#but aaaaaaaa. aaaa. I can’t even imagine this

[spinetacks]

sooo nervous and excited for darby mox match;; I honestly don’t know if darby could beat him still. he fought to his limit last time and mox regretted what he knew he’d have to do, but now mox is on a mission and darby is so so much stronger. he’s changed so much. his determination and recklessness may still not be enough, but I have to wonder if mox being unprepared for current day darby will be hugely to his advantage 😖

[merakiui]

Have you seen the bedroom eyes Jamil is giving the player in the new birthday card line yet?

I am not normal about this new birthday line. I cannot believe it. Actually, I can because twst always does a banger job with their otome fan service when it slips into some of the dialogue or even the cards. But this,,,,,, THIS BIRTHDAY LINE. So simple and yet so amazing… 🫣 it’s like I’ve just walked into the room without knocking, only to find them lounging peacefully!!! And we get to see what their night clothes are like!!!!!!!! I AM NOT NORMAL (the sequel)!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is so over for me,,, I’m never going to be able to recover once I see the twins or Azul or Riddle… orz I can’t even begin to imagine what the groovy will be. AAAAAAAA JAMIL!!!! HIS EYES!!! This is so dakimakura…….. his pajamas look so comfortable and cozy. >w< aaaa this is just more fuel for fanfic because how can I possibly not have ideas from this!!!!!! OTL

[cherrypeaking]

I’M BURNING UP I’M LITERALLY ON FIRE

like what the hell is going on i’m so sweaty and soggy in my usual sleep uniform 😭😭😭😭 this cannot be normal!!!

anyway hi cherry bear, how is my beautiful girlfriend doing? 🥺🥺🩵 i really hope the heat isn’t as hard to deal with where you are ;;; i’m usually fine with sleeping in my room with no ac but idk if i can do that tonight it’s just far too hot i’m gonna turn into a puddle of sweat in my sleep 😭😭

not much happened for me this evening i just spent a lot of my time missing you :( i can’t stop thinking about you 🥺🥺🥺 aaaa i can’t believe you asked me to be your girlfriend that’s literally all i can think about i can’t believe i’m your girlfriend and you’re my girlfriend and we’re girlfriends!!! (о´∀`о)🩵🩵🩵🩵 aaaaaaaa my heart is exploding!! i’m cherry’s girlfriend!!!!’ not just anyone’s but cherry’s!!! 🥺🥺🥺🩵🩵

i’m so so happy you’re in my life 🥺🥺🩵🩵 i love you so much baby you’re so sweet and soft and kind and beautiful and you have such a soft comforting voice and i love hearing you sing and talk about whatever is on your mind 🥺 i could talk to you forever~

to end this off i want to give you a song recommendation: favourite color by carly rae jepsen, it’s such an us song 🥺🥺🩵🩵 i’d love to know what you think of it when you give it a listen <3

i love you so much cherry, i really do. 🥺 mommy loves you so so much~ i love my pretty lovely amazing girlfriend with all my heart!! with all the energy i have right now i wish i could run to you and hug you and kiss your darling face 🥺🩵🩵

i’m gonna cry i hope tumblr solves their issue like can they keep stuff in the drafts if it doesn’t send ugh…

the taehyun meme made me laugh so much 😭 like this is so real why is it so hot… that’s such a hot weather i think you really should turn the ac on this time my love 😭😭🩷 i know it’s loud but i can’t imagine feeling this way at night… i already feel so hot at night and it’s almost half as hot here… like if even in your sleep uniform you can’t handle it 😭 that means it’s way too hot 🥲 i wish i could give you some cold weather rn and that i could be here so we could cuddle >3< just two girlfriends cuddling hehehehe 🤭🩷

i couldn’t stop missing you and thinking about you too crystal 🥹🩷 like i said i woke up in the middle of the night suddenly feeling like omg im crystal’s girlfriend?? like i have a girlfriend?? and it’s not just anyone… ITS CRYSTAL MY CRYSTAL GEM 🥹💎🩷 here it’s not too hot thankfully hence why i want nothing more than to have you here so you can finally feel better 😥🩷🩷 i want to kiss you my pretty girlfriend 😚🩷

i love you so so much my lovely mommy~ i love everything about you and it always feel so surreal to be with you… even more so now as i am your girlfriend i feel so happy 🥹 i am so happy i asked you out it was so hard cause i wanted it to be good and not out of place >\\\< 🩷🩷 i love getting to hear your voice and learning more about you 😚🩷 whenever you send me a picture i get so happy and smiley and all i can do is kiss my screen like a kid hehehe 🤭🩷

the moodboard is as per usual amazing!! it’s so cottagecore and so us!! like omg tyunning are so gf there!! like us hehe because we are girlfriends too 🥹🥹💎🍒🩷🩵

i cant wait to be able to listen to your voice messages my love and i’ll listen to the song and tell you what i think of it afterwards 🥺🩷 thank you so much for the recommendations 🥹🩷

i love you so much my dear crystal gem, my fairy of crystals <3 my diamond 💎🥹🩷 and now i can finally call you my girlfriend hehehe i feel so happy with you i love you with my whole heart you’re my beautiful precious adorable talented soft hearted funny girlfriend 🥹😚🩷🩷

[vulpesvalentine]

What makes you Soft about each love interest?

Okay aaaa a good question /)/////////(\

Bovine: Aaaa he's just so cute and so loving and so sweet T///T he takes such good care of me and will literally do anything for me!!! He's never one to say no, he'll do any little thing and he makes me so fucking happy I'm so lucky!!!!!!

Ursa: Okay they literally have a WHOLE BLOG dedicated to me!!!! It's a lovecore-ish blog and it's just like "I love you!" all over it TwT they post cute things for me there and I check it all the time when I'm feeling down and it just brightens my whole life up aaaaaaaa

Corvidae: Gghhh okay um. She's probably the person I talk to the most lately. Like we message a lot, we voice a good amount, she's really really become important to me in such a short amount of time. It honestly? Terrifies me. Cause stuff like this doesn't usually go wrong but as per usual, I can't,,, imagine losing her. She really puts any time she can into me, even when she's having a tough time she tries to be considerate and at least check in on me and god it means the world to me!!!!!!!!! And plus every time she calls me hunbun??? Oh my god it's so cute it makes me so happy and she does it all the time cause she KNOWS it gets me !!!!!!!!!! /)//////////(\

Caprinae: ANY TIME they call me "puppy kit"???? I die it makes me absolutely melt it's so sweet aaaa (i named a blog after that nickname too haha,,) ALSO I love when he says anything about us being a good team e////e eeeee it makes me smile so much, like when we're both imps in amon/gus it just honestly makes me all happy kicky thinking about it!!

Thank you anon this was a good question aaaaa

[the-yerkes-dodson-curve]

SO LET’S TALK ABOUT THE NEW SANDERS SIDES VIDEO

This is gonna be a long post. I have a lot of thoughts about this episode. There is going to be some serious talk about my own personal experiences with violent intrusive thoughts and also me just appreciating this amazing episode. 

