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[bearbunnycheetah]

🐆🐻✨CHAPTER 3: SUNNY SIDE OF THINGS✨🐻🐆

Note: Stuffs been going wild so I posted this WAYY later than I wanted, but I hope you guys still enjoy!

Percy reaches for her keys and opens the door, turning on the lights to her apartment. They flickered to life and illuminated the space. The sisters both looked inside, it was a pretty nice looking place all things considered. 

A small living room to the left with a tv, an open kitchen to the right, and what appears to be a mini hallway leading to three doors infront of them. Percy’s home had a nice dull blue wallpaper covering mostly everything. Molly looked at a clock on the wall, 10PM. Way past her bedtime at this point.

“You two need some rest, we can discuss the layout of my apartment and other things in the morning. Are you two sure you don’t wish to take my room for the night?”

“Sleeping in someone elses room is weird.” Lorelai said, crossing her arms as she looked around.

“Yeah, we can take the couch or the floor. We don’t really mind! I promise!” Molly smiled apologetically, Lori rolled her eyes.

Percy nods. “Alright, please go ahead and sit down. I will go ahead to get some pillows and blankets for you two.” She smiles at them, then leaves the room.

Molly waits for Percy to be completely gone, then lets out a breath she didn’t know she was holding. She sits down on the couch, then grabs her phone from her pocket. Molly opens the group chat she has with her friends, and starts typing.

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Molly: Hi guys, anyone still awake?

PHANTOM OF POTIONS PAST, GRIMLORD OF DARKNESS!: HIIII! Yes I am indeed awake >:]

Molly: Oh, hi Trixie! I’m assuming Feenie’s asleep cause it’s her bedtime?

PoPPGoD: Yeahh probably! Why are you up so late anyway? Did something happen?

Molly: Yeah, my dad got arrested.

PoPPGoD: WOOOOOOO! 

Molly: Trixie…

PoPPGoD: Oh whoops, sorry- what happened?

Molly: The cop that interviewed me a bit ago about the museum apparently found out about my situation and took me and Lori in. Currently in her apartment right now.

PoPPGoD: I dont trust them coppers… but as long as ur OK, im OK! >:D

Molly: Thanks Trixie… I’ll see if I can go more indepth on what happened tomorrow at school. I’m getting sleepy.

PoPPGoD: Oke, sweet dreams!

Molly: Night!

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Molly leans back into the sofa, then smiles. Hopefully she’ll be able to go to school tomorrow and talk to them.

“I’m back, apologies for the wait.” Percy walks in holding several pillows and blankets, all in mostly blues, yellows, and whites.

“Dibs on the couch!” Lorelai said, grabbing some pillows and immediately making herself comfortable. Her knight costume poofed out of existence in a flash of glitter into her normal outfit.

“But- aw, fine...” Molly sighed in defeat, standing up from the couch.

Oh well, the floor is probably fine. Considering it’s Percy she probably keeps it pretty clean. Theres a rug too so maybe it’s a bit comfier..? It takes a few minutes for Molly to finally get to a comfortable enough position to lay down.

“Goodnight, you two.”

“Goodnight, Percy!”

“…Night.”

And with that, Percy turns off the lights and goes to her room. Immediately falling asleep when she lays down in bed. The noise of the city melting together into a cacophany of sounds that were oddly comforting, she’s probably gonna take a few days off from work to help the two adjust. 

Percy should wake up early tomorrow, her usual breakfast was just toast and some water but these two probably needed more food than that. Maybe something like cereal? No, far too sugary. She wasn’t even sure if she had anything like that. Toast, water, orange juice, eggs-

Wait, eggs?

There was a smell of something being cooked from the kitchen, Percy stirred and opened her eyes. Oh dear, it was morning already? She looks at her alarm clock. 5:40 AM. How peculiar, she gets up from her bed and puts on her slippers to investigate.

Percy walked into the living room, the pillows and blankets were folded neatly and placed on the coffee table. While the couch where Lorelai was sleeping had an… iridescent bubble in its place.

It clipped into the floor and couch as if it was a bugged model in a video game. She stared in utter confusion for a bit before a voice from the kitchen piped up.

“Morning Percy!” Molly said, holding a pan. Why was she making breakfast?

Percy flinched, completely forgetting that she got up to see who was awake this early. “Ah! Good morning to you too, Molly.” Percy turns to her and gestures to the bubble. “May I ask why your sister has turnt into a sphere?”

“Oh, it’s just an epithet thing.” Molly puts the pan in the sink. “Lorelai can make these things called ‘dream bubbles’ where she makes these fantasy worlds, sometimes she just sleep-inscribes.”

“I see… Why are you up so early?”

“Oh! Well… I wanted to repay you for letting us stay here so I thought I should make breakfast!” Molly points at the table. There was buttered toast and eggs, either boiled or sunnyside up. “We should probably go get groceries and stuff, there wasn’t a lot in your fridge to work with…”

“Noted. But thank you for this, Molly.” Percy goes to sit down, then picks up a boiled egg and inspects it closely. “So, about your sister…”

“Don’t worry, I can go wake her up.” Molly looks at the bubble for a second, then walks over to the couch.

Percy watches in curiosity, she knew Molly and Lorelai had epithets from their files. “DUMB” and “AUGMENT” respectively, but she’s never seen it in action. Percy watched as Molly knocked on the bubble for a few seconds, calling Lorelais name repeatedly to wake her up. After a few minutes she rolled her eyes, reaching her hand out as a small green glow appeared. 

Molly moved her hand closer to the iridescent surface and a hole appeared like a rift in the air. Slowly the gap grew bigger until it was about the size of Molly herself. She entered the bubble and the hole dissapeared along with her.

Percy decided to go and make some coffee while she waited since she still felt a bit tired from last night, more and more time passes and… POOF!

The detective turnt around, alarmed at the sudden sound. Then there stood a groggy Lorelai and a mildly upset Molly.

“Good morning, Lorelai!” Percy said, grabbing her drink without looking and returning to the small dining table. Honestly you probably couldn’t even consider it a dining table, more like a table for one that crammed three chairs.

“Yeah, morning.” Lorelai wiped away the fog from her eyes, then quietly went over to the table grabbing a plate. Molly followed.

“I decided to go ahead and work from home while you two get settled here.” Percy takes a sip of coffee. “Since you two have school I will be responsible for your education for the time being.”

“Me and Lorelai usually change between having to work and having to go to school. I attend school on odd days and she attends school on even ones so that means-” 

“You have to go to school and I get to stay here and relax!” Lorelai interrupts her and grins, Molly scowls at her.

Percy thinks for a second, she never thought the situation was this bad. Who on earth would let a child work instead of attend school!? Oh wait, Martin would. “I… suppose we can still use this system, even for just a few days as you two adjust.” She smiles. “And since I’m not very well acquainted with Miss Lorelai, then perhaps we can use this as a bonding opportunity!”

The three of them continue talking. Percy explaining the layout of the house, the chores, and potentially getting the two of them a room to share, more and more time passes till they all finish and go do their own thing.

Lorelai made another bubble in the corner of the living room, Percy did the dishes, and Molly got ready for school.

Molly already had her schoolwork in her backpack, so she had no need to go back to the emporium to retrieve her things. That was nice! She sat at the couch waiting, when Percys voice piped up.

