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[modernmisadventures]

Chapter 8: Group Chat #2

Jess carelessly tossed her pack aside as soon as she stepped foot back into the small storage room she called home; she could wash her swimwear tomorrow. Or wherever she got around to it. Flopping down onto her bed, she pulled out her tomestone.

No messages. 

Of course, Thancred was busy - he was on a date, after all, and Jess knew full well the sorts of things that happened on dates. Especially for him. Though she was loath to think of her brother-figure in that way, he had a reputation that even his ‘family’ knew by then.

But, well… she was bored. And so she opened her group chat, seeing if, just maybe, someone else was around to entertain her, with all her other friends - all two of them - preoccupied. 

ChocoChic27: Hey everyone, wish Thancred luck! He’s on a date right now with a very special someone ;)

~LightYourWay~: Wait. He had a date?? With who??

RockYourHeart: Like a date, date? Does Thancred even know what those are?

ChocoChic27: Well it sure sounded like a date date - with Kal’istae - err, Ms. Miurani to you, Ryne. He made reservations even. Thancred! Making reservations!

~LightYourWay~: SHE SAID YES?

RockYourHeart: Wait, Miss Miurani, the magic teacher? My magic teacher? Thancred is dating the magic teacher?? Wait! Ryne, you knew about this??

ChocoChic27: She said yes!!! Oh you should have seen her, she came to me at work to ask ME for advice! Me! On what to wear! It was positively adorable - oh, I think she likes him. 

ChocoChic27: Wait, Min, she was your teacher too? 

ChocoChic27: wtf how come I didn’t get magic class? That’s so unfair.

ChocoChic27: Um. Anyway. Not the point. Yes. He’s on a date with her. 

~LightYourWay~: @StillWaters Come on! How’s it going? Did you kiss yet?

RockYourHeart: Ryne! Don’t bother them! Thancred, ignore her.

RockYourHeart: Jess, didn’t you go to the high school? Miss Miurani’s at the magic school.

~LightYourWay~: Ugh don’t call it that.

RockYourHeart: 🙄

~LightYourWay~: 🤣 You used to get pissy too.

ChocoChic27: Nerds. 

StillWaters: You’re all nerds.

ChocoChic27: THANCRED!? What are you doing here!? Aren’t you on a date???? Get off your tome!

StillWaters: I just dropped her off at home and am heading to the Underground. It’s almost ten, you know. Some of us have work in the morning.

~LightYourWay~: Tell us everything!!

RockYourHeart: Ryne.

[Incoming text message from: Kal’istae: Gods. Holy gods.]

~LightYourWay~: I have a vested interest in this. Do you know how long I tried to set them up?

StillWaters: And how often you almost sent all of my plans awry? 😆 I’m not going to kiss and tell. Not this time.

ChocoChic27: Plans? Thancred, you can’t mean to tell me you had plans. You were hopeless!

RockYourHeart: Sounds like you really like her.

[Incoming text message from: Ciprys: Good date? Spill all of the…]

StillWaters: I think that has been established at this point.

RockYourHeart: Good for you. It’s about time. Night, guys.

~LightYourWay~: But I want deets!

RockYourHeart: Let him be, Ryne. You don’t want to scare him off.

~LightYourWay~: 🤐 Night~

ChocoChic27: Well… If he won’t kiss and tell, I bet I know who will. 

StillWaters: Good night, girls. Good night, scamp. Tell Kali I said hello.

ChocoChic27: 😏

With a smirk, Jess tabbed away from her family chat to her girls chat, intent on squeezing every last detail she could out of at least one of them. Judging by the time, things hadn’t progressed quite as far as she’d expected - unless Thancred did her quick and dirty. But he was better than that. She hoped. 

Jess: So so so???? What happened?????

Kal’istae: We went on a date.

Ciprys: KALI.

Kal’istae: 🤣 He took me to dinner at that new Hingan place on Fourteenth. Can you believe he’s had rolling reservations for a month hoping I’d say yes?

Jess: Ah. I see. “Plans.” So, uh… Do you find desperation hot in a guy? Because he’s a little… Well… 

Kal’istae: I think it was sweet. I appreciate determination. And it was a great place. Apparently he knew the chef?

Ciprys: Look, I’m sure the food was great, the atmosphere charming, and the bill big, but what I want to know is whether or not you got yourself a piece of that??

Jess: I really really hate that I’m stuck between “did you fuck my brother?” and “did you fuck my brother?!” 

Jess: But also… did you fuck my brother?

Kal’istae: And people say boys are bad. No, I did not sleep with Thancred. This time.

Kal’istae: And I’ll thank you not to make me regret that any more than I already do.

Kal’istae: Toys just don’t have the same punch.

Ciprys: Clearly, we need to get you some new toys. And a new brain. Wtf didn’t you sleep with him?? Or did he not try to get in your pants? Wtf is wrong with your brother, Jess?

Jess couldn’t help but stare, just a little horrified, at her tomestone, before finding the courage to reply.

Jess: Uh… A lot. But it takes two to tango! Continuous enthusiastic consent and all that they teach in school, yeah? Very unlike him, I guarantee he’d be your toy if you asked. Was he… not interested??? 

Kal’istae: I’m going to go out on a limb and say if I’d invited him in, I would not be talking to you right now because I’d still be busy fucking him like a Viera. So the interest was there. But… it didn’t feel right?

Ciprys: Like with me and Cir. You want it to be the right time, not just the right place.

Kal’istae: Exactly! He’s… special. 🥴 I don’t want to be just another notch on his bedpost.

Kal’istae: That said, oh my gods, the man can kiss. Holy shit. Sorry Jess. I know that’s gotta be ick for you, but that mouth. Menphina’s tits!

Jess: Ick indeed! Glad you had fun but… eesh! So, there’s gonna be a next time?

Kal’istae: I really think so. I really hope so. That man is… well. He sure flipped a lot of my switches. And sorry, Jess. Uhm. So, we didn’t have to pay for dinner.

Ciprys: You didn’t dine and dash on your first date, did you??

Jess: won’t have sex on the first date but will commit a level 3 crime instead? Damn, girl.

Jess: also wait. Do most people have sex on the first date or is that… not a thing? I’m taking notes.

Ciprys: Depends on the date.

Kal’istae: Depends on the date.

Kal’istae: Jinx.

Ciprys: Damn it.

Kal’istae: