#but yeah since it's such a fun setting it can get confusing which 'group of skeleton lads and their love interest' came from who heh

[idkfitememate]

A Boar? In This Economy? Pt. 1

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૮꒰˶ᵔ ᗜ ᵔ˶꒱ა Pairings : GN!Boar Reader x Genshin World

૮꒰ྀི∩´ ᵕ `∩꒱ྀིა W.K. : 922

໒꒰ྀིᵔ ᵕ ᵔ ꒱ྀི১ Tags/CW&TW : Crack, fluff, found family

So, SAGAU right? Imposter ver specifically, right? Alllll of Teyvat has been ruled by some asshole who claims to be the creator, right?

Welp.

It’s time for you to get your ass isekai’d!

One problem though….

Instead of getting your phone, or having all the elements under your belt, or anything else…

You’re a boar.

Not like a “BiG tUsK sPeCiAl PaTtErN” boar.

Just a boar you can find in the starting areas of Mondstadt that just so happens to have golden blood.

Fun.

Hell, when you first woke up, you were confused on why you were short. And why you were in fours. And hairy. And why your mouth felt so damn heavy. And dragging yourself to a small pound, you figured out why.

Shaggy brown hair and small beady black eyes staring back at you. Large, off white tusks block your forward vision so you move to the side in order to see yourself better. Designs in a darker brown line your fur, a small tail flailing in the wind.

And that is how you spent your first few months in Genshin Impact.

A simple boar trying their damnest to not die.

૮꒰づ˶• ༝ •˶꒱づ ˚ʚ ꒰⁐⁐⁐⁐୨🍡🍪🍬୧⁐⁐⁐⁐꒱ ɞ˚

Apparently spending time by yourself makes the human mind bored (pun intended).

So.

You decided to build a boar friendly base in the trees.

You noted that all mobs weren’t hostile to you, most likely due to your god status. That and Teyvat was willing to literally bend itself backwards in order to ensure your survival. Making sure only the freshest of fruits fell to your feet, ensuring that the waters were calm when you wanted to swim, and that the winds would gently blow you off, making your fur all fluffy, so on and so forth.

It was especially nice when a hunter had their sights set on you, only for a pack of hilichurl to appear and slaughter the man, the ground swallowing him up.

Now, the first few times it was fucking horrifying, but then you kinda realized you they didn’t do that, you’d be super dead right now, so you pushed an apple over in thanks and took all the headpats you could get from the group.

Anyway, back to the main topic.

You got bored (pun intended again) of living on the ground where anyone could find you and kill you, and that was no fun! So you found a nice mountain side (since you didn’t have a map, you couldn’t say right off the top of your head where you were but you knew full well it was by Dragonspine. Gods you were so cold… but I’d be worth it!-) with a nice forest next to it, and began building.

With the help of nearby mita and lawachurls and - of course - Teyvat itself, you carved into the side of the mountain, creating a cave system that only a being as short as you could traverse. Then, you connected them to a large treehouse system and continued to work on said treehouse system. Someone would have to be focusing damn hard and not fighting the actual army of churls and slimes and other beasts that made their way to stay beneath your home to actually see… well your home.

And up you went.

૮꒰づ˶• ༝ •˶꒱づ ˚ʚ ꒰⁐⁐⁐⁐୨🎂🍰🍩୧⁐⁐⁐⁐꒱ ɞ˚

More months had passed, and confirmed many things for you.

A. The true “Imposter” had came here long before you.

B. They very weren’t a boar.

C. You did have a human form, but your “Creator” form had a boar as a symbolic animal.

Which, while initially was a little insulting, you came to (reluctantly) agree that, yeah. That was unfortunately pretty accurate.

You could be a bit sloppy at times, keeping a good appearance wasn’t at the absolute top of your list, as well as eating well… or drinking, but still!

You continued your now lavish boar life in the trees and caves, no longer bored (I’m not sorry for reusing this pun.).

૮꒰づ˶• ༝ •˶꒱づ ˚ʚ ꒰⁐⁐⁐⁐୨🍫🍦🍭୧⁐⁐⁐⁐꒱ ɞ˚

You had been in Teyvat for… a year now? No one suspected a boar of being the true creator, everyone was still being treated like shit by the “creator” and you were still tucked away in your little forest/cave structure home.

You got a little curious, and well?

You found that you could - in fact - do something cool!

You could control the elements! Outside of Teyvat just doing things that were in your best interests. You could grow vines! And spit fire! And burp lightning and squeal hard and loud enough that it created a whirlwind!

You could part the seas like Moses!

…

Anyway-

You may have gotten a bit carried away, feeling secure in where you were. So you let the churls braid some parts of your fur, and paint it… and they gave you a mask.

And you’d chase seelies. And rest with slimes.

And just do a lot of shit that most boars definitely couldn’t, wouldn’t and didn’t do.

And unfortunately, one night when you were doing a fire dance with one of your favorite hilichurl camps. (They were the ones to kill that first hunter. They also gave you your first mask and paint job).

Completely enveloped in the current happenstance, while you breathed large balls of fire into the night that somehow didn’t injure a single being nor set a single tree alight…

You missed the boy who believed he was a wolf watching from the shadows.

…Oops?

໒꒰ྀི˶˙Ⱉ˙˶꒱ྀིა Author’s note : I’m shocked people actually like this thingy lol. Part 2 is on the way! As a treat, I fixed up some typos and fixed some grammar mistakes!

Have a good day/night dears! <3 ૮꒰ྀི∩´ ᵕ `∩꒱ྀིა

P. S. Now I made a tag as well!

[sserajeans]

friendly fire

kim minji x fem! reader

synopsis: ever since you bought a new game for your ps5, you've been spending a lot of your free time with hanni, the only other member who knew how to play properly. minji gets tired of it eventually.

others + genre: 6th member y/n, 04 liner y/n, outgoing (and very loud) y/n, straightforward y/n...., 04 line just a bunch of bffs who parent maknae line togt tbh, fluffyflfuufyflfhfyf

notes: requested!, nothing much.. just hope u guys enjoy.. perhaps not proof read, VERY SHORT‼️

"hanni behind you!"

"y/n i need a revive i'm behind the factory!"

"shit!"

"good game... didn't know players could control tanks..."

"yeah, well! now we know i guess.."

it had been a while since you spent a good portion of your first paycheck on a new ps5 and a first-person shooter game. and ever since then you and hanni have spent every hour of free time the group had playing.

which hadn't been an issue for you and minji!

or so you thought.

promotions for omg finally ended, so you and hanni intended to complete the game's storyline by the end of the day. you both slept early the night before, and getting on the game was the first thing you both did after taking a bath and eating breakfast.

unlike the rest of the girls, minji had schedules that day as a special mc, so she left the dorms an hour after you and hanni started your little game marathon. (neither of you forgetting a cheek kiss goodbye, despite hanni's disgust)

now you see, minji doesn't really get jealous easily, and if she did, she'd rationalize it without having the need to talk to you about it (not wanting to bother you). but with you spending almost every hour of your day playing with hanni, and doing so for the past week, it's been building up, and today was the breaking point.

when minji left the dorms, you were on the console, and when she arrived, you were still playing. the proximity between you and hanni didn't help much either, but you get cold easily and both of you were too lazy to get up and grab a blanket.

"oh! welcome back, min!" minji's worries left for a split second hearing your voice and a smile grew as she removed her shoes and coat in front of the door.

she sat on the couch behind you and hanni, trying her best to observe the gameplay, but ultimately failing as her eyes glued on your right arm intertwined with hanni's left.

"fuck i really need to pee.."

"let minji play for a bit she can cover."

hanni was gonna regret suggesting that.

"oh true." you turned around to face minji and handed her your controller before running to the bathroom. "PLAY WELL FOR ME, MIN!"

you should win a world record for fastest female peeing, 'cause it barely felt like a minute before you came back to the living room, drying your washed hands off with tissue.

"what the hell! i'm trying to detonate the explosives but someone's shooting at me! minji can you get them!" hanni exclaimed in fury as she focused every fiber of her being into the game's side puzzle.

your eyebrows furrowed as your eyes traveled to minji's half of the screen. she was definitely shooting someone! but somehow whenever minji's character shoots, the health bar on hanni's screen depletes.

realizing what was happening in front of you, you bursted out into laughter, hanni's face full of confusion and focus, minji's blank with a light smile.

"babe you're shooting hanni."

"WHAT THE HELL!"

but by the time you pointed it out it was too late. hanni's character died, marking it a game over.

"sorry about that, pham." minji managed to let out in between laughter. you sat beside her and set the game back to the main menu before resting your left arm around her shoulders.

"yeah.... sure.. i'm gonna take a nap." hanni playfully glared at minji before disappearing into the hallways to enter her shared room. "you lovebirds have fun!"

you let out a sigh of relaxation as you felt your girlfriend's head rest on your chest, your left arm pulling her closer. you heard a hum of satisfaction from minji as you kissed the top of her head before resting your cheek on her.

"you knew you were shooting hanni's character didn't you?"

you didn't hear any response, but a soft chuckle instead, which was more than enough to confirm your theory (that you thought you were crazy for to think of it).

"i love you, you know?" you felt her softly nod a yes before replying with a very soft "i love you too." that almost got drowned out by the game's background music.

"we'll deal with hanni's game progress later. how was work today?"

[dirtybitfic]

Here for a good time not a long time

Matt Sturniolo X y/n

contains - party , drinking , smutt, dom matt, choking, slapping, dirty talk, pet names(sweetheart, baby, slut, whore)

Y/n pov-

I was sitting in my last lecture of the day when I got a text from my friend about a party in the woods tonight. I obviously agreed to go since I had nothing else to do tonight .

Once my boring ass professor ended class I drove back to my house that I share with my best friend and two other friends . I entered into pure chaos the second I opened the door.

Hey y/n how was class my best friend Ally said as I set my bag down

Boring as always ... what the fuck is going on in here I ask as I look around to see clothes scattered across the furniture and my other friend Mara running from her room back to the bathroom .

We're all trying to find outfits for tonight and we're stressing out she answers as I see her pull out mouse ears.

What... why and what are the ears for? I ask in pure confusion. Its never calm in this house but this is a whole new level of chaotic.

Oh did you not see the theme for the party Mara says as she comes out dressed like a bunny .

No what is it ? I ask as I start to panic knowing I probably have nothing to wear either.

Predator and prey ... girls are supposed to dress as the prey obviously she says pointing to her outfit doing a little spin.

Fuck ... I definitely don't have an outfit for this shit I sigh as I walk to my room deciding to look through my closet.

I looked through and found an outfit that could work .

Okay guys what about this outfit I can be a deer? I ask nervously hoping they'd like it .

Ally , Mara and haley look at me studying me making me nervous.

You know what I like it Haley says as she smiles

Yeah me to mara says as she nods in approval.

Wait I think I might actually have deer antlers you can wear Ally says as she scrambles to her room.

Im questioning why she would own antlers but you know what they are coming in handy so Im happy about it.

Okay yep here they are she says as she hands them to me .

Thanks but why do you even have these I ask as I put them on.

Oh I went as a deer to a halloween party freshman year and just never got rid of them she answers with a smile before pouring herself a shot.

Ally was a bunny, Mara was a mouse and Haley was a sheep .

I honestly don't know what to expect with this party tonight since the fraternity thats throwing it is more on the bad boy side . Almost every guy in this group is covered in tattoos and peircings which I find hot as fuck but some others disagree. These guys's parties compared to the other frats are always out of the ordinary but thats what keeps things interesting.

Okay guys we got like 20 minutes before we need to get going haley says as she starts pouring herself a drink.

We turn on some music and dance around in the living room as we take shots and sip on drinks.

The 20 minutes rolled by quickly and we are all now making our walk to the woods for there party. I know having party in the woods might sound weird but its actually pretty fun here. Our college is located in outside of a city in Pennsylvania meaning we're surrounded by woods.

Guys I don't know why but i'm getting a very weird feeling Mara says as we start getting closer to the woods .

Im glad you said that cause ... I am to Ally says in a slightly wobbly tone.

Guys we're fine we drank a lot so maybe its just the alcohol I say trying to reason with how they're feeling

They all laugh and agree with me after realizing how drunk we really are.

We finally reach the opening path that leads down a dark trail to where the party clearing is .

We all take out our phone using our flashlights to see as we stumble into trees and each other giggling .

The closer we get music begins to flood our ear and light from the campfire comes into view.

We enter the clearing entering the crowd of people and making our way over to the line of tree stumps you can sit on by the fire.

We all sit down and take a look around to see all the guys in black hoodies and sweats holding animal masks. Predator animal masks making me gulp. I start to get a weird feeling when the leader of the frat stands on a big tree stump and yelling for everyone to pay attention.

We all go quiet as we wait of him to speak.

Okay you're all probably wondering about the theme right? he asks with a large smirk . All of the girls nod since all of the guys obviously know .

well we decided it would to change things up and ... play a little game she says as he jumps down from the stump smirking and looking around the crowd at all of our confused faces.

Another guy jumps up and I have to keep my jaw from dropping. He is the most attractive man i've ever seen , Tall with blue eyes and brown hair . I stand there in a trance until I snap out of it as he starts to speak

As you can see all of you girls are dressed and animals of prey he says moving his hand motioning to the crowd . Me and my friends share glances sharing looks of annoyance just wanting him to get to the fucking point.

and us guys all have masks of predator animals he says holding up his mask . I look at his mask noticing it's a wolf .

he smiles as he meets eyes with me making me gulp.

We will be matching a girl to a guy based on their natural predator and prey ... and you girls will be given 10 minutes to run and hide and if you are found by your predator we will be mmm let's just say our way with you . he says smirking .

So i'll give any of you girls the chance to leave right now if you do not wish to play this game . There is no shame in leaving I understand this might not be some peoples taste and thats okay I can see a glimmer in his eye as he watches me waiting to see if i'll leave .

I look over at my friends who look apprehensive about the situation.

I don't know about this guys mara says as she turns to look at the way we came in .

Yeah I just... this is not what I was expecting I mean... they obviously mean sexual shit and I don't think I want that haley says as she steps closer to mara.

Me and ally look at each other with a knowing look silently agreeing were staying.

We're gonna stay i'm kind of intrigued about how this will go but we understand if you wanna go I answer and smile at them letting them know we aren't judging them for wanting to leave.

okay well we'll see you guys at home okay be safe please

just text us when your on your way home so we know your alive

we will see you guys at home love you ally answers and I say I love you before they head back down the path we entered through.

About 15 other girls left leaving only about 20 of us left.

Okay now that all the pussys are gone lets get started matching up and then ill explain the rules he says with a wide smile that sends chills down my back.

Me and Ally laugh at the fact he called the girls who left pussys and waited for him to continue.

Okay james , Max and Atlas are fox so any of you who are a bunny raise your hand .Ally raises her hand as do two other girls .

Ally is Matched with the guy who's name is Atlas . I have to say he's hot as fuck he has tan skin covered in tattoos, sandy blond hair and light green eyes. I smile at her nervously as she stands next to him.

He gets through everyone else before i'm the last girl unmatched.

You're with me sweetheart he says as he smirks at me motioning me to him . I gulp as I slowly make my way to him.

I step up to his side and notice how significantly taller he is then me .

he looks down at me smirking then looks back at the crowd .

so here are the rules he says as his hand snakes around my side pulling me closer making my breathe hitch. All you girls will have ten minutes to run and hide ... after those ten minutes we will make our way out to try and find you . When we find you we will be able to do anything we want to you ... sexually . Im guessing everyone of you who stayed understood what I was insinuating but just do be safe I need you to confirm to your partner that we have your consent before start the timer.

I watch as the other girls turn and nod smiling giving consent

I swallow thickly as I look up at him and he smiles down at me .

so do I have your consent he asks as he bends down a bit to be closer to my face

yes you have my consent I say with a smile

just so I can gage what you like real quick ... do you like things rough and hard or soft and slow he whispers in my ear making me whimper .

mm rough and hard I say as a smirk plays on my lips . He groans as he looks into my eyes.

Good thats music to my ears he smirks as he stand back to his full height

wait ... I don't even know your name I say softly making him look back down at me .

Its matt and what's yours he asks

Y/n I smile back

Beautiful name he smiles down at me making me blush

Thank you Matt I say and then he turns back to the crowd starting to speak again.

Okay ladies step up behind the stump and stand at the tree line he says . He looks down at me smiling and taps my Sade then let's go letting me make my way to the tree line . Me and Ally stay next to each other .

She grabs my hand and I look at her

We run together okay and then well split apart when we find a good spot to hide she says obviously knowing were both scared of the dark and neither of us want to run alone in the dark ass woods.

Agreed its dark as fuck out there I say motioning to the woods were about to enter.

Okay i'm going to count down from three ... you guys ready? he asks and I look back at him nodding .

3... 2...1! he yells and we all take off going in different directions.

Me and Ally and running getting smacked left and right by tree branches and plants . The moon light is enough to let us see a little bit but not enough to avoid getting smacked by shit around us.

Hold up i'm getting tired lets slow down for one second I say as we slow to a fast paced walk as were both breathing hard.

God it got kinda cold she says and she shivers

yeah my nipples could literally cut through this shirt right now I say making us both laugh .

after catching our breathe we start sprinting again .

why are we running 10 minutes is actually a lot of time ally says out of breathe again.

okay you actually have a good point I say back as I slow my pace but smack my side into a tree making me cry out in pain.

Fuck fuck oh my god that actually really hurt I cry but also cant stop laughing

thats gonna leave a nasty bruise ally laughs making me laugh harder.

One thing about me and ally is we can never be serious any any situation .

We should definitely start trying to find somewhere to hide ally says as she realizes we probably don't have much time left . We start walking until ally finds a large fallen tree to sit behind .

Im gonna go closer to the cliff seems like a safe spot I tell her before hugging her wishing her good luck.

I make my way through the woods following the sounds of water . One thing I love about this part of Pennsylvania is the cliffs something about them is just so beautiful especially at night.

I finally make in to the cliff side and find a large rock to sit in front of and sit quietly looking out at the sky . The full moon shining down as the starts beam around the dark sky . It's so beautiful I almost forget why i'm out here.

Im snapped out of the trance i'm in when I hear a girl scream in the distance making my entire body jolt.

The tension is slowly building as I sit . My heart is starting to race and my legs shake a bit causing leaves under then to shake a bit making me grab the trying to stop them from making any noise that can be detected.

I try and control my breathing to slow my heart when I hear branches snap close by and leaves rustling as someone or something .

the rustling gets closer and I hold my breathe when all of the sudden a red fox appears next to me only a couple inches away.

It looks at me as if its curious I so badly want to reach my hand out and pet it but I choose not too since I don't exactly want to get bitten and end up in a hospital with I don't even know what.

I watch carefully as it inches closer to me sniffing the air i'm guessing it is picking up my scent. It steps even closer not right by my leg its tail grazing my skin tickling me making me want to laugh but I hold it back so I one don't get found and to not scare the fox.

It makes noise almost as if its laughing scaring me a little bit but it rubs on my shoes shocking the absolute fuck out of me because its obviously wild but I let it happen .

I whisper hi baby in the softest voice as It looks back at me but runs away when it hears a deep voice say " hello" making me jump up with a scream.

"JESUS FUCKING CHRIST" I yell as my hand flys over my heart and I bend over panting.

He walks closer making me look back up at him .

I would say i'm sorry for scaring you but... I'm not Matt says with a dark smirk making me gulp .

he steps closer making me back into the rock I had been hiding behind.

your so beautiful sweetheart he whispers to me as his hand slides up my arm making me shiver and whisper a thank you.

come with me he says as he grabs my hand leading me back into the woods.

we walk until we find another clearing where another part of the cliff side is with a much flatter surface.

we walk around a tree and their was a blanket layer out on the rocky ground making me smile and look at him.

I just thought I would make it a little more comfortable than fucking you on a jagged rock or against a tree he says with a shrug

I appreciate that I say with a smile

The sweet moment is gone in second when his large hand wraps around my throat and he pulls me into him as his lips hover by my ear sending shiver down my spine.

im going to make you feel really good sweetheart does that sound good to you he whispers in a deep gravely tone making me whimper as his grip tightens on my neck .

I nod my head answering in a shake out of breathe tone y-yes

mm good girl he says as his lips attach to mine is a deep lustful kiss that has me moaning into his mouth.

his free hand comes to my head pulling off my antlers and throwing them down onto the ground then its on my ass grabbing it roughly making me whimper.

he pulls away as he looks into my eyes with a smirk on his face that has my pussy clenching around nothing.

strip he says in a gravelly voice making me immediately tear off my top and skirt leaving me in only a thong the cold air making me shiver and my nipples to literally harden so much they feel like rocks.

god your perfect he groans as he takes in my figure making me feel nervous .

He smiles at me as he pulls me to him again then walking us back to the blanket and slowly lays me down .

I groan when my back hits a sharp rock thats under the blanket

he slowly lowers himself to be between my thighs as his fingers loops around the band of the thong and slowly pulls them off setting it a side .

So wet for me he groans as he takes in the view of my glistening entrance.

I gasp when is mouth meets my pussy and he licks and sucks expertly in all the right spots .

f-fuck oh my god I whine as my legs start to tremble slightly from the pleasure i'm in.

yeah that feel good he asks before going right back to it.

ugh fuck yes I cry out as he sucks on my clit and slips a finger into my entrance heightening the pleasure more than I ever thought possible.

I grab onto his hair pulling it making him groan into me causing me to moan loudly and buck my hips.

fuck -fuck oh m-my g--od i moan and gasp as I feel my orgasm getting closer.

come on slut cum for me I can feel you pulsing he says into my pussy as he sucks harder and his finger speeds up making my legs shake harder and I cry out as my orgasm rips through me and my juices flow out onto his finger and he laps them up easing me through my orgasm.

i'm honestly shocked he made me finish most guys cant especially not from head but that was fucking amazing .

fuck you're really good at that I pant as he comes up and hovers over me as his chain dangles in my face.

yeah? he asks in a teasing tone making me flush red .

mhm I say as I look into his eyes and move my hands to the base of his shirt tugging signaling I wanna take it off . He lets me slide it off and I put it beside us as my hands run down his warm skin.

he groans as his hands glide over my bare body making me sigh in contentment. His hands move to his belt as he unbuckles it and sets it aside than slips his pants off . I watch in awe of the way his muscles move as he undresses the rest of the way.

My eyes shift down to the large bulge in his boxers making me gulp . He's big like really fucking big . He notices by unease and grabs my chin making me look at him.

You'll be okay I promise he soothe me as his thumb traces my bottom lip. I nod at his statement taking a deep calming breath.

He slides his boxers down as his dick slaps his stomach and my eye widen I know this is gonna hurt like a bitch. Don t get me wrong i've had sex just not with anyone this big before.

He spits on the tip and for some reason its the hottest thing i've ever seen . I watch as he he spread it around then he comes back over me as his tip meet my entrance.

You good he asks waiting for my answer before he makes a move to put it in.

I nod my head

words baby he says in a sweet tone making me blush.

ye-yes i'm good I answer

he nods as his tip slides in making me suck in a breathe.

he not only long but also thick .

Fuck so fucking tight he groans as he pushes into me more.

I whimper at the stretching feeling and my eyes squeeze tightly shut.

I know sweetheart I know im going as slow as I can he says .

After a couple long painful seconds he's bottomed out . Over never felt so full in my life. He starts to slowly thrust in and out making me whine and put my hand on his chest pushing him away .

He grabs my hand and holds it down by my head.

I know it hurts but do not push me away he says in a assertive tone making me immediately apologize .

He continues thrusting slowly and the pain finally goes away and I cant help the moans that escape my mouth.

fuck oh my - f-faster please I whine and he immediately does what I ask.

His tip hits my g-spot with each thrust making me cry out repeatedly

fuck you think you can handle it rough hmm he asks in a breathy tone that has my eyes rolling back and my back arching.

I nod my head and he grabs my throat roughly .

use your words when I ask you a question y/n he growls making me moan.

y-yes fuck I can handle it I moan as my stomach starts to feel pressure signaling another orgasm is close.

He starts pounding me rough and hard making me scream out.

OH FUCK M-MATT I scream as my hands move to his back and my nails drag down making him groan and pound me even harder.

such a good fucking whore taking me so well he groans as he lightly slaps me making me cry out.

My legs start shaking and I cant help but scream his name as I cum around him . His pace doesn't slow one bit he continues pounding into me making me smack his bicep repeatedly .

f-fuck I c-cant I whine as my hands come to his stomach as I try to push him away.

he slaps me making me cry out in pain .

Put your fucking hands down he growls and I move them reluctantly .

good girl now take it he groans as one of his hands move to my clit rubbing fast circles making me scream . My hands move as I go to grab his wrist but I stop myself knowing hell just get mad.

you're gonna cum for me again like a good little slut he says as he angles his hips to perfectly hit my g spot making my entire body tremble .

n-no I cant I whine as tears well up in my eyes from how over stimulated i'm becoming from the overwhelming pleasure i'm in .

No ... oh sweetheart your gonna need to learn to do what I tell you too he says as he grips my throat roughly and swiftly lifts my legs onto his shoulder moving his body fully over mine so my legs are pressed into my chest.

He pounds into me so roughly i scream and my hips lift off my ground completely . He just grabs my waist continuing to pound me into oblivion .

I scream as another orgasm rips through me and my hearing goes out as my body shakes and my hands fist .

Good girl thats it he groans as he fucks me through my orgasm and my hips fall back to the ground .

He pulls out and flips me over onto my hand and knees .

Arch your back for me baby he says as his hands moves over my ass cheeks giving them a squeeze.

I arch the best I can and he shoves back into me making me gasp and bounce back into him.

He slaps my ass enough time to leave hand prints on each cheek .

he grabs my hips and pounds into me harder making me scream and my hand flys back to grab his wrist .

FUCK FUCK SO FUCKING DEEP I scream as he hits so deep I can feel him bulging inside of me .

yeah you feel how deep I am he asks in a dark tone as one of his hands moves to my lower stomach and presses onto where hes bulging in me making me cry out .

Im moaning and shaking under him as I bury my face in the blanket .

who's fucking pussy is this he ask as he slaps my ass .

I croak out a "yours" but with my face buried in the blanket he didn't hear it.

He grabs me by my hair pulling my face up .

who pussy is this he demands in a deep raspy tone

yours I whimper out

louder slut

Y-YOURS IT YOURS I scream out as I cum all over his dick again and my legs give out and they shake uncontrollably .

He move with me continuing to pound into me rough and deep.

Thats right all fucking mine he groans as he starts to loose his rhythm .

I know he getting close and I couldn't be more happy about it . Im so overstimulated I cant even form words anymore . Im whimpering and gasping as his his start too sputter and he groans loudly .

Fuck gonna fucking fill this pussy up he groans as he grips my hair tighter .

F-fuck p-please I whine as I push my ass into him .

yeah you want me to breed this little pussy he groans as his dick twitches and his breathing becomes loud .

I clench around him from his words nodding my head over and over

y-yes yes fuck please I want it so bad.

oh fuck he groans as him hips snap into me and I feel his cum filling me up.

He slowly thrusts a couple time before sliding out and flopping beside me on the blanket.

Our breathing is heavy and loud both exhausted from the events.

Wow that was the best sex- ive ever had he says with a smile as he looks over at me .

Same that was so fucking good I say as I smile back at him.

we lay catching our breathes looking at each other smiling.

Its fucking cold I say making him laugh

Yeah it is he agrees as he grabs his boxers and throwing them on.

He rolls me over as he uses his shirt to shirt to wipe me clean making me smile.

He helps me get my outfit back on then pick me up as I keep the blanket wrapped around me .

Piggy back? he asks making me laugh .

I nod my head . My legs are not working so well right now .

He bends down and I hop on as I wrap my arm around him making the blanket now cover both of us .

he starts walking back to where we started as I rest my head in the crook of his neck .

I need you to know that your mine now there is no way i'm letting you go after tonight he says making me smile .

I think I could be okay with that I say placing a small his on his neck making him smile

good he says back as we walk out of the woods and back into the area with the logs and campfire still burning .

I spot ally and dear god she's been though it . Her hair is disheveled her makeup smudged everywhere and she's wearing the guys sweatshirt .

wait go over to ally she's my friend I tell Matt and he immediately heads over to her .

He sets me down next to her and she smiles at me .

Jesus you look like shit she jokes with me making me laugh.

I could say the same to you I joke back as we giggle .

You going home or... she asks smiling at me

I down know... am I I ask looking at Matt next to me

he smiles before answering

yeah ... but with me he smirks as I blush and look at ally who's already smiling ear to ear.

well then I guess I will see you tomorrow ?

mhm I smile as I shake my head

she gives me a hug as she says bye .

Me and Matt make our way back to through the path out of the woods and he leads me to a white convertible mustang .

wow nice fucking car I say as he opens the door for me

thank you he says as he helps me in the car then shuts the door and gets in starting up the car then starting a playlist and pulls out of the spot and onto the road.

1.23.23 by Dominic like plays as we drive though the dark night streets and after a couple minutes we pull up to a gate and he presses a button and it opens .

I watch as light posts pass by up a long driveway up to a large house actually mansion . He parks behind a fountain in the middle of the circular driveway.

He Gets out and comes to open my door .

We make our way up to the large front door as he uses his key to unlock it .

come on gorgeous I think we both need a hot shower he says leading me up a long grand stair case then another one to the 3rd floor .

We make it all the way down the hallways to a large door at the end .

He uses another key to unlock this door and make his way in with me following behind .

My jaw drops as I look around at the huge room .

damn this is nice as fuck I say as I walk around taking in the surroundings .

yeah its a bit... extra but im not complaining .

shit I wouldn't complain either I mean your room is the size of my entire apartment

he laughs as he leads me to the bathroom

he starts the shower and helps me undress then undresses himself .

We take a hot ass shower and he rises me down . I smell like man but I don't care i'm just sappy I'm clean and warm .

After the shower he puts me in one of his sweatshirts and we get into bed .

We lay their cuddling as he plays with my hair . I start to drift in and out as he kisses my forehead and I smile as I nuzzle into his chest more .

good night little deer he say as I fade into sleep .

This is for the anon who requested another story like my other one Hallowseve.

Sorry this took so long I had so much shit going on these past weeks

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[copias-girl]

To Catch a Cardinal: Chapter IX

A/N: Don’t @ me if you can’t actually make a multi-way call on a rotary phone! Reader uses ✨satan magic✨ to make the aesthetic work lol

All chapters here <3

•♥︎𖤐♥︎•

“Yes!” You exclaimed to yourself when you were handed a package by the Mail Ghoul, smacking a kiss right onto the cheek of his cold metal mask, leaving a glossy lip print that surely had the Ghoul blushing and swaying his tail in excitement. You had online ordered a brand spankin’ new bikini, and it had finally arrived. Thanking the Ghoul and closing the door to your room, you impatiently tore the package open, holding up the scandalously tiny scraps of black fabric.

Smirking kittenishly, you hopped onto your bed, laying on your stomach and dialling a few numbers on your ornate black vintage rotary phone.

“Hello?” Mable answered.

“Please hold!” You chirped, patching in another call.

“Hey girlie, what’s up?” Lilith picked up next.

Soon, you had all your girlfriends on the line, chatting while you kicked your feet back and forth on the bed and twirled the telephone cord around your finger.

“Sooo, the sleepover the other day was really fun.” You started.

“Yeah, I bet it was, with your little plaything there.” Emily laughed. “I can’t tell if you kinda like him or if you’re just leading him on for the fun of it.”

“Ooooh, we should speculate on that! Maybe cast bets?” Ava giggled.

“Did you guys hear that? That was the sound of my eyes rolling.” You smirked, giving nothing away. “Anyway, the reason why I called is because I just got my new bikini in the mail! Anyone fancy a beach day?” You asked excitedly.

A chorus of thrilled squeals came through the telephone, and you had to hold the receiver a little away from your head to keep from getting your eardrum blown out.

“You always have the best ideas!” Ava gushed.

“We should invite Rob! I’ll call him right after this!” Emily decided, and this time you hoped the sound of your eyes rolling wasn’t audible through the phone.

“There’s only one problem…” Mable spoke up. “Who’s gonna drive us? It’s shopping day and some ghouls took two groups of siblings to go into town. So they’re using both cars. She explained.

“I think I can get us a ride.” You smirked.

“Oh don’t you go asking that stupid Cardinal!” Emily pleaded, but you were already dead set on your decision.

“Don’t forget sunscreen!” You grinned mischievously, dropping the phone onto the hook with a click!

•𖤐•

A devilish smirk found its way onto your face when you spotted Copia strolling down the hall towards his office. He wasn’t wearing his biretta today, and you wondered if it was because you told him that you liked his hair at the sleepover. You skipped up to him, startling the man by tapping his shoulder.

“Oh! S-Sorella!” Copia gasped, wide eyes nervously darting all around, finding it difficult to look you in the eyes, especially since the kiss at the sleepover.

You just looked so beautiful; Copia didn’t want to get all hot and bothered, and it felt as though he really didn’t know how to act around you. You kept reeling him in with your sweetness, intoxicating him by lavishing your gentle attention on him, but whenever the poor man would start to get comfortable, you’d do something to keep him on his toes.

At the sleepover, you had called him out twice for having a boner, which, admittedly, the Cardinal felt very ashamed about. You’d called him a pervert and made him feel bad, yet you continued to stay near him and even cuddle with him during the movie. Your words didn’t match your actions. He couldn’t tell if you were calling him ‘Rat’ as a pet name or an insult. You were giving poor Copia mixed signals that he didn’t know how to decipher, and the more the dwelled on it, the more confused he got.

“Hi Cardinal.” You coyly twirled a lock of your hair around your finger. “Um, I have a question?”

“S-si?” He asked, swallowing nervously.

“Do you have a car?” You enquired.

“Eh? W-well ehm, y-yes I do.” The Cardinal answered. “Perché?”

“Well, I know it’s a lot to ask but, could you drive me to the beach?” You pouted, and Copia just couldn’t say no to those big doe eyes as you batted your lashes at him.

“Of course, Sorella.” The timid man nodded.

“Oh, you will? Are you sure??” You asked, and he nodded again, a pitiful little smile creeping onto his face at your excited disbelief.

“Thank youuuu!” You squealed, wrapping your arms around his neck as you hugged him.

Copia’s cheeks burned, his body stiffening, gloved hands shakily daring to rest on your waist.

“You really come in clutch, don’t you, Cardi?” You teased, pulling away just enough to look at the man while your hands smoothed over his chest, toying with the hem of his pellegrina.

Copia averted his gaze with a shy little chuckle, staring down at the floor.

Curling a finger under his chin, you lifted his head to meet your gaze once more, intimidating the poor little mouse by silently studying him for a few moments.

“Come have lunch, then we can go.” You took his hand in yours and pulled him towards the dining hall.

“O-okay..!” He followed you like a pathetic puppy dog, blushing furiously as you held his hand.

•𖤐•

“It was like… so weird.” Lilith remarked.

“So she kissed him?” Rob asked in disbelief.

“Yeah, but only because Emily dared her to.” Ava clarified.

“Yeah but… She, like, straight up made out with him for a minute. With way too much tongue.” Mable winced.

“Well why’d you even dare her to do that in the first place?” Rob asked, crossing his arms. It looked as though he was upset that he wasn’t there to protect you.

“She told me to give her a gross dare so I did!” Emily defended herself with a shrug. “It’s not like I dared her to swallow rat man’s entire tongue for fuck’s sakes! I thought she’d suffer through a quick peck and move on.”

“Okay but get this: afterward, she even asked him if it was his first ever kiss and he said it was! He’s fifty years old! And he’s never been kissed! Let that sink in!” Lilith giggled.

“I believe it! I mean, have you seen the guy?? It’s not like the ladies would be lining up to kiss that.” Rob laughed, leaning back in his chair.

“I know right? It was so weird though because then she was all over him during the movie.” Emily wrinkled her nose in disgust.

“Yeah but it was a horror movie, and you know how she gets. When we watched Texas Chainsaw Massacre that one time, she was constricting around me like a serpent!” Mable pointed out.

“I think I’d rather get jump-scared all alone rather than have to cuddle with that pathetic old loser.” Emily snorted, causing Rob to laugh.

“Nema to that! He’s such a little creep about it too! I think I even heard her calling him a perv!” Ava added.

Lilith gasped. “Eww! He was probably getting off on it! He probably had a raging bon-”

•𖤐•

You didn’t let go of the Cardinal’s hand until you had pulled him into the chair next to you as you sat at one of the long tables with all of your friends. You caught the tail end of the group’s conversation, and you could tell they’d been gossiping about you and Copia. You wished you’d been there to hear the full thing; you would have paid actual money to see Rob’s reaction when he was told about you sharing a heated kiss with the rat man.

The table went quiet, your friends clearing their throats awkwardly and looking amongst themselves.

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to interrupt. What were you guys talking about?” You mischievously enquired, taking one of the honey brioche buns out of the basket on the table and buttering it.

“Well, nothi-” Ava murmured, averting her gaze but getting interrupted by Rob.

“Oh hey, lover boy!” He greeted the Cardinal condescendingly. “Did you enjoy getting your jollies from that pity-kiss? Must have been some first, huh?” He sneered before turning to you. “Did you wash your mouth out with bleach, afterwards? Or maybe rat-poison?”

Copia’s breath caught in his throat. Poor thing, his face was as red as the raspberry jam on the table. His dichromatic eyes were pitifully wide, mouth hanging open in utter surprise while the humiliated flush on his cheeks spread across the bridge of his nose and to the tips of his ears like wildfire. He was hurt by Rob’s words; it wasn’t like that at all! He wasn’t getting his jollies from you. It wasn’t his fault that his body reacted so strongly to you; he really did feel terrible about it, but he just couldn’t help the effect you had on him.

You let Copia flounder for a bit before having mercy on him, swooping in to save him.

“Be nice, Rob.” You tutted, gently running your fingers through the soft hair at the base of Copia’s neck, as if he was your little pet. “Co-Co’s the one driving us.”

Everyone rolled their eyes, grumbling quietly while the Cardinal‘s wide gaze snapped up to you upon hearing your cute nickname for him.

“Well, do you guys wanna go to the beach or not? Because Cardinal and I can always just go by ourselves.” You offered casually.

“Aw come on, sweetcheeks!” Rob laughed. “I’m sure your little rat can take a joke, right?” He asked, holding his hand out to Copia.

Like a good sport, the Cardinal nodded, reaching to shake hands, but Rob only scoffed and pulled away just before Copia could take his hand.

“Too slow!” He laughed.

Your poor Cardinal meekly folded his hands in his lap while your friends snickered, congratulating Rob on his cruel trick.

“Could you pass me the cherry jam please?” You asked, giving Copia a little nudge.

The blushing man nodded, nervously reaching for one of the jars on the table and sliding it over to you, his eyes repeatedly flicking to you before staring down at his lap once more.

You opened the jar, tsking in disappointment. Strawberry.

Taking a little spoonful, you turned to Copia. “Does this taste like cherry to you, Rat?” You asked, a bit condescendingly, hooking a finger in his collar to pull him closer as you fed it to him.

The Cardinal’s eyes widened in alarm at his mistake.

“M-m-mi dispiace, Sorella!” He stuttered apologetically, scrambling to get you the correct jar.

“Thank you, Cardinal.” You smiled sweetly at him, dipping your spoon into the tart cherry preserves and holding it up for the man to taste.

With pathetically wide eyes and a quick self conscious glance at your friends, Copia nervously accepted the spoonful, his tongue swiping across his lower lip to catch a drip of the glassy red liquid.

You made a little show out of licking the rest of the sweet cherry nectar off the spoon, and from your peripheral vision you could tell your friends were all staring, unsure of how to react. A wicked little smirk tugging at your lips, not missing the way Copia’s flush deepened as he watched you lave your tongue over the spoon he’d just had in his mouth.

“Mmm so sweet, isn’t it?” You hummed, gazing at your Cardinal while he nervously nodded, stammering out a quiet agreement.

“Well, I’m gonna go get changed and I suggest you all do the same too.” You stood from your seat, placing a hand on Copia’s shoulder. “We’ll meet you out front?”

“S-si, I-I go and, ehm, get the car and- S-si.” He affirmed.

“Don’t forget your swimsuit!” You reminded him in a sing-song voice before slipping off towards your room.

Not wanting to be stuck alone with your friends, Copia awkwardly got up and scurried off to his room.

•𖤐•

You slipped on your brand new bikini, smirking in the mirror at the perfect fit before putting some summer clothes on top. You pulled on your Widow Rat cropped tank top, some black cut off shorts, and your chunky black platform sandals, the ones with the cobweb detailing and the spider ankle clasp. Of course, you had your usual black nail polish on your fingers and toes, and the look couldn’t be complete without your grucifix ankle bracelet.

You grabbed your black beach bag, throwing in your black and white striped towel and coppertone sunblock, snatching your batwing sunglasses on the way out the door and placing them on top of your head.

You strolled to the grand main door of the ministry, meeting your friends who were also all dressed in summer clothes, Rob even holding a black and white beach ball under his arm. You chatted for a while until you heard the sound of keys jingling and clattering to the floor, and you knew your little disaster Cardinal was near.

You turned, seeing the man pathetically fumbling to pick his keys off the ground while balancing a boombox on his shoulder. You grinned endearingly, your eyes sweeping over his form. And he was wearing a different getup for once! You’d only ever seen him in his cassocks, but now he was wearing some sort of burgundy track suit with a t-shirt underneath that said VVLGARI. He had on a different pair of black gloves, ones you suspected he used for casual occasions like this, yet he still wore his dress shoes which looked quite awkward with a sweatsuit.

“Oh, we can listen to music on the beach! Good thinking, Cardinal!” You chirped, and Copia’s nervous expression softened at your excitement. He set the radio down, his painted eyes flicking up and down your body, biting his lower lip at your exposed midriff, arms, and bare legs.

Copia swallowed thickly, trying not to gawk at you like a creep. Smoothing his fingertips over his moustache, he cleared his throat. “I-I- ehm, I like y-your, eh-” He stammered, gesturing to your chest.

“My what? My breasts?” You asked in coquettish confusion.

“N-no! T-that’s not what I-”

“You don’t like my breasts?” You pouted, batting your thick lashes and looking hurt.

The Cardinal’s eyes widened in alarm; he hadn’t intended to insult you! “No no, I-I do! V-very much!” Goddammit, now he was sounding like a creep! “Er-! I-I mean! T-that is not what I- ..I mean- I wasn’t t-trying to, ehm- W-well, what I was t-trying to say, eh-”

You crossed your arms in amusement, watching him struggle to keep his head above water.

“M-mi dispiace, Sorella, I was t-trying to say that I liked your t-t-t-”

“My what, Rat? My t-t-t-tits?” You teased him further, taking a step closer to the poor, distressed, pitiful man.

“Y-your top, Sorella!” Copia finally got it out, red-faced and out of breath from being so tongue-tied.

“Oh! My top!” You giggled in realization, glancing down at your crop top and the image of the rat on it. “Thank you, Cardinal.” You grinned at him, twirling a lock of hair around your finger. Of course you knew what he’d been trying to say all along. Satan, you had the idea to wear that top because of him, because you knew he’d like it. But there wasn’t a more delicious sight than watching poor flustered Copia strain against his own nervousness.

“What a weirdo…” Emily murmured to your friends, shaking her head disapprovingly while the others exchanged whispers of hushed laughter.

“I, ehm- I will go get la macchina..” Copia fidgeted with the hem of his hoodie for a moment, stealing another timid glance at you before heading outside.

You and your group followed and waited on the front steps of the abbey, basking in the warm sun while he went to get his car. In no time, Copia was pulling up in his white 1969 Buick LeSabre, and you all put your bags and the cooler of drinks in the trunk.

“Slick ride, Rat.” You smirked as you slid in shotgun, pressing up against Copia on the bench seat. Lilith got in next to you, while Mable, Ava, Emily, and Rob squeezed into the back.

“G-Grazie..” He blushed, gloved hands tightening their grip on the wheel as you placed a hand on his thigh, under the guise of steadying yourself to make more room for Lilith.

“You can always sit back here if it gets boring up there.” Rob offered.

“I think it’s pretty tight back there.” You turned him down with a smile.

“You could sit on my lap.” He suggested.

Copia’s worried gaze quickly snapped over to you. He felt selfish and foolish for thinking it, but he really didn’t want you sitting on Rob. Copia knew from first-hand experience what would happen, because when you had sat on his lap in the car, the poor Cardinal got so worked up that he came in his pants!

“Thanks, but I feel perfectly comfortable right here.” You replied, daring to rest your hand on Copia’s thigh once more. The Cardinal exhaled shakily in relief as you put his worries to rest. With a timorous little smile at you, he started the car and your road trip to the beach had begun.

•𖤐•

Driving was smooth and streamlined due to the clear and open road. A comfortable silence had fallen upon you all, so you occupied yourself with gazing dreamily at the Cardinal as he drove.

He was a surprisingly good driver, and seeing the sweet man like this only caused your hot passion to swell for him even more; the way he attentively checked his mirrors, eyes wide and focused on the road, licking his lips every so often. You wished you could lick his lips again. Ever since you kissed Copia at the sleepover, you��d had the most insatiable craving for his delicious lips, inexperienced as they may be. Perhaps you’d make out with him again, this time with the clever excuse of letting him use you to practice kissing. He’d feel so terrible and ashamed of himself; a kind young thing like you piteously having to do charity work for a pathetic 50 year old virgin. You bit the inside of your cheek to stifle a wicked grin. Oh, how you longed to nip at him and tease him and overwhelm him with your affection.

You sighed softly, biting your lip and studying the man’s delicious profile; his sharp sideburns, thin moustache, the lines on his face. His pointy, rat-like nose caused the corners of your lips to curl into an endearing little smile. Copia always had a pitifulness about him, but it seemed to be accentuated in this moment as he concentrated on driving, his eyes flicking over to you every so often.

You leaned forward to pop open the glovebox, deciding to snoop around to pass the time. Copia watched as you poked around through his things, finally discovering his music stash. You looked over the selection, grinning at the 1960s Italian tunes, an ABBA tape, and- unholy shit, is that-

“No way! Repugnant and Acid Witch??” You held the tapes up ecstatically. You rifled through more of the cassettes, noticing that your sweet little Cardinal’s music taste was actually very heavy.

“I didn’t know you were a metalhead, Rat.” You giggled, reaching over to pinch at his cheek.

The man smiled bashfully, a pink blush causing his freckles to become more prominent.

“You, eh, you like that?” He glanced at you before flicking his eyes back to the road.

“Satanas, do I ever!” You sighed dreamily. “They’re two of my favourites! I’ve literally gotten noise complaints from blaring Acid Witch late at night. And I think I annoyed everyone by replaying that one random ‘yeehaw’ in Voices of the Dead.” You recounted with an amused giggle.

“Ah! Si, si, I always liked that part!” Copia chuckled. He was genuinely relaxed for once, nearly all of his nervousness melting away. He was delighted to discover that you shared his taste in music. Oh, he could feel himself falling even harder for you. And the fact that you were speaking to him like he was a real person meant the world to him. Poor Copia was so used to people brushing him off at best or insulting him at worst, so it was beyond refreshing to have a conversation where someone wasn’t constantly making backhanded jabs at him. He loved the way your eyes lit up as you enthusiastically spoke with him, inching a bit closer to him on the bench seat and gently placing a hand on his shoulder. It felt as though your friends weren’t even there; hell, the whole world faded into the background as he grew more comfortable with you.

For a moment, Copia even dared to think that he kind of felt a little bit cool. He was- what did the young people call it nowadays? Vibrating? Yes, he was vibrating with you!

“I’m surprised you don’t like something a little more melodic. You know, something you can actually fuck to.” Rob chimed in with a sniff. He had attempted to play it off as a joke, but a slight annoyance was detectable in his voice, no doubt from the fact that you and the Cardinal were hitting it off so well.

“On the contrary! The very best love-making happens when death metal is playing.” You smirked.

Copia’s breath hitched in his throat as he did a triple-take at you, his lips parted and cheeks furiously flushed as he gaped at you for a few moments before having to tear his eyes away and stare at the road again.

“I think the Cardinal would like to agree, but he’s a little too inexperienced on the matter.” Rob sneered, causing your friends to erupt into laughter, covering their mouths and playfully swatting at Rob in congratulations for his joke.

Aaaand there it was. Relaxation? Gone. Coolness? Not even in his vocabulary. Thanks to Rob so kindly pointing out his pathetic virginity, Copia was now back to being the ashamed, humiliated loser whom everyone made fun of. He didn’t even look over to see your reaction, too scared to find you stifling giggles.

After a few moments of silence, you twisted the cap off a water bottle to wet your whistle. However, after taking a drink, the small piece of plastic slipped out of your fingers, bouncing and rolling and finally falling somewhere under the seat.

“Satan in Hell…” You grumbled, handing the opened bottle to Lilith next to you.

“Oh- Ehm, do you want me to-” Copia began to offer, but you only shook your head.

“No, just keep driving, I’ll feel around for it.” You replied, bending down and hooking your arm under the seat.

In fact, you were bending down so far that your head was right in Copia’s lap, your cheek pressed against the bulge in his pants. The man’s mismatched eyes were as wide as cherry pies as he stole a panicked glance down at his lap, already feeling himself growing aroused.

You fished around for the cap, huffing in annoyance when you couldn’t feel it. You reached deeper under the seat, burying your face in Copia’s rapidly hardening cock.

The Cardinal prayed to Satan that you wouldn’t be able to feel his growing erection pressing firmly into your face, and he resisted the urge to grind against your cheek, his breaths beginning to quicken as his heart hammered in his chest.

“What are you doing??” Emily asked.

“Ew, it looks like you’re sucking him off.” Lilith laughed, catching Rob’s attention in the backseat.

“I dropped the stupid water bottle cap and I’m trying to feel around for it.” You murmured, voice muffled by the fabric of Copia’s sweatpants, your words sending vibrations of pleasure through him.

Oh, you looked gorgeous like this, so gorgeous with your head buried in his lap, your tresses of hair flowing all around. The man’s cheeks were on fire as he tried to keep himself calm, tried to steady his breathing. The last thing he wanted to do was cream himself, but it was so difficult when he kept picturing you pleasuring him with your sweet mouth.

Just when the Cardinal felt as though he couldn’t take it anymore, your fingertips finally grasped the cap and you sat upright once more.

“Got it!” You held it up triumphantly before screwing it back onto the bottle. You caught Copia’s gaze, smirking kittenishly at him as mischief twinkled in your eyes.

The Cardinal swallowed thickly, attempting to stabilize his trembling hands on the steering wheel. This was only the car ride. How in Satan’s name would he survive the beach?

𖤐 to be continued 𖤐

[mattheo-riddles-princess]

Okay ||JJ Maybank X RoutledgeReader

JealousJJ Maybank X RoutledgeReader

18+ Minors DNI

Plot: The one time Pogues and Kooks can get along. Until two hot-shot Pogues start causing problems.

Warnings: Jealousy, slightly toxic relationship, drinking, fighting, frustrated sex (angry, desperate, make-up), implied relationship, praising, dirty talk, language, pet names, teasing, fingering, pinv sex, no condom (wrap it before you tap it), overstimulation, oral (male and fem receiving) no mention of y/n Let me know if I missed anything

AN: I am so sorry for the amount of world building. I absolutely love working characters into scenes and tend to spend too much time doing that.

Co-Written with @buckybarnesbbydoll

There was something intoxicating about parties at the Boneyard. The way that this was the only place everyone on the island seemed to get along. The only time the kids from Figure 8 can tolerate us from The Cut. And then there is the Tourons. My brother calls them "Chum for the sharks." Which, I guess, is kinda true.

"Hey, sis," I whip my head around as John B. jogs over to where I am currently flirting with some random touron. Chum for the sharks, right?

He hands me a red cup and starts talking as I take a drink. "Dude, this party is fucking awesome."

I chuckle. He is clearly shitfaced, "It really is. How many beers have you had?"

"It doesn't matter. I'm just having fun. BUT," he speaks louder than I think he actually meant to, "go back to flirting with this guy-what's you name?"

The guy I've been talking to looks confused and it occurs to me that I can't actually remember his name. He stares blankly before my brother waves his hand, "Luk-"

"LUKE!" JB nudges me, smirking, before walking away. I sit back down and take a sip of beer before turning back to Luke.

The sun set about 20 minutes ago. Bonfire started long before but now they are the only form of light on the beach. I stopped talking to Luke an hour ago and have since been flirting with all the guys. Especially the Kooks.

I know I'm driving my boyfriend crazy by flirting and I can feel his eyes burning into me as I saunter around.

Everything is normal until I hear a commotion and gasps from partygoers.

I turn just as I see Topper punch my brother, knocking him to the ground.

"Hey, John B, don't make me drown you like your old man, all right?"

I can feel my hands tighten into a fist and, without thinking, walk to where the fight is happening. JJ must have seen me because he rips away from Pope, who was trying to calm him down, and grabs me from behind.

"Baby," he whispers in my ear and I struggle to break out of his arms. "Babe, calm down. Let him deal with it."

I continue to struggle as JB gets up and tackles Topper. Sarah and Kie are both yelling for them to stop. By now, JJ lets go and starts cheering JB on. "That's what I'm talkin' about!"

I watch as they throw punches until Topper flips JB and starts pushing his head underwater.

I freeze as I watch some fucking Kook try to drown my brother. I can feel Pope stare at me, watching to see what I'm going to do. I start to lunge towards them and Pope grabs my arm, keeping me back.

What the fuck is it with people holding me back?

I am fighting to get away from Pope when I see JJ put something to Toppers head. Fuck. The gun we found earlier.

JJ speaks so quiet that he can barely be heard above the cheering, "Yeah, you know what that is. Your move, broski."

Pope finally lets go of me and everyone is shouting trying to get off the beach and away from my psycho boyfriend.

There is more shouting and arguing between the group before JJ yells, "Okay, everyone, listen up? Get the hell, off our side of the island." He fires the gun into the sky.

There is a pause before we all start yelling and pushing and arguing.

"What the actual FUCK, JJ." I'm yelling at the top of my lungs.

The rest of the Pogues have walked to help get JB and bring him back to the Chateau.

"Do you know how fucking stupid that was? Like, honestly? How shitfaced drunk and high do you have to be?"

"Really? You're yelling at me for protecting my best friend-your brother? AND you were the one flirting with guys literally ALL FUCKING NIGHT," he's angry, and desperate, and drunk, and high, and all the things that make it hard for me to be mad at him.

"I'm sorry. Okay? I'm sorry that we have to hide our fucking relationship from my brother. I'm sorry that I flirted with guys in front of you. I'm sorry that I'm drunk enough the try to fight Topper for trying to kill my brother. I'm sorry that we're fighting because I don't want to argue with you; I'm just so fucking frustrated."

He stares at me, unblinkingly, as I rant.

"AND to top it all off, you look so fucking hot right now and all I want to do is run my fingers through your hair while having the best fucking make-up sex of our entire relationship."

I look down realizing I'm somehow I'm close to tears. Maybe it's the alcohol maybe it's the fight with JJ, maybe it's both. I don't know. All I know is that I'm crying, in front of my boyfriend, after telling him I want to have sex.

He still hasn't said a word and I'm starting to wonder if he is planning on telling me to go home because I'm drunk or some dumb shit. I don't look up until I feel him wrapping his arms around my back.

"Fuck, baby. I can't be mad at you when you go say shit like that," JJ speaks in a low tone, his voice hoarse.

We barely make it back to the Chateau before our clothes are on the floor of my room.

JJ unzips the back of my dress, his lips never leaving mine. His kiss is possessive and angry.

"Do you know how much I wanted to fucking kill every guy you flirted with? You're fucking mine. Got it?"

I rip his shirt off of him and run my hands over his abs.

He grabs me by my ass and I wrap my legs around his waist as he pushes me against a wall. His head moves to my neck, kissing and sucking his way down to my left breast. He stops as he reaches my bra.

I lean into him and his hand slips behind me to unhook it. He pulls it off of me and his lips are locked back on mine before I hear it reach the floor.

He starts grinding his hips against me and I moan into his kiss, starving for more. His kisses trail back down my collar.

"JJ," I whisper.

"Mmh?"

I drop my legs and he stares at me. I smirk, "I'm going to show you what happens when you do stupid shit. Got it," he nods. "Good. Now," I drop down to my knees and starts unzipping his pants. I pull his boxers and jeans off in one motion. His hard cock sits inches from me. I stare up at him as I wrap my hand around his dick. I pump up and down for a few moments before licking the tip of it with my tongue. He moans deeply and throws his head back.

I move my mouth up and down and play with his balls in my hand. I can tell he is getting close by the way his deep moans turn into moans of desperation. Desperate to cum, to be inside me, to cum inside me.

Without warning, he pulls me back up and kisses me deeply. We walk to my bed and he pushes me back on it. He towers over me.

"You're not the only one who is fucking pissed. I'm going to fuck you so good, the Kooks are going to hear you screaming my name."

And with that, he lines his cock up with my slick folds. I whimper as he pushes himself into me. We do this all the time and I still don't get used to it.

He roughly thrusts into me, kissing me deeply. I moan into his mouth as he thrust into me harder and faster.

"Fuck, baby you like the way I fuck you" JJ says. I can only moan in response, as I feel myself getting close to coming undone. "Fuck- is my pretty girl gonna cum for me?" JJ mocks.

I whimper, "please JJ" I say begging for that sweet release.

"Yea sweetheart, beg for me- fuck".

"Please,please,please" I beg as I come feeling my walls clench down on his girthy cock.

"There ya go love, fuck good girl" he praises me as I come down from my high.

He ruta into me a few more times before I feel him unload inside of me. We lay there panting for a moment before he pulls out of me and moves his head in-between my legs.

He pushes two fingers into me. I'm still coming down from my last orgasm and I buck my hips in response. Apparently that was all he needed because his tongue found my clit.

"Oh, fuck, JJ. Holy shit."

He chuckles as he suckles my clit. It doesn't take very long before I cum again. He licks my pussy until he gets every drop.

He comes back up and kisses me deeper than any other kiss.

"Fuck."

"Does that mean that you're not mad at me anymore?" JJ's voice is soft.

"I love you, JJ."

"I love you too."

[oathkeeper-of-tarth]

Pictures taken seconds before disaster.

You might have received alerts about this mod updating a bunch over the past few days, after me saying I was done with it, in true aylin_origin_final_final(2)final.pak spirit. Well, now I am done with it, unless someone finds some glaring issues.

You might also notice the little icon pop up that says the mod uses Osiris scripting - that's because I now run a little start-of-game script to handle Aylin's tags and some general setup, so she gets tagged as an aasimar in dialogues no matter what race you pick to play as stat-wise, and also to remove the "Baldurian" tag from her, because it just didn't make sense for her to have it. She also, like all origins, now has her own unique "Aylin"/"Really Aylin" tag. This doesn't do much. For now.

Note, since I've seen some confusion about this: there is no new dialogue or reactivity added to the game with this mod. It's all stuff that was already there. Aasimar are simply considered to fall under the "rare races" tag group, which means you'll get a bunch of these "oh, we don't see your kind around here much!" reactions and responses. You'd get the same ones if you were, say, a dragonborn or githyanki. I also don't have the power to change the game's fundamental storyline - this is mostly a cosmetic mod. I say this primarily because of the lovely person who commented to ask me what would happen when they arrived in Act 2 and if playing as Aylin meant the "real one" wasn't imprisoned anymore, which genuinely made my day but also made me vaguely sad.

Alas, no, it will all happen as it always has, no matter my personal willingness to fistfight Balthazar and Ketheric in a parking lot for that face up there. You'll just have two Aylins on screen during some segments which, yeah, is kind of immersion-breaking, but is also honestly a win in my books.

Also redone: her starting equipment! Again, since other origin characters have their own personalised sets, I thought it fitting to have Aylin start with the Vengeance Paladin equipment, except the warhammer is replaced with a greatsword. She also gets a bag with her iconic armour safely stowed away (primarily so that the helmet doesn't interfere with customising her hair in the character creator). It's got the stats of basic plate and no special abilities - it's mostly there for cosmetic purposes.

I also thought she should have a little souvenir.

Wings Unlocked over on mod.io is a nice and simple and noninvasive way I've found to have wings you can turn on and off, aasimar style. This is accomplished by making them an item and equipping them in the underwear slot. You know, truly putting the ass in aasimar.

As a final little starting inventory tidbit, I decided there wasn't enough gay yearning in the game, so I made sure to sprinkle some more in there - while also figuring out the letters/books system. This is something that's probably way too wordy to actually be an in-game text, but I saw a chance to have a bit of fun and I took it.

Full text under the cut.

[Worn Letter]

[A carefully creased and pressed bit of fine stationery, yellowed with age. It appears to have survived much, with parts of it stained and worn beyond legibility despite its owner's clear efforts to preserve it.]

My dearest angel, The days and nights without you at my side have been long, though I try to fill them as best as I can. While I shudder to think what dangers you wade through and what sinister plots you leave crushed in your wake, the thought of you taking the time to write in the midst of it all fills me with warmth beyond compare. We are all as well as can be. Father is as he always is, and I admit to an increasing desire to inform him of our plans to leave for our pilgrimage. But I'm getting ahead of myself; those are words best spoken in person. You asked for tidings - I cannot hope to match your poetic turn of phrase, but I'll relay what sleepy little Reithwin has been up to in your absence. There was an accident with a snapped pulley while some of old master Morfred's men were lifting marble blocks for carving. Miraculously, though I was called to assist at the House of Healing immediately, there were no injuries save for scuffs and bruises. The masons are back on their feet, fretting over ruined scaffolding and delayed statuary work. I took the liberty of trying to reassure them that the Moonmaiden won't mind too badly. In more pleasant news, we found a loving home for the last pup from Squire's litter, so both of you can rest easy at last. She and the potter's children took a shine to each other so quickly, it was a true joy to behold. I'd wager you'll spot them frolicking around when you fly over the riverside fields on your way back. I picture the looks on your beloved, handsome face as I regale you - always so wonderfully expressive! - as we sit huddled together before my fireplace at day's end. Selûne willing, I will have you back in my arms soon. I gaze up at her every night as I await your return, knowing you must be looking upon her yourself, and I pray she keeps you safe in her light. Though your duties to Our Lady send you questing far and wide, I know, as surely as the tides turn and the moon cycles through her path in the sky, she will always guide you back to me, and me to you. Until then, I do the one thing I can, and pour onto this paper whatever feeling these poor words can hold. I love you. I lov--

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1999, part two

oh my gosh this ones a long one im sorry💀💀

i hope you like it and lmk if i should change anything/parts you liked!!

warnings: swearing, shitty boyfriends, angst

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*ding dong*

I hopped up off the couch with a huge grin on my face and rushed to the door.

“Hey!” Dean laughed as I all but jumped on him laughing myself, “Hey, I’ve missed you!” I say.

Dean has been a family friend for a decade now at least. We've always been best friends and mostly everyone at school thought that we were dating long before we actually were which is why it was strange that my family would find me and Dean dating, ‘a joke’. I remember when I had first told them and they straight up laughed in my face. After that interesting conversation, Belly and I had another one in our room.

“Are you sure about him? I mean Dean’s nice but…”

“But what?” I asked

“But he's just not… I don't know I wouldn't have expected you to go after some perfect guy like Dean, I didn't think that was your type.”

What Belly had said had me thinking and overthinking for weeks after.

“M’sorry I’m late…” Dean smiled apologetically at me, “Traffic was shitty.”

“No worries, you made it just in time for the bonfire. Belly and the boys already left to set it up about an hour ago so it should be in full swing by now.” I smiled up at him with my arms wrapped around his neck as he pecked my nose and muttered a simple “okay.”.

We make our way to the beach in Dean’s jeep and arrive at the bonfire in about fifteen minutes.

“Can you see them anywhere?” I ask Dean as we look out at the huge group of tipsy teenagers trying to make out any figures that we recognise.

“Uhmm…yeah, right there!” he says pointing far off in the distance to what looks Belly and Steven, already fighting.

We make our way down and meet Belly and Steven focused on a game of beer pong. God, I haven't seen them that focused since…to be honest I don't think I've ever seen them this focused.

“Huge bets must be on the table otherwise there's no way these two crackheads would be this focused,” I say to Dean. His reply gets cut short by a voice saying,

“Sure as hell are, they’re debating what we all should do tomorrow; surfing or shopping”.

“Oh! Dean this is Thérèse! And this is Jere” I say smiling at my childhood friends.

After a couple of ���hey how’s it going’s are exchanged, they all end up joining Steven and Belly’s surf or shop debate. Thérèse doesn’t even look at me when I try talking to her and I only get one-word sentences as answers.

Thérèse and I have been friends almost as long as Belly and Taylor. We were really close as children but grew apart as she lived here in Cousins and Belly, Taylor and I didn't. We still kept in touch and tried to call each other as often as we could, she knew everything about me. Things got weird when I told her about me and Dean. She didn't call me, left me on delivered or read and just stopped talking to me altogether.

I hang around them for a bit until I get uncomfortable and decide to take a walk.

“Hey I’m gonna go for a walk, okay?” I say to the group. 

A couple of ‘yeah sure have fun’s are heard until Dean speaks up.

“What? Why would you wanna do that?” he runs a hand through his hair but refuses to look at me and focuses on the beer pong instead.

“I don't know I'm bored I wanna go for a walk?” I say back, surprised at his weird behaviour.

He looks at me as if I just grew two heads and says, “Well then if you didn't want to spend time with me why did you invite me here in the first place?” 

“Dean calm down it's not that big of a deal it's just a walk,” I say raising my arms up in defence.

Why was he being so weird?

“Dean it's okay just let her go.” Thérèse smiles at Dean.

“Fine. Whatever. Do whatever you want.” he runs a hand through his brown hair again and focuses on his beer pong shot again.

Belly, Jere and I share confused looks before I turn around to walk, Steven being too occupied cracking jokes with Dean and some girls around them to notice a thing.

I need to clear my head.

I walk until I'm far from anyone at the party and sit down on the sand, looking out at the sea.

It starts to get windy so I tuck my knees against my chest and stare out to the ocean, trying not to think of anything, or anyone for that matter.

But trying not to think about it just makes me think harder.

Why was Dean being like this?

All weird and controlling…

And what’s up with Thérèse?

I've apologised countless times and I don't even know what I did wrong…

“Here.” A voice breaks the soft gusts of wind and soothing crashes of the water against the sand. And my thoughts.

I look up and see Conrad looking down at me with his hand stretched out in offer of the faded red zip-up he's holding.

I tilt my head to him in question.

“You look cold.” he says looking at my arms covered in goosebumps.

“Oh…thanks.” I laugh softly accepting the hoodie and putting it on being engulfed in his cologne. I pat the sand next to me and offer for him to sit.

He sits next to me in silence as I put my head on his shoulder, both of us staring out to the water.

“How’s Susannah? I didn't get to talk to her much before mom stole her away.”

Conrad and I softly laugh as he says, “She's doing good. Cancer’s almost gone.” he says, putting a smile on both our faces.

We sit there for a while in silence, letting the crashes of the waves and the gentle breeze of the wind calm us down from all the commotion going on in the distance.

“Hey Con?” I ask softly.

“Hm?” he gently hums back.

“Are you okay?” I ask.

There's a short pause before Conrad takes a breath in and says “Yes, Of course. I'm fine.” he says with a smile, but the shakiness in his exhale tells me otherwise.

“Are you sure?” I press on trying to get him to break so he can tell me what's wrong.

Another pause.

He turns to me and smiles and says, “Of course, why wouldn’t I be?”

Before I can respond, he reaches his hand out, tucks a loose strand of hair behind my ear and looks at my eyes.

Some say the eyes are the windows to the soul. In Conrad’s case, they might as well be holding up big bright signs that say how he's really feeling.

Conrad might be able to put up a happy façade in front of anyone but three people.

Susannah

My mom

Me.

If his body language doesn't say anything then his eyes do, they always do.

And right now his eyes looked glassy. Soft. Hurt.

“Con…” I start to say until my voice gets interrupted by another much deeper and louder one.

“Y/N!!” Steven runs up to us, “Oh hey Conrad good thing you’re here too, GUESS WHAT?”, he screams in front of us.

“Ugh, Steven stop screaming my head hurts.” I mumble as Conrad asks “What?”

“WE’RE SURFING TOMORROW YEAHHH!!” he roars happily

“I’m guessing you won beer pong?” I say.

“Hell yeah, Belly and Dean ate my dust!” he boasts

Jeremiah and Belly had caught up with him now and sat alongside Conrad and me as Steven tried reenacting his win.

“So how’d he actually win? He couldn’t have done it himself, guys drunk as shit.”, Conrad says laughing along with us as Steven trips over his own feet.

“I helped him.” Jere says in a low voice not to take Stevens's joy of his delusions away.

“Hey where’s Dean?” I ask Belly as Steven finishes his (horrible) acting and sits with us exchanging embarrassing stories of me and Belly with Conrad and Jeremiah.

“Uhm, I’m not too sure I think he said he was going to go look for you after we finished. Thérèse said she’d help.”

Thats weird.

Steven had already found me and he could’ve just called me if he was worried?

And why would Thérèse want to help? last I checked she hates me.

Whatever.

“I’m gonna go find him.” I said, getting up and brushing the sand off my legs.

Conrad looks up at me as I leave. His eyes don’t leave my back as I walk away and I can feel them slowly burning a hole through my back to my heart.

I take my phone out of my back pocket and call Dean.

One ring.

Two rings.

Three…

Four…

Five…

I hang up.

I try calling him again.

One…two…three…four…

I see Dean’s jeep in the distance and what looks like to be him in it. I keep trying to call him to see if he’ll pick up.

I run to the car, open the door and say, “Hey why aren’t you-”

I get cut off as tears fill my eyes and hurt fills my heart.

Dean’s phone is on the passenger seat constantly vibrating as he’s in the driver making out with Thérèse.

“What the fuck Dean?!” I shout as Dean and Thérèse finally break away from eating each other's faces.

Ew.

“Oh! Uhm…hey babe! Thérèse and I were just talking…” he slurs as Thérèse puts her arms around him and starts kissing his neck.

“Thérèse what the fuck get off him!” I say blinking back my tears refusing to cry in front of them.

“Why should I? I’m a better kisser anyway. Did you really think Dean came all the way down to Cousins to visit you?” she says with a sick smile as she spreads her lipstick around Dean’s neck and collar.

“You know what forget it. You two assholes deserve each other. Don’t bother to come back in the house to get all your stuff Dean, it’ll be out on the front yard.

I turn away before they get a chance to see my tears and walk down to Conrad’s car.

I take my phone in my hand and shakily call Conrad after blocking Dean and Thérèse off everything.

“Hey where are you?” he answers.

“Connie can you…can you drive me home please?” I say sniffling.

“What? Where are you? What’s wrong” he says in an alarmed voice and I can hear him getting off the sand and telling the others he was going to take me home.

“Just…Please drive me home Con…” I say desperately.

“Okay yeah sure, where are you y/n?” he asks in a more controlled voice.

“I’m next to your car.” I say sniffling again.

“Alright y/n/n I’m nearly there, don’t go anywhere okay?”

“Okay.”

Two minutes later and Conrad finds me leaning on his car. He comes up to me and immerses me in his arms, softly shushing me as I sob in his chest.

“Shhh.” he tries to soothe me and runs his hands through my hair.

“Come on. Let’s go home.” he kisses the top of my head as my cries die down and opens the car door for me.

The drive home is almost silent except for the faint noise of the radio playing and my sniffles. Conrad reaches out and holds my hand in a red light. I look at him and he softly smiles in assurance.

When we finally reach home I go straight to my room ignoring Mom and Susannah’s calls of worry. I sob into my pillows as I hear them knocking on the door.

“Y/n honey? What’s wrong can we come in?” they ask. I love them to death but I don't want them right now.

I want Conrad. I need Conrad. I always have.

It's as if they can hear my thoughts because in two seconds Conrad opens the door, comes straight in and sits on my bed next to me.

He doesn’t say anything but brushes the hair out of my face looking at me sadly.

“Wanna tell me what's wrong now? Laurel and Mom are worried sick, they might tear my head off if I go back out there without an answer.” he says quietly making me laugh a bit.

He wipes away my tears with his thumbs and says, “Hey where’s boy toy?”

I look up at him questioning, “Boy toy?”

“Yeah, that boyfriend of yours. Jere called him Boytoy he said he was kinda weird. Did he do something to you?”

I sniffle and silently pray that my voice doesn't give out as I speak, “He uhm…I went looking for him and I saw him with Thérèse they were uhm. They were making out in his car.” I tell him everything, how I found them, what I said, what they said, all while trying to blink back more tears and clearing my throat so it doesn't break anymore.

“That's fucked up I’m so sorry Y/n.” he says softly.

“Wait hang on, Thérèse? Wasn't she your best friend?” he looks at me with furrowed brows.

“I mean I thought she was but after I told her about Dean she just… I don't know she just switched up.”

“Doesn't matter about her she was always a toxic friend anyway. And this Dean seems like a pussy too. I’m sorry but I'm glad things are over with you two, Jere told me how he shouted at you on the beach earlier.”

“Yeah he was really insecure,” I laugh with Conrad. “He said he was jealous of you and Jere when I saw him the other day.”

“Then why are you crying lovie?” he says so softly I barely hear him.

“I don't know, I guess I'm not crying over him… I think I'm crying over the fact that no one really cares. I don't know it’s stupid.” I stare down at my hands, embarrassed by my choice of words.

Hold me close and say you care

‘Cause I'm in love with your brown hair

Conrad wraps his arms around me and puts one of his hands under my chin, forcing me to look up at him.

“I care.” he simply says. The look in his eyes could make my knees give out in a second if I wasn't already sitting down. I take a deep breath and try to brush his comment away. There's no way he can just

come back and say he cares when he hasn't bothered to answer my calls or read my texts in almost a year. There's no way I'm doing this again with him.

I try changing the subject by bringing my hand up to his hair and running my fingers through it.

“I love your hair Con.”

He gently takes my hand away from his hair and repeats himself.

“I care Y/n.” he says staring into my eyes. He lets go of my hand and brings his to the back of my neck leaning in close.

The way you touch me is a curse

And I'm not willing to let it all

Hurt

His lips brush against mine sending electric shocks through my body but I refuse to let it go any further. He doesn't get to do this.

I pull away from him as fast as I can and make distance between us.

Physical distance. Since he has the emotional distance covered I might as well take over and finish it with physical.

“No don’t do this Con.” I say shaking my head as I pace around the room blinking away more tears.

“Don’t do what?” he says confused by my actions.

“Don’t play dumb Conrad you know what I mean.”

“Y/n what are you talking about? I-I'm sorry I kissed you I just… I thought you liked me.”

“No Conrad don't.” I say looking up at him through glassy eyes, trying to shake away the anxiety slowly creeping up at me.

“Don't what?! Are you even going to tell me what I did wrong, can you just talk to me?!” he says angrily, standing up from the bed too now so we're both staring at each other from the ends of this room. This God-forsaken tiny room with the walls closing in.

“Can I talk to you?! Oh Conrad that's rich coming from you.” I sneer angrily at him.

How can he of all people say that to me?

“What the fuck are you talking about, what did I do?” he says, his voice growing louder with every word.

“What did you do?” I laugh, “No Conrad let's talk about what you didn’t do. You didn't answer my calls for a whole year, you didn't answer my texts for a whole year, you weren’t there when I needed you Con, you weren't there when mom and dad got divorced like you said you’d be, you completely ignored me for a whole fucking year Con you can't just make it all up by saying you care and kissing me, you can't do that Con not when I've always been there for you, not when I've always cared for you and loved you for this long Con you can’t, you can’t, you can’t!” I finish, out of breath as Conrad looks at me with a hurt expression on his face.

“I…” he starts off but I hold my hand up to him to tell him to stop talking.

I don't want to hear what he has to say, I can't. I close my eyes and say “Please just go away Conrad.”.

When I open my eyes again he's nodding, trying to hold back tears in his gorgeous blue eyes. I look away before a tear can fall from them.

One tear from his eyes, one word from his mouth and I know I’ll go running back to him. But I can't, I refuse to after how he hurt me.

Watch your mouth and wash with soap

'Cause I just hate the way you spoke

Green eyes make everything feel numb

And I'm not willing to give it all up

He closes the door silently behind him and I crash into my bed, sobbing into the jacket he gave me.

And I'm not wasting time again

Closure instead of sex

And I'm not wasting time again

You said I fucked up and ruined your life

But little did you know you ruined mine

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well that was a journey🤡🤡

lmk what you think and please feel free to request anything on my bio even things for part three!! (no smut please)

[singularity-sam]

Insane Stories From Belobog's Trash Cans - Special Pumpkin Patch Volume: A Vacation Turned Horror

For the Stellaron Hvnters Halloween Pumpkin Patch Event, with the rent-a-cabin maxima prompt chosen, featuring Huohuo and Tail as the protagonists!

(Disclaimer: This story contains depictions of terror, horror tropes, social anxiety, bullying, mentions of hardship, and unfunny cringe attempts at humor throughout).

“It’s a nice place, isn’t it?”, Guinaifen said while gesturing to the log cabin nestled in the middle of the woods in front of her, “This is where we’ll be staying for the next few days as part of our well-earned vacation!” As she finished her introduction of the setting, Sushang walked up beside her and stopped, replying with: “Yeah, it is. Thank goodness we can finally relax here and not have to worry about any trouble…” Another pair of footsteps sounded from behind them, followed by a quiet yet nervous-sounding voice speaking, “T-That would be nice… I hope nobody… tries to bother us while we’re here… B-Being on this foreign planet is already bad for my nerves…”, while stuttering with much anxiety within.

This comment then led to Huohuo’s companion, Tail, to awaken and separate himself from her while gazing at the site. “A log cabin? Yuck! How cliche!”, he said angrily (his usual tone). One last person finished walking up to the rest of the group. “If it is cliche, then would that mean it’s like a horror movie?”, Stelle asked, “Would it be haunted? Maybe some monster or creep stalks around at night? It’d be fitting, considering this is a Halloween-themed vacation…” Huohuo shook anxiously at that thought while yelling: “Ahh! D-Don’t say that…! V-Vacations are supposed to be relaxing. No scary stuff!” Tail felt annoyed at this, so he said, “Ugh, cut it out! This brat gets scared easily, and it grates my ears!”, while rolling his eyes.

“Speaking of which, isn’t this Halloween holiday something celebrated in certain foreign worlds? Aren’t you and Stelle familiar with it, Little Gui?”, Sushang wondered aloud, “Doesn’t it involve spooky costumes and candy? I remember you talking about it before. It reminds me of some of the Xianzhou ships’ holidays, but scarier.” Guinaifen twirled around and answered her best friend’s questions with: “That’s right, Shangshang! And it’s a lotta fun! Since you and Huohuo never experienced it, I thought inviting you all out here on this remote planet would be the perfect way to celebrate the holiday and our ghost-hunting efforts.” This perked Stelle up, who excitedly interjected with, “Yeah, Halloween’s the best! And we deserve to celebrate because we’re the Ghost-Hunting Squad, and nothing can stop us from being amazing sigmas!”, while having a manic grin and playful tone.

The other four members just looked on with stunned and confused stares, being put off by Stelle’s usual unhinged brainrot. “Um… Anyway, there’s a lot of fun activities to do around here in coordination with Halloween! We can carve and paint pumpkins at the nearby pumpkin patch, swim and play in the creek behind the cabin, and watch scary movies at night. Trust me, it’ll be loads of epicness, fam!”, Guinaifen said. “...I-I’m not keen on all the scary stuff…”, Huohuo piped up frightfully, “B-But the rest of the activities sound fun. I… never get much of a chance to go out like this, being in the Ten-Lords Commission and all.”

Guinaifen winked at her and reassured her with: “Then we’ll make the most of it! Don’t worry, we won’t do anything TOO scary. Now, let’s go inside and unpack our stuff, then the fun begins!” She gestured for the others to follow her towards the cabin’s wooden porch, which they did, though Huohuo and Tail lagged behind slightly. Tail, seeing that his companion was as cautious as ever, just sighed and said, “Sigh… This is gonna be exhausting. And I can’t even look away from this little brat for more than five seconds! I guess I just have to suck it up and try to do this, for her sake, but mostly mine.”, to himself in a bemoaned way. She felt slightly hurt at his remark, but knew deep down that he didn’t mean it, so she continued walking with the others, hoping for the best to come of this little vacation.

The Ghost-Hunting Squad came to this remote farming planet in order to experience Halloween together for the first time, and to relax after their recent victory at resolving the Fyxestroll Garden incidents. Guinaifen used her social media clout and fundings to rent the cabin they would be staying in and pay for the travel expenses. And everyone’s off time lined up, creating this perfect opportunity. It was intended to be relaxing and filled with entertainment and tons of festivities. And for their planned three day mini vacation, they hoped that nothing would get in their way and disrupt them from having a good time. Though they should know by now that trouble always seemed to follow them…

…

Later that evening, all of the squad members finished unpacking their luggage and the sun was beginning to set. As a first event, Guinaifen (who seemed to be the planner of all of the trip’s activities) decided that watching a horror movie together with all of her friends would be a good start. She and the others picked out a PG rated one (for Huohuo, so she wouldn't get too scared) and began to view it on the ancient cable TV that was in the cabin’s living room area. Only Guinaifen knew how to work it, due to her being used to older technology while growing up. All five of them, including Tail, sat on a very long sofa and watched intently.

“Wow, this movie’s kinda intense and ominous for being a kid’s flick… You holding up OK, Huohuo?”, Sushang asked after a while. Huohuo, who was visibly shaking and wide-eyed, nodded and hesitantly said: “Y-Yeah… This isn’t so bad, actually… This is the farthest I’ve ever gotten into a scary movie, so m-maybe I can do this!” This answer seemed to satisfy Sushang, who smiled and went back to watching the screen. Tail, meanwhile, scoffed at Huohuo’s attempt at being brave and wryly said, “Ha! THIS is scary? It’s so wimpy and basic. I’ve seen little kids that are scarier than this! If you can’t get through this, you won’t get through anything!”, in a crude yet subtly sympathetic manner.

The silence of being enveloped in the movie’s grasp continued on for twenty more minutes and all of them remained entranced by it, despite their previous comments. And right as the climax neared and the main character was about to enter an abandoned, creepy mine, the power in the cabin went out. The already dark room was then plunged into pitch black, with no visible light at first (except for Tail, whose flaming body acted as a makeshift night light). “Aahh…!!”, Huohuo screamed in reaction, “No, no!! I don’t like the dark!” Caught off guard by her loud and emotional reaction, Guinaifen said, “Hey, it’s all right! We’re out in the middle of the country, so the electricity can be kinda faulty sometimes. It’ll be fine! I doubt the power’s gonna be out for too long.”, in an attempt to console her. For some reason, this compelled Stelle to answer with: “Maybe it’s a ghost? I mean, why else would the power go out at that exact moment during the movie? A shame, I was really enjoying it…” Of course, this caused Huohuo to freak out a little more and start to breathe heavier.

As everyone’s eyesight started to adjust to the darkness better after a little while (save for Tail, since heliobi don’t need traditional eyesight), Sushang clumsily stood up off the couch and shook her head (even though no one could see it). “N-Nevermind that… I don’t think there’s much we can do about this now.”, she said. A hint of fear was in her voice, since she also gets unnerved by the unexplainable. “How about we go to bed?”, she suggested, “It’s late and it’s not like we have anything else to do right now, anyway.” Tail’s flames surged slightly with annoyance as he replied with: “Sure, fine by me. I was getting sick of being near you wussies to begin with! At least now I can get some peace and quiet around here…” With that, Tail sort of led the other four friends upstairs to their bedrooms using his luminance as a beacon in the darkness. Sushang nearly tripped and fell on the wooden floor on the way there, so Guinaifen also proceeded to use her smartphone’s flashlight to help as well. Stelle also tried to crack an unfunny meme joke about the situation, but of course, no one laughed (except her).

Even after guiding everyone else to their rooms, Tail and Huohuo made sure they got in safely and were comfortable/not confused. Tail pretended he was angry the entire time, but his actions juxtaposed his feelings. And Huohuo still worried about her friends, regardless of her intense fear about what was going on. Once that was done, both of them went into their room and went to sleep. Huohuo slept cautiously but was put a little at ease from the warm radiance of Tail’s spiritual flames nestled on a cot in the corner of the room, bathing it in a comforting green hue. This made her fear of the darkness from the blackout more manageable, as her companion/body part buddy maintained a sense of familiarity in her vicinity.

A few hours passed before Huohuo was awakened by something, a sound coming from outside her window on the ground near the forest’s trees. It sounded like footsteps, and they had a two-step pace to them, like a human’s. The power was still out, making the cause seem like it was intentional from someone else’s actions… She felt her heart rate beginning to accelerate, but she didn’t want to make a fuss just yet, since she wanted to figure out what was going on. So, she silenced her breathing and her Foxian ears listened closer to the outside perimeter. Whoever’s pair of feet were crunching on the fallen autumn leaves sounded like they wanted to be heard by other people. The steps were light yet very deliberate, as if they belonged to a typically unassuming person trying their best to be threatening.

Extremely unnerved at the realization of all of these minute details, Huohuo could no longer go back to sleep. She quietly got out of the bed and walked over to the window to get a better view at any possible trespasser. The darkness outside made it hard to see, so she bent down and squinted farther. While she still didn’t see anything, the footsteps stopped cold for a few seconds before they seemed to burst into a sprint that ran deeper into the woods. The pace was fast and loud, as if the person could somehow detect that Huohuo was listening in on them. This sudden change in atmosphere made her freak out and want to inform the others. “...W-W-Wake up…! T-There’s somebody outside in the forest…!!”, she screamed frightfully, “...Mr. Tail! Everyone, please!! There could be danger…!”

Her loud pleading roused Tail, who groaned and rolled his eyes. “What is it this time? I’m trying to sleep here, you little brat!”, he complained groggily. She tried to answer with what she saw once more, but only gasps and sobs came out. Luckily, her commotion awakened the rest of the Ghost-Hunting Squad, who waded their way through the dark hallway and into the room.

After spending a minute calming her down, Huohuo explained her findings again. Sushang nodded and smiled while saying, “Don’t worry, we believe you! How about me and Stelle go out there to look? We’re both fighters, and nobody’ll mess with us.”, upon understanding what happened. Stelle pumped her fist excitedly in response and said: “That’s right! Any stalker will regret crossing paths with the Galactic Baseballer!” Huohuo nodded slightly, liking the suggestion, since she thought deep down that it was only her imagination acting up from her being half-asleep. And with that, the two bodyguards left without another word.

Stelle and Sushang rushed downstairs and busted open the door action-movie style (or rather, only Stelle did, for some reason), and headed outside. Huohuo, Tail, and Guinaifen followed behind at a distance, curious about everything. The group rounded the cabin’s corner and went to where Huohuo heard the footsteps. It was hard to see, but Tail provided some lantern-like light once again. The two fighters pulled out their signature weapons as a warning tactic, Stelle’s baseball bat and Sushang’s greatsword respectively. They stared into the barely-lit treeline for a few moments, not seeing/hearing anything at all.

The looming tension in the air seemed to be put to rest once everyone heard a loud crackle of electricity and the cabin’s power finally came back on, bathing the immediate surroundings in bright light. Still, no one could be seen anywhere in the forests around them. Stelle and Sushang put away their weapons, being convinced that there was no threat anymore. “I don’t see anybody here, guess that means we’re in the clear.”, Sushang said. Stelle turned around to face her, and asked, “Still, what happened? And why did the power suddenly come back on?”, while being serious for once. Guinaifen stretched in exhaustion and stepped closer to them. “I dunno. Maybe it was the property owner working on the nearby generator or something.”, she said while yawning, “But man, I’m tired… It doesn’t look like anybody’s out here, so let’s go back to sleep. We have a big day tomorrow! Let’s go back inside. I thought you were the sleepy one, Shangshang, not me.” As she started to walk back to the front door, Sushang began to chase after her while retorting: “Hey, that’s low! And I only fall asleep when I have to do academic stuff, OK?”

Stelle proceeded to follow them as well, with Huohuo and Tail trailing behind sadly. She felt disappointed that they didn’t find anyone, as odd as that may seem. She was afraid of the unknown and didn’t like that it seemed to get brushed off by the others so easily, or so she thought. Hanging her head down low, she commented, “I-I know I heard some footsteps out here… And I know I didn’t imagine it. R-Right, Mr. Tail…?”, with a despondent tone. Tail, who was too tired to pay full attention, just stayed silent and only answered after a few seconds of awkwardness crept up on him. “Huh…? Oh, yeah, I guess. I’m not too sure, honestly. I was peacefully asleep until SOMEBODY woke me up with her whining!”, he said. Despite the sarcasm and slightly rude remarks, Huohuo could tell he was not too serious about it, since she had been around him long enough to understand his feelings and little oddities.

All of them went back to their rooms and went back to sleep. It was difficult for Huohuo (easier for Tail, obviously), but the electricity being back on and her friends’ silly natures helped quite a bit. The uneasiness was still there, but things such as the dim lamp being powered on the nightstand next to her bed also alleviated it somewhat. And with great effort and a little bit of time, she was able to go back into a peaceful sleep. One of the last thoughts on her mind was that perhaps this vacation could be fun and not so bad after all. There were still two days left to enjoy and the first bad night couldn’t tarnish what’s yet to come. Hopefully, it would get better… However, things such as Halloween are never fully predictable…

…

On a more positive note, the next day started off much more fun than the previous one. Just as Guinaifen said, the whole group decided to swim in the freshwater creek behind the cabin for the day’s activity. It was located about 300 feet away from the back of the cabin and through a little wooded path area. It was a large stream, with crystal clear water and a moderately fast current that made it perfect for relaxing in. There were all sorts of stones in and around the water, some clear and smooth, and others dry and rough. While it wasn’t as exciting as a full-on beach or amusement park, it had a nice, earthly charm to it that allowed people to appreciate nature and all its natural beauty.

The entire Ghost-Hunting Squad put on their swimsuits and did various fun activities while being near the creek. Stelle splashed around and generally swam the most in the water out of everyone, having the energy of a little kid the whole time. Sushang and Guinaifen played tag while skipping stones across the stream, having fun while enjoying each other’s company. Even Huohuo, who doesn’t always like high energy physical activities, was having a good time. She was simply dipping her feet in the creek’s water while sitting on the bedrock’s edge, not wanting to get too wet from the cold liquid. And Tail sat right beside her, content with just watching the others and not wanting to get wet either. He did get shoved into the water by Stelle earlier as a “prank” (in her words), leading to him shouting: “HEY!!! It’s very offensive to splash a heliobus with water!! It may not affect my spiritual flames, but it’s still so annoying to get the wet feeling off! Do it again, and it’s custom for my kind to possess you to return the favor!” Regardless of that incident, he still was able to move past it and enjoy himself, somewhat (as much as a rude, grumpy spirit can do).

For once, Huohuo smiled brightly and was looking at the treelines across the other side of the shore while playfully kicking her feet that were soaking in the currents. That’s when she saw… something odd in the distance. It was faint and extremely difficult to see, but it appeared to be a thin person peering out from behind a tree, staring at her. The person’s face was the only notable part, being that it kind of looked like some sort of mask was covering their entire head, leaving no part revealed. However, it was too far away to determine what kind of mask it was. The figure stared at Huohuo for a full ten seconds, neither of them reacted or broke eye contact (a rare feat for her).

Finally feeling the fear and weight from the figure and keeping her eyes open for so long, she blinked and the person was gone, like they were never there to begin with… Wracked with fear, she looked over at everyone else, but they didn’t seem to have seen what she saw, even Tail, who was still minding his own business just like he’s been doing. Due to these unusual circumstances, Huohuo decided not to tell anyone about it. She didn’t want to cause another commotion like the one from last night and cause everyone trouble/frustration at another false alarm, so she kept it to herself. And so, for the rest of the day, she tried her best to forget about it and have fun. It was hard and it still lingered in the back of her mind, but she was eventually able to go back to relaxing.

She didn’t see the person again for the remainder of the day, and she managed to enjoy some quality time spent with her friends on this fun vacation. They all played in the creek until sundown, where they then went back to the cabin and slept early in the night, too tired from all the physical activity to do anything else. And with that, they eagerly awaited the next day…

…

The next day turned out to be the most busy one of the entire trip. Wanting to make the most out of their final full day there, Guinaifen decided to save the best planned activity for last: carving and painting pumpkins! Waking up early in the morning, she led the others to the pumpkin patch. It was located a good fifteen minutes from their cabin, and through a wooded trail that concealed its location. Surprisingly, no one really talked on the trip there, since the beauty of the nature surrounding them spoke more than any words. All the while, Huohuo anxiously looked all around her, looking near the trees for the figure she saw the previous day, but there was nothing out of the ordinary. She tried her best to not focus on it, wanting to have the same fun she had previously.

When they all arrived at the pumpkin patch, they spent a minute observing the nice scenery that accompanied it. It was a large, open field located in a clearing in the forest, with grass spreading as far as the eye could see. Dozens and dozens of pumpkins lined the field, some big and some small, some young and some old, and some fresh and some rotten. There weren’t many other notable features in the clearing, only a small, old barn and a very long plastic table with various carving/painting tools on it. A farmer stood behind the table, waiting to assist anyone who needed it, though no one else was there except them.

“Woah, it’s so cozy!”, Guinaifen exclaimed, “It’s even better than I imagined!” Sushang put her arm around her best friend excitedly, before letting go and getting ready to dive into the fun. “You said it, Little Gui! I can’t wait to see more of this fun-sounding Halloween activity. Let’s go, I’ve been itching to try this the whole time I’ve been here!”, she said. Nodding, Guinaifen smiled mischievously and challenged her by saying: “Race ya there!” She burst into a quite fast sprint before her friend could even react, her graceful running skills owing to her street-performer talents. A second of surprise overtook Sushang, then shifting to excitement as she proceeded to run after her, wanting to get there first.

Stelle saw this and with her trademark blank face, declared, “I know what I’m going to paint on my pumpkin’s gyatt!”, in a cringey way while clapping her hands together with determination in her body language. She also sprinted towards the pumpkins, fantasizing about who-knows-what in terms of what she was going to do (it likely involved memes or trash cans in some way). Seeing all this, Huohuo smiled weakly, feeling better about her paranoia after seeing her fellow squad members so joyful. “E-Everyone is having such a good time… I would also like to as well. Should we join them, Mr. Tail?”, she wondered. Tail, who was back to posing as her flaming tail (in order to not scare off unknowing people), just gave off an ambivalent: “Hmph…” She took that as a yes (since an “I don’t care” type of response from Tail was a positive sign), so she slowly proceeded to walk towards the center of the patch, wanting to take it slow so she could manage her anxiety better.

Everyone got to work on finding and beginning to customize their ideal pumpkins. Guinaifen and Sushang both picked out twin pumpkins that were identical in every way, from shape to size to ripeness. They both carved them into Jack-O’-Lanterns and painted different designs on them, with Guinaifen painting a Diting on hers and Sushang painting a giant “phoenix” on hers (which looked more like a round chicken instead). They also enjoyed some candy on the side while Guinaifen taught her how to carve and dispose of the goo properly, which Sushang was VERY grateful for (she didn’t like slimy stuff very much). Stelle, meanwhile, picked out the largest, most rotten pumpkin in the entire patch and painted an ugly-looking trash can on it (because of course she did). Despite the paint job being crude, warped, and smelling bad, she started to salivate at her self-proclaimed “masterpiece”, euphoric that the brown, rotten pumpkin portrayed her love of trash perfectly.

However, while everyone else had spent at least half-an-hour already picking out their pumpkins and painting them, Huohuo had only just selected one, wracked with indecisiveness. She chose a medium-sized pumpkin that was not too young and not too old, and not too ripe and not too rotten. It was perfectly average yet just right. She didn’t have Tail to help her, who was sleeping while acting as a tail, so it was difficult to do things on her own, since she wasn’t used to it.

But now, she had to do what she was dreading the most: going up to the farmer and asking for paint (she didn’t want to risk messing up the carving process). This required her to talk to a complete stranger, something her social anxiety made quite difficult for her. Still, while she was terrified of this, she had to do it and not rely on Tail so much. Plus, she went through way worse before (quite recently, too), which is how she eventually worked up the courage to pick up her pumpkin (which was heavy to her) and nervously walk over to the farmer’s table, where her friends were on the far end on either side (which helped somewhat).

Placing her pumpkin on the table with a soft thud, Huohuo begrudgingly looked up at the farmer, forcing herself to smile at them. The farmer beamed happily at her and said, “Howdy, there! What can I do for you?”, in a very friendly tone. Her legs were shaking at this point and she tried her best to take a deep breath and reply to them. “...C-C-Could I… h-have some paint…”, she stuttered out, “...for m-my… pumpkin, p-please…?” While there was a very faint hint of confusion and pity in the farmer’s eyes, they chose to continue expressing their welcoming attitude to ease the awkwardness. “Sure, comin’ right up! What kinda colors do ya need?”, they asked. This threw her for a loop, since she didn’t consider what she was going to paint before asking for it. She internally cursed herself for not thinking ahead (when she usually did).

She thought for a moment before coming up with her answer in her thoughts, which she recited in her head before saying to the farmer: “...A-All of… y-your options, please…!” Thankfully, this satisfied the farmer, who pulled out a plastic bin of paint tubes from under the table and responded with, “Got it, missy! Use ‘em wisely now, you hear?”, while still wearing that same smile from right before. With the exchange now coming to a close, Huohuo started to relax ever so  slightly. She nodded weakly and picked up the bin and her pumpkin and walked off with it, not wanting to be there longer with the stranger than she had to. She wanted to say some sort of gratitude or closing remark, but she couldn’t find any words and she was still overwhelmed by the social pressure, so she hoped the farmer could understand that she wasn’t being rude. Nevertheless, she was very pleased with herself for once, as she handled that situation better than she had before. She finally felt like she could be somewhat independent, and that finally made her let go of her worries for the time being.

Once she found a free spot at the table, she got to work on painting her pumpkin. She took the paints and mixed them masterfully, before painting the colors she wanted. Over the course of the next hour, she took painstaking efforts to make sure the subject of her artwork was captured accurately. Her decision was simple yet so obvious: Tail, since he was easy to draw and would look nice on a pumpkin, Huohuo thought. Her experience as a judge-in-training at the Ten-Lords Commission definitely helped. Tail slept through all of this, which she thought was a good thing (she had a feeling he wouldn’t like to see himself get complimented). And upon finishing the painting, she smiled and felt… proud of something that she did for once. She couldn’t wait to show the others, since she worked so hard and achieved so many things for herself that day.

Unfortunately, all of that was interrupted by an odd sound. It sounded like… a whole flock of birds cawing loudly, mainly crows. Huohuo looked up at the late afternoon sky, which contained a flock of about two dozen crows that were flying erratically, like they were disturbed by something… As if they somehow noticed she was staring at them, the flock redirected their flight and began to barrel right down towards the ground, straight at her!

Of course, right on cue, she screamed loudly and began to run away from them, like a scene out of a cheesy horror movie. “Aahh…!! No, no!!”, she screamed loudly, “W-Why are you chasing me…!? Can’t I ever catch a break!?” This commotion woke Tail up, who detached from her and went on the defensive. “Ugh, this brat is so loud! I really can’t leave her alone for more than five seconds… Oh, that’s it! NOBODY INTERRUPTS MY SLEEP…!”, he commanded with ferocity in his eyes. In an instant, he shapeshifted from his usual form into his true, wolf-like one. The canine spirit grinned maliciously before letting out a fearsome roar that rivaled even Ignamar The Great’s power. This dispelled the flock of rabid crows extremely effectively and they all flew off in different directions, no longer interested in taunting anyone. And then, Tail morphed back into his regular appearance. He let out a loud breath and a little laugh while snarkingly remarking: “Ha! That should teach them! Seriously, what were they thinking, messing with ME like that!?”

Huohuo, who was still hyperventilating, was frozen in shock. Tail looked at her and asked, “Hm? What’s the matter with you, pipsqueak? Did my true form scare you too much? Nah, that can’t be it, you’ve seen it before! So, why are you looking at me like that?”, repeatedly in a very subtle concerned tone. This seemed to snap her out of her trance, and she ran up to him and embraced him briefly, holding him like a treasured cat or something. Tail was caught completely by surprise from this, gasping from the sudden display of gratitude.

When she let him go, Huohuo took a few deep breaths and addressed his kind-hearted actions. “T-Thank you, Mr. Tail…! I d-didn’t know what to do…”, she said thankfully, “But you proved once again that you’re as reliable as ever. I know it’s weird to say now, but I’m glad I met you!” This sweet comment led to a rare instance of Tail looking surprised, but naturally, it was replaced with fake disgust and sarcasm. He bounced up in a mixture of passion and anger and said: “Yeesh, stop it with the positivity, it’s making me sick! And I’m only reliable because I’m stuck here with you as your dumb tail! Leave all that mushy stuff behind from now on, okay? I just did what I had to, but mostly it was because I woke up in a bad mood, that’s all!” She giggled at his (possible) attempt to cheer her up and stroke his own ego at the same time, her fear disappearing.

Afterwards, the rest of the group (including the farmer) caught each other up to speed on what occurred. All misunderstandings were cleared up, and everyone got back together, getting ready to go back to the cabin for the final night there. They grabbed their pumpkins and complimented each other kindly on each of their pumpkins’ artworks (even for Stelle’s, though that one was kind of an obligation to be nice). Tail pretended not to like Huohuo’s, but he was still smiling and impressed by how much it captured his sense of self. And as they left, the sun was beginning to set and everybody was in such a good mood, the best on the trip so far; it had been a great final day to spend there.

Though as they neared the cabin once more, Huohuo still couldn’t help but wonder if all the weird paranormal-like stuff that had been happening had really been all in her head as part of her anxiety. Only she seemed to notice any of it, so was it really all just a coincidence? It didn’t matter to her, as there was only one night left, and nothing more strange than the flock of crows trying to attack her could possibly happen, right…?

…

It was finally nighttime once all five of them got back to the cabin. Nonetheless, it wasn’t late enough for all of them to want to go to bed right away. Huohuo, who was feeling good from her reconciliation with Tail earlier, actually was the one to suggest a final activity for them to do together. She wanted to watch another horror movie, a PG-13 rated one this time, since she felt like she could handle something slightly more intense at that point. The others were impressed by her bravery, so they indulged in it for her.

A little while later, as she was about to make a decision on what movie to watch as she scrolled through the cable TV’s guide, something ominous began to happen… The video feedback turned to complete static, complete with hissing and everything. As she covered her ears, she looked back at the screen and saw what appeared to be a ghostly face pressed up against the glass on the OTHER side of the screen, a large eye watching down on it as well. Being utterly shocked by this, Huohuo dropped the remote and kept pointing to the screen while gasping, not being able to say anything out of fear. This time, unlike the other incidents, everyone else seemed to notice it. “W-What in the Reignbow Arbiter’s name is THAT!? This can’t be real!”, Sushang stated, her voice having a slight quivering fear in it. Stelle, using her small brain, explained with, “Maybe the cabin’s being possessed by a poltergeist?”, as if that helped anyone feel more calm about the creepy situation. Huohuo shook in fear even more from this suggestion.

Their mass confusion was further interrupted by the old-fashioned landline phone in the kitchen ringing, making a loud beeping noise in the process. Everyone froze from this not-very-likely coincidence, making it seem all like it was planned out by whatever was causing all this. Feeling the least amount of fear out of everyone there (except Tail, who seemed more suspicious than anything else), Guinaifen said: “I’ll get it. We’re stars on Ghostly Grove, we should be used to this by now!” This unnerved Sushang more and made her audibly more worried than before. “Hey, Little Gui? Maybe that isn’t such a good idea…”, she said, “What if something bad happens? This is too risky…” But she already made up her mind, and there was no stopping her once she did that.

With great confidence, Guinaifen picked up the receiver and said, “Hello, who is this? This is Little Gui speaking.”, like it was no big deal. “Seven days…”, a professional yet odd-sounding voice stated in an almost whisper-like tone. She gave a bewildered look of uneasiness before following up with: “What do you mean by “seven days”? You’re not making any sense!” The voice made a throat-clearing sound before explaining further. “Seven days…”, they elaborated, “Until your car insurance expires. With our affordable plans, you save up to 15% on car insur-!” She put the receiver back in its holder and ended the call before the salesperson could even finish. Feeling the need to clarify the weird coincidence, she groaned, “It was just insurance spam, nothing scary at all… What a waste!”, while feeling disappointed that she got scared for nothing. Seizing the opportunity, Stelle tried to (unsuccessfully) lighten the mood. “I don’t know, insurance offers are still pretty scary.”, she joked.

Not feeling quite out of the woods just yet, Tail spoke at last about his gut feelings (even though he’s just a spirit and doesn't have any) regarding the situation. “You’re telling me… That strange ghost is still on the screen, so something’s going on!”, he stated, “Regardless of that idiotic phone call, someone is trying to scare us for sure! And my intuition tells me that something bad is about to happen…” He was spot on, as the moment he finished that sentence, the power went out throughout the whole cabin yet again.

As the whole room plunged into darkness, with only Tail providing light, Huohuo screamed and had a realization that the others hadn't considered at that second. Standing up and breathing slower to make her words clearer, she courageously hinted: “...W-W-Whatever caused the power to… g-go out must also be… r-responsible for it going out the other night! This must all b-be connected, and it wants to be known, w-whatever it is… We m-must find it!” That’s when it clicked for everyone else, and they realized just how keen her observation truly was. Sushang took a step closer, now that her eyes adjusted to the dark somewhat, and eagerly replied with, “Y-Yeah, we can’t let this ghost get away with this! If we truly are the Ghost-Hunting Squad, then we must get rid of any bad ghosts. They won’t wanna mess with us!”, while trying her best to banish her fears away. Deep down, Huohuo had some doubt that a ghost was behind this, since some things didn’t add up. Still, some things seemed paranormal, so she didn’t say anything further.

“Well said, Shangshang! We gotta make sure this troll knows what hits ‘em!”, Guinaifen said while getting out her phone in preparation for something, “That’s why I must stream this live to our audience! It’ll help us find the ghost easier and make for a fun, creepy experience, like those cheesy found-footage horror movies! Cameras can definitely detect spirits better than our measly eyes can! Besides, we can use my phone’s flashlight to see better! I’m so smart!” This swift change in tone from her friend caused Sushang to question her motives. “Really, that’s your plan? That stuff only works in movies! I’m a Cloud Knight, not a Clout Knight! We should really be taking this more seriously, Little Gui…”, she complained. It was too late to change her mind once again, and she was convinced it would work. She opened Ghostly Grove and began to stream through there on her phone’s camera with the flashlight turned on, illuminating the footage.

[Transcription of Ghostly Grove User LilGuiGuinevere’s “Vacation Ghost” Livestream Video, Starting at the Timestamp: 0:00:

*A near pitch black living room is seen. The flashlight illuminates a powered off ancient cable TV set, no one else appears in frame.*

Guinaifen: “There! We’re now live! Hey, everybody! Little Gui here!”

*The camera moves to the left and Tail is seen, looking annoyed.*

Tail: “You’re actually doing this… I can’t believe it! This is such a waste of time!”

Guinaifen: “Don’t be such a bummer! This just might work out!”

*The camera then moves to the right and Stelle is seen, wearing a deadpan expression. She waves her hands excitedly at the camera, greeting it.*

Stelle: “Skibidi toilet has all the rizz!”

Sushang: “Would somebody please just take this seriously! Any of you?”

*The camera moves even further to the left than before, where Huohuo is shaking nervously, not reacting to the camera’s presence.*

Huohuo: “I can do this, I can do this…”

*The camera then flips to mirror mode, where Guinaifen’s face is briefly seen.*

Guinaifen: “It’s time to start looking for clues! First, we’ll start by investigating the TV, where some spectral activities happened a little earlier.”

*The camera flips back to the regular mode and it slowly starts to inch towards the TV set. The focus never shifts or loses its subject matter.*

Guinaifen: “I don’t see anything off about it… Since the power’s cut, the ghost probably moved elsewhere… So, let’s try that ourselves!”

*The camera spins a full 180 degrees to the left, sweeping over Tail and then Huohuo. A wooden staircase is seen and the stairs going upward lead into further darkness.*

Guinaifen: “That’s where we’ll be going next! The only other place down here is the kitchen area, and there’s no way the ghost can hide anywhere there. Up there, we’ll check the bedrooms!”

*At this point, three users join the livestream and continue watching for the rest of the video, and no else joins or leaves afterwards. The camera slowly inches towards the first step. Many loud footsteps echo throughout the cabin, the other four following Guinaifen from close behind.*

Huohuo: “...I-I’m scared…!”

Tail: “Then stay down here, then! No one is forcing you to participate in this pointless, trendsetting social media garbage!”

Huohuo: “N-No! I don’t want to be alone in this dark place!”

Tail: “Fine, be that way! Don’t come crying to me if you get scared, though…”

*Every few seconds, the recorder goes up a single step, a loud creaking sound is heard each time. The camera bounces slightly when this happens. This process is repeated about fifteen times total.*

TileGamer4ever: (Wow, this is way more fun than working! I’m sure my boss won’t mind, since this is sorta educational, ig.)

Sushang: “Will we really find anything up here, Little Gui? I feel like a ghost wouldn't be this obvious…”

Guinaifen: “Sure we will, fam! There’s not many more places it could hide!”

*The camera reaches the top of the staircase and four doors can be seen in a small hallway with a window outside on the very end, likely three bedrooms and one bathroom. The camera goes to the leftmost one first after stopping for a few seconds.*

Guinaifen: “Let’s check me and Shangshang’s room first. It’s the closest one to the stairs.”

Say~Cheese~: (Oh! This is gonna start getting good right about now!)

*The camera gets right in front of the wooden door and a hand is seen turning the knob and opening it. The light shines into the room, which consists of a closet and a giant king-sized bed. There’s nothing else that seems out of the ordinary. The recorder goes inside, glancing all over the bed and walls, but finds nothing.*

Stelle: “Where are you, ghostie? Come out and play catch with me. I’ll show you the true might of the Galactic Baseballer once my bat meets your ectoplasmic face! Don’t make me get serious and pull out the lance. I swear, I WILL do it!”

Sushang: “How do you always have so much fearless energy? It must be a requirement for being a Trailblazer…”

Sigma_Wolf: (this corny narration is rlly killing the vibe & tension for me. imo)

Say~Cheese~: (Wait… Why is Stelle in this video!? I thought she was supposed to be on vacation! What kinda trouble did she cause now?)

*The camera moves towards the closet, the only place that they haven’t checked yet. Guinaifen’s hand hesitates for a second before swiftly yanking the doors open, revealing nothing inside.*

Guinaifen: “Looks like this room is all clear. Let’s head to Huohuo’s next!”

Huohuo: “I-I got a bad feeling about this…”

*The camera turns around and retraces its previous path. It moves past the other four, with Huohuo and Sushang looking nervous, Tail looking bored, and Stelle looking stoic. Exiting out into the hallway, it moves towards the door directly across from it. This time, the door is opened quicker and the search begins to go faster, with the bed being sweeped in only about fifteen seconds.*

Stelle: “Could it be in here?”

TileGamer4ever: (I’m so on edge right now. The mystery is killing me! Like not knowing if you’re gonna win a round of Celestial Jade or not.)

Sigma_Wolf: (its in the closet, isnt it?)

*The camera turns and lingers on the closet doors for a few seconds and no sounds are heard. Then, a chain-like sound of something being pulled repeatedly is heard, like an old tool/machine. This continues for a couple more seconds, before the whirring of a chainsaw is heard ringing loudly. A thin person wearing overalls and a full-head hockey mask proceeds to burst from out the closet, wielding a fully-functional and real chainsaw. The masked intruder gazes at the camera, unnatural gray eyes peering behind the eye holes that shine in the flashlight’s glare. In an instant, they rush towards the recorder, which leads to her dropping the phone.*

Guinaifen: “Run!!”

Sushang: “What the hell!? This can’t be happening!”

Huohuo: “Aaahhh…!!! HELP…!!!”

*A few more brief seconds of screaming, yelling, and running footsteps are heard. The chainsaw’s motor roars and grows slightly quieter as the masked person is heard chasing after the rest of them. Only blackness is seen the entire time this happens, and the stream ends the shortly after the phone hits the floor, ending the video at the timestamp: 4:45*]

The entire Ghost-Hunting Squad practically flew out of the bedroom and tripped over each other to get down the stairs, away from their psychotic pursuer. As they reached the bottom, they could hear the chainsaw right behind them. Sushang was worried that the intruder would keep chasing after all of them until they all got tired, which would mean certain danger. So, she quickly formulated a plan and desperately shouted: “Everybody, split up!! Quick!” Nobody said anything back, but they all knew it was the only chance they had at disorienting the intruder enough so where they could stop them.

The moment everyone got off the staircase, they all ran off in different directions. Guinaifen and Sushang ran towards the living room, Stelle and Tail ran towards the kitchen, and Huohuo ran towards the door that led outside. However, in what seemed to be a cruel twist of fate, the intruder seemed to change their course drastically by shifting away from everyone else and doubling down on barreling after Huohuo, as if she was the pursuer's target the entire time. She let out a bloodcurdling scream upon realizing this and she sped up her small legs to move twice as fast as before.

She flung the door open and almost ripped it off its hinges once she reached it. And in a half thought out plan to fight back somehow, she grabbed her pumpkin she painted earlier that day as she stepped off the porch, hoping that it would help her. The intruder crossed the threshold after her just a couple of seconds later, signifying that they were outside with her now. At that moment, Huohuo had to make a choice on where to run towards. She was outside, which meant that she was at a huge disadvantage, since there was nowhere to hide and she would eventually tire out after running so much… She cursed herself for not thinking this decision through, but she had no time to think too hard about it. So, she nearly instantly decided to run towards the creek, hoping that the water would slow them down and that it would also help her friends catch up to them and stop them.

She rounded the corner of the cabin, almost slipping from the pumpkin’s weight and her labored running. It was hard to see, but some sort of instinct and memory sense guided her forward. All the while, she could hear the intense yet fast crunching of the leaves behind her, and they were gradually getting closer… Her paranoia hit a fever pitch and she couldn't shake the feeling that whoever this intruder was, they had something against her specifically. That, and something bigger was behind every last bit of all the strange events that had plagued her vacation. She knew that the figure she saw at the creek yesterday and the person who shut off the power (both times) were undoubtedly her pursuer. Whatever the case was, she had no time to think about it right that second, her survival took much higher priority.

A full moon illuminated the dimly lit night sky and the sounds of crows cawing ominously were what met Huohuo as she got near the creek after what felt like hours of running (even though it’s only 300 feet away from the cabin). By that point, she felt exhausted from running so much while carrying her pumpkin. Once more, she didn’t think that decision through enough and it only tired her out faster and weighed her down. With her speed slowing, she knew she wouldn’t outrun the pursuer, as she was out of breath while they didn’t seem to be phased, even with carrying a heavy chainsaw. So, as a last ditch effort, she decided to stop and turn around to face them, winding up her arms and using her pumpkin as an aiming marker. She quickly looked up and saw that they were only about five seconds away from reaching her, the chainsaw growing unbearably loud as it got closer. Interestingly, she also noticed how they seemed to stumble and struggle to hold the chainsaw properly, something that she hadn't noticed before. It’s like they were a frail person that wasn’t typically used to this much intense physical activity, and something felt familiar about them…

When the pursuer got within a few steps from Huohuo, she screamed and got ready to chuck the pumpkin at them. But then, a loud and aggravated-sounding voice yelled, “Hey!! Look over here, you psycho!! I’m here to pay you back for ruining my sleep and messing with my host!”, with such ferocity. The intruder stopped dead in their tracks and whipped around to see Tail zooming right for them at an extremely fast speed with a manic expression on his face. Before they could even raise their chainsaw to attack him, the angry heliobus attempted to go straight into their head, so he could possess them and stop them from being hostile. But for some unknown reason, the moment he tried to go into their mind, he got immediately pushed back out, as if something was already in there… “Huh…? Why can’t I possess this guy?”, he said in frustration, “There aren't many things that can stop a heliobus from doing this! Maybe something’s going on internally…”

His pondering was interrupted by more footsteps coming from behind him, multiple other pairs of them this time. They belonged to Stelle, Guinaifen, and Sushang. All three of them stopped and proceeded to fiercely draw out their weapons. Stelle had her usual baseball bat and Sushang had her greatsword, while Guinaifen surprisingly had out some firecrackers that were leftover from New Year’s. The masked person seemed to snap out of their daze after seeing this, and they pointed their chainsaw at the warriors, ready to rush them (even though they’re at a small disadvantage, being outnumbered and all).

This caused a flaw to be put into the pursuer's rampage, since they were turned away from Huohuo and severely distracted. Using this chance, she aimed her pumpkin at their masked head once again. Her frail arms gathered the strength to wind up and shift the pumpkin’s weight into a throwing position. “I-I will not be the final girl…!! I will sacrifice my cute pumpkin to stop you!! Here, have it!”, she yelled. Her Tail-painted pumpkin flew out of her hands, smashing against the back of the intruder’s head and splattering goo/pieces everywhere.

Sadly, the now-annihilated pumpkin didn’t seem to do much to stop them. They shook angrily for a second, then turning to face Huohuo. A piercing gaze could be felt from under the mask, and they revved up the chainsaw’s motor, spinning the blades faster with intimidation. She screamed bloody murder once again, her fear becoming very apparent. Luckily, the pumpkin assault provided enough of an opening for a voice to yell, “Batter up!”, in a heroic manner. Stelle’s baseball bat met the back of the intruder’s head, making a loud bang in the process. They instantly fell on their knees, dropping the chainsaw (which switched off upon landing on the ground) and clutching their head in pain. This second distraction gave enough time for Guinaifen and Sushang to grab both of the pursuer's arms tightly, restraining them from moving or getting up. Guinaifen looked over at Huohuo, who was just starting to look over and calm down at the situation being handled effectively, and reassuringly said: “Got ‘em! It’s okay now, they can’t hurt us anymore!” She nodded and stepped closer to the masked stalker, feeling more calm that she contributed to their downfall.

“It’s time to reveal who you really are!”, Stelle proclaimed. She then walked over to the crouched person and removed their hockey mask in classic murder mystery style. Once she saw whose face was under that mask, she gasped loudly and dropped it out of shock. The ugly visage and annoying-looking person turned out to be… Skott! “Wait, Skott!? That can’t be!”, Sushang asked in extreme confusion, “What is he even doing here!? This doesn't make any sense!” Skott shook his head slightly and groaned in pain while saying, “Owww… Did you have to hit me that hard? Using this body was already difficult enough…”, in his toxic and know-it-all voice. Something was off about his voice, however. It sounded echoey and didn’t resemble his usual rude speech patterns. While everyone seemed to notice this, Tail’s suspicions were finally proven correct when he suddenly said: “So that’s why I couldn’t possess you… You already were possessed by another heliobus! I’ve had enough of this crap! Come on out and face us, Cirrus!”

A stunned silence enveloped the group as Skott’s body writhed and glowed for a second before Cirrus emerged, their punchable eye hovering above his body. “Here I am. You happy now?”, Cirrus said in an annoyed tone, “You finally caught on that it was me doing this. No wonder you were capable enough to defeat me back on the Luofu…” Once everybody else’s disbelief subsided, Huohuo finally spoke up again, her fears almost being completely gone. “...I-I don’t understand… Why are you here? Y-You should be imprisoned at Fyxestroll Garden. You gave me such a bad scare!”, she said. Cirrus squinted their eye and replied, “Oh, I definitely did! That was my goal, to scare all of you for what you did to me. Especially you, judge! And it looks like I succeeded greatly! It was worth possessing this loser’s body to do it.”, while gazing at her with malice.

Skott then began to regain consciousness after Cirrus’s insults. He thrashed around for a bit before Guinaifen and Sushang let him go, no longer seeing him as a threat (not that he ever was on his own). He pulled out his pair of stupid shades from his overalls and put them on, which made him look even more pathetic. As he dusted off himself, he said: “I can’t believe I got possessed for this long. Me, a VIP IPC employee, I deserve better than this! You were supposed to leave my body the moment I snuck you out of Fyxestroll Garden, not make me wear these old farmer clothes and use a dangerous tool to chase children! I’ll have you sued into the ground for this!”

“Hold on a sec, so you’re saying that you wanted to join forces with Cirrus just so you could both get back at us for humiliating you?”, Guinaifen interrogated, “And you put your reputation and career in danger, all to ruin our vacation? That’s pretty lame, even for a bully like you…” Of course, Skott played the victim and acted all offended, as if he didn’t do anything wrong. “Hmph! I’m not a bully, I was the one whose body was used like a tool to torment you, not me. Sure, I wanted to get back at you, but that’s only because your stupid little friend made me bark like a dog at Aurum Alley, humiliating me in front of everyone! I deserve compensation!”, he said. Instead of being offended by Skott’s jab at her (if she even noticed), Stelle said, “Why are your eyes still gray and weird-looking? Are you still possessed?”, as the first thing that popped in her head. Skott clenched his fists in annoyance and retorted with: “NO! My eyes naturally look like this! That’s why I wear these cool shades. People have always mocked me for them, even as a kid…” This seemed to satisfy Stelle’s childlike curiosity.

Things were starting to get really off topic, so Cirrus wanted to steal the spotlight and brag about their accomplishments once more in a narcissistic fashion. “Yes, it was all me. This stupid human was just my vessel to scare you all! I followed you here for maximum effect.”, they gloated, “I was behind it all: the blackouts, the footsteps, the figure watching you from the forest, the crows being all frightened, the TV interference, and the chase! Well, except the phone call… but that was still fun to see. I enjoyed seeing you all suffer and scream, and it made this revenge all the more worth it! Ha ha ha!”

Tail, who had enough at this point, floated closer to Huohuo and began to think of a rude, snarky remark to say to them. “Ugh, will you just SHUT UP already!? We all know it was you and your idiotic accomplice! You think your petty revenge was clever? Pfft… It was more inconvenient and immature, honestly! And you’re pretty screwed up to think this is all fun. Anyway, I'm tired of you already. Dealing with you in the past was enough for my entire existence to handle! You should just give up already and knock it off, and we’ll help you do just that… Huohuo, if you would.”, he said. Understanding what he was implying at the end of his monologue, Huohuo prepared a spiritual talisman designed for sealing heliobi for a few days, taking it out of her pocket and getting ready to use it to lock Cirrus away.

This was interrupted by them saying: “Hold on! Skott is such a dumb coward, so I know the perfect way to show that to you. And so I can do one last fun thing with you all!” They immediately went back into Skott’s body and possessed him once more before anyone could object. That’s when Skott got up on all fours and started to eat the grass/leaves on the ground. “Moo. Moo! MOO…!”, he went. He just kept on saying “moo” like a cow over and over again for a few minutes, to everyone’s shock. Eventually, Cirrus stopped and left his body. He coughed up dirt and other plants for a good while, trying to get the awful taste out of his mouth and being too embarrassed to say anything. “Ha ha ha ha ha! Okay, I’m done!”, they explained, “You can go back to using the talisman now. I just HAD to get that out of my system, or else it would’ve haunted me for the rest of my days!” No one knew what to say to that, so they just remained silent about all the absurdity. Huohuo shook it off and went back to readying the talisman for use near them.

Unexpectedly, Cirrus was not disturbed by the talisman. Instead, they were indifferent towards it. Their eye blinked slowly as they said, “Go ahead, seal me back to where I came from, I don’t mind. I got what I wanted. I’ll stay put, until I get bored again… Let’s do this again sometime!”, in a mocking way. Huohuo shook her head and answered with: “N-N-No thanks…” In an instant, she placed the talisman on them and they vanished in a flash of bright light. The light faded from view and seemed to travel inside the object, out of sight with no trace left behind. It glowed for a few seconds before going quiet, and peace returned.

She put the talisman back in her pocket and breathed a sigh of relief. “Phew… Glad that’s over with!”, Sushang said while wiping the sweat off her brow, “That dumb heliobus just never leaves us alone, do they? At least the problem is solved now!” “Looks like another case has been solved by the Ghost-Hunting Squad!”, Stelle said with excitement. Guinaifen stretched in relaxation before asking: “What do we do with Skott, though? Plus, that talisman won’t hold Cirrus forever… Should we call for someone on the Luofu?” Huohuo nodded and replied with, “I-I’ll use my phone to contact the Ten-Lords Commission. Someone should be here to fetch the talisman tomorrow morning, around the time we have to leave. As for Mr. Skott… He’ll be transferred to the Shackling Prison for his crimes, and we will have to keep him detained until they pick him up tomorrow at the same time…”, in a tired demeanor. She was exhausted from everything and finally felt safe enough to go to sleep.

“Oh, this is just splendid! First I get humiliated AGAIN, then I have to face criminal charges and possibly lose my job! This sucks, someone as great as me deserves better!”, Skott whined. Tail rolled his eyes and remarked: “Ugh… Quit your whining! It’s your own fault for agreeing to help someone like Cirrus to escape. Your grudge is also so pathetic that you don’t deserve any sympathy, and it’s what got us into this situation! So I don’t wish to hear it, brat! And I’ve got my eye on you if you try to escape in the middle of the night…” Skott scoffed at the insult, but fell quiet, realizing that it was futile to resist. “Great job, everyone! I knew we could do it, since we’re such a nice team!”, Guinaifen stated, “Now let’s head back to the cabin, fam! We gotta leave tomorrow and we have a lotta preparations to do, then we can get a good night’s rest. We deserve it! While our vacation may’ve gotten derailed, I still had fun and this became more memorable than I expected!” Sushang put her arm around her best friend playfully and followed up with, “Yeah… I still enjoyed the trip and learned a lot about Halloween, minus the scary stuff… Ha ha!”, in a cautiously optimistic tone.

Then, the entire group (with Skott in tow) laughed and reminisced about their adventures as they walked back to the cabin. Huohuo contacted the Ten-Lords Commission and they all prepared to leave the next morning. Finally, they got a peaceful sleep, while Tail watched Skott to make sure he didn’t try anything funny (he was too scared by Tail to do much, so he just shook the whole time in fear). And with that, their final night of their vacation drew to a close…

…

The next morning, after settling everything, the Ghost-Hunting Squad left their cabin and started to leave. Then, they met up with their contacts who would take the talisman containing Cirrus and also take Skott away, Xueyi and Hanya from the Ten-Lords Commission. Due to a preestablished familiarity, they all talked to each other for a few minutes, wanting to catch up on what they missed and explain any further details about the incidents they hadn’t already before.

“I have to thank you once again for all of your hard work in catching this spirit. We only noticed they were missing from Fyxestroll Garden a little while before you contacted us. We might have not found them if it wasn’t for you. We will strengthen the security surrounding their prison from now on. Once again, thank you very much.”, Hanya said. Xueyi nodded at her younger sister’s comments, saying: “Indeed. Especially to you, Ms. Huohuo. I can tell you’ve grown considerably in mind and body since coming here. Your bravery has yielded great results, and I’m proud I get to see that. You shall become an adequate judge if you keep going at this pace…”

Huohuo didn’t feel the same way, and in her usual self-deprecating attitude, she deflected the compliments. “N-No, that’s not true… I just try my best, that’s all…”, she said, “I messed up a lot on this vacation, but I managed to get through it. Even though I don’t deserve it, thanks for seeing my efforts! That means a lot…” It wasn’t much, but she had finally started to give herself more credit. While Xueyi’s face remained blank, Hanya’s contorted into a small smile of understanding, awakening her repressed emotions slightly. Her blank stare returned once her mind thought about the work she had to do, and she said, “Now that the accomplice, that Mr. Skott, is on the ship and detained already, I guess it’s time for us to leave and prepare the legal procedures on how to move forward. There’s not much rest for the busy puppets like us… Vacations are a rare sight…”, to keep herself focused.

Feeling her and her sister’s fatigue/longing for some time off, Stelle felt her Trailblazing spirit rising up from within and suggested: “How about you and your sister stay here and relax for the day? The rest of the Ghost-Hunting Squad and I will take care of the Luofu matters. You deserve it and it wouldn't be fair for either of you to not have a vacation when we just finished one in the same location you're in right now. It would make you feel better and you can just take a ship back later in the day… Trust me, the Galactic Baseballer knows what’s best for you two right now!”

Both of them seemed to give off a radiance of surprise yet relief to the suggestion. “Are you certain? Will all of you truly be able to handle such an important responsibility? It’s difficult, but you are all experienced in these sorts of matters by now… I… suppose our superiors won’t mind this…”, Xueyi asked. “Of course, you should know that we got this by now!”, Guinaifen said enthusiastically, “Regardless of our occasional failures, we always come out on top in the end. That’s what makes us so successful to our followers on Ghostly Grove!” Sushang gave a thumbs up to her friend’s comments and said, “Excusing the social media references, it’ll be fine! Everything will be in a secure location and we know how to handle all this stuff. Our little vacation got trampled on by those pranksters, so I feel that it’s our responsibility to make sure they won’t do it again. We’ll get everything back in order, I swear! Cloud Knight’s honor!”, in an encouraging voice.

There was still some doubt among the sisters, so Hanya looked at Tail for some sign of approval, since he was the only one who had yet to say anything. “Well, what are you waiting for? Go enjoy your lives.”, he said after a while, “I got this, I’m the one who stopped Cirrus in the first place! If they try anything funny, I’ll give them a beatdown they’ll never forget!” His rude yet determined statement finally broke down the walls between the sisters and they relaxed a little. “Then, we shall do so. Thank you so much for taking some of our harder work off our shoulders and offering us this fine day of rest…”, Hanya said. Xueyi raised her hand up in gratitude while saying, “You’ve come a long way, Mr. Tail… Sure, I will spend some quality time with my younger sister. I thank you for giving us this rare opportunity, and I will be sure to return the favor someday…”, in a neutral yet very subtly grateful demeanor.

With that all done, the Ghost-Hunting Squad began to get on the ship that would take them back to the Xianzhou Luofu, in which Cirrus and Skott were also on board. Tail secretly liked being called “Mr. Tail” by someone else other than Huohuo, but he acted like he couldn't stand it, like usual. The rest of the friend group posted their experiences on Ghostly Grove (Guinaifen’s video that showed the masked Skott at the end became viral, much to his dismay) and chatted the whole way back, and they surprisingly had no regrets, despite the hardships they faced. In the end, their trials that they faced together was what helped them succeed and have fun…

After they all left, Xueyi and Hanya proceeded to hold each other's hands and wander off to find something to do together. Hanya gripped her older sister’s hand tighter as she smiled brighter for the first time in a long while and suggested: “Xueyi, how about we go to the pumpkin patch? I hear it’s a pleasant experience and we can gaze at nature together, just like we did as children such a long time ago…” The other sister smiled slightly as well, looking similar despite the puppets’ body designs being completely different. Without another word, both of them headed off into the woods to enjoy their mini vacation, this one being completely free from horror and full of nostalgic memories.

[Writer’s Commentary: This overly long idea for a prompt was maybe a little too ambitious. I spent way too much time on the small details and fluffy ideas, but I think they add to the nostalgic quality of this story. The video transcript formatting was something I never tried before and was improvised, but I loved doing it! I might use it more in the future. I based some of these activities and events off of things I experienced in my own childhood, which was a nice touch I loved putting in. The two villain twist was something I came up with while writing this. I planned for Cirrus to be the main villain the whole time, but the Skott idea came out of nowhere, so I had to try it! Maybe it doesn't work, but I like the idea anyway. And the ending was some sweet idea I thought of in order to tie the whole vacation theme into the ending. It's not perfect, but I think it’s beautiful to imagine. Overall, I love the Ghost-Hunting Squad and I’m glad I got to write a good fic about them just in time for Halloween! I hope you enjoyed this (assuming you got this far, that is) and you have a good day!]

[countrymusiclover]

60 - Missing What We Had

Part 61

Family is More than Blood

@melvia-ito @vavafaure1994 @kmc1989 @tallrock35

Missy’s pov

Ethan parked his truck outside of the lake house before I vamped behind opening the tailgate and taking out our suitcases. It had been five years since we had graduated high school. And we were doing our best to work in our small town. But most free weekends we were spending our time out here with our friends. “Landon just texted and said they’re almost here.”

“That’s good to know. We can set up the bonfire after the sun sets. My aunt Caroline said that they’d always start the school year off with a bonfire in the woods. And I think we should make that a tradition here, what do you think?” Grabbing the fireplace lighter stuffed inside one of the kitchen drawers I turned back to face my boyfriend.

My boyfriend smiled back at me. “That sounds fun. Let’s get everything set up before they get here.”

A few hours later we stood in the yard and down by the edge of the lake water with a burning pile of firewood at our feet. It was our whole little group of family and some friends gathered together which included me, Hope, Ethan, Landon and Andrea. Josie and Lizzie were back at Mystic Falls catching up with each other. “So what exactly are we doing with a fire? Are we going to be camping outside?”

“Not this time, Landon. This is actually a Mikaelson family tradition.”

Ethan made a confused face. “What kind of tradition?”

“Our auntie Bex said that we would write down our wishes and then burn them for luck.” Hope explained sitting on a log with Andrea and Landon seated on either side of her.

Landon smiled, scribbling down something and throwing it in the fire before anyone else could see it. “Sounds like fun.”

“Dang Landon, I guess we don’t get to know what you’re writing over there.” Andrea was the first to notice what he had just done.

The rest of us paused our wish writing focusing on the former supernatural boy. “What don’t you want us to know, Landon. I mean I thought we were all friends here.”

“He doesn’t have to answer if he doesn’t want to.” Hope defended.

Landon nervously rubbed the back of his neck. “It’s just embarrassing. I wished for some more muscles - like a certain Avenger.”

“The Hulk, Captain America or Thor?” I asked him with a cheeky grin.

Ethan pointed his index finger at him. “It’d be hard to pick between Thor and Steve Rogers.”

“Nah it wouldn’t be hard for me. God of Thunder, all the way.” Ethan and Landon shifted their gazes at me. Ethan gave me a weak smile until I responded back to him. “He’s a hot God. Oh don’t worry, E. You’re the only guy for me.”

Andrea slightly rolled her eyes, chuckling. “You guys are such cute nerds.”

The laughter in the room began to fade with my sister seeing some sadness welling in my eyes. “Missy, what’s wrong?”

“I wish Alina and Jackson were here. Along with the rest of our family.”

My sister nodded her head yes in agreement looking up at the stars above our heads. “Yeah, me too. I wonder if Alina is happy back in New Orleans.”

Raelyn’s pov

“Alina Mikaelson, you open the door this instant!” Vamping inside the cabin I heard my husband’s voice shouting down at the end of the tight hallway.

Striding up to him I grabbed him gently by the shoulder. “Klaus, yelling at her isn’t going to help us any faster.”

“She shouldn't have done what she did. She lied to us for five years. She didn't tell her son, our own grandson, about us. Oh and now to top it off she has another offspring that will probably know nothing about us!” He shouted back at me throwing his hands up in the air.

Running my hands down my face I sighed heavily knowing he had every right to be furious with her. I know I was but what would that anger solve, absolutely nothing. “I'm angry with her too. But if we don't have her on our side then I can’t do the spell to help my brother have another baby.”

“So that's what this trip was all about. My idiot brother in law can't wrap his head around the fact that he can't have any more children. Oh I feel so sorry for him.”

Glaring at my husband I remarked. “Niklaus, be nice. Remember he is my brother and I care about him just as much as I do you.”

“If he really cared about you he would have told you what Alina had done.” He turned his head back towards the door shouting again. “We're still your parents regardless of you legally being an adult now!”

Slapping my hand over his mouth I shut him up, turning his face with my other hand. “That’s not going to get us anywhere. Besides you can't dagger her for this, Nik.”

“Freya - could use - a boundary - spell.” He muffled against my palm.

Shaking my head he knew I was right. “And she'll break it in a second because she's half siphon witch in case you've forgotten.”

“What do you suggest we do then, Raelyn?” He removed my hand from his mouth holding it in his larger one.

Leading him over to the living room coach with our hands still together I dragged him down to sit with me. “We just wait for her to come talk to us.”

“You can't be serious, Rae?” He knitted his brows at me.

Nodding my head I laid down on my back on the coach staring at him. “I am 100% serious, Nik. She's old enough to make her own decisions even if we don't agree with them. We have to listen to what she has to say. Now can we please cuddle while we wait?”

“I have a better idea, we could go have sex on your brother's bed.” He smirked down at me.

Covering my mouth with my hands I attempted to hold back the fit of laughter that escaped my lips. “Nik, no!”

“Why not?” He pressed on leaning down to connect our lips together, his body hovering over mine.

Breaking the kiss I held his face in my hands I lightly smiled. “Because with our luck we'd get me knocked up and be on our way to child number 7.”

“What’s wrong with that? We both love our children don't we?” He questioned with a tilt of his head.

Lazily running my fingers through his dirty blonde locks I replied hoping he would understand. “I adore them with all my heart. It's just - we never have time to ourselves anymore. Like we used to when my cousins were alive and -”

“And you were always horrified you'd die and kill your entire coven.”

Rolling my eyes it all seemed so foreign now for me to be afraid of death. Looking back now I was born to be a vampire. I was born to be a heretic. “Yes, that too. But my point is I want us to go back to those moments. The moments where it was just you and me against the world. Where we aren't responsible for other people, just you and me.”

“I'll find a way to make that happen, my heretic Queen. You have my word on that because I love you.” Nik closed the gap between us, connecting our lips in a heated kiss.

Threading my fingers deeply into his curls I let myself get lost in the passionate kiss. “I love you too.”

[popsicle-parfait]

Unfortunately I ended up losing interest in this draft and with the drama that keeps happening at Nijisanji I also lost the same likability in the streamers I once did. So if anyone wants to pick this up or just read it I'm going to leave it here.

It's a reader x Ike Eveland.

You have been playing video games for a couple of years now, and while you're not the best at them you do have a lot of fun while doing so. You've gone from gaming noob to posting professional tutorials for others like you on your blog. If you can't play a game you'll just watch streamers and analyze it so you can at least be aware of certain mechanics if you do end up buying said unobtainable game. The streamer you've spent the most money on was probably Ike Eveland, you weren't too interested in vtubers but something about his eloquence and how he engaged with his audience caught your eye. 

You've been watching him for a few months now so you can properly say you're a part of the quildren, as the fans put it. Apparently a new game came out and it was on everybody's wish list, but luckily you pre ordered it a long time ago, all that was left to do was boot it up and start playing. It was a classic mmo game and like the person you were, you decided to pick the female avatar since they have more cosmetic choices. You were a mage class so you'd have an easier time grinding and upgrading your skills compared to other classes, plus who doesn't like to buff yourself every now and again? 

You were in the middle of farming for a new armor set when someone sent you a group invite, who could this be? Their username was "TheNovelist" and they already seemed to be 5x higher than you in levels, so what could they possibly want with you? You decided to bite the bullet and clicked join, there were three people already active; one of them being the party owner in question. 

You took a quick look at their character profiles and the other two party members were a gunslinger called "Lionsgate" and a healer named "PotassiumFighter12", only one of those made your sweat drop. TheNovelist looked to be a swordsman, carrying a heavy greatsword and what looks to be a really OP armor set that got released. You all typed your hellos in chat before the forsaken conversation of 'Why' began to circle. 

Bellflower: Wow! You guys are stacked, are you about to do a raid? 

Lionsgate: Hell yeah! We're gonna defeat the newest mini boss! ∩( ✧Д✧)∩

PotassiumFight… : Unfortunately, we don't have enough potions to cover our stats so we asked our friend here to find someone who'll help

TheNovelist: It's ok if you're not a high level, we'll share the exp anyway! (^_^♪)

Bellflower: Oh alright! If you need anything from me just yell, my attention span is kinda bad lol

Lionsgate: Don't you worry your head Milady! We'll go in guns blazing! ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

TheNovelist: Starting now

Honestly you've never been carried so hard in your entire life, but you can't deny the princess treatment isn't nice every now and again. The milady comment was odd considering you were sure you placed your gender as male in your profile but you'll take what you can get. After a few waves of monsters and drops to last you a few days, you were actually really enjoying yourself. The guys were funny and they all had such different personalities from what you could tell, plus they all seemed to know each other irl since the inside jokes were a bit odd. What the heck is a Shubert anyway? 

You were a bit confused but overall these guys really warmed your heart up! Afterwards you all parted ways and not even an hour later, you got a friend request from TheNovelist! The next day you decided to take a break for a bit since your hands were cramping and opened up YouTube to watch Ike's daily stream. It looks like he was playing that game you downloaded yesterday too, which you guess is pretty expected considering it was new and all.

[jamiesfootball]

⭐️⭐️ for anything you would like to share!!

OOOH! I have an answer for this one now, since you asked me about it in your comment (THANK YOU LOVE YOU MWAH!)

I have had a few people ask about the couch scene, specifically what fucking show Jamie was (poorly) explaining-

Community, season 2 episode 15, "Early 21st Century Romanticism" aka that one where Troy and Abed both ask out the librarian at the same time

Now I have a certain pet peeve when it comes to using pop culture references in media. If the only reaction it garners is 'look! they said the thing that I like!' then to me that's not a very good utilization of a shout out. References age, and they won't mean the same thing to people later.

But at the same time this is Ted Lasso, and Jamie was specifically trying to emulate a Lasso speech, which means references.

Starters for those who don't know- Community is a tv show. It's about a mish-mash group of students who joined a community college study group. While some of it has not aged well, much of it was made out of genuine nerdy love and it is absolutely dripping in sincerity and love.

(This is where Jamie's confused 'I think they knew they were in a tv show' is from- one of the characters in particular, Abed, is very meta, and frequently calls out the plot of the episode as if it were a tv show.)

One of the main plots of the episode I'm referencing is this: Troy and Abed, the best-friendiest best friends to ever best friend, have come to the conclusion that they are both interested in the same librarian. Wanting to side-step the common tv problem of two guys fighting over the same girl, they decided to circumvent the issue by both of them asking her out to a Valentine's day dance. Together. Like they ask her, at the same time, if she will go with both of them.

Which brings me to the how / why I chose it: because I did not like how this part played out in the finale. In the finale, Roy and Jamie going to Keeley's felt like a last-minute wrap-up, an 'oh shoot we forgot to deal with that.'

So when I set out trying to fix things, one of the first things I asked myself was 'what's a time where I've seen this sort of plot line work for me?'

Answer: this Community episode

That was my starting point. There were more things I knew I wanted. For starters, I wanted Keeley to actually have time to voice her opinion on having both of them spring that on her like that (that scene is in a later chapter.) But another thing I knew I wanted was for them to talk about it. Part of the making-it-make-sense to me wasn't just in figuring out how the fight happened, but also dealing with the aftermath of it all. I wanted them to talk about it, and I wanted them to get some closure on it.

I saw someone on here mention that Roy and Jamie have a pattern of initial disagreement -> jump to fighting about it -> admit guilt -> talk about what was actually wrong that started the fight. The whole couch scene is really those last two parts.

But with everything so raw and Keeley already admittedly a touchy subject, it felt like a topic that needed to be come at sideways. It made more sense that it would be Jamie brave enough to broach the topic- not only because of Roy being in a more intense place about it, but also because well...I think after Amsterdam Jamie's become a little more emotionally in-tuned to Roy. This is something else that I tried to weave in, that Jamie knows what Roy is like, and yeah Roy can be a dick, but he is rarely a dick without purpose. Sometimes that purpose is fun, but this was not fun.

Jamie is kind of a mess, our boy, so with Ted's most recent Ted-Talk fresh in his head, the idea of having him try to give Roy a Lasso Speech weaved itself in easy.

From there it was a matter of gathering the strings: the reference I already knew I wanted to use, and the framework to talk about it. This was actually the first part of the couch scene that I wrote. Though the initial draft was in short-hand, the core of the Lasso Speech was always the same: Jamie wandering his way towards softly admitting that a part of him was glad Keeley didn't choose between them.

Back to my earlier point about references, I had some guidelines going in for how to shape it:

Enjoyable by all. It had to be vague enough that someone unfamiliar with Community could still enjoy it, while being specific enough that it'd still feel meaningful. Because that's what I wanted the experience to feel like from Roy's point of view. He's never seen this show, he has no connection to it, so the meaning must be found in how the story is delivered.

Memory blur. Some situations call for a character to have very clear recall of an event or story. While Beard and Ted may have excellent pop culture recall, it made more sense if Jamie's was spotty (the frog in a hat bit is actually NOT from the episode he is talking about, it is from a different episode that happens to be near another dance). Plus given the age he was when the show came out, it made more sense if this is something he didn't necessarily seek out but instead passively absorbed.

Authentic. In addition to Jamie's spotty memory of the story he is telling, the fact of the matter is he is copying the style and structure of someone else, and he's filling in the gaps as best he understands them. He doesn't understand why Ted includes all these little details, but he knows that Ted includes them, and the result as Roy says is....endearing. Jamie is trying, and that's worth a lot, even if all Roy hears is straight up nonsense.

This brings the shape in a full circle for why I think the reference works. Because it's not about the reference at all. It's about Jamie telling the story. It's filler for the greater emotion at play.

It's not a perfect metaphor, but it doesn't need to be. That's not the point of a Lasso speech.

What actually happens in that episode is this: Troy and Abed ask the librarian out to a Valentines day dance. They tell her that they're best friends and they don't want anything to ruin that, so they'd like to give her the opportunity to date both of them at the same time so that she can then decide who she likes more.

Another fun tidbit- when the librarian agrees to the date, she calls them asking her out the most adorable thing to ever happen to her-

-which in itself is a subliminal clue for why Jamie at least thought his and Roy's dumb plan to go to Keeley's might work.

They go on the date.

She chooses Troy.

Abed excuses himself, as they agreed the loser would. Then, just like in Jamie's version of the story, Troy immediately has the realization that him winning means Abed lost.

The part that Jamie doesn't remember is that Troy spent the literal remainder of the date trying to figure out why she didn't pick Abed. Because to Troy, Abed is Abed. That's the person he spends all his time with. That's his best friend.

So why didn't she pick his best friend?

That's what Jamie's sublimated in the corners of Jamie's mind. Somewhere along the way, a dynamic shift happened, and Roy became another person whose well-being Jamie considers in the mix.

So that's the other thing about references: I think if you use them, they shouldn't alienate the audience, but they should also add something for anyone who does know it.

Jamie when pondering for a good parallel to their situation accidentally landed on the one of the two guys who were the best best friends to ever friend. Two characters who once famously, stubbornly, refused to end a pillow fight because the end of the pillow fight would symbolize the end of their friendship, so they planned to just keep hitting each other for hours to stave off the end.

So at the end of the night, there's Jamie. And yeah, he's kind of grateful that Keeley didn't pick either of them. Because what if she did? What if they had to live with that? That would hurt too.

[chidoroki]

182 Days of TPN - Day 33

Chapter 33: “Action, Part 2”

Again, no indication of the lullaby being hummed, but I love that the anime includes her doing so. I love her voice so much, both sub & dubbed. But damn ma’am, no need to sound so relieved that you’ll finally be free from your own son. (even though she didn’t really know Ray was her true kid until six years ago.)

Okay, so here’s where the timing of midnight sends me into a state of confusion, at least in the anime’s case. With the manga, we know Emma enters the dinning room to meet Ray at 23:38 and I can believe their whole conversation takes up until midnight when Ray drops the match. We also learn in this chapter Isabella finishes putting the babies to sleep at 23:45 and then does whatever in her office until she’s alerted by Emma’s scream. The manga makes more sense to me for this scene because it doesn’t specify exactly how long she’s in her office for or when Isabella reacts to the commotion in the dinning room. It’s easier to believe the kids had enough time to set up for Emma’s grand performance when we have no idea the current time of night.

With the anime however, we get Isabella hear Emma’s scream just seconds after midnight which baffles me greatly since that scream of Emma’s happens way after she catches Ray’s match! After singeing her hands, she has Thoma & Lani set up Ray’s replacement, takes out Ray’s tracker, made the boys vacate the premises so she can start the fire and then lets out that scream.. all of that certainly can’t happen in a matter of seconds just as the clock finishes its twelve midnight chimes! I dunno man, anime time is weird, but at least Emma’s voice actresses nailed that scream.. you don’t wanna know how often I just replayed it back.

Anyways, my nitpicking aside.. the fire is quite the spectacle, especially with how quick it was able to spread. We already got walls coming down. I also love how we don’t get a perfect look at Emma actually wearing her shoes, whether they’re drawn completely dark as they are here or covered by speech bubbles. You can still notice them sure, but it makes it fun to look back at once Isabella notices the footwear and how little focus they received.

Ah Isabella, a renowned caretaker who spent many years acting like the perfect mother in order to provide high quality merchandise to the farm.. and she ends up gets fooled by one of her own children in a very spectacular fashion. Sorry honey, I think you raised Emma a bit too well to be a proficient actor.

Props to Gilda as well for the subtle act she put on in front of mom and leading the other kids out. I gotta wonder though, what did the younger kids do when they all evacuated? Did they not see the fifteen escapees at all? Or if they did, even wonder where they’re all going and if they should follow too? Maybe Phil kept them under control.. yeah, let’s go with that.

The speed at which this girl ran away from the fire is exactly how quick she earned a permanent place in my heart. I know she resorted to cutting her ear off simply because she had no time (literally about ten seconds in the anime) to effectively take her tracker out with Isabella nearby, but damn girl! Ya gotta be so strong physically, mentally and emotionally to even pull off a stunt like that. Fair reminder that she’s only eleven!

The squad!! I love these kids, but I wish the majority got more spotlight, aside from Don, Gilda and Anna. The rest don’t do too much in the story? like they’ll have their own moment but the impact of it ranges from impactful to forgettable. I just wanna know more about them individually too. But yes, huzzah, big relief washed over me seeing Ray still alive.

OH! And see! The time once again! Manga basically telling us it had to take about twenty minutes for everything post-match drop to happen up until Emma reunites with the group, so the fact the anime had that whole operation finished seconds after midnight is so strange to me.

Much more intimidating than how the anime adapted it, even though this panel kinda ignored how Emma’s palms got a little scorched from catching the match and are now seemingly fine.

Favorite panel/moment:

I dunno, I like the panel of all the escapees and Emma reciting Norman’s words, but I really love this silly one of Ray too??

“I’ll explain later” ... yeah, this shouldn’t give me ch144 flashbacks, but it does.

[ravendruid]

Be In My Eyes - Chapter 6

You can read the previous chapters here or on AO3. I'm sorry it took me a while to upload a new chapter. I hope you like it.

As someone who gets overwhelmed quickly in extensive social contexts, sharing a house with six other people can be exhausting, so Vax'ildan tries to enjoy the moments of solitude as much as he can. 

Vax enjoyed being alone in the darkness of his room, with music as his only company and a dagger in his hands, which is what he was doing when his bedroom door opened. At first, he thought it was Vex since Percy had already left, but then he saw a hint of red hair from the corner of his eyes. When he looked to the door, Keyleth’s head was peeking through, one hand in front of her eyes. Vax could see her lips moving but couldn’t hear anything she was saying. It took him a couple of seconds to realize the music was too loud, so he paused the song and took off his earbuds.

“Hi, Keyleth. Sorry. I couldn’t hear you. Did you need anything?” He asked, sitting up and looking at her.

Keyleth let herself in, closing the door behind her. She had a faint blush on her cheek and was thrumming nervously with her fingers.

“I–I was wondering if you wanted to study with me?” She spoke in a sweet soft voice that made Vax’s toes curl.

“Yeah, of course,” Vax set the blade on his nightstand under Keyleth’s confused gaze. He waited for her to say something, but when she didn’t, he got up from the bed and walked towards her. “I did offer to study with you.”  

They sat on the living room rug, their backs leaning against the couch, with their books opened on the coffee table in front of them all morning. Keyleth was amazed at how patient Vax was with her, answering all her questions and explaining the topics. When he didn’t know the answer right away, she would watch him comb the books for answers until he looked at her with the grin of someone who had found the meaning of life.

Keyleth knew should be paying attention to what he was telling her, but instead, she couldn’t stop staring at his dark eyes, so full of mystery but so calm and kind at the same time. She realized that Vax spent a lot of time by himself or with Vex, only joining the rest of the group when Vex annoyed him to death. Keyleth couldn’t blame him. She found it hard to be around people as well. She was always concerned about what they would think or say or about her saying something ridiculous and being mocked, and that was why she was always quiet.

She hadn’t been alone with Vax that often, but whenever they happened to be alone, she didn’t feel like that. She somehow knew that Vax would not mock her for saying anything stupid or that he would think badly of her, and she felt comfortable with him enough to be herself and make jokes. She didn’t see him smile often – and had never heard him laugh – but she could swear that every time she tripped, spilled something, or said anything remotely funny, she could see the corner of his mouth curl into a smile – not in ridicule, but in amusement –, and that was enough of a win for her.

—

Later that night, Keyleth cooked one of her favorite vegetarian meals for the twins. They ate it together in the living room since the kitchen table was too large for just three people while drinking beer and chatting. Vex was surprised her brother had joined them, but he seemed light and carefree for once, chatting with a smile on his face. 

“You two should totally cook tomorrow, and I’ll take care of the decorations.” She said, pointing at Keyleth and Vax with her bottle and then at herself. She stifled a laugh as they looked at each other in embarrassment. “Just because it’s only the three of us, it doesn’t mean that we don’t get to celebrate Harvest’s Close.”

“Oh. That sounds fun.” Keyleth clapped her hands excitedly, looking at Vax with a begging expression.

“Come on, brother,” Vex teased him. “You can make your amazing pumpkin pie.”

“I don’t know, Vex’ahlia.” Vax’s smile fell, and he started looking around nervously. Shit. He was doing so well.

“You don’t have to, Vax,” Keyleth spoke softly, placing a hand on his arm. Vex noticed how her brother blushed and avoided her gaze, but most importantly, she also caught how Keyleth blushed too. Oh no, this is going to be a problem. “Although, I do love pumpkin pie,” Keyleth added, hooking a finger under her chin contemplative.

“So do I,” Vex pointed out. “And your pumpkin pie is the best in the world. You cannot deprive us of that delicacy, brother.”

“Alright, I’ll do it.” Vax surrendered when Vex looked at him with pleading eyes, but deep down, she knew it hadn’t been her to convince him, but Keyleth. This is going to be a problem indeed.

They spent the rest of the night making plans for the next day. Vex gathered a few coins from the twins’ shared savings for decorations, and Keyleth offered to pay for the food by herself – including the pie ingredients – refusing to take any of the twins’ money. By the end of the night, all three were exhausted but excited. 

Vex couldn’t remember the last time she had seen her brother smile the way he did when he and Keyleth started making plans for the next day. Not the ear-to-ear grin he had as they planned what time they would get groceries together, nor the shine in his eyes when he asked Keyleth what time they should start cooking together. But the cherry on top of the cake for Vex was hearing her brother ask Keyleth – when he thought Vex wasn’t listening – if she would be okay if he helped her with the main dish.

Vex knew she should be happy about her brother, but she also knew he loved so effortlessly and got hurt even easier. She decided not to say anything yet but would keep an eye on them. Vax had done so much to keep Vex safe that she would not let Keyleth break his heart. 

[killerawesome]

mario party 7 is probably one of the games of all time. because im currently playing in a mario party league (yeah mom its a thing), here's some mario party 7 fun facts! fun fact number 1, the tier list. - not necessarily a fun fact but something that's always fun to bring up is the character orbs. these orbs are specific to each group of characters, i.e. peach/daisy both have the flower orb. typically, the best character orbs are the ones that give movement. this leaves 4 characters, Dry Bones, Boo, Toad, and Toadette. Dry Bones/Boo have the Magic Orb, which doubles your roll for two turns as well as bypassing any traps that are on the board. the downside is you're just as likely to roll low than to roll high. Toad/Toadette have the Triple Mushroom (not to be confused with the Golden Mushroom/Triple Dice) which give them three consecutive double dice rolls. upside is that luck wise, you're more likely to get a decent roll (8-12 range). downside is that traps will still affect you. all in all, both of these characters are a good pick since movement is almost always prioritized on boards.

fun fact number 2, the duels - mario party 7 duels suck! (laugh track here) okay here's kinda how the rewards system works. the amount at stake for any given player is dependent on how far the winner is from the lose is in duels. if playerA is in 1st and playerB is in 4th, 4th will have more to gain from winning. usually this adds stars to the pool of potential things to take. On the flipside, 1st will have less to gain, usually only giving up coins (or nothing because MP7 is wacky). the closer the gap between the players is, the more likely stars will be on the table for both players. TL;DR, always punch up in duels, and never punch down.

fun fact number 3, the part where i go over some minigames - fun run is a pretty alright minigame, but the part i see most people trip up on is the Part That Pushes You Off The Cliff. there's a strategy that changes the game up a lot with that however. by hugging the far right corner just enough to not fall off, you can completely bypass the Part That Pushes You Off The Cliff. - tile and error is a 2v2 minigame that focuses on you and your partner covering up an entire side of squares to your color. while there isn't a meta defining strategy, there is something you should hella note. wait for your opponents to be near the edge. if you see this at any point, kick them off the cliff like you just saw a bunch of "this is sparta" memes because you wanted to see it for some reason. this gives your team a huge advantage, and it has your opponents team scrambling to try and recover ground. also, your ground pound can cover two spaces at a time. - final one, another 2v2, hop-o-matic 4000. this game will always give you 4 buttons to work with, with the final button pressed being the one in that set that hasn't been chosen. i.e. ABXY, if ABX has already been chosen, then Y will for sure be the next button.

this has been a bunch of MP7 fun facts, tune in next time where i'll go over some MP2 fun facts

[ornii]

Im sort of assuming your requests are open if not then do ignore it

Steve Harrington x male reader where Steve is actually getting ready for a date and the crew notices and decides to see what girl caught his eye and even got a date with Steve after not dating for a long while

they see Steve wait at a park and they wait and they start to think his girl might have ditched Steve and are getting mentally prepared to comfort Steve after but only to see a guy come up to Steve

“So sorry for being late darling! I just had to get my guitar since I forgot I had a gig later- after our date me don’t have to reschedule or anything! Let’s just have fun”

and it’s just this tall lanky British guy that has a guitar over his shoulder and they quickly start talking and reader is making Steve laugh and even snort and reader asks if Steve want to grab a drink which they do and reader is flirting like crazy and even Steve is flirting back with reader and it’s super cute

A very unique request, I like it!

Operation: Steve Out

You know, like a Stake out but, but it’s Steve— oh forget it.

Hawkins Indian was a population of around 30,000. Yet only a few were able to catch the eye of Steve Harrington. After his fumbles of Nancy and his Turmoil of Robin Steve hasn’t had the best luck on the opposite sex. However it didn’t stop him from taking care of Dustin and the others when times got pretty rough. But, as if by the grace of god, Steve is going out on a, date?

“Like a Date-Date?” Dustin asks him

“Yes Like a “Date-Date” Steve responds. He stands before Max, Dustin, Lucas and Mike who all look at him with mixes of confusion and possible annoyance. Steve presents himself.

“So?” He said, “So?..” Max asks retorting the question.

“How do I look?” He says explaining and Max Shrugs. “You look fine, I guess.” She said with obvious uninterest.

“Okay, guys?” Steve turns to the three. They look at each other and whisper, Steve stands before them as if they’re council.

“You look great, you’ll knock her dead.” Dustin smiles, ignoring his lack of pearls

“Yeah.. Her.” Steve says wearily under his breath, and leaves. The group look at each other almost as if they know what each other is thinking.

“That was weird, even for him.” Lucas begins.

“Yeah hes usually prepared when it comes to talking to a girl and he was going to pass out or something.” Max chimes in and Mike stares off into space.

“So this girl must be, Amazing.”

“Phobe Cates Amazing?” Dustin said, the group look at him, “What? It’s a Legitimate question, okay look.. why don’t we go See? If Steve is meeting her at the park we can just go all incognito and see just what’s making him all flustered.” Dustin suggests and the Crew seem pretty interested in going, and come up with a game plan.

At the Park, around Midday to Night as the sun slowly sets, Steve sits at a bench, completely by himself. Around 30 yards away the group crawl like commandos on the ground, all with binoculars on a grassy knoll. Using binoculars the kids watch. All asking questions.

“Where is she?”

“Yeah where’s Phobe Cates?”

“God dammit Lucas—“

“Did she stand him up?” Max says peering though her binoculars, “Wait someone’s coming!”

“It’s a…” Dustin halt’s his speech as he sees who approaches Steve, who gleams at their appearance. He was around Steve’s age, a pair of loose fitting jeans with the knees cut. A sleevele Tee with some odd slang to it, he carried a guitar case on his back, as Lanky and scrawny as he was, it was a surprise for him to carry it.

“Sorry love.. I had to pick her up, we have a gig tonight but we don’t have to reschedule.” He says with an accent not from America, Liverpool England. Steve shakes his head.

“No no it’s fine, it’s.. great.” He said, the Mystery Boy nods and they begin to talk, the crew watch absolutely stunned by the reveal. Steve and the Mystery boy laugh together and sit, talking.

“So, you want to grab a drink? Nothing alcoholic.” The boy asks and Steve smirks.

“Love to “Cheerio” he says mimicking his accent, the boy laughs.

“Hehehe—Please don’t ever do that again.” He says chuckling, and they leave, together.

“Is he…” Lucas begin

“I.. think so..” Max responds, Mike was baffled but he looks left to Dustin who was grinning ear to ear, Steve looked so, happy, content, in love.”

“Heh..” Dustin says “Nancy Wheeler…Eat your heart out.”

[mariska]

hello tumblr friends who live in my phone i just wanted to pop in real quick and let everyone know that I Am (somehow) Still Alive since i mentioned being very sick last month and did not want anyone 2 think i had finally Expired. wish i could say i'm doing better this month but while im definitely nowhere near as miserable as i was in April, i've been spending this month trying to deal with Sickness Aftershocks that have been making all of my long term autoimmune diseases/health issues in general flare up randomly really bad at pretty much completely random times and i also have a whole new fun set of similar feeling but definitely different and 100x worse physical health problems and its been extremely difficult to try and power through all of it like i'm used to doing for the 26 years i have been alive 😔 but i'm still hangin in there. idk how at this point lmao. subconscious fight or flight survival mode i guess. i'm like 99% sure i somehow caught one of the new covid mutations in April unfortunately despite the lifelong Agoraphobia and 3+ years of effort i've done to do literally everything in my ability to stay protected against it but. thats life i guess, u leave the house one or two times masked up hand sanitizer ready to go sweating from being overheated wearing clothes that cover as much of ur skin as u can stand and other people just Dont. so. i knew it would probably happen to me eventually i just was really hoping it would not! but. i will continue surviving as best i can because i dont have any other option or choice. but that is why i've unintentionally been distant here and online in general. it was already extremely difficult getting myself out of bed and taling showers and changing clothes and brushing my teeth and remembering to eat food and drink water before but now its reached a difficulty that i literally can't have any control over most of the time and its a lot of physical/mental/emotional effort to even tap reblog on a post online or respond to a text more so than it was previously. which again was already. very difficult to power through.

anyways! uh! yeah. life update i guess. i hope you guys are genuinely doing much better than i am this year and i hope you're all able to stay safe and as relatively healthy as you can. and please please please please at the very least wear some form of a face mask in public even if you're outside and not in a tiny building. i dont say that to shame anyone here i just feel like there are a lot of well meaning good people who arent fully aware that in the US at least the pandemic is very much not over and people like myself are suffering and dying because of that and we cant be the only group of people that are still doing our best to stay protected when we have to leave the house. if you're able to get some i highly recommend N95 type face masks because supposedly they offer one of the best chances of protection as long as you're wearing it correctly and it fits your face well; there's a really great non-profit organization called Project N95 that has an official website and a huge list of various face masks in a bunch of different sizes and types to order if you don't know where to find some high quality ones and they also have a form you can fill out and submit to request an order of free masks if you can't afford to buy them; their money donation pool goes towards providing masks (and some air purifiers i think?) to low income people/organizations/work places that doesn't have the funds or resources to constantly buy expensive batches of masks and their website is super detailed and well organized and has a long list of visual and written resources and information about different mask types, ways you can help keep yourself/your community safe, etc. so i highly recommend them if you are like me and are very stressed and anxious and confused about all of that information all the time. their site should be the at the top of the search results if you google N95 Project, it has a dot org site url so thats another way you can tell its the official site.