#amir is that person in the friend group who is very much not okay but acts like he is but he is fooling no one

[nectar-cellar]

"fun" fact about amir: he sleeps 4-6 hours every night and then wonders why he feels like death every second of the day

[gildedmuse]

Anonymous asked:

do you like any of the one piece manga colorspreads? if yes, which ones?

(Apparently you cannot answer questions more than once which seems like a flaw. People can always change their mind.

Let's see, where did I leave off? Oh that's right. the Strawhats are a acid punk rock band now . So the obvious next step is...

Devil Fruit's Angels

That's right, in this universe the Strawhats aren't marauders of the sea. They're marauders of the open road.

Look at this badass biker gang. And I'm not abbreviating for motorcycles. Luffy heard there were such a thing as a biker gang and took it very literally. Best of all, he got eight people to go along with this.

Eventually, he accidentally tore the bottom wheel rim from his bike, the Going Merry, but then they met Franky and since he was unaware of Luffy's stupidity innocence at this time, he built him an actual damn motorcycle. Zoro painted the sidecar to look like a shark (okay technically Usopp did the painting and Zoro bitched about it but he loves it if anyone scratches that paint job they immediately find themselves with their blades in their face). He just lays there, sleeping, sometimes doing weights while letting Luffy drive a fucking motorcycle.

Love that Nami weighed up her choices and her and Robin decide to ride with Usopp. Let's face it, he is easily the most responsible rider. Well, that's why Nami choose him. Chopper has two designated seats: Usopp's basket and Zoro's lap. So of course Robin has to sit where she can see Chopper.

Also, LOOK HOW FUCKING CUTE CHOPPER IS IN A BASKET.

Brook seems to be riding a penny farthing which is pretty amazing. He probably just had one in his garage from his youth. Sanji has wisely decided to ride backwards bitchseat so that smoke doesn't fly back in his own face. I am unable to see what Franky is driving. I assume his bottom half turns into a motorcycle. I mean why not?

The Strawhat Gang does pretty much the exact same shit they do as Pirates. I mean, Luffy even falls into water just as often. How? It's Luffy that's how.

Law's little group of anarchist ride around in a yellow Volkswagen Beetle. Fight me.

Winter Wonder Island

IS THAT PENGUIN WEARING ZORO'S HARAMAKI? HOW DID HE GET IT? DIES ZORO KNOW? DID HE GIVE OT TO HIM? DID ZORO THINK THE PENGUIN'S BELLY MIGHT BE COLD?

I love Nami and Chopper playing, though Chopper looks less pleased. Plus the polar bear and Luffy are just the same person/bear. And nothing can convince me Robin isn't currently getting a back massage by a walrus. That is how my bitch roles.

The Straw Helmets

And we're back to the AUs.

Total honesty time: I picked this less put of love (though I enjoy most the AU ones) and more to annoy a friend.. See, I know many a Norwegian. They are a super nice country, you guys.

Who get super pissed at popular depictions of Vikings. Which are wrong.

And yet this particular reimagining is so wrong it's like gone full circle. I mean it's still nowhere near accurate but damn is it awesome. Are they riding walruses? Oda knows the Vikings had horses, right? And reindeer?

And yet he's gone with the well known domestic walrus. Huh. It's a choice.

Honestly, Franky and Usopp's costumes look more gladiator than Viking (also, I know you are a pervert Franky, but you literally gonna die of hypothermia.) Chopper is apparently one of those famous Japaness Vikings based on his costume design while Luffy is wearing something I can 100% imagine Doflamingo owned at some point. And Zoro....

Well, there is a reason I have a tag called Zoro's sense of direction and/or fashion. Look at that thing. That is a mess. I love it.

Get Wet

Nami, babe, me, Brook, Sanji, and apparently Robin a appreciate how sexy you're being right now.

But all I see is Zoro's damn fine back with water forming little riblets around his muscles. Also, love the boy's smile as he watches Luffy. He totally knows what's about to go down and thinks it's fucking hilarious.

They Call It The Grand Line

Every member of the coward trio (plus guest member Brook) is freaking the fuck out and I love it. Chopper and Nami are cling to one another, Brook's soul has left his body, and I'm pretty certain Usopp has half climbed into the seat in front of him to grab Zoro. Which I cannot blame him for.

Meanwhile, Robin is watching this whole spectacle with mild amusement, Sanji is straight up grilling... While on the back of a rollar coaster, Franky is chowing down on some of that food and Zoro... Zoro is getting drunk. On a rollar coaster.

The only one who seems to be having any fun is Luffy, sitting, of course, on his special seat. Look at that kid, he's having a blast. Well now we know how all the other Strawhats ended up here.

A Game Of Chicken

There's a lot I could say about this picture, but all I'm going to say is this: Zoro is clearly riding a weird ass chocobo.

What else can beat that?

Pirate Olympics: Where Everyone Is Winner Wanted Man

Oh, look, it's another AU one!

Look, over all, everyone has a sport that is either well suited to them (except maybe Brook. I mean soccer? Really? Not, like short distance sprinting since he's the fastest strawhat or fencing? If it were winter he could participate in the skeleton - yohohoho!).

Let's just amire Zoro playing baseball THREE BAT STYLE. LIke a goddamn boss.

You Know What's Awesome? Drugs.

It doesn't even matter what's going on in this one, it's goddamn beautiful.

Just Another Sunny Day

[You know when I said I haven't read the manga yet? Well, also terrible with visual images - the world should be in words in my opinion. So this, it turns out, is not a colorspread but fanart by the very talented Frayten who I deeply apologize to for not crediting earlier. I'm keeping it though, because it's amazing art, it's been reblogged and at least now it's properly credit on the main post. Many thanks to @blueriza to for being a better fan than I am.]

I really enjoy this little switch up. I want to believe it isn't just Law fucking with them but they've all inhaled some kind of mind switching pollen of something. So one day Law just came out to find Robin making breakfast and heart eyes at all the men, Sanji eating nothing but meet and bouncing around like he was made of rubber, Franky trying to play the violin, Chopper taling wild stories about when he was captain, Usopp training for a couple hours before passing out, Brook worrying over everyone's health, Nami striking posed while talking about how SUPER it all is, and Luffy, for once in his life, perfectly calm as he sits there reading.

That would be hilarious but, yeah, obviously it was Law. Look at how Nami Zoro is threatening him. She know exactly who pulled this shit. And look at Law's smug little smirk.

Hey, you suppose Law flirted with Nami Zoro? I know it's Nami but she's still got Zoro's abs and ass. Just throwing that out there.

[snikker-doooo]

@xvi-the-tower​ - Asked for E K Y Z for Amir and  E K Q R for Sacha, Snikker, and Eliza for kinky alphabet. 

Going to be under the cut because NSFW/Kinks/Minors DNI

Amir

E - Extra info

Will totally do the sex in his werejackal form - if his partner is into it

Into the kinkiest things and will generally try anything at least once - more if his lover gets into it

Can be selfish at first - but then makes up with almost unlimited stamina 

K - Kissing

Rough and whenever he can. He is big about leaving marks on his partners, bite marks, hard hickeys, just signs of ownership, so the rougher the better. He has a thing about the neck and shoulders, but will also place tender kisses on their ears and forehead. 

Y - Yes Master/Sex names

Oh boy hi. Amir is one of those creeps that likes to have names of status, so a simple “Yes Sir” just gets him going like you would not believe it. Has no limit either.

ngl probably would play around with being called daddy

Z - Zones 

Okay, should not come to surprise but generally anywhere around his pelvis. Moving up, he loves it when they place their hands against his abdomen, the pecs, the chest, but also - behind the ear. Scratching him behind the ear will just make him melt.    

Eliza 

E - Extra Info

Really not into group sex, she has to have that one on one time with her lover

Not overly kinky, but gives the best aftercare - will run a warm bath and tend to all their needs

K - Kissing

Soft and affectionate most of the time, will plant two short kisses before going in for a longer, deeper kiss. Peppering kisses across the cheeks and down the neck.

 Does the little kiss with her nose when she's saying good bye to friends. 

Once in a while, she’ll be deeper and more passionate and during sex she will be full deep kisses.  

Q - Quite Please

Shes pretty quiet, but tends to let out short moans as she gets closer to orgasm. Never too loud tho. 

R - Routine

She will plan things out to ensure she gets as much time with her lover as possible - so if they’re crossing paths momentarily she will plan something special, flower petals on the bed, sexy underwear for both of them, and time for a bath together afterwards. 

Snikker

E - Extra Info

Hates hearing her name during sex - just call her anything else and she’ll be fine

Is one of those women who gets super horny whenever she's been pregnant, like the woman has 6 kids (and counting, if I get any more hate for her having so many children, she's getting more)

Becomes an absolute brat during group sex - never like it any other time but as soon as theres another person involved she attempts to make it all about her

K - Kissing

Only kisses in groups of three with the last one deeper and more passionate. Usually starts at the lips and will work her way down as she needs to. Melts whenever someone plants a kiss on her neck, shoulders or chest.

Very happy for platonic kisses too. 

Q - Quite Please

If you want her to be quite, you’re gonna have to shove something in her mouth.  She gets so excited about getting down and sometimes that just comes out as loud moans. She will moan, and gasp and giggle without too much care for who can hear. 

R - Routine 

She isn’t too fond on keeping a routine, but she does like to have some time before (for a bath) and after (for naked cuddles). Because of this, she likes to have a bit of time and will give her partner/partners a bit of warning. 

Sacha

E - Extra Info

He is pretty much Demisexual - only feels attraction to people he knows well.

Loves to compliment his lovers - and will do so, so much, but only when they’re alone.

K - Kissing

He flusters easily, so you gotta kiss him first. He will blush and sputter and go quite. He doesn’t expect any kisses, so he reacts with such surprise. 

Q - Quite Please

Sacha will whisper words of affection, and rasp with deep chesty breaths, but otherwise he is very much silent. 

R - Routine

He can’t keep it up if its planned, he needs spontaneous, without too much thought. He is one of those people. 

Yay an ask. <3  

[goldguile-a]

okay, helena von riegan, a post at long last... 

pls note this absolute unit hc is based off discussions with @reztactics, so if the idea of posthumous canon character/oc based around a character who very definitely exists and is alive but we don’t see them bothers you, please replace said canon characters with just generic faerghus noblemen. this got lengthy so uh... under the cut it goes!

helena von riegan... godfrey von riegan’s younger sister by two years. while godfrey inherited the major crest of riegan, helena didn’t inherit a crest at all. 

sovereign duke edgar von riegan saw an opportunity-- with godfrey secure as his heir, he could use his daughter to gain even more influence and power for house riegan by marrying her off to a family who lacked a crest of their own. 

while not nearly as bad as bernadetta’s parents, edgar primarily raised his daughter with the intent of selling her as a product: the perfect bride, complete with a crest for any children she produces to inherit. she was taught to be seen and not heard, to be gentle and demure and ladylike, to attend to her lord husband’s every need with nary a complaint-- while godfrey learned archery, she learned to dance. when he would sit in on roundtable conferences to observe their workings, helena was made to embroider or play music. ( she enjoyed the music, to an extent. ) 

this fragile porcelain doll was not helena von riegan in the slightest. she was a sweet girl, friendly to all she met... but loud. rambunctious. wild. opinionated and unafraid to show it. she wished to learn to fight alongside her brother and support him when he became sovereign duke, and argued with their father often over being sold off like a pretty little trinket. godfrey would often step in to mediate and shield his little sister from their father’s anger, but there was only so much he could do-- especially with his time to study at garreg mach monastery fast approaching. ( he would be made leader of that year’s golden deer house. )

this led to an idea on godfrey’s part: framing it carefully, he presented the idea of helena accompanying him to garreg mach to ‘learn’ to be a proper lady from her peers. perhaps if she could find a suitable match at the monastery she could get along with, she would settle down. edgar considered it for a long while, but agreed. he sent a sizable donation to the church with a letter requesting his daughter be taught alongside everyone else, but not to allow her to join in on the class missions. while it at least got helena away from their father, godfrey lamented the circumstances in which she was being limited. while he truly wished to rectify house riegan’s failings and give his sister the freedom she deserved, there was little he could do with their father in the way. 

