#bribe the crows

[galaxywarp]

I think it’s really, really funny how often Rick creates self aware AI but he allows them to have free will and pretty much the first thing they decide is that they fucking hate him and want to cause problems.

And yet. He just keeps on making more asshole AI with free will.

[thecrowsnestp5]

roomies 💫

[aunti-christ-ine]

[23rdhunter]

[hollowfaith]

「✶」 This time the favor of flight comes from an unlikely ally. Aurelius has decided to hitchhike with a crow, and the small plushie's collar dangles between the bird's beak as it carries him high and still higher until they reach the realms of the Sky-Strewn Isles.

This is troubling—he hasn't considered wresting one of his cotton selves from a setting where all powers were unlocked. Negotiations would have to be done carefully.

When the bird makes a beeline for a certain island where the chittering of monkeys grow louder, Aurelius's feelings grow mixed. There is relief—at the memory of a peaceful meeting last time—and concern, for the impulsive nature of Wukong's subjects even when he was full size.

He scans the crowd below for one dressed in familiar garb, hopeful that Wukong wasn't out for the day.

giant challenge starter @sunsage ໒꒱

[worldwide-blackfolk]

[crow-posting]

In honor of my delusional theories about next season:

Ahamcatra ghost

[forestofforever]

It's funny, because when you think of which one of my muses would be the most protective, the most willing to put themselves in danger for someone else, you would probably think of Etienne or Wester.

And you'd be wrong, because it is Sylvester, 100%. Sylvester is willing to lose all his morals and to put himself in serious danger for others if he feels in any way connected to them. He loses any sense of self preservation in that moment, he's willing to go too far, if the situation asks for it.

[puppierock]

I have collected each pop tabs

Time to summon @loud-trash-arcade

[authorkims]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/09/04/ginni-clarence-thomas-ethics-court-jan6/

[sucka99]

[filosofablogger]

Get Ready To Growl ...

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been in the news quite a bit lately for his apparent taking of bribes by wealthy businessmen, most notably Harlan Crow, but others as well.  You’re likely to hear even more about him in the coming days, as ProPublica published an article today that should make you growl. First off, though, let it be noted that Clarence Thomas’ net worth is…

[psin314]

kicking my feet.. in the were wyvern crow spite au.. does he allways look that way or is it a spite influence thing.. how does it play out with the rest of the dellamortes and veilguard seeing that ?

still wip but i have something.

it was interesting to think how the quest (bloodbath) would work here. illario was caught off guard and didn't expect lucanis to turn into... this. so rook had to do something and quickly, because Illario didn't fight back well and his head was about to be chewed off. so rook stabbed the wyvern in the thigh and provoked it to attack him instead. he didn't run far - spite pinned him to a column and now wanted to bite his face off. rook tried to get through to spite and he almost succeeded, but illario came to his senses and stopped spite with his blood magic stuff. he said the same thing and left. fucker.

transformation scheme!! when spite is angry and wants to talk to rook, but lucanis has the strength to resist, he shifts into a humanoid crow-wyvern-like creature. they share the body and sometimes spite can do and say things, but basically everything is under lucanis' control. if luсanis has no strength to resist - a wyvern. if spite calms down, then feathers and everything else slowly disappears within half an hour or two. and when spite gets furious and lucanis can't resist it, he instantly turns into a full wyvern. the transformation is uhh unpleasant, with crunching bones and groans of pain, i won’t draw that. although... who knows. 🗿🗿🗿🗿🚬🚬 wyvern spite won't just turn back into lucanis. he either has to get bored (which is unlikely) and lucanis turns back into his usual self, or rook has to convince spite or bribe him with coffee beans - then it's quite possible.

i haven’t thought about other people’s reactions yet. but I don't think it will be positive. 💀💀💀✋ but rook genuinely wants to help lucanis and won't give up on him. cus he likesss himmmm

+more visible size as a bonus

[mediumgayitalian]

"What was that for?"

He is warm, and soft, and he smells good.

And when Nico catches him by surprise, he touches the tips of his fingers to the swell of his lips, eyes wide, freckles blinking like stars.

Nico hides a smile, rocking back on his heels.

"No reason."

"Not that I am complaining," Will hastens to explain, "uh, I loved it, actually, I just -- I am kind of gross? I was gonna go run to take a shower before I woke you and --"

Nico leans over and kisses him again. From this angle he can -- the sand pit for volleyball is just slightly lower than the bleachers, and if Nico stands on the second step, he can just...lean over. Will's lips are right there, even if it is more a press of mouths than a kiss with Will's rambling.

