#but godddd the coloring looks horrendous....

[huangrenjuns]

[merakiui]

octavinelle housewarden reader oh my godddd sounds so juicy 👀👀👀 if you needed any further encouragement to start that Thought, here it is!!!!

Hehe thank youuuu!!! It has been added to my to-write list! It's truly such a fun concept to expand upon! I'm brainstorming some dynamics, such as the Reader and tweels being in cahoots (which leaves our poor tako to fend for himself) or the tweels helping Azul to win the bet in very mischievous ways. So far I have a few details that I absolutely must include in the thought:

Azul is bullied (I'm so sorry, Azuzu. I promise it's for the sake of the plot).

He works at the lounge (which he is still founder and owner of, but he's a bit of a loser without much power so the lounge is his only flex as a student; outside of that flex, he's still treated poorly).

He is terribly, horrendously, astronomically down bad for Reader. The usual pathetic, slimy stalker Azul. <3 reader is very aware of his feelings and is more than happy to tease him at every chance, hence the creation of the bet.

Azul still has no rizz. (unless??? :o he might have a little rizz if he pulls all the stops with the octopus courting gestures).

Azul tried to duel with Reader for the Housewarden seat a few weeks into his first year and was promptly one-shotted because of...reasons. (in his defense, he was very distracted when he fell in love for the first time.)

Reader is also a mer like the trio.

It will be a thought with nsfw (most likely).

I'm also looking for inspirations for Reader's Housewarden outfit! So far I like this style of professional business clothing. The capelet and pinstripes are quite nice, but I also want to think of an outfit that suits the Octavinelle color scheme and aesthetic and isn't a direct copy of Azul's outfit! Aaaa many thoughts are being had...

[herecomesnaya]

I have a COD zombies question for you! If Ultimis (the original 4) were tasked to bake a cake, how would you rate each crew member's efforts?

HAHAHA GODDDD okay let's see

Dempsey - he overestimates his abilities. "it's just a cake, how hard can it be?" (because he underestimates what he believes to be "woman's work" bc he's from the fuckin 1940s) he's also helped his daughter DECORATE a cake before, so like? should be easy right??

(narrator voice) it was not easy.

he ends up with an overly-sweet cake that's far too big, with cavity-inducing icing piled on in red, white, and blue colors. it is borderline inedible to non-American palates, and even in America he's on thin fucking ice. he made it apple flavored just to fuck with Richtofen's whole apple pie hatred thing. there are chunks of mostly-raw apple in it.

effort: 9/10. result: 4/10.

Nikolai - once again, this dude thinks cakes are a woman's domain and probably pretty easy. you can add vodka to a cake, right? like, people cook with alcohol all the time, don't they? better to use that instead of milk. (cakes are made with milk, right...?)

the cake turns out flat and pancake-like because he doesn't realize you need a leavening agent. it's half-raw and reeks of vodka. the icing is just vodka mixed with powdered sugar, dripping over the horrendous mutant cake and pooling underneath it. everything smells terrible.

"is just like motherland, da? strong, filled with vodka, and covered in white stuff. not THAT white stuff, Richtofen."

effort: 6/10. result: 1/10.

Takeo - has never baked a cake before, but takes his time with it, researching and meticulously arranging the ingredients before he uses them. very Rachel Ray in his setup, lots of little bowls for measured-out flour and eggs and whatnot.

the cake turns out a bit bland, but it's not bad. he writes the kanji for "honor" on top in icing. Dempsey complains that there's not more sugar or fun colors. Takeo thinks Dempsey's cake looks like it's irradiated.

(he has no idea what's to come.)

effort: 10/10. result: 8.5/10.

Richtofen - baking is a science, and he intends to treat it like one. every ingredient is weighed out to the gram. everything is sourced from the finest of providers. it looks like it's going to be a pretty damn perfect cake at first.

then he adds trace amounts of element 115. I mean, experimentation is also a part of the scientific process, is it not?

the cake comes out with a strange blue glow to it. so does the icing. being around it induces feelings of vague nausea, though the actual taste is pretty great, albeit with a slight sweet chemical aftertaste. eating it gives you amnesia. Richtofen is happy with it. he does not eat any himself.

effort: 11/10. result: radiation poisoning/10.