#anyway I hope you enjoyed this introduction of Hanae

[sundered-souls]

FFXIVwrite 2024 - #1

Word count: 1640 Rating: G Characters: Hanae, Raminas (random Dalmascan NPC invented for this) Archive Of Our Own version (easier to read on there imho)

Prompt: Steer

In the dead silence of Garlemald, the crunchy sound of your steps is the only one you can hear. A lone hyur with only far away mountains and a city in ruin for company, struggling not to get stuck in the snow. It's a mistake, you think, not quite for the first time, and the shivers down your spine agree with you. You're too young. Too inexperienced. What even took you to think you should help those who brought your nation to heel? Yet the Contingent doesn't have many hands to spare... and you volunteered. So you keep going, deaf to the warning of your soul—and as your destination appears before you, your pounding heart drowns out even the crunch of your steps.

You had hoped your first words would be firm. Clear. But every syllable bumps into the next and whatever comes out of your mouth is from a Spoken race in name only. In front of you, the Hrothgar looks utterly unimpressed.

"I would like to meet Ms Corvus," you finally manage after clearing your throat, your face a bright red now (you tell yourself it's from the cold, but you know. You know.) Then you state your name and your mission: you come with an offer from the Contingent. Peace and mutual aid, should the captain find their terms agreeable.

The Hrothgar somehow looks even less impressed now, but still moves his giant body from the doorstep and allows you to enter.

A welcomed warmth greets you and blinds you all at once. As you take off your glasses to clean the fog obscuring your sight, an Elezen—maybe?—joins you and offers to guide you to his leader. Well. Perhaps it was indeed a mistake if you think this is anything other than an order. But you follow anyway, and by the time your glasses are back on your nose, you're in a well-lit room decorated with taste, if soberly.

When you turn back to thank your guide, he's already gone.

You are alone.

Times passes with only the regular ticks of the clock for company. Occasionally, you hear bouts of laughter coming from somewhere else in the apartment (children, you think), but alone you are and alone you remain. You dare not sit down on a chair, comfortably as they seem to be, for fear of being deemed too familiar. But when, eventually, the smell of food reaches your nose (was it your stomach that rumbled so?), you start wondering if you've not simply been forgotten.

The warning of Maxima Priscus comes back to mind in time to stop you from venturing outside the room: the Sky Pirate is a woman of character, which is to say that she doesn't take lightly to challenges on her authority. With what was left of the Garlean nobility too busy pretending governing when they couldn't even provide for their citizens, they were the competition. The Contingent. With its offer of protection and food and the promise of more where it came from. And thus you are here, to try to convince her that competition is unnecessary when you could just become allies.

The unlikeliness of your success is a strange sort of reassurance, but it finally seems to bring you back to your senses. You look around, taking in the view with attention now that the nervousness has passed a bit. And while you're not any kind of expert of art nor finely crafted goods, you recognize the Corvosi style of some of it—not least of all the beautiful mirror hanging on a wall.

A mirror that screams at you for looking so unkempt. Unbecoming, your mind supplies before you mumble: "Oh, right. I'm an ambassador. Kinda. Shit."

After what feels like an eternity of staying still, you finally dare moving from your spot—and leave behind a puddle of water with a wince. It's not your fault, you tell yourself. The snow on your coat melted, but nobody offered to relieve you of it and they're the ones making you wait. You try to forget the beautiful wood underneath (surely it won't appreciate this much water tainting it) to focus on your reflection in the mirror and put some order back in your hair.

Just as you finish carefully folding your coat on your arm, a hidden door open in the library on your right. You almost jump out of your skin and quickly stumble to get back where you were—not unlike a child caught red-handed stealing candies. That the woman who entered the room shows all the tells of a disgusted mother doesn't help, so you straighten your back to whether the storm.

(It strikes you, however, that if not for the whiteness of her hair, she looks every bit like the Domans with which you've break bread. A bastard, you remember. The child of an adulterous Garlean noble and a maidservant.)

"I am Hanae Corvus, captain of the Argo and proud daughter of Garlemald. You came to talk to me, yes? Then talk. - It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance, Ma'am. I'm Raminas and I come today as a representative for the Alliance Delegation. We've heard you work to provide food and shelter to survivors and hoped we might find an agreement to fashion a new era of prosperity and peace for Garlemald with your help."

The words might have sounded better out of a Morbol's mouth—or so you interpret the disdain in her eyes.

"Is that how you've convinced them at Tertium? - I'm not sure I'm following...? - The Senate is full of senile cowards who would sooner take pride in our downfall than being useful. If you haven't seen the station they now call home, let me tell you how it is: warm and full of food. They think themselves leaders and justify their greed while those they pretend to lead die to the weather and hunger. That is why the "Alliance" convinced my peers at Tertium to demean themselves by surrendering to your conditions. We have no need of you here. - We didn't come as invaders... - Then you are fools."

At a loss, are you? She seems to think so, too.

"We will not force you to adhere to our ways—this gets you a sneer, though she's letting you continue—but we can help you provide for more people. - We have enough. - How? comes your question before you have enough time to think before speaking. - We have enough. This is all the knowledge you need."

You knew it would be difficult, but the idea that just on this side of the ruins there might be enough for everyone sounds wrong. The reports mentioned that the Argo was used to carry resources to Garlemald, you remember, but surely her funds aren't bottomless?

"Raminas, was it? - Yes, Ma'am. - Well, Raminas, allow me to guide you through the situation we are currently in so you can better convey my response to your masters. You came here to bring the war to Garlemald after we lost a few of our provinces and found a desolated land for your efforts. This allows you to act as forgiving saviors. A strike of sheer luck that leaves you free of atrocities in the eyes of history, and us at your mercy.

You are young, so I do not belittle you for not seeing through the lies of experienced politicians. But you should know already that if they have nothing to gain from your presence here, they will have you withdraw—and your 'help' with you. Thus do I refuse to consider you allies.

We, Garleans, will steer our nation in whichever direction will allow use to thrive with dignity, for I will not bet our people's future on those who have everything to gain from keeping us low."

What is there to answer to that, except, perhaps, what you hope might provide weight to the integrity of the Contingent.

"The Scions will make sure no political leader would abuse you."

She laughs. It is not a joyful laughter.

"This is less comforting that you think, Raminas. - Is there truly no way to convince you of the purity of our intentions? - No. - But we don't have to be enemies. - And we are not. Not unless you start taking more than is willingly given. So go. Help those idiotic enough to believe the lies. I will remain here when you won't and I will take care of them when you won't."

The end of the conversation is a blur. You don't try to convince her again. It's useless, and both of you know that now. But you wonder as she leaves the room if in fifteen, twenty years, you too will be as jaded as she is. You hope you won't.

A man comes to collect you—it's the best way your mind phrases it. You put your coat back on as you follow him inside the corridor, recognizing him as the one you took for an Elezen earlier. Only at the door leading you outside does the Garlean talk, telling you that Captain Corvus' men will ensure you arrive safe at your destination.

As he closes the door behind you, your eyes catches the golden symbol of Faram the Father decorating the hallway. You may be no fine arts expert, but you recognize a stolen sacred symbol of your faith when you see one. Yet already the Hrothgar places himself between you and the door, and you are forced to leave with no chance to retrieve what has nothing to do in this place.

And thus do you walk back to deliver her message, the crunch of your steps drowned out by the pounding of your heart, with only far away mountains, a city almost entirely in ruins and the watchful eyes of thieves for company.

[deareststars]

Could you make some headcanons on Ms. Sakamoto and Ryuji introducing her to the PT?

mama sakamoto is one of my favorite characters and we never even get to see her in-game. i hate atlus for that! anyway, thank you for requesting hahaha, i hope you enjoy! cheers <3

(for reference, mama sakamoto’s name in this is going to be hana sakamoto!)

((continued under the cut))

- we already know that hana is like, an absolute angel of a mother, so i think that extends to other facets of her life. she bakes cookies for elderly neighbors, gives kids lemonade on summer days, and volunteers at a nearby primary school as a teacher aide! all the kids know her as “ms hana” and absolutely adore her to death.

- i headcanon her to work two or three jobs. since she and ryuji are (presumably) living paycheck to paycheck, i don’t think she had the time to get an education past her GDE. she works as a florist and a receptionist at a friend’s company—not enough to afford extravagant gifts, but enough to treat ryuji every month or so.

- in regards to ryuji (actually, with most people in general), she probably doesn’t like talking about her problems. she’s selfless and empathetic to a fault. this ends up in her burning out a lot, and it isn’t until ryuji talks to her about it that she begins to work on improving that aspect of herself.

- actually, i think that coming out of an abusive relationship means that she definitely holds a lot of cards close to her chest. there are things that no one knows, not even ryuji. except for her ex-husband, but we don’t talk about him.

- for a more light-hearted headcanon, hana is probably a jack-of-all-trades, kind of like a less OP joker. when she was in school, her grades were all good enough that people knew her as “one of those smart girls.” she was also fairly athletic and creative. she was open to a lot of people, which led to some taking advantage of her…maybe that’s what led her into such a shitty relationship.

i think ryuji actually got his love of track from his mom! she probably did it in high school, and runs in her free time. ryuji joined her one day, and he was absolutely hooked.

- hana dyed ryuji’s hair. no questions asked.

- ryuji also gets his way of speaking from his mom. no questions asked there, either.

- now, for meeting the phantom thieves!

- ryuji waits until after everything was said and done (re: after their fight against shido) to introduce hana to the others. she knows bits and pieces about his phantom thievery, but only that ryuji and his friends are behind the changes of heart.

- hana’s absolutely shocked to find out that not only are all the phantom thieves teenagers, but that cute girl from ryuji’s junior high class and the boy that ryuji had brought home one day to play video games are also part of it!

she probably felt a little guilt, too. she’s an adult, and these kids are doing things to fix the society that her generation effed up. actually, these kids are doing things that her generation in general was never able to do.

but she covers it up by teasing ryuji about having such attractive friends. she asks him if he likes any of them, and no one was prepared for ryuji’s face to burst into flames.

- after introductions, hana becomes something like a sojiro to the group. not anything major (there’s only so much she can do as a single, working mother), but she offers them moral support!

- the thieves are enamored with ryuji’s mom. she becomes the group’s surrogate mother, and although ryuji pretends to be annoyed (ann and futaba tease him about being such a mama’s boy), he’s really happy for hana.

he told joker one day that he never saw her smile as wide as when futaba accidentally called her “mom.” joker made sure to call hana “mom” every day after that. sure enough, hana almost never stopped glowing.

- when the phantom thieves end up having to fight yaldy, hana is at the front of the crowd, cheering her kids on.

“you kids are fixin’ the society that we never could! i believe in you!”

- since hana knows the phantom thieves, when maruki’s reality comes about in january, she knows something is wrong. maruki tries to bring her husband back as a good man and a better family man, but hana never wanted him back.

“i have all the sunshine i need right here.”

- after the phantom thieves disband (she almost has a heart attack when summer hits and ryuji tells her that they got back together again), she still keeps up with all of them. the kids often visit ryuji at their apartment, and she makes sure to spend a few hours at home to make them some food and chat!

- the main reason why hana is so happy about the phantom thieves is because ryuji hasn’t been that happy since kamoshida broke his leg. her source of happiness has always been his. she loves that boy to death.

[putschki1969]

「KEIKO Live K002 ＊＊Lantana＊咲いたよ＊＊」Live Report

■KEIKO Live K002 ＊＊Lantana＊咲いたよ＊＊ Day & Time：2020/12/16　Doors open: 18:00／Start: 19:00 Venue：Zepp DiverCity TOKYO Live Stream Option: https://stagecrowd.live/4182631157/ Streaming Ticket Sale: 12/1 12:00～12/23 13:00 Ticket Price: 3,000円 Archive: 12/16～12/23

Everyone, SUPPORT Keiko and GO BUY a ticket if you haven’t yet!! (TUTORIAL) It was a REALLY cool live! Keiko was adorable! Koichi Korenaga and Hitoshi Konno added so much to so many songs with their guitar and violin. Also, we got May’n and KEIKO singing to the beginning, a May’n song AND a Christmas song together, all those collabs were AMAZING!!!

KEIKO in a leather jacket on stage. YESSSS!!! What more does a fangirl want? :P And she is wearing what seems to be a red skirt an embellished Christmas-y black top.

Find my first impression below the cut 〈(•ˇ‿ˇ•)-→

1.Be Yourself: Still doesn’t sound good live. Not at all. Her version from the first live performance might actually have been better than this. I think she shouldn’t start her lives with this song. I feel like she needs to be more warmed-up to go this high. 

2.ミチテハカケル (?): New song. She did tease us on Twitter that there would be some new songs performed at the live but I wasn’t expecting this. Meh...Another more or less forgettable up-tempo song that is not really up my alley. Kinda like Change the World’s Color. Her vocals improved a bit though compared to Be Yourself.

MC: She promises to interact with her online audience once May’n comes on stage. YAY!

3. Hajimari wa: Finally we are getting somewhere. The start of the concert was a bit bumpy but this is a solid performance. 

4. 溜め息の消える街 (Tameiki no Kieru Machi): Another solid performance. By now you know this is not my cup of tea but the live version is enjoyable enough (especially since she is not singing super high).

MC: Hitoshi Konno comes on stage. Keiko remembers their first meeting back in the day. It was for a recording for the Sound Horizon live in 2008. Keiko was super excited to have live strings at the studio and she really idolised Konno back then for his gorgeous playing. She was dying to meet him because so far she had only heard his playing. She was imagining a figure like Tuxedo Mask from Sailor Moon coming out of the recording booth. But then only Konno came out XD Needless to say, Keiko was quite disappointed. Konno doesn’t seem to remember or he was barely listening to Keiko it seems XD He really has no idea why Keiko is telling us all of this. Keiko says she just wanted to try talking freely about something random.

5. Ray: Ohhhh, the first song I REALLY love from the performance. Ray benefits a lot from the added violin. And Keiko sounds great.

6. 夕顔 (Yugao): YESSSSSSSSS! I was hoping they would use Konno’s violin for this. The intro and bridge were so gorgeous. And the end literally killed me. I LOVED Keiko’s live rendition so much, her expressive vocals hit me right in the feels. 

7. 茜 (Akane): Live violin FTW. Will forever love the verses. The chorus sounds better than in her first live (still not good though - that nobashite mo and kawakasu are just a little too painful for my poor ears). 

MC: Let’s say hello to May’n. May’n is happy to have been asked to appear as guest in Keiko’s live. She is nervous and excited because it has been a while for her to do a live with an audience (+ a live stream). Keiko is going to sing Kalafina together with May’n! BANZAI. On a side note, they are so freaking cute together. May’n is complaining because Keiko so nonchalantly announced that they would be singing a Kalafina song. She thinks this is very special for all of us so it sould be announced accordinly :P Keiko is in a hurry to start singing :P

8. to the beginning: WOW, WOW, WOW! Keiko SLAYS!!! *sobs* The feels!!! And I don’t even like ttb all that much. Keiko got so emotional towards the end. And she sounded better than ever and was obviously so excited to sing a Kalafina song again. Didn’t reallypay much attention to May’n’s vocals. Obviously she is not Wakana.

MC: The excitement is real. May’n loves ttb and has listened to it MANY MANY times so to get to sing it together with Keiko was awesome. Keiko seems to share the sentiment. She is impressed by May’n stage presence and steadiness. Keiko then congratulates May’n on her 15th Anniversary. They finally take a look at the chat for a little while. Keiko is greeting everyone with “yahoo” which everyone in the chat seems to find hilarious because we have never really heard her say this. Someone watches from Korea so Keiko shares some Korean words she knows :P Lots of Macho-senpai talk XD Keiko explains the origin of macho-senpai. It’s from a program Kalafina atteneded and May’n hosted back in the day. Both of them like muscle training so May’n came up with the nickname of macho-senpai for Keiko even though Keiko isn’t even macho or anythin. May’n was shocked to realise that the nickname gained so much popularity and now it is even on Keiko’s Wikipedia page! May’n looks up to Keiko and wants to become macho like her which is why Keiko is “macho-senpai” for her. Keiko denies being macho but May’n is like, “you do so much sports, you are so cool, you love to eat meat, you generally eat a lot (and still stay so thin), you are definitely macho!!!” LOL Keiko thinks about calling May’n Maycho but May’n isn’t into it and she thinks the audience doesn’t like that nickname either even though they can’t see anyone’s face but she sees it in their eyes XD Her HOLA to Mexico is so cute. The tablet is getting heavy so they decide to return it. They are so touchy-feely with each other. And now they are singing a May’n song.

9. graphite / diamond: Never heard it but they rocked the stage together. SO COOL. 

MC: Time for Koichi Korenaga. Lots of cat talk (fyi Kore-chan owns a cat). It’s called JOJO (Jocchan) and Kore-chan often posts pictures on Twitter. Keiko could talk forever about JOJO with Kore-chan.

10. 笑ってやる (Waratte Yaru): Another new song! With lots of English lyrics! Liking this A LOT more than ミチテハカケル I think. So badass. I am into it.

11. エンドロール (End Roll): Is still freaking cool. A mic-stand makes everything better!! Great transition from Waratte Yaru. 

12. Change the World’s Color: While I am not a big fan of the studio live I do quite enjoy her live performances due to her being so enthusiastic. But End Roll and Waratte Yaru are much superior!

MC: Korenaga is about to leave when Keiko reminds him there is one more song to sing XD But before that: Band member introduction. She forgot the guitarist’s full name :P

13: 七色のフィナーレ (Nanairo no Finale):  With both Koichi Korenaga and Hitoshi Konno. BANZAI. Sounds even more like a YK song now. Konno adds so much to the arrangement. Although I think they should have gotten rid of some of the super pop-ish elements of the arrangement to fit the violin more but oh well, it didn’t take away from my listening pleasure. Her final lalala part and the last bit hit differently. So emotional. She obviously felt at home with Konno and Korenaga at her side. So beautiful. Her vocals were a tiny bit better during K001 though and she did make a mistake at one point where her voice literally broke but I am not sure if it was because she was emotional or if she was just exhausted from singing so many up-tempo and high-key songs in a row.

ENCORE: An instrumental of Jingle Bells. May’n is back on stage with Keiko. They want to eat yakiniku for Christmas, not chicken but beef! YAY. MERRY CHRISTMAS!! Keiko loves May’n’s pants and is close to stripping her XD Keiko points out that the slit is very high. I think what she is doing counts as molestation :P Anyways, May’n is super excited to see a new side of Keiko in the future. She has known her for so long but there are still so many new things to discover and that makes her very curious and she feels like it will be the same for all of her fans. Keiko is touched by May’n’s heartfelt little message. Since it’s almost Christmas they need to sing a Christmas song

EN 1. 荒野の果てに (Angels We Have Heard on High): AHHHHHHHHH, one of my favourite Christmas songs. The beginning was FLAWLESS!! Actually loved the pop arrangement even though I usually prefer a more classical one. How I wish I had gotten to hear Kalafina sing this T_T But either way, their collab was great!! I will never like May’n’s voice and it doesn’t go too well with Keiko’s imo but hey, she still did fine.[What I would give to hear Wakana sing this with Keiko. We got a mini version during Kalafina Club once and even that sounded amazing]

EN2. 命の花 (Inochi no Hana): Really loved it.

MC: Keiko says she has many fun things planned for next year so we should look forward to it.

[twinkleallnight]

Marshmallow

Losing her (Chapter 3)

Book : The Royal Romance

Pairing: Liam x MC, Drake x ??

For previous chapters: catch up here

Prompts: This is my first attempt at prompt challenge that I accepted. It was posted by @riseandshinelittleblossom and I was given these lines by @openheart12 . The lines appear bold in the story.

Special thanks to my dear friend @bbrandy2002 for pre reading and keeping up with me at all the odd hours. Can't forget to mention @speedyoperarascalparty who helped me with the texting message video in the begining of the story. Thank you so much dear.

Tags: @ao719 @bbrandy2002 @choiceskatie @drakewalker04 @gkittylove99 @hopefulmoonobject @jovialyouthmusic @mrswalkers-blog @mom2000aggie @speedyoperarascalparty @texaskitten30

Part 3:

In the morning my eyes open to the notification sound from my phone. It’s from Livy.

That last message makes me jump out of the bed. It is my favourite event- The Derby.

As I get ready my thoughts wander around the little banter I had with Livy over chat. I find myself smiling as I remember all those times, we had these talks growing up. It has always been like this. Every reply would always be to tease each other. Two years ago, she officially took over her duchy from her aunt Lucretia, who was a caretaker till Livy grew up. I shied away from there, as I found it inappropriate for a commoner to be a regular visitor to a Duchess. And now, we are left only with messaging each other. I hardly look at her in public. I shake my thoughts as they turn serious.

I need to go to the stables early. I quickly get ready and head to Liam’s room. I knock on the door and walk in without waiting for Liam’s reply.

“In the name of good Lord! Can’t you wait for a moment before I answer the damn door!” Liam shrieks trying to cover himself.

I give out a laugh and turn my back. “Okay, I’m sorry. I wanted to tell you that I am heading to Honeyhill downs a bit earlier then our plan. Ember is not well and she may feel left out while other horses are out for the race. I’m going to stay back with her. I will join you at the tents just before the race.”

Liam puts on his robe and comes to face me. “Do you realise you talk about that horse as if she is your girlfriend? Seriously, if you show even a tiny bit of same affection towards a human being you may have a real lady to call yours. And why didn’t you inform me last night?”

“I would have but that would have meant disturbing your little precious moment at the maze with your”, I say using air quotes, “girlfriend.”

Liam’s eyes give away a surprised look just for fraction of a second before composing himself. “I really like her!”, he says solemnly. “And I hope things work in our favour. But with this crowd of nobles I fear I will lose her.” Suddenly his demeanour changes and he looks at me with pleading eyes. “Can you help me by looking out for her? Especially when I am drowned in the rituals of the court.”

I know his feelings are sincere and I understand that this is important to him as Liam never asks anything of me-ever. He is a man who knows giving away for everybody. So I immediately agree and assure him that I will watch out for Riley.

I drive my truck and reach the stables well in time to give a quick check of all the horses. As planned, I stay back with Ember. When it’s about time I give her a pat, “Next time you will be fit enough to race, sweetheart! For now, you relax. I will come to check on you again tomorrow.”

As I move out of the stables I find Riley wandering nearby. “You seem to be lost.”

“Oh! Hi! Yes. Maxwell instructed me to move to the pink tents after meeting the press. But I can’t find pink tent anywhere.”

“Misinformed! You need to go to the white tent. Come on and I will show you the way.” We start walking in the right direction.

“You will be watching it from the same tent ?” she asks .

“No. I will be with Liam in his private tent.”

“May I join in too?”

“I am not sure. Let me check.” I quickly message Liam and get a prompt positive reply. “Lets go.”

We walk to the enclosed private tent around the racetrack. “There you go.”

She signals me to be quiet by placing a finger on her lips. I look at her puzzled. She moves in the tent behind Liam. He is staring at the racetrack busy in his thoughts. She makes a sound to scare him “Booh!”

He jerks up out of his seat, scared, but takes her in his arms within the next moment. She giggles in his warm hug and he has the broadest smile on his face. He looks up at me n mouths the words, ‘thank you!’ I m unknowingly smiling wide looking at the spark in my friend’s eyes.

As we settle down the race begins and we place our bets. I excuse myself in between to give the two love birds some time with each other. As the race comes to an end I escort Riley to the ladies group.

As I leave her, I get a glimpse of Livy's eyes staring at her. There is a flash of sadness before she covers it up with her cynical smile. I turn back to join Liam as we head to the lawn picnic. My mind is still trying to process what I saw in Livy's stare. I need to talk to her.

Queen Regina makes appearance at the lawn picnic. But what surprises everyone is Madeleine accompanying her. The former crown prince Leo abdicated the thrown after his social season. Madeleine is his ex fiancé. So everyone is wondering why is she here now?

Soon it is made clear that she is participating in Liam’s social season, as well. I look at Liam and we share our uncomfortable feeling over this awkward moment.

The teams are declared, Queen with Madeleine and Liam chooses Riley in his team. The game begins but my attention is caught by the pain in those green eyes.

I am not able to keep my eyes off Livy's face. What is it dear? I want to hug her right now and ask but I know I cannot be near the duchess without any urgent matter to discuss.

I lose interest in all the fun and game because, my mind is revolving around the same thought. I am going to meet Livy soon after this. I don’t realise when the game ends and when Max drags me along to the tea table.

Riley and Liam are seated already. There is another lady at the table. Riley perks up to make introductions. “ I am pleased to make your acquaintance with Lady Hana. Though we are competing as suitors here, I have found a great friend in her.” Hana’s brown eyes light up as she smiles and nods in curtsy. I acknowledge.

I settle down next to Liam. He senses my uneasiness and raises an eyebrow. I try to convince him with a smile and shake my head.

“Nothing that can’t wait for later.” I whisper.

We start eating the tiny tarts and just spoonful of snacks, something I hate about these events. I complain in the end that I m still hungry. Riley brings up cronuts and the rest of the table gets excited about trying the cronuts at a nearby bakery. I look at Liam wide eyed when I see him agreeing to sneak out of palace on Riley’s proposal. Liam is going all head over heels; my friend is planning to break rules! Whatever happened to the ‘stick to the rules' guy? Anyways, we plan to meet near the maze after sunset.

As we break off, I rush to the palace to catch up with Livy. I walk around her room for some time till I find the corridors clear and then tap urgently on her door.

“Come in,” her sharp voice calls out.

“Livy, it’s me!” I say as soon as I enter in. I feel weird. It’s been almost an year since I met her in private.

She is standing in the balcony, holding a glass in her hand, her eyes lost in the landscape somewhere in front of her.

“Livy?” I call out again as I get closer to her.

“ I don’t like it.” She says.

“Don’t like what?”

“This,” she shows her hands thrown out in general. “All this! I am stuck. We are stuck.”

“What’s going on in your mind, Livy?”

She frowns and glares at me. “First you move away now Liam is moving out.”

“I am pretty much here.”

“Yes, you are. Like everyone else is. For the crown.”

“I am still not getting what you want.” I purposely tease her more. She needs to lash out to get back to normal. Her Nevrakis' blood needs to boil enough before the outburst. “The events are going great and everyone is enjoying. Liam is happy, I think, really, very happy.” I push into her barriers a bit more.

I see the emeralds of her eyes getting clouded red with tears. There it comes. I brace myself. It is not an easy feat to stand alone against the wrath of Olivia Nevrakis.

“Just a year ago, I had all three of you, who called themselves my friends, with me!” she snarled. “ I was fine handling the heavy weight of the duchy of Lythikos all alone because I knew I had all of you to lean on. To keep me alive and human enough. Not the robotic royal machine I have to be in front of those high-headed nobles.”

“But you”, she jabbed a finger in my chest making me loose my balance. “ You were the first to conveniently wiggle out of the warmth that kept me together.” I stand straight again. “And now Liam is going all goofy puppy around that American. Fine! He is in love. I am happy for him. But he forgets,” she controls a sob, “forgets to be with me even on my parent’s death anniversary! Something that we have been doing together since I lost them.”

“ I am sorry Livy! I am so so sorry. I didn’t realise..” I don’t know what to say. I have always been worse, never having the right words in handling such situations. I try to move ahead and hug her, comfort her. But her palm faces right at me, stopping me.

“No. Not now. Not anymore.”

“Livy please!”

“I can see it’s getting worse. You kept treading outside my room long enough.” I looked at her with a shock. Nothing is hidden from her. She knew it was I outside her room!

Gauzing my thoughts, she continues. “I can recognise your footsteps. You should better know that by now.! You are scared to come and meet me or talk to me. I told you when I took up the duchy that I don’t care if you are a commoner. But you still continue acting Mr. Weird. I can’t take it anymore.”

She wipes the tears now rolling down her burning cheeks. With a new resolution, she blurts out, “It’s better that we stay away. I don’t want to be in and out of the comfort zone every other day. It’s better I take all the pain and hurt for once and all.”

I make another attempt to mellow her down. “Don’t do this Livy. Please!” I try to change the mood. “Riley has planned a sneak out cronut party. Come! We will enjoy ourselves together. It will be a nice change from the formal events. Max will be there too.”

She looks into my hopeful eyes one last time and then turns her back. “ I think I made myself pretty clear there. I don’t want to get hurt again. One day you're going to wake up and notice that you should have tried. I was worth the fight. It was nice knowing you. Enjoy your cronuts. Good bye!”, she walks away to her private chambers.

I stand there dumbfound. Suddenly my shoulders slump and I feel a heavy weight on my chest. After few minutes of inaction, I drag myself out of her room to the lawns outside. Somehow this is one moment where I don’t care if anyone catches me coming out of her room. I wish I had been brave enough earlier too, to not bother about who was watching me.

It feels like the worst day of my life. Losing her.

[danganronpa-ea]

DR: EA2 Chapter 2 part 5

To Read the Prologue click here;

Prologue: part 1 | part 2

Chapter 1 Daily Life: part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4

Chapter 1 Deadly Life: Investigation | CT part 1 |  CT part 2 | CT part 3

Chapter 2 Daily Life: part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4

Chapter 2 Deadly Life: Investigation | CT part 1 | CT part 2 | CT part 3

Chapter 3 Daily Life: part 1 | part 2 | part 3

Chapter 3 Deadly Life: Investigation | CT part 1 | CT part 2

Chapter 4 Daily Life: part 1 | part 2

Chapter 4 Deadly Life: Investigation | CT part 1 | CT part 2

Chapter 5 Daily Life: part 1 | part 2 | part 3

Chapter 5 Deadly Life: Investigation | CT part 1 | CT part 2 | CT part 3

Chapter 6 Deadly Life/Epilogue: Investigation | CT | Epilogue

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Chapter 2: The Beauty of Survive – Daily Life part 5

 The next morning, I had woken up, I just remember that today is the day that Masa-san can now leave the hospital today so meaning she’ll be meeting all our class… or well, most of them.

 It has been a few days since Chikao-san and Tomohiro-san had left; one by death and another by force to leave which I’m not even sure if the latter is alive. I… can’t help but feel some sense of guilt for it or maybe it was the right choice but I sigh.

 Why… am I thinking this? I mean, I guess I’m allow to grieve but I think if Katou-san, who was the most affected can try and live on Tomohiro-san then so should I… right?

 As then I got up, getting myself dress for the day as I began to head downstairs which I notice that Kimura-san was outside which I walk over. “Morning,” I greeted the singer which she smiled as seeing me come out of my room. “Oh, morning Fuji-chan! I was actually waiting for you to get up but seems Esumi-chan is in the dining room so you better come down!” She stated as taking her leave.

 Seems everyone is excited to meet Masa-san which then I made my way downstairs which I did notice that Norman-san, Nakahara-san and Katou-san together. “Huh? You got it set up…?” Katou-san asked, curious which Nakahara-san seem excited. “Yep! Now the hot tub is prepared to use for the party which we can try it out if we want to!” He stated as he had his fist pumped which then Katou-san seem excited. “Then I’ll tell the others about this! Finally a place for wash the sorrows away~.” He spoke as dashing off to the dining room which then Norman-san smiled to himself.

 “Y’know – I think after all the hard work we should invite the guys, right?” He stated with some form of evil intent but then Nakahara-san seem confused. “Really? Well I guess we should try it out to energized us but… I get a strange feeling you have some other intent.” He stated as the ringmaster clearly was offended. “What makes you assume this?! I mean, I don’t wish to do anything evil or compare myself to the rest of you or anything – that is not my intent so anyways, let’s get the guys together!” He stated as leaving which Nakahara-san seem confused.

 “You… still confuse the man born from thunders…”

 Was Nakahara-san’s last comment before leaving which I continue walk downstairs. “Huh? Seems the guys are going to use the hot tub to test it out… I mean, I guess it does make sense to do that, right?” “So… that means Jobon-kun will be there~.” I jolted back as I notice Mori-san and Ohta-san appearing behind me. “Seems like it, but yet again… that isn’t any of our business, correct?” She asked which then Mori-san seem excited.

 “No, if anything – we can spy on them; but I can’t do it alone…” She began to set up a plan of sorts but still… a women’s fantasy.

 This… this seems like what us women should come and witness, correct? but… is that really in my character? Am I… secretly a pervert that enjoys watching such things?

 I then realize what I had in my hand… an example of womanhood; it was known as the bath towel! This, this item! Will surely…

 “Let’s do it…” I spoke, seeming something came over me which cause Ohta-san to look confused. “Huh? Do what…?” “Spy on the boys, we must do it…” I say with certainty which then Mori-san’s eyes sparkle. “Finally, someone that understands me! Okay it’s decided, will spy on the boys at the hot tub after breakfast.” She stated as leaving for the dining room which Ohta-san seem confused by this.

 Clearly, she didn’t seem comfortable about the whole thing but decided with a shrug. “I guess… teenagers would be curious, right? Then let’s go then…” She spoke as she left for the dining room.

 Seems we had plans after breakfast and even then, I had no clue what came over me but I decided we should try… right?

 As then I came into the Dining room which everyone, including Masa-san who look to be dress a bit more comfortably and cozy compare to the outfit she came in which she introduce herself.

 “Seems that I’m still new to all of you and still trying to figure things out; my name is Esumi Masa, the Ultimate Journalist! I have written many articles in my life and have done many stories that related to murder – I am someone that will uncover the truth, so nice to meet ya~.” She spoke as giving a wink as having peace sign, seems like Masa-san seem happy to introduce herself which then the others seem surprise by this introduction.

 The first one to approach Masa-san was Hana-san who seem curious about her. “So, you’re that journalist that I’ve heard about; we were told you were in a rocket, correct?” She asked which Masa-san cross her arms. “Well yes – I was in that rocket; I suffer some injuries and I still have to be at the hospital but I can look around.” She answers which then she was in a thinking pose. “So, you could honestly treat me like I was here this whole time.” She continues which then everyone looks at each other then back at the blonde journalist.

 Soon then Abiko-san was curious and asked. “If mind me asking, I notice there are quite a few spirits around you – I… feel that people have died, correct?” He asked which cause Masa-san to look down and go silent which she gave a nod. “Yes, I told some that I was in a killing game with sixteen other people which only about seven of them escape with there lives which… I’m not sure what happen with them.” She stated which then Inoue-chan approach her. “Then, were they in the same class?” She asked which Masa-san shook her head.

 “No, they were all from different classes; from different ages and class years, I’ll be honest… I’m still confused about what happen but it seems our killing game was made for a reason which it seems outside of me, everyone was put into this killing game due to a connection.” She mentions which then Kobayashi-san cross his arms and thought it over. “So, this killing you were in, seems like this was thought up on the fly, huh?” He asked which then Masa-san shrugged.

 Clearly, she didn’t seem to know which then Kita-san ask the next question.

 “So, mind me asking but those injuries who… gave them to you?”

 It seems that Masa-san went silent as she looks to the ground and sighed. “Haku Isamu, the Ultimate Debater and pretty much a victim in the killing game like the rest of us… He was the mastermind that got push into that role without warning – pretty much the killing game mess up near the end that it ended up with me being torture for information about those that wanted to stop the killing game…” She answers as then Mrs. Kimura then walk over as placing a hand on her shoulder.

 “Well then… let’s hope those that escape are somewhere safe, that’s all we can hope for now…” She told her which Masa-san nodded. “Right, well in any case since I’ll be living at the hospital due to lack of rooms, so if you wish to speak with me I’ll be there…” She stated as she went over and sat herself down.

 There was… quite a lot we learn about Masa-san, but otherwise it seems she was plan in a killing game of some sort and she was left clueless of why it was set up but regardless, it seems Masa-san will be living as then the conversation got change.

 “So I was informed we’re having a party for me?” Masa-san seem curious about it which then Mori-san puffed her chest out and seem excited to speak of this. “Well of course, we couldn’t celebrate in some filthy room, by… say, when is this party?” She asked which then Kimura-san thought it over. “Maybe tonight? I think at night could work.” She brought up as in a thinking pose as trying to recall the time.

 This however cause Inoue-chan to not be too happy. “Well, can we set it up til midnight? I don’t want to mess up my sleep schedule…” She stated which you would assume a kid would want to stay up late which then Mrs. Kimura nodded. “Agree, I think we should have the party until midnight, after that you all head to bed, got it?” She informed them which of course Kimura-san didn’t seem happy but decided to let it be.

