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ivyglow · 4 years ago

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I don’t want you like a best friend - Andre Burakovsky

A/n: Sooo, I wrote this as some kind of gift to my best friend because she loves Andre and she was trying to get me on his train (I guess she did?). She’s always hitting me with “no but you should definitely write about Tito/Andre”. Here’s your piece @skarsgardswiftie I hope you like it! <3 I love you sm Also, a huge shout out to @sebs-aston for proofreading this with such an attentive eye! You’re amazing, liv!

Requested: yes / no

Word count: 1.9k

Warnings: brief mention of alcohol

Summary: you’re friends with Andre, but things are about to change after you create a TikTok account and start doing challenges that may lead to news between you and your favorite hockey player.

When it comes to capturing a moment you’re usually the person your friends think about, not simply because you’re always carrying a camera -mainly because of it-, but because you’re great with what you do -either photos or videos-. That’s also why your Instagram profile has more followers than an ordinary girl would and it’s the only place people can find you -besides e-mail-. However, that changed when your best friend -Callie- convinced you to create a TikTok account. You, of course, hated it, but she had the perfect opportunity -you were a bit tipsy, all your friends around, sunny weekend and so it goes.

“Mikko, do you think I’m pretty?” You direct the camera to his face while looking expectantly.

Saturday evening rolled around, the hot weather forcing your friends either to the inside of the pool or under the sunshade and their hands busy with cold drinks. It was a happy day, everyone was around, and you were enjoying the vacation. You had met half of the Hockey team as soon as you moved to Colorado and Erik, your and your brother’s hometown best friend decided you needed to know his crew and the city around. Six months later and you knew pretty much everyone and everything.

“Of course I think you’re pretty” he gives you a confused look before you turn to Tyson giggling.

“Josty, do you think I’m pretty?” you ask and he looks straight at the camera “I would give you 5 out of 10 cause you’re bro.”

You laugh and turn to Andre this time.

“Andre, do you think I’m pretty?”

He seems taken aback by the question and unlike Tyson, he stares at you. “Of course you’re pretty.”

You keep to your task and last but not least is Nathan, he’s sitting at a table while working on some drinks and you take him by surprise by jumping in front of him. “Mac, do you think I’m pretty?”

He rolls his eyes playfully and turns his attention to you for some seconds before looking at his drink again, “I would one hundred percent date you if you were not my sisters’ best friend”

And then your time is over.

“So you’re a tiktoker now?” Erik sits beside you and Nathan just as you uploaded the video. He raises his eyebrows and you roll your eyes lightly, “you know I hate TikTok, but it’s fun, so…”

“She’s gonna end up famous there too”, Andre announces leaning his body on the table and motioning for Nathan to refill his drink. Your eyes roam on his big hands grasping the red cup, his cheeks red from the sun, and the way you could see his dimples when he smiled at you, his hair messy in a cute way.

“Why do you think that?” now he has three pairs of curious eyes staring at him.

You almost chuckled when his point finger scratched his chin. His skin glowing, “I mean, you’re funny and cute…cute girls get famous on TikTok” he reasoned.

“Is this your best, Burki?” Erik asks and for the way his lips were tight against each other you knew he wanted to laugh.

“C’mon, let them be,” Nathan said after giving the blond American a new cup, and before you could ask what was the matter Callie was calling you at the door.

Your best friend started a rant about how she was going to get Chinese take-out for dinner and when you told her she should get Thai too -because it was Andre’s favorite- she started another rant about how you should tell him you’re in love and how it was cute the way you two functioned but also annoying. All you could do was savor your drink and mentally play a Taylor Swift song while she went on, “I mean it, y/n! Just tell him already…”

“Have you seen Andre?!” you whisper-scream to her and Callie sights rolling her eyes, “what about him?”

Swallowing the last sip of your drink you start to draw doodles on the glass with your fingers, “I’m just y/n, he’s Andre Burakovsky”. You usually were not insecure about your looks, but it was Andre, and the fact that he was a famous and good-looking hockey player made you question how in heavens he would like you back. Hell, you were not even sure how you two ended up in such a close friendship, he always being so affectionate and listening to everything you had to say. Your friendship seemed like the most you could take from the interaction. You knew he was ‘just Andre’ too when all your friends were gathered, but being ‘just Andre’ was as amazing as being Andre Burakovsky the hockey player.

“You’re the prettiest girl I’ve ever met, y/n, and I don’t mean considering only your looks, but everything. You’re funny, smart, and always so attentive with everyone, you listen to everything and always have nice things to say, don’t you ever doubt your value, you hear me?” Callie’s words make you sit up straight in the stall and your eyes water.

“In my defense, this is not me crying, this is tipsy me having an emotional moment”, you joke and it’s seconds before the two of you are laughing the way you used to during a John Mulaney show.

…

It was night when you unlocked your phone only to find a bunch of notifications from TikTok, some of the comments from fans about how happy the boys seemed, but most were about the way Andre looked at you when you asked the question. According to the most liked comment “this is clearly a friends to lovers, mutual pining, unaware love and slow-burn situation” which made you giggle but also replay the video a dozen times trying to figure out if there was really something there and you were the unaware one.

Needless to say, you weren’t able to reach a conclusion, but it felt different when you excused yourself to take a shower after spilling wine in your shirt and you felt Andre’s eyes on you all the way to the stairs. His hands on your shoulders felt heavier and the way he was attentive whenever you needed a refill or wanted a bite of food seemed more intimate and caring than ever.

Hitting the shuffle button, you chose your Taylor Swift playlist before entering the shower. The cold water cooled you off a bit, it was almost like washing out part of the alcohol in your system, but your tipsy mind kept finding evidence that Andre liked you back.

You went through your clothes finding a floral summer dress and sipping on your wine while brushing your hair. Your body was still feeling hot and at this point, you didn’t know if it was from the sun on your face or the alcohol in your system, but when you heard the first notes of “Dress” playing you knew you were going to do something stupid, especially because your cell phone was one arm away. If someone asked you where the idea came from you wouldn’t know what to answer, and usually thinking about how you didn’t have an answer was enough to make you give up on some stupid ideas...not this one though.

Reaching for your phone you unlocked it and walked to the body-length mirror in the room you were sharing with Callie. It took less than 2 minutes to snap a picture and send it to him and it took him less than 1 minute to answer it.

‘Woah’

‘You liked it?’ you sent back

‘Yeah, you’re looking good, cutie’ he answered just as fast, before sending a red heart emoji.

‘I don’t want you like a friend’

‘and I only bought this dress so you could take it off’

It was the exact line Taylor was singing when you reached the send button. You saw the dots appearing and disappearing and your body sobered up even more than before.

“Fuck!” you almost voiced. How would he look at you after this? Could you pretend you confused him with someone else? Of course not, he was the only Andre you knew! And everyone knew better you were not the bold flirty type.

That was it, your secret was spilled just like your wine on your shirt earlier, but now you wouldn’t be able to clean off the stain.

Would he believe it if you told him it was a prank to your new TikTok account?

You were lost in your thoughts before three knocks on your door startled you. And there he was when you pushed the door open. Standing with his hands inside his pockets and his hair still messy, he stared at you. It took maybe five minutes before he spoke, but it felt like an eternity considering his intense eyes studying you.

“You’re looking even better this close” for some reason his voice is low like he didn’t want anyone to hear and pop the bubble of the moment.

You feel your body getting hotter, pretty sure your face is turning even redder, so you reach your hands to both of your cheeks. That gets a giggle out of Andre and you instantly move them to your back, your eyes now staring at his bare feet.

All you wanted to do was bury yourself on a rabbit hole until Andre lost his memory, or you lost yours. You were thinking about the possibility of a secret society -Alice in Wonderland style- inside the rabbit hole that you could live in forever when Burki extended his hand, his palm facing you, silently asking you to put your hand in his. So you did. And it was only a blink of an eye before his body was closer, almost touching yours.

“You’re not that drunk, are you?” he questioned.

You shook your head no and he moved his hand to your waist as a message that maybe -and only maybe- he wanted to be close too. So you moved your right one to his large shoulders.

“I’m glad you’re not drunk…”

“I’m just a bit hot and bothered” and dying out of shame! You screamed inside your head.

“Oh sure you are”, he replied with a small smile playing at the corner of his pink lips. Your brows raised in confusion and before you could ask, he answered, “hot. You’re hot”.

“Does it mean you’re gonna take my dress off?” you have no idea when you got so bold, but Andre seemed amused with everything.

“No, not tonight. You’re not drunk, but you’re a bit tipsy, I don’t want to start things like this” his fingers are in your cheekbone and you lean into him. “I’m gonna kiss you though, can I?”

His lips, so different from his hands, were soft and hot. They found yours timidly, exploring the space while his body welcomed yours closer, he took his time before his fingers were in your hair and his tongue caught your lips.

It felt good.

Like never before.

For some seconds you wished to be able to capture the moment and save it forever. Repeat it in your head every day.

Andre played with the strings of your dress, slipping it off your shoulders and you got into your tiptoes to peck his lips one last time.

“So...I take you really liked the dress?”

“I actually like you, the dress is a bonus” he shrugs and you giggle before finding yourself wrapped in another kiss.

#andre burakovsky #andre burakovsky imagine #Colorado Avalanche #hockey imagine #mels writing #nathan mackinnon #tyson jost #erik johnson

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thecandywrites · 4 years ago

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Blood For Gold Part 9

Short and sweet but powerful and impactful. Also this is just an excuse to show how GORGEOUS Chinese hanfu is. Look at it. I want to wear it and feel like an empress too. Not that I’m fetishizing it or anything, I just think it’s gorgeous. Thanks to @kriskukko for letting me use that regency orc art. He’s gorgeous. Don’t worry the troll will be coming up soon. I haven’t forgotten about him, not at all. Also thank to you @punkhorse96 for all your amazing feedback.

Blood For Gold

Part 9

Demsey woke up early and quickly got dressed in one of his nicer, and more flattering suits, eager to not miss a moment of your presence before he got out at about the same time as his brothers, also dressed in some of their nicer clothes only to see the moura men come out of their rooms across the hall, all of them wearing silk robe like garments that flowed like water around them, but the way the robes were designed and patterned, they were clearly more than just..robes, at least they looked that way as they all greeted each other good morning cordially before they rounded a corner to see Calla, Bennie and yourself also leaving Bennie’s room, dressed in similar robes, all the women had their hair down and these robes were much prettier and in striking colors as you all kissed each other’s cheeks and warmly murmured your good mornings to each other.

“So what kind of dress is that?” Sierge asked Bennie curiously.

“It’s Chinese hanfu, it’s extremely comfortable, it’s cool in the summer, warm in the winter depending on which layers you use and how many layers you put on and it’s easy enough that you can dress yourself all by yourself and it provides freedom of movement. Mouras really love anything we can move around a lot in and do so comfortably and there’s pants under it so you can ride horses, pegasus’, griffins and dragons easily, we decided earlier this morning that every day for the next two weeks, we would want to show our English counterparts Dorierran culture which is a world culture and show you all the different styles Dorierra has and embraces in all of it’s quarters and we decided that today was hanfu day, we already informed the Dauphine who was delighted at our choice and had her old moura clothes pulled out of storage while Audra gave Charlotte one of her other hanfu dresses to wear since Charlotte and Audra are similar in size.” Bennie revealed just as Demsey’s sisters were coming out of their rooms from across the hall and stared in awed wonder at the clothes.

“Those are gorgeous!” Callie gushed as she came over and looked closely at the dresses.

“Thank you! It’s Chinese hanfu, we have spare dresses, would you like to change into one of ours?” Calla offered before Callie looked to her brothers before her parents came out of their rooms.

“Calla offered me to wear what she’s wearing could I?” Callie asked hopefully.

“Sure.” Gwen, Callie’s mother answered.

“Would anyone else like to change in hanfu?” Bennie asked Demsey’s sisters before they gave a look to each other and nodded yes before all the girls went back into Bennie’s room where you all helped Amara, Kiera and Callie dress into traditional chinese hanfu, taking off their corsets and trading them for the more traditional moura and much more comfortable undergarments which other than securing the bosom were not nearly as restrictive.

“Ooooh, this is nice, I like this.” Amara said as she appraised herself in the mirror as you walked her through tying the sash around her waist before you lent her one of your other fans.

“Isn’t it?” You laughed as Bennie helped Kiera and Calla helped Callie who because of her smaller size ended up needing one of your hanfu outfits to fit her better.

“So what do you think?” Calla asked Callie

“I love it, do you guys just pick whichever kind of dress you want from whatever culture you want every day?” Callie asked.

“Yup. We can dress in Chinese hanfu for breakfast, we can dress in Japanese kimonos for lunch and be in Indian sarees for dinner.” Calla answered.

“But kimonos are very restrictive, and they take at least one or two helpers to get dressed into properly. Because while Chinese hanfu is flowy, kimonos are very stiff and try to put your round body into a straight box shape. But Indian saree’s are like hanfu in that they’re meant to move in, they’re prettiest when you dance and twirl in them actually.” You pointed out.

“But my favorite style is the Dorierrian style, it’s a mixture of all of them, elements of everything all together to make something perfectly unique and it combines comfort, beauty, ease of movement and functionality.” Bennie insisted as she finished getting Kiera put together.

“Now twirl in front of the mirror.” Bennie instructed before Kiera obeyed as she began and couldn’t help but giggle and laugh as she did so before all her sisters did the same, all of you laughing together.

“I’m never going to want to take this off and get back into that blasted corset.” Kiera said as she smoothed her hands down the fabric.

“Me either.” Amara confessed before you all left and went to breakfast where the Raymond’s had already began eating.

“Well aren’t you all just as lovely as pictures.” Yalin cooed when she saw all of you, herself in the royal red and gold hanfu befitting an empress.

“Yes, they duchesses wanted to try out hanfu.” Bennie reported proudly as she took her seat between Sierge and Demsey as Ramsey eagerly had you sit next to him as you reluctantly agreed and sat down in your own seat next to Ramsey but across from Demsey again as Jane meekly sat next to you.

“Do you think my parents would be mad if I dressed in hanfu too?” Jane murmured to you.

“Even if they did, I wouldn’t tell them if you wouldn’t.” You murmured back to her.

“Do you have another hanfu dress?” Jane whispered.

“I do, I can get you changed into it after breakfast if you’d like.” You offered her before she nodded in confirmation.

“And your excellency, how exquisite you look in hanfu, like a proper empress.” You complimented Yalin from her spot next to her husband.

“Thank you so much Sultana,” Yalin thanked you graciously.

“Please, won’t you dispense with the formalities? You may simply call me Audra.” You offered.

“Only if you will call me Mama Yalin.” She returned happily.

“Bennie!” Benyana insisted.

“Calla,” Callalea chimed in.

“Amara,” Amara followed suit before it was quickly agreed to go by first names, even the Dauphin, Gregori agreed to it as Demsey’s parents rose their eyebrows in surprise but agreed to it as well, thinking it was novel and fun and it would give them a chance to get to know the jewel orcs better. But even still, Gwen could see from her spot that Ramsey was already making his intentions towards you crystal clear and feared that Demsey was already in over his head and was headed for at the very least disappointment, if not disaster, but she also knew her son well enough that once he set his mind to something, he wouldn’t quit until it was all said and done, she just hoped he wouldn’t be wounded too deeply or get his hopes too high only for them to be dashed to pieces.

After breakfast, the group decided to tour the grounds where Bennie took Gregori and Yalin aside.

“So I have a report,” Bennie began as Yalin and Gregori turned towards her eagerly.

“Audra states that only love will induce her into matrimony this time around and because of the abusive treatment she received at Broadcove, she is a shell of her former self and it was like trying to pry open an oyster with a wooden spoon to get her to talk about anything. But there is leverage. She insisted that she has “insurance” against the Morrigans should they ever decide to stop paying for her silence, which is smart because she’s used that insurance to double the living Edward afforded her, I think if you enticed her to share that insurance with you, you could double that number even still and gain at least fifty to sixty thousand pounds a year out of the Morrigans because you can “sue” them for damaging Audra who will be a member of the Raymond household and Ramsey especially can sue them for damaging his future fiance and the Morrigans will pay anything to keep whatever insurance Audra has from going public or going to the royal family or whatever. However, if you truly wish for Audra to join your family, there is a simple solution- use a messengerari, use this address at lunchtime because it’ll be breakfast time there, and that is the family’s main one. Tell them that you have Audravienne safely and comfortably at your palace and that they are welcome to come and see her and talk with her with no interference, no strings attached and that she will confide in them how and why she became a shakan and Audravienne will take their council and advice which I can’t imagine them ever giving her any advice that would be against joining your family. Make sure to especially invite her twin brother Axalarize, or Axal for short. And if anyone can bring Audra back to her full glory and most importantly to her senses and her wits so that she can clearly and plainly see that Ramsey is the man for her and allow herself to give her heart to him- it’s Axal, and once she does, the rest of her will follow, you’ll have grateful inlaws, you’ll have a grateful daughter in law and a very healthy and substantial income and an ally under your thumb. Because the Morrigans should know that for every drop of life and blood you squeeze from a moura, must be paid back in gold, and don’t worry about having to pay a fee for them to come, they will come on their own dime and all you need to do is open your house up to them when they come.” Bennie suggested as she handed Yalin and Gregori her slip of paper with the address of the Saharrazat’s messengerari address as Gregori took it and grinned triumphantly.

“Excellent work Bennie.” Gregori praised.

“Well the royal family paid a pretty penny to get us here, it’s the least we can do to make sure you get your monies worth.” Bennie smiled charmingly.

“Now if you’ll excuse me, I have a Duke to charm.” Bennie excused herself before she practically skipped away.

#Blood For Gold #Blood For Gold Part 9 #Regency orcs #regency era orc period drama #orc love story #moura #orcs #reader insert #Enjoy

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ask-the-party-god · 5 years ago

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Ask The Party God - Timeline

hi hi! as i mentioned earlier, i wanted to talk about my specific timeline so you guys are more or less aware of my situation when sending asks! thats me up there! the best doggy girl around ;o

as far as i am aware, theres not much of a difference between mine and... other timelines as far as the game goes! we beat sburb, we arrived to earth-c, we settled down, you know! the usual! i have my tower on a nice island, but its so far away from everything i barely go there, its... lonely!

i have a smaller house in the troll kingdom though! its a bit on the outskirts and like ten minutes away from dave and karkats, but i still crash at theirs or roses or roxys or johns way more often... X) its pretty standard all things considered, but i do have a bit of a basement lab to mess around with some side-projects of mine!

that aside... lets see...

thats john! my lovely ecto-bro! :D hes been a bit down in the dumps for a while so i try to cheer him up and keep him company <3 he lives in the outskirts of the human kingdom bordering with the consort kingdom, in a little mixed village... recently hes started to grow his hair out a bit too! i swear its just laziness so he doesnt have to take care of that messy mane, but i do think itd look cuter longer sooo...

he doesn’t... do much, which is why i have been trying to cheer him up and be around lately! he’s a bit more active at least and talks with the others, but i do wanna encourage him more >:/

5/8/20 edit: thats june egbert, my adorable ecto-sis whom i adore so so so so very much!!! weve been hanging out a bunch since her latest birthday!

shes been doing a lot better! more energetic, more open about the things that worry her... i only wish her the best of the best for the future, and im sure well be having lots of fun together from now on! :D

of course theres dave and karkat!!! they live together in the troll kingdom and have the moooost adorable domestic life i have ever seen, swoooon~ that being said theyre two awkward bottoms that couldnt realize their feelings even if they wrote a heartfelt love letter to each other and read it aloud, soooo its a... work in progress! i have tried nudging things along but thats an even worker in progresser, whoops

they also dont do much other than laze about most of the time, but dave has some creative side-projects with music and art that he shows me from time to time!

rose and kanaya maryam-lalonde!!! two absolutely lovely ladies whom i looove very very much! ;o their place is at the carapace kingdom, but kanaya spends a good deal of time in the brooding caverns as the matriarch of the troll race! i helped them install a transportalizer to speed things up so they have more time for each other, if you catch my drift ;)

about a year ago or so, rose got really sick for a short while, but she recovered and has been her usual lovely self since! since that scare though, they have been considering the idea of expanding their family! they could adopt of course, but they wanna try other stuff first! i occasionally help kanaya at the caverns with ectobiology machinery trying to find a way to properly mix troll and human genes, but its not exactly... easy

those are jane and jasprose! janes technically my mom but ive always seen her as a sort of cousin! we dont chat much but shes not bad! jasproses... well, you know! a wild kitty girl that knows how to have fun, hehehe, i hang out with her far more than my doggy alignment would have you know! ;o

a while back jane seemed pretty serious about running for office, and maybe because rose was in a bad spot or something, but jasprose started to pop up more and more often in public, and specifically messi around with jane? eventually she seemed to just lose interest in politics entirely and, while they havent said anything officially, i heard the cheshire cutie pops over by janes way too often to be just friendly visits ;o

roxy and callie!!! both of them came as non-binary around the same time, probably after talking it out for a while! hehe, rox has got that strider style going, and callie has been wearing their old wig more often in public! roxy and i have been messing around with their old lab equipment trying to give callie a fun surprise, but as it turns out messing around with basic biology with tech made to be used by 13 years old requires a looooot of tinkering... maybe some time?

i love them a bunch! theyre not really together i dont think so? but im pretty sure theyre more than just good friends that live together! im pretty sure callies still experimenting with identity and labels so, i wont pry really!

two cool dudes~ jake and dirk are nice, dirks a bit shy but ive gotten him to open up about robotics and we talk from time to time! jakes pretty much like jane, i pretty much see him as my cousin! we go hiking around from time to time in the weekends im not busy doing other stuff! :B

dirk got really concerned about rose when she had her episode, but dave helped him keep his cool about whatever was going down, and they hang out about once a month or so! also i was never sure whether dirk and jake USED to be dating or are STILL dating or whatever but, hey, much like with rox and callie, im not gonna pry!

tereziiiii :( shes away from earth-c plundering the corpse of paradox space! we barely see her but we keep in contact and send her supplies out into the furthest ring!

we worried for a bit that she was focusing too much on vriska and harming herself being out there, we kind of made it work in the end! some of our other friends are still out there and theres the possibility of finding some weird remnant of a timeline or something, so she keeps watch in case she can guide someone still living or trapped back to safety... and in the meantime she keeps watch for vriska, too, of course- ugh, i sorta just wish she got back already, im sure her being around would also encourage john to be more active! but as long as shes safe...

davepeta!!! the coolest cat around B) ive not... seen them in person since our little encounter near the green sun, but, terezi bumped into them a while back and sent a selfie! i dunno what theyre doing out there, but they mentioned about popping by earth-c eventually, sooooo, weve been holding onto a welcome celebration for a few months now!

and i think thats all? uuuh, if i can think of anything else i will add it, and you guys can ask me anything that wasnt clear or to elaborate on other stuff! hope this gives all of you a better picture of whats been going on in my life! :p

#homestuck #jade harley #ask blog #party god #my art #timeline shenanigans

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a-table-of-fics · 6 years ago

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Cull Goes to Octo Canyon, Chapter 1, Draft 2

Feedback is appreciated, of course! In this draft, I attempted to add more of Cull’s workplace, and him making an effort to assist before going on to the plot.

The warm lighting. The relaxed acoustic music playing over the speaker. The brick and mortar look of the interior. Headspace was one of the few places in Inkopolis that was close to what Cull’s home was like. Just like he did when he was a kid, he was now lying down under a table with a pencil, doodling and humming to himself. He was still amazed that Flow let a new employee like him do this in the break room, but he could see writings and other drawings under there, and it looked like everyone else before him had respect for everyone else’s space – Cull was lucky to find enough room to sketch a simple goldfish.

The beaded curtain that hung across the doorway rustled somewhat, as if the wind somehow came through. A small voice shouted “BEAN! BEAN!”

Cull jumped in alarm, bumping his head on the table. He rubbed his head briefly before turning to look at Flow’s shrimpy assistant Craymond swimming in the air all around him.

“Ships sailed in! Ready to unload, Bean?”

Cull looked up at Craymond, nodding quickly as he crawled out. He adjusted his beanie and dusted his work apron off before going out to receive the shipment of hats Craymond was talking about.

“Early worm!” Craymond remarked.

Cull nodded absently. While he agreed the delivery was earlier than usual, he was more focused on how much slower Craymond was going, and he wasn’t as loud as he usually was. Maybe it was just an off day for him.

He was, once again, glad the shrimp signed for the hats already. While Craymond couldn’t lift the boxes or sort hats efficiently, he could at least greet the delivery guy without mumbling, and while making eye contact. He was strange, but definitely a people pleaser, especially when paired with Flow.

He set a box in front of one of the shelves and turned to see Flow staring out towards the back door. The orange-haired sea slug’s baggy clothing and large red hat was always a welcoming look, but she didn’t have the same smile she usually did. Cull suddenly realized she had been talking a lot less these past few days…

Flow turned, and her green eyes met his pink ones. She started, before smiling weakly.

“Ah, Cull, thank you for bringing those in, dear. Please make sure to put that Jungle Hat on the side there; it’ll help keep the room’s calm vibes.”

The store was plenty calming already as far as he was concerned. Still, he nodded, and placed the wide-brimmed hat on the end of the shelf. As soon as he placed it on the mannequin head, he couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief, as if a weight had come off his shoulders. He never understood how she did that, but it was simply incredible.

Still, Flow’s expression did not lift.

“Thank you,” she said, softly, before her eyes slowly guided her head to the back door once more.

Cull looked back at her every so often while he stacked the shelves full of new headgear. Finally, when he had emptied the package, he walked over to her.

“Um, Flow, ma’am? Is… is everything all right?”

She took a breath. “Yes, thank you. I… I just wonder where Miffens is. I hope he’s okay.”

“I…I’m sure he is,” Cull said, tentatively putting a hand on her shoulder. He thought about it, and knew she was right; it had been a week since they saw the Zapfish, when he used to visit every day. Come to think of it, it had been a few days since Cull saw any Zapfish around the Square.

Hmm.

“Well, I’ll keep an eye out,” he promised, moving back to clean the shop floors. He looked back one last time, to see Craymond gently nuzzling his friend. He sighed, hoping Miffens came back soon. It was going to be a long shift seeing his employers down like this.

* * *

The cool blues of the shade. The muffled music coming from the Square. The dismal little drips of water. The back alleys of Inkopolis weren’t exactly fresh, and Cull knew that perfectly well. Still, he couldn’t bring himself to go out to the main square, apart from when he put those hand-drawn posters everywhere, making sure anyone who spotted a Zapfish with a frayed whisker knew who to contact.

Hopefully, that would be enough. He had done all he could think of to help in some way. Now it was time to do what Flow told him to do a month ago and always encouraged him to: Get out, make a name for himself, and “find his energy”, as she put it.

He wasn’t sure how he could participate in the sporting events that everyone bonded over. He was an artist, not a fighter.

Besides…Cull looked from side to side and shifted his beanie, ensuring it covered his hair.

No, he could find a different way to make a name for himself. Hopefully he would make his art stand out from the rest, and he could get respect that way. Yes. His graffiti. In a major city. In the back alleys. Unsigned.

He sighed, checking his phone. He would never live down that unsigned piece over by the studio. The angular crab was one of his worse works, and of course it would be the one publicized and praised by Off the Hook. Cull silently thanked Cod that so many others tried to take credit for it. They could have it for all he cared.

Shaking his head, Cull looked around. This alley wasn’t exactly prime canvas material. Not only was it a dead end, but it was way too cramped, and too far from where people actually were – even by his standards. Really, the only reason he came this far was so no one got hit by his Slosher. Even if it was just mashed-up plants, and not the ink that could be used as a weapon, that was one panic he didn’t want to start. Even with the respawn points everywhere, it would be a nightmare.

Well, maybe the wall over by Grizzco was cleaned by now. It was a little close to the Battle Lobby, but if he could get there unnoticed and paint over the stencil, he could get recognition for a good work of his. He already had the white and blue paints with him; all he needed was to remember the order of his stencils to make the freshest whale Inkopolis had ever seen!

Cull looked around, thinking of the quickest route there. Hopefully a discreet way, but so long as he got there quickly, it should be fine. He sprinted forward, leaping before briefly turning to squid form whenever there was an opening to the Square. So long as he moved fast enough, and shifted back before he landed, he figured he could get there unnoticed. He couldn’t help but adjust his already-snug beanie, though; even if he wasn’t the freshest, he was certainly going to keep what looks he had.

Luckily, there weren’t too many hanging around Grizzco. Aside from that one sketchy-sounding bear radio, there wasn’t really much business for anyone back here. Still, Cull could make out some fresh art people had made with their own ink. Even if the ink would evaporate, he had to respect the detail and quality of the pictures while they lasted. He gently ran his hand against the wall, marveling at the art and having some doubt about the piece he was going to add. A reassuring piece of prose, promising all Inklings who cared to see it that they would have better days. A picture of that one mythical figure, that red human with the strange mark on his hat, proudly shaking hands with an Inkling. A shockingly detailed picture of the Off the Hook duo.

Almost as if on cue, the jumbotron on top of the Battle Lobby played the familiar song to announce more news from Pearl and Marina. Most people, Cull included, didn’t even bother to look up to see the stages available. Everyone enjoyed hearing the two’s quips and tips for the locales, but for many, it became background noise.

When the music skipped a beat, and there was the sound of distant yelling, however, everyone looked up, to see the two top idols of Inkopolis similarly baffled. Cull nearly dropped his stencil as Pearl hollered out to stop the show from cutting.

Marina barely contained a gasp, quickly hitting a few switches to bring the B-roll onto their monitor. It was live footage of the tower above them. All the Inklings in the Square murmured to each other as they looked above the screen; something seemed to be missing.

“THIS JUST IN! The Great Zapfish has just… disappeared?!”

Cull gaped, seeing the complete absence of the giant catfish on the tower.

“Th-there’s more…?” Marina spun a record, and the image changed from the Zapfish-free tower to a picture of a young woman in a sun hat, with black hair and a playful grin, striking a forever iconic pose. The image on the screen flickered briefly but managed to stay on long enough for recognition to set into most squids. Cull, however, only recognized her vaguely. Maybe he saw her in a movie or show somewhere, but that was as far as he knew.

“Pop superstar Callie of the Squid Sisters has gone missing!”

“NOOOOO!” Pearl cried out, dashing over to her partner-in-crime. “Not Callie! Marina, do something!”

“Uh, r-right! I’ll put together a search—”

And then the jumbotron faded to black, the sound going with it. Many of the lights and adverts around the square began to power off as well.

Cull never thought he’d hate the sound of silence this much. He looked at his stencils and shook his head. With so much happening right now, his art didn’t amount to a hill of plankton. He quietly put them away and started to head home. Maybe he could salvage some of his food before it all went bad. To say nothing about the forecasted heat wave…

He froze dead in his tracks when he had the feeling he was being watched. He tugged his hat down as he spun around just in time to see someone disappear into a grate in the ground, leaving light green droplets in their wake.

Cull blinked. He had been around Inkopolis Square for around three months, and he had never seen such a strange hole in the ground. It didn’t mesh at all with the general Inkopolis style, being an ugly orange lump, and it didn’t look like it would be much good for collecting rainwater or anything.

A horrible thought occurred to him. Was someone sucked down into there, to who-knows-where? If so, what, or who¸ did such a thing to some poor Inkling? He peered into the grating, but he couldn’t see much. He could hear what sounded like someone swimming in the distance. There was no way to be sure if that was the Inkling who went under. Shouting a “hello” didn’t seem like a good idea either; not only would it be a little mortifying to be caught shouting into a random drain, but if this other person was caught by something, drawing its attention might cause issues of its own.

He gulped and looked around to made sure no one else was looking at him. Luckily, everyone was too focused on the energy crisis. He took a deep breath, turned into a squid, and dove in. It was slow going, but Cull found that this was a linear pipe. Thankfully, it didn’t seem to lead to any sewers, but that just raised the question: where was he going?

All he could hear was his echoed breathing as he traveled through, and the awkward chatter of the others in town fading away. It was far too dark to see anything, but the walls of the pipe felt surprisingly smooth, even when they started to get thinner and squeeze on Cull a little bit. It was almost as if they were meant to be moved through…

Finally, Cull saw a light up ahead. He breathed a sigh of relief. Not only could he breathe easy, getting out of squid form and this tight tunnel, but he could also be happy that nothing was in the sewers attacking Inklings.

Still, where did this lead…?

He emerged, swiftly turning back to kid form. He squinted in the sunlight, looking around. This didn’t look like any place he had ever been. If the floating rocks weren’t a dead enough giveaway, there was also the fact this place looked like it was carved out of a mountain over a century ago; it was a far cry from the modern comforts of Inkopolis. Mossy, mostly stone, and a lot of gargantuan tentacle statues. All this ancient architecture made the relatively new flags and somewhat beat-up shack stand out. Was that a red barbeque grill over there?

His eyes settled, and he saw someone with their back to him, obscured by a green oil-paper umbrella. Slowly, the umbrella moved, and the Inkling behind it turned around. Clad in a well-kept kimono, she had a beauty mark and gold, starry eyes, (not unlike Pearl’s), and she had grey tentacles tied into a bow behind short hair.

“Hey!” She smiled slightly when she saw him, with the well-trained look of a comedy actor performing after a messy divorce. “You showed up! As soon as I saw you wandering around in the square, I knew you were the one…”

“Uhh…” was all Cull managed in response, as he took a step back.

“I’m Marie,” she said, putting a hand up. “I know you’re probably a bit starstruck, but I need you to get over it. Yes, I’m that Marie.”

She let both of her wrists go limp, in a manner not unlike Off the Hook did to conclude their broadcast.

“Y’know…from the Squid Sisters.”

After a few seconds of looking from side to side awkwardly, Cull tilted his head.

“Wait, you’ve never heard of me?” Marie asked, eyes widening. “For eel?”

“Ah, see, I don’t really watch TV…” Cull said, tugging his hat down slightly. “Sorry…”

Marie huffed. “Well, you’re obviously not very cultured, but you’ll have to do. See, I’ve got a little… thing I need help with.”

“Not very cultured? I mean, I…do art…” Cull mumbled, trying to sound indignant.

“The Great Zapfish isn’t just lost…it was squidnapped by the Octarian menace, and--”

“Um, are you sure?” Cull asked. “It…seems unlikely that anyone could just grab the Zapfish like that…”

Marie shrugged. “Fair point. But I’m not just an absurdly talented pop star; I’m also Agent 2 of the New Squidbeak Splatoon – a secret society of heroes who save the world from Octarians!”

Cull swallowed. “O…kay, then…”

He looked down at the grate he was still standing on, and back up at Marie.

“I know this sounds unbelievable,” she sighed. “But believe me, I’ve been keeping an eye on those slimy Octos for some time, and I’m sure they’re behind this!”

If only Callie was here to back me up… she thought.

“Huh?” Cull asked.

Marie blinked, realizing she said that out loud. She shook her head.

“Ahem, as I was saying, I need your help to recover the Great Zapfish. What do you say? Are you in?”

Cull looked again at his feet. Most of him wanted nothing more than to run home and hope he wasn’t chased down by this madwoman. However, the rest of him thought of Flow. She had done so much for him; given him employment, advice, a back room to hide in, a shoulder to cry on… What kind of friend would he be to turn away from a possible lead to the Zapfish? To Miffens?

If Marie was right…

“…I’m gonna take your awkward silence as a ye—"

“Yeah,” Cull sighed, not lifting his head back up. “I’m in.”

#cull goes to octo canyon #chapter 1 #draft 2 #cull to adventure full chapter

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crystalelemental · 6 years ago

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FE Fates Replay - Part 1

Introductory segment, starring the better cast!

I did keep to the plan and am running Female Corrin. I gave her the light purple hair. It looks surprisingly nice on her. Everything else was kinda standard. I thought about alternate hair styles, but honestly her default looks the best. I will say that I think the grids they use are stupid, though. They list girly as one of the qualities in expression types, but one of the options furthest on that slider just had her eyes closed all the time like Brock, so I’m not sure that’s...girly, exactly. My boon/bane layout is Clever/Unlucky, which translates to big magic but no luck. Luck should always be your bane, kids. I do find it annoying that they replaced the obvious descriptions with these new terms. It’s not hard to figure out what’s what, but I know the stats and their associations. If you’re new to the series, you might have no idea what Robust is. Is that HP or Defense? If it weren’t for keeping them all in the same order, I wouldn’t know. It’s a similar thing to changing up class names; it’s really kinda pointless and only serves to confuse. My subclass was Samurai, because I like the idea of Vantage and Swordfaire, which I feel is harder to find on her through the castles than all the other really good options. Also I already have cards with Renewal and Luna, and it’s not gonna be hard to find Aegis/Pavise, so these two seemed like more interesting options. With character creation out of the way, let’s get started!

The prologue is mostly just the now-standard in medias res tutorial. Only, they had you side with the Hoshidans, because they’re totally not trying to sway your judgment here. There’s not much to comment on, but I will note this, because it’s interesting: every time the Hoshidans talk about Nohr, the words “scum” and “filth” seem to come up every time. They seem completely incapable of referring to the Nohrians as anything else. Also, it’s absolutely hysterical to me that Xander nearly one-shots Ryoma, and Ryoma needs to activate Astra just to make an attempt at keeping up with damage output. I think we all know who the better brother is here.