where godfrey lamented, helena bloomed. she made friends with judith von daphnel while godfrey grew close with prince lambert egitte blaiddyd and rodrigue achille fraldarius of the blue lions... and presumably the leader of the black eagles, but i dunno who led the class. a prominent noble at the time, most likely. when she learned she wasn’t allowed to join her class on missions for practical battle experience, she took to training with judith anyways and bothering her brothers’ friends to help her too. determined to keep pace with her classmates, even with so few experiences to partake in a real fight, helena trained on. she noted she had particular skill with a sword and chased that skill, honing it whilst her brother focused on archery-- he would inherit failnaught someday, after all.

she soon found herself developing a very big crush on lambert. they took to training together, one on one, frequently. sparring sessions grew intense, and helena promised herself that the day she could best him in a practice match would be the day she confessed her feelings to lambert. the day came, she won, and the two became a couple. godfrey expressed concern-- a man as obsessed with his image as their father would explode at the thought of a daughter of riegan consorting with the blaiddyds, given their house spearheaded the crescent moon war and won leicester’s independence. helena boldly declared she didn’t care. godfrey agreed to keep the relationship from their father, dearly wanting his sister to know some measure of happiness. 

unfortunately for helena, word got out nonetheless. an opportunistic noble of the golden deer house had set his sights on marrying her and earning his family that crest. determined to curry favour with edgar, he wrote to the sovereign duke shortly after the ball, detailing how helena had arrived on lambert’s arm, wearing kingdom colours ( her dress was blue ) and dancing the night away with the prince-- and that the duo had disappeared from the ballroom not long after. ( in truth, they had gone to the goddess tower to make a wish: knowing their relationship likely could not last, the couple wished instead to remain friends until the very end. no matter what happened. ) 

edgar, as godfrey feared, was furious. within a matter of days he arrived at the monastery, located the dorms, and marched on up to his daughter’s room to pull her out of school. literally. he grabbed her by the wrist to drag her to a waiting carriage, planning to have the school send back whatever personal belongings were left behind. the grounds were alive with the sound of edgar angrily berating his daughter for embarrassing him and helena’s protests, demands, and humiliated begging for her father to let her go. the scene was only stopped by the appearance of a knight of seiros ( i personally like the idea of it being jeralt, but it doesn’t have to be. ) who came to the teenager’s aid and escorted the belligerent sovereign duke off school grounds. 

the incident would be another small stain on house riegan’s honour, a minor scandal talked about the lords and ladies of the alliance for days. lambert and helena ended their relationship by the end of the year, and the group of companions went their separate ways. lambert would ascend the throne and thankfully marry for love. rodrigue became known as the shield of faerghus. judith bloomed into a brilliant hero, and the von riegans returned home. godfrey resumed his preparations to become the next duke riegan. helena... was confined to the estate. while godfrey had smoothed things over a little with their father, the older man’s rage had not entirely subsided. it was difficult, but with judith’s help she managed to keep in touch with lambert all the same. the letters were sporadic, but a comfort.

and to helena’s horror, she soon found herself engaged to the very man who wrote to her father after the ball. unable to stomach the thought of marrying someone clearly only interested in sleeping with her and potentially getting the crest of riegan into their bloodline out of the deal, helena made a decision: she would run away from home, never to return. so long as godfrey was around house riegan would be set back on the proper path. there was no need to worry. no matter what happened, anything had to be better than this. 

judith smuggled her out of house riegan’s estate, disguised as a simple soldier among the reinforcements edgar was sending to house goneril against the almyran forces ( holst had not yet been born or was still a toddler at best. ) from there, helena found herself engaged in battle with the almyran forces. it was exhilerating. it was freeing. it was her or them, and with the wind in curly dark hair and the clash of metal as blade met blade, she felt alive. 

eventually, she would go on to cross blades with the man who would go on to be known as nader the undefeated. impressed by the woman’s battle prowess and ability to keep up with him, the almyran general couldn’t help but strike up a conversation as they fought. when helena shared her story, an idea struck her: she could escape to almyra, far beyond edgar’s reach. she could start anew in the foreign kingdom, and never have to worry about anything ever again. to her surprise, nader agreed to take her back with him. 

also to her surprise, he turned out to be an almyran prince whose elder brother ascended the throne recently enough. king hasan amir shirazi was gracious, having heard an account of helena’s story from his brother, and offered her a place to stay in the castle. sparks flew between the king and the runaway, despite unease in the castle about a woman from fodlan being there, and soon bloomed into a passionate love... that would one day produce crown prince kian claude shirazi. 

helena is still alive today, and judith is the sole person who knows where she escaped off to. the two exchange letters where possible, and it is because of judith that helena learned of godfrey’s death in gloucester territory. she did not want to bring her son with her back to the alliance when she returned long enough to pay respects at her brother’s grave, but claude insisted. he wanted to come and see his mother’s homeland for herself... and elected to stay behind in order to learn more about the crest system, how it worked, and his mother’s people. helena returned home to almyra. she is currently there and living with claude’s father today. they are not married, hasan sympathizing with helena’s experiences with the concept of marriage. 

[dilldaydreamer-blog]

It’s all Fin and Games Until...

((Discord RP where Pembrooke talks to Elliot @undertakinggraveshift about Fin @orangetrails and then it turns into a full confessional.  With mentions of Sam @ashandvoodoo the Felt and the funeral home, how Elliot got his scars from Snow @theuniverseisher and a bit of PI complaining about MK @rexscelestus ))

Ambaaargh Pembrooke sets a tray of goodies along with two cups of tea down as he slides over to Elliot.  "Good afternoooon.  I hope you are doing well today? Feeling better?"  There may have been a tiny twinge of nervousness in his voice, the one he usually gets when he's obviously getting ready to talk about something but is doing the pleasantries first. He had wanted to speak to Elliot sooner, but between his morail catching the flu and studying for the exam to get him his coroner's license, it felt like the most inappropriate time.

Cloneclone And if Death didn't know his friend enough to pick up on that, what sort of moirail would he be? "I'm feeling worlds better." Death leaned in, nuzzling Pembrooke as the inspector settled in next to him. "You though? It sounds like you've caught the case of something worrisome." He pressed as he took up a cup.

Ambaaargh Ah, right to the heart of things as per usual.  Pem swallows as he does to hold tight to his mental script he had been working on all day.  "I admit there has been a few things that came up that I wanted to talk with you on. Since they're a bit of a sensitive nature, and well...you mean everything to me so I want to make sure you are aware.  Lest it turn into some awkward thing down the road."

Cloneclone The cup went back down, as this sounded really serious. Last thing he wanted to do was to be mid sip when Pembrooke mentioned he was pregnant. ...Not that he could be. Er. Death assumed at the very least? Last big news was the mentioning of Jude, but that wasn't really sensitive in nature. Was it death related? Well, no need to dwell on things when Pembrooke was going to tell him. Death reached out and took Pembrooke's hand, giving it a squeeze. "Take your time if you need, it's alright. I'm here."

Ambaaargh He nods, then takes a sip of his own tea. Best to wet the palate before this talk...and not at all because it gave him a few extra seconds of stalling. "Well, as you know there was a brief stint of grey magic where I suppose I was a bit ah...vampiric in appetite? And the particular reaction to blood?"  He expected Elliot would be aware considering how the inspector just about tried to make out with Elliot during a nosebleed.  Of course then again that was around when Elliot caught the flu so perhaps his memory was hazy.  "For a while there the White Queen also got affected by grey magic to be a full and proper vampire. Which was! Well exciting because well! Vampires!  And she had offered to bite people...myself included since a while back we made a bit of a joking pact that if any of us got vampired by grey magic we'd opt to bite the others for ah...science..." Ok this was going a bit off-track but Pembrooke was ready to steer it back on course soon.

Cloneclone Death had... some ideas as to what might have happened with the information given, but didn't interject with them so far. If anything did happen with the White Queen, well that was between her and Pembrooke. Though... he was a little concerned, especially if her... magic? Programming? Caused him to do something he didn't want to do. ...Actually... Now he was just wary that was the case and... Death wasn't sure what to do if that happened. He wasn't a fighter. But in this case, he would learn! Slowly Death nodded, squeezing Pembrooke's hand again. I will dismantle the matriarchy for you.

Ambaaargh He runs his thumb across Elliot's hand. "Things got a bit tangled up. Because for a moment there it was going to be myself and Jude bitten.  Possibly Ace. Then possibly the White King. Then the door was opened to just about anyone which then meant Fin showed interest.  Then suddenly things all got muddled and it didn't happen at all?  And well..."  Pembrooke inhales. Alright you can do this.  "Well it ended up with Fin and I talking and ending up meeting up with one another where ah...well we kind of bit each other. And ah...made out quite a bit. A lot. And stuff. And ah..."  He could feel his cheeks getting a bit flushed as it suddenly was getting hard to look Elliot in the eyes.  "...I know you warned me to be cautious, and I do agree that yes...mobsters. Dangerous.  But I'd be lying if I didn't say there was sort of a warm feeling there.  I well, really like him.  In a worried state considering the lines in the sand.  But I cannot deny there is feelings there?"

Cloneclone Mhmm, mhmm. Elliott nodded, not too much, but to show he was indeed listening... and then paused. ...And remained like such for the rest of Pembrooke's story. If it had been anyone else, anyone else. Okay, maybe not Snowman or Scratch, and definitely not the White King, but anyone else! Death would have tutted Pembrooke and told him it was fine. He was his moirail, not his matesprite... feelings aside, he was sitting in one quadrant, not all. Pembrooke could do as he wished! But... but Fin? There were so many. Of course it was Fin though, it wasn't like Death was ignorant, he'd seen the man pining. But WHY though?! He was married. A crueler part of him bubbled over, mentally sneering over how of course the shark was trying to dig its teeth into everything, being loyal isn't exactly what Fin was known for, but Death was weakly trying to put that back in pandora's box and slip it into the closet. BUT ALSO, WHY?! Fin was livid, LIVID when Death's MISTAKE landed him in jail. What did Fin think could happen being interested in an actual cop? Did he think Pembrooke would just overlook things like Death had been made to? Death forgot to breath, and when he did, it was a sharp inhale that was held all over again. Unfortunately, Pembrooke was left in awkward silence.

Ambaaargh The awkward silence was there, which surely must be a sign he should keep talking if the awkward banter part of Pembrooke's nervousness was anything to go by.  He runs his fingers through his hair. "I mean...I realize a lot of it is...silly.  He's married. He's a mobster.  A married mobster.  And I...well I know that there is likely no real chance for anything to ever work. Not in the way I always dreamed it would be for a matesprit.  It has all the warning signs of...bad idea.  But it is also hard to just...turn off the feelings."  the tone of his voice sounds almost frustrated.  "That said, you are my morail. Your opinion matters to me and you mean so much to me...and you were the one to advice caution so I didn't want it to feel like I was doing anything behind your back."

Cloneclone And then, of course, the sudden elephant in the room Death was disregarding. Pembrooke had feelings back? Death didn't... see that coming. God, he should have said something. "Shhh." Death hushed Pembrooke softly, placing both hands over Pembrooke's. Again he didn't speak, instead closing his eyes to think. And think. And try to think. And fail to think. What did he say in response to that? He bowed his head instead, taking in another sharp breath to try and ease the negative feelings trying to bubble up. Anger, fear, hurt, sadness, regret. A few more could probably fit into the shitty bouquet he was making himself there. Hands fidgeted with Pembrooke's. Wow though. He hated Fin, Death found suddenly. He disliked him ever since the beginning of... well, his situation with the mobster. But fine. That's what happens when he's not good at a job they've made him do. Mess with mobsters and something is bound to happen. Many things, actually. But it was different now, now it wasn't Death, now it was Pembrooke Fin was messing with, and that was a problem. How dare he, how dare he. But what was Death to do? Death inhaled sharply and bit his lip, taking another quick breath soon after. "I'm sorry."

