#and shes the oc that i like to put against my sona and have them fight in my mind

[0bir]

sorry i kinda like. forgot to post art yesterday because i spend the majority of my time consuming limbobbia content xwx"""

i gave the Little Princess colour though

[paintedcomputer]

welcome to my main blog. I'm way more active here compared to my sideblogs and may reblog a lot

Artfight - Toyhouse - Carrd

some DNI to follow: - Proshippers, Zoophiles, Pedophiles - Against LGBTQ+ in any way - anti-furry, anti-kin, etc

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-> call me Kaizen please -> I use He/Him pronouns and I'm arospec -> Neurodivergent. I'm diagnosed with ADHD -> 17yrs old -> @eeveekitti - @coyotescove 💖

-> I'm Canadian! specifically I am French Canadian. English is not my first language

-> Digital and Traditional artist who started drawing in 2016 or so as I can date my art back to then. I look up to my oldest sister, she's my main inspiration as to why I continue to draw and learn. I'm also self taught

-> please do not repost any of my art, even if I made it for you. however, you are allowed to use my art as a banner or pfp if it isn’t any of my ocs or anything for myself specifically

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some of my interests are:

Pressure, Demon Slayer, FNAF, Undertale/Deltarune, Half Life [also including HLVRAI and Entropy Zero], ULTRAKILL, Rain World, and Hades

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-> I do OC x Canon and interact with posts about it. a lot of my fandom ocs may end up shipped with a canon character [which would be found on their th page] so I please ask that if you don't like OC x Canon, you should completely avoid me

-> I am a multifandom blog. don't follow me for one single fandom because I like to reblog and sometimes post about the other stuff I like

-> I never look at my Followings tab, if you want me to see something, send me it. I sometimes come across posts by people I know but I don't usually look for it since I follow a lot of people

-> Mutuals can have my discord! just ask for it and I'll give it to you

here's my sona!

he's a cat, I sometimes replace sona's or redo his ref quite often

here's my sideblogs!

-> @gabrielsadventures - spam blog. I reblog a lot here if I don't wanna reblog to my main blog

-> @colorfulwingsofangels - art blog! I post all of my art here but sometimes post them on my main account

-> @council--board + @ultrastim + @sliver-board - stimblogs! I take requests here and I'm always open for them

-> @funtimescircus - story blog! at the current moment anyway. this is one of the stories I'm creating

-> @ultrakill-in-places + @artificer-doesnt-belong-here + @pebble-plush-in-places - blogs where I put characters in places that they don't belong in

-> @heavens--kin - kin blog

-> @askstreetcleaner + @fallen-stickersanon - ask blogs that are currently inactive

-> @the-eyefestation + @ask-solace - ask blogs I share with someone else

[liveontelevision]

TV!

(Hazbin Hotel OC/Sona!)

This is TV! TV is a nickname (cuz it's similar to my real name) and I haven't decided on a full name just yet. Here's her backstory and some other info!

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She started as a Hellaverse Persona, but as I went on with the design, I wanted to give her a more unique backstory that's only mildly inspired by my personal life.

She's been through hella conceptual changes i'll probably post a lil' timeline of her progress as a character at some point :)

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Life:

TV was forced into adulthood from a young age. Her parents kicked her out or she may have lost them in some tragic accident, but to add to that she really had no extended family she could contact. She immediately found work locally and didn't return to school to maintain a somewhat livable wage.

Looking back, she always felt like some higher power cursed her. After her hometown had caught onto the fact that she was a 14-year-old lying about her age, who was also working multiple jobs that she really wasn't meant to, she just kept going.

Her next move was to do it all again the next town over. Means of travel really just boiled down to using spare change for buses or walking. My god, she walked everywhere, the poor thing. Rain or Shine. Essentially living on the streets, finding a new place to sleep every night, she managed to abuse this horrid cycle. It took a while, but she did manage to support herself enough to stay put in a small town for a while. Finally settling into a routine, she lived in a cardboard box of an apartment. But hey, it's the first time she's slept on a mattress in years. She also got a waitress job at a retro 50s-style diner. And no matter how frilly the uniform or how short the skirt, she was smart enough to milk every last dime out of her tables. This usually involved letting gentlemen getting a little too handsy, but hey. She had bills to pay. She got used to the constant flirting and finally achieved a more regular routine, but her mind was still broken. She went through phases of depression, having days where she simply couldn't leave her bed, or refused to return home. When she tried to recall what went on during that day, it was simply TV static in her memories, as if she just went into autopilot. These didn't happen often after she got into an average lifestyle, but this ended up being her downfall. Just a few days before her 20th birthday, she took her own life.

(TW: Self Harm/Suicide Depicted)

After a long day of handsy customers, who didn't really tip as well as they should, TV dropped to the floor of her studio apartment, her back against the door. She receded into the same apartment that's getting a rent increase she simply can't afford.

She avoided looking into the mirror as much as she could. Every time it happened, she would get sucked in, her eyes scanning over every flaw. Her bags under her eyes and the large coffee stain down her apron. Her shoes that were nearly worn through and her hair that reeked of cheap coffee and bacon. Tonight, coming home to another red envelope taped to her door, she couldn't mask the exhaustion any longer. Finally managing to rise to her feet, she went on and plopped her purse down onto the counter, rummaging inside and looking for who knows what. She lets out a yelp and slowly pulls out the knife from the kitchen's diner that you had grabbed at some point. When did she grab that? She tried to recall her shift that she just finished, but she must've gone into static mode, again. What made her think she needed this knife? She felt a wave of exhaustion hitting her hard, but she attempted to get ready for bed anyway. She undressed to try and wash the day away, but stopped in her tracks at the mirror. She looked her mostly nude body up and down, stopping at her thighs. Her skin really was beautiful, it's a shame that it's tainted by numerous scars, some fresh, some just barely healed. She clenched her fists to her bust, only drawing her eyes to the scars that laid upon her wrists as well. She went into her autopilot state. Turning her head to look out the bathroom door, she sees her bag and the dirty kitchen knife she smuggled home subconsciously nearby. After that, her mind fell into a pit of static.

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Death:

It felt like waking up from a restless's night sleep, so when she sat up to find herself in the middle of some street instead of her bed, she was perplexed. What managed to get her up and moving was the honking of an approaching van coming full speed in her direction. She scrambled to her feet, just barely avoiding the headlights with a swift leap. When she stood up, she realized how her body didn't ache how it usually does. Her feet weren't wobbly, and her neck and back weren't as stiff as they usually were. Looking back to where she awoke, it startled her how easily she was able to jump such a distance. Finally taking the time to absorb her surroundings, she simply kept walking down these city streets. It was large, and the neon signs and lights were almost too much for her doe eyes to adjust to. She'd really only seen cities like this on postcards, even with all the moving around she had to do in life.

While walking past the store front of an incredibly tall skyscraper, that she couldn't see the top of even if she tried, she saw a collage of screens. One of them had just gone out, drawing her eyes to the sight of televison static. Suddenly, the events of the previous night came back to her.

She died. And this must be Hell? She assumed so, taking a look at the demonic figures walking around her and the giant pentagram stamped onto the sky above her.

In what cruel world does a girl struggling for an easier life deserve to be hellbound?

Continuing her suddenly staggered walk, she was almost immediately stopped at another store front, her reflection catching her eye. For some reason, she appeared in Hell wearing her work uniform. What kind of cruel joke - Were those antlers..? She took a moment to process her new animalistic features. Her skin had a peachfuzz feel to it, and despite the rosiness in her cheeks, her skin looked grey. She yanked at the rabbit ears that trailed down her bust, then reached up to tug at the small antlers, jolting her head in the process. Giving a quick spin, she finally noticed - Oh, you've got to be kidding me - a small little tuft of a tail coming from her backside. She pulled open her mouth next, examining her suddenly rounded front teeth. She had become some kind of Jackalope Demon. A realization that this was her life now suddenly hit. Or her afterlife, at least.

She kept on walking, ignoring any propositions and dodging any troubles to the best of her ability. After a good hike, she found herself on the outskirts of the city, the air somehow clearer. Or as clear as it could be for Hell's standards. A much smaller tower compared to the ones she'd walked by, sat alone at the top of the hill. She recognized it! There were multiple flyers scattered throughout the city with its picture plastered on it. She didn't read into them too much, but did take note of the advertisement because it mentioned free rooms. And any sort of bed sounded like Heaven right now.

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(Aaand then she goes through a bunch of redemption shenanigans n' falls in loooove or something)

Hope you like her :)) give her some luv

[liamthemailman]

yuo have 4 hoc characters right. ,,,..... what if joker card (probably would be the side characters of side characters)

when i first read this the image of a tactical jester appeared in my mind and im. kinda not liking it

okay but like. this? the joker card in HoC? i saw this ask come in and i keep thinking about it... i hope you don't mind if i ramble

i can't really think of an OC based on the Joker because i already wrote Jack's character to be a wild card, i.e. being chaotic in personality, unpredictable, little to no regard for rules. he fits the role if you think about it

that and i based the characters off the suitmarks first before assigning them what face they got, rather than the alternative. and i know the joker card doesnt have a suitmark but i also dont really wanna draw a jester emblem when the others are so easy lol

then i left it out because i had no idea how to fit in a comedy character into the House of Cards yk? i'm already not funny and i'm not about to add the Joker into the AU and the callsign Joker seems really mean considering there's a callsign that's like 'King'

and i don't know how to write like, a side character well (i struggled writing Price as just a passing figure(i struggle writing in general))

back when House of Cards were in it's first drafts, all the way back when i even considered drawing out a comic for it (Act 1 alone would have taken me half a year to produce), i wanted to put in a background character that would appear just before a catastrophe happens. sort of like an omen

hell, i wanted to put my sona in the background to act as an omen/easter egg/4th wall break or whatever but thought against it since i think it would immediately take away all the seriousness in the scene (and its lowkey cringe lets be fr)

i soon settled to just fics and the idea of adding said background character was tossed aside

i suppose the joker card position remains unfilled? we'll see how things go but i'm curious how a joker character would fit in

a more rowdy and chaotic version of Jack? a funny guy who cracks jokes over comms to alleviate tensions? or maybe just a passing person who disrupts the storyline like a butterfly effect? a random person for any of the existing HoC characters to interact with like a confidant? or maybe a friend for Jack, someone young and fun like him who she can relate to.

maybe it doesn't have to be just the one joker too. maybe it's how Queen views useless soldiers or King referring to FNGs that make fools out of themselves. people in the background with no real value to even be worth mentioning.. not a lot of positive connotations with jokers really,,

i'd like to hear your ideas too anon. ramble with me.

[smileymoth]

This is Daniel!! He is my pride and joy, and drawing him truly makes me feel really happy ^_^

Under cut is a whole lot of information about him!!!

I originally created him in April 2013, but he was a girl named Kristina back then. I feel like I have to acknowledge the mess that was Kris the Cat before I get onto more relevant information: She was THE scene kid, THE evil girlie who wanted to poison everyone. THE one with dark blue wings and awful lot of make-up even though IRL I couldn't dream of putting make-up on ever (Repressed emo kid with "grr tomboy" mentality). She stayed with me for a whole year until 2014 June when I decided... hmm what if I Genderbend Her since I had seen some artists who I liked genderbend their own ocs. So I did. (That artwork I made is lost in the sauce forever, i think i deleted it off the web and then my dads computer got fucked so its gone permanently.) And that design of him kind of stuck with me more for unknown reasons so I made him my main sona.

Here's the timeline of his designs that I made back in 2020:

The reason why his name is Daniel is mostly due to Danny Murillo and Danny Worsnop, the lead singers of the 2 bands I was extremely in love with at the time. Hence my own name too. At the time I was 12, and because me and my bestie (hi Evan!!!!) were playing toys with our ocs on DeviantArt and wanted to make a band, we came up with 3 extra characters (he made Ethan and Aiden, I made Jack) and Danny became the lead singer of Fallen Soldier (epic cringey band name from cringey teens!!! I even made a failgirl logo for them!!) (The name originates from them probably listening to too much Rise Against and 5FDP)

I haven't changed his backstory too much from since we made it up the first time, since there's really no need to. When I say that my best friend is very intertwined in this world, I mean it. We built the world for these furries together and I will cherish it forever :3

ANYWAY let's get to the character info

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Name: Daniel Varing, stagename Danny Smileymoth. (when I gave him that last name I was 12 so do not bully me for it literally meaning 'avalanche'. it would be an excellent scene kid name on myspace. danny avalanche. lol)

His friends call him Danny or Dan Dan sometimes.