Chapter 1 is another simple tutorial, this time with Xander. Not gonna lie, it might be Heroes influence, but I like Xander. He’s nice. He’s tough on Corrin, but is invested in helping her improve as a warrior to escape the fortress and be able to go out like she’s wanted. He’s a good brother. Who I thought was older, but may not be. Unclear. The other siblings are okay. Camilla hasn’t really done a lot, Elise is just adorable, and Leo also hasn’t done much but prove that he’s kind of a klutz who’s like “there’s more to being strong than just slapping hunks of iron together!” We also get a brief introduction to Flora and Felicia, who are pretty fun. Nothing substantial on them yet.

Chapter 2 is a bit more interesting. You finally meet the dad, Garon, who is a transparent villain that’s really not interesting at all. He gives Corrin a suspicious sword, and tells her to kill off their prisoners from Hoshido. The map itself...honestly is still mostly tutorial, this time for weapon triangle matchups. It even gives you free healing in the center of the stage. It’s more about developing small tactics and seeing how the different weapon types match up now. I still don’t care for tomes being lumped in with swords and having a universal weakness. I greatly prefer magic being outside the weapon triangle, and having its own matchups. Still pissy about that... Anyway, Corrin refuses to kill defeated prisoners, and Garon orders Xander to take care of it, so he gets involved. Leo’s quick thinking keeps everyone out of trouble, and lets the prisoners, Kaze and Rinkah, survive. Honestly, I do kinda like Leo after this map. I forgot how clever he can actually be at times. The whole family being against their father’s orders to kill the defenseless is also nice, though it makes you wonder about Garon himself, you know? I know he used to be a good king, and suddenly changed, but like...when did the change happen, anyway? How long was the family raised by good king Garon, and how did they not notice the drastic and immediate shift? Corrin’s pretty nice here too. Callie made a good observation for the series as a whole: “For a lot of these stories about kingdoms, the focus is on who’s in power, but the Fire Emblem lords tend to be way more concerned about how to help their people, and it’s really nice.” I would agree, and Corrin does keep this trait. She’s very concerned about establishing peace again after the war, and wants citizens on both sides to be safe. Corrin’s alright.

Chapter 3, the doofening. Hans and Iago, the other transparent villain idiots, are introduced. Xander makes mention of Hans being arrested a few years back, which I guess alludes a bit to time frame for Garon’s transformation. Law and order was properly upheld until “a few years ago.” Without a proper scale we can’t say how long that was, but Xander was old enough to be on the job upholding the peace, so I’d assume no more than like...4-5 years, maybe? Basically, the Nohrian siblings should’ve been old enough to recognize the sudden and drastic change. Anyway, after your defiance of the king last chapter, you’re given a new mission and told you won’t even need to really fight this time. Your objective is to scope out an abandoned fort near the Nohr/Hoshido border. Gunter, Jakob, and Hans will be going with. Corrin arrives, finds that the fort is filled with Hoshidans, and makes the sensible decision of “whoops, it’s not abandoned, better report this and not engage in needless conflict.” To which Hans, predictably, runs in and kills a guy, then run into the fray and gets himself killed in like two turns because he’s inept. Now...hear me out. This guy’s plan was to kill one soldier, then charge in. During this, Corrin shouts that Hans is disobeying orders, and acting independently. In a sensible situation, this should be an easily resolved problem. Corrin and the others actually following her orders stand back, or accost Hans themselves, and parlay with the Hoshidans, who have no intention fighting. Instead, you engage them needlessly because Hans ran in. So...okay, I guess.

You clear out the map, and get an introduction to Saizo and Kagero. They’re not exactly compelling, beyond Saizo being kinda sexist here? He dismisses Corrin as just a girl who couldn’t possibly know how to fight, but as soon as Xander shows up is like “Ah, this must be their real commander.” Fuck you too, buddy. Camilla’s actually hilarious at this point. She decimates Saizo’s allies, and Corrin is momentarily taken aback by her usually gentle sister’s ferocity. Elise is just like “Oh right, you’ve never seen her on the battlefield. She’s just like this.” It’s kinda great. Kagero notifies Saizo that Ryoma is on his way with support, and Xander finally, FINALLY makes the sensible call to just fucking leave.

Oh, but of course it’s not that easy. Hans is still alive somehow, despite rushing into enemy territory, having no support from us, and getting immediately blasted as he ran toward a heavily fortified post. He also, somehow, knocks Gunter into the bottomless pit. Corrin is outraged and demands answers, doing some weird body morphing dragon stuff in the process. Not gonna lie, I forgot she did this, and it does look pretty cool. Hans tells her was only doing it under the king’s orders, then he runs off. Your weird evil sword tries to throw you into the pit as well, somehow, but wait! Lilith is here, and she’s apparently a baby dragon creature that saves you! You’re brought to a pocket dimension that the dragons can access, and this is how My Castle is established. I will bitch endlessly about My Castle soon, I promise. But for now, we’re just as quickly sent back out to where we warped in, and are immediately knocked out by Rinkah. Nice.

Overall I’d say there’s nothing too egregious yet. Chapter 3 is the least sensible, but I’m willing to waive some of the decisions as just pushing the plot along. The only real hang-up I have is about Garon, who I just feel like should’ve been found out a long time ago. Like...immediately, perhaps. The Nohrians presumably had years with their true father, being raised with the moral compass they all have, yet the guy changes overnight and no one really questions it? It’s a bit far-fetched, even by this series’ standards. But, I guess we have to get the board set up somehow, or maybe Xander keeping the peace around the kingdom was on his own initiative and not the king’s orders. Who knows. Anyway, part 2 will happen eventually. I’m mostly getting to play when Callie’s bored of the game, so expect some slow progress, but our next update point will be after the Hoshidan tutorial chapters. Stay tuned.

#fire emblem fates replay #fire emblem fates

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touretteinmedia · 7 years ago

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Forget Me Not

[Image: A dark blue night sky color background with red poppy flowers and green stems as a border. At the bottom there is a telescope, some stars and the author’s name, Ellie Terry. At the top in small pink writing it says “Will moving end their friendship?”. Underneath in a larger white font it says the title “Forget Me Not”.]

Book: Forget Me Not

Author: Ellie Terry

Summary: Astronomy-loving Calliope Juan has Tourette Syndrome, so she sometimes makes faces or noises that she doesn’t mean to make. When she and her mother move yet again, she tries to hide her TS. But it isn’t long before the kids at her new school realize she’s different. Only Calliope’s neighbor, who is also the popular student body president, sees her as she truly is — an interesting person and a good friend. But is he brave enough to take their friendship public?

As Calliope navigates school, she must also face her mothers new relationship and the fact that she might be moving — again — just as she starts to make friends and finally accepts her differences.

My review:

I give this book 4.5 out of 5 stars. The books follows a school year in the life of Calliope Snow, preferred name Calliope (nickname Calli) June. She’s been forced to move because her mom broke up with another boyfriend (based on context clues, it is at least the ninth or tenth). In this new place, she lives next door to Jinsong P’eng, the student body president. Jinsong likes baseball and is conflicted between being friends with Calli (who is bullied by classmates) or staying away in public in order to remain cool. Both Jj song and Calli have to deal with Beatriz, the student body secretary and head bully.

The book is focalizes (told) through Calli and Jinsong. Calli gets most of the chapters, and hers are set upon an interesting way. They read like poems or thoughts in a person’s head. The use of indentation is very nice. Jinsong’s chapters are normal text paragrpahs. The font for the chapters titles are different as well, if that helps identify which first person speaker it is. There are three email chapters, but they still follow the charcters chapter style, which is I enjoyed.

Calli’s chapters deal with Tourette, tics, hiding tics, being bullied, intrusive thoughts, OCD, and trichotillomania (pulling out one’s own hair). Some things are understood through context clues. At the beginning of the book, Calli tries hiding her hair pulling from her mother. However a few chapters in she is caught and her mother cuts off her hair, then proceeds to do weekly trims (understood through context). There are passages where Calli does things a certain way. She has to eat her food in a clockwise fashion. Or she will repeat something with the other hand to make it equal, even an injury. Her mother and neurologist have both told her not to tell anybody about her Tourette. These things are based off the author’s own experiences. (Side note: if you have a neurologist who tells you to not tell anybody, find a new one. Part of getting help or being accepted is telling people so they can understand.) After a bad tic where she slams her head into a desk, Calli talks to a counselor at school who helps give her the courage to tell people. One thing I like about Calli’s chapters is that it has a lot of metaphors, especially ones that are drawn out into extended metaphors, imagery, and themes. Poppy seeds and flowers become important, as well as flower meaning.

Jinsong’s chapters deal with his conflict between being a friend to Calli or staying with the ones he has. He knows what Beatriz and other students are up to, but doesn’t try to stop them. Over his chapters he quickly develops a crush on Calli, even almost telling her when he invited her over for Zhōngqiū Jié (Chinese Moon Festival). His chapters are filled with the theme of being a good friend/person. He often quotes proverbs his grandfather told him. A slight spoiler, toward he end of the novel, he give Calli a kiss, a bit rushed in my opinion, especially since they are seventh graders.

I would recommend this book. It accurately portrays Tourette and it helps that he author has Tourette. It is classified as a children’s book (that’s where is was located at my library) but I can understand that. The language is easy to read, topics are appropriate for children, and that characters are seventh graders (12 year olds). Another added plus is that out of the three main characters (the ones we learn about the most) two are POC. Jinsong is Chinese and it is hinted heavily through context that Beatriz is Latina. (I’m not sure about Calli.)

Forget Me Not is a great book that deals with being true to yourself.

#tourette #tourette syndrome #tourettes #tourettes characters #book review #disorders #ocd #trichotillomania #anxiety #intrusive thoughts #tourette characters in media #disability #tourette syndrome Awareness month #bulling #Forget me Not #Ellie Terry

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miketendo-64 · 7 years ago

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Missed the Splatoon 2 focused Nintendo Direct? Not a problem as you can watch it all right here:

But if you’re in a mood to read as opposed to watch, then I hope you’re comfortable as we have a ton of details, followed by all the Splatoon 2 related tweets and over 50 images for you to go through. Let’s do this!

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Splatoon 2 Details Revealed in the Freshest Nintendo Direct Yet:

Get to Know the New Features, New Weapons and New Styles Before the Game Launches on July 21

REDMOND, Wash., July 6, 2017 – With the Splatoon 2 game launching exclusively for the Nintendo Switch console in just a couple of weeks, Nintendo partnered with the renowned Squid Research Lab to provide a refresher on some of the new and returning features coming to the squid sequel. The special Nintendo Direct presentation highlighted many of the game’s new features, new weapons, new locations and, most importantly for all the fashion-forward cephalopods out there, its fresh new styles. The video also touched on SplatNet 2, the new service for mobile devices that displays information about Splatoon 2 like stage schedules, gear and stats. SplatNet 2 is part of the Nintendo Switch Online mobile app launching on July 21, which lets players send multiplayer invites to their friends via social media, as well as enables the use of voice chat in battles.

“Splatoon 2 is a huge, robust sequel to the original Splatoon,” said Doug Bowser, Nintendo of America’s Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “Fans that played and loved the first game will have plenty of new stuff to enjoy, while the game is also a great introduction for players new to the colorful and stylish series.”

Before the game launches on July 21, Nintendo Switch owners can dive into the fun with the Splatoon 2: Splatfest World Premiere demo. This special Splatfest will happen July 15 from 3 to 7 p.m. PT. Players just have to download the free demo in Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch and choose a team before the Splatfest begins. The demo can be downloaded early before the Splatfest goes live, starting later today.

Some of the highlights revealed in the video include:

Custom Style: In Splatoon 2, Inklings can be customized to fit the player’s taste. Things like eye color, hair style and skin tone can all be adjusted when creating a character. And this doesn’t even mention the fresh new gear like shirts, shoes and hats that can also be equipped. Since two years have passed in the world of Inkopolis, many styles have been upgraded so no one is caught splatted in something that is “so 2015.”

Galleria: To find all these hot new fashion trends, players just have to make their way to the Inkopolis Galleria. This row of popular gear and weapon shops is where all the cool kids and squids hang out. In Ye Olde Cloth Shoppe, a jellyfish named Jelfonzo will help players obtain T-shirts and jackets. A spider crab named Bisk runs the shoe shop Shella Fresh, while Flow the sea slug helps players at the headwear shop Headspace. Weapons can be picked up by stopping by Ammo Knights, run by the knowledgeable horseshoe crab Sheldon. And who doesn’t love food? Inklings can grab a bite at Crusty Sean’s dive to get more points and in-game currency from battles.

Gear: Equipping gear in Splatoon 2 will give players special abilities. Each piece of gear has certain abilities, and there are even additional abilities that appear as players use the gear more and more in battle. By speaking to Murch, a sea urchin (naturally), players can freshen up their gear with abilities that reduce ink consumption or help them move faster – some will even decrease respawn time! There is a wide variety of abilities in the game, so selecting the right one to use could make or break the battle.

Fresh Features: Some additional features coming to Splatoon 2 include a handy menu that lets players change the sensitivity of the controls separately for TV and Handheld mode, amiibo functionality and the ability to post drawings directly to social media. By tapping a Splatoon series amiibo figure, players can save control settings, gear and weapon loadouts, and nicknames to any Splatoon amiibo figure. New Splatoon series and legacy Splatoon amiibo are all compatible with Splatoon 2 and can also reward players with exclusive gear when tapped. (The game saves data on the amiibo figure, which can hold data for one game at a time. The game, system and amiibo are sold separately. Visit http://www.nintendo.com/amiibo for details about amiibo functionality.)

Turf War: Turf War, which finds two teams of four battling to ink the most turf, makes its grand return in Splatoon 2. There are all kinds of different stages in the game, ranging from city streets, a sports club, an academy and even a BMX track. Different stages have different environmental hazards, so players will have to work together to figure out the best strategy.

Ranked Battles: Every two hours, the three Ranked Battle modes rotate, offering something new to play. The three modes are Splat Zones, which finds teams fighting for control of Splat Zones placed on the stage; Tower Control, a fast-and-frantic mode in which players ride a moving tower; and the chaotic fun of Rainmaker. By winning a Ranked Battle, players increase their rank in each mode. Ranked Battles can be played online*. The modes in Ranked Battle can be played in local multiplayer** in Private Battle.

League Battles: League Battles allow players to form a team with friends, fight alongside them and battle their way to the top of the charts. There are two ways to join in these 4-on-4 battles: Players can enlist one other friend to form a pair and be matched with another pair, or connect with three friends to form a four-squid team. Once teams are created, players compete in Ranked Battle modes to aim for a top ranking.

Salmon Run: This new local- and online-multiplayer mode* to Splatoon 2 finds up to four players** working together to defeat bosses and collect Power Eggs in a limited amount of time. Each match in Salmon Run lasts for three waves, with players having to collect a select number of Power Eggs to advance to the next wave – oh, and at least one player on the team has to stay alive. This last part might be tough since the stage is overrun by Salmonid enemies and giant bosses, each with their own weakness. Salmon Run is a frantic multiplayer mode that can be played locally with friends at anytime and is also available to play online at designated times, just like Splatfest.

Single-Player Adventure: Oh no! Callie (of the famous Squid Sisters) has disappeared! Of course, there’s no need to panic. Players can just hop into the game’s single-player adventure to ink their way through a variety of creative obstacles, monstrous bosses and devious Octarians. This single-player mode is also a great way to learn the basics of the game and try out different weapons.

So Many Ways to Play!: Splatoon 2 can be played in so many different ways, including TV Mode, Handheld Mode and Tabletop Mode, as well as online* or local multiplayer**. And not only are the game-play options numerous, but the jam-packed sequel can be played anywhere!

Main Weapons: In Splatoon 2, weapons come in sets of three: a main weapon, a sub weapon and a special weapon. There are many different types of main weapons, from long-range weapons to short-range ones. Some new (wonderfully named) weapons introduced in Splatoon 2 include the Clash Blaster, Flingza Roller, Goo Tuber and the Dapple Dualies.

Sub Weapons: In addition to inking and attacking, many sub weapons will help players with other abilities, such as defending from attacks or revealing enemy positions. The new Autobomb, for example, will find an enemy and automatically follow them, while Toxic Mist, well, is exactly how it sounds! It fills the surrounding area with a poisonous mist, reducing the ink of opponents who dare step in its range, as well as making them move slower.

Special Weapons: All the special weapons in Splatoon 2 are new! Some of the weapons making their debut are the Tenta Missiles, the Inkjet, the Sting Ray and the Baller, which lets players roll up walls in an explosive hamster ball. Special weapons can be used once a player’s special meter is filled.

Post-Launch Updates: Like the first Splatoon, Splatoon 2 will see a continuing rollout of updates to the game. These updates will take the form of new weapons, like the umbrella-shaped Brella, new gear and additional stages.

SplatNet 2: When the Nintendo Switch Online app* launches for mobile devices on July 21, players will also have access to SplatNet 2. This Splatoon 2-specific service helps players stay in touch with Inkopolis even when they are away from their Nintendo Switch systems! SplatNet 2 displays information like stage schedules, gear and stats, and even lets users view their lifetime inkage, a feature that shows how much turf a player has inked compared to real-world places. The Nintendo Switch Online app allows users to invite other players to join Private Battles, League Battles, Salmon Run and Splatfest Battles, as well as communicate with those players using voice chat. (A compatible mobile device and persistent internet connection are required. Data charges may apply.)

Splatfests: While content updates for Splatoon 2 will last around a year, more limited-time Splatfests for the game are planned for the next two years. To kick things off, a free demo to try out the first Splatfest for Splatoon 2 is going to be held on July 15 from 3 to 7 p.m. PT. Players just have to download the free demo in Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch and get ready to decide if cake or ice cream is their dessert of choice. To prepare in advance, the demo can be downloaded early before the Splatfest goes live, starting later today. Once downloaded, players can start the demo to vote for their team, and even visit the in-game mailbox to create and share drawings in support of their team.

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Splatoon 2 Gets New Details

Nintendo has released new details for the upcoming Splatoon sequel:

REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– With the Splatoon 2 game launching exclusively for the Nintendo Switch console in just a couple of weeks, Nintendo partnered with the renowned Squid Research Lab to provide a refresher on some of the new and returning features coming to the squid sequel. The special Nintendo Direct presentation highlighted many of the game’s new features, new weapons, new locations and, most importantly for all the fashion-forward cephalopods out there, its fresh new styles. The video also touched on SplatNet 2, the new service for mobile devices that displays information about Splatoon 2 like stage schedules, gear and stats. SplatNet 2 is part of the Nintendo Switch Online mobile app launching on July 21, which lets players send multiplayer invites to their friends via social media, as well as enables the use of voice chat in battles.

To view the Nintendo Direct video in its entirety, visit http://www.nintendo.com/nintendo-direct. Some of the highlights revealed in the video include:

Splatoon 2 launches exclusively for Nintendo Switch on July 21. For more information about the game, visit http://splatoon.nintendo.com/.

Remember that Nintendo Switch features parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about other features, visit http://www.nintendo.com/switch/.

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1. My middle name is Christine, and it has definitely grown on me. I used to hate it!2. I'm not artistic unfortunately3. I've had my first kiss, but we were just friends. I haven't had a genuine kiss. 4. My life goal is to get married and adopt at least 1 child. Preferably 2. 5. I've met some famous people but it was just like meet and greet style haha6. I don't currently play any sports7. My worst fear is the dark TBH8. My biggest inspiration is probably my grandma. A lot of people inspire me for different reasons9. I can't think of any cool talents of mine!10. I'm trying to turn into a morning person and it's kind of working11. I don't have an opinion on pet names12. I like reading but I don't love it13. List of shows that have changed my life? Hmmm chasing life, locked up, don't call me crazy (I think that's the name), TBH Jane the virgin I wish the was a joke lmao14. TBH I kinda do care about my follower count15. I don't dream often so I can't think of the best dream I've ever had!16. I have not kissed someone of my same gender. 17. I don't have any pets :((((18. I'm not super religious but I want to be19. I am a people person when I'm in the right mindset20. Fuck no I'm not popular lmao21. One of my bad habits is overeating22. Something that makes me vulnerable is that sometimes I have no control over my emotions23. I would name a girl Sadie or Lucy or Juliette or charlotte but Charlie for short and a boy Lucas or Jackson24. My celebrity crush is all of them25. My best subject is french rn I love it so much26. CATSSSS27. twitter is my most used social media28. My best friend's name is mackenzie29. My family consists of a brother and dad at home, I also have a mom and a ton of extended family30. Chocolate over sugar31. I wouldn't say that I've ever been on a date32. I love roller coasters!33. I can swim very well actually 34. In the event of an apocalypse I would surrender myself lol bye35. I have struggled with a mental disorder. I have bipolar disorder and it's a constant struggle. Some days are much worse than others though. 36. My parents are not together37. My favorite color is blue!38. I'm from/live in america39. My favorite singer is luke Bryan at the moment but I love jack Johnson and Bastille is my all time favorite band40. I don't see myself being famous one day41. I LOVE DRESSES42. favorite songs right now would be river flows in you and just over and love it gone by luke Bryan43. Talking about sex does not make me uncomfortable44. I was 12 when I first got my period lmao rip45. I have never shot a gun46. I have done yoga47. I'm not a horror girl48. I'm great at giving advice and want to do it as a career (hmu for advice)49. Story about my childhood: when I was 7 I was at the beach and I thought I got pinched by a crab turns out a bee stung my ass and the lifeguard was uncomfy bc my mom was trying to make him put an ice pack in my bathing suit bottoms lmao poor dude50. I am doing extremely fucking well today thank you @god51. I was the ugliest kid on god's green earth but I've had a glo up52. I can dance if it's choreographed53. I can't remember not being annoyed by every single sound ever and I can't remember a time where I didn't overshare54. I have dyed my hair and I need to again bc I started going gray at the age of 17 :))))55. My eyes are greenish hazel56. My favorite animal is...idk can't answer that57. I make a huge fool of myself daily. Last night was bad. 58. I have a great relationship with my dad and a pretty good relationship with my mom59. I have amazing friends but I could use more so hmu60. My brother is part of the LGBTQ+ group and I also have friends that are in that group 61. 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