Ambaaargh There was a few emotions crossing the inspector's face.  Concern, confusion, worry...though he remained silent as Elliot sat there quietly.   Had he done something wrong? Admittedly he was never fully certain what the etiquette of quadrants were on some regards. Shoot...he should have said something earlier...maybe he was supposed to have gotten like a blessing first?  Hnnn... At Elliot's apology, Pembrooke blinks in confusion.  Why was he apologizing?

"I...if anyone should be apologizing it should be me? I don't see any reason you need to apologize Elliot."

Cloneclone "I should have said something sooner, but I didn't. Because I'm cowardly. Gods, I'm so cowardly. I've kept so much from you out of fear, nd half the time I try to convince myself it's to keep you safe, but I think in the end I'm just worried about getting hurt. Which, silly, really. I can't die, so--" Death released Pembrooke finally, cutting himself off. No, no. Stop. How did he even begin explaining to Pembrooke? Amir didn't even know everything, but he knew enough about Fin. Amir was the one who found him after after all, and dealt with Fin personally. First by the law, second by... however it was Amir handled things off the clock. Death never actually found out, but Fin wasn't a problem after that. Should he just spill his guts to Pembrooke? Pem already knew about him being a reaper...

"I didn't quit... because I couldn't afford the funeral home. Things were fine. I've had money, I've always had money. I--" God, where Pembrooke came in with a script, Elliott sure didn't. This was a mess. "I warned you because, lord. Fin, Fin stabbed me." Just bluntly put it. "I was working on a body, the poor man was such a mess. I know how he died, of course I know how he died, and not just because of who I am. I was supposed to keep quiet about it. You don't just work a funeral home so close to a group of gangsters and get away without getting your hands dirty somehow. I was supposed to hide the evidence but Amir stopped by unexpected, before I could, and found the evidence of Fin being involved. And when he finally got out of prison he paid me a visit and-- I should have told you. I'm so, so sorry I didn't. I was just... if he was mad over a mistake, I could only imagine how he'd react over ruining a friendship. I didn't think it would go something further. But what does he think now?? That if you ever found anything on him, you'd ignore it?? I'm not even a cop and he was mad at me, what does he think he'll get from this?? I'm so sorry Pembrooke..." Death kept his head down, holding his face in his hands.

Ambaaargh This was....well it wasn't what he had expected to come of this conversation.  Not even in the top fifty.  The inspector’s head gives that twitch from side to side as he tries to keep up and process everything that is being said to him as Elliot pours his heart out.  It was just...Fin stabbed him? Elliot did work for the mob? Did Amir know?  Oh no...what have you done Pembrooke. You just made everything ten times more worse and complicated and... "I..." there is a false start as words fail to come out of his mouth.  Just...a feeling of overwhelming guilt and confusion taking place. Chances are anger may make its appearance later though jury was out if it was going to fall on Fin's shoulders or his own.  Likely his own.  Maybe.  Right now though, there was just the overwhelming distress of seeing Elliot so distressed, that Pembrooke instinctively put a hand on his morail's knee.  "I...Elliot it's alright. I'm...I'm so sorry. Please. It'll be alright...I...oh frog I'm so sorry.  I've made such a mess of things..."

Cloneclone And then Pembrooke started backpedaling. Death laughed at that... sort of. He gave a noise that was caught in the crossroads of a cry and a laugh, some miserable mirth as he ground a palm beneath his glasses, rubbing at tears. "My we're just a mess. Look at us." His stomach still twisted in knots to thing Pembrooke had done anything with Fin. Again, he could do what he wanted but. It was like something had crawled under his skin and was struggling to get comfortable.  "You didn't know, I should have told you. I'm so sorry you're moirails with a coward- it was selfish of me. I didn't think things would get so far. And-- I mean, you warned me about Sam but didn't tell me to stop, how was I to tell you to stop with Fin? ...Did Sam do something with you?" Death sat up straight suddenly, sobering up.

Ambaaargh "No...no you're not a coward." he shakes his head.  "You're just....well as you said. You're a funeral home that had the misfortune of being next to a criminal organization. Your own brother was roped into that organization...that is not an easy spot to be in and I can't even say I would have been different should situations been reversed."  Pembrooke bites his lip, torn between trying to comfort Elliot and his own internal screaming over being the cause of this.  Had he ignored the cues? Perhaps he should have been more aware of things?

The question about Sam however hits him by surprise, causing him to pause dumbfounded.  "Uh...pardon?  Not that I'm aware of?  Sam was...quite cordial? Liked my cat.  I mean...him being very close to Diamond Droog has me a bit concerned...but he's never done anything to me directly?"  Pembrooke shakes his head as he runs his hands through his hair.  "I'm really truly sorry Elliot. Had I know...and this isn't saying this your doing...but I swear I would have not...the last thing I ever want to do is hurt you or make you uncomfortable. I'm so sorry."

It was only now that it was starting to sink in, the parts of Elliot's conversation about what Fin did.  In a way it felt like the carpet had been pulled out from under himself, torn between the perception he had built from his own experiences and memories...clashing with this sudden new information and narrative.   Had this been just...a deception? But...the brief tenderness seemed so genuine?  Part of him wanted to confront Fin right then and now, but what if that reflected back to Elliot.  The sudden realization that Elliot could be in danger only added to the confusing miasma in the inspector's mind.(edited)

Cloneclone Elliott eased now that Pembrooke explained everything with Sam was still pleasantries. He wasn't looking forward to the day that changed... if that would change. So far everything was... cordial. Arrests still happened, rules were still enforced, but it was like some weird... 'okay you're just doing your job'. Save for the times things got extremely personal, such as the situation with Fin. It'll end, eventually, but Death could wait for that time. Closing his eyes, Death took a breath then leaned in, curling his arms around Pembrooke to hold tightly. "I feared telling you my involvement. I'm sorry for lying to you. I didn't want to get involved, I never wanted to. I told them no at first, I... made the mistake of... telling Snowman no, that I would tell the authorities on her. And that is how I got my scars. She had sewn my mouth shut and... She's kept me quiet since then. Until now. ...I guess while I'm word vomiting I might as well lay out every single thing that can damn me." If the train wreck was going to happen, Death might as well let it keep going.

Ambaaargh As if able to read the thoughts in the air, Pembrooke held Elliot closely.  "If it is any help, I expect that Sam and I know where our respective stances are.  If it was to ever come to things, I don't think he would take personal offense...and I would not either...I think."  he sighs, not quite as confident as he would like. Just moments ago he would have been able to say the same about Fin.  The conversation he had had with the mobster seemed genuine on the understanding of their respective lives...but maybe that was just a facade.

Trying to make sense of things right now was proving too much a hurdle...this was definitely a need a few days to emotionally parse situation. Instead, Pembrooke focuses on petting Elliot's hair reassuringly. "I.." the mention of his scars and how they came to be suddenly pulls Pembrooke right out of his priority to comfort as he makes such a face.  How dare she...any regrets Pembrooke had about his decision behind the sniper gun were suddenly cast into outer space.  Which probably isn't all that good considering all that happened and the lives potentially lost because...Pembrooke pushes those thoughts aside and hugs Elliot tightly as he buries his face into Elliot's shoulder.  "It's alright. I understand why, and I don't blame you.  That's what mobs do...they force people into things they don't want to do and then use the guilt to keep them quiet and going.  A nasty cycle and I'm so sorry you were caught up in it.  I'm just...I love you Elliot. So much.  And that isn't going to change anytime soon if ever I promise."

Cloneclone "I'm sorry for not just... telling you. Everything. After dropping the reaper knowledge on you, I... I don't know why I thought just everything would be too much." Elliott inhaled deeply, though this time it succeeded in easing him as he sagged in Pembrooke's arms. ...Getting that all off his chest felt good actually. "...I don't have any more secre--" Fuck yes he does. The unmarked graves. Uhg, he was tense all over again. Elliott thumped his face into Pembrooke's chest and made such a noise into it. A frustrated, long, drawn out groan. "If I tell you enough terrible things, you won't feel bad anymore. This is my ploy all along." He mumbled, which bless Pembrooke if he heard any of that through his chest. Death could almost laugh about this, not because he was amused... well, some sick part of him was amused, but so much was happening at once that he wasn't sure what to do other than make a helpless sound of humor.

Ambaaargh He didn't quite get that, but the tension in Elliot's body told him that perhaps this was enough heartfelt confessions for now.  With a gentle shhhhh...he pats Elliot's back as he rocked him.  "It'll be alright.  Whatever it is, you don't have to tell me now. Or ever...but I promise no matter what I'm going to love you either way."  A soft kiss to the forehead as he pulls Elliot into his lap to cuddle. "Well sort it all out. Bit by bit. I don't blame you at all for not telling me.  Those are some rather intense secrets...I can fully understand the fear behind them.  Like I said, I honestly cannot say I would have done differently if I was in your shoes. For all my good cop antics...I can be quite the jitterbug.  And I mean...even if I didn't expect the outcome that it brought...I did shoot the Universe. Twice now."  Another kiss.  "We're just...an awkward pair aren't we."

Cloneclone Bless Pembrooke and his understanding. Death couldn't ask for a more understanding moirail. He understood polyamory could exist in every quadrant, but he couldn't possibly see anyone touching Pembrooke's place. "Two awkward peas in a pod. I wouldn't want any other diamond shaped pea in my pod though." Death settled comfortably in Pembrooke's lap, leaning fully against him. They should have had this talk in bed. "... Could make it lucky number three though. Heh. ...What do we do now?"

Ambaaargh Pembrooke tilts his head in thought.  This was well, a lot to process.  A whole lot. Chances were high he was going to have a few emotional bumps here and there as some of it registered even.  But none of that would do much good tonight, so better to just focus on the positives. He cuddles Elliot close. "Well I was thinking we could put these dishes away, and snuggle into bed.  And cuddle a bit like the two peas in the pod we are."  There is a concerned expression.  "I will have to figure out what to do in regards with Fin...how to feel about that.  I won't lie in that it may take some time though, I'd rather not do something drastic and I definitely don't want him to get the impression you had anything to do with it.  But also...I won't lie that this is a lot to sink in right now.  Bit numb in the head." A kiss to the cheek.  "As for the rest, we'll sort it out as we go.  New things learned, but it doesn't mean they need immediate reactions or solutions.  We can tackle them bit by bit as you feel comfortable. Together." He squeezes his hand.  "That said I'm now retroactively declaring my second shot to Snowman was payback for what she did to you.  ....Maybe.  Doesn't feel like quite enough  really. May have to try one more shot another time..." Shifty eyes look left and right with a playful smirk.

Cloneclone "Mmm..." All reasonable concerns. All concerns Elliott had, which really put a boot break on him saying anything. At least it was finally off his chest, and hopefully he could stop drowning in misery over watching the two speak. There was still a concern that that was selfish but Death shook those thoughts away. He was stabbed. He was fully allowed to be concerned! "That sounds like a siren song I would fall into." Little kisses were accepted, and little kisses were given, before Elliott pulled himself from the warmth of Pembrooke's lap. A tea cup was briefly snatched to swallow its contents before he cleared his throat after, finally collecting himself. May the power of tea strengthen him! "I understand this won't be easy... and I do not judge any struggles you'll have. ...Especially any thoughts to go a third time on Snowman, ahah. Oh that sounded terribly malicious." He took up the tray, "But I will also be with you, forever."

