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sylvies-chen · 1 year ago

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I have no real feelings towards izzy hands. I do not hate him, I do not feel particular adoration for him, I’ve always felt neutral about him but I do appreciate izzy for what he is. but boy do I have some takes on him! and though I’ve refrained from speaking my mind I’ve learned that the hate mail will come anyway so fuck it, I’m doing a meta. please, if you feel very passionately about izzy on either side of the spectrum, please do not read this. this is a singular person’s interpretation of things, it means absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of the world so please just be respectful. ok let’s do it:

*takes deep breath* *taps the mic*

to me, izzy hands is/was an antagonist not because of any internalized homophobia that may or may not be there but because the world of piracy has adopted its own system and practice of hegemonic masculinity.

hegemonic masculinity is the practice of the dominance of men— or, certain kinds of men— in society, so women and other marginalized ways of being a man are subordinated (i.e. queer men, trans men, disabled men, fem men). our flag means death does a great job of establishing two very different worlds and their takes on hegemonic masculinity: high society, and piracy. in high society, whiteness and wealth are two main pillars of masculinity. men are allowed to exhibit more feminine behaviour or attire such as ornate and colourful clothing, wigs, bows, tights, makeup, etc. because they are displays of social status and material wealth. in the world of piracy, however, those things aren’t exactly possible. violence is the real currency and the main tool in constructing the toxic masculine hierarchy. their attire has to be intimidating and express a capacity for violence. toxic masculinity is also established and formed through a sort of stoicism/being emotionally closed off, intimidation, power, deception, and fear.

ed has mastered how to perform fear and masculinity all too well over the years, but he also hasn’t been happy whatsoever in that role so when he discovers stede, he finds stede’s attitude refreshing and transformative.

season 1 izzy is different. season 1 izzy has thrived within the pirating world by adhering to the standards of hegemonic masculinity and does not see any problem with it. he enjoys the existence of a hierarchy and, though he dreams of being captain/top dog, still thoroughly adored (past tense now, though I originally wrote this before the teaser clip came out) being servile to edward. this sort of devotion does come from a place of being in love with ed. he does not have a problem with that, nor does he have a problem with the fact that men love other men. if it were up to izzy, gayness/homosexuality would be integrated as an acceptable characteristic of hegemonic masculinity.

but stede does not want that. he questions why patriarchal society has dictated that men not, under any circumstance, display their creativity, their emotion, vulnerability, hopes, dreams, or fears in front of each other. he questions why men have been taught to bottle things up, and why they aren’t more kind to one another. he actively works to dismantle toxic/hegemonic masculine standards within his own crew and season 1 izzy hates that. he sees those as the qualities of someone weak, soft, and effeminate. he wants to have queerness subscribe to the qualities of toxic masculinity that have been enforced upon him which is why his main beefs have been with lucius and stede, who are the most “feminine” and open gay men on the ship (stede being emotionally open in izzy’s eyes at least, and lucius being sexually open/vocally open and indifferent to authority). that’s why he uses lucius’s flirtatiousness and “promiscuity” as blackmail, and not his actual gayness. his problem has to do with his version of masculinity. he sees lucius and stede’s ways of being a man as worthy of subordination.

and yes, that is bad and he needs to work to unpack all that shit. but you can see through his comments in the trailer about piracy fostering a sense of belonging, through the teaser clip of him crying in front of others, through the unhealthy dynamic he finds himself in with ed where he pushed a button that he didn’t realize was going to set off a bomb in ed (metaphorically speaking), that he is starting to unpack it, and is learning the hard way (through much sympathizable suffering) that this system benefits no one, not even him. it harms him, in fact. his loyalty to a standard of masculinity that is so unobtainable, to a system that is not built in anyone’s favour, and one that makes him the losing dog every time, is starting to crack!! we can see him learn to develop a form of masculine self-expression without any of the toxic qualities that made him so wound up as before, and instead allow healthy masculinity to co-exist with a culture of acceptance and queer community!!! but his antagonism in season 1 doesn’t mean he’s homophobic per se, it just made him gender normative and annoying.

#I swear I have never been more nervous posting something #be normal about this one okay? cause someone *cough cough nonny in my inbox cough cough* wasn’t #my thoughts #izzy hands #ofmd #our flag means death #stede bonnet

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rockintapper · 7 months ago

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the um

te sec2ond one, the thi3rd one

ok so basically i say whar i think about rhythm heavem chatacters. starting with Tengoku brcuase why nawt

readmore ebcuase this posr long as hell!!!!! please work this time

karate joe: hi kasper the he <3 i wana hug him,

hair vegetables: what Thr fcuk

sarge: idk. attention march

squadmates: petar

air batter AIRBATTERR 💕💞💕💞💕💕💞💕💞💕💕💞💕💞💕💞💞💕💞

space umpire: perpetual smiler

the clappy trio: your sequel stinks!!!! /sillay i love your wigs

sneaky spirits: get bow and arrow'd l plud ratio /j

samurai steve: hi sage hes really cool actual6 #chilling

yokai (the thingies the samurai slices): pe uliar little cratures. up to no good

rats: thr cheese

ms. whiskers: THE FIRST CAT EVER!!!!!!!!!!!

sick beats doctor/dr. cutlery: hes vibing ong. why do you hsve an endless game

thr viruses: leav that litlle guy alone >:(!!!!!!!

yellow organism (sick beats): little guye :) dj yelo

the donpans: theyre all dating your honor

yagura-chan: spiteful luttle child i love her. may she grow up and pan

mahou tsukai: hi rocket The WIZARB!!!! magic autism

ojou-chan: flowers autism

the monster (wizard's waltz): STOP EATING MY PLANTS

pengiuns (showtime): yhe dillays i love them they deerve the worl

monkey (showtime): i just read about him. gonna make him explode now

rabbit: boing boing boing boing boing b

tram and pauline/poline: hi cheese THE FOXES the foxes ever hth foxes ever the

space gramps: i widh he was my grangpa 💔 /j

space dancers: pa-pa-pa-PUNCH! put some respect on my boys plea

q maou: AAGH. AAH. AAHHG. AG

contestant: hi 56 hes. hes jist like me frfr /hj

play-yan: hi sunny i really liek. his uh level. minigame. wharever it s called its like. really calming. unless im Going for a Perfect!

mini chounin (power caligraphy): the dancing dancers

akai mono (polyrhythm): i uh. i dont have anything about these thangs. what

RAPMEN: YO. SANJI DESUKA

urakata aki to ki (bouncy road): my children. i love them. i would Kill for th

spheroids (bouncy road): you have a page? on the rh wiki? what?

ninja and the lord (ninja no shison/ninja bodyguard): augh

toss boys: hi ninety The toss bous. they hehheeh3he hugs ao-kun

yuka: YIPPR YIPEEE YIPEE YIPEEEE YIPEEEOEIRIRJ HI T YUKAIEJEBE ^_^ totally isnt dating a tall tapper shes totally not dating a tall ta /lie

giraffe: dont fucking look at me like that

tanaka (ninja reincarnate): AAHHHHHAHAHAEHRHDSHSHEHD /VPOS I LOVE HIM IDK WHERE THIS LOVE FOR HIM CAME FROM BUT I LOVR HIM

kanojo: ypure in good hands. mostly. (cant get the fast part of ninja reincarnate)

waru mono (ninja reincarnate): w,,ario?? w

soshiSOSHIIIIIIII SSOHIIIIII SOSIIOOII SOSHIII EOSBSISI SHSOHSHSIJSSOSHUSII SHSOOSIUSHISJS SOOHSIIII SOSHIII SSOSHISJEOWSHIWJEOWJWJSJSSJEJESK SOSHSISB SSOSHHS

cosmic girl: Rude™ (/hc). may also be the commander in amrching oerders 2,

cosmic dancers: space dancers HATE THEM! /silly

TH RAPP WOEMNEKENENNE kan sbejebdjeTHR RPA WOMRN THEJEBR YURIIIIIIIII JRIIII YUEIII YUIII!!! YHRIIII hi cheese

MAN-K: mN i lovr him hes so cool dud e whaha

biribiriuo (night walk 2): STOP ELECTROCUTING PLAY YAN 💔💔💔💔

usamimi maki sensei: i love the face she makes whe n i press a button too earlu/late. may also be cosmic girl

space rabbits: ive seen you in waroiware.... pets yu

buta-san (tengoku remix 7): pigy :]

barista: i hc his voice is jasmine wright's from the rh iceberg

people at the café: only (canon) black person in the entire series helooo

neko machine: meow. meow. meow.meow owah owah mah? mah? o-mah? m

honse machien: wha,

love-san: suki (cheering)

mr. upbeat: hi tomano tucking him in giving him a goodnight kiss and a glass of milk <3

mannequin; i wonder what game yoyll be in the futue

anata: hi 56 i love his goofy ass smile go girl give us everything

drum girls: wait whered they come fro

samurai drummer: no way. it Tsunk

samurai drummer's band: i did not know you existed hello??

oba-chan: protect. protect. protect.

pwner: Kill. Kill. Kill Kill. Kill. Kill. Ki

producer: who tf are you? what? wait lemme rrad about yo7 furst

im back. music autism

ok thats all the characters in rhythm tengok!!! thanks for Did yiu read all of tjis? zamn!! congrats dude /gn

#long post #rhythm tengoku #rhythm heaven

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piracytheorist · 1 year ago

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OKAY

I think it says a lot about my job that I was able to concentrate on it today and completely forget we GOT TRAILER

It was a mistake to check tumblr first thing in the morning, before I even got out of bed, but in my defense, I didn't expect it would drop at such a day and time! But anyway I did jump off of bed, turned on my laptop and recorded my face as I watched it. I needed to have that memorized XD

So, spoilers about the trailer below, and my own predictions about what each scene could be for! Reminder that I'm anime only, but have read the chapter that the first episode (probably) is based on, so for the most part I know what's going on, but for the rest I'm very much NOT aware :D Don't spoil me please :D

FAKE FAMBLY IS BACK

Manipulative Anya at her best! We love our gremlin!

Oh he's looking good :D

I fucking love this image. Look at Twilight pouting in the background. He doesn't understand why a child finds news boring.

WE GOT BLOOD WE GOT THORN PRINCESS IN ACTION LET'S GOOOOO

your honour I love him. Why does he look like he's ready to cry!

