#also sorry the audios kinda weird i cut it at an awkward point and am too lazy to fix it

[bunnyryuz]

i knew you in another life

[alchemist-shizun]

As expected, Dealing with intrusive thoughts is now one of my favorites

Here I come with almost all of my reactions on the episode, even though I tagged the spoiler warnings I put everything under the cut just in case. Enjoy the emotional rollercoaster while I'll probably go and rewatch it again.

Okay kinda expected one or two of the warnings but all of them together what is gonna happen???? (Though they make sense after reading the title)

HELLO FRESH BACK AGAIN

"I'm awesome and I can do this" there goes my boy. *said boy falls flat on the floor* ...come on

I felt that yawn bc I stayed up all night waiting for the video but it dropped at 8 am, I'm an idiot who should've gotten more sleep

"help me" why is he such a mood "everything is going wrong in my life" same but YOU SHOULDN'T SAY THAT LET ME HUG YOU

They're all sinking up so fast god I missed my bois. Also the general awkwardness of Virge and Pat, greeeeat something will go wrong

Virgil just ignoring everything and touching the railing, a mood

ALSO PLEASE LET ROMAN IN THE SITUATION

SECRET SECRETS ARE NO FUN TELL ME NOW OR ELSE WE'RE DONE

wait why does Ro want to be deeply troubled- man are you okay-

LOGAN'S HERE

"your most extreme reaction is an eyebrow raise" "FALSEHOOD" "I stand corrected" omfg

"what are you ta- what are you talking- what are you talking about?" I loved that whole take it made me feel complete

"Look I barely got any sleep" this can apply to a lot of us and I love just how we're all always like "TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF" but in the end this is where we all end up anyway

Okay I'm very curious about these troubling thoughts though

"so sushi" FUCCC I DIED RIGHT THERE

"Don't act like that was an accident" "everybody, Virgil. Let's give it up for the Purp Man" these speak for themselves. Also the purp man is my new fav nickname and I'm gonna use it.

4:17 Patton is adorable bye

"if you continue to push this we're going to end up in really dangerous territory" AND THAT'S WHERE THE TENSION STARTED TO BUILD UP

great flick

"am I delirious or is this the funniest video I've ever made" I felt that

YOU HIGH-JOCKED

okay but when Thomas starts disassociating I also feel really weird like as if there was something blocking my own hearing for real?? And not just the audio edited like that?? Maybe I'm just too tired

WHAT WHO WHHH first intrusive thought making its way what is gonna happen

OH MY GOD ROMAN WATCH OUT ALSO THAT'S DEFINITELY A NEW DARK SIDE OR SMTH LIKE THAT

W HO THE FUCKLKDSL IS THAT A MOUSTACHE IS THAT GLITTER WHAT IN THE WORLD IS HE WEARING WHAT IS HE DOING THERE PLEASE- okay but he looks crazy af I like that

"-evIL" "-SHOW UP"

First time I watched the scene where Ro gets knocked out I literally just screamed "ROMAN" in a high pitched sound I was shook wtf my bOY

Patton and Thomas's yells in unison plus "YOU KILLED HIM" I just I JUST

"Ah, he's the Duke" "....... boo" AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Okay but his voice is so on point with his character portrayal he's so weird it's awesome?

SONG SONG SONG and oh goodness the visuals I can't fathom how much editing work must have gone through this, they're all so talented.

"aunt patty naked" A G AI N??

"IM GONNA WHIP YOUR BUTT"

a snaKE IT'S DECEIT oh my these silouhettes are so great this is my favorite scene

this is gonna be stuck in my head all day

THE COOL MIRROR EDIT.

god i hate him so much already but i'm super intrigued he's so chaotic the whole team made a wonderful job i'll never stop saying this

"i'm really stupid right now" just how much out of context relatable content are we going to get on this fine day?

omg the dark version of creativity, which can be associated with intrusive thoughts, that's very clever

THE JUICY STUFF DANCE

"Repression can be very bad indeed" I mean he's right tbh it leads to never solving the problem at all

GO LOGAN GO HAVE YOUR TIME TO SHINE FINALLY i missed him

"i can't hear youuuuuu" much like "I don't understand what you're saying I don't know anything about words" THE DARK SIDES ARE ALL SASSY LITTLE BITCHES

pattonnnn did a real good job

THE BRAVE HANDSOME UNBEATABLE ROMAN and mashed potatoes

"scary" and Virgil just gives Thomas a look idk I live on the little details (Im ten minutes into the vid and look how long this post already is)