“Are you ready for school?” Percy asked, walking up to Molly.

“Uh, yeah! Are you gonna drive me there?” 

“No need, your public school is conveniently just a short jog away from my apartment! If you count 20 minutes short, I mean.” The detective held up a metal lunchbox, it had the SJPD logo on the center, so that probably meant it belonged to Percy. “I’ve also taken the time to go ahead and make you some lunch.”

“Really..?” Molly walked up to the lunch box and grabbed it from Percys hand, staring at it. “Theres… Really no need to do that, I usually just ask my friends or buy some stuff at the cafeteria.”

“I personally do not think the cafeteria food they serve is enough for a childs daily diet.” Percy explains. “You can just think of it as a thank-you for making breakfast.” She smiled.

Molly stopped staring at the lunchbox realizing that was probably weird, then turns to Percy to smile at her too.

“Well then, I’ll go ahead and drop you off at school. I’m assuming your sister will be fine if I leave her for a few minutes?”

“She can last in bubbles for hours, she’ll be fine.” Molly explains.

And then the two of them leave the apartment. The streets here were much, much louder than Molly expected. She covers her ears as she walked, which Percy took note of. More time passes and Percy drops off Molly at school. 

Molly waved goodbye at her as she walked away when a sudden jingling bell sound grew closer and closer until-

“MOLLY!!!”

Phoenica Fleecity and Trixie Roughhouse hugged Molly as tight as they could, which was less bone-crushing and more soft and fluffy due to Feenie. “Trixie told me everything! We’re so glad you’re okay!”

“She did?” Oh right, Molly sent a message to the group chat. 

“Really happy that dad of yours is outta the picture now!” Trixie said, grinning.

“Haha, yeah. I am too…” Molly hugged them both back, the hug lasted for a few seconds before the bell rang.

“…How about I tell you guys everything when lunch comes around?” Molly asked.

“Oh sure! Stay safe Molly!” Phoenica smiled even harder then let go of both of them, walking off to her class.

“You do too…” 

“…So did Lorelai get arrested too?” Trixie piped up.

“Trixie!” She playfully shoved them with an elbow. “Don’t be like that!”

“Yeah yeah, I know! Just checkin!”

Note: MAKING THESE CUSTOM BACKGROUNDS WERE SO TIME CONSUMING. IT LITERALLY TOOK LONGER THAN THE ACTUAL CHAPTER ITSELF AND DELAYED IT FOR LIKE TWO WEEKS DEAR GOD. Hopefully now that this is out I can go back to answering asks for the characters and posting art too! Super proud of this one!

~Cherry

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[skittidyne]

Another 19, another month gone by. Happy 3 months to local guides! If you had to make Aus for the series, which ones would you make?

i'm so late because of pokemon but i have no regrets

happy 3 months to my baby book!

for aus... some of these kinda straddle "is it an au or could it technically happen" lines, but i'm putting them here anyway! i don't have very many, though? shocking!

i uh have very fond thoughts about vivienne taking dana to a supernaturally-friendly sex dungeon club. for reasons.

ACTOR AU. it was very, very fun to write them as bbac side stories, so why not continue the trend!

in the same vein, reverse au could be very fun. except. i would not subject sam to demon!isaac. that seems mean.

au where yun-hee and futakuchi are fox bffs and cause even more chaos while profiting.

while i was planning the story, i thought about flipping chris & emil's roles, so that'd be a fun au! (well, fun... as in... more sad orphans but now of a different flavor...?)

au with more actual horror elements. alas. i'll stick with the series as "horror aesthetic" but it would've been fun to have it more horror adjacent a la ghost story...

[haikyuu-trash-can]

Haikyuu fic rec - Bell, Book and Candle by Skittidyne

THE BEST HAIKYUU FANFIC YOU’LL EVER READ!!!!

@skittidyne

Okay so yeah this will be a long rant, but please stay with me on this one, you won’t regret it.

I’ve been reading copious amount of fanfiction since I was like 13 (which is 7 years now). I know my way around the block. And this magnum opus is The Number One best fanfiction I have ever read. This post details my top 100 reasons why.

It’s looooooong. How long? Most likely longer than anything you have ever read. It’s over 750k words long and it took me about 4 months to finish (because I was reading slower and slower as I was nearing the end because I never wanted it to end). 750k+ words of volleyball fanfiction. Yes.

Okay so here’s the kicker. It’s not about volleyball at all. It’s set in the modern world with the characters aged up and that world is your typical modern supernatural AU. You have your witches, psychics (Oikawa who can read your mind, anyone?), ghosts, cat spirits, uhh, virgin-blood-attracted-carnivore unicorns and all kinds of creatures from every lore imaginable.

I’m a sucker for these settings but that’s not what sold me on the fic. It’s one of those fics where every single character makes an appearance and it’s like seeing the canon Haikyuu come to life (with extra wings or tails here and there). Every single character is so spot on I could cry, even characters that didn’t really get much screentime.

It’s laugh-out-loud funny. I can’t count the number of times I burst out laughing in the middle of a scene and couldn’t stop for 5 minutes, not even to respond to my concerned roommate. It has some of the wittiest exchanged I have seen in fanfiction.

Now for you tumblr folks: Every. Single. Character. Is. Gay. There are transgender characters and gender non-conforming characters and they are handled in a way that feels very natural. The ships are always paired by the “most canon” axis with the occasional poly thrown in. So not only this has the best characterization and dialogue, it also has an incredibly sweet, kinky and naturally progressing romance. The dialogue can get pretty dirty but there’s only one actual smut scene and it’s so good too omg.

And now, since I’m a huge sucker for the plot: Even though it sometimes looks like a slice of (supernatural) life scenes, IT HAS A VERY COHERENT OVERARCHING PLOT AND THE SEEMINGLY RANDOM SCENES ACTUALLY COME TOGETHER AT THE END WTFFFF HOW DO YOU DO THAT. It’s SO worth it to keep reading to the end because the reward is huge. Not that the buildup isn’t great, but I feel like it’s pretty rare for an author to finish a fic in a way that will stick with you for months.

If I’ve convinced you to go read the fic, I am so glad and I hope you have a good time. I have yet to write a proper review for this because I have’n’t had the time to sit down and write a several thousand word magnum opus sucking up to every single line in this work but I will eventually. If you do give it a try, please come back later to yell at me about it.

This is the type of story that creates it’s own universe and inspires other authors to use this universe for their stories.

BONUS: BBAC SIDE STORIES by skittidyne - if you’re wondering where all the smut went in such a mature story, look no further. Mostly Kuroken and Daisuga with a side of other pairings and other daily life shenanigans. You can read it as standalone smut oneshots but I feel like some aspects of the AU would be difficult to grasp without knowing the main storyline. This is a great thing to read after the Big Void that follows finishing Bell, Book and Candle. Aside from smut, it also has AU AUs? to the main storyline, eg the actors AU, pairing swap AU etc.

BONUS BONUS: Literally anything else by skittdyne. I’ll be writing a separate thread for Blood Will Have Blood, which is a shorter story of similar magnitude, but she wrote a lot of oneshots, all of which are worth your time. Shoutout to the Iwaoi Death God one and the Pokemon Go one.

Final note: I wish this is what the canon Haikyuu was.

OH MY GOOOOD I WANT TO GO REREAD IT ALL AGAIN

[bearbunnycheetah]

🐆🐰✨CHAPTER 2: WRECKING… BALL..?✨🐰🐆

Note: This chapter is much longer than the last one! Hopefully there are no errors… haha… I’ll have the rest of my notes for this on the end section!

It’s been about a day or three since Percy visited the toy store. Molly lays in her bed awake, blankly staring at the ceiling. She knew she had a lot to do today, the anxiety of having to deal with all her responsibilities woke her up early. So she savored every second that she got to lay in bed.

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

Molly turns off the alarm on her phone immediately, then sighs. She shuffles out of the bed to get ready, shower… Make breakfast… Eat… Open the store… 

In this part of Sweet Jazz City, It was actually surprisingly really quiet. It meant Molly didn’t have to worry about noise overwhelming her, but it also meant that not that many people come in to the toy store. 

Well, her classmates did swarm her with questions after news got out about the museum. Maybe people will come here to buy things! Maybe… 

Molly walks up to the sign on the front door and flips it to open, before hopping on her chair and starting her shift at work. Maybe she could use this time to finish homework. 

Yeah, okay. She pulls out some paper from her backpack and started doing answer sheets, occasionally looking up when she hears sounds coming from outside. Suddenly, the bell on the front door jingled. Molly was about to speak when her eyes widened, and she realised that standing in front of her was Percy. She scrambled quickly to put away her homework and greeted the detective.

“Oh, Percy! I didn’t expect you to come back… Is... everything okay?” Right, the break-in… Maybe she just had more questions.

“Good morning, Molly! It’s been going quite well, the investigation was quite eventful. We didn’t manage to catch the perpetrator, but we successfully snagged the amulet back.” Percy smiled.

Does that mean boss is fine? Probably, I mean he got away once right? And at least she said it went well! “Wow, that’s… that’s great! Did you come here to um, tell me that?”

Percy sighed and furrowed her brows. Oh no, is Molly in trouble!? “Yes, but I’m also here on a more pressing matter...” 

What she didn’t expect is Percy approaching the register where Molly was sitting with a serious expression. A trickle of sweat going down Mollys face as she got closer and closer...

...What she didn't even see coming, was for Percy to place down a file on the counter in front of Molly. 

'Child Protection Services'

In bold letters on the front of the file. 

Molly stared for a couple seconds, dumbfounded.

"I'll give you a quick rundown." Percy opens the file for Molly to read. "We were tasked in bringing you and your sister out of this very unethical situation by both the police force and CPS themselves, I was to be temporarily assigned to be your guardian before you two were adopted by better, more responsible parents".

Molly’s eyes slowly widened at each word Percy said, did... did she really mean it? Was she really free from all the work her dad and sister had put her through? Is she going to have a normal childhood?

Before Molly could say a word, a certain someone walked up the stairs from the basement of the Toy Emporium, Martin Blyndeff. Said parent Percy deemed irresponsible. 

Martin was holding a toy playset that he was about to set down on a nearby table. “Heya, kiddo! This your friend? Oh Lookie there seems to be some sorta police getup you're goin for eh?" Martin said, attempting some sort of conversation.

Molly was about to tell her father what was going on, but Percy began speaking before she could form words.

"Ah what perfect timing! I apologise, but we will not be able to continue our 'chit chat'." She pulled out a pair of handcuffs. “You're coming with me, Martin Blyndeff. You are under arrest for child neglect, and several other crimes including tax evasion. Everything you say can and will be used against you."

“Awh what gives? I’m takin’ care of my little princesses I swear!!!” Martin protested, holding his arms out as if that would do something.

“The only thing you’re taking care of… Is jail time!” Percy said with full confidence attempting to be witty.

There was awkward silence as neither Molly or Martin understood what she meant.

“Wait- What- HUH!?” Molly let out the panic in her voice that built up over time, what the hell was even going on? Percy turnt to Molly as she handcuffed a very confused Martin.

“Please do not fret, Molly” Percy said, as a few other police officers came in to take away Martin. “Is it alright if you bring your sister here? So that I can give the rundown and explain to the both of you, of course”. 

Molly sighed, and tried putting on a smile. “Okay..” 

Molly wasn’t really…  sure how her sister would react to this. But all she could hope for is that Lorelai wouldn't protest or go into a dream bubble to hide away, it’d probably inconvenience Percy if she were to do that and she didn’t wanna bother her too much.

Molly made her way up the thin staircase, and then approached her sisters door. Despite the sign that said ‘DO NOT ENTER’, Molly knocked. 

“Uhh… Lorelai, are you there? I need to tell you something important, its not work or anything! Not like we’ll even work here anymore…” 

To Molly’s surprise, Lorelai actually opened the door! Though.. she was dressed up in some sort of knight armor?

“Oh, Lori! I… Didn't expect you to answer this qui-” 

Lorelai interrupted Molly. “Yeah yeah whatever, I was already gonna go downstairs anyway cause you guys we’re making a racket!”

Molly let out an exhausted attempt at a laugh, a bead of sweat dripping down her face. “Well.. It was about explaining the ‘racket’... And well… Dad is getting arrested for some stuff and we.. uh…” Molly paused, she wasn't sure how to continue this. She was about to raise her voice again, but Lorelai suddenly zoomed past Molly to go downstairs. 

“LORELAI WAIT!”

Molly rushed to follow her sister downstairs, eyes widening when she realised Lorelai was blabbering out to Percy who looked rather displeased. Urgh, not again…

“What the hell are you doing to our dad? Who do you think you are!?” Lorelai said, putting her arms on her hips all sassy and upset.

“Well, I am Detective Percival King from the Sweet Jazz Police” She holds up her badge. “but you may refer to me as Percy. And as your sister most likely explained, we are taking Martin to court because of his mild crime spree, such as avoiding taxes and child abandonment.”

Percy peeked behind Lorelai and saw Molly, who was currently shaking in her rain boots. “I was going to ask where your younger sister is, but it appears that she's already back. Hello!”.

Lorelai squinted at Molly and Percy with a disdain in her eyes.. “Did she call you to come here?” Lori said raising her eyebrow, Molly looked down to avoid eye contact “Cause CPS already came here before and we’re perfectly fi-” 

Percy decided to interrupt Lorelai herself, noticing how upset Molly looked. “I am very much aware of that, Miss Blyndeff.” Percy crossed her arms. “But after talking to Molly a few days ago regarding the museum incident she was involved in, I decided to reopen the case. After dealing with all of my work, of course.”

“Hmm…” Lorelai squints at Percy, unconvinced. “What about the toy store? What’s gonna happen to that huh?”

“We will deal with that after interrogating your father which will probably take a bit. But there’s no need to worry about you or your sister, as I’ve been assigned to take care of you two before more suitable parents can take care of you.”

Lorelai turnt to look at Molly again, then back at Percy. “Fine, what do we do now? Theres gonna be a bunch of legal stuff we need to deal with or whatever, right?”

“Correct. Thank you for being cooperative, Miss Lorelai. You may take your personal belongings at a later date.”

Lorelai rolls her eyes, and walks past Percy to the outside of the toy emporium. She waits there, still wearing her knight outfit. Molly nervously walks over to Percy and looks at her.

“Sorry about my sister… She’s a handful.” Molly apologized.

