#ch : elio

[andthesunrisesagain]

Gong Yoo (Gong Ji-chul  공지철)

[inquis1tor]

dorians personal quest is very sad but also it kills me when the inquisitor can be like "i also enjoy the company of men" dorians just like "believe me everyone knows"

[samptlay]

To My Sweetheart Who Carries A Wounded Heart ~ Info.

Blade & Reader's Relationship

Series Masterlist, Chapter 1 🤍, Chapter 2 🖤, Chapter 3 🤍, Chapter 4🖤, Chapter 5🤍, Chapter 6🖤, Chapter 7🤍

Being childhood best friends, they knew everything about each other and been there for all of the other's milestones.

Reader describes Blade as his soulmate and is the only person throughout the whole series who calls him "Ren."

They met in kindergarten or preschool (I forgot what I wrote for that) and the reader kept on bothering him until he acknowledged her and proved to care for her, and since then has been inseparable.

It goes deeper into detail in Chapter 2:

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/52453421/chapters/132797800

Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/samptlay/737693316678828032/to-my-sweetheart-who-carries-a-wounded-heart-ch

Before meeting Levi, (the reader's current husband) reader would call Blade at least 4 times a week and they would go out together 2-to 3 times a week. Lots of people thought of them as a couple, but both the reader and Blade would shut down the idea.

If the two of them were honest, the attraction and romantic tension were there. There was one night that the two had made out under the influence back in high school as seniors, but the two of them both agreed to just not speak of it. (Blade thinks about it every few months.)

However, none of them had ever made a move. And this is because of the phase he went through during high school. During the beginning of their sophomore year, Blade had started to hang out with guys who thought they knew better than everyone else. Guys who thought girls were just objects made for their satisfaction. Though it didn't change the way Blade acted around the reader, he was arrogant and an overall bastard to everyone else.

A bastard with a handsome face that had ladies all over him. He started to smoke and drink (not enough for him to be an alcoholic or anything, this is what also led to the make-out sesh with the reader one night) He had dozens of girlfriends throughout those years and cheated on them all. Even when he found someone he was actually interested in, he couldn't help but give in to the temptation of other females. So in summary, he was a total player who couldn't commit himself to someone for anything.

This behavior sadly faded into his early years of adulthood. He had different girls running in and out of his apartment every few weeks.

*Switching to 2nd POV, sorry.

You always scolded him about it, worried he would catch something or end up knocking a girl up though he always insisted he played it safe. He admired you even more during those times, because you never seemed to judge him for it. However, you were off limits, out of reach.

This also happened to be around the time you and Levi got married. Blade knew he couldn't commit himself to you, so he didn't have anything to say when someone else swept you off your feet. That doesn't mean he didn't feel anything at all. He took at all the frustration of not being there for you on other women, and got into a bad drinking habit.

Not exactly an alcoholic, but still. You let Blade know you would avoid being alone with him for a long while until you completely have your partners trust to come see him alone. Though Blade understood, it still made his heart ache.

It wasn't until he lost his job in a very risky project he wasn't even supposed to be working on in his company, that he sobered up. (Something like in the game.) During this period, he only had enough savings to last him 4-5 months but it would run out quickly. You had tried to offer him help but Levi wouldn't let you, saying you were being "too nice" and on your way to "giving Blade the wrong idea.".

When I eventually got to one month of unemployment, he was at the gym trying to gather his thoughts while in his own little bubble until a man named "Elio" approached him. Apparently Blade had been watched for about a year according to him and had no idea. Elio said that he knew Blade was running out of cash and offered him a job with a salary that would have people bending backs for. The requirements of the job were tight and required his whole life to fall into Elio's hands, but Blade was desperate and broke.

He didn't have time to entertain women or get wasted. The work was definitely sketchy, and he knew all the things he weren't all legal. He's been under-cover, stolen, fought, involved in fraud and more. All of this seemed to wake him up to true adult life and look back at his past self in absolutely disgust. Of course, you were stoked and over the moon about his new found maturity and even seemed to be around more, just because you felt a lot more comfortable & secure. with this Blade.

Yet, you had no idea what caused the change and always pressed him about it, a little concerned about his choice of field since you swore that Golden Watch he had on was more than both you & his savings combined. Each & every time, he gently shut you down and avoided the topic, deciding that this would be the one wall you'd never be able to break with him. After two years, you let it go and to be honest it caused a small strain in between the two of you since you though he didn't trust you anymore, which wasn't true. He was just silenced.

But you two were still each other's favorite person. Even if you were married, Blade was your soulmate. You've texted him at least 3 times a week throughout your whole life and make sure he never feels forgotten, vice-verse.

But as of the last three years, you seemed to be getting worn down more and more, day-by-day. Each month, the amount of times you'd call him crying because of arguing with your husband increase and he swears that he would have kidnapped you himself up and out of that place long ago if you'd let him.

End of 2nd POV.

In conclusion, Blade & Reader are strictly platonic even though there is little romantic tension, it's more of a click when it comes to the two. They never judge each other for anything and if one party calls, the others is zooming over there in an instant, no matter who there partners are.

Note this, Blade has always wished him and Reader had gone out in their early highschoolers years. Then perhaps his whole life would be turned around, as well as having a ring on his own finger.

And if you weren't married as of now, he would have proposed the moment he left his past self behind. But that's not the case. So for now, he'll admire you from where he currently is.

But Reader knows he loves her. And Blade knows reader loves him too.

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[ddarker-dreams]

hmmm.... i have a question. not really a question, more like rambling actually.

so we know that n darling doesnt want to get attached with blade, she mostly sees him as her fuckbuddy for a bit which i think is funny, hence she is his long term long distance low commitment gf.

but im actually curious on blade's view on this relationship. does he feel mutual about this? i mean, clearly he doesn't, but im dying to know the specifics.

does he not prod on the topic because he knows n darling would ultimately be his anyway? (based on... whatever elio's script says) or does he just... not care for any specifics and just already considers her his gf without said gf even knowing 😭😭 actually both theories sound more or less similar.

im so excited for ch 5, ive been rereading nexus over and over again lol (and of course... ch 3 and 4 has the most reads for certain reasons im sure you know)

me thinking of a way to respond without accidentally delving into spoiler territory GJKJDF

i will say that the answer to this question is different pre and post chapter 4. i can come back and give the latter after chapter five is posted.

OKAY, so. initial impression (after saving n darling from alister's knife attack in ch1), was... nothing really. a slight pull and nothing else. at that point, he knew the specifics of his job, which he didn't view differently from the hundreds of jobs he'd be assigned before. he doesn't usually bother thinking about the greater picture. he considers himself a weapon who will simply do as he's told until elio fulfills his end of their agreement.

for a while after that, he finds n darling kinda weird. he doesn't get why n darling thanked him and made her synalink offer when it's pretty obvious she doesn't like the stellaron hunters. it wasn't clear to him yet that in the same way he considers himself a weapon, n darling views herself an integral organ to eris. n darling's gratitude wasn't so much that he saved her life — but that he saved eris' 'life.'

he didn't actively try to understand her because he wouldn't care to. the sole reason he picked any of this up is just from the sheer amount of time they spent coexisting. it's inevitable he'd become familiar with her to some extent. there's that, and well... n darling is rather stunning. an assignment where he basically gets to stare at a beautiful woman for days on end isn't something he's complaining about.

what served as a turning point is the nectar guide incident.

(i didn't expect for this to get so long good god but here's blade's mental health going 📉 as his journey to tap n darling begins)

when he comes to, the sight he's greeted with is this high stationed individual weeping for him and desperately tearing her clothes in a attempt to stop his bleeding. he cannot recall a time when anyone has bothered to do so, since it's known no matter how awful an injury he suffers, he'll regenerate eventually. that aforementioned slight pull grows stronger.

regarding blade's reaction to n darling poking around in his psyche uninvited, that wasn't what actually upset him. it was the possibility he'd be less attentive to her safety if he were to go around searching for survivors. for some inexplicable reason, this irked him.

then, at this exchange in ch3:

“Can it really be considered a sin if it’s beyond your control?” 

“It won’t always be,” he replies. “Until then, I can’t allow myself to forget. You must get why.” 