Ambaaargh Pembrooke takes a few moments to wrap up uneaten sandwiches to put them in the fridge, before finishing his own tea to set the cup into the sink.  Undoing his tie, he flinches a moment as right...that. "I...should probably mention that when I said Fin bit me, he did leave a bit of a...eh...mark."  He swallows, suddenly feeling a lot more guilty about that now.  "I.  Hmm. Maybe I can get it touched up, glamor wise....I don't know..." Thinking was starting to get difficult, so much to take in.  "It will work out though, I promise.  May not be easy, but it'll work out." A speech as much for yourself as it was for Elliot really. Sliding into bed with nightclothes on, there is a moment of thought.  "Perhaps I should focus less on the shooting aspect and back to the law.  Just hoo, been shooting so many monarchs recently.  But nnn...probably best not to let violence solve that problem in the end.  Did I tell you that the Black King showed up to the Romance Book Club?"

Cloneclone The dishes would be washed later, Death wouldn't be one of those roommates, but he was too busy trying to usher the scene to bed to work on cleaning up a mess. He pulled a face at the mentioning of a mark, but did his best to hide it from Pembrooke. Instead turning about to bump his head against Pem's shoulder. "I'm not going to hold it against you. If it was anyone else... I wouldn't mind and... you didn't know. It would be cruel to think less of you over something you couldn't have known. " He slithered into bed after Pembrooke, taking up the position of straddling the inspector's lap to dote on him once again. "I don't think I understand, Romance Book Club?"

Ambaaargh There were many times Pembrooke wondered how he got so lucky with having the greatest morail in all the city if not the universe...this was one of them. A soft murmur of appreciation is given as he once again tries to warm up his chilly Elliot with cuddles.  A good part of him still felt guilt, but....Elliot was right.  Had he known the severity of Elliot's motivation for concern he likely would have tried to keep a distance from the start. Instead of well... ...he'd deal with things as it came.  Not something to rip a bandaid off by any measure, especially considering his own feelings.  Instead he smirks and gives a chuckle. "Oh. Yes.  So...a while back I was talking with ah...Slick's son. Karkat. About how it would be great to start a Romance Club.  Meet at the library and talk about subjects and literature of romance in a non-mocking environment. Sort of a pleasant hobby."  He leans his head against Elliot as he speaks.  "So I got some time rented at the library to use one of their meeting rooms. Set it up...left open invitations to everyone...when of all the random people to show up...was him.  Glamoured...almost didn't put two and two together but then...well.  Awkward doesn't even begin to describe it.  I...think he knows I was the one in the fog...when...yeah..."

Cloneclone Hands slipped up Pembrooke's shirt, slipping around him in a hug to splay his fingers out and plague the poor prospit with chilly digits. "You are remarkably talented in getting to know everyone, regardless of their walk of life. An absolute inspiration. Ahem, but I will contain my desires to swoon over your people skills. ...To uh, that which is a concern. Is he... trying to get you alone? Is he going to hurt you?" Death frowned, squeezing Pembrooke, "I don't know how to explain to him that was needed, but all is well now? He has to see there's some connection, yes?"

Ambaaargh Even when he knows it's coming, and even though it has happened many nights before, there is that slight shiver as the cold fingers spread out to steal the inspector's body heat.  His own personal heat vampire it would seem. Acceptable. "Mmm...I don't think so? There was a brief bit where he may have had a chance.  I do get the feeling his attendance was because of a genuine interest in the club.  Which...sounds odd in a way.  But then again there were members of both gangs there as well so...mm. Sort of a neutral ground meeting of sorts."  Hands reach around Elliot to move up in a similar fashion.  "I confess all things considered who was in attendance, he held himself together quite admirably.  I'm still uncertain me not mentioning the fact of who he was was a good strategy or not."

At this point, Pembrooke had begun to lean on it being a good call. A fight would have likely broken out...innocent people could have been hurt and there wasn't even...well truth be there wasn't any actual evidence to arrest him outside of existing still?  Which...well Snowman was still in the city despite that.  Ugh...the legality of it all was already more than you wanted to think about.  Time to focus on nibbling Elliot's neck,

Cloneclone "...Be careful, okay?" Death kept a frown. He may know when his friend would pass, it clearly wasn't anytime soon because he was certain he wouldn't be able to hide that from Pembrooke if it was supposed to be tomorrow. However, pain wasn't a thing Death could predict, and pain was still something Pembrooke could very much go through. "You're a very delicious target to everything royal. Just as much as you seem to target everything royal ahah-  yeek!" Speaking of delicious, Death wiggled at the nibbles.

Ambaaargh A a pause in the nibbles as he gives a nod in agreement.  "It's true. I am delicious.  But I will do my best to be careful.  Right now it is a he knows that I know that he knows round we go scenario.  But...I expect the fact that he didn't destroy me on sight and his posts indicate a fair amount of happy romance...that I've got a little bit of grace."  He'd add something about it not being the case had Snowman actually died but then again there wouldn't have been any of them around to worry about it had that happened. "All in all...a thing to be concerned. But in a way par for the course.  For now...I should kiss you. We should rest...and tomorrow will...well it'll come and we'll take it one day at a time. "  a pause.  "That said...I'm going to hold the right to request that if Sam does stab me one day, even if it is non-personal and just business. That...hmm....actually I'm not sure if I would feel right saying that's a dealbreaker.  Maybe I'll just hold off on that judgement until I get stabbed by someone. See how I feel."

Cloneclone "Give him suggestions for good romance movies. 'Pretty Lady' is a good one. Or 'Friends with Benefits'." At the mentioning of kissing, and leaving worries for tomorrow, Death pressed against Pembrooke to push him backwards before shifting, letting Pembrooke settle beneath him comfortably before Death used him as the comfortable mattress, imported straight from Prospit he was. Death stretched and grunted, before pecking the inspector with kisses. "If anyone were to harm you, regardless of reason, I can assure I would avoid them at all costs and be most miffed... I truly hope it's never Die but... I've come to realize that may not be a choice I have."

Ambaaargh "I can promise I'll do what I can do not have that come to be....er...occasional online bumping of heads notwithstanding.  I...would rather not cause any friction to what may already be a delicately balanced relationship."  There is that slow burning worry in his mind though, now that he was realizing that the Felt likely did have Elliot under their thumb.  Would his decision to leave upset them? Is he now in danger? Neither faction of mobsters were necessarily known for charity or mercy versus making an example.  Pembrooke squeezes Elliot tightly for a second before returning to a more comfortable hug.

"I personally am aiming to keep my stab count to none.  Been holding a record for it so far, don't plan to quit yet!" he grins, brushing errant bangs from his morail's face.  "I love you."

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((Malaysia OC)) Hetalia

Country Name: Malaysia

Human Name: Muhammad Amir Bin Arish

((EXPLANATION))

(( In Malaysia, the official religion for the country is Sunni Islam, however, the country does allow freedom of religion. The name ‘Muhammad’ is a very common name for muslim men and is also the name of the Last Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him, who is a very respected and important figure in Islam. 

'Amir’ means 'commander of prince’. It fits Malaysia’s personality in becoming a leader to lead his people to success and his country to strive forward.

'Bin’ means 'son of’ which is for muslim men while 'Binti’ which is 'daughter of’ is for muslim women.

'Arish’ means 'brave soldier’. I chose it specifically for a meaning that defines Malaysia himself. His national animal is the Malayan Tiger, where tigers are symbols of courage in Asia. The colour red in the flag of Malaysia called 'Jalur Gemilang’, symbolises courage. The two tigers in his 'Coat of Arms’ also represents courage and strength in his country))

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Official Religion: Islam (Sunni)

Birthday: August 31st 1957 (Declared independence from Britain)

Height: 5'1 ft

Weight: 9 st

Location:

Located in the continent of Asia, Malaysia is  located south of Thailand and covers 328, 657 square kilometers of land and 1,190 square kilometers of water

Capital City: Kuala Lumpur

Political Leader: Prime Minister Najib Razak (since 2009)

Official Language: Malay

Other Languages: Most Malaysian Chinese uses Mandarin while Malaysian Indians uses Tamil

National Animal: The Malayan Tiger

National Flower: Hibiscus

Human Age: 19

Appearance: Malaysia has a tan skin and a bit chubby. He has short black hair with a twin ahoge, representing the Petronas Twin Tower in his capital city, Kuala Lumpur. He wears the uniform for the Royal Malay Regiment, embodying the Malay national dress. He wears a cap called a 'kopiah’ which is important for many muslims in Malaysia. Underneath the clothing, he actually has a scar on his body which was made during his time under the ruling of Japan.

Personality and Interest:

Malaysia is a fairly laid-back and relaxed person. He enjoys taking siestas whenever he has free time and hang out with friends at 'mamak stalls’. However, that does not mean he cannot be strict. In his country, he does practice the sharia law but it only applies to Muslims. He can get a bit too lazy and procrastinate a lot in his work but he always makes sure that he gets everything done in time. He is kind towards children but never forgets to remind them to always respect their elders. He rarely gets angry but when he does it is built up anger so the results are not pretty.

He does not work out often but is able to enjoy sports such as badminton, football, field hockey, squash and many more. He can get a bit carried away with his rivalry with his neighbouring countries namely Indonesia and Thailand. Malaysia likes to dream big and wishes that one day his country becomes developed. He very much treasure the friendships he has with many other countries and would lend a hand if they need help. He loves sweet and spicy food. His favourite beverages would be either 'teh tarik’ or 'milo’.

History:

In 2000 B.C., Maritime trade links are established between India and Southeast Asia. Hindu and Buddha begin to spread throughout the region by Ksyatria, Brahmin and Vaisyha where only interesting aspects are adapted by the locals.

In the A.D. 1-99, the Kingdom of Funan is established in the lower Mekong Delta.

By the year of 200, Langsuka, one of the first Hindu-Malay kingdom, is established around the area known as Kedah. It lasts in one form or another until the 15th century.

In the year 600, from southern Sumatra, around Palembang, for six centuries the Buddhist Srivijaya Empire dominates Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia and Borneo.

By the year of 1000, the religion of Islam spreads throughout the region with the arrival of Arab merchants where locals were impressed by how trusting the merchants are and decided to adopt the new religion.

In the year of 1402, Parameswara, a king of Singapore, had went to search an area to build his new kingdom. He was resting under a tree when he saw his dog chasing a mouse deer. Then, he saw how the mouse deer outsmarted the dog and his dog fell into the river. He thought to himself how wonderful the area us as even the animals there are brave. And so, he had established the kingdom of Malacca, named after the tree he had rested under. At that faithful moment, Malacca was found sleeping under the tree peacefully, much to the surprise of Parameswara. Malacca was then adopted by Parameswara as his own son. After 5 years of that event, Parameswara marries an Islamic princess and adopts the Persian title Iskandar Shah.

In 1442 until 1445, the Malacca ruler adopts Islam and takes the title of Sultan. After this, it was the golden era of the Sultanate of Malacca.

In 1511, the Portuguese had seize control of Malacca which was at the start of the Industrial Revolution. The Sultanate of Malacca fell and lost much of his memories in the process.

In 1641, the Dutch had waged war against the Portuguese for the control of Malacca and won. This was the longest period that Malacca was under foreign control.

In 1826, the British decided to have an agreement on the trade of Sumatra for Malacca with the Dutch. For a long time, Malacca and his people had tried to fight back for control but were unsuccessful. 

Many events had happened during under Britain’s ruling, such as the introduction of rubber tree from Brazil, Kew Gardens and Ceylon. Both Sarawak and Sabah becoming British protectorates, the creation of Federated Malay States which includes Selangor, Perak, Pahang and Negeri Sembilan. The Unfederated Malay States were formed which included Kedah, Johor, Terengganu, Kedah, Kelantan and Perlis. There have also been a rise of communists in the country due to the introduction of the Malay Communist Party whom main goal is to get rid of the British through any means necessary even through radical means. Malacca grew and was named Malaya instead after all of the states in the Peninsular of Malaysia.

