#anet do it i dare you

[megamangx]

cyberpunk 20227 the arasaka golden army

the corprations runed the future and it was dark witrh robots and dead dreams

but david was an edgerunner and didn't want to give up on a better world today "i will stop arasaka and help us make a better world" david said and Johnny silverhand cocked his shotgun "fuck yeah" johnny saaid

they gotted into a car with davids girlfriend rebbeca FUCK YTOU LUCY SHIPPERS BECCA IS BEST GRIL!! and there friend doc

in the car let you down played on the radio as they loaded there guns "We can do this Johnny we have hops and dreams burning the fires in our bellys"

they gotted out in the corporate district and sopened fire on the crowd "eat lead" david said shooting everyone there and rebecca fired her shotguns.

Then kiwi had come "i have too much metal in me I can not control itr david i am sorry but arasaka put too much cyberwear inside my body ahaghfghfghf" kiwis creamed

doc pointed in horror "DAVID MAN SHE IS GOING TO GO CYBERPHYSOC WE CAN NOT SAVE HER WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO KILL HER DAVID MY MAN!!!" doc said "Damn" said david and he blew kiwi away

"it was for her own good david" johnny told him.

then an army of arasaka stormtroopers and tanks and mech spiders comed out of arsaka tower and sabuto Arasaka the big boss man was there "you dare attack me I run the world and can nuke anyone that talks shit about mtE" sbutor proclimbed

"We know about the relic soulkiller plan we will stop you using humans as hosts for evil plans and free pl;anet from captalism" johnny said opening fire but Arasaka had a sheld and blocked the bullets

David got mad and shot gunned and used his sevendestation to slow the time down but sabuto arasaka kicked him and put the relic ship into his neck and red energy was all over him "help somethings in my mind taking over" david screamed

Davids eyes glowed red "i am Sadao araki general of imperial japan and finally i have a new young body" he grinned having bean takened over by sadaos engram which is a soul ghost but computer

"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO DAVID MAN!!!" doc pointed

Sabuto laughed "i am reviving imperal japan i made arasaka 100 years ago to do that and put the solders from ww2 into cyro sleep but now the army will wake that there general is back and we shall crush our oldest enemyes THE ALLIED POWERS" sabuto said activating the defreezing process under the arasaka building.

rebecca loaded her guns AS I REALLY WANT TO STAY AT YOUR HOUSE PLAYED "Please david you need to fight Sadao araki you ar still in there i know you have will power" she tryed to hug him

"ITS TOO STONG HES POWERFUL" david cryed trying to fight the generals engram

Adam smasher runned in and punched her "i will protec you araki san" adam shouted as he was about to muder rebecca but johnny fired a rocket "no your fight is with me after what you did back in 2020" and he opened fire with his dual pistols

Sadao then tryed to choke rebecca "DAVID IS GONE FOOL I AM ALL THERE IS AND IMPERAL JAPAN WILL RISE AGAIN" he said as she cryed and the music swilled loud.

"NO I WILL NOT HURT HER GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!!!!!!" david screamed ripping the relic out of his neck and stomping it with his foot ending the general for good and sabuto was mad at him "HOW DARE YOU" he shouted but david blew his shield up as him johnny doc and ebecca conimbed attacks and shot him to death.

"lets end this" johnnmy said calling in a helicopter as soloman reed dropped a nuclear bomb over arasaka ending the company forever as the edgerunners drove off into the sunset"

the end

[eparch]

No you know what this is stupid. Elder dragons are fictional video game characters who exist to serve a narrative because this is how characters work, and they also happen to be plot devices half the time. They're also enemies in this game because that's how the narrative works out.

But frankly I don't care what's going on in the fictional realm here, whats TRULY silly in this rabbit hole I've gotten myself is all the times i am reading this person essentially calling the players of this video game parasitic sheeple and assorted other vile accusations related to mental illness because players dare to, shocker, do what the game tells them to do in order to receive a reward, because this is what games do and what players tend to want. This does not make players bad people. Meta and event bosses are also divorced from the actual narrative context in the sense that they are more game than story even if Anet has done very well in combining them. Meta bosses being dragons jusr does not mean the people who made the video game hate dragons and want players to hate all dragons in existence

And ok I haven't slept in many hours and I am probably as incomprehensible but I just. Cannot take this shit. A video game telling people to kill a fictional dragon for a pixel reward is not the same as indoctrinating people into hurting othered and marginalized people I am losing my mind here

[velancea]

Ready for Malyck to show up during the Kralkatorrik fight with a hoard of sylvari like "SUP FUCKERS"

[commander-coppercogg]

Ok ok ok yelling about the new End of Dragons under the cut

We start off with a good air ship exploding love that that joke is still going

So it looks like we’re gonna be a part of a diplomatic mission. It’s nice to see Kas explicitly acting as an agent of the Queen, I always wished they’d use that for her character more

Shit that jade throne is baller

Love the different jade mech designs. They both look similar to other mechs we’ve seen and yet still very alien.

The final mastery tract is jade bots. The glider boost looks cool and one with a revive ability??? Sounds very useful for my elementalist lol I’m not used to being squishy

Floaty platform zip lines! Hell yeah!

Oh my god so pretty I love all the shots of that one cathedral looking building I can’t wait to explore it and a fucking hologram whale??!

The mysterious asura from the first trailer? It is the mysterious asura from the first trailer! Ok I originally thought she might be the commander stand in the way they had a human for Elona and a norn for Icebrood Saga (I know they have names but I can’t remember them, they show up at Dragon Bash) but nope it looks like she’s gonna be a full on character, please Anet I’ve been dying for asura content give it to meeeee

Mai Trin again I’m pretty sure. Again I’m not super familiar with her cause I don’t do Fractals but she’s definitely got an agenda going on.

Elite specs and siege turtles looking good as always

Damn this music slaps

Oh big fish

Ok loving the emphasis on mysteries and discovering the truth. I know one of the NPCs is a detective and I would loooove to see Marjory return to her detective roots, I missed out on all of that since I missed Living World Season 1 and I am a huge fan of detective fiction

CAITHE? CAITHE IS GONNA BE THERE???!

GORRICK AND TAIMI MY CHILDREN

WHO MADE GORRICK LOOK THAT SCARED HOW DARE YOU

Also Marjory has gone back to using her axe and Belinda’s sword is no where to be found I really can’t wait to find out what that’s about

Uuuuuh ok I honestly have no clue what that big swirly thing is. Honestly big “Hunger from the Adventure Zone” vibes. Like it could be the last Elder Dragon’s influence/magic/whatever but honestly my gut says no. It doesn’t look right. I dunno though but I do know I wanna poke it!

Release date is February 28! I had a feeling it was gonna be the end of February. That’s gonna be a bit crazy since there’s a couple other video games that are gonna drop around then that I know my bf is super excited for so that’s gonna be a bit wild

Oh my god that was such an excellent trailer oh my god I’m so excited I can’t waiiiiiiiit!!!

[queer-as-used-by-tolkien]

Canon Character Study: Sieran

Sieran, the famous cheerful Priory Magister who's always ready with a cherry if you dare have a negative thought.

As norn, if you choose to join the Priory:

Scholar Prott: She's whip-smart, fearless, and full of energy. You two should get along famously, though she tends to stir up trouble when she's bored.

Tybalt Leftpaw edges her out in popularity just because he chose a more common fruit (apples), but Sieran has a little spice of unperceived depth.

I look at these creatures, and I think of my home in the Grove. What would I be willing to do if something threatened it?

Narrijoo tells a pretty sad story, eh? But we can give it a happy ending.

Ha! I know what Gixx would say if I said that. "Don't be so frivolous, you fern-faced fathead." He'd say it in that unfriendly way of his, of course, as part of the joke.

Even if we find a way to save the world from the dragons, I sometimes wonder if we'll ever find a way to save us from ourselves.

Poor Gixx. You're just jealous that you're stuck in here being leadery and responsible, while we're having all the fun.

I was hoping to fall in love at least once before I died... but I guess I'm ready. If you are.

(Tiny disclaimer: that last one was a throwaway line in one of the earlier missions. -helpless, tearful glare- you monster, you - Anet your - foreshadowing, it hurts -)

She's a tragic character.

She's a brave, hopeful personality - but at the same time there's some sorrow, and a tinge of that loss that romantics die over. A drop of regret, unfulfilled.

Her character was one designed, from the start, to die. To deny her, irrevocably, what she always wanted and, somehow, knew she could never have.

Here's my summation of her character:

She has hope for the world, but not for herself.

She believes the world can be saved from the dragons. But she doesn't see herself as having a place in this freed future.

She's going to enjoy the world and all its fun while it lasts, but she isn't a hero, she can't save the world, but it's a bright brave amazing beautiful place, and -

And her last words were: There was so much I wanted to see.

Someday the world will be free, and someday the corruption will be washed away, and someday it will be far, far too beautiful to comprehend - but I feel as if she knew she would never see that day.

She knows that Gixx doesn't like her, but she's putting a positive spin on it because what can you do? Enjoy life while you can.

She said, before she died, that she'd learned friends would do anything for each other. But I think what she really learned was that anybody can save the world. Anybody can be a hero - heroes aren't brilliant, perfect creatures who make no mistakes and never let anything bad happen. Heroes are just people who try with all their strength, even when its hopeless, because what can you do? Make sure the people you love can enjoy the best life possible.

[ak8star]

A Set of Mount Headcanons

So I have some thoughts on specifics relating to Aku and Sydney's mounts:

Skimmers in General: So as a player this is my favorite mount due to its rather playful nature that is shown in its animations. I am hosed the day Anet comes around and make a plush!version of this mount. For the boys this translated to Sydney calling them 'Floaty Bastards (affectionate)' and Aku referring them to as 'Pancakes'. He has named the Pumpkin!Skimmer he uses Pancake.

The Living Pumpkins (Mad King mount skins): Aku was to blame for how the pair found themselves with these. It was around Halloween when Aku found odd pumpkins and brought them to home which at the time had been the Grove. The magic of Halloween had imbued life into these gourds. Aku had quickly made a bond with these creatures as a fellow plant being to another. Sydney is pretty sure they aren't but at this point has accepted these creatures into the fold and utilizes them himself.

The Plush Ones: Out in the Highland Desert one day Sydney spotted a mysteriously brightly dressed woman atop of an equally strangely bright griffon that looked not of feather and flesh but of fabric.

(crap you not this is what got me to finally sit down with my hoard of gold that I had just enough of to do the griffon mount get tasks. I forgot the skin existed until I saw this gal)

Sydney had heard of these beasts could be useful as means of travel but hadn't looked into it until that day. This strange version of a griffon seemed to be possibly a promotional thing from Tixx as it looked like a more scaled up version of a small animated toy that Sydney had seen Aku bring around Wintersday.

It was the most recent Wintersday (2021) that Sydney saw that Tixx had seemingly put together another one of these scaled up toys into a rideable mount this time raptor shaped. Sydney felt compelled to give the plush griffon he had taken in for himself a companion. Aku at the time was caught off guard by this as Sydney had not just one for himself but brought one for the plant too. Perhaps to make up for dragging him around to help with Skyscale raising/taming. (I bounced between files so that both partook in aspects of that endeavor)

From an outsider's view it was perhaps a bit of a sight to see someone of Sydney's size be paired with such cuddly companions. However who would be bold enough to dare ask. Sydney clearly looks like someone who could deck someone into the next calendar year and not just cause he's a Norn.

[tyrianstranger]

A short summary/reminder as to why ArenaNet went from great to shit in my eyes.

Hello, it’s me with this again, mainly writing it here so it remains to be accessible for anyone who would ever find themselves curious as to why I, personally think that ArenaNet is a piece of shit that soured my @guildwars2 experience pretty steadily! Read on if you dare or care. You can ingore it too, but I do want it to be here, at hand.

So at the beginning of April, ArenaNet ban-swept the Guild Wars 2 playerbase and blocked out about 1500 accounts, mine included. The reason was shoddy as fuck “game file tampering, hurr durr”. This actually was tiny, but borderline-Spyware detector of theirs, noticing that a select list of programs that they themselves at ANet deemed bad, were running alongside GW2. In my case, it was Cheat Engine, which, as I stated a trillion times, I use for modding/machinima stuff because I’m not a dumbshit to pair it onto an online game. But ANet didn’t care, and the mere fact that their spyware saw it running, earned me a six month ban. Despite they said they won’t accept appeals, and instantly jumped onto patting themselves on the back, mocking the afflicted users, and hiding behind their blind fanboi supporters’ skirt when someone said a wrong thing.. I did send them a ticket, because what the fuck kinda business practice is that. Two entire weeks passed without them as much as sneezing at me, presumably becase their customer service is shit, and because they invited an onslaught of rightful anger from wronged customers, not unlike yours truly. After that, I got a very brief response, which addressed NONE of my points, gave no information, no reason for anything. But it did state, in a very harrumph-kinda-way, that my ban is shortened to a month, and lo and behold I was back at the start of May.

This is where part two begins!

The day of the bans hitting, earlier, I did a couple things in my game. I created my norn thief Rorik in a freshly bought character slot, and bought the Norn Medium T3 armor, alongside an expensive staff skin I wanted.. lots of gems and gold moviing around.Now, when I returned to the game after my ban, all I had from these, was the character slot. All of the rest, were gone. The character, the items, all of it. The currency, too. The Black Lion Trading Post still showed that I bought the staff, but I did not have it on my account any more.Meaning the assholes rolled my account back.So naturally, I wrote a ticket to them about it! A week passed, with no response, during which I reacquired everything I lost. The character, the armor set, and the staff. One time, I also found an inexplicably-appearing 414 gems on my TP, which I gladly used for my own needs.On the 8th day after my ticket went up, I got a response, in which ANet stated they “find nothing missing”. No sign that they were the ones to compensate me with gems, nothing, just a dumbass, slow reaction, in which they thought I lost nothing.Which was in truth just me, re-acquiring everything I lost under the time their slowass got around checking my ticket. So I pretty much responded asking them to close the ticket down, as I’d rather not waste my time on useless customer support.And that’s the end of it! It kinda pains me to realize how clumsy, rash, dumb and asinine a company is sitting behind my favorite game, but hey. One can still like the art while disliking the artist.Also this is hopefully the last I have to actually deal with them like this, as a customer. Because boy does this paint them bad.THE END

[ladyfireheart-and-buzzard]

The Flames in Her Eyes, Chapter 8: Silver Lake

Masterlist

Tyler

I woke up to one hell of a headache. Surprisingly, I was on the ground by the fire instead of the sleeping area where James and Kai still slept. But not Celine. No, my mate crouched before the fire, still gazing at the fading embers with unblinking eyes. She was shaking, not from the cold, but exhaustion. Her face was paler than usual, and I could see dark circles under her eyes.

I remembered, then; Lin awoke in the middle of the night and sat beside me for a couple of minutes. After that, I just blacked out. Now she kneeled before the dying fire, her sword lying carelessly on the ground next to her, some sort of silvery-black liquid covering it. It looked like she just collapsed from the exhaustion and hadn’t moved since.

She didn’t seem to notice me as I approached her.

Her hair was still in its braid but not as neat as it had been last night. A couple of bruises bloomed on her shoulders and arms, a small cut above her brow, and one, longer, along her jaw. Strangely, considering her mixed Fae and wolf blood, the wounds did not heal, though they did not bleed, either.

The forest around us looked scorched-- as though some great fire had burned here for hours.

“Lin,” I murmured to her. My mate’s eyes whipped to my face, snapping out of whatever stupor she was in. She stood, stumbling slightly.

“Holy Goddess,” Kai said as he too awoke, looking around the clearing. James followed suit.

“What happened?” I asked my mate gently. Her shoulders were curved inward, her eyes slowly blinking. Tired, she looked so, so tired.

My friends finally looked at Celine. Kai even went as far as to offer her a bottle of water. She drank a bit, but not much.

“What happened?” I asked her again, my tone more demanding as I gripped her scarred wrist, where another bruise blossomed.

She yanked her hand out of my grip and stalked off. “Nothing interesting.” The lie was so blatant, especially with our current setting, and the way she looked suggested that something big had occurred here while we slept.

“Were we attacked?” James scanned my mate from head to toe-- like it would yield him any answers.

Lin only pursed her lips. It was an answer in itself.

“Why didn’t you wake us?” Celine flinched at how loudly I said it. I sighed.

“Do you remember that time you chased after me after breakfast?” Her voice was a bit hoarse, like she’d been screaming. I nodded. “You asked me who poisoned me.” Kai let out a sort of an outraged squawk at that.

“You told me some sort of creatures did it. The kind that could easily slay us.”

Lin nodded. “Some of those creatures attacked me last night.”

I noticed the emphasis she put on the word ‘me’, not ‘us’. “Why didn’t you wake us, then?” I asked again. “You look like you could’ve used some help.”

“I was a bit busy,” she hissed, narrowing her eyes. “Plus, you would’ve only been a distraction and very likely carrion.”

“You say that,” James started, watching my mate closely. “Like you think the three of us-- perhaps the greatest warriors on the whole damn continent-- can’t take on whatever these things are. Yet you can?”

Celine raised her brows at my Beta. “It’s not a thought,” she said all too casually. “It is a fact.” Pointing a dagger I hadn’t realized she’d taken from wherever she kept it at us, she added, “and you three are not the best warriors on the whole damn Continent. Not even close.” My mate pointed the blade at herself, a small smile spreading across her lips. “I am.”

Kai snorted. “What, pray tell, makes you say that?” Celine looked up at my Gamma with wide, innocent eyes. She threw her dagger at him. It hit a tree, grazing Kai’s ear and leaving a light red welt in its wake. “A great warrior is someone who is unbeatable in combat, if not completely unkillable,” Lin threw another dagger I hadn’t noticed her holding, grazing Kai’s other ear before hitting the same tree, millimeters away from the first dagger. She looked at me as she said her following words. “I just so happen to be very hard to kill.”

“You have a lot of experience proving yourself right?” I asked sarcastically.

My mate’s gaze darkened, becoming serious, an icy sort of fire filling it. Her smile instantly fell as she lifted her head and narrowed her eyes at me. “You’d be surprised with how well I am acquainted with Death, Alpha.” Then she turned around and, shrugging on her leather jacket, began her preparations for our journey. Gritting my teeth, I did the same. James and Kai followed suit.