 “Then, will start the part around 10 pm!” Kobayashi-san declared as Hayashi-san eyed him. “I guess we can do with that, alright then 10 pm it is…” She stated as she sat herself down.

 As then breakfast began, seems most of the discussion was about the party and seems we got everything totally plan, which… I can’t wait for this party, something we just need something we all ask for and best of all, one I hoped didn’t end badly honestly.

 Esumi Masa, Ultimate Journalist FTE – 2/5

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 After that I went upstairs and went to my room, as then I remember… me, Mori-san and Ohta-san were going to spy on the boys which then I took my leave.

 However, as I arrive, I notice… Hana-san and Kimura-san were also there which surprise me. “Wait, you all are here too?” I asked which Hana-san started to think. “I mean, I’m rather use to seeing a shirtless guy so it’s whatever for me but I think checking to see if the hot tub is safe to be in, yeah?” She asked but I wasn’t sure if that was her intention or not.

 Even then Kimura-san seem pumped. “Pluuuus, I don’t think it’s wrong for women to peek on me at all so it’s okay if we do it…” She stated which, I question if we were making the right choice which Ohta-san didn’t seem too sure. “Even still – we better keep quiet so we don’t get caught.” She warned us which Mori-san cross her arms. “Indeed so, now… let us explore our womanhood.” She declared as the five of us went over to women’s side of the hot tub as then we began to watch.

 It seems Kobayashi-san, Abiko-san, Norman-san, Nakahara-san, Katou-san and Kita-san were in the men’s side of the hot tub. “So… you sure this will totally be safe for the party?” Kobayashi-san asked which Nakahara-san seem annoyed. “I assure you it works, don’t think my work is for nothing!” he pointed out which Norman-san cross his arms.

 “I check for a bit, seems it’s safe to go in and… try it out.” He stated as then Kita-san who didn’t seem too sure. “Well alright then but even still, there could be dangers and-.” “Yahoooo, hot tub! Hot tub!” Katou-san, who… weirdly was more muscular despite being short, wearing a towel but still had his mascot head on made a mad dash and cause a large splash which Norman-san dodge.

 “Hey, watch with that you!” He barked as he was annoyed, he didn’t want to get water on himself which Abiko-san notice that Katou-san was swimming about and seem fine. “Then it’s okay which if that’s the case, guess I’ll go change then.” He stated as taking his leave to change as then Kita-san and Nakahara-san left as well, which remained Kobayashi-san and Norman-san.

 It seems that Norman-san still wasn’t sure. “Even then, we should still be careful…” He commented which Kobayashi-san shrugged. “I mean – if you tested it out it should be fine anyways. I better get in for a bit too.” The blue hair boy left as a dejected Norman-san follow after him.

 As then moments later the remaining five men came out and began their time in the hot tub, seems clearly the six of them look to be enjoying themselves while we watch… like a bunch of perverts.

 As then Hana-san step back as putting her arms behind her head as she spoke. “Well, it seems totally safe from the looks of it – seems we won’t have to worry about it.” She commented which Mori-san laughed to herself. “Why of course, I knew this was a good-.” “Huh? What are you guys doing…?”

 Suddenly a voice appears which we all turn to see it was Masa-san who seem… confused. “O-Oh, Masa-san! I didn’t expect you to show up…” I stated which Masa-san walk over as she looks inside as she watches the event too which she gave a sigh. “You’re peeping on them, this… weirdly brings back some memories.” She mentions which cause Kimura-san tilted her head. “Wait, you peeped on boys too?” as a bit surprise by this which the journalist didn’t seem too proud.

 “Well yeah – someone force me to come along and watch with her, I… can’t say I wasn’t into it but still.” She stated as I was surprise someone like Masa-san was a pervert which Mori-san seem shock by this. “Wow and I thought we get in trouble for it~.” She spoke however it seem Ohta-san was more interested in watching the boys then the conversation.

 After that we all slip away, the avoid the crime of being caught as perverted; it was a choice to make this a secret among the women that watch it as I return back to my room.

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 Free time!

 As I look over at the clock which then I realize, I still had free time before the party starts!

 Which as usual I started to wander around the resort to see who to spend time with which then I found myself in the general store and found Nakahara-san in the electric department as he began to ponder.

 “Should we have video games at the party? I mean, video games are fun…” He stated as I thought it over.

 Should I spend time with Nakahara-san?

 >Hang out

  - Maybe another time

 As then it looks like Nakahara-san seem excited as he notice me. “Ah, I see you wish to help me search for the lost item, correct? Then let us begin!” He spoke as grabbing my hand with excitement.

 As then me and Nakahara-san began to explore the electronics department which we discuss about party plans, seems we grew closer together.

 As of course Nakahara-san began to speak up, seeming proud for some reason. “I’m surprise you were curious of one such as I!” He told me which I tilted my head to the side. “Why not? I mean, from what I heard that you were struck by lightning that gave you inspiration must be impressive you didn’t die from it…” I stated with a bit of disbelief which cause Nakahara-san to scowl as he pointed an accused finger towards me.

 “Ha! You really think that one shock would kill me! It can be possible to survive it! Y’know that every ten people struck by lighting, nine of them can survive so it’s not out of the realm of possibilities!” He stated as then he strokes his chin. “But even then, I recall my parents freaking out over it and having to send me to the hospital to get check over but I was completely fine which… I recall getting some issues but otherwise I’m pretty fine which the doctors say it was a miracle I survive it…” He stated which made me more curious.

 I then had to wonder some more questions. “Then if so, what type of electronics do you like to work on?” I asked that question which cause Nakahara-san to light up like a light bulb had just turn on in his head. “Ah yes, that – well I always had a fondness for working on computers; the inner workings always get me excited me greatly and I suppose that what got me into video games too! I can’t help but want to dissect them~.” He stated which I frown.

 I bet gamers everywhere would be concern around this guy as I nodded. “Oh well, guess it makes sense then what about phones?” I asked which of course he frown for a bit. “I mean – there okay but I just tend to get bored of them…” He commented which surprise me.

 I mean phones are commonly use so why isn’t he too excited about that one which then he shrugged. “So phones don’t excite you?” I asked him which he shook his head.

 “Well, they can but counting how commonly they are use; I tend to get bored of trying to fix them up honestly.” He stated which I couldn’t but be amazed by him.

 There was a lot about Nakahara-san that I didn’t know about but I was more and more curious of him.

 Nakahara Rai, Ultimate Electrical Engineer FTE – 1/5

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 After a bit more talking, I had return back to my room, which then I check over the clock – still had some free time which then I began to wander once more.

 As I continue to wander, I had found myself outside the greenhouse where Kita-san look to be standing around as he cross his arms. “I still don’t know about leaving our weapons at the door, I mean what if someone takes them…?” He asked a pretty understandable question.

 Should I spend time with Kita-san to calm down his worries…?

 >Hang out

  - Maybe another time

 As then the sniper looks at me with a frown. “Oh, you think I’m being too paranoid… I guess your right, but still…” He began as then I began to try and convince Kita-san that nothing bad will happen at the party which he thought it over…

 Looks like Kita-san and I grew a bit closer or I think so, I couldn’t tell…

 As then, I gave Kita-san a cloth that is good for cleaning which he smiled as he took it.

Kita-san had begun to look at me for a moment. “pardon my question, Okamoto-san but have you ever consider carrying a gun with you or some form of protection?” He asked which I blinked a bit surprise he would bring this up as that question really did come out of nowhere.

 “I… don’t think so, I never felt a reason to carry any protection of any kind.” I answer which Kita-san seem confused by this statement as he crosses his arms. “I see, I guess counting with your talent; people would try to shoot at you for speaking or even saying a different opinion so I figure you would have some protection.” He explains to me which I can get that for the most part…

 But still that reaction is pretty extreme, I mean if people disagree with each other then they can agree to disagree; at least that’s what I think anyway.

 “I guess? But even then, I don’t think carrying around a gun all the time is a great idea either, I can see why you would want to but counting we likely won’t kill each other I think you are being paranoid.” I stated as then Kita-san shook his head. “Sadly, there are some parts of the world that wouldn’t agree with that; wars are actually started due to different opinions, countries have different systems of leaderships and even sometimes for different beliefs… at least that’s what my grandfather had taught me.” He stated which I had wonder about his grandfather.

 I did remember he brought up that he and his grandfather did go hunting which got me curious. “From the sounds of it, seems your grandfather is someone that you care for a lot.” I brought up which Kita-san nodded. “I suppose so – my grandfather was a war veteran, he was someone that fought in war for what our country believes in, he did what he was train to do and would do anything to serve his country which… might be why I do idolize him quite a bit.” He smiled to himself which got me curious.

  Then what about his parents – he doesn’t seem to mention them much which I then asked. “Then are your parents okay with you carrying a gun?” I asked him which cause purple hair sniper to look confused. “I suppose? I mean my father owns a sports shop which had guns in it while my mom tends to work in law which she carries a gun so I think it’s okay…” He stated with a straight face.

 Seems his family really thinks carry guns are okay but still…

 Kita Jobon, Ultimate Sniper FTE – 2/5

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 After trying to speak with Kita-san more, I took my leave as returning back to my room, which as then I look up at the clock and realize…

 It was time for the party which I was excited to get to which then as I left my room and headed downstairs, I saw Masa-san, Hana-san and Inoue-chan all together which the trio notice me which all there faces lightened up.

 “Oh hey, seems the party is going to start, right?” Masa-san had asked which I smile a bit. “Yeah, seems like it – we’re you all waiting for me?” I asked in return which Inoue-chan gave a firm nod. “Yep! I mean we should all go together so let’s get going!” She stated as she dashed out the door, I guess we really are going to distract ourselves with this party.

 As then the other 2 remain which Masa-san had her arms cross as being unsure. “I’m… still not sure about this, I mean I get they want to make a party for me…” “Hey Masa-san? Mind me asking but why don’t you seem to like parties…?” Masa-san turn her attention towards Hana-san which I guess I was curious of that too…

 Which the women went silent as pulling her hat down. “Well, remember when I say I was in a killing game before…?” She asked which the 2 of us look at each other which I turn to Hana-san thought it over.

 “I believe so, why?” I asked which then Masa-san cross her arms. “Well in the killing game I was in after a trial – a few of us decided to throw a party and after say party, well… a body was discovered, someone died and we had no clue of it so I’ve been wary about it ever since I heard of the party.” She explained which I went pale.

 So, she was worried that someone is going to died which then I turn to Hana-san frown a bit. “Yeah, that… would be understand, huh?” She asked which the blonde journalist couldn’t help but close her eye. “Which… I didn’t want to say anything to those setting up because they worked pretty hard on this and it was for me so yet again, I’m sorry.” She stated which I nodded as then Hana-san shook her head as placing a hand on her shoulder.

 “Dude, if anything – I don’t think you have anything to apologize for; you just worry it’ll happen again and besides it seems they are trying to be safe as they can be so I don’t think you got much to worry about.” She stated as trying to calm Masa-san down which she looks at me. “Are you sure? I just…” She stops which I look at the door then at Masa-san. “I heard they are putting the weapons by the door and seems like to avoid any triggers; they will be careful around you so I think as long as someone doesn’t try anything, I think will be fine.” I stated which despite her worries it seems Masa-san calmed down a bit.

 “I… guess your right, I apologize for being worry but yes, I guess we should go.” She stated as the three of us left the lodge which Inoue-chan seem to be waiting which the four of us walk along as we made our way to the ski lodge.

 Still we learn quite a bit about Masa-san from that conversation…

 Esumi Masa, Ultimate Journalist FTE – 2/5

 As we were greeted by Kobayashi-san, who seem happy about it. “Hey, great you all came along – so anyways, just leave any dangerous items by the door and go to enjoy yourselves!” He stated which I notice Kita-san’s gun, Norman-san’s whip, Hayashi-san’s knife and various items that are which to be safe I place some stuff in there as did Hana-san and seems Masa-san place a few things to but Inoue-chan rush on in.

 As then we all walk into the ski lodge which looks like everyone was there then Norman-san spoke up.

