#andyouthoughtdirtwasold

[broadswordandpistol]

“You said you disarmed it!”

"Look, that wasn't a lie on purpose, that was a lie on accident!" Deep breath, Alvin. What would Lloyd do in this circumstance? Lloyd knew how to disarm bombs.

"I'm gonna tell you what I see," he said, trying to maintain hold of the rising wave of terror in his gut. "This thing says we have five minutes." It had been thirty, thirty seconds ago.

"There's a white wire that goes to a cylinder-shaped thing, and a black wire that goes to a cube-shaped thing. And a mess of orange wires that look like they go to the timer, and they all go into a long skinny case at the bottom of the big box."

[mithosofcruxis]

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@andyouthoughtdirtwasold

Yuan had always been good at seeing through him. It didn't matter if his eyesight was gone or not. It just came with how long they'd known each other. How much they'd talked and interacted. And how much they hid from each other, often to little affect.

"If you come, I'll give you a whole day," He said with an audible chuckle. It was a little nervous and usually only came when he felt uncomfortable with something, "I'll even give you back all of the contraptions you're working on."

Mithos had been prepared to use them as leverage to make him go if he'd said no. But since Yuan was being so generous, he supposed he could be honest.

[angelus-project]

A small robot shaped like a bug flies in your direction, a box gripped its metallic buggy feet. It drops the box at your feet, buzzes around your face for good measure, then buzzes off as all good houseguests do, once it's outstayed its welcome.

The box is wrapped in green wrapping paper and held together with red ribbon. Inside, there is... a single teabag.

A housewarming gift.

There’s an undignified yelp as the metallic bug flies at Anna, her instincts causing her to lurch back to try and avoid it. Not like it’s very productive – it doesn’t really seem to care as it drops the package, wasting no time before buzzing back wherever it came from.

A few beats pass as she stares at the box, before she bends down to open up the contents. The smart person would be more apprehensive, but Anna’s curiosity far outweighs whatever risk there is when opening an unmarked package. Not like there’s much to it, especially when she gets it open to reveal... a single teabag.

...

...

...

...

Sure, ok.

“Is this... some kind of a threat or something?” She visibly deflates, as she checks the teabag and flips it over a dozen or so times, waiting for some kind of secret message to appear.

That was kind of anti-climactic.

[lucius-of-cornwell]

“Biscuits? To go with all that tea you refuse to drink?”

@broadswordandpistol

AAAAAH HI welcome back!

OOC: ((Thank you, Ji!

It is good to be back!))

(Yuan disagrees. We're spoiling his peace. Now he's going to be expected to stock biscuits.)

[pikohan]

@andyouthoughtdirtwasold

During his time traveling with the other swordian masters, Leon had delved in to many ‘dungeons’. Castles, caverns, even a war ship- each one came with its own mechanisms and tricks to deter the group from reaching their destination. While most of the difficulty had been in reigning in the idiots that had made his charge, some of the puzzles and traps had certainly competed. Here on his own now, one would think these things would be easier, but no.

This place easily had the worst dungeon mechanics of his life, and the last one before his death had killed him.

He scowls as he pulls another leaf out of his hair, quickening his pace through this damned woodland. Of course just as he had finally made some progress towards that giant tree he had sprung a net trap, of all things. The mechanism was familiar enough in his line of work, so he had escaped it easily- it was tripping it in the first place that he would have preferred to avoid. At least since then, he’s been careful to avoid any other traps he might come across, but the amount of close calls were a damage to his pride.

He never realized how much he had come to rely on Chaltier as a second pair of eyes.

His hand moves to the sheathed sword at his side, resting on the hilt not for the first time that hour. He had a reason for journeying through places like this, annoying as they may be, and when someone clearly wants to keep him out this much, well.. he is rather curious what he will find.

A strange, unnatural mist has settled in the further he has progressed, and he would likely find it more unsettling if he weren't already so annoyed with it for shrouding the path forward. A tree that large should be an easy landmark to follow, if only he could still see it.

He stops abruptly as something on the ground catches his eye. It was not a path as he had been watching for, but instead what looked to be burn marks, or.. no, scorch marks from lightning? There are footprints among them, and now isn't that promising?

The structure they lead him to is aged, but the remains remind him of the lens-powered contraptions in his homeland, and the lightning damage was too great not to be deliberate. And powerful, at that. Even Philia's lightning attacks from wielding Clemente didn't leave this much destruction after a battle.