It stops, though, when Nico kisses him. He clams up and kisses back like he's afraid Nico is going to stop.

"Was that one just 'cause, too?" he says, when Nico lets up. Nico pulls away and notices that he is breathless. That could be the game he just played.

It could also be the little tinge of red around his cheekbones -- barely, really, anything -- and the way he darts his eyes between Nico's mouth and his eyes. Experimentally, Nico leans slightly forward. Immediately, Will closes his mouth, then his eyes, waiting.

Nico waits, too, grinning. When Will cracks one confused eye open he cannot help but laugh, and Will shoves him, scowling.

"You're teasing me," he accuses.

Nico quiets his mirth in his hands.

"A little."

"You're mean."

"Mhm. A little."

He leans forward, again, past the threshold of middle ground between them. This time Will waits, evaluating, pout on his bitten-red lips. He narrows his Carolina-blue eyes and Nico takes the time to watch them, to memorize them. He thinks of brilliant butterfly wings and fire. He thinks of afternoon skies. He thinks of shallow, splashing lakes, of robin eggs and icebergs. Of scorpions and scales and flower petals. He thinks long enough for Will to believe him, again, to fall for it; he thinks he could get away with making him wait, again, but finds he doesn't want to.

"You taste like strawberry," Will mumbles, and presses himself closer, "the candy kind."

Nico smiles against his mouth. A bribe, of sorts. Will's tongue licks along the seem of his lips, determined to taste more. Nico allows it and slides his hands up his belly in his distraction, resting on his chest. He swears he can feel when his skin gives way to dark ink, long-healed as it is. There is less of a buzz.

Will pulls away, slightly, although there isn't much to go.

"I'm supposed to -- get ready."

"Mhm." Nico kisses him again. He resists, or he tries to. Nico hovers, for a moment, candy breath and all, and he cracks in second. "What was it you had to do, again?"

"I --" Nico swipes his thumb along the line of his ribs, featherlight, and he twitches, trembles; "I --"

He is so easy. It is like he has buttons red and tantalizing for Nico to press, and his impulse control has never been good. Nico memorized them ages ago, and uses them at his leisure; Twizzlers, before a game, dipping his hands in ice water so they're cooler than usual. A fingernail against his ribcage, a flat palm on the heart of his tattoo. A little bit of height, and the promise of a kiss, of the end of one.

Like a detonator.

"Don't stop," Will sighs, forgetting. Nico can almost see the list of responsibilities float from his brain, wrapping around Nico's head like laurels. He curls his fists to avoid the crow of victory bubbling in his throat, wrapping his hands in strands of Will's hair -- another button.

He tugs.

Will whimpers.

Easy.

"Won't," Nico promises, and kisses him again.

[mangooes]

Crowccery shopping (crow- and grocerry)

(Name) never thought she’d see the day Sylus Qin, the head of Onychinus, a wanted criminal, and her husband, would be pushing a grocery cart through a supermarket aisle.

Yet here they were.

She watched as her intimidating, crimson-eyed husband, dressed in a grey sweater she got for him for his birthday, stood staring in deep concentration at a shelf of basic cooking materials—as if they were plotting against him.

"Sweetie, this is unnecessary."

"No, Sylus, this is very necessary." She huffed as she dragged her husband—the most feared man in the N109 zone—through the regular grocery store.

Sylus, already exasperated, sighed as he adjusted his watch, his crimson eyes scanning the brightly lit aisles like it was foreign territory.

"I could have everything delivered in under ten minutes. Why must we do this the hard way?"

She shot him a look as she grabbed a shopping cart. "Because, Sysy, grocery shopping is an experience. You can’t just—oh my god, stop glaring at the cashier! He looks terrified."

Sylus, who had just been staring down a poor 19-year-old clerk, lazily turned back to his beloved. "I wasn’t glaring...I was just looking around."

She sighed in resign, as she rolled her eyes and thrust the shopping list into his hands.

"If you’re going to be a bit adventurous today, at least be useful. Read the list for me."

Sylus glanced at the paper once before promptly folding it and putting it in his pocket.

"Sylus!"

"I memorized it." he said simply. "Come along, sweetie. Let’s get this over with."

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Sylus barely glanced at her. "Which one do you like, sweetie?"

"I don’t care. Anything that suits your taste I guess I'll manage."

He hummed thoughtfully before grabbing five different coffee brands and dumping them all into the cart.

(Name) stared. "...Did you just buy the entire selection?"

Sylus gave her a lazy smirk. "I like having options for my wife."

"That’s not how grocery shopping works!" she huffed.