 “Well, seeing you all have arrive – wish to get this party started?!” He declared which Kimura-san seem really happy. “Very well – then let’s get going~!” She stated as then…

 The party had started! It was an exciting event and… I’m not sure what happen, I guess I wasn’t paying attention or maybe things are just too exciting for all of us! Wait was… something in the drink?

 I’m not sure and I don’t care! I’m just trying to enjoy myself with this party however at the couch I notice a few people sitting down and not partying…

 Mrs. Kimura was drinking as watching the students, Inoue-chan just watch not sure why, Hana-san was just drinking water, Ohta-san watched and didn’t drink anything either and Nakahara-san who look to be… high off of pop rocks? I’m not even sure how that’s possible but who cares.

 However, one person I notice was Masa-san who look to be looking outside the window… wonder what she’s watching.

 As then the party went by in a flash that I just… zone out, I think. I���m not sure but whatever!

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 After sometime, I… think I was carried! yeah, I was but I’m not sure who it was which then I felt something soft which I guess was my bed.

 Well good night, yeah…

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 The next morning came and… ugh, what happen last night? I… something happen? I’m not sure but wow, whatever did I’m back in my bed and I feel a headache and…

 Suddenly I felt pain my stomach which… I need to go to the bathroom right as I rush over and threw up in the toilet which I flushed – what did I do last time… did I get drunk? Did someone drug the punch or whatever?

 I couldn’t think straight so I look to notice that my PJs were on and my clothes were put away neatly, at least someone was nice enough to change me when I was out of it. As then I went to clean myself up in the bathroom, change my clothes but when I was about to leave I… notice my pen was back.

 It was missing for a while but maybe someone return it back? I-.

 I felt another headache come on, I was not in the mood to think as then I left my room and headed downstairs heading down to the dining hall and notice that Inoue-chan, Hana-san and Nakahara-san were in the room which I notice some glasses which one look to be empty to be empty.

 “Oh, morning big sis Fuji! So how’s the hangover?” She asked which I blinked. “Hangover?” I asked confused as Hana-san cross her arms. “Seems you all got drunk last night and had to be carry back to your rooms, Mrs. Kimura ask me to tell you guys to drink these… it’s to help with hangovers.” She pointed to what look to be glasses with liquids in which I grab one as holding my head.

 As I sipped, it tasted weird but then I turn to the others. “Say, since you guys are up – where’s Mrs. Kimura?” I admitted which Nakahara-san shrugged. “She mentions she had to go with Masa-san about searching for something but I’m not sure what it is, maybe she lost her lighting of inspiration?” He stated which I was confused.

 Mrs. Kimura and Masa-san were off somewhere? Wonder what for…?

 As I finish off the remaining on the drink suddenly, I saw Masa-san rush in as she looks around which she saw me and she rushes over to the 4 of us. “He-Hey guys, can you come with me quick!” She told us which Inoue-chan look confused. “Huh? What happen?” She asked which then Masa-san spoke out.

 “There’s a fire at the greenhouse!” She barked which cause us to be shock.

 “A fire at the greenhouse?!” Nakahara-san panic which Hana-san look at her. “What happen to Mrs. Kimura?” She asked which Masa-san seem worried. “Lo-Look, there’s no time to explain just come with me.” She stated as she rushes out which myself, Nakahara-san and Hana-san look at each other. “We better get going, Inoue-chan – can you tell the others to drink this and head over to the greenhouse?” I asked her.

 Seems that Inoue-chan gave a nod and she wasn’t complaining. “Fine then, but please be careful…” She spoke with worry as I nodded as I drank the rest of the content as putting my glass down which myself, Hana-san and Nakahara-san rush out of the lodge and headed in the direction where Masa-san was going.

 As we made our way to the greenhouse, seems Masa-san was right – the greenhouse is on fire!

 “O-Oh god, did lightning strike the greenhouse?!” I asked in a panic which then Hana-san look around. “We need to turn off the fire – c’mon, let’s get inside.” She stated as she rush over as trying to open the door but no matter what she couldn’t get it open. “Hu-Huh?! Why isn’t this opening.” She asked which Masa-san step forward. “The door is lock, I saw smoke as I try to get in but couldn’t…” She stated which as then Hamoponi appear.

 “There’s a fire here! This is bad, I see some bodies in the greenhouse too before it went on fire!” He spoke out which then I turn to the horse plush. “Can you get inside?” I asked which Hamoponi look at me. “I can – I can even turn the water out to get rid of the fire.” He stated which Nakahara-san yelled.

 “Then turn it on, we have no time!” He barked which with a nod, Hamoponi disappear which then we look at the greenhouse which we saw being drowsed by water as then smoke appear which as then the door open.

 Hamoponi walk out the door as he stood beside it. “Right then, you can walk in but… I’m not sure you’ll like what you see.” He warned which I blinked.

 Something… We’re not going to like? I wonder what’s going on… I mean what happen exactly and-.

 “Doesn’t matter, we must see what’s inside so c’mon.” Masa-san spoke who seem eager to get inside as she rushes in which myself, Hana-san and Nakahara-san look at each other. “We… better hurry then, seems based on Masa-san’s reaction it must be bad so let’s go.” Hana-san say as she follows after her which Nakahara-san also seem worried. “I mean… what could be in there but I guess will see what started the fire since electronic devices tend to start fires usually in greenhouses so I better check it out…” the electrical engineer brought up as he follow after them which then I walk inside and…

 What I came to witness was an awful sight… a truly awful sight…

 The entire greenhouse was in complete smoke, a tree got knock over as it covers the fire exit but my attention was towards was near the fire exit was… a shape of a body that was burn to a crisp and… Masa-san’s journal right next to it.

 Chapter 2: The Beauty of Survive | DEADLY LIFE

[marshmallowgoop]

Goop Plays Kill la Kill the Game: IF (Satsuki Episodes 9-10)

What.

Episode 9

Okay, before I get into the episode, I do have a confession to make: I did know some kinda spoilery things about the story mode before I started playing.

Me being me, I couldn’t help but read into every little thing that review copy owners said about the plot of the game prior to release. So, when my note about Hiromi Wakabayashi stating that IF was canon to the anime at last year’s Anime Expo seemed plausible enough to Globku that he even mentioned it in his review of the game, I figured something was up.

In a Discord group for IF, I wrote:

I think Globku was actually referring to a comment I made [in his review], where I noted that Wakabayashi said the game was canon at AX last year ^^;

But apparently it could fit into canon

Which....

mmmm

Dunno how to feel about that

Globku later responded:

@MarshmallowGoop correct

I was referring to your comment

that's the first I heard of it

I had thought "this could actually be canon" at the end of story mode

so hearing that made sense

And I answered:

I'm famous! :D

The thing is, though, I had thought it was a misspoken statement, given that the story was later stressed to be an AU. But here is the source:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nFRRTHkfwM&feature=youtu.be&t=45m2s

Or to sum it up, from one of my millions of articles: "We first got story details at Anime Expo’s Kill la Kill the Game: IF panel back in July, and the crowd there didn’t waste any time in asking if the game would be canon to the anime. Studio Trigger’s Hiromi Wakabayashi answered in the affirmative, prompting applause from the audience. 

'Yeah,' Wakabayashi said. “I consider them [the game and the anime] to be in the same universe, as part of the same story.'” 

I elaborated some more:

Takeshi Yamanaka, the game's producer, also said in a recent video, "Nakashima-sensei is going to be the one drawing the storyboards. As you might expect, there were parts of the story that he wasn’t able to tell in the anime, so he’s putting a lot of effort into writing a side story that wasn’t able to be told in the anime. It takes place before the point in the anime—before the Naturals Election takes place, so around episode… 8.5? It’s less of an alternate universe story and more a story that happened, but there wasn’t time to depict it. It wasn’t shown in the anime, but these events actually happened in Nakashima-san’s head."

Which... I thought was really curious.

source: https://marshmallowgoop.tumblr.com/post/185751744432/crunchyroll-on-twitter

And then I concluded by saying:

In any case, the confirmation that this "alternate story" could fit into the anime's story... kind of explains some things

Globku went on to warn me that “they really use a popular gimmick to make it all fit together” and I shouldn’t “get [my] hopes up,” and when Timodus, another review copy owner, shared the trophy list for the game, I immediately took note of how the achievement for beating the final boss in Ryuko’s story is called “Lost in a Dream.”

“inb4 the whole game was just a dream,” I said.

So, tl;dr, I was kind of expecting something like what happened in these two final chapters of Satsuki’s story.

But I’m still very, very lost.

Ragyo’s completely right. I’m not sure I can hope to understand!

Ragyo: You cannot hope to understand, dear.

I mean, what?

Ragyo: I suppose, though, that your obliviousness is what brought this situation about in the first place. A distorted world such as this can transcend space and time. One such as this can even be spun into a single yarn with the Primordial Life Fiber.

I suppose I should have seen something like this coming when it was stated in episode 4 that Life Fibers can transcend space, but I’m... very confused. Is this game a whole ‘nother universe that somehow ends up merging with the anime’s universe? Or is it just Satsuki’s dream, as the ending sort of implies? Or is it a “dream that’s more than a dream,” as is so common in Magical Girl stories (of which Kill la Kill takes many cues from)? Why does Ragyo refer to the world as “distorted”?

I’m sure Ryuko’s story will explain things more, but right now, I’m kind of scratching my head.

Trying to understand how this game fits into the anime aside, the battle with Ragyo in Shinra-Kouketsu is so much more difficult and more enjoyable than the final boss (as much as I enjoyed Junketsu-Shinzui). Once more, I really loved all the cute introductions as other characters joined Satsuki for the battle; Satsuki saying that she’s counting on Gamagoori and that she never imagined fighting with Ryuko by her side is so sweet. Satsuki’s comment to Nonon that she shouldn’t hold back also caught my interest, as it implies that Nonon might have seen Ragyo as a much kinder figure and wasn’t aware of her horrible abuses against Satsuki.

Hey, I know the consensus on this game has gone from generally positive to really mixed, but, uh, could we please get a Kill la Kill prequel someday? I mean, Little Witch Academia is getting another game despite the first one basically being a critical failure, right?

All that said, this episode really hammered home that I was definitely hoping for too much depth from a short story in an anime tie-in game. I kinda had the same reaction as Ryuko. That’s... it?

Ryuko: That’s it? It’s over?

And, uh, relating to my discussion of the last few episodes, Rei is totally dead, but is Ragyo? And Nui? I wasn’t completely sure, but if they are, is everyone just kinda “whatever” about that? They’re all teenagers who just killed a bunch of folks, nbd?

O... kay.

More positively, I loved the bit where Satsuki saw visions of the anime. All of those visions are about being with Ryuko, my heart. And the first one is her apology on the Naked Sol. My heart.

The style on these images is also really nice, too.

Can’t say I know at all what’s going on—does Satsuki end up just standing still after this because she realizes that the world is all fake or something?—but I was kind of expecting to dislike a gimmicky dream plot or whatever, but I actually... like it?

At least, so far, anyway.

Episode 10

Speaking of stuff I was expecting to dislike, I wrote a whole essay years ago about how I didn’t think Junketsu-Shinzui would be thematically fitting. In another essay, I argued, “Their [Satsuki and Junketsu’s] destructive “bond” is likely why Junketsu-Shinzui, the super-mode Junketsu version of Senketsu-Kisaragi, is never used. In a series quite literally about the power of friendship, having great strength come in the form of the exact opposite simply doesn’t work.”

But having Junketsu-Shinzui come from absorbing the uniforms of the Elite Four⁠—much like how Senketsu-Kisaragi came from absorbing other uniforms—made it work for me. It’s about friendship overpowering the monster that is Junketsu, not about power coming from domination, hatred, and control. It’s actually pretty sweet.

And Satsuki looks so beautiful.

However... I will say that I was hoping for a lot more from this story than what happened. There was none of the Senketsu and Satsuki bonding that I was dying for (sob), and Satsuki doesn’t grow at all as a person from the storyline here. She never realizes her mistakes and vows to be better as she does in the anime. 

Initially, I was really bummed by this lack of development. But as I thought about things more, I... didn’t mind so much. If this dream or universe or whatever is something that Satsuki “experiences” before the events of the anime, of course she won’t grow as a character here. Maybe this game is kind of the Kill la Kill prequel I’ve been begging for for over half a decade.

