#also... this got long again

[airas-story]

Show Me the World

(An interlude that belongs to the same universe as Give Me the Sky, one of my IronStrange Week 2023 stories.)

The sky was blue the day it happened.

“I’m just saying,” Tony told Pepper. “You should consider blue as one of your colors.”

Pepper and Rhodey were finally getting married, despite the fact that they’d known they were soulmates for over two decades. The two had taken their time, prioritizing first their friendship, then their careers, before they’d decided to see whether they had romantic compatibility.

Which, sure, was valid. But Tony had been waiting for this wedding for decades at this point.

Pepper gave a long-suffering sigh that was more amused than anything. “At least you’re not trying to get us to go with red and gold.”

Tony grinned, because Pepper had been calling his suit an eyesore for years, now. Tony was pretty sure it wasn’t, but since his soulmate was still very much a mystery and he’d still never actually seen his suit in all its glory, he really couldn’t say.

“Blue is classy,” Tony told her. “And there’s so much of it, so you’ve really got all the options in the world.”

Pepper sighed. “You’ve already got James convinced,” she admitted. “Mostly I think he just wants you to be able to see at least one of our colors.”

Rhodey was clearly the best of friends.

“Or maybe it’s because blue is the prettiest color,” Tony countered. And sure, blue and green were the only colors he could see—though never at the same time—but he was still pretty sure it was true.

There was a humming noise behind him. “Tony Stark?” Tony turned. There was a man there, dressed in a blue tunic, wearing a monochrome cape and standing in front of a gray circle of… what were those, flames? “My name is Doctor Stephen Strange and I—“

Tony met the man’s gaze.

The world seemed to come alive all at once, and he jerked back as a cry of pain escaped him. His hands moved automatically to cover his face as the grey-scale world turned suddenly bright with colors.

Across from him the man seemed to be having a similar reaction, jerking back with a startled noise.

“Tony?” Pepper’s voice was loud in her concern as her hand grasped at his arm. “Are you—? Is he—?” He wasn’t surprised she’d realized just what his reaction indicated. Then again, his reaction wasn’t uncommon. The whole ‘color’ thing? Yeah, it was a lot.

Tony slowly brought his hands down to try to take in the world around him. His brain was screaming signals at him, trying to take everything in. The grass he recognized, the sky was familiar, but everything else… Pepper was wearing something… bright? Is that what bright clothing looked like?

“Tony?” Another voice asked, familiar and yet shocking. “What’s wrong? What just happened?”

Tony turned towards the voice. “Bruce?” Bruce was wearing a gray jacket—thank god, his brain decided—and a dark blue shirt beneath it. Nice and neutral and not entirely overwhelming.

“Tony.” Bruce repeated his name as though it was some sort of salvation as he almost stumbled forward and wrapped his arms around Tony in a hug.

“Whoa.” Tony blinked, but hugged Bruce back. It was hard to concentrate though, his head swiveling as he tried to take in everything around him.

The portal thing that the man—Stephen Strange, he’d said, before the world had gone bright with colors—had walked through was bright; Tony thought it might actually hurt his eyes. “Pepper, what color is that?” He pointed at the flames as Bruce pulled back.

Bruce frowned at him, glancing between Tony and the portal before understanding crossed his face.

“Orange.” Pepper’s voice was soft with amusement.

He pointed at her shirt. 

“Pink.”

He pointed at the man’s cape thing. 

“Red.”

“Red?” Tony grinned. “Like my suit?”

Pepper was smiling. “Not quite the same shade, but yes, it’s close.”

Tony eyed the cape again, taking it in. “I’ve got good taste,” he decided.

“You might want to actually talk to your soulmate,” she suggested. “Instead of focusing on the colors.”

Tony wanted to tell her no, actually, because the world felt alive in ways that he’d never thought it could be. No one’s description of this moment did it justice. Overwhelming, but beautiful, almost painful, but glorious.

Plus, he’d noticed his soulmate following each point of Tony’s finger, taking in all the colors the same as Tony was.

“This isn’t the time,” came Strange’s voice, even as his gaze was swiveling to follow the path of a woman jogging by wearing a shirt even brighter than the flames.

“Yellow,” Pepper offered, noticing where both of their attentions had gone.

Strange’s attention jerked back towards them, flushing a little. And oh, that was red on his cheeks, subtle but there. Tony had always wondered what a real blush looked like.

He liked it.

“I need you to come with me,” Strange said, his gaze coming back to Tony. Tony knew already he wasn’t going to like hearing what Strange had to say. “I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that the fate of the universe depends on it.”

All of the joy disappeared, the distractions around him suddenly nothing in comparison to the fear that crowded out any sense of wonder. 

“It’s true,” Bruce said. “It’s… You need to come with us.”

Pepper’s hand found his forearm, squeezing in worry. Tony sent her a smile, knowing his own worry showed through, but that didn’t matter. Whatever this was… well, he had a feeling this was big.

He followed Strange and Bruce through the portal—orange, it was beautiful, even if his eyes were still feeling the strain of looking at it, and he could feel a headache coming on—and into an older looking home of some sort. Or maybe it was some sort of museum? It had that austere feel to it.

He listened as Bruce, Strange, and and a new man—Wong—told him about the threat that was coming, feeling a low sense of unease. Thanos. This is what he’d always known was coming.

Now it was here.

It was perhaps not a surprise when one of the first things he and his soulmate did was fall into an argument, though Tony found himself getting constantly distracted by Strange’s eyes. They were beautiful, just the way he’d always known they’d be. He had the strangest feeling that he wasn’t the only one getting distracted, if the way that Strange watched him so intensely was any sign.

It was really not the right time for it.

And then they were out of time altogether.

[itsscaredycat]

so ok yeah fine i watched gravity falls again and read the book of bill

[hinamie]

alongside someone like you

[elitisim]

so, i hit 1k sometime in the beginning of June ✨🥳. Which means my incessant yapping about absolutely nothing on every post I make and multiple months-long unannounced hiatuses didn't scare all of you off yet, so thanks for that y'all.

No, but for real tho, I genuinely want to express my gratitude to each and every one of you for putting up with me and all my BS, so my 1k+ gift exclusively consists of hairs requested by YOU!  Which is totally about giving back to the community that has supported me and NOT just an excuse to dump all the requests that have been sitting here piling up for months.

there are only 7 hairs in the preview image but a bunch of these are from sets, so all-in-all you're getting 17 female hairs!

INFORMATION:

None of this is my original work! All mesh credit goes to @sheabuttyr, @ebonixsims, @daylifesims, @simstrouble!

Set contains 17 hairs for for Teen ➤ Elder Females

due to how the meshes where made the Poloma Passion Twists and Monae Beads don't have root/tip controls so they’re only 2 channels the rest are 4 like normal.

credits, preview pictures, links to originals, poly counts and individual download links for every hair is under the cut.

polycounts are ALL over the place. Lowest hair is +10k, Highest one is +32k. Please reference the list under the cut before downloading!

Files comes in two flavors: Merged and Unmerged

Both types contain the exact same type of stuff (package file and preview images) except version one is one big merged file and the version has individual files.

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[bacchuschucklefuck]

they licensed his ass

my finished piece of the FWMS (official name definitely 100%) thing we started a few days ago! I had fun I hope folks had and/or continue to have fun with the sketch as well.

[14dayswithyou]

💖 Day 3.5 is now available! 💖

For the last couple of months, only Server Boosters had access to the 3.5 update... Buuuuut now it's available for everyone to play in the 14DWY Discord — and soon itch.io once I'm happy with the QA and state of the game — so please don't feel pressured to join unless you want to!!

The full devlog + even more screenshots are under the cut ^^

What's been added to the 3.5 version?

📺 Streamer Mode!

I've been told that it's difficult to stream and monetise age-restricted videos on YouTube and Twitch, so I added an option to remove the sexual content and strong language used in the demo.

Now y'all can invite Ren into your bed for cuddles without putting your streamer career on the line /silly /lh

This won't affect the 18+ rating or dark themes/elements of the game, however! Although Streamer Mode will prevent you from seeing any "gruesome" CGs in the future, most of the core elements of the game will still be tied to the choices and decisions you make. So you won't miss out on the overall experience by using streamer mode!!

⚙️ Custom Pronouns!

It only took me one entire year to get around to it, but you can finally choose your own preferred pronouns (or use a set of pronouns instead)... At the cost of being able to change them mid-game ^^;

Since the original pronoun screen wouldn't update until a new scene was displayed, I temporarily disabled the feature. But once I find a workaround, I'll bring it back!

💗 Choose how others perceive you!

You can now choose how the cast and narration perceive you! Originally, the narration was kept strictly gender-neutral (outside of pronouns and genitalia picked by the player), but this will soon change in future updates.

For more clarity: you don't get to choose the words specifically, but you can choose between masculine, feminine, and androgynous terms!

📋 Separate top and bottom genitalia!

You can now choose your tatas and pps separately! >:3

Alongside that, you can also choose your preferred body type!

I removed the "both" genitalia option because a few players still assumed it was an obscure version of "intersex". That wasn't my intention and I don't want to mislead anyone, so I took it out for now ^^;

I also didn't want to include a screenshot of the new genitalia choices in action (because it's NSFW), so y'all get the same character menu screen for the nth time instead lmao

📱 Relationship Screen Overhaul!

You can now change your own status for more immersion, and long-term Server Boosters will eventually be able to submit and use their own icon within the game as well!

Stalking finding your friends has now become easier by using "Buddy Maps"; a new app that allows you to see the location of all the cast members!

I want to offer players more incentive to check the relationship screen since they tend to miss the status updates, so hopefully this might help ;v;

It also says it "updates every few hours" so folks don't go overboard and check every 5 seconds to see where Ren is gdsghf (also keep in mind that he's a hacker lol)

🖤 Additional Scenes Update!

Day 2 received a brand new CG!!!!! Originally, I planned on only adding a few CGs sporadically throughout the game, but it didn't feel right to leave Day 2 so... empty... so I added a brand new CG to (hopefully) make things feel more balanced and natural!

If you decline Teo's offer on Day 3, Leon will now call and try to convince you to reconsider. However, players are still allowed to decline, and if they do, they'll reach a dead end.

After listening to feedback on itch, I changed some of the dialogue during Days 1-3 to make it seem more consistent! They're only small changes though, so it's honestly not worth looking for sdgjssga

🎶 Updated BGM and SFX!

I wanted to try out a different style of music to see if it fits the vibe of 14DWY more! The BGM features more acoustics to suit the "beachy" theme of Corland Bay, though I made a conscious effort to include piano elements as well to stay true to the original!!

I figured it'd be better to give players a live example before I make a poll (to see if they prefer the change or not) and publish it to Itch.

Some new SFX have also been added, though it's very minimal and honestly not that noticeable.

How to download and play the update?

(warning: clicking on the following links will open Discord!!) To download the Day 3.5 update, simply join the 14DWY Discord server, verify your age, and visit the "14dwy-updates" channel!

Alternatively, you can also wait until the update is publicly released on Itch to play it as well!! (It normally gets released shortly after a round of QA testing/getting feedback from the server, though I may release it earlier if I feel like it hehe ^^)

Enjoy!!

[slavhew]

jakey + dirkjake sandwiched between my organic chem notes. a poem in there somewhere

[chloesimaginationthings]

I ADORE your design for Charlie. It’s so adorable!!!!!!

I’m so glad y’all loved her design!!

[archiepelago]

alternate surface au inspired by a few ive seen around on tumblr :3

[monofazz]

I think Deceptibee AU fans should consider the hilarious potential of a Starscream and Bee dynamic in this kind of situation—

[chrliekclly]

——————

it’s been 6 years exactly nd i apologize for everything about this

[tw: implied csa]

[fascinationstreetmp3]

I have what you're looking for. High quality. Befitting a man of my tastes. I have a room over on Divisadero, not too far a walk.

[random-gamer1942]

Doing this while my American mfs are asleep so I'm not immediately hunted for sport:

2k notes and I'll actually outline my story ideas (please no I plan one of these stories to span several books)

[dingledraw]

Lady Antonia J. Crowley

[futuristichedge]

Can't wait for him to not show up in Sonic X Shadow Generations </3

[pixlatedvampire]

hi the literal whole entire reason i made these was bc i watched this 10 sec clip on youtube pls watch