND YOU BH DIDN'T HAVE SUBS FOR BANGTAN BOMBS THEN SO WENT ON THESE SKETCHY DAILYMOTION TYPE SITES LOOKING FOR ALL THE CONTENT I COULD CHURN OUT LMAO

AND YES!! COURTESY OF YOU I DID WATCH SOME RUN EPS!! I WATCHED THEIR CANADA ONES SPEAKING OF WHICH I LOOOVE THAT PART WHERE THEY'RE DOING THAT SONG GUESSING THING IN THE MORNING AND JIMIN SAYS "are you cold?" 🥺🥺 TO TAE AND HUGS HIM URRHRHEHSJSJSH AND I ALSO SAW THE ONES WITH THE PUPPIES GODDDDD I LOVE THE PUPPIES ONE SO MUCH LITERALLY JUNGKOOK AND HIS DOG (MIRI?) OH MY GOD THAT LIL FLUFFER AND ADAM IS MY ICON WITH HOW HE JUST DID HIS OWN THING LMAO.

BUT ANYWAY!! DO YOU HAVE A FAVE ERA?? LIKE DO YOU EVER LOOK AT THEM AND GO "Damn I wish I was a fan then" BECAUSE HONESTLY I WISH I HAD STANNED THEM IN THEIR DOPE ERA BUT I DON'T THINK I WOULD HAVE SURVIVED JIMIN THEN DHKSOWID-💫

FOR THE UMPTEENTH TIME!!!!!!! ITS OKAY!!!!!!!! I TOTALLY TOTALLY UNDERSTAND!!!!! AND YAYYYYY CONGRATS I HOPE THE FIRST LEG OF EXAMS WENT WELL <333333 AND OH MY GOD you’re gonna make me cry with the together baam goddddddd same one of my fave moments and jimin’s giggles after that 😭😭😭😭 my babies <3 :((((

that..... black suit selca....... that opened button...... like open one more dear sir who’s stopping you... just do it <33333 YEAH he totally needs to shut up with his i know im hot side it just kills me every single time 😭😭😭😭😭

LISTEN THAT BV3 MOMENT  S H O O K  ME OKAY????? THOSE GUYS LOOKED AT HIM AND HE WAS SO FUCKING SMUG ABOUT IT (AND HE SHOULD BE) AND THE WAY HE LICKED HIS LIPS AND RAN HIS HANDS THROUGH HIS HAIR????? LIKE HE KNOWS HE HAS EVERY SINGLE PERSON; NO MATTER WHAT GENDER; WRAPPED AROUND HIS LIL PINKY LIKE THAT???????

OH MY GOD ME TOO I LOVEEEEEEEEEEE THE WINGS STAGE AND WATCHING THEM HAVE SO MUCH FUN IS JUST SO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND I ALSO ABSOLUTELY LOVVVEEE THEIR ENERGY DURING THE SY TOUR MEDLEY WITH IDOL AND BAEPSAE AND FIRE AND DOPE ZSXDFGFCHGVJBHJN THEY JUST LOSE THEMSELVES IN THE CROWD AND THE MUSIC AND ITS JUST SO FUCKING SURREAL TO WATCH HOW MUCH THEY ENJOY DOING WHAT THEY DO!!!!! kinda makes me want to find that happiness and passion in whatever i do in my professional life <3 and LISTEN jimin said the break the soul commentary THAT HE COULD DO SERENDIPITY SHIRTLESS TOO. THE AUDACITY. HE SAID THAT WITH HIS WHOLE CHEST. 

YOU KNWO WHAT I THINK JIMIN WON’T GIVE US A HINT BEFORE DROPPING PJM1. HE’LL JUST DROP IT ONE FINE DAY OUT OF NOWHERE LIKE HE DROPPED PROMISE AND CHRISTMAS LOVE (i wasn’t here when he dropped promise but i read that on twitter sdfghjkl) AND NO PLS NO I DO N O T WANT TO SLEEP THROUGH JJK1 OR KTH1 OR PJM1 OR KSJ1 OR NAMGI MIXTAPE 3 OR HOBI MIXTAPE 2 OR ANYTHING BASICALLY YOU GET IT i had slept through dynamite cb because i had NO CLUE that they were gonna drop it at 1pm kst rather than 12 am kst. i was under the impression that since they dropped all the teaser pictures and the teaser itself as 12 am kst, the mv will drop at 12 am kst too. and I woke up like two hours after the mv dropped (which was almost noon my time) and i felt like A FUCKING FOOL AND I JUST 😭😭😭😭 NEVER WANT TO FEEL LIKE THAT EVER AGAIN 😭😭😭 

AND YES BABIE NEEDS TO COME LIVE SOON PLS I MISS HIM SO FUCKING MUCH :((((( AND HIS O...M.....G HAD MADE ME FUCKING SOBBBBBBBBBBB his yt live god he looked sooooooo fluffy with his hair and his tiny hands and his puppy eyes and soft voice im just so 😭😭😭😭😭😭

NO NONNONONONO PLEASE IM NO LEGEND DON’T SAY THAT IM EMBARRASSED im just a normal fangirl who makes okayish gifs 😭😭 and ok yes so i started giffing LONNNGGGGGG time back on a different public fan forum from my country but i never knew the right process and stuff so obviously the gifs were shitty lmao BUT ANYWAY i got into gifmaking PROPERLY this in july last year and obviously struggled a lot in the beginning because i didn’t know shit about colouring and stuff lmao but i kept practicing and even though im not perfect rn i do think that i got better. i love giffing tho. its such a nice creative outlet and whenever i gif the boys it brings me so much happiness :( <33