***

Mercifully, the color returned to Celine’s face, and the dark circles had disappeared after just an hour of silent walking. The only sounds were the crackling leaves beneath our feet, the howling wind, and the few birds that dared to come out chirping. Silver Lake was the northernmost pack on the Continent, so it became colder the further north we ventured.

“Do you have magic?” I finally asked.

Lin looked at me quizically. “Why would I have magic?”

“You’re Fae, aren’t you? The Fae have magic.”

“I’m only part Fae. There’s a lot of difference between me and the others.” Her fingers brushed over the delicate points of her ears. “I only got a bit of Fae blood from my mother’s line, and that granted me sharper senses and speed. Nothing more.”

“And those pretty, pretty ears,” Kai laughed. Celine rolled her eyes while I glared at my friend. Kai only shrugged in response.

Silence followed us for a long while, then Celine asked softly, “What’s Silver Lake like?” There was genuine curiosity in her voice, so I replied honestly. “It’s… homey,” I began. “Named after the lake in the forest. They say it has some sort of magical healing powers.”

Lin nodded as I added, “It’s easy to get lost if you don’t know the area, but I suppose you’re going to have to see it for yourself.”

***

We arrived home just as the sun began to disappear beyond the horizon.

We were greeted by several guards who’d been stationed along the north-eastern border and Anete, the High Priestess of Silver Lake.

The female lowered her head when I approached and kept it so when Lin did too.

“Alpha, Luna,” she murmured. I had no idea how she knew Celine was my mate, but I brushed it off as something the goddess whispered in her ear.

Anete extended her hand toward Lin, and my mate took it. Reluctantly. The priestess closed her eyes. “I can see it, yes,” Anete murmured. “All you’ve been through, all the pain and suffering, all the ones you’ve lost… but you lived. You survived.” Celine looked mortified at the priestess’s words. “Such a shame they did not get to experience life.” The female continued quietly. “But do not worry. Your children shall be the most glorious this world has ever--” my mate yanked her hand away from Anete, her eyes wide. Anete only smiled, nodding slightly, as though passing some kind of silent message to Lin.

I cleared my throat, and both females turned to me. Anete bowed low and left, most likely back to her temple. My mate still looked shocked, haunted even, her brows furrowed, eyes unfocused. She swallowed and looked at me again. “Shall we?” I nodded and proceeded to lead the way to my home.

“What… what did she mean?” I asked, referring to the priestess.

Celine shrugged. “No idea. Probably some priestess-ish bullshit prophecy or something.” After a pause, she added, “No offense.”

I chuckled. “None taken.”

My pack didn’t have a Pack House. We did have a hall for various formal gatherings and other whatnots, but no one actually lived there. The house I lived in with my family, and now my Luna, was located close to the center of the pack, and because of that, it took us nearly ten minutes to get there.

Three stories high with balconies on the second and third floors and a terrace as a porch, my home was by far the biggest one in Silver Lake.

I glanced back at Lin, only to find her staring up at the house with wide eyes and mouth hanging open. I laughed and said, extending my hand to her, “Come on, you can ogle it all later.” Lin didn’t take my hand but followed me inside nonetheless.

***

Celine

To say my new home was ‘big’ would be an understatement. Though not enormous, it had undoubtedly been made to impress. With white bricks and a flat roof, most likely with an entrance from the top floor, this house looked intimidating, but… homey… yes, I believe it could become so.

The air smelled of fresh snow and rain, and I loved it. It was hot most of the year in Rosewood, except for winter when some cold winds deigned to blow.

We stepped onto the porch, and Tyler opened the door. The voices of two people greeted us as we entered.

“I’m betting you ten goldens that he’s brought his mate,” a female said.

“Fifteen, and it’s probably some ambassador,” a male replied.

“Deal.”

Tyler cleared his throat, and two heads turned our way from where I presumed was the dining room.

The female had auburn hair and a pale complexion; her sea-green eyes seemed to pierce right through me as she scanned me from head to toe. She looked similar to Tyler. It must be his younger sister, then.

The male, on the other hand, didn’t share any features with my mate except for their identical green eyes. His inky black hair was a stark difference compared to his brother’s charcoal.

Both siblings watched me with the intense gaze I’d become so familiar with.

“Who are you?” The sister asked after long moments of silence.

“Celine Dawn,” I purred, giving a mocking bow. “A pleasure to meet you.”

Tyler’s sister must’ve noticed how close I stood to my mate because she turned to her brother and, grinning, said, “You owe me ten goldens. Pay up, asshole.”

Before the male could reply, my mate stepped up and said, “Can we please not make bets on my mate?” Something in me stirred at the way he addressed me. I suppressed a shudder.

The girl approached me, completely ignoring her brother. “I’m Erin. It’s nice to meet you, Luna.” I almost recoiled at the title, but Erin’s smile was so warm, so inviting. I nodded, and she pointed at her brother, who now stood, talking with Tyler, James, and Kai about something. “That’s Thomas, our older brother and a goddess-damned pain in my ass.”

I chuckled a bit, and my mate’s eyes snapped to me for a moment before turning back to Thomas. I frowned. “He’s… your older brother and Tyler’s?” When Erin nodded, my frown deepened slightly. “So if he’s the eldest, why isn’t he the Alpha?”

“Because I’m not fit to rule,” came the male in question’s reply. “An Alpha should be a great warrior and a diplomat, and Ty is a much more skilled fighter than I would ever be, so we’d decided he’d ascend to this position after Father’s death years ago. Father agreed.”

Interesting.

Erin looked me over again and suggested we get me new clothes. After all, mine were covered in dirt, and since I had no spare garments, the female offered to lend me some.

Taking off my boots, I let her lead me away up a staircase and to, what I assumed, her room.

It was pretty, in the same way this whole house was pretty; an enormous canopy bed where I could’ve sworn someone was napping, but Erin led me into her walk-in closet too quickly for me to see.

I dropped my bag to the floor quietly so as not to wake whoever slept in Erin’s room.

“What do you feel like wearing for dinner?” She asked, showing a little way too many options. I considered. “Nothing too fancy.” Erin nodded and rummaged through her closet for another minute before giving me a cream-colored sweater and dark grey jeans. “I think it would look great on you. We’re the same height, so it should fit.” She handed me the clothes and stepped back into the bedroom, giving me the privacy to change. I appreciated it more than she knew.

I did not look in the mirror as I undressed. I knew what I would see; a body with dozens upon dozens of scars. I saw them often enough as it was.

Once I was done, I called out to Erin, and she returned. Her eyes alit as she took me in. The sweater’s neckline was lower than I liked, exposing part of a scar over my left breast and the ones on my collarbone. Erin noticed them too, but unlike Tyler, she didn’t pry for any details. A sympathetic smile was all I got. She and I could be good friends, I realized.

She told me to sit, and I obeyed. Erin crouched behind me and began brushing my hair. When she saw my Fae ears, her eyes lit up once more. “You’re… Fae.” It wasn’t entirely a question.

“Only partially,” I shrugged.

She swept the upper half of my hair into a tiny bun, securing it with a few pins. Then she clapped her hands and said, “You’re ready! Let’s go eat. I’m starving!”

Laughing at her enthusiasm, I followed her downstairs.

[nicked-hatchet]

The Orders and their armour

I woke up full of spite and vinegar and I have to put it into words.

So! Tyria has three orders, right? The Vigil, the Order of Whispers, and the Durmond Priory. I want to take a look at their armours; specifically the armour class that matches the ‘character’ of each of them.

Let’s start with the Vigil.

The Vigil are the brawn. They believe that an army of all of Tyria’s people united is needed to protect the world. These are the guys you’ll see helping  people in the the fields, keeping bandits and dragon minions at bay from outposts and villages with good old fisticuffs. They’re the soldiers so let’s have a look at their soldier class armour.

Alright. Roman inspired helmet, yeah? The gauntlets and boots look a little clunky to me and those pauldrons look fit to hurt your friends in tight quarters but eh. I do dig the half skirt thing going on with the greaves. It does look more practical than many other heavy armours in the game which makes sense if you’re outfitting an army. Don’t want to have glowy people running around blinding each other or whacking each other with 5-foot spikes on their helmets.

Let’s have a look at what the ladies get.

Ugh. Uuuuugh. What is this? What is that breastplate? Not only has it got boobplate with a boob window but it’s open on the sides and the back? What the fuck? Do you want people stabbing your soldiers in their spines and vital organs? And don’t even get me started on what’s basically a fucking armoured miniskirt with thigh high boots. What even?! You’d think the order focused on combat would know how to outfit their soldiers! WHAT IS THIS?!? FUCK! WHY WITH THIS BULLSHITTERY?!?!

Okay, okay, calming down and moving on.

The Order of Whispers are the spies and the assassins. They believe that overt techniques will not prevail and instead to protect Tyria you have to work from the shadows. They’ll know what you ate for dinner last night and they’ll use it to shelter those around you from the stinky farts that may follow. Any dragon minion tries to infiltrate Tyrian settlements these guys will know it instantly and will have the threat taken care of without you even noticing it. Let’s have a look at their adventurer class armour.

Mmm yeah. Lots of knives and blade-y things on it. A little open in the back mayhaps, but hey, I can forgive it for the overall cool Assassin’s Creed style look of this thing. It’s pretty dang neat. Makes you look like a badass.

How ‘bout their ladies?

Eeech…. I mean… Eeeech… Why don’t the ladies get the awesome facemask? What? And how is that top even staying on? Or the hood for that matter? I guess if the men show a little back the ladies gotta show all of it? Oh and have a look at that navel hole. Just so you know where to stick that blade to hit the guts and juicy parts. At least her legs are covered. Sheesh.

Okay, last order now.

The Durmond Priory; our resident scholars and historians. These guys collect every single book, dig up every single artifact, collect every witness statement of events, and safeguard the information so that the knowledge may be used to protect Tyria. Risen at your doorstep? They’ve got an old human artifact that will transform you to an avatar of the god of war, smiting anything that dares enter your home. Let’s have a look at their aptly named scholar class armour.

I’m not gonna lie; this is my least favourite of the bunch. It’s a little too… busy? I dunno. It does tend to look better in the order colours which are a bit more muted than the gold trims that feature here. Either way it looks pompous and important which is in character for these guys. They’re the wisest and best in their own ‘humble’ opinion and I do like that they’ve got some proper pants under that robe.

Ladies..?

Oh with the random patches of skin showing. What ARE those boobsocks? WHY?! You’re SCHOLARS! WHAT PURPOSE DO THOSE SERVE?! Do you have to SEXY the books to read them?! Everything else here is comparable to the male version! It’s just the chest piece! Look at that! It’s like they actually made this armour pretty much equal to the male counterpart and then the creepy marketing guy come over and went “can’t have this!” and brought out his shitty photoshop. WHY WITH THIS?!

I love this fucking game, okay? I love the world, I love the lore, and I love all the things it does right in terms of representation. But it also does so many things wrong and all the good examples make the bad ones so much more egregious. And there are a lot more bad examples than this. These are just some that stick out in my mind right now because they’re not only examples of stupid sexy female armour, but they’re also out of character for their orders. This makes no sense!

Anet plz. I ask again; why with this?

[melesor]

Anet being problematic as always...

An interesting convo I had today with @thefrostflower while I was running around in Southsun Cove doing map complete with @buttercreambear

Nathan Next up on things that Anet does that pisses me off: this

Nathan Nice Spanish? themed ship, a classic just one problem: WHERES THE STEERING WHEEL?!?!?!

Frost oh my god i'm sitting here looking at this boat like, ok so what's the issue you nerd

Nathan I have very basic knowledge about ships, like... a month ago I had to look up what a STAFF was on it but yeah or was it mast... in any case

Frost i'm uncultured swine and know nothing of ships 

Nathan "I got it, lets design a car with no engie!" 

Frost they steer it with magic

Nathan gOD 100% done with ur shit anet lol

Frost Us: Where's the steering wheel? Anet:

Nathan ok so maybe i'm a tiny bit of a ship nerd cause Les even said maybe they steer it with long paddles but its obviously not designed for that (aka viking/greek style) BEUEHAAUH

Frost (tfw your reaction images folder is so big it takes you a little while to find one single picture)

Nathan ppffhfhfh

Frost Anet: THERE'S DRAGONS THAT EAT MAGIC AND SUPER MARIO AR HOLOGRAMS THAT CAN KILL YOU AND GIANT CAT PEOPLE WITH HORNS Anet: AND YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT STEERING WHEELS? Us: yes Us: so where is it

Nathan dark anet show us the forbidden steering wheels

Frost Guild Wars 3: Featuring steering wheels!

Nathan bebueahuaa chop chop anet

Frost Elona? Cantha? New elites? Aurene? NAH STEERING WHEELS

Nathan HELL YEAH

Frost expac2's new gimick a la gliding steering wheels in every boat even the dinkies oh, that wood raft floating aimlessly out in the puddle that was once Lake Doric? now has a steering wheel

Nathan omfg do it anet i dare you

Frost Anet: hope you're happy motherfuckers

Nathan *crylaughing*

[elliotthezubat]

DEATH CITY DAYS CHAPTER 113

 Drones: *patrolling the halls*

chie: ...

Kepuri: *plugged WASHU into a wall* "Stand still, sweetie--I need a few more seconds to check the security..."

WASHU: ok ~shu!

-meanwhile-

*a computer in Queenie's lab says 'Access Broken'*

Queenie: *hears the alert, but assembling her invention* "Check that."

naoka: *examining*

*looks like someone is trying to hack from the hall near the docking station...but the security cameras show no one there*

PlushFix: *panting* "Jeez, hurry up--I can only loop time so much!"

Kepuri: "SHHHH! I'm working!"

Queenie: "What is it? Well?"

naoka: i dont...see anyone...

Queenie: "Then send someone to look."

Kepuri: "Almost there...Got it! I disabled security!"

PlushFix: *lets go, sighs...*

chie: excellent.

nea: now let's go!

*the security feed in Queenie's lab flickers--then goes back to normal*

naoka: !!!

Queenie: "???" *narrows her eyes* "So..."

naoka: shall i deal with them?

Queenie: "Please, yes."

naoka: very well.

Kepuri: *pulls up a map* "Yohei could be in one of the prisons--"

PlushFix: "Bullshit! I know where he is! I got his scent! Follow me, ladies!"

Zuno: "??? But what about--"

PlushFix: "You heard me."

-BANG-

nea: YEEK!

Zuno: *triggered, collapses* "Not again!"

naoka: *holding a pistol* im afraid this is as far as you go.

Drones: *appear behind Naoka, aiming at Dokeshi House*

PlushFix: OwO "Oooooo~ Nice pistol!"

chie: dark spire!......?? what?

Kepuri: ._.;

naoka: *her eyes are dull* shoot them!

Drone: "ROGER!" *aim, fire*

chie: *dodging*

Kepuri: "Chie, what are you doing?! Dark spire her!"

chie: i-i cant use my shadows!

naoka: i've disabled it for the time being. my ability let's me do that.

Drone: *aims at Nea and Kepuri* "I identified the droids that hacked into our system. Release the droids."

Kepuri: "Uuuuuuum..." *waves her hand*

Drone: "Wh...What are you doing?"

Kepuri: "These are not the droids you're looking for."

Drone: "..." *points the gun into Kepuri's forehead*

Kepuri: Q______Q

-KICK-

Drone: *kicked into the wall, smashing into bits*

nea: and STAY down!

Kepuri: *hug* "Oh thank you!" T~T

PlushFix: "LESS HUGS, MORE PUNCHING!" *gnawing the top of a Drone's head*

mimeca: *cartwheel kicks a few of the drones*

Drones: *falling like dominos* "Ow. Ow. Ow. Ow."

Drone: -____-; *finger flicks PlushFix away*

PlushFix: *crashes into GET*

mimeca: D8 D8< *tries to transform* OxO;

naoka: dont stop now!

Zuno: *shaking...* "Not again...Not again..." *his nosehairs are quivering...*

Drone: "Roger!" *fires at Kepuri*

Kepuri: "WASHU! Suds them!"

chie: zuno, now isnt the time to panic, we need your help too!

WASHU: BUBBLE SPRAY ~SHU!

Zuno: "I can't! Where are we?!" *holds his head* "I feel like I got 2800 transmissions going through my head! I--I--!!! I know what they're trying to do! I just got them all! ...Who are you?"

chie: .....

Drones: *washed away*

WASHU: mission accomplished ~shu!

Drone: "I am not owed a wash until Thursday..." @~@

chie: we're here to stop the people that hurt you, now what did you find out?

Zuno: "F-Fear...They're going to kill all humans with an EMP blast...to overload their brains--" *screams loudly, holding his head*

*A rush of Drones appear...There are too many...*

Drone Leader: "Aim at all but Commander Naoka! On my mark..."

Kepuri: "!!! GET! Shield!"

GET: BYUUUU! *shield up*

chie: !!! how do we stop them?

*the blasts firing, shrinking GET's shield...*

Kepuri: "GET!"

GET: *trying to hold it*

Zuno: *shaking...shaking...and all of his hair, down to the eyebrows, is suddenly pulled into his body with a loud disgusting SWISH noise...*

PlushFix: "...Oh, that's just wrong..." *hugs Mimeca*

mimeca: .___.

nea: unsee it! unsee it! UNSEE IT!

Zuno: *shakes...shakes...suddenly, hair explodes out of his head like spires--*

Kepuri: "?!!! DUCK!"

chie: !!!

PlushFix: "Where--" *SLASHED*

Drones: "What the h--"

*The hair stabs through all Drones*

mimeca: D8

naoka: ?!?! what? what's going on?!

Drones: "..." *all start shaking before--*

*BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM*

naoka: ?!?!?

Zuno: @_____@ "...Chie? Why are we on a space station? Where's Assi? I just remembered my birth-...birthd..." *collapses...*

PlushFix: *gasps, panting...* "Mimeca...I see a light..."

mimeca: D8> *shaking him*

Kepuri: "We got 2 men down. Chie, you got your powers back yet?"

chie: *summons a small tendril* yeah...*

-elsewhere-

mana: how far do we have to go yet?

lin: not too far now. just past this farmers market.

Emine: *summons the Wall behind them to block Fear Mooks*

minato: *slashing at foes*

Bryn: "So you think this will get us into their base? Seems kind of dodgy..."

lin: -n-

Shotaro: "Come on--this is us! How hard can this be--"

*SLASH*

Shotaro: "EEK!" *leaps, avoiding a sword*

mana: ?! *looks*

*it's--*

Shotaro: *GASP* "A giant lion man!"

King Leo: "Back down, knaves, or suffer my wrath."

virgo: .~.;; e-eep! >.<

Scorpio: *aims their tail* "Calm down, lady--I got this..." *stabs at Lin*

lin: *stabs her hand with a fork and detaches her torso from her lower half to dodge*

Capricorn: *munching on an apple core* "Jeez, what a bunch of weirdos..."

Shinoda: "...I see you too are a person of fine taste."

minato: well, i take it you guys are the one in charge of these scrubs?

Shotaro: *tugs Mana's arm* "Look--look! His bottom part is a horse body!"

Aries: "That would be me..." *sipping an energy drink* "What's up?"

Gem: well these are....

Ini: ...interesting folks.

Sagittarius: -_-# *aiming an arrow* "We were ordered to eliminate all but the 3 captives. I say we start with the Bai Ze..."

lin: not if i have anything to say about it!

Taurus: "I'm not usually interested in impaling little girls, but first time for everything..." *moos*

minato: *charges*

Cancer: "No you don't, lady!" *snaps at her with claws*

Tool: "?!!!" *backs up Minato*

Taurus: "MOOOOOOO--" *rushes at Lin*

Bryn: *blocks, holding Taurus back*

mono: *charges to attack with her knife*

Scorpio: *using their tail to "knife fight" with Mono*

mono: *SLASH SLASH*

Aries: *leans back against a wall, continues to sip*

Shotaro: *using Bone of the Bat to fly up behind Virgo, hanging upside down* "So, what's your power?"

virgo: Q~Q p-please...d-d-dont hurt me... >///<

Shotaro: "??? Not really interested in that--Just want to get into the Fear Factory base to save our buddy!"

Emine: *caught in-between Gem and Ini* "..."

virgo: f-f-fear...factory? i-it's in i-i-IC p-prefecture. WAH! s-sorry! i-i-i wasnt s-supp-posed to t-t-tell you! >~<

gem: take...

ini: ..this!

-they throw a double punch-

Shotaro: ^w^ "Cool! Thank you, ma'am!" *swings back* "HEY, EVERYONE! THEY'RE BACK IN IC PREFECTURE!"

Emine: *holds up both hands, now covered in his blood, as he tries to push them back*

LK: virgo: *weeps* i-im sorryyyyy...

King Leo: "How dare you make her cry!" *battle roar, swinging his sword at Shotaro*

Shotaro: "?!!!" *bites on Bone of the Tiger, summoning claws and a tail* "Hey, neat sword! You make that yourself?"

gem: where the heck...

ini: ...are libra, aquarius, and pieces?!

*flop flop*

Pieces: *gasping for air on the floor* "WATER!"

aquarius: *giving them water* poor dear..

mono: ugh! how many of you are there?!

aquarius: 13, technically, counting the twins.

gem: thank...

ini: ...you!

Shotaro: *picks up Pieces* "And what's your power?"

Pieces: Q___Q "I need to be in water..."

aquarius: ahhh~ my poor little pieces~ he's so helpless without me, isnt he~<3

Bryn: *wrestling with Taurus* "Back down...

kaoli: *dodging attacks*

Cancer: *SNAP SNAP SNAP* "Ha ha ha ha! Let me chip away a bit off the top!"

kaoli: hmm, could use butter.

Cancer: "...OH, YOU'RE FUCKING DEAD NOW!" *SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP SNAP*

Capricorn: *ramming at Mana*

mana: HI-YAH!

Shinoda: *stares at Aries* "...I notice you're not doing anything in this..."

Aries: "Oh, just waiting..."

Shinoda: "...Then wait no longer." *swiftly grabs Aries by the neck, knocking the drink out of his hand*

Aries: "..." *sad smile* "Aw, that's a real shame. I wasn't done with that..." *looks Shinoda in the eyes*

Shinoda: "... ..." *his eyes roll into the back of his head before he collapses*

lin: !!! SHINODA!

Emine: "Why did he collapse...!!! Get away from that one!"

Libra: -_-# "Darn...Why can't he hide his ability...Now they know."

Shotaro: "??? Did he sap his energy?"

mana: i dont....know....

Bryn: *trying to suplex Taurus...then she passes out...Taurus landing atop her*

-elsewhere-

PlushFix: *ripped up in Mimeca's hands*

mimeca: *trying to sew him back up*

Kepuri: *carrying Zuno* "Jeez, he weighs a ton...* >_<

PlushFix: "Her...lab...He's..."

mimeca: <8D

chie: where is he?

PlushFix: "...President's Lab..." *gasps* X______X

mimeca: !!!!

PlushFix: *he's not moving...*

chie:...we should keep going.

nea: right.

Kepuri: "..." *taps into her tablet* "Lab is straight ahead..."

chie: *walking forwards*

Kepuri: "I don't see anything in the reports where they kept Yohei...What if he's..."

chie: dont.

Kepuri: "..."

*CLANK CLANK STEP STEP*

chie: !!!

Kepuri: "!!! Something's coming."

marie anette: *in a fork lift* hello lovelies~ now die~<3

*a siren goes off above the hallway entrance leading to the President's lab, as doors start closing*

Kepuri: "?!! Get through the doors, now!"

chie: *rushes in*

Kepuri: *trying to follow--only for the doors to slam in front of her* "Damn it! Chie, keep going! I'll try to hack us back in--"

Marie anette: *charges at her*

Kepuri: "?!!!" *dodges, still carrying Zuno* >_< "Someone as short as me shouldn't be having to carry this guy! ... ... ..." *collapses on the floor* T~T

mimeca: !!!

PlushFix: "..." *small twitch*

marie anette: NYAHAHAHA! THAT'S WHAT YOU MEANIES GET FOR HURTING NAOKA!

nea: *dodging*

PlushFix: "Hm..." *gasping, struggling to breathe...*

Kepuri: "WHO THE FUCK IS NAOKA?!"

naoka: *from the floor* that...would be me.

Kepuri: "Oh..." *kicks Naoka*

naoka: grk-

marie anette: D8<

Kepuri: "WE!" *kick* "ARE TRYING!" *kick* "TO SAVE OUR FRIEND!" *kick* "FROM YOU STUPID! FUCKING! ASSHOLES! And your benefits at this job? They were shit! Do you know how much money I'm making now in better work than this crap?!"

mimeca: *starts transforming into...*

nea: o___o WHAT THE FUCK.

mimeca: *shes turned into a xenomorph*

Kepuri: "... ... ...Oh, yes."

marie anette:.... *SCREEEEEEEEEEEAM*

Kepuri: "You better run, bitch!"

marie anette: WAAAH NAOKA HEEEELP! >A<

-elsewhere-

{???: <Sis? Hey, sis? Earth to Mana!>}

{mana: ??}

{Mana's Brother: <Come on--we need the dojo for some training. Can't you practice elsewhere?>}

{mana: <yoh? what's going on?>}

{Yoh: <Jeez, space cadet much?> *small playful light jab to her arm* <Come on! You said you'd be done at 7! Well, it's 7 now! Mom has your breakfast ready, so, scoot! Dad's going to teach me more about the ultimate move!>}

{mana: <but-....*sigh* fine then...> *exits*}

{*some neighborhood kids are playing outside...one looks at Mana*}

{Kid 1: <Ew, it's stinky Mana!>}

{mana: *glares*}

{Kid 2: <Ha ha ha! I didn't know it was garbage day--your parents finally put you out?>}

{mana: *walking faster* <just leave me alone, ok?> (what is this? why am i back here?...)}

aquarius: what shall we do with them, aries? do we just kill them now-

Aries: *shakes their head* "The Dokeshi boy, the kappa, and the girl are to go back to the space station. As for the others...Let's have some fun with them..." *pulls out a permanent marker* "After all, I think their dreams will do them in..."

{Bryn: *tapping her fingers on the desk* Gah, so boooooooooring! When are they letting us out?}

{helen: sis, please be patient. you've gotten into enough fights as it is.}

{Bryn: -_-; I don't _start_ the fights--but I damn sure end them!}

{Teacher: *glaring at Helen and Bryn*}

{helen: ._.;;}

{*Suddenly, the windows smash, as Viking zombie ninjas jump into the room*}

{helen: WHAT THE-?!}

{Bryn: Oh, hell yeah! *picks up the desk* LET'S DO THIS!!! *tosses the desk at 3 Vikings, then tackles 2 more* RAAAAAAAWR!}

-…-

{Shinoda: *vomiting...he's in a track uniform...he's kind of overweight* *gulps* <I-I can't do this...I'm not even cut out for this...>}

{-how pathetic...-}

{Shinoda: *closes his eyes* <I'm trying! But...I'm so hungry...Coach said carbs are a no-no, but right now, I just want something...Mom makes such good apple pie and-->}

{-you know what they say about an apple a day...-}

{Shinoda: "..." *sniffles*}

{Track Member 1: <He's doing it again...Guy's purging.>}

{track member 2: <ugh, so gross.>}

{Track Member 3: <And he's gotten it all over his uniform...I think he needs to hit the showers...Come on, boys...>}

{Shinoda: <?!!! N-No!>}

{-do you want them to stop?-}

{Track Member 1: *ripping off Shinoda's shirt* <Dunk him under the faucet!> *shoving Shinoda into the shower stalls*}

{Shinoda: ("Please...I just want to be strong...I just want to eat...I want apples...I want to stop these bastards!")}

{-then your wish is my command-}

{Shinoda: *his eyes widen*}

{Track Member 3: <Get his pants-->}

{*CHOKE*}

{Track Member 3: "GRRK!"}

{Shinoda: "... ... ..." *tightens his grip...*}

{track member 2: <w-what?!>}

{Shinoda: *glares--as he throws Track Member 3 so hard that you can hear a loud *CRACK* before he falls, unconscious, onto the boys' shower room floor*}

{Track Member 1: <?!!! You bastard--> *swings--*}

{Shinoda: *already disappeared*}

{Track Member 1: <??!>}

{Shinoda: <Behind you.> *karate chop to the back of his head*}

{Track Member 1: *coughs up blood before passing out*}

{track member 2: !!! <p-please dont hurt me!>}

{Shinoda: *smiles* <Let's clean you up...> *lifts him by the neck, dragging him towards the toilet...*}

-...-

{Tool: *a child, sitting atop a broken log in the middle of water* "..."}

{-the area is dark...-}

{Tool: *looks up to the sky*}

{-a baby cry can be heard in the distance-}

{Tool: *ear twitch* "???" *gets up, picking up a small carved wooden shiv, hops across debris towards the noise*}

{-on the edge of the water near some reeds is a baby kappa-}

{Tool: "?!!!" *carefully lifts up the baby* <How did you get here...>}

{???: <junya! come here! quickly!>}

{junya: <etsuko, what is- !!! a baby kappa?>}

{-a middle aged human couple examine the baby-}

{baby: *cries*}

{etsuko: <the poor dear....do you think she was abandoned?>}

{Tool: <I just...saw her...>}

{junya: <hmm, hard to say. perhaps she could be an orphan, or she might not be.>}

{etsuko: <well, it's getting dark, i'd hate to leave her all alone like this...>}

{junya: <etsuko, it'd be dangerous to bring home a yokai child if the parent just left it here for a while and may come looking for it.>}

{etsuko: <it will only be for a while, junya. besides, it'd be nice to have a child of our own...>}

{Tool: <Hey, I just said--Can't you humans listen?! I said I just spotted her-->}

{-his hand goes right through them-}

{Tool: <?!!! What the hell is this?!>}

{minato: <a memory...my parents. adoptive parents, anyway...>}

{Tool: <???> *turns around* <A memory? But this feels so real and--...Where are the others? How did we get here?>

{minato: <not sure. must be that goat kid's power, if i had to guess...>}

{Tool: *sighs* <Super...Well, if our souls are stuck in here, stands to reason there has to be a way for us to get out...>}

{minato: <way ahead of you.>}

-...-

{Yohei: "Hey, kid. At attention."}

{mono: *salutes* SIR!}

{Yohei: "Good...Today's your big day. Parents in the audience?"}

{mono:....}

{Yohei: "??? What's with the sad look? I thought you'd be happy to get the promotion--"}

{???: "There's my little girl!"}

{mono: *looks*}

{*it's her parents, alive and well*}

{mono: !!!! t-that...that's...}

{Mono's Mom: *hug* "We're so proud of you...Stopping those awful Dokeshi..."}

{mono: b-but..but...y-you're dead....}

{Mono's D(e)ad: "Dead set on seeing our proud young lady get her commendation!" *pat pat* "Oh, this is a great day!"}

{mono: i..i saw you die...}

{Mono's Mom: "...Sweetie, are you okay?" *touches Mono's forehead...the touch is freezing* "Oh! Feels like a fever..."}

{mono: *jumps back*}

{Mono's Dad: "Mono, you're being very rude. Now, you're going up on that stage to get your promotion--" *grabs her arm*}

{mono: *looks at his hand*}

{*it's cold...looks decayed*}

{mono: *SCREAM*}

{Yohei: "Okay, enough of that..." *suddenly in a surgeon's outfit* "Hold her down."}

{mono: ?!??!?}

{Mono's Zombie Parents: *tie her down to a gurney in a dimly lit surgeon's room*}

{Yohei: *pulls out the Silver Gun--transforming it into a chainsaw* "I'll make the incision...here..." *bringing the chainsaw to her chest*}

{mono: !! NOOO!!!!}

-...-

{Emine: *pulling on his school uniform jacket, piece of toast in his mouth* "MOM! You were to get me up an hour ago! I'm going to be late!" *running to the front door...*}

{emine's mom: ...}

{Emine: *removes the toast, kisses her cheek* "Bye, Mom. Love you."}

{emine's mom: have fun at school, dear. i think your friend's waiting for you. outside.}

{lin: jeez emine, what took you so long?}

{Emine: *passes a mirror--that shows a reflection of the Bai Ze, but he doesn't notice* ^^; "Sorry--can't hurry up perfection, can I?" *goofy smile*}

{lin: *tugs his cheeks* you goof! you've always been like this, even when we were kids.}

{Emine: "Ow! Stop that!" *tugs her cheek* "You're the goof!"}

{lin: ow! haha!}

{Lin's Dad: "Hey! You lovebirds need a ride?"}

{lin: daaad! >///< }

{Emine: "Thanks, Mr. Kinpar..." *gets in, passing the side mirror, which seems to show the Bai Ze and a mutilated Lin--* *shakes his head* *looks again...it's normal* "...Um..." *sits in the back*}

-...-

{mana: *running through the forests*}

{*there's something ahead amidst the trees...no...wedged _into_ the tree...*}

{mana: *looks* ?? (a door? what the heck is this doing here?)}

{*it sounds like bouncy music is coming from inside...*}

{mana: *enters*}

{*everything inside is...black and white?*}

{mana: what the hey?}

{*something below looks...rubbery on Mana's hand*}

{mana: well....THIS is trippy!}

{???: "How do you do? Mighty pleasant greetin'!"}

{mana: i just got in here and-.....}

{*it's a talking frog in overalls, bouncing in time to some jaunty music that has started to play...he looks like a rubbery 1920s cartoon character*}

{Cartoon Squirrel: "How do you do? Say it when you're meetin'!"}

{mana:.......what?}

{Cartoon Rabbit: "How do you do? With every one repeatin'--"}

{All the Cartoon Animals: *pop up behind Mana, slamming the door behind her, now singing* "Pretty good sure as you're born!"}

{mana:....riiiiiiight. im just gonna go over there now.}

{*snoring is heard from one house...that is so loud it is making the anthropomorphic house with eyes and a mouth shrink and grow with each snore...The mailbox says, in crudely drawn letters, 'SHoWta(backwards-R)o"*}

{Animals: *keep singing* "What goes up is sure to come down. A penny lost is a penny found. How do you do? And you howdy back. A little bit of this and a little bit of that!"}

{mana: of course showtaro is somehow responsable. -_-; *knocks on the door*}

{Shotaro: *snoring in bed under a tattered old blanket...his window is open...an alarm clock with a cartoon face is asleep on the nightstand*}

{mana: SHOWTARO! WAKE UP!}

{Alarm Clock: *jolts awake--RIIIIIING--*}

{*SMASH*}

{Shotaro: *holding a giant mallet, has smashed the Alarm Clock...goes back to sleep* "Zzzz..."}

{mana: .____.;;; }

{Cartoon Dog: *on a bicycle rides by, tosses a newspaper onto Shotaro's step*}

{Cartoon Cow: *milking herself in time to the music in a nearby farmhouse*}

{Cartoon Birds: *chirping in time to the music*}

{Shotaro: *loud yawn* *smacks his mouth* *stretches*}

{mana: showtaro? it's me, mana!}

{Shotaro: "..." *giggles* "You look rubbery!" *grabs her arm, stretches it, starts strumming it like a guitar*}

{mana: -_-; any idea where we are exactly?}

{Shotaro: "Who cares--this place looks fun!" *stinky lines waves off him* "Woof! I need a bath!" *leaps--out of his bedclothes and into the bathtub, already full of bubble bath* "Scrub a dub dub..." *whistles*}

{mana:....}

{Shotaro: *hops out, toweling off, before jumping outside into a clothesline, spinning, ends up in his usual clothes, albeit still in black and white* "Come on, Mana! I got to introduce you to some folks!"}

{mana: um....ok?}

{Shotaro: *walks with her down the sidewalk, whistling along the way* "Mornin', Mrs. Pig!"}

{Mrs. Pig: "G'morning, Shotaro!" *spoon-feeding her piglets in their high chairs*}

{mana: *looking*}

{Shotaro: "G'morning, Mr. Monkey! I'll have your fence painted this afternoon!"}

{Mr. Monkey: *old man voice* "Such a nice boy..."}

{Shotaro: "Hee hee...Everyone is so cool here, aren't they, Mana?"}

{mana:...}

{*the animals are lining up, bouncing up and down in time with the music*}

{Shotaro: "!!! Look! My old friends! There's Miss Cat, Mr. Dog, and Mr. Bird!"}

{Miss Cat: "Please to meow-et you!"}

{Mr. Dog: "WOOF! What a pretty young lady!"}

{Mr. Bird: "Coo! You're a friend of Shotaro, too?"}

{mana: showtaro, these are all your bones....arent they?}

{Shotaro: OwO "Huh? What'd you mean? My bones are all here--" *pulls back his skin like a sleeve, revealing his bones--which fall down in a cartoony fashion* "..." *stamps down on the street, which shakes like Jell-O before the bones flip up and assemble themselves back in his arm to xylophone music*}

{mana: what about yohei, tuhl, and the others, huh?}

{Shotaro: "You're right--we should bring them here! I'm sure Tool would love to meet Mr. Turtle!"}

{Mr. Turtle: *hiding in his shell* Q___Q }

{*Miss Cat, Mr. Dog, and Mr. Bird start to look less cartoony...*}

{mana: no, we came here to find the fear factory's base and save yohei, remember?}

{Shotaro: "??? What's a 'Fear Factory'? Do they make candy?"}

{*the music is starting to slow down, but things are still in black and white...*}

{mana: showtaro focus!}

{Shotaro: "What're you so serious about? Smile! Like this--" *tugs on her cheeks* "??? Why aren't they stretching anymore?"}

{*everything is now not cartoony...the cartoon animals are gone...the street is dirty...behind Mana and Shotaro is a small boy, crying over a dead bird, a dead cat, and a dead dog...*}

{mana:.......}

{Shotaro: "???" *turns around* "... ... ...Wait...I remember this..."}

{Child Shotaro: *crying* <Why would they do this...They're our friends!>}

{Child Emine: "..."}

{Thugs: *chuckling* <Look at these dirty bastards...Their mamas didn't want them, so they just play with the other strays...>}

{Child Emine: *shaking with barely contained rage...*}

{Shotaro: "..." *shakes his head* "No...Not again..."}

{mana: showtaro....}

{Child Shotaro: <You...bastards!> *grabs a pipe from the street, rushes at one thug--*}

{*SHTINK* *STAB*}

{Child Shotaro: *coughs up blood...he's been stabbed with a butcher's knife*}

{Thug 1: <Whoops.>}

{Shotaro: *frozen...tears falling* "...I don't want to be here...I don't want you...anyone seeing this."}

{Child Emine: <Shotaro--!>}

{Thug 2: *smashes Emine's face with a baseball bat, knocking him down* <Fucking brats.>}

{mana: *covers her mouth in shock* is...is this...?}

{Shotaro: "Please, stop..."}

{Child Emine: *collapsed*}

{Child Shotaro: *not moving...*}

{mana:....*she just hugs him*}

{Shotaro: *crying, holds onto her...while the Dokeshi change happens to the two children behind them...*}

{mana: it's ok.....it's going to be ok....}

{Shotaro: "I didn't want you to see this..."}

{mana:....you've held on to a lot of pain, havent you? heh, and here i was thinking you were just childish and dumb, but...you were trying to hide it, werent you?}

{Shotaro: T~T "I'm still childish, darn it!"}

{mana: ... hmhm. *cheek kiss* well, im here now, ok? so are the others. now, let's find a way out of here so we can greet them ok?}

{Shotaro: *sniffles* *nods* "Th-Thanks...But I don't know how! Ever since I got here I had no bones! Just my clothes and this stupid thing..." *pulls out Queenie's tooth*}

{mana: hmm...any ideas?}

{Shotaro: "I'm thinking, I'm thinking..." *starts gnawing on the tooth--and the surroundings get darker and wavy, revealing Aries...*}

{mana: !!! look!}

{Shotaro: "?!!! Ram guy?!"}

{Aries: *sipping coffee* "What's up? I see you got loose. Must be that tooth from the President--upsetting my Dokeshi abilities."}

{mana: what are you doing??}

{Aries: "Holding you lot prisoner while she readies her Human Killing Device."}

{mana: ?!?!}

{Shotaro: "Nuts to that! I'm making it my good deed to stop you Fear Factory jerks! Now let us out before I punch you in the face!"}

{Aries: "Hurt me, and who knows what your friends feel..."}

{mana: ...}

{Shotaro: "Oh yeah! Well, how did Mana get into my dream if you're so powerful?!"}

{*doors appear behind Mana*}

{mana: *looks*}

{Shotaro: "Oh, is that how you got into my dream?"}

{mana: yeah..}

{Aries: "I'd be careful--if the person doesn't have a good relationship with you, they can be a bit hostile to intrusions..."}

{Shotaro: "Nuts to that--we get along great with everyone!" *bites the tooth--grabs Mana's hand--*}

{mana: !!}

{Shotaro: *kicks a door open, leaps...and he and Mana plummet*}

{Aries: *sips* "Bad choice..."}

{mana: WOOOOAAAAH!!!}

{Shotaro: "HA HA HA HA! ...Hey, is that a drago--*}

{*a dragon catches them...*}

{mana: WOAH!}

{Shotaro: "Weeeee...Boy, sure is a lot of fire here...Oh, and skulls and bones! Whose dream is this?"}

{*below is a battle arena*}

{mana: *looks*}

{*someone is in Viking attire, smashing opponents with a mace*}

{mana: is that...!! BRYN! *waves*}

{Bryn: *eating a giant meat-kabob with the other hand* "Oh my G--Mana!" *waves the mace* "Hey! Come on down! I've saved you some people to beat up!"}

{*the people kind of look like Abernathy, NoFix, and Queenie*}

-elsewhere-

{mono: *running*}

{Yohei: "We're not finished...Come back, Mono!"}

{mono: no! this isnt real! THIS ISNT REAL!}

{*something grabs her, pulling her into the side-hallway*}

{mono: ??!?}

{Tool: "Easy, kid! It's me!"}

{minato: *wave*}

{kaoli: ^^}

{Tool: "So, you got sucked into a dream too, huh?"}

{mono:......}

{Tool: "...Yeah, it's a pretty messed up place. But we think we found a way to get out. We need to get the others out first, though."}

{mono:....i hate this....}

{Tool: "Hey..." *pats her shoulder* "Let that motivate you to find a way out...You ready to leave?"}

{mono:....*nods*}

{Tool: <Mom, Kaoli, let's open up to the next dream.>}

-...-

{Emine: *sips a milkshake* "..." *sneaks a fry off Lin's plate*}

{lin: ^^ this is nice, isnt it?}

{Emine: "Yeah, it's got great food, pleasant atmosphere...The company isn't bad either."}

{lin: ....wouldnt it be nice to stay like this?...}

{Emine: "...Yes. It would..."}

{???: "But it can't be that way."}

{lin: ??}

{Shinoda: "This is not who you are. You serve others because you like to be useful. And you are the Bai Ze, someone who holds destruction in your hands...and refuses that call every single damn time."}

{lin:.....}

{Emine: "...I know. But just let us enjoy this for a bit...Also...Why the hell are you in shorts and wearing medals?"}

{Shinoda: "I DESERVED TO WIN THE OLYMPICS, DAMN IT!"}

{lin: ..... ._. }

{Emine: "..." *sips long on his milkshake--*}

{*the wall of the restaurant crashes, with a dragon showing up*}

{lin: !!!!!}

{Shotaro: "Emine! Bryn dreamt of a dragon!"}

{Emine: "!!! Shotaro!"}

{Bryn: *lifts her mace* "Let's get back to reality and smash something!"}

{lin: what about the others-}

{*a chainsaw rips through the other wall*}

{mana: um...}

{Yohei: *laughing crazily* "I AM HERE TO OPERATE!!!"}

{Bryn: "Oh, hey, we found your friend! ...What's he doing here?"}

{mana: that's not yohei....}

{Tool: -_-# "No, he is not..." *slices off Yohei's head with his pickaxe*}

{mono: .....}

{Yohei's head: "YOU SANCTIMONIOUS JOINAGE OF SINEWS AND MARROW! I'LL--"}

{lin: yeesh...}

{Tool: "Mono, get some catharsis..." *tosses the head to her*}

{mono: !!!! *throws it in panic*}

{Yohei's Head: *lands in the trash* "GAH! Now I got mustard in my hair..."}

{Shotaro: ^w^ "Well, that's everyone--let's get going!"}

-elsewhere-

chie:.......

*the lab is very still...there's one light in the center, shining on some pillar...*

chie: *looks*

*it's a crucifix...something is tied to it, bloodied and shirtless...*

chie: !!!!!! YOHEI!

Yohei: *groans* "Chie?"

chie: hold on! we're getting you out of here!

Yohei: "You need to leave before she comes back..."

chie: im not leaving without you. *trying to free him*

Yohei: "No...She'll..."

*someone rises from the table behind them, wearing a headset*

chie: ?!?!

Queenie: *smiles* "Hello, Mrs. Nanami...Tell me, why would a Dokeshi stoop so low to be in a relationship with a Dokeshi-hunting murderer?"

chie: let him go.

Queenie: "Or you'll do what?"

chie: dont test me...

Queenie: *smiles...the headband lights up, then her eyes*

*someone's fingers wrap around Chie's neck...*

chie: ?!?!

*there's a familiar wedding ring on that hand...*

Yohei: *eyes glowing* "..."

chie: *in complete shock*

Queenie: "Mr. Nanami...Kill your wife." *turns back to her work, pulling up a map of I-Island*

Yohei: *tightens his grip*

chie: GRK- y-yo..hei...please.....fight it....

Yohei: *crying...* *drags her to the crucifix, his grip tightening...he begins to slam his hands against it, but Chie with them...*

Queenie: "Satellites secured, Andrea?"

chie: GNH-

andrea: yes, ma'am...

Queenie: "Splendid...It was good to work with so many humans. But, alas...Time to end this. Goodbye, humanity. Hello, Dokeshi future." *the headband whirrs, as Queenie places her hands on a surface...The map of I-Island brightens--*

-meanwhile-

andrea:....

I Island Executive: "??!! We got a problem--one of our satellites has an increasing level of radiation!"

executive: what- GRK-

Executive 1: *screams, clutching his head*

Colleen: "..." *her nose is bleeding, but she is motionless, like she's in a trance*

*residents are screaming, but some are standing*

andrea:......

Man: "?!! Sweetie, what's wrong?! Are you okay?"

child: mama! wake up!

Mother: *she's not moving...*

David: *screaming, holding his head*

melissa: GNHH-... (what..what's...)

-elsewhere-

Tokoyami: *SCREAMING* *Dark Shadow going berserk*

Todoroki: *collapsed, panting*

ochako: i-i feel sick.

tsuyu: r-ribbit....

Izuku: "What the hell...It feels like my nerves are on fire...What is...It's overly stimulating the nervous system--"

Bakugo: *slamming his fist* "Shut...up...FUCK!"

-elsewhere-

hachi: guys! stop this! this is seriously not fucking funny!

"Zach": *unconscious*

riko: *out cold*

hachi: please! stop it already guys!

-elsewhere-

Spirit: *shaking a Fear Factory mook* "How many? Where are-- ..." *screams in pain*

mook: *grins*

Mook 2: *chuckles* "Aw, what's wrong?" *kicks Spirit away...then smashes the front door*

Asher: *screaming*

Saria: *crying in pain*

Axel: *knocked out*

hibiki: d-damn..th-this is bad...

Kanin: *howling*

Duncan: *curled up in the fetal position*

-elsewhere-

Shotaro: "?!!! Mana! Tool!"

mono: GNH-

lin: what's happening?!

Tool: "Make it stop!"

Emine: "?!!!" *looks at Aries* "You did this?!"

Shinoda: "...The end result of what we wanted long ago...How do we stop this?!"

King Leo: "You can't. This is our dominion now."

Emine: "Like hell!" *cuts his wrist--as something gigantic forms...*

aquarius: your friends will likely die suffering...unless you want to end it for them~

Shotaro: "..." *removes a bunch of bones...* *sighs* *bites into all of them, as his body contorts...*

gem: that's....

ini: ...not good.

Shinoda: "?!! Lin, get back!"

*A gigantic abomination of bones and broken sinew rises...paired with a bloody beast...*

cancer: the FUCK is THAT?!

King Leo: *smiles* "Oh, this is what I yearn for..." *aims his blade* "Come."

Bones and Blood: *SCREAM--descending onto the Zodiac*

Aries: "..." *drops his empty can of soda*

virgo: Q_Q;;;;

*Japonshima's district erupts into a battlefield, as Fear Factory Dokeshi smash windows and pummel the defenseless*

lin: well, dont just stand there! we got to stop them, shinoda!

Shinoda: "Right!" *rushes at Fear Dokeshi, knocking them aside*

Chuuya: *screaming, slamming his fists--gravity obliterating the dirt*

Abernathy: *slamming his head against the ground*

grunt: OH SHIT!

Mitch: ._____.; *just standing there* "...Am I missing something?"

grunt: FUCK THIS IM OUT OF HERE!

*Mafiosos drive off...before the gravity reverses, sending cars flying into the sky and down onto the ground*

-elsewhere-

sonia: *panting heavily* p-..pa...pa...

mito: D8>

miyuri: WAAAH! IT HURTS! IM SCARED! WAAAH TACCHAN IM SCARED!

Kouyou: "It-It's going to be okay..." *holding Sonia and Miyuri, cringing*

-elsewhere-

Kid: "?!!! I can't feel anything! What the hell is causing this?!!"

Patty: "SIS! MY HEAD IS GOING TO EXPLODE!"

Wes: *passed out*

-elsewhere-

Queenie: *looking at video footage...* "Riots. Human corpses. New Dokeshi. Yes, just as planned..."

Yohei: *punching, his fingers a bloody mess...*

chie: ....yohei...

Yohei: "Kill..."

chie:...at least....let me face you......i want you face...to be the last thing i see.....

Yohei: "Me...Kill...Me."

Queenie: "Fufufu~ Oh, relationship problems are the worst."

chie:....i love you.

Yohei: "... ... ..." *pulls out his Silver Gun*

Queenie: "?!!! How the hell did he get that?!"

Yohei: *struggling to smile* "Gen...ius..." *aims at his own head*

*a giant mallet pops out of the gun--and knocks Yohei out*

Yohei: XwX "Zzz..."

Queenie: "... ... ... ...WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT SHIT?!!"

chie: *gasps for air*

???: NOW!

Queenie: "Oh, to hell with this! I was _trying_ to avoid cliches, but nooooooo! This--Wait, 'now'? Now what?"

-BOOOOOM-

Queenie: "?!!!"

nea: hello, honey-bitch.

mimeca: >8D

Queenie: "The hell?! Nea? You're with these freaks? My reports didn't say anything--"

Kepuri: "GET! WASHU! Get on that computer!" *taps a button--summoning bug armor* "Nea, let's rip her in two!"

GET: GOT IT ~GEGE!

nea: *puts on iron knuckles* way ahead of you, girl!

PlushFix: *sewed up* O_O; "Ladies, I feel weird..." *shaking a bit...spinning one paw* "...Huh...Ha ha ha..."

Queenie: Q___Q "...CLICHE! CLICHE!" *slams a button, as something rumbles beneath her--and swallows her up--*

Zuno: *hiding behind Kepuri* "??? Wait a minute...She's..."

nea: the head of the fear factory and about to get her ass whooped.

Queenie: *disappears into the floor*

Kepuri: "??? Huh?"

chie: *coughing* w-where-

WASHU: "!!! Mama! Something is below us ~SHUU!"

*the floor rips open, revealing--*

nea: oh son of a-

Queenie: "FEAR ROBOT VERSION 42!"

Kepuri: "... ... ...BOOOOOOO! Cliche!"

nea: MOTHERFUCKER!

Queenie: *wearing an exo-suit* *cackling* "How you like this, you turnout bitches?!" *lifts a foot to crush Nea*

Kepuri: "?!!! Dodge--"

*something is heard whirring...*

nea: wha-

Queenie: "?!!!"

???: "Hee hee hee...Oh, I've missed this..."

mimeca: ^^

*There stands...a naked man with a giant plush bear head, spinning his fist*

chie: ..........

Kepuri: "OH GOD NO!"

nea: *SCREAM* WHAT THE FUCKING SHIT?!?!?

mimeca: o////o

Queenie: "... ...I look forward to killing you all."

ManBearFix: "HA HA HA! Try it, you dried up cunt--I'M UNKILLABLE! I REGENERATE OUT OF THE SOUL! I AM FUCKING NOFIX!" *cackles, as his vibrations shake Fear Robot*

Fear Robot: "ERROR. ERROR."

Queenie: "Maintain! Don't fail on me, you stupid--"

*CRUNCH*

Queenie: "?!!!"

*RIP*

Queenie: "No! Stay back!"

ManBearFix: *pulls Queenie out by her hair* "Hee hee hee!" *tosses her out* "Have at her, ladies! Girl on girl!"

Kepuri: "..." *cracks her knuckles*

Queenie: Q________Q; "Now, now--hang on--"

Kepuri: "Get her!"

nea: one more thing, madame presidente, that hairstyle, soo last decade.

Queenie: "YOU WOULDN'T!"

Yohei: "Zzz..."

GET: SATELITTE DISABLED ~GEGE!

WASHU: "WOOT-SHU!"

chie: ah! we did it!

Kepuri: ^^ "Good work, sweeties! Now, we need a moment to deal with Miss Hani..."

*PUNCH POW CRASH*

Queenie: *SCREAMS*

Yohei: "Mmmm..." *yawns* "...Ow..."

chie: come on. let's get home.

-elsewhere-

mana:..gn....wha? it...it stopped?

Tool: "Yeah...Way to state the obvious...!!! What the hell?!"

*there's blood and bones everywhere*

lin: hey.

Emine: *on his back, panting*

minato:....<holy shit.>

Shinoda: *sips apple juice*

mono: WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?!?!

Shotaro: *sitting up* "Hey, guys! You're awake!" *waves*

*SLICE*

Shotaro: O___o

mana: !!!!

*Shotaro's arm has been sliced off*

King Leo: "Ha! You think this is over?!"

Libra: -_-# "It is. We lost."

Aries: X_____X *an apple-shaped head wound*

gem: i think virgo....

ini: ...ran off...

King Leo: "I have attacked the great Kyokotsu! I--"

mana: *POW* shut up.

Shotaro: "...Ah, man, that was my good arm."

Emine: D8 "Shotaro...No..."