You wish you didn’t. 

it finally dawns on blade that he and this diva-who-pretends-she-isn't-a-diva actually share common ground. that they're both stuck in this self-perpetuated cycle of guilt and admonishment for circumstances that weren't entirely their fault. he doesn't know what to do with this information and stuffs it away for safekeeping.

then another turning point goes down:

the dissonance between lear's id and ego/superego culminates to such a degree that n darling goes unresponsive, the psychic backlash is that bad. blade doesn't understand the specifics. all he sees is this woman he's begrudgingly intrigued by collapsing to the ground with blood rushing from her nose, while her noisy friend and quiet friend rush around. eventually, he can roughly piece together what happened from these tidbits: n darling's aversion to physical contact (seen in ch1 when he reaches for her wrist and she freezes up, then once more when she avoids him after the nectar guide incident).

n darling then confirms this: "What you’re referring to is a precaution my mother suggested. In the past, strange reactions have occurred after I came into direct contact with someone."

along with well-intentioned nona's exclamation: "i yelled at him that if he hurt lear you would turn his mind into goop"

blade wouldn't have thought to configure lear into things as soon as he did had nona not given this slip of information. he already had suspicions that lear and n darling had some sort of Situation between them, because lear isn't slick and makes googly eyes @ n darling like nobodies business, but this. this is different. he could write lear's googly eyes off as a crush, which is whatever. but n darling caring for lear to such a degree that she's fine with risking her wellbeing because she likes being around him that much? hence:

You’re so swept up in your thoughts, that it takes you a while to notice how Blade’s been staring at you. This in and of itself is nothing new. He’s been your shadow ever since forced this arrangement. It irritated you at first, but that blistering offense eased into acceptance. His vigilance felt befitting of a guard. Taking in your surroundings, assessing any threats; such is his prerogative. 

How he’s eyeing you now feels different. It’s as if he’s looking through you, not at you. 

“Is something wrong? You’re making such a scary expression,” you joke. 

at that point, blade is Not Happy to an extent that confuses even him (ch5 will go into why).

then he happens to be brooding in the distance, as he's prone to do, when he sees n darling looking absolutely defeated (post the convo with caicias and chrysus). he feels this need to do something about it, remembers how often she drinks that ambrosia tea, then makes some for her. he really was going to just leave it and then give her space, but, alas:

"Your body springs up of its own accord. You balance the teacup in one hand and reach out to him with the other, your fingers fanning out, ready to sink into whatever they can. Everything happens in the blink of an eye. Your free hand succeeds in finding a destination — settling on the abrasive finish of his bandages. 

You feel another texture alongside it. 

It’s smooth, cold, and visible through the interstices of his winding bandages. 

His skin."

this contact quite literally Awakens something in him (👁👁),

"Blade’s gripping your comforter hard enough for his knuckles to turn bone white. He’s leaning forward, as if ready to pounce, yet lucid enough to exercise some semblance of self-control. He reminds you of a starved animal trapped in a cage, salivating over a piece of meat hanging outside the bars. Goosebumps cover your body. This isn’t simple lust… it’s visceral, some primitive desire too overwhelming to be understood.

You’re the one he’s staring at with this unbridled yearning.

Yes, he’s teased you. Pushed your buttons and riled you up. Not so subtly flaunted the strength that lets him maneuver you like you weigh nothing. You might have status and mastery in your given field, but he’s participated in the annihilation of worlds; the end of civilizations that span back since time immemorial.

He should be the one in charge.

Yet as you stand here, witnessing how he tortures himself by not pouncing on you like he easily could, a thought is planted.

He’d really do anything you asked if it kept this from ending."

from this point to where chapter 4 ends, blade's brain is in some sort of caveman mode. he wakes up. thinks about fucking n darling. fucks n darling. waits around impatiently until he can fuck n darling once again. fucks n darling again. goes to (half) sleep. rinse and repeat.

not only is his mara manageable when he's around n darling, but he gets this thrill too? it's a high unlike anything he's experienced in the miserable centuries he's been cursed with immortality. he isn't really worried about the specifics of their relationship, so long as he can keep railing her on every surface around. n darling's body, how she carries herself with such confidence, the way she pokes and prods at him; he's obsessed. addicted. nothing short of feral.

every stage on his hierarchy of needs has been replaced with n darling.

[mahoganyfaery]

OK TU REFAIS MA SOIREE AVEC CES MERVEILLES!  🥹 💕 il a tellement peu de ressources. je...

[queersrus]

astronomy witch theme

(nick)names:

astra, astro, astre, astera, astel/astelle, astella, ariel, aura, aurora, aurore, aure, aurelie/auralie, auralia/aurelia, atlas, aristar, aries, altair, astreaus, aether, apollo, apolla, artemis bila, boreals, boreal comet, cosma, cosmic, cosmo, celest/celeste, celestia, celestio, callisto, calypso, Cassiopeia, claudius, caelum, caelus, cassio dusk, dawn estel/estell/estelle, estella, elera, elio, esther, eclipse, eclipsa, eclipso, eostre, eos galaxy, galactica, galactico, galactix, galactic, galacta, galaxius hecate/hekate, helios, hemera, hera iris, ira juno, jupiter, janus kepler, keyra/kayra lune, luna/loona, lunar, luno, lunette, lyra moon, moona, mars/marz, miranda, meno nova, nix/nyx, nox, nuit pandora, pallas, pulsar, pollux rhea stel/stell/stelle, stella, steller/stellar, star, stella, stary/starie, sol, soleil, solar, solette, solina, solana, solace, solstice tian vesper, vega xian zorya

surnames:

astra, ayla, airy, array, aquila, antlia estrela/estrella, eddington, eridanus kepler, kuiper herschel, halley, hale, hypatia, hevelius drake starcatcher, starwatch, stargaze(r), starlight, scorpius, spellman Cassiopeia orion ursa delphi, delphius pictor fortune le fay/fe/faye nightingale, nighwatch, nightmoon moon brightmoon gloom, gloam

titles:

the witch of the stars, the witch who studies the stars, the star watch, the astronomer, the witch, the astronomer witch, the stellar witch, the witch who knows the sky, the witch of the night sky

(prn) who knows the stars, (prn) who studdies the stars, (prn) who knows the magic of the stars, (prn) who practices witchcraft in starligh, (prn) who studdies magic by starlight

1st p: i/me/my/mine/myself

si/star/stars/starself sti/stell/stellars/stellarself ai/astre/astros/astroself ai/astronome/astronomy/astronomine/astronomyself wi/witch/witches/witch's/witchself wy/witch/witchs/witchself ci/conste/consteli/constellations/constellationself mi/magi/magics/magicself

2nd p: you/your/yours/yourself

sto/star/stars/starself sto/steller/stellers/stellerself astro/astr/astrs/astrself astro/astronomer/astronomers/astronomerself wo/witcher/witchers/witcherself co/consteller/constellers/constellerself mo/magicr/magicrs/magicrself

3rd p: they/them/theirs/themself

star/stars, sta/ar, star/stary, stary/sky, stary/night, star/light stell/stella, stell/a, stel/la, stell/steller, steller/stellers, stellar/stellars astro/astros, astro/astronomy, astro/nomy, astro/nomer, astro/astronomer, astronomy/astronomys, astronomy/astronomer constellation/constellations, constell/constellation, constell/ation wit/ch, witch/witches, wit/witch, wi/witch, witch/witchy, witch/craft, witchcraft/witchcrafts magic/magics, ma/gic, magic/magical

[nerdychaoscherryblossom]

Once Upon a Pixar (2026)

Hello. It's me, and this is the Pixar version of Once Upon a Studio called Once Upon a Pixar.

(The film opens with the headquarters at Pixar as the employees leave for the day.)

Pixar Intern: It's so incredible to think that George Lucas started Pixar back in 1979 until it was founded by Steve Jobs in 1986 40 years ago today. To think of all those talented animators and unforgettable characters who have been a part of the studio over the years.

Pete Docter: Yep. (as he and the intern turn around one last time) If the characters could talk to each other.

(Pete Docter and the intern leave as the door closes while the title comes up: "Once Upon a Pixar". The camera zooms into a photo picture of Woody, Jessie and Bullseye running on a record player. Woody glances back as everything seems quiet in the lobby.)

Woody: Psst! Atta. Princess Atta. You there?

(Princess Atta flies into the lobby and over to his picture.)

Woody: Is that it? They all gone?

Princess Atta: Yep, they're all gone.

Woody: Yee-haw! (he, Jessie and Bullseye leap out of the picture) Come on, Jessie, this is it.

Jessie: Let's get everyone. Yodel-ay-hee-hoo!

Joy: (gasps) There's the signal! All right, everyone! (she, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust jump out of their production cell) It's picture time!

Elio Silos: That's tonight?

Joy: That's now.

Ember Lumen: The 40-year group photo. (she and Wade jump out of their production cell as well) And the sun's going down. Come on, Wade, let's feel the burn!

Wade Ripple: Ooh, a fire pun. (chuckles) Got to like that.

(Suddenly, Arlo and Spot come out of their production cell as Wade gasps and goes against the wall.)

Arlo: (chuckles nervously) Sorry.

Woody: Picture time, gang!

Mei Lee: (chuckles) Okay, here we come!

(Mei Lee, Miriam, Abby, Priya and Tyler jump out of their production cell while they laugh.)

Abby: Wake up, everyone!

(The Oozma Kappa come out of their production cell as Squishy yells while Russell, Carl and Dug walk down the hallway.)

Russell: Whoa!

Dug: Awesome!

