#but at least she made decent progress with the kitty!

[victorluvsalice]

-->They did -- as Victor went off for his jog and I sent Smiler to start looking for more frogs for their collection (they found a spotted leaf frog and a dirt frog in the couple of logs I spotted), I saw a couple of stray cats by the fountain! One of which was a cute little gray stubby-tailed cat called Kelly. I decided they seemed like a good candidate for animal friendship and had Alice revert to human form to go say hello...

-->Just in time for another werewolf to come charging through. And not just any werewolf -- frickin’ GREG. You know, from Moonwood Mill? He of the eternal grumpiness and warning signs? As you can see, even the CAT seemed surprised to see him. Sims 4, what are you doing with your walkbys?

-->ANYWAY -- despite the random Greg tearing on through, Alice set about making friends with Kelly -- a process that ran well into the night and involved a lot of giving of treats, chatting, petting, and playing with laser pointers. As you do. :p She also learned a couple of Kelly’s traits -- the kitty is a Free Spirit and Mischievous, which -- honestly, sounds rather like Cheshire. I think this pairing of cat and human is meant to be. XD

-->While all this was going on, Smiler finished up finding frogs and went back to the park to give some chess-playing Sims an extra burst of focus -- this led to one of them getting up to introduce himself as Brent Hecking! Well, Smiler’s already good friends with his husband -- might as well get to know the other half of the pair! :) They had a nice chat until Smiler had to head out to work (gotta pay for all those new rugs and all!). And Victor finished his jog, did a bit of stargazing, then cleaned himself up with a very dramatic Scruberoo. :P Hey, it’s all magical experience!

But you know, I wanted a dog as well as a cat -- surely there’s another stray around here Victor could make friends with?

[echodrops]

The Promises I’m Making (2021 Edition)

So how about we all just pretend that 2020 did not happen and we all call it good to erase the year from our memories entirely? I’m game. But I’m also not going to let 2020 totally ruin a long-standing tradition (14 years as of 2021!), so here are my 50 resolutions for this year! When writing promises this year, I decided to go easy on myself, so if the promises aren’t quite as adventurous as normal, well... you know what happened.

2021 Promises

1) Complete the window well on the new basement window so I can finally call that project good.

2) Get the Utah house sprinklers working again to prevent dead grass.

3) Get the back fence back into place and the greenery trimmed.

4) Get the patio replaced before it honestly does just fall down on someone.

5) Get an official exercise routine including walking/jogging, please.

6) Related to the above, lose 15 pounds. Teaching from home basically meant I spent all of 2020 sitting in front of computer, not moving, and it shows...

7) Successfully use the new Roomba my parents got me to keep my floors cleaner. (So much... dog hair...)

8) Get my wisdom tooth removed. (Holy shit, please Echo...)

9) Get a haircut. (No, really, I didn’t get a haircut at all in 2020 and my hair is so long I’d make Sailor Mars jealous.)

10) Find a real doctor to renew my medicine prescriptions so I don’t have to use an asthma inhaler that expired two years ago... please... 

11) Fix the back Texas lawn because I let it get pretty bad.

12) For that matter, uhhhh, let me fix the front yard too.

13) Find a credenza for the foyer. Even if it’s expensive, just buy one already Echo.

14) Finish at least seven new books this year. (This goal feels so small, but when do I ever get time to just sit down and read nowadays?)

15) Organize my documents (especially student papers)—my desktop and documents folders give me nightmares just looking at them.

16) Get a decent paper shredder to shred old mail.

17) Talk to an HR rep about my retirement savings so that I can consolidate my retirement accounts.

18) Do at least one artwork to actually use that new paint program I bought.

19) Get the dishwasher fixed... even if I don’t quite know what’s wrong with it.

20) Pay my credit card down by at least 1/2. I made good progress this last year but I need to get it down a lot more before I’ll really be feeling good again.

21) Have all class changes and updates done before classes begin so I only have to worry about grading, not prep too. (There’s always new prep... I never get a break...)

22) Get the toilet in the Texas house fixed as well as the water heater checked because the shower in the back bathroom is cold, blech.

23) Help King lose weight to help with his arthritis. Aim for 85 pounds!

24) See a groove-billed ani. (It’s another type of bird.)

25) Make it to 3000 followers on tumblr. Can I do it? Maybe if I posted actual content once in a while…

26) Update HaaH at least once. Please. At least once...

27) Force Convince my father to fix the fixture in my parents’ front bathroom so my mother will finally stop complaining to me about the leaking sink.

28) Buy a new pair of shoes. I’ve literally worn the same pair of shoes almost every day for the last four years and it’s like... time to let them go.

29) Finish streaming the Fruits Basket remake with Kacchan.

30) Finish the other two QEP courses I was offered because bonus money...

31) Save up to finally buy one of those Ember heated tea mugs.

32) Help my parents save money on their bills by consolidating their services and making some calls to retention of these companies for them.

33) Get vaccinated for Coronavirus as soon as the vaccine is available.

34) Play the new TWEWY game (if it isn’t delayed)--I’m so excited!

35) Find a way to spend more time with my coworker. She does so much for me; I really need to repay her kindness more.

36) Do a video chat and bake with Kacchan since we can’t meet in person to bake together this year!

37) Learn to take better FFXIV screenshots. I need to learn how to use Gposers. XD

38) I will go birdwatching at least six times this year.

39) I will use the exfoliating mask and sugar scrubs I was given for Christmas. I will this time, I really will!!

40) I will get my kitty Gremory to the vet because there’s something not quite right with his claws and I want it checked out.

41) Get a bedframe for the new guest bedroom bed I was able to buy.

42) Eat fewer snacks in 2021--stop buying Oreos, Echo. You can do it.

43) Help ensure that the Todoroki family zine makes it out to everyone who ordered and we are able to close out that zine project strong!

44) Get all of the wolf mounts in FFXIV, finally. I never bothered to grind these at all lol.

45) I will help my mother go through all the family’s Christmas things because the house is so overloaded with Christmas stuff it’s actually becoming a big nuisance. (My family’s Christmas obsession could probably be a plot of a Christmas comedy movie at this point...)

46) Actually watch the Downton Abbey movie, finally. 

47) Take ten “really good” photographs this year.

48) Spend more time with my aunt; we don’t see each other nearly enough.

49) A promise provided by a friend: “Try a new Mexican dish. One that doesn’t have mole on it, for once.”

50) I will keep these promises. LOLLLLL.

[heizerux]

Timetagger

This time around, in this newest episode we finally have TIMETAGGER (an episode I’ve been looking forward to for reasons)

My initial thoughts/theories for this episode was that this was an episode with future LB and CN potential. . . and well :)

LETS GET RIGHT INTO IT!

We start off with CONFIRMATION that the twins and Chris/Noel are indeed friends that hang out and play a lot. They’re The Three Musketeers you cant change my mind.

Then there’s #MarinetteforRapGod2019 . I stan.

Slim Shady better watch out

The fun gets cut short, of course, because of Mr. Pigeon, who keeps getting akumatized because he’s so attached to his pigeons. . . Pretty frequently it seems. Ladybug and Chat Noir can take out his akuma with their eyes closed. It’s nothing new. They even have an ice cream with him and have a one on one two? talk. Things were going so well and easily until. . . enter Timetagger.

This was “unforeseeable”.

Now let’s talk about this setup and why it matters (to me at least):

I know SW2 was meant to set up a halfway point to the show and demonstrate how things will change from then on. . . But I wanna talk about how this very episode executed what SW2 should have, and did a much better job in. In this episode we’re shown a villain from S1 who is now considered as “threat-less” when he once was a big threat. Even the people instead of getting to safety now stand close by as an audience. It’s far too easy now. Then suddenly enter a much more powerful villain from the future, and now they’re suddenly in for the big fight.

I just have to say that I thought that THIS was a good way to show that things will change (not a clipshow). You contrast a an old villain to a future one, which only seem to be getting more powerful overtime. Anyway that’s enough on that, moving on.

After the duo evades Timetagger and recharges, they run into Alix, and then marks the tying of some lose ends we had since Timebreaker (love the theme she has going with time btw. It’s a nice touch.) We learn:

The Rabbit Miraculous grants Time Jump powers. (I’m shook, like I really like it!)

The mysterious family heirloom wasn’t a useless high tech watch for its time, but a Miraculous in camouflage.

Alix doesn’t just get to be a holder, she’s been a holder the entire time. Right under our noses!!!

Bunnix most likely gave it to an ancestor to be passed down for generations as back up.

Seeing as the Rabbit Miraculous powers deals with time, it was a smart backup to do in the event her Miraculous was ever damaged.

Bunnix probably got herself trapped in the stone when her miraculous got damaged, Timetagger sent her back, and upon reaching the past she got frozen in time under a stone.

Alix is too awesome and “Minibug” hasn’t noticed yet. FACTS.

CONFIRMED ML LORE: The Miraculous can be placed in a camouflage mode.

Future Alix couldn’t give Chat Noir an answer on if they ever get together because to her they’re all over the place at all times. What I do gather from her answer, is that they’re so focused on hero work as heroes in the future that they most likely mastered keeping their civilian lives a separate secret.

On to facing Timetagger outside, Bunnix goes at it while using her powers for a lengthy time. Chat makes note of it only to be answered with “No, because she’s an adult.”

CONFIRMED ML LORE: Adult Holders don’t seem to require to recharge so soon after using their powers. Or maybe even don’t need to recharge?!?

(In other words it explains Hawkmoth being able to stay transformed.)

The fight continues but “Kitten Noir” gets impatient. He uses Cataclysm and almost destroys her miraculous a second time. Immature move, Kitty.

Lucky for us, Bunnix already saw it coming, and now we know how she got herself in the stone in the first place. Take this as a lesson, Kitty.

She managed to warp Timetagger back and things looked promising. . . Until her memory reminded her of a key point in time right before she “failed”. So Timetagger comes back and now our heroes are in an actual twist. . . Except Ladybug had an idea she knew would work in “the future”.

The Future:

Ladybug makes a false story that she’s sending an apology message to the future for failing and sends Bunnix back with a message. . . To an older Ladybug and Chat Noir who were already expecting it.

A plan from the past.

Side commentary: Adult Chat Noir? Nah. That’s BEEFCAKE NOIR for sure. Our boy probably picked up some workouts for photo shoots given that he’s still probably a model (or at least a celebrity of some kind.) Either way, he looks well. Ladybug also physically looks well. What doesn’t is that same basic costume, but you know, as this episode has said “the future isn’t set in stone.” I’ll just look past it for now. (They probably did that to clearly imply that it very much IS them as adults, any slight difference could only lead to thoughts that it’s different people, apparently lol.)

Back to our present day, Hawkmoth is finally living in the moment that he’ll get his wish in the future, only to be bursted with:

“There’s a Hawkmoth in my future. . But it isn’t you.”

(Mmmm, tea. Didn’t I say it would be interesting if Nathalie betrayed Gabriel and became the ultimate bad guy in the future to come on the last ML post I made? This cruelty tea is delicious btw.)

Hawkmoth is now the big sad to learn he won’t be in power for long.

Timetagger is close to getting the miraculous, but then the future duo steps in and helps out in disarming him. Victory once again from the past to the future.

Then we learn that the akuma was Chris/Noel the entire time, and has picked up rapping?? (My personal headcanon is that: Nino grew up to become a profesional DJ/music producer and his little brother helps him by providing any lyrics or vocals. It’s a cute idea, okay?) Anyways Bunnix is returned to her time and Paris is saved once again.

Meanwhile we catch up on Gabriel “the big sad” Agreste commenting how he’s not in power in the future and that he’s a failure now if only he recognizes that as a father. But then Nathalie comforts him that it’s probably not a failure. . . But perhaps a sign of victory. . .

(Nathalie, I’m on to you. I’m past “just thoughts” and am now full on theories with you)

Now on to concluding the episode, Mr. Remier is akumatized upset yet again and Marinette can’t babysit The Three Musketeers, instead Lila can.

Side note: If Lila wasn’t such a snake, she could actually be decent at story telling with kids and maybe even looking after them. Huh. Who knew.

Ladybug and Chat Noir have some more encouragement time with poor pigeon man and recommend he finds a new animal to look after. Pigeons just aren’t cutting it for him. After leaving they go over the wild villains they’ll face. . . Like Mr. Rat?

Who is that?!? Such a crazy name.

I wonder how that akuma’s origins even started. . .

Lol.

And that’s that.

Conclusion: This episode gave us Alix with a miraculous as well as explanation to her badass family heirloom, minor cameos of future Ladybug and Chat Noir, and overall some kind of progression. This is an episode I was looking forward to, and I’m glad it wasn’t handled as filler.

I give it a 9 out of 10 butterflies. Not bad.

[ihaveatheoryonthat]

Been on a Ghost Trick kick lately, and went over some of my old work (which translates into “stuff from about two years ago”). It’s mostly a series of interconnected oneshots, none of which are actually complete, but there are a couple of decently coherent chunks that I thought I’d put out there.

If you’re someone who follows me for any other fandom (or just happens across this post) and you aren’t familiar with Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, please don’t read this. It’s set firmly post-game and hinges on The One Big Spoiler.

Sometimes, Sissel wondered how Lynne had managed to stay alive long enough to meet him in the first place. It was a question he mulled over in a previous reality and, unfortunately, one he has to ask in their current one.

He’d been having a relatively nice day prior to phone call. The house had been empty, leaving him to his own devices; that meant he could go wherever he felt like without having to worry that someone would see his empty body and think the worst.

He spent this particular day poking around in the attic, playing with anything that caught his attention.

Then the phone rang, and rang and rang. It was persistent, but muffled—enough to be annoying if nothing else.

He didn’t think much of it until it finally gave up, only to start again seconds later. By the time it finished, Sissel had perched himself in a nearby vase, wondering whether or not he should unseat the handset and take a peek on the opposite side of the line.

The answering machine clicked on, and he hesitated just shy of hopping to the receiver.

Jowd’s voice rang out in the kitchen, and, immediately, Sissel was intrigued. Alma and Jowd would call home, but only when they expected someone to be there. The detective was well aware that it was a school day, and that Alma was still at work, which left…

“Sissel, I need you to come here.”

Oh.

He might have called it a pleasant surprise, had it not been for the tone Jowd was using. Sissel hadn’t been the intended recipient of a phone call since the Yonoa; he didn’t particularly mind, but an occasional ‘Hello, how are you? Good day to be dead?’ would still be nice.

“Please tell me you’re listening.”

There was a sigh on the other end of the line. “You’d better not be playing in the street again.”

Within half a second, he’d leapt across the phone line and reached out to Jowd, incorporeal tail bristling. “What was that?”

“Oh, you weren’t. Good.” There was something odd under the dry humor—and given that Jowd had called him out at all, there had to be something worse coming—but, for the time being, Sissel ignored it.

“Dogs play in the street. I was investigating.”

“Yes, investigating an eighteen wheeler as I recall.”

“So I got hit by a truck. I’ll have you know I also stopped a three-car pileup. What did you do with your day?”

“I stop criminals for a living.”

Sissel stopped to consider the point, then licked a shoulder dismissively. “I help victims for a living.”

“You don’t make a living. You’re dead.”

“And I don’t get paid.”

Jowd finally cracked a smile—though it was nothing compared to his usual fare. For the first time, Sissel realized that the heaviness he’d felt through the world of the dead was a tightly-wound fury, and, though it wasn’t directed at him, he was worried for what that meant.

He stretched and then sat up properly, eyes fixed on the detective in silent invitation. He was already dreading what he was about to hear when the single syllable rang through their gap in reality:

“Lynne.”

Sissel couldn’t bring himself to be surprised. When he first met her, she was seconds away from dying; if she had done nothing else that night, Lynne had set a precedent for herself.

He offered a brisk, “Take me to her” before severing their connection and moving to perch in the notepad Jowd had waiting.

The crime scene wasn’t far, but Jowd managed to pack a staggering amount of information into the walk, muttering under his breath so Sissel could get caught up. Sissel appreciated the gesture, but… didn’t feel that it really mattered. He was about to see what happened. Terms like ‘GSR’ only served to complicate something that was really quite simple.

He waited long enough for Jowd to finish his thought before leaping from the notebook to Cabanela’s conveniently angled bicycle, then toward its pedals and further down a road only he could see, picking a careful path towards his destination. Jowd tracked his progress, but didn’t move an inch from where he stood.

Cabanela was there too. That was the second non-surprise of the day.

He looked up at Jowd’s approach and something seemed to pass between the pair of them. Cabanela’s carefully blank expression didn’t so much as flicker, but something in his posture seemed to relax.

Sissel jostled a spring-powered umbrella that had somehow found itself in a tree and braced himself as it hurtled to the ground. He hadn’t thought to loosen the strap holding it shut, which was proving to be a mistake, as it bounced further from Lynne’s body than he’d planned for. When he tuned back into reality, Cabanela was gauging the distance between his starting point and landing position. Jowd looked like he might have been on the verge of laughter, had the circumstances been different.

The latter flipped through his empty pad of paper and made a move to join Cabanela, refusing to acknowledge the umbrella even as he ‘accidentally’ knocked it closer to Sissel’s destination.

Point, Jowd. He was, as Sissel had learned over the years, annoyingly good at helping.

And no, he hadn’t needed help.

Lynne wasn’t awake when he jumped to meet her core, and Sissel found himself disappointed. He’d missed her over the years and, even though death was supposed to be a serious thing, there was a fraction of a second where he’d thought ‘finally’—he could finally talk to her again. If she didn’t wake up at some point, the wait would resume.

He would just have to trust that she’d collect herself by the time he’d sorted everything out. So he went about his work.

It was a gunshot; Sissel couldn’t help but think, “At least she’s starting small”.

He was eying his new friend the umbrella when Lynne regained herself.

“You’re Jowd’s cat.” She said, eyes narrowed as her memories gradually returned. For several seconds, she squinted into nothingness. “And this is…”

“Oh. Oh. Poor kitty, did you get shot too?”

Sissel felt his whiskers twitch, but he refrained from saying anything.

Lynne wrinkled her nose. “Jerk. Who shoots a cat?”

Don’t say anything. Don’t say anything. Do not. Say. A thing.

Oblivious to this internal crisis—even though the feeling was being broadcast directly into the world of the dead—Lynne jammed her hands onto her hips. “Well, it’ll be okay, little guy. If we’re in the ghost world, then that means that Si—“

And there it was.

“Wait a second.”

He’d only dealt with this phenomena once before, so Sissel had been wondering how this would play out.

Lynne was looking at him wide-eyed, like one of the rats he would play with, but refused to actively hunt. Finally, she found the words. Or, rather, word.

“CAT.”

“Yes.”

“You’re a cat?”

“Yes.”

“Holy cow! You’re a cat.”

“I am a cat. I have a scratching post and everything.” He gave his tail a dainty flick and reminded himself that it was untoward to sass the recently departed.

…oh to hell with it. Lynne didn’t count as ‘recently departed’.

“Do you want to reaffirm that I’m a cat a few more times, or can I get on with this?”

“How—how are you the cat?”

“Reaffirmation it is.”

“Can you give me a second to process this? I just found out I was crushing on a cat.”

Sissel tilted his head, uncomprehending. “It was a chicken. And it crushed you.”

Lynne buried her face in her hands.

While she was distracted, Sissel shook a tree branch, jostling the umbrella loose as his query passed beneath it. This time, he rode down with it, stuck the landing-- shoved haphazardly in the assailant’s bag-- and waited. When the man moved to draw his pistol, the umbrella’s spring-locked handle shot upwards and knocked it out of his grip. Past-Lynne started and whirled around.

The would-be murderer panicked and tried to grab something in his bag, but only came up with the wayward umbrella. Said umbrella promptly exploded to its full size, giving Lynne enough time to snatch the gun up and train it on him.

Current-day Lynne gave a low whistle, having long-since emerged from her hiding spot to watch the show. “What was that, a tree branch and an umbrella? Either you’re getting better at this or I need to step up my game.”

“I don’t think I can handle you at the top of your game.”

[arks-self-ship]

I’ve mentioned before I cannot stop thinking about Nighty cause my brain is like “holy fuck we’ve been together roughly 6 years” so here’s a rough timeline of us

Please note this is our world life, and is very different from my real life and my experiences have been different. Some pieces have changed over the years to fit who I am (especially with my transition). Some details will vary on occasion but Nighty is the only one who I have an actual guideline for us

(Huge lore dump below)

2014- first meet, I was new to the institute and wasn’t really good at fighting and had trouble making friends with everyone. Kurt asked for my help setting up a prank on Jean cause I happened to be walking by and we started talking and found out we shared an interest in games and listened to a lot of the same music. Ended up being good friends and I started hanging out with him and kitty quite a bit, but wasn’t real close with the rest of the team because of how shy I was. Already knew I was a guy and had hormone blockers and a binder, my uniform had a compressor which was a lot safer and ended up wearing that under my clothes sometimes instead. Wasn’t yet ready to cut my hair to short yet. Depression had started before I even joined the team and was dealing with a  lot of personal stuff. The professor had helped me change my name legally before even joining which was nice

2015- Starting opening up to the team and getting closer with everyone and made some friends at school who were Kurt’s friends but didn’t really have any friends of my own yet. Was getting a lot better at fighting and getting a handle on my powers, and discovered I could use emotional energy to create real bursts later in the year. Started getting really into my art around this time too. Kurt was apparently starting to question his sexuality too but tried not to think about it. Came out to Kurt that I was trans at this point, later in the year told Kitty too. 

Around the middle of the year Kurt kissed me for the first time, we had just been hanging out in my room laying on my bed talking honestly about ourselves and having a nice conversation about our lives. I was caught off guard and didn’t kiss back and he panicked and teleported away. It was a couple days before we really had a chance to be alone and I kissed him back finally, and we ended up talking for a long time about what this meant for us. We ended up being like “We’re still best friends, but now there’s some new stuff to that”, and Kurt wasn’t ready to come out yet so we dated secretly and only Kitty knew. Kurt identified as Bi for a time while he sorted out his feelings but ended up realizing he was just gay late in the year. I was still ace but knew i was bi-romantic

2016- The Professor was really helpful and said he would help pay for any transitioning I wanted to do, as long as I did my best on the team and in school. Ended up telling the rest of the team one by one that I was trans, not everyone really got it but they were supportive and nice about it. Really started to get better at my powers and finally cut my hair real short and had a mohawk for a bit until I settled for an undercut later in the year. Made some friend’s of my own who tended to be the “scary kids” but were actually super chill and played a lot of video games. Ended up getting top surgery as soon as I could.

Same year mutantkind got exposed to the world and I had trouble going back to school with that going on and my depression hit hard, but Kurt was there to help. My new friends thought it was super cool I had powers tho and were a nice support system

Early in the year we had accidentally gotten caught kissing by Toad, who I ended up making him swear to secrecy under the threat of beating the shit out of him. Turns out, he was gay too! So as long as he didn’t tell anyone about us we wouldn’t tell anyone about him, but we ended up on pretty decent terms with him later on. Later though R/ogue borrowed Kurt’s powers in a fight and learned we were dating, but she also promised not to tell anyone. We were also pretty sure Logan, the professor and Jean all knew but weren’t sure (they did)

2017- Pretty chill year, until towards the end where me and Kurt got caught kissing at school by a kid we didn’t know and the news spread through the school really fast. It was really rough on him, but I ended up bringing him into my new non-mutant friend group cause they were mostly queer too. The team learning about it was… awkward to say the least but they we’re pretty chill about it. Because of this Kurt ended up coming out to his parents when he went home for Christmas that year right before he came back. It was rough at first and they didn’t really get it but were the awkward kind of supportive. I mean their kid was already blue and teleported, being gay wasn’t that shocking.

Me and Kurt had gotten really serious around this time, and were talking about our future together, but we were avoiding talking about college because we were scared we’d want to go separate places and long distance was really scary

2018- Senior year was rough for both of us, my grades were doing terribly and the depression didn’t help and everyone knowing about us being together and being mutants was really not helping. If we didn’t have each other I don’t think we could have made it through it, and I probably would have dropped out. I barely graduated but only because Jean helped tutor me and secretly some of my friends did some of the work for me so I could focus on things that were more of a priority. Graduating was so nice, but I suffered severe burnout that summer, and did nothing almost the entire time. Kurt also got an upgraded holowatch at this time that didn’t constantly break on him and was way more durable. I also figured out how to make the emotional energy take shape, easiest things are simple objects and its usually weapons (Swords, bats, bow, ect)

A couple things with our relationship did happen though, that Christmas I went to go meet Kurt’s family. They were super nice, but really awkward and it was nice to get away for a bit. While we were there we ended up finally talking about college and our plans. I knew I wanted to learn psychology and Kurt still wasn’t sure of his plans, but we ended up deciding to do the community college to get our general classes done first and that would buy us more time to figure things out.

2019- Took a gap year together and ended up traveling together across the country in a van. It was a great way to de-stress from everything and finally get a break from being superheroes too. The whole thing brought us a lot closer and Kurt tried to propose at one point while we were traveling, I ended up saying no but in a more of a “Not yet” kind of way, because of how young we are. We talked about it, and agreed we would get engaged when we were a bit older but we kept the rings as promise rings for that one day when we would try that again. We also ended up getting our hair streaks not long before we went back to the institute as a surprise for everyone, plus we thought it was cute.

Please note that the continuity of if there is a virus in this AU shifts based on what I’m feeling for the day cause sometimes I wanna daydream about going out 😔

2020- oh my god this year has been crazy, we started college together and finally being able to be out has been so nice. Or it was until ya know… we got hit with a plague (yup we have that here too) and have mostly been doing classes online which is a shame. We were both looking forward to campus life and being locked in the institute all the time is a nightmare, especially with all the new students that we’ve been roped into helping teach… But hey, hopefully things will be getting better soon!

2020 revised- This year has been wild, there’s so many new kids at the institute now! The professor keeps roping us in to help teach. Being back on the team though is super nice! Although we do have a new member, Laura, who Logan just apparently brought out of nowhere even tho she was the girl who attacked us a couple years back? She’s kinda odd but she’s trying her best (I think…). College has been interesting, some of my friends ended up moving away but some stayed in town which it’s been nice having classes with them.

Some things have stayed the same in both versions tho!

Kurt’s birth mom (M//ystique) has finally been working to turn over a new leaf. She’s definitely not a good guy but she’s not working with the bad guys anymore? Which i guess is progress?? She’s been trying to reconnect with Kurt and R/ogue, it’s been slow cause R/ogue doesn’t want anything to do with her really but Kurt’s talked to her a few times and they’ve gotten lunch a couple times. I guess after the apocalypse thing it kinda made her think about things, and then Kurt and me being gone for so long kinda made her really reconsider things.

It seems most of the brotherhood is still in town tho, which has caused some problems and they have a couple new members too which has been… a problem. M//agneto has been laying low though, which has been nice so the brotherhood hasn’t done anything to bad.

Being back at the school is kinda nice though, I missed being around my friends and luckily the school has had renovations and expansions so there’s more rooms and the senior/core team rooms have their own bathrooms! Which, holy shit is so nice…

Who knows what the future holds for us, but as long as we’re together I know we’ll be fine

[toxoiddiamond]

T H E B A S I C S Given Name: Seong Ki-mun Nicknames: He briefly went by the name Kyle in middle school because he was tired of people teasing him about his “weird” name. But by the time he got to high school he didn’t care anymore and was back to going by his real name. (He also started purposely mispronouncing the names of anyone who made fun of his name– think A-a-ron.) Age: 30 Birthday: November 23rd Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius Birthplace: Anaheim, California Current Location: NYC, New York Speaks: English, Korean (fluently, but his family teases him about his “American accent” all the time) Dominant Hand: Right Education: He got his Associates Degree from LaGuardia Community College, then transferred to NYU and got his Bachelors in Arts & Sciences. He cheerfully refers to college as the most money he’s ever wasted in his life. Occupation: Teaching Assistant in the English department at CUNY Hunter College. He mostly assists with the Writing and Poetry classes, but also helps out with various Literature classes and acts as a substitute teacher within the department if a professor is out sick or anything. He sometimes ends up being treated more like a personal assistant– sent out for coffee or lunch, asked to type up notes or sort paperwork, but he doesn’t mind. Vehicle: Ki-mun’s aunt and uncle bought him a white 1998 Honda Prelude when he graduated from high school, and he still has it to this day. He doesn’t drive much since it’s so impractical in the city, but he likes having it around as an option for longer trips, road trips, etc. Worldly Possessions: Tons of random art supplies– pencils, charcoal, sketchbooks, clay, paints, brushes, etc. Notebooks completely filled with poetry (with many of the poems scribbled out). A fancy smart TV. A bunch of bean bag chairs. A super nice tablet (Ki-Mun may have a bit of an obsession with having the latest technology~). Tons of socks– like, way too many socks. He has an entire dresser drawer just for his socks. Pet(s): A super adorable calico munchkin kitty named Bugsy.

A P P E A R A N C E Height: He says 5’8”, but he’s closer to 5’7”. Hair: Dark black. Very full, soft and shiny. Always seems to fall perfectly into place even with the bare minimum of effort. He usually just puts a bit of pomade in it and tousles it. Facial Hair: His facial hair is very patchy, so he doesn’t bother growing it out. Eye Colour: Brown Skin Tone: A makeup artist friend of his, Andi, occasionally asks to put makeup on Ki-mun as practice (and also for fun) and has informed Ki-mun that his skin tone is “warm beige.” She also informed Ki-mun that he is an Autumn– Ki-mun doesn’t know what that means, but he likes to share it as a fun fact anytime he has to introduce himself to a group of students. Clothing: Ki-mun dresses like a pretty typical hipster, honestly. Skinny jeans, oversized sweaters, band tees, peacoats, cardigans, leather jackets, etc. He usually wears contacts, but occasionally wears big ol’ glasses. Distinguishing Marks: Does being adorable count as a distinguishing feature? Face Claim: Justin H Min

H E A L T H Physical Health: Not bad. Ki-mun was born HIV positive, but has been taking antiretroviral medications since he was a kid. At this point, his viral load is basically non-existent and he is considered to be in remission, with a very good prognosis. Because of the medication he takes, his immune system is not the best, and he is much more susceptible to getting sick as a result. During cold and flu season, Ki-mun will often wear a mask when he’s out in public– his aunt and uncle ingrained that habit in him from a young age (and also wore masks themselves so he wouldn’t feel like the odd one out). Physical Abilities/Limitations: He’s decent at almost anything to do with art, but is especially good at drawing with charcoal. He also likes doing speed-sketches, figure sketches, etc. He is also weirdly good at baseball, and plays on the New York City Metro Baseball Team as part of the NY Blacksox during the season (June through August). Also, he is great at tossing food directly into people’s mouths– popcorn, M&Ms, etc. He hardly ever misses. Addictions: Definitely caffeine, but no serious addictions. Allergies: He gets a mild rash when he eats or touches strawberries. Mental Health: It’s not horrible? It’s not great, but not horrible. As much as he denies it, Ki-mun is pretty lonely, partly because he has such a hard time letting anyone in. He’s not the most trusting person, and tends to keep people at arms’ length until he’s sure they can be trusted. At the moment, he only has one person in his life that he would actually consider a friend. Everyone else is just an acquaintance to him. Ki-mun has sort of “accepted” the idea that he may end up being alone forever, even though that’s not really what he wants.

H I S T O R Y Summary: Ki-mun was born in Anaheim, California, and got off to a pretty rough start. His mother had AIDS, and unfortunately, it was passed on to Ki-mun. He was fine and had no symptoms for a few months, but eventually began to get sick, though thanks to swift treatment, he recovered quickly and the HIV never progressed. As Ki-mun got older, his mother’s health began to deteriorate, until finally they moved in with Ki-mun’s aunt and uncle so they could help take care of her. She eventually was bedridden and had to stay in the hospital full time. One of Ki-mun’s earliest memories is of visiting his mother in the hospital for the last time, which is absolutely one of his worst memories. After his mother passed away, Ki-mun’s aunt and uncle took him in and raised him as one of their own children. They love him like crazy and were amazing parents to him, and Ki-mun has always been grateful to them– not only for raising him, but for loving him as much as they love their actual children and never making him feel like he mattered less. He had a relatively happy childhood in spite of everything. After high school, Ki-mun decided to move to New York– he wanted a change of pace, and wanted a chance to start over and reinvent himself. He found a job and began taking classes at the community college, managed to get his associate’s degree after a year and a half, and transferred to NYU to get his Bachelors. Ki-mun was a very dedicated student and didn’t spend a lot of time getting to know any of his fellow classmates, going to parties, making friends, etc. Still, he ended up being roped into a friend/study group, which is where he ended up meeting Spencer. Spencer was the first person that Ki-mun had serious feelings for. They were friends for the better part of two years, each attracted to the other but both too nervous to say anything. Finally, a week before graduation, Ki-mun got up the courage to confess how he felt, and they became an official couple for all of one day. Unfortunately, once Ki-mun explained to Spencer about his diagnosis, Spencer flew off the handle and accused Ki-mun of being deceptive, being a liar, being manipulative, etc. He told Ki-mun he was disgusting and to never contact him again, and that was that. Shortly after Ki-mun’s heart was smashed to pieces, he packed up everything he owned and moved to a new area of the city, wanting to put at least a little bit of distance between himself and his old friend group. It was here that he met Andi and became close friends with her, and also found a job at CUNY Hunter College. Although Ki-mun feels that his life is generally good and happy– he enjoys his job, has a really good friend and coworkers he likes, he has gotten really into his poetry lately and has been reading it at open mic nights– he can’t help but feel that something is missing from his life. Job History: He worked in his aunt and uncle’s restaurant from ages fifteen to eighteen. When he moved to New York, he did a little bit of job hopping before finally settling on a job at a grocery store– he stayed at that job until he graduated from college and took his job at CUNY Hunter. Fondest Memories: Despite the fact that his childhood was pretty rough at times, Ki-mun has a lot of great memories as well. Family trips to Korea, various birthdays, his graduation day. He also has fond memories of his job at the grocery store– as much as he didn’t enjoy the work, he really liked his coworkers. Plus, all the various spur-of-the-moment adventures Andi has dragged him into. Worst Experiences: His mother dying when he was four years old. Finally getting to be with the person he’d been hung up on for two years, only to be broken up with after less than a day.

C O M M U N I C A T I O N Speech Pace/Style: Sarcastic. Often sounds like he might be annoyed. He speaks in monotone with most people, even when he’s not in a bad mood, so people often think he’s angry or doesn’t like them (and to be fair, they are sometimes correct). If he’s talking to a friend, he’ll definitely be more animated and not so grumpy. And if, by chance, he’s talking to someone he’s attracted to (*coughDODGERcough*) then he’ll get a little tongue-tied, like he wants to flirt but he doesn’t really know how. Accent: American. When he speaks Korean, his American accent does come through a bit, something his family likes to tease him about. Favorite Phrases or Words: When he’s done listening to someone and wants them to stop talking to him/stop telling him a boring story, he will just say “cool” in the most monotone voice he can manage. It usually works. Usual Curse Words: He says “Jesus Christ” and “oh fuck” a lot.

P E R S O N A L I T Y, M I N D S E T, A N D B E L I E F S Personality Type: ISFP-T Sense of Humor: Definitely sarcastic and dry. He can be mean at times, but usually only if the person deserves it. As a result, Ki-mun has been described as “sassy” more than once. When he’s with people he actually likes, Ki-mun is a lot more lighthearted and not so sarcastic. Habits: Twists his lips a little when he’s thinking hard. Rolls his eyes when someone says something he thinks is dumb. Also rolls his eyes and sighs if he’s stuck in a conversation he really doesn’t want to have. When he’s reading his poetry out loud, he never looks up at the audience/whoever is listening because he’ll get too nervous if he sees everyone looking at him. Fears/Phobias: As much as he tries to act like he doesn’t care what anyone thinks of him, Ki-mun is very secretive about certain aspects of himself, and is very afraid of someone finding out more about him than he wants them to know. He can’t stand having his privacy invaded, and it honestly makes him feel sick to think of the wrong person knowing too much about him (he still hates that he ever let himself be so vulnerable with Spencer, and blames himself for not seeing more clearly what kind of person he was). Strengths: Ki-mun is very creative and has a knack for all kinds of art. Although it’s hard to get to know him, once he becomes friends with someone, he is fiercely loyal and would do anything for them. As a teacher/teaching assistant, he is exceptionally patient– much more so than in other aspects of his life. He is always happy to answer questions and help anyone student who needs it. Underneath his harsh exterior, Ki-mun is a kind person who just has trouble opening himself up to others. Flaws: He has built up a lot of walls around himself in an effort to try and keep himself from getting hurt. Every time he’s let those walls down, he’s ended up regretting it and building them back up even higher. Anyone who wants to get to know him has to be very determined. Ki-mun is also not the type of person to be nice just because social conventions say he should– if he doesn’t like someone, he won’t talk to them. If he thinks someone is boring, he will tell them so. He can’t stand small talk and will never willingly engage in it. This makes him a very difficult person to interact with. Hopes/Desires: He is not entirely sure what he wants to do with his life, but right now, he’s happy just working and exploring his options. All he knows is that he wants to keep writing poetry, possibly get some published, and keep working in a field that lets him play to his strengths. Wildest Fantasy: A cure for HIV/AIDS being found. Self-Esteem: It’s a little complicated. On some level, Ki-mun is confident in himself and proud of all he’s accomplished in his life. But at the same time, he has it in his head that he doesn’t deserve some of the things he wants, such as a romantic relationship, marriage, a family, etc. He kind of views himself as damaged goods, unfortunately. Religion: He was raised Protestant, and his family used to be fairly devout. He went to church every Sunday, they read scriptures and said a family prayer every night, etc. But the older the kids got, the less active in the church the entire family became. His parents and siblings are still casually religious, and Ki-mun has held on to certain aspects of it, but he doesn’t care about going to church or reading the bible or anything.

R A N D O M Sleeping Position: Usually on his stomach, occasionally on his back. Boxers or Briefs?: Briefs Day or Night?: He’s okay with both. He works during the day, which he likes, and in the late afternoon/evening he goes to the cafe and hangs out or reads his poetry. Top or Bottom?: Bottom, but he’s willing to switch if his partner wants to. Partying or Relaxing?: He likes parties, but he really prefers relaxing when it comes right down to it.

R E L A T I O N S H I P S Closest Friend: Andi is currently the only person Ki-mun would call a friend. He has a lot of acquaintances, but no one else that he’s really close to. Relationship History: He dated a couple of people in high school, but it was just puppy love and nothing serious. He had a couple of flings in college as well, just short-lived, purely physical relationships, and the only sexual encounters Ki-mun has ever had. And then there was Spencer. Ki-mun has not even been on a date since that whole debacle. Sexual Partners: Just the two guys Ki-mun had brief flings with. Thoughts About Sex: He enjoys it. He’s also pretty sure he’s never going to have it again, and has come to accept that.

P A R E N T S Name(s): His mother’s name was Seong Bo-ram. His aunt and uncle are named Park Min-ji and Park Kang-dae. Age(s): His mother passed away at the age of 28. His aunt is 57 and his uncle is 60. Social Standing: His mother was very well-liked, but was shunned by a lot of her friends after she not only became pregnant out of wedlock, but ended up contracting HIV. His aunt and uncle are well-respected in their community, and also well-off financially, firmly in the upper middle class. Occupation(s): His mom was a flight attendant. His aunt and uncle run a small Korean restaurant which is extremely popular– on weekends there’s often a line of people outside waiting to get in. Religion: Protestant-ish. Quality of Relationship With Their Children: Ki-mun’s mom loved him a ton– the reason she left him to her sister and brother-in-law is because she knew they would love Ki-mun as much as she did, and she was right. Ki-mun is still very close to his aunt and uncle. Living/Deceased: His mother is dead, but his aunt and uncle are alive.

S I B L I N G (S) Name(s): Park Kang-min,  Jang-mi (aka Jamie) Sanders, and Park Bo-ram (named after Ki-mun’s mother). Age(s): 33, 31, and 27. Social Standing: They’re all doing quite well in life and are upstanding members of society. Occupation(s): Kang-min is a commercial airline pilot, Jamie is currently a stay-at-home mom but plans to go back to work as an RN once her kids are a little older, and Bo-ram is a violinist with the California Symphony. Religion: They’re all sorta Protestant, but Jamie is the only one of them who still goes to church now and then. Quality of Relationship with Character: Even though they are technically Ki-mun’s cousins, they always refer to him as their brother. They’re all pretty close; they don’t talk all the time or anything, but when they do, they get along very well and have always enjoyed each other’s company. Living/Deceased: All living~

D A I L Y L I F E Living Arrangements: Ki-mun lives in a modest studio apartment fairly close to both his work and Central Park. The apartment is well-decorated, with a lived-in, cozy sort of look. He’s very comfortable where he is, not at all bothered by living in a small space, especially considering how much more expensive it would be to upgrade to a one-bedroom.

[hellishvu]

Doodles and Feelings;

— i really wanted to write about peter but i couldn’t think of anything good… like at all so i decided to check out this website where i got this prompt from the website <- link here, and yes i did write this so long ago but my account of peter parker is messed up somehow and tumblr hates me so im posting it here hopefully it shows up in the TAGS- 

彡 where peter draws doodles of you two together but things end up mixed up when you find them.

“You don’t have to help me study, Y/N I swear I got it.” Peter says getting his keys from his backpocket, you rubbing his hair telling him to open the door anyway.

“With all your superhero stuff, as a friend I want to help you catch up.” You slouched on his couch, seeing the living room clean. Guessing Aunt May cleaned it before leaving so you two could study alone.

“Yeah just go ahead to my room and I’ll bring us snacks alright?” Peter says in the distance already walking to the kitchen, you nodded grabbing his backpack opening his bedroom door. You saw his desk with a bunch of markers and an open notebook.

You looked down seeing a picture (badly) drawn but you could make out what it was. It was him doing the iconic spider man kiss that was written in all newspapers and movies. You snickered but seeing the person giving the kiss was another male, couldn’t tell who it was.

Peter walked in with the snacks in his hand seeing what you were seeing, you snickered to yourself seeing Peter drop almost everything to cover the drawing.

“Come on you could’ve told me you had a crush on someone.” Raising an eyebrow, Peter looked at you utterly confused. Okay maybe he was bad at drawing but he wasn’t that bad was he?

“What do— I mean yes! Crush on a guy, you know… just crushing on a guy named… John.”

“Well Pete the John must be really lucky.” Peter smiles at you but in the inside he was dying, how could he not know it was you in the first place? How could he leave it out in the open also?

“Well no more doodles about lovey boy John it’s time to study.” Setting down the stacks of textbooks and Peter taking his notebook closing it and seeing the title “Peter’s obvious crush on Y/N” written by the famous Ned. Setting it down so only the back of the notebook was shown, protecting his secret love doodles.

Study time went by quite slow, seeing Peter almost passing out on you when you started talking quantum physicals. You felt his head lean on your shoulder, small snores coming from the guy softly sleeping. You never admit it but you love moments like these, when Peter comes back to you after all this superhero spider man stuff to just be vulnerable.

Aunt May came in, knocking before she opened the door. Seeing Peter sleeping on your shoulder you waved trying to help him by still doing his notes for him. Aunt May saw the notebook on the doodle notebook faced down but she knew all too well of the heart stickers that it was the notebook.

“Oh you must’ve found his cute doodles of you and him.”

“Him and I? You mean I and Him? Us?” Turning to Peter the small drool beginning to form, the brown curls he had, and the beautiful pink lips he had. Aunt May covered her mistake by awkwardly laughing backing away till she closed the door.

Peter woke up, rubbing his eyes. The half eaten apple he didn’t finish on the desk and the open bag of chips. Peter saw no trace of you but saw the notes perfectly done by yours truly. He looked through them all seeing you had highlighted every important thing or what would be on the test. He got to the last page seeing a date, time, and place.

Peter walked to the place seeing it wasn’t too far and telling Aunt May that he was going to meet the boy of his dreams that could possibly connect the dots to the drawing… well it wasn’t a good idea. He walked in the place seeing art supplies and two chairs with two canvas.

“Oh you made it!” You jumped out causing Peter to scream, you laughed at him while he whines. Peter wearing his green hoodie looking like he was ready for bed since it was so late. At least he wasn’t in his hello kitty pants.

“What is this? Aren’t they closed?” Peter asks seeing the building lit by candles so people didn’t think it was open and interrupt your time with Peter.

“Well I got some connections and boom we are here!” You smiled grabbing a tube of paint showing off that you bought the supplies. Peter sat down on the stool seeing the blank white canvas.

“Y/N you know I can’t do anything artistic like.” Passing the paintbrushes to him and the cup of water to clean the brushes. You grabbed a glob of paint on your brush plopping some paint on his nose. The vibrant color on his nose, seeing Peter gasp.

“Just draw what first comes to mind.”

“Kissing you, god kissing you comes to mind.” Thoughts of just throwing all this paint and kissing you came racing through Peter’s mind.

You started painting almost immediately, Peter shocked at how you came up with something already. You played soft music to hide the quiet empty art store. The paint somehow mixing and half of the time you’ve spent asking Peter where a certain color was before realizing it was right in front of you.

Peter spent most of his time looking into your eyes, your gorgeous eyes. Doing slow progress on the canvas because he couldn’t shake off you, how he saw how your hands gripped the paintbrush. He wanted to know how it felt to hold your hand.

A new song started playing in your music collection, the soft melody and the lyrics about falling love. The lyrics hit too close to home for Peter. The song about having a crush on someone. The lyrics sharing the same struggles that Peter has, the thoughts about you all day, wanting you to take the hint, and the frustration of not making a move. Peter could literally start to cry, he hummed trying to stop the tears but once one dropped then another did and he was full on sobbing. You stopped painting, getting off your stool holding him close.

“Hey what’s wrong? Did something happen? Are you tired?” Peter sobbed a little more into your chest his hoodie still up so you couldn’t touch his hair. God, did he want you to ran your hands through his curls though, you rubbed his back though drawing little circles with your fingers. The silent art store was now filled with soft melodies and Peter crying.

“Do you know how much you mean to me? How much you make my heart flutter? The nervousness when you’re so close to my face that I could just kiss you.” Peter looks up you embracing his face seeing the red puffy eyes.

“I like you so much. Drawing cute doodles in that notebook even if they were terrible, they were how I felt.” Peter’s weak voice from the crying grabbing the notebook from the backpack he brought along with him.

“Well funny you say that.” You rubbed the back of your neck, Peter sniffing when you turned around your canvas. The famous underside down kiss, but you had practiced a whole shit ton at home before this so the painting came out decent. The vibrant colors, the deep red of his suit and he saw you drew you embracing his face pulling him into that kiss.

He could tell who it was and that made him feel like cloud 9. You waited for a response of anything till Peter chuckled the weak voice slowly going away.

“I know I’m not a John but will you go out with me Peter?” Embracing him once again, rubbing his cheek with your thumb. The dry tears leaving marks and the bright smile coming from his face. It was worth the practice and the waiting.

“Of course. A 100% yes.”

[zwei-the-penguin-with-a-pen]

‘New In Town’

Blake leaned against the pole of a street lamp, waiting patiently for her date. The gorgeous blonde she'd met at the pool hall the night before had been amazing, so this little adventure should be something special.

What was her name again?

"Name's Yang!" The blonde with the glorious mane of golden hair had told her. "Wanna hustle some Lien?"

And then the two of them had swindled a group of young dudes out of their Lien in a game of pool. The boy who'd lost the game had flown into a rage and tried to attack the girls.

Yang had been ready for him, though, and she'd smashed him and his cohorts in a fight. Blake had jumped to her aid, taking out an idiot or two with her own fists.

The two of them left the bar peaceably after the manager decided to throw them out.

"So, wanna hang out sometime, Kitty Cat?" Yang had asked her. Blake had probably blushed, but she only remembered nodding.

So here she was, waiting for the woman with the golden mane and the iron right fist to appear. She knew just the place to bring this firecracker.

"There's my new favorite kitty!" Blake heard. She looked up from her Scroll to see her bubbly blonde bomb. She grinned at the sight of her.

"Yang, right?" Blake asked. The blonde beamed at her.

"You remembered!"

"Well, we did get attacked together, and now we're stepping out! It seems like a good idea to at least try to remember your name!"

"I'm glad you tried so hard! You called yourself Blake, right?" Blake's right ear wiggled.

"Yep! So, shall we go?" Blake held out her bent arm for Yang to take, and Yang slid her arm into Blake's. The two of them took off.

"Where are we off to, Kitty Cat?" Yang asked her. Blake grinned.

"Somewhere we don't need a lot of Lien! One of my favorite spots, actually..."

"Will we be able to make some Lien there?"

"I'm sure we could scare up some money if we really need to!" Blake could see Yang grin at that.

"Password!" A random faunus in front of a random door asked Blake.

"Hcez Nyrra!" Blake replied. The parrot man nodded and opened the door for them. The two ladies walked inside and descended a flight of stairs. Loud, bass-boosted music flooded their ears. At the bottom of the stairs, they came upon what looked like a rave.

"A rave party? I've never been to one!" Yang mused. Blake smirked at her.

"Welcome to the Underground Palace! The music never stops, the party lasts forever, and as long as you know the password you can walk right in! So, can I get you a drink?"

"Um, sure! Cranberry juice, I guess!" Yang answered as she took in the scene. Blake could tell Yang was impressed. She grabbed Yang's hand and walked over to the bar.

"WUKONG! I KNOW YOU'RE BACK THERE!" Blake yelled at the bar, though it appeared there wasn't anyone tending the place. A small woman with scales appeared, her long hair pulled back into a curly ponytail.

"He's on break, probably having a sword fight with that boy with the blue hair! I'm Ilia! Can I get you ladies anything?"

"Cranberry juice for my date here, and I'll have an iced tea!" Blake flipped a Lien bill at the cute reptile barmaid. "Keep the change, Scales!" She told her. Ilia's scales turned bright pink, the rest of her skin becoming a fiery red. "Ooh, she's a chameleon!" Blake nicked, grinning at the lizard lady.

"Drinks up! You sure I can't mix anything into these, girls?" She asked, Blake shaking her head.

"Not yet, anyway. We're gonna see how the night progresses." Blake answered, winking at the bartender and grabbing Yang's hand. Ilia winked back but made no verbal response.

Yang and Blake sipped their drinks, leaned against the side wall of the room. The bass shook the walls, vibrating against their backs. Yang caught the beat of the current song and bobbed her head in time. There were so many beautiful people here, she could hardly stop herself from staring.

Blake had a monopoly on Yang's attention, though. The cat woman with the jet black hair and a decent right hook had impressed Yang the night before, but seeing her again was something different. This girl just might have it all: a great personality, some brains, and not to mention a fantastic body.

Yang's mechanical right hand twitched as she surveyed her date. Blake's long and slender legs and shapely hips mesmerized the blonde. She wondered if Blake had seen her gawking, or if her date had been looking at any parts of her.

Blake could hardly take her eyes away from Yang. Her muscles danced across her tight skin. Her smile made the entire room a bit brighter. There wasn't a part of her that Blake didn't like looking at, and she hoped she might get to do more than look. It had been ages since she'd seen such a woman.

A song Blake knew came on, the cat woman dancing to the tune. Yang danced too, and Blake got an idea. "A dance for milady?" She asked Yang, holding one hand out toward her.

"Most definitely, dear!" Yang took Blake's hand and followed her onto the dance floor. The two danced together, Yang occasionally grinding against Blake. Blake didn't mind, although that really wasn't much in the way of dancing. It got her hands on Yang, though, so she wouldn't complain.

Now Blake was grinding against Yang, who also had no objections. After the song, they went back to the bar to replenish their drinks. Sun Wukong was back behind the bar this time, so they asked for him to mix them a bit heavier.

A couple drinks later, the two of them were jumping around wildly to the music, and Blake even kissed Yang.

"Whoa... actually, yeah! I'm down!" Yang mused, kissing Blake back. Soon after, they left and made for Yang's place, continuing their antics.

"So hey... you wanna be my girlfriend or something?" Blake asked Yang. The both of them were worn out and maybe a little buzzed.

"Well, we're naked together, so saying 'No' would just be silly!" Yang nicked. The two of them shared in a fit of laughter. "But yeah, I think we should try the whole dating thing. It would definitely be cooler than just getting drunk and messing around all the time."

"Well, my new girlfriend is pretty amazing at the messing around part!" Blake grinned, leaning up to kiss Yang's neck. She nuzzled and purred against Yang's neck, Yang fighting the urge to make a cat joke.

"What a coincidence! My new girlfriend is pretty great in bed, too!" Yang replied, kissing Blake's forehead.

So Blake had been right. The Underground Palace always made for a great first date. She hoped Wukong kept that blue-haired boy around and that Ilia picked up a nice lady friend soon.

Blake had found herself a treasure in that pool hall, and she would keep Yang as long as Yang wanted to have her. She hoped that would be a while, at least. Long enough to brag to Sun about her, if nothing else.

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Day Twenty-Eight: Palette Swap

Or perhaps WHATEVER THE HELL I FEEL LIKE WRITING PT. 2

A nice little Bumbleby first date, loosely based on the song ‘New In Town’ by Little Boots.

Yeah the Outfit and Palette Swap prompts aren’t great for writing, so I usually just make silly shipping stories for these two days.

Late to the party, mostly because my body forced me to sleep all day yesterday Working a string of graveyard shifts will do that to you. I should have the next prompt on time. Hey, I’ve only been late twice this time. XD

[galactusaurus]

Foes of the Arcade - X-Men - Pyro

Note: Foes of the Arcade is a new series I’ll be undertaking as an excuse to both exercise my incredibly rusty writing skills and spend more time in my office tinkering with MAME under the guise of doing something useful so as not to draw the ire of my wife. If you realize that last sentence was a run-on, you can see why this is a necessary exercise.

The Game

X-Men is one of Konami’s most fondly-remembered 90′s beat-em-ups and while most people my age have better memories of the first TMNT or Turtles in Time, this six-player cabinet (in the US, at least) will always be my favorite. The gameplay is straightforward: you walk to the right and punch increasingly larger and more difficult series of bad guys. The X-Men franchise lends itself nicely to this premise as the plot of most of the X-media I would be exposed to throughout the 90′s revolved around mechanized, gigantic, death-bringer Sentinel robots. Also, Magneto is the big-bad and he’s technically capable of everything short of raising the dead in the comic through one extension of his powers or another, he can definitely create and command a repetitive, useless, bad-guy army. 

The game itself is overall great and definitely merits a run-through in MAME, however there’s one distracting element to the aesthetic, especially to a 90′s a kid: the characters don’t match the Fox Kids Cartoon! By the time anyone saw this game in an arcade, most kids had seen promo art of the X-Men series that was to be a launching point for the Fox Kids afternoon and Saturday-morning line of cartoons. The weekend was styled upon the look of a new monthly X-Men comic drawn by 90′s comic visionary Jim Lee, a book launched in 1991 and whose colors and styles informed the look of the team for more than a decade.

 The proper look of an X-Men for 90′s kids versus the 80′s theme

Supposedly the outdated look owes itself to a licensing deal struck by Marvel around the same time when they were shopping a pilot for a self-developed series starring Kitty Pryde: Pryde of the X-Men. This also explains the inclusion of Dazzler, a character so locked to the 80′s that she wouldn’t merit bringing out of the vault until the Britney Spears / Christina Aguilera fandom-wars of the almost-2000′s and beyond. If you were to make an X-Men beat-em-up today, you would have to offer no fewer than a dozen playable characters, and if you chose Dazzler over someone like Beast, ten thousand MRA-Twitter-Nazis would have pizzas, swat teams, and death threats delivered to your house daily.

A low-res image of the show that made this game possible. Note Professor Xavier’s blazer + turtleneck look, a hallmark of 80′s Dad-figuredom.

The Hero:Storm

Born into an American-Kenyan family, Ororo Munroe lost her parents at a young age and developed the claustrophobia that would be her defining weakness for the next four decades. She would eventually develop what is arguably the most badass power in all of comic book history: complete mastery of the weather and shortly afterward she was recruited to join (and ultimately lead) the X-Men by Charles Xavier under the pseudonym Storm. 

Storm is an awesome character and is really a much better leader of the X-Men than Cyclops would ever be. It was quite a progressive choice at time for Chris Claremont to cast-aside Cyclops in favor of team-lead that is a woman of color, but the character was simply so strong and likable that nobody really questioned the choice. Over the years, X-writers would continually try to reinsert Cyclops as the leader, or at least as the team mentor, and although much would be made of the power-struggle dynamic between the two, Storm is the better leader and better character. Cyclops ultimately became the guy they would periodically kill off to boost distribution.

For the purposes of this game, Storm is the Donatello of the group. She has the the best range and probably the best special move, making her a great choice for any serious player’s run through this game. I almost always play as Storm because her reach advantage is such that you rarely get into a position when you need to burn a special, saving those precious elements for when they’re needed: the cheap-ass bosses. 

The Foe: Pyro

Pyro was a creation of the Chris Claremont / John Byrne braintrust and basically served as filler on the anti-X-Men lineup Magneto was fielding over at the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants for most of the 80′s. His power is a fairly-unoriginal control over flames that, unlike the Human Torch, requires the fire to be created before he can command it. Because of this, he walks around with a napalm canister on his back that is somehow never targeted by anyone. He would later show up as an angsty teen in the Fox/Marvel series of films and as a boss character in the X-Men Legends / Marvel Ultimate Alliance series of games. 

His role in this game is to be the first level boss of an arcade beat ‘em up, and I think if you’ve read this far, you know what that means. His pattern is simple for anyone that has played the game more than once and if you can’t get past him, you either only have one hand or haven’t played a lot of arcade games. 

The Damage: Great Success!!

Pyro is a bit of a joke for the experienced among us in this type of game, but the first level here is really fun. I forgot about the stupid fire-blast that comes out of the wall so he got one decent hit on me. His pattern is that he jumps around and shoots fire, so hit him before he shoots, it’s really next-level stuff. I used to be able to get to the third level of this game on a single quarter, which is kind of impressive; these games are built to steal your money! I ended up eating shit before fighting The Blob, but I had a lot of fun. I definitely recommend this game for anyone that’s into the MAME scene and double-definitely for anyone that sees this one in the wild.

[irakitminthy]

Young again

(( this long assed post is the interaction between  @caliginouslyantiquated @sanesspsuede and irakit when she was made into a bab. ))

MEANWHILE IN THE GREAT HALL

Nadire Ampora-Today at 7:04 PM

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You are here to be harassed.

Irakit Minthy (tali)-Today at 7:05 PM

You have appeared to harass. You pull out a leather wrapped parcel, "heya, how ya been?"

Nadire Ampora-Today at 7:06 PM

You examine the parcel as it is given to you, blinking your eye. "Hey," you say, flipping it over before pulling a cord to open it. "How ha'e you been, Kit?"

Irakit Minthy (tali)-Today at 7:09 PM

"Pretty decent. Kiwi’s drones finished my hive. Now I'm figuring out water treatment." Inside the parcel is the jerky. It's an odd color, since it's not blue or something. But instead a dark ruddy brown. Probably smells good.

Nadire Ampora-Today at 7:14 PM

That color is weird to you, and you select a piece, smelling it carefully. It does smell good, and you trust Irakit not to poison you, so you tear a piece off with your teeth. Your fins flick a bit, it tastes good. You eat the rest of the piece of jerky, and wrap it again. "Good luck to you in your endea'ors," you say.  "It's good things ha'e been goin' w-well for you."

Irakit Minthy (tali)-Today at 7:16 PM

You grin "thanks nads. What about you though? How are things going with the projects?"

Nadire Ampora-Today at 7:19 PM

"Goin' w-well," you tell her. "Sol's been makin' headw-way w-with the helmin' project, an' is plannin' an expidition here soon." Your tail twitches, and you sigh listlessly. "He's goin' to be gone a w-while."

Irakit Minthy (tali)-Today at 7:20 PM

You wince "oof, that fuckin blows dude..." You tilt your head "I though marnie was working on it?"

Nadire Ampora-Today at 7:22 PM

"They w-were both temporary techies until the helmin' project got underw-way. Do you really think projects a this scale can be undertaken by w-one person?"

Irakit Minthy (tali)-Today at 7:24 PM

"Nah, I just didn't expect faithful to be heading back out..." You shrug, someone needs to test it you guess. But sheesh.

"Speaking of marn, is she still on leave?"

Nadire Ampora-Today at 7:39 PM

"She hasn't come back to me yet for me to obser'e her progress," you tell her.

Irakit Minthy (tali)-Today at 7:41 PM

You nod "good point." You nod to the jerky "since you finished the once peice can I take it that you liked it?"

Your phone buzzes, looks like you for got to mute it. Well so long as it dosent irritate you you'll leave it for now

Nadire Ampora-Today at 7:51 PM

"Yeah, it tastes pretty good. You said more needed cooked?" You wonder if that meant she inteded on cooking it here, or what.

Irakit Minthy (tali)-Today at 7:53 PM

"Yeah I brought some that's raw. Incase you wanted to have some fancy and rare meat to cook with." Crooked grin "cooking seems to be one of the things you enjoy."

Nadire Ampora-Today at 7:56 PM

You can't help but match her grin back. "You'e learned me w-well in the last few perigees, ain't you Kit. Thank you, I appreciate this."

"How's Nes been, anyw-way?"

Irakit Minthy (tali)-Today at 7:57 PM

"I learn quick believe it or not. Pretty okay I think, she spends a lot of time with ring and her captor now. Even more after she n Tulket split."

You shrug "she's sturdy though. I'm pretty sure she's fine. Embarrassed to death right now, but fine." Another buzz from your phone. You flick your ear. Maybe you'll be able to just turn it down in your pocket.

Nadire Ampora-Today at 8:17 PM

Your grin goes wider. "She's ruin' the day she let me at her dirty blog, now ain't she?"

Irakit Minthy (tali)-Today at 8:18 PM

You can't help it, you laugh "man I would have paid to see her expression when you reblogged it!"

Nadire Ampora-Today at 8:29 PM

"Hehe, I know, right? W-why don't you come w-with me to the kitchens, so I can get this meat put aw-way."

Irakit Minthy (tali)-Today at 8:32 PM

"Eh, sure why not." You'll tag along, and maybe check your phone when ya get there.

TO THE KITCHEN

Nadire Ampora-Today at 8:56 PM

You take Irakit here, and get the raw meat put away. The jerky, though, you keep that with you so that you can snack on it.

Irakit Minthy (tali)-Today at 9:01 PM

When you get there you check your phone, oh goody. "Oh fuck." You hit post as fast as you can, before the magic takes effect. When it hits you, you crumble. Going through your transformation in a state of unconsciousness.

Nadire Ampora-Today at 9:06 PM

Oh, fuck. Fuck.

Irakit Minthy (tali)-Today at 9:07 PM

Your name is irakit minthy, and you are 3 sweeps old, and slowly regaining consciousness in a gigantic highbloods kitchen. This can only end well can't it.(edited)

Nadire Ampora-Today at 9:26 PM

You're looking down at her with concern, ears fanned forward. Is she alright? You crouch. "Kit?"

Irakit Minthy (tali)-Today at 9:31 PM

You sit up, clutching your now way to big dress, you look around, confused for a moment. Then someone says your name, or at least half of it, and you look up and freeze. There's a lot of things to digest, first off, that's a very much adorned violet , second off, they seem to be half monster, and thirdly they are fucking huge and you are in a kitchen. Your ears pin and your eyes fill instantly with tears.  You don't know what to do, because you are officially so young that you can't properly use your powers.

You are very certain that you are looking into the face of your master.  You aren't sure how you ended up here, or how you got caught, or where mom or virmil are. But you are absolutely sure that you are a slave. Adult you will be sure to not charge nadire for anything for a while because this is gonna be an experience

Nadire Ampora-Today at 9:36 PM

Why is she crying. You rub the heel of your palm over your cheek. Gee, um. "W-what are you cryin' for, come on. Let's get somethin' for you to w-wear." You're gonna message Saness as well.

Irakit Minthy (tali)-Today at 9:40 PM

Why are you crying?! Is he for real? You wanna run away, but you are absolutely terrified and you know damn well he can catch you. So instead you nod timidly and try to stand up. You are about 4 ft. Tiny compared to this half monster. You'll be good, until you can spot an escape, or until mom raid this place. You hope she's okay.

You also really hope this big violet doesn't get sick while your here. You don't want to die.

Nadire Ampora-Today at 10:10 PM

"Pick up your clothes an' keep yourself decent," you tell her, straightening up to tower overhead with a frown. You're messaging Saness at the moment.

Irakit Minthy (tali)-Today at 10:11 PM

You nod hurriedly trying to keep the dress covering you. Lucky for little you big you kinda dresses like a slut so while tits big it's not impossible. You still can't make yourself talk yet, if you do you'll start really crying.

Are you trembling? You might be. God he's huge. And is that a fuckin shark tail? You didn't even see that!

Nadire Ampora-Today at 10:23 PM

You stand and watch her for a moment, then make an executive decision. Everyone who's ever turned into a small child that you know of, so far, has been problematic. You decide to just lift her by the scruff (Read as: Bunching the fabric under her arms across her chest.) and carry her out to the transportalizers.

Irakit Minthy (tali)-Today at 10:24 PM

You scream and curl into a ball covering your head, you are officially bawling your eyes out. You start gibbering about being good, and not wanting to die. You even say please.(edited)

You are a suspended ball of panicking screaming smol.

TO THE ENTRYWAY

Nadire Ampora-Today at 10:32 PM

You carry the ball of screaming here. By the time you reach here, security is tailing you.

Irakit Minthy (tali)-Today at 10:35 PM

Oh great more giants that dosent help, you start to hiccup, there smoke and tiny flames. You keep trying to apologise and promise to behave. You have no idea what you did. But he didn't rip you up so he's not sick right?

Nadire Ampora-Today at 10:46 PM

The flames and the smoke alarm you, and you tell her to knock it off. You're not up for being burned. It's just waiting for Saness now.

Irakit Minthy (tali)-Today at 10:48 PM

You can't control it! Him snapping at you makes you cry harder. You try though, you try as hard as you can. Clamping your mouth and eyes shut and trying to stop.

Saness Psuede-Today at 10:52 PM

You're here now! You don't actually need a password since Nadire let you give your bracer full permissions, but you use it anyway and appear on the pad.

Irakit Minthy (tali)-Today at 10:54 PM

The noise startled you and you slip for a sec, full screaming fire breath before you clamp down again.

Saness Psuede-Today at 10:56 PM

Holy shit, okay, not allowed. You wrap the tiny screaming fireball in your psi and lift her out of Nadire's grip with a gentle and insistent tug. He doesn't need any serious burns.

Nadire Ampora-Today at 10:57 PM

No problems there, as soon as she breathes fire you're dropping her instantly.

Irakit Minthy (tali)-Today at 11:02 PM

Your eyes pop open when you are released and standing on a big round thing is a lime. Oh god were you both being sentenced to death?! Oh no! More sobbing, you are no longer holding your mouth shut, more screaming.

Saness Psuede-Today at 11:06 PM

"Irakit! Kitty! Hey, Kitty, it's okay, shhh..." Fuck, this is hellish. You bring the screaming wriggler to your arms and continue crooning at her.

Irakit Minthy (tali)-Today at 11:16 PM

She knows your name? Okay?! You actually say something along the lines of the monsters gonna eat us. But it's through crying and fire hiccups.

Saness Psuede-Today at 11:23 PM

You look at Nadire a little helplessly while you pat and soothe a very upset wriggler. "No one's gonna eat you, Kitty."

Nadire Ampora-Today at 11:24 PM

You look just as helpless. "W-what do you think? Should w-we cancel her anon?"

Irakit Minthy (tali)-Today at 11:25 PM

That sounds like it means kill you. You try to clamp your mouth shut and shake your head hard. If they were talking about if they should kill you maybe they won't if you calm down.

Saness Psuede-Today at 11:29 PM

Is Irakit just professionally stupid or something? You already thought she might be, but did it really start so young? "I only have one pass left anyway."

Nadire Ampora-Today at 11:30 PM

"I'e got se'eral, she can use w-one a mine."

Irakit Minthy (tali)-Today at 11:31 PM

If you are taken away from the big scary monster violet you might calm the fuck down. As it is you are getting quieter, more confused. He's not killing the lime?

Saness Psuede-Today at 11:34 PM

"May I have a pass in case it becomes unbearable, then?"

Nadire Ampora-Today at 11:41 PM

You slide off a ring with a bright blue gem and crack it, a stack of flowers falling into your hand. You select one and give it to Saness, then captchalogue the rest. "Make her eat that."

Saness Psuede-Today at 11:47 PM

"Okidoki." You transfer the frightened child to one hip and accept the blue flower, considering it with interest. "I'll take her out of your hair, then."

Nadire Ampora-Today at 11:47 PM

"Thank you."

Irakit Minthy (tali)-Today at 11:49 PM

a violet just said thank you to a lime instead of killing her. you hiccup and look around teary eyed and very confused.

Saness Psuede-Today at 11:51 PM

"I guess you'll see us around. She'll be back before long, I'm sure." Half promise, half warning. It's just how it be. The flower goes into your sylladex and you give Nadire a wave before turning back to the transportalizer. He's probably seen just about enough of Littlekit.

    Irakit Minthy (tali)-Today at 11:56 PM

     you are carried off to a fate yet unknown to you.

[nautiscarader]

Wonder how Alya would react in the 'transformations have no underwear' headcanon.

Damn you anon for making me think about naughty stuff when I should be thinking about… naughty… stuff… for a different fandom! 

Unhindered (M, though nothing happens. Mentions of Ladynoir sexytimes), 1,2k

(Masterpost) (read on Ao3)

Note: this continues exploring my incredibly pervy headcanons on how the miraculous costumes work, as explained in “Afterglow” and “Body worship” prompt (even though the two do not happen in the same timeline. and if they do then boy is Adrien lucky). 

I have also deliberately wrote Alya’s status as a superheroine as vague as possible  here - whether it follows canon, where Marinette knows who Rena is, or if she does not, making it an AU. Age is also not disclosed, so you can decide if you want to go to hell for reading it or not. 

- Amazing! You are doing better with every patrol, Rena!

Ladybug shouted to her superheroine friend, jumping from rooftop to rooftop, illuminated not only by the lights of the city around them, but the glow of the Moon as well. Marinette took it as a point of honour to train the newest addition to their superhero team, and to her surprise, Rena Rouge quickly proved that she needs very little teaching. During their practice chase, however, she was still one block away behind Marinette, and without Ladybug’s yo-yo, she couldn’t outrun her just relying on her jumping skills.

Or so Marinette thought, until she saw Rena soaring through the skies above her head, landing perfectly on her feet just an arm’s length in front of her. Marinette turned on the spot at once and started running in the opposite direction, wondering if Rena’s flute could touch her from that afar, but just when she thought she was safe, Marinette came in contact with another person dressed in orange, that has been standing just behind her.

- What the…? - Marinette gasped, when Rena gently flicked her nose. - Tag! You’re it!

Marinette sighed. She didn’t need to turn around to see the humiliating double of Rena vanish into thin air to know that she lost.

- Well done, Rena - she raised her head and smiled - Though it was supposed to be just the chase, remember? - Oh come on, Ladybug. - Rena shrugged - All’s fair in love and war, as they say. - Okay then. Ready to be the bad guy this time? - Marinette replied, looking for a decent, visible place for a finish line somewhere on the horizon. - Actually, I’ve been meaning to ask you something, Ladybug…

Rena’s resolute smile faded, being replaced by somewhat inscrutable grimace, when she begun stretching her arms and legs. It soon became obvious that the warm-up was just a mean to delay an uneasy question, prompting Marinette to sit next to her.

- What is it? Is something wrong? - It’s just… - Rena started - Ladybug, when we transform… What happens with our clothes?

Marinette thought this issue may arrive sooner or later. And after many sessions of swinging and jumping, Rena should have realised by now that there was a detail of the superhero life Ladybug did not warn her about.

- Well, they do come back after we detransform, don’t they? - Marinette spoked cautiously, though she could already tell this was not what Rena was asking about, and the roundabout way she was answering did not satisfy her in the slightest. - Ladybug, I’m not talking about jeans or dresses… - she leaned on the nearby chimney - I mean what happens with our knickers. - Uh, well… - Marinette stuttered - See, the, the suits, they, uh, they are intelligent, kinda, I mean, they do merge with our Kwami and- - Are you telling me that it’s Trixx’s fault that I’m essentially running commando?! - Rena roared, though once she saw Ladybug’s terrified face she realised she was venting her anger at a wrong person - Well, at least no one can see that I’m technically naked when I help saving the Paris. - she crossed her arms - It’s not like I can jump out of that thing, and put on something different, is it, Ladybug? Ladybug?

Alya looked at her mentor once more, and to her utmost surprise she saw that it was Ladybug who was trying to avoid her eyes now, mumbling under her breath something that could be considered a reply. Their eyes finally met, and judging by the colour of her face, it was Ladybug, who should be called “Rouge”. In that moment, being paragon of virtue meant that even if she wanted to lie, her eyes have already told her friend way too much.

- Oh, you are kidding me. - Rena snorted - Have you…? - Rena, please stop asking, it’s not- - You have, you dirty little saviour or Paris, you. - Marinette once again found herself staring at Rena’s face from much, much shorter distance than she expected - Oh, that is just fabulous. How do I do that with mine? - Listen, it’s not as easy as one may think. I mean, mine for example requires… - Marinette started, and almost at once caught herself being dragged into the ridiculous conversation - Oh, for crying out loud, Rena, it’s not time for-

Without care for what Ladybug had to say, Rena begun frantically searching her costume for any sign of a zipper, and just before Marinette was about continue explaining that’s it not the time for such trivial matters, Rena let out a triumphant gasp.

She took the edge of her fox pendant and gently pulled it down, trying not to disassemble the magic piece of jewellery by accident. A moment later, after a bit of fumbling, the black collar around her neck split into two, and if Rena hadn’t stop, then from the looks of it the rest of the suit would follow. Marinette watched it with her eyes getting progressively wider, clutching her head in disbelief.

- Well that was anticlimactic. - she did one more twirl in her slightly changed costume - It does wear better now, doesn’t it? And it doesn’t lose curves, how is that possibl- - Oh come on! - Ladybug shouted - Yours has just a zipper, just like Chat’s? Do you have any idea what I had to do when-

Marinette stopped mid-sentence, watching Rena’s eyes glimmer with almost unnatural, hungry spark of victory. She clasped her hands over her mouth in vain attempt at catching words that have, together with their consequences, already firmly implanted themselves in Rena’s mind. A moment later, Rena burst into a healthy, jovial laughter so loud, Marinette thought she would wake the whole quarter.

- Oh, that is gold, Ladybug. - she calmed herself down - You know, one clever reporter and you would blurt out everything about you and Chat… I’m surprised it didn’t happen already! - Rena, please… - Marinette once again raised her hands defensively, but she was once again interrupted by her friend. - And you didn’t tell me anything! I mean, come on, we all knew you and Chat were together, but you could have told your best buddy about what you did with your kitty when no one was looking… - she raised her brow the moment her voice dropped into an almost seductive tone that made Marinette’s skin crawl with goosebumps.  

Marinette pushed her friend slightly away, once again hoping to avoid the conversation, but a moment later she just sighed and shrugged. Defeated by her friend once again, Ladybug raised her head, smiled and swung her yo-yo.

- Well, since the cat is, in fact, very much out of the bag, we might as well have a girl’s night out and gossip about, well… stuff. All’s fair in love and war, as they say. - Heck yeah, girl! - Come on, I know a good bakery nearby, we can get snacks there.

And with a spectacular jump, Ladybug flew onto the next rooftop, prompting Alya to follow freely, as her costume issue suddenly stopped being a problem and became an opportunity she was bound to explore.

[fearofaherobrine]

Roleplay Server Log #296

“Nameless Server, Trender and the Passports, Deerheart’s Pottery Lesson”

[???] Has wandered far from any builds, just wandering in the woods.  His clothes a bit more tattered then when he first arrived-

[Grinny] Is cleaning his ass on the carpet in the middle of the vine room-

[Doc] is talking to Yaunfen and catches him- Grinny! If you're having trouble pooping you need to say something! Don't wipe your butt on the rug!

[Grinny] - Fuck you!

[Doc] That was overly mean.

[Yaunfen] you said fuck to Mada. Bad kitty!

[Grinny] Hisses at Yaunfen-

[Yaunfen] hisses back -

[Doc] Now now, let's not fight. But seriously Grinny, are you having an issue?

[Grinny] - No

[Doc] Gestures at the rug- then can we not? Please?

[Grinny] - Nah, it bothers you so I'm gonna keep doing it

[Yaunfen] you made a stinky! Maybe you need a bath!

[Grinny] - Don't you dare!

[Doc] swats out the soiled wool blocks resignedly and replaces them with cobbles instead

[Grinny] Grumbles and swats at Doc-

[Doc] the claws glance off hir boot- you can only have one since you're being naughty. - Xe sets a white wool block on the surface of the floor. - I'll fix the others whenever I have time-

[Yaunfen] grumpy cat

[Grinny] Huffs and starts sauntering off- By the way, that love struck idiot with no name wandered off

[Doc] How long ago?

[Grinny] - Maybe a few days

[Doc] oh damn it. I've been so busy....

[Grinny] - Well then it sucks to be you

[Yaunfen] takes out a lollipop and licks it- adventure?

[Doc] Don't be a pissant Grinny, the worst that can happen is he'll get lost .

[Grinny] - Whatever

[Doc] turns to Yaunfen- yes, time to go server hunting

[Yaunfen] Yay! Do I get to ride?

[Doc] Yes you do

-the two flip forms as they venture outside and Yaunfen climbs aboard Doc before Xe goes flying off low towards the servers place signal

[???] Is just sitting in the shade of a tree-

[Doc] touches down and Yaunfen hops off, prancing happily with a much smaller lollipop- there you are, did you get lost?

[???] - Hm?  Oh, no.  I've just been wandering

[Doc] Sorry to be a pest then. Your fellow servers decided to become real so they've been off server for a couple of weeks now

[???] - That would explain how empty the seed feels

[Doc] They'll be back soon enough, apparently they can auto adjust to their surroundings. Currently they both look human, it's odd.

[???] - Ah...  You know, I wonder how long it took the others to realize their names...

[Doc] Flux in not sure, she might have chosen her own. I sometimes wonder if Deerheart came with hers to indicate why she was formed.

[Yaunfen] Mada named me!

[???] - It's just, I can feel it on the tip of my tongue, but it just won't come out yet

[Doc] Do you want me to look at your files? It might be there

[???] - You can try

[Yaunfen] curls up next to Doc as they loaf comfortably- [Doc] pulls out hir command block and pushes it up against his foot- lets see what we have here-

[???] Watches curiously-

-The coding is complex, like the other servers but the file Doc is looking for is being evasive-

[Doc] How odd, it's like it's trying to get away so I can't read it...

[Yaunfen] Can't we just give him a name? Splender gave Pinwheel one!

[???] - It wouldn't feel right kiddo

[Yaunfen] Sad face-

[Doc] Have you tried meditating at all? I've heard good things about it.

[???] - Meditating?

[Doc] I have a friend who's a witch. She balanced Flux's energy for her so she'd stop corrupting things accidentally. You just take slow deep breaths and try to think about nothing. It's supposed to relax you so you can think more clearly.

[???] - I can try

[Doc] just do this - Xe takes long, slow breaths in through hir nostrils and out through hir parted lips. Just try to relax everything and not move.

[Yaunfen] is imitating Doc

[???] Imitates Doc, all around them energies begin stirring and coalescing around them in waves-

[Yaunfen] Lets out a little yawn-

[???] His eyes snap open and he sways a little- Woah...

[Doc] What is it?!

[???] - I may not know my name, but I do know what I embody

[Doc] What is it? You seem like a vital person. Something nature oriented I bet.

[???] Smirks- The wild

[Doc] for better or for worse I bet. The passive and hostile mobs forces in tandem

[???] - Well, that's one thing solved!  I'm sure the name will come along soon enough!

[Yaunfen] leans over and is making soft snores with hir head on Doc's paw-

[Doc] You're probably right, it's good progress at least.

[???] - I think your little one needs tending to

[Doc] leans over to give the little dragon a kiss on one of their horns. Xe curls hir tail around to cover the child with hir fluff. - they're safe with me.

[???] - I think I'll just go wander some more

[Doc] just don't be a stranger okay? Call for help over the chat if you need it.

[???] - Will do

[CP] Has been pacing nearly nonstop and had increased the temperature in the bunker due to agitation-

[Deer] - CP calm down, you're turning this into a sauna

[Notch] is up and moving around a bit, but still feels poorly.

[Flux] - CP, why don't you go outside for a bit?

[CP] - No need to

[Notch] I'm not looking forward to this, but I think it's probably time to head out.

[Flux] - Are you sure?  There's not that much of a rush...

[Notch] There's the cop to take into account...

[CP] - Well who all will be going then?

[Deer] - I'd like to go

[Flux] - I am most certainly going

[Notch] You know I'll have to take a plane right? It's gonna be rather boring.

[CP] - Not necessarily, I think you can still pay cash for trains...

[Notch] Across an ocean?

[CP] Shrugs- Boat?

[Notch] Again. Across an ocean? That could take more time then we have. I mean we can go on a cruise someday if you really want too.

[CP] - Oh fuck no!

[Notch] I didn't think so.

[CP] - Fine then, I'll just go ahead and teleport us to Dawn's island then...

[Notch] Is everything arranged? I know it's short notice...

[CP] - Who cares

[Notch] Sighs-

[CP] Reaches out and grabs a bit of each of them and concentrates, one moment they're in the bunker and the next they are on a sandy beach-

[Notch] Looks around. - well this is pretty.

[CP] - Yeah yeah, whatever.  Let's go find Dawn- Starts storming off

[Mort] Is cutting the long grass in the yard shorter with a scythe.

[Deer] - Ah!  Mort!

[Mort] Hello? Do I.. know you?

[Deer] - It's me!  Deer!

[Mort] Deerheart? What happened to your.... - waves his hand vaguely around his head-

[Flux] - Our programming allowed us to adjust so we would not stand out as much

[Mort] Oh!

[Dawn] Is coming down off a ladder, with several roof shingles and a hammer- So I presume the other vision is Flux? And Markus. Nice to see you going irl again.

[Notch] It needed to be done.

[CP] Is at the back of the group-

[Flux] - It is good to see you again Dawn

[Notch] Blinks suddenly - Oh crap....

[CP] - What?

[Notch] I need my passport....

[CP] Starts laughing- You're going to get screwed over by that!?

[Flux] - Passport?

[Deer] - What's that?

[Notch] They'll check it when I re-enter the country! It's supposed to be traceable remember?

[Mort] It's shows your identity when you're in a different contry.

[CP] - Do you even know where it is?

[Notch] In a box under my bed.

[CP] - Well then it sucks to be you

[Deer] - CP that's mean, go get it

[Flux] - If it's required to get in...

[Dawn] If it makes you feel any better I did get you one thing you'll need.

[Notch] Hmm?

[Dawn] Opens the front door and drags out a decent looking suitcase that was obviously bought second-hand. - I got some loose clothes too, and the basic toothbrush, toothpaste and deodorant combo for travellers.

[Notch] That's very thoughtful.

[Dawn] No problem.

[Flux] - How are Deer and I supposed to get in then if we do not have this passport item?

[Deer] - Ohhh, that might be a problem

[Notch] Helpless look.

[Dawn] I thought you guys could copy things?

[CP] - Copy yes, but making it match them would be very difficult

[Dawn] Then I don't know. I can get you a ticket, but you still have to pass airport security.

[Deer] - CP, what about your teleportation abilities, could we just meet Notch there?

[CP] - Well yes, but that doesn't mean I want to

[Notch] Either way I still need my passport. -hopeless tone.

[CP] - Oh for fucks sake fine!  I'll be right back- He teleports over to Notch's apartment into his bedroom, keeping his eyes closed until he's down low enough so the glow won't be visible from the outside.  Opening his eyes he casts around for the bed and starts reaching under

-There's a shoe box with worn edges near the wall. Along with several single socks, a koosh ball, a lot of spare change and a mario amibo.

[CP] Grabs the koosh ball and then drags out the box out and opens it-

-the box has a passport and some old photos. A birth certificate and some bank register books.

[CP] Grabs the passport and teleports back to the island before throwing it at Notch- Here's your fucking passport!

[Notch] gets swatted in the face with it- ow.

[Dawn] Could Doc do something with it? The security stuff is tiny digital printing after all.

[CP] - Oh fuck no, they do not need to be involved, I can go talk to Slender and see how he manages it

[Samhedi] wanders out and investigates Deerheart's feet. The other hens stay a few steps behind him, just hunting for bugs-

[Deer] - Awww, hello birdy- Is hesitant to touch it

[Flux] Looks at the black rooster curiously-

[CP] Teleports off-

[Samhedi] Curious head cock and the beak opens and closes slowly-

[Mort] It's okay, he's friendly. You can pick him up if you want.

[Deer] Touches him and shudders- Oh....  That's distracting...

[Dawn] He's just a rooster. I mean he's a bit unusual since he can't make noise, but that's all.

[Deer] - I see, but now I know what Doc was talking about when they said everything was distracting...

[Dawn] I guess if you're used to lower detail I can understand. - turns to Flux- How are your energies faring?

[Samhedi] Firmly sits on Deerheart's foot.

[Flux] - Well, I believe...

[Deer] Looks at the rooster- Oh, okay

[Samhedi] Settles into being warm, his feathers are extremely fluffy-

[Dawn] Rubs her hands together and passes them over Flux's front slowly- Muuuuch better. Especially your lower chakras. Been having fun?

[Notch] Turns a bit pink.

[Flux] - You mean intercourse?  Yes

[Dawn] Not the most romantic way to put it, but I'm happy for you. I can feel the love radiating off of Markus here. You found a good one.

-Some of the hens sit down next to Samhedi, effectively surrounding Deerheart-

[Deer] - I think they like me

[Mort] You have peaceful energies. They're sensitive from hanging around us. Hey... you want to see my latest artwork?

[Deer] - Sure, but somebody might need to move these guys

[Mort] You have cats right? Same technique

[Deer] Carefully gets her foot out from under the rooster- Okay, I think I got it

[Mort] You've got it. Come on over here, heads for the side of the house-

[Deer] Follows curiously-

-There's a shed with an open side in the shade of the house, there's a kiln and a kick wheel and several shelves of pottery at the back.

[Deer] - Did you make all of this?

[Mort] Oh yes. Dawn taught me, but she only keeps a few favorite pieces in the house. The rest goes to the shop. I'm still practicing. It's kinda hard when your fingers are so poky.

[Deer] - I would guess so...  The only things we can make out of clay at home are flower pots and bricks

[Mort] Aww... I think you'd like the wheel, you seem like someone who appreciates getting dirty.

[Deer] - Yeah, I miss my hooves though

[Mort] Will Doc fix them when you go back?

[Deer] - They should just transition back...  But that...  Wheel, thing is interesting

[Mort] Here, I'll show you how to use it. Just sit right here - Indicates a small stool that will put the round part of the wheel between her spread legs-

[Deer] Sits down and carefully touches the wheel-

-The metal is cool and grooved in a circle, it turns a little as she bumps it sitting down-

[Deer] - All this seems so weird...

[Mort] How come? - He's taking a big ball of wet white clay out of a bucket-

[Deer] - I'm just not used to it and there's so much detail

[Mort] Pulls up a chair next to her- Then I guess relish it for being a new experience. I gotta slam it, I'm saying so I don't startle you.

[Deer] - Okay

[Mort] Bashes the ball of clay against the center of the wheel- It won't stick otherwise.

[Deer] - So what do you do?

[Mort] try just kicking the pedal on the right to get a feel for it. It makes the whole thing spin. - He puts a bowl of water next to her.

[Deer] Gives it a kick, it's a bit rough on her tender feet-

[Mort] You don't have to kick it hard, just kinda pump the pedal -

-The wheel spins around slowly-

[Deer] Tries it, she's fascinated by the motion of the wheel-

[Mort] To start out, You gotta get it symmetrical - He dips his hands in the water and presses one on top of the lump and the other on the side, making it into a puck shape as the wheel turns it

[Deer] Watches closely-

[Mort] Now you can play with it. Wet your hands, try spinning it and stick your thumb in the middle as it goes.

[Deer] Dips her hands into the water and puts them on the clay, she is quickly distracted by the feel-

-The spinning mass forms a hole around her thumb and the grainy clay is slightly scratchy as it burrs past her wet fingers.

[Deer] - I can't...  I can't draw away from the feeling of this...

[Mort] You don't have too. Just use your hands, kinda pinch from the outside and the inside at the same time with one hand.

[Deer] Moves her hands and shudders-

-The clay rises in a decent wall under her hands, it's kind of a tube now.

[Deer] Pinches too hard-

-The wall collapses and a little rind peels off the top and flips away into the basin under the wheel-

[Mort] whoops! That's okay. Just be gentle. - He pressses a hand next to hers, lowering the wall of the tube so it looks more like a puck again-

[Deer] - This is kinda overwhelming, I'm not used to feeling so much

[Mort] Good or bad?

[Deer] - Good, but overwhelming

[Mort] Smiles- Try again then. I'll fire whatever you make and you can take it home with you.

[Deer] Nods and starts over again-

-The wall rises under her fingers again and gets to a decent height-

[Mort] Much better-

[Deer] - Now what?

[Mort] What do you want it to be? It can be a bowl or a vase, or a big mug. A plate wouldn't be much of a challenge, but handles and legs and things can be added later.

[Deer] - Let's just start with a bowl

[Mort] Then put your fingers around the edge and guide it outwards a little-

[Deer] Follows the instructions carefully-

-The edges flow outward a bit and the tube becomes more bowl shaped-

[Deer] - Accidentally scraps her foot on the wheel and hisses in a breathe-

[Mort] You okay?

[Deer] - Scraped myself

[Mort] Checks her foot-

-There's a bit of blood coming from where she scraped herself-

[Mort] Aww, here, I'll get some clean water. Just let the wheel slow to a stop on it's own.

[Deer] - Okay

-The wheel cranks around to a standstill and the bowl looks pretty nice for a first try.

[Mort] Puts a bowl of clean cool water by her foot to rinse off in.

[Deer] Sticks her foot in- Thank you

[Mort] Looks over her work- You're welcome. And it's okay. It needs to dry on the wheel a bit before I can cut it off. Tell you what, pick a color combo and I'll finish it for you. It'll need to dry for at least three days before it can be fired anyway.

[Deer] Thinks for a moment- Hmmm, purple and yellow

[Mort] I've got kind of a plum color and a yellow, is that okay?

[Deer] - Sure!

[CP] Teleports back with a couple of small books in his possession-

[Notch] Jumps as Cp appears rather close to him-

[Dawn] eyebrow-

[CP] - Well, learned a lot about how the other pasta's get back to the manor if they aren't there when it moves

[Dawn] Do tell.

[CP] Holds up the books- These are basically blank passports with a bit of Slender power embedded in them, more specifically their power to bend what others perceive.  A bit of blood from Deer and Flux will bind these to them and anybody who looks at them other than those two will see a legitimate passport

[Dawn] Niiiice trick. Though making a blood oath with a book implies a certain level of trust.

[CP] Or necessity after having to retrieve the others a number of times

[Notch] ... I wish you would have gotten three...

[CP] - Why?

[Notch] Mine doesn't have a stamp showing I left Sweden in any legitimate way....

[CP] - And that's my problem how?

[Notch] Sadly-  I didn't say it was...

[Dawn] it would have made things easier.

[CP] - I don't wanna go get another one though!

[Notch] Looks down- I'll just... deal with it..

[Dawn] Gives Cp a look because he's being shitty to his dad.

[CP] Ignores the look-

-There's a bit of static amongst the tree's-

[Flux] - Will not having this stamp cause problems?

[Notch] I have no idea. I guess I can just make something up. But I risk getting in more trouble by lying.

[Dawn] Gets a crawly sensation on her neck and is looking a bit more alert.

-There's a bit of movement amongst the tree's before Trender comes out-

[Flux] Takes Notch's hand- Then use mine, I'm sure with CP's help I can get over there without the use of a plane

[Dawn] Friend of yours?

[CP] - Fucking Nether

[Trender] - I'm sorry to intrude, but brother sent me

[Dawn] Slender I presume?

[Trender] - Yes, I am Trender by the way, a pleasure to meet you, not so much your clothes

[Dawn] Dawn Razor, charmed I'm sure. What's wrong with my clothes? I was working on the roof when everyone showed up.

[CP] - It's his thing, just ignore it.  Why are you here?

[Trender] Holds up two more books- Brother happened to scan your mind while you were making your request and realized two books would not be enough

[Notch] Grateful tone- Thank you for that. It was my fault partially for not remembering that I needed exit stamps from where I was too.

[Trender] - Yes, and one for Herobrine as well

[CP] - Why the fuck do I need one!?  I don't need to go on the fucking plane!

[Notch] Peanuts?

[Dawn] Little chuckle-

[CP] - Does it look like I can even fit in one of those tiny ass seats?

[Trender] Sighs-

[Dawn] I can maybe get an upgrade? It's short notice and it won't be cheap....

[Trender] - Cost does not have to be a problem, I can easily reimburse you

[Dawn] That's very kind of you. What's your deal anyway? You look like a fashionista and it looks tailored too. You sew your own gear? It's very nice.

[Trender] - Yes, I do make my own clothes, I tend to feed off of the confidence when people are happy with what they are wearing.  Thus why I will find proper clothes for them or make them for them

[Dawn] You know... maybe I can do you a favor as well. I'm bad about hoarding stuff I'll never get around to using, Stay here a sec. I'll  be right back.

[Notch] Watches her go and then looks up at Trender. - The party was decent if you're wondering. Everyone looked really nice.

[Trender] - Ah, that's good.  I'm glad it was enjoyed

[Notch] You shoulda seen Doc's outfit. Cp about had a coronary.

[Trender] - Oh really?  With your permission, I could see it in your mind

[Notch] Really? Okay- He focuses on the memory of Doc leaving in hir short dress and long boots accompanied by Yaunfen in their little bowtie.

[Trender] - Could be a bit better fitted, but otherwise passable

[Dawn] Comes back with a rather large cookie tin-

[Trender] Glances at it curiously-

[Dawn] I've had these forever, take them with my blessings- She opens the tin and holds it up. The sunlight glitters on the contents. It's full of beautiful antique buttons grouped onto little strings to keep the matching ones together. There's metal and crystal and delicately cut glass. - I never wear fancy clothes anyway. Attracts too much attention in my line of work- grins-

[Trender] Lifts some of these to inspect- Ah, these can definitely be put to use-  He takes the tin from her

[CP] - Can you go now?

[Trender] - Oh alright, here are the books- He hands over the books and then teleports away

[Notch] a bit too late- Thanks-

[CP] Throws a book at Notch-

[Notch] Gets hit in the chest with it and just picks it up resignedly. - Dawn? Can you hold onto my other one for safekeeping? It's probably illegal to have two.

[Dawn] Gladly - takes it.

[Notch] How do I do this? Just prick myself with something and make a print?

[CP] - As far as I can tell, yes

[Notch] Can I borrow your sword?

[CP] Rolls his eyes but holds the sword out-

[Notch] Pricks his thumb on the tip and the little bit of blood dribbles down the blue diamond surface. Then makes a bloody print on the book with it before sticking his finger in his mouth.

[Flux] Looks at her own book before reaching out for the sword as well, her blood color is much darker, almost a purple, but just red enough to pass as human-

[Mort] Takes out a wire on two little sticks and wraps it around his hands like a garotte- Watch this. This is how you get the pot off. - He draws the wire under the pot along the surface of the wheel like someone cutting cheese. - Then you just scoot it off. I'll put it on the table for now to dry. We should probably see what the others are up too anyway. I'll take it from here.

[Deer] - Oh!  Right, they're probably about ready to go

[Deer] Hurries back over to the group- Are we ready to go?

[Dawn] Did you have fun? You're both covered in clay droplets.

[Mort] We had a nice little lesson.

[Deer] - Guess I did get a bit dirty

[CP] - You do realize you'll have to put your shoes on, right?

[Deer] Whines-

[Dawn] Yeah... some places won't even let you in if you don't have shoes on.

[Mort] [who is only wearing a pair of shorts over his bare pelvic bones] Or a shirt either.

[Deer] - But I prefer being naked!

[Mort] Amen sister. Well I like having my waist covered, but otherwise. Yeah.

[CP] Tosses the third book at Deer] - Just get a bit of your blood on this

[Deer] - Why?

[CP] - So you can get through customs

[Dawn] It's irritating but it keeps people from getting suspicious

[Deer] - CP, can I use your sword?

[CP] Groans but moves the sword towards her-

[Deer] Cuts herself and marks the book-

[CP] - Can we go now?

[dandelliongirl]

New year

And a new decade!

Wow, what an original title.

My Christmas vacation was amazingly cozy. I spent the 23rd-27th of December at home with mum and dad. On the 23rd me and mum went to the flea market to buy yarn and thin knitting needles for my bunny plushie project. We also found an adorable winter themed PowerPuff Girls duvet cover that I got to have in my bed for the holidays.♥

On Christmas Eve I got to watch morning cartoons on mum’s new sofa in my soft Oodie. We spent Christmas Eve traditionally having rice porrige for breakfast, going to take candles to the graves, going to the sauna and having a delicious dinner of smoked fish, salads, roast, mashed sweet potato, fried carrot and parsnip, and a dessert of home made gingerbread ice cream. Then we watched From all of us to all of you and handed out presents. My photo book was a big hit and made both mum and dad tear up. They both loved their moomin themed presents as well. I got Jamie Oliver’s VEG cook book, a radio for my summer house, a face wash from the Body Shop, and some gloves that got mixed up with dad’s at some point. Now mine are pink and mum has a purple pair. My dad also got me a 100 square meters of protected forest that will by law be kept in its natural state forever, which is an incredibly magical and special gift. ♥

On Christmas morning we woke up to the most beautiful snowy landscape and a calm little snowfall. Me and mum shovelled the driveway and went for a really long magical walk to the beach and around our area. The beach was full of little lanterns and candles burning in the snow. In the evening I started knitting my bunny plushie with the instructions found on the book I got at grandmum’s place. Mum helped me get started but I made her entirely by myself. By January 19th she already has a face too, with only a few details missing.

On Boxing Day me and dad drove to see the cousins and mum went to see granny and grandpa. It was really good seeing my cousins again for the first time since I think last Christmas (?), and dad’s cousin visited my aunt that day as well, so dad and his sister got to see their cousin as well. Me and my twin cousins finally made a Whatsapp group, which will make keeping in touch a lot easier.

On the 27th I came back to the apartment to spend some time working on my projects (and play some Sims..). My guy came back home on the 28th and we opened the rest of our presents. We got some cute kitty mugs and some (less cute) moomin pillowcases. I got new socks from my guy’s grandpa and my guy got me the brick oven bakery and the pizza delivery set of Sylvanian Families! ♥ My guy loved his Otamatone and we’ve had a lot of fun with it. ♫

We spent the day before New Years with my twin cousins who came over. We went to a trampoline park and Burger King, and played some Smash Bros Ultimate and Mario Kart. Then we spent about 4 hours until 2 am playing Overcooked. One of the twins works at a fast food restaurant so he was really damn good at coordinating our team. We decided that we would only accept 3 stars and had to spend a lot of time on some of the stages, but it was a blast. My guy is really bad at communication and team work though (heh, sorry) so it sucked for whoever was on his side. My cousins left on the morning of New Years Eve, and our friends came over around 6 pm. We made pizza, talked, went to see the mayor’s speech and watched the fireworks. For once the weather was completely clear and comfortably warm so the fireworks were a lot of fun. After midnight we spent the rest of the night until 6 am playing a quiz game, cards against humanity and Overcooked. I’m so glad I went back to work on the 7th and not on the 2nd.

My New Year’s resolutions this time are to continue working on my crafts and finish at least 2 of them, to only buy recycled items (apart from a couple things that I’ve planned on and needed to buy for a while), trying to spend a plastic free July (no single use plastics or plastic packaging), continuing my photo project with at least 3 photoshoots, working on my grimoire and finishing at least 12 pages, continuing to play the piano and get better at reading sheet music, spending the coziest and witchiest summer at my cottage/summer house, reading/listening to books and stretching/body care. A lot of these are things that are already habits and a part of my life so they aren’t that big of a deal even though the list is long. Mainly my resolutions are there just to push me to continue creating. I have set a date around midsummer/Litha to check my progress. So far piano has definitely already fallen behind so I need to try and pick that back up real soon. I have my new pile of sheet music books to start with.

So my winter has been filled with cottage visits nearly every weekend. At Christmas we went for a bonfire and carols. We have been feeding lots of little birds, walking in the nature and even went ice skating last weekend. This winter has been almost entirely snowless and very warm, and the birds are already singing and starting to nest even though it’s only January. There is no snow on the lake ice so last weekend my mum, dad and I had a perfect private skating rink with some magical sunshine and beautifully frosted trees. These are the moments that make winter worth it even though the lack of snow makes everything so dark, which makes me so incredibly sleepy. Luckily the days get about 7 minutes longer every day. It’s already almost light out when I leave work. Only 3-4 more months until we get to spend more time at the summer house, and soon I’ll be out there on that lake on my SUP board. That place truly heals me and helps me remember what's important in life. Nature is always beautiful no matter the weather, and everything over there has a purpose, unlike in the city.

Almost all of my apple seeds sprouted, and every one of my first saplings has already died from what I suspect is the lack of light. Some of the second batch are still alive, and I’ve got a third batch to plant. Hopefully those will make it to be planted outside. I even picked up a board from our cottage shed to make a windowsill in the kitchen for the saplings.

My guy and I have been enjoying our second playthrough of the Witcher 3, this time on the Switch. I love laying on the sofa all warm and cozy in my Oodie and working on my crafts, or putting photos in an album while he plays. Our PC playthrough was tedious because I had to sit down and do nothing through hours of gwent or side quests. Now I get to lie down and work on my own projects during the side quests. The PS2 era graphics do bother me a bit, but the story is immersive enough and the cutscene quality is not reduced too bad.

The first 2 weeks of work have been pretty decent. I’ve even had a couple of good days. ☼ I’m about to start a rough spring of trainings for both staff and teachers, which will be mentally exhausting, but I will try to keep myself busy with hobbies, and enjoy the coming spring to the fullest. January has already flown by, which is both exciting and scary. As for working out, this spring I’ve got a lineup of body combat, the occasional 45 minute guided meditation class (which I love because last week we had a body scan meditation and that’s my favourite type), HIIT ‘45 whenever I can leave work early to go to class, and ballet.

Yesterday we celebrated grandad's 90th birthday. Lately I’ve been really sad thinking about my aging grandparents. I recently went through my old post cards because I’m planning on making some crafts with them, and while doing that I found all of granny and grandpa’s letters and post cards and got some very emotional flashbacks to my childhood and the stories grandmum used to tell me. After a few glasses of cognac grandpa gave me a really emotional and sweet speech about how proud he is of me and how he remembers the time the swing in their yard broke down from under me and the times he taught me how to ski. He has truly taught me to never give up and be resilient in everything I do. I love my grandparents so much and I want to try and spend as much time with them as possible. It is so unfair that we never get enough time to spend with all the loved ones... Regardless, happy 90th birthday to the best grandpa. ♥ ♥ I love you so much.

Speaking of family and celebrations, I was asked to be a bridesmaid to my friend whom I've known since kindergarten. It is an incredible honor and I really can’t put into words how special it is to have someone who’s known me since I was 4 years old - and now she’s getting married! I will do my best to make her day special, but it is a lot of stress and pressure on me - especially as I’ve never planned a wedding and I’ve only been to 2 in very recent years. Her other bridesmaid got engaged the same week as she did so they are both planning on getting married the same month. We’ll see how that goes, and if one of them has to postpone their wedding or not, but regardless the other bridesmaid won’t have as much time and focus for my friend as I will since she’ll be planning her own wedding at the same time.

I think we only have 61 or 62 days until Animal Crossing New Horizons, and still no AC direct. Instead we’ve had a Pokémon direct and a Smash Bros direct.. If preordering seems worth it and/or there is a Switch console bundle I’ll take the 20th of March off work to go get it in the morning. We were planning on taking a trip to Japan this spring but we’ve postponed it until the autumn since the Super Nintendo World will be opening in the summer, and my guy can earn some money at his summer job.

Me and my friend were going to have a photoshoot today but the weather isn’t great (it’s very windy) and she had a weird stomach bug last night so we postponed. Instead I’m trying to finish up some odd to-do list jobs so that I can start preparing for Imbolc. It’s coming up so fast, but that’s also very exciting. ☼

[zingularitae]

I was tagged by the ever lovely and gorgeous @laetiindisguise

rules; answer these 85 statements and tag 20 people

the last

1. drink: i’m currently drinking orange juice 2. phone call: i fake dialled my mum to show her something on her new phone 3. text message: i think it was to my bts group chat? i’m not sure 4. song you listened to: I’m listening to The Eve by EXO 5. time you cried: don’t laugh but I cried two days ago because of that video of Taehyung shaving 6. dated someone twice: BWAHAHAHAHHAHAHA 7. kissed someone and regretted it: BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA² 8. been cheated on: don’t do this to me 9. lost someone special: my grandpa 10. been depressed: dude summer depression got me by the tits and refuses to let go 11. gotten drunk and thrown up: i actually threw up on @laetiindisguise ‘s walls. It’s her fave story to tell.

3 favourite colours

i hate this question i really do

12. red

13. lilac 14. pastel pink

in the last year have you 15. made new friends: via the internet yes 16. fallen out of love: no 17. laughed until you cried: my body doesn’t produce tears but i have laughed until i fell down several times 18. found out someone was talking about you: yes 19. met someone who changed you: ????? 20. found out who your friends are: i’ve been knew 21. kissed someone on your Facebook list: ugh god no general 22. how many of your Facebook friends do you know in real life: i don’t talk to ppl let alone ppl on facebook so i don’t know how to answer this 23. do you have any pets: 2 cats: khaleesi and her son (whom she abuses btw) roger 24. do you want to change your name: my name means Halo of The Moon. It’s like pastel witch aesthetics. I dig it. Plus it’s rare enough that I’ve only met one other Héla in my 32 years of existence 

25. what did you do for your last birthday: went to my favourite chinese restaurant with my best friend as tradition obliges

26. what time did you wake up: 10:35 27. what were you doing at midnight last night: reading fic 28. name something you can’t wait for: my brother’s wedding in November 29. when was the last time you saw your mom: 30 seconds ago 31. what are you listening to right now: What U Do by EXO

32. have you ever talked to a person named tom: uuuuuh idk 33. something that is getting on your nerves: not being taken seriously. I’m a flaky, flighty, sunny person and I’m not interested in living my life as expected by other ppl. I like taking my time about getting to things. Ppl don’t think i’m not accomplished or interesting or even worth being taken seriously so.... as I was saying summer depression my dude! 34. most visited website: tumblr, youtube, twitter, AO3 35. hair colour: dark brown, almost black

36. long or short hair: the longest it’s ever been 37. do you have a crush on someone: i want to crush the patriarchy

38. what do you like about yourself:  i think I can be funny (at least on paper.... my timing irl is abysmal), i think i’m kind, patient, i don’t bother ppl as in I don’t impose myself on anyone, i’m a fairly decent-ish writer, i’m cute bruh 39. piercings: ears  40. blood type: no idea 41. nickname: no

42. relationship status: to quote fatima: relationships alarm me 

43. zodiac: aquarius 44. pronouns: she/her

45. favourite tv show: oh boy, i think it’s parks and rec 46. tattoos: someday inchallah 47. right or left handed: right 48. surgery: eye surgery years ago 50. sport: .... uh i type super fast 51. vacation: London, Tunisia 52. pair of trainers: the converses Laeti bought me in NYC

MORE GENERAL 53. eating: i had soup for lunch 54. drinking: water 55. I’m about to: start writing my jinkook fic 56. waiting for: the sweet release of death but also Zayn’s album and BTS comeback 57. want: to be rich, hug zayn, kiss the mole on taehyung’s nose, become a teacher, start working out, write more, be a good friend, make my mum proud, eat jimin’s ass.... 58. get married: why not? 59. career: work in progress

WHICH IS BETTER 60. hugs or kisses: oh tough one, i loves hugs but kisses, man! kisses are so fun and sweet 61. lips or eyes: depends on the person dude, my lips are better than my eyes I guess??? 62. shorter or taller: don’t 63. older or younger: DO NOT 64. nice arms or nice stomach: ARMS 65. hookup or relationship: relationship

HAVE YOU EVER: 67. kissed a stranger: nah but a stranger licked me once 68. drank hard liquor: it’s haram 69. lost glasses/contact lenses: yes actually lmao. I had lenses for two days and I managed to lose one 70. turned someone down: yes 71. sex on the first date: it’s haram 73. had your heart broken: unfortunately *stronger by britney plays in the background* 74. been arrested: yes 75. cried when someone died: yes 76. fallen for a friend: not fallen all the way down but I’m a pro at having crushes on friends

DO YOU BELIEVE IN: 77. yourself: i try to but boy am I difficult to support 78. miracles: yes 79. love at first sight: in fics yes, irl impossible 80. santa claus: never believed in the 1st place 81. kiss on the first date: if they were a good 1st date then ya 82. angels: 100%

OTHER: 84. eye colour: brown 85. favourite movie: love actually

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