#but yeah so I’m going to get a new computer yay

[wewontbesleeping]

spending money makes me feel SIIIICK

[thevoidstaredback]

Danny found himself in the Batcave way before the Bats were due to return home. Alfred was on comms at the computer, so Danny waved to him before taking a seat on the head of the dinosaur. He was still so lost in thought.

His chat with Lady Gotham had been…uninformative. She’d had a lot to say, and he knew that he probably needed to hear every word of it, but none of it had brought him closer to solving the Coma Case. It hadn’t even told him if the portal was related!

He heaved a heavy sigh. “One thing at a time, Danny. Gotta call Connie.”

But what to tell him? That the Justice League Dark are going to have to infiltrate the main base for the League of Assassins because any of the heroes or their kids going would mean war on Gotham? Yeah, that’ll go over well.

He called the House.

“You’ve reached Batman.”

“Hey, Z.”

“Phantom! Why’re you calling the House?”

“Because what I’m about to say next may very well upset everyone and I very much do not want a call back about this tonight.”

“So be here in person?”

“That’s an even worse idea.”

She sighed, probably pinching the bridge of her nose. Had she been reading? Did he interrupt a meeting?

“Sorry,” he said quietly.

“What about?” Her voice was soft, but still stressed.

“For upsetting you… For interrupting whatever you were doing.”

“I wasn’t- It’s okay, Phantom, you didn’t interrupt anything. You have news?”

“Yeah.”

“Let me get the others in one place. You good to hold for a minute?”

“Yeah.”

“‘Kay, it’ll only be a minute.”

“Got it.”

There was a click on the line as it fell silent.

Danny sighed again.

There was another click and Zatanna began to speak again. “Alright, everyone’s here. Whatchu got for us, Phantom?”

He swallowed, forcing the words out before he chickened out and hung up on his team. “Battison and his children have spoken in council; In order to investigate the likely involvement with the League of Assassins, the Justice League Dark has to go alone.” He inhaled to try and calm his nerves. “Anyone of the JL heroes or their kids going in could risk war in Gotham and no one wants to see that happen.”

“Wouldn’t us going in be risking war?” Raven asked.

Danny shrugged. “Yeah, but a lot less so.”

There was a sigh that most definitely came from Constantine on the other end.

“We’ll give everyone a proper update once I’m back at the House, but I figured I should give y’all a bit to process the possibility.”

Deadman snorted. “How nice. Why can’t all of our missions give us time to process information?”

“Because Phantom’s not actively trying to kill any of us.” Zatanna answered, probably trying to slap him. “When’ll you be back?”

“Tomorrow? Yeah. Some time tomorrow.”

“Got it. We’ll order pizza.”

“Yay!”

The line went dead.

They didn’t like goodbyes, only saying as such before a high-risk mission. Abrupt hang-ups were better, though not during a crisis.

Danny stared up at the ceiling of the Cave from where he now laid on the T-Rex’s head. He still wanted to know where Batty Man got this thing. And the penny. Why’re they here? How are they here?

Eventually, Alfred left the comms and went upstairs, announcing his leave before going up to the Manor. Probably to make a midnight snack for the Batfam.

Soon thereafter, the group all came back to the Cave. First, Kate, who’s Batwoman; Then, Spoiler, Black Bat, and Red Robin; Next was Red Hood, who’s Jason, and Nightwing, then Batman and Robin. Duke was asleep, being the only day shift, and Barbra was elsewhere in the city.

Kate didn’t stay, changing before going up to the Manor to get her car. She was going to pick up Barbra from wherever she was and take her home. Steph and Cassandra were quick to also go upstairs, both very tired. Steph was leaning on Cassandra the whole way. Nightwing had dragged Red Hood into the infirmary before they could even get their masks off, so that was fun to listen to. Bruce sent Damian up to the Manor the moment he’d finished changing before sitting at the Bat Computer and starting to work on something. Timothy had taken his mask off, but hadn’t moved from his bike.

Nearly ten minutes after Dick and Jason had changed and gone upstairs to bed, Danny sighed and sat up. He wasn’t going to get anything done by sitting on his ass and counting bats. He resigned himself to talking to Bruce for a while longer. Not like it was a bad thing! Just that he would very much be asleep right now, but knows he won’t be able to sleep anywhere that isn’t the House or his Lair.

Timothy had moved from his bike, but hadn’t gone to change. Instead, he stood at the base of the T-Rex, staring at it in deep thought. Finally, he climbed to the top and sat next to Danny, about a foot of space between them.

Danny repressed a sigh.

“I looked into you,” Timothy said after a moment, “figured out who you were. Who you are.”

“I’m not anybody right now.”

“‘Course you are. You’re exactly who you were.”

“I can’t be who I was because I’m who I am now.”

“So you admit that you’re somebody?”

“It’s very well known, at least among the heroes, that I’m the Ghost King. That counts as being somebody.”

“True.”

“Is there a point to this discussion?”

A beat. “There was an accident when you were in middle school. The portal that your parents built, it’s what killed you, right?”

Another beat. Then another. “You need to learn a lesson in tact from Dick.” Inhale. Exhale. “Yeah, it was.”

“I’m sorry.”

“My first instinct is to say ‘It’s okay’, but we both know that’s a lie.” He didn’t turn to look at Timothy. “The dead don’t talk about their deaths even to each other. The living asking them about it isn’t something that happens. Whenever it’s brought up, the memories come flooding back. Most Realms Beings who have lived are only Realms Beings because of the way they died. Painfully, traumatically. Alone. Not only do we have to remember everything about how we died when it’s brought up, but we feel it, too. When I say it all comes back, I mean it; It all comes back and it hurts just the same as it did the first time.”

Timothy breathed in. Then, he let it go with a whispered, “I’m sorry. I didn’t know.”

Danny shook his head. “You didn’t, but that’s not a good excuse. I’m not going to forgive you for the slight because that’s not how this goes. Assuring that you're forgiven will only affirm that you can get away with the behavior in the future.”

Timothy nodded, his eyes on the dinosaur head they were sitting on.

Danny was suddenly very aware that the typing at the computer had stopped, though Bruce hadn’t yet left. He was listening.

“Jason and Damian. They both died, yeah?”

“Yeah, why?”

��Have they ever been comfortable talking about how it happened? Have they ever been the ones to bring it up?”

Timothy shook his head. “No.”

“That should’ve been your first clue.”

Danny let the cold rings of light wash over him again. It’s always easier to use his powers as Phantom instead of Danny, though using them as Danny was not nearly as hard as it used to be.

Phantom phased through the head of the dinosaur, finding his way to the memorial that had been put up for Jason, if the named notes were anything to go by. Gently, he placed his hand on the glass and whispered, “You have suffered a great many hardships in both your life and relife. Your rest was disturbed, though I have no doubts that you stand where you are needed. Moriste demasiado joven, niño. Tu familia aún llora, aunque caminas entre ellos. Se te protegerá como tú proteges, se te ayudará como tú ayudas y se te llorará como tú lloras. Tu fuerza nunca te fallará y tu corazón tendrá el peso de una pluma. Descansa ahora, y no sientas más ira cuando despiertes..*”

The Cave fell silent again, not even the bats shuffling above pierced the heavy atmosphere.

“What was that?” Bruce’s voice tentatively broke through the air.

“It is the duty of a psychopomp to guide souls to their chosen afterlife. That was a blessing for Jason, a hope that he will not need my services for a while to come. It was also an apology for not reaching him the first time.”

“It was in Spanish, right?” Timothy asked, “Why couldn’t I understand it?”

“Because it wasn’t meant for your ears.” His feet landed soundlessly on the ground. “Am I okay to stay the night here? The others aren’t expecting me until sometime tomorrow anyway.”

A ghost - ha - of a smile crossed Bruce’s face. “Of course. Will you need a room?”

Phantom shook his head lightly. “Nah, you have a library?”

“Naturally,” the man said, “C’mon, I’ll walk you there.”

“Awesome.”

Part 21 Part 23

Translation 1 - Spanish - "You died too young, child. Your family still weeps, though you walk among them. You will be protected as you protect, helped as you help, and mourned as you mourn. Your strength will never fail you and your heart will have the weight of a feather. Rest now, and feel no more anger when you awaken."

[candyciggies]

ao3 authors hear my prayers

Supernatural fic writers, I've got this idea and it won't leave me alone. I've never used tumblr before and I haven't even finished the damn show yet (on season 9) but this idea bitch slapped my ADHD, clutched my attention span by the balls, and worked it like a slave, Lincoln be damned.

it’s Dean Winchester, obviously. But not just any Dean Winchester— specifically protective older brother edition who can be gentle to his loved ones but never to himself. Determined Dean Winchester who doesn’t want to blame his dad for how shitty he turned out but wants to nurture his little brother to turn out better. My darling Dean Winchester who is so unfamiliar with love that all he can do is protect, protect, protect and hope that his kids will get it—kids being Sam, Adam, Charlie, Kevin, and Ben in this case. 

So yeah this is an AU situation. No monsters and everyone(?) knows each other and it's cute and stuff. It even features Benny being an awesome bestie, which I love to sink my teeth into. And also Destiel. I may be new gen but I'm cultured and queer and neurodivergent and that equates to "obsessed with Castiel's devotion to Dean Winchester" because I, too, can't be normal about humans I adore.

ANYWAY---

I’m thinking something like that movie Daddy Day Care but they're all dumb kids. Here's the outline I shat out in half an hour: 

John Winchester is practically missing, as he usually is, and so Dean takes on the task of being Sam’s primary caretaker. At this point they’re 12 and 16 years old.

Lisa (Dean’s ex-girlfriend, 19 y/o single mom, dumped him as soon as she found out he was underage; they never slept together) calls Dean and asks him to babysit Ben while Lisa goes out on a date. Dean agrees because he’s a softie and kind of a pushover. (Don’t tell him I said that.)

About 15 minutes after Lisa drops Ben (toddler) off at the house, Bobby calls Dean freaking out. Turns out John was supposed to pick up Adam, the Winchester boys’ younger half-brother, at the airport. Adam flew in from Minnesota for his biannual father-son time. But instead, Bobby has to ask Ellen to pick the kid up, and then Dean babysits him, too. 

Before Ellen left to get Adam, she was in a heated argument with her 11-year-old daughter, Jo. When Ellen has to leave for the airport, Jo refuses to go, so Ellen sends her to Bobby’s. Instead of going to Bobby’s, though, Jo goes to the Winchesters’ place and becomes yet another brat (/affectionate) for Dean to look after.

At this point, Dean decides to phone a friend. Benny swoops in to save the day, and shockingly, he’s great with kids. 

When Charlie rolls in, she initially tells Dean she snuck out because she got grounded for being on her computer too long. But later she reveals she ran away after her mom found her kissing another girl in her bedroom. Dean asks how her mom responded and if she’s safe, and Charlie admits she didn’t hang around long enough to find out, too scared of the possibility of a bad outcome. Dean texts Charlie’s mom and tells her the girl is fine and will be home tomorrow. Yay!! Sleepover!! :)   

Kevin joins the fray when his girlfriend breaks up with him. He’s reluctant to confide in Dean but ends up doing so anyway because his mom hates the fact that he got a girlfriend in the first place, considering he’s only 13 and should be focusing on his studies or whatever. Kevin stays for dinner and movie night, and yeah, Dean cheers him up. 

Benny cooks, and it’s amazing, but there’s a vampire joke somewhere. Lurking. Very meta, no fuckerberg.

It’s about here that Dean is feeling thoroughly overwhelmed, fearing he has bitten off more than he can chew. In the middle of the chaos—Jo teasing Kevin, Sam trying to fight Benny, baby Ben crying, Charlie playing her music too loud—there’s a knock on the door. Pissed off, Dean storms up and rips it open, ready to send whoever it is home crying. However, the open door reveals Castiel, Dean’s crush—who he’s been avoiding because Cas accidentally, obliviously confessed his undying love for Dean, the captain of the wrestling team, at the stupid ass high school mathletes tournament of all places, jesus christ—and Dean melts into a puddle. 

Immediately Cas is trying to apologize because he didn’t know that he wasn’t supposed to say he loved Dean, even though he did, and he does, and he doesn’t know why, but he does, and he tried to ask his dad, the pastor, but it turns out boys can’t like boys at all, so, yeah, maybe there is something wrong with Cas, but he still likes Dean, and he didn’t mean to embarrass him or make him uncomfortable or ruin their friendsh—

Dean kisses him, and the whole circus behind him shuts up. Cas spends the night, and in the morning when Ellen and Bobby come to wake the Winchester boys up, they find all the kids asleep and half-cuddling in the living room. 

Additional notes: 

I haven’t finished the show yet, so that sucks (give me a week, I've got this) but more importantly, I haven’t met Jack Kline. Or Claire Novak, but that's not as big of a deal. So I guess I’ll have to wait to integrate them. Or, y’know, if someone else picks up writing this... squeeze those darlings in pretty pleaseeeee....

I also wanted to include Jess because I love the idea of Dean teasing Sam and his first girlfriend. Also Jess and Sam warm my heart so there’s that, too.

Character Ages

Dean - 16

Sam - 12

Ben - 18 months

Lisa - 19

Adam - 6

Jo - 11

Benny - 18

Charlie - 10

Kevin - 13

Castiel - 17

Okay that's all

I gotta try tags now. Yikes.

[iriskillz]

online love- iriskillz

online love is a series i’m starting and it’s kinda based off of my guildmate next door but not to much! anyways enjoy the first chapter!

“okay fine ill download wpl” you said to your friend claire as she was trying to convince you to download an online game.

(WPL short for war,people,life)

Claire had been talking about how good the game is and how she’s made many online friends in the game. recently she had been trying to make you get the game. which didn’t turn out well for you because claire is your bestfriend and you couldn’t possibly say no to her.

“YAY!” claire screamed with joy as she took another sip of her coffee. “i can’t wait to introduce you to my group!” she exclaimed

“w-what? you never said anything about a group?” you said very confused

“yeah? my group! i’m the leader actually! but you’re gonna meet my online friends!”

she said very happily

“o-oh okay then!” you replied nervously not knowing how to act

(later on in the day)

“i’m finally home” you spoke to yourself as you plopped on your bed

*bzz *bzz

(incoming call - claire drake)

“ughh.. hello?” you said as you picked up the call from claire

claire- did you download it y/n?

you- no.. claire i just got home..

claire- oh okay.. well uhh can you download it right now?

you- fine.

you get up off of your bed to your desk where your computer is and start to tap and click to download wpl

you- it’s downloading

claire- YAY! okay i’m gonna tell my group that we have a new member

you- alright.. also does your group even have a name or is it jus-

claire- we are called slushyphones

you- LMAOO SLUSHYPHONES? what kind of name is that

claire- well hamzah and martin wanted slushynoobz and mandy wanted iphones so i decided to mash them together and so we created slushyphones *sigh*

you- oh.. honestly i’d prefer iphones LOL

claire- anyway has it downloaded

you- yeah im making my account

you tell Claire as you type in a username,

y/nkillz.

you- okay it’s made

claire- what’s your user so i can add you

you- y/nkillz

claire- okay… and added you! accept the friend request and invite to the slushyphones

you- don’t call yourselves the slushyphones please LOL

claire- *sighh* i know it’s bad..

you- okay i accepted. wait why am i teleporting

claire- join the group call in the game

*call ended*

you look at the keys on the keyboard confused on how you do anything then you see a little mic button that says join.

you bring your cursor to the button and

*click*

(y/nkillz has joined slushyphones VC)

hamzahthefantastic- martin if you don’t stop trying to hack my account i’ll report you

thatmartinkid- LOL sorry bros i gotta do what i gotta do! you scammed me you said you would give me-

jahluver127- GUYS SHUT UP! my irl friend

y/n joined the call

mandysiphone- hi y/n! it’s nice to meet you

hamzahthefantastic- yeah hi.

thatmartinkid- erm hey y/n.

y/nkillz- oh sorry if i interrupted claire just told me that i should join

mandysiphone- you weren’t interrupting anything they were about to shut up anyway

thatmartinkid- hey no i wasn’t because hamzah scammed me he told me that he was-

jahluver127- MARTIN BE QUIET! we do not care that hamzah scammed you of your 300 gems that was your fault!

hamzahthefantastic- LOL BRO GOT IN TROUBLE

thatmartinkid- it’s not funny hamzah.

y/nkillz- *lol*

thatmartinkid- IS Y/N LAUGHING AT ME

hamzahthefantastic- LOL I THINK SO! you suck dudeee get scammed!

jahluver127- okay enough someone help her find her way around the game me and mandy are going on a quest right now and can’t

mandysiphone- sorry

thatmartinkid- well the second highest level is hamzah so he should do it

hamzahthefantastic- what don’t leave me with the noobie

y/nkillz- what the hell that’s kinda rude.

hamzahthefantastic- sorry but i don’t do well with noobs

*jahluver127 has left the call*

*mandysiphone has left the call*

*thatmartinkid has left the call*

hamzahthefantastic- BRUH. they really left me in here to teach you.

y/nkillz- LOL well i guess you have to teach me now!

hamzahthefantastic- i guess… so you know the basic moving skills right? like wasd and space to jump?

y/nkillz- yeah duh i’m not that much of a noob

hamzahthefantastic- okay well follow my character the one with the red shirt on and black cape

y/nkillz- okay! wait why is my character ugly.. how do i change it

hamzahthefantastic- well you only have 50 gems which can’t really get you anything to change your avatar so i’ll gift you 500

y/nkillz- wait what? don’t send me it, it’s okay i don’t need a cute avatar yet im still a noob

you spoke through your headset until something popped up on your screen

*hamzahthefantastic has gifted you 500 gems! would you like to accept?

yes or no*

hamzahthefantastic- accept it y/n it’s a gift for being a noob, maybe if you customize your character people won’t try to kill you

y/nkillz- are you 100% sure?

hamzahthefantastic- yes im basically rich in this game

y/nkillz- okay..

you spoke as you dragged your cursor to press accept.

hamzahthefantastic- alright now click the little shopping cart at the top of the screen and it should take you to the shop

y/nkillz- okay i’m gonna customize my character give me a second

hamzahthefantastic- alright.

(15 minutes later)

hamzahthefantastic- dude you are taking forever

y/nkillz- IM SORRY IM REALLY INDECISIVE

hamzahthefantastic- JUST PICK SOMETHING CMON

y/nkillz- okay im done. how do i look

hamzahthefantastic- lol cat ears?

y/nkillz- YES ARE THEY NOT CUTE?

hamzahthefantastic- no they are cute it kinda suits your voice

y/nkillz- what the hell is that supposed to mean..

hamzahthefantastic- i’m saying you sound like you could be a discord kitten

y/nkillz- i hate you

hamzahthefantastic- aw how sweet that warms my heart to hear y/n!

y/nkillz- just hurry up and show me the game

hamzahthefantastic- okay if you insist

*3 hours later*

hamzahthefantastic- Y/N KILL IT! ITS HALF HEART

*y/nkillz has slayed lvl 40 boss*

y/nkillz- LETS FUCKING GO !

hamzahthefantastic- now you are lvl 40 maybe tomorrow we can get you to 100

y/nkillz- yeah hopefully!

hamzahthefantastic- so how do you like the game

y/nkillz- it’s pretty fun and also really addicting it’s like 1am now.

hamzahthefantastic- ah shit i have to work in the morning

y/nkillz- okay i’ll let you leave!

hamzahthefantastic- um well before i leave could i get your insta. F-FOR THE GC OBVIOUSLY

y/nkillz- if you wanted my insta for yourself you could’ve just said so

hamzahthefantastic- N-NOT FOR ME ITS FOR THE GC!

y/nkillz- calm down im just teasing you!

hamzahthefantastic- whatever ill talk to you tomorrow

*hamzahthefantastic has left the call*

*you have disconnected from the call*

*call ended*

A yawn escapes your lips as you get up and stretch.

you make your way over to your bed where your phone had been plugged in charging

and you read the screen

*new follower @hamzahthefantastic*

you quickly followed him back as you went to stalk his account.

he had nothing posted of his face but he had posts that had a peak of his curly hair or posts of his cats but nothing of his face which kinda made you upset because you couldn’t lie, he had a nice voice but it didn’t matter since he didn’t post his face while you on the other hand had your face as your profile picture.

you had had enough stalking and put your phone on your nightstand and drifted to sleep

while you were sleeping you received multiple notifications

*hamzahthefantastic has liked your post*

*hamzahthefantastic has liked your post*

*hamzahthefantastic has liked your post*

*hamzahthefantastic has liked your post*

*hamzahthefantastic has liked your post*

*hamzahthefantastic sent you a message *

xo iris

[t0ast-ghost]

20th Episode Achieved! (Tomorrow Is Yesterday)

Here’s some thoughts:

- it’s a time travel episode, isn’t it?

- I think there could be a lot of “real UFO’s” because they’re just unidentified flying objects

- goddamnit Kirk what’ve you done, your in the atmosphere

- great Scott! They’re in the 60s!

- Kirk certainly hasn’t been briefed on what to do by the starfleet time agency

- “I’ve never believed in little green men” “neither have I.” SPOCK, you literally just saw a Gorn… also Orions

- Spock knows he’s scaring the shit outta this guy and he’s enjoying it

- why when the computer starts calling him dear does Kirk look to Spock like he did this (I’d believe it, I could totally hear him saying that)

- WAIT the computer system on all ships are made by a female dominated planet, that’s pretty cool

- Kirk not afraid to slap a bitch

- “Jim, what if we can’t go back?” Was delivered with such… je ne sais quoi

- (18:33) “Now you’re sounding like Spock.” “Well, if you’re gonna get nasty, I’m gonna leave.”

- “Could he be retrained to forget his family, his children.” “The answer to that is no.” Don’t worry they’re not making threats! They’re just having their regular chats on theoretical situations!

- “It’s just a joke, Captain.” Bones finding Spock’s joke funny

- Sulu looks so happy to be here

- McCoy pacing and worrying while Spock watches him and does his calculations

- THE BOYFRIENDS CONCUR! They’re both worried about Kirk and Sulu

- BOYS WE GOT ANOTHER ONE! Spock gives the new officer a look and then WALKS AWAY

- McCoy just takes the gun. BONES GOT A GUN

- Okay again, walking around in plain sight (yeah this isn’t sneaking at this point) is not an effective strategy for being unseen

- Kirk would eat the chemicals in a darkroom, you can’t convince me otherwise

- Kirk’s fighting strategy is straight up goofy

- I love Kirk and Sulu gaslighting the soldiers

- “hmm… Poor photography.” REALLY?!?

- “BLAST your theories and observations, Mr. Spock! What about, Jim? He’s down there alone, probably under arrest. He doesn’t have a communicator and we can’t beam him back aboard without one.” “I am aware of that, doctor.” I feel like they have this conversation every time. Like McCoy wants Jim to be safe and thinks that Spock is under reacting when Spock is just as worried but doesn’t think any outburst would be effective.

- “I popped in out of thin air.” He took that sass from Spock

- Spock worried Kirk punching someone hurt his hand

- yay they made it back!!!!

I’ve been a bit distracted while drawing for the past couple episodes but drawing Bones is worth it

Master list :D

[cal-daisies-and-briars]

🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻🗻 (the adoptions! ❤️ love that for them! I really love this whole journey that they’ve been on - they really are the best dads and are doing so right by Artie and it’s just lovely to see!)

🔼🔼🔼🔼🔼🔼🔼🔼🔼🔼🔼🔼🔼🔼🔼🔼🔼🔼🔼🔼🔼🔼🔼🔼🔼🔼🔼🔼🔼🔼 (as always with the Daniel reveals my heart is just broken for Buck and Maddie. There’s just no way to get through this without them hurting. Very excited to see Buck continue to be supported by his partners and for them to help him fight his self-destructive tendencies! Also Chris making Buck a card to make him happier! Love that child with my whole heart!)

- PCA <3

102 for 🗻 (YAY! Thank you!)

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“What does that mean?” Artie asks. His face is doing this little scrunchy thing it does when he’s upset or confused. Usually, Eddie finds it insufferably cute. Right now, it’s a little heartbreaking. 

“It means…” Buck sighs. “Uh…”

“Being a parent is a hard job,” Eddie cuts in. “Sometimes, really hard. Especially with babies, because babies need you all the time.” 

“But it’s the best job,” Buck adds. “And we are really lucky to have it.”

“We are,” Eddie agrees. “But you know how not everyone can be a teacher or a doctor or… Or a computer scientist like your brother?”

Artie nods.

“Well, not everyone is cut out to be a mom or dad, either,” Eddie says. “And Jaylin, your mother, she just wasn’t.”

“Oh,” Artie says. 

“So you came to us,” Buck says. “And we were very, very happy that you did.”

Artie thinks. “Did you get married to my mom?”

Eddie holds back a gag. 

“Uh, no,” Buck says. “She and I never got married.”

Artie turns to Eddie. “But you and Christopher’s mom were married.”

Eddie nods. “Yeah. We were. But you don’t have to be married to have a baby. Sometimes it’s easier if you are. Not always, though.”

“So how did I even get born?” Artie demands. 

“How were you born?” Buck rephrases the question. “Well… Uh, you were a really, really good surprise.”

Safest way to phrase that, for sure. 

“Oh,” Artie says. 

“But guess what?” Eddie asks him. 

“What?” Artie complies.

“Even though you were a surprise, when we knew you were going to live with us, it was the best news in the whole world,” Eddie tells him. “Because you made our family complete. You made Chris a big brother. And we are so, so happy you’re ours.”

Artie smiles. “I’m happy, too.”

“C’mere,” Buck says. 

Artie rolls over to hug Buck. Buck wraps his big arms around him in a bear hug. 

“You’re the greatest kid in the whole world,” he tells Artie.

“Do I have to see her again?” Artie asks.

“Not if you don’t want to,” Buck promises. 

But Eddie wonders if, with Jaylin living nearby, that’s a promise he can keep. 

ii.

Eddie was right to worry. 

Jaylin shows up a few days later. Right around the after school hour. Luckily, Artie is at Maddie and Chim’s. He and Daniel have swimming lessons on Tuesdays, and Maddie always picks them up and brings them back for dinner. 

It’s just Eddie and Buck this evening, freshly home from their respective shifts. Which are no longer together. Eddie is still at the 118, under Hen’s leadership. Buck got his own station last spring. Captain Buckley. Kind of a turn on, actually. 

“You can’t just show up here,” Buck tells Jaylin. Sounding very captainly indeed. 

“You just showed up at my house,” she retorts.

“We were trick-or-treating. We had no clue,” he says. “Believe me, if we did, we would have avoided you.”

Her lips purse. “Was he okay?”

“You don’t get to ask me about him,” Buck says. “It’s been five years, Jaylin.”

“I’m still his mother,” she says.

“No!” Buck snaps. “Don’t you get it? You’re not. You lost your rights to that title when you sailed out of his life. When you came back and didn’t tell us. Now go. You’re not welcome here.”

And that’s that. 

Gone is the Buck that tried with her. That gave her more grace than she deserved. Captain Buckley? He’s not playing around. He doesn’t even want to hear her out. 

And honestly? Eddie’s with him on this one. He hopes they never have to see her again, though he doubts they’re that lucky.

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90 for 🔼 (Happier chapter to come <3):

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Not terribly. Not so bad it’s not worth buying. The inspection said it doesn’t have any major structural issues or flaws. It’s just kind of a dump. But Eddie can fix a dump. Actually, he’s kind of excited about it. Because once it’s one proper unit again, the place is pretty spacious. It even has a little yard and patio, so they can transplant Christopher’s veggie garden. Everyone could have their own room. Though, Eddie imagines he and Buck will choose to share, regardless. He’s starting to realize they’re a little clingy.

It’s all exciting. It’s all really exciting. It’s going to be a fuck ton of work. But this is going to be their home. All of them. And it’s going to be worth every drop of effort.

ii.

The new year brings a lot for Eddie and everyone.

Shannon starts school in January. Which is sort of chaotic because they also move in January. And, then, on top of that, Maddie is due in January. So Buck is also spread a little thin, helping out where he can. Which is still awkward, because of the whole non communication thing between her and Shannon. 

Essentially, Eddie knows he’s got to spearhead the house effort. He’s the only one with the capacity right now. But Buck is the one with some construction background, so he’ll have to plan around that. Not that Eddie is useless. Firefighting has taught him how to knock things down rather effectively. 

At the price they get the place for, they’re able to bring people in to help remodel. Not the whole house, but the hard parts. Tearing down a few walls that separated units. Ripping out the second kitchen and turning that into a space for the kids. The rest is just paint and finishes and updates to pretty old bathroom and kitchen designs. Which, really, doesn’t need to be done in a rush. Eddie decides to prioritize the bedrooms. Give everyone their own space, starting with Chris. It’ll mean the most to Chris.  

A few days before they’re set to turn over the keys to Eddie’s house - Buck’s tenancy at the loft will finish at the end of the month - they respond to a huge pile up caused by a drunk driver speeding and swerving in the wrong direction on the freeway. It’s one of those extra bad calls. The kind he’ll remember and think about later, despite best efforts. The amount of damage just one person, one choice or mistake, can have? It can be haunting. The death and injury count is sort of staggering. 

And then two things happen.

They learn Maddie is in labor. They learn Albert has been badly injured in the pile up. All at once. New life, potential death. 

To say it’s high stress is an understatement. Eddie is proud of Buck for focusing and doing what needs to be done while his family is experiencing so much. While, somewhere, his niece is being born, and he’s not there. Not that he really could be, with Covid protocols. Numbers are rising again. 

As night turns to morning, Buck stays at the hospital. Eddie goes home. Someone needs to tell Chim about his brother. Someone needs to check on Maddie and the baby. And, Eddie supposes, someone has to update Shannon. Hey, just so you know, your estranged friend is giving birth and her sort of brother-in-law is comatose. Might be a good time to reach out. 

“God,” Shannon says when she hears. “That’s horrible. Poor Chimney.”

“Yeah,” Eddie sighs. “I can’t imagine if I had to worry about Sophia or Adriana dying on the same day Chris or Jane was born.”

“I really hope he pulls through,” she says.

“Me too,” Eddie replies. “Albert’s a good guy.”

Shannon nods. She doesn’t really know him too well, to be fair. 

“We should do something for them,” Eddie says. “Some gift from all of us.”

“Um, well, I did put together a bunch of Jane’s stuff she’s outgrown. Stuff we don’t need again, so… Maybe you and Buck can deliver that to them for the baby.”

Well. Okay. Sure. He could do that.

“Shannon, you could also-”

“No,” Shannon cuts him off. “No way. This isn’t the time. And also, it’s not what she wants.”

“You don’t know that,” Eddie says. “Babies bring people together, right? I bet she wants you in her daughter’s life.” 

“Eddie,” Shannon shakes her head. “I’ve already said no.”

This is getting stale. 

[mylittlenook]

okay this is scary but here i go 😭

last song: buttons - the pussy cat dolls (unexpected but iconic i’ll take it)

favorite color: it really depends, in fashion i love to wear brown, gray and blue. as for most of the time i love green and orange the most

currently watching: the next prince, boys in love & knock out. what can i say, i love my gays 🙂‍↕️

last movie: wish i watched more movie but i cba honestly, the last one i watched was moana 2 with my family back in december. pixar movies are my favorite, i don’t wanna see real people on my big screen sorry 🫡

sweet, savory or sour: savory all the way, i always love a good sweet treat (diabetes does run in the family so obv i love sweet 🙂‍↕️) but nothing tops crisp and perfectly salted chips for me.

currently reading: catered all the way - annabeth albert. listen, just because i read 2 books a week doesn’t mean i’m getting educated. just tryna get though albert’s entire catalog (only have like 5 left, i’m almost there). also cannot refuse a cute christmas romance, even in the middle may. i’m weak for a good mm geek/navy romance 🤷🏽‍♀️

relationship status: single as a pringle… but also introverted and REAL awkward so what was i expecting lmao

curent obscession: annabeth albert (as we’ve established), my save file and legacy challenge i wanna start soon (i’m out here fully prepared, big ass notion board w scripst, pictures and descriptions for each and every lot/ family/lore, the day i start you’ll never see the end of it 😌), pesto pasta (gotta have them at least twice a week), CHUU MY LOVE AGHHHHHH, and tyla’s new song i want at both my wedding and my funeral thank uuu 🙂‍↕️.

last google: sims 4 cc foosball table… curious but i’ll expect it. i mean you’re a cc hoarder or you’re not, the grind never stops.

currently working on: my save file (yay) and moving back home too save up for uni (disgusting i hate it someone save me)

and for the pick a song tag for each letter of my url:

m -> minsu is confused - minsu // y -> you’re here that’s the thing x beabadoobee

l -> lady by the sea - stephen sanchez // i -> i don’t care - sweet micky (don’t look at me like that, it’s good. it just is.) // t -> truth or dare - tyla // t -> tiva000 - tia ray // l -> letter to my 13 year old self - laufey (kills me every time) // e -> end of the world - searows (probs my fav singer 🙂‍↕️)

n -> never let me go - ghostly kisses // o -> out of time - unflirt // o -> only cry in the rain - chuu // k -> knock knock (who’s there?) - red velvet

(might need a shorter name next time huh)

thank you @cutietrait for tagging me that is so sweet 🥹 don’t know who to tag ‘cause i don’t really know anyone on here despite being on this app since like 2017… oh well, you gotta start somewhere right? wasn’t really active until getting back in my sims grind last year. didn’t intend on turning this into a finds blog (kinda accidentally happened as i was cc shopping lol) but in the future (when i get a good computer in a few months (hopefully (pleeeeease)), i’ll probably start posting my build and gameplay edits on here so yeah! i’ll probably do a more formal introduction then but this is less scary, kinda feels like seeping my toes into it.

also if there’s any mistakes, excuse my french, english is not my first language but i tried 🫡

[orphicpoieses]

December 20, 2024

Hi and welcome to my small blog about writing and creativity 🥰

I am finally doing a life update again, because I got some writing news for you. But first, let’s get into today’s topics.

————— 🍂 Topics

A general update on my life (besides the news you already got)

Project Rosary Updates

Future Plans

————— 🍁 General

So, before I dive into my writing project, I want to say thank you for all your kind words in the last few weeks. I read the comments and even got inboxes from you guys (which I could sadly not answer due to my mental state at that time). You are so sweet and thank you for sticking with me.

A special thanks goes out to @yourfriendlywriter and @mirrorthoughts 🫶🏻 your messages were so sweet 🥰

Anyway, I don’t know if I already posted this or not: I got a job 🥳

No, I did not quit university. I just expanded my point of view. I am now working for a large research Company in Germany, the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, where I help people in diverse medical treatments with the so called “Life Sciences”, aka Computer Science solutions for medical problems.

For anyone sticking around for a longer time, you might remember that I quit my mathematics studies and changed to computer science? Yeah, I’m back in math there 😂 but the people are great and I could attend my very first Company Christmas party 😎

University is also going fine. I passed the hardest exam this year and I can finally start preparing for my Bachelor’s Degree, since I am nearly done 🥳

————— 🥀 Project Rosary

Do you remember Project Rosary? My dark fantasy novel series? Yes. It still exists. And I finally came back to it, after a whole year of not writing! (Another thing that I should have noticed sooner, that I lost my creative spark while I was together with my ex...)

I am currently working on the first in the series (though I am not quite sure if I publish until everything is written...) and while I want to write something new for it again, I still need to digitize my handwritten chapters from my notebooks. I managed to fill the first whole notebook this year (yay! a small creative spark!), so I am finally onto writing that into my Scrivener project.

The best method for me is switching between dictating and typing. Sometimes I find it more convenient to just read my writings to my computer and edit the mistakes afterwards and sometimes I just want to have that typing feeling... 😅

But dictating on a Mac is way better than on a Windows! Holy!

I have a Windows Desktop at home and a Macbook as a Laptop. When I first tried dictating my writings, I started at my desktop and it wasn't too bad, just a little bit annoying to have every fullstop and every comma spoken out. But okay, I thought, it will be better with time. Then I tried on my Mac a few days ago and boy was that different. It not only realized when I wanted to ad a comma, but also if the sentence was a question or not. A real game changer!

The only thing I need to get myself to, is the names, because it will not always recognize the name I was saying (okay, they are not quite easy to write but also not the most difficult ones).

As a little welcome back gift to myself I treated myself to some nice Scrivener Themes from Etsy. Now, writing is even more fun. 🥰

I am officially halfway through the first draft with this book, which means that I can go on to the most fun part to write: the climax and the turning point!

————— 🌾 Future Plans

I don't like making assumptions about how often I will update you on my ongoing writing journey, but I hope to at least write here and there a little update.

I hope to get the notebook done this year and maybe start writing the turning point (I hope so).

I also saw that Tumblr now has Communities, which shows me, how long I haven't been on this website...which was quite too long.

I also hope to take you all with me on the journey of creating an epic fantasy pen and paper campaign, which I will write for some friends of mine to play next year.

I guess, more frequent updates will be on Instagram (my profile is linked in my bio), so if you want to know more, hop over there. Otherwise I will try to post more regularly on my writing process.

————— 🍄‍🟫 Outro

If you read until now, thanks for sticking with me.

Let me know in the comments, what you think about the communities that pop up now and which one is your favorite. Give some communities a shoutout and spread a little love 💕

Thanks for reading and see you in the next blog!

————— ✨ Taglist

I don't have a tallest right now (should I do one again?), but I want to tag some people for visibility. Love you guys 🫶🏻

@yourfriendlywriter @thetruearchmagos @enchanted-lightning-aes @kaatiba @mirrorthoughts

[alloutofgoddesses]

S08E06 - Confessions

- Oh Oop

- I always miss the first part bc I’m ignoring KOAT

- Backing up backing up

- Hi Thena

- Hi Bobert

- Hi Eddie

- Hi Buck

- AN URN LMAO

- Hi Chimney

- PLEASE STOP

- Hi Hen

- Athena’s wig is different lol

- Mother

- So is Buck gonna get ashes to the face or is Eddie

- Oh good no one is getting ashes to the face

- Inevitable lol

- Oopsies

- I don’t think Mother will be coming with you

- CONFESSION TIME HEY EDDIE

- MIDDLE SCHOOL?!

- Hello Hot Priest

- Highlights lol

- Eddie phrasing my dear heart

- Aaaaaaaaaaaaa pain

- P A I N

- Well

- Again dear, phrasing

- So he has his priorities in order

- Bye Eddie

- You do deserve forgiveness btw

- Jee sleep regression?

- Oh???

- Giving Jee a sibling???

- I personally do not want Maddie to have another baby before we address what happened last time

- Oh

- Why is it special Buck

- Lakers. Tickets.

- TAKE EDDIE IF YOU WANT LMAO

- Slay Sara I love this for you

- SCREAM LMAO

- OH?!?!?!

- OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD

- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

- ABBYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

- She did have amazing hair

- I am SO HAPPY rn this is incredible

- Congratulations everyone this is amazing

- This is gonna make Buck spiral so bad

- Aaaaaaaaaaaa he is SO BONES

- Another relationship that is dissolving

- Interesting

- Compelling even

- Oh ow

- Oh gross

- Very icky

- That is amazing joke

- He was sneezing a lot and yelling a bunch

- Gross

- Girl…

- Yeah I was expecting that

- Hehehehehehehehehehehe

- HA Maddie I love you

- Hi Josh

- There’s not another boy… yet

- Lmao

- This is amazing I am having a great time

- Well about that Buck

- He is very dishonest and has been very cruel in the past

- I will not stop judging him thank you though

- So real, thank you Glee

- Josh I love you but I will not forgive Tommy for being an asshole to Chimney and Hen

- Well TWO

- BILLION TONS

- Oh nooooo babey he keeps moving

- And we don’t want a collapse

- Eddieeeeeeeeeee

- You got this Miles

- Oof not two minutes

- That is a SQUEEZE

- I am breathing I am breathing breathing is happening

- Just like Wilmer Worm

- Yay!!!!!!

- Bro we gotta get you a Wilmer Worm audiobook

- Oooooooo we’re talkinggggg

- Oh Buck

- HE STILL HAS PHOTOS that insane man

- Well you were certainly that sweetheart

- And usually himbo is a compliment imo so

- Well that’s sweet

- WHAT

- Buck fucking what

- How does it end Thomas

- Is it ending right now??

- OH REALLY?!

- Honesty

- AAAAAA?!?!

- THE BREAKUP GREEN HAS STRUCK AGAIN

- Buck it may not feel like a win yet but TRUST this is a win

- Parenting strats!!

- Aaawwwwwwwwwww

- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

- SHE IS PREGNANT ALREADY AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

- NEW HAN NEW HAN NEW HAN

- Joy!!!!!!!!

- Oh it’s time

- Bye bye mustache

- OH?!?!

- Good for you Eddie

- Congratulations to fic authors and fan artists on the discovery a new mole BTW

- And Ryan gets to dance, I can cross that off my bingo

- Did bro just throw a fire implement my guy those are metal

- But whyyyyyy are you so happy my guy

- Answering the door in your UNDIES is crazy

- AND ITS BUCK

- HEY. What the fuck. What the fuck. What the fuck.

- Hang on. What the fuck.

- Did that really just happen

- 1. Why did he choose that method of sitting in the couch

- 2. What the fuck

- 3. Did my computer make me miss the scene with the priest that was in the stills or was it just not there

- My computer did make me miss it. And a Madney scene. Asshole. I had to pee so I paused and clearly since I paused a live thing it did something weird; SUE ME

- anyway

- Hello bedtime Madney

- oh see that’s good we are talking about it okay

- knowing Maddie is pregnant is fun because she is being obvious in my opinion

- MARGARET BUCKLEY DUNK

- hello workout Eddie

- There’s some metaphor that just happened there with the water and I bet we are going to talk about it

- Hello Hot Priest

- “I’m straight” he says

- “I’m celibate” is HILARIOUS

- Read his ass Father Brian

- It is debatable if his parents love him

- THEY DON’T ALLOW BEARDS

- “Something like that” 👀

- You deserve both my love

- Hell yeah Brian. Or I guess, heck yeah?

- FRIVOLOUS okay that makes sense now

- Context is fun

- Oh and I missed the whole set up for Pipe Child

- Saying “don’t be a baby” to a toddler is funny

- Okay on to the promo for next week

- OH SLAY ATHENA

- HELLO?!?!?!

- We have revisited the well and now we’re revisiting lightning strike?!

- WHAT IS HAPPENING

[cartoonfanaticmonsterrobotalien]

New Solar Opposites Episode #2: Double Trouble (by @avaveevo)

One night at the Solar Opposites house…

Korvo: offscreen You have been very very naughty!

Then it cuts to Yumyulack and Jesse wincing in horror as they hear Korvo and Terry having sex.

Yumyulack: This is the seventh time this month.

Jesse: I know! The horror!

Sonya moans in disgust as she covers her ears with a pillow.

Terry: offscreen Shit! I’m gonna cum if you keep going!

Korvo: Bring it on you dirty bad boy! Ooooh!

Jesse: I swear if they-

Terry: cums FFFFUUUUUUUUCCCK!

Jesse: Alright! That is it! We are staging an intervention with those two first thing tomorrow!

The next day, Korvo wakes up and rubs his eyes, only to realize he has a human hand.

Korvo: offscreen What the fuck?

Korvo runs to a mirror and reveals he is human. Korvo feels his face and screams in horror.

Human Korvo: Oh. My. God. WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING TO ME?!

Terry wakes up as he groans.

Terry: Korvo, what-

Terry gasps and blushes as he looks at Human Korvo.

Terry: K-Korvy?

Human Korvo: Yeah?

Terry gets on one knee and takes Human Korvo’s hands.

Terry: Mmm… seductively Tell you what you look so hot.

Terry kisses Korvo’s hand and makes him blush.

Human Korvo: blushes while smiling Oh really?

Terry: Yeah.

Suddenly Jesse and Yumyulack are heard screaming off-camera.

Human Korvo: Kids?

Sonya: Korvo! Terry! Help!

The husbands rush to the kids’ room and are shocked to see Yumyulack and Jesse are human!

Human Korvo: Yumyulack?!

Terry: Jesse?! What happened?!

Human Yumyulack: WE TURN INTO FUCKING HUMANS!

Human Korvo: We can see that!

Terry: Oh no! My baby!

Human Jesse starts crying. Terry gasp and comforts his daughter.

Terry: It’s okay. But how did this happen?

Janiz: offscreen I think I know how.

The Solars turn around and gasp.

Sonya: Auntie Janiz?

Janiz is a human as well.

Terry: Aw, come on! How come everyone is a human but me?!

Human Korvo: Oh God! Not my sister as well!

Human Janiz: It’s okay. This is natural for Shlorpians.

Solar Opposites: Huh?

The scene cuts to the ship.

Human Korvo: Janiz, why have we turn into humans?!

Human Janiz sets up her computer and shows a holographic slideshow.

Human Janiz: Don’t worry, this is natural Shlorpian affection on being on the planet for too long without the Pupa terraforming it.

Human Korvo: Oh thank god. But I don’t think we can-

Human Janiz: Can what?

Human Korvo: Turn back…

Human Janiz: What? Is that what you’re worried about?

Pupa comes in and gasp upon seeing father and two of siblings turn into humans. Human Korvo starts crying into Terry’s chest.

Human Yumyulack and Human Jesse: Sadly yes.

Terry: Oh honey… shh… it’s okay… you’re still my Korvy…

Suddenly Human Korvo turns back into a Shlorpian.

Terry: gasp in joy Korvy! You’re you again!

Korvo feels his face and gasps with tears in his eyes.

Korvo: Yes! crying with happiness I’m me again!

Korvo hugs Terry.

Korvo: Oh Terry! I am so overjoyed that I am me again!

Terry: I am too.

The two husbands kiss while moaning.

Human Yumyulack, Human Jesse and Sonya: Eeew! Come on guys, boo! Yucky! That’s gross!

Human Jesse: Damn it! This is why we’re staging an intervention!

Korvo and Terry: No you’re not!

Human Jesse: Huh?

The kids groan in dismay. Human Janiz then scans the family.

Human Janiz: Interesting.

Terry: What?!

Human Janiz: It turns out you can shapeshift back into your normal selves. A Shlorpian only takes one shapeshifting form for being on one planet they’ve been on for too long.

Human Yumyulack: How is that possible?

Human Janiz: A Shlorpian has gain another form as a result of succumbing to the environment of which planet they live on.

Korvo: That is remarkable.

Human Jesse: How come it happen to Korvo first?

Human Janiz shrugs. Human Jesse and Human Yumyulack turn back into their Shlorpian forms.

Jesse: Yay! We’re aliens again!

Yumyulack: Yes!

Terry sighs sadly

Terry: I wish I had a human form.

Korvo: D’aw I’m sure it happen soon en-

Suddenly the Pupa starts grunting.

Jesse: Pupa are you okay?

Sonya: Is the Pupa getting another color?

The Pupa suddenly starts glowing and transforms into a human girl?!

Solar Opposites: Pupa?!

Terry: Are you a…girl?!

Korvo faints. Human Janiz gasps.

Yumyulack: What the fuck? We thought the Pupa is a boy.

Sonya: Aaw. He or she is so cute!

Human Pupa giggles and transforms back. Human Janiz then turns into her Shlorpian form.

Janiz: Ah… that’s better.

Korvo hugs Janiz.

Korvo: Janiz!

Janiz laughs. Terry sighs sadly and walks away.

Korvo: Aw poor Terry… he’s feeling left out..

Korvo walks after Terry and finds him in the bedroom crying into a pillow.

Korvo: Hey sweetie. You still feeling sad over not receiving your human form yet?

Terry: sniffs Yeah.

Korvo: Oh I’m sure you will get it mi amore

Terry blushes.

Terry: Shit! moans You spoke Spanish’

Korvo: seductively while fiddling his fingers on Terry’s chest Of course I did. Did language learning lately.

Terry: Oh, I don’t know why but I’m starting to get turned on.

Korvo: Really?

Terry: Of course. I think this Spanish thing might get me turned on!

Korvo bites his lip.

Terry: Hey, Korv. Wanna have sex?

Korvo: Oh-ho-ho. You know I do. Should we do it on the couch?

Terry: Oh! Hold on! breaking the fourth wall Before we do this, we would like to let you know the sex you’re about to witness will not be pretty. So, if you have small children, now would be a good time to ask them to leave the room. to Korvo Now, shall we?

Korvo: Damn. Did you just break the fourth wall?

The two husbands take off their clothes and sexy away as the kids ran outside in the background.

Terry: Yep! Pretty great? Right?

Korvo: God, that’s so hot!

Terry: Oh yes! Dominate me, you shimmering blue stud of beauty!

Korvo: Yes! Keeping calling me beautiful!

The two husbands take off their clothes and sexy away as the kids ran outside in the background.

Jesse: Ew!

Sonya: Gross dude!

Terry: offscreen Fuck, you’re so pretty, Korvy!

Yumyulack: Aw come on boo!

Korvo: FFFFFUUUUUUUCCCCKKKKK!

Debbie then hears them and grows touched by the husband’s love.

Debbie: You know, this reminds me of a song. You kids wanna hear it?

Yumyulack, Jesse ands Sonya: RUN!

Cue the song

[DEBBIE]

number one Take him home!

number two He’s wasted! Yaaaayyy!

[KORVO]

My God, Terry! Right there! Right there! That's the spot -- that's the spot! -- okay, A little lower -- okay, now to the left -- No, my left -- ohhhhhhhh!

[TERRY]

Oh, my God, Korvo, no one's ever touched me Like this before -- you can't put your finger there -- Ooh, put your finger there!

[BOTH]

Oh yeah!

[DEBBIE]

You can be as loud as The hell you want When you're making love. You can be as loud as The hell you want When you're making love. You can be as loud as The hell you want When you're making love. You can be as loud as The hell you want...

[KORVO]

(Screaming in pleasure) Aaaaaahhh!

[TERRY]

Yaaaaaaahhh!

[DEBBIE]

You hear what? -- Hell no, I won't tell them to quiet down!

[KORVO]

Are we being too loud?

[TERRY]

Yeah, are we bothering someone?

[DEBBIE]

Oh, no, not at all, guys. You keep doing what you're doing. Yeah! Louder! You're not allowed to Be loud at the library, At the art museum or At a play

But when you and Your partner are doin' the nasty Don't behave like you're At the ballet! 'Cause you can be as loud As the hell you want When you're making love. You can be as loud As the hell you want When you're making love.

Don't let the neighbors Stop you from havin' fun, They'll have peace and Quiet when you're Good and done.

[ALL]

Be as loud as The hell you want When you're making love! (heavy breathing) Loud as the hell you want...

[KORVO] Faster, Terry

[TERRY]

Korvo, slow down! This not a race!

[DEBBIE]

Loud as the hell you want...

[KORVO]

Oh, YEAH!

[TERRY]

Who's your daddy?

[KORVO]

What?? Terry!!

[ALL]

Loud as the hell you want... Loud as the hell you want...

[DEBBIE]

Smack it and lick it and rub It and suck it!

[ALL]

Loud as the hell you want...

[KORVO]

Yes! Work your mama!

ALL Loud as the hell you --

[TERRY]

Oh yeah, that's it!

[KORVO]

Ooh, babe!

[TERRY]

(enjoying himself) Uuuuuhh!

[ALL]

Loud as the hell you... (x7) Want!

Debbie: My, singing gives me such a rush!

Unknown to her, the kids are hiding as they start to feel disgusted. Korvo and Terry collapse on the bed.

Terry: Oooooh…. Baby that was amazing!

Korvo: I know.

Terry suddenly starts glowing

Korvo: Terry?

Terry suddenly turns human.

Korvo: cries out in shock

Terry: What?!

Korvo: Terry! You have a human penis… and you’re human!

Human Terry looks in the mirror.

Human Terry: I-I’m a human… an-and and I got a slightly above average human penis!

Korvo starts playing with Human Terry’s hair.

Korvo: Wow. Nice hair.

Human Terry blushes.

Human Terry: touches his ears Wow you gotta teach these ears. I can’t believe I a got a penis, and a nose and a dick and a head full of hair and a shlong!

Korvo laughs and turns into his human form.

Human Korvo: Say I think this new form of yours have got me turned on.

Human Terry: Well, we’ve never had sex as humans before.

Human Korvo then seduces Human Terry.

Human Korvo: I think what you and your sexy hunky human body right now you green stud…

Human Terry growls seductively and pins Human Korvo against the bed.

Human Terry: Baby you got me on fire!

The two husbands make out as Human Terry grabs Human Korvo’s crotch.

Human Korvo: moans Oh yes Terry… Fuck! Oh! Fuck me now!

As the two have sex a mysterious figure watches them and growls. He puts down his binoculars and throws a knife at a nearby tree as he snarls.

???: I’ll make him pay for what he’s done.

The scene then cuts to Human Korvo and Human Terry snuggling with each other.

Human Korvo: That was great.

Human Terry: You were great.

Human Terry plays with Human Korvo’s hair.

Human Terry: By the way, nice long blond hair. It suits you.

Human Korvo: You think?

Human Korvo smiles but then looks sad.

Human Terry: What’s wrong?

Human Korvo: I’m scared, Terry. Scared of being human. I’m not used to…to…this.

Human Terry smiles as he soothes Human Korvo’s face in a comfort manner.

Human Terry: I know. But we’ll get through this. You just need to-

Suddenly… They heard a knock on their door.

Human Korvo: Come in!

Then, Janiz comes in as she gasp upon seeing Human Terry.

Janiz: Terry?

Human Terry: Hey? chuckles nervously

The scene then cuts to Human Terry and Human Korvo putting their clothes back on as the kids grow shock by Terry’s human form.

Jesse: Jesus Jessica Parker!

Sonya: Holy sweet mother grapes! Terry is a human now?

Human Terry: Yep.

Jesse: Jeepers! I can’t believe you’re actually human. This is so cool.

Yumyulack: Oh my God! Do you have a butthole?!

Human Terry: I don’t know you tell me!

Human Terry pulls down his pants and…

Yumyulack, Jesse and Sonya: Whoa-ho! He’s a got a butthole! He’s got a butthole!

Sonya: Can you put stuff in it?!

Human Terry: Oh. Great idea sweetie. What kind of stuff should I put it in it? Give me that gunquan!

Sonya: Okay!

Korvo: stops Sonya Uh uh uh! Nobody is putting anything in Terry’s butthole, except me. After we can figure out how to zap it!

Sonya: Aw…

Human Terry: Oh come on! You never let me put anything in anything!

Korvo chuckles.

Korvo: I know, darling. But let’s keep it subtle.

Pupa however runs in the room screaming.

Sonya: Pupa! What’s wrong?!

Pupa: Monster!

Solar Opposites: SAY WHAT?!

Jesse: What do you mean there’s a monster?

Pupa points outside. Korvo comes outside and gasps.

Pupa: hands them a note Look!

Terry takes the note. It says, “Korvo, I’m gonna kill you” writing in a blood! Terry gasps.

Terry: Oh no! That man is gonna kill Korvy!

Korvo gasps.

Korvo: Oh fuck!

AISHA, EVA and MAX then pops out.

EVA: What’s going on?

Korvo starts having a panic attack as he screams it out.

Korvo: SOMEONE IS OUT TO KILL ME!

The AIs gasp

AISHA: Oh shit! We should run away to Mexico or something to keep you safe!

Korvo: NO!

Korvo starts breathing in and out in fear.

Korvo: Fuck! I don’t wanna die! cries I DON’T WANNA DIE!

Korvo breaks down in tears. Terry gasps.

Terry: Oh no Korvy… hugs Korvo as he continues crying

Janiz: Oh Korvo…

Janiz comes up and soothes her brother.

Korvo: Terry, can you promise me something.

Terry: Yes! Anything!

Korvo: Promise me you’ll never leave my side. a tear runs down Korvo’s cheek Promise me you’ll be there to protect me. Please…

Terry gasp as he pulls Korvo in for a cooldown hug and soothes as Korvo continues crying into Terry’s chest.

Terry: I promise, babe. I promise.

Korvo sniffles as the kids rush over.

Yumyulack: Korvo?

Jesse: Aw poor Korvo

Sonya: Aw Korvo… *hugs Korvo*

Janiz: Guys! We gotta get Korvo out of here!

Korvo: Please do.

Janiz: But first, I think we should use our human forms for safety!

Korvo: Okay.

AISHA: We’re going with you too!

EVA: Yeah! We’re family guys!

MAX: So count us in!

The AIs turn into their human forms.

Solar Opposites: Whoa…

Korvo: I had no idea you guys could do that!

Human MAX: Janiz gave us these.

Korvo: *to Janiz* You did?

Janiz: I did. When you two where having sex, I reprogrammed them with the ability to turn into humans

Terry: Wow! Your human looks so cool guys!

Human EVA: Thanks!

Human AISHA: This human form is way amazing!

Yumyulack: Yeah, AISHA! You look good!

Human AISHA: Thanks!

Human MAX: Look at mine too! It has a sweet hot beard!

Korvo laughs and gains confidence.

Korvo: Solar Opposites, move out!

The others turn into their human forms

Korvo: Oh right human forms! Got it!

Korvo turns into his human form and ties his hair into a ponytail.

Human Terry: Wow. Nice ponytail!

Human Korvo laughs and blushes.

Human Korvo: Thanks honey. looks at Human Pupa Although, I think Pupa needs clothes now for his human form.

Human Jesse: Yeah, you’re right.

Human Pupa giggles as the family picks him up and takes him inside.

A few seconds later…

Human Janiz: There we go.

Human Korvo: Okay, now that the Pupa’s dressed. It’s time to kick ass!

Human Pupa: now with cute clothes on him, including a pink no sleeve shirt Yeah!

The human Solar Opposites head out as the mysterious figure watches them and chuckles.

Mysterious Figure: I’m coming for you Korvo….

The scene cuts to an abandoned warehouse.

Human Korvo: Okay. We can hide in there for awhile.

Human Terry: Okay.

Human Pupa: I’m scared.

Human Jesse: Us too Korvo.

Human Korvo sighs and picks up Human Pupa.

Human Korvo: It’s okay Pupa. We’re safe in here as long as whoever wants to kill me can’t find us and leave.

Sonya hugs Human Yumyulack and Human Jesse for comfort. Suddenly… A loud knock was heard as the family gasp in horror. The kids hide behind their dads, aunt and AIs for protection.

Mysterious Figure: offscreen; through the door Knock knock…

Human Yumyulack: Wh-who’s there?

Human Korvo: Go away!

Mysterious Figure: offscreen; through the door Too late…

The mysterious figure bursts through the door wearing a mask and attacks Human Korvo, knocking him out cold.

Solar Opposites: KORVO!

Human Terry cries tears of sadness before getting angry.

Mysterious Figure: What’s the matter Terry? Aren’t you suppose to be happy over what he did to us?

Human Terry: YOU PRICK!

Human Terry punches the mysterious figure as he groans. This gives the group time to escape.

Human AISHA: FUCKING RUN GUYS!

Human AISHA picks up Human Korvo who turns back into his Shlorpian form.

Human AISHA: Hang on Korvo! Let’s get you outta here!

The group runs out of the warehouse. After they stop running, Human AISHA puts Korvo down as Human Terry runs up to him.

Human Terry: Aw no. My poor Korvy. kisses Korvo on the forehead

Human Terry sobs. Korvo moans as he opens his eyes.

Korvo: Terry?

Human Terry smiles in tears of joy as he gasp.

Human Terry: Korvy!

Human Terry kiss Korvo on the lips as Korvo smiles and blushes.

Korvo: What happened?

Human Yumyulack: I don’t know.

Human Jesse: Me neither. Something or somebody knocked you out.

Korvo: Damn…I hardly remember. Everything‘s just one massive blur.

Human Janiz: Let’s just get you home before-

Suddenly a mysterious figure is heard laughing like a maniac.

Human Terry: Uh, who is that?!

???: Aw, I’m surprised you don’t remember me.

Korvo: What? The fuck are you talking about?

The mysterious figure suddenly jumps down from a tree.

Solar Opposites: Aaaah!

The Solar Opposites then gasp.

Human Jesse: Oh. My. God.

Sonya: Who is that guy?!

Korvo: No. It can’t be.

Human Yumyulack: Holy similar!

The mysterious figure looks exactly like Terry but different!

Human Janiz: Terry, is that you?!

Human Terry: Oh no! It’s Evil me from the time Korvy tried to change into something I am not but it backfired and it created a psychopathic version of myself!

Korvo sighs and starts crying

Human Terry: Aw no, Korvy. Don’t cry. It was years ago.

Korvo: I don’t care! I’m ashamed of what I did! I shouldn’t have-

Human Terry gives Korvo a cooldown hug as Korvo continues sobbing.

Evil Terry: Oh boo-hoo. Mr. Crybaby is guilty.

Human Terry growls in fury.

Human Terry: You…you…

Human Yumyulack: Uh, you okay Terry?

Human Jesse realizes something.

Human Jesse: Come on, Terry! Let the anger out!

Human Terry screams in fury. Human Terry tackles Evil Terry to the ground.

Evil Terry: Aaah! What the hell?!

Human Terry bites Evil Terry’s arm.

Evil Terry: Aaah! Savage beast!

Human Terry: HOW DARE YOU INSULT MY KORVY!

Human EVA grabs Human Terry and holds him back.

Human AISHA: Easy Terry! Calm yourself!

Human Terry pants angrily as Korvo gets turned on.

Korvo: Holy shit. Terry, you have me so turned on!

Human Terry: Uh, I do?

Korvo: seductively Hell yeah you do, you big hunky Shlorpian.

Human Terry bites his lip in lust.

Human Terry: Ho-ho. seductively Tell you what that talk is making me feel all good, coming from you.

The two husbands kiss as Korvo turns into his human form.

Evil Terry: What?!

Human Jesse smirks.

Human Jesse: Boo-yah! Love conquers all bitch!

Human Yumyulack gags.

Human Pupa: covers his eyes Yucky!

Evil Terry growls and throws his knife at Human Korvo. Human Korvo screams and ducks as it hits a window. Evil Terry grunts in anger. Human Korvo starts having a panic attack as Human Terry gasp.

Human Terry: Hey hey, Korvo. It’s okay.

Human Korvo keeps breathing in and out as he starts breaking down in tears. Human Janiz rushes to comfort her brother.

Human Janiz: KORVO!

Human Janiz hugs Human Korvo.

Human Korvo: weeping

Human Janiz: Shh… it’s okay… shh… I’m here lil bro…

Evil Terry: Lil bro? You have a sister?! laughs How lame is that?!

Human Janiz growls while going big sister instincts as he continues to console Human Korvo.

Human Janiz: Fuck. Off.

Human Korvo suddenly shows tranquil fury.

Human Janiz: Korvo?

Human Korvo grabs Evil Terry by the shirt.

Evil Terry: Hey! What the fuck?!

Human Terry blushes.

Human Terry: to himself quietly That hunky blue shimmering stud of mine has just won me over.

Human Korvo growls as Evil Terry.

Evil Terry: laughs Watcha gonna do? Punch me?

Human Korvo: No. I’ll let you live. For now.

Evil Terry growls and kicks Human Korvo in the face. As Evil Terry escapes, the family realizes they have to stop them.

Human Jesse: Korvo, are you okay?!

Human Korvo: Yes I am. But guys, we gotta stop him!

Human EVA: But how?!

Human MAX: I have an idea, but it’s super crazy.

Human Terry: Good! Let’s hear it then!

Human MAX: Okay here is the plan you all ready?!

Solar Opposites: YEAH!

Later, Evil Terry searches for the family everywhere.

Evil Terry: Where are you? Come out, come out, wherever you are.

Unknown to him, the human Solars hide and then Human Jesse nods for the signal. Human Terry then jumps down and traps Evil Terry in a net.

Human Terry: Gotcha bitch!

Evil Terry: Hey! Get off me! to Human Korvo You’ll pay for this!

Human Korvo: No you won’t. This has to stop! Why are you even here?!

Evil Terry: TO GET BACK AT YOU AND EVERY OTHER KORVO IN EVERY UNIVERSE!

The family grow confused.

Human Korvo: What?!

Human Terry: Dude, that’s crazy talk!

Human Jesse: Yeah. Why would you wanna do that?

Evil Terry starts breathing in and out in rage as tears burst from his eyes.

Human EVA: Uh, you okay?

Evil Terry: I’m fine! wipes a tear away

Human Janiz: Um, you don’t look fine.

Evil Terry: tears stream down in rage I JUST WANT TO BE LOVED, OKAY?!

Human Korvo gasps. Evil Terry punches his fist to the ground as he breaks down in tears.

Human Yumyulack: Wow. This haughty is definitely broken.

Human Korvo sighs and removes his hair tie

Human Korvo: I’m sorry I turned you into something you are not… that was wrong…

Evil Terry: Why should I forgive you?

Human Korvo looks at Human Terry, who smiles at him.

Human Korvo: Because you have every right to be mad at me for what I did and I shouldn’t have done that.

Human Terry smiles as a single tear shed from his right eye, which signify that he already forgives Korvo.

Evil Terry: How do I know you won’t do the same thing?

Human Korvo: Because this whole time, you were already perfect just the way you are.

Human Terry: Oh Korvy!

Human Terry then pulls Human Korvo for a kiss on the lips as the two human alien husbands moan lovingly at each other. Evil Terry sighs sadly.

Evil Terry: to Human Terry You really do love him… do you…

Human Terry: More than anything in the world. He’s my sexy hunky Shlorpian.

Human Korvo: Aw Terry. kisses Human Terry on the lips

Human Jesse: Blegh!

Human Yumyulack and Sonya: Eeew!

Human Jesse: Ugh! We give up…

Human Pupa: Yucky!

Evil Terry then picks up his knife and looks at his reflection as he finally has a heel realization.

Evil Terry: I guess I should give friends a chance.

The Solars gasp in surprise.

Sonya: Really Evil Daddy?

Evil Terry: Sure. Plus, I kinda like this little girl.

Evil Terry ruffles Sonya’s hair. Sonya giggles. Evil Terry suddenly starts glowing.

Evil Terry: Uh, what the fuck is happening to me?

Evil Terry turns into a human.

Human Evil Terry: Damn I look hot.

Human Terry: Hey! Looking good!

Human Evil Terry: Thanks. By the way, looks at Sonya who’s that little girl’s name?

Human Korvo: She’s Sonya. We adopted her.

Human Evil Terry: Wait. That means she’s your daughter?

Human Yumyulack: Yep. And our sister.

Human Jesse: She is a Solar now.

Sonya giggles. Human Evil Terry smiles.

Human Evil Terry: I was wrong about you Korvo. You’re a great husband and a great dad and a great brother too. I’m sorry...

Human Korvo: It’s okay.

Human Korvo and Human Evil Terry hug as the others join in.

Human Evil Terry: So Terry, where should we head now?

Human Terry: Back to our house. Korvo and I have to get ready for a dinner party.

Human Korvo: Oh yes. That.

Human Yumyulack: Should we take a bus?

The scene then cuts to the Solars’ house.

Human Evil Terry: Nice house man.

Human Jesse: Thanks.

Human Terry: Korvo, you ready to go?

Human Korvo: offscreen Coming!

Human Korvo comes down the stairs in a sparkly purple tuxedo, sparkly purple eyeshadow, and sparkly purple lipstick.

Human Terry: smitten whistle

Human Jesse: Whoa.

Human Yumyulack: You’re all that.

Human Terry: smitten whistle

Human Jesse: Whoa.

Human Yumyulack: You’re all that.

Human Korvo: Thanks kids.

Human Evil Terry: Damn. You’re like a badass fashion model.

Human Korvo: I sure do. Oh, what about Pupa?

Human Pupa: Hottie!

Human Pupa then pops out wearing a tuxedo dress.

Human Jesse: Oh my gosh! That’s so cute!

Human Terry: Aw, look at human Pupa! So adorable!

Human Terry then turns to Human Korvo and places a hand on his cheek

Human Terry: You never looked more beautiful my love.

Human Korvo laughs and removes his hair tie.

Human Korvo: You sure this new so is fancy for you? flips his hair back n forth

Human Terry: Oh hell yes.

Human AISHA: Shall we head out now fam?

Human Jesse: Yes!

The family then leaves and head out on the bus. Inside, the family are keeping themselves occupy

Human Evil Terry: Nice transportation.

Human Korvo: Pretty neat right?

Human Pupa starts playing around as he giggles on his coloring book.. Human Korvo brushes a strand of hair behind his ear and sighs sadly.

Human Terry: What’s wrong honey?

Human Korvo: Should we tell Jamie and Darcy about…this?

Human Terry smiles and puts his hand on Human Korvo’s shoulder.

Human Terry: If it makes you feel better, we will, okay?

Human Korvo smiles as he kiss Human Terry on the cheek.

Human Korvo: Thank you, Terry.

Human Korvo and Human Terry kiss again. But then, they heard a man complaining over Human Pupa doing something that annoyed him.

Man: Sir, can you control your daughter because I-

Human Korvo: Ooh, you are not telling me how to raise my child!

Human Jesse: You do not tell this man how to raise his child!

Human Pupa: You do not tell her how to raise me!

Human Janiz: Mmm-mmm!

Human EVA: No you do not!

Human Terry: You have no idea what my husband is done!

Human Yumyulack: Yeah! That’s right!

The man is shocked but scoffs.

Man: Whatever.

Human Korvo: Yeesh. What a dick.

Human Evil Terry: Jeez, now, I’m don’t miss being evil.

Human Terry: You do? Why?

Human Evil Terry: Because I killed the Korvo from my universe and now that I’ve opened my eyes, I’m starting to feel guilty for what I did.

Human Terry smiles.

Human Terry: It’s okay. That’s in the past now.

The group arrives at the dinner party and Human Korvo has an idea and changes into his Shlorpian form.

Human Jesse: Uh, what are you doing?

Korvo: Just showing off my new look as a Shlorpian.

Human Terry: Hey, that’s actually pretty good idea!

Korvo then knocks on the door as Darcy and Jamie open it.

Darcy: Hey Korvo. What’s up? Nice look.

Korvo: Thanks.

Jamie and Darcy then notice the human Solars.

Jamie: Uh? You mind telling us what happened?

Darcy: Yeah, are these your husband, kids and sister? What happens to them?

Korvo: Well, we found out we can turn into humans. Cool right?

Jamie and Darcy are surprised.

Darcy: Wait? You guys can do that?!

Korvo: Yep. Watch this.

Korvo turns back into his human form as Jamie and Darcy grows surprised by this.

Human Korvo: Thanks.

Darcy: You guys wanna head inside now?

Human Terry: Hell yeah!

Human Korvo: Come along fam. Let’s head inside now. The fun awaits.

Human Korvo kisses Human Terry on the lips before they head inside.

THE END

[viktheviking1]

(The drawing is just something I threw together late last night, and the file was too big to transfer so I just had to take a picture of the computer screen with my phone. So yeah, it's kind of terrible and I debated whether to post it or not, but I decided it wouldn't hurt. Yeah, writing is still definitely my artform of choice.)

PSA here, many people without limbs can bathe by themselves, and can live independently for the most part, but I thought it’d be cute to show a little bit more of Ozzie being Fizzarolli’s personal carer as well as boyfriend. I think that even if Fizz’s limbs were waterproof, and if he could bathe himself, that they would still appreciate the time and intimacy of bathing together. That’s just my personal headcanon though.

“You, know. Blitz even said that he wouldn’t mind having a three-some with the both of us.” Fizz was lying next to Ozzy on their bed after a long night catching up with his old friend at a bar.

Asmodeus looked thoughtful, “Hmm . . . I suppose I’m not against the idea. . . but what about him and Stolas? Aren’t they . . . together? At least to some degree?”

“Oh, right. You’ve been too busy to keep up with the news. They broke up. Like, completely.” Fizz spilt the tea.

Asmodeus gasped, “No way! Awe! I was really rooting for them! Do you know why?”

Fizz shrugged, “Beats me, but given that they both are on dating accounts looking for rebounds, I doubt either of them are okay about it.”

“They both are?!” Ozzy’s shocked face turned into a mischievous grin.

“Oh, no. I know that face. You know you’re the Lord of Lust, right? Not cupid.” Fizz shook his head disapprovingly.

“I know~ but that little birdie is so lonely~” Asmodeus said playfully, “And besides, what harm could a little poking around do? Don’t you want your old friend to be happy? Or were you planning on keeping him all to yourself? I can respect that.”

“No, it’s not about that. It’s about you” Fizz booped his nose, “meddling in things you shouldn’t meddle with. All you’ll do is end up causing trouble. So you can go do whatever you want, but leave me out of it.” Fizz crossed his arms stubbornly.

“Awe, but Fizzy~ It won’t be as fun without you. And you know your old friend better than anyone. Won’t you give me a hand~” Ozzy squished his face, “Pwease~”

Fizz laughed heartily, “Alright, alright. Fine! But if this goes sideways, it’s on you!”

“Yay! Now let’s get to sleep for real, else I’m gonna be a zombie all day tomorrow.” Ozzy sat up to go get undressed.

“Aw, but I’m still horny! Can’t we have a little fun before bed?” Fizzy complained like a kid wanting candy.

“It’s 2 in the morning, babe! We have to get up in less than 4 hours!” Oz said, taking off his suit.

Fizz curled into a ball, pouting, “Since when were you so responsible?”

Asmodeus chuckled, “Since I had someone to care about~” his face turned stern, “Now get to the bath and take off your limbs. You reek of alcohol.”

“Oh~, won’t you help me get clean, big daddy~” Fizz posed seductively.

Ozzy snickered, “Like I don’t every time.”

“Come on, Oz. It’s no fun if it’s just a chore!” Fizz said, getting off the bed.

“Oh, baby, it never is. I cherish the private moments with you.” Ozzy switched to a more seductive tone, “Now let me sponge you down so good, you’ll be begging for mercy.”

“That’s more like it.” Fizz snickered, and started doing cartwheels to the bathroom.

Read more of The Pompous and the Prick here:

[xoxoemynn]

5, 12, 18 for the fic writer asks??

YAY THANK YOU!

5. first sentence of the fifth paragraph of an unpublished WIP From the Big WIP aka my Afterlight Boys! This is where, if he were in one of his shows, someone would point out there’s always a rainbow after a storm, and only bright and magical things ahead, and they’d burst into song and dance as the stage lit up in color and the audience gasped and cheered and clapped.

12. a trope you’re really into right now MAKE IT ACHE!!! I don't care how, I need Ed and Stede DESPERATE and HURTING and YEARNING and DEVOID OF ALL HOPE. I need them to CRY. I need them to push each other away. And then I need them to cry more and kiss the tears away. idk if that's really a "right now" so much as an "always" but... yes. Pain.

18. if you keep them, share a deleted sentence or paragraph from a published fic Okay I had to search for this, because I lost a lot of my deleted snippets when my computer died since I kept so many on Scrivener and did not back up appropriately. 😭 But here's an earlier version of a scene from Here's to the Night. I reworked it because the tone was getting more melancholy than the fic called for. Behind a cut because I couldn't just pick a single paragraph and it's long.

Ed licked the remnants of the chip off his thumb and then leaned in close to Stede. “Why’d you and your wife split up?”

Stede shifted uncomfortably in his chair. “I guess you could say we were incompatible.”

“You mean that you’re gay.”

All the air left Stede’s lungs. He didn’t know why this felt like crossing such a line. He’d been flirting with Ed on the company phone line all night and had made an excuse for him to come up just so he could spend more time with him, alone, on a holiday traditionally spent with couples.

But hearing the word out loud, and describing him, made Stede like he was caught talking too loudly in the library by the strict librarian. He just barely resisted the urge to look over his shoulder to make sure nobody heard.

“Stede, mate, you okay?”

Stede shook his head. “No, you’re right. I just…” He let out a soft half-laugh. “I’ve never actually said it before. I knew it. Have known it. And by the end I think even my ex-wife knew it, although she never said anything. I just… wow. Wowie wow wow.”

“Do you want to say it now?” Ed asked quietly. “Just for the hell of it?”

“I’m gay,” Stede said. The words sounded loud in the empty office, so loud Stede was semi-surprised they didn’t echo throughout the hallways. He smiled. “I’m gay.”

“Congrats, mate.” Ed clapped his shoulder. “Felt good, didn’t it?”

“Felt weird,” Stede admitted. “Like it wasn’t even really me saying it. But also I felt… more me? Does that even make sense?”

“Completely,” Ed said. “And maybe now you can start living your real life.”

“What, just because I’ve said out loud what I’ve always known?” Stede scoffed.

“Listen, I get it,” Ed said quietly. “Obviously. It’s not like things have been easy for us of late.”

Stede’s throat tightened, and he shook his head. “No.”

“Do you want to tell me, or do you want me to guess?” Ed asked.

“I… I thought it was just something you grew out of,” Stede said. “I went to an all-boys’ boarding school, and it was just what you did. But while all my classmates did… I didn’t. I figured I just needed to try harder. I dated girls all through uni, and it still never felt right.”

“And…”

Stede sighed. “I pulled a classic Stede Bonnet move and ran away. Moved to New York. I thought when I was off on my own I could finally explore who I was without being surrounded by all the relics of my old life.”

Ed nodded. “And how’d that go?”

“Great. I loved it. Made me want to travel more, see everything the world had to offer. And I even dated a few men. Really nice ones, too. Not right, but it felt closer.” He looked down at his hands. “And then it was the eighties.”

“Ah.”

“Yeah,” Stede said. “So, I moved back home, met Mary, convinced her I was the man of her dreams. We were married before she was able to come to her senses.”

Ed rested his hand on Stede’s knee. “I’m sorry, mate.”

Stede shook his head. “It’s fine. I was lying to myself, to Mary, to my family. It had to all come crashing down eventually."

[khlegacynexus]

I own nothing except the stuff I made up

Sunrise, Sunset

The Game had been amazing. But Donnie kept his promise. No more than six hours a day. But they had scheduled when to play. Right now though Klunk had come across Donnie typing up a program in his laboratory computer, she sat the end of the door way. “Whatcha’ doing?” she asked loudly.

“I am writing a program that will detect and tell me about the creator of a Game.” Donnie replied using a mechanical arm to wave her in. she came in and sat closer.

“Why?” Klunk asked.

“Because I refuse to download anything the purple Dragon’s made ever again.” Donnie replied.

“Because they’re bad?” Klunk asked as Attila was waved in potentially to get her.

“Yup, I do not, want to download anything those Satin wearing bastards made ever again, especially after it almost killed my brothers!” Donnie loudly declared.

“Bastards?” Klunk asked as Attila gasped loudly and angrily glaring at Donnie with a diamond shaped mouth as he scooped up Klunk quickly and covered her ears before sliding out of the lab, and somehow kept sliding past Leo and Raph who watched him go.

“How is he doing that?” Leo asked.

Attila eventually had to breathe when he got to his bedroom. How long had he slide through the house ten, fifteen minutes, he lay on the hammock and sighed. Klunk was sitting on his chest when she saw a rolled up piece of paper.

“Sunrise!?” she asked happily as she jumped over to it and opened it. It turned out to the picture of her Attila had used to try and find her. She sighed sadly. “Not Sunrise.”

“I know, Draxum destroyed it,” Attila sighed before he suddenly realized something. “But, we can make a new one! There’s nothing stopping us now!”

“Yay!” Attila declared as Klunk hopped onto his shoulder and he grabbed the new Art Supplies he had gotten from Fancon placing them in a Jupiter Jim Backpack he had. He rushed out.

“Bye Leo I’m going to draw a sunrise.” He shouted passing Leo who was reading a comic book nearby.

“Okay see you when you get back,” He heard Leo answer as the two headed out. As soon as they left the sewer Attila began to climb as high as he could. He found the tallest pillar in the city. The one he had been up before. He could see the whole world from up there before. It was oddly shaped and polished like a crystal. The walls looked like they were made of crystal too. He made it to the top with the strange glowing horn it had on top and waited in the same spot they were in before.

After a few hours the sun was rising, they watched it go by and soon Attila began drawing it when the sun was higher in the sky. Remembering every color to the last detail, he managed copy it, and even made the pose he and Klunk had from behind from memory. He looked at it. “It’s not the same….” Attila muttered.

“Need better sunrise!” Klunk declared.

“Yeah we just gotta find where to get one.” Attila added liking where Klunk’s mind was at. Attila immediately looked up find the best sunset on his phone. He got something saying there’d be one in a park outside the city that humans used to do something called camping.

After Telling Leo what they were doing again, Attila found a bus and rode out there. When he arrived at the entrance near a small parking lot he immediately sniffed the air. “Whoa the air is so much cleaner out here.”

“Nice smell!” Klunk agreed taking in deep breathes and releasing them contently. Attila looked around he was amazed at how green everything was out here. It was much quieter too instead of shouting and cars, there was only the sound of rustling trees and chirping of birds. He heard Yokai say that the mushroom forest one could hear the bubbling of witch town. As well as the mystic energy throughout the Hidden City itself, Attila felt a serene energy and beauty throughout the area. He began to look around in awe but as he did he began to be overwhelmed. He stopped and pulled himself into his shell.

“Atti okay?” Klunk asked worriedly.

“Yeah, just need a minute he muttered closing his eyes to center himself. It had been long since he did this. The last time he tried this Draxum had gotten furious and forbade him from doing it without defending from an attack ever again.

Once Attila felt good again he pulled himself out Klunk waited patiently as he began to find a high place to watch the sunrise again. However unbeknownst to them they were being watched by a large thickly built pig with a large belly and red eyes in a chef outfit and metal gauntlet.

“That must be the one Turtle Draxum wanted back,” he hummed quietly to himself watching them go. “What was said he was a bleeding heart? I could use that,” he muttered sinisterly sneaking back into the bushes.

X X X

He could see something peeking over the Trees. “Looks like there’s something ah-“ Attila was suddenly tripped over something he suddenly saw a mutant capybara with a large yellow mustache and curly hair a pink shirt and tan pants, looking sulky and drained almost dead. “AHHHHHH DEAD MUTANT!” he shrieked his voice practically going raspy from the high notes.

“Blarrg,” the mutant suddenly muttered and groaned.

“He’s not dead: How do we help him!?” Attila asked worriedly pulling at his face and poking him. Klunk noticed a bird tweeting at them.

“You know where Woodchuck lives?” Klunk asked the bird tweet.

“Ohhhhh Klunk sorry.” She said turning to Attila. “Birdie know where Capa-ba-ra live!” she said to him.

“Okay then, lead the way birdie!” Attila said lifting up the Mutant onto his back and carrying him forward to the thing they had noticed in the distance. “Looks like a castle spire, and we’re getting closer to it. Is he a King? Am I in Canada?” Attila asked himself wondering as soon they saw a dog themed kind of park with a house off to the side.

“That must be where he lives!” Attila said as he opened the door and came on Klunk riding on his head and looking at the dried out Capybara. It was then they suddenly heard high pitch barking. They suddenly saw a large wave of different furry colors jump on them as Attila and Klunk screamed.

Attila was soon met with constant licking and sniffing cold wet noses and being rubbed on. They were especially bad with this about Klunk who was screaming in displeasure as Attila grabbed her and held her close doing everything he could to swim through the tsunami of creatures that swarmed them with their vicious tiny admittedly cute howls of death.  Eventually Attila made his way to the door of the house and opened it pulling both Klunk and the Mutant inside. She turned to the door as the creatures were still barking with a venomous hiss.

“HAAAAAATTTEEE!” she snarled as Attila sighed in relief. The easy part was placing the Mutant on a couch on his back.

“How do we fix him?” Attila asked as the two looked over him Klunk’s small tuft of hair fur and forked tails slicked into points.

“Water?” Klunk asked sitting by the window. Attila nodded grabbing a cup and filling it with water before going over to the Capybara and pouring it down his throat. He waited for a few seconds as the Mutant smacked his lips. He groaned sitting up.

“Oh hi you must be Donnie and Leo’s little brother!” he said happily. “I’m Todd. What’s your name?”

“Uhh Attila, how do you know my brothers?” Attila asked.

“They came up for my RV, and I traded it for Cuddle Cakes Puppy Rescue.” Todd explained.

“That was nice of them. But Uhhh if you don’t mind me asking how did….that whole situation happen?” Attila asked.

“Oh yeah, one of the puppies got out and I went after him. He was attracted to the smell of delicious pork chops. When I caught him and pulled him away. But I fell and caused a Mutant Pig’s glowing truffle to get taken away by an Eagle. He wasn’t very happy with us. He chased us until he was about to grab the puppy with weird flesh tentacles. I jumped between them as he ran away home. But it was like my whole being was being sucked out.”

Attila nodded, thoughtfully. Draxum had told him that some if not all the Mutants created by the Oozequitos would exhibit new mystic powers. This Pig mutant must have had the power to absorb life energy or essence.

“I guess being mutated will make anyone nasty.” Todd shrugged. “Would you two like some lemonade?” he asked.

“Uhh yeah sure,” Attila said quickly not wanting to be disobedient or make him angry. A strange yellow liquid was placed before both him and Klunk who had it in a small saucer. The two took a drink and instantly the taste of heaven washed over their tongues as they gasped in sheer awe.

“This is the most amazing thing I’ve ever drank!” Attila beamed happily with a squeak.

“Tastes like Heaven!” Klunk agreed as they sipped it some more feeling refreshed.

“I was Mutated too. I’m actually starting to forget what human me looked like.” Todd chuckled.

Attila froze a little at this. “How did you mutate?” He asked nervously.

“I got a weird bite one day in late July, next thing I know I’m a Capybara.” Todd explained casually. “I was already rescuing puppies and living out here. So I guess there’s not much of a difference.” He added.

Attila slunk down as Klunk finished her lemonade and wanted Attila’s. He pushed her away gently when she tries to get it as he sipped up his own. He needed to distract himself. “What are Puppies?” Attila asked. Todd let out a horrified gasp and hugged him to the point Attila couldn’t get air into his lungs anymore.

“What kind of horrible, awful, cold, loveless life, have you lived where you don’t know what a Puppy is!?” Todd sobbed Attila feeling himself soaked in tears. He loosened his grip as Attila sucked in as much air as he could.

“Why does everybody say my life was so horrible?” Attila gasped as Todd hugged him tightly again.

“I love you, you are loved!” he declared supportably squeezing the poor Turtle tighter.

“Oxy….gen…” Attila gasped out.

X X X

Leo had stretched a bit when Raph came in, looking like he had searched the whole lair. “Leo have you seen Attila?” Raph asked.

“Hmm? Oh he went to go draw a Sunrise in the woods.” Leo replied casually.

“And you didn’t go with him or stop him!?” Raph snapped anxiously.

“He can handle whatever’s out there besides Todd. He’s a Mystic Warrior not a toddler in traffic.” Leo replied going back to his comic. Raph took it away. “Hey!”

“Leo he’s your brother he needs you to protect him. Even if you think he can do it himself!” Raph scolded. “Now come on we’re going to go find him.” Raph said turning to the garage. Leo sighed standing up to follow.

X X X

Attila wasn’t sure how he survived those killer hugs. They weren’t nice like the ones the Ghost Lady and Leo gave. Even Raph’s were tight in a good way. But he had thanked Todd and managed to get around the puppies. Todd was even nice enough to tell them where they should go for a good view of the Sun Rise.

It was then they heard loud sobbing. Attila went over to the source and saw a Pig Mutant dressed like a chef, crying his eyes out. “Are you alright?” Attila asked gently going over to him as the Pig sniffled looking over before he spoke.

“No! This wretched transformation has ruined, me life!” he sobbed. “I used to be someone you know. I was world famous chef: Rupert Swaggart, host of Kondescending Kitchen! Beloved by many, many fans and cooks alike! I even had my own cook book!” he said practically autographing a couple of copies and shoving them into Attila’s hand. In response the Box Turtle placed them both into his backpack to move them out of the way. But then came a heavy pure Silver wide open mouth with teeth and flailing tongue that made him fall a bit as he struggled to store it. “I even won the Best Screamer award!”

“But now I’m a hideous pig monster!” he wailed as Attila and Klunk teared up listening to this. “The only thing that can help me weary broken soul is the Shadow Moon Truffle to-“

“Yes, I’ll help you find a mystic herb that’ll make you human again!” Attila said holding his hand tightly with earnest.

“Oh that would be fantastic!” Swaggart said with a slight sob.

“Don’t worry, Chef Swaggart, you’ll have your old life back in no time. By this time tomorrow you’ll be making the best food ever again!” Attila assured. “And just so you know Rupert is a lovely Canadian name!”

“I’m British,” Meat Sweats deadpanned.

Attila laughed nervously. “Oh sorry,” he muttered as he let the Mutant begin leading them towards where this Shadow Moon Truffle was.

“We need to hurry the Shadow Moon is tonight.” Swaggart noted.

“What is the Shadow Moon?” Attila asked.

“A Rare phase of moonlight that occurs when Jupiter Eclipses the Full moon, lad,” Swaggart replied.

“Okay what’s Jupiter is that a place in Canada?” Attila asked.

Meat Sweats looked at him hiding a slight glare before steadying himself. “No, Jupiter is a big planet in the sky famous for its large red spot.”

“Ohhhh!” Attila said nodding as he and Klunk looked up into the sky.

“No planet only sun.” Klunk muttered.

“I guess you can’t see it during the day.” Attila noted.

Swaggart took the moment they were distracted to roll his eyes. “Draxum is a terrible Care taker. The brat has almost nothing in his head. Oh well, I don’t need to pick his brain. So much as I need him to get me through the Swamp.”

“So where is the truffle?” Attila asked as he followed Swaggart.

“A Swamp a couple of miles from here, the Moon should be out by the time we get there.”

“Do you think we’ll see Jupiter too?” Attila asked.

“No actually it’s way too far away in the night sky to see.” Swaggart answered quickly as Attila and Klunk let out sounds of disappointment.

X X X

The Shadow Moon bathed everything in a beautiful light blue light. On top of that the stars were bigger and larger than ever before in the city. Attila could hear the croaking of frogs as Klunk was trying to catch fireflies on his head. He pushed his way through the large grass that began to over grow the area. “So how do we spot the Truffle?” Attila asked.

“It will release a beautiful cloud of shimmering spores into the night sky.” Swaggart explained in a whimsical tone. “But don’t breathe them. They’ll burn your nostrils and fuse your lungs to your heart!” he said with a wide crooked smile and wide eyes on twitching wildly like he had seen this first hand.

“That sounds horrifying.” Attila muttered in a shocked deadpan.

“Yes, but the Truffle is delicious.” Swaggart replied.

“Spores!” Klunk said pointing out towards a large tree in the center of the swamp.

“Wow you weren’t kidding about the cloud being pretty!” Attila said in awe of it.

“The Swamp poses many challenges. Perhaps you can get us through them chum?” Meat Sweats asked as Attila nodded.

“Don’t worry I got this!” Attila said as he pulled out his Kurosai and pulled down a nearby large but almost dead tree that they used to cross. Then they came upon a large field of sharp looking brambles. “A punch of spiny plants won’t stop me!” he said with a battle cry as he activated the fire on his Kurosai to mow down a path through them. The Two rushed on through as they came to a large amount of mud. Attila used his fire powers again slamming his Kurosai down to dry out the mud. “Alright challenges complete!” he declared happily. He then saw a many truffles glowing up the back of the tree that was covered in markings.

“Truffle time!” Klunk shouted as he and Attila ran ahead unaware of the wicked smirk that Chef Swaggart gave off. Attila climbed the tree to pluck a small one at the top of the lowest Branch but as he did there was a small quake that made Attila, slip and lose his footing. But he held on for dear life.

As he did he noticed the branches and roots become legs and arms. This Tree was a Yokai, “uh oh.” He muttered as the tree had grabbed him he grabbed Klunk and held her close to keep the other Branches away. “Ahh don’t hurt Klunk!” he shouted as the tree grumbled and began shaking the two.

“ANGRY TREEEE!” it growled as Attila and Klunk screamed and yelped.

“Chef Swaggart what’s happening!” Attila yelled desperately.

“The Truffle is protected by a mystic Were-Tree you know full moon and all chum.” Swaggart sneered.

“Why didn’t you tell me, Ow, ow, ow!” he shouted keeping Klunk above his head as the Tree slammed him around.

“PROTECT TRUFFLES!” it shouted.

“Well, I needed a good distraction.” Swaggart admitted. “I must say, I’m particularly looking forward to this round of my signature dish, Forest Truffle Pork chops!” He said with a sneer as the tree slammed Attila down. He looked up with a shocked glare.

“Pork Chops!?” Attila shouted incredulously. “You said you wanted to be human again!”

“I didn’t say that’s what the Truffle was for. You just assumed that. And I simply didn’t feel the need to correct you.” Swaggart sneered flicking his head.

“You lied to us!” Attila growled.

“BASTARD PIG!” Klunk shouted.

Attila gasped. “No Klunk you can’t use that word! It’s a bad word!” he whimpered.

“Well, while you’re busy parenting and dying at the same time. I’m off to get me truffle!” Swaggart said happily trotting off.

“Oh yeah? Well Rupert is the WORST NAME EVER!” Attila screamed at the top of his lungs as Klunk gave a forceful raspberry as the Tree started swinging them around again.

“Sticks and Stones mateys,” Swaggart sneered. As he climbed up the tree but saw nothing. “Why is the Truffle gone?”

“Looking for this?!” shouted a voice they looked over to see Todd glaring holding up the truffle in his hands.

“Todd how’d you know we were in trouble!?” Attila asked smiling brightly.

“My Squirrel friends, told my bird friends; that told my puppy friends that told me.” Todd explained.

“Yay animal friends, no more hate!” Klunk shouted happily.

“PAPRIKA!” shouted Swaggart who started punching at Todd who was dodging expertly but slowly. Attila watched in awe. “Hold still you twitchy little thing!” He snarled as he tried and failed to hit Todd.

“You’re no match for me!” Todd replied as he dodged. “I’m a master of passive fu! It’s where I take your energy and do nothing with it!” he declared.

“Ohh that’s powerful!” Attila muttered in awe before getting an idea. “Todd distract him!” he shouted pulling out his Kurosai and managing to cling to the side of the tree as Todd grabbed on to Swaggart’s glove and pulled it off with a spin. Attila didn’t pay much attention to the hand dissolving into a set of spindly tentacles he just used the momentary distraction to wrap his Kurosai around his wrist and pulled as hard as he could causing Swaggart to go flying into the tree as Attila managed to jump away free. He turned to see that with the tentacles against the tree, there was a transfer of energy between the tree and Swaggart.

“Wait that means the Mutant that attacked Todd was…” he gasped in his thoughts before watching in shock and fear as Swaggart turned into a huge pig were-tree hybrid with leaf pants on half of his face now had a glowing blue eye while the rest of him was made of wood in the shape of his original body. The three screamed.

“Time for a little Midnight snack,” he roared reaching down to grab them. “Rule number, three of Passive-Fu! The bigger they are the faster you FLEEEEEE!” Todd shouted picking up both Attila and Klunk placing them on his head and taking off as fast as he could using his passive Fu to keep away from Were-Swaggart.

“I am such an idiot! Why did I trust him so blindly?! I should’ve known he was the Mutant that attacked you, what kind of braindead, moron stupidly goes along with some Psychopathic Lunatic!?” Attila moaned.

“You went with him? I thought you were kidnapped!” Todd said incredulously.

“NO! This is the same stupidity and bleeding heart problems that got me stuck in the Battle Nexus in the first place!” Attila groaned.

“What’s a Battle Nexus?!” Todd asked.

“You don’t wanna know!” Attila said as a slam of his large hammer hand caused them all to go flying into the bushes.

“I’ll take me truffle now and use it to cook me some scaredy-cat stew!” Swaggart growled as he pulled apart the shrubbery where they landed to find them gone. He growled looking for them as the three watched cautiously.

“Okay, stay calm and remember what you were taught about certain enemies!” Attila said quietly to himself as he remembered what Huggin and Muggin said.

“Shark attack jab em in the eye!” Huggin said.

“Vampires stuff garlic in their mouths!” Muggin said.

“Were-anything whack them with silver!” Huggin said.

“Polar bear?” Muggin said.

“Say goodnight!” they finished together.

“Where are we gonna get silver?” Todd asked. Attila hummed in thought but then remembered something pulling out the Best Screamer award.

“He gave me this!” Attila said. “The Best Screamer Award is made of pure Silver, and I’d be happy to return it to him!”

“Get bastard Pig!” Klunk stated happily.

Attila sighed. “Darn it Donnie!” They poked their heads out and looked for anywhere that could be a weak point.  “Okay we gotta get him right in the hollow, Klunk, Todd, get on my shoulders!”

“Right!” the two replied Todd going on top of Attila and Klunk on top she grabbed the Trophy and wrapped her tail around it as they stood up.

“Hey Maple Bacon!” Todd shouted as Klunk threw the Trophy as hard as she could it spun and landed right where she wanted it to go.

“AHHHH RIGHT IN ME KNOT HOLE!” Swaggart shouted in pain as purple energy crackled from his chest. He changed back the tree glaring at him as Swaggart coughed from having his award. Fall onto his gut he gasped as he saw the Tree glare at him.

“VENGENCE!” it shouted

“Oh Shallots…” Swaggart muttered as it began using its fists to smash at Swaggart who yelped and ran off through the forest screaming as the tree gave chase. The three happily cheered as the villains disappeared into the night.

“So what do we do with this?” Todd asked holding up the Truffle.

“You keep it.” Attila replied hanging Todd one of the Cook books he had from his backpack. “Maybe you can make those Forest Truffle Pork Chops he wanted with it.”

“Oooh that sounds delicious!” Todd declared. “Thanks friend! I’ll cherish these memories of our first meeting forever!”

“GASP!” Attila muttered as a realization hit him.

X X X

It had been a particularly hard training session. Attila was sure his wrist had been sprung for a while as he huddled in an alley way in the Hidden city. He huddled up into ball trying not to cry when something landed beside him. He screamed when he heard it and retracted into his shell on impulse. He saw across from him was a small Yokai that had turned into a rock that came down with a Klunk.

“Hey, you’re just like me!” Attila said happily.

The Rock looked at him with big yellow eyes. It changed into a small Calico cat. “Scaredy cat, that do no right too?”

“Yeah,” Attila said coming out of his shell. “You want to be cowards together?” He asked.

“Yeah,” she said crawling into his arms. Attila squeezed but made her yelp.

“Oh sorry,” he said trying to be more gentle. “I’m trying but I’m not very good at anything else.”

“That okay you get better.” She replied. Attila blinked in shock he felt a smile creep over himself.

“Hey you want to go up to the surface with me?” Attila asked.

“Yeah?” She said curiously as he pulled out a small coin that opened a way up to the large jungle. The small kitten got scared huddling close.

“Don’t worry I’ve been up here once before.” He said. “There’s something I wanted to see, it’s called a sunrise. And it’s when the sky wakes up! The Hidden City doesn’t have something like this so I wanted to see if for myself.” Attila explained as he climbed the tallest building he could find. He made it as high as he could. They looked up and saw the stars. “It really is beautiful. I just wish humans didn’t want to keep this to themselves…”

“Mmm,” the cat said not really getting it.

“Do you have a name?” Attila asked.

“No,” The Cat replied.

“Hmmm how about Klunk for the noise you make when you turn into a rock.” Attila asked.

The Cat thought about this for a minute before nodding “Klunk,” she said with a nod. “I am Klunk!”

“Okay!” Attila said with a giggle. They then felt a burst of warmth as a golden light began to cover them they turned to see a burst of colors in the sky and one large source of gold light slowly rising into the sky. They both gazed in sheer awe.

X X X

“That’s it….” Attila thought. “Klunk I figured it out! It wasn’t the picture but what it represented to us. The Day we met!” he said Klunk gasped getting it.

“Yeah, that was. You were the first time anyone didn’t see me as a failure or just a weapon or a warrior. You saw me for me…” he said smiling. “That makes me so happy.” He said to her as Klunk smiled brightly and she jumped into his arms. Attila hugged her tightly. There was a warm bubbly feeling something that made him feel strong but whole at the same time. He didn’t know what it was but he never wanted it to leave him.

There was suddenly a loud noise. It was rushing towards them. “My Algorithm has got them it its sights. Locking them down, almost thereeeeeee!” Donnie shouted as the Turtle Tank came barreling towards Attila and Klunk who screamed in terror. As did the three brothers, Leo grabbing the Wheel and twisting it as hard as he could; causing the Turtle tank to turn so sharply that one side of it lifted up. It narrowly missed the two let out squeaks of relief and shock when the tank came to a stop across for them after turning around in such a way.

“I don’t know why you two are worried they still had three inches,” Leo groaned bitterly, from inside the Tank as Raph was the first one out.

“Attila, Klunk are you guys alright!?” He said looking them over. “You didn’t run into Meat Sweats did you!?” he said rapidly looking them over even lifting Attila up at points to look under him.

“No, what does he look like?” Attila asked.

“Big ugly sweaty pig mutant. Raph really started freaking out when we found out he was in the area.” Leo muttered checking his ear again from when Raph shrieked at him horrified that they were in the same area together alone.

“That sounds like Chef Swaggart, is he meat sweats?” Attila asked.

“Well let’s see,” Donnie replied looking up a Video on his phone they gathered around it as they saw a man with bright red hair turn into the Mutant Attila had met before. The Box turtle gasped.

“They are one in the same! So the story was at least true…” Attila muttered. “I did run into him. And he tricked me into distracting him from a Were-tree. It’s thanks to Todd that I’m fine.”

“Ooof,” Leo muttered avoiding a glare from Raph.

“Why do you refer to him as Chef Swaggart.” Donnie asked.

“Well, that’s his real name Rupert Swaggart.” Attila replied as the three brothers, cringed letting out a hiss of pain and sympathy.

“You were right to call him Meat Sweats,” Leo hissed to Raph who nodded.

“It’s my fault, Todd mentioned being attacked by him earlier and I still trusted him! He seemed so sad to be mutated. So I just wanted to help him.” Attila muttered sadly.  “I am so stupid.”

“You’re not stupid,” Raph said “You acted like a hero helping someone in need!”

“I did?” Attila asked hopefully.

“Yeah, and there will be others that need your help and appreciate it. Besides Meat Sweats is a big jerk.”

“He even tried to eat me once, and I am ninety-nine point nine percent sure he’s cannibalistic.” Donnie added.

“Also you might’ve gotten a heads up if I had been with you….Sorry about that…” Leo muttered sheepishly.

“It’s okay,” Attila assured.

“Hey what’s that rainbow light?” Raph asked as they turned there was definitely a bunch of colors mixing together as they went towards it going through a small cave Raph had to duck down to enter. When they got out again they gazed in awe seeing a bunch of mystic plants with glowing veins. Some purple in color. Many of the trees in the area had the same runes on them. There were all sorts of colors as Attila gazed in awe.

 “There must be a thousand mystic plants- OOF!” Attila yelped as Donnie pushed him out of the way gasping.

“I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS! I MUST SAMPLE THEM ALL!” he said his battle shell pulling out a bunch of supplies for collecting seeds.

“Uhhhh,” Leo muttered with an arched eyebrow.

“I know you all think of me as the Mechanics and Thermodynamics guy! BUT my true passion is Botany!” he declared rushing in.

“If they scream or start moving and talking, they’re actually Yokai. Don’t take those ones!” Attila called after him as Leo blinked in more confusion.

Cue the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy….

Leo suddenly saw mushrooms poke their heads out. He backed up a little as they all got into a straight line. And started jumping forward a bit as more from behind came out in a line their caps bouncing as Leonardo watched with an arched eyebrow. He heard a slight squeak to see several more mushrooms floating down gracefully. Their purple caps lighting up in neon blue. They were spinning in the sky as Leo watched from the center of their organized three rings from the ground the caps started glowing brightly as they huddled in together before spreading out. Then there were three larges ones moving their arms around kind of like a ballerina while ones below several larger glowing green mushrooms were doing a can-can dance. With one jumping gracefully across their whole stage, Leo just watched the whole thing blinking.

X X X

“You want me to be the Rhino mutant!?” Rico gasped.

“Yes, I have found you the most suitable candidate.” Draxum replied as he prepared an Oozequito. Rico looked nervous. Fortunately his brother sensed this and already had a plan.

“Hold on I’ve got an idea. See my bro and I, are sort of a package deal. So you’d be better off Mutating us together. “But I suggest turning me into a Warthog and I’ll tell you why. They have extremely good senses of smell. Between the two of us, you can consider yourself the owner of a brand new Tiger Skin rug!” Riley said smugly.

Draxum smiled at this. “I like your attitude and logic, it’s a deal.” He said placing the hairs from before into another Oozequito. In a few minutes the two landed on Draxum’s hand awaiting his orders. He merely pointed to the boys. “Just relax. This will only hurt a lot.” He added.

“Say what now?” the two asked as they were bit and immediately started screaming in pain and contorting.

“That doesn’t bend that way, that doesn’t bend that way, oh now it does!” Rico shouted as Draxum watched with proud vigor as he was bathed in a bright lime green light.

“OH THIS IS THE WORST KIND OF PAIN!” Riley shouted. Draxum was too busy smiling at his newest creations to really perceive their cries only grinning when the transformation was complete the two new Mutants letting out powerful roars.

Can you guess who these new Mutants are? We’ll see them in action soon enough!

To Be continued!!!

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Picoreview: Mitchells vs the Machines: did not finish

This was one of those I’d been meaning to get around to seeing because the reviews were so great, so I finally started it, and…half an hour in, I paused it, read the Wiki, and decided that yeah, no, it was not going to redeem itself and I didn’t need to finish watching it.

I 100% believe all the good reviews, honestly. The art style is fun, the animation is engaging, the characters are plausible, etc. It was subtly clear from what I watched that the lead character, Katie, is queer, but that wasn’t a major point or a point of conflict, it was just part of who she was. That was nice.

The film’s action plot is based around the latest iPhone being upgraded into an iRobot, which all immediately go off the rails and now they have to save the world, which, ok, that’s fine.

The film’s emotional plot revolves around Katie, 18ish and about to leave for college on the other side of the country, and her father, with whom she was very close as a child but has grown away from as he has, frankly, lost interest in her as she’s grown into a person of her own. I don’t feel like that’s a spoiler because it’s made really clear really early in the movie.

From here on out, however, there will be spoilers, because the thing that made it a DNF for me is a thing I really didn’t like and therefore want to talk about and it’s definitely a spoiler.

S P O I L E R

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S P A C E

yeah ok it’s on you now

So the night before she leaves, during a messy conversation with her father, they accidentally break her computer. (It is an accident but it’s one precipitated by her father’s lack of interest in her work.) Her mother tells him he needs to fix this (not the computer, but the situation between him and Katie), because she doesn’t want their daughter to leave home and never come back.

So she gets up the next morning to go to the airport to fly from Michigan to California for school, and finds her parents packing the car with her stuff,

because her father cancelled her plane ticket so they could have a family road trip instead.

And he called the school who said it was ok, she could miss orientation, it wasn’t that important, so yay, let’s do this! Woo!

And her mother is like “heh, uh, well, your father went kinda rogue on this one, so, uh, this is what we’re doing!”

Her little brother, who is forgivable for this, wanted to be able to spend a little more time with Katie before she goes which is essentially why she agrees to it,

and that sucks.

All of it. Everything about it sucks. The emotional manipulation sucks. Her mother’s refusal to tell her dad that he’s being a giant asshole sucks. And her father cancelling the plane ticket is absolutely unforgivable, as far as I’m concerned. It’s up there with Amy burning Jo’s book, and Dean burning Emily’s. It’s unforgivable.

And as far as I’m concerned, there’s nothing the story can do that will walk that back. Not for me as a viewer. I understand they’ll find peace as characters bc that’s what they’re supposed to do, and I read the wiki plot summary so I know that her dad gave up his dream of living like a hippie in the woods to get a real job and provide for his family so we’re supposed to feel sorry for him and understand that he’s worried about Katie’s ability to follow her own dreams because he had to give up his, and that’s supposed to make it All Okay.

Well, it doesn’t, and now I wish I’d just gone on thinking “Oh, I should watch that someday!” instead of actually watching it and being disgusted by it. :p

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ULTRAMagic Interlude Chapter 10

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“Um, seeking out Rose and Thora like I said I would?” Blood-Wraith pointed out.

This took Deimos a second to process. “Oh, oh yeah. So how’s it going so far?”

Rose audibly cleared her throat. “Quite well I’d imagine…”

This caused Deimos to finally get his bearings. “Oh! Okay then. Well, congratulations, Blood.”

“Thanks, uncle… so what is all of this?”

Since so many people had made it to his domain, Deimos was more than happy to elaborate. Prior to becoming The Lich of Old, Deimos had discovered another layer of The Unlight, past The Deep Unlight. When the treacherous landscape he had been exploring gave way to a surreal space beyond his imagination, he knew he had stumbled on something great. The Magician’s Labyrinth was built as a research station and an archive. It sat on the border of this new realm that he dubbed ‘The Trench Unlight.’

Deimos often compared The Unlight to an ocean. The deeper one went, the more bizarre and dangerous things became. While the normal Unlight was risky in its own right, it was still easy and safe to explore. The Deep Unlight was a bit more perilous, as the landscape was unconventional and prone to changing without a moment’s notice. Thankfully with the appropriate knowledge, one could still venture into it without too much trouble. The Trench Unlight was on a whole other level, however.

This layer was like islands in an infinitely expanding sea. These “islands” were tangible realms, but the space in between required technology and/or magic to traverse. It could not be walked through like the standard Unlight could. And even if one could, there were all sorts of dangers lurking in that void. Deimos had realized that he needed a crew of brave mages to map out as much as they could. This led to the creation of the ship known as The Unmariner. Sadly just as the vessel set out, Deimos had lost his mind in a bout of paranoia.

“As if I didn’t already have the guilt of my past actions weighing down on me, I left Captain Dusan and his crew completely in the dark.”

“Don’t beat yourself up over this, Eus… Deimos,” Captain Dusan replied. “We all make mistakes. Hell, some of our mistakes led us to discovering parts of the trench we had no idea even existed in the first place.” 

“I must firmly agree with the Captain,” Rose added. “We are not perfect, nor will we ever be perfect. Our only recourse is to respond to the consequences appropriately.”

Valentina was looking through some of the tomes documenting research and discoveries. “Interesting. I figured there was something more complex to this place. Mind if I ask what these notes are in regards to an Abyssal Unlight?”

“That’s what we’ve been waiting on Deimos for,” Captain Dusan answered. “Deimos, we found the border of the Trench. It’s unfathomably deep, but we’re not sure if we should go further or return to the labyrinth and prepare.”

“By the gods…” Deimos was awestruck by such a possibility, the mere thought invoking sheer terror and wanderlust in him. “Hmm, ah… no, no. Dusan, return to the labyrinth, stat.”

“Roger that, we’re on our way. Good call too, because some of our crew had kids while we waited, haha. It’s probably best that they don’t grow up isolated in the abyss with us. We’ll keep you posted and transmit our signal until we get back. Dusan, over and out.” The communication ceased, with a beeping icon appearing on the computer screen.

“Well, I’d dare say I’m going to need to restructure the crew then…”

“Gee, you think?” Brenna cut it. “Aye yai yai… You know? If you’re looking for some able bodied men, some of our people would be itching to go on an expedition like that.”

“Really?”

Rose liked the sound of this. “Certainly. The Descendants are dedicated to their tasks. This would also be a great honor, to embark on such a momentous adventure.”

Deimos gave it some thought. He was a little hesitant given how dangerous the Abyssal Unlight could potentially be. “Maybe I should get more people involved… I’ll have to think about it some more though.”

Thora looked incredibly antsy, fidgeting like crazy. “As much as I would love to keep discussing this, how do we get out of here?”

“Ah, right! I imagine you want to get back to your family pronto. These keys will allow you to operate the labyrinth to suit your needs. I trust you all will use them appropriately?” Deimos presented the group with a set of keys that took the form of large, hand-sized crystals. They were each given to Blood-Wraith, Valentina, Rose, and Thora. “And don’t worry, Mrs. Willfort-your son fought valiantly alongside Blood against my other half.”

Normally she would have been more cordial, but Thora was in desperate need to get home. Rose also felt a need to return upon Blood-Wraith telling her more about the things that had happened in her absence. Deimos was invited to return with them to the Iron City, but he wanted to stay in the labyrinth and wait for The Unmariner. Upon exiting the great structure, the group saw a planet in the sky with clouds in the shape of an eye. It was Darkness, so Blood-Wraith waved to him. He winked back at them, which weirded out everyone else.

Over at her truck, Brenna realized there was a bit of a problem. “Okay, slight snafu everyone: I only have so much room. I can drive slowly if anyone wants to try the flatbed…”

“That’s not a problem, dear,” said Valentina. “I can fly back. I need to stretch my wings anyways.” She then expanded her black and red, shadowy appendages.

“And I got Golden Dragon, so…”

“Wait, you have a dragon, Blood?” Rose asked, confused.

Blood-Wraith could have explained, but he felt like showing off and transformed. “And I have six other forms I can make use of!”

“My goodness, how majestic…”

Thora was stunned. “Holy moly, did my boy teach you that?”

“Yes and no…” Blood-Wraith lamented. “He guided me on my alternate forms, but the glory of this form was bequeathed to me by Leif…” He went quiet, with everyone sensing that he still felt bad over his late friend. 

“Well I’m sure he’s very proud of you, Blood,” Rose stated. “It would be an honor if you would permit me to ride atop your back.”

“Sure, mom. Hop on and we’ll get going.”

Auda helped Thora into the truck, much to her chagrin. She may have been old, but she was not that old. This made Brenna chuckle. As for Blood-Wraith, It felt a little strange to have the duchess on his back. Rose on the other hand had found it thrilling. She was amazed that such a capable mage had joined her family, and so young to boot. Plus she wanted to speak with him one on one.

“Was it frightening to take on the Lich, Blood?” Rose inquired.

“Yeah… it was not something I expected, looking back on it.”

“You’re a very brave young man, you know that right? The Lich of Old eluded The Descendants for the longest time. And I can certainly sympathize with you as I faced a great challenge of my own during my childhood. Taming the Scarlet Flame was no easy task.” Rose felt the flame grow excited. “Ha, you may even get to see it in action…”

Blood-Wraith could tell something was not right. “Mom? What’s wrong?”

“I can sense that something is going on back in the city.”

“You don’t think it’s Dunja, do you?”

“I wouldn’t rule it out, especially if everyone has returned home.”

The tension was mounting and Blood-Wraith could feel it. “Hold on tight!” He readied himself and accelerated with a mighty wing flap.

Valentina followed suit, confusing Brenna to no end. Did they want to race? Or did they sense something dire? Her heart shot into her throat as she realized that it was most likely the latter. This was validated when Thora told her to punch it. She could sense something was off too. It was a race against the clock to The Iron City and none of them could afford to be late.

Englehart was locked in battle with Dunja. The mighty king’s axes clashed with the former queen’s whip swords in the tower square. Dunja herself was a mighty and muscular woman as tall as Englehart. She had hair that matched the color of lilacs and wore fearsome, yet feminine armor. The two had clashed many times in the past for supremacy, but now it was for honor. Englehart knew the only way to end this conflict was to slay his former queen in battle… or at least, that’s what tradition kept telling him. This was likewise for Dunja.

After a particularly fierce series of strikes, the two backed off to catch their breath. “Still as sharp as ever, I see,” Englehart remarked. His citizens were on edge as they watched.

“That heathen Milosh may have taken my dignity, but he didn’t take my skill.” There was barely any pride in Dunja’s voice, rather great remorse.

The king spat on the ground. “I see you had a falling out with the Proch’s…”

Dunja’s helm was broken, leaving her face exposed. She winced as if gravely embarrassed and collapsed her swords back into their blade forms. This was not what the citizens were expecting. “Having my… HIS plans fail beyond what I could have possibly perceived was a sobering experience… Engle, Valerie was right: Milosh is a slimy, cowardly bastard. I don’t even want to know what filthy hole that outsider crawled out from. I don’t want to do this anymore! I know there’s our fated duel on the horizon, but I recant! EVERYTHING. Do we have to keep fighting like this? I just want things to go back to the way they were…”

This made Englehart’s blood run cold as the onlookers went deathly silent. It was not what they were expecting, but he was not completely surprised. To him, it meant that the Dunja he had fallen in love with so long ago was still there. A tear ran down his cheek. “Dunja… I accept your repentance, but you have to understand that…”

The conversation was interrupted by a screaming, scarlet fireball flying right at them. “SCARLET COMET IMPACT!” Everyone ran for cover as Rose came crashing into the battle.

Dunja was sent flying back. “Argh! What was that!?”

“Oh, you know exactly who…” Rose pointed her sword in the air. “SCARLET STORM!” Fire shot into the air, taking out a swarm of flying shadow constructs that had accompanied Dunja. Valentina assisted by creating a bright, star-like object in her hand that exploded into a shower of meteors, taking out the rest of the constructs.

Englehart was caught off guard by all of this, especially when Blood-Wraith stood over him in his dragon form. He let out a bellowing roar at Dunja that made her cower back. It was made clear that he was not going to let her harm the king. Realizing she was way in over her head, Dunja fled and promised to return (albeit with further remorse in her voice). There was no way she could take on Englehart, a dragon, a dark angel, and Rose at the same time. Of course she could have surrendered, but the pride she had left told her to retreat for the time being.

“ROSE!” Radovan exclaimed as he ran over and hugged her tightly. The crowd cheered in celebration of the Duchess’ return. He then turned to Blood-Wraith (who had returned back to normal) and gave him a hug too. “Blood, my boy! You did it! I can’t thank you enough!”

“MOM!” Dragoslava called out as she also ran to Rose.

Kresimira joined in. “MAMA!” She also called out as they both hugged her.

“Girls! Oh my goodness, it’s been too long!” After getting their hugs out, Rose turned to the crowd. “Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to apologize for my absence. I had lost track of time and neglected my duties. It was not for naught, however. Thora Willfort and I found the research of Deimos, The Mage of Old. He has discovered an Unlight beyond the Deep Unlight: The Trench Unlight!” She further elaborated what she and Thora had learned. The fact that Deimos was looking for volunteers for the next leg of his research was also brought up. This piqued everyone’s interests, causing excited muttering amongst the crowd of people.

A little bit later, Blood-Wraith was sitting outside his home on a bench, waiting for his family to finish their business at The Singing Storm Tower. “That was something else,” He remarked.

Vexation had the biggest smile on his face, leaning up against the wall. “Jeez, Blood. I was ready to give you a month and you go and find Rose within a week...”

“Well done, Blood!” Aureolus complimented as he patted him on the back.

Blood-Wraith chuckled. “It’s no big deal. Now not to sound needy, Vex, but are you still going to teach me your magic?”

“Absolutely, Blood. You still have some maturation to do, but you’ve proven that you got the discipline and determination I’m looking for. Let’s just wait until things calm down a bit first, though.”

Blood-Wraith nodded. “Agreed, especially since Dunja is lurking about…”

Next: Chapter 11

ULTRAMagic Alternate © 2022 William Ford II (ChaoticTempleKnight)

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November Week Four: Gaming And A Clingy Girlfriend

Darkurra clicked at the keys of the keyboard. The silver fox was about to wrap up her work for the day, but she had gotten caught up in bug fixing, like she always did. She paused her typing to save her work, and gripped the edge of her seat while watching the cursor spin.

Please save, please save, please save… Darkurra grew more and more desperate as the cursor kept whirling around.

Moments passed in silence, and the program finally said that her code had been saved successfully. Darkurra exhaled, letting out the breath she’d been holding for almost a minute now. She stared at the screen for a few more moments, wondering what to do next. 

Should I fix the bug I found in that one area earlier? Do I fix the error with the map system? Do I fix the shortcut that allows you to skip the boss later in the game? Darkurra mentally went over every bug she knew of in the game, and felt her stomach start to churn. Why were there so many of them? 

In the end, Darkurra decided to shut down her computer and leave the bugs for her future self to worry about. At least, in theory. In practice, she kept trying to figure out how she was going to fix them as she walked away from her desk. The churning in her stomach wouldn’t subside if things continued like this.

I need something to distract myself with, thought Darkurra. Oh yeah, I haven’t played that one online game in a while, I should play that.

Darkurra walked into the living room and turned on the TV. She switched the HDMI over to her console, unplugged her controller, and sat down.

“Hey Darkurra, what’re you doing?” she was startled by Inez’s voice, not realizing she was there.

“Uh, h-hello Inez…” said Darkurra. 

“Oh, sorry for startling you!” The pale blue cat sat down beside her. “Anyways, whatcha up to now? It seems like you just got out of your work-cave.”

“I’m about to play this one online game I used to play regularly. I need to distract myself.”

“Oh? Can I watch?” Inez let out a mischievous laugh at the end of her sentence.

“Of course, just don’t be too much of a distraction.” 

Darkurra gave her girlfriend a kiss on the forehead and turned her attention back to the screen. She didn’t even get past the title before she felt a head fall onto her shoulder. She ignored it. Instead she started her first match for the day.

Darkurra was much worse at the game than she remembered being. Maybe it was just because she hadn’t played in a while, or maybe it was because her shoulders were too tense. That, or maybe Inez constantly trying to lean in for a kiss was distracting her too much.

“Inez, please stop that, remember what I told you,” said Darkurra.

“Fine, fine, I’ll stop,” Inez gave her a dejected look and pulled away.

Darkurra kept playing, and gradually started to regain her previous skills. Inez kept trying to cling onto some part of her body, but she learned how to ignore her pretty quick. She fell into a trance, completely absorbed by all the different mechanics in the game. After what felt like a brief second, Darkurra finally won her first match in the game and found herself pulled into a tight hug.

“Yay! You did it! That’s my amazing-and-adorable girlfriend!” said Inez.

“Inez, you’re gonna crush me…” 

Darkurra took on a scolding tone, but she felt her face heat up at all the love she was receiving from Inez. Still, part of her wondered why she was being more clingy than usual today. Normally, Inez would at least be able to leave her alone when she was doing something, but she seemed determined to stay latched onto Darkurra now. Had she forgotten something? Darkurra looked over at the TV and remembered that the game automatically put her into a new match after the last one ended.

“Inez, please let go, the next match is about to start…” said Darkurra.

“Aww, but don’t you like having me here?” responded Inez.

“I do, but it’s a bit hard to play when you’re blocking my view.”

“Aww, okay.”

Inez pulled away, with her energy disappearing out of nowhere. Darkurra felt regret start to stab at her, but after a few moments she got an idea.

“Alright, alright. Inez, if you can get through this match without distracting me I’ll give you a kiss,” said Darkurra.

“You will?” asked Inez, ears perking up.

“Yes, just don’t block my view, alright?”

“Ok!” Inez gave her a thumbs up.

Darkurra focused her attention back onto the screen. She realized that her opponent must’ve been waiting a while for her to confirm that she was ready for the match to start, and felt a bit of guilt stab at her heart.

“Hold on, that username looks familiar!” said Inez.

“What do you mean?” asked Darkurra.

“That username, RvSln0043, doesn’t ‘RvSln’ sound like Renevir Salnerah?” 

“That’s probably just a coincidence, he doesn’t seem like the type to play online games like this.”

“Good point, guess I’ll ask Flint about it later.” 

Darkurra went back to the game, not wanting to make her opponent wait any longer. Luckily, they hadn’t disconnected the match, so they were able to start playing right away. From the corner of her eye Darkurra noticed Inez fidgeting, her claws buried in the arm of the couch. Darkurra wished she’d pay more mind to not damaging the furniture. At least her plan had worked. The match continued without any interruptions, with both players racking up a lot of points. In the end, Darkurra won the match by a slight margin. She heard Inez cheering beside her, and made sure to back out of the game to fulfill her promise.

“Did I do well?” asked Inez.

“You did great.” 

Darkurra cupped Inez’s cheek and closed the distance between their lips. Inez was clearly trying to stay in the kiss for as long as possible, but she eventually pulled away to gasp for air. Darkurra couldn’t help but let out a small giggle.

“Hey, what’re you laughing at?” said Inez, elbowing Darkurra’s chest.

“It’s nothing, really.” Darkurra smiled and felt her face heat up.

“If you say so.” Inez gave her a mischievous smile. “Anyways, can we cuddle now?”

Darkurra glanced over at her screen before looking back at her.

“Alright, just for you, I’ll keep playing later.”

“Yay! Thank you, Darkurra!”

The two of them curled up on the couch and started to cuddle. Before Darkurra buried herself in Inez’s chest she asked a question.

“Inez, why are you so affectionate today?”

“Our anniversary is tomorrow, silly,” Inez responded. “I might have forgotten before today, so I wanted to show you that I remembered.”

Darkurra had also forgotten before that moment. She felt her cheeks heat up while Inez stared at her with a quizzical expression.

“You okay?” she asked.

“Uh, I forgot about our anniversary before you said that,” Darkurra responded.

Inez giggled before she planted a kiss on Darkurra’s forehead.

“It’s not like I can judge you for that, hehe.”

Darkurra pouted a bit before she relaxed and allowed Inez’s warmth to consume her. She felt guilty for forgetting something so important before now, but at least her clingy girlfriend had been there to remind her. It was odd, considering that she was usually the one who remembered this stuff. Maybe she’d just been so stressed lately she forgot. Darkurra allowed herself to shift around a bit more before she felt sleep start to overtake her.