Birthday: 1. February, (aquarius sun, libra moon, cancer rising) <- this part matches w me too

Gender: non-binary, he/she pronouns. (he doesn't care about gender since he doesn't understand it's importance)

Personality: He's very sweet and kind, and enthusiastic about the things he enjoys. He gets attached to people quickly, that also means he can be quite possessive over them, sometimes feeling unnecessarily jealous when his friends don't pay as much attention to him as he'd like. He understands that this is a personal flaw and doesn't act upon it. His social battery drains real fast when he's out in crowded places, and mostly just enjoys spending time alone or in a small circle of friends. He enjoys art and music greatly. He needs a little bit help sometimes understanding social cues and such. She hates the Sun and tries to stay in the shade as much as possible, it makes her overheat. He likes to purr and knead when he's happy... he sometimes forgets to retract his nails so umm yeah. Meow. He likes people watching. He's normal I promise. (lie). He likes taking care of his friends.. he will make them gifts, buy them clothes or treats. He does have a bit of a short temper but he feels guilty about it, and tries to not lash out over stupid things that have no importance.

I mostly draw Danny wearing feminine clothes that can be related to emo/scene/goth/just alt fashion. Aka a lot of black. He does really like velvet and skirts though!!! Unlike me he does actually wear jeans too. :3 he just doesn't like them to be ripped, is all. He almost always keeps his hair down.

He loves the paisley pattern, velvet, corduroy, leather jackets, lacey skirts and shirts, leather shoes... you get the drill. He also always wears the metal bracelet on his right hand and the 2 necklaces around his neck. (just like meee)

Backstory Factoids:

As of right now he lives in California. He grew up in Estonia. He has been best friends with Jack since early childhood. He met Kratis at a local library where the mans was working. He got introduced to Kratis' friends, Ethan and Aiden. They had been planning on starting a band, and since Danny could sing, they just took him and made him the lead singer. Jack joined the band later on after Danny introduced him to the rest of his new friends.

He found Inbawez (weird freak of a pet) when wandering around a nearby forest, Inba took instant liking to him and never left.

Beside being in a band, he goes babysitting every now and then. He is also a freelance illustrator who does cute art commissions on the web.

The "California" they live in is not a representation of the actual USA Cali since I have never been there and we refuse to change their living location. All we know is that Daniel lives in the middle of the forest in a 2 story house with his boyfriend.

pre-danny lore Kristina lived in a hollow tree with her shadow pet Inbawez. She was obsessed with Kratis and due to forgotten circumstances she and Kratis are blood bound. lol

I think this is about it? I am definitely missing something but I want to post this since IT'S BEEN A MONTH SINCE I FINISHED THIS REF AAHH!!!! my pride and joy. feel free to draw her if you want :3 :3 :3 meow

[selfinserttothestars]

HEYYYY

12 & 18 for the oc ask game<3

MAAAAAAAH hi 🥰

12. What is your OC’s favorite event(s), what was their role?

My favorite event so far has to be the Glorious Masquerade, but given this is about my sona I highly doubt she’d agree with that lmao. Her favorite event was probably the Star Sending! She might not have played a big role, only helping Deuce and Trey with the steps of their dance, trying desperately to pry Idia out of his room (it didn’t work) and ultimately just being an overseer and taking pictures and such, but she holds the memory of it all very near and dear to her heart. She definitely got a lot closer to Deuce through it and the whole event was just very wholesome and sweet! I wonder what she would have wished for…. (Fun fact also, the Star Sending event was my first twst event!)

18. What is the hardest thing to adjust to at NRC? The magic? Being away from their family? Ect.

This might sound strange, but just being prefect was probably the hardest thing. She’s not confrontational so having to put her foot down against people who were bigger, stronger and smarter than her was very taxing. It didn’t help that Crowley practically blackmailed her every time and Grim was far too easily bribed when he was essentially the mouthpiece for them in the beginning. She was constantly exhausted but slowly got better at her job as she developed more of a reputation around conquering overblots (which was a welcome exaggeration btw) but she didn’t really feel like she had a say in anything until probably book 5. Yes she’s stronger because of it, but if she could go back, there are definitely a few things that she’d do differently.

Again, these get way too long sorry for the lore dump but I’m having fun! 🩵

[kyeterna]

Very long post explaining whether i could win in a fight against (a portion of) my oc's or not.

Every iteration of my sona Kyeterna (even the csmp ones): I am getting my ass beat, especially by Mordei, next-

Renacinis: I would never raise a hand against this angel, even if held at gunpoint

Jau: I am sent to the ER

Emi: I can probably beat that nerd. Maybe.

Katsuo: Yes.

Dom: I am beating that twink up, they have no chances against me

Damon: In terms of pure physical strength, I think we would be equal, so hard to tell. And the fact that he is smart and annoying could swing the favour either way.

Ropho: I could NEVER hit a child, even if it is a robot. So I am getting my ass beat.

Nannybot: I am losing. 100%

Veronica: I would never raise my hand against a woman. No don't look at the previous nor the following entries-

Nick: Can I beat a 27 year old tired salaryman? I mean to be fair I could probably just intimidate him by my glare, I have done that to a man twice his age and size

Cassidy: her? yeah. The eldritch being that follows her around? NO.

Savantha: I would love her to beat me up. But she wouldn't do it. She's too kind. But she could. I would love her to. But she w-

Carrots: that kid is giving me rabies during the fight. Could i defeat them? Sure, but with all those bites I am definitely contracting a disease so who is the real winner here.

Noxatra: I am destroying her. Even if she uses magic I am so destroying her both mentally and physically. Bro's built like a twig, I will snap her in half

Irene Chronidi Star Team: I am so losing. It's so over.

Yvhris: I think I could take her. But she is sooo cute, I'd rather just hug her

K.A. (Universe Building Tutorial): Hahah she has no chance of winning against me

Dennis (UniBTut): a close call, but he does defeat me in the end.

Kali (UniBTut): I would gladly do it.

Gondeil Aspirations

Caroline: I am so dead

Rei: I lose, but we could become great friends in the process so do I really lose?

Leo: I wanna say I would beat his ass but no, I am losing unless he decides to be too silly and gets himself into an accident mid fight, defeating himself.

Mary: I am so dead

actually I am losing against all the characters in Gondeil Aspirations there is no point in continuing this list-

Impossible Wish

Ikaros: in the beginning of the story? Yeah. By the end? NOOOOOOOOOO

Iliana: I am lucky if I even survive all the burns I am getting

Syphos: in a physical fight absolutely, but he would find a way to put me in tons of debt to loansharks without my knowledge so like I am losing in life.

Claire: I am so beating her ass, nerd.

Charis: I am NOT surviving those burns

Shindag: I die from a heart attack before the fight even starts because of how intimidating he is

Search Party of Four

Dimitra: I AM DEFEATING THIS NERD GLORIOUSLY

Kassandra: I am leaning towards no, mostly because she could probably compell me to give up and then she'd punch me, knocking me out

Roza: She will break bones of mine

Lucy: I am running towards her to throw the first punch. From a car passing by, a banana peel is thrown right in front of my feet. "That is weird" I think and widen my step just enough as to not step on it. Little did I know that right where i was about to step was a puddle of oil on marble. My foot slips, I lose my balance and do a split. That damages my muscles as I am not flexible enough. The sudden surge of pain causes me to faint, hitting my head on a very conveniently placed glass box, causing it to break and cut my face badly. Lucy has not moved at all from the beginning, as she is watching me terrified.

Ioanna: I win

Clients from Hell:

I will be 100 emoji with you, I am beating the asses of every single human lawyer there. I stand no chance against any angel or demon. I rest my case

Exokosmoi:

I can probably beat those two nerds (<- a fool)

Cards Swords and Cups:

If magic is allowed to be used, I lose, if not, I can beat everyone there. Ok maybe not Helen, she is kind a physically strong... But like Marjorie has no chance against these hands.

[burning-sol]

anyways my early plural characters would be like. "ahah!! the character but they have the EVIL side" except not always?? its been a wacky history. i blame skulduggery pleasant first and foremost, and the mlp fandom, and undertale, and whatever else i must have watched. anyways i then proceeded to write this entire post and put in too much labour to not post it so i curse thee.

the first was my sona character who i made before anything. (based on stuff from my real life) they had an evil black snake. then i added a white cat that was meant to be good like it were the opposite of the snake before turning out to also be evil but just in a different way. and then there was a grey wolf i added which i think was meant to appear evil but was actually good unlike the other two bitches.

there was my mlp alicorn oc who was a result of an evil bad pony basically shoving dead souls inside of them that were from different times and places, for experimenting reasons. this included a serial killer and i think some others?? but the only ones i remember clearly are my ocs icicle blossom (child) and shining meadow (caretaker) who actually knew eachother when they were alive.

they came from a time where tldr an alicorn ruler was driven to 'madness' and so the pony citizens started a war against her. shining meadow didn't agree with the ruler, but for some reason there weren't enough resources for the resistance?? so shining meadow joined the queen's side but sent food and money back to icecicle blossom. but one day between a misunderstanding and a fucked up pony soldier, icicle blossom ended up being killed, but i don't thinking shining meadow found out until the ends days. shining meadow had ended up becoming a general at some point (because why not) so basically not only did she find out all her efforts were for nothing, to cap off her despair she got fucking GUILLOTINED not long after <- none of this is altered in retrospect, this was legit the story and like yeah i still wasnt in highschool yet. so anyways, neither of THEM were evil, meadow was just morally grey and blossom was just an innocent kid.

then i made original human characters where several of them made pacts with demons. if you summoned a demon and performed an act of great pain then you could make a wish in exchange for your soul. my main character was a child whose parents wanted a wish and didn't love their child enough to not be utterly cruel, so they performed the ritual wishing for eternal life but forcing the "act of great pain" part on their child. except they fucked up the contract with their wording so the demon just ended up killing them for fun (they didn't make themselves immune to murder). so yeah then that character has a demon attached to them. which is EVIL but they're a demon so you can't rlly blame em. i forgive the big bird demon they did nothing wrong other than everything they did wrong.

and ig in current day i DO have a system oc, but im not gonna talk abt em because they don't have any story yet. but they do have an alter that's just a big rat and so that means that they're clearly superior to all these other posers.

anyways, big fan of vyncent sol. big fan of lucy elfen lied. big fan of peter and exandroth. big fan of nightmare moon. big fan of frisk and chara. big fan of probably some other characters i forgot. if this post made you cringe you can press a big red button that vaporises me its on your lef-- **i am turned to dust**

[kiwikipedia]

tagged by @certified-anakinfucker oc tag game

i have been trying to post this for like thirty minutes I don't care anymore no more detailed answers I'm going to throw a fit tumblr stop being bad challenge impossible

favorite oc — I do not have one, I love and hate all of them equally (lying)

newest oc — Satori Luong, a Spider-'Sona' who also is known as "Kumo" or "Spider Hunter". They personally call themselves the "Average in Intelligence Spider" when put up against the wall with all the others as they're no genius in any field except for combat and observation. Unable to websling organically, they also never developed any tech to aid them nor can they stick to surfaces, and didn't even realize they were a "super' until Miguel O'Hara showed up. they just assumed their spider-sense was luck and their strength was because their parkour and strength training paid off.

oldest oc — probably a warrior cats or rainbow fairy oc? honestly, I can't remember anything earlier the end of middle school-start of high school era.

meanest oc — Orcin Nauta (SW) hands down. He's a gang boss based off of the Orca Whale, aka the bully of the ocean. He's mean and vicious and also 16 fucking feet tall with a gang family that spans the entire galaxy.

softest oc — Persephone "Seph" Spring (PKMN) probably. Very kind, very gentle, very patient. The perfect balance for her rough-and-tumble cowboy mining boss of a husband tbh

most aloof / standoffish oc — Emilia Lynx (COD, FMAB) without a doubt. It's the trauma babyyyy.

dumbest oc — Ajal Agni (BNHA). Have you seen your foreign-born janitor stick his hand straight into boiling water? WOULD YOU LIKE TO?

smartest oc — Kori Hayashi (Standalone). She's kept her organization at the top of the underground chain for a while, after all. She knows how to play the game, knows which cards to reveal, knows how to keep her men in line, and when to let them loose.

horniest oc — Hakra Dorgoa. I will not explain further than Man Is He Glad That He's Got Strong Mental Walls And Shielding As A Member Of The Temple Guard Or Else Everyone Would Know He's Down Bad For Eeth Koth

oc i’d bang — in reality, none because I'm AroAce, but metaphorically? Ban Sult (SW) because he'd treat me right. Someone had to give Plo Koon unwanted but appreciated and used romantic tips between teaching him how to blast lightning.

oc i’d be besties with irl — Gelaisa Kaliope and Miles "Millie" Shira (Fate). They are two of the most laid-back and chill characters in my folders and have a sick music taste. ngl, they'd probably also just let me nap in a pile of blankets and also under them. Can't have one without the other though.

no pressure tags: @crc-jedi-knight-serushna @alexeithegoat @hotshot9 @spacerocksarethebestrocks @gen-has-green-vibes

[dragonickittensocs]

Meet Lex Kaiba and Zira Necrophades

Featured Art is by ZarozAestoth on Toyhouse Not really gonna put too much about them here since I'm in the middle of rewriting their lores. (Mostly to include their other wife.) I might post more in the later on them, but I probably won't. I guess it will just depend.

Lex Kaiba is based off of my husband, so in a sense, this is one of his sonas. My husband's favorite card happens to be Blue Eyes White Dragon, so I wanted to add that into Lex's design. Lex's mother is a reincarnation of Kisara, so he gets his looks from his mother. He does run his own company called Lex Corp. Lex tends to have a huge god complex and will probably call you a peasant. He is usually seen trying to teach Zira to use her deck properly since she's a bit of an idiot with her cards. Lex can see dual monster spirits and can tell if someone is one. Lex's spirit is Blue Eyes Alternative Dragon, but when pissed off it will look like Deep-Eyes White Dragon. (I haven't drawn his monster form yet, so please stay tuned.)

Zira Necrophades is the daughter of Zorc/Thief King Bakura. (Long story.) She is usually super nice and tends to help her friends out a lot. She sometimes carries a plush version of her father. Zira loves gothic lolita fashion and anything super cute. Her monster form looks similar to her father's, but with succubus features. (I haven't drawn this yet, so stay tuned.) She's notoriously bad for not reading her cards and usually just slaps things down and hopes for the best. She's slowly learning her deck with Lex's help, lol.

So these two are in a poly relationship with Zira's best friend. What happened was the both of them lost a dual against Lex and he said if they did loose to him, he was going to marry them both. They have three children too.

Yeah, I'm sure these characters would be considered Mary Sue/Gary Stu, but I really don't care. I mostly make my fandom OCs out of pure fun. I didn't add any tags to this since I didn't feel like it, haha.

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[holditbitch]

HEY how you doing?

I saw these earrings on Pinterest and couldn't stop thinking about her. Can you tell us some info about her? Like name, quirk, family. Etc. ( hope I drew them right, cause I drew them in class)

As thanks!!! :-D

That is my only hero OC Elu Baker, she comes from America and is Native American, ( she is self-sona lol ) she has gone through a lot of changes, she is my oldest OC and I typically call her by her hero name Checkers

She has half white, half brown pigmented hair because of her quirk, as well as her eyes. The two circles on her hands are where her quirk comes from, I can explain that later lol.

Her power is villainous transformation. She has the ability to transform and use the quirk of any villain that is currently active. She has to have a precise understanding of their power and figure to transform properly. She transforms using the black and white liquid collagen that is stored in her bone matrix, the white collagen is on her right side, while the brown is on the left. She can pour the liquid collagen out of the holes on her hands and allow it to mix and envelop her and transform parts of herself or her entire body into a certain villain.

She needs lots of dairy to feed her quirk, if she doesn’t feed it properly she will pass out from the use of her power and it will affect the density of her bones.

Her parents thought her power was troublesome and attempted to hide it from the public. She showed it off, saying she wanted to use it to beat up the bad guys as themselves. People were disgusted and scared. Her parents brought her to therapy and put her through surgery to be rid of the collagen in her bones, but it kept growing back. She hated the power that caused so much trouble for her and her parents. She attempted to hide it from people when she got older and her parents were happy.

She had a chance encounter with the pro hero Gang Orca later in her life. They had a long talk and her determination to become a hero was revitalized. She left for U.A. against her parents wishes and lives there currently in class 1-A.

Her hero outfit is based off Gang Orcas with a big fin on her head, he couldn’t help but laugh when he saw her and she interns with him frequently. She likes swimming, fish and dairy products.

The public is already muttering about her place on the “hero’s who look like villains” chart, but she doesn’t mind because her friends find her quirk unnerving, yet very cool.

There are rumors spreading that she doesn’t want the biggest, most powerful villains to be defeated and is protecting them so she can continue to use their powers. This is all talk however and she has proven herself on many occasions to be very helpful and reliable.

She struggles greatly with her own self worth and ability to become a hero. Her hero costume is based off Gang Orca like I said previously, but it also covers her body fully, with a large mask over her face in order to hide what villain she has turned into from someone she is fighting. This is too not scare the public and makes it harder to fight her.

She just wants people to see her as someone they can trust and rely on, but it’s hard. She has lost her temper with people who push her too far and that has also cemented some ideas in their minds about her. She tries to put on the kindest appearance she can, but does have a brooding and deeper anger inside her she likes to hide.

She’s an emotional wreck inside lol. She learns to cope with it and when she becomes a pro she runs campaigns for the treatment of people with unsightly powers.

[hendrickfw]

Three Caballeros story idea

So, reading different posts I thought about this possible fanfiction about the Three Caballeros. Hope you can tell me your ideas and if this sounds good.

Okay. After a fight with Uncle Scrooge during Donald´s birthday, our dear duck decides to take some vacations from his family with his best friends José Carioca and Panchito Pistoles. They travel through Latinamerica and the world discovering new cultures. I thought on making them go to Chapala (my headcanon home for Panchito), Bahía, Rio de Janeiro, Cusco, Cartagena, Buenos Aires, Asunción and other places. They would meet with other characters during their journey (Ari, Fenton-Cabrera, Panchito´s family, Rosinha, Nestor, an OC I love adding to absolutely all my fanfictions).

But, during their journey, they have an evil lurking behind them (*ahem* Felldrake, Sheldgoose and Monkey-Bat-Donkey-Rat). Donald only told Daisy where he went, but because of the last mentioned trio and their allies, the message never arrived, so she and Donald´s family (except Scrooge) are worried where he is. When the Caballeros where in Los Angeles (I will get to that in a second) he is able to contact her. Daisy takes a plane and she discovers Donald´s nephews and Webby sneaked to the plane to follow her and find their uncle. Although they wouldn´t find them at first, because the Caballeros are constantly changing places and our dear antagonists want the McDuck family and the Caballeros divided for their evil plans. Finally she would find Donald in Rio. I was thinking of writing a scene with both ducks dancing while Panchito and José sang “Hot Wings” from the Rio movie. 

Also we can´t stay only with Ducktales and The Legend of the Three Caballeros, right? After leaving Duckburg, our trio gets invited to play at a very famous restaurant in Los Angeles. That restaurant is Pizzarriba from “The Looney Tunes Show”. Am I leading to some kind of competition between Donald and Daffy like the one of “Who framed Roger Rabbit?”? Absolutely! I was planning to write a very similar scene of the movie, with the piano fight and everything. Yes, at the end they leave behind their conflict to defeat Marvin the Martian (obviously not working with Felldrake and the other villains), but this can lead to some interesting dynamics and also show more of the Caballeros friendship. Appearances from other Looney Tunes characters like Bugs Bunny, Speedy Gonzales, Tina Russo, Lola Bunny, Porky Pig, Wile, E. Coyote and the Road Runner are also included.