Japan then came along and used a propaganda in trying to give independence to countries in Southeast Asia that has been conquered. Their slogan was 'Asia is for Asians’.

The year was 1941, Japan had instead invaded Malaya and shortly after Singapore. Both Britain and Malaya tried their best to stop the Sun Rising country but lost and Britain had to surrender. Many people in the country were killed mercilessly by the Japanese soldiers. Already killed Malay soldiers were stabbed until they were nothing but mushed meat, buildings were burned down and the women were taken from their homes as pleasuring tools for the Japanese. It was utter chaos as Japan ruled over the country with such ruthless behaviour. 

In the year 1945, two atom bombs were dropped by the United States as an effort to stop the ongoing war on both Hiroshima and Nagasaki which forced Japan to surrender. After two weeks where no one was in charge, the country was instead ran rampant by the communists who were in hiding, Britain came back and reoccupied Borneo, Malaya and Singapore. The Federation of Malaya had replaced the older Malayan Union and so on. 

Finally, in the year 1957, Malaya gained his independence from Britain and having his first Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman who helped the ethnic groups in the country to work together. Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore had agreed to join Malaya to become one country known as Malaysia. Brunei was considering to but turned down the offer at the last minute due to the differences in the systems in ruling in the two countries with Malaysia being democracy and Brunei being monarchy.

After just two years however, Singapore was kicked out of Malaysia due to the racial tensions and became an independent country.

((OH GOD THAT WAS SO LONG. I apologise for any grammar errors and mistakes. I will continue to check for any flaws, thank you thank you thank you so much if you were to review this. Please do have a lovely day))

Okay, this looks incredible. The history is great, and I'm in love with how much research you did! I'm so proud of you, fam! I saw that you submitted your OC's relations, so I'll look at those in a minute.

~Kat

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Episode 13 | “STIMULUS CHECK? NO BITCH HERE'S A REALITY CHECK” - Adam

so. its over and im out of the game. i waited a couple hours to write this because i knew i would hurt some feelings if i didnt and if we learnt anything from today its that jake's feelings get hurt real easy and we wouldn't want that would we. i think the reason i have struggled (and likely still will) to get closure is because i don't think this makes sense for jake? i've had some frustrations and some suspicions with jake over the past two rounds but i had no intentions of cutting him any time soon. i am a shield he so desperately needed what is wrong with him. like even if i wanted to cut him how on earth would i have got it done? with what numbers. to use a quote from autumn in the game we played together before but adapted for this instance, "today we learned unless jake feels like the prettiest girl at the dance every minute of every day, you’re not doing enough". now to the fun stuff. i want to just tribute to adam and autumn. adam is someone i was SO sus of at the start but he is a gem. his personality is so vibrant he is a true gem. autumn hill is who i wanna dedicate this to and focus this on. autumn is one of my best allies ever and one of my favourite ORG people ever... what a complete. legend. such a role model to me in my real life, she has taught me to be confident, to back myself and to not take any shit and for that I'm so grateful. i literally am so honoured to call her my friend and i cant wait to meet her in person when she moves to the UK WOOOO. anyway i've also moved on from being 100% self negative. i fought so hard this season i played so so so hard and i fought my way to F8 despite being a threat since F21. i did the damn thing and im proud, and even tho it sucks that all my fighting was cut short by my closest ally i tried my very best and that's all i can do. thank you to the hosts for bringing me back, its been a... journey hehe

I don’t think anyone is ready for this round or at least what’ll come of it... I’m expecting an explosion or a mess given Jakey thinks he’s staying, TJ has been lied to, and hopefully Autumn or Adam leave next... its all a mess. If Jakey goes, I’m planning a 2-2-2 split between Autumn and Adam where we maybe get Autumn out but Adam leaving doesn’t hurt either. 

Well that vote blows... I really thought I had someone that I could navigate this end game with and then it got completely taken away from me. Now, I know I have to do what’s best for my game. And there’s two scenarios I see being possible: 1. Staying with my alliance and voting out Autumn/Adam and then risking that the three Beauties will actually cut someone in that group. 2. I flippy flippy and vote with Autumn (oh dear, I’m actually considering this?) and get Amir out to set myself up with Kendal and Augusto to get to the F3. Amir just told me he has the Beauty idol, so this may be my only shot to get him out of this game. I really need to consider both of these options, because I think this is the round that makes or breaks my entire game.

Having a mental breakdown over the fact that I’m probably gonna lose jakeys friendship And even tho our friendship was 100% real and I love him so much he’s gonna think it was all fake

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Not a single person in this game has ever wanted to go to the end with me except for kendall Jakeys trying to take her out right now and i want to keep jakey in the game so bad but 4 people want him out so bad and the only way to save him is with my idol and i want to keep my idol and i want to keep a relationship with kendall but augusto will know that its my idol that saved jakey so my entire game will be blown the fuck up so i have to just let him go strategically, Since jakey is leaving, i wanna try and make sure adam is next because hes the strongest competitor that will be left and if i make it to five and four i need to win comps. Okay I need to actually strategize lmao so after this vote if it goes as expected I believe autumn has the idol, just based on how she was behaving Her and adam and me are afraid of tj kendall Augusto final 3, however, if that does become a final 3, I can force it out of kendall, so as long as Adam and autumn do not win immunity, we can split the vote on them, or just 3 beauties vote together strong. I’m also using autumn and Adams target on tj to make tj want them out even more, so next round, autumn and adam vs tj is a thing, and the 3 beauties can be safe as long as it doesn’t tie, and if worst comes to worst, I still have my idol, which can get me in the final 5 but I really really want to save my idol for final 5 

JAKEY GETS VOTED OUT

So here’s my dilemma for the round: I basically started the Adam name with Amir. I would prefer to go with that because I don’t know if I can beat Adam at the end. The problem with this though is that I don’t want to lose Jakey if he’s so for getting rid of Kendall. So where is the middle ground here?

So I think tonight is going to be my night. I have a lot of power right now in this game oddly enough. Are people potentially going for me, yeah, but I'm going to be safe which means I probably have enough room to screw up whoever's plan I would like to. Amir wants to do a 2-2-2 split, which I can easily screw up if I get Adam and Autumn on my side (which I see possibly happening). I can more than likely convince Autumn she doesn't need to play an idol if she's the vote (maybe on that one). And I know Adam wants to make a move with me saying Augusto is trying to get the vote on me or Autumn, which shows my concern that the three Beauties are at least locked to final four (I don't think they'd all take one another, but I don't think they'll turn on one another just yet). So now, here's where I may be able to take a stand and put myself in a spot where I may have some control. I need that one move that is at the top of my resume... can this be the one? Question is: what the hell is that move?

I was really confident last night we had a good plan set up but today I dont know why in my gut i feel like im about to be voted out, i dont want to be a pessimist but im just making this so i dont feel like a *complete* fool so um yeah...... we're about to go to tribal in a matter of minutes, autumn isnt playing the idol so im gonna feel real dumb if i gave it to her and she screws me over, but i did my work, and at this point all i can do is sit and keep my fingers crossed things go my way, but trust and believe even if im voted out yall will see ONE final confessional from me dragging them left and right. 

Okay back to this game, so basically, I do not trust anyone at this current moment not a single person except maybe kendall, this is the most wild vote I have ever ! I think I’m getting bamboozled literally, OKAY OKAY OKAY so Augusto tells adam that he wants to do autumn, Adam tells me and autumn that, we talk to autumn, autumn gets tj on board. From my perception, autumn and adam should be believe that us 4 are voting Augusto and leaving kendall out of it. But then tj and I already told Augusto that plan, and the real plan is to 2-2-2 them, Incase one of them plays an idol. But I have so much fear from the things that tj has been telling Augusto about his fear of my idol and me being at final 5 and 4, and also telling me he’s scared Theres no cracks in the beauty alliance, so he might actually agree to that plan with us and then 3-2-1 me by telling them everything because he literally could do that And then whoever wins immunity is going to change everything even more, because of one of them wins, the other can play the idol on themselves which is a whole ass mess in itself, and right now, it just comes down to if I trust tj and Augusto . R they telling me the truth or are they lying ? Like I’m dkdjdjnd kdndkdnd Anyway, I probs am playing my idol today cuz I don’t wanna look like booboo the fool but also we love risks, so I might just not play my idol, idk idk it depends who wins immunity and it depends on the vibe I get from tj moving foreward 

So I haven't really been making confessionals... In my defense I have been busy but that doesn't mean I haven't been active... So I have a final 2 deal with everyone in the cast sans Autumn. I have a deal with TJ, I have a deal with Augusto and I have a deal with Amir. And as much as it sucks I am going to stick to Augusto and Amir. Sorry TJ you are a good bean but I don't want to lose to you. 

Should I blame the whole plan on tj http://prntscr.com/ss4sie

i didnt make a confessional before the live since i wasnt sure what the HELL was gonna happen so hello coming to you LIVE from the afterlife because yall didnt THINK you could fly me off this island without one last adam rant for the season did you? for the first time in all 3 times ive played actually....feeling some type of way over being voted out, maybe it's just because of quarantine and having literally nothing better to do, but i took this game seriously and i tried my damndest. I think my fatal mistake was trying too hard (or maybe not enough?) today with certain people, i was trying to play them all and my biggest fear of them either comparing notes and catching on, or they just didnt want to hear me out, ALSO THE TWIST PLEASEEEEEE im kinda glad if i went out it was kinda just....in that big bang of a mess, i mean, a legacy advantage and an idol being played AND wasted? ugh i really had the gals and gays shook and bothered!! because at least now i can blame that to feel slightly better about myself, because trust and believe if i had even just TEN MINUTES to strategize i think i couldve convinced autumn to use our idol on me because i had a feeling in my gut it was coming especially with how silent it was, i also regret not CAUSING A DAMN SCENE. I HAD 10 MINUTES TO SAVE MYSELF AND I REALLY LET MYSELF BELIEVE I WAS IN THE CLEAR AND NOW IM CLEAR-LY OUT THE GAME. foolish man. (foolish man being ME). but whatever. at least i got to clear my name from THOSE DAMN BEAUTYS, I KNEW THEY WERE GONNA BE MY UNDOING ONE WAY OR ANOTHER SINCE DAY 7. im not entirely bitter at anyone for lying to me since i was lying just as much, but ultimately i feel like for the entire season i did the best with what i had. I could be a complete fool but even now that im out of the game i STILL stand by what i said with how i feel like i played with my back against the wall for most of the game and i felt like it was truly SO hard getting people to want to work with me especially early on and FOR WHAT REASON? but whatever, it made the game interesting to me at least because i felt like they wrote me off, so i wrote my own ending. and clearly it wasnt the ending i wanted, but im surprisingly at peace with it in a weird way even just as im typing it out, i feel like for the first time in my tumblr survivor career i didnt just sit back and do nothing, i got to get my hands a little dirty, be apart of some good plays, and according to ali i actually did have some sort of a shot at winning r i p, im a really competitive person (the downside of being an aries) so the fact that i even got to play the game and enjoy making moves, i know i tried my best and that's what matters in the end!!! Also not to toot my own horn but im VERY happy i can at least say im happy with my  finishes being 3rd, 5th, 6th.. not bad for a girl with no talent! not me realizing with me getting 6th place and all these idols/advantages coming out i almost had a cirie game changers moment... ugh even more iconic. anywho AUTUMN IS THE ONLY ONE I WANT TO WIN SO SHE BETTER DO THE DAMN THING. 

hey you guys, it's me adam coming to you from post tribal where i was just voted ou- what? huh?? they didnt vote me OUT??? gorl what in the 2020 is going on here because i was shocked, i mean im THRILLED, the devil works hard but i work harder (autumn too ofc she probably did more than me actually DKJSA) - BUT im a little in awe because guess what this is the FIRST time i really just had to trust the people i have been talking with and they didnt screw me over, yet at least, i know jake was just a universal threat especially after the little stunt he pulled... so now my thoughts on that, ill tell you i was ready to go into tribal and for him to try and verbally murder me on his way out, so im glad he didnt do that but im always ready to fight so i wouldve loved the drama. kinda sad we didnt get it SDJKAF but all in all, i was all for working with jake to take down that other side, but if youre gonna burn me you better prepare for the inferno im gonna fire back, and sure the others couldve just wanted jake gone for their own plans, but i think me and autumn absolutely did THAT and thats that on that. I knew TJ was going to vote for me thanks to Kendall because me and her have truly bonded over wanting to get jake out this round for throwing both of our games into chaos, and guess what, while me and kendall may not have been talking as much before, im about to get REAL buddy buddy with her she's suddenly my bestie boo because now that we're at 6? game on. I want kendall in the end with me and i need to keep convincing her that she needs me with her and ill vote with her, and i think she's interested in it unless she's playing me because she did give me that TJ tea, which love tj as a person im actually not mad, he will just need to be voted off next still if i have anything to do with it OOP. He doesn't really fit into any of my plans, plus he's officially the only person to vote for me now except for either liam or the prejury? probably the pre jury, so now i know i probably cant trust him, but getting amir out next could also be the move, it all really depends on immunity, im gonna keep up on my appearences, get my princess diana wave on and be bestie boos with as many people as i can because my strategy at this point is to just make sure everyone believes they need me around, im not a THREAT im here to HELP you, but ultimately im only looking out for my best interest like hello its the game, and autumns too for now because she still has that idol that we can play to benefit both of us, so who the hell knows what's gonna happen live tomorrow but bring it on because im ready for a battle 

So now that that's done and I'm cute and immune, I can confirm it all. Yes I do have the merge idol, yes I've had it since Final 7 but planned not to play it until Final 5, and yes that makes me the most powerful person here. Deadass everyone wants my head on a stick and I don't give a single fuck. I'm chilling all weekend, letting them think they're doing something if/when I lose win immunity, and then I'm sending a man out on one vote Monday night. You think they hate me now? Wait til they find out they can't take a shot at me until Final 4 lmaaaaoo. Be blessed!

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Off to Rust - Chapter 8

Chapter 8

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21137411/chapters/60046705

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13415645/8/Off-to-Rust

https://www.wattpad.com/907227745-off-to-rust-chapter-8

The fencing class sat together in the hotel room for the groups on their beds checking their smartphones chatting with friends or family members using the free Wlan on the hotel.

“You know those days here made us all bound more with the other and we’re kind of inseparable. Keep enjoying your responsibly-free and strict life from your dad and enjoy every second there of your life” Adrien’s phone played, then he typed down on his display to write down a message for his best friend, Nino.

Kagami sat on the bed watching all the others chatting, then looked over at Zeynep, which picked up her juice bottle from the ground to take a sip, then noticed Kagami look at her.

“Is everything okay Kagami?” The raven-haired girl asked seeing Kagami shrug her shoulders.

“Yes, I’m just wondering, what everyone else does on this space of time” Kagami responded.

“What do you use to do at home?” The tan-skinned girl asked making Kagami shrug her shoulders.

“Well, I’ve gotta follow the schedule my mother made for me to do it every week” Kagami answered opening her suitcase, then took out a folded sheet and revealed the schedule to the girl, making Zeynep crease her eyebrow in confusion at seeing the many dark points spread all over the sheet.

“Is that how Japanese looks like?” Zeynep asked making Kagami shake her head.

“No, that’s braille. My mother is blind and she’s only able to read like this. She also writes like this most of the times and I had to know how to read and write it too”

“Whoa, that’s harsh” Zeynep confessed. “What according to your schedule would you be doing right now?”

“Uhm….” Kagami passed her finger over the first table of the sheet to read it. “Violin practice”

“And do you have a chance to watch TV or play video games?” Etienne asked looking across the room hearing about Kagami’s life inside her house.

“No, my mother says video games and watching TV kills brain cells,” Kagami answered making Amir and Mohamed laugh.

“What?” Amir asked. “Your mother is nuts” “Everyone in the world watches TV and those type of people don’t seem to have lost any brain cells,” Laura mentioned.

“The only ones to have lost brain cells are those people in the anime and cartoon fandoms that threaten to kill you because you like someone they don’t” Etienne mentioned.

“Where did you get that idea from?” Adrien asked looking at the raven-haired boy.

“I’ve encountered a hate message on my Facestargram account telling me to die, just because I ship Tukiki, “

“Okay, that sounds just dumb, to be honest” Adrien confessed.

“Yes it does” Etienne agreed, then heard Eveline crunch her bottle together, then he widened his eyes and looked down at his thermos bottle, afterward he picked it up. “Hey guys, I’ve got an idea for a game” Etienne announced seeing all putting their eyes on him. “What about we all play truth or dare?”

“Great idea!” Amir and Mohamed chanted interested in the idea.

“Cool,” Zeynep answered.

“That must be great…...except I don’t know, how to play it” Adrien confessed.

“Me too” Kagami added, then Etienne sat down on the ground and the rest of the class sat on the floor too forming a circle, watching Etienne place the bottle in the middle of them.

“The game is very easy. Someone spins the bottle, then you have to ask the person the cap of the bottle points to Truth or dare and the person picks one of the words and you have to ask her something, the person has to answer with honesty. When you give a dare you tell her to do something no matter, what the person has to do it or she’s out. The only rules are you can’t change after you heard the question and that you lose if you reject the deed,” Zeynep explained earning a nod from the two fencing pros.

“Alright, I do the spin,” Etienne asked watching the Turkish girl spin the bottle around, seconds later it stopped in front of Laura.

“Truth or dare?” Zeynep asked.

“Truth”

“What’s your favorite movie?”

“Le monde parfait” Laura answered.

“So this was an easy one,” Zeynep pointed out. “You can ask everything you want no matter how embarrassing it is. Cause that’s the fun part of the game”

“And also do the freakiest dares” Mohamed added making Amir laugh amused by the thought.

“I’m not really liking the idea playing with them,” Eveline told Laura, which shrugged her shoulders.

“Just avoid asking for a dare” Laura suggested earning a nod from the light-blonde girl.

“Now it’s my turn to spin,” Laura said moving the bottle fast observing it rotating and it stopped with the neck of the bottle in front of Mohamed. “Truth or dare?” Laura asked.

“Dare” The Egyptian boy answered.

“I dare you to slap your brother on his back for me” Laura dared watching Mohamed hit his brother on the back making him yell.

“Hey! Al’abalah!” Amir shouted making Mohamed chuckle.

“I actually liked that” Mohamed confessed, then spun the bottle around and it landed beside him in front of his brother. “Truth or dare?”

“Truth” “Which of the guys in here is the hottest one?” Amir asked making a few girls giggle at the question making Mohamed blush.

“Hey! That’s not funny! It’s a serious question and you know I would answer you, Amir” Mohamed answered.

“Well except for me, but next time” Amir answered picking up the bottle to rotate it around on the ground until it stopped by itself in front of Adrien. “Truth or dare?”

“Uh dare” Adrien answered watching Amir think about a dare, then Amir had an idea and placed his hands flat on the other, making Adrien lift his left eyebrow up in confusion.

“I dare you to take off your t-shirt and put a bra over your chest” Amir suggested making the girls, except for Kagami laugh hard while Adrien turned redder than a firetruck at the dare.

“W…...which bra?” Adrien asked, then Eveline, that was close to her suitcase opened the hood up and searched for a bra and took one out.

“Good, that I took a second pair,” Eveline said handing the red bra out to the blonde, then he removed his jacket and pulled his shirt off over his head then Adrien looked at the bra and furrowed his eyebrows wondering, how to put them on.

“Uhm how does it work?” Adrien asked, then Eveline showed her hands and placed them in front of her breast instructing the blonde to do the same over his pecks, then Etienne pulled the leashes of the bra behind Adrien’s back and closed it and along with Eveline they fixed the leashes over the blonde’s shoulders.

“Tada!” Eveline announced showing Adrien in the red bra.

“Uh, what’s the point of them again?” Adrien asked making Etienne shrug his shoulders. “Oh”

“Now spin, pretty girl” Amir announced making Adrien stuck his tongue out and spin the bottle of his friend and it stopped in front of himself again, making him wide his eyes.

“Uh”

“Just do it again” Amir mentioned watching Adrien repeat it and this time it stopped in front of himself again.

“What the…..” Adrien spun the bottle faster and it landed between Laura and Kagami. “And now?”

“You go first Kagami,” Laura said earning a nod from the Japanese girl.

“Truth or dare?”

“I say…..truth” Kagami answered, watching Adrien think about a question, he could as the girl.

“Do you like someone here inside this room?” Adrien asked watching Kagami nod making him smile gracious, believing she will mention his name.

“I like all of you” Kagami answered making Adrien shut his eyes open wide at her reply.

“Oh…..that’s great….we’re all good friends after all,” Adrien responded a little disappointed at the answer making Kagami chuckle and smirk at Adrien’s reaction.

“Don’t make a long face. We all know, you’re the one, she likes the most” Amir said earning a nod from the blonde.

“We were the first ones to become friends. It is weird otherwise” Adrien mentioned spinning the bottle to watch it stop in front of Etienne. “Truth or dare?”

“Dare” Etienne answered feeling confident, then Adrien took out his smartphone from his jacket, which lied on the ground and put the earpods on it and handed the pods out to the boy, then searched for a video on the internet and gave the phone back to Etienne.

“Watch that Ladybug video” Adrien ordered earning a nod from the boy, which watched the video.

“Oh oh oh, my life’s got me spinning around. Oh oh oh, my feet, they’re off the ground,” Was one of the sentences of the song, which Etienne watched with a neutral facial expression, while Adrien slowly started to grin, knowing where this situation was going.

“Oh oh oh, and when the sun goes, down, that’s when I become…..” After Ladybug is shown jumping off the Eiffel Tower the video slowly changed to a dark background with a man saluting at the fourth fall followed by a louder voice on the background shouting. “AND HIS NAME IS JOHN CENA!”

“Adrien!!!!” Etienne cried pushing out the smartphone off along with the earpods, throwing it at the blonde, making him laugh out loud.

“I’m feeling much better now” Adrien mentioned. “I still need to get my revenge on Amir though”

“Then I’ll skip asking you dares, but I feel like yours aren’t that excellent” Amir pointed out making Adrien smirk.

“Oh really?” Adrien asked earning a nod from the Egyptian boy, then Etienne spun the bottle, watching it go around afterward it stopped in front of Zeynep. “Truth or dare?”

“Truth”

“Who’s your best friend from your class?” The blonde asked.

“Lani” Zeynep answered earning a nod from the blonde, then it was her turn to spin the bottle, which then landed in front of Laura. “Truth or dare?”

“Erm….truth”

“Your favorite superhero?”

“Carapace” Laura answered then took the bottle to spin it around watching it stop in front of Mohamed. “Truth or dare”

“Dare me, blondie”

“I dare you to…...let Amir and Adrien put make-up on your face,” Laura said making Mohamed wide his eyes in shock.

“Damn it, Laura” Mohamed grumbled, then Eveline got from her suitcase a small box with make-up utensils and opened them up to the guys, then Amir took a brush out and got with it over the red taint and began to color his brother on his cheek.

“You know, that’s the eyeshadow” Laura pointed out.

“I see too many colors here. I’m just fulfilling your wish” Amir answered.

“I’m going to take brown…...no green for his eyelids” Adrien stated using a smaller brush, then held it in front of Mohamed’s open eyes. “Close them,” Adrien asked watching the boy roll his eyes before he closed them and Adrien began to color him up there. Amir grabbed a second brush and picked on a beige color and painted the twin on his nose making him chuckle as it tickled him.

A few minutes later Amir and Adrien were done and both got up and showed the group their work.

“I present you Lady Moha…..erm…..Lady Medina!” Adrien announced earning an applause from the group as they saw the colorful face they made.

“How do I look?” Mohamed asked, then Eveline held the camera of her phone up for Mohamed to see himself on the display and shrieked at seeing himself on it. “I look horrendous” Mohamed complained making the group laugh out loud, then he got out of the room into the bathroom to wash his face.

“Did you take a picture?” Laura asked making Eveline shake her head.

“Sadly not” The Swiss girl answered, then Mohamed shouted out of the bathroom in Arabic, followed by Amir answering back.

“I’ll take his spin” Amir announced fulfilling the task of his brother, then the bottle stopped and pointed at Eveline. “Truth or dare?”

“Uh truth”

“Out of all the guys here, who would you love to have as a boyfriend?” Amir asked making Eveline shrug her shoulders.

“I see all of you as my friends only, but If I really had to pick it would be…..Etienne, I guess”

“Oh pretty boy, you’ve got a chance” Amir joked making Etienne shake his head amused at the classmate. “Spin the bottle, genie” The Egyptian ordered observing the boy obey him and the bottle pointed in the end at Kagami.

“Truth or dare?” Etienne asked.

“I go with a dare” The blue-haired girl answered, then Etienne thought on something she could do and had gotten one in his mind. “I dare you to sing a song. Anyone you can. A paragraph of you one you know….. just a bit of it”

“Sure, but…..I’m not really that great in singing” Kagami pointed out a little abashed.

“Come on, we won’t judge you” Laura assured the blue-haired girl, which nodded.

“If you can’t sing in front of us, imagine everyone in underwear…..or like Adrien” Amir mentioned making the girls chuckle, except for Adrien, which felt embarrassed and removed the bra.

“I ain't forced to keep this forever,” Adrien noticed picking up his shirt to put it on.

“Or just close your eyes and imagine no one’s here” Eveline suggested earning a nod from the Japanese girl, which before she started took a deep breath and began to recite a song.

“You threw that girl out, I can’t believe, that it ended like this. We were fighting so much, as it used to be,”

Etienne nodded impressed at the first sentence of her song, then watched the others listen to the Japanese girl, attentive.

“You never told us she was talented” Eveline whispered to Adrien, which was as surprised as the other fencing mates seeing Kagami singing with closed eyes in serenity.

“I get penalized without any reason. You made me fall, but I got up. On my feet, on my feet. You took a blade, threw it on me, hitting my bo- oh- dy. You stare in shock at this moment, there’s no bleeding of me. You stabbed me back, but nothing happened, I am Immortal….You stabbed again and nothing happened, I am Immo-o h -rtal,”

The friends applauded at the girl, making her shut her eyes open in surprise, followed by Mohamed whistle from the bathroom while coming out as he also heard Kagami’s singing voice.

“Your voice is great Kagami, you should do that more often” Laura suggested the Japanese girl, which looked down at the floor embarrassed.

“Thanks” Kagami responded noticing all look at her charmed with her voice, then she looked down at the bottle still flustered with their attention on her and she spun the bottle around, watching it stop in front of herself, afterward Kagami spun the bottle again.

Hours later all of the fencing students were sleeping and two from the nine beds in the bedroom were empty, then the door of the bathroom opened up and Kagami Tsurugi got out closing the door behind her and walked past the balcony of the hotel room, then she noticed on the outside her friend Adrien lean on the wall of the balcony and walked at the closed door to see, what he was doing there on that time of the night. Kagami opened the door, then walked out to meet the blonde to catch him on his smartphone watching images from his gallery.

“Is everything alright?” Kagami asked, then Adrien looked back to see Kagami out there with him.

“Oh sure” He answered and looked back at his smartphone, then Kagami approached the friend to see he had a picture on his smartphone with himself and his mother when Adrien was younger the two sitting on a carousel on a vehicle shaped like a firetruck.

“You seemed to have a lot of fun on that picture” Kagami mentioned earning a nod from the blonde.

“I think this was the last time I really had have a lot of fun since she…..disappeared” Adrien stated. “As good as I can remember”

“One day she will appear. You just need to believe in it”

“Yeah” Adrien replied. “It’s hard, mostly that you have no idea, where she is, and what exactly happened. That’s what makes my mind crazy when I think about my mom,”

“I believe that” Kagami affirmed patting her friend on the back. “Just keep having faith in it”

“Thank you” Adrien responded placing his arm around Kagami slowly pulling her into a hug. “Thank you”

“No problem. You know you can talk with me, even if I can’t solve anything of it,”

“I know. Thank you” Adrien said letting his arms down from Kagami.

“You’re coming in?”

“Later, I’m staying here for a while” Adrien answered earning a nod from the girl.

“Goodnight, Adrien”

“Good night, Kagami” Adrien wished seeing Kagami entering back into the bedroom to get back to sleep.

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End of Season Availability: Brett Brown and Bryan Colangelo

45 minutes of Brett Brown.

46 minutes of Bryan Colangelo.

Holy cannoli, we’ve got quotes for days after an immersive and comprehensive end of season availability.

I figured the best way to do this would be to just pick out the most relevant quotes and do the snippets for easy reference moving forward. It would take me about 400 hours to transcribe everything verbatim, so let’s truncate the best parts for smooth reading.

There’s a lot to “parse,” which has become one of my favorite crutch words in 2018.

Brett Brown

On Ben Simmons’ jump shot:

each player received a document RE: this is what goes on with summer development, from a skill package perspective, strength and conditioning component, and what preseason looks like… 4 sheets for a detailed roadmap for each player

for Ben, it’s very much a part of conversation, his offensive future involves free throw line, efficiency finishing, and jump shot, maybe you talk about a three-point shot at some point

evolution of jump shot – he understands his world will become easier when that becomes part of his game

On his future and a contract extension:

has spoken briefly with Bryan Colangelo about a contract extension, loves being in Philadelphia, “we’ve grown something, collectively as an organization so proud of where we are.”

Looking back on Boston series:

do I wish I had played T.J. more earlier? probably. do I wish I had used Justin Anderson more? maybe. could Markelle have played a role? maybe, but when you coach a team to 52 wins, 16 game win streak, beat Miami 4-1, I’m happy to “go down” with the people who got us there

On the criticism of his coaching:

“I have heard it. I think the things that come up are, at times, wildly unfair. It’s part of our landscape, and we can go specifics if you want, but I get it. I’m the son of a coach, I get it. I am my harshest critic. I’m fine on my personal judgment day. I sleep at night. I sleep just fine at night. What we did and what we’re going to do makes me say that with confidence. The disappointment inspires emotion from passionate people and there’s nothing wrong with that. I understand but don’t pay attention enough for it to keep you up at night.”

Simmons’ shot part two:

We have a shooting coach in our program, but actually looking at other shooting coach possibilities to include in our staff design. John Townsend is a valuable asset, Ben will be spending intense time with him.

As far as completely rebuilding Simmons’ shot, no. “Intense refinement,” but not a complete blow up.

It’s an “easy sell” for Ben to fix shot this summer, to focus in on free throws, jump shot, and finishing efficiency

Ben “wants to be great,” as a team “we were exceptional in the final third of year, he was a rebound away from averaging a triple-double.” Had we played him a bit more he would have reached that easily. Celtics experience helps him with real-time learning.

On being “owed” something because he coached a bunch of terrible teams during the “Process” years:

It isn’t being owed. “I don’t feel like I’m owed anything. I feel like I deserve a lot but that I’m not owed anything.” Five years ago we talked about pace, space, and pass offense, but program also has to reflect the city and we have to play defense. We play with pace, space, and we pass the ball. Defense, we were third in the NBA this year. We finished 3rd in the east and most of us were just doing cartwheels at the thought of making the playoffs. “Our culture is not to be denied.”

On Markelle Fultz:

huge conversation, to shrink it – want him getting back his mojo and playing basketball in a high level, energized environment

had a long chat Thursday, we know what he had to endure this year, can’t wait to coach him again, we’ve seen signs of brilliance with what he’s done this year, think he’ll have a great summer

On Joel Embiid’s summer:

first summer that he has come back and will be healthy

fact that we played that volume of games, we all would have been happy with that in preseason

strongly believes Joel’s future is his body, mastery of diet, rehab/prehab, and strength and conditioning

deserves so much more credit than what he receives, coming out of an operation and wearing a mask with a lens and “trying to figure out playoff basketball,” commitment and navigating through setbacks is historic throughout his early career

health will bring post game to a new level, ability to turn and face, back down, pass out, that world he has to own

feels like Embiid is becoming a leader in the locker room

On growing the roster “organically” vs. adding a superstar free agent, the dichotomy in the fan base of how to proceed:

starting with fans, they have showed a consistent resilience, conflicted at times, but my feel is that there’s been an acceptance of growing it organically, “we all live with the pain of what we went through.”

if that portion of fan base is still prepared to take that notion and think it equals a championship, it’s “noble, but I don’t agree with it.”

another high level free agent is required and we have the ability to attract one

when the time is right, “we need help” to win a championship

Does Ben need to bring his elbow down when shooting? 

yes

also feet are important with his shot

free throw – he was a 77% FT shooter at LSU, dipped this year and then went back up in playoffs

want him to get to the free throw line more next year

Clarification on Markelle’s injury situation and what he was going through:

it is so documented, but I’ll answer the question again

he hurt his shoulder, it affected portions of his psyche, I get it, he was injured, then he didn’t play much basketball, brought him back and resurrected some stuff and I “thought he did quite well.”

felt fine with decision not to use him in playoffs, 19 year old with 19 games under his belt

feels like Markelle is doing fine now, spirit and motor is back

confident that he will have a great summer

On report that Boston committed a foul and traveling violation in final moments of game five:

respects the league for doing report and admitting it, owning it

you would love to have it back, 2 free throws for Embiid or Marcus Smart travels and you have time to get a shot up

“that’s the fragility of many things, here it’s the playoffs”

What is the makeup of a high level free agent? Shooter? Floor spreader? 

for the first time since I’ve been here, there’s tremendous clarity on roster, no mystery of Ben Simmons skill package or what Embiid has

what complements that? drape those qualities over the free agent market and say, “yep, that fits him.” we’ll make our own assessments but I’m not here to name names

Follow-up effort about the free agent question, specifically about Ben not playing with another ball-dominant perimeter player (LEBRON JAMES):

“if this player you’re describing was great, we’d figure it out, truly. we’d figure stuff out. it’s as honest and simple as I can answer that.”

Brett Brown https://t.co/GkdZrSS0bX

— Kevin Kinkead (@Kevin_Kinkead) May 11, 2018

Bryan Colangelo

Opening statement:

had a great year, lot of things were accomplished, but we’ve got so much more to do

coaches and players did a tremendous job and deserve a lot of credit

we’ve got flexibility built into our plan, ability to improve this team this year, but if we decide to defer, we could wait until 2019 free agency, have optionality with both years and been diligent protecting that, if we feel like there’s a deal to improve our team then we’ll more forward, want “sustainable winning”

On adding a high-level free agent: 

would agree that team needs to add something to get better, but great young core that continues to improve, Celtics series was worst you’ll see them play

i’ll say “talent, not free agent,” talent comes in many forms whether its trade, etc, we have cap room to explore any and all options

but to say this group can do it now, they obviously proved that they cannot, adding more talent or another piece is something we’re striving for

have about $25m in cap flexibility right now if they go for a free agent now, “does require some sacrifice,” will know more after draft lottery to find out where draft slots are

in order to use full cap flex, will have to “renounce” JJ, Ersan, Marco, and/or Amir. those four were a “big chunk of our production” at the end of the season, replacing that is difficult, would love to have all for back, but picture is not likely

Markelle Fultz playing in the summer league:

been aware of this topic, season just ended a few days ago and need to finalize a summer plan for him. Thursday meetings were more of a surface level discussion, exploring “various other hires” for basketball program and organization, may or may not factor into his development

summer league is “on the table” but need to discuss more with him and his agent and reps and everyone else

On Markelle working with his own people in the summer and keeping tabs on him when he’s not with the team: 

people train with various people, our coaches have done a great job, he’s come a long way, I’ve often said he’s not completely there yet, with respect to his offseason and where he trains, we’re still working out those details, our coaches, for the most part, will always be present

guys like to go to gyms and have a friend or former trainer rebound for them, we’re okay with that as long as it fits our plan for developing his game

On Brett Brown’s contract and how he did as a coach this year:

Spoken with Brett on a few occasions to let him know that it’s the intention to sit down and discuss a contract extension for him. Don’t think it’s healthy for a coach to go into a season with one year on their contract.