But, of course, Sylus had no idea how grocery shopping worked.

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By the time they reached the produce section, (Name) was mentally exhausted from stopping him, from impulsively buying things they didn’t need.

At one point, he had tried to bribe a worker into selling him an entire shipment of scallops.

At another, he had casually threatened a man who had reached for the same glass of wine as him.

"Sylus, we are not starting a supermarket turf war."

"Whos starting a war, sweetie?"

Now, as She carefully picked out fresh vegetables, she suddenly felt strong arms wrap around her from behind.

"Mmh… can we go home yet?" Sylus nuzzled into her neck, his deep voice laced with lazy affection.

"No," she said firmly, elbowing him away. "I need to actually buy things, unlike you and your five boxes of scallops."

Sylus exhaled dramatically. "But shopping is boring, kitten." He leaned closer, his lips brushing against her ear. "Wouldn’t you rather be doing something more… entertaining?”

She shoved a bag of chilis into his hands. "You can entertain yourself by carrying these."

Sylus stared at the bag as if she had personally offended him.

(Name) smirked. "What? You run a whole organization, but a bag of chillis is too much?"

Sylus squinted at her and sighed dramaticly. "...I hate you."

"Love you too, husband."

———

By the time they reached checkout, the cashier visibly hesitated when they saw Sylus, probably wondering why a notoriously intimidating man was standing in line at a grocery store, holding a bag of chillis with a look that could kill...

Meanwhile, (Name) simply hummed cheerfully as she placed items on the counter.

Sylus leaned in, whispering darkly, "Sweetie, next time, let’s just buy the whole store."

(Name) kicked him on the ankle.

IM ALIVEEEEE i have my exam week going on rn so i can't update much everyday but hey, grocery shopping w sylus <3 anyways i think he dislikes anything spicy...i believe LMAOO

[bluewolfangel01]

Favorite Parent Challenge with Lucifer, Mammon, Levi, & Satan

(If you don't know, it's basically a challenge to see who the pet's favored human is)

-Lucifer-

Done with Cerberus

Cerberus is very confused when Mc and Lucifer walk in different directions while he stays

Each head looks from left to right, unable to understand what he's supposed to be doing or even who to go to

He begins to whine

Mc gets a bit closer to comfort Cerberus, reaching their hands out to offer pets

Only then does Cerberus decide to move

Lucifer: "I don't think it counts if you bribe him"

Mc: *doing their best to pet all 3 heads* "Well he doesn't seem to mind, do ya boy?"

Cerberus: *tail wagging very fast, looking very happy*

Mc: "If you want, I could give you some pets later tonight~ seeing as you seem a bit jealous."

Lucifer: "Well I'm not jealous, but I'll happily accept your offer."

-Mammon-

Done with a few crows familiars

The crows look between the opposite directions where Mammon and Mc went

The crows stay where they are for a few moments

It almost seems like they'll never move

Then they fly and land at Mc's feet

One crow even lands on Mc's shoulder

Mc proceeds to give the crow that landed on their shoulder, some scratches

Mammon: *walks towards Mc* "They're my familiars, why do they go to ya?!"

Mc: "Aw dont feel so bad, haven't you ever heard that pets copy the personality of their people?"

Mammon: "Yeah. So?"

Mc: "So that means that they only went to me 'cause you love me so much."

Mammon: "Gah... silly human."

Mc: *grabs Mammon's jacket collar* "Tsundere demon." *gives him a smooch*

-Levi-

Done with Henry 2.0

Levi and Mc stand on opposite side of Henry 2.0's tank, rather then walking in different directions

The small fish doesn't swim to either side

He kinda just floats for a moment before lazily swimming around the fish bowl

It's clear that Henry 2.0 doesn't understand the challenge

That or he just doesn't care

Mc: Well, I don't know what we were expecting, but that result seems about right.

Levi: Why did we decide to do this again?

Mc: The new co-op game we've been playing is getting updated so the servers are down and for the memes.

Levi: ...

Levi: For the memes.

-Satan-

Done with a few stray cats

Satan and Mc sit a few feet away from each other outside the H.O.L

They both agreed to have no items or smells that could possibly draw in the cats

They both sit there for awhile while waiting for the strays to show up and pick one of them

Suprise, suprise the strays end up going towards Mc

Satan: "They almost never come to me, it's like they hate me."

Mc: "Aw, don't say that, they don't hate you."

Mc: *Picks up and holds Kuro in front of Satan's face, who meows cutely* "See, Kuro likes you~"

Satan: *smiles and lowers head in defeat* You...~"