Now let´s talk about songs. Yes, I want to add a lot of them. During the first episode I wrote (although it is in Spanish), the one in Los Angeles, I added “Hear my voice” from the Louie´s Eleven episode, the Hungarian Rhapsody for the scene based on the Roger Rabbit film, “Ay Jalisco no te rajes” (the original song), “We are the Three Caballeros” from the House of Mouse and, obviously, or loved “The Three Caballeros” song. During the chapter where the Caballeros visit Chapala and Panchito´s family, I wanted to bring a scene where José asks about the large name and all Panchito´s family starts singing “My name is Panchito”. Also Baía, Blame it on the Samba and other songs will appear. I´m not sure about the ones from The Legend of the Three Caballeros.

Each episode would have a special character as protagonist. The Los Angeles will have Donald and his fight with Daffy, the Chapala one is obviously about Panchito and his family dynamic. We don´t need to have one location with one character, for example, when our heroes arrive to Rio we will have an important role with José and his comic characters, and also the Daisy-Donald reunion. Also in Bahia I wanted to have José as protagonist with Panchito. I don´t know if I explained correctly, but to put an example I´ll take Ducktales. One episode can be Scrooge-centered and the other Huey-centered. The same here.

After their crazy journey, the Caballeros continue their journey through other continents. They meet new cultures and characters. They go to South Africa, Kenya (I´m still debating myself if I want to include Zootopia here), Egypt (some Duck Avenger stuff in here), Jordania, Spain, France (chapter based on the Three Musketeers movie, and yes, they meet the Troubador), Greece (specifically they go to Ithaquack and meet Storkules and Xandra), Iran, Russia, India, China, Japan and other places. During this travel they finally discover something´s wrong and Felldrake is back. I´m specially interested on the Egypt episode, as I introduce Uno (Duck Avenger existed before the nephews were born, but Donald left that identity after the Selene incident). The France one is funny as it is a new adaptation of the musketeers movie. England is also funny as I want to write about Donald´s secret agent stuff. And in Japan they finally discover Felldrake and Sheldgoose are back. I don´t know how, but during this episode the Caballeros will become their superhero sonas (Duck Avenger, Morcego Verde and Gallo Loco) and meet this universes incarnation of the Justice Ducks and Fearsome Five (in this case six, as Daffy returns as Duck Dodgers).

There are some other travels after that fight, but just to wrap everything. Donald and Scrooge reconcile and the Caballeros & allies fight against Felldrake & allies. No spoilers because I´m not sure how exactly this can end.

I don´t know a lot about Kingdom Hearts, but I can add something. Also House of Mouse is canon and they have Bugs Bunny as guest character one time, with the a funny cartoon based on the first scene of the Looney Tunes Back in Action movie.

And yes, I thinks that is everything. I wanted to write this because I´m writing other fanfics (Dragon Knight, you can find an early version on fanfiction.net) and I´m not really motivated to write this. I just want to write this so the people can at least have an idea and know this exists.

So hey, hope this is a good idea. Hope you liked it and adiós amigos.

[gosungji]

a friend and a beau

summary: a mix of self-indulgent hurt/comfort, character study/relationship study. i cannot pinpoint which part of the story this is supposed to be in oops (i had this set during the spade kingdom arc but due to continuity issues i decided to keep it a bit vague

genre: hurt/comfort

characters: elaine (oc/sona), zora ideale

warnings: heavy injury (not so graphic descriptions but still), blood

word count: 1.6k

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The sound of crickets and the crackling wood from the fire keeps her on her toes, knees pressed close to her chest under the warm robe. A yawn forces its way out of her, and her shoulders shake as she breathes in.

The bandages on her arm were tight, only able to turn it over in one motion. Thanks to the painkiller, she was able to sit through first aid to survive before help arrives. Small specs of blood managed to seep through the layers, but Elaine paid it no mind. She'll change it in the morning when they get back, she thinks.

Her eyes follow the trail of smoke rising from the bonfire, fingers soothing the aches in her muscles through her robe and pressing onto particularly tough spots as the warmth from the fire wards off the cold breeze. The robe and her new uniform that she wore for this mission proved to be useful, as her regular outfit wasn't fit for staying outdoors overnight.

The log underneath her was thick, the bark digging into her robe and poking her skin, making it a bit harder to sit on for longer periods of time.

Zora takes a seat a little farther on her log, tossing a stick onto dirt next to them once the bonfire finally stops sparking up and threatens to burn their skin off as the winds blow past it. Elaine takes a look at Zora from her peripherals, who had managed to relax on the gritty log.

His hair glowed ever so vibrant against the light from the fire, and she tore her eyes away, afraid that he might catch her staring. He had his robe folded neatly beside him over a pile of leaves and he laid as bare as normal on the log they managed to find in the woods nearby.

"Zora." He stirs a little, looking up from where he laid.

"What made you decide to become a Magic Knight?"

He squints his eyes at her before directing his gaze towards the fire in front of them. He's silent for a while, maybe thinking about how he could answer it in a roundabout way.

"Why'd you ask?" He throws a question back at her, hoping to stall until he has some snarky remark to answer her with. Elaine shifts in her seat, the blood finally flowing to her legs after a long while.

"Was simply curious, is all."

"That's it?" She stares at him in confusion.

"Were you expecting something more?"

"I just thought you'd run your mouth again just to answer my question."

Zora's wide awake now, sitting up on the log in such a slovenly way that Elaine feels like she shouldn't stare at all. Does he prefer sitting with his legs wide open? The thought makes her want to chew on her cheek, the heat from both the fire and the blood rushing to her cheeks are starting to become indistinguishable.

She feels the urge to chip at the bark under her with her fingers.

"Well? Are you going to answer?"

Zora clicks his tongue. "You're persistent on something for once." His jab falls flat when she doesn’t respond and he sees her caving into herself, arms now over her bloody stomach with her head against her knees. He leans closer to her, even though he’s not that skilled with healing magic. “Oi, don’t keel over just yet.” His tone is a lot more serious that his seemingly detached wording felt out of character.

She’s grateful they’re far away from the battlefield.

Elaine puts a hand up, one that is smudged with blood. “That cloth isn’t going to hold up for the entire night at this rate.” Zora watches as the blood slowly takes over the fabric’s color, turning it into a muddy purple. He considered tearing a piece from his own robe, but then an infection might make it worse. The mage only shakes her head, jaw clenched and fingers snapping straight as pain shot up her limbs like her nerves were being pricked by needles. Her movements are slow and labored and she lifts herself up from the log with little movement.