“Hopeful” to sit down and discuss his situation. “He realizes how much we value him as the coach of this program.

Brett does have what it takes to coach this basketball team, everybody asked if I’d give him the opportunity to coach – absolutely, he deserved the opportunity to coach better talent and finish the job, he’s going “a very good job, which is why we will be talking about a contract extension at the appropriate time.”

On T.J. McConnell:

his option will be exercised

  On Jonah Bolden:

has an NBA out clause in his contract, is able to leave Maccabi and join the Sixers

  On Furkan Korkmaz and Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot:

injuries set both players back, but they aren’t being forgotten from a development standpoint

both will likely play for their countries during international qualification this summer

Korkmaz added 20 pounds to his frame, but not all good pounds, still thinks he’s a young and bright talent, more likely to play summer league than TLC

On the Boston series:

this series with Boston was a bit of a wake up call, adjustments were made, it “exposed us to some degree, individual and team weaknesses” and we all have to learn from that.

no issues selecting Fultz over Jayson Tatum, very complimentary of what Tatum did in the playoffs (what the fuck else is he supposed to say anyway?)

That’s about it for Colangelo. He was asked at least 7-9 questions about Markelle Fultz specifically, so I’ll go back in and dig those up for a story sometime next week. For now, here’s the video:

Colangelo https://t.co/BLntKWsFYh

— Kevin Kinkead (@Kevin_Kinkead) May 11, 2018

End of Season Availability: Brett Brown and Bryan Colangelo published first on https://footballhighlightseurope.tumblr.com/

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End of Season Availability: Brett Brown and Bryan Colangelo

45 minutes of Brett Brown.

46 minutes of Bryan Colangelo.

Holy cannoli, we’ve got quotes for days after an immersive and comprehensive end of season availability.

I figured the best way to do this would be to just pick out the most relevant quotes and do the snippets for easy reference moving forward. It would take me about 400 hours to transcribe everything verbatim, so let’s truncate the best parts for smooth reading.

There’s a lot to “parse,” which has become one of my favorite crutch words in 2018.

Brett Brown

On Ben Simmons’ jump shot:

each player received a document RE: this is what goes on with summer development, from a skill package perspective, strength and conditioning component, and what preseason looks like… 4 sheets for a detailed roadmap for each player

for Ben, it’s very much a part of conversation, his offensive future involves free throw line, efficiency finishing, and jump shot, maybe you talk about a three-point shot at some point

evolution of jump shot – he understands his world will become easier when that becomes part of his game

On his future and a contract extension:

has spoken briefly with Bryan Colangelo about a contract extension, loves being in Philadelphia, “we’ve grown something, collectively as an organization so proud of where we are.”

Looking back on Boston series:

do I wish I had played T.J. more earlier? probably. do I wish I had used Justin Anderson more? maybe. could Markelle have played a role? maybe, but when you coach a team to 52 wins, 16 game win streak, beat Miami 4-1, I’m happy to “go down” with the people who got us there

On the criticism of his coaching:

“I have heard it. I think the things that come up are, at times, wildly unfair. It’s part of our landscape, and we can go specifics if you want, but I get it. I’m the son of a coach, I get it. I am my harshest critic. I’m fine on my personal judgment day. I sleep at night. I sleep just fine at night. What we did and what we’re going to do makes me say that with confidence. The disappointment inspires emotion from passionate people and there’s nothing wrong with that. I understand but don’t pay attention enough for it to keep you up at night.”

Simmons’ shot part two:

We have a shooting coach in our program, but actually looking at other shooting coach possibilities to include in our staff design. John Townsend is a valuable asset, Ben will be spending intense time with him.

As far as completely rebuilding Simmons’ shot, no. “Intense refinement,” but not a complete blow up.

It’s an “easy sell” for Ben to fix shot this summer, to focus in on free throws, jump shot, and finishing efficiency

Ben “wants to be great,” as a team “we were exceptional in the final third of year, he was a rebound away from averaging a triple-double.” Had we played him a bit more he would have reached that easily. Celtics experience helps him with real-time learning.

On being “owed” something because he coached a bunch of terrible teams during the “Process” years:

It isn’t being owed. “I don’t feel like I’m owed anything. I feel like I deserve a lot but that I’m not owed anything.” Five years ago we talked about pace, space, and pass offense, but program also has to reflect the city and we have to play defense. We play with pace, space, and we pass the ball. Defense, we were third in the NBA this year. We finished 3rd in the east and most of us were just doing cartwheels at the thought of making the playoffs. “Our culture is not to be denied.”

On Markelle Fultz:

huge conversation, to shrink it – want him getting back his mojo and playing basketball in a high level, energized environment

had a long chat Thursday, we know what he had to endure this year, can’t wait to coach him again, we’ve seen signs of brilliance with what he’s done this year, think he’ll have a great summer

On Joel Embiid’s summer:

first summer that he has come back and will be healthy

fact that we played that volume of games, we all would have been happy with that in preseason

strongly believes Joel’s future is his body, mastery of diet, rehab/prehab, and strength and conditioning

deserves so much more credit than what he receives, coming out of an operation and wearing a mask with a lens and “trying to figure out playoff basketball,” commitment and navigating through setbacks is historic throughout his early career

health will bring post game to a new level, ability to turn and face, back down, pass out, that world he has to own

feels like Embiid is becoming a leader in the locker room

On growing the roster “organically” vs. adding a superstar free agent, the dichotomy in the fan base of how to proceed:

starting with fans, they have showed a consistent resilience, conflicted at times, but my feel is that there’s been an acceptance of growing it organically, “we all live with the pain of what we went through.”

if that portion of fan base is still prepared to take that notion and think it equals a championship, it’s “noble, but I don’t agree with it.”

another high level free agent is required and we have the ability to attract one

when the time is right, “we need help” to win a championship

Does Ben need to bring his elbow down when shooting? 

yes

also feet are important with his shot

free throw – he was a 77% FT shooter at LSU, dipped this year and then went back up in playoffs

want him to get to the free throw line more next year

Clarification on Markelle’s injury situation and what he was going through:

it is so documented, but I’ll answer the question again

he hurt his shoulder, it affected portions of his psyche, I get it, he was injured, then he didn’t play much basketball, brought him back and resurrected some stuff and I “thought he did quite well.”

felt fine with decision not to use him in playoffs, 19 year old with 19 games under his belt

feels like Markelle is doing fine now, spirit and motor is back

confident that he will have a great summer

On report that Boston committed a foul and traveling violation in final moments of game five:

respects the league for doing report and admitting it, owning it

you would love to have it back, 2 free throws for Embiid or Marcus Smart travels and you have time to get a shot up

“that’s the fragility of many things, here it’s the playoffs”

What is the makeup of a high level free agent? Shooter? Floor spreader? 

for the first time since I’ve been here, there’s tremendous clarity on roster, no mystery of Ben Simmons skill package or what Embiid has

what complements that? drape those qualities over the free agent market and say, “yep, that fits him.” we’ll make our own assessments but I’m not here to name names

Follow-up effort about the free agent question, specifically about Ben not playing with another ball-dominant perimeter player (LEBRON JAMES):

“if this player you’re describing was great, we’d figure it out, truly. we’d figure stuff out. it’s as honest and simple as I can answer that.”

Brett Brown https://t.co/GkdZrSS0bX

— Kevin Kinkead (@Kevin_Kinkead) May 11, 2018

Bryan Colangelo

Opening statement:

had a great year, lot of things were accomplished, but we’ve got so much more to do

coaches and players did a tremendous job and deserve a lot of credit

we’ve got flexibility built into our plan, ability to improve this team this year, but if we decide to defer, we could wait until 2019 free agency, have optionality with both years and been diligent protecting that, if we feel like there’s a deal to improve our team then we’ll more forward, want “sustainable winning”

On adding a high-level free agent: 

would agree that team needs to add something to get better, but great young core that continues to improve, Celtics series was worst you’ll see them play

i’ll say “talent, not free agent,” talent comes in many forms whether its trade, etc, we have cap room to explore any and all options

but to say this group can do it now, they obviously proved that they cannot, adding more talent or another piece is something we’re striving for

have about $25m in cap flexibility right now if they go for a free agent now, “does require some sacrifice,” will know more after draft lottery to find out where draft slots are

in order to use full cap flex, will have to “renounce” JJ, Ersan, Marco, and/or Amir. those four were a “big chunk of our production” at the end of the season, replacing that is difficult, would love to have all for back, but picture is not likely

Markelle Fultz playing in the summer league:

been aware of this topic, season just ended a few days ago and need to finalize a summer plan for him. Thursday meetings were more of a surface level discussion, exploring “various other hires” for basketball program and organization, may or may not factor into his development

summer league is “on the table” but need to discuss more with him and his agent and reps and everyone else

On Markelle working with his own people in the summer and keeping tabs on him when he’s not with the team: 

people train with various people, our coaches have done a great job, he’s come a long way, I’ve often said he’s not completely there yet, with respect to his offseason and where he trains, we’re still working out those details, our coaches, for the most part, will always be present

guys like to go to gyms and have a friend or former trainer rebound for them, we’re okay with that as long as it fits our plan for developing his game

On Brett Brown’s contract and how he did as a coach this year:

Spoken with Brett on a few occasions to let him know that it’s the intention to sit down and discuss a contract extension for him. Don’t think it’s healthy for a coach to go into a season with one year on their contract.

“Hopeful” to sit down and discuss his situation. “He realizes how much we value him as the coach of this program.

Brett does have what it takes to coach this basketball team, everybody asked if I’d give him the opportunity to coach – absolutely, he deserved the opportunity to coach better talent and finish the job, he’s going “a very good job, which is why we will be talking about a contract extension at the appropriate time.”

On T.J. McConnell:

his option will be exercised

  On Jonah Bolden:

has an NBA out clause in his contract, is able to leave Maccabi and join the Sixers

  On Furkan Korkmaz and Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot:

injuries set both players back, but they aren’t being forgotten from a development standpoint

both will likely play for their countries during international qualification this summer

Korkmaz added 20 pounds to his frame, but not all good pounds, still thinks he’s a young and bright talent, more likely to play summer league than TLC

On the Boston series:

this series with Boston was a bit of a wake up call, adjustments were made, it “exposed us to some degree, individual and team weaknesses” and we all have to learn from that.

no issues selecting Fultz over Jayson Tatum, very complimentary of what Tatum did in the playoffs (what the fuck else is he supposed to say anyway?)

That’s about it for Colangelo. He was asked at least 7-9 questions about Markelle Fultz specifically, so I’ll go back in and dig those up for a story sometime next week. For now, here’s the video:

Colangelo https://t.co/BLntKWsFYh

— Kevin Kinkead (@Kevin_Kinkead) May 11, 2018

End of Season Availability: Brett Brown and Bryan Colangelo published first on https://footballhighlightseurope.tumblr.com/