Ok from a first hearing the OP song sounds super cool. I feel like it's got "Mixed Nuts" vibes and I love it! I gotta look it up later!

Jeez Loid. Woman just woke up. Is that how he honeypoted all of his other missions?

Yor having a meltdown in the foreground and Anya being cute waking up in the background <3 I love my fake fambly <3

... okay. That's how his honeypots worked.

Yellow roses, if I'm correct, symbolize friendship. Interesting.

This is going to be a disaster and I cannot wait. Also I'm spotting Anya and Franky doing a horrible job at hiding in the left pic XD

My heart skipped a beat when I heard Anya's voice say "Moja-Moja" :')

Very sneaky. Much hiding. Wow. There's no way Franky thought this was working XD

The way all of this could have been solved with a "I tripped down the stairs and fell on my butt and now it hurts to sit" but hey we're getting a funny date how can I ask for more

Also the way Yor says that line my god

I am so ready for more Yor you have no idea

I gotta say, showing this moment is perfect for anime-onlies who haven't actually read this specific chapter. Loid just looks worried and Yor looks enraged. So many feelings for this episode XD

Are those macarons? What were the fucking chances that yesterday I went like "Next morning I'm gonna pass by that bakery that makes macarons". I haven't had macarons in years, yet I see one (1) advertisement about that bakery and its macarons and I go like yeah why not. Macarons. And now this. The fuck.

GREMLIN ANYA IS BACK

Honestly, her face in official merch is always a :D face with an almost unnaturally big smile all the time that I've missed her silly little face.

AH I WAS SENT THAT AS A MANGA SCREENSHOT!

Are those playing cards she's throwing? And is she reading someone's mind? I don't even care if she's cheating, good for you girl

Yeah, buddy, welcome to the real world.

I remember that line from the end of the bullet-in-butt date chapter, and I gotta admit I don't really like it... but the way Eguchi delivers it makes me think he's not like "Women amirite" but more like "All my years of training did not prepare me for how people are like in their day to day lives because spy training has skewed my perception of day to day 'normal'" and that's perfectly valid.

But also what the fuck is happening here. What is that cat. Why is Yor about to Thorn-Princess it. What.

So Anya goes on a studying rampage, fails, and ends up crying on her penguin?

This only made me sad, what the fuck. It looks like Loid and Yor are looking at her failing grades, and Anya is disappointed in herself. I will don my clown wig again and say "If Loid doesn't go and reassure her so help me GOD"

I... don't like the ending theme song. But that's mostly a matter of taste, I guess.

Aw.

They dare throw this to anime onlies when they know we won't get romantic canon twiyor content until three to five business years from now at least

The assassin group... I'm supposing he means the one Yor works for? How long does "for a while now" mean? Wasn't Yor working for them since she was a teenager caring for Yuri?

In any case, wow that's a very intense visual.

omg omg omg

from the colour and the angle this looks like a vision Bond has. Loid and Yor are smiling and blushing but why does it make me feel sad!!

I don't know if it's because of what is said in that moment (they look like unrelated scenes since the line is being said by a woman who I'm guessing is a fellow assassin working with Yor or something) but then there's this

And we just don't see Yor like that often, if at all in the anime so far.

What is Franky wearing? It looks like a military jacket or something. I wonder if that's just stylistic choice or it's something more important.

*snorts laugh*

Gotta admit, from a few tidbits here and there it looks like Twilight is finally gaining some more understanding of himself and his situation... but the way he says that just makes me think that realization makes him more concerned than anything else.

So I can say with conviction this did fix something in me. Though I guess the first episode will be the bullet-in-butt date, so it will take me another week to go into new territory. But! Bullet-in-butt date in 12 days! And new cool stuff to look for later on! I'm so happy!

(Again, I don't want spoilers for any of these. Just let me have my fun speculating :D)

screenshots taken from the unofficially subtitled trailer here!

#sxf

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eleni-cherie · 2 years ago

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among thieves ✨ || bts • pjm

- chapter 1.4

"what even am I to you? your rival, your lover, an obstacle or am I supposed to be your coffin?"

about two thieves who can't live with nor without each other. and a joint past that comes back to threaten them.

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masterlist: here

— genre: thief au, gangster comedy, adventure, romcom, humour, angst, fluff, very flirty jimin, friends/rivals/exes to lovers (it's complicated, ok?!) f2l e2l ex2l all members play a role in this story!

ALTERNATIVE UNIVERSE. CHARACTERS NOT NECESSARILY LIKE THE REAL PERSONS. ALSO VERY UNREALISTIC PLOT LOL - JUST PRETEND READING A MANGA/COMIC OR WATCHING A FILM, REALLY.

SUGGESTIVE THEMES. MENTIONS OF VIOLENCE & BLOOD (BUT NOTHING TOO GRAPHIC, IT'S STILL A COMEDY!)

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Monaco

Monte Carlo, the biggest district of Manaco, had always been infamous for its luxurious casinos. An international byword for the extravagant display and reckless dispersal of wealth. So naturally it seemed like the easiest spot to get money without having to steal it. Of course, some would still consider it stealing the methods Jimin, Taehyung, Yoongi and Arabella tended to win at them, but it was far less time-consuming with less planning involved than actual burglaries.

It was early evening, the sun having almost set beyond the horizon and adding reddish shades to the blue sky when Arabella stepped into the palast-like building of the Casino of Monte Carlo. The golden main hall designed like hall of Versailles with tourists and even some famous figures, all dressed-up, strolling through the different parts.

Her long silver-shining gown was flowing along with her every move as she gracefully walked over the marble tiles to the security check, followed by an unimpressed Yoongi who was trotting behind her in a smoking and gelled back hair.

"Remember, nothing over 50k," his said in a hushed voice behind her, making her roll her eyes. "Please, I know. I'm not a noob." She only heard him laugh under his breath, but chose to ignore his sarcastic response.

All four of them had agreed to only win up to 50,000 euros, while pretending losing a bit here and there in between, not to gain any unwanted attention from the security. She had already counted ten guards around the tables when peeking into Salle Europe.

While her and the swordsman would conduct their plan there, Taehyung and Jimin would apply the same method in another casino, the Casino Café de Paris. Striking at two places at the same time would gain them more win in a shorter time. A brilliant plan.

"Try staying out of their radar, though," Yoongi said then with an arched brow, adjusting his tie. Unable to prevent himself from adding, "I know, it's not always easy for you." He gave her dress a brief glance before focusing back on his tie.

He was referring to her already gaining quite the attention and looks, which she'd already noticed from the moment of entering but simply brushed off. Her ego enjoying it more than anything, although she als knew that this kind of attention wasn't always helpful during heists.

"I promise I'll try my best." She swung one end of the silk stole that was slung around her arms, over her shoulder. Turning around, she faced him with a smirk. Taking the tie from his hands and adjusting it herself. "Will you be alright, though?"

He frowned puzzled. "I know how to stay unseen contrary to some others." "But in case not? You can defend yourself without your precious little sword?"

It was true that he hadn't been the happiest about having to leave his sword in the hotel room as weapons were obviously forbidden in places like this and in order to disguise it as a cane, he'd have had to disguise himself, too. Which he didn't feel like doing tonight, the previous evenings were enough. It got way too hot under those masks and wigs and he just loathed it.

"I'll be fine, don't worry. I don't need it to defend myself." Arabella giggled, turning back around. "Surely hope so." After the employees checked her and Yoongi's perfectly-made fake ID's and exchanged their money into two cases full of chips, Arabella side-eyed the roulette tables in the middle of the grande hall. They were placed between lavish surroundings with sculptures, bas-reliefs and eight Bohemian crystal chandeliers decorating the hall as the players around them were holding their breath in anticipation.

"Fine, see ya later then," she waved then, not waiting for his reply and instead headed straight to the british roulette table.

There were two empty seats ans she took one of them. Seeing one of the older ladies with her diamonds scrunching her nose when seeing Arabella's absurdly deep décoleté before shooting her husband, who was looking at it for a bit longer than necessary, a dead glare.

Arabella bit back a content smile. What Yoongi hadn't considered was that this appearance might not be unobtrusive, however, it surely could distract some people enough to let her slide with things.

She took out 10,000 in chips, stacking them neatly on the table in front of her and got comfortable in the seat while purposely letting her stole slide down a little.

The coupier asked for everyone to place their bets and she took a 1,000 chip between her fingers. Sliding it to her favourite number 13 black with a smirk.

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At the same time a few streets further away in the Casino Café de Paris, Jimin and Taehyung entered in their black smokings the dazingly flashing room. Bright blinking slot machines lining up gainst the walls and middle corridors.

They passed by the obnoxiously loud winning melodies triggered by celebrating tourists who had won a few hundred euros and made their way to the back area where the card tables were located at.

"Man, how did I lose at rock-paper-scissors again?" Jimin whined for the twentieth time that eveving, dodging a drunk guy who was swaying far too much in his seat. "You do suck at it," Taehyung chuckled, patting his slouching shoulder, "But stop complaining. Otherwise I might think you don't like spending time alone with me."

It was true, every evening Jimin lost the only game he couldn't manipulate, despite being a professional in reading people's behaviour. Not with three others who knew how to manipulate the game as well, at least. And every evening he had to see Arabella go heisting with one of his friends instead of him.

Much to his chagrin, as if she did it on purpose to punish him and let him suffer just a bit longer. She might've forgiven him, but she could still be a quite resentful person.

"Sorry, I'll stop moping around," he mumbled then, realising he was acting childish again. His eyes wandered to the room at the far back with the poker tables and Taehyung followed close behind until a souvenir shop between the two areas caught his attention. There were several racks filled with postcards, all from different sights and famous places around town. Even from this casino and the one Yoongi and Arabella were in.

He picked up one of the cards, looking at it pensively. It had the famous view of Monaco's blue coastline in front of the town, with the mountains in the background.

"You think of sending her one?" Startled, he blinked and quickly placed it back before looking over his shoulder to see Jimin smiling at him. "I liked that one, you should send it to her."

Taehyung sighed, glancing at the card on the stack again. His irises lingering on it for a moment. Of course Jimin had figured him out. "I.. I don't know if I should." "Didn't she tell you not to disappear from the scene again?" his friend pointed out with a raised brow. "That'd be a perfect sign that you're actually keeping your promise." Pursing his lips, the taller man looked at the postcard again.