“I don’t mind all that much, I’ve dealt with many interesting people at my job before.”

“Sounds about right. I honestly thought the whole CPS thing didn’t work out because of last time…”

“The only reason something like that happened is because that person was a fool.” Percy scowls. “It’s cruel when events like this are overlooked, hopefully you and your sister can live life more peacefully.”

“Yeah, that sounds nice.” Molly pauses and smiles a bit. Maybe this was for the better, but she suddenly remembers something. “Oh! Is it alright if I tell my friends about this? We were supposed to have a meet up here tomorrow and I don’t wanna worry them too much.”

“Of course, you can go ahead and contact them on the way to the police station.”

Molly goes up to the door and flips the toy store sign to ‘closed’, then walks out. Percy follows closing the door behind her, she had brought back-up incase Martin was a dangerous person or if something went wrong but things actually turnt out alright! She speaks with some of the officers before most of them leave the toy store to the police station.

A couple hours pass, all three members of the Blyndeff family were interviewed. A few more hours pass and now the two sisters sit in Percys car, the detective was busy doing a few more things before going home so the two of them just sat in silence. Both Lorelai and Molly were in the back, but still sitting as far away from eachother as possible. 

Percy finally walks out and opens the car door.

“I’m back, apologies for the wait.” She sits in the drivers seat, she started the car a while ago since she thought leaving them in a hot car would be a bad idea despite the fact it was extremely cold during this time of year in Taiga Country.

“Its fine…” Molly yawned, it was night already and probably past her bedtime.

“I don’t have an extra room ready in my apartment, so both of you might have to sleep in my room in the meantime. But it’s fine, I’ll sleep on the couch.” Percy smiled reassuringly.

“Huh? Oh, no we couldn’t possibly… It would feel weird sleeping in someone elses room. We don’t mind, right Lori?”

Lorelai scoffed as if she doesn’t wanna talk right now, Molly scowls at her then forces a smile as she looks at Percy.

“One of us can sleep on the couch and the other one can sleep on the floor.”

“Understood, I’ll see if I have an old mattress lying around.”

Percy locks the car door and begins driving. It was pretty late outside so that means there wasn’t as much traffic as usual, just smooth sailing from here. Molly holds her hand out and puts it on the car window as she watches the city skyline zoom past here in a flurry of lights, a manufactured aurora borealis.

‘It’ll be okay.’ She thinks to herself. ‘Besides, this means I don’t need to run the store anymore right? Maybe I can catch up on my homework tomorrow. Yeah. Okay.’ Molly smiles a bit, then closes her eyes.

Note: This chapter was actually the first thing I wrote for this AU YEARS ago! Back before PoP even came out actually! It was much shorter back then but it was fun revisiting my writing and adding more onto it. Hopefully I’ll have the next chapter done in a few days :3

~Cherry

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[bearbunnycheetah]

🐻🐆✨CHAPTER 1: HIT THE GROUND REDWOOD RUNNING✨🐆🐻

Note: this scene is an alternate version of the first part of EP5: redwood run, so some parts may be word for word but slightly adjusted. But don’t worry, the rest of the fic will be fully original work! ~Cherry!

Detective Percival King arrives at the Blyndeff Toy Emporium, parking her car nearby and stepping out of the vehicle. She’s seen this place before, yesterday actually, when she dropped off a little girl by the name of Molly Blyndeff. Percy began walking towards the building, the bell on the door jingling as she entered. She looked around.

Manning the register was actually Molly herself. Quietly counting the few bills in the register before putting them back in, Molly quickly hopped off the stool she was sitting on and waved at Percy.

“Good morning, detective!” Molly greeted her.

“Good morning to you too, Ms. Blyndeff.” Percy replied.

“Come sit down over here, I’ll get you something.” Molly gestured to the kiddie table before walking to the back. 

Percy of course, obliged. Sitting down on a blue plastic chair that was far too small for her, she shifted a bit in her seat as she waited. Percy looks around the store.

It was filled to the brim with different sorts of toys, some even looked like they were handmade, but there were no customers around. Perhaps it was because it was early in the morning, but it gave a melancholic feel to the whole place. From the back of the store, Molly returned holding a toy tea set, setting it down on the plastic table.

“Sorry to keep you waiting…” Molly smiled awkwardly, sitting down.

“It’s quite alright.” Percy smiled back, and then she continued in a more professional tone. “Anyway, I must thankyou for taking the time to speak with me, Ms. Blyndeff.”

“Oh, it's no problem at all detective!” Molly stuttered, “You did help rescue me from the Banzai Blasters, after all… And uh… ‘Molly’s fine!”

“Very well, Molly. Please, call me ‘Percy’.”

“Okay... Uh… Would you like some tea, Percy?” Molly asks, holding up the toy teapot.

Yes, thank you. I was actually hoping I could ask you some questions concerning the events of yesterday night.”

Molly stands up, kettle in hand. “Of course, if you think I can help!” She walks over to Percys teacup, pouring some steaming earl grey tea.

Percys eyes widen a bit at this. “…Ah. I was expecting the make-believe tea, customary of play time.” Percy stares at her now filled teacup.

“I don't have time to play around, Detective.” Molly says in a dramatic voice, staring off outside the window.

“What a coincidence... Neither do I.” Percy responds in an equally dramatic voice, standing up and gently throwing a police file onto the table, the tea set rattles with a loud thud as it lands. Percy crosses her arms.

“I’ll bring you up to speed. Currently, the seven Banzai Blasters from the museum are still at large... As well as the amulet that they stole. I have been assigned to hunt them down.” Percy begins pacing around the room as she talks, a habit of hers.

“Unfortunately… the group's disorganization and general rapscallyhood makes them difficult to track.” She turns to Molly. I was hoping that you, as their hostage, might be able to give some insight on them, such as their names, or… preferred extracurricular activities?”

Mollys eyes widen with worry. “Oh! Um... I'll... see what I can remember!”

“Thank you, Molly!” Percy smiles. “Your testimony could prove vital! I cannot emphasize enough how dangerous these criminals are. Who's to say what devious doings they are committing, even now…” Percy stops pacing around the room, then realises she still has her tea waiting for her on the table.

“Ah, right. We can discuss over tea, after all it would be rude of me not to indulge in a bit of a refreshment.” Percy goes to politely sit back down, the chair squeaking as she does. “My only question is where the ‘crackers’ or ‘cookies’ as children call them are...”

“I don’t really like sweets…” Molly answers, sitting at her own chair. “Usually we only ever have candies or sweet stuff, are granola bars okay?” She rummages in her pockets and pulls out two leftover granola bars, she ate a few of these for breakfast today.

Percys eyes widen. “Why of course, granola bars are wonderful snacks that give proper nutrition and satiate hunger! But I am fine, I merely just asked due to the ‘tea time’ themeing of this meeting.”

Molly sputtered like a car running out of gas that’s seconds away from crashing into a tree. “No no no no it’s fine!Like I said earlier you helped save me from those Banzai Blasters so a bar of granola is the least I can do..!” She waved her arms around nervously, overexplaining herself to the detective. Before quieting down, then awkwardly sliding the granola bar across the table.

Percy takes it and looks at the label. “Deepwood bars… Heh, the only bars those Banzai Blasters will see is in jail!” Percy says to no one in particular, then taking off the wrapping paper as she continues. “So, speaking of the Banzai Blasters.”

