#ark: stars aligned

[rainesaur]

Some Mei and Diana school doodles because I miss them

[rainesaur]

Giggles in evil intention

im a fucking sucker for the “character gets so badly injured that they can’t think clearly and start calling for help in a distressingly vulnerable way.” characters who start using nicknames for their friends they haven’t used since they were kids. characters who start begging for their brother they haven’t seen in years to be there. characters who would usually use their parents’ names or call them mother/father/etc crying out mama when they go down. u understand.

[luxudus]

Neurodivergency becomes the Norm

old drawing that was meant to be my final spectember entry for this year.

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To the people who built the guidestones in orbit of our world. This message is towards you and the rest of your kind

We are the Savunato of the planet Apsis in the Oese system. it may not seem like it, but we believe to be your descendants. You may not remember our ancestors of your kind, who first landed on Apsis. It has been 10 million years since that happened. But we are happy to refresh your memory.

From the knowledge we gathered, catastrophe had struck your home planet. We don't know what happened, but it was bad enough for your kind to lose all hope of mending what was broken.

So you looked to the stars for a second chance. In a last ditch effort to save your kind, you launched the Eos Ark program. Sending 35 colony ships across a sea of stars, looking for any habitable planet to call home.

However those colony ships were flawed, they were made in a rush. And had no way of holding its own plants and animals to start agriculture. And too little gear for the colonists to survive in their current form.

Our colony ship just so happened to land here on Apsis. And we couldn’t have been more thankful for it. Apsis is very much like earth, having her own oceans and life. The flora here are fleshy and adorned with red broad leaves. While the fauna walked on three legs, saw with three eyes, and were protected by a woody exoskeleton.

By our sheer luck, the 6 planets of our system had aligned and gifted us a world we could actually survive on. The native life was digestible and the air was breathable. We had our second chance.

Our ancestors’ ship however, was ill-prepared. Again there were barely any tools to help them survive in their current form. We couldn’t shape the world to our needs.The world shaped us to her needs. We adapted, and we evolved.

Relative to your anatomy and lifestyle. Our arms became hyper-extended and stronger. Meaning we can switch between bipedal and quadrupedal locomotion on the fly. Our ancestral thumbs have become vestigial. In place of this, our Index and pinky fingers have become opposable so we can manipulate our environment once more. Our faces too have elongated, our teeth grew harder to get through the exoskeletons of our prey. And we grew fangs to slice through the trees.

One of the most significant things in our history was a slow but all encompassing change to the way we think of the world. Several mental states spurred on by genetics had spread across our population. Mental conditions you would classify as Autism, ADHD, OCD, Dyslexia, Anxiety, Depression, and so on. For you, you’d call us neurodivergent, For us it’s simply the norm, It makes us who we are.

Our modern society has been slowly reworked from the ground up. All in order to empower our new mentality. Now revolving around organization and efficiency. Our work ethic is streamlined to the point where we can get all the day’s work done before noon. With our goal being placed on long term results rather than pure production. Extreme emphasis has been put on the care and wellbeing for the developmentally disabled.

We put as much care into texture as they do with colors and patterns. Plenty of our cultures have a wide array of both visual and tactile patterns and a variety of textures to best fit the wearer. And affection through physical contact is revered as a sign of deep trust within many of our cultures.

We have sailed far beyond the reaches of our new cradle. Reaching new heights by reaching the other worlds that orbit our sun. We’ve explored, colonized, and have begun terraforming the most habitable worlds to make them as comfortable as apsis. We have even begun plunging into the interstellar depths to survey our closest neighbors.

One day we found your wayward stones. The plaques made of the spirit of our original homeworld, like the embers of a great fire holding out in the cold quiet night. We found them on the space station that brought you here, that brought our ancestors down to apsis.

I myself, the Savunato writing this, was one of the lucky few to board your station. We found it still orbiting apsis, Everything was still intact and untouched like a day hadn’t passed. Like we were connected from the depths of time.

We looked to the cosmos to find the others. Sending probes out into deep space with our history. And beaming messages to distant stars, All in hopes of finding you or another one of your descendants. No one’s responded so far, We may very well be the last living descendants of your kind.

If any of you are still out there. Let us show you we did it. we did it humanity, we made it. We survived. We made it through the toughest Apsis had to offer. We shared the worst mistakes the both of us have made. We learned for the better. We kept the flame going. May we survive for another 10 million years. May we be your successors.

If any of you are still out there.

I hope we made you proud…

[box-o]

I love seeing colony ARK fanart where there are shooting stars and constellations able to be seen out the window I really do but unfortunately these things simply wouldn't exist on the ARK because shooting stars only happen when small bits of space rock burn up in the atmosphere which the space colony ARK does not have, and constellations are very VERY specific alignments of stars millions and billions of light-years away viewed at a VERY specific angle to get the pictures we see so Maria and Shadow may not have had Ursa Major and Minor or Orion they may have had their own constellations that could only be seen from the ARK

[rainesaur]

Yes! They often stim vocally (and expierence mutal regression) and makes all kinds of noises, but their favourites are chirping and purring

fanfiction writers when a character is remotely non-human

[newprophets]

How does Romans 4 demonstrate that we are justified by faith and not by .

The Stars Above: Abraham’s Faith and What It Means for You When God promised Abraham that his descendants would be as numerous as the stars, it seemed impossible. Abraham was old, his wife Sarah was barren, and their circumstances didn’t align with God’s promise. Yet, Abraham believed, and through faith, that promise became reality.The stars in the sky represent more than a beautiful sight—they symbolize God’s promises for our lives. Abraham’s faith teaches us that even when we can’t see the outcome, we can still trust in God’s faithfulness.

Starry Night Visualization:

Take a moment to imagine yourself standing under a vast night sky filled with stars. Picture each star as a promise God has spoken over your life. Just as He spoke to Abraham, He is speaking to you today. Now, consider what promises you are holding onto. Have faith that, like Abraham, your belief can turn those promises into reality.Constellation of Faith:Each star in the sky can also represent a biblical hero who was credited with righteousness because of their faith .

https://www.inspiredchristian.org/how-does-romans-4-demonstrate-that-we-are-justified-by-faith-and-not-by-works

Consider Noah, who built an ark before a drop of rain fell, or David, who believed he could defeat Goliath. Faith was the common thread that connected them all to God’s promises. Who are the "stars" of faith in your life? Reflect on those who inspire you.Interactive Faith Exercise:Write down three “impossible” promises you’re believing God for today. Like Abraham, don’t focus on the obstacles. Instead, focus on the faithfulness of the One who made the promise

.: #FaithAndStars #GodsPromises #AbrahamsFaith #TrustingTheUnseen #BelieveInTheImpossible..

[dexare]

[COR: SHESHA CLEPSYDRA - CF/Local:1955] - Part 1 of 3

[Mythology Analysis - by Agent [99] of the DieWell Collective] [SEC/00.66.99 Taken Earth]

"....on the way it's spread throughout the system, we estimate....Across the endless cosmos, were stars align-🎶...hm!/hm!/hm!...

99: Kör, you've been taking your time with that. Is it done yet?

Kör: Defragmentation is at 60%. Would you like to see the available data?

🎶🎶🎶

99: What is this Kör?

Kör: According to the information contained in the document, this file contains a song sung by Minueta Jenkins herself alongside several images.

The song is a revision made by Minueta Jenkins of the Folk Song "Braker" witch itself is based on the mythology of the world serpent "SHESHA CLEPSYDRA"..

99: Hmm.. Why would a woman like Minueta ever make a song like this?..

@^#^&##.......&$#^.....

99: Ok, so here it is 98, we'll kinda.. long fulkimg~ story UL-right~~

98: Just hurry up and tell me.

99: Alright, so there's this dragon.. He/she who dafuck knows, it doesn't know how to fly, and obviously, feels pretty sad about it. He travels the world until one day, he straight-up meets a demon.

The demon, unlike 99% of the people, is actually a pretty cool dud, and because he has a few thousand years freed up, he decides hes going to help out the dragon and teach it how to fly.

Now there's a problem the dragon has been roaming around the planet too much. Not only are his bones too heavy, but girl is ripped to kingdom come. He's got mussels for days, way too heavy to ever actually fly.

There's this big ark after that about them meeting different people, and basically, this were this religion gets all it's moral and ideology from. As they search for a way to help the dragon fly, the Dragon meets different kinds of asssholes and obviously end up dying in the most gruesome way possible, basic holy book stuff.

During this ark, you would expect to see the Dragon and the Demon get closer, but you kinda get the vibe that there's a wall between them. On top of that, even though this religion centers around the Dragon, most of what you can call the good parts and lessons come from the Demon, with the dragon being the one that unintentionally starts the problem in the fish place, it not his fault but it almost like everything about the world hates him.

Eventually, though, the demon unlocks a hidden power within himself after having this big enlightenment moment where the Demon becomes an angel again and redeems himself in the eyes of ??? Who dafuck knows? another fucking mystery.

Anyway, thanks to this, he can use his deus machina, magic, bullshit to finally give the dragon the ability to fly.

There, this moment in the book, we're the demon try's to warn the dragon about something inside him, but since were reading the book from the perspective of the dragon, and the dragon doesn't give a fuck. We don't get to know more about this warning. Suffice it to say that the dragon is so hype up about fly that he instantaneously decides to Fly off not even bother to say farewell or thanks to the demon, in fact we never hear about the demon after the Dragon leaves him and we're left to wonder what happened to him.

The book gets pretty weird from this point on. Up until now, the book has been pretty on the level it's a fantasy world, so to us, it looks weird, but to the people of local 1955, all of this sounds as realistic as a history book. The only thing I can maybe compare it to is Revelations from Bible in The Taken Earth. It has that same level of weirdness and metaphoric meaning.

Here also, where the famous song comes in, it's the page before the final chapter of the book. Oh.. and there's something you need to keep in mind. These people are in the medival ages, so keep that in mind while I tell you this next bit.

..The Dragon rises to the sky and chooses to never stop, never wanting for her talons to feel dirt again. He flies hooping to embrace the deep eternal blue, uncaring of the cost to her heart.

The sky's true face is made known to it, and although her eyes flutter, the Dragon gaze could see past a blinding light. Black waters teaming with pearls, that his eye alone could see before him.

Stars that mear mortals could never see as the God's themselves danced around him bound to eternal circles, in the center of witch was heaven. In the far distance, pearls of all colors.

Dancing in paradise, the Dragon was blessed with the heaven's warm embrace as it took hold of him in Ernest...

Bunch of trash after that, then it pick back up back her..

... Leviathan grabbed a hold of the dragon as the heavens themselves casted him away. Rejeted by the heavens, the dragon fell into the tendrils of the great beast, who drug the dragon to the sea.

Dejected as he fell, his mind wondered to the past, rejecting the very concept of his fall. He rose with anger as he battered his body in Rebellion against the world around him.

The dragons mind fractured, having only his promise to hold him true.. piercing the sky, the dragon splinters all of the beasts tendrils as he looks from above, at the body of the great Leviathan. The word itself, as it stood before him, as he vaow to keep his promise, plugging to the ground with such a force that Leviathan body crumbles into dust...

98: I don't know it's kinda hard to fallow the way you're explaining things, man.

99: I know, i know, but we don't care about any of that. Just listen to this last bit, and you'll see what I'm getting at.

..The Dragon rebirth by the orb of Turin was given into the flames of the true heaven's light and grew to understand the lie of the sky. Making a new vaow of chaos, he burned with greater glory than the false heavens and slaughtered the gods as they danced around it.

Surrounded by jewels, the dragon heart was now empty, with her promise fulfilled the dragons fractured mind, was now laid bare to madness. The only hope of escaping to find her past. Traveling to the north, the Dragon found pure light, where nothing existed beyound vail turbulant water. Not the land, nor the jowels could pearce the light, and even as the dragon saw the ocean im rage fighting to get trought the edge of life itself, nothing it could escape the the turbulant waters.

Rebellion.. The Dragon stretched out his wing and, without a thought crossed towards the light.. To the north lays, three pyramids were the Dragon vaows to kill it own past.

98: The Dragon attack the Congregation??

99: Yep, and not just that, I figured out where he ends up. The Dragon ended up on Earth Prime of all places. If we can figure out when, then... you get what I'm saying..

98: Then we can sneak inside and get access to the speakers, private network, holy shit 99..."

[DELUSION] [REBELLION] [JEWELS]

[Personal Device recording of agent 98]

"99: Folk- me man.. he fucking broke again, Ahh..

98: What? Did he overheat again?

99: Yeah, fucker decided to process the the same.. what 12-13 images over 852 times in a row.. fucking idiot.

99: Fuck that like what.. 97 million Aberration tears just for a couples of images. Jesus, he is dumb. "

[FRESH AIR] [MEMORY] [HATRED]

99: I feel like the biggest question about this entire book is the promise the Dragon made. It is pretty obvious to us that the dragon made a promise or, I guess, vaow to Minueta, but I can never see Minute of all people asking the Dragon to destroy a planet.