Shotaro: "..." *looks around* "Ah-ha!" *picks up a bone--bites into it--and a small hand grows out of the arm wound* "Bone of the lizard!"

mono:....*PASSES OUT*

Shinoda: "... ... ..." *passes out*

Tool: "..." *chuckles*

Emine: "..." *small laugh* "You dummy." *pats Shotaro's head* "Don't scare me like that."

-elsewhere-

Spirit: "Sa-Sachiko! Kids! Izumi!"

izumi: d-dad?

Spirit: *hug* "I was so scared! Are you okay?"

amelia: *pokes head out of the closet door* is it safe to come out now?

Kanin: *in werewolf form* ._. "...What just happened?"

lei-lei: why does everything taste like paint?

Asher: "...I am never taking drugs."

Axel: "I don't think those were drugs--"

Asher: "I said, I am never taking drugs."

Saria: *hiding in her sweater*

-elsewhere-

David: *panting..." "Ow..."

melissa: d-daddy! are you ok?!

David: "Y-Yes--all things considered. You?"

melissa: i-i think so.....what was that?

David: "If I had to guess? ...I think someone stole my tech."

melissa: but... i thought it was destroyed?

David: "...Do you think...I was the only one to arrange a heist? What if...someone else did, too, that same night? That Dokeshi kidnapped..."

melissa:......

-elsewhere-

Chuuya: *not moving...*

Abernathy: "Son of a...Mitch! Call an ambulance!"

???:......ke up......wake up, mr nakahara....

Chuuya: *groans* "I don't wanna..."

???: please......our family....they still need you....

Chuuya: "...Rain?"

-nothing there-

Chuuya: "...What--"

grunt: mr...nakahara? are you-

Mitch: .______. "...Do I have a Dokeshi ability now or something? I don't know what it is."

Chuuya: "...Help me up...I need to rest."

Abernathy: "Mitch, shut up, and get the finest reclining chair for him!"

-elsewhere-

leo: *on her way to the hospital, holding her stomach in worry*

Motojiro: "Almost there--stay calm..."

katya: *calmly* <when i find whoever did this, im going to shove my gun so far up their ass, they'll be coughing up bullets for days. and then im going to beat their goddamn head in with a fucking bowling ball and rip their fingernails off one by one.>

Pushkin: <Don't forget the rubbing alcohol.>

Motojiro: O_o;

katya: <please, that'd be _too_ kind for them.>

Pushkin: <Lemon juice, then.>

Motojiro: <Now you're talking!>

katya: <maybe some salt mixed in to be safe.>

Pushkin: <Ah, yes! Let's ask the doctors about some hydrochloric acid...>

-elsewhere-

yosano: ugh, that was horrible...

ranpo: *shaking a book* HEY POE! IT'S SAFE FOR YOU AND THE FAM TO COME OUT NOW!

Poe: *inside* "NO! This is just a prelude before something worse!"

lana: why dont i check to see if it's safe, ok?

Poe: Q__Q "I-I don't want you to be the canary in the proverbial coal mine..."

sylvia: m-miss lucy? i-is it safe to c-come out of anne's room now?

Lucy: "Maaaaaaybe in a second..." *pours another cup of tea* "No rush exiting before we're ready."

kirako: ^^; im sure it'll be fine...

yosano: dazaaai? where did you run off to?

aya: *sigh* come on kunikida, let's go look for him.

Kunikida: -_-# *picks up his book*

-elsewhere-

Dazai: *leaning against a gravestone* "...It never stops surprising you, does it?'

-no reply-

Dazai: *smiles* "How does someone generate a human-killing wave? That's not how I want to go--it's painful, not enough time to find a beautiful person to die with."

-...-

Dazai: *closes his eyes, listens* "..."

-wind blows through the trees-

Dazai: *smiles*

-elsewhere-

P Erot: *hiding in an alley* <Nothing...No one is replying...>

-elsewhere-

mikan: it's strange...isnt it?

Asura: "Yes...Such madness..."

mikan:...*chuckle* it's funny that mortals can think they can play god like that....yet it all comes crashing down on them in the end....it's laughable, really...

Asura: "They seek what is beyond them...That is their downfall."

-elsewhere-

setsuna: *looking*

Assi: "Any sign of them? And Zuno? And Mono?"

setsuna: ... !!! look! over there!

Assi: *looks*

-an escape pod is crashing to a park-

Assi: "?!!! We need to get there!"

-meanwhile-

nea: fwaah! finally home!

Kepuri: "I still say we could use that space station--it's a waste to leave it there."

Yohei: "..."

chie: it's ok yohei....it's all ok now.....

Yohei: "..." *shakes his head* "After what I've done..."

chie: *holds his hands* it's going to be alright. i promise. *kisses his hand*.....i missed you.

Yohei: "..." *hug* "I was scared I'd never see you and Toru..."

chie: he'll be so happy to see his papa again.

Yohei: *sad smile, nods*

Queenie: X______X

ManBearFix: *in a Fear Factory uniform* "Glad most things are the same size again..."

chie: *SHADOW SPIKE THROUGH MANBEARFIX'S FACE*

Zuno: *staring at Queenie* "..."

ManBearFix: QwQ "...Save my dick!"

mimeca: D8

GET: now landing ~gege!

Yohei: "...Kepuri, I never said you could give him a voice."

Kepuri: "Yeah, well, no one told you to get kidnapped, so pipe down."

-they've landed-

nea: ah, nice welcoming party we got here~

tsujimura: well, _this_ has been a shitty night.....

Sansa: "Who are they?"

tsujimura: from what i hear, they're the saviors of humanity just now.

Yohei: "..."

Kepuri: "Say 'hi' to the head of Fear Factory!"

officer: isnt that professor hani?!

ManBearFix: "Yep! _We_ saved y'all asses! Now, where are the hotties?"

tsujimura:..........

Sansa: "You two are under arrest."

mimeca: D8

ManBearFix: "Doesn't matter--got my body back! See you next year, Yohei! CALL ME!"

chie: nofix, go home. just...go home.

ManBearFix: "Where Yohei is _is_ home~"

chie: *flips him off*

Queenie: *looks up* "...?!!!" *tries to activate her ability--and gets a shock* "?!!!"

Kepuri: "My latest: an anti-mind control device, you piece of crap!"

-elsewhere-

ochako: i dont think this headache will ever stop...@~@

momo: good news, we're home now.

jirou: soon as i get home, im going into hibernation.

Todoroki: "Sounds good."

Mineta: X__X

Iida: "I suggest juice..."

???: "AHEM."

momo: ??

Izuku: "???" *turns--and gets wrapped in scarves*

Bakugo: "OH SH--" *wrapped*

ochako: OxO

kaminari: dont move. he cant see you if you dont move.

Aizawa: "You all...are in big trouble."

Mineta: "WHO MOVED?!"

sero:...see y'all on the other side.

Iida: T~T "My family's honor..."

Todoroki: -_-;

-the next day-

mana: you're really going to be coming with us, minato?

minato: why not? i've always wanted to visit other countries.

Tool: >_>;

minato: *head pat* you've really grown up, tuhl. im proud of you.

Tool: "Mooom..."

Shotaro: "Hee hee..." *stretches with his new arm*

lin: finally, all the craziness is behind us.

Emine: "..."

mono:.....*in fetal position*

Shinoda: "??? What's with you?"

mono:...im really pathetic, arent i?

Bryn: "What brought this on?"

mono: i always talk the big talk, but when things get hairy, i cant do a single thing....i just stand there, not knowing what to do.....im just a weak little kid....

Bryn: "Maybe you just need some confidence!"

mono:...mrs hilder, how are you so strong?

Bryn: "I work out, chase after my kids, keep finding more challenging competitions--although, after that dream place, finding a rush like that will be a challenge.'

mono:......if i didnt just stand and watch.....could i...have saved them?

Bryn: "...Would you have survived?"

mono:........does it matter?

Bryn: "...Don't you _ever_ think that way. You are blessed to still be alive. Don't waste that."

mono:.....

Bryn: "You just need to have a goal. Something you can do in the short term, like win a tournament or beat up an opponent."

mono:.....

-elsewhere-

*in a dark room, a man reviews the news on a tablet*

Man: *sighs* <Damn it, Queenie...> *hands the tablet to an assistant* <Find Emine.>

assistant: <understood, sir.>

Man: <I'll call up the New Observers. See if you can speak with some of the new Dokeshi that were created last night, too.>

-elsewhere-

Yumi: *getting out of bed* "I assure you, I'm fine--I really need to get back to checking the causality reports."

lord death: are you certain?

Yumi: *nods* "I'm not going to let a little thing like a neuro-EMP wave keep me down." *pulls up a graph on her phone, showing causalities by continent* "...Horrifying. 3000 in Europe, 4000 in Asia..."

-elsewhere-

Kouyou: "Stop doting on me--I'm not some senior citizen!"

Chuuya: *bandaged* "I know, I know..."

miyuri: *coloring*

sonia: *in her bed, curled up under her blankets* ........

Kouyou: "...I think someone else needs your attention."

Chuuya: "..." *nods* *walks to Sonia's bed* "Sonia? You hungry?"

sonia: .......

Chuuya: *sets down a new glass of water* "Well, I made some meals--just let me know, and I'll heat up whatever you want..." *strokes her back*

sonia:.....i dont....feel like getting up.....

Chuuya: "Do you feel sick?"

sonia:.........i dont know.....

Chuuya: "Well, maybe some sleep will help?"

sonia:.......i guess.......

Chuuya: *nods* "...I love you, Sonia."

sonia:.....love you too, papa....

-elsewhere-

chie: *knocks on the door* yohei? how are you holding up?

Yohei: *curled up* "...I..."

chie:......i brought you a visitor.

toru: baba!

Yohei: "..." *holds out his right arm--his left is still bandaged*

toru: ^o^

Yohei: "Hey, slugger...Miss me?"

toru: *hug* baba! baba!

chie: *smiles and sits next to him*

Yohei: "..." *slight shudder*

{Queenie: "How many more will you kill?"}

chie: .......*holds his hand*

Yohei: *hoarse voice* "What I did..."

chie:....i forgive you.

Yohei: "...Others haven't."

chie:.....*hugs*

Yohei: *starts sobbing*

chie: *rubs his back and hums*

Yohei: *holds Toru carefully despite shaking all over*

-elsewhere-

Monoma: "HA HA HA HA HA! Look at them! Is this the training Class 1A has to complete?! How does picking garbage help you with your workout routine, Bakugo?!!!"

Bakugo: *picks up garbage* -_-# "I'm going to blow him up and hide the pieces..."

Izuku: ^^; "This is actually kind of familiar."

tsuyu: well, we're still doing a good thing by cleaning up the highway.

*a can is tossed off the highway, beaning Mineta*

jirou: another perk of the job.

Todoroki: *holding open the bag* "This one is still empty."

-elsewhere-

Shotaro: "--then we were trapped under water, Mom! But I saw some fish bones outside--"

setsuna: *listening and making breakfast*

Shotaro: "--and I swam us up to the surface so we could breathe! And we were laughing and so happy to be alive--"

setsuna: *nods*

Shotaro: "And then-- ... ... ..." .\\\\.;

setsuna:....showtaro?

Shotaro: "WE GOT TO RIDE IN A FISHER BOAT, THE END!" *eats his cereal*

setsuna: i...i see. ^^;

Emine: "They kissed, Mom."

Shotaro: *spits up his cereal* "EM!"

setsuna: !!! *the frying pan jolts up, sending the eggs to the ceiling*

Shotaro: .\\\\\.;

Emine: "..." *looks up* "I wanted scrambled."

-elsewhere-

mana: HAAAH!

Bryn: *blocks* "KAH! Watch your left!" *jabs*

mana: *dodges and kicks*

Bryn: "Ow!" *jumps out of the way, jabs* "Not bad! No wonder you survived against those Fear mooks!"

mana: thanks. *blocks*

Bryn: *jab jab* "What was it like on that Space Station? I always wanted to see how brawling changed by gravity!"

mana: well...

Bryn: "??? What? Didn't you fight anyone up there?"

-mana explains what happened-

Bryn: "Ha! At least you managed to survive going head-first through a robot man." *playfully pats her head*

-elsewhere-

Luke: *looking at an address on a piece of paper* "... ... ..."

-elsewhere-

GET: "Here, Papa-gege!" *holds up a glass of water to Akaderu*

akaderu: thanks little dude.

GET: ^o^

Kepuri: *sets down WASHU* "Okay, you're all patched up!"

WASHU: thank you ~shu!

Kepuri: *smiles...looks over at Akaderu* "So..."

akaderu: *hug* glad you're ok...

Kepuri: =\\\\= *cuddle* "Same, babe. Thanks for keeping an eye on things..."

-elsewhere-

Assi: "I WAS SO WORRIED!" T~T "Don't ever get lost again!"

Zuno: "...Assi...Who was that woman?"

Assi: *sniffle* "Huh? The Fear Factory President?"

Zuno: "..." *holds his head* "No..."

nea: yeah, you were giving her an odd look...

Zuno: "Just..."

{Child Zuno: *drawing*}

{???: "Damn it, Mom--you never listen to anything I say!"}

{Zuno's Mother: "As long as you live in this house, you'll follow my rules! Could you talk some sense into her?" *turns to someone*}

{man:.....}

{Zuno: "..." *turns on the TV, turns up the volume--*}

{???: "Oh, typical! He doesn't fucking talk at all!"}

{Zuno's Mother: "AND TURN OFF THAT TV!" *slap*}

{Zuno: "?!!! ...WAAAAAAH!"}

{man:....*drinking*}

{Zuno's Mother: "Now shut up and go back to your dumb books!"}

{???: "They aren't dumb! I'm a genius! Look at my grades, Mom! Why don't you care how well I'm doing?!"}

{Zuno's Mother: "You're trash! And you're going to stay trash! Just like your father!"}

{Zuno's Sister: "?!!! You bitch!" *picks up a jar of honey--*}

{*glass shatters*}

{Zuno's Mother: *lying on the floor, bleeding* *small sob, picking glass out of her face* "...Get out..."}

{Zuno's Sister: "!! Mom...I didn't--"}

{Zuno's Mother: *SLAP* "GET OUT!"}

{Zuno's Sister: "... ... ..." *grabs her bookbag...looks at Zuno*}

{Zuno: *looking up at her, sniffling...*}

{Zuno's Sister: "...Come on, Zuno." *picks him up* "We're leaving..."}

Zuno: *stunned*

nea: EHHHHHH!?!?!?

Assi: O_O; "You mean...You were hired at Fear Factory because..."

Zuno: "I-I don't know! She doesn't even look like my sister! But her ability, and attitude..."

nea:....im going to do some digging for information.

Assi: "Good idea! I'll check Zuno's notebooks--" *opens one from a few years ago* "Oh, hey, you doodled Mr. Rodigy!"

Zuno: "Oh, I did! Whatever happened to him?"

Assi: "... ...Um..."

-elsewhere-

Queenie: *sitting in a chair...her hair has been clipped short, she's in a prison uniform...she has a bandage over one eye, a broken arm* "..."

guard: welcome to the tartarus. once ya check in, ya dont check out.

Queenie: *stares...* "...?! Why isn't it working?! I DEMAND YOU RELEASE ME!"

guard: sorry, but as long as you have that device on your head, your ability isnt gonna work.

Queenie: "Do I look like some lowly Quirk-infested monster?! I AM DOKESHI! I AM PERFECTION!" *pulling on the device* "Let it go! Give me back my hair, too!"

guard 2: *tazes her*

guard 3: so loud. at least that creepy russian guy keeps quiet....

Queenie: X__X

Fyodor: "..."

-elsewhere-

ManBearFix: *lies in the prison bed* =w= "Nice to have some length again--but I will miss sleeping in shoeboxes."

mimeca: .....

ManBearFix: "...You okay?"

mimeca:...*nod*

ManBearFix: "D'aw, do you miss my older look?"

mimeca:....*hug*

ManBearFix: "?! ...Um..." *pat pat* "There, there, Mimi! We're here together!"

mimeca: ^///^

ManBearFix: "And soon enough, we'll have some more breathing room~" *wide evil grin*

-elsewhere-

minato: so this is death city, eh?

Tool: "Yep...The people here are kind of weird, so don't get lost..." *holding Io*

minato: i'll be fine. i've lived a long time, you know. actually, i've heard rumors of some samurai that lived in the city. maybe we could swap stories?

Tool: "Samurai? I've seen some people claiming to be knights, but not sure I've seen samurai. You, Io?"

io: i dunno.

Tool: "Hear that, Mom? We haven't seen them yet."

-elsewhere-

Japonshima Governor: <This is a nightmare. I got people panicking after these attacks, I got Dokeshi-rights groups scared to death--and we still have these terrorists unaccounted for, like that City Manager!>

aide: <mr towa, please calm down. let's focus on the positives.>

Governor Towa: <Oh? Like what?> *flipping through photos of the fight between Shotaro and the Zodiac...*

aide: <the damages arent nearly as large as they could have been.>

Towa: <Even so, we have casualties on our hands--and a handful of Dokeshi helping us keep that down isn't going to calm a mob-like public...I think we'll need to call in some help.>

-elsewhere-

sachiko: bloody fucking hell...

Blair: "It's pretty bad..." *taking someone's temperature* "Burning up, sweetie?"

sachiko: listen to this, apparently some assholes are trying to recreate the waves on a smaller scale and are essentially getting high off them...

Blair: "...That's awful..."

sachiko: who knows how long the damages will last.... we got at least 40 people in a coma too...

Blair: *shakes her head* "One person can ruin everything, leaving so many to clean up their mess...Then we lose the really great people..."

sachiko:....*sigh*

Blair: "Sachiko? Why did you become a nurse?"

sachiko: me? well, even though there is bad in the world, there's still some good in it too. and if no one helps those who are good, more people will die. i just want to do my part. plus, i have a family to look after and support too.

Blair: *nods* "When did you start nursing school? Before Izumi was born?"

Patient: *passes out*

sachiko: !!! im afraid this conversation will have to wait for now. *goes over to them*

Blair: "?!!" *opens first-aid*

-elsewhere-

Saria: -~- "It still hurts to think about it..."

saria's dad: on the bright side, we're all ok, right?

Saria: *nods* "I-I just...I don't know what that was."