Molly shrinks in her chair a bit, also eating the granola she was supposed to have for lunch. “Uh… Yeah… Them… Well, I think they had code names so I don’t think I have their actual names.”

“Ah, codenames. A devious thing indeed, hiding away your true nature under a disguise… Even then, codenames are also good leads. Can you remember any of them?” Percy asked.

“Well there were 7 of them so it was… Car something… Dark uh… Dark Sun? Bulldozer? I don’t really remember much, I was all busy this morning so I probably forgot. Sorry…” Molly sighed, this time she wasn’t just pretending to keep her boss safe. The whole museum incident had felt like a blur of nothing.

Percy furrowed her eyebrows, then realises she’s making an expression again, and her mouth goes into a soft smile.“It’s alright, what’s been troubling you?”

“Nothing, actually. Just the usual I do around the toy store… Making breakfast… Doing the dishes… Mostly just chores here.” She takes a bite out of the granola bar and drinks the tea, pretty delicious if you ask her. 

“I see… Do you think I could get to talk with your parent or guardian regarding this? Mostly asking about what they could’ve seen since I am assuming they came with you on your field trip.”

“Oh, my dad? Well I’m pretty sure he forgot me at the museum, he had my phone too. He’s also not really the type to… Pay attention to things” Molly’s tone turnt sour, looking away.

“Forgot you at the museum.” Percy finished her granola and tea, looking at the girl with a serious expression.

“Yeah, but I don’t mind! I guess I dozed off somewhere… haha..!” Molly faked a laugh and sweats nervously, she didn’t wanna worry the detective too much. “Anyway, since you’re finished with your tea and stuff you’re free to go. Don’t wanna take up all of your time on the investigation!”

“Of course, Molly. I do not wish to take up much of your time either. I suppose talking to your father will be for another time.” She quickly wipes her lips with a handkerchief.

“Nnnnnoooo problem detective- I mean Percy! Hopefully you can arrest those bad guys, yup!” Molly grins awkwardly, then gets up from her chair to clean up the play table.

Percy gets up as well. They both say their goodbyes as Percy grabs her stack of evidence off the table, then makes her way outside. She looks back at the building for a second, and takes a mental note to come back later.

She’s going to have a very, very busy week today.

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[bearbunnycheetah]

Some scrapped dialogue/versions of chapter 3 really liked but removed because of pacing with bonus doodles + things from other chapters! Press READ MORE to look at all of it!

This piece of dialogue that was unfortunately removed :[ She still inspects the egg so thats close enough right…. Haha…

A really cute doodle I made for the fic granted its very wonky but it helped me figure out where to place the characters (this was 100% not an excuse to draw Percy. Trust me.)

ALSO a version of the thumbnail of it with Lorelai in her normal clothes instead of her knight outfit! I decided to change it since in the previous one you could still see her in a Knight outfit so I changed it and added some more text to explain it!

I kinda wish I didn’t remove this piece of dialogue because of just how funny it is. It was so funny I literally doodled the thing. Look at Molly’s face of pure terror. Unmatched.

Clearer version of the CH2 background! I wish i kept it clearer in final too cause it took genuinely forever to make this but oh well… You can also see some of my other edits are in this too! I will never stop using that one lorelai sprite. Never.

Weirdly well-done shitpost I made to parody the car scene I did in CH2. I used the “Draw your comfort characters like this” meme for it.

Aaand thats all for now. Im really tired im gonna go eat chocolate, see you next time!

~Cherry!

[bearbunnycheetah]

How many chapters are you planning on releasing?

Also i am on the edge of my seat wondering what is in store for the next!

honestly maybe like… 15? Depends on my mood really!

Heres what progress looks like so far! I wanna try get ch4 out before the end of the month maybe… I might also consider doing AMA of the main three! Probably have that happen after ch4! (Perhaps… send in asks so i can answer them in-character in the future)

~Cherry!

[bearbunnycheetah]

How many chapters do you plan to make? :V

Hmmmm… that’s a good question. I’m actually not sure!

Currently I’m planning the chapters out in a few main arcs:

-Prologue (Takes place before when askblog ver of characters happen, more serious stuff and might be like chapters 1-3?)

-Main slice-of-life shenanigans (when things pick up and character dynamics are more explored, no idea how many of these i’ll make)

if there was an end to the fic its either if isuddenly get hit by a truck and get isekai’d into epithet erased or if i feel like i wrote enough, if that happens i’ll turn this fully into an ask blog of the three!

[bearbunnycheetah]

🐰✨EPITHET ERASED: BEAR, BUNNY, AND CHEETAH✨🐻

Bear, Bunny, and Cheetah (BBaC for short!) is an AU where the Blyndeff sisters are taken in by Detective Percival King, and shenanigans ensue! This blog will be a mix of both writing, and an ask blog to ask anything about the characters! (The ask blog part will be mainly focused on Percy, Lorelai, and Molly!)

READ IT HERE!

✨🐆PERCIVAL KING🐆✨

✨🐰LORELAI BLYNDEFF🐰✨

✨🐻MOLLY BLYNDEFF🐻✨

OTHER CHARACTER AU CARDS!

RULES AND INFO:

-NO NSFW!

-This isn’t an RP blog, sorry!

-DNI PROSHIPPERS, HOMOPHOBES, TRANSPHOBES, BASIC DNI CRITERIA! -Please be patient as I work on this AU! I am one person and I’m doing my best!

-I will reblog/repost content of Palestine on my blog to support people in need, if you don’t like that then you can leave!

TAGS: #BBAC AU | EPITHET ERASED - Just the main tag for the blog incase you want to look for content/want to block it!

#BBAC AU | WRITING - For the main chapters and all the important stuff! #BBAC AU | AMA - To ask the characters about almost anything honestly!

#BBAC AU | OOC - For when I answer info/lore questions or post updates!

#BBAC AU | ART - When I post art of the characters! (Use this tag if you ever make fanart hehe…)

#BBAC AU | CARDS - For when I upload character info cards!

TBA…

MAIN BLOG: @cherry-cakee!

I’m very excited to finally be able to show people what I’ve been working on, see you soon!

[bearbunnycheetah]

Question about the au where percy adopted lorielli and molly, Is there fanfiction posted anywhere?!

It’s posted on the blog itself with the “#BBAC AU | WRITING” tag! Unfortunately I don’t have ao3 or any actual writing accounts so I just post it on tumblr!

[skittidyne]

ao3 filter meme

Tagged by: @moramewhq​

Rules: Go to your works page, expand all the filters, and answer the following questions!

1. What’s your first and second most common work ratings?

teen & up audiences (15)

mature (8)

2. What’s your most common archive warning? Least common? Do you consider yourself an adventurous writer?

Most common: No Archive Warnings Apply (23)

Least Common: lmao character death at 1 because i’m a lying liar who lies

i guess i’m adventurous, in the fact that i don’t care about sticking to certain genres or anything. but who even really knows.....

3. How many fics have you written in each relationship category? Is this more accidental, or do you have preferences?

M/M (26)

Gen (14)

F/F (3)

Multi (3)

most of my ao3 fics are haikyuu, so. well. y’know. it’s full of boys. 