98: I don't know, but I'd be careful about making assumptions about this. I feel like we don't actually know enough to read into it like this. I read a little yesterday, and I get the feeling the dragon isint as Holy as the book paints him out to be, plus during the ark where the dragon travels with the demon you see him constantly looking for loops holes in arguments. I wouldn't be surprised if Minueta made a totally normal request only for the dragon to twist it for its own needs."

"99: I feel like you're trusting the Contance Foundation and Minueta, too much.

98: Maybe, but like you said, I don't see Minueta of all people asking for the end of some randome planet. By the way, what's up with the wizard dud in the image?

99: Aw yeah, that guy.. the books dosent mention him, but apparently, there's a separate scroll that talks about him. He knows as the Turin of Sahsha as apparently he'd been hunting the dragon until a woman killed him. You can guess who that was.

It pretty gruesome the way she kills him too, reminds me of when the dragon flies back up after being cast down into the ocean, apparently he twisted and contorted his entire body as he flew back up creating a tornado that split appart the planets atmosphere along side its magnetic field. "

98: Jesus man that fucking brutal.. did all of that already happen or is local/1955 still around.

99: On the galactic calendar well.. no, not yet, for us at least. It's still what 2 years out, I think. That is enough time for us to get ready. Apparently, the thing that gets the Contance Foundation to show up on Local/1955 is the arrival of the Phoenix version of the Dragon, so it's one of those loops where time keeps repeating. Works out for us since it gives us the perfect chance to steal from them.

98: Depends.. I'm still looking into what happens during the attack."

CHRONICLES OF REBELLION | FRACTURE [SHESHA CLEPSYDRA PART 1 OF 3]

Chronicles of Rebellion Track 09 - Braker Dans l'ombre des montagnes, un dragon rêve, Des ailes de feu, il désire qu'elles s'élèvent, Un démon bienveillant, avec un sourire, Lui montre les cieux, lui enseigne à s'envoler. Flieg, oh Drache, in den Himmel so weit, Die Sterne rufen, gib deiner Seele das Geleit. Doch in deinem Herzen, ein Schatten so tief, Eine alte Versprechen, das niemand dir schrieb. Il lève son regard, les étoiles scintillent, Un appel mystérieux, une histoire qui brille. Cherchant un destin, illustre et grand, Dans l'infini, il s'élance, le cœur battant. Flieg, oh Drache, die Weite ist klar, Die Hoffnung zu finden, es ist alles so nah. Doch die Stimme der Erinnerung, sie murmure so sacht, Ein ewiges Versprechen, das ihn in sich bewacht. Mais à chaque battement, la promesse résonne, Une chaîne invisible, un poids qu'il frissonne. Il veut l'oublier, fuir cette contrainte, Mais en lui, une flamme, une lutte l’atteinte. Er kämpft gegen das Echo, will die Freiheit spüren, Die Sterne, sie rufen, doch die Fesseln regieren. Im Herzen ein Sturm, die Dunkelheit weicht, Doch die Stimme der Treue, die niemals vergeicht. Alors il se rappelle, de son serment ancien, Le voler est un art, mais le cœur a son chemin. Dans un geste de foi, il choisit d’obéir, Plongeant dans la terre, décidé à périr. Mit einem lauten Donnerschlag bricht er die Erde, Die Maßen zerfällt, und die Sterne vergerben. Sein Herz schlägt schnell, in der Dunkelheit weit, Er hatte gewählt, in der Stille der Zeit. Il a volé, même au prix de sa chute, Sa promesse le guide, sa peur l’influte. Le dragon renaît, de ses cendres, il s’élève, Un destin trouvé, comme un souffle en trêve. Flieg, oh Drache, zurück zu dir selbst, In der Dunkelheit strahlst du, wie ein Licht in der Welt. Sein Versprechen nun stark, führt ihn zur Ruh, Der Drache, der fliegt, ist endlich er selbst, im neuen Licht, im neuen Flug.

[rainesaur]

My Helena playlist!!!

Ill edit this post sometime later to include other of my playlists but have her for nowww :3

[rainesaur]

Kinda shit aberration finn and helena would do

Nerva & Rockwell

[triste-guillotine]

NOCTURNUS "Unicursal" LP 2024 ('...A goddess appears now before me holding an emerald symbol, I see. She says it's mine to be. Victory, my soul is now free !')

1. Intro 2. The Ascension Throne of Osiris 3. CephaloGod 4. Mesolithic 5. Organism 46B 6. Mission Malkuth 7. Yesod, the Darkside of the Moon 8. Hod, the Stellar Light 9. Netzach, the Fire of Victory 10. Outro

"Secret chambers in the pyramids, the great gallery of Cheops Sits the iron throne of Osiris, the gateway to the sky

Mountain of light, ascension device Transforms the pharaoh, to a being of light

In the chamber a wooden chair, covered in sheets of meteoric iron That has fallen from the sky, forms a stargate to the stars

Teleportation device, the iron throne Beaming the pharaoh, to Orion's gate

The king is a star that illumines the sky, a star of gold The brilliant light, Osiris the king, companion of Osiris

In the king's chamber there is a shaft, that aligns With 3 stars of Orion's belt, the pharaoh did journey to Orion's gate

Across the starry sky in an astral ark, the pharaoh sits In his iron throne, together they form the ark-throne of Osiris

The ascension throne of Osiris

In his iron throne, crafted by Ptah, the transfigured pharaoh, becomes the iron man Transforming man to god, made of stellar-light, crowned as king and god, I shall never die !

I shall never die"

Unicursal | NOCTURNUS AD | Nocturnus AD (bandcamp.com)

NOCTURNUS AD - CephaloGod (official video) (youtube.com)

NOCTURNUS AD - Hod, The Stellar Light (official video) (youtube.com)

[onelastchorus]

fontaine megathread

full of spoilers.. duh

archon quest act i

they're referring to the eremites. couldn't leave sumeru without one last sprinkle of racism lmao.. fr love how this was one of the first things i saw in fontaine. "see something, say something." STFU!!!

the fontaine VAs fucking STEPPED UP!! like why is lyney's VA so good.. the decision to open the quest with three of the most off-putting and unnerving characters so far.. lyney truly sounds deceiving, it really felt like you couldn't trust him. and then lynette is just ominous

and then furina.. miss focalors, the star of the mf show. whatever they're paying the VA is not enough because she's incredible. bravado, insecurity, instability, fear, hunger.. all the emotions are portrayed so well

fuck them for this one.. THERES SO MUCH TO UNPACK. i mean, supposedly teyvat has flooded before, this would not be the first. they're so unsubtle with the noah's ark and biblical themes. AND ARE WE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE TEAR?? THE LYNEY PARALLEL?? WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN

that moment when u realize teyvat is world without catholic guilt

lynette is so me. we both got that selective mutism rizz <333

YEAH WE GET IT, WE GET IT!! no subtly smh

the traveler bringing this up as if they didn't directly contradict each other. also another point. if the oratrice relies off belief in justice, not necessarily the archon, could that be applicable to other archon related things? this is feels odd because sumeru and mondstadt's people's entire philosophies rely off of wisdom and freedom respectively, yet they hold the "weakest" archons. and then there's inazuma, where modern citizens hate the raiden's vision of eternity, yet the raidens are arguably the strongest we've met yet

the way i fucking screamed i cannot believe we got skirk name drop

if this is actually meant to be foreshadowing i'm gonna laugh so hard

i'm genuinely so confused by the whole neuvillette situation.. so everyone knows hes not human, but no one knows hes the hydro dragon?? what do people think he is?

the way he fucking hates her i can't breathe

i couldn't get over this why did it jumpscare me.. paimon is funny again god bless.

did she happen to write 2021 aoty if i can't have love, i want power

insert speech about how hydro is truly about the split of ego, how someone presents or is perceived is always different from how they truly are or think. fr tho her design is SO GOOD. THE EYES!! THE TEARDROP ELEMENTS!! THE JELLYFISH ASS HAIR!! THE SILLY HAT AND FRILLS!! after anemo, i already feel as if furina's character aligns most with her vision holders

i've already seen everyone talking about this but we were literally hanging out with childe at lunchtime can we chill /j

with all that being said tho, i get it.. why did they lie did they just not expect this to be brought up its gotta be literal public knowledge

"SHES YOUR FATHER?" im gonna puke im so gay im so gay im so gay im so gay

cannot believe they went there. so fucking dark. kudos to hoyoverse.. anyways lynette come here my love i love u sm i will protect u

fr tho i loved the fact that we had a real prelude for this region.. i think the excuse to make something a little more isolated and establishing in it's plot is already super beneficial for whats to come. we got a lot more character exposition, and even the time to install these cool archon quest specific mechanics. i loved solving everything, it was all SO fun but they also got to have these really emotional beats, i feel this is some of their best pacing yet.

imo the last half of sumeru really helped hoyoverse find their stride, fontaine so far has similar storytelling energy to the whole heist bit of sumeru.

the best thing however might've been the SCORE??? they went out of their league with this one, it's the most fitting, noticable and influential instrumental work they've done in an quest imo

[deimostes]

okay god. some ark swap au notes <3

important to note that maria the hedgehog (or hedgemari, as i call her in my head) is still disabled in this au. experiences chronic pain. the inhibitor rings help, but the chronic pain was never something addressed by gerald since he was like well, she's the ultimate lifeform, she can't get sick (gerald ableism moment but hey this guy famously did not consider the feelings of the ultimate lifeform in sa2).

the dialogue of maria and shadow's "what do you think it's like on earth" conversation doesn't change much from sa2 - maria proceeds to talk about how gerald wanted to make people happy thru science - BUT shadow is still the one to wonder why he was born and that maybe on earth he'd find the answers. it'd still be something he wonders as a terminally ill human teenager. i'm trying to maintain their mainline personalities even with the similarities they have (they share the same soul after all!), and i think very much like how people portray maria in fanon, shadow would be Tired of his life up on the ark. had he lived to see earth he wouldve ended up very similar to canon, finding joy in things like lavender and tiramisu and supporting local convenience stores, but hey sorry kid you gotta die for the narrative </3

while designing hedgemari i didn't wanna overcomplicate her like a lot of the popular mobian maria designs from back in the day (no disrespect they're fun but kindove A Lot compared to the sonic design philosophy). i wanted to keep her silhouette similar to shadow's, keeping in mind the theory of him being based on the hidden palace mural in s3&k (and him being star shaped). i think it's fun how nicely it all aligned that she looks like super sonic, so that's where people's confusion of her and sonic would come from in this universe.

hedgemari is also not part black arms like canon shadow is! i have yet to actually think in depth of the events of shadow 05 in this au but i know it would go pretty different regarding black doom's motivations for wanting her to join him AND maria's personality and her approaching her amnesia differently from shadow. (spoilers: black doom has beef with a long-dead gerald for breaking the deal of making her with his blood and wants maria's power for the black arms anyway. he's like a fucked up stepdad instead of bio-dad like shadow's case)

don't get it twisted though. she still has a rivalry with sonic and can be a little blunt and mean. she's maria, but she's not exactly the same polite maria from canon, even if the kindness in her heart drives her same principles. she gets underestimated due to her appearance (and being a girl lol), but it doesn't stop her from being ruthless to a point.

[rainesaur]

finn and rockwell stars aligned (im putting them in se to tan them next because jesus christ)

[sonadowlesbian]

small cringe sonadow brainrot fic under the cut; please do not critique, i got possessed while writing this.

it’s nighttime; shadow is seen at atop a building, sitting on the ledge of it, staring at the moon. he seems to be lost in thought.

in the same moment, sonic just so happens to be running on buildings in the same town. he stops in his tracks as he sees an old friend; the dark, brooding hedgehog’s ear twitches at the sound of rubber squeaking behind him. he looks at the blue hedgehog, wincing a little, and looks down at his own feet; he appears troubled.

“hey, faker! what are the chances we’d meet in the same town! this kind of thing never happens!”

shadow playfully scoffs at sonic’s sarcastic remark, but his smile quickly drops to its usual position. sonic mirrors this expression, questioned and concerned at whatever’s going on in that guy’s head, like usual. he can’t quite explain how, but sonic can sense shadow’s motionless invitation to sit with him; he slowly walks toward him.

“uh.. hey bud? is there anything you need to talk about?”

sonic stands to the left of shadow, who’s not making a peep; he sits down and stares at the moon, mirroring shadow.

the moon is taking up the sky, outshining all the stars. it glows a cold, but comfortable feeling. the night sky is sonic’s favorite part of his adventures; it looks the same to him no matter where he goes. the familiar presence reminds him that he’s never far from anyone.

“you see that dot? right next to the moon?”

sonic jumps at the sound of shadow’s voice first leaving his mouth, shadow’s face is the same, but somehow softer,

“that’s the ark. cycle is very similar to the moon’s. sometimes they aligned perfectly, if you’re there at the right time and place”

sonic smirks,

“heh—yeah, i’ve seen it, myself! hey, uh.. not that i mind, but why so chatty?”

shadow flushes a bit, just fully realizing who exactly he’s talking to,

“i just—…”

shadow doesn’t know how to respond. sonic scoots in a little closer,

“dude. i don’t even feel empathy and even i can sense something’s up. chat up.”

shadow sighs, it’s hard to tell if it’s of relief or annoyance; maybe both,

“do you remember how when we met there was a big focus on our… resemblance? like how we looked compared to each other?”

shadow takes a good look at sonic,

“do you… still see it?”

sonic hesitates; he realizes what he means. they really… don’t look all that similar. the shape of their quills, face, everything… did they ever bare a resemblance in the first place? sure, there’s some things that could be understandable to mistake from an outside perspective, but overall… they’re their own hedgehogs with their own lives,

“not really. i don’t think i ever truly have.”

sonic and shadow are very similar in their own ways; preferring aloneness, their speed, hunger for achievement; they’re like-minded. they’re the only ones who truly get each other; they know exactly what do to to creep in the other’s heart’s, they’re basically are star-crossed in that way. they both realize this. in whatever life they were supposed to live, they were meant to meet.

“me neither.”

refusing to make any eye contact with sonic, shadow’s smiles returns at the thought of how ridiculous the whole thing is. for the longest time he felt as if he needed to top sonic’s strengths and abilities when there’s no reason to, to begin with. this whole time he could’ve had a friend with similar attributes, but instead concocted his own delusion of a combative rivalry. is it too late to… start over? would that be wrong? his grin drops a bit,

“i— …i’m sorry.”

sonic returns the statement with a look of confusion; he smirks,

“for…?”

shadow’s face roses up,

“ugh! i don’t know!! for… fighting you all the time???”

sonic blankly stares for a second, but quickly gets sent into a laughing fit,

“HAHA! HUH? what’re you on?? i have fun fighting you!”

“WELL—“ shadow sighs “i dunno— how you uh— interpret my attitude while it occurs..?”

sonic softens just a little bit

“well, you seem to have fun, don’t cha?”

shadow gives sonic a genuine smile and quickly looks away,

“well…. i more meant—! you know how there times where i—? ugh idk i feel like i could be.. rough sometimes?”

“heh. i think it’s kinda fun getting you like that….”

shadow squeeks at the statement; he wasn’t expecting it. he knew sonic liked teasing him, but never expected him to admit it like that,

“you— ughh..”

as shadow puts his head in his paws, sonic, delayed, realizes what he just said; he panics,

“I DIDNT—!! WHAT I MEANT WAS—!!! I MEAN THAT I LIKE—!! UHHM!!”

a loud silence fills the air; the two pathetic and overly dramatic hogs readjust their composure. this whole time the two have been friends, having fun, sharing experiences, and they never even noticed it. everything they been through put them where they are today.

shadow scoots closer to sonic, and looks at him,

“i think we should bump into each other more often.”

sonic’s heart skips a beat,

“heh, our regular, unexpected appearances’re not enough for ya?”

shadow smiles; for once in his life, for whatever reason, he feels… safe. what he was missing was there right along, a connection. shadow bumps his head into sonic’s, resting himself,

“i guess not…”

sonic’s face turns bright red. for whatever reason, he, too, feels as if whatever was missing from him clicked into his brain. for the first time, sonic didn’t get drained by a presence; it was as if there were no one there at all, but he didn’t feel lonely. he loosens himself for the first time in a long time.

OKAY NO MORE CRINGE FAIL MOMENT I CANT WRITE BUT I HAVE SO MCUH BRAINROT

[rainesaur]

Rockwell with Finn

My modules have the worst looking PowerPoint presentations known to man but I recently met my professor irl and he is the sweetest old man I've ever met so you know what. Hell yeah sir. I forgive you for your god awful graphic design you're doing great

[inavagrant-a]

@starsdescent said:

Lumine doesn't consider herself a lightweight, it could be that festive atmosphere left her reaching for her cup too often, or perhaps drinks that night were simply a touch too strong. Either way, she's giggly, a bit unsteady on her legs, but coherent enough to rush over to Tetsuya upon arriving back home, eyes bright and squeezing him tight. ❝ Tetsuya!! ❞ And if Paimon grumbles about it, Lumine doesn't hear, much too excited to be in the arms of her beloved again. With a hum, she presses a kiss to his cheek, his forehead as she musses up his hair and snuggles close, and more kisses upon that sliver of skin of his shoulders that perks out from underneath his kimono sleeve. Each kiss leaves it's mark with the lipstick that she wears, murmured sweet nothings following each. ❝ I missed you so much. ❞ She whispers, more drunk on his presence than any fire water could ever effect her as she sleepily nuzzles into the crook of his neck. And if she happens to accidentally asleep against him... oops.

Tetsuya isn't too sure what he's expecting, but when he opens the door and is immediately love bombed by a very drunk Lumine... that answers his question. His arms immediately wrap around her, clumsy and intoxicated, her mind high off of the strong substance she's consumed. He is attentive to her in the back of his mind as his eyes look elsewhere upon the table with a concerning amount of fire-water bottles laying empty, one half-full already, with a cup laying on its side, having been toppled over. Tetsuya can only assume it's because of him when she's come to notice his arrival. His brows furrow, a frown dents his handsome features as he looks at Lumine anew as she continues to bombard him with her drunkard affection. Usually, no, not usually, all the time, always, Tetsuya wouldn't mind this, to be the recipient of her love, of her attention, but this time around he does mind, he finds that it bothers him not because she's drunk or because her actions are prompted from that intoxication... but the reason why she's become intoxicated. Paimon told him something happened and it's why he's not with Lesser Lord Kusanali right now, where he usually would be. Something happened recently that has shaken Lumine, that has affected her, and out of concern Paimon reached out to Tetsuya in hopes of assisting. And finding her drunk, beyond her mind like this, it already tells him whatever that one thing might have been... it was too much.

"I missed you as well, darling." His words are true, they are honest. A plastic smile upon his face, a tender touch upon her cheek with the intention to comfort her. You're sad about something aren't you? The caress asks in his stead, pressing his thumb gently against the soft skin of her cheek in a gentle encouragement. Her eyes are droopy, she wants to sleep, he knows that, so sleep. Her smile though drunk, does not reach those pretty starry eyes of hers. Those he loves to gaze upon, more genuine and real than the stars that adorn the oblivion of this ark's night sky. Those false stars pale in comparison. She seems to resign herself, his arms wrapping protectively around his beloved who hides in the crook of his neck, her body weight pressing gently against his as she resigns to slumber, to a slumber she no doubt wants... one she needs. Behind her Paimon, almost like she's approaching a frightened animal, comes closer to them both. "... W-Will she be okay?" She asks, Tetsuya responds by bringing his index finger to his lips, pressing it gently upon them, Paimon responds by gently slapping her little hands over her mouth. "Silent voice," Tetsuya warns quietly, hearing Lumine exhales lightly against his neck, telling him that she's sleeping. Paimon nods her head to him, promising that she shall. It is rare for him and Paimon to get this well along, to be cooperative with each other without much conflict, but at the moment both of their concerns align. It is Lumine that grounds them upon this same equal footing.

He does hold the intention of speaking to Paimon, but first things first, he wants to take Lumine to her room. Tetsuya carefully scoops Lumine up into his arms. "Shh," he hushes her, kissing her forehead when the movement seems to torment her gentle slumber. It is momentary for she leans completely against his chest once he's holding her properly. "Come." Tetsuya instructs to Paimon quietly with a nod of his head, Paimon follows without protest as they head upstairs towards Lumina's room where Tetsuya places Lumine to rest upon her bed. He is mindful when he slides her boots off her feet and gives them to Paimon to place to rest upon her floors. Unfolding the blanket he drapes it over his darling, who slumbers away, snoring lightly as she does which tells him that her sleep is a lot deeper now, a lot more profound, comforting, absolute. It eases him to see her rest so soundly now, though he's sure the alcohol helped more than he did perhaps. He adjusts the warm blanket snuggly over her as he takes a knee before her and kisses her cheek, silent wonder and concern glazing over his eyes. He can only hope that the dreams she has will be gentler on her compared to whatever it was that happened that prompted her to drink herself mindless. The wanderer gets back on his feet and with Paimon trailing behind him they walk out of Lumine's room, shutting the door after their exit.

"She should be fine," he finally answers to the question left hanging between them. Or at least he believes she should, he's missing context here after all. Speaking of...

"What happened?" He questions with a firmness of voice that even catches him unprepared. Perhaps he's more worried about her than he initially thought. Seeing Lumine drunk isn't... common after all, she's usually very good about her consumption, he's seen her drink numerous times and she would be fine, but this time around she wasn't. Paimon seems to hesitate, almost like she's wondering if she should tell him anything at all in the first place. She's far too obvious to read for him, he almost feels sorry for her... almost. "Oh, I'm not sure if I should tell you but i-it's about her brother."

!

If she didn't have his attention at first she certainly does now. "Tell me." He demands after a small pause.