“We’re already low on supplies.” She notes, lowering herself to the ground and leaning her back onto the log. “A wound this big can’t heal overnight.” Zora seemed to understand where she was going but was still apprehensive. She slowly uncovers the wound and she fights the urge to retch. It wasn’t as bad as when Zora first dressed it but the smell of blood was overtaking the rest of her senses.

The damage had been mitigated, but not completely. It's still an open wound, and the painkillers she consumed prior to her injury were starting to wear off. Across her stomach were 3 long slashes, deep enough that it'll make her bleed for a long while before getting help and healed by other mages, but it's not deep enough that her guts would spill over the ground if she jumped. The rifts on the wounds are damp with blood, while the edges are cracked and stained with dried blood.

Her grimoire rises in aid, just above her wrist. It takes a while to glow purple, and soon it was open, the sound of papers flipping blending with the crackling wood. She hovers her hand over the wound and casts a healing spell.

It was a spell that she developed in secret while training in the Heart Kingdom, and even then it’s still incomplete.

She called it “Respite for the Hurting”, a spell that uses poison magic on a target to numb the nerves and temporarily slow down blood flow from a wound. She cannot use it two times in a row, because even if it provides relief, it is still poison. It takes a moment for the spell to take over, but in a few seconds Zora sees her shoulders slack and her eyes close. It was as if her body went limp, only her hand raised to wait for the spell to finish.

“Didn’t know you could use poison magic for healing.” Zora eyes the traces of bright purple and blue flow from her fingertips to her stomach. Elaine shakes her head.

“It’s... not for healing, and it’s not polished yet.” He took another look at her wound. The bleeding surely stopped, but it wasn’t closing. The poison settled only inches away from skin. “Unlike the Silver Eagles’ captain with Mercury Magic, I can’t use my magic attribute to just plug up the wound. I’ll end up absorbing it in this state.”

Zora hums in reply. He watches as she reaches for something in the tiny pocket on her thigh, a small vial filled with red liquid. She stares at the bottle for a while, no doubt debating whether to use it as it was her last after giving the rest to the other magic knights that were injured.

A healing potion, he figured, when she downs the contents in one swig and the wounds shrink slowly, until it leaves traces of blood and it was no more than small incisions. Elaine tucks the vial back in her pocket and closes her eyes.

“So while we wait for our chauffeur to arrive, can you tell me about how you became a magic knight?”

Zora folds his arms over his chest and huffs. “You better not fall asleep while I’m talking.”

//Bonus:

“Oi, don’t fall asleep just yet.” Zora’s voice is perfectly clear above her head, but she can only see a mess of red and black. His hand rests under her head, keeping it from falling onto the rubble. The pain was unbearable, enough that she wishes she could simply fall asleep and be done with it in an instant.

Elaine lets out a weak laugh. “Is that concern I hear in your voice, Mr. Ideale? Never thought you had it in you.” The smile on her face flattens just as quickly when she feels pain radiate from her torso. “Man, this sucks.”

“You shouldn’t have taken the hit then.”

“Is this how you usually express gratitude? I want to take all that time back.”

“Don’t think taking care of your sorry ass is fun to me.”

Zora clicks his tongue in feigned annoyance, still on high alert as explosions fire off in the distance. They were a good distance away from the fight, but with how much mana was constantly being expelled through large scaled attacks, it wouldn't be long until debris would come flying in their direction. “Can you lift yourself up? I’ll dress them for you.”

Elaine nods and with much effort, uses her elbow to lift her torso off the ground for Zora to wrap cloth around it. He’s gentle, she notes, hands merely grazing the skin on her back and sides when he pins the cloth close. “Are you dizzy?”

“A little.” Her vision’s starting to blur as her breathing mellows out, but still the sparks rising towards the starry sky mesmerizes her in her near-delirious state. Zora slings his hand under her arms and knees, causing her to meet the crook of his neck when she’s lifted up in his arms.

“We need to move now,” Zora said in a low voice, “They’ll find us out here in the open.”

The arm over his shoulder is weak, and she fights to stay awake but his body is warm like a blanket that she couldn't help when her head falls and her eyes close for a little while. The chaos in the battlefield slowly fades away and she falls asleep in his arms.

[epicspheal]

1. Terra sounds super cool, as she always does.

2. Hearing that Terra doesn't end up as the "Champions Wife" is actually reassuring to me, given how I've been thinking that maybe Alexis and Leon won't last? Especially since Alexis have plans outside of Galar and Leon entirely? I was worried, after devoting so much time into it, that it'll seem....rude(?) to say they aren't the forever couple.

Little ramble aside, I hope that you're doing well! Have a good day/night!

Hi there @Ihopethisendswell! I'm doing well, thank you for asking. I hope you're doing well too! First, I’m glad you think Terra is super cool! You have no idea how worried I was about revealing my trainersona to the world (much less getting into the OC/Canon community). I grew up at a time where the internet was absolutely merciless to any OCs, especially sonas/self-inserts.

Second, honestly one of the things I’ve learned since really getting more into non-poetry related creative writing is to not be too beholden to certain ideas. I feel you 100%, like I invested a lot in trying to get Terra to Galar, how she’d reintroduce herself to Leon (because she would’ve already met him prior to this, but this would be their first chance to really get to know each other) and then to just drop it? Yeah it felt rude

Like I really thought Terra and Leon were about to be endgame because I’m sure everyone on this side of the internet knows how much I love our unbeatable champion.

But in the end there were a couple of reasons where I realize this pairing wouldn’t work out. (this post is long so the rest is under the cut)

The biggest being the culture of Galar itself. Unlike the other regions, the culture around battling is very public and has a celebrity air to it. Terra was already at least somewhat uncomfortable with the fame she got as Hoenn champion. Galar turns that up to eleven and I think it would be extremely stressful for her in general, especially trying to get through her emergency medicine residency with people being aware of her former title. But then to have a romantic relationship with one of the most eligible bachelors in Galar? I think the scrutiny of their relationship would be too much for Terra to handle and she’d break it off. Especially if the gossip magazines dug up her past which leads to the next reason.

Leon and Terra both become champions at the same time (along with Red and Blue). Leon (and also Red) are pretty much the ideal champions. Blue and Terra...not so much. Granted this is harder to see with Terra because unlike Blue, she wasn’t a cocky jerk as a kid and she did end up saving the region (and world) twice. But yet like Blue she’s got plenty of baggage from her childhood that really prevented her from being able to put the full love and trust in her Pokemon. She’s far more of a loner than people would initially guess given her friendly and helpful disposition. She got that championship like Blue by being incredibly good at strategy and movesets, not because of bonds with her Pokemon or the power of friendship. She was also at the time, full of emotional turmoil. I’d describe Terra as a volcano...the pressure has to mount before she explodes. Which it does 3 years later when she loses the title and has that falling out with Steven and Wallace. Surprisingly after what happened her reputation was still mostly intact, although that had to do with her being a two-time hero and the fact that Steven and Wallace weren’t innocent in the incident either (to be fair Steven and Wallace were twenty something adults who had their own baggage and having to deal with a moody teenager with baggage, it was just a perfect storm waiting to happen).