He knew Jimin was right. And he knew how happy Cassandra would be about a postcard, continuing their tradition from when they'd been together years ago.

Back then he'd always sent her postcards from each of their locations along with a list of films shot or playing there. It'd started off as a way to satisfy her curiosity and desire to travel along with teasing her for her love of heist films, but then it'd developed to their own inside joke and tradition.

It'd been his way of showing that he was thinking of her, wherever in the world he was. And he was still surprised to find out that she'd kept them, all of them, even after their relationship had ended. It moved him that even one and a half years later, she still had them. Only now they had been stored in a box under her bed instead of decorating her walls. He understood why though.

And he wondered what she'd do with the card now if he sent her one. It'd be more than a sign of life after all. It'd prove that he'd meant it back then in Havana. That he wouldn't just disappear from her life again. However, had he actually meant it? Could he keep that promise. He was still not convinced of that being a good idea.

Jimin groaned then, getting impatient at Taehyung's undecisiveness. He grabbed the card himself then, heading to the register before Taehyung could even protest.

"Wait, I don't even know what to write her!" "Just search for some films later and send it. I'm sure there must be enough with this place."

Taehyung's lips parted before he pressed them into a thin line, humming. He could think of a couple of films already. After paying, Jimin pressed the postcard against his chest with an admonishing arch of his brow. "You better send it." He smiled. "Thank you." "Don't mention it," Jimin waved him off, "Just promise me you'll write her."

He nodded vigorously and slid the postcard into his blazer's inner pocket. They continued making their way to the back when Taehyung threw him a wondering glance. "But snce when are you so invested in Cas and mine relationship?" His lips curling into a lopsided smirk.

"Well," Jimin said then in a lower tone, grinning over his shoulder, "I always liked you two together. But she also saved my life, so I kinda owe her now. I've got to make sure you don't mess this up again."

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"Yeahie!" Arabella exclaimed, clapping her hands excitedly as the croupier pushed the won chips towards her.

"7,000 for the lady in silver."

She already had several stacks piling up in front of her. Her initial 10,000 along with 45,000 that she had won over the course of the evening. It was going quite well so far and whenever someone gave her the impression they'd be suspecting something, she simply pressed her arms together in an onnicent manner to highlight her décoleté.

"Please, place your bets," the croupier said then, preparing to roll the ball in the anew spinning roulette.

Her eyes falling on the nearest security guy, who was simply staring into the distance, seemingly not paying attention to their table. But she knew it might be just a facade. Same with the croupier who so far didn't seem suspicious but might be putting up an act, soArabella decided it was time to lose a little again.

As the small white ball rolled around the spinning bowl, it began getting slower.She placed a thousand euro chip on 1 red this time.

Her random bet having the wished effect, she lost.

"Oh, no. What a bummer," she pouted earning a sympathetic look from one of the older guys who bought her naive act.

Now she was at 44,000.

"How's it going?"

Yoongi had suddenly appeared beside her, placing a hand on the chair back while the other was firmly holding his own briefcase filled with chips from blackjack.

"Aw, babe, I just lost!" The whiny voice was so convincing, it made Yoongi internally flinch and almost forget they had to pretend being a couple for the night. He cleared his throat, raising a brow. "Oh, I see. Then perhaps it's time for you to end it here?" He wasn't sure if anyone was convinced by his acting despite him doing his best to put on a soft tone, but Arabella got the subtext of his question either way. He wanted to know if she had already reached the fifty thousand mark or not yet. "What? No! One more round!" Her big puppy-eyes and pouty lips almost tricked him into thinking she was indeed as naive as this and it made him shudder at how skilled she was in faking it.

He dragged a sigh. "Fine. One more round." He didn't have much choice but to agree anyway. Her lips widened, beaming in pretended joy that her 'boyfriend' had allowed her to play another round. And when the croupier asked for the new bets, she slid 6,000 euros in chips on black.

As they watched the ball roll around the spinning ball and becoming slower, she crossed her legs under the table and heaved her heel only to click it down on the floor again. The hidden transmitter in the front part of her highheel influenced the ball's track every time she did so, giving her a 44% advantage towards the house.

And indeed, the ball landed on a black number this time as well. 4 black.

"Babe, you're such a lucky charm!" she chirped happily and jumped up, slinging her arms around Yoongi then she pecked his cheek. It wasn't necessarily needed for the act, but she liked messing with that guy who liked pretending being unfazed by everything and instead see him becoming all flustered. His face almost crimson.

"I-I guess so," he awkwardly chuckled, rubbin the back of his neck, "Let's go then, yeah? I'm tired."

She nodded while humming a melody and began collected her initial 6,000 and the additional 6,000 win, stuffing all her chips into her case. She waved a last time at the one overly-friendly man at the table who had treated her to two drinks, before facing Yoongi again who grabbed her arm, tugging on it impatiently. And they began walking out of the rulette table and towards the main hall to exchange their chips into money.

"No need to play the over-protective boyfriend, you know?"

"I'm not keen about it either," he mumbled with a scoff, "But your boyfriend asked me to keep all men away from you. And those guys at the table seemed a bit too eager by the looks of it."

She scoffed at his and stopped in her tracks. "My boyfriend?" repeated and pulled her arm from his grip, crossing them both in front of her chest then. "He isn't my boyfriend."

Yoongi rolled his eyes at how offended she sounded. He knew just too well her acting game and that no matter how much she denied or played it cool, how emotionally attached she was on Jimin. "Whatever he is to you, he asked me to. Okay?"

"And you just obey to everything he says?" she smirked teasingly, pinching his cheek, "How cute!" Ignoring her giggles, he slapped her hand away and went to the cashier, handing them the briefcases.

Obviously, he didn't just blindly do everything his friends told him. However, considering Jimin asked him for this favour with big puppy eyes, literally pleading him to prevent another multi-millionaire swooing her over -again- what else was he supposed do? After all he was certain if this woman smelled the opportunity for more money and maybe some jewels, she might actually take it just as she'd already done countless of times in the past. And he couldn't have Jimin moping around and whining again about her being with some rich guy on another mediterranean island. So he and Taehyung had to unwillingly agree to keep an eye on her whenever one of them accompanied her for the night as she somehow always managed screwing him over in rock-paper-scissors. An admittedly funny sight, but it came to his friends' disfavour.

"Excuse me, miss," a security guard was nearing them cawith a stern look on his face. Sht, had they raised any suspicion after all? Both of them stopped in their tracks, exchanging a look. It was time for their plan b.

Yoongi faced her with his most convincing angry face, grabbing her hand rather harshly. "I said we need to go! You're obviously drunk!" "I'm not drunk!" Arabella theatrically threw her hands in the air. "You spilled your drink on that poor lady!" "You- you ain't my dad, okay? S-stop," she almost yelled, intentionally slurred, making her drunkness more believable. Even wobbling a bit on her legs. "I hate you!" He shook his head disappointingly. "You're embarrassing, really.. Look at you." He peeked at the security guy behind her then, seeing him looking at them dumbfounded, feeling clearly uncomfortable by intervening in a couple's argument. "N-no, you're emba-embaras-singg me," she whined, lightly hitting his arm. "Shh, let's just get in the car. We'll go back to the yacht."

Yoongi began gently pulling her towards the exit before it got too dragged out and the security guard decided to get involved after all and they quickly made their way down the large entrance stairs.

They looked over their shoulders, making sure they hadn't been followed out before both almost simultaneously heaved a sigh of relief and he let go of her.

"Nice acting."

"Likewise."

The big water fontaine shone brightly in front of them with the beautiful palms spreading behind it while they passed by all the parked luxurious cars of casino guests.

"By the way, how did blackjack go?"

"Good," he nodded, patting his own briefcase, "Had to hold myself back from winning more than fifty."

She snorted, pushing her stole over her shoulder to cover her shoulders from the cooler evening breeze. "I still don't buy it that you're this good at it without cheating at all."

He simply shrugged, a smug grin spreading over his lips. "It's not hard. It's all probability calculation."

Her eyes narrowed, looking at him intently as she didn't believing him one bit. Still water ran deep and Yoongi was a prime example for it. The evident suspicion in her expressing coaxing a dry laugh out of him.

"Fine. And maybe a little card counting, too." "Ha, I knew it!"

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Compared to the joyous and lively atmosphere outside at the front, the dimlit backrooms with the card tables contained a rather stiff air. All players looked intently at their cards and each other, hiding their thoughts behind stern poker faces.

"Full house - house wins," the croupier in front of him announced, collecting their chips.

He sensed a delicate hand on his shoulder. "Aw, are you losing?" Arabella's voice made him perk up, a smile tugged on his lips when seeing her. He also noticed Yoongi behind her approaching the other table where Taehyung was currently playing at, his gaze then wondering back to her inquiring one. "I'm sure with you here, I'll win the next round." She laughed under her breath. She wasn't even fazed anymore about his smooth way of always finding ways to flirt with her. "Hope you have some more aces up your sleeve though." "I always do."

The croupier began dealing new cards and Arabella took the unoccupied seat next to him, something that was usually not allowed as the seats were reserved for players only, but when the croupier was about to object, she just batted her eyelashes on him in her most enticing way. And he just gulped, giving her a silent nod before returning to dealing. Clearly flustered.

The scene making Jimin internally groan and he leaned over to her, his lips close to her ear. "Stop driving all the guys crazy, am I not enough?" He retreated with a smirk. And she didn't even mind if her cheeks betrayed her by blushing, because at this point, she was over denying his effect on he.

"Last one for tonight," the croupier announced as his watch was telling him they were nearing the casino's deadline of 1am. He swiped his arm over the table, dealing two cards face down to all players and himself.

Jimin straightened himself again when the new game started. He glanced over to the other table then, seeing Taehyung also had a new set of cards in front of him which he showed to Yoongi who was looking over his shoulder. The older guy whispered something to him then, to which Taehyung nodded before placing two 4,000 chips.

He either had good cards or bluffed. After all, Taehyung's poker-face was extraordinary. A few rounds ago he'd won 10,000 euros with a simple Flush.

Jimin's eyes fell to his own cards then after picking them up. Feeling Arabella leaning over to also take a peek.

Two Queens. Not bad, but could be better.

His gaze wandered to his opponents, but much to his surprise they seemed distracted by something and Jimin frowned, following the direction of their stares to realise they were all a little distracted by Arabella's neckholder slipdress. She'd noticed it as well, facing him with a small smile and a wink. And his small eyes widened.

Did she do it on purpose to help him?

He was at 36,000 euros winnings right now. 14,000 more were left for their limit. He looked down on his cards again as the other players started placing bets.

With the special eye lenses he wore he could tell by markings on the cards which players had which cards. He'd switched all card decks a day prior by disguising as a delivery man bringing new equipment. Sure, it only revealed to him the other players' cards, he couldn't see the actual desk as the croupier was constantly coverint the top card, but still, winning this last round wouldn't be a problem. He was certain. The question rather was how he should do it and how much he should risk it.

"I'm gonna do whatever you tell me."

Arabella blinked, taken aback by his random proposal. Her irises wandered over the bets on the table then. They ranged from one to four thousand and she contemplated for a moment, eventually leaning over to whisper in his ear.

"Call for now and raise later."

He licked over his lips and nodded. "Alright."

He placed two 2,000 chips into the pot, holding the previous players raise. The croupier drew three more cards face up onto the table.

Finally another Queen appeared along with an eight of spades. With his Queen they formed Three of a Kind so far. He needed another Queen for Four of a Kind.

Two players checked, meaning they neither placed bets nor gave up. The third one, a woman in her fourties with a pearl-necklace on her neck, ended up placing a bet. The fourth one, a younger guy, folded, meaning he gave up as his cards couldn't hold up and left. Leaving Jimin as the last one now. He didn't hesitate and also raised, placing another two 2,000 chips. The pot holding 18,000 euros now. Sure, more than he needed. But he didn't think it'd raise any suspicion considering he had lost 15,000 in the previous two rounds.

A fourth card was placed in the middle. It was a five of hearts.

Dammit. He needed a Queen. There should be another one coming up soon if his calculations were right as none of the others had any.

Again, some of the players checked, some placed bets until the thief was left. Now, Jimin's poker face was also quite good, similar to the his friends' and if it wasn't for Arabella sitting next to him and feeling his leg bounce against hers, she wouldn't have been able to tell he was nervous.

It was quite nerve-wrecking for her as well.

Without thinking much, her hand slipped under the table and she placed it over his knee ,squeezing it lightly. The leg immediately stopped moving and his brows rose at the unexpected gesture. Meeting her avoiding his eyes as she was simply looking ahead. And he couldn't help but drop his poker face for a second and give her a fond smile. Although she pretended that nothing special was going on, her gesture was saying enough.

He turned back to the poker match in front of him then and placed another 1,000 chip as bet. Holding his breath and trying concentrating on Arabella's hand wandering up his thigh. Calming him down, when the croupier's had moved from the deck, uncovering the fifth and last card underneath it.

Queen of diamonds.

His eyes widened, not even needing the other players to reveal their cards. A full house. A three of a Kind. Two Flushes.

He won.

"'Four of a Kind, Queens' wins."

Arabella's head instantly shot towards him, beaming from ear to ear as she watched the dealer handing him all the chips from the pot while the rest of the players stood up and left with disappointed expressions. "Oh my god!" Jimin wrapped his arms around her, pulling her into a hug. "Told you you're my lucky charm," he whispered into her hair with the scent of her flowery perfume filling his nostrils. Arabella laughed against his shoulder, embracing his torso tightly.

They were now the last people left at the table, but they didn't care. The adrenaline rush was still to high and they remained like this for a moment longer before she pulled back a little. Giggling with his arms remaining around her.

"You need to properly thank your lucky charm, you know." A smirk of mischief spread on his lips and he drew closer. "Oh, I can think of a thing or two.." "Does that include a pair of diamond earrings?" she asked with an arched brow, causing him to roll his eyes. Pulling her closer than. "Something much better." She huffed with a sly smile. "Better than diamond earrings? I doubt it." "You'll see."

He was about to lean in and kiss her when a loud cough made them both tense up. And they saw Yoongi and Taehyung standing there, grimacing. "Can you continue this at the hotel, please? I'm kinda tired," Taehyung said with a disgusted expression on his face. He was rubbing his neck that had become stiff from sitting there for hours, it'd been exhausting.

Arabella knitted her brows together before pushing Jimin away. "There isn't anything to be continued," she muttered awkwardly and got up. Heading straight to the exit without even waiting for them to hide her embarrassment.

And Jimin sighed, shaking his head as he grabbed the briefcase with the chips. "So close.." "Seriously, you act like a horny teenager. Get a grip on yourselves," Yoongi said in a similar annoyed tone as Taehyung. But Jimin remained unfazed by it, already being used of it.

"What can I say? I'm still young at heart." "And in the brain."

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next chapter: 1.5 here

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justjacob19 · 11 months ago

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Stuff I Watched This Past Week Or So

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FLCL: This show rules, love the characters, plot was interesting and didn't explain much but also, you never needed to explain every last detail when its arguably more fun to speculate on that stuff. 9/10

Karas: The Prophecy- Watch for the action, npt the plot. Characters are meh and the plot goes no where, hints of one but I couldn't really find any overall themes or really interesting things it did. Expected more gore tbh. I heard this was released as two movies in the states and the other one has a better plot, but just watch the fights online, there is barely any story to be told here lol. 5.5/10

Anyone But You: "The Straights Are At It Again: The Movie" . Had some funny bits I guess but really stunk overall, kinda hated it by the end despite thinking the set up had a fun concept behind it. 4/10

Kamen Rider W: One of the best tokusatsu's I have seen, one of the best shows I have seen period. Its themes of memory, vengeance, death and loss are covered perfectly. It has amazing music, fight scenes, characters, it has everything. If you like tokusatsu, detective shows, crime shows, whatever it is, GIVE IT A WATCH! 10/10

The Iron Claw: A powerful tragedy that was depressing as fuck to watch at points but so interesting to see. A bit goofy acting at points and WOW those wigs, plus it isn't that historically accurate, but I dont think it entirely brings the film down, especially with wrestling being more or less a backdrop to, you know, the tragedy at hand and how shitty Fritz Von Erich is. 7.5/10

Godzilla Minus One- GOSEEITGOSEEITGOSEEIT AAAAAA. Seriously, its amazing and best if you go in blind, take my word for it please. 10/10

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Futurama (Current Season/Episode S4EP4): Love this show! Where was it when I was in high school! Why did I watch south Park over this??

Ultraman Tiga (Current Episode 39):watching this as I type it, every episode is pretty fun, either being really visually and aesthetically cool or giving us what, to me at least, is interesting to see for a Ultra show (mainly talking about episodes 37 and 38 here, 37 is really trippy and beautiful, while 38's plot is "hey lets create mass panic for research purposes and also just lie to the people we have to protect, because we are the good guys!" and thankfully its not presented as a good thing lol)

Started

Gundam Seed- Watched the first two episodes and, eh, its ok so far. but im interested to see where it goes. its my first time watching a gundum show so hopefully its good

Kamen Rider Faiz- Creepy fantasy sci fi with fun tech modeled after the peak of society, the early 2000s.

#kamen rider #kamen rider faiz #kamen rider w #ultraman #ultraman tiga #godzilla #godzilla minus one #Gundam #Gundam Seed #Futurama #Iron Claw #Anyone But You #Karas #FLCL #TV #Movies

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fluffyfebruary · 2 years ago

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Fluffy February 2023: Guidelines

Hello everyone! It’s back again! We are reverting to the 28 prompts for the 28 days of February this year, so the guidelines (which are highly flexible) get their own post this year.

Guidelines:

Feel free to add your own spin on any of the prompts. They are the seed, let it grow into whatever beautiful fluffy work you wish.

Do the prompts you want. Forget the rest. Participants can submit to all or just one of the prompts.

Multiple submissions for the same day’s prompt are gladly accepted and vigorously applauded.

All fandoms are welcome.

Platonic fic is accepted and encouraged. Fluff is for everyone.

Keep it fluffy. Keep it reasonably clean. Fluff can be a broad category. But this challenge is not for angst, horror, hurt without comfort, etc. Also minors are participating so submissions with smut and gore will not be reblogged. This is not a judgment. Just a guideline for this challenge. Write whatever your heart desires outside of the challenge.

Art and podfic are also accepted for submissions.

OCs are always welcome and encouraged.

Tag your submissions with @fluffyfebruary so the admins can find and reblog posts onto this blog.

Feel free to cross post fic to AO3. An AO3 collection will be created for those that would like to submit to that as well.

If you have questions regarding any of these guidelines please feel free to submit DMs or asks for clarification. There are no dumb questions.

Have fun!

Below is a tag list -- and there is absolutely no pressure to participate. If you don’t think you can create anything for Fluffy February, that’s ok! Please reblog/share/post about this challenge to your various fandoms -- we love participants but also people who get joy out of the works created in this challenge. We also kindly ask that you like and reblog entries, and if you’re feeling very brave, comment! There is no algorithm here, so the only way people see fluffy things is if you spread it around.