I was one of the people that was convinced it was going to be about depression. I am so glad it wasn’t. A lot of people have talked about depression, but no one, at least as far as I know, have really touched upon intrusive thoughts. I had the exact same dilemma as Thomas last year where I thought I was going insane because I couldn’t control my own brain and I had a horrible mental breakdown and I was convinced I was a horrible person because of my intrusive thoughts. I cried and talked to people about it and through doing so it was made clear to me that these intrusive thoughts were just that, thoughts. Nothing more. They hold nothing over me. I still suffer from them, but now I know what they are.

I was also certain there wasn’t going to be another side introduced. It’s been a year since Deceit was introduced, we’ve only just gotten to know Deceit a little better, there won’t be another side. BOY WAS I WRONG

The episode starts with Thomas, Virgil and Patton trying not to think about the intrusive thoughts he was having that kept him awake. I have intrusive thoughts like that all the time. I vividly imagine my family members dying, or even myself dying. I vividly imagine someone breaking into the house and killing me. My brain does what Virgil and Patton do, freak out and try to think about something else. This video has made me realise how much I repress thoughts like that.

My anxiety also makes me have intrusive thoughts. Whenever I have an anxiety attack I vividly imagine myself killing myself in gory detail because I’ve gotten into this cycle of hating myself whenever I have an attack. I get scared, what if I lose control one day and these thoughts become reality?

I love how the audio became muffled and the intrusive thought creeped in. I like to think of the mind like a radio, tuning in and out of different frequencies, and sometimes, or most of the time like for me, you can’t control the frequencies it jumps to. And suddenly you’re imagining your loved one being killed or dying.

I SCREAMED BLOODY MURDER WHEN THOSE HANDS CREEPED OUT

I WAS NOT EXPECTING A NEW SIDE AT ALL

I WAS SO TERRIFIED

HOLY SHIT THAT CHARACTER DESIGN I AM IN LOVE STRAIGHT AWAY 

BUT AAAAAAAA WHAT ARE YOU DOING WHAT THE HELL

When he smacked Roman in the head and knocked him out I was so shook, this Sanders Sides has stepped into totally new territory

LOOK AT HIM OMG HE HAS A MOUSTACHE I WASN’T EXPECTING A NEW SIDE TO HAVE FACIAL HAIR HOLY SHIT 

THE DUKE

HIS VOICE

HE HAS A DIFFERENT VOICE

THERE IS NO ENDING TO THOMAS’ TALENT

The way the song starts is eVeRyThInG

THESE EFFECTS I CAN’T DEAL AAAAAAAAA

I FUCKING SCREAMED

HIS SIX ARMS I LOVE IT REMUS’ SASSY STANCE I AM LIVING FOR IT

If you shared those musings with your friends, I doubt they would forgive you.

Gosh. I relate to this too much. I was so scared that I would somehow reveal these bad thoughts to people and they would hate me and everyone would hate me and think I was an awful person.

Even though everybody sins, everybody dies.

FAVOURITE PART OF THE SONG HANDS DOWN THOMAS’ VOICE IS AMAZING AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Why deny yourself knowledge, say, knowledge of yourself!

These lyrics are amazing. They encapsulating what I was thinking when I had really bad intrusive thoughts. I still have them, but when I first started noticing I had them I spiralled so far down. “What if this is who I am...what if I’m not the nice person I think I am?”

hELP I LOVE HIM BUT I HATE HIM BUT I LOVE HIM

I always love the villain. I hate everything they’ve done and don’t condone any of it, but I absolutely love them, especially if they are as fabulous as the Duke Remus.

These sorts of things are only thought in the mind of a man whose soul is truly rotten.

Oof. I relate to that thought process.

So let all your hopes of heaven be forgotten, ‘cause your head’s not in the gutter, pal, it’s in hell!

I wasn’t expecting religious imagery. I really love that. I don’t relate to the religious ideas brought up in this episode as I am not religious, but I do love the fact that he talked about them. Also, when Deceit said, ��Wow, Thomas, it seems that your moral compass is pointed south, towards hell!” that was definitely foreshadowing for Thomas to spiral into this. That’s why Patton reacted so viscerally to that comment.

Remus: Juicy butthole!

Me:

Me:

Me: what...what is happening in this Sanders Sides

THIS FACE I LOVE IT

THE JAZZ HANDS AND THE HIGH VOICE AAAAAA WHY DO I LOVE HIM AND HATE HIM

Patton did a real good job!

Oh my goodness, this precious boi.

How about...DEMENTED?

I  C H O K E D

What is my deal? Um, bitch? What is YOUR deal?

My exact thought process. “Am I actually a horrible person because I’m having such awful thoughts like this, there’s definitely something wrong with me...but I can’t stop it...”

Oh no....oh no!

My heart broke at the horror and sadness that washes over Thomas’ and Patton’s face.

another good remus screenshot

Oh my goodness, the way he tortures Logan throughout the episode was awful for me to watch cause MY BABY LOGAN, but I love how Logan doesn’t react. I love Logan’s determination.

You bastard.

IT WAS A LONG TIME COMING HELL YES VIRGIL

I’d love to see the bloopers for this bit, oh my gosh.

Ooh! How fun! You know who could help us with that?

AWW MAN YOU GOT MY HOPES UP XDD

That’s what repression is!?

I love Patton’s reaction, cause I had the same reaction. Repression is so easy to do cause you often don’t know you are doing it.

This is not about me wanting to be listened to. You all are not listening to Thomas.

THIS CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT OH MY GOSH

Virgil: But what if he’s lying?

Logan: I can assure you, he’s not. You’re just para- expressing an unhealthy amount of concern. Thank you for being on guard. But for now, you must listen.

I love this part so much. It calls back to when Roman almost called Virgil paranoid, but then switched it to vigilant. Logan realised he was getting too worked up and angry and so stopped himself. This is great development from when he lashed out at Roman in Learning New Things About Ourselves. Calling Virgil “paranoid” is destructive and will make Virgil not feel listened to. He is aware of that. He is making sure Virgil still feels like he’s a valued part of Thomas’ mind.

another good remus screenshot

THAT IS WHY I SAY IT!

GOSH I LOVE LOGAN SO MUCH YES LOGAN GO OFF

I love being given two d’s at once!

Me:

Me:

Me: ...again what is happening

When Logan revealed that the problem was within Patton and Virgil, my heart dropped. I wasn’t expecting that.

Record scratch!?

I LOVE HIM AAAAA

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN AM I COOL DOES THIS MAKE ME COOL

OMG PRECIOUS BOI AAAA

I WAS SO SHOOK WHEN HE SAID HIS NAME JUST LIKE THAT

ALSO THAT SLY DIG AT VIRGIL AAAAA

oof. this sad boi. :”(

Oh shut up, Nerdy Wolverine!

OMG I JUST REALISED THIS IS WHAT ROMAN SAYS AT THE END AAAAA

I  S C R E A M E D

we just witnessed a side die guys

the angst fanfiction is coming to life

The Duke only has power over you because Virgil and Patton believe that he does.

Hit me hard. I’ve never related more to a Sanders Sides episode.

This. THIS. So poignant and brilliant! This is how it feels!

good logan screenshot

Virgil was right. Not all thoughts are meaningful.

This idea is what helped me better deal with intrusive thoughts. Your brain just fires random thoughts at you, they don’t necessarily mean anything.

I mean, look at him now! He barely got any rest due in large part to you two chastising him all night!

I love how Logan tells them off. UGH I LOVE HIM

And that is why the Duke feels like such a threat, in part, at least. The feeling that you may be a bad person who doesn’t have control over yourself or your destiny, causes you to fear that you may actually act on these thoughts.

Gosh this episode is hitting me hard. 

It’s okay.

Everything is okay.

Logan’s soft voice as he said that made me emotional. His whole speech here is so lovely and helpful. It is okay to have these thoughts cross your mind. You are not a horrible person.

His talk about going to therapy is amazing too. It’s so inspiring. It has encouraged me to want to go back to the therapy because of my recent increase in violent intrusive thoughts.

Oh my goodness, Patton’s realisation and development. This is lovely. 

You tickle me, emo!

...was that a tickle me elmo reference

Good seeing you again, Virgil! It was just like old times!

Me:

Me:

Me: wAIT A MINUTE--

Oh shut up, Nerdy Wolverine! NO! Ugh...I mean...I’m sorry, Logan. I didn’t mean that.

THERE’S SO MUCH CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT IN THIS EPISODE I CAN’T DEAL

Thomas: You’re really...cool.

Logan: ...heh.

Me: ACTUALLY SOBBING

THESE TWIN BROTHERS OH MY GOODNESS YES

It shows you...everything you don’t want to be.

There are some really hard hitting lines in this episode.

I’m a little disappointed in myself.

The others. I thought I knew how to handle them.

Yeah, but, I should know better.

Because I was one of them.

Virgil being insecure about his power and how much he can protect Thomas almost makes me cry. That last line...oh my goodness. Thomas and his team really know how to write a narrative. It seems that we’re gonna get some lore and backstory at some point after all.

Thomas and his team have done such a good job with this episode. It is my favourite Sanders Sides by far because of the fact that this topic has not really been talked about much, and they talked about it and showed what it’s like so brilliantly. I respect Thomas so much for pushing the boundaries of his channel to talk about this. Thank you, Thomas. I and and so many people needed this.

I realise that I need to go back to therapy. Thank you, Logan for encouraging me.

[cruddyborderlandstheories]

2 big posts in one day? it’s more likely than you think!!!

Moze gameplay breakdown babey here we go

shit sorry i forgot my tl;dr the first time i posted this: the tablet is big important and might have eridian writing on it, it ties into the temple, the loot gun, the tablet in tannis’s infirmary on sanc-iii, and the planet holograms in Eleseer from TPS. also you get a special melee tool to break the purple crystals that i'm like 70% sure are Eridium and also, you’re never gonna believe this, but I talk about Atlas for a little bit because of it.

“lair of the harpy”

ah harpies. I’m shifting into Percy Jackson mode

just putting this out there

anyway as for what “Lair of the Harpy” means in bl3? Well we’ve seen in the We Are Mayhem trailer a bunch of flying Maliwan bots (i am assuming rn that those are Maliwan, anyway)

these green fucks

(u can tell that’s Jakobs Manor cause of the railing on the left) so i imagine that’s why it’s called the Lair of the Harpy. Could also be the lair of some evil woman character, idk lmao. 

Far more interesting than the Harpy thing, to me anyway, is this:

i wonder if that’s gonna lead us to the psycho basement with tv heads being hanged where the Hammerlock siblings are standing in front of the fireplace

i wonder...

nah but for real. I would almost bet money that the Vault on Eden-6 is in that giant volcano/mountain area. It just feels right. we’ve seen it both dormant (the leaked footage) and active (the 3rd trailer) so I imagine opening the Vault would cause it to activate. Tho I’m still hoping onto the hope that it’s a moon pool. Just saying, Randy, if you’re reading this... just saying.

we also see this glowing sparkle icon again, which I think pretty much confirms from the We are Mayhem trailer that those will show us where the Moxxi crew quests are.

we see an enemy called “Shredder Fanatic”, personally I’m a fan of Splinter, but to each their own. Uhhh but for realsies they probably deal some blade damage or have a high RoF weapon. 

a cool detail I noticed about the minimap is that elevated areas won’t get discovered until you reach that level. Thank god lol

part of this camp is made out of an old sailboat, which i think is pretty fuckin rad

makes me wonder if we’re ever going to see the areas of Pandora affected by the flash freeze again. How long do seasons last on Pandora again? I swear it was like 5 years or smth. oh well lol

i wanna know what this big thing is!! it looks cool. they mentioned that eden-6 was going to have a shitload of broken-down ships, so maybe this is related to it?

another look at what i'm assuming is Jakobs Manor. this is very hard because I keep getting distracted by the gameplay lol I’ve seen this video seven times! it shouldn’t be that enthralling!! and yet!

the combat music in this area is so fucking solid btw i am jamming the hell out

in awe at the size of this place. I’m digging the elevated hallway. i am very much getting a hogwarts vibe from here. the far right looks like an observatory, even.

“Big Donny’s Chop Shop - Open 7 Days” lmao

a gramophone and it looks like we can interact with it! i hope it plays classical music while we go on a murder spree

some sort of bridge? i assume that’s how you actually get up to Jakobs Manor. that may be why our quest is “go to Jakobs Manor”, we gotta fix the bridge before we can.

A Typhon journal!!!

No audio, though :( 

From the radio: “catastrophe lead [???] to a lets play (flay?). Craving some meat in a bite sized package? then try festy flesh meats with a bandit on the go. hey, we know you want it, but do you have the time to hunt it down? ...”

-moxxi speaking about her crew challenge i can’t understand the radio here-

[different voice] “... for an exciting announcement from the CoV’s own ministers of murder: Pain and Terror! Those guys are cooking up one hell of a sh-” [player turns off radio] I gonna assume he was about to say “show” cause they’re a Penn and Teller reference. These are the guys from the arena with the giant skull thing, i think i have talked about them before?

Eden-6′s version of the shock cactus?

El Dragon Jr.

OwO are those the same purple rocks as Promethea?

They look like they are growing out of a stone tablet, i mean look at the green light. also they have that same star pattern inside them as Amara’s arms and Maya’s phaselock!!! Which makes me think it’s raw Eridium just... growing out of a stone tablet. which IS WILD!!!

AND WHAT IS MOZE HITTING IT WITH?!

FUCKING ENERGY BLADE

that is not her normal melee weapon, BY THE WAY

she normally uses her Stab! knife!!!

when u try to break the purple rocks on Promethea, iirc the player character can say something to the effect of “have to come back here later”, so it’s possible later in the story we get something (the glowing red/orange/yellow) energy sword to break the purple rocks (eridium???). and yes you KNOW i pointed out the colors because Atlas.

After meleeing it, Moze says “let’s open you up” so im wondering if maybe those stone tablets come into play later? the (eridium?) crystals explode into sparkly purple powder

glowing green!!!! It’s weird, I feel like these are eridian ruins/tablets growing eridium or some shit. we’ve seen the ruins have lines of color across them before, but never strictly on one side. and also never saw them grow eridium. i wonder if that is a reaction to us opening the second vault on pandora? eridium grew on pandora from the 1st one, now it’s spreading because of the second? I deffo think Eridium is from the second dimension (it started growing on pandora after the opening of the Vault) and it’s our key to getting there. 

OwO

hey doesn’t that look familiar? I’ll give u like

10 seconds

...

...

yeah it’s the symbol from the gun

YEAH BABEY

AND GUESS WHAT

YOU KNOW HOW THE GUN WAS TIED TO THE TEMPLE

YOU KNOW HOW I WAS TALKING ABOUT TANNIS’S FLOOR TILE IN HER INFIRMARY ALSO BEING TIED TO THE TEMPLE AREA???

LET ME GO GRAB IT

THE TEMPLE

AND YOU KNOW I WAS REPLAYING TPS THE OTHER DAY FOR MY ANGEL ANALYSIS AND

FUCKING

ASGHDJUYKFDJTYHSRTAGR

THAT’S LABELING A PLANET IN THE HOLOGRAM

AAAAAAAAAAAAA THE ERIDIANS GAVE US A LOOT SPEWING GUN BUT THE GUN MAKES SENSE BECAUSE VAULTS VOMIT UP LOOT ALL THE TIME BUT IT’S NOT LIKE THE LOOT WE GOT WAS AROUND WHEN THE ERIDIANS CREATED THE VAULTS

ALSO I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT CORPSE IN THE TEMPLE IS TYPHON NOW AND THE BOOK IS HIS JOURNAL. WHY WOULD MAYA BE GIVING THE JOURNAL TO THE LITTLE GIRL? IS SHE ALSO RELATED TO TYPHON?

OKAY SORRY I GOT EXCITED but uh yeah idk if that writing/those symbols being the same was intentional or not but it exists and i'm losing my mind over it

i also just wanna know why the rocks are growing eridium and glowing green like what the fuck are your SECRETS 

Aurelia shows up as you cross the checkpoint at the bridge, so it’s pretty much 100% confirmed the Hammerlocks are helping us with the jakobs thing. considering Aurelia is contacting us and not Alistar, im REALLY worried about the shot in the We Are Mayhem trailer where he has red eyes. please don’t hurt him. also i love how Aurelia calls herself a rich bitch. she makes that shit rhyme lol

another look at that big tower thing. May be a different one, actually. idk!

round the corner and see a little camp on the left. through that tunnel up ahead leads us here

we head to the right and Zer0 ECHOs us, asking us to kill someone to complete a crew challenge

The target’s name is Heckle (and his rage name is Hyde)

Interestingly he has a megaphone strapped to his mouth

wild.

Lots of stuff! Zer0 sends you mail for killing the target and you are informed that the Crew Challenge is completed. You also get a challenge completed for doing it. You ever notice the actual gameplay of borderlands is very tied to yellow and blue? the color of the title is yellow and the vault symbol for it is red (except for TPS). just odd to me idk

looks like a little envelope icon appears under your minimap when you have mail in your inbox!

we can see some cryo freezing the swamp water here! that’s my favorite thing. the electricity is cool, but ice is cooler.

i love the way this dude runs. also we now know that his pickaxe is to burrow his way into the ground

looks like it will create a huge pink cloud so you know when its about to happen, giving you time to stop it. nice.

getting closer. guess that wasn’t an observatory after all. Awww mannn

lootsplosion from the loot tink

bigger lootsplosion from his bag

i believe this is our first look at an ‘artifact’ which are replacing relics from bl2 and oz kits from tps. and like the interviews said, they’ll be effecting movement! this one turns your slide damage into cryo damage, lets you deal more radiation damage overall, and allows you to slide faster and further. i wonder how broken this can get on a downwards slope with a super high level slide relic. let’s break the sound barrier!

anyway, that’s all i saw that caught my eye. I still haven’t completed my Mask of Mayhem analysis, I was kinda hoping something during E3 would help me figure out who those mystery robed maliwan guys are on it, but alas we got nothing of real substance. oh, i also gotta finish that mural piece... aw fuck

[theygotmewhipped]

Skin - 3.The Walk

Word Count: 2597

“Mmhm…” Chanyeol plopped down on the couch face first. It took him just a few seconds until he was back on his feet waltzing around whining and sighing. I was sitting on a second sofa trying to focus on the latest episode of Mr.Robot ignoring Chanyeol’s noise. “Eh.” He ended up back on the couch.

“For the love of sweet Remi, could you just fucking sit down and shut the hell up?!” I lost my patience, paused the TV and looked at him. “Or close yourself in your room so I don’t have to listen to your whining!” I scowled.

“But I’m bored, Yumi.” He said like an annoying little child, showing me his overly sad face.

“That’s not my problem so shut up.” I resumed the show and kept watching Elliot’s adventures. Chanyeol then stood back up and walked around the apartment for a few minutes making noises I didn’t know were possible. He eventually flunked down on the carpet right below me.

“Aaaaaaaa…” he yelled staring at the ceiling. When have I let move in a spoiled brat?

“What the fuck, Chanyeol?!” I barked, leaning over him.

“Let’s do something.” He grinned at me satisfied by getting my attention.

“I – AM, doing something if you haven’t noticed. Elliot is about to realize something important.” I motioned to the paused screen.

“I meant something actually interesting and fun.” He replied. I narrowed my eyes at him.

“You did not just say that?!” Nobody has a right to call my hobbies boring. We stared at each other in a silence. Wow, he actually knows how to shut up. I sighed and broke the eye contact. “Why don’t you just go unpack the rest of your things?” I voiced the first thing that came to my mind and resumed watching the TV.

“I already unpacked. You helped me, remember?” He sat up. Right, I should have just left him do it alone but then again my napping was being threatened. “Yumi, I’m booooored.” He was faking a cry. I’ll break the pause button if he continues like this.

“What do you expect me to do, Chanyeol?! Go find something to do on your own, I’m not your babysitter!” I glared at him. He grinned back at me.

“Let’s cuddle. I want to cuddle.” He leaned closer to my knees turning on a red alert in my head.

“Hell to the no!” I folded my legs up on the seat. “Anything but cuddles.” I reacted in a panic. His grin grew even wider.

“Okay, then we are going for a walk.” He happily jumped up.

“Wait, what do you mean ‘we’?” I was confused by his complete change of mood.

“And we can go get some ice cream. Or cake. Now I really want some cake. What do you like better?” Chanyeol ignored me while daydreaming about sweets.

“Are you even listening to me?” I called out to him.

“We can maybe even go get Toben and take him for a walk as well. Do you like dogs?” He grabbed a water bottle out of the fridge. “Why am I even asking? Of course, you like dogs. Everyone likes dogs.” He was indignant over his own question and closed himself in his room. I just trailed him with my eyes in disbelief. What the hell just happened? Who the fuck am I living with? I shook my head and returned to the best friend a girl can ask for; Netflix.

“You are going in your pajama?” Chanyeol came out of his room dressed in jean shorts, plain T-shirt and a baseball cap. Then he halted for a second. “Why are you still wearing PJ’s anyway? It’s like 3pm.”

“What’s it to you? Why should I change if I don’t have to?” I tried to focus on the screen and disregard the judgement.

“If you wanna go out in that it’s fine by me.” He shrugged. Can he just go out already and leave me to my important business here?

“Who said I’m going anywhere?” I said in vain.

“Well, you agreed to go with me.” He sang happily.

“No. I did not.” I was irritated.

“Yes, you did. You said anything but cuddles so we are going out.” What kind of logic is that?

“I didn’t mean it literally. You go out and have fun. I’m staying in this position for at least another five hours.” I rebuffed. He moved in front of the TV with a smug look on his face.

“As if you have a choice.”

“Dude, you wide. Move your ass elsewhere!” I gestured for him to move.

“Not until you get up and put some clothes on.” Chanyeol lifted his arms to the sides to cover even more of the screen. He definitely enjoys annoying me. No doubt about it.

“Don’t you have any friends to go with? Go bother them instead.” If he doesn’t move, I’ll stab him.

“I do have friends for your info. However, I want to go with you, roomie.” He smiled.

“Just shut up and get out of my view.” I threw a pillow at him.

“I’m the view.” He defended successfully and then proceeded to sing GOT7’s Look and wiggle in front of me.

“Aaaa…” I let out a fed up scream. “If I go with you, will you stop singing and doing…that?!” I scanned him judgmentally.

“What? You don’t like my dancing?” He shook his body in a weird way again.

“If Hoseok saw you he would scratch his own eyes out and then jump under a truck.” I imagined a reaction of one of my friends. I stood up after who knows how many hours, my body screaming from too much movement.

“Who’s Hoseok?” Chanyeol asked confused.

“No one to you.” I walked into my room and left him wondering what I was talking about. I changed into something acceptable in public and returned to Chanyeol. “So are we going or what?” I stood above him as he laid on the couch scrolling on his phone.

“Of course!” He was on his feet in an instant almost running out of the apartment. No, it’s not a child I unwillingly live with. It’s a dog. A six feet tall hyperactive loud dog. I sighed watching his fading figure. I’m already exhausted and we haven’t even left yet. “C’mon, Yumi!” He shouted from the hallway. I sluggishly went after him. What are the statistics that a plane crashes at me right now, please?

We walked through the city and Chanyeol talked and talked and talked…It was hard enough to keep up with his pace since his one step is two mine and he has too much energy to walk slower. I’m actually starting to think it’s scientifically impossible for him to stay in calm state for more than a second. But taking in all the things he said was even harder. Why is he so friendly? We know each other like four days or so. But go off I guess.

“…and you are going to love Toben.” That’s the dog, right? “Oh, let’s buy the ice cream here! Have you been here before? I’ve never tasted ice cream better than this place offers. You have to try the mango. Wait here, I’m gonna get us some.” He walked to the window taking out his wallet.

“Chanyeol, wait, I’ll…”He turned back at me.

“Oh right. I forgot to ask, what’s your favorite flavor. I bet it’s peanut butter cup because you are sweet but salty.” …pay for myself. Was what I wanted to say until he cut me off. He’s grinning at me, for once actually waiting for me to answer.

“Y-ess.” I answered slowly processing his question, watching his face light up even more, revealing a small dimple.

“I knew it!” He happily jogged to the counter. PBC actually isn’t my favorite but for some reason I had an urge to say yes. I watched him chat with the guy at the counter not knowing what else to do just fidgeting around. “Here you go.” He handed me my cone.

“Oh, hold it for a sec, I’m gonna pay you back.” I started to dig up money from my pocket.

“What? No, it’s my treat, so take it.” He showed the ice cream right in front of my face. I looked up at him annoyed. He can’t be serious. We were staring at each other, waiting for the other to give up. “Just take it before it melts.” He furrowed his brows.

“Argh, fine.” I replied peevishly and took it from him. He smiled in satisfaction.

“That’s more like it. Let’s go get Toben, it’s only few blocks away from here.” The walk there was finally quiet thanks to the ice cream. Few minutes of peace. How beautiful.

“We’re here.” He stopped in front of one of the houses. “I’m gonna go get Toben, you can wait here.” He smiled a little and entered the house. I looked around. He used to live in a really nice neighborhood. All of a sudden I heard muffled shouting from the house. I turned around and tried to figure out what was going on. The front door opened and a woman pinching Chanyeol’s ear came out. “Ouch, ou, ou…” Chanyeol was bend over squeezing his eyes shut.

“And next time invite her inside!” She let go of his ear.

“Alright, mom.” He smirked. “Toben, let’s go for a walk!” Chanyeol called out into the house. A small black dog with curly fur came running out of the house right my way. Oh god. He ran straight to me and started jumping.

“Um, hey, buddy.” I awkwardly stared at him from above.

“He’s harmless. You can pet him.” Chanyeol appeared in front of me.

“Oh, okay.” I looked up at Chanyeol. He had a soft angelic expression underlined with a small smile. Then I bent down to Toben and let him sniff my hand before caressing his fur. His fur coat looks kinda like Chanyeol’s hair. I snickered to myself. I wonder if his hair would be this soft and fluffy as well.

We walked to the park, well more like running than walking, after Toben who was excitedly leading the way.

“Oh, finally.” I said out of breath when Toben stopped hurrying forward and just ran around us. “Let me just sit here for a bit.” I plopped down on the grass panting. Chanyeol looked completely unfazed like he had just a casual walk.

“Alright. Toben, fetch!” He threw him a small ball. I watched as Toben and Chanyeol played around while I was resting. Like master like dog. They don’t just look like each other they even act in the same overjoyed manner. I’m living with a dog. …oh god, I’m living with a dog! I panicked internally. I looked up at the sky. A month. One month and he’s out and everything will come back to normal again. “Yumi, watch out!” Chanyeol called out to me.

“Huh?” I turned my head down only to see Toben few inches in front of me jumping straight at me. He landed on my chest pushing me to the ground and continued running. “Uh.” I caught my knocked out breath again and stared up at the sky. Shit, he’s heavier than he looks.

“Are you alive?” Chanyeol’s head appeared in my view, casting a shadow over me, with a concerned look.

“I’m fine. Just a bit…shaken.” I tried to find a right word.

“I’m sorry. He gets really excited playing outside.” Chanyeol offered me a hand. I ignored it and sat up on my own. Meanwhile Toben returned to us with the ball in his mouth wiggling his tail. He let go off it and happily looked at me.

“You are one energetic fella, aren’t you?” I scratched his neck with both hands. He crawled up on my knees and let me caress him. Chanyeol knelt down beside us.

“Won’t I get any cuddles?” He tilted his head and smiled at me. I just looked him dead in the eyes. His eyes widened. “I guess that’s a no.”

“You think?” I raised my brows. He pouted at me. “Let’s go get a cake before they close up for the day. We can come back here after.” I suggested so he would stop staring at me like that.

“Yay, cake!” he jumped to his feet and Toben followed him, both running to the center of the park. I stood up and slowly followed them. I miss my bed.

When I reached the confectionary Chanyeol was already at a table with two plates in front of him.

“What took you so long? I ordered for you as well.” He grinned at me and showed one of the plates in front of me.

“Not all of us have legs longer than average life span.” I retorted back and sat down.

“Toben doesn’t and still arrived along with me.” Chanyeol mocked me. I rolled my eyes.

“Whatever.” I took the cake and bite in to it. Chanyeol giggled at the lack of my comeback and proceeded to stuff his face with the sweet confection. I took a bite of my own and almost died of sweet happiness. I moaned in pleasure. I love this! All of a sudden Chanyeol started laughing. “What?” I asked with straight face and full mouth.

“I’m glad you like the one I picked for you.” He chuckled. I gulped down the big chunk I had in my mouth.

“It’s delicious.” I exclaimed. “But why are you laughing?” I was confused.

“You look like a piglet when you eat. You have it all over your mouth.” He grinned.

“So what?!” I said little embarrassed looking at the table and licked around my lips.

“You still have little over there.” He pointed at the left corner of my mouth. He leaned over the table and reached for my face. “Let me…”

“Hell no!” I slapped his hand away and knitted my brows. Then I took a napkin and furiously wiped my lips. Chanyeol watched me with puzzled look but didn’t say anything.

We finished eating and returned to the grassland. Chanyeol and Toben started to run around like crazy.

“Join us, Yumi!” Chanyeol passed me and kept running in bee lines with his dog. I looked at him with a tired face, exhausted just by watching him. “C’mon, Yumi. Don’t be so uptight.” He grinned at me while jumping to sides trying to confuse Toben.

“Ugh, fine.” I gave in. You are doing this for the dog, Yumi. I convinced myself.

We ran around, played with the ball and yelled at each other like kids to the point that I forgot what a drag it is and I started to actually enjoy myself. Toben seemed to finally run out of energy and lied down on the grass. I flunked down next to him and breathed heavily.

“Shit, I’m exhausted.” I chuckled at the fact that I was actually fine with the state I was in. Chanyeol sat down next to me panting as well. “The sky is really beautiful.” I said as I admired the evening pink and orange playing in the sky. Chanyeol looked up at the sky and then down at me.

“You know, a genuine smile really suits you.” He said gently with a small smile.

“Yeah, sure...thanks…I guess.” I felt out of place and squirmed on the ground. I closed my eyes so I don’t have to look at Chanyeol. Without even realizing, I fell asleep right there on the ground.

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Survivor Winners at War Ep 10 Recap

In this episode, TIME FOR THE HAPPY TEARS, EVERYBODY! (and I mean everybody)

So the episode wastes NO time to get going, and YES, IT’S TIME FOR THE LOVED ONES’ VISITS! But PLOT TWIST! Y’all get ALL THE KIDDIES NOW, TOO!

And oh my god, what a sweet moment. And I’m so happy they let them have more than one family member, because this truly is an important moment for both us, the fans, and them, and what better way than to share that with their families? (Plus, what the fuck are you gonna do? Make the spouse fly to Fiji and leave the kiddies at home? Bring only one kid? NAH, BRING THEM ALL, LOOK AT HOW ADORABLE THIS IS!).

And of course, oh god the tears. Honestly, we can all play and say “Ah, c’mon, it’s only been 20 or so days, how can you be so emotional?”, but like? The pressure they’re all under? Knowing you really can’t trust anyone around you? And then seeing the one person you know has your back unconditionally? It must be such a powerful moment!

I wish I could take pics of everyone but that REALLY would take so much time, but oh my god I had to with Tony...LOOK AT HIM. BEING SUPER SOFT. MY HEART CAN’T TAKE IT.

DON’T TOUCH ME I’M EMOTIONAL. AAAAA.

And as if that wasn’t enough of a tearjerker, we get EMOTIONAL TYSON. EMOTIONAL TYSON JUST FUCKING TAKES ME OUT, MAN. I JUST-....AAAAAAAA.

You know when the jokey character finally gets serious, and it’s always such an “oh shit” moment? Yeah, it’s kinda like that. God, he loves them so much aaaa. (I am confused tho, didn’t he have two kids? Someone tell me what’s up with that). And omfg him being all “Am I stinky? I am?” to his daughter, AHHHH TOO CUTE.

And of course we get ULTIMATE WOMEN RESPECTER, LOVER OF HIS WIFE AND KIDS MR JEREMY COLLINS WHAT AN ICON.

Just look at this crew!

But anyway, after some dad jokes from Jeff, we find out...THERE IS NO CHALLENGE! EVERYONE GETS TO ENJOY TIME WITH THEIR LOVED ONES! And honestly? What a good choice, especially for this season. Imagine having to compete and having to pick whoever goes on the reward. IMAGINE MAKING CHILDREN CRY sdkjghkf. So yeah, everyone gets to have fun!

After that absolute wholesomeness, we go back to Edge of Exctinction, or as I like to call it: Depreeeession iiiiislaaaand! (read in a sing-songy jingle voice). So the gang is being sad, as one does, and then...a boat appears? Something bad happening? SYKE, Y’ALL GET LOVED ONES, TOO, BABY!

AND LIKE, that’s so sweet!? I’m so happy even the people on the Edge get to have this moment, cause c’mon! They totally deserve it!

AND WE AS FANS DESERVE TO SEE THE ROMBER KIDDIES AND PARV WITH HER SON AND ALL THE CUTENESS AND AAAAAA

And then we get Adam and his dad and I’M ALREADY CRYING, PLEASE DON’T DO THIS TO ME, BUT I’M SO HAPPY FOR HIM.

So yeah, it was SO cute, SO deserved, and I’m super emotional and I love them all so much.

BUT ANYWAY, TIME TO KEEP STABBING PEOPLE IN THE BACK LMAO.

The challenge is the “stack the letters on the wobbly table that you hold steady with a rope and spell immunity” one, which I’d LOVE to try, I’d probably suck ass, but I’d love to try it...

AND HOLY SHIT, TONY WINS?

“I won a game of patience!” BRO NOBODY CAN BELIEVE IT BUT WE LOVE IT, LET’S GO!

So, what’s going on now? Jeremy tells Tony he wants to split up Sarah and Sophie (Uhm, NO), but Tony is kinda not on board with that (...for now). Then Sarah says she wants to get Kim out (again...NO), but Tony suggest Tyson would be a better idea. But Jeremy is being pretty sus, so Tony calls the boys and is like “Y’all wanna blindside Jeremy?”.

So there’s a line being drawn in the sand, with Tony, Sarah, Sophie, Ben and Nick on one side, and Kim, Denise, Tyson, Jeremy and Michele on the other. BUT Jeremy has his get-out-of-TC advantage, Sarah has a steal-a-vote, and Kim has an idol...

Anyway, TC starts and it’s instant whispering time, so Jeremy is clearly feeling targeted, so he goes to call Jeff...and so does Sarah! Of course nobody wants to be the first one to reveal their move, so they both go “You first.” “No, you.” “Ladies first!” “Nope.” and then it HAPPENS AGAIN.

In the end, Jeremy goes first and he plays his get the fuck out advantage, leaving TC...and he’s safe, but now his alliance is down a number! But also the other alliance has no target anymore!

AND THEN SOPHIE IS LIKE “Why don’t the five of us go over there and make a decision?” which OMFG HILARIOUS and also DAMN, THAT’D BOLD. But yeah, it’s scrambling time for sure.

And then as if that isn’t enough Sarah uses her steal-a-vote to get Denise’s vote, leaving them at 6 to 3 (they still had the numbers, but I guess she used it to make sure so nobody flips and it’s a tie?). AND THENNNN, Kim goes and uses her idol on DENISE, which I thought wasn’t the right choice tbh, but who knows.

And in the end, Tyson goes home. They did throw 2 votes to Denise, and then APPARENTLY Michele actually voted for Tyson as well, because there were only 2 Sophie votes? I didn’t know it, I found it from the Purple Rock, but I AM ONCE AGAIN ASKING FOR THE VOTES TO BE SHOWN DKJFDKJFDH.

But yeah...Bye Tyson...again.

[wild-houseplant]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HOOOOOOOOOOOOO Look at em!! This has just... aaaa! My day is MADE with this! 😍😍😍😍 It’s the little things and the big things that do it for me (which is to say all the things!) The snake earring! The amulet! And everyone’s HAIR! Floof and slick and braid and aaaaaaaaaaa MATE!!! they are the coolest! (I am zooming to see Astala (my beloved) and Ilanlas (also my beloved)). Her face shape is so perfect and pointy and aaaAAAAA. Perfect mouth, perfect nose, perfect eyes.  God I LOVE And I loooooove the shoulders on Rhodri’s robes! They sit exactly how she would want them to! To answer your question: she’d be comfortable in most things that weren’t feminine, but she does adhere to a very strict modesty dress code outside of her personal dwelling (so her tent, room in an inn, or within the estate in Minrathous/Kirkwall). Tevinters often wear light armour under their robes, so the HC is that they cover up quite extensively to hide it. Naturally, some sort of -ism has crept in over the years and turned it into a standard of public decency the Altus class observe, and it was hammered into Rhodri early on. You can imagine what a stir Dorian and Maevaris would cause with their dressing habits :D 

Anyway, she doesn’t look down her nose at anyone who doesn’t follow that dress code-- she couldn’t care less who follows it, really-- but she’s been so well conditioned that she wouldn’t be comfortable showing off anything beyond head, neck, hands, and feet in public, and even the latter two should be covered. This will crop up a few times in the story, once I actually get to those parts. :P

I love these robes, though, and I know Rhodri would, too. Perfect on a warmer spring day at home, cut high enough to let the breeze through. She’d be fascinated by the asymmetry, pausing in front of the mirror to stare at her one visible leg, and kick the other leg back and forth to watch it ripple. If she could get her hands on exciting socks, you know there’d be some wild times ahead! So really, depends on the setting. Your choice, maestro! She looks fantastic :3 :3

Thank you so much for drawing her. God I’m so taken with this! 83 I can’t stop LOOKING! it has been HOURS.

There was some talk about different warden's heights recently, and I kind of wanted to do a line-up, so...

(Pardon the image quality)

[ID: A hand-drawn line-up comparing character's heights. There are four characters pictured, all still in the sketching phase so that there's nothing more to see but the rough outline and general body shape. The image has poor quality and weird shadows thrown over it. End ID]

From left to right we got: Yara, Rhodri, Astala and Ilanlas

@badartxd and @wild-houseplant I hope I'm getting the body proportions and the mood in the pose kinda right? It's probably difficult to see bc the characters are still blocks XD But my idea was that Yara would be holding a stone and Rhodri would have her hands plunged in her pockets.

@siriskulksnerding I'd love to include Vanessa as well. Any thoughts on how tall she is?

@icy-warden I think Ilanlas would be thrilled to have Vergil there as well ^^ Would he and Saskia like to join the party (no pressure tho, if you'd rather not, no worries about it ^^)

@yukichouji I'd love to have Theron join as well, what do you think? Only if you want to, of course :D

@the-iron-lion would it be okay if I include Ezra as well? How tall is she? No pressure tho ^^

[battystumutchildren-blog]

YULALA: -She's out and about today and was actually gravitating towards a local spot that's been getting a lot of attention lately from those in her "friend circle" (although in reality not very many people are still actually in her friend circle). Her many trappings and jewelry jangle as she walks. She's got her ears buds in, and seems to walk slightly strangely or off kilter as she sways to the beat of whatever she's listening too, and even hums.-

MAVRIK: -Mavrik was in agony. He had kept himself hidden in shadowy corners of this space station, hiding among trash  bags and dumpsters, until his nose and the cuts on his face from the broken glass smashed over his head had stopped bleeding their weird rainbow of colors. Now it was all mostly dirty looking scabs, asides from the cracks in his horn which were still oozing. Oh well, it was close enough to the base that maybe no one would notice...-

MAVRIK: -His bruised and battered rib cage made it hard to breathe, and the headache and waves of dizziness caused by his horn fracture wasnt helping to improve his thinking ability. Which was bad, because he needed to figure out a way off this damn station and to get back to lauctis without drawing any attention to himself. And currently using one hand to cover up his exposed glowing eye and looking beat to hell and back was not the best way to go about being inconspicuous.-

MAVRIK: -He was behind some other restaurant, leaning against the wall and just taking deep breaths to try and tune out the throbbing in his skull when he smells it. A weird, familiar musk that he only knows in the deepest part of his cognitive memory. There is a instinctual tug in his stomach, and Mavrik knows what it is hes detecting before his brain can even muster the sheer near impossible odds that there is another mimic here.-

MAVRIK:  -Either way though he isn't wasting too much time trying to sort out just how or why another member of his species is here. He needs help, and he can only hope that whoever it is they are willing to give it...-

-As Yulala continues walking she might feel like something is following her, perhaps she might even smell him too. But after a few minutes of tracking her down, and confirming with his nose what she is, Mavrik will grab Yulala by the wrist and forcefully yank her out of view of the public eye and into a corridor where he promptly covers her mouth with a hand and speaks into her ear through gritted teeth.-

MAVRIK: (Dont scream, please dont scream, I need help Im alone and need to get out of here, please help me.)

YULALA: -Music may be a relief to her, but apart of the reason she likes it so much is that it swallows all her sensory information and directs it to one place. She has minimal hope of noticing him before the assailant snatches her. For the first few seconds, all she can think about is how terrified and horrified she is. Nothing like this has ever happened to her, and she never imagined she'd be caught so off guard when it did. However, he might be surprised by how strong she is, when she lashes against him like a viper, threatening to knock him back into the wall of the alley and tear herself out of his grip. Not screaming, but a shrieky animalisitc snarl that he ought to be familiar with.-

YULALA: Get aaaaaawaaaaay from me!

MAVRIK: -When she sharply moves to throw him off her Mavrik chokes on the wince he makes from her knocking into his battered body. He lets go of her wrist in favor of wrapping both his arms around his sides and leaning forward as he tries to outlast the sharp radiating pain.- (Fuck!!)

MAVRIK: Pl-Please Im not trying to do anything, I need your help someone attacked me and I think they know we need to get out of here! -He hisses and then looks up at her pleadingly, both eyes open, one seemingly troll like with an indigo iris, and the other bare and neon. A look Yulala might find very familiar.-

YULALA: -Yulala could smell the blood the whole time....Among other confusing...(and exciting?) scents and colors coming off him in waves. It's making both her eyes and nose very confused. She hisses again, but it's slower, like she's thinking it over for a second, although she's still bolt straight and clearly about to attack him again to make her escape. But then she gets a good look at him, and sees the ugly hurt aura of colors that's radiating from his wounds, and that cools her hostility into instantaneous pity. She's not stupid though, she's still guarded. And angry.-

YULALA: Why did you pull me aaawaaaaay like that? It reaaallly scaaaarred me!!

YULALA: ...but you cleaaarly need aaaa hospital....I could caaalll you a caaab? Is thaat what you need?

YULALA: You....-She does notice his neon eye. It stuns her. She's never seen another eye that looked like hers before, except...In a mirror.-

MAVRIK: NO! -He hisses again, but then regrets it and tries to be as seemingly non-aggressive as possible through his body language.- No hospitals!! Are you crazy???

MAVRIK: And I pulled you in here so no one would see us! I can't believe you are walking around like that, look at your eyes what are you thinking!?? -He wheezes and points a finger at her face.- Sunglasses or contacts or something you cant go bare eyed thats so fucking dangerous! I know most of the worlds and stations near here are musclebeast shit backwards without culling laws but for fucks sake...

YULALA: -At first she's confused....and then incredibly offended....and then confused some more.- Aaa.....Aaare you from aaaa plaaaanet with culling laaaws? -She clumsily lets her voice fall into a not-as-agressive tone, a little startled by all these sudden developments.-

YULALA: I...I know you might be scaaaared, but it's saaaaaafe, I promise. My faaamily haaas lived here for aaaaaaaa long time aaaand most of them are offspec.

YULALA: I could...go with you...If you're reaaaaaallly aaaafraaaaid! -She doesn't really want to, despite the offer. Something about him just....unnerves her. His sudden presence in her life is scary and she wants him gone as fast as possible. But she can't abandon a hurt, confused person.-

MAVRIK: -Yes, pity him he is indeed hurt and confused. But mostly confused at her. Mavrik looks at her like Yulala has two heads.- Wh-?? Yes! I came from a damn planet with culling laws, the odds of existing on one of those flimsy "Beforean" minded hell holes is so rare they keep too close of a track on their caverns. -Or so hes been told.-

MAVRIK: I'm from a colony world controlled by Alternian government, or I was. I had to defect to lauctis which is where I'm trying to get to but at this point I'm willing to go anywhere, seriously ANYWHERE.

MAVRIK: -He reaches out and takes her arm again.- But you said your family right?? "Family??" There are more? Please take me to them, take me with you I promise I'm no threat rogue, I lost my group sweeps ago I've been on my own since I just want to meet them, to see others like us again!!!(edited)

YULALA: -None of the trains of thought her racing mind was pursuing seem to be related in any way to this strange troll's babbling. She feels herself kind of withdrawing inward as he talks, noticing the way the splatter of his blood shines. Just like hers. She backs off from him more although the alleyway is cramped and there's not much space to work with. She's just overhwelmed with way he's assaulting her sights and senses. For instance the prisma of his aura of misery and loathing is so bright in comparison to other people she's met that it almost burns to be too close to it.  And he can see her fear rising, probably assume that at any moment she wants to bolt without replying to any of his increasingly alarming statements.-

YULALA: ...

MAVRIK: -He can see her fear, plain as day, even if it comes muddled through the one contact lens. Shit he didnt want to scare her off, but why was she even so frightened?? He was like her! He was one of them! Even with his confusion though Mavrik lets her back up again and holds his hands out in front of himself fingers splayed in a peaceful gesture, and he tries to appear as non threatening as he can despite his heart thudding in his chest and all his senses going crazy.- Please, please just...

MAVRIK: Just get me to lauctis. Thats all I need, and I can explain myself more but we cant stay here. Neither of us.

YULALA: -There's a tense silence....and then she speaks up again.- Whaaaats the point of getting aaaanywhere if your injuries get infected aaaand you die? You don't trust the hospitaaal on Laaauctis either, I guess?

YULALA: You're confused. Aaabout aaa lot. I don't know whaaat you think we haaave in common, but we don't.

MAVRIK: No! I have medical supplies I can't treat myself there- Wh-??? -He frowns at her. He's the confused one?? She's the one trying to get him to go to a hospital where he could easily be exposed and found out! It's like she doesn't even know the first rules of mimic survival!-

MAVRIK: -Then his frown turns more squinty, like he's inspecting her. And then again Mavrik is suddenly invading her personal space again, taking hold of her arms and sniffing at her collar bone, her shoulder.- Holy shit I thought I was seeing things because of a concussion but it's not here. You don't have it. -There is a sudden twisting in his gut, and the strong urge to correct her lack of internal parasite.-

MAVRIK: -Lets go of her wrists and jumps back.- What are you??

YULALA: -It's safe to say that everything he's said thus far has her taken aback, but he doesn't need to see her aura to know how it makes her feel, her eyes squint with surprised hurt as though he slapped her. Its not the first time she's heard those words. All she can do is give him a flabbergasted blurt back.-...No. What aaarre you?

YULALA: -She fiercely yanks herself away from him again.- Stop it! I didn't saaay you could touch me!

MAVRIK: I'm like you! If you need to put a word to it trolls have called us "mihmiks" for centuries. -Says the name with so much distaste and malice it might as well be acid on his tongue.-

MAVRIK: You are parasite free something is wrong with you, where is the rest of your group?? Where are their parasites?

YULALA: Mihmiks. -Her stomach is twisting around inside her painfully. She doesn't understand all of what he's saying- still-  but somehow...she knows what he's saying is true. And it's the worst thing that's happened to her....So far. There's another layer on top of the colors both she and Mavrik can see- an even fainter and more subtle aura of intuition that's for her alone. This person is going to set off an unavoidable chain of events....It's hard not to get lost in that train of thought- it's already trying to unfocus her from the situation and yank her away from reality.-

YULALA: I don't know whaaat you mean by paraaasites....I don't know why you'd waaant to ....haaaave paraaaasites. I waaaas raised by my daaad. An indigoblood!  On a ship. With lots of other offspec trolls.

MAVRIK: -Stares at Yulala like shes gone and grown a third head. Seriously this lady keeps getting stranger and stranger.- .... The lack of parasite is no longer the strangest thing, you were raised by trolls???

MAVRIK: The murderous species that would literally rather have you, me and everyone else like us dead raised you???

MAVRIK: -He cant even compute that.-

MAVRIK: Did they not know what you are!? Well I guess obviously so because why would a troll keep someone that feeds off their kind alive it doesnt make sense!

YULALA: You- we- You're saying Mihmiks feed on trolls? -HORRIFIED.-

YULALA: Ugh! I caaaan't deaaal with aaalll this. I don't waaannna deaaaal with aaaaaaall this!

YULALA: Look, just put a hoodie on, sneak onto a traaansportaaaalizer paaad. I don't caaaare where aaas long aaas it's faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar aaaway from me! -

YULALA: -With that she turns and starts to run.-

MAVRIK: Not really trolls themselves, its an option if you can manage it but mostly its the eggs and grubs. You havent lived until you-- WAIT STOP!! -He tries to sprint forward after her but before he even reaches the end of the ally way he has to stop, he cant run, he cant keep up. Mavrik just places a hand against the wall to support his weight and pathetically wheezes...-

MAVRIK: -She can run while she can, this wont be the last time they will see each other...-