4. What are your top 4 fandoms by numbers? Are you still active in any of them, and do you tend to migrate a lot?

haikyuu!! (24)

naruto (3)

magi (2) 

and pacific rim & persona series are tied at (1)

i’m not sure i migrate? if i’m in a fandom enough to write for it, then i don’t ever really leave. i’m definitely still most active in hq, though. 

5. What are your top 4 character tags? Does this match how you feel about the characters, or are you puzzled?

kuroo tetsurou (9)

kozume kenma (8)

ensemble (6)

sugawara koushi (5)

i feel like bbac should count for more in the grand scheme of things. i was puzzled by kuroo having 1 more than kenma, but i think he’s tagged in political intrigue and kenma isn’t, so oh well. don’t worry, they still get it on there. 

Bonus, the top 4 relationships I have tagged

kozume kenma/kuroo tetsurou (8)

sawamura daichi/sugawara koushi (7)

iwaizumi hajime/oikawa tooru (4)

tsukishima kei/yamaguchi tadashi (4)

thank god this list ended before we hit the naruto ships

6. What are your top 2 most used additional tags, and your bottom 2? What would happen if you combined all 4 of these into a fic?

Top Two:

fluff (4)

established relationship (3)

also at 3: character death, and a couple of aus

Bottom Two:

uhh literally everything else is tied at 2 lmao, but the list includes: werewolves, biting, smut, snowed in, and arranged marriage

i guess i REALLY don’t like committing to genre tags, huh

7. How many WIPs do you have currently running on AO3? Any you don’t plan on finishing?

seven! if we count the bbac side stories as one. 

i don’t like officially discontinuing things ever, so i dunno. 

8. Tag people!

uhhhhhhh

[skittidyne]

seraphica replied to your post “RE: BBAC Ushijima, I feel like anyone who'd willingly sacrifice...”

Still can't forgive his willingness to sacrifice anyone he could get his paws on, really, personally. Definitely don't think I'd be able to do it outright, but I'm also the kind of person who'd get focused and be in it for the long-haul. And what would the potential be when other magical beings are taken into account? Would the fae be able to sway a familiar or make it into something that no longer was a familiar?

I definitely recognize that he's strong and had plans and abilities, but thinking from what my point-of-view would be if I were withint he world (which would lack some of the knowledge of what sense he DID use), I feel like I'd still trace the ultimate blame for the situation back to him.

definitely not everything is his fault and he's not ~evil~ or whatnot, but i can't imaine how many people are going to have grudges against the dude now

also re: timelines -you can always write AUS of your AUS... in the copious amounts of free time you clearly have

if he was willing to sacrifice anyone he would have started the apocalypse months ago. he was trying to have standards - he was targeting “dangerous” spirits initially (tsukki, for example). his sense of morality is pretty skewed, granted, but at any point he was fully capable of grabbing spirits off the street and probably getting away with it. 

about other kinds of magic, though. fae would definitely have the strength to do it, but i’m not sure they’d have the finesse (same with tengu). it’s far, FAR easier to just kill the animal outright, even if familiars are generally a little sturdier than normal animals. you’d need a spellwriter and a pretty intimate working knowledge of how witch/familiar bonds work, so either someone’s best friend fae, or a spellwriter witch. (you could probably corrupt a bond given enough time & black magic to corrode it, but that would take years and something nasty would probably happen to the witch before that happened.) 

but no definitely go ahead and blame ushijima!! i definitely don’t mean to turn this into a defense post - he is the main antagonist. he’s meant to be understandable, and sympathetic to a point, but this is still 100% a result of his selfishness. not evil, no, and he tried to maintain a sense of morality throughout it, but he still did this for himself and his newfound friends really came second, if that. 

but yeah, he’s on the realm shitlist for awhile for this. i really don’t want to make a pun, but literally the only term i can think of to describe it would be a witch hunt, so... 

[skittidyne]

tagged by @lethesomething! thanks darling

1. How did you come up with your username and what does it mean?

hahaha. i’ve been stuck with “skitty” as a name since 05, but i went from “digital skitty” to “skittidyne” when i made the jump to tumblr. i wanted something that wasn’t my “professional” name, but could still be skitty-ish, and so i decided to throw some persona into the mix, because that’s how i be. 

“skitty” is a pokemon and the “-dyne” suffix is the highest tier of attack spell in the persona series. and it looked better with an i rather than a y. so i guess i’m the highest tier of skitty spell!

2. Which fanfic of yours has the most feedback? (bookmarks/subscriptions/hits/kudos).

pedestal hands down. (bbac isn’t even half as popular by any of those categories.) 

3. What is your AO3 profile icon, and why did you choose it?

it’s ryoji from persona 3! i chose it because... i love ryoji... even when i was drawing regularly, i rarely used my own art as my icons anywhere, except dA or actual art-hosting sites. 

4. Do you have any regular/favourite commenters?

oh god i know i’m going to leave people out, and I LOVE YOU ALL, but beechichi liveblogs shit to me on twitter, curiouslylazy leaves me comments longer than chapters, greatdanesandpandas leaves me amazing capslocked comments across several of my stories, haruhi02 and rd both leave AMAZING liveblog type comments on bbac, and unexpectedly but delightfully like every commenter on the kamafuta fake dating story is like, so kind and nice. (upside to writing a rarepair!) 

but i love all of my commenters and there are LOTS i’m missing here and trust me i do notice who comments regularly and across several stories ;; 

5. Is there a fanfic that you keep going back to read again and again?

ghost story, character development, sayuri, a heart swelled to bursting, settling down, the thirty-six stratagems of wáng jìngzé ... a lot of smut fics... (a lot of smut fics)

6. How many stories are you subscribed to? How many do you have bookmarked?

211 subscribed to, and 112 bookmarks on ao3! 88 bookmarks on ff.net.

7. Which AU do you find yourself writing the most?

i mean. bbac, i guess. i like things with a magical slant, but i don’t ever stick around the exact same universe for multiple stories? 

8. How many people are subscribed and bookmarked to you in total? (you can view this on the stats page)

285 subscriptions to me, idk how to check how many are bookmarked to me? can you bookmark authors on ao3? 727 subscribed & 1043 faved on ff.net though. 

9. Is there something you’d like to write about but are afraid of people judging you for it? (Feeling brave? If so, share it!)

hmm. i’d love to write a mafia/yakuza au one day, but i’m not sure i’m afraid of ppl judging me. i think i just don’t want to do that much research. i’d also love to write a sugaring au one day, if only out of PURE BITTERNESS, but that’s a lot of smut to write, and i’m afraid i’d probably start fights in the comments section. 

there’s not a lot i’m more scared of writing compared to other things, i guess. 

10. Is there anything you would like to be better at? Writing certain scenes or genres, replying to comments, updating better, etc.

commenting! leaving comments would be nice. truthfully, i’d like to work on my personal self-discipline when it comes to writing and getting things done, even though my output is pretty high imo. also, i guess romance writing. 

11. Do you write rarepairs or popular ships more often?

uhhhhhh. i never purposefully do either, and in naruto fandom i spent some time in rarepair hell, and apparently kamafuta is a fuckin rarepair so i’m again sitting in that lonely little boat, but i also tend toward more popular ships in hq fandom, at least. both? probably popular ships? 