@falloutglow @randomwordsandstormydays @minuteminx @anonymouscosmos @gold-and-rubies @deacons-wig @commander-krios @gingerbreton @chokit-pyrus @its-sixxers @bathfinder @swtorhub @electricshoebox @adventuresofmeghatron @arthur-morgan-is-trans @emiratexaaron @bluegrasskitty @starlightcleric @gaslightgallows @mr-jaybird @vagabond-pinky @flufftober

#fluffy february #fluffy february guidelines #fan fiction #fan art #original fiction #original art #ocs welcome

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silliestlittledemon · 7 months ago

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I JUST FINISHED NATIVITY 2 BRTTTBTBTTTTTTRRRRRJRJRJT, HE WAS SO DAD IN THIS MOVIE!!! IM HOLDING BACK THE EXTREME URGE TO WRITE 287273 HEADCANONS RN EVEN THOUGH IM SUPPOSED TO BE SLEEPING... ANYWHO DAVID PLEASE ADOPT ME :(

omg i need to rant rn he makes me too happy. IM SO EXCITED TO MEET HIM AT HDCC GRTRAAASRTR im just scared im gonna be akward around him, WELL NOT AKWARD JUST LIKE... ... ACCIDENTALLY START CRYING OR START TO VIOLENTLY STIM AND TOTALLY 'ACCIDENTALLY' BITE HIM AND THEN BITE EVERY PERSON AT THE CON AND THEN RUN OUT WITH MY PARTNER AND THEN WE HAPPILY BITE EACHOTHER THE END ok no im not planning for that to happen but u never know. IM JUSTTTT AAAGH. Im making a LIST tommorw with shit I still wanna get for my Crowley cosplay im gonna wear :3 ALSO i kinda wanna get a wig cause my own hair only looks good like once every 5 years. ALSO IM VERY AFRAID ITS GONNA BE REALLY REALLY HOT AND ILL BE SWEATING MY NON EXISTENT BONG OFF ALREADY AND A WIG WONT HELP WITH THAT BUT YK... it looks cooler... and better... I think... I hope. ANYWAY I need to make a list tommorow BUT they havent released the FRICKING TIME TABLES YET so I cant kindaaa look into where I wanna be at which time WHICH IS ANNOYING I NEED EVERYTHING PLANNED OUT !!! >:[ But omg im gonna be SMELLING HIS PRESENCE I wanna ask him for a hug because JUST BECAUSE I NEED ONE, but I cant speak english... I MEAN I CAN SPEAK ENGLISH BUT WITH A REALLY HORRIBLE DUTCH ACCENT THAT I CANNOT SEEM TO GET RID OF. and im afraid he wont understand a word im saying and its just... ITLL BE WEIRD I DONT WANT THAT I DONT WANT HIM TO THINK IM WEIRD IM OBVIOUSLY NOT :( i dont think he'll judge me though... im just SCARED I LOVE THIS MAN. David tennant you're a doctor who man david tenannt you're an actor dude yeaaro:3 Im turning into a feral dog with rabies/REF for him

Okay I should really go to sleep now, night night :3

#im so hyper he makes so happy #david tennant i love you please be my dad pretty please #rant post #mini rant

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ninetwelves · 1 year ago

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idg this one opinion i saw on all stars 7 being bad bc the back ups they had to me make no sense theyre like all stars 7 was bad bc it didnt have enough early season winners like omfg wherw is the self awareness

bebe was on all stars 3 should could come back but thats kinda debatable ik they bring queens back 3 times( and even 4 times being jimbo) but maybe its more debatable for a first all winners season

tyra is cut out for her bomb threats to drag con she gets left out the winners circles

obviously sharon gets left out the winners circle and what clasifies as early season winners for me itd be 1-3 or 1-5 bc 6-8 or 9 feel a bit mid season (def not in quality) bianca wont do it, bob wasnt invited but thank god she hosted pitstop

violet would do it and maybe it wouldve been good if she did bc shes out here huffing paint of booting raja for not wearin corsets fjndjfnfnfn

alaska wouldnt be invited back

trixie wouldnt do it

sasha velour wouldve been cool but if they make a second one they cant use all their best queens and sasha art is great but maybe they were thinking best tv personalities w chemistry (bc all stars 8 lacked that MAJORLYYY) bc i think they did pic best tv personalities together like sure certain queens i absolutely would gag but i strangely wasnt mad at the cast for how robbed manila was (and she was robbed like imagine manila in that season but thats the all stars format riggery fault) but yk monet and trinity were some of the mosg entertaining thank god it made me fall in love w monet???

like thats debatable tho for some queens coming back but unfortunately for early seasons there was genuinely not a lot of options BUT IM SO GLAD WE GOT THE TWO BEST ONES ESP FUCKING RAJA (BC BOY WHAT THAT SEASON DID TO ME IT MADE ME FALL SO DEEP LOVE FOR RAJA SHES OFFICIALLY MY MOTHER GF BF AND AUNTIE ITS NOT EVEN FUNNY) and yk the first thing i fell in love w that season was raja + jinkx and all the newer winners holy fuck did i ever love that sure it was def a bit rigged theyre not the most stand out lip syncers of the bunch but god did they both ever pave the way for them all there (esp raja) and i believe it was so needed to show that respect

and raja and jinxk r good lip syncers stunts arent everything song choice is important

it def wasnt the strongest lip sync season ill admit that but yo i adore watching lip syncs ppl dont think i care about fashion in drag race but i really do this season is my fav for a reason raja is my fav for a reason it wouldve been sm more perfect for me if the lip syncs were so top tier but idk fuckin raja vs viv was so fun / perfect raja vs jaida was so so fun

raja had no chance for yvie im super biased that im glad she won but idk raja still slayed its just yvie oddly ur going against maybe ru hated yvies wigs or smth (listen i love yvies shes one of my favs) i dont disagree w the track record vs lip sync bc i guess itd depend on the lip sync and track record and entertainment to the season ofc u cant please everyone, it makes it a lot less predictable altho imo jimbos win as much as its deserved is waaayyyyyy too predictable and not even cute bc at least w season 15 the other queens of so many different styles of drag and diversity and experience and worlds kepts sasha on her toes a bit she shouldve won more but damn i just love me a season w milfs ok IM JUST MILF BIASED LET ME HAVE THISSS

ok also the cast was good (despite manila being robbed in as 4) they didnt need to rely on villian edits or drama which im not against for drag race but thats how good their chemistry and personalies were like that is so important a goooooood ass cast can carry and i dont think all stars 8 delivered (i even think all stars 1 delivered that sm more than 8)

but idk i think my all stars ranking that some places can be flipped is

all stars 7 (fav season EVER)

as 2

as 3 + 4 tied

all stars 6

all stars 5

all stars 1

all stars 8

and im gonna be real cast chemistry/entertainment/personality/humor is like the first thing thatd enjoyable about the show fuck ill take bad runways even bad lip syncs usually a season will have one or the other or at least one good runway or lip sync bc i can trust the queens tonpull thru on that more than the producers holy shit

and yk bad lip syncs and runways to me can be so fucking funny like jigglys garbage dress, kennedys cyrstalized chicken, the i will surive lip sync in s8, the 2 messy ass lip syncs in s3 (like it had 2 of the best lip syncs in the show and 2 of the worst but the worsr were so fuckjng funnyfbfkdhd)

but yk you want better lip syncs?? actually pay attention to ur front runners styles of performance, rewards all styles of lip syncs, and pick ur song choices more off that.

also snatch game being good is quite important all stars 7 fucking DELIVEREDDDDDDDDD

i get more peeved when a cast of a season has no age and drag style variety (which theyve always delivered drag style variety and age usuall like season 14 im sorry did not deliver that 4 me enough) variety bc whats the point u did not respect where drag came from, the veterns, and ofc the new queens for the future of drag like come bring in at least one milf drag queen one milf per season IS ENOUGH FOR ME

#GOING OFF #THATS JUST MY OPINIONNNNN

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otasnox · 10 months ago

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"otacon's favorite vocaloid is miku" is basic. obviously he loves miku (who doesn't?) but i think he's a gumi kinda guy u know

like i think he knows vaguely of miku from when she releases (he's an otaku online in 2007, of course he does) but he's only like semi-aware of vocaloid...? like he's heard a few vocaloid songs in passing, seen miku in a few flash animations, but then post-big shell he ends up stumbling across megu megu ☆ fire endless night by samfree & he's holy fuck they make eurobeat with this shit? and then he's hooked (otacon loves eurobeat to me. if / when i make a playlist for him it will be a lot of eurobeat)

side note but i like to think otacon loves to dance parapara but he sucks absolute balls at it. like he just cannot memorize the moves and he's all out of sync but he drags snake into it and they both end up laughing so hard they have to sit down on the couch and its ok because they had fun :)

also i think otacon still listens to vocaloid long after mgs4 (sorry kojima but i am REJECTING the "i used to be an anime otaku" line. his ass is STILL an anime otaku) like i bet sunny gets into it just by chance (she's a kid online in the 2010s of course she likes vocaloid) and she tells him about it and hal gets to go full "well back in my day" and sunny is like awestruck that her uncle hal knows so much about hatsune miku. i think sunny's favorites are hime & mikoto meika and she makes raiden cosplay them with her at least once (sunny is hime because that's her favorite of the two). raiden seemed too grumpy about it to actually cosplay them but he ends up having a lot of fun i think raiden is a really big fan of cosplaying it's like an escape from his real life if only for a little while.

if i had money i would pay someone to draw raiden & sunny as the meikas im actually thinking about this so much now. please imagine otacon getting dragged into this and cosplaying gumi because she's his favorite. if snake got roped into it he'd cosplay miku (probably to match otacon but also because the mental image of solid snake in a miku wig is really funny to me). please imagine, if you will, otasune but they are cosplaying miku & gumi as they appear in hachi's song matryoshka ok?

other characters' fav vocal synths include:

otacon likes gumi (as prev stated)

snake just picks miku to match

sunny likes hime meika

raiden picks mikoto meika to match sunny. he doesn't know any of the other ones' names

if liquid lived past shadow moses his favorite would be kasane teto because he's like tch. fuck those STUPID vocaloids. teto goes against the flow she's a rebel. she's just like me he thinks

meryl gets introduced to this post-mgs4. she doesn't have a favorite but johnny really likes luka

solidus would hate those fucking things. he hates music in general i think

naomi likes eleanor forte because she has this weird american-british accent like she does

otacon shows mei ling luo tianyi because he knows she speaks chinese and he's like well maybe she'll find this cool, but he's not well-versed in chinese vocal synths so he just picks the most popular one. she absolutely loves what she sees and gets really into it and her favorite ends up being xin hua

campbell, like meryl, does not really care for this shit, but he's heard porter robinson songs like on the fucking radio or something and he's heard sunny talk about this shit so he's like yeah i like that one. everyone always tells him her name is avanna but he never remembers it

raiden's son (who i think his name is little john) gets into it because sunny shows him it. he likes utauloids more because he can actually mess around with them for free!!! his favorite is momo momone he likes pink things

jetstream sam likes rin kagamine. i dont know that much about sam i still havent watched mgr but i know this is true

psycho mantis also likes avanna (also because of porter robinson) but unlike campbell he actually remembers her name

if olga lived shed be like fuck i gotta pick one to appease sunny. sunny shows her a list and is like "well what's your favorite color" (olga likes purple) and so she ends up with yuzuki yukari as her fave

most of the big boss-era characters do NOT care!!!! but like if they were still alive and they met suny? they WOULD care. kaz likes vflower

ocelot gets assigned tsurumaki maki once sunny finds out he was blonde when he was younger. he may or may not get roped into cosplaying her

venom likes nekomura iroha trust me

quiet likes fukase. again trust me. (i also think liquid secretly likes fukase but he has to keep up his utau-is-better façade)

gray fox sadly died (the first time at least) way too early to experience vocaloid. if he lived i think he would like ia but the only song of hers he's ever heard is a tale of six trillion years and a night by kemu

sniper wolf just picks len at random when otacon asks her if she has a favorite

emma likes meiko. trust

if the boss ever met sunny i think she would pick akita neru. she doesn't know that she's a fanloid she just got shown triple baka by sunny and was like ok sure i like the yellow one

eva just says her favorite is the same as whoever she's talking to (everyone knows she does this and tries to corner her with multiple people at once to see who she'll pick) but she likes lily

para-medic likes that one opera one i have to google her name hold on. PRIMA!!! i was gonna day operetta but that's a monster high character i think

strangelove likes macne nana. dont ask me how she found out about her but she likes the design idek if she's heard any macne nana songs

wow i got very um chatty. i just wanted to make a post that i think otacon's fave vocal synth is gumi.... but now EVERYONE has a favorite one...... damn. what a world we live in!!!