And as much as I didn’t get anything, I thought the ending bits between Ryuko and Satsuki were so good. 

Like, I suppose Ryuko’s absorbing the Life Fibers or something?? But wow, pretty.

And the part where they talk before Satsuki disappears? That’s my kinda anime bullshit. It’s the kinda anime bullshit I wanted from the OVA between Ryuko and Senketsu. 

You know that scene in Wolf Children where Hana and the Wolf Man talk in the end? I have a lot of problems with that movie, but I just love things like that. Good shit.

Satsuki: Thank you. I am sorry for all the trouble.

Ryuko: Huh! Don’t get all mushy. Besides, there’s a few things we still gotta settle.

Satsuki: Indeed we have. Until we meet again.

But, okay. My questions are endless.

Where the heck did Ryuko and Senketsu go in that last battle? How the heck can Senketsu-Kisaragi happen in Ryuko’s side of the story? What the heck happened to my boy, anyway? (I’m assuming he died, but....)

And what’s the symbolism of Satsuki needing to cut herself in half to “wake up”?

And why do all the ties between humans and Life Fibers have to be severed when Ryuko and Senketsu are so lovely together? Not to mention that Ryuko still has Life Fibers in her, right?

Satsuki: The ties between humans and Life Fibers... shall be severed!

And I thought I was expecting too much from those ominous trailer lines, but apparently not?

Ragyo: All of this is because of you, Satsuki. Because of who you are.

You cannot hope to understand, dear. I suppose, though... that your obliviousness is what brought this situation about in the first place.

But what does it mean????

Why is Satsuki having this “dream” or whatever in the first place? Did the Life Fibers ultimately want the ending of the anime, and this “world” is to help Satsuki and co reach that ending? I mean, why else would the Primordial Life Fiber baby show Satsuki all those bits from the anime?

Also, what is the significance of the final boss basically being a big baby.

I just. I don’t even know.

I do also have to wonder how much of this “world” that Satsuki remembers in the end. I tend to forget my dreams (when I actually have them) really quickly, and that’s honestly the only reason that I can make sense of this story. Satsuki experienced all of this stuff, but all she really remembers about it is that girl with the red in her hair and one half of a giant pair of scissors...

It’s kinda poetic. Nakashima is a playwright, I suppose.

The story also reminds me of a fanfiction I’ve wanted to write. In the story, I too wanted to use some BS Life Fiber explanation to justify time travel of sorts. The idea was that Ryuko would continuously go back to the past to try to prevent Senketsu’s death. But she’d only remember previously living through the events of the anime close to its ending, and no matter how many times she’d try, she’d never be able to change the fact that Senketsu had to perish.

The final time she tries, she’d confess everything to Senketsu, and he’d say something about how some things are just meant to be. The future is as set in stone as the past.

I don’t think I’ll ever write it⁠—especially after I just revealed the whole plot, lol—but I dunno. I kinda liked seeing something a bit reminiscent of my idea in an actual “canon” Kill la Kill story, and Senketsu’s line in the preview for Ryuko’s half of the game makes me curious if there won’t be some more similarities coming up.

Senketsu: When humans realize the world they desire is a fleeting thing, will they be able to accept it?

Maybe the world Ryuko desires is a world where Senketsu lives, but that kind of world would be fleeting—but that’s enough for her.

Orrr I’m probably just being too optimistic for more stuff about my babies. 

But, c’mon, Senketsu says he’s getting more action in Ryuko’s story! So! Let a girl dream!

At the end of the day, I think what I’ve wanted most from this story is more respect towards Senketsu. And... since I didn’t see Imaishi’s name in the credits, I’m hoping that at least that much happens.

But speaking of the credits, I’m sad I didn’t get mentioned, lol. Playing the game at Sakura-Con and Anime Expo apparently didn’t count!

[archive-sugamoom]

Unit 0 | 3

Summary: While you and Jinyoung are working, Jaebum and Youngjae are working hard to find the last missing piece of the case.

Word Count: 1428

Genre: Drama | Mystery | Crime | Detective!AU

A/N: Well well well, here it is chapter 3. After struggles I finally found motivation to write (I said that with chapter 2 as well wow) I think I’ll write 1 or 2 more chapters and the actual Jaebum x Reader stuff can happen. Please tell me if you like this! Anyways enjoy!

Requests: Open!  Masterlist

Character Introduction | Prologue | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 4

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Date: 15th July.

It was a very hot day, luckily you and Jinyoung were inside a café with the AC on. The two of you go here occasionally to meet up with an old victim named Do Hana. She was a victim of domestic violence. Because Hana was a young child when the three of you met, you and Jinyoung thought it would be a good idea to help her through the years. And even now as she is a young teen.

‘’Detective Park, Detective (Y/N)! Sorry I’m late.’’ Hana says to the two of you as she sits down in front of you two. You smile as you look at her. ‘’It’s al right, we just got here as well.’’ You say while Jinyoung nods. At that moment a waiter comes with your drinks, placing an iced tea in front of Hana.

Looking at the glass Hana smiles and takes a sip. ‘’Thank you, I really needed this!’’ She says placing the glass back down. ‘’You’re welcome Hana.’’ Jinyoung says before taking a sip of his own iced coffee. ‘’Tell us, how have you been? Are you studying well?’’ You ask her.

‘’I’m doing great, thank you. And there’s currently no school, I did finish my summer home work already though!’’ Hana says with a smile. ‘’Good, I hope you’re enjoying your vacation a lot.’’ Jinyoung says as you nod. ‘’Jinyoung is right, you’ve worked hard you deserve the break.’’

‘’Thank you both detectives, it means a lot hearing it from the two of you.’’ Hana says as she takes another sip of her drink. ‘’How are you two??’’ She asks.

You grin. ‘’I’m great as well~ Although the stress for the wedding is slowly creeping up on me from behind.’’ Hana gasps softly. ‘’Oh! Do you and Mr Changwoo have a date already??’’ ‘’Yep, it’s  the 23th of August.’’ ‘’That’s so soon, I hope you have lots of fun and that the stress is worth it.’’ Hana says and you nod.

‘’What about you Detective Park?’’ Hana asks him curiously. Jinyoung leans back against his chair and thinks for a few seconds. Then he looks at her with a smile. ‘’I’m doing fine Hana, do you have any plans this vacation with friends?’’ He asks her hoping he won’t reveal what he is actually thinking.

‘’I do, I’m actually going with a group of friends to Mokpo! For about a week.’’ Hana says with a big smile on her face. ‘’Well I hope you have a lot of fun, and be careful~’’ You say as you take a sip of your drink. ‘’Of course I will do that!.’’ Hana responds.

-

Meanwhile Jaebum and Youngjae are waiting anxiously for the search warrant to be accepted. ‘’Why does it always have to take so long?’’ Youngjae groans as he walks in circles. Jaebum lets out a sigh. ‘’Because the judge needs to look through all the evidence..’’ He says while looking at Youngjae from his seat.

‘’Thanks Hyung, but I didn’t need an explanation.’’ Youngjae says rolling his eyes at the older man. Jaebum huffs and smiles a little. ‘’I know but it’s just so boring while waiting that I had to say something.’’ He tells Youngjae. ‘’You’re right it’s boring… By the way don’t you think it’s a little cruel to not have informed (Y/n)?’’ Youngjae asks as he stops with walking.

Jaebum shrugs and sighs. ‘’I don’t know? Probably.. I wouldn’t know how she would react if we had told her that her fiancé is the suspect. I do know it’ll break her once everything is done.’’ Jaebum says. Youngjae takes the seat next to him and looks at him. ‘’True, she seems to love him a lot.. We’ve only started to think of him as a suspect for a little over 24 hours and yet I feel like telling her every second I see her… Don’t you have that?’’

‘’The thought has popped up, but I try to suppress it as much as I can. Besides I don’t think we have the right to tell her. Even though we are working on this case now.’’ Jaebum says and closes his eyes hoping that the warrant got accepted quick.

The two of them get a call roughly 30 minutes later from JYP. ‘’We got it? Oh thank god. I don’t think we will need any more people. We’ll inform you when we arrive sir. Thank you bye.’’ Jaebum says and hangs up. He gets up as he looks at Youngjae’s knocked out form and lightly kicks his leg. ‘’Wake up we have work to do’’ He says to him.

Youngjae wakes up and looks at Jaebum. ‘’You’re not joking around with me right Hyung?’’ Youngjae says. Jaebum rolls his eyes and pulls him up. ‘’I wouldn’t joke about something important like this Youngjae, now let’s go.’’ And with that the two of them are heading out.

-

Jaebum and Youngjae are currently standing in front of your house, not all too sure what to do. Well they do know what to do, they have to get inside find the murder weapon and done. The two of them look at each other but they do not move. ‘’Hyung you go first.’’ Youngjae says looking at him. ‘’No you go first you’re younger.’’ Jaebum responds.

‘’ Yeah but you’re older shouldn’t you be taking care of the younger people?’’ Youngjae grins at him. Jaebum looks back at Youngjae and groans. ‘’I feel like we’ve had this conversation before.’’ ‘’You’re right Hyung we did. Back then Mark-Hyung helped us inside. But he’s not here right now so… You go first.’’ Youngjae says still grinning.

Jaebum sighs and walks closer to the door. ‘’Alright, alright I’ll go first.’’ He says as he gets the extra key the landlord gave them out of his jean pocket. Youngjae follows shortly after. ‘’Don’t you hope to find it as quick as possible?’’ He asks.

‘’I mean I hope so too, but we should be careful.’’ Jaebum says as he sticks the key inside of the keyhole and twists it, opening the door. ‘’Hackers voice, we’re in.’’ Youngjae says with a dumb smile on him.

Rolling his eyes Jaebum goes inside taking the key with him. ‘’Please don’t use dead memes in my presence.’’ He says and looks around. Youngjae quickly goes inside as well. They both take off their shoes before going inside the house further.

‘’Hyung I’ll check the kitchen, will you search in the office?’’ Youngjae asks as he looks around once more while walking towards your kitchen. Jaebum nods ‘’Goodluck Youngjae.’’ He says before going upstairs. ‘’You too Hyung!’’ Youngjae says.

 Taking a special Blue light lamp out of his bag Youngjae starts to look through the cupboards and drawers of your kitchen. He finds a few spots on one of the plastic cutlery boxes. Youngjae quickly places the light on top of the your kitchen counter and tilts the box out of the drawer.

He then notices a knife. Placing the cutlery box quickly down he grabs the light again and shines it on the knife lying in the drawer. ‘’I have it!’’ He says loudly enough for Jaebum to hear when he sees the blood on it. Hearing Youngjae, Jaebum quickly goes downstairs to him.

‘’You did??’’ Jaebum asks and looks at the knife in the drawer. ‘’Oh thank god..’’ He sighs relieves. Youngjae grabs a plastic bag and carefully takes out the knife putting it inside the bag. ‘’Hyung did you find anything?’’ He asks once he put the now evidence in the bag. Jaebum shakes his head. ‘’Not yet, we might find something though, I noticed a few notebooks with dates on it, might be journals. Who knows he might have confessed what he did.’’ He says as he waits for Youngjae putting back the cutlery box.

‘’Show me the way Hyung!’’ Youngjae says once he’s done cleaning up. Jaebum nods and they both head upstairs towards Changwoo’s office. They head straight towards the bookcase and Jaebum looks thoroughly through the notebooks.

‘’Youngjae I think I found something.’’ Jaebum says after a few minutes of searching. Placing back the books he was holding Youngjae quickly went to Jaebum’s side. ‘’Really?’’ He says looking at the notebook Jaebum was holding. Jaebum nods as he reads the title. ‘’I mean this must be a journal of some sorts. It got the current month and year on it.’’ Youngjae looks at him and then back at the notebook. ‘’Guess we will have to read it then.’’