But still that’s the type of thing that would be used against Terra especially in a region like Galar. Especially when you compare her to Leon I think there would be many who would imply that Leon is too good for her. I mean granted Leon isn’t perfect but his reputation as a trainer and champion is ultimately cleaner than Terra’s (even though by that time she would’ve grown as a trainer and person). Terra and Leon may have good chemistry, but I think there would be too many outside forces that would try to break up the relationship. And finally, the other reason is....Blue (or Green) Oak.

Yup, Mr. Steal Ya Girl really went and stole Terra right out of Leon’s arms. Turns out two former champions with baggage that they’ve since learned from end up being really good for each other. Like it’s really funny how the Blue/Terra ship started off as a “haha what if Terra met Blue and they went on like one date” sort of deal before turning into a serious relationship. But as I began writing out more of Terra’s post-champion life there was just a lot of potential there for her and Blue to interact and more importantly I realized how extremely compatible they are. They have the right balance of similarities yet difference that make them very well suited for each other

(art by the lovely @mangocolours on twitter, please go comm them if you have the funds to do so)

To quote J. Cole from Crooked Smile “We ain’t picture perfect, but we’re worth the picture still” I think perfectly encapsulates Terra’s relationship with Blue. Two imperfect champions making peace with the past and moving on to obtain greatness in other ways. And in the end, they succeed becoming legends in their own right.

(ending this with more art, this time by the amazing @mahaliaxraihan. Go comm her if you have the chance)

[rinnysega]

New Years Party: A Simpsona Fic

Just a little warm up this morning featuring some Simpsonas and OCs!

Here’s the story of how my sona Erin meets Irene (c) @purplepolarbear Zef and Jaap (c) @purplepolarbear Jane (c) @mimifoxarts It’s my first time writing for this group, so consider it one of many!

Attending a New Years Party wasn’t exactly something Erin wanted to do that year. She already had a busy holiday season as it was with the arrival of the twins earlier that year, and her house was still a mess with the new baby toys, Christmas decorations and other clutter still hanging about. She swore to herself she’d get to it before the new year, but between the exhaustion of two newborns, a six-year old, and Agnes Skinner’s constant nagging criticizing of how she was raising her grandkids, everything just sort of fell to the wayside. She had too much to do, but she couldn’t exactly turn down the invitation from Fat Tony to attend a celebration at his mansion - especially since he wanted her to come back as one of his nighttime entertainers. For old times sake, he kept repeating in the card.

These days, her singing was more lullabies in a rocking chair than ballads on a speakeasy mic, but Seymour kept insisting she go and take a break from everything if she wanted to let her hair down for a night. She was hesitant about it, but between his assurance that he could handle the kids on his own, and the fact she was getting paid quite a hefty lot to go back and sing for Fat Tony and his associates, well, she felt she didn’t have much choice.

Although her old dresses were certainly snug now, so that was great.

It was almost midnight now, and so the jazz band replaced her on stage to finish out the last of the year. She sat alone at the open bar, a long coat covering her dress while she scrolled through her phone for any text messages from Seymour. All she received was a picture of Scottie eating leftovers in her new unicorn pajamas and a picture of both babies asleep in bed with Seymour reaching out to give a thumbs up in the photo. While she typed back to him, the seat next to her was taken by a young woman Erin hadn’t seen before - not around this group anyway. She arrived with two older men, both with graying hair but with vigorous youth in their steps. They left pretty quickly though after getting their drinks - back to mingling with the crowd where one of them put an arm around the shoulders of a young, blue-haired woman Erin knew to be Jane. Legs often talked about her when they ran into each other and caught up.  

Erin went back to her phone, but she caught sight of the woman looking over at her, and she turned her head. “Hey!” her voice was loud for it to be just her she was talking to, but then again the band was getting into full swing. “You were real good tonight.”

“Oh, thank you,” Erin said, raising her voice a bit over the instruments.

“Are you new?” she shouted.

“What?” she shouted back. The woman leaned in further.

“I said are you new here?”

“Oh! No!...Well, kind of!” Thank God, the band was transitioning to a new song with less trumpets. She lowered her voice. “I used to sing like...seven or eight years ago I think. It’s been a long time since I’ve been around most of these people.”

“I get that. I know maybe a dozen of them too.” The drink she ordered arrived, and she plucked out the cherry to take a full swing before popping it in her mouth.

“Do you know Jane?”

“Yeah, I know her. Why?”

“No reason. I just saw the guys you were with going to talk to her, so I figured you knew each other. I don’t know her myself, but I know of her.” That seemed to be the only connection she had to go on to keep the conversation going.

“Yeah, she’s with that guy Zef who’s brothers with my guy, Jaap” She motioned over to them with her glass to give Erin the clear picture. “I’m Irene by the way.” She held out her hand.

“Erin.” She reached over and shook hands, delighted to meet someone so friendly. Not the usual kind of person she was used to meeting at these kinds of soirees.

“Are you here with anyone?” she asked.

“Nah, strictly business tonight, but I do have a boyfriend back home.” She opened up the photos again on her phone and scrolled for the most recent one with Seymour. One of him on the floor while the twins crawled all over him. “And we just had these two little bugs.” She held her phone out to show her.

“How cute!” She leaned in to get a better look. “I see you two have an age gap too.”

“Oh yeah.” She rolled her eyes and put her phone down. “I’m sure you know exactly what I go through.”

“With his sister.” She was giggling about it, but that could just be the alcohol setting in. Erin had no idea how much she had to drink before she joined her. “She’s always bringing it up that he’s going to all of a sudden get too old and die and leave me a widow for thirty years.”

“That’s me with his mother.” She too was giggling about it as she took another drink.

“Eh, to hell with it.” She waved her hand in the air as if to brush aside the topic. “To silver foxes.” She raised her glass up and Erin clinked hers against it.

As if that were a summoning, Jaap appeared again beside Irene and whispered something in her ear. Erin checked her phone and it was already 11:58.

Irene got up from her seat, and turned back to her. “Countdown, do you wanna come?”

“Sure!” Erin finished her drink and set it back on the bar before grabbing her phone and walking over with the two of them toward the large crowd of people.

New friends were always a great way to ring in a new year.