12. How many stories have you posted on AO3 to this day (finished and unfinished)?

27 on ao3! 

13. How many stories do you have saved in/with your writing program?

uhhhhhhhhhhhhh. if we’re going to get technical about it... 

counting side story collections as 1 “story”, i got: 

61 on googledocs, 16 more on my harddrive. 

i don’t want to meet anyone’s eye right now

14. Do you write down story ideas, or just keep them in your head?

i ABSOLUTELY keep them in my head. if i start writing ANYTHING down, even if it’s notes or title ideas or character ideas, i know i’ve already lost the war, and i’m committed to writing something. 

15. Have you ever co-authored a story?

yep! oh it puts the heart in my chest on wings was with the amazing @h-lovely and where the wild things go was with the lovely @kaiyouchan!

also, technically @tarotdactyl is listed as a co-author on operation: poison tree frog, because it’s his fault, but i’m technically the one doing all of the writing for it. for some reason

16. How did you discover AO3?

i mean, i was on lj and ff.net. things migrated. i don’t remember specifically how it happened. 

17. Do you consider yourself to be a popular or famous author in your fandom(s) on AO3?

shrug emoji... i suppose i am? i think i still am in pokemon fandom, i know i’m not in naruto fandom, and i don’t even know anymore in hq fandom. (i guess only hq fandom matters on ao3)

18. Do you have a nickname or fandom name for your readers?

skittens!! 

19. Was there an author who inspired or encouraged you to write?

@avoidingavoidance and @silvercistern are #writing goals, and while she’s only just writing now herself, my mother has always been a devoted supporter of my writing. past that, it was just reader feedback that kept me goin’ onward. 

20. What writing advice would you give to a beginning author?

KEEP WITH IT. COMMIT TO YOUR IDEA. there is no such thing as a bad idea, and even “bad” ideas, if committed to, can turn into FANTASTIC stories/characters/arcs. absolutely keep going, no matter what. 

21. Do you plot out your stories, or do you just figure it out as you go?

both, haha. i’m trying to get outlines more and more these days, mostly because i guess i’m working with others and for some reason they can’t read my mind. hm. 

22. Have you ever gotten a bad comment on a story? If so, what did you do?

dude, i was in the pokemon fandom when farla was still around. 

yeah, i’ve gotten things that could be considered “flames”. i’ve accidentally started a ship war, and i’ve gotten nasty shipping-related comments on stories, too. hell, i’ve fought with readers over that sort of thing before. 

i’ve also had rude commenters, commenters who probably just didn’t know any better, and commenters who missed the point so badly i had to go scream into a pillow. it happens. 

for the most part, i try to respond to comments/reviews, because that’s how i was raised on the internet. i try to be polite and pleasant these days, but i’ll put my foot down. i try not to be rude or mean, though. 

23. Is there a certain type of scene that you have a hard time writing? (action, smut, etc..)

smut. it’s always goddamn smut. 

romance in general, though. i’m good with the emotional intimacy and casual physical intimacy, but half the time i end up with more of that between the best friend characters than the ships, so... i dunno. i’d like to be more comfortable writing romance, up to and DEFINITELY including smut. 

24. What story(s) are you working on now?

bbac, political intrigue, magical girl au, fake dating au, and a couple of random oneshots. 

25. Do you plan your next project(s) before you finish your current ongoing story(s)?

look, i ain’t happy if i’m not juggling projects. so i guess that’s a given. 

26. Do you have a daily writing goal set for yourself?

only during nanowrimo! some days, i don’t write a word, and other days, i’m easily in the thousands. i’m content with either, because i can only force it so often. 

27. Do you think you’ve improved as a writer since you first started?

absolutely. even when it feels like i’m stagnating with that dreaded 67-75% of the story completed zone, i know every word i write betters me as an author. 

28. What is your favorite story that you’ve written?

oh man, that’s so hard... mostly, that comes down less to emotion, and more to “what was easiest for me to write”... 

maybe pedestal. but maybe only because i’ve been feeling nostalgic lately, and it’s easy to love a story once it’s completed. 

29. What is your least favorite story that you’ve written?

haha i don’t want to say

30. Where do you see yourself (as a writer) in 5 years?

finishing bbac

completed trilogy & completed standalone original novels completed, probably in a new fandom, probably agonizing over yet another 500k novel fanfic

31. What is the easiest thing about writing?

momentum!! god, when you have it, EVERYTHING IS AWESOME

32. What is the hardest thing about writing?

trying to keep momentum... actually, probably, forcing yourself through a scene you KNOW has to get done and you even know what happens in it, but it’s just not happening. bleh. 

33. Why do you write?

for the attention and monetary gain (๑꒪▿꒪)* 

nah, it’s to share stories with people. i like ideas, i like turning ideas into bigger ideas, and i like people’s reactions to those ideas. it’s like friendship sharing except i don’t have to be social! <3 

i’m not tagging anyone directly but if you are an author type and like being tagged then grab this UP!

[skittidyne]

tagged by the amazing @h-lovely!

List all the things you’re currently working on in as much or little detail as you’d like, then tag some friends to see what they’re working on.

This can be writing, art, vids, gifsets!

uhhhhhh look i think we all know what i’m capable of so i’m not apologizing for what this list contains. but hey, some short snippets!

1. bbac 27: 

“Guess you can’t do anything worse to him with all of that flopping about,” Taichi reasons, and Kenjirou shoots him a dirty look. “Where’s Tendou?”

Wakatoshi lets out a particularly pained sound, and Kenjirou hastily helps him from listing to the side so much.

“Is this something your healer friend can fix?”

Wakatoshi shakes his head, just once, then his head lolls so steeply that Kenjirou is horribly worried it might just fall off his neck. He feels sick at the thought.

Instead, Wakatoshi dies, still propped upright.

Athena lets out a warbling screech.

2. political intrigue 36: 

“You’re staring,” Koushi says, gaze still out the window of the carriage, chin in hand, lips quirked just the tiniest bit to reveal his affections.

Daichi likes being one of Koushi’s affections.

“Perhaps I’m still in awe that I’m wedded to such a beautiful man,” Daichi says, half a lie, and relishing the lack of silver on his wrists.

Keiji snorts unattractively.

Daichi ignores him.

3: the will to protect 5: 

“How much of this did Shirabu make you rehearse to say to me?”

“That’s not what you said next in the script,” Terushima replies, then dares to crack a smile.

And Futakuchi smiles right back.

Everything is still raw between them, but at least they can share the couch (at opposite ends) and talk. At least Futakuchi can kind of feel human with caffeine in his system and… when was the last time he ate? He can’t taste the bagel but his stomach welcomes it.

“You have a ring?” Futakuchi asks around the lip of his cup. “Like… a magic one? I thought there weren’t any more.”

4. snowed in sinja fic: 

Ja’far accepts a horn of something strong-smelling with a benign smile.

He tries not to drink at public functions. As much as he loathes it, he and Sinbad have worked out a seamless system of passing drinks back and forth to make it seem as if Ja’far has finished whatever spirits have been given to him. Sinbad can hold his alcohol far better, and he is infuriatingly satisfied at Ja’far being the one to hand him more.

But at least a satisfied Sinbad means he is less likely to misbehave in other ways.

As the story lulls—a necklace is not as impressive to show off as a sword had been, after all—the inevitable comes up.

5. fake dating 6: 

Mai wasn’t picking up her phone.

Kenji, all things considered, thought it a little fair to show up at her house. He wasn’t thinking, sue him. Or maybe he was thinking too much. Either way, he needed someone to talk him down from homicide. Or maybe just screaming himself hoarse in the rain like a cliche movie.

Or, more likely and worse: ruining his friendship with Aone—or making things with Kamasaki impossibly worse.

6. kaga’s bnha au: 

“You said you saw Oikawa-san,” Kageyama says, awkward as all hell. Hajime looks up at him, and Kageyama automatically studies the far wall, trying too hard to seem casual. “I didn’t see him in any of the files, sir.”

“I can see that.” Oikawa Tooru is nowhere to be found in any of this. None of the photos of the hostages or the few villains captured match up. Several more got away, but no one had heard anything about any hostages taken with them. It’s possible there is more to this, things the police or heroes aren’t aware of, but a human being doesn’t simply disappear into thin air.

Twice.

But Tooru isn’t here. Hajime sees not a hair from him, including statements from other hostages. True, it’d been chaotic, and he doesn’t expect strangers to pay much attention to each other while they’re scared. (More training he’d undergone: learning to forgive civilians for being scared, for being inattentive, for being imperfect.)

Hajime sighs, pinches the bridge of his nose, and tells himself he’s too old to go through the stages of grief for a cold case six years old.

7. daisuga oneshot: 

“It’s a contrast thing,” Suga adds, smoothing both hands along Daichi’s thighs until they reach his briefs, “so maybe something like schoolgirls, except without that weird power dynamic. I really prefer thinking that I’m going to fuck my very handsome, very wholesome husband than some young girl I’d be in charge of teaching. Teaching is very unsexy, anyway, I don’t know why people are into it.”

“You’ve never seen yourself in glasses,” Daichi can’t help but reply.

“I look in mirrors. We can’t all have the burning desire to come on glasses like you do.”

“I have never once shamed you for your weird fetishes, and now you come into my house, and tell me I can’t come on my husband’s glasses—ow!” Daichi glares down at Suga again, and Suga grins against him, teeth bright against Daichi’s leg where he’s biting him. And not at all in the sexy way.

8. tequila might make kurama’s clothes fall off but yusuke and hiei sure don’t: 

“Please elaborate on that,” Kurama says, flatly.

Yusuke doesn’t give much thought to backpedaling or trying to figure out what sort of delicate demonic sensibility he might’ve offended, because well, his comment had been worded to evoke a reaction. He puts up both hands in surrender, because no one needs to get fed to flowers today.

“Don’t get your panties in a knot, I didn’t mean it like that,” Yusuke says, and Kurama’s expression doesn’t waver, though somehow it warms, just a few degrees. Yusuke wonders when he’s gotten so good at parsing out Kurama’s subtleties, but he supposes he’s always kinda been good with people. Demons, too, apparently.

(Maybe it’s just because he spends so much goddamned time staring at Kurama’s face. Probably not.)

9. kozume kenma’s guide to... something: 

“You’re moping!” Shouyou exclaims like he’s delighted by the fact that Kenma suffers from normal human emotions.

Except he doesn’t. At least not the pining, sulking, moping kind. Pining is for a far-away release date. Sulking is for when Tora calls him short. And Kenma just doesn’t mope at all.

“That one,” Kenma says, nodding down the bar to a young man with a ponytail and a lot of freckles.

“No bet,” Shouyou declares. Kenma turns to glare at him. “That’s Tadashi! He’s in my class, and he’s half-tanuki. You won’t be able to get close without him smelling all the dog on you.”

“I don’t smell like dog.”

“Do too.”

10. sugawara koushi’s guide to wearing your new girlfriend’s clothes (results may vary): 

But with two attractive people in close proximity (nevermind the way they’re both dressed; while off-duty, Akaashi prefers to dress like he’s just come from the world’s most fashionable funeral), the other patrons aren’t quite so skittish, and Akaashi is soon accosted again.

This time, it’s by a man with the ears and tails (two, both very happy) of a dog, and Suga bursts into giggles at how fast his tails are wagging. She can’t quite hear what he’s saying because of the music, but she can guess: Oh, you are the most beautiful dog person I’ve ever seen, I don’t care if you’re a werewolf, please do me the honor of stepping on me tonight and let’s howl at the moon together.

Judging on Akaashi’s tightening grip, Suga may have been narrating that aloud.

The stranger doggy man steps closer, and Suga’s best friend wolfy man steps back. Suga steps back twice to give them space, then decides it’s for her best interest to stop teasing Akaashi and maybe find another attractive stranger as company for the evening.

She gets two more steps before Akaashi tugs her back, this time sending her stumbling. It’s a good excuse for Akaashi to turn away from the man hitting on him. Unfortunately, even in flats, Suga is far from stable, and she not only manages to stumble into someone else, but she pulls Akaashi along with her.

The resulting domino chain catches nearly half a dozen people.

[skittidyne]

8 and 9 for the fanfic ask meme!

8. Is there a story idea in your mental vault that you’ve never been brave enough to try writing? Is 2018 the year?

i’ve always wanted to write a mafia or yakuza au. i adore reading them and just... shoulder holsters everywhere. i’d also love trying my hand at a heist au sometime, but that’s a far lesser desire. i don’t think i’ll try my hand at either of those this year... but there might be a magi yakuza au floating around in my brainspace...

9. Short term goals… what do you hope to complete this week or in January?

hmm... i’d really like to finish the next bbac chapter, but i’m not sure enough of that to actually call it a “goal”. finishing chapter 4 of the will to protect would be great tho! also, add more to my political intrigue buffer, i suppose. figure out what the hell i’m doing with hell or high water. 

[skittidyne]

3 and 5 for the new year fic asks!

3. Do you anticipate writing for a new fandom in 2018? Which one?

i have to write 2 fics for bnha (plus an au premise of it), so that. i’m just going to be staying 4732035389 feet away from the fandom as i do so. 

5. Which WIP is first on your list to complete this year? Will you post a snippet?

IT’S STILL BBAC. or well i guess political intrigue side stories. have a snippet from one of those instead. 

When the summer is hottest, Tetsurou sees the Queen again. 

She’s still pretty and she’s still finely dressed. She’s still flanked by many attendants, and that man with streaked hair and too much laughter is still there, too. Tetsurou does not see her son until the second day, however. 

He’s grown, losing some of the roundness to his face, but he’s still healthy and well-fed and everything Tetsurou has lost in his brother. He has another expensive circlet on his hair, gold standing out bright against the blackness. Tetsurou knows how much that’s worth, now. 

Again, the kid makes a break for it as soon as his mother’s back is turned. 

It seems the past year has made him a little more clever, however, since he does not go for the nearest guard dog, but darts for the nearest alleyway. There are two turns to that one, but it leads to a dead end, unless you backtrack past one of the corners and hop a fence. 

Tetsurou ambles in the direction of the alleyway while the Queen shrieks about her missing son. She rounds on her own guard first. “Koutarou, you’re supposed to be watching him!” 

“Sorry, but he’s got more royal blood than you, and he’s learned he can order me around,” he admits, trying not to seem like he’s laughing. 

“Don’t listen to the orders of a boy!”