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[kim-stories]

1. The Beginning

No ones POV

It is 4:00am and Livie is having a nightmare about her past, she twists and turns in her sleep until the sound of a doorbell wakes her up. Her eye sockets fly open as she gasps for air, her eyelights were two different colors as one was blue and the other green. She was in a state of panic as even with her eyes open she was still inside her nightmare. Another ring from the doorbell snapped her out of it as she slowly sat up, she looks to the side to see what time it is and the moment she saw it was when she groaned out in annoyance. Her eyelights now back to her cyan color, she gets up and puts on her bathrobe and slippers before she heads downstairs. While she did that, her doorbell would keep ringing wich annoyed her even more. "yeah yeah...i'm coming, i'm coming" she sais before yawning, eventually she reaches the front door and opens it slowly. Only to reveal that it's Sans who is covered in sweat and not having his usual smile plastered upon his face.

Sans: "h-hi there...sorry to bother you so early" he looked frightened and constantly looked over his shoulder "i-i need to talk with you" he kept stuttering while speaking wich was not how he usually spoke.

Livie: (Story talk) "You all must be wondering how we ended up here or why sans is acting the way he is now. Welp for you all to understand what is going on we need to take a trip back to the past. How far you ask? Well all the way till the day the monsters were freed."

~3 years ago~

Livie: (story talk) "i remember as if it was yesterday. It was my day off from work and i was enjoying it very much. Now im not gonna spoil it with little details so you have to see what happens oke! oke". (end storytalk)

It was a warm summer morning and Livie was at home working on her skills in the training room that was located in the basement, this training room was designed and build by her. Little did she know that today was the day her entire life would change for you see the townspeople have kept an eye on the barrier on Mt.Ebott for decades, waiting for the day that monsters would finally be free to live a peaceful life with humans once again. When the barrier was broken, the townspeople were alerted to the news and acted immediately to get the town ready to welcome. Well everyone except for Livie of course, she was kept in the dark on purpose as to keep it a surprise for her. Meanwhile monster kind was guided down the mountain by Frisk who saved everyone and when i say everyone, i mean EVERYONE. Frisk somehow managed to get Asriel back to his former body, to revive Chara and to get Gaster out of the void as well. The only monster who was still skeptical about all of this was Sans who has been through so many resets that he just stopped believing anything the kid sais. When they arrived at the town though was when everyone was surprised to see how the town was decorated so brightly as if to welcome them to their little town, at the center of town stood an elderly man who goes by the name Sam. Sam used to be the towns former mayor and has been waiting for this moment when he was a kid, the time finally has come and he couldn't be happier. "welcome, welcome! my name is sam and this town is ebott town" he sais with a kind smile as Asgore took a step forwards and was about to say something until "GRANDFATHER!!!" someone shouts out as they were running towards them before falling onto the ground face first "ow...". Sam chuckles softly "excuse him, this is my grandson glenn and he is the mayor of this town" he explains as a tall skeleton suddenly made his way over to Glenn. "human named glenn are you oke?" he asks while helping glenn back onto his feet "ah yess i'm sorry eum..." "oh how rude of me, i am the great and wonderful papyrus" he sais as Glenn just smiled brightly "it is nice to meet you papyrus" Glenn replies while extending his hand for a handshake and Papyrus happily obliged as he shook Glenn's hand very excitingly. Toriel who watched carefully could not see or feel any ill intend from the both of them and as such took a few steps towards them so she could use her magic to heal Glenn's small injuries. Glenn scratches the back of his head in embarrassment "t-thank you" he sais shyly as Toriel gave him a gentle smile "it is alright glenn, it is the least we can do for you and your grandfather for giving us a warm welcome" she replied as this made Glenn smile. Even though things went well, in the group Sans was having a freaking panic attack because of Papyrus's careless action and was trying to calm down with the help of Frisk, Asriel and yes even Undyne since she has experience with this sort of thing thanks to Alphys. Asgore who saw all of it just chuckled and extended his hand towards Sam who gladly shook his hand "it is an honour meeting such kind humans such as yourselves, i do hope that from this day onward we can live in peace together" "i am sure we can and with your help maybe even help this town to a new and better future" Sam replied wich surprised Asgore but he was glad to hear this answer. Glenn was amazed by Toriel's healing magic as Sam cleared his throat to snap Glenn out of it and it worked as he himself was clearing his throat now. "well now that the introductions are out of the way, let us show you around town" Glenn sais as everyone agreed with him and followed both him and Sam further inside the town. Surprisingly the townspeople greeted them and while everyone else thought this was a good sign, the only one who found it suspicious was once again Sans.

~Hours later~

Sam and Glenn stopped in front of a huge mansion "i am sure all of you are hungry and thirsty by now" Sam sais as everyone agreed in the meantime Glenn wast texting Livie.

~Text message~

CoolMayor: "hey liv!"

FunBone: "yo Glenn!! what's up?"

CoolMayor: "nothing much, but i'm here for your surprise. so can you get ready?"

FunBone: "...right now?"

CoolMayor: "yeah. pretty please get ready" *puppy emoji*

FunBone: *sigh emoji* "fine...i'll get ready"

CoolMayor: "thanks liv, oh and please stay upstairs until i come and get you"

FunBone: "yeah yeah..."

~End messages~

Glenn smiled and put his phone away while nodding to his grandfather "alright everyone let's go inside so you can eat and drink a bit" Glenn sais as he walks to the front door to unlock it, since he had a spare key on him. By now you must be wondering how it is that Glenn has the spare key to Livie's mansion, well you see Glenn and Livie knew each other since they were kids as they were very best friends. Anywho, Sam guided monster kind inside along with Glenn as they were escorted to the dinning room. The dinning room itself was so big the everyone fit in there with space to spare wich amazed everyone, even mettaton was impressed with the spacious dinning room "my word darling are you telling me this room is a dinning room?" Glenn smiled and nodded "yess and here you all will dine and afterwards i will have a surprise for all of you". Everyone was overjoyed to hear this as Sam already went to the kitchen to get the food they prepared for them and Glenn went to help to get the drinks for them. Everyone was having a good time and chatting it up even Sam and Glenn, eventually Gaster cleared his throat and curiously asked "say glenn, did you not have a surprise for us?". Glenn immediately stood up "YESS SORRY I FORGOT!!!" he ran out of the room as everyone started to chuckle "whatever will i do with that boy" Sam sais with a chuckle "he seems like a good young man" Toriel sais as Sam agreed. Meanwhile "LIVIE!!!" he bursts into her room as she looks at him with a concerned expression "what? what happened? is there a problem? do i need to beat someone up?" she sais while slamming her fist in her hand while Glenn was catching his breath "s-sorry but no...i just forgot i had the surprise for you waiting downstairs" "...you're such a klutz" Livie replied as Glenn stands up straight "well i guess i did deserve it for making you wait so long" he chuckles softly before they both made their way downstairs "well i guess i can forgive you since you did get me a surprise" she giggles as Glenn smiled even more now "well i hope you like your surprise, because it is a really big one" Livie couldn't wait to see it but for some reason Glenn was even more excited about this then she was since he bolts down the hallway and she had to catch up with him. Eventually Glenn walks inside the dinning room "come on slowpoke, come inside already!" Glenn teased as Livie giggles even more "i can beat you in a speed race easy peasy" she sais from the hallway as everyone in the dining room was confused as to who Glenn brought along with him "anyway, why are you so exci...ted..." she walks into the dinning and fell silent as she saw all of monster kind in one place. Everyone else gasped when they saw a female skeleton walking into the dinning room, for some reason this made Asgore angry as he stood and was about to hit the table hard, but Livie stopped his fist with her magic "what do you think you are going to do with my table?" she sais with a stern voice as her eyelights were directed at him "well eum...sorry" he just sat back down as that anger immediately left him. Sam chuckles even more "now now livie be kind to the king" she crosses her arms "i would if he wasn't about to destroy something of mine" of course this made everyone even more confused. Livie cleared her throat "anyway my name is livie, livie hana" she sais as she joins everyone else at the table. Of Course this resulted in a lot of questions that she honestly didn't know how to answer properly as she wasn't so used to so many beings around her wether they be monster or human. Glenn taps the side of his glas with a spoon "everyone please, i still have one more surprise left for you all. me and my grandfather had thought long and hard over this as we decided it would be best that you all live inside this mansion" Alphys couldn't help but ask "b-but is that really possible?" Livie quickly caught on and simply said with a smile "oh don't worry about space, i have plenty of that here in my mansion" even though she said it kindly, she was angry on the inside that they haven't even considered asking her first before deciding this on their own. But she eventually sighed before a small gaster blaster floats into the dinning room "baby bones? wait if you are inside then that means..." suddenly the other 3 cam floating inside as they scared the others except for Glenn and Sam. "oke who let them inside" she stares at Glenn and Sam "i am so sorry livie it was me, i left the backdoor open" Sam admitted "it's fine...i thought i would introduce them at a later time but it cant be helped now" Livie replied with a sigh. Livie then stood up and cleared her throat "alright everyone, there are a few things you do need to know. first of all these blasters are my pets, the smallest one is called baby bones or bb for short, these two are the twins and the biggest one of them all is big momma or big mom for short. secondly i work as a psychiatrist, so depending on the appointments i have i will either work early in the morning, during the day or late in the evening" she states as everyone was looking at her as they were processing the information they have gotten. Gaster then stood up as he was curious as to how these blasters could move freely like that "i do wonder how much magic it consumes to keep them like this" Gaster sais as he was already examining the blasters "none actually, i found a trick to disconnect them from me so they have their own magic source and yes i can still summon them from miles away if i ever had need of them" Livie explains while Gaster finds this all very fascinating.

~Several hours and interrogating questions later~

Glenn, Sam and Livie had shown everyone to their rooms but Gaster requested to speak with Livie privately as they now were in Livie's office. "so what did you wanna talk about?" Livie asks as Gaster sat across from her "i know that all of this must be hard on you" Livie didn't say anything but he knew this was something that weighed heavily on her soul. "livie you need to let it out" Gaster sais as he was worried about her, Livie took a deep breath before breathing back out as her tears started to roll down her cheekbones. "it's not fair...i waited so long to see so many of them once again and they just...they just forget about me?! how is that fair?" Livie raised her voice a bit as her tears kept coming down her face while Gaster sighed "it may not be much...but at least i still remember you" he sais as he stood up to wipe away her tears "...does this mean i need to keep our past together a secret from them?" she asks with pain lacing her voice "i am afraid so livie...they wouldnt understand and it would only be more hurt and torment for yourself" Gaster replied while he tried to console her. She looks down disappointed by the answer before she pulls Gaster close so she had someone to hold while she lets her tears steam down freely. However, little did they know that Sans was eavesdropping on them as he found Gaster's calm demeanor very strange. 'how does the old man know her? and what is it she has to keep secret from everybody?' Sans thought to himself while he kept eavesdropping on them, only to hide when he heard Gaster telling Livie he needed to get back to the boys. Gaster left the office but Livie took the time to get out of the office as she tried to stop her tears from falling down more, this is when Sans took the opportunity to come out of hiding and act as if he was looking for her "hey eum i know that it's none off my business but are you oke?" he asks. Livie was startled by Sans suddenly being there, mostly because she let her guard down, but she closes the door and tries to smile "y-yeah just too many e-emotions from seeing so many of my own kind for the first time" she lied as Sans knew this but he couldn't force her to tell him everything since it would make him look suspicious as well. Sans sighs as he smiles afterwards "so you're a girl right?" Livie was taken back by the question as she nods softly "oh sorry i didn't mean to offend ya or anything but i don't know i thought female skeletons used their magic to make them look more eum...you know the part?" he sais as he feels embarrassed to even say this "n-not all female skeletons need to look s-sexy or more feminine to be a girl!!" she sais shyly as she explains that to Sans "s-sorry oke, i-i just thought-" "j-just don't say it oke! i am a female skeleton but i d-don't need the extra accessory to be one!". They were both a blushing mess by now as suddenly they hear "are you two oke down there?" Papyrus asks as they look up to see him waving at them "w-we agree not to tell him about this?" Livie asks "a-agreed" Sans replied. Livie and Sans go up the stairs towards Papyrus as there was awkward tension between them until they reached papyrus "s-so eum i'll be heading to my bedroom now...g-goodnight you two" Livie sais as Sans clears his throat "y-ye sure goodnight" Papyrus being his happy self replied "goodnight! and may you have pleasant dreams!" this made Livie smile before she waves towards them as she walks towards her bedroom.