-elsewhere-

kyouko: *in the hospital waiting room* ....well, they said he'll recover, but he needs to rest for a few days.

Rin: *shaking* "Damn it..."

kyouko: hey... *pats his shoulder* it's not your fault, alright?

Rin: "We don't even know how this kind of shit happened...It wasn't magic, it wasn't demons..."

kyouko: .....at least he's still alive, right?

Rin: "..." *wipes his eyes, nods*

kyouko:.....(i shouldnt tell him what the doctor said.....i dont...want him to worry....)

{doctor: he'll survive, for now. but he cant take much more....at this rate, i estimate he has about 10 years left, if he's lucky.}

Rin: "He still sleeping?"

kyouko:...yeah...

Rin: "I'll just wait a bit for him to get up..." *takes out a book*

-elsewhere-

Tanizaki: *holding an ice pack to his head* "We never get a vacation without some crazy-powerful fights, do we?"

naho: TT~TT

atsushi: i wanna go home already and sleep.

Kenji: "Hey, maybe we just need to do something really fun before we leave?" *opens a map* "Let's go here! West Hollywood!"

maki: yeah, a little reprieve sounds about good.

Kenji: "And they have some neat clothing shops!"

-elsewhere-

Sid: "I've made some revisions to the plan--since now we need to get these kids ready for something worse."

nygus: *examining the plans* hmmmm

Sid: "And I think we'll need a few other teachers--some with more experience with sand and manipulating it. I'm just struggling to figure some out..."

-elsewhere-

Shinoda: *hangs something on the wall*

lin: ??

*it's a news clipping framed, showing Shinoda being stripped of his Olympic gold medal*

lin: .....

Shinoda: "That was such an awful experience..."

lin: so why are you framing it?

Shinoda: "I guess a reminder of what I gave up--and where to go from here."

lin:....

Shinoda: "...Your dream looked a lot more pleasant."

lin:.....it would have been nice if it were real.....*wipes her eyes*

Shinoda: *offers a tissue* "Maybe some of it can be..."

-elsewhere-

Mei: "--so they let me leave early after my new garbage pick-up robot gained sentience and tried to conquer True Cross District, and now I'm back here! And how was your week, Shinso?"

shinsou: *writing* <bad migraine>

Mei: "D'aw, sorry! Maybe talk to the doctor?"

shinsou: -_-; <you didnt feel it too?>

Mei: "Oh, that wasn't a migraine--that was a neuro-EMP that almost blew up my brain."

shinsou: 0__________0;;;; <YOU'RE ODDLY LAX ABOUT THIS>

Mei: "I'VE SEEN THINGS THAT'D MAKE GROWN ADULTS POOP THEMSELVES! ...Also, I was kind of held up fighting insectoids and heist-thieves on I-Island."

shinsou:............................ <nothing ever phases you, does it?>

Mei: "I mean, a few things...Seeing other geniuses conjuring the latest technological advances gets my attention!"

shinsou: *sweatdrop*

-elsewhere-

nea: oh! showtaro, i got you this~ *hands him his bag of bones*

Shotaro: *gasps* "I THOUGHT I LOST THIS! Thank you!" ^w^ "After you saved me from the fire and now this, you're like a guardian angel!"

nea: !! 7,7 w-well, i-im just doing my part, you know?

Shotaro: *bear hug* ^^

nea: GRK- e-easy there kid.

Shotaro: "Sorry!" *sets her down*

-elsewhere-

King Leo: *covered in bandages and scars* "That was thrilling! Oh, my thirst for battle won't be quenched for some time, but that battle put a smile on my face!"

Scorpio: "Jeez, thought those brats were going to rip your tail off..."

virgo: Q_Q;;;

gem: i think virgo's....

ini: ..gone invisible again....

Aries: *still unconscious*

Libra: *sighs* "Virgo, honey, come out. No one is mad with you..."

cancer: darn brat. just cause she's one of the younger members doesnt excuse her ratting us out!

Libra: *slaps the back of Cancer's head*

cancer: >_O HEY!

aquarius: ah, the battle was fun, though. i hope we'll get to fight them again soon, it was fun playing with them~ fufu~

Pisces: *resting in a fishtank* =w= *bubbled sigh of relief*

capricorn: so what now? *nomming on an apple*

King Leo: "With our leader out for the count, I'm in charge! And I say we take the fight to the humans!"

capricorn: is that really such a good idea?

Libra: "No, it's awful. We're going to make contact with any remaining Factory cells. I was in contact with the Fear-Leader Squad in Paris--they managed to get the Haijima materials."

gem: oh...

ini: ...goody!!

King Leo: "BAH! Those flippy-floppy gymnasts managed to do something right?"

Libra: *glares* "Oh, I'm sorry--rushing in against 2 omega-level Dokeshi was your idea of a GOOD PLAN?!" *snaps her pen in two*

virgo: p-p-please dont fiiiight. Q___Q

Libra: "..." *pats Virgo's shoulder* "I'm sorry. I lost my temper."

virgo: *sniffle*

King Leo: *crosses his arms* "Yeah, you sure did..." >_>;

Libra: *sighs* "Let's...all get some rest. We travel tomorrow."

-elsewhere-

???: *pulls on his school uniform jacket* "I hope you're all ready!"

*it's Simon*

Simon: "Because now that we've healed up, we're getting back to work!"

reina: ^^

Stevi: "..."

stanley: TT.TT

Peter: "Where do we start?"

Simon: *pulls up social media* "This look familiar?"

*it's a doodle of Jacqueline on a dollar bill*

reina: !!!!

Stevi: "Wh-Where did they find that?"

Simon: "It's United States currency, so ascertaining a precise location has been a challenge. But..."

reina: is she alright?

Peter: *pulls up a map on his phone* "I checked enough social media posts, and they are around the southwestern United States for the most part."

stanley: it's a start....

Simon: "And the posts keep happening--the most recent was last week, so the bills are still circulating. I know hope won't be enough without action--and that's why we're going to take action! ...With permission from the faculty. And not violating Pro Hero license guidelines. And--Oh, you know what I mean!"

-elsewhere-

Kid: *rubs Stocking's back* "You're okay?"

stocking: yeah. a bit startled, but im fine.

Kid: *nods* "...This is nothing we were expecting."

stocking: it's pretty scary....

Kid: "..." *holds her close* "...There's only so much time in life..."

stocking:....

Kid: *just stays with her* "..."

stocking: *hug*

Kid: *strokes her back* "..."

stocking: i love you...

Kid: "I love you, too."

-elsewhere-

hachi: *sniffle* a-and-and do-dont you jerks...e-ever scare me like t-that ag-gain!!

"Zach": "I wasn't trying to! I just went *snores* and was asleep!"

hachi: *pout*

"Zach": "..." *hands her a bag of potato chips*

hachi:...*takes it* *sniff*

"Zach": "So...You think it's that Dokeshi condition that meant you didn't go Zzzz?"

hachi: i guess so...

"Zach": "Wild...Maybe you should ask someone about this?"

hachi: ....

"Zach": "...Want to spit on people from the bridge?"

-elsewhere-

Chai: *raking his field* <Kisuke! Set out water for Oolong.>

kisuke: <yes sir!>

Vector: <Hello.> *hanging upside down*

kisuke: <GAH!>

Vector: *hands the bowl* <I think your toad also needs food. It tried to eat my arm.>

-elsewhere-

*something is sitting on Lin's desk*

lin: ??

*looks to be a burger and shake*

lin: !!

Emine: *in her doorway* "...I thought...since we haven't...I mean..."

lin:...*smiles*

Emine: "..." *holds up a Happy Meal* "They said they put in 2 toys in this one?"

lin: *chuckles and kisses his cheek*

Emine: =\\\\= *sits on her bed*

lin:...sooo. do you want to...i dunno....go out sometime?

Emine: "...Like a movie?"

lin: sure!

Emine: *nods* "Okay. Maybe...romance movie?"

-elsewhere-

Melville: "Hmm, I've seen this before: someone gets their hands on dangerous technology, weaponizing it to cause mass genocide."

Taneda: "As if the previous incident wasn't bad enough..."

tsujimura: i need a vacation.....

Taneda: "I can find some assignments."

-elsewhere-

Izuku: *opens the door* "Mom! I'm home! Tsu is here, too--"

inko: IIIIISHUUKHUUUUUUUUUU!!!! Q~Q

Izuku: "UMPH!" ^^; "Mom, we're fine--You're kind of choking me..."

inko: i was so worried sick about you!

Izuku: "I know--but I'm safe! And a friend helped me with a gauntlet to resist the impact of attacks, and All Might was there, and Tsu, and our classmates, and we were really careful--" *ramble ramble ramble*

inko: ah...ahhh.... Q~Q

Izuku: T~T *hug*

-elsewhere-

Yohei: *walks into the kitchen* "...Hey, Mono."

mono:....hey...

Yohei: "...You look like crap."

mono: thanks.......

Yohei: "Sorry...Just some self-effacing humor..." *his arm is in a sling as he reaches for a cup at the top shelf, just out of reach* "..."

mono: *winces*

Yohei: "...Thanks for what you did in Japonshima..."

mono:.......

Yohei: "You're stuck cleaning up my messes from years ago..."

mono:......*bites her lip*

Yohei: "...Sorry."

mono:.....im gonna go back to bed.

Yohei: "...'Kay. Rest up..."

-elsewhere-

Bryn: "--and after I punched the guy who keyed his car, he bought me a drink. And that's when we started dating."

mana: wow.

Bryn: ^^ "And now we're happily married, have great kids...It's good to find a supportive spouse! He takes care of things at home while I go traveling and beating people up in combat."

-elsewhere-

*in a Chinese village, a young man walks into a shop where there are some newspapers set out*

Yoh: *spots a paper* *looks at the front page photo of a fight on Japonshima--* "?!!!" <...Well, I'll be damned.>

boy: <what's up, yoh?>

Yoh: <That's my sis on the cover!>

boy: <WHAAA?! THAT'S STINKY-MANA?! but....she's blonde!>

Yoh: <I can't forget the face, though--that's her...> *pulls out a phone, searching--* <Yep! Someone recorded the fight. See? That's her kata.>

boy: *JAWDROP*

Yoh: <Jeez...How did she get that strong--she just knocked out that crab-man!>

-elsewhere-

Todoroki: *slides open the door, enters...*

rei:.......

Todoroki: "...Hi."

-seems she's asleep-

Todoroki: "..." *grabs a blanket from the clean laundry bin, tucks her in*

rei: nnh....

Todoroki: *steps back carefully*

-elsewhere-

Kanin: *sets down cups for tea* "...Feeling better?"

amelia: *blows on it* i feel fine...

Kanin: "Glad to hear..." *holds his head*

amelia:...and you?

Kanin: "..." *shakes head* "Still feeling...feral?"

amelia:....i see.....

Kanin: *shakes* "N-Not something I'm used to...I'm scared that...whatever-it-was upset something in me."

amelia:...would you like to go for a walk? to calm your nerves?

Kanin: '...After tea? Sure."

-elsewhere-

Spirit: *knocks* "Izumi? You okay?"

izumi: yeah, just *yaaaawn* a bit sleepy...

Spirit: *sets down a late breakfast* "I was getting worried--you've been sleeping a lot."

izumi: im ok, really. *sniffs* mmmm, smells good.

Spirit: "I hope you like it--I made the eggs like you like them..." *sets out some hot sauce*

-elsewhere-

hachi: *pokes head through the bush* ok, i see them. *looking at some plants in kouyou's garden*

Chuuya: *sits down awkwardly* -~- "Ow..."

hachi: OxO;; *hiding*

Kouyou: "Sitting around isn't going to help you heal up--you still need to move." *crouches down near bushes to weed...*

Chuuya: "I know..."

hachi: *gulp*

Kouyou: "Kids, be careful with the tea set!"

miyuri: ok!

Chuuya: "...Maybe you need more security here."

Kouyou: "??? How would that have helped against--"

Chuuya: *staring forward* "..."

sonia: ??

hachi: o_o;;;;

Kouyou: "..." *smiles* "Sonia, Miyuri, could you pick out some yummy snacks for us?"

sonia: o-ok.

miyuri: yay!

Kouyou: *smiles...until they leave* *looks to the bushes as well*

Chuuya: "You need those bushes? I could just rip them out right now..."

hachi: O_O;;;;;;;

Kouyou: "Aw, but I really like those! Maybe just trim them--"

*SLICE*

hachi: O____O;;;;;;;

Chuuya: "Okay, who are you? Why are you spying here?"

hachi: i-i live here?

Kouyou: "...Oh my. You are a _horrible_ liar."

hachi: >3< well i kind of HAVE to!

Chuuya: "You have to claim ownership of stuff that isn't yours?"

hachi: i mean i have to lie! duh! >n<

Kouyou: "Who on Earth _has_ to lie?"

hachi: a dokeshi who's condition is to tell a lie each day, that's who, granny!

*CHOP*

Chuuya: O_O;

hachi: OWIE! >A<

Kouyou: ^^# "Only my grandchildren may call me as such. Want to try again so I may even out that new bump?"

Chuuya: "...What are you doing here?"

hachi: w-why should i have to tell _you_?

Chuuya: "Me? Why am _I_ the problem? You're on property that you have no business setting foot on..." *advances*

hachi: *takes out a knife* s-stay back!

Chuuya: *eyeroll* "Oh, no--a knife. Did you not notice her ability has a giant samurai sword?"

hachi: i-i-im warning you! *she's shaking, but still trying to look tough*

Chuuya: "...Hey. Calm down. What's your name? Who are you?"

hachi: *backing up*

Chuuya: "...I'm not here to hurt you. I just am asking..."

hachi: ....im just....looking for some food....

sonia: we're back....oh?

miyuri: *GASP* HI NEW FRIEND!

Chuuya: "..." *stands between the kids and Hachi* "...Food, huh?"

hachi: yeah, f-for me and my friends...

Chuuya: "...Sonia, hand me the plate..."

sonia: ....*hands it to him*

Chuuya: "Something like this?"

hachi: *looks*

*it has cookies and cakes...*

hachi:...i guess...this will do....

Chuuya: *hands it to her*

hachi: !!! y-you're really giving all this to me?

Chuuya: "Yeah. Is that going to be a problem?"

hachi: i-it's fine...w-whatever. *puts the treats in her basket* im gonna go! *runs* THIS ISNT THE LAST YOU'VE SEEN OF THE SHEEP!

Chuuya: "?!!!!!!"

sonia: ??

Kouyou: "...Oh no."

miyuri: ??? she didnt look like a sheep! hehe, silly person!

Chuuya: "...Let's go inside."

-elsewhere-

shinra: *taking a bath*

*knock knock*

shinra: yeah?

Relan: "Hey! I'm setting out a change of clothes."

shinra: ok! thanks rel!

Relan: ^^ "Hope you're getting some relaxation."

shinra: i am.

tamaki: you better not use up all the hot water again!

Relan: "Can't you just heat up the water in your bath?"

tamaki: i'd also risk boiling myself...

Relan: "Oh, sorry--I thought you had better control over that--"

-elsewhere-

hyakuya: so we're staying in tombstone for a while?

Guren: "That's the plan. A good chance for recovery, training--and paperwork."

shinoa: speaking of recovery, how're you holding up, akane?

hyakuya: well, not as lethargic, surprisingly...

Guren: "Hmm...Well, maybe you're up for a hike."

hyakuya: i guess...

Guren: "Good." *holds up a heavy bag* "Get packed and start moving."

-elsewhere-

Axel: OwO "...SQUEE! Dude! Documentary on the DWMA Meisters on Channel 42 RIGHT FLIPPING NOW!!!"

zeke: SWEET!

Axel: *flips it on* "...HA! Hairstyles back then were weird."

zeke: want something to eat?

Axel: "Sure! What you thinking--pizza rolls?"

zeke: sounds good!

Axel: "Sweet." *turns up the volume--*

Narrator: "--as meister to the Death Scythe for Eastern Europe."

zeke: *listening*

Interviewee: *subtitled* <He was...> *sniff* <...extraordinary.>

Axel: "Dude, I think that's his fiancée."

zeke: huh?....oh....

Natalia: <I have tried to do what I can to honor his memory, to tell his story...>

Axel: "Oh man..."

zeke: wait....didnt he die in the second kishin awakening?

Axel: "Yeah--I think that's the part I'm at in the doc."

*images on the screen show the aftermath...*

zeke:....

Axel: "...Maybe switch to something else, or...?"

zeke: ....!??! wait, isnt that...?

Axel: "!!! What."

zeke: that's izumi's step-sis....isnt it?

Axel: "...Oh man, it is..."

Maka: *in the documentary* "BLACK STAR, GET THAT CAMERA OFF OF ME!"

Black Star: "Ha ha ha! Come on, the camera guy let me--"

Camera Guy: "GIVE ME BACK MY CAMERA!"

zeke: they kinda do look a bit a like, dont they?

Axel: "Yeah, kinda? I mean, I don't think I've seen Izumi that pissed before, but the hair is kinda..."

-elsewhere-

Dr. John: "Okay...I think you need to go home for some sleep."

leo: yes...thank you. *smiles and rubs her stomach*

Dr. John: "Anything else we should discuss? How you're feeling? Or maybe...names you're considering?"

leo: im doing better, knowing my baby is alright....during that EMP wave, i was so scared that i....t-that i might have miscarried...

Dr. John: "That's why we're keeping an eye on things. Leo, your baby is healthy--so we're going to have to keep an eye on things..." *flips through a chart labeled 'Yosano, A'* "Your previous records are also in order."

leo: *nods*

Dr. John: "Have you had any other discomfort?"

leo: i dont believe so...

Dr. John: *nods* "Well, your friends are waiting outside...Maybe they need to see you to know you're okay?" ^^;;;

leo: that would be wise-

-SCREAM-

Pushkin: <Easy Kati! I'm sure they didn't mean anything-->

Nurse: *scurrying away* "WHAT THE HELL IS WITH THIS KID?!!"

katya: FUCKER DO I _LOOK_ LIKE A KID TO YOU?! I'M NEARLY GODDAMN 30!!

Dr. John: ._.;

Pushkin: "JUST SAY YOU'RE SORRY! FOR ALL THAT IS HOLY!"

Nurse: "I'M SORRY!!!"

katya: oh you're GONNA be sorry-

leo: katya, please dont hurt anyone.

katya: hn? <oh lev, you're done?>

Dr. John: ^^; "I take it you can bring her home?"

katya: yeah yeah, leave it to us, doc.

Pushkin: "Thank you for taking care of our friend! ...Our friend is fine, yes? She's not in any trouble...right?"

Dr. John: ^^;;;;; "I assure you, she is fine."

katya: we better get home before doctor lemons and his assistant do something stupid.

-elsewhere-

Motojiro: *spraying the fire extinguisher*

-elsewhere-

Damon: *staring at the documentary* "..."

soul:....

becky: wanna watch something else?

Damon: *nods*

soul: *changes the channel*

Damon: *hugs a pillow*

soul:...*hugs them both*

Damon: *sniffle*

soul: you deserved to meet her....you really do....

becky:.....

Damon: "What was she like?"

soul: smart, strong willed, a bit of a pain in the a-...pain in the butt, but she had a good heart.

Damon: "Oh...How did you meet?"

soul: well kids, that's a long story, but i got time to kill so i'll start from the beginning...

-elsewhere-

"Zach": *nom nom nom*

riko: this is great, hachi!

hachi: =//n//=

"Zach": "Yeah, it's fancy! ...Aren't ya hungry?"

hachi:...*nom*

"Zach": "Hmm...You've been kinda quiet."

hachi: dont wanna talk about it...

"Zach": "...Did you steal this?"

hachi: well, what _else_ do you expect us to do, huh?

riko: hmm...she does have a point..

"Zach": "Just asking! I mean, this is fancier than what we usually get."

hachi:...i might have....

"Zach": "??? Like a rich person's house?"

hachi: >3>

"Zach": "Well, go there again soon--these cookies are tasty!"

-elsewhere-

Kyoka: "3 pets returned, 2 infidelities discovered, and 1 missing person recovered...He had his foot stuck in the toilet."

Kunikida: "Good work." *hands paperwork* "File it."

sylvia: *exhausted*

Kunikida: "...Aya, set out some water."

aya: ok!

Kyoka: *fans Sylvia*

sylvia: t-thank you...

Kunikida: "The others should be back tomorrow, so you'll have a freer schedule soon."

-elsewhere-

bubble girl: mr nighteye? you have a call.

Nighteye: *typing* "Busy. Take a message."

bubble girl: sir, it's from mr shield...

Nighteye: "..." *stands up* "Keep typing for me. I'll take it in the conference room." *picks up a headset* *taps the answer button* "Hello."

david: yes, sir nighteye?

Nighteye: "I haven't heard from you in some time. This must be about the I-Island incident...I'm surprised the police are letting you call."

david: i understand that you might not like me that much, but this isnt about me right now, im calling about melissa.

Nighteye: "...Is she okay?"

david: she's perfectly fine, but....im worried that, given the past few day's events, that i-island might be a bit dangerous for her right now...

Nighteye: "...Which means you're wondering about moving her to where I am?"

david: yes, i was perhaps hoping you might be willing to take her in under an internship.

Nighteye: "...You know how regulators look at non-quirk individuals working in hero agencies."

david: yes, i know, i know, but im not sure where else to turn right now...

Nighteye: "...I will have my assistants prepare the paperwork."

david: *sigh* thank you for this.

Nighteye: "Don't thank me yet: the paperwork for her to complete is at least 40 pages long."

-elsewhere-

Masaru: "Jeez, son, you smell awful--"

Bakugo: "I WAS PICKING UP TRASH IN THE HOT BOILING SUN!"

Masaru: "Yep, that'll do it."

-elsewhere-

Yoichi: *panting under hiking bag* -~- "Heavy..."

Kimizuki: "Maintain your posture."

shinoa: oh! *taking pictures of wildlife*

*a lone coyote scampers through the dirt*

hyakuya:....

Yoichi: ^^; "Hey, Akane--what kind of cactus do you think that is?"

hyakuya: *looks* a tall one, i guess? im not a botanist.

shinoa: *looking at her guide book*

Kimizuki: "It's a saguaro. It is particularly adept at surviving in droughts."

shinoa: facinating!

mitsuba: it's amazing how different the scenery is from japan's scenery...

Yoichi: "Imagine a giant desert in the middle of Nara!"

mitsuba: crazy...

hyakuya: doesnt japan have cactus parks in places?

Kimizuki: "Like the one near Ito?"

shinoa: yeah.

Yoichi: "Huh. Lot I haven't seen."

hyakuya: i've never even _been_ to a cactus park, not that i can remember at least.

Kimizuki: "...Well, then this can be a new experience."

hyakuya: but this is out in the wild, not a park, so it's totally different!

Kimizuki: -_-; "Yes, so wild. The lazy coyote over there is so ferocious."

Coyote: -_-;

mitsuba: glad to see you're doing better, akane. back to your old, argumentive self.

hyakuya: i am NOT argumentive!

mitsuba: *chuckles*

hyakuya: d-dont laught at me! >///<#

Yoichi: *pat pat* ^^;

shinoa: she has a point, this is the wild. strange, usually when most people hear the term 'the great outdoors', they think of large forests. they usually dont think of large deserts or beaches or things of that nature. mind the pun.

Kimizuki: "Well, nature comes in all forms. If it's outdoors, and it's great--" *walks--and promptly falls into a hole*

hyakuya:.....*snickers, and breaks down laughing*

Yoichi: "?! A-Akane?"

Kimizuki: *collapsed in the hole* ._.#

hyakuya: BWAHAHAHAHA! *wipes her eyes, still laughing*

Yoichi: "...I think we broke her."

hyakuya: hehehe..*sniff* hehe....t-thanks guys....

Yoichi: "..." *hug*

-elsewhere-

Chuuya: "..."

sonia: papa?

Chuuya: "H-Hey, Sonia."

sonia: you look unwell...is something bothering you?

Chuuya: "...Nothing for you to be worried about."

sonia:....is it that girl?

Chuuya: "It's...part of it."

sonia:...do you want to talk about it?

Chuuya: "I..." *he's quiet...*

sonia:....

Chuuya: "...I'd rather not."

sonia: ok...

Chuuya: *just stares forward, stiffing his jaw*

sonia:....*hug*

Chuuya: "..." *hug*

-elsewhere-

Yohei: *tossing in bed* "Nn..."

chie: *asleep*

Yohei: *groans, shifts over and--*

NoFix: *smiles* "Hey, there~"

Yohei: "... ... ..."

chie: hnn? yohei?

NoFix: "Yeah, Yohei, tell her what you're seeing..."

Yohei: "...Sorry. Just...woke up."

chie:.....*hugs*

Yohei: *shifts a bit to hold her with his one arm* "...Sorry."

chie: mm...why dont we take a vacation some time?

Yohei: "..." *nods* "Some place quiet?"

chie: *nods and smiles* maybe a nice cabin by a lake?

Yohei: "...How are you at fishing?"

chie: fairly confident~ we can even bring toru.

Yohei: *nods* "He needs to see some nature walks..."

chie: sounds like a date~ *kiss*

Yohei: "..." *nods*

chie: *snuggle* mmm...

Yohei: "...Thanks..."

-elsewhere-

sayaka: *sigh*....im BOOOOOOREEEEED. =A=

Kilik: *playing Super Mario Odyssey on his Switch* "I mean, that's good news, right? After the last worldwide madness..."

sayaka: i guess....wanna do two player mode?

Kilik: "Sure!" *holds up controllers* "Mario or Cappy?"

sayaka: rock paper scissors for it?

Kilik: *nods* *holds out his hand* "Rock paper scissors--SHOOT!"

sayaka: shoot!

Kilik: *paper*

sayaka: *rock* WOOHOO!

Kilik: "Okay, Cappy at your service!"

-elsewhere-

Emine: "So we need a ride to the movie theater--"

Kepuri: "I'LL DO IT!"

Emine: "...We want to live."

-elsewhere-

nagisa: thank you for letting me visit again, mami.

mami: it's no trouble at all. ^^ get home safely, alright?

nagisa: will do. *waves and exits*

Crona: *washing dishes*

mami: that was nice, wasnt it?

Crona: *smiles, nods* "Yeah--Nagisa is really incredible."

mami: *she nods* yeah...although initially she wasnt too fond of me.

Crona: "What changed?"

mami: well, it's a long story. when i first met her, she was about to become a wraith. its a miracle that i found her when i did, otherwise she probably wouldnt be here now. after cleansing her soul gem and bringing her to the DWMA, she wasnt too pleased when she woke up.

{nagisa: why? WHY WOULD YOU SAVE ME?! *punching* i hate you! I H-HATE YOU!}

mami: i later figured out that her mother had died and that her father wasnt around.

Crona: "..." *nods* "Awful..."

mami: it took some time before she started accepting what had happened...she's a good person, over all. *wipes her eyes*

Crona: "..." *hug* "She just was upset at the time."

mami: r-right...*sniff* i can understand how she felt, somewhat.

{mami: *crying* mommy...daddy....*cries*}

{Spirit: "..." *hug* "I'm sorry."}

{mami: w-what do-do-do i-i d-do m-mr a-albarn?}

{Spirit: "...You live."}

{mami: b-bu-but-but i-i i dont ha-have a mama o-or a-}

{Spirit: "...I think you need somewhere for some sleep. I got a spare room, if you want..."}

{mami: o-okay...}

mami: ...*wipes eyes*

Crona: *offers a paper towel from the kitchen*

mami: *sniff* thank you.

Crona: "I'm sorry what happened..."

mami: i-it's alright. i've lived with it this long, havent i? *smiles and holds their hand*

Crona: *nods* "Just...got to keep going forward?"

mami: right. *hugs* thank you. for being here....

Crona: ^\\\^ "Happy to be here..."

mami: *smiles and kiss*

Crona: =\\\\= "Mm."

mami: i love you.

Crona: "Thanks...I love you so much." .\\\\.;

mami: ^////^

Crona: "...Um..." *clears throat* "Sh-Should we...sit? Or finish dishes?"

mami: ^^; well, i guess the dishes wont finish themselves now will they?

Crona: "Heh--not without magic dishes or something...That was corny."

mami: *chuckle*

-elsewhere-

Dazai: *asleep on the rooftop*

Lucy: *watering plants*

kirako: the peppers are coming along nice.

Lucy: "Those'll be good in some dishes. But the tomatoes don't seem to be holding up..."

kirako: hmm... maybe we should get some more fertilizer?

Lucy: *nods* "I wish Kenji was back--he's a bit better at this kind of thing."

kirako: well, they'll be back by tomorrow.

Lucy: "..." *sighs*

-elsewhere-

Asher: *picking at their fries* "...So, the field trip..."

izumi: not sure what to expect.

Asher: *nods* "I tried overhearing some older students talk about something similar...But I couldn't get much." *shudders* "It's gonna suck."

izumi: ??

Asher: "After what happened around the world? They're going to work us ragged to get ready for some big threat. I heard the same about those pro hero students..."

izumi:.....

Saria: "Hey, you two!" *sets down her tray* "Excited for the training camp?"

Asher: -_______-

izumi: i guess so...

Saria: *nods* "I had to reassure my parents about it. You get the permission slips signed?"

Asher: "... ... ..." >_>;

izumi: yeah, i got them signed.

Saria: "Asher?"

Asher: "...Working on it."

-elsewhere-

fuyumi: im home.

Natsuo: *mouth full of crackers* "Yo!"

fuyumi: *sigh* natsuo, what did i tell you about eating with your mouth full?

Natsuo: *swallows* "That it’s rude and your students are more well-mannered?" ^^;

fuyumi: that and you'll risk choking.

Natsuo: "That's why I got this bad boy!" *holds up a glass of water*

fuyumi: ^^; *takes a seat*

Natsuo: "Shoto is still sleeping--he looked exhausted."

fuyumi: i could imagine. anything happen while i was out?

Natsuo: "...Been quiet, minus the yelling in the gym."

fuyumi:....shouto does know he can always stay at the apartment with me, right?

Natsuo: "Yeah. He just...seemed really tired and wanted to crash. Must've been desperate...unless you think those two are getting along..."

fuyumi:.....

*something crashes in the gym*

Natsuo: "...Yeah, didn't think so..."

-elsewhere-

Jinn: <Zubaidah? It's Sid calling again.>

zubaidah: *answers* <yes?>

Sid: "Hey, Zubaidah. Been trying to reach you. How's training?"

zubaidah: it's been well. not that busy, surprisingly.

Sid: "Huh. Life of a sage, huh? Anyway, wanted to see if you could help with something back in Death City."

zubaidah: oh?

Sid: "Some newbies will be going in for NOT training, and we've decided to host it in the desert. I think you and Jinn would be well suited for this."

zubaidah: i see. alright we'll be there soon.

Sid: "Thanks--I owe you one. Where exactly are you, anyway? Getting in touch with you has taken a bit."

-elsewhere-

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Arista Networks: Buy The Fall From Grace

New Post has been published on http://openstackservers.com/arista-networks-buy-the-fall-from-grace/

Arista Networks: Buy The Fall From Grace

I’ve had my eye on Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET), the cloud-friendly networking hardware company, for a long time now. The company’s sheer execution is undeniable, with the company gaining market share over entrenched incumbent Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) with each passing quarter and growing north of 40%, a true feat for a hardware company in an otherwise “boring” industry. Meanwhile, the company has been expanding its margins, earnings, and cash flow by envious amounts – leading the stock to go up, up, up over the past year.

Hardware has had a bit of a resurgence over the past year, with typically “boring” stocks like semiconductors companies enjoying a bit of a renaissance with huge gains in 2017. But surpassing them all is Arista Networks, which twelve months ago was trading just north of $100. Right before Arista’s Q4 tumble, shares crossed the psychologically important $300 mark, and even after taking into account its earnings pummeling, the stock is up 156% over the past twelve months.

ANET data by YCharts

Naturally, it’s healthy for any stock that’s risen this far, this fast to have a bit of a breather to consolidate gains before resuming a rally – no matter how solid the fundamentals. While fundamentals are the strongest backbone for any investment decision, one can’t ignore the fact that traders will take profits on an extremely profitable trade no matter what the underlying results are.

For this reason, I believe Arista’s “fall from grace” is simply cosmetic – peeking under the hood at its results can find no immediate cause from disappointment. The stock will rise again, and though it would be foolish to hope the company can double again in 2018, it’s more than likely that Arista will continue to outperform the broader market.

Note also that Goldman Sachs’ new telecom hardware analyst recently initiated Arista as a Buy with a price target of $320 (21% upside). While Wall Street’s ratings and price targets are not a perfectly reliable source of investment due diligence (due to the fact that ratings skew mostly positive, especially from the larger firms with investment banking ties to these clients – irrespective of the so-called “Chinese Wall”), the fact that Goldman added Arista to its Conviction List is certainly worth mentioning. Such accolades aren’t frivolously awarded by a top research house.

As previously mentioned, I’ve been eyeing Arista stock for a while, not daring to jump in because of the consistent gains. I try not to buy on the way up, but in Arista’s case, that seems to be the only way the stock can go – and in my mind, it’s just as dangerous to ride a huge rally as it is to catch a falling knife. I’ve been waiting for the pullback that never seemed to come until now, and if the stock falls to the $250-$260 range, I’m snapping up as much as I can.

Analysts are pinning an EPS target of $6.27 for the coming year (as reported by Yahoo Finance) – so shares are trading at a forward P/E of ~40x. This is roughly in line with Arista’s historical average, and before you jump to the conclusion that 40x is a ridiculous earnings multiple to pay, recall that Arista’s earnings growth of ~70% is leagues better than legacy peers. On a PEG basis, Arista carries a PEG ratio of about 0.6x, indicating that the stock is undervalued relative to its earnings potential.

Let’s dive into Arista’s quarter to see if there’s anything we have to worry about (right off the bat, let’s capstone this by saying there isn’t anything of note to be concerned about).

See the company’s earnings summary below:

Figure 1. Arista Networks Q4 results

Source: Arista investor relations

Arista grew revenues by 43% y/y to $467.9 million, a stunning growth rate for a company at its ~$2 billion run rate. One note here: Perhaps it’s the deceleration from last quarter’s 51% growth that has investors worried, but what are they to expect when the company has grown this large? Deceleration is a fact of life in growing companies, and Arista’s revenue growth towers over Cisco’s at 3% (and investors had applauded Cisco’s results). Arista also beat analysts’ expectations of $458.7 million (+40% y/y) by a comfortable margin, so there’s not too much to criticize the company for.

Arista’s CEO Jayshree Ullal (herself a former top executive and protege of Cisco’s John Chambers, a drama that has been chronicled in the Wall Street Journal) called FY17 a “significant year” for the company in which it gained widespread acceptance of its products, having sold a cumulative 15 million cloud networking ports to a base of 4,900 customers. Ullal also reminded customers that its top customer is Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT).

What other badge of honor can be greater for an enterprise technology company than being a major vendor to the largest enterprise software company in the world? If that’s not market acceptance, nothing else is. While Cisco and its contemporaries are racing fast to innovate again in the space after being stale for such a long time, Arista is climbing to the top of the leaderboards in new deployments and customer reviews.

While it’s true that Arista isn’t the only networking hardware company that is compatible with cloud technologies – I’m sure Cisco products work just fine – it has the advantage of having the closest association with the cloud. It’s a fan-favorite brand among forward-thinking IT leaders, and as cloud transformation becomes an increasingly important agenda item for top companies, Arista will continue benefiting from more customer conversions.

All the while, Arista is taking advantage of its continuous growth to pump out more margins. As a percentage of revenues, all of Arista’s operating spend components have scaled down, indicating much higher efficiency. In particular, notice how sales and marketing spend has essentially flatlined from $38.3 million in 4Q16 to $38.8 million in 4Q17, notwithstanding the much higher (43% higher) revenue base.

This hints at the fact that Arista is pulling in demand fairly organically. It doesn’t have to continually add bodies to a massive, expensive sales force to push its products into the market – it’s doing just fine in the growth department without any incremental sales spending.

As such, GAAP operating profits in the quarter rose to $139.4 million (a 30% margin) versus $77.5 million (24% margin) in 4Q16. Note that this is now in-line with Cisco’s operating margin, despite being a fraction of Cisco’s scale (and with Cisco having much more gross margin accretive businesses in its software arm). Arista’s profitability, if market trends continue and the IT community continues to embrace its product, will eventually overtake Cisco’s – it’s only a matter of time.