GEE Remus (already using his name bc it's shorter) looking so offended at the label and then pointing out it should be a Virgil problem whAT DOES THIS MEAN IM SHAKING

WHY WOULD HE BE DECEIT AGAIN IM DYING. "Idk if you guys can tell but I'm a little silly"

"then why are you lying" no everybody I don't need angst

THE BLACK AND THE WHITE THEORY I SAW GOING AROUND good job to whoever thought of that

JOAN

the forbidden dance

INTO A BUTTHOLE WHAT IS IT WITH HIM AND BUTTHOLES

there u go thomas said it too

haters gonna hate hate hate hate hate FHDSLAKLFD

irresponsible parenting, Logan completing the parental unit of the sides

"maybe there's hope for you after all!" me looking at all my wips

REMUS' LAUGH IS PERFECT. also "BITCH WHAT IS *YOUR* DEAL"

"you've never been one to soften the truth" OH BOI HERE WE GO

"do we have some case of brain swap???" I legitly said "maybe" in unison with Patton the first time

Vee pls stop putting Thommy boy down he's having a bad time

Logan trying to put some sense into the situation is my only spark of hope for this to turn back good

REMUS IS SO DRAMATIC

That lick was ....... let's pretend it never happened

"you know who can help us with that???" DECEIT'S SONG COMING UP that was great, imagine the chaos that the duo would create

"THATS WHAT REPRESSION IS?"

gasp Remus trying to make Virgil angry at Logan shall not stand DON'T PUT THEM AGAINST ONE ANOTHER HE'S JUST TRYING TO HELP

"you all are not listening to Thomas" this is the development I needed

"you're just para-" and he cuts himself. You all know what I'm talking about. Foreshadowing probably? This happened too back then when Roman was almost calling him the same. And then Virge looks so hurt I- "thank you for being on guard" that made me want to cry idk

the whole speech Logan gave? Pure gold. That was perfect.

HE SAID FIGURATIVELY *CLAP CLAP CLAP*

"UH RECORD SCRATCH?"

"does this make me cool?" djslagrkglhf also the teeth thing right after what the

... the deodorant eating ...

DUKEY

The first time I watched I thought his name was spelled Remis that's how dumb my Italian ass is

Still I love his name bc I'm a nerd for ancient culture, ESPECIALLY Roman (and ancient Greek but it isn't mentioned here) and I love the little thing they did with both Creativity names, super clever and very much liked on my part.

"I would never hide anything from you" and he looks at Virgil JUST ALL THIS FORESHADOWING

LOGAN SHOWING HIS TEETH BACK UP

"how about you shut up" Roman what the hecc man

THAT THING INTO LOGANS HEAD UNSETTLED ME A BIT

what are they doing to him today let him rest

double blow

"can we logic our way out of that?" everybody nodding was so pure

"shit"

THAT FUCKING JUMPSCARE I'M SORRY WHAT THE FU

"not all thoughts are meaningful"

He's go- no he's back again

THE CALLBACK MENTION AND PATTONS REACTION... probable foreshadowing to what Joan said about there being a part two of SvS?

"When are you actually gonna jump out of a moving car I've been bringing it up for years" so it's not just me..?

"it is okay if the thought happens to cross your mind"

"everything is okay" I'm going to cry I needed that

I love how Logan touches the topic that there is no problem in seeking help from therapists. There's a lot to say on this, but I was really glad that was pointed out since the are a lot of stereotypes on the matter

why did Virgil look like he was about to cry

Patton I love you

Thomas going to rest is what everyone wanted to see

Virgil confronting Remus I'm living you're doing amazing sweetie

"you tickle me emo"

"it was just like old times" then Pat and Lo's looks in this essay I will

ROMAAAAN

VIRGILS SMILE

"YOU'RE ALIVE"

"I LOVE YOU" ME TOO!! ME TOO ME TOO

"are you good?" "are you hurt at all?" I love when the sides look out for each other

"I'm sorry Logan" right through the heart. Another development.

I need y'all to look at Virgil in this exact second because. he.

that's my point.

All those smiles while Logan's talking are making me alive

"No seriously, you're ... really ... cool" I started tearing up right here. Twice. And then Logan sinks down cause he's not at all used to this and he's feeling t h i n g s please keep on being appreciated you deserve it

Also Patton always learning from his mistakes and understanding them when he does something wrong or he thinks in the wrong direction, that's something I think a lot of people need to learn, including myself. Like, it's okay to be wrong and make mistakes, just do your best to make sure you're improving yourself afterwards, instead of dwelling on it too much

"I don't like him" makes two of us

"Soooo you have a brother?" oh boy

The m i r r o r it's making me cry

"He's gone now and he's never coming back!" "I don't think that's-" "BYEE" what was all that talk about repression for if you contiNUE TO DO THIS ROMAN please I beg of you let us hELP YOU he's making me die inside

Oh boi the big moment. I already expected a bomb to drop since Virgil was the last one remaining.

"You okay buddy?" "Huh?" op somehow was already found crying

"I'm a little disappointed in myself" istg all that foreshadowing mixed with me wanting to hug him

The music picking up tension, this is poetic cinema let me tell you

I noticed how he calls them "the others", all these tiny details is what I'm living for

"I should know better" I couldn't beLIEVE IT, also how he seemed to be so frustrated made something inside me break

the pause and then "Because I was one of them", the music stops for a second, a little second in which you can hear my distant screaming "GOSH HE SAID IT IT WAS TRUE"

Thomas is speechless and just stares at him while the music picks up again and then Virgil's sigh and expression sinking down like "there you have it. that's the truth. and you can't do anything about it" he looks so defeated I'm breaking down.

Did I already mention poetic cinema? I just love angst and this scene was perfect

First time watching I, too, barely understood anything I was listening to in the last parte because all of that was really a lot to take in.

"Those thoughts that you may have thought do not define you"

"[the thought] may simply be that we are really okay"

"Go to bed!" me

no im not in the mood for food because for some unfathomable reason I had anxiety before the video dropped yay me

WHY ARE U DRINKING RED WINE WITH THAT DISH

GAVIN BEST BOY EVER

and last but not least: are you fucking serious Remus

THERE'S A SNAKE IN MY BUTT FANDFKJL

I didn't expect this topic at all and I am so glad it was talked about, thankfully my intrusive thoughts do not bother me as much as I realized other people's do. And I never saw anyone talking about this before, which is why it makes this video so important. I saw a tweet recently about someone saying that it is okay if you think about weird things, the important is that you never act on them, that's what makes you a good person. But I think this video really explains it far better and I never realized how common something like this was? So yeah another time in which I've been educated and couldn't be happier about it. These people really are bringing light to the world gah I LOVE THEM.

oKAY guess I'm done this was a wild ride and yeah I tend to point out EVERYTHING, so here you have it, as I already mentioned if you feel the need to geek out too, I'm here for ANYBODY! (pls I have no friends)

[fastsalad]

The middle school production of Undertale the Musical I that I watched a couple of nights ago seems a bit like a weird fever dream now so I thought I’d watch it again and post my thoughts. Reactions and reviews under the cut:

-I was wrong about them misgendering Frisk and I apologize, they said genderless child at least ten times in the intro.

-They used the intro from the game as a little slideshow/overture in the beginning, which would have been fine if the person who was managing it hadn’t moved the mouse, causing the little YouTube thing to show up on the bottom.

-There are a crap ton of technical difficulties in this show a couple being: Music randomly starting and stopping for no reason, EXTREMELY long transitions, I’m talking like 5 minutes, and poor lighting, video and audio quality.

-Flowey was a phenomenal actor, but not the best singer. It did not help at all that his music quit out on him halfway through the song and he had to sing a’capella.

-Toriel was good singer, but her acting was kind of flat. (I’m not going to blame her, she’s young.)

-Did I mention the lighting could be horrendous at times? And that random crashing noises would happen in the middle of scenes for no reason?

-From what I saw, Heartache had some really cool visual effects, but I could barely see anything because of the horrendous lighting.

-Toriel sang a nice possibly original song after Heartache, but it was a little hard to follow because there was no background music. (And I might be wrong about the Frisk’s gender thing? I can’t tell what Tori’s saying but it kind of sounded like little girl)

-Did I mention Flowey is absolutely hilarious?

-The Sans scene had some strange blocking and the music malfunctioned, but overall it was alright.

-PAPYRUS IS THE BEST ACTOR IN THIS SHOW AND I LOVE HIM

-He has the best costume too.

-They had the cutest little setpiece for Snowdin.

-The lights got kind of unnecessarily weird when Papyrus showed up but it didn’t affect the scene too much.

-This wansn’t an actual part of the show, but I found it hilarious when either Frisk or Sans’ mic was on during a scene change and they kept repeatedly whispering: “WHERE’S THE JACKET GIMME THE JACKET I DON’T KNOW WHERE THE JACKET IS” because we’ve all been there.

-The annoying dog was played by an actual dog and that was an absolute gem.

-Did I mention how in character Papyrus is? And that I can actually hear him?

-Papyrus literally reminds me of me when I was 11.

-Frisk asked: “Does Grillby’s have food” and I found that absolutely hilarious for some reason.

-There might have been a music malfunction before Bonetroustle, and if it was a malfunction then Sans Papyrus handled it FABULOUSLY with their imrpov skills.

-Papyrus’ singing kinda sounded like shouting and he was a little off-key but he was tap-dancing so bonus points for making my vision come true.

-There was a Chara and Asriel scene which was cute but I could barely tell what was going on because of the light and sound.

-The entirety of the first Waterfall scene was so dark I legitimately could not see.

-There was a very cute and funny scene in Temmie Village, but it went on for so long I kinda felt like I was hallucinating.

-Undyne pulled out an extemely long scroll when she referenced her speech and then immediately threw it away when she said screw it.

-Papyrus answered the phone with, “Hellow human, it is I... WALUIGIIIIII!!!!!!! Wait wrong number.

-Undyne made some nice character choices.

-”Why are you calling me if you’re standing right there?”

-Undyne chased Frisk around the aisles which I greatly appreciated.

-Alphys was making one of those coke and mentos things when Frisk walked into the lab.

-And she was wearing pajama pants which I appreciated.

-”I’ve been watching you all this time-” “Well that’s not creepy at all.”

-Frisk is very salty in this show.

-Mettaton was a person literally wearing what looked like a trifold with armholes. I don’t know whether that was a poor or amazing costume choice.

-They included intermission in the video which was kind of annoying to have to skip through.

-Since Mettaton couldn’t see he had to be escorted around by another person which I first thought was a poor choice until the guy said, “I”m not your slaaaave.” Then I thought it was a hilarious choice.

-Since Papyrus couldn’t take a flying leap through the window during the Undyne date so he just kid of awkwardly wiggled out the window.

-”Why don’t you use the door?” “THE DOOR IS FOR WHIMPS! THE WINDOW IS FOR THE GREAT PAPYRUS!” “Are you caLLING ME A WIMP?”

-Sans showed up at one point and started playing the trombone for no reason.

-”Oh my god I just burned your house down I am sooo sorry.”

-The sound definitely got better during the second act and there weren't as many malfunctions.

-Muffet had a rather strange costume.

-Spider Dance had some nice choreography but the ensemble wasn’t really all that energetic about it.

-Spider Dance was overall a kind of weird scene.

-Mettaton had a rather strange singing voice but it wasn’t necessarily bad.

-Aaaaaaand now he’s off-key.

-Honestly everybody in this musical is off-key at this point. Mettaton’s off-keyness was probably just a result of the song being too low for the actor.

-The MTT resort waitress had a ROCKIN’ costume for a character that wan’t even in the game.

-Sans: “YOU’D BE DEAD. RIGHT WHERE YOU STAND.” (Blackout as he runs away)

-Let me just say Burgerpants was AMAZING.

-Sans and Papyrus showed up at Burgerpants’ shop for literally no reason but it was kinda funny. I like how this show went off-script in llittle ways.

-Mettaton’s slave: (Fixes mtt’s costume)

-I’m pretty sure mtt’s slave was played by the guy who played Flowey which is hilarious.

-Mtt had some nice backup dancers.

-Frisk: “Well those Broadway people are... narcissistic.”

-There was kind of an awkward pause before Death by Glamour where everyone just kinda stood still while the music played.

-Mettaton EX’s costume was really cool but the hair was a bit weird in my opinion.

-Undyne and Papyrus literally showed up during Death by Glamour.

-Papyrus and Mettaton started dancing together at some point in the song and let me just say the choreography was ROCKIN.

-Honestly though the minute they called Mettaton ‘She’ I kinda noped out on this show.

-Frisk had some rad fake crying.

-Undertale was a cool dream sequence or something I don’t really know what it was but it was cool.

-Narrator: “One day, a human fell down below the mountain.” Chara: (Falls on their face)

-Asgore’s costume was very strange.

-Asgore: (Fighting Frisk) Toriel: (Runs in) “ASGORE YOU USELESS PIECE OF TRASH!”

-They skipped over all the true lab stuff so there was no Alphdyne and I lost most of my faith in this show.

-They made Papyton a thing and I would have been happy about that if they hadn’t made mettaton a friCKEN FEMALE

-Asriel had the best costume in the show everyone else go home.

-He also had some neat flying effects.

-Dreemurr family reunion awwwwww

-NEVERMIND BABY ALPHDYNE IS IN THIS SHOW I’M ECSTATIC

-(Toriel and Frisk having a tender moment) (Cue Mettaton and Papyrus running around the audience screaming)

-THE ANNOYING DOG WAS PLAYED BY FLOWEY

There’s what I think is a Q&A at the end so I’ll talk about that and post my overall review of this show later.

[gabriellapatterson-blog]

Challenge 5: The ball part 1

A/N: Thanks to @benjaminschreave and @wyattschreave ALSO I am so sorry that Ben looks like a woman. I hate drawing men but I was like “I WANNA TRY IT” so i did and now Gabby has a lesbian lover who slightly resembles a male. 

My eyes scanned the ballroom with strong intent looking for Ben. He shouldn’t be too hard to recognize. Like me he had a pretty simple mask on. Though, my maids hadn’t planned for me to be in a plain mask. They had crafted a very detailed and beautiful baby blue mask to match my dress with some black accents to go with my choker. However, bad things happen when you don’t look where you sit and unfortunately I sat right where the mask had ended up under the covers.

My maids had gone into utter panic mode and managed to find a mask cut out and some leftover fabric from my dress. Sewed the fabric onto the cut out and called it a night. The simple mask made it decently easy for others to recognize me, but I guess their point wasn't really supposed to be a disguise. Finally I caught my eyes on Ben and made my way over to him.

“Hey, lanky giant, wanna dance with me?” I offered wanting to show off my improvement.

He blinked a bit in surprise at my arrival and looked down at me, “No chairs needed?” He asked with a chuckle.

“Darn you figured out who I was way too fast.” I said and tried to bitterly snap, but the gloves stopped anything from actually having audio from my fingers. I looked at my hand sadly for a moment and shook my head before turning my attention back up to him. “And no. Unless you would like me to twirl you, in which case we can probably find one.” I added.

“We can stick with some Gabby gal twirls just for tonight.” He said with a half smile and offered his hand to me.

I took his hand, “You know, I once threw a party. It was 100 times more fancy than this.” I bragged. Yeah right gabby, you were wasted for 90% of that party you have no idea if it was fancy.

We started to dance, “I believe it. Was it also your royal 21st birthday?”

“I can guarantee it was. We had Cheetos for one. And unfortunately no, I'm still 18, though in almost exactly one month that changes. What does this make you, a gemini?” Woo July 29th, keep your eyes out peeps.

He nodded, “Right on the cutoff. One day more and we’d have the same sign.” You really must know nothing of Zodiac signs. End of july is Leo.

“Incorrect, Schreave. We'd almost have the same sign. Similar to you I'm right at the cut off for cancer, but I missed it so I'm a leo. Aren't gemini's supposed to be the 'mean girls' of the zodiacs?”

He let out a short laugh, “Would you really call me a mean girl?”

“Depends, do you have a burn book? Also you did steal me seashell, that was pretty mean. So maybe you are a mean girl.” I chuckled a bit being fully aware of how weird calling him a mean girl sounded.

“If I had a burn book then I couldn’t very well tell you,” He paused to give a pointed smile, “You might be in it.”

I let out a dramatic gasp, “You wouldn't? What could you even write? I'm flawless, even my bawking is better.”

“Lots of things. Juicy secret things.”

I shook my head disapprovingly, “Gemini really are the mean girls. Guess I don't have to google our compatibility tonight since I already know you're a harsh tall mean girl. I hadn't really believed in zodiacs before but considering how spot on yours is I might have to reconsider.”

“Aww, you’d really call me a mean girl on my birthday?”

I chuckled a bit, “Fine you're not a mean girl, you're a problematic girl. Also that just made me think of the "so you just gone bring me a birthday gift on my birthday to my birthday party on my birthday with a birthday gift" vine.”

He laughed at my recital, “I wouldn’t be upset if you brought me a gift. Not in the slightest.”

“Well, I'm glad for that. I did actually make you something. Too weird to take with me to a ball though so I have to give it to you later. To warn you my family only does homemade gifts. It's a very strong rule. Ian, my older sister's fiance, gave my parents a set of oven mitts and such that weren't handmade...he was almost removed from the house. Exaggeration of course, but its handmade incase you aren't a fan of handmade gifts like some are.”

“Any gift from you I’d like.” He smiled a bit. “You sure you don’t want to grab it real quick? I wouldn’t mind having it now.” I chuckled a bit at the image. It was definitely not something you could just give at a ball. Not something that can easily be carried around.

“It really would be very awkward to carry around at a ball. I'll go ahead and tell you what it is so you can understand why if you'd rather understand then keep a surprise. The choice is yours though since it is your gift and if you'd rather it stay secret that's up to you.”

He pursed his lips together, “Let’s say surprise. I like a mystery sometimes.” He answered and gave me a twirl.

“hmm, I'll take that as an excuse to scare you sometime. I haven't seen your horrified face since our study night.”

He gave me a flat look, “I think I can deal without a few heart attacks from now on.”

“Are you sure about that? Maybe just a little heart attack?” Like a little one is any better.

“What’s wrong with keeping my heart at a normal 80 beats per minute?”

“Your face isn't as funny at 80 beats per minute. It's alright though it also wouldn't be funny if it were too frequent.” I’ll have to work with Wyatt on a good scare. I’m sure he’d be thrilled. Just as soon as I make up the shoe theft to him.

“And I’d probably die too. Something else to consider.” He suggested.

“Pshhh that isn't as much of my concern as it losing its humour.” I said sarcastically and rolled my eyes. “you don't seem like too much of a fan of doing pranks yourself though, is it all of the trauma from being on the receiving end?”

“Unfortunately. All fun and games when we were kids until all of you Selected started to conspire against me too.”

“To be fair I have yet to prank you. The only time I scared you I was scared myself and just trying to hide and avoid being a rule breaker. It's not my fault you were startled by a small girl.” I explained having a pretty solid defense.

He opened his mouth to retort but found him stuck and closed it again, then let out a quick sigh, “I’ve got nothing. I scare easy, plain and simple.”

I chuckled, “It's alright. I'm a tough tough 5'2 gal, if there's ever something that goes bump in the night I can handle it.”

He laughed a bit, “You don’t need a lanky giant to help you out?”

“Nah, you'd just get in my way, scaredy cat. You're like the BFG.”

“Hey, I can be an excellent sidekick. I’ve slayed more than a few monsters in my day.”

“Monsters?” I asked with a scoff, “Were they tiny spiders?”

“I... don’t like spiders.” He mumbled before clearing his throat, “And not the kind of monsters I was referring to.” Oh no. Please don’t tell me his ‘edgy and not a normal person’ please don’t. I won’t be able to take it if he starts quoting some teen angst show for thirteen year olds.

I chuckled trying to move on and not think about my new fear, “You're cute. And it's alright I'm not a fan of spiders either. They fall into the insect phobia. Which monsters did you mean?” I asked.

“The ones hiding in my little sister’s closet. I was the very brave older brother a few times.” He answered with a small smile. Thank goodness.

“Ooh. When Riley went off to college I had to be the big old sister for Ellie so I can respect that. It's a tough battle crawling on the ground to check under a bed. Someday Ellie will have to be the brave big sister for Mae too. Once she insisted that it was real and I had to bring a poker into the closet to duel.” I answered proudly. I was a pretty awesome big sister. Though I can also remember going into Riley’s room when I was little and crying that there was a big monster in the curtains.

He laughed, “You’re right, you don’t need me.”

I chuckled, “Nah, if I'm being fair and not acting like I'm absolutely perfect I kinda suck at arguing, well, debating. I get way too into it.” I said being a bit too honest.

“I heard you were a little passionate at the acting lesson.” He said with a small laugh causing my face to flush.

I rolled my eyes to try and play it off, “I apologized to Natalya and we even played a prank on Wyatt together so at least I was able to smooth it over.”

“Don’t worry, I appreciated it. Sounded like you.”

“What's your position on it? Do you think we should flirt with creepy people for connections or run to a bathroom and ask for help?” I asked.

“Well, it’s not always that simple. I wouldn’t ask you to flirt with anyone who made you uncomfortable, but sometimes depending on their position you have to at least be friendly.” His expression sobered a bit, “However if they ever cross a line then you definitely should get someone.”

“Hmm it makes sense in perspective I guess. Later we talked and I kinda understood it more. I used to be 'friends' with a girl named Nina who was on the cheer team. I didn't like her at all but for the sake of the team I put up with her so I guess it's a little like that. She was pretty vile.” I shared.

“Exactly. Some advisors are…” He glanced and looked around, “not the most kind. But we still have to put up with them.”

“Are they the old people who won't let dubstep at the ball? That would make them pretty unkind.”

He chuckled, “Worse. That’s me being discreet.”

“Did you have to invite some of the not as positive people to your birthday ball?”

“Unfortunately. Keep up the good relationship and what not.” We used to have to invite over some distasteful family members on my dads side when we had birthdays, then we would celebrate on our own on the day or a few days after. Maybe I could do something like that for ben.

“Hmmm, gives me an idea. Though, it's for me to know and you to eventually find out. And to calm any fears it's not intended to horrify you.” I said adding in the last part since he might be a bit scared after our previous discussion.

He let out a short laugh, “I’m holding you to that. When can I expect this idea of yours to happen?”

“Soon. Very soon. Otherwise it would be super late. Not tonight though, it requires....scheming. Probably with Wyatt though Hazel is my favourite of your siblings so far. She ate 90% of the white chocolates from the beach which is why there were less of them than the others. But Wyatt has a skill set that I need.” I’ll have to make up the shoe problem.

“Hazel is probably all of our favorite sibling.” He said with a small chuckle, “But yes, anything with a particularly secret skill set, Wyatt will be best at.”

“I wonder if he'll forgive me for stealing all of his shoes for the sake of doing some unknown thing for you.” I thought aloud with a small chuckle.

“Mmm, well lanky giant, I have pleas to now make with your brother on a tight schedule and I'm sure you have old dubstep haters to negotiate with. So we should probably part ways for now. But, before I'd like you to compliment my wicked dance improvement. Because I've done pretty awesome, no foot crushing, no tripping, and most importantly no twerking.” I added.

He laughed a bit, “No one compares to your wicked dance moves, oh majestic dance queen.” He said and gave me another quick twirl, “One more for good luck with Wyatt.”

I chuckled a bit as he twirled me, “Thank you for the luck. I'll need it, Benny boy.” I said once it had finished, gave some quick finger guns as an exit and made my way to find the brother.

Soon I found him and walked up and poked his arm lightly to get his attention, he gave another hard gaze. Jesus he needed to learn how to control that if I were someone important I would have thought the prince of Illea was trying to assassinate me with glaring daggers. His expression softened as he realized it was me, “I need my shoes back.”

“You have one pair.” I answered with a small chuckle. “I'm glad you had to take a moment to figure out it was me. I was bummed when Benny boy guessed it off the bat.”

He raised an eyebrow, “Guessed what?”

“Oh that I'm me. You had to look at me for a moment. You did your scary glare at a stranger touching you.”

He scoffed a laugh, “That’s not a thing, just—” He shook his head and sighed, “What do you want, Gabby?”

“It's happened to me twice now, let me just say it is terrifying. Makes me wish I wasn't alive. And I want your help with something for your brother.” I looked around since I wanted to explain my plan to him but couldn’t without explaining that some of the advisors sucked, so I looked around for a moment before realizing that I don’t know what any of the advisors look like.

“wait I don't even know what they look like.” I mumbled to myself before getting the idea to lean up and whisper in his ear.

“I have to be quiet about it in case there are any old important people around so I don't offend them. It has to do with them sucking.” I explained.

He looked confused and wary as I stood on my tiptoes but burst into laughter at my statement before realizing he had and covered his mouth and sobered up, “yeah... I don’t think they’d appreciate being called that.” He pulled back, “But I’m not doing you any favors. A bunch of left shoes are useless. They’re supposed to be a pair. They’re getting lonely.”

You drive a hard bargain, Wyatt. “Fine, I'll negotiate with Natalya to get some of your shoes back. It'll be a tough fight though. Will you help me now?” Didn’t say a matching right shoe but maybe he won’t notice.

He grumbled a bit, “Depends. You still haven’t told me what you want.”

“Oh, I need help kidnapping your brother and sneaking him out of the palace for like a surprise birthday celebration, since he had to have a bunch of-” I paused and lowered my voice, “old people who he doesn't like-” I raised it back to my normal level, “come.”

He looked amused, “Kidnapping, huh? Well, it is one of my side jobs. Next to smuggling and raiding.”

“Don't forget wall evaluation. I still have no idea where we would take him since I don't know this part of Angeles but I can google it later. We should talk methods for kidnapping.”

“I can help you pick something later. As for methods” He paused to think for a moment.

“I could tell him to go out as we usually do. I’ll just be vague as to what we’re doing and then we’ll surprise him with your presence.”

“Thank you wyatt. Soon you will have right shoes added to your left. We should probably do it soon though so it isn't like years after his birthday. Obviously, not tonight but soon.” I added.

He snorted, “I’ll try to figure out when’s the closest day we can do it. Inviting a bunch of people we might not want around is a common thing for our birthdays though.” It is for most people too.

“Hmmm must be a pain. Though I imagine it's similar to having to invite a racist aunt or grandparents.”

He raised an eyebrow, “Harsh. Our grand dad thought he was better than lower castes, but we actually had to live with him.”

“Yup, I get that. My folks on my dads side are similar. Unfortunate for us they're the ones who live in Angeles and the chill ones in Clermont. Really makes holidays a stress.”

He looked amused, “you just need someone to kidnap you after the holidays.”

I chuckled, “Clearly. So what did you get your brother? When I was distracting you while Natalya did the dirty work I asked but you seemed to be very against sharing until he had it.”

He smiled proudly, “I have no good reason to tell you after what you did.”

“I'm fixing it plus I'm curious. Not to mention who knows what I'd do while trying to distract from my curiosity. Maybe, just maybe, someone could end up with only bow ties instead of normal ties.”

He hummed as he considered, “I look really good in ties...but I guess I could tell you. It’s not as exciting as you might think.”

“Hmm I have pretty low expectations and pretty high curiosity so even if it's not super exciting I will be satisfied by knowing.”

He stared at the crowd for a moment, “It’s an unfinished album.” album?

“Wait- like you're making him an album or is it like a playlist of songs?”

He nearly choked on a drink he had taken from a waiter, “I meant a photo album.”

I let out a small laugh I had been holding in now that the confusion was cleared up, “Thank goodness. I was picturing Wyatt the rapper laying down some beats.” I laughed a bit more before composing myself, “Do you take a lot of pictures?” I asked.

He nodded, “You're in some of them.” He then thought for a moment before making an aha face. “There's this one where you're looking at your eating utensils with the greatest dread ever. It's pretty amazing.”

My face flushed for a moment, “Why?! It's not my fault that someone decided to trap the utensils in napkin bondage. Why would someone even do that? They're like "oh oh? You think you're ready to eat now that you're seated and have food?" Wrong. Time to learn, origami.”

He laughed again, “I’m sure they do it to trick people like you. No respect.”

“Really cruel. Why not just put the utensils on top of the napkin? Why do they need to fold them? Honestly, I'd like a reasonable explanation.”

“I’ll ask the napkin staff whenever I get the chance. And I’ll tell Ben about that horror we’ve never considered before. I’m sure when he’s King, he’ll ban the art of napkin folding forever.”

I rolled my eyes with a slight scoff, “You can hardly call it an art.”

He smirked as he looked down at me, “What would you call it, oh great, wise Gabriella?”

“A slight annoyance. Similar to how I would refer to you, of wise and great Wyatt.”

He raised an eyebrow and tipped an invisible hat, “Touché.”