#picklepuffleposting #source: headcanons mixed with a bit of projection #(hime and mikoto meika r my faves but theyre soooo recent. gumi is probs my fave older one)

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beta-adjacent · 2 years ago

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i humbly volunteer to listen to you speak for hours about it *sits listening like that one spiderverse meme*

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOO FIRST ASK EVER!!!!!!!!! >:D Strap in, motherfucker, because I don't know when I'm getting this chance again, I'm going to be summarizing a lot, and I'm going to do it within 30 minutes because if I don't, it'll end up in my drafts for literally a week.

Ok so!! I don't actually know how much you know about the franchise, but Zombies (probably known as 'Z-O-M-B-I-E-S' but that's way too tedious to write more than once) is a very basic, "new age", "anti-ism" story that tries to say like, "we all should love each other!" but ends up Actually saying "every racial ideology you've ever held onto is going to be reinforced!" Here are some brief things that show this:

Zombies in general! Much like Zootopia, Zombies argue zombies AKA our minority are genuine threats who eat brains. There is a biological, predatory difference between them. Also, they use Electroshock Therapy as treatment and it Works and No One Questions It Morally Until I Think Movie 3??????

Zed, our main character who is an ostracized zombie, is only given worth when he himself exploits his electroshock treatment so he can be a football star (CLASSIC myth that if you work hard enough, you'll make it, but probably as an entertainer). And then in following movies, he is given an impossible standard as The Representative of All Zombies Ever; he runs for president even when other characters (COUGH COUGH FUCKING ELIZA WTF DISNEY YOU COWARDS) are FAR MORE capable AND persuasive

Eliza, another zombie, representing the "violent, angry revolutionaries" of the ostracized group. She is shut down time and time again because violence or force doesn't work. Which. Ok, I don't like violence either, but you're riding upon the context of fucking racial tension IRL, Disney.

Bonzo. A zombie named Bonzo. I love him bc he's a multi-lingual king but also you called him FUCKING BONZO STOP PLEASE

ADDISON. I hate this character so much as-is in the franchise because she tries again and again and again to "belong" because she has white hair. But???? It literally just looks like regular human hair so????? ALSO WHITE HAIR WAS REALLY IN FOR GEN Z. And she does this to not only the zombies but the wolves and the aliens. MOST IMPORTANTLY she represents white privilege, that oppressor guilt (specifically that kind that still makes it about the oppressor somehow instead of just. Supporting the oppressed). And she is praised EVERY FUCKING TIME for it. There are no consequences for her actions.

Movie 2, Yes I am grouping this entire thing into one cluster even though it deserves an entire Powerpoint and then some. Tl;dr the werewolves who were the original inhabitants of Seabrooke (ok so the indigenous people) want to take their land back (a little on the nose Disney) so the newly acclimated zombies try to teach them to succeed in the environment. Any of the messages in these movies are like... not good (like movie 1 was teach your children to be better but also exploit the minority, movie 2 is we should all share the land AKA you can get your piece back but Only Your One Piece Motherfucker), but the execution of movie 2 is particularly bad because I ARGUE! The zombies have the duality of Asian Americans with the model minority versus yellow threat. They are still absolutely feared but they have "proven" themselves so they are the "ideal" minority to look up to, but also Because of their proven worth, the oppressors feel threatened. But also, movie 2 has the best music in that 1) they have the meme wolf songs and 2) . ALSO ADDISON HAS VERY UGLY WIGS IN THIS MOVIE

Movie 3, I barely remember, which is ironic bc I watched it the most recently! Very forgettable; I think it took a more action-y approach bc it knew it fucked up. It had its first nonbinary actor so... that's cool? We learn that Addison's grandma loved Addison (her grandaughter) more than her own daughter which.... fucking What. Justice for Addison's mom hello?? OH AND THE ALPHA WEREWOLF WILLA AND ASPEN THE ENBY ALIEN ARE IN LOVE THAT'S CANON. Anyways hopefully you get the idea that this movie was made to respond to the backlash of the first 2 movies and make it "actually diverse" with a "wholesome simple" message

Now listen. I have 5 minutes left. And with this last five minutes (really 3 because I'm writing the tags/editing in the last 2) I'm going to entrust you with the most valuable bullshit hc I've ever created SPECIFICALLY for my ideal write of the franchize.....

Addison has autism.

STOP I KNOW LISTEN!! IF SHE *WANTS* TO BE FUCKING DIFFERENT THEN WE SHOULDN"T RELY ON THIS FUCKING ALIEN SHIT. OR WE JUST MAKE THE ALIEN SHIT BETTER THAN WHITE HAIR. I KNOW THE IMPLICATION OF HER BEING AN ALIEN AND BEING AUTISTIC IS BAD BUT I LOVE THE IDEA THAT THE ALIENS ARE NEUROTYPICAL TOO AND SHE HAS JUST HAD TO MASK ALL HER LIFE. Addison SHOULD learn that doing everything her parents want is not fucking ideal and getting a boyfriend should not be the extent of those attempts!!! And she Needs to understand that being the white fucking savior for all these monsters gains her no fucking sympathy. Also, if she was autistic-coded in the original Disney franchize because of the alien shit, Disney would so not be afraid to do it; they'd say autistics are akin to otherwordly creatures negatively (THEY SHOULDN"T BUT YOU KNOW THEY FUCKING WOULD WITH THIS TRACK RECORD)

#I AM POSTING THIS WITHOUT DOUBLE CHECKIN I WILL REPLY TO MYSELF FIX MISTAKES #BUT THAT'LL PROBABLY BE IN DAY S (MULTIPLE) bc HOLY SHIT I AHVEN"T WRITTEN THIS HARD SINCE AP LANG #I'm trying So hard to read this back to edit rn but I can't see the words anymore; this really Is like AP lang :(#but i still had a LOT of fun doing this; thank you for asking #“I could talk about this for hours” “ok please do!” “ok!” *forces myself to talk about it in literally less than an hour*#fuck um yea so descendants would have to be another thing. I tried writing essays/powerpoints for it already but shit wasn't sticking so :/#I wanted to make a PPT for this too for you but I realized I'd be jumping the gun on all points bc I was too excited anyways #I hope there wasn't too much context missing for you to get the main points?#disney zombies #Also marry me for asking this /p /j

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m1ckeyb3rry · 2 months ago

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IM CRYINNGGGGGG BAROUS VERSION WAS SO. GOOD. I can’t even describe in words I was laughing the entire way through and bashful Barou SO CUTE

LMAOASO ok first of all aikus comments in general having me HOWLING “he’s Italians it’s his culture” “he needs some pu-“ “the child locks for Niko!””yeah I’d make her feel better alright” LMFAOAJA the way nikos like I’m 15 and then at the restaurant “I’m 12” and Niko being like ohh no wonder why you’re calm aiku and he’s like yup cuz I get bitches LMAOOO

Ok but that’s almost exactly how I imagine the Ubers dynamic esp with how aiku and Niko mention that in reality they appreciate Barou’s presence despite all the yelling and whatnot

Niko lowk doing more than Aiku did between the res and giving Barou and reader alone time and starting the Barou hype train LMAO maybe this is secretly nikos extended au and PLEASE not aiku trying to rizz up the waitress and remember the lipstick shade

“You fucking donkey” MENTIONED WAHOO LMAO and also not aiku doing the math with the table seats and “my little bros just been dying to try your famous chicken fingers” BYE LMAO and then trying to advertise Barou’s muscles HAHAHAA OR LACK THEREOF lowk genius one point for aiku also BAROU WHISPERER the term has me sobbing its like they’re in a nature doc and then NIKO “hes…uh….kinda ugly…?”

Ok but Barou>>> respecting others relationships Niko lowk the ultimate wingman???

Anyways that was so perfect truly the embodiment of oaeu vibes I LOVED IT SHHSJSB the Ubers dynamic aiku and Niko teaming up and ofc BAROU another Mira banger checked off the list

Also scrolled past my prev ask HYDRATION guys hydreigon secret water type…

- Karasu anon

LMAOO OMG i’m so glad you liked it PLS i was laughing while writing and yesss shy barou >>> he’s so so cute HAHA the dichotomy of him being super cute and shy vs him being the villain king of the field always cracks me up

I TOLD YOU AIKU IS INSANE IN THIS ONE LMAOAOAO the “he’s italian it’s part of his culture” is my favorite line from the entire fic poor lorenzo catching strays and he doesn’t even know it 😭 and the aiku niko dynamic HFISJDSJ the “some pu—i mean a beautiful and loving girlfriend” is def top ten aiku lines he’s so goofy

the ubers dynamic is so fun i can’t wait to explore it in further oaeu installments (although besides niko none of them really show up until the oliver installment) but yeahhh they def all love barou deep down…occasionally VERY deep down but they do care abt each other nonetheless!!