CSCO Operating Margin (Quarterly) data by YCharts

Arista’s pro forma EPS of $1.71 grew 64% y/y from $1.04 in 4Q16, and beat analyst consensus of $1.41 by 30c (a 21% beat). It’s evidently obvious from the size of Arista’s beat this quarter that the earnings reaction is solely profit taking, nothing more.

Perhaps guidance was a bit tighter relative to Wall Street consensus than usual, but a beat is still a beat, and if history shows anything, it’s that Arista continually outperforms relative to its targets and frequently revises its targets upward. The company called for Q1 revenues of $450-$468 million, the midpoint of which ($459 million) still beat consensus of $457.8 million.

With profits growing ~70% y/y, revenues growing above 40% and beating analyst estimates in both the current quarter and for next quarter’s guidance, there’s no cause for concern in Arista’s quarter. Declines in best-of-breed, top-notch growth stocks like Arista tend to be short-lived, so investors are encouraged to take advantage of the current volatility to pick up shares at a slight discount.

Disclosure: I/we have no positions in any stocks mentioned, but may initiate a long position in ANET over the next 72 hours.

I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.

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Arista Networks: Buy The Fall From Grace

New Post has been published on http://openstackservers.com/arista-networks-buy-the-fall-from-grace/

Arista Networks: Buy The Fall From Grace

I’ve had my eye on Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET), the cloud-friendly networking hardware company, for a long time now. The company’s sheer execution is undeniable, with the company gaining market share over entrenched incumbent Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) with each passing quarter and growing north of 40%, a true feat for a hardware company in an otherwise “boring” industry. Meanwhile, the company has been expanding its margins, earnings, and cash flow by envious amounts – leading the stock to go up, up, up over the past year.

Hardware has had a bit of a resurgence over the past year, with typically “boring” stocks like semiconductors companies enjoying a bit of a renaissance with huge gains in 2017. But surpassing them all is Arista Networks, which twelve months ago was trading just north of $100. Right before Arista’s Q4 tumble, shares crossed the psychologically important $300 mark, and even after taking into account its earnings pummeling, the stock is up 156% over the past twelve months.

ANET data by YCharts

Naturally, it’s healthy for any stock that’s risen this far, this fast to have a bit of a breather to consolidate gains before resuming a rally – no matter how solid the fundamentals. While fundamentals are the strongest backbone for any investment decision, one can’t ignore the fact that traders will take profits on an extremely profitable trade no matter what the underlying results are.

For this reason, I believe Arista’s “fall from grace” is simply cosmetic – peeking under the hood at its results can find no immediate cause from disappointment. The stock will rise again, and though it would be foolish to hope the company can double again in 2018, it’s more than likely that Arista will continue to outperform the broader market.

Note also that Goldman Sachs’ new telecom hardware analyst recently initiated Arista as a Buy with a price target of $320 (21% upside). While Wall Street’s ratings and price targets are not a perfectly reliable source of investment due diligence (due to the fact that ratings skew mostly positive, especially from the larger firms with investment banking ties to these clients – irrespective of the so-called “Chinese Wall”), the fact that Goldman added Arista to its Conviction List is certainly worth mentioning. Such accolades aren’t frivolously awarded by a top research house.

As previously mentioned, I’ve been eyeing Arista stock for a while, not daring to jump in because of the consistent gains. I try not to buy on the way up, but in Arista’s case, that seems to be the only way the stock can go – and in my mind, it’s just as dangerous to ride a huge rally as it is to catch a falling knife. I’ve been waiting for the pullback that never seemed to come until now, and if the stock falls to the $250-$260 range, I’m snapping up as much as I can.

Analysts are pinning an EPS target of $6.27 for the coming year (as reported by Yahoo Finance) – so shares are trading at a forward P/E of ~40x. This is roughly in line with Arista’s historical average, and before you jump to the conclusion that 40x is a ridiculous earnings multiple to pay, recall that Arista’s earnings growth of ~70% is leagues better than legacy peers. On a PEG basis, Arista carries a PEG ratio of about 0.6x, indicating that the stock is undervalued relative to its earnings potential.

Let’s dive into Arista’s quarter to see if there’s anything we have to worry about (right off the bat, let’s capstone this by saying there isn’t anything of note to be concerned about).

See the company’s earnings summary below:

Figure 1. Arista Networks Q4 results

Source: Arista investor relations

Arista grew revenues by 43% y/y to $467.9 million, a stunning growth rate for a company at its ~$2 billion run rate. One note here: Perhaps it’s the deceleration from last quarter’s 51% growth that has investors worried, but what are they to expect when the company has grown this large? Deceleration is a fact of life in growing companies, and Arista’s revenue growth towers over Cisco’s at 3% (and investors had applauded Cisco’s results). Arista also beat analysts’ expectations of $458.7 million (+40% y/y) by a comfortable margin, so there’s not too much to criticize the company for.

Arista’s CEO Jayshree Ullal (herself a former top executive and protege of Cisco’s John Chambers, a drama that has been chronicled in the Wall Street Journal) called FY17 a “significant year” for the company in which it gained widespread acceptance of its products, having sold a cumulative 15 million cloud networking ports to a base of 4,900 customers. Ullal also reminded customers that its top customer is Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT).

What other badge of honor can be greater for an enterprise technology company than being a major vendor to the largest enterprise software company in the world? If that’s not market acceptance, nothing else is. While Cisco and its contemporaries are racing fast to innovate again in the space after being stale for such a long time, Arista is climbing to the top of the leaderboards in new deployments and customer reviews.

While it’s true that Arista isn’t the only networking hardware company that is compatible with cloud technologies – I’m sure Cisco products work just fine – it has the advantage of having the closest association with the cloud. It’s a fan-favorite brand among forward-thinking IT leaders, and as cloud transformation becomes an increasingly important agenda item for top companies, Arista will continue benefiting from more customer conversions.

All the while, Arista is taking advantage of its continuous growth to pump out more margins. As a percentage of revenues, all of Arista’s operating spend components have scaled down, indicating much higher efficiency. In particular, notice how sales and marketing spend has essentially flatlined from $38.3 million in 4Q16 to $38.8 million in 4Q17, notwithstanding the much higher (43% higher) revenue base.

This hints at the fact that Arista is pulling in demand fairly organically. It doesn’t have to continually add bodies to a massive, expensive sales force to push its products into the market – it’s doing just fine in the growth department without any incremental sales spending.

As such, GAAP operating profits in the quarter rose to $139.4 million (a 30% margin) versus $77.5 million (24% margin) in 4Q16. Note that this is now in-line with Cisco’s operating margin, despite being a fraction of Cisco’s scale (and with Cisco having much more gross margin accretive businesses in its software arm). Arista’s profitability, if market trends continue and the IT community continues to embrace its product, will eventually overtake Cisco’s – it’s only a matter of time.

CSCO Operating Margin (Quarterly) data by YCharts

Arista’s pro forma EPS of $1.71 grew 64% y/y from $1.04 in 4Q16, and beat analyst consensus of $1.41 by 30c (a 21% beat). It’s evidently obvious from the size of Arista’s beat this quarter that the earnings reaction is solely profit taking, nothing more.

Perhaps guidance was a bit tighter relative to Wall Street consensus than usual, but a beat is still a beat, and if history shows anything, it’s that Arista continually outperforms relative to its targets and frequently revises its targets upward. The company called for Q1 revenues of $450-$468 million, the midpoint of which ($459 million) still beat consensus of $457.8 million.

With profits growing ~70% y/y, revenues growing above 40% and beating analyst estimates in both the current quarter and for next quarter’s guidance, there’s no cause for concern in Arista’s quarter. Declines in best-of-breed, top-notch growth stocks like Arista tend to be short-lived, so investors are encouraged to take advantage of the current volatility to pick up shares at a slight discount.

Disclosure: I/we have no positions in any stocks mentioned, but may initiate a long position in ANET over the next 72 hours.

I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.

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Arista Networks: Buy The Fall From Grace

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Arista Networks: Buy The Fall From Grace

I’ve had my eye on Arista Networks (NYSE:ANET), the cloud-friendly networking hardware company, for a long time now. The company’s sheer execution is undeniable, with the company gaining market share over entrenched incumbent Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) with each passing quarter and growing north of 40%, a true feat for a hardware company in an otherwise “boring” industry. Meanwhile, the company has been expanding its margins, earnings, and cash flow by envious amounts – leading the stock to go up, up, up over the past year.

Hardware has had a bit of a resurgence over the past year, with typically “boring” stocks like semiconductors companies enjoying a bit of a renaissance with huge gains in 2017. But surpassing them all is Arista Networks, which twelve months ago was trading just north of $100. Right before Arista’s Q4 tumble, shares crossed the psychologically important $300 mark, and even after taking into account its earnings pummeling, the stock is up 156% over the past twelve months.

ANET data by YCharts

Naturally, it’s healthy for any stock that’s risen this far, this fast to have a bit of a breather to consolidate gains before resuming a rally – no matter how solid the fundamentals. While fundamentals are the strongest backbone for any investment decision, one can’t ignore the fact that traders will take profits on an extremely profitable trade no matter what the underlying results are.

For this reason, I believe Arista’s “fall from grace” is simply cosmetic – peeking under the hood at its results can find no immediate cause from disappointment. The stock will rise again, and though it would be foolish to hope the company can double again in 2018, it’s more than likely that Arista will continue to outperform the broader market.

Note also that Goldman Sachs’ new telecom hardware analyst recently initiated Arista as a Buy with a price target of $320 (21% upside). While Wall Street’s ratings and price targets are not a perfectly reliable source of investment due diligence (due to the fact that ratings skew mostly positive, especially from the larger firms with investment banking ties to these clients – irrespective of the so-called “Chinese Wall”), the fact that Goldman added Arista to its Conviction List is certainly worth mentioning. Such accolades aren’t frivolously awarded by a top research house.

As previously mentioned, I’ve been eyeing Arista stock for a while, not daring to jump in because of the consistent gains. I try not to buy on the way up, but in Arista’s case, that seems to be the only way the stock can go – and in my mind, it’s just as dangerous to ride a huge rally as it is to catch a falling knife. I’ve been waiting for the pullback that never seemed to come until now, and if the stock falls to the $250-$260 range, I’m snapping up as much as I can.

Analysts are pinning an EPS target of $6.27 for the coming year (as reported by Yahoo Finance) – so shares are trading at a forward P/E of ~40x. This is roughly in line with Arista’s historical average, and before you jump to the conclusion that 40x is a ridiculous earnings multiple to pay, recall that Arista’s earnings growth of ~70% is leagues better than legacy peers. On a PEG basis, Arista carries a PEG ratio of about 0.6x, indicating that the stock is undervalued relative to its earnings potential.

Let’s dive into Arista’s quarter to see if there’s anything we have to worry about (right off the bat, let’s capstone this by saying there isn’t anything of note to be concerned about).

See the company’s earnings summary below:

Figure 1. Arista Networks Q4 results

Source: Arista investor relations

Arista grew revenues by 43% y/y to $467.9 million, a stunning growth rate for a company at its ~$2 billion run rate. One note here: Perhaps it’s the deceleration from last quarter’s 51% growth that has investors worried, but what are they to expect when the company has grown this large? Deceleration is a fact of life in growing companies, and Arista’s revenue growth towers over Cisco’s at 3% (and investors had applauded Cisco’s results). Arista also beat analysts’ expectations of $458.7 million (+40% y/y) by a comfortable margin, so there’s not too much to criticize the company for.

Arista’s CEO Jayshree Ullal (herself a former top executive and protege of Cisco’s John Chambers, a drama that has been chronicled in the Wall Street Journal) called FY17 a “significant year” for the company in which it gained widespread acceptance of its products, having sold a cumulative 15 million cloud networking ports to a base of 4,900 customers. Ullal also reminded customers that its top customer is Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT).

What other badge of honor can be greater for an enterprise technology company than being a major vendor to the largest enterprise software company in the world? If that’s not market acceptance, nothing else is. While Cisco and its contemporaries are racing fast to innovate again in the space after being stale for such a long time, Arista is climbing to the top of the leaderboards in new deployments and customer reviews.

While it’s true that Arista isn’t the only networking hardware company that is compatible with cloud technologies – I’m sure Cisco products work just fine – it has the advantage of having the closest association with the cloud. It’s a fan-favorite brand among forward-thinking IT leaders, and as cloud transformation becomes an increasingly important agenda item for top companies, Arista will continue benefiting from more customer conversions.

All the while, Arista is taking advantage of its continuous growth to pump out more margins. As a percentage of revenues, all of Arista’s operating spend components have scaled down, indicating much higher efficiency. In particular, notice how sales and marketing spend has essentially flatlined from $38.3 million in 4Q16 to $38.8 million in 4Q17, notwithstanding the much higher (43% higher) revenue base.

This hints at the fact that Arista is pulling in demand fairly organically. It doesn’t have to continually add bodies to a massive, expensive sales force to push its products into the market – it’s doing just fine in the growth department without any incremental sales spending.

As such, GAAP operating profits in the quarter rose to $139.4 million (a 30% margin) versus $77.5 million (24% margin) in 4Q16. Note that this is now in-line with Cisco’s operating margin, despite being a fraction of Cisco’s scale (and with Cisco having much more gross margin accretive businesses in its software arm). Arista’s profitability, if market trends continue and the IT community continues to embrace its product, will eventually overtake Cisco’s – it’s only a matter of time.

CSCO Operating Margin (Quarterly) data by YCharts

Arista’s pro forma EPS of $1.71 grew 64% y/y from $1.04 in 4Q16, and beat analyst consensus of $1.41 by 30c (a 21% beat). It’s evidently obvious from the size of Arista’s beat this quarter that the earnings reaction is solely profit taking, nothing more.

Perhaps guidance was a bit tighter relative to Wall Street consensus than usual, but a beat is still a beat, and if history shows anything, it’s that Arista continually outperforms relative to its targets and frequently revises its targets upward. The company called for Q1 revenues of $450-$468 million, the midpoint of which ($459 million) still beat consensus of $457.8 million.

With profits growing ~70% y/y, revenues growing above 40% and beating analyst estimates in both the current quarter and for next quarter’s guidance, there’s no cause for concern in Arista’s quarter. Declines in best-of-breed, top-notch growth stocks like Arista tend to be short-lived, so investors are encouraged to take advantage of the current volatility to pick up shares at a slight discount.

Disclosure: I/we have no positions in any stocks mentioned, but may initiate a long position in ANET over the next 72 hours.

I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.

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Commander’s Log: Cantha, part 4

Alright time for some story stuff! I was kind of doing one of these per story step but I think I got out of sync. Now I’m just ending these where it makes sense to my brain.

We grabbed a raptor taxi to the instance entrance and can I just say that I love the taxis so much! There’s such a fun way to move quickly but unlike waypoints I still get time to enjoy the scenery. And it give me time to like slow down and mentally process and take my time thinking about stuff. Anyway

Ah Gorrick’s special interest! Yes I will happily wait for you to make sure we don’t cause another extinction even- goddamn it Jory get back here!

God they really write him so well him snapping at Jory and then like consciously taking a moment to tone shift. I feel that.

Aw I didn’t have time to find the thing before Jory pointed it out.

Oh Gorrick’s a holosmith! I wouldn’t have guessed since he doesn’t use the sword and beyond that I’m not too familiar with it (despite being an engie main lol) but cool yes king tell me more about hard light

HmMmmmmm this is a trap

Ok I really like Ivan also at first I thought he was talking on comms with someone but it seems he was just talking to himself.

Ok big actually boss fight time!

Oh she is drunk as a skunk

Holy shit she’s a revenant!!! Oh my goooood this is so cool!

SXARLETT FUCKING BRIAR????????!!!!!

Ok ok ok so I honestly don’t have any strong feelings about season 1 or scarlet but oh my gosh that was the coolest boss fight I’ve done in forever! The music the pacing holy shit. And like it felt the way that first instance did. Fun and satisfying and it took a minute to get but then I got it and I didn’t feel frustrated I could just enjoy myself. The challenge level of this expansion has been so stable it’s really nice

Oh so we don’t kill Mai. Im honestly not surprised it’d be a little weird to bring her back just to get rid of her again. But I am bit surprised that this seems to be a recurring theme. For multiple of the events we ran last night, we fought people until they surrendered not died. I dunno that’s just a really interest shift I think

Also I really like that Kas is being the diplomat not just between Dragons Watch and the world but also within Dragons Watch

Lol Ivan thanks for breaking the tension

Hell yeah! Kaineng time!

Or not lol.

Oh my god they are LITerally sending me to the goddamn DMV!!!!! Anet you tops tier comedians how dare you lol

Also I’ve noticed that the Commander (or at least the male asura voice) has sounded unsure/caught off guard a fair bit. Like when Kas called us, Bertie went “oh Um uh sure yeah ok” and it’s very different from the usual tone of “I’ve got this”. I think it just goes to show that the Commander really only kind of knows how to be the Commander and if you take them out of that situation and put them in a different one they kinda don’t know what to do? Yeah

I’ve never had so much fun at the DMV in my LIFE. That was so funny. Listen Bertie absolutely brings a romance novel with him while he waits. I can’t believe they made me do paper work. I’m notoriously bad at paperwork and bureaucracy so This was really funny.

Bertie: wow and I thought Rata Sum had a lot of regulations.

Syrryl: oh you don’t know the half of it

Doing an event to fill up the bar and the woman were escorting has massive butch lesbian vibes truly excellent

Shit I just realized time is passing? Like the holo news is updating stories. Kas had the time to go and do an interview oh this is kind of jarring I’m so used to us being the one to move things along

That combined with the fact that like there’s not the tension and immediate goals of season 4 and icebrood saga really makes it feel like the Commander isn’t in charge it’s very different I’m interested to see where this goes. Cause like yknow end of dragons. What becomes of the Commander when their biggest live goal is over? I’m getting ahead of myself….

Boat time! For some reason I cannot get the skiff to drop anchor correctly but that’s ok whenever we have a multi person vehicle my bf always drives. He’s the can drive gay of this household

Don’t have the boat five minutes and I’m already on the Uber grind lol

Oh my god everyone else is already there what the hell?

I like Navan. She’s very calming.

To new Kaineng!!

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