It was as good a place as any to begin investigating.

[lucius-of-cornwell]

Mama.

What kind of meme is that!?

@andyouthoughtdirtwasold​

[mask-of-the-renegade-seraph]

@andyouthoughtdirtwasold

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Botta raised an eyebrow. Yuan sounded like he had come to some idea of his own. The cat creature gave a low “mrrrrrow” before delivering a substantial headbutt to Botta’s shoulder, prompting him to absentmindedly scratch its ears.

“Well….I mean... it needs time to heal and….Yes.”

[lightning-of-kharlan]

🐤

Send me a 🐤 for a Tweet my muse would make about yours.

@leavemealone, if you keep setting up lawn traps then Alvinand I will keep dodging them. It’s been twenty years, you think we’ll stop now?

[aethear-moved-blog]

((Happy not early birthday this time! Good luck with the tests ^_^ ))

Grounded. Thank you!!! I actually just returned home an hour ago--I think I did really well on them!!!

[spiritedidealist]

Let’s Try to Get Organized (Key word here is: try)

My drafts folder is about as messy as I imagine Lloyd’s cabin to be (you know, the one I headcanon he stays in after splitting from the group and going off and doing his own thing of looking for Exspheres even though he did accept help from at least one member of the group...shhh this is why he’s never around on here, it’s totally not just the mun’s fault).  If you’re wondering what the heck I’m referring to because it’s been ages since I answered any of my drafts, here’s a link to the stuff that I’ve been able to add to the tracker. If you want to drop anything, feel free to tell me! We can start afresh if your muse has made significant development since our current thread or if you’re busy, we can always start a new thread later. Whatever you like! This got insanely long, so under a read more this goes! I’m sorry for being so irresponsible. D:

@aethear Hair Ruffle (Meme) Affectionate/Nice Gestures (Meme) Send me your url for my personal opinion (Meme) Send a heart for something positive @andyouthoughtdirtwasold A Present from Yuan? (Meme) Send a heart for something positive

@annaixving A time skip/continuation of I Thought You Were Dead which I got most of done but haven’t posted yet??? sorry mom don’t ground me plz @broadswordandpistol (Meme) Mini Scenario @daughter-of-angels Colette’s Christmas Present which I really need to reply to even though it’s already summer haha.. @eccentricpursuer The Ghost Made Me Do It @everlastingcompanion Starter that I haven’t replied to like a jerk @fabricatedangel Of Course We’re Friends Presents For You (Meme) Mini Scenario @forceseal (Meme) Headcanon for Our Muses @forsylvarant Our Strengths and Weaknesses Cooking with Colette @frozenheartedvalkyrie How to Make a Bad First Impression @guardianofmana Accidentally Provoking Yuan Again Pay No Attention to the Thing in My Pocket (Meme) Headcanon for Our Muses @guardianxredeyes Troublemaking Rata (Meme) Send me your url for my personal opinion @halvcs Another Starter that I haven’t replied to, what’s wrong with you Lloyd? isn’t Genis your best friend? @iniquitousideals A Confrontational Revival @lightning-of-kharlan Yuan’s Nightmare (Meme) Send me your url for my personal opinion (Meme) Leave an object (Meme) Headcanon for Our Muses (Meme) Send a heart for something positive @mithosofcruxis Conflicting Ideals (Meme) Mun’s Opinions in a Handwritten Letter @ninthcompanion (Meme) Character Thoughts (Meme) Gentle Gestures (Meme) Mini Scenario (Meme) Pokemon Go Starters @piuslux (Meme) Headcanon for Our Muses @radiantdescender Let Me Tell You About My Dad Dirk @runningfromdesians Encounter in Luin @sunset-wings Swimming with Little Zelos (Meme) Character Thoughts (Meme) Affectionate/Nice Gestures (Meme) Regret @thisominousblog Nobody’s Perfect @yuukohan  Digimon/ToS Starter to be replied to someday...

[meltokioknight-blog]

UPDATE 2.0

Okay, so I am totally planning to come back here. Not sure about my other blogs at the moment, because so far I really only have the muse for Kratos again. Or at least, I really want to have his muse back.

So, in order to come back, I am clearing my drafts. Some things were deleted automatically because they were old and I didn’t want to continue them at all. However, I am going to list the other items and tag people. So if you guys want to continue what we were doing, let me know and I’ll work on it. I won’t be reblogging/replying to any memes or asks until I get them done, since they’ve been in drafts for many months now.

The List: (Note: these are not listed in order.)

What do-?! (everyone lives au) | storming a base | i gave you that scar | We Meet Again | Losing Control | Seeking Celsius | Evolving Exspheres | scar reaction meme (Kratos freaking out) | not fighting that - are all owed to @lightning-of-kharlan (that’s nine threads, holy shit!)

What is this World? - owed to @elysalark (noticed it shortly after getting back)

Stop the War | Training Mithos - owed to @mithosofcruxis

one thread owed to @promisesandcontradiction

one thread owed to @aethear

sparring with Lloyd - owed to @gentleidealist

one thread owed to @andyouthoughtdirtwasold

one thread and ask owed to @talesmusings

Angels in the Abyss - owed to @phoenixofgardios

one starter owed to @spiritedidealist (it was that AU thing we discussed way back, where Kratos raises Lloyd)

[broadswordandpistol]

44, 45, 79

44: What’s the boldest thing you do every day, just to feel like you’re still in control?

Get up in the morning, check that my gun's loaded, look in the mirror, and put it away.

Those days are thankfully fewer and fewer as time goes on.

"Can't say I ever stopped turning down the occasional job from the job board. If I'm not fighting, after a while, I don't feel alive."

45: What accusation would you defend yourself most fiercely against, even though you know it’s true?

"That's a weird question." He's having to think about it. Most of the time, if someone accuses him of something, he just accepts it.

That he actually likes Teepo, despite all the squabbling and threatening to eat him. Not that he'll admit it for a second.

79: What is your favorite strategy for avoiding difficult people?

"If they can't find you, they can't make your life difficult. Right? So try not to be where they are in the first place."

[mithosofcruxis]

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@andyouthoughtdirtwasold

The smell of the plasma from the lightning was getting to him at this point. As a small resistance he kicked up a wind spell, blowing away the ashes, the smell, and the evidence.

Though Yuan didn't look anywhere, Mithos could see him mentally scanning the area and the situation. It was nice to know that Yuan was just as bothered by it as he was.

"What do you think they'd be after? Magitech is a dime a dozen now, so they shouldn't be after your work."

[angelus-project]

@andyouthoughtdirtwasold​ (from here)

“When you deserve it, mostly.” Which was most of the time, honestly, but he didn’t need to know that. As much as she loved dunking on Yuan at any opportunity she got, the periodic fighting was getting old, so... she might as well give being civil the old college try.

[isaaccecilbryant]

It was interesting to watch Yuan work and navigate the tools and everything without sight. Isaac couldn’t put it into words properly, but he felt mesmerized by the process. 

“A 5.5...” Isaac repeated, digging through the tool kit. If Yuan asked for one of them screwdrivers with the weird names then he’d have struggled more. His mother knew tools better than Isaac did. Surely the one with 5.5 labeled on it was the correct one. Wouldn’t make logical sense if it wasn’t.

“Here you are.” He placed the handle firmly in Yuan’s hand, letting the elder inspect the tool. Boy if Isaac was wrong he’d feel like a moron.

“I am a citizen of the universe, and a gentleman to boot.” ((Isaac wouldn't let me scroll past DrWho prompts in peace...))

[@isaaccecilbryant | Doctor Who Sentence Starters | Accepting]

With a world-weary sigh, Yuan accepted the screwdriver that was handed to him. The weight in his hand was familiar enough to tell most of his tools apart but he still dragged his finger down to the end to evaluate it.

"Alright, citizen. Be a gentleman and hand me the 5.5 while you're at it."

[sunset-wings]

❛❛ What do you mean, Santa isn’t real? ❜❜

Zelos gave the old man a deadpan stare, certain that even if he couldn’t see it, he could sense it. “You’re kidding, right?” As old as he was, as long as he’d been around, there was no reason for Yuan to believe in a concept like Santa.

“If there is a Santa, he’s probably nobility, because he certainly plays favorites and isn’t above a little racism.” And classism. Children did not receive equal gifts on the holidays, no matter how ‘good’ they had been. They received what their families could afford.

“Besides, I’ve never received coal, and isn’t that a staple for ‘naughty’ types? I hardly qualify as nice.”