NIKO CARRIED going back to phineas and ferb for a sec aiku and niko lowkey give major monogram and carl the unpaid intern LMAOOO oaeu aiku would be nothing without niko putting in the work

THE AIKU MATH WAS SO SILLY PLS AND THE ENTIRE SHIRTLESS INTERLUDE LMAOO wait also idk if you caught it or not but reader’s bestie’s dad’s ex-boss is niko’s dad 😭 very random detail but i just found it silly…DJDKSJ aiku and niko are just in shock that she managed to calm down because they’ve never seen barou in a normal setting but fr aiku pulled out his pokémon professor-sona for that one 😩 meanwhile niko’s just trying to gas barou up in any way he can 🤩 barou is my goat he would NEVER be a homewrecker 🥹 couldn’t be karasu…JK (even though he actually is a homewrecker in oaeu canon)

HAHAHAH no this one was def the pinnacle of oaeu silliness like this is what the series is all abt…it felt sm more natural with the ubers vs w sae because all of the ubers characters are very very silly already so the crack just fit right in!! plus BAROU REP this is the first time i’ve written him as a main lead it was very fun 😄 10/10 would write again

LMAO i saw that but it’s okay autocorrect is just an opp literally the entire time i was writing barou’s oaeu it wanted me to change aiku to haiku and barou to baron i was like no actually that’s not what i want…pokémon names cause it to wig out and come up w truly insane stuff so no worries!!

#answered asks #oliver aiku’s guide to getting girls

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selfshipnojutsu · 5 years ago

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✓ gucci coats

✓ too many belts

✓ hrnrgn sword

this is the power couple lapis needs and deserves

#final fantasy brave exvius #lasswell ffbe #self shipping #self ship #self ship community #lasswell #sub.png #p: tbd #drawing long hair deals physical damage to me but emotionally #but its also pleasing so wig ok

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eleni-cherie · 2 years ago

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among thieves ✨ || bts • pjm

- chapter 1.2

"what even am I to you? your rival, your lover, an obstacle or am I supposed to be your coffin?"

about two thieves who can't live with nor without each other. and a joint past that comes back to threaten them.

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masterlist: here

ALTERNATIVE UNIVERSE. CHARACTERS NOT NECESSARILY LIKE THE REAL PERSONS. ALSO VERY UNREALISTIC PLOT LOL - JUST PRETEND READING A MANGA/COMIC OR WATCHING A FILM, REALLY.

SUGGESTIVE THEMES. MENTIONS OF VIOLENCE & BLOOD (BUT NOTHING TOO GRAPHIC, IT'S STILL A COMEDY!)

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Rhodos, Greece

Taking a sip from her martini, Arabella let her hazel eyes glide over the crowded space, peeking over the edge of her glass at the lively party guests while walking among them from one end to another until eventually reaching the bar in the centre. She put her empty glass down then and smiled to herself.

She remembered from their arrival at the castle that the stairs in the entrance hall were guarded by one security guard only. It'd be easy, so might as well enjoy herself a little bit longer there.

"Another vodka martini, please. Shaken, not stirred," she ordered at the bartender. While waiting for her new drink to get mixed, she leaned her back against the bar top, eying the couples swaying on the dance floor and she rolled her eyes.

A party of european millionaires in an old medieval castle sounded more excited then it really was. It was like any other rich people party after all. The ones who had their millions inheritated, the old money therefore, was chatting about their latest vacations or newest luxury purchase.

Meanwhile, the new money millionaires were exchanging the latest gossip of their industries or taking cringy photos and videos of themselves. And somewhere in between they drank and danced and ate way too small portions of overly expensive food.

Her gaze went back to the guard in the distance, thinking of ways to distract or slide past him, when suddenly an unknown hand found its way on her hip. Her eyes widened.

With balled fists, she was ready to make whoever it was, regret it when a familiar chuckle rang in her ears. His hot breath tickling her neck. "Suits you, love. Is it a wig?" He tucked at one of the pink curls, his fingers brushing against her shoulder making her breath hitch and she unintentionally leaned into his touch.

"None of your business," she laughed dryly and grabbed her martini, taking a larger gulp from it. Jimin observing her with a smirk.

"Feisty as always, I missed that."

He let go off her waist and leaned against the marble counter next to her. He wasn't even trying to hide how he shamelessy checked her out, surpressing a whistle. Her body was wrapped in a long black dress, a deep slit on the side allowing her lef to peek through whenever she moved.

She huffed when noticing, crossing her arms in front of her strapless décolleté. "What are you even doing here? Trying killing me again?"

His brows rose, a puzzled expression on his soft features. "But Bella, love, you know I'd never do that."

He drew closer then, grabbing her chin gently between his index finger and thumb, forcing her to look at him. And for a moment she was about to melt under his warm gaze, until he spoke up again and bringing her back to reality. "I'm here to get you back."

A frown spread on her pretty face when hearing his reasoning.

"Get me back?" She slapped his hand away and stepped back. "There's no need to get me back. I'm doing just fine."

"Don't be like that, Bella-baby," he whined, attempting to hold her hands when she folded them behind her instead. Looking away with a scoff. And he sighed. "Please, look at me."

She remained silent, ignoring him.

"C'mon, I'm sorry for what happened and you've all right to be mad, but it's not safe for you to be on your own right now. You can ignore me as much as you want after it's over."

"Who says I'm on my own?" she countered then with an arched brow, finally sparing him a glance. And Jimin's brows furrowed.

"What do you mean?"

She simply pointed behind him then and he followed her finger across the open bar to a guy in a white suit and slicked back hair, talking and laughing with a group of others at a table in the back. The bigwig was chunking down champagne like it was water and his trained eyes could spot the golden watch and rings all the way from where they were standing.

"See Stelios there? He's my new boyfriend. I'm accompanying him here on Rhodos."

Jimin couldn't help but roll his eyes annoyed. He knew by 'boyfriend' she only meant 'a rich guy who owned something she wanted', but it still bothered him beyond belief whenever she used that term for anyone but him.

"But your 'Stelios' can't protect you from them."

"Mh, pretty sure he got enough security. He has plenty of money, you know," she retorted with a bored expression.

Jimin shook his head and dragged out a dramatic sigh before stepping closer to her. An intriguing smirk toying on his lips. "But Bella-baby, you should know I'm the only man in this world who can protect you."

Arabella remained unimpressed though, staring him dead in the eye. She was quite frankly fed up with his attitude.

They hadn't seen each in over two weeks and last time they had, he'd pushed her away like she meant nothing to him. And now he got the audacity to randomly show up there during her coup, pretending being her prince in shining armour? A prince she definitely neither needed nor asked for?

"Honestly, Jimin, what even am I to you? Your rival, your lover, an obstacle or am I supposed to be your coffin?" Her voice unintentionally rose out of frustration and he could tell by the glint in her eyes how serious she was. She meant the question.

He swallowed. Gently, he took her hands in his and she let him this time. Observing his every move with a stern expression as his face came close to hers. He led her hand to his lips then, planting a kiss on her delicate knuckles while still holding her gaze. Arabella pretended being unfazed his charms.

He leaned in then, his lips ghosting over her flushed cheek.

"All of it, Bella. You're obviously all of it."

He abruptly pulled back then, meeting her stunned face with a grin. "And now come," he said excitedly and drank the rest of her martini in one go, before pulling her along with him into the crowd. "It'd be suspicious if we didn't dance at a party, don't you think?"

She hesitated first but eventually gave in and rested her hands on his shoulders as his own wandered down to her waist. Both swaying to the rhythm of the string melody among the rest of the bodies.

"When did you snap out of it?" she asked then, her eyes narrowing, "And if you tell me it was in that rainy alley then I swear to god-"

"It wasn't."

She hummed. "Not sure I'm buying that."

"Trust me," he sighed, leading her in a circle under the dancing lights, "My memories were still a muddled mess then and I struggled putting an order to them."

Arabella's gaze fell to the small gap between them, wondering if that meant he couldn't remember anything of what had been said and done in the alley either.

Swallowing her hurt ego, she looked over her shoulder to check if her 'boyfriend' had noticed her absence by now or even that she was dancing with someone else. It didn't seem like it though, as other people blocked his view. Not that he was paying attention anyway. He was still talking with his rich friends.

"So tell me," Jimin spoke up then, "Why are you really here? And don't start with that 'boyfriend' of yours again."

Arabella couldn't help but giggle at his jealousy. Even if he was trying downplaying it, it was evident in the lack of flirtiness in his tone and his clenched jaw. He wasn't hiding it and she couldn't deny the fact that she liked it, because it meant that perhaps he did care after all.

She blinked, faking innocence. "What makes you think there'd be any other reason?"

But Jimin knew her too well to fall for that, he knew she was still upset and just messing with him. In a swift move, he pulled her closer to him. Pressing her body against his while his hand travelled down her hips and to her thigh, lifting it against his.

The silk fabric flowed over her skin, exposing her leg through the slid. Along with her berretta held by a black lacy garter.

"Because normal party guests usually don't hide guns under their clothes," he smirked.

Her breath became heavy the longer they remained in this position, his dark eyes piercing hers. She lowered her arms from around his neck, her hands sliding over the suit covering his sturdy chest.

"Let go," she mouthed in a warning manner, not wanting anyone noticing her gun. And his hand slowly did as he was told, letting go of her leg and taking its previous position on her waist.

"Fine, I'll tell you," she groaned then and grabbed his wrist. "But first you gotta help me pass that stupid guard to get upstairs."

Dragging him through the crowd, she led him to the other end of the party where the corridor to the entrance area was. The guard stood right at the corner in the distance, looking sternly ahead.

"Distract him so I can climb up and scurry upstairs."

Jimin's brows rose, his eyes going from her to the guard and back to her. Eventually shrugging. "You need help for that?" he said with a smug chuckle, making her audibly huff.

"I'd have found a way on my own, I didn't even know you'd be here after all. But since you are.." She grabbed his tie, pulling his face to her level. A seductive smirk on her lips. "..you'll make it easier for me. Won't you?"

He nodded vigorously and leaned in, about to steal a kiss as the temptation was quite compelling, but she only pushed him away. "Maybe after the job's done."

A whine left his lips. "You're such a tease, Bella-baby."

"And you love it."

"I do, I really do," he smiled. Managing pecking her cheek at least, her startled face making him chuckle. She looked quite adorable when being dumbfounded. "Alright, let's do this." He briefly rubbed his hands together before making his way to the guard.

She watched him start a casual conversation with him, although the guard didn't seem to bulge in first. However, Arabella knew no one could resist Jimin's charm and sooner or later everyone would give in. So she eased her way to the side of the curved staircase and waited for his sign. And as soon as she saw the guard's head turn to the side and Jimin giving her a quick wink, she grabbed the artful metallic bars and heaved herself up, climbing over the railing.