Russell: Oh, Mr. Lightyear! Get the folks upstairs!

Buzz Lightyear: Roger that, Russell. To infinity and beyond!

(Buzz Lightyear flies upstairs as Lightning McQueen drives happily down the hall with Mater.)

Mater: Yee-haw!

Merida: (jumps out of her production cell) It's picture time! (runs to the lobby) We're meeting at the lobby!

Flik: Okay! See you there!

(Miguel Rivera and Riley Andersen ride on Dim as Dim flies to the lobby.)

Miguel Rivera: (hollers)

(Francis gives a fun ride to Dash Parr.)

Dash Parr: Whoa! Higher! (laughs)

(Francis chuckles as Remy and Emile slide down the stairs as Luca Paguro lands on the floor and sighs as he catches Nemo.)

Nemo: Water.

Luca Paguro: (shudders and rushes to the counter)

P.T. Flea: No, no, no, there's no time for snacks!

Luca Paguro: Uh, Andy! A little help here?

Andy Davis: Oh, uh, let me see here. There we go, a nice bucket of water.

(Luca Paguro dunks Nemo to a bucket of water.)

Nemo: (grunts)

Linguini: (chuckles) Oh, waiter! There's a fish in the bucket! (laughs)

(Ernesto de la Cruz tries to get candy from the vending machine while he curses in Spanish as Mr. Incredible and Frozone walk down the hall.)

Mr. Incredible: Yikes! Do you think all the villains might catch up?

Frozone: Hmm. (freezes Syndrome in his frame) Not all.

Syndrome: (strains)

(Rex goes to the elevator with Imelda Rivera, Manticore, Ian, Barley and Laurel Lightfoot.)

Imelda Rivera: Going down?

Roz: Hold the elevator. I'm going to the lobby.

Rex: Huh? Oh, you've got to be joking.

(Joe Gardner hums to "Put On Your Sunday Clothes" while he draws Hector Rivera.)

Brook Ripple: Hey, black man. Shake a leg, will ya?

Joe Gardner: The leg won't make a difference, it's all in the wrist.

(Hector Rivera bursts out of the drawing as Joe Gardner shrieks in surprise.)

Hector Rivera: Ay! I haven't seen a fall like that since Spain. (fixes the chair) Oh! Much better.

(At the men's room, Hopper, 4*Town and Chef Skinner freshen up as Chef Skinner blows a kiss and chuckles. Suddenly, Tuck and Roll appear in front of his eyes, laughing, as Jessie opens the door.)

Jessie: Let's move it, gentlemen!

(While Lorenzo Paguro tries to free his wife Daniela Paguro from her picture, Giulia Marcovaldo walk with Buster, Mr. Mittens, Larry and Machivelli.)

Giulia Marcovaldo: Uh-huh. Meeting at the lobby. Don't eat the rats.

(Scud tries to eat Remy and Emile but Dante pops up and scares Scud away, thus saving the rats' lives. While Izzy and her team walk by, Mei Lee and her friends watch a cartoon on a TV.)

Izzy Hawthorne: Come on, everyone, you're gonna have nightmares.

(Zurg pops out of the TV and scares Mei Lee and her friends away, laughing. Back at the elevator, Roz makes it in time.)

Roz: Thanks very much for holding the elevator.

Rex: (groans)

Evelyn Deavor: I'm also going to the lobby as well.

Rex: Huh? Oh, come on!

(While M-O is being followed and annoyed by Dot, Mr. and Mrs. Anderson follow down the stairs, where Mr. Anderson is the one to drop his wallet and they laugh. Buster picks up the wallet and runs off with it.)

Mr. Anderson: Hey, Buster! Andy, get your dog!

(Woody follows up the stairs as he looks amused when he sees Underminer leading Colette Tatou with his hypnosis watch.)

Woody: Underminer? Underminer! You-- You stop that now, Underminer!

Rosie: Don't worry, Woody. (chuckles) I got this.

(Rosie hits Underminer offscreen unconsciously.)

Woody: Huh. (gasps) Wow.

(Woody looks up at photographs of John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, Lee Unkrich and Joe Ranft while he takes his hat off.)

Buzz Lightyear: Oh, Woody, where are you? We're at the lobby!

Woody: (chuckles) Got to go, but thanks. (puts his hat back on) On with the show.

(At the lobby, Woody rides on WALL-E with a fire extinguisher)

Woody: Yee-haw!

Mike Wazowski: Coast is clear, Sheriff.

Woody: Great! (holds the door open) Right this way, everybody.

(Sulley bumps into the door.)

Woody: Oh! Sulley, are you okay?

James P. Sullivan: (grunts) Never better, Eastwood. (accidentally trips the trash can)

Stinky Pete: I knew I'm surrounded by... (gets startled by Slim who rides on EVE) Idiots!

Slim: Tallyho! Whee! I'll show you the world! (laughs)

Woody: Oh, great, the ladder.

(Buzz sets the ladder while he hums.)

Mr. Dicker: Every time it gets hard. Money, money, money.

Woody: All right, everyone. Get-- Get together now. (to Tinny) Oh. After you, Tinny.

Emile: Oh. Pardon me.

Francis: (holds up a camera) Here's the camera, Lightyear.

Buzz Lightyear: (takes a camera and chuckles) Thanks, Francis. (climbs up the ladder)

Woody: Buzz, be careful!

Buzz Lightyear: (makes it to the top) All right, now where's the timer button?

Molt: Oh, oh! Three, two, one! (Randall Boggs grins)

(Buzz accidentally falls off while he screams and breaks the camera. As Buster walks to the broken camera, Buzz recognizes it.)

Andy Davis: Come on, Buster. (Buster runs back to Andy)

Buzz Lightyear: Huh? Oh, no. It's ruined.

Anger: Well, that was fun!

Sadness: Maybe we can try again in another forty years.

(The characters sigh disappointedly and are about to leave.)

Woody: Oh, no, no, wait. Come back. It-- It-- It'll be fine. It'll be...

(Just as the characters are about to leave, Randy Newman appears from nowhere while he plays "You've Got a Friend in Me" on piano with his orchestra.)

Randy Newman: ♪ You've got a friend in me ♪

♪ You've got a friend in me ♪

♪ When the road looks rough ahead ♪

♪ And you're miles and miles from your nice warm bed ♪

Hopper: I knew this was gonna happen.

Randy Newman: ♪ You just remember what your old pal said ♪

♪ Boy, you've got a friend in me ♪

♪ Yeah, you've got a friend in me ♪

(While the song goes on, Mr. Incredible fixes the camera as Buzz looks excited and Sulley puts the ladder back in position. Manny and Gipsy lift Buzz to help him up as Buzz sets the camera up for the photo.)

♪ Some other folks might be ♪

♪ A little bit smarter than I am ♪

♪ Bigger and stronger too, maybe ♪

♪ But none of them will ever love you ♪

♪ The way I do, it's me and you, boy ♪

♪ And as the years go by ♪

♪ Our friendship will never die ♪

♪ You're gonna see it's our destiny ♪

All: ♪ You've got a friend in me ♪

♪ You've got a friend in me ♪

♪ You've got a friend in me ♪

(The camera flashes as the group photo in the Pixar hall is taken, and the short ends with a text "To the animators, directors and crew of Pixar who worked for 40 years on movies and short films, Thank You." and then the song ends.)

Well, I think this is the transcript. I hope you like it. I also hope Pixar does a new short film like Once Upon a Studio did. Have a Happy New Year.

[strawbubbysugar]

I only just started reading bethroned rewrite (I am on ch.4) loving it btw

I was like going through the tags and then I saw the redesign of the characters (Arche,Elio,Dahmia)

And one thing I was curious about was that:

Why was there two Dahmia designs? Like one was whose skin tone was white and same goes for hairs and the other has more humane colour and has brown hair?

My question is that which Dahmia are we going with? I am assuming it is the brown haired one but if I am correct, did you discard the idea and design of the white haired Dahmia?

Also what made you change Dahmia colour skim and design in the first place? Did you not like the first one?

I am so sorry are these too many questions ☹️

I am just very curious about Dahmia designs is all.

I didn't wanted to come off as rude if I seemed like did. Either way I LOVE your designs about your characters!

Ehehe not rude at all! :D Theyre both canon! After her illness, her hair went from an auburn red to a platinum blonde, and her skin lost a lot of colour. She also lost a significant amount of weight. She's meant to look more ghostly, and unhealthy, after what happened to her! :) So drawings of her when she's younger will have red hair and more tanned skin, and drawings of her during the events of the majority of the story will be pale, and blonde!

Not to many questions, I love answering asks & Im more than happy to help!!!! <3<3<3

[a-land-lacking-sleep]

Submas/PLA Fic: Electric Trains are the Future Ch. 18 - I am Emmet. Thank you for your hospitality.

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Happy 1 Year Anniversary to Electric Trains are the Future! I decided to celebrate by giving you readers a FUCKING DOOZY of a chapter (size wise, it's fairly chill). Despite taking over two months, this fic is still going, and we should have it done before the next anniversary!

Chapter Summary: Kamado has a talk with the travelers in his village, then Emmet tours Jubilife. Chapter Warnings: Emmet begins to have a breakdown about 3/4 of the way through the chapter, though it doesn't hit until closer to the end. Chapter Word Count: 6175

Please, read either below or over on AO3 where I ramble! Reblogs and comments are appreciated, but never required.

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This Galaxy Building was muuuch better than the one Emmet had visited in Eterna City. It had calmer and more neutral colors, and the use of real wood added a relaxing touch to the entire atmosphere that was lacking in that spike-covered office building in the present. Future. Whenever.

However, going up into the Commander’s office was a different feeling. The light walls that filled the building below were replaced by a dark gray, likely to mark the importance of the room. It kills the calm mood and just makes Emmet feel on edge as he sat down next to Elesa and Akari on the left side of the office, while Elio sat down between Cynthia and Volo on the other side. 

And looking at the Commander behind his desk, Emmet could tell that the dour feeling that the room gave was likely getting to him. He was frowning just as strong as Ingo, but Emmet could tell that there was a forcefulness to the frown that Ingo didn’t have. And the glare he was giving them, especially to Volo, was far harsher than anything his brother could give off.

However, even with the glaring, this Commander was chatting with Cynthia in a tone that was obviously not hostile. “I know that you have plenty of questions, Ms. Cynthia, but I need you to understand,” the Commander says as he strokes his admittedly impressive moustache, “that you’re starting to get into questions that I don’t have answers for.”

“But I know that the Survey Corps has been cataloging the information they have been finding about the ruins,” Cynthia prods with a soft whine. “Surely you can share a bit of details? An etching? A recreation of a pictograph? Many of the ruins around the mountain will get buried in rock slides in the next few decades.”

“I already told you, we haven’t begun that project yet,” the Commander grumbles, closing his eyes and pinching the bridge of his nose. “My- The Lady Cogita would have some details, but from what she has informed me, she is currently host to a visitor.” As Cynthia begins to speak, he quickly holds up a finger to stop her. “And I am the good authority to tell you that you do not want to speak with this visitor.” Emmet didn’t miss Volo scowling and gripping the arm of his chair tighter.

Emmet’s smile twitches momentarily, and he finds himself standing back up, pointing one arm at the Commander and another at Cynthia, looking above their heads at the wall (what a subdued shade of green he thinks to himself). “I am Emmet. I am a Subway Boss. I would like some coffee, so let’s talk.” Emmet holds the pose for a moment before looking down at Elesa expectantly. “Did you bring the coffee up here?”

“I have it right here, Subway Boss-han,” the Commander says, his accent slipping slightly as he  gestures to the kettle of coffee. “Feel free to pour yourself a cup. You may be a guest, but I wasn’t the one who requested coffee be brought up to my office this morning.”

“You still had some,” Akari quickly interjects as Emmet quickly pours himself a cup of coffee and sits back down.

“Yes, because I need all the help I can get when I have to call you in 2 hours after sunrise,” the Commander grumbles before he scoots his chair back and stands up, assuming a pose that reminded Emmet of his uncle Hajime during his lectures to the cousins. “To those who have not met me, my name is Denboku Kamado, and I am the Commander of this Galaxy Team. I would like to welcome you three to Jubilife Village, the eventual seat of the Hisuian government. Kurosawa-san here,” Kamado continues, gesturing to Cynthia, “told me a bit about how you got here, but I would like to hear the story from you as well, Subway Boss-san.”

Emmet pauses mid-sip, the coffee dribbling onto his tongue before he tilts it more to get a mouthful, swallowing the cooled drink and placing the cup down into his hand like a plate. “I am Emmet. Are you just wanting to know why I’m here?” Kamado nods seriously, causing Emmet to swallow a bit at the ever-growing similarity between this man and his uncle in the Dan. “Well, I came to find my wife.” Beside him, Elesa smiles sweetly, her cheeks pinching her eyes closed. “And hopefully, and thankfully, my brother.” He pauses and adds softly, “I would like to go back downstairs soon.”

“Ingo arrived through the Space-Time rift, just as Elesa later did,” Kamado says, looking down at his desk and jotting a note down on a sheet of paper.

“Ultra Wormhole,” Cynthia quickly corrects, Volo nodding next to her. Kamado looks like he’s about to say something, and instead sighs before motioning for Emmet to continue.

Emmet’s smile perks a bit at the short exchange before he brings it to a more neutral smile. “My brother and I came across this period as kids.” Emmet pauses for a moment to sip his coffee, letting out a contented sigh. “We joked about Ingo being Ingo reincarnated. Then he disappeared.”

“And arrived here,” Kamado dully notes, seeing where the story is leading.

Emmet nods, continuing on. “And then Elesa disappeared, and Volo showed up. I probably shouldn’t have listened to him, the entire situation was suspect.But I was also panicked and had no other options.”

“And so you decided to follow a liar and a thief,” Kamado says with a glare at the liar in question.

“That’s not fair, Kamado,” Akari says, cutting in front of Emmet’s attempt to speak up. “Volo has spent a lot of time making up for what he’s done!”

“Yes, with his supposed immortality,” Kamado says with a glare towards Volo, who shrivels into his chair. “A descendant of the Celestica is what he had told us when he came with the Gingko. And all along, he was a survivor of the massacre. With his actions recently, he should’ve died there.”

There was a small commotion from Elio, Volo, and Cynthia at the comment before Kamado slams a hand down onto the table, cutting them off as Emmet glares at him over his coffee. “I am not going to remove him or your group, so there is no need to be belligerent.” Despite the direct irony of the statement, no one called Kamado his own behavior, preferring to let him talk. “Now, Subway Boss-san, you were telling me how your group arrived here.”

Emmet looks at Kamado’s moustache before sighing and drinking from his coffee before speaking back up. “I am Emmet, Denboku-han,” Emmet says, using his own Johtoan dialect more prominently. “I would prefer you be nicer to my friends. I would not be here without Volo’s help. He is the one who pointed me where to go, that pulled the strings to get me here, and taught me the proper path.” Kamado glares at Emmet for a moment, before crossing his arms and huffing in acquiescence. “Now. Do you want to know anything else?”

Kamado reaches up and strokes his moustache in thought for a moment before speaking back up. “Young Nozawa-kun here mentioned that he had a Pokemon bring you all here. Is that something I need to worry about?”

Emmet leans over and looks down at Elio, who to their credit simply shrugs and shakes their head. With a nod, Emmet looks back at Kamado. “Nope. Solgaleo can create Wormholes to take us places. But it’s very nice! A large house cat, and well trained, yup.”

“And these Wormholes won’t be a threat to the village?”

“No more than Arceus in Akari’s Pokeball,” Emmet says with a widening grin as he sips his coffee. He could hear Elesa gag on his right and feel Akari stiffen on his left as Kamado’s eyes narrow. And if he really listened, he could hear Elio hold in a laugh and Volo’s heart nearly stop.

As Kamado’s gaze shifts to Akari, she drives her elbow into Emmet’s arm and pulls out the Wing Ball that Arceus resides in. “Y-yeah! I, uh, caught one last Pokemon! I already showed the Professor.” There’s a pause as Kamado simply nods, still looking at her for an explanation on Emmet’s comment. “Eheh… It’s, uh… It’s the Almighty Sinnoh.”

“YA CAPTURED THE CLANS’ GOD?!” Kamado roars, one hand slamming into the table to hold himself up as he stumbles back. “Do Adaman-han and Irida-han know?” Akari opens her mouth to explain when a voice emanates from the Pokeball.

Thou needest not to worry. The two leaders of mine children’s clans need not know I exist.

The office stood quiet for a moment before Kamado could sputter out anything. “W… What-”

Also, thou needest not worry about thine town. I am a gentle god. In the day of mine Champion’s youth, I am what is called a blorbo.

The effect of Arceus’ statement was instant. Elio and Akari both double over in laughter, with the ball actually falling from Akari’s grip and rolling under Kmado’s desk with a soft, but reverberant, Oh No. Emmet, Elesa, and Cynthia all did the proper response from an adult and respectfully cringed at the Alpha Pokemon. 

All Kamado could do was stare at the ball as it rolls out of sight, then back up at Akari. “I.. Do not want to know what it is talking about. Just… Are we going to have to feed this God too?” Akari is silent for a moment, before averting her gaze and whistling to herself. “I swear to the Whirl, I’m going to dock your pay to afford to feed them. No more captures for a month.”

“You only pay on captures anyway!” Akari cries as she puts her arms out in defiance. “That’s bullshit!”

“And more Pokemon are entering the region every day,” Kamado shoots back, reaching down to retrieve Arceus’ Pokeball from under his desk and handing it back to the young Surveyor. “This meeting is adjourned. I’m going to need to go over finances and figure out an appropriate way to breach the topic of one of my people capturing the Almighty Sinnoh to the Clans.”

Emmet was the first to leave the room, taking his cup of coffee with him as Elesa and Volo quickly followed behind him. As they reach the bottom of the stairs, Volo lets out a heavy sigh. “I still hate that man, I think.”

“I am Emmet,” Emmet says before he fully registers what Volo said, quickly adding, “I don’t blame you. He is severe.” Emmet drinks the last of his cup as Akari and Cynthia descend the stairs, the older Champion patting the younger on the back, with Elio coming up behind them with the rest of the coffee. “Well, the day is early. Ingo is probably going to sleep some more. What is the plan?”

“I told Zisu I was going to fill at the Dojo when I dropped by earlier,” Elesa says with a sigh. “I’ve not been working since Ingo’s fall, and they’ve also been down an instructor because of it.”

Emmet perks up slightly, his eyes lighting up at this. “The Dojo? I wouldn’t mind stopping by. You said that Zisu is a strong trainer.”

Elesa smiles back at Emmet before speaking. “Give us some time to set up and do our daily routines before stopping by, ok?” Emmet enthusiastically nods, and Elesa laughs before giving Emmet a quick kiss. “I’ll see you later, Emmy. Love you.”

“Love you too,” Emmet returns as Elesa quickly makes her way to the stairs to leave. Turning back to the others, he looks over at Volo. “I’m assuming you’re going to stay in here somewhere?”

“As much as I dislike Kamado,” Volo says with a sneer, looking back up the stairs as if he expected to see the Commander looking down at them. “It would probably be best if my old boss didn’t see me, at least not yet. I did just run away on him, after all. And probably got branded as a thief at best, considering I did use stock without permission.”

“I’ll probably hang out here, too,” Elio says, still holding the kettle of coffee on the platter. “I wanna talk with Ingo when he gets back up.” Emmet nods, and looks over at Akari and Cynthia.

The pair look back at him before Akari speaks up. “I need to go get my main team, but I can show you and Auntie Cynthia around Jubilife.”

If a smile could actually light up a room, Cynthia’s would have as her face split with a large grin. “The first settlement in Sinnoh! I would absolutely love to see it all first hand!” She holds a finger up and begins to shuffle through her tote bag, and pulls out a small notebook. “I’ll be sure to get plenty of notes! A proper primary resource to return home with!”

“Just remember when you are,” Volo says with a sigh, rubbing the bridge of his nose. “You’re already going to stand out, so don’t let people know who you are.”

“I know,” Cynthia says sharply, attempting to shoo Volo off with a hand. “Kamado and I have already talked, no one is going to list our names down while we’re here, and we aren’t going to tell people we’re time travelers. But that doesn’t mean we can’t still research! Surely you’ll want to look through things for inspiration, Mr. Author?”

Volo glares at Cynthia for a few moments before sighing and crossing his arms. “Fine. I really shouldn’t be going places for a bit, but I do want to look around again before we go.” Cynthia smiles again and clenches her fists in excitement while Volo simply shakes his head. “Anyway, I’m heading downstairs to speak with Laventon. Enjoy the outdoors, you three.” With a quick wave, Volo turns around and ushers Elio to the farther set of stairs while Emmet and his crew go to the closer set.

Stepping outside, Emmet instinctively brings his hat a little further down his face to block out the sun, while Cynthia and Akari both step out into the light to seemingly recharge like Sunflora. Emmet could see the guard take a look at him as he descends the steps, the tall foreigner with bright clothing and hidden eyes that looked almost like the ghost of a normal member of the town. Emmet picks up his pace and walks past Akari, only slowing briefly to ask, “First destination?”

Akari picks up her own pace with Cynthia following suit, the latter’s coat billowing out in the wind behind her. “I think Anthe over at the clothier,” Akari says, pointing to a building nearby with a woman in a purple kimono standing outside talking to another woman, this one a redhead in a blue outfit. “I have some replacement uniforms to pick up, and we could see about cleaning your coat.”

“I am Emmet. I want to keep my coat for now.”

“Maybe after a few days, then?” Cynthia says softly, gently placing a hand on his shoulder, causing Emmet to momentarily pause his step. “I know you pride yourself on keeping your coat and hat clean.”

“Not now,” Emmet says, politely shaking Cynthia’s hand off of him. “Maybe in a few days. Not now.” Akari continues on to talk with Anthe and the other woman, Cynthia stays back with Emmet. After a moment, Emmet sighs. “Is someone looking at me? It feels like there is.”

Cynthia takes a quick scan around the area, seeing a group of kids looking at the pair and talking to each other, but no one else. Cynthia focuses her attention on the group, and each of them recoil as if they had been hit with a Glare, and turn to face away from the pair. “Just a few kids. They’re not looking this way anymore.”

Emmet shakes his head a few times before pulling his hat back up a bit. “I feel like people will stare, yup. They’ll think I’m Ingo.”

“Or worse,” Cynthia says joylessly. “Hisui apparently had a Zoroark problem around this time.” Emmet flinches and crinkles his nose, looking down at the ground. “They’re mostly up north in the Icelands, where Snowpoint City is nowadays.” Cynthia pauses slightly. “Well, in our time. Nowadays there is no city.”

The pair both laugh a little at that as Akari comes back over, this time with the redhead in tow. “Arezu, this is Uncle Ingo’s brother Emmet, and my Auntie Cynthia!”

“It’s a pleasure to meet you,” Arezu says, bowing slightly to Emmet and then Cynthia. “Ingo and I aren’t in the same clan, but it’s great to see he’s getting more family and friends coming to see him. Especially with how he’s doing right now, y’know?” Emmet finds himself simply nodding as the woman speaks, letting her just go on for now.

“Are you a normal clan member, or are you a Warden as well?” Cynthia asks, leaning in slightly out of curiosity.

“Oh, I’m a Warden,” Arezu says with slight apprehension as she leans away from Cynthia. “Warden of Lady Lilligant of the Ridge.” As she answered, she continues to move slowly towards the hair salon next door like she was trying to avoid the gaze of a fearsome predator.

A slight tug on Emmet’s sleeve pulls him back from watching the conversation, and he turns to see Akari looking up at him slightly worried. “You ok, Emmet?” Emmet opens his mouth to respond, and when no words come out to do so, simply nods. “Alright, then… I’m gonna go drag Auntie away from Arezu real quick. I was gonna show you both the photography studio next, if you wanna wait there.” She points behind them both at the building across the street, where several pictures were hung.

Emmet nods, and makes his way across the street to the studio as Akari slips past him to wrangle her aunt. The first picture there was something that made Emmet’s smile a touch bigger - a simple portrait of Volo, bent down slightly over his Togepi, a large and genuine smile plastered across his face. It was one of the few pictures here in color, albeit a very subdued color where the presumably vivid blues and yellows of Volo’s uniform were instead dulled to an almost navy and goldenrod.

Next to it was a picture of a large Rapidash, shiny from the look of the flames, though not at all the shade Emmet was used to. Every shiny Rapidash he had seen had silver flames along its mane, but the picture here was showing a lilac flame, perhaps due to the style of photography used. The next photograph was one of the Commander posed up against a Snorlax, with both posed in a way that made it look like the Commander was attempting to suplex the rotund Pokemon. But even the little bit of wrestling knowledge that Emmet had let him know that this had to be staged - The Commander was too low to the Snorlax’ center of gravity, and wouldn’t be able to lift it without endangering himself. It made for a good image, though.

The next two pictures weren’t anything much - One of the Security Corps members posed with their lantern above their Zubat, and a small group of kids posed with their arms up like they were monsters, shouting at the camera. The final picture is what drew Emmet’s attention, though.

Front and center on display was a glossy photograph of Ingo and Akari, with Ingo’s coat and hat all tattered and Akari wearing a white kimono and red sash, with a Sneasel mask propped on her forehead. Ingo was standing tall and at attention, a smile lurking in his eyes as he pointed at the camera, and Akari stood next to him, smiling brightly with a mirrored pose to his brother. Was this a plan on his part, or hers? Did he remember everything at that point, or was he, Emmet, still lost to him?

Emmet quickly brings his wrist up, turning his Xtransciever on and zeroing the camera in on the photograph. He’s never really been the kind to take a picture of a picture, but given the circumstances and the time period, this would do. He snaps a picture from head on, and then one from the side, before stepping over and taking a picture of the photograph that had Volo in it as well. By the time he was closing his Xtransciever up, Akari was walking up with Cynthia. 

“Hope we didn’t make you wait, Emmet,” Akari says as she bounces up to the door of the studio. “Dagero is the only person other than Laventon to have a camera, and his is so much better than the professors.” She points at a photograph above the one with Volo, where Melli was posed elegantly with his Skuntank. “We even got a few of the Clan members to take photos. It’s really helped loosen people up.”

Cynthia lets out a small gasp as she approaches one on the far side of the Rapidash, which shows a young woman in pink surrounded by Eevees. “This is a beautiful photograph of Lady Irida! There aren’t many from this point of her life that survived.” As she says the last part, she pulls her Rotom phone from her pocket and snaps a picture of it like Emmet had previously.

Emmet raises his hand to point at the one of Ingo and Akari and opens his mouth to speak , only for nothing to come out. He swallows and scrunches his eyes closed before getting the words out. “I am Emmet. I like this one a lot.” He unconsciously lets out a sigh as Akari notices the photo and perks up.

“Oh, I loved doing that one with Uncle! It was the night of the festival after I calmed down Dialga!” She turns and points to the clearing in front of the Galaxy Building, then lifts her arms up into the sky. “Sanqua and Iscan worked together to build a stage on a mini-pagoda, and Uncle’s Machamp played the o-daiko with Gaeric and Zisu while Irida and Melli did a flute and dance performance above! Rei and I tried some of the food that some Diamond Clan members brought, and then Uncle and I took that photo to commemorate it all!” 

Cynthia and Emmet nod as Akari leads them along past the studio and towards some pastures on the outskirts of town. “Anyway, I’m thinking we could hit the Dojo after this? You could meet Zisu, and maybe battle her!”

Emmet and Cynthia both perk up slightly at the idea of battling, Cynthia much more than Emmet. Normally Emmet would likely be the more enthusiastic of the two, but every time he looks in a new direction, he catches sight of someone staring at him. The kids from the clothier. The old lady across the river on her porch. The guard at the gate. Everyone just kept staring at him.

It takes him a few moments to even notice that the trio had stopped, with Akari leading them into the pastures directly. He could see all manners of Pokemon running or resting or playing in the fields. There was a herd of Ponyta galloping behind a lilac-flame Rapidash (I guess that photo wasn’t wrong) and a flock of Starly and Staravia circling the immediate vicinity of the entrance, a few coming down to rest nearby and stare at the trio.

“Yama! Oroshi!” Akari’s call echoes through the pastures, with the latter Pokemon called reacting first. With a distant roar, a rather large Gyrados emerges from a nearby pool and glides through the air towards the trio, landing and sliding along the grass until it bumps into Akari, knocking the teenager off balance. The serpent was larger than any Gyrados that Emmet had ever seen, even with the Pokemon being rarer in Unova than in other regions.

Akari begins focusing on scrubbing some pond scum off of Oroshi’s crest as Emmet hears some footsteps approaching from behind, and turns to see a rather small, but incredibly blue, Snorlax making its way to them. Right after, Cynthia turns and lets out a small scream as she is barreled over by the shiny bear in its pursuit of its Trainer. In Akari’s case, it skids to a stop and stands there for a moment before falling backwards into its butt, throwing its hands into the air in celebration.

The growing collection of Pokemon was quickly joined by a Gardevoir teleporting in, an Ursaring running up to the Snorlax and tackling it, and a Staraptor swooping down from the skies to land on the crest of the Gyrados and crying out in greeting. Emmet and Cynthia could only watch as the young champion was engulfed by her team, with the final member, a Typhlosion of some sort, simply deciding to stand next to the two and observe. After a few minutes of petting her team, Akari holds up a few Pokeballs. “Ok, everyone, time to head out!” The effect was instant, as many of the Pokemon reach out to activate their respective Pokeballs and retreat inside, with the Typhlosion continuing to wait calmly next to Emmet.

“Ok, I think I’m good to go now!” Akari says, coming back to the adults and hugging her Typhlosion tight before recalling her. “Let’s go see if Zisu will let us battle her!”

The walk to the Dojo was fairly short, though it involved walking through the residential area and thus more stares, mostly from older men and women. As Cynthia and Akari chat and continue walking, Emmet pulls his hat down over his eyes again and pulls his collar up to block his face, hoping to cut off any chance on catching sight of someone looking at him. Akari had told him that people were wary of outsiders, but this was excessive. Was his resemblance to Ingo causing this? Has no one in Jubilife, or perhaps even Hisui, heard of twins before?

The group arrives at the Dojo to see Elesa battling a teenager from the village and giving them pointers on type match ups as her Stunfisk, Smirks, flopped on the ground to kick up dust for fun. Behind her, observing the battle by the small building, was a tall red-headed woman in a wide stance - Presumably Zisu. And sure enough, Akari bounded up to her and began to talk animatedly, while Cynthia and Emmet hung back, with the former looking at the latter with a bit of worry in her eyes. “You’re being quiet, Emmet. Are you alright?”

Emmet opens his mouth to speak, before simply grimacing and answering with his hands. ‘Too many eyes. I am Emmet. I am not a circus attraction.’ Cynthia grimaced herself, nodding in understanding. As she thought about how to respond, Emmet could only thank the fact that many champion level Trainers knew either Kantonian or Unovan Sign Languages due to the former Kanto champion’s reliance on it.

‘I can handle the talking for you,’ Cynthia signs back as she steps forward to join Akari’s talk with the Dojo leader. Emmet simply nods in thanks, and turns to observe the battle again, watching as Elesa commands her Stunfisk, who leisurely follows the command. The teenager was definitely inexperienced, using moves that either had no or little effect on the Pokemon, who wasn’t even attempting to dodge most of the attacks. Since the battle was so sedated, he instead focused on the movements of the trainers themselves.

The teenager was a little stiff in his movements, though not quite robotic. Instead of being stiff due to over-practice, the teenager just wasn’t sure how to move and conduct himself in battle. Each command was punctuated with a wild fling of his arm, and a pose that was held just a few seconds longer than needed. In contrast, Elesa moved with quick grace, throwing a hand forward with each command and moving her entire torso with the motion. She also would pace slightly, strutting either purposely or subconsciously as she observed the battle from different angles. And she was doing that cute thing, where whenever she stopped pacing to hold a position, she would bump a hip out and place her ha-

“So, you’re Ingo’s brother?” a louder than needed voice says from beside Emmet, pulling his focus from the battle to the red-headed woman who had joined him. “It’s a pleasure to meet you! My name is Zisu!” The woman put her hand out to shake his in a very Unovan manner, despite speaking in a clearly native Johto dialect.

With a deep breath, Emmet takes her hand and gives it a firm and polite shake. “I am Emmet.”

“So, Akari tells me you’re a great battler!” Emmet simply nods, not interrupting her to verbally agree. “After Elesa finishes training Koji, do you want to go a round? She and Cynthia-han were telling me about the Double Battles you do!”

Emmet breathes in again, closing his eyes as he pulls up his mental script. “I am Emmet. I am a Subway Boss. I like Double Battles. I like the combination of two or more Pokemon.” Emmet pulls his arms up and assumes his point and call pose, opening his eyes to look firmly between Zisu’s eyebrows. “I do not think I can battle today. But when we do, let’s have a great battle in which every Pokemon uses a variety of moves.”

Zisu’s smiles widely and clenches her fists in front of her. “Fantastic! I have to see the mechanics behind it!” Her smile morphs into an open mouth as she gasps, and she slams a fist down into her palm. “We should battle after Elesa is done!”

Emmet tries his best to keep the grimace from his face as Zisu’s volume creeps upwards with her enthusiasm. She is far too close, and her energy is just becoming far too much, causing Emmet to take a step back. “I- I am Emmet. Not today. I still need to rest from traveling.” Only a little lie. He did want to battle, he needed to have a battle to unwind, but… Noise is too much, and while he can usually make an exception for battles, not today, not while he is unable to even take any eyes on him. 

Apparently his expression had shifted, because Zisu puts her hands up and steps back. “I’m sorry, Emmet,” she says with a slight grimace. “Ingo also gets bad with noise sometimes, I didn’t think about that.”

Emmet holds up a hand and takes a deep breath. “Don’t apologize. The town is what is doing it.” He looks behind himself to scan the surroundings, catching no one staring at him. “I need to calm my engines. This cab is catching too much attention.” Turning back, he sighs and pulls his coat tighter. “I’m going to go, if that’s ok. I am Emmet. I will be back.”

Without waiting for a response (though he sort of hears Zisu say “take care”), Emmet turns on his heel and begins walking back to the Galaxy Building. As he walks, he feels a Pokeball on his belt shake, and Mama Fluff, his Galvantula, falls onto the ground beside him before scuttling up onto his back and latching on like a backpack. With her added weight, Emmet slouches slightly and slows down a little as he hears footsteps coming up behind him.

“Emmet!” Akari calls as she approaches. “Emmet, wait! Auntie Elesa said she’s coming!” With a sigh, Emmet stops and turns to face Akari as she barrels down the street towards him, with Cynthia seeming to stay behind at the Dojo and Elesa stepping out of the gates. “She said she would eat with us. The Wallflower can be pretty quiet, even on the outside.”

Emmet looks over at the tables at the restaurant, out in the sun and right next to the main road and the neighboring shop. “Can we go inside?”

Akari herself pauses now, almost wincing into her grimace as she looks at the entrance to the restaurant. “I- Yeah. I don’t like going in there, but it’s probably better for a breakdown. Darker and quieter.” Emmet nods and turns to walk towards the restaurant as Elesa jogs up to his side and gently grabs his hand for a moment before letting it go, causing Emmet’s troubled expression to soften slightly.

As the group approaches the building, though, the old man out front moves to intercept them. “I’m sorry, but you cannot come in with a Pokemon,” he says in a reedy voice, arms behind his back but stance firm. Emmet’s smile drops again, and Mama Fluff on his back chitters in irritation. “This is a food establishment, and I’ve decided that we do not allow Pokemon inside. So either put the beast away, or leave.”

The surroundings begin to fall silent as Emmet trembles slightly, Akari already stepping forward to silently argue in an animated fashion with the old man. Meanwhile, he could barely feel Elesa grab ahold of his hand as he turns to walk away, going further down the street as he fumbles for Mama Fluff’s ball to recall her. As they pass a merchant group, he feels a tug on his arm and looks back to see Elesa talking with an older man in a simple folding chair, who gestures behind the cart. After the gesture, Elesa looks at Emmet, and beckons for him to follow her behind the cart.

Once out of sight of the road, Elesa turns to face him and speaks openly and silently to Emmet, saying something… Breathing? Emmet goes to respond, opening his mouth and finding himself unable to speak past the quick breaths entering and leaving his lungs. Seeing him struggle, Elesa unhooks the water bottle from her waist and puts it into Emmet’s shaking hand, before signing at him ‘Drink. You need to breathe.’ Nodding several times, Emmet tries to take a deep breath, then pours the water into his mouth and holds it there for several seconds before swallowing it.

Emmet opens his mouth to speak again, this time managing, “I-I-I…” before trailing off, his mouth hanging open for a moment. As he struggles to find his words, the older merchant slips into the back with them and drops off his folding chair before hobbling back to the front of the cart. Emmet quickly takes the chair and sits down, just realizing how badly his entire body has been shaking as he raises his hands to speak. ‘I cannot do this.’

Elesa crouches down in front of him, placing a hand on his before signing to him. ‘Yes you can, Deerling. You need to breathe, first. Drink some water, close your eyes.’ Emmet closes his eyes and nods, raising the water bottle back up to his mouth and takes another mouthful as Elesa once again gently grabs his hand, running her thumb in circles on his palm. After swallowing the water, Emmet was able to breathe in deeply, though his exhale still shuddered heavily.

“Can you hear me now, Deerling?” Emmet nods to Elesa’s voice. “Good. You’ll be ok. I’m here. Ingo is here. You are Emmet. You’ll be fine.” Emmet nods again as he struggles to get his breathing under control. 

After a moment, he hears another voice from the end of the cart, an older man, probably the merchant. “He holdin’ up alright back there, Miss Elesa?” Emmet doesn’t hear a response, but assumes that she nodded when he hears the man speak again. “That’s good. Take ‘s long ‘s you need. Tuli used to have these when she started, so I’ll keep it quiet back here.” Emmet weakly holds up his hand and gives the man a thumbs up, getting a chuckle from the recipient.

After a few minutes of silence, Elesa speaks up again. “I think Akari is finishing up at the Wallflower.” Emmet quietly nods. “Do you want to go back into the Galaxy Building and eat with Ingo to help calm down?”

Emmet nods, bringing his hands up to sign to her. ‘Yes. Then I’m going to sleep. Today is done, I’m going to travel to the future.’ Elesa chuckles as Emmet finally opens his eyes and stands up, grunting slightly as he takes a few wobbling steps before stabilizing himself. As he and Elesa begin to walk out from behind the cart, Akari walks up to them with two plates positively piled with what seems to and smells like potato mochi.

“I scolded Beni for you, Emmet,” she says, handing a plate over to Elesa. “He said he would apologize, but I wouldn’t expect it.” Emmet simply shakes his head, and begins walking to the Galaxy Building doors.

Hopefully a plate of good food would help to bring him back down.

[rapidtap]

I’m working on some longer Kafwolf fics, so idk if I’ll be posting anytime soon, but I’ll try to get some smaller fics in.

A little about the fics I’m focusing on:

- SW, Guardian Angel: SW is assigned K, a galactic criminal. Her mission? Ensure K’s life-long happiness. AU. Christmas fic 1 (late)

- Letter from a Friend: Child K accidentally sends mail to a whole other planet. Child SW receives it. They exchange letters even as Stellaron Hunters, not knowing their friend is right beside them. Christmas fic 2 (late)

- Untitled: SW follows Elio’s directions to find a possessed sword. She strikes a deal with the spirit within. Revenge for her life. AU.

- Charm: A B-Side that shows SW’s side of the story. Will have different moments from Ch 1.

- If the Toy Fits: SW, K, and sex toys. SW is a sex toy maker. K is a criminal that has some pent-up problems. K meets SW and volunteers to be her toy tester. A little futuristic twists on the toys and a woman that can’t stop orgasming. AU.

Who is the Goddess?: SW, a Knight of Beauty, begins straying from Lady Idrila when she meets K. AU. I can’t wait to share this one.

I’m hoping to post a lot this year, but life and all that. Work’s kicking my ass. Sometimes it takes me a long time to get to a fic, but it eventually gets done.

[andthesunrisesagain]

Character moodboard, Elio Sauren :

"From the dawn of time to the end of days, I will have to run away. I want to feel the pain and the bitter taste of the blood on my lips, again. "

Iron, Woodkid

[inquis1tor]

This is my ch btw ^-^ his name is elios

[samptlay]

To My Sweetheart Who Carries A Wounded Heart Ch. 9

Series Masterlist, Chapter 1 🤍, Chapter 2 🖤, Chapter 3 🤍, Chapter 4🖤, Chapter 5🤍, Chapter 6🖤, Chapter 7🤍, Blade & Reader's Relationship, Chapter 8🖤

Lying in bed and staring up at the ceiling, saying he had a lot on his mind would be an understatement. For some reason, His boss had given him off today a whole week in advance because “he’d be needed somewhere else.” Elio seemed to be 10 steps ahead of everything, so he didn’t question it. But what he did question is the fact that something bad happened to you, and he had time off the exact next day, which was only ever occasional. Did Elio have anything to do with your mental health? Did he play a factor in this?

No, although Blade knew the work he did was questionable and sometimes on the radar of the authorities, he knew his boss would never do something to cause people harm. (This wasn’t true, but he wouldn’t do anything that  wouldn’t benefit him or proved to be unnecessary.) But Blade swears that Elio could foresee things others can’t.

But then does that mean this is a sign? He hadn’t realized it until after he called Herta personally, informing her of the situation you had faced recently so that you could take it easy for a while. He wasn’t surprised when Herta was questioning why Blade was calling in for you, not your husband. He simply answered that it was a hard time for the couple and that he was just looking out for both. But she knew that Blade did care one bit for your husband, he proved so time & time again.

That was about two hours ago, and when Blade got up from the black sheets to go get ready for work, both Kafka & Silver Wolf messaged him through a group chat that was created by S.W. when they first started working together. He had never been the best with technology, though he’s no boomer, suffice to say. Picking up the device, he unlocked it to see what they wanted.

~

Baldie: What’s so important that you two need to spam me while I’m supposed to have a day off? User-Banned: you weren’t at work today so I hijacked my way into your calendar, didn’t know you had work off today. 

He still rolls his eyes every time he reads that name. Unfortunately, no matter how many times he changed it, Silver Wolf always made her way into the system to change it back. He just let it be at that point.

Black Widow: I’m sure Elio was the one who scheduled it, with everything that’s happened, you get time off. I’m assuming you also contacted her boss? How thoughtful of you, Bladie. Baldie: How did you even- Nevermind. What do you need? User-Banned: well on the work, Kafka noticed Levi’s car while she was on the highway. Spider Lady found it weird that he was anywhere but home with the woman who holds your heart, (AKA, (Y/N), ofc.) Just to drive up a bit more and see another woman in the passenger seat.

Did he read that right? Sitting on the bed, he blinked twice before looking at the slightly dimmed screen again with eyebrows raised as he finally found the courage to sit up in bed. His teeth clenched together and his hands started trembling while the poor phone in his hand seemed to crackle, this man was not happy in the slightest.

How could that fool even leave you alone for a single moment on a day like this? Though Blade lacked experience in relationships, even he knew that couples were supposed to stick together during hard times. And with how long he’s known your husband and your vents to Blade, he can bet a million credits he didn’t tell you that we left.

Another woman?? Someone other than you? He refused to believe you would choose a partner who took amazing things they didn’t deserve for granted, a prime example of what you are. Levi couldn’t be stupid enough to betray your trust, and abandon you when you needed him the most, could he?

*Ping!* Another notification.

Black Widow: @Baldie, I’m sure Elio made you take off for a reason. Why don’t you give our lovely (Y/N) a call? I’d like to do so, as well as the others but we don’t want to overwhelm her & give her the space she needs. So who better than the one person she trusts no matter what?  Black Widow: It’s not a secret that you two are closer to each other than everyone else, and (Y/N) must feel so lonely. So why not give her a little company? Honestly, I’m baffled that she has such a man as her spouse. Stelle told me that he used to have a kind heart until he reached the stages of life, leaving him as a scumbag. Black Widow: Anyways, you know what to do Bladie. Don’t make her wait any longer. Oh, and honestly, we don’t know the full story so we can’t say for certain if he’s having an affair. So avoid much conversation about Levi.

~

Blade stared at that last message for who knows how long. Kafka seemed to understand human feelings better than anyone else he knows, even though sometimes she seems to lack them herself. But was it really appropriate to call you just to what, hang out? Within less than 24 hours of the loss of your child’s life? If he were to do that, would you be angry with him for crossing a boundary? But since when did you two have boundaries?

With all these thoughts going through his head, he really thought he was hallucinating when Blade saw your name pop up on his screen.

Incoming call.

~

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[barbaramillicentgordonroberts]

https://twitter.com/DisneyAPromos/status/1654470784088252421?s=20 : Another variant of some of the scenes of the movie with brand new footage has just been found from this Chinese version of the trailer, including with this one having the first 10 seconds of 6 of the previous 26 films from Pixar movies from the past (the ones that are the 20 that are not here on the video are A Bug's Life - 2, Toy Story 2 - 3, Finding Nemo - 5, The Incredibles 1 - 6, Cars 1 - 7, Ratatouille - 8, Toy Story 3 - 11, Cars 2. - 12, Brave - 13, Monsters University - 14, The Good Dinosaur - 16, Finding Dory - 17, Cars 3 - 18, The Incredibles 2 - 20, Toy Story 4 - 21, Onward - 22, Luca - 24, Turning Red - 25, and Lightyear - 26), since Elemental is number 27, Elio as 28, Inside Out 2 as 29, an untitled film in 2025 as 30, and two untitled films in 2026 which are numbers 31, and 32, which are Up ( (10) Carl Frederickson deserves to be able to be with Ellie to remember her in the upcoming short Carl's Date like we have been doing all of this whole time right for 14 years (2009 - 2023? - ?) than any other woman to be able to be with him as a couple instead of the other women being friends with him like the men almost do which will be able to be wrong if this happens along with Ellie gone forever from our memory to be forgotten, since Dug is the family pet, and Russel is his friend who has his own mother), Monsters Incorporated (number 4) /Monsters University/Monsters At Work, Wall-E (9), Toy Story 1 (1)/Toy Story 2/Toy Story 3/Toy Story 4, Coco (19), Soul (23), and Inside Out 1 (15), after that for the rest of 50 seconds, I guess that you can be able to say that it is an extended version of the only one that we have so far, since it has the same song as this one here, so come on people, let us do collect every single thing for the movie besides from all of what we have in the United States of America so far according to the DVD Dizzy website which are books (do not ever forget to take pictures of every single thing of the covers, spines, and all of each of the pages of what they look like besides from what the text says, etc. like how I did for the little golden book, and for the (deluxe edition) junior novelization that the audiobook is paired with to follow along (including with all of the ones that are not in the United States of America along with doing the same process for the entire of all animated stuff from the past, and currently along with all of the things that we will be able to get in the future) ), toys (including with all of the ones that are not in the United States of America along with doing the same process for the entire of all animated stuff from the past, and currently along with all of the things that we will be able to get in the future), us finding all of the videos from wherever they have in the internet (including with all of the ones that are not in the United States of America along with doing the same process for the entire of all animated stuff from the past, and currently along with all of the things that we will be able to get in the future), etc. while we make fan edits, cosplay, fandubs, commentary reactions, fanfiction, and fanart for the movie from there like we are going through the fandom so far since Thursday, November/17th/2022 with the teaser trailer that started it all! :

:

Full Version Of The Following Song From The Teaser Trailer :

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: https://tenor.com/official/pixarelemental/stickers :

: Starting With This Page Here, and on : https://dvdizzy.com/forum/search.php?st=0&sk=t&sd=a&sr=posts&keywords=Elemental&ch=0&start=40 :

[cal-kestis]

creator tag game

i was tagged by @anewhope and @grogus-dad​ <3 ty valentina and emi!

rules: pick your 5 favourite gifsets of 2022 that got less than 1000 notes and then pick 10 gifsets of someone else’s from 2022 that got less than 1000 notes (it’s really easy to see note counts and lots of posts in the archive page)

mine:

music in the obi-wan kenobi teaser – this was the first time i did the soundwaves concept and developed this layout so it’s special to me. and i really like the addition of the music history!

max mayfield + black, white, and red – i made a soundwaves tutorial for usergif using this scene without plans to do anything else with the gif, but some members in usergif convinced me to do a whole set and i like how it came out! especially the rewind effect

bridgerton siblings x “best friends” by 5sos – i was inspired by gallery walls in home decor and this is my fav song off 5sos5 and i love their sibling dynamic so :’’’)

anthony bridgerton x tamagotchi – this gifset is literally all my fav things: anthony, teal, cute animations and graphics

kanthony + my top tracks from 5SOS5 – kinda niche of me i guess to combine two very different things but i think this is some of my best coloring yet. also, not my usual gfx style imo, so it challenged me a bit

others:

this kanthony x “crazy in love” by @darcyscarden bc the blending and that color isolation in the 3rd gif!!!

the haunting of bly manner by @anewhope – i remember valentina workshopping this in psc and how quickly and beautifully it came together. the gold is still so stunning to me <3

the mandalorian ch. 6 by @pedrorascal – this layout is still one of the coolest i’ve seen and i love the text animations!

rogue one color palette by @grogus-dad – idk how this layout hasn’t been trending EVERYWHERE since emi dropped this masterpiece!! the colors are stunning and the color swatches are genius

abednedo names referencing the beastie boys by @madeline-kahn – outer glow is such an underused text effect imo and i love how it looks matched with the gif colors in this beautiful set!

obi-wan and leia by @djarin – elio’s coloring is just on another level always and this set is no exception. these colors make me so happy!

the bridgerton bros as powerpuff girls by @wakandasforever – this set is 10000000% accurate and 10000000000% cute

wednesday s1 episodes by @seance – the blending! the purple & gold! the typography! deserves wayyy more notes tbh

kanthony in s2 by @kathrynshahn – this blue is so stunning like. i can’t even explain why this exact shade of blue is so perfect to me but it is. not to mention the super cool animated transitions!

fav media & blorbos by @jakeyp – every set ives drops is so unique and beautifully composed. i love the vibrant colors and the playful typography. more people need to rb compilation sets just for the sheer beauty of them. this set should be at thousands of notes!

tagging everyone above and anyone else who wants to do this!

[stateofsport211]

Danderyd Ch D R1: Johannes Ingildsen/Eero Vasa def. Elio Jose Ribeiro Lago/Roy Stepanov 6-4, 7-5 Match Stats

📸 ATP Challenger Livestream

While the match looked competitive at a glance, the return game under pressure became the biggest determinant, especially every last game of the set. That way, J. Ingildsen/E. Vasa pressed Ribeiro Lago/R. Stepanov's balance, which not only the net game caused an important break for the first set, but the shot winners from the baseline also caused the foiling of the latter's game point before a failed volley converted their match point. Consequently, J. Ingildsen/E. Vasa converted 60% of their break points (out of 5 chances) compared to Ribeiro Lago/R. Stepanov's 50% break point conversion rate out of 2 opportunities to break, which partly came from the second set.

Service game-wise, there was a tiny difference between both pairs except for the second serves. In this case, although both pairs scored an ace each, J. Ingildsen/E. Vasa won 4% more points from their first serves with a 79% winning percentage compared to Ribeiro Lago/R. Stepanov's 74%. On the other hand, second serves remained a problem for Ribeiro Lago/R. Stepanov, who only won 45% of their points, 25% lower than J. Ingildsen/E. Vasa due to their 4 double faults exposing its vulnerability even more as the match went by.

In the quarterfinals, J. Ingildsen/E. Vasa will face Mohamed Safwat/Stefanos Sakellaridis, who advanced after fourth seeds Vasil Kirkov/Szymon Walkow withdrew. This could be both chaotic and competitive, boiling down to their return points under pressure, and could also be entertaining should point construction work. Might also be fun to see how the other Stef do in Challenger-level doubles, which would be the other occasion!