AND YES ASDFGHJKL ME AND HER ARE FRIENDS SINCE A VERY LONG TIME SDFGHJK LIKE LONG BEFORE BOTH OF US GOT INTO BTS SDFGHJ and ah yes the whiplash lmaooooooo and you’re right god the stay gold mv is SO FUCKING PRETTY THE COLOURS IN THAT ENTIRE MV HELLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOO AND JIMIN AND TAE AND JOON WITH THE DOGGO JUST EVERYTHING SDFGHJK <3333333 AND BS&T DUDE I GIFFED THE MV YESTERDAY AND IM 💀💀💀💀💀 (like i just giffed jimin from the mv but i did watch the whole thing 5647589 times <333333) AND GUESS WHAT!!!!!! I WAS A LILLY SINGH FAN (IDK IF YOU KNOW HER SHE’S A YOUTUBER) BACK IN 2016 AND PEOPLE BACK THEN HAD REQUESTED HER TO REACT TO BS&T MV AND I HAD WATCHED HER REACTION VIDEO AND (although it didn’t stick with me back then because i was a fucking fool) I DID SOMEHOW REMEMBERED THE JIN AND STATUE KISSING MOMENT AND WHEN IN 2020 I SAW THE MV AND SAW THE KISSING MOMENT MY BRAIN JUST!!!!!!!!!!! I WAS LIKE HOLY SHIT I HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE SOMEWHERE AND THEN I REMEMBERED I HAD SEEN THIS IN THE REACTION VIDEO LMAOOOOO i wish i hadn’t been a fool and gotten into them back then :((((

AH NO OMG YOUR STORY IS SOOOOOOO CUTEEEEEEEEEE ATLEAST YOU WEREN’T A FOOL LIKE ME TO NOT GET ATTRACTED TO BS&T THE FIRST TIME OF SEEING IT!!!! I WANNA HIT MY 2016 SELF LIKE DAMN YOU YOU FOOLISH ASSHOLE AND yes omg how did y’all do the subs thing damnnnnn i can’t imagine

AND YES THE CANADA RUN EPIS ARE LOOOVVVEEEE and that vmin moment plsssssss i cry everytime 😭😭😭😭😭 it is just so soft and innocent and tae’s little smile after jimin just turns around and hugs him 😔😔😔😔 i love soulmates 😔😔😔😔 AND MIRI YES OMG EVERYONE WAS SO IMPRESSED BY THE LITTLE CUTIE AND THE WAY JUNGKOOK JUST KEPT ADORING HER THROUGHOUT MADE ME SO SO SOFTTTT and bro adam is me. i am like that. lazy and un-motivated AF. although if i were a dog and jin were to be my owner i would listen to him so well and jump on him every chance i’d get 😌😌😌

GOD YES RED HAIR DOPE ERA JIMIN 💀 BABIE BUT MAKE IT SEXY 🥵🥵 AND OMG YESDGFHG MY FAVE ERA IS HYYH. ORANGE HAIRED JIMIN. PLS. HE’S EVERYTHING. I WISH I HAD GOTTEN INTO THEM DURING THAT. LIKE THAT ERA IS ..... SOMEHOW SO FUCKING WILD AND STILL SO ASSURING AND CALMING ????? KEEPS ME ROOTED LIKE IDK HOW TO EXPLAIN DFGHJKL AND WINGS TOO DAMN I WISH I WAS HERE TO LIVE ALL THOSE AMAZING ERAS. but even though i wish i had gotten into them earlier... i think i found them when i needed them the most. I was going through a very difficult time last year and they somehow they made me feel so fucking safe and at home that the connection was instant. honestly i’ve never stanned or felt a connection with any celebrity as strong as the one i feel with bangtan. its like... they don’t know i exist but they still know EXACTLY what im feeling and what to say or do at that time to make me feel comforted. Its weird god but its true :((( SORRY I GOT EMO I JUST LOVE THEM A LOT SDFGHJKL

[evakuality]

Oh yes I definitely would love some content for (spam incoming)

- the desperate pant/groan of surrender when either party knows that they are sooooooo done

- foreheads pressed into each others, sharing breath, until they dive back in for more because they thought they were done but they so were not.

- person A realizing that they were just kind of joking when they kissed B but then holy shit do they ever get sucked into it and when A finally pulls back they are absolutely stunned by B

-  pulling back just for a second to try to regain control before realizing they don’t want to be in control and diving back in- when A grabs the B’s face and says “please

- please” before devouring B’s mouth without waiting for a response

However you want to do it, bit please something with those!! Love ya 💜

Okay, so there’s some interesting similarities between some of these here, so for ease of working I’m going to split them into ‘teams’ (kissing teams?  yes please, I’m on this page!)  This ended up both fairly long and as headcanons rather than baby fics.  But maybe I’ll polish one or other of them up into something.

So, the first team is the ‘first kiss is a big surprising moment’ team:  “person A realizing that they were just kind of joking when they kissed B but then holy shit do they ever get sucked into it and when A finally pulls back they are absolutely stunned by B” and  “the desperate pant/groan of surrender when either party knows that they are sooooooo done” 

This one I kind of see in this way - the first one is sort of, kind of, what davenzi tried to do with their actual first kiss which is probably why I see it that way.  We never got to see the ‘stunned by the other one’ moment because they were rudely interrupted by a man and a dog.  So in my head it would have just been a massively overwhelming thing for Matteo.  I mean, they both did and didn’t think it was a joke when David kissed him.  And they also both did and didn’t think it was a joke when Matteo asked for the rematch.  But obviously, by the time they actually kissed that second time it wasn’t a joke and they really did get sucked into it.  So, I do like to imagine that if it had been allowed to progress naturally that Matteo really would have just pulled back and been ‘wow I can’t believe I actually managed to kiss the literally hottest boy at school who I was sure someone else would swoop in and grab from under my nose’ and it would likely have both exhilarated and terrified David to have him look at him that way (Matteo’s affection proves to be quite intense and I’m sure overwhelming for someone who was trying to fly under the radar a bit so to have it in that moment would have been huge).  And then, in this uninterrupted world, we would have gone back to the desperate thing after that.  Like, they both get a bit ‘ah fuck it then’ and being stunned turned into ‘well okay, this is it huh’ and they can’t keep apart.  The sheer relief of finally doing it leaning into a giddy, scary realisation that oh shit, we’re finally doing this.

The second team is the ‘we’ve been apart for a while and now we’re together again’ team:  “foreheads pressed into each others, sharing breath, until they dive back in for more because they thought they were done but they so were not” and “pulling back just for a second to try to regain control before realizing they don’t want to be in control and diving back in”

Okay so we never really see a moment where they have been apart and come back together, but that’s how I see these two.  I mean, I guess it’s kind of a bit based on the reunion in episode 7, where they did just soak in each other, but for this one I see a sort of real crashing together, lots of kissing because wow it’s been far too long and we can’t help it, but then falling back into this sort of moment.  A break, once they get the immediate stuff out of their system, just to be together and feel together and let it sink in that they’re back together.  Imagine how that must feel - they get such a lot out of being together and they’re so damn clingy even after things like a month long road trip, that this moment where they can breathe it all in, reconnect slowly for a few moments after the initial buzz is gone.  And then I can see them looking at each other and realising that ‘yeah this is good and we’re together, but actually I just want to keep kissing you,’ and then diving in again.  Because they can, because they want to.  Because they have all the time in the world now to take those quiet moments and right now, kissing is just more important.

And the final team, all on its own, is the ‘can’t quite control myself’ team: when A grabs the B’s face and says “please- please” before devouring B’s mouth without waiting for a response”

I’m sort of torn with this one.  On one hand, it’s kind of a nice, passionate first kiss moment, where they really do know they’re on the same page and they just can’t quite control it anymore.  And whatever they see on the other’s face is enough for them to know that they don’t need a verbal answer before getting into it.  In that scenario, things didn’t go down as they did in the show.  It would be more of a missed moment opportunity.  Like say everything is the same til episode 3 and then things get in the way and they never manage to have an actual first kiss.  So they both know there’s something there but it’s sort of simmering away in the background.  Until one day, something happens and it comes out in this way.

On the other hand, it’s such a teasing thing to happen in an established relationship.  Where one has just been flirting wildly in places where they have no way of giving into it for whatever reason, and finally the other is just so frustrated that he’s all ‘I’m through begging actually’ and just grabs the other one who is all ‘hah! yes I win’ because literally everything is a competition.  And in this scenario, I can’t actually decide who is in which spot and so maybe it’s something that happens regularly with each other them having this effect on the other and somewhere there’s a running tally of who’s actually managed to hold out the longest (it’s David - he has more grit and determination to actually win, but it’s relatively close).

[mercurryblack]

Chapter 3: Cait

Shakes wait for nobody, unless it’s a murder case.

❃❃❃

“Haah… haah… haah… haaww, crap.”

Despite her best efforts, Lillian had been unable to catch up with her teammates, not least with the lead they had gained on her. She was far from lacking in stamina or fleetness of foot, but in the several minutes she had spent talking with Rudyard, the rest of her team had been too far ahead of her for any chance of overtaking them.

It had taken her nearly ten minutes to reach the restaurant even at a full sprint, and she was winded and sweating buckets by the time she arrived. Looking up through one of the restaurant’s bay windows, she caught a glimpse of Cait, Harriet, and Amaryllis, already seated in a booth and each enjoying a tall milkshake.

“Why, funny meeting you here, Lilly!” Cait grinned widely at their leader, as she dragged her feet in through the front doors. “These drinks are ten Lien each, thank you in advance~!”

Lillian groaned, shaking her head in exasperation as she tiredly walked over to the cashier to pay for her teammates’ shakes, including one for herself. “And there goes forty Lien down the drain…” she grumbled.

Amaryllis giggled. “Our leader’s so generous. We should do this sort of thing more often.”

Lillian glowered at her sister as she slid into the booth seat next to Cait, across from Amaryllis. “Yeah, sure.” She darkly muttered under her breath. “If you wanted a milkshake, Am, all you’d need to do is wring out your fat—”

Hattie cringed, not wanting the two to start squabbling lest their argument end up affecting her through her Semblance. Feeling others’ emotions had its uses, sure, but it could be such a pain sometimes.

Turning to her raven-haired teammate, she loudly cut off Lillian’s retort, “SOOOoooo… Cait… how ya’ doing?”

Cait shook their head and gestured a shrug with their free hand. “Truth be told, it’s so boring around here. I wish the Vytal Festival would come sooner, so all of us could have some fun.” they complained. “There’s only so much I can take of watching Lilly and ol’ Rudyard smack each other around before it stops being entertaining.”

Their remark wasn’t just their own sentiment, either— many of the Haven juniors didn’t see much excitement inside or outside the Academy. They were smack in the middle ground, stuck right between the freshmen and sophomores who were still figuring out life as a Huntsman, and the seniors who had the ability to undertake official Huntsman-level missions (on provisional licenses, nonetheless.) On days like these, there wasn’t a lot to look out for aside from the Vytal Festival, which had left the juniors even more antsy than usual.

“I wonder if we could join the senior school trips. I heard through the grapevine that the last batch almost didn’t make it back alive.” they joked.

“Wow, that sure sounds fun,” Amaryllis said sarcastically.

Cait smirked in response. “Oh, c’mon, Am,” they drawled, sarcasm evident in their tone. “The adventure’s calling out to us. Aren’t you also bored of sitting here all day, when we could be out there fighting Grimm and the dregs of humanity?” They sat up straight, jestingly pumping a fist halfway in the air with every sentence they finished.

“Yeah! Fighting!” Hattie stood up with them, playing along with Cait’s theatrics.

Spurred on by Hattie’s exclamation, Cait continued. “Don’t you wanna feel the adrenaline coursing through your veins as you fight the biggest and meanest beasts you’ve ever seen in your life?”

“Yeah! Adrenaline!” Hattie followed suit.

“Don’t you wanna just throw yourself onto the Grimm and die for a greater cause?!”

“Yeah! Die for— wait, wait a sec, what?” Hattie cut herself short when she realized what Cait had just said.

Lillian rolled her eyes. “Believe me when I say it’s not all you’re making it out to be. Look, the Vytal Festival Is less than a month away, and we’ve already got our training schedule planned out until then. Why don’t we just enjoy the weather and relax? When we go back to our room, I suggest we have a nice little siesta.”

Harriet grinned. “Aw, that’d be great! That Grimm Studies paper can wait for the weekend, am I right?” She gently nudged Cait.

Cait ceased sipping their sweet drink and froze up for a moment, before their eyes widened as far as possible. “We have a paper due for Professor Branwen?” they said, a horrified expression dawning on their face.

Amaryllis looked up from her milkshake with a concerned expression. “…We thought you knew, Cait. The rest of us spent all of yesterday evening trying to finish it.”

Lillian facepalmed. “You completely forgot about it, didn’t you?”

In spite of their initial reactions, it didn’t come as a surprise for either of the Armilde twins that Cait couldn’t remember their latest assignment. Normally, the dark-haired individual just tried to catch some sleep in class and worry about their academia later.

“Oh, man. Now I have to stay up all night.” Cait groaned, banging their forehead onto the wooden table.

“Don’t worry, I’ll help you with it!” Hattie brightly exclaimed. Leaning into Cait’s ear, she whispered, “If you word it differently and stuff, I’ll let you just go ahead and copy off mine.”

Cait responded with a grin. “Sweeeeet. Thanks, Hattie, I owe you one.”

As her teammates continued talking about the easiest way for Cait to forge their essay, Lillian felt a small buzz from the Scroll in the pocket of her shorts. Pulling it out, she saw a message notification on the glowing cyan display.

1 new message from: red_cueball, the screen read.

Get your team, come down to Second Precinct ASAP. Speak there.

“It’s Rudyard.” Lillian responded, twisting her lower lip between her thumb and index finger’s knuckle in mild confusion. “Weird. He’s asking all of us down to the police station— the one where Agave is, I think.” Letting go of their lip, she quickly stored her Scroll back in her pocket as she stood up.

“Change of plans, guys. Finish up your shakes.” She said, before eyeing Cait. ”You got your wish, Cait. It looks like we might be getting a bit of excitement after all.”

***

A short, brisk walk later, LLAC arrived at the Second Precinct, where Agave was stationed.

The two-story building wasn’t much to look at from the outside— a grey, weathered monolith of concrete, with two lines of glass windows demarcating the first and second floors. From a look through the windows, it seemed like a busy day for the precinct, and surely enough the station was bustling inside. In the relative peacetime, the police were picking up any slack on the academy’s part in regards to logistics and security for the Festival. It wasn’t nearly as bad as if Mistral proper had been hosting the tournament, but it nonetheless seemed more intense than previous non-Mistral years.

LLAC began to navigate their way through the crowd to the reception booth. Some of the police force members were in suits and a few in plainclothes, but most of the officers were clad in the full Mistral uniform— a dark brown double-breasted coat with grey sides, replete with a peaked cap.

Reaching the booth, Lillian leaned against the plexiglass screen between her and the officer manning it, gently tapping on it to get his attention. “Hey. I’m looking for a Huntsman who’s supposed to be here, Rudyard Millard? Forties, bald, big mustache…?” She asked.

The policeman lifted his gaze from the computer and nodded. “You’re the students? He’s up with Detective Yuen, second floor, room 132 on the right side of the hall. Said they were expecting you.”

“Thanks.” Lillian waved, and LLAC continued to the stairwell at the back of the floor.

Despite the greater distance, it took them less time to reach Yuen’s office from the ground floor than it did to reach the reception from the entrance. The upper floor was devoid of personnel, aside from a few detectives working in their respective offices.

As they walked up to the office door, Lillian suddenly halted and craned her neck towards the window. “Is that… who I think it is?” she said, squinting her eyes as she peered between the wooden blinds.

“Who?” Cait asked curiously.

“I think— yeah! That’s his old leader Sardion with them.” she replied, surprised at the sight of the blonde man. She’d met him before a few times in passing, but never really gotten to know him. Quietly, she wondered what had gotten both of them to come to the precinct.

Did something bad happen?

A small but clear sniffle interrupted her thoughts, and she turned around to see who had made the sound

“Huh? What’s wrong, Hattie?”

The girl’s expression had turned shaky, and she looked to be on the verge of tears. “Whatever they’re in there about, it’s really bad. I feel… loss…” her voice wavered as she replied. Despite her ignorance of the situation going on inside the room, the negative emotions that she felt through her Semblance were nearly overwhelming.

Amaryllis placed a comforting hand on her teammate’s shoulder, giving her sister a worried glance. “Uh, Lilly… did Rudyard actually mention what he wanted us down here for?

Cait raised an eyebrow, looking uneasy. “Reaction like that, it can’t be anything good.”

Just then, a dark-skinned woman with golden eyes opened up the door— Detective Yuen, Lillian surmised at a glance from the woman’s vest and suit. A bronze badge was clipped to her belt.

“You must be LLAC, then.” Yuen said. “You’d best come in so I can get you lot all caught up.”

That said, the four of them followed Yuen into the office. Rudyard and Sardion turned to face them, but neither responded with a greeting aside from a curt nod of the head on Sardion’s part. Now that they were in clear view, the rookies could get a better look at their downtrodden expressions— it was clear as day that something was wrong.

Cait was the first of them to speak up. “So… are you guys going to tell us what exactly happened?”

Agave crossed her arms and hesitated for a second, preparing for any emotional windfall that the four might have to the bad news. “Long story short, last night, their other teammates from SYBR were found dead in their homes.” she replied bluntly.

The four teammates audibly gasped in shock. It all made sense now— why Rudyard and Sardion looked so beaten down, and why Yuen had only spoken to them first rather than everyone else in the group.

Lillian brought a hand up to her forehead, shuddering slightly from the news as she drew a breath. “No wonder you said you sensed ‘loss’, Hattie. Gods… Rudyard, I don’t even know what… I’m so sorry.” she said, turning to her mentor.

Rudyard gave her a small nod in response. “Yeah… yeah. I, uh…” He trailed off, unsure of how to respond without letting his emotions overtake him.

It pained Lillian to see Rudyard in such a distraught state. She wanted to offer him some words of comfort, yet it didn’t feel right to speak. It seemed like only a few seconds ago that he had been joking with her, and everything had been fine.

“Would you continue repeating it, Detective?” Sardion spoke up.

Yuen nodded, before continuing on. “We know it’s a murder, and a professional’s work at that. Cleanly done, whoever did it left just about little to no physical evidence. All that we know so far is only how they died— slash wounds of separate degrees, on the both of them, but what I didn’t mention earlier is that Yaara also suffered some… burns, that we haven’t identified yet. Some sort of chemical compound, based on a glance.” the detective reported. 

“Okay, okay, okay,” Cait said, waving their hands in front of their face. “So we know what happened, there’s an assassin on the loose in Mistral. But why’d you call us here?” they asked impatiently.

“Cait—!” Lillian hissed. “Have you ever heard of a little thing called tact, idiot?!”

“So what?! I mean, yeah, it’s absolutely horrible what’s happened, but what’re we going to do about it?!” Cait snapped back.

Yuen turned to Rudyard, fixing him with a suspicious look. “As a matter of face, I’ve been wondering about that as well. Why exactly did you call them here, Sir Millard?”

“Because I think these four could be able to aid us with the investigation.” Rudyard replied.

“I— come again?” Yuen exclaimed, her eyes widening.

“You know these other kids too, Rudd?” Sardion asked, also surprised by Rudyard’s response.

“I wouldn’t say as well as Lillian personally, no, but I do know that they’re as good as their leader. They can help us.” the Huntsman assured.

“They’re still students!” Yuen argued, before turning to face the four of them. “No offense, kids, but I don’t think Professor Lionheart would like you to get involved in a serious case just yet. Especially not one such as this.”

Rudyard dismissed her with a small wave. “Don’t worry about Lionheart, I’ll arrange something with him. Just trust me on this one.” he said, before abruptly walking away from the group and out of the office.

The remaining six of them were left standing around in silence, caught off-guard by Rudyard’s abrupt departure. Yuen and Sardion exchanged confused looks, as if they were contemplating whether to trust Rudyard’s advice or not. 

Amaryllis decided to break the silence. “So… what are we going to do?” she asked.

“What are we going to do?” Yuen repeated, bemused by the girl’s subtle assertion. Regardless, it seemed like they were on board with the case, like it or not.

Sardion cleared his throat. “We’ll talk more about where we should go from here tomorrow. Rudyard and I will talk to Professor Lionheart, and ask him to excuse you four from your classes while you’re helping us out with this case. For now, rest up. If you’re really as good as how he made you out to be… can I expect all of you to be here tomorrow at nine in the morning?” he said.

The four Hunters-in-training would have responded more eagerly, but any excitement of theirs rapidly faded as they remembered the exact circumstances of this case. Instead, they each replied with a determined expression and a curt nod.

“Well… then, I guess we’d probably best all reconvene tomorrow. It’s already getting late. Detective Yuen, thank you for your help. And Lillian, uh—” Sardion glanced over at the other three teens, whose names he wasn’t aware of yet.

“Oh! This is Harriet, that’s Amaryllis— my sister, and the one over there’s Cait.” Lillian said, indicating the rest of her team.

Sardion gave the rest of LLAC a small wave and a sad smile. “Ah, it was nice meeting you three. I wish it could have been under better circumstances.” He headed for the door, turning round one last time. “I’ll see all of you tomorrow, then? Bright and early.”

Lillian nodded. “We’ll catch up then. Try and get some rest, Sardion. Whatever’s to come, we’ll have your back throughout it.”

As the old soldier walked away, LLAC and Yuen fell silent, at a loss for words now that the two remaining members of SYBR had left.

Cait gave Hattie a gentle nudge. “Hey, at least this means I can get out of that Grimm Studies paper now.” They whispered into her ear, in a half-hearted attempt to lighten her mood.

“...Way too soon, dude.” Hattie replied with a wince.

[silvia7272]

3 ~ First Meetings Aren’t Normal Part 2

Well, here's another one folks. Also, I might struggle with original Akuma motives, designs and powers, feel free to suggest ideas to me. Also, if you have any character drawing requests for me please tell me and I may consider it if I have time. This is probably my longest chapter yet. And I really hope you like my OC’s. If there's any other type of information you want, I’ll try to provide it.

Word Count: 4266

Tags: @queenmj10​ @fangirl39​

***

“Marinette are you ok? You look slightly pale” Sabine mentioned but Marinette just ignored it.

“What is she doing here?” Confused by her daughter's random outburst, blinked.

“Rosina had wished to speak with you about something, and she seemed so friendly, so I offered her some new types of macarons. She is such a sweetheart” Sabine pinched her cheeks lightly while Rosina blushed from embarrassment.

“I’m sorry for seeming to barge into your home Marinette, but my Aunt wanted me to talk to you.” The bluenette stared at her. No way was she a fighter, without a Miraculous there's no way they could fight any enemy, Akuma or not. She hoped she wouldn’t intervene in any of the battles. With Chat as he was, she didn’t want someone else to goof off.

“Ok, Maman I’m going upstairs, we err have some… Stuff to sort out” Her Maman looked so happy at the news.

“Oh, I’m so happy you’ve made a friend you can truly trust Marinette.”

“Huh? But I thought-” Marinette grabbed her collar before dragging her off.

“Ahh wait. Thanks, Mrs Sabine, I love the macaroons I’ll be sure to take some to gooooooo~” Sabine giggled before taking care of the next customer who just came in at that moment.

‘Master Fū why didn’t you tell what to do?’

***

“Wow, your room is so cool, there are so many materials around here. -Gasp- you have cotton, ah, so soft to the touch” She continued to ramble on about anything within her room. But Marinette still wasn’t pleased.

“What exactly are you doing here?” Rosina paused, turning around with a confused look.

“Complimenting your room?” She answered hesitantly.

“No not that I mean here in Paris. Why are you and your Aunt here?” She questioned further.

“Didn’t Aunty tell you? Aw man, long explanations really aren’t my thing” Crossing her arms and looking in deep thought, a realisation came to Marinette.

“You know my identity, don’t you?” She knew already just wanted to clarify before her next statement.

“Y-Yeah, so-” She was interrupted.

“Are you going to try and become Ladybug? Are you and your Aunt going to take the Miraculous?” Rosina widened her eyes.

“No of course not, I would never even think of that”

“Then why are you here?” Marinette really didn’t trust this girl. Was she lying?

“W-Well Aunty said we’re here to assist the young heroes of Paris. And err yeah that’s it, Hehehe”

She was lying. She was so hiding something Marinette was determined to get to the bottom of it.

“Look if you're trying to get on my good side you can forget it. You won’t trick me like-” She stopped mid-sentence; she really didn’t want to think of that.

“I promise I’m not lying. Aunty researched everything, Mr Wáng once saved Aunty before so this is us repaying him, so that may help, right?” Marinette still narrowed her eyes at her.

“Then why now, this has been happening for a year now, why not before?” She flinched at her words, as if she were on the blink of finding the truth.

“We were… Preoccupied with other events” She looked down appearing to be nervous.

“Really? If you’re just going to lie to me forget it, I don’t need another Lila around me”

“Huh so you know she’s lying too, was that why you didn’t hang out with the class at lunch?” She paused.

Rosina knew Lila was lying?

“How did you-”

“She said she knew Mandarin but didn’t know what dă shì qīn, mà shì ài was, of course, she’s not multicultural, I doubt she’s even Italian, I mean I know Aunty researched the class but she wouldn’t miss something like that” The girl nodded her head in thought while Marinette stood there.

‘She knew? She knows she’s really lying. Can I really trust her?’ She thought until she spoke some words that seemed vaguely familiar.

“I’ll stand by you as well” No, nonono not those words, anything but those words. Please not like he said.

“S-Shut up. Stop lying to me”

“But I’m not-” Rosina tried to explain herself but to no avail.

“Get out of here, I never want to see you again”

Boom

“Akuma Alert!! Akuma Alert!!”

“I have to go”

Before the redhead could respond Marinette had already gone up to the balcony when the red Kwami came out.

“Marinette that was rude of you. She was only trying to help. I may not like Mrs Franchezca but that doesn’t mean Rosina is like her. And what if she had been Akumatized? Or even you, Marinette? You need to apologize afterwards” She fretted at the thought, she had just been tired of being backstabbed by the people she thought cared about her.

But maybe she wasn’t like them.

“Yeah Tikki. I’ll apologise and hopefully, I’ll hear her out. But for now…”

“Tikki! Spots On!”

***

“Well, M’Lady looks like our fates have crossed again.” Chat Noir was seen racing across the rooftops when he was following where the Akuma was going to be.

Ladybug was swinging her Yo-Yo after him, even if the previous events were still on her mind, she couldn’t let them distract her.

“Not now kitty, I have to finish this as soon as possible” The cat in question tilted his head in confusion.

“Aww M’Lady I can’t be that bad, can I? What's your reason for this quick evacuation?”

“Chat, please. I don’t want to talk about it” Naturally Chat wanted to pry, secrets shouldn’t be kept between both of them. He had told her time and again that if she trusted him there shouldn’t be anything he wouldn’t know.

As he was about to snoop, the sight in front, stopped him.

Someone was running along the rooftops!

With a fencing sword no less.

They nodded before rushing towards them. This wasn’t the first time one of the Parisians had tried to help out with an Akuma.

Kagami sure can prove to be a pain in the butt with the number of times she got caught up in the mess.

And don’t get them started on Alya.

They were just about to reach them… When suddenly.

She leapt off the building.

“H-Hey! What are you crazy!?” Ladybug leapt to catch them as Chat Noir continued to run along the buildings, his Lady could take care of that, until they turned around and whispered.

“Marinette” Her eyes widened; it was Rosina. How had she gotten here so fast, and how did she get a fencing sword, they don’t have a Miraculous?

She didn’t catch instead swinging away, before Chat could intervene a light surrounding her sword appeared and turned.

“What the!?” He exclaimed before it died down.

She was safely on the floor but with something moving around her finger.

“Hello, you two. Please inform me of the current plan” Her smile was bright but that didn’t matter to the 2 heroes. They noticed the thing on the girl's finger, but they needed one answer at a time.

“Who are you? And what are you doing here you could’ve got hurt!” She had to pretend she didn’t know her; she didn’t want Chat accusing her of more as well.

But before that happened there was a crash as more people ran away. The thing following the girl whirled around her before turning into a… Gravelling hook.

“Crisono Tassa is my name, I hope you’ll all take note of me” She winked before going off into battle using her newfound object, with Ladybug fuming ever so slightly.

“I knew she was going to come here, damnit, she can’t do anything without a Miraculous” Chat heard her, and he couldn’t keep his anger.

“What? You knew who she was and lied about it. M’Lady, that’s not fair, don’t you trust me?”

“Chat!? I do but first we-” He interrupted.

“You shouldn’t have lied to me how can I trust you if you won’t tell me everything, it's bad enough you deny my affections!” He pouted, waiting for his Lady to apologise like always.

“But I told you, I don’t love you Chat, you’re my frie-”

“But I want to be more than that! You just don’t see how we're meant to be, just because you can’t see it yet” He was annoyed, irritated even.

“Fine, it doesn’t matter because obviously, if you really don’t trust me, I’m leaving. You don’t need me anyway.”

“Chat? … Wait Chat!” Using his baton, he scurried off.

“No, wait!” Ladybug panicked, would she go after him to get some support or put the people first? She knew what she had to do and begrudgingly without her feline, went off to fight the Akuma alone.

But she wasn’t really alone.

***

Arriving on the battlefield held, an unexpected view.

The girl, Rosina, was battling the Akuma, and rather efficiently too.

“Wow, she’s actually handling herself out there. Maybe I was wrong” She looked on in amazement, this was the first time someone without a Miraculous or Akuma was fighting fiercely, dodging expertly…

Until she saw the Akuma, a giant being who grew after every minute, was about to swipe her feet from under her.

“I knew it was too good to be true” She was about to interfere, until…

That bright light again!? What was happening?

She was being protected, like Carapaces’ Shelter, except it was just a large square, with a circuit board design?

With the Akuma distracted she jumped onto its arm. She successfully dodged all attacks made by its other arm and raced up its arm looking around.

“She’s looking for the Akuma.” She realised before looking herself. In her Ladybug vision, she finally noticed it.

“Ros- I mean Crisono it’s the handkerchief look” Luckily the redhead acknowledged the Heroine's words and jumped into the air, making a bee-line for the object.

She caught it in her sword.

“She did it, she really did it.” She sooooooo owed Rosina an apology but that was incredible. No wonder Fū and Tikki knew they could handle themselves. The guy was back to normal as she gave the handkerchief to Ladybug.

But before she could congratulate the girl, a familiar reporter, and a reluctant brunette, beat her to it.

“Wow that was incredible, are you going to be a new permanent hero? Which Miraculous do you have, what's your name and where did you come from? Are you a new hero Ladybug came to get? Could you spare a few moments of your time to give me an interview?” The young reporter didn’t let the poor girl get a chance to speak before she put a finger to her lips.

“Please no more questions Alya, but I can say a few words to you. My name is Crisono Tassa and I don’t have a Miraculous.” The brunette gasped in surprise; how did she know her name? And how did she fight without a Miraculous?

“Ladybug and I may work separately, I’m not sure about what will happen in the future, but I guarantee to help out whenever, I wish to become a number to each and everyone here. So, I bid you adieu Alya, Lila.” It appeared she flew off, amazing the Parisians enough with a round of applause but with both girls confused about being a number.

What did that mean?

“No more evil-doing for you little Akuma” Her usual De-Evilising routine continues before she overhears her ex-best friends’ conversation.

“Wow, a new permanent hero, and she knows my name? My blog is going to get so many hits.” Alya exclaims gleefully.

“Well, of course, it was meant to be a secret but Crisono and I know each other personally. And I told her all about you and your blog. I can help get you an interview if you want?” The girl with glasses squeals with delight and hugs her.

“Oh, Lila you’re the best” Normally the bluenette girl would be irritated with what Lila said but it was somewhat true. She threw up her lucky charm, having to do it before using the Miraculous Ladybug.

What came down confused her. It was a DS.

“What!? What does this have to-?” She looked over it.

It had a game over screen, with the main menu, restart and quit button there. In the background, there was a redhead. She was still so confused. What was she meant to do, surely the battle had already finished what did she have to figure out? But then she saw it.

Restart

Restart

Restart

It had flashed along with the background character.

She knew what she had to do; it was clear to her.

‘Rosina, please don’t go too far’

“Miraculous Ladybug” She yelled, repairing everything in her path.

“Oh Ladybug, can you spare just a few for me please?” She couldn’t stop the smile spreading.

“Sorry, I gotta go I’m about to Detransform. Bugout” She Yo-Yoed away leaving the reporter denied of having two interviews that day.

***

‘C’mon c’mon where is she? I only have a few minutes left’ Running along the houses to search for the redhead was like finding a needle in a haystack.

“Wait I see her. Crisono wait!” She shouted and luckily for her she turned to look at the Heroine.

“Ladybug?” Her mask was off, but something felt different. She wasn’t smiling.

“I’m sorry, I’m really really sorry. You really can fight that was amazing. I- Are you ok?” Rosina was still looking down. Her arms hugging her tightly.

“I was lying to you Ladybug. We’re weren’t really here for Akuma’s, that was just extra, and I know I need to tell you, but Aunty said not to tell anyone yet. I feel as if I’ve betrayed you.” Solemn her gaze continued to the ground.

But Marinette wasn’t concerned with that, if she continued to feel bad then an Akuma would come.

“Wait, don’t feel bad. It doesn’t matter, your secrets are yours you don’t have to tell me until you want to. It doesn’t matter ok, just please stop being sad you’ll attract an Akuma?” Rosina widened her eyes, she had almost forgotten.

“Ahhh, I’m so sorry I forgot. Aw man, Auntie’s gonna kill me” Ladybug was able to laugh, so much had happened it was good to let it out.

Until she heard that familiar beeping sound.

And to make matters worse.

“Ladybug? Where are you? We need to talk”

‘Oh no, if he comes now, he’ll see me as Marinette. I’m doomed, I’m going to lose my Miraculous’ Ladybug panicked, while Rosina looked deep in thought.

“Ladybug I can help but you have to trust me.” A serious expression donned her face, surprising Ladybug.

“Huh? How?” Rosina touched something on her cloak.

“There's no time to explain, please” She extended her hand out to her.

‘Trust me’ She spoke with no words needed.

“Ok I trust you” she grabbed it.

“Priselio” She barely heard her before she had to shield her eyes.

And just as Chat peered into the alleyway…

There wasn’t anything there.

***

Ladybug had her eyes closed; she still didn’t have any idea what was going on.

“Hey, Marinette. You can open your eyes; this part is my favourite.” She hesitantly opened one eye. But her other one opened soon after.

In front of her, would be an experience she would never forget.

“Where are we?” Around her seemed to be a galaxy of some sorts. They were in a tunnel with stars surrounding them in a seemingly endless array of space.

“When we get there, I will explain more. Or at least try to” She wanted to ask further, but it looked like she was concentrating so she didn’t want to interrupt.

She looked at her hands, or rather her costume in fact. Shouldn’t she be De-Transformed by now?

“This place has no concept of time, it’s as if it doesn’t exist. That’s why you won’t De-Transform here unless you choose to. When we go back the amount of time you should’ve spent here would’ve passed… At least that’s what Aunty tells me” She assumed she saw her confused face and answered her question.

Marinette could feel a change in the air, and it seemed like Rosina noticed it as well. Soon it appeared they had arrived with Ladybug astonished at the view. It looked like a forest, but the sky was green, and the grass was blue. The trees were purple and the river running through was pink.

“Wow, this place would give me loads of inspiration for my drawings” Her eyes bored into everything she could see.

“Yeah, I still remember my first time seeing this place. Its where we train and battle against the Revenant”

“Revenant? What's that?” They sat crossed-legged towards each other. Tikki was there to hear it for herself after Rosina told her it would be best.

“It's like our version of an Akuma or Amok. There are these Trinkets that are spread around the country that I have to collect before they either awaken or worse crack”

“It doesn’t ring a bell for me. Do you have a picture of what one looks like?” Tikki questioned. Maybe it went by a different name?

“Well, actually it's all of this. Plus, this Trinket I have on my cloak, don’t worry I err purified it? Is that the correct word?” She muttered the last part before continuing.

“It is like an Akuma if I have to be honest, except when you touch it, you get transported into its world. I should take you one day. There are more things to fight though so Akuma’s are by far easier, at least if they’re like anything by today's standards.” Marinette shook her head quickly.

“But they shouldn’t be underestimated. You must always be vigilant whenever you go into a Revenant, one wrong move and you’re done. I doubt Aunty would ever let me tell Chat”

“What!? But Chat Noir is my partner, he could help us with this!”

“No! I mean, sorry for raising my voice but he wasn’t there today, why should I rely on him?” Her voice wasn’t accusatory, more confused and wanting to understand.

“But he… We”

“I understand that you two are partners Marinette, but I can only trust you today. And by what he’s shown me I doubt I could ever trust him by his immaturity.” She nodded to herself, a habit the girl was accustomed to.

“You’re, right” She lowered her head causing Rosina to worry.

“But hey that isn’t to say he isn’t a bad guy anyway; I don’t even know him” She was rambling now. Someone stop her.

“But… He is immature, and always thinks it's like a game to him. I’m always the one who has to carry the responsibility. He doesn’t realise how much I have to figure a plan out or it will all come tumbling down. He doesn’t comprehend the burden I carry if I might screw up one day. And with everything that’s been going on, I just don’t know how I’m going to handle it anymore” Rosina stopped. Mainly because she saw the tears rolling down the poor girl’s face.

“Marinette you’ll attract an Akuma please don’t be sad” Tikki commented, she hated seeing her cry.

“She won’t Tikki. Nothing from Paris could ever come here, I’ve tried it. We’re blocked out from there. And besides, I think it’s good if Marinette lets it all out. Never being able to express your emotions could make her have a breakdown in the future.”

She could cry and not have to worry about being Akumatized?

“R-Really?”

“Yeah of course, please Marinette it's not healthy for you to be like this. You need to let it-” She was stopped when arms flew around her neck. The poor girl was crying heavily in her arms. The redhead couldn’t help but feel sorry for her, had she really been holding all of this back. Whoever Hawkmoth is would get a serious beating when she finds out.

Tikki felt guilt rising in her at the sight of her holder. The inconvenience of being Ladybug and living in Paris meant never being able to be a normal teenaged girl. She too let out some tears and hugged the girl.

Rosina could only try and soothe her with gentle pats and a song.

***

Night had fallen.

The girls didn’t notice how long they had sat, talked, cried and laughed in that world before returning to the girl’s home.

Marinette was worried her Parents had checked up on her, but it appeared that hadn’t been the case.

“Thanks, Rosina, I really needed that, more than I thought I would.” She scratched her head before blushing. It felt like she had made an embarrassment of herself on the first day of meeting her. Rosina seemingly noticing waved her off.

“It's no sweat Marinette, I couldn’t imagine never being able to cry for a whole year. I always stub my toe on something.” Both girls giggled again before the silence settled. Marinette scratched her head again.

“Hey so err, are we- we can- I mean can we be friends?” She was hopeful, but she also knew she shouldn’t be too hopeful.

But Rosina’s cheerful smile cleared her doubt away.

“You really want to be friends with me? Wow, this is such an honour. I would love nothing more than for you to be my first friend Marinette”

“First?” Rosina slightly grimaced.

“Because Aunty and I travel to different countries, I’ve never really been able to have any friends. I had to either study or train because of the, you know what. But I would love to be your friend Marinette” She grabbed her hand in glee.

“Now my first friend what activity do we do first? Painting nails? Popcorn and movies? -Gasps- Can we have sleepovers?” Marinette had to cover her mouth to stop the further questions that tried to fly out her mouth.

“I think it's getting late now and we’ve gotta go to school tomorrow, but we can do whatever you want tomorrow if you want. Unless if, you know what happens” She was the only one to laugh at that as Rosina looked on with a sheepish smile.

“Yeah, of course, you’re right. It's just that, the place we went. It needs to recharge and err that was where I live”

“So that means-” Marinette felt guilt ridding in her.

“I don’t have anywhere to stay” Rubbing her head she prepared for the voice of concern come out of her friend’s mouth.

“WHAT!?” That voice of concern didn’t come from Marinette. It came from the little hatch that entered the girl's room.

“Maman? Papa? What are you doing up here?” Without meaning to they ignored the daughter's wails of embarrassment to turn to the new guest.

“Oh, you sweet poor girl, where are your Parents? They shouldn’t leave you all alone in Paris, if you were attacked by an Akuma who knows what would happen?” She slightly winced but she knew they were just concerned.

“It's alright really. My Aunt just has a lot on her plate at the moment, she just accidentally took the key to our apartment. I know she didn’t mean to” Wow, if Marinette didn’t know the truth she would’ve brought that lie, she was good. Not like Lila because hers were actually convincing.

“But still, oh I know, you can please stay with us. You’ve been so kind and helpful towards Marinette it would be so nice for her to have a proper friend.” Marinette couldn’t believe her Mother’s words. She was so kind to even a stranger, it was commendable.

“Oh no I couldn’t possibly do that, Sir, Mlle that offer is so kind, but I’ll be fine”

“Nonsense, a friend of Marinette’s, is a friend of mine. I’ll just get some blankets for you” Tom, Rosina had to guess was Marinette’s Father, proclaimed and walked down the stairs while she shuffled from spot to spot.

“But I- you’re not going to let me deny are you?”

“No honey, now I’m sure Marinette has some spare pyjamas for you, you two look roughly the same size, now you two get changed and go to bed, I don’t want you both being late in the morning” She mainly aimed that at Marinette leaving her giggling.

“I’ll try not to Maman and thank you.”

“Yes, thank you, Mlle Sabine, I will help in the bakery whenever I can for allowing me to stay here.”

“Oh, sweetie you don’t have to. Although it would be nice to have some new company” She teased before walking down the stairs.

“So, err what just happened?” Confused they sat on the sofa Marinette had, the day's events exhausting the two.

“I think you just got adopted into my family” She answered honestly. It had never happened before, she was still in a state of shock.

“…Neato”

***

There was much talk the next day at Dupont. Since they had all followed Alya’s blog plus Nadja’s official announcement on the topic, it had the whole of Paris talking.

‘Just who was she?’ That had been on everyone's mind.

However, that hadn’t been the most shocking thing that had happened.

When Rosina, the one they wanted to get to know after her compliment introduction, had walked with someone besides her. Laughing and chatting as if they had been long-time best friends.

It was Marinette, she had somehow tricked her to be her friend!

Crisono was the least of their worries at what they saw next.

Their arms were linked together.

***

Well, that’s it, I hope you’ve enjoyed their meeting, and I hope I’ve kept everyone as much in character as I can. Do you think I should add some more information for Rosina, or should I just state it in later chapters? Do you like the OC’s or do you dislike this idea? Also, I made a drawing of what Rosina would look like as Crisono. I hope you enjoy.

Also, can anyone guess what the meaning of Crisono Tassa is?

What should my next chapter be? Chloé becoming friends or meeting Piper or something completely different?