No one spotted her as she rushed them up, disappearing upstairs.

With careful steps, she made her way through the long corridors which were decorated by flower bouquetes and large paintings on the walls, sensing the eyes of the portrait persons staring down at her. She shuddered, shaking off that feeling and reached the corner.

She peeked around it, spotting another guard in front of a door.

That must've been it, she thought.

According to the blueprint she had memorized, this room was supposed to be a storage which was obviously bullshit because why would a simple storage need guards? And besides, the room next to it was the security room. That was no coincidence.

She reached behind her neck, fiddling a little before her dress was taken down, getting replaced by the maid uniform she had prepared.

After taking a deep breath to get into character, she walked out of her stash and confidently walked her way towards the guard.

He eyed her suspiciously but she remained confident and ignored his glare, passing past him and into the security room.

"Hey, what do you think you're doing?" the guard called out bewildered, leaving his post to follow her.

"What I'm doing?" she scoffed angrily, "I was sent here because of some annoying beeping outside. As if I got any clue how to use all these things!" She pointed at the screens and computers, pretending being clueless and overwhelmed, in need for help. "I mean, look at all this! And I'm just a simple maid! How am I supposed to know? But my supervisor sent me to take care of it." She continued her frustrated rambling with a deep frown set on her face, soon observing the guard's face softening. She'd clearly succeeded, he'd fallen for her act and pitied her. "Do you maybe have any clue how all this works? I could really need some help or she might get me fired! And I can't get fired, I really depend on this job! Oh god, what if -"

She was ready to shed some fake tears. too, when the guard cut her off by holding his hands up. "Okay, okay, calm down! We'll figure this out," he said and headed to the computers. He began typing in the password on the keyboard and sliding his ID card through the scanner. "Where did you say this weird sound was located at?" "Right here."

And with that she hit his neck with the back of her gun, and he succumbed immediately. His heavy body fell on the ground with a loud thud and she grabbed his ankles, dragging him to a corner where she tore off her uniform and tying him down, in case he woke up too early.

Thankfully he had already typed in his security key, so it wasn't any problem. Despite her acting dumb, she did know exactly how to navigate through the system. So after deactivating the alarm system inside the fake storage room next door, she left the room. Glancing around to make sure the the coast was clear first before locking the door behind her and making her way unnoticed to the next door, where she collided with Jimin who'd been already waiting for her.

"Took you long enough, darling," he smiled, holding her arms. Arabella only puffed out a breath and wiggled his way out of his embrace, heading straight to the persian carpet in the middle of the room and lifted it. Revealing a hidden safe right underneath.

"How did you get past the guard?" she mumbled as she knelt down, inspecting the lock. Two rotary locks protecting the precious contents.

"Oh, not at all," he said with smugness in his tone and took a seat on a puffy velvet armchair, "He allowed me to go upstairs. Convinced him that I really needed to pee and the only bathroom downstairs was packed."

She only hummed, not being surprised that simple excuse actually worked. It probably wouldn't have with anyone else, but this was Jimin. He could work his charms to sell ice to a penguin.

Focusing back on the task in front of her, she pressed her ear on the safe. The metal cool against her cheek as she tried listening carefully while rotating the first knob. With the rest of the security system being deactivated, it was nothing but a normal safe now. Yet it still required a lot of tact to turn in the right speed not to miss the faint clicking sound. And that for both, not just one.

She closed her eyes and concentrated until finally hearing the awaited sound. The first one being done under a minute, now the other one was left.

"What is inside there anyway?" Jimin asked after awhile, feeling bored. He' d been silently observing her and trying ignoring the raising heat inside him, which wasn't easy with the sight of her on her knees and her perfect little bum high in the air. The maid skirt almost riding up enough for it to be revealed.

"A gorgeous ruby necklace," she smiled as the second knob clicked as well. And she sat back satisfied. "That's all?" "And maybe a few other pretty things." Jimin sighed, propping his chin on the palm of his hand. "And that's why you're together with that sleazy nepo baby? Because he could bring you to this party?" "Hm, maybe. But maybe he also treats me nicely." Snorting, he straightened himself again. "Nicer than me?" "Perhaps," she shrugged, knowing exactly how mad it'd drive him. "At least he didn't want me dead." He groaned. "You ain't letting go of that, are you?"

Her gaze fell to the open safe and she hesitated first before looking over her shoulder, offering him a sad smile. "It hurt my feelings, you know."

His lips parted, not having expected this. After all, it was rare for Arabellato reveal any kind of vulnerability and this kind of honesty unless they were in a life-threatening situation with the risk of them not making it out alive. But since this didn't apply now, it had taken him off-guard.

Only now he finally began to understand how deeply the whole incident had affected her. The true motive she'd run away with some south-european millionaire. It wasn't for a simple ruby necklace which she must own plenty already, no. Before, he only thought she was offended her ego, but now he realised it was all to distract herself from the broken heart his rejection caused. He finally got it.

Pressing his jaw together, he swallowed and got up. Walking up to where she was standing. The ruby necklace adorning her neck by now with a fitting bracelet around her wrist.

"I think I still owe you a kiss."

She frowned, but before she could question his random statement, he had aleady captured her lips with his. Holding her jaw between his palms while kissing her tenderly there, in the middle of a luxuriously decorated room with objects worth thousands. But the only treasure he truly ever cared for was the woman capturing his soul like no other.

Slowly, their lips parted and he pulled back. Sensing Arabella's shaky breath against his chin. Her dark eyelashes were lined against her skin when they fluttered open. Her eyes like in a haze, looking at his.

"So you remember," she whispered and held his wrists.

He nodded. "I do."

Arabella cleared her throat, quickly finding her composed demeanour again and let go of him. "Okay, good.. Good."

Jimin bit back a laugh when seeing heer acting all nonchalant when the crimson of her cheeks was giving her away. He chose not to tease her about it though, considering she'd already gone through enough these days because of him.

Instead, he watched her going to the window, pushing it open. She took a look outside, deaming it not too high. She could jump on the tree in front of it and then climb down, if it wasn't for the guard roaming around the garden with a dog. One of the first information she'd gathered when spying out the place. There didn't seem anyone around now, however, as the garden area was quite broad, so she deided to take advantage of the security sensors around the mansion being deactivated.

"You coming?" She looked over her shoulder, seeing him shake his head. "I'll better head back before the guard gets suspicious. Don't wanna ruin your escape," he smiled then, "I'll meet you at the entrance gate."

She nodded and climbed out, onto the nearest branch. From there she got on a lower one and eventually on the ground, paying attention not to scratch herself anywhere in case she bumped into someone and they'd get alarmed.

In the darkness of the shrubbery, she changed back to her party dress when seeing a flashlight appear further away. She cursed internally and pressed herself against the castle's wall. Slowly, she moved to the front of the building until reaching a corner.

There was also a guard at the entrance, but much to her luck he was guiding a drunk party guest and his young company to their car in that moment, offering her the opportunity to come out and pretend like coming straight from inside. She made her way over the courtyard with confident steps, passing by the luxury sports cars and limousines. Casually walking towards the gate when a deep voice from behind her suddenly caused her to come to an abrupt halt. "Stop, you little thief."

Without any hesitation, she rammed her elbow backwards and into the person, only for them to retract just in time for her to miss. Hearing a high-pitched yelp, followed by a laugh she turned around puzzled, seeing Jimin grinning at her mischieviously while holding his side. "Careful, love, you almost hit my wound."

"I'll try not to miss next time," she deadpanned and tried slapping his chest for using his voice mimicking skills, but he successfully dodged each one of her attempts. And he bursted out laughing as she chased him out of the gates. "Can you for once stop messing with me!" "Sorry, sorry, but I couldn't resist. You're too adorable when getting al lstartled," he said, holding his hands up in defence while catching his breath. "I hate you!" she whined. Her frustrated tone was loud, causing Jimin to press a finger on her lips to shush her in case they were heard and she huffed against it, crossing her arms.

They began walking downhill then, the night warm and windless. The clittering of crickets drowning out the loud noises of the party as she followed him into a side path into the grove where he stopped in front of his car, which hehad hid there. Unlocking it, he opened the passenger door for her to enter. She only rolled her eyes and climbed in, slamming the door shut. He sighed before getting behind the steering wheel and driving off before any security noticed her little theft.

The lowered windows allowed the night breeze to tousle their hair as the car rushed down the road through the dense forest. The nearest town lights glistening in the dark between tree trunks.

Jimin's eyes briefly glanced at Arabella who was absentmindedly staring out into the woods. The rubies on her skin shining brightly whenever the light of a street lamp got reflected on them, their deep clour contrasting her smooth skin.

"Bella?"

She hummed in acknowledgment, eyes resting on the scenary outside. She could spot the moon's reflection on the sea's surface.

"You know I'd never hurt you, right? I.. I wasn't myself back then."

She exhaled deeply, finally averting her gaze from serene view to look at him as well. "I know, it wasn't your fault." She paused, her eyes wandering back outside. "It's.. whatever, really. No big deal." Despite her understanding it, it still hurt a little when thinking about his cold, emotionless stare from two weeks ago. She'd never seen him looking at her with such an empty expression before. Even in all the times she'd outwitted or double-crossed him in the past, he'd never looked at her like that. Mad, amused, annoyed - yes, but never so.. indifferent.

The car stopped at the side of the road, interrupting her train of thoughts. And she frowned at Jimin. "Why did we stop h-"However, she didn't finish her sentence when seeing his eyes gleaming with sorrow. "I'm sorry, Arabella. I truly am."

She blinked at his unexpected apology. He'd apologized before and she knew he'd meant it before as well. But this time she could clearly feel the genuine remorse, pulling at her heart. And she placed her hand over his on the gearshift, an affectionate smile on her lips. "It's okay, love."

Arabella wasn't usually the type to use petnames, so he knew her using the same one as he always used for, was her way of affirmation. And they stayed like this for a moment more, holding each other's gaze while smiling.

Until sirens echoed in the distance and disrupted the crickets' melody. His lips breaking into a smirk then. "Guess your little theft didn't go unnoticed after all." She giggled, taking her beretta from underneath her dress as he pulled out his own from underneath his blazer.

"Ready?" "Always."

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