~BIG time skip~

We are now several months later as every single monster had their own houses, their own jobs and lived peacefully among the humans...that is until the news of monsters living alongside humans spread across the world, how? Well the internet of course along with some mouth to mouth conversations from tourists that frequented Ebott town and with such also arise the problems. What kind? Well some humans came together and formed the Anti-Monster-Movement wich in short is called the AMM as they plagued the internet with lies about monsters. But with that also came a lot of humans and youngsters forward who disproved those lies rather quickly with evidence they had. Of Course the AMM didn't back down and decided to tell a lie that nobody could disproof or at least they thought they had a good lie. Livie was then tasked by Glenn to make videos to disproof those lies and she did, only thing is that she used a filter and a mask to hide what she really was but her voice stayed the same. This online war went on and on and on and on until the world leaders came together and called upon the monsters and the AMM group to appear in front of them so they could decide the fate of monster kind. Frisk was the monsters ambassador but because they were human child they couldn't defend them properly as stated in the letter. Those who had important roles in the underground were gathered in Asgore's house along with Sam and Glenn. Chara grips onto their shirt "so what? we leave everyone to defend themselves?" they blurted out in anger as "no need to be so angry, i'll go with them" Glenn sais but Sam clears his throat "you cant Glenn you are human too...we need someone strong and confident in what they do but isn't human...but who?" Sam sais until they see Livie walking past the house with a small suitcase in their hand "of course! she could do it for us!!" Gaster sais as Asgore quickly went to the front door and called out to Livie who was confused as to why he called her name out like that, until she got inside and was brought up to speed. "wai wait wait, you are telling me that all of you want me to defend you in front of the worlds leaders?" Livie sais as everyone nods. But of course Livie is a workaholic so she couldn't just take a day off like that "absolutely not" everyone was surprised as Gaster asks "why not? you are perfect for that role" "because i cant just drop my work like that!" Livie retorted "what if i took the blame for you? since i am the mayor and practically made you go...so what do you say?" Glenn sais as he smiles innocently. Livie was not convinced "w-what if i house sit for you as well?" Glenn adds wich made Livie smile "deal!" she shook his hand but Glenn knew that the moment she shook his hand was the moment he knew he fucked up. Livie takes the letter and reads it more "it states that we have to go to new york since the judgehall is located there, so everyone get yourself ready because we will have to go by plane" she sais while getting up. Everyone left Asgore's house to get ready, Livie already had a sneaky suspicion that they would ask for her help but not like this. Nonetheless she already prepared alot of information in the form of a presentation "they wont know what them" she sais and gets only one bag ready to take with her.

~Several hours later~

The flight to New York was amazing for everyone except for Livie who slept through the entire flight. When they arrived there they had to go with Glenn's cousin who managed to get a tour bus for them, but somehow Livie got separated from the group and by the time they realised it, it was already too late. They were on their way to the judgement hall as Livie managed to get out of the airport but she noticed they already left and with a big sigh she gotten a taxi to drive her to the judgement hall. She called Sans to let them know she was on her way but after the call the driver went to the wrong way "eum sir, you're going the wrong way" he chuckles "oh i know sweetie, but you wont be making it on time to save them". Livie sighs in frustration as she calls Sans again "yo sans, ye ye i know...but are you guys at the judgement hall yet?...you are?...great...wait they already rushed you guys inside?...nah don't worry about it...i'll be there in a sec..." she hangs up as the guy was still laughing up a storm "and how are you going to get there? your stuck with me!" Livie then calmly took her bag and waved "bey bey now" before teleporting out of the car and into the judgement hall. Of Course this surprised the taxi driver who needed to park himself and double check before cursing up a storm. Meanwhile inside the judgement hall the AMM went first and made a strong case that is until Livie suddenly popped up out of nowhere, wich startled many people but she just didn't care as she signed to the guy representing the AMM that he could continue talking. "where were you?" Sans whispered "well i got cut off from the group by other people and then basically gotten kidnapped by a taxi driver" Livie whisper replied. When the representative was done he whispered to Livie in a mocking way "good luck, heh" she just thanked him and went to the front as she asked if she could borrow a projector and laptop, wich she was granted before she pulls out a usb stick and plugged it into the laptop. She then connected the laptop with the projector wich projected her presentation, she then clears her throat and then looks over to the world leaders "hello ladies and gentlemen, my name is livie hana and i will be representing monster kind today" the world leaders look at each other before one sais "bring out your case miss hana" "thank you sir" she sais with a small bow. "you see what i will be showing you is a shortened version of the history of ebott town, for many decades ago monsters and humans used to live peacefully together. until one jealous human being started to spread lies and rumours about the monster, wich resulted in them going to war against the monsters and KILLING many of them. before they ran into a cave in the mountain wich the humans put a barrier around to prevent them from escaping" Livie explains "yess i do understand this eum story but how does this proof they are innocent" one of the leaders asks as she smiles at them "well how about this, who caused those other wars to happen?" Livie asks wich made them all shut up while she just shows more proof of humans starting wars around the world or even the violence and poverty they had caused "is this enough evidence to showcase that monsters aren't to blame for what happened in the future?".She was dismissed as the world leaders had a lot to talk about, but in the mean time she was talking to the others who were very much afraid to be forced back down the underground. The representative of the AMM walks up to them "how dare you pull human history into this matter!" he sais aggressively as Livie turns around to face him in a calm manner "i'm sorry sir but you cant interact with me or my friends until judgement has been passed down" the representative got even more angry and picked her up by the collar up her shirt "YOU COCKY LITTLE BI-" "what is the meaning of this!!" a security guard yells out as the representative lets go of Livie "t-this is not what it looks like" the security guard stands between him and Livie as they say "the world leaders requested you all back on stage now!" "y-yes sir" the representative went back to his group "thank you very much sir" she sais while the security guard gives her a small nod. Eventually everyone got back on the stage as one of the world leaders starts to speak "so first and foremost i want to thank all of you for giving us your precious time of the day to be here. secondly we were not sure wich of the cases we should chose since of course we love to believe our own kind but on the other hand we could not deny our own bloody history. but we want to call the representative to the front" the guy had this big as smile on his face as he walks to the front of the stage as he expected to be praised, but instead "your aggressive and shameful act towards miss livie made us see that human kind needs to evolve if we want a peaceful future" this shocked him as he turns around and points at Livie while suddenly speaking up "w-what!! you're joking right!! these are monsters and are our natural enemies-" he then gets cut off by another world leader "we humans have killed over a million people over the decades and you want them gone just because you think they are beneath us?" "but-" "I AM NOT FINISHED YET" "s-sorry" "we of course came prepared with our own knowledge as well, in fact we KNOW they killed 6 humans over the coarse of several years. but what do you expect? if the roles were reversed we would have likely done the same." they ended with as Livie was just being observant as she notices more guards suddenly in the room and she knew she had to be on guard just incase something happens. Another world leader stands up with a smile "and with a great pleasure we welcome monster kind into our world and thus would love to work alongside with them in the future". Everyone cheered as they were allowed to leave but not the other group, Livie lets her guard down a bit as they all went back home by plane again. For once Livie went to sleep feeling completely safe amongst those around her, plus she was tired from using so much magic and then having Sans sleeping in the seat next to her. Everything that happened today was broadcasted all over the world and thus Monster kind was accepted into the world and some could even move out of the town and move into other countries so they could help human kind into a bright new future.

[buri-art]

Buri’s Original Stuff

novicesmileegao said: Well, @ buri-art, actually, the friend of mine asked, if you have original works and how to buy them, but I, being myself, totally forgot until I saw this post today again. So if it's possible, make some pdf e-book versions of your books available for shopping from Russia)

I-I-I-I-I-I’m so honored and happy whenever people show an interest in, and then actually enjoy my original stuff. T^T Or anything artistic I do besides fanart, for that matter. It’s very easy to get stuck in an “I’m only popular because people already like these characters” rut sometimes. Alas, popularity is not a purpose for doing art or anything creative, I know that, but it sure feels good to have your work appreciated for being what it is, whatever that might be.  I’ve posted a few original works here on Tumblr, most notably The King and His Pet, which is a completed manga one-shot that is part of a much larger story (side note, though it’s the kind of world I developed for ten years out of sheer guilty pleasure, I’ve recently started thinking about how I could adjust the story for a young novel-readying audience. No promises, though). This one-shot, as well as Dongshi’s Fake Frown, was part of a little self-publication I did in 2012. Before sending it off for printing I only asked people I knew personally if they wanted to pay for cheap copies, so 55 printed copies exist out there, and only 55 copies will ever exist. 

Followers from May-July 2015 (*waves*) probably remember my epic battle to make a short original piece to send in to Hana to Yume’s monthly manga contest. Ah, Uncanny Music. Despite all of the moral support (and some technical support!) I received, frankly, it sucks. I am too weak, I make too many mistakes. XD Although I’m still fond of what I was trying to do with it (and I’m really happy there was one reader here on Tumblr who appreciated the story for exactly the reasons I was going for and I love you for that).

Also of note for how it pertains to my Tumblr existence, I originally made my Tumblr to try to drive more traffic to my blog about the San’in region of Japan. I uploaded a few chunks of my Kojiki comics (yes, my own original manga interpretations of Shinto mythology to go along with nerdy introductions to where those myths took place), but not much, and they didn’t really get any reception here. (If you look in my Archive, you’ll see that July 2014 was full of these, but here’s another example of a lesser known myth.) Veeeeeeerrrrrry bad news regarding that four year project: I was hosting my images on Photobucket, and Photobucket now wants to charge me $400 per year to keep the 3rd party hosting function, so my very, very, very, very time consuming blog (but time well spent, I went on all kinds of cool adventures for it!) is now very broken. I considered it dead and announced such on my Facebook, and to my surprise, people liked it enough that many have said they’d be willing to contribute to some kind of crowdfunding project to get my work live again as an archive, or they tried to come out with other solutions and looked into them for me (so far, unsurprisingly, to no avail). For years people had also been saying that my Kojiki comics and other (severely typo-laden) articles on my blog should be compiled and sold as a book, but the comic panels were always meant for web-only viewing, so the original file sizes are too small to print well. And besides...

I’m really, reeeeeeaaaaally happy with a lot of the Kojiki manga, especially after all that research I put into it and how I worked some difficult but every interesting elements into the narrative, but I got super lazy on a lot of it too. I was ready to let my work die, but I’ve gotten enough encouragement from people who love it to try to find some way to salvage it, as well as at least the best of the rest of the blog, which has hundreds of entries. So I’m a little busy trying to figure that out... which isn’t easy, because when it comes to technical skills, I’m the worst. Sure, I can draw cute faces, but I sure can’t make them look nice. 

Let’s see, what else... ah! There was that time I poured a Noh script into a blender and poured it out as shoujo manga. It was pink and experimental and it won second place in a contest. Wind Between The Pine Needles is here and starts on page 34.

As far as illustrations here and there, most of the stand-alone things I’ve done in recent years that are actually illustrations instead random doodles had purposes for things i was up to back in Matsue (trust me, that old man drinking tea as he fondly gazes at camellias turned out super, super shiny). As for things I’d try to monetize by making available for printing, I do still have this greeting card design lying around, and I had thought about doing a small series of “Everything I need to know about love I learned from shoujo manga” to put on tote bags and stuff, but never did any of that... what do you guys think? Should I make stuff like that to put in an online shop? Oh!! Oh, if you want to buy an academic book about the production of shoujo manga, I did do the cover art for one! Thank you, U. of Hawai’i Press! It wasn’t a paid project though, I did it as a favor... ........come to think of it I’ve never been paid for my nice illustrations, only my doodles. o__o;;; ...........O_____O;;; Whoa. Why did I ever bother putting any effort into anything, if my doodles will suffice to bring joy to people? 

A-anyway. 

Speaking of effort and original stuff, I’m working on some writing projects lately. Although I spent a large chunk of my life and imagination dreaming of being a mangaka and I took a, for me, satisfying stab at it, I’m feeling more ambitious in my writing directions now. I’ll always draw for fun, at least, and I’ll always dream of seeing my original stories in anime format, but at least I’m still creating things, and that’s what counts. If I ever push to publish any of these novels I have in the works, I hope you all will support me in that endeavor as well. *bows* I’m still humbled by all that support I received, both within the SF squad and without, from when I was working the 2015 project. 

Thank you all again. Oh, and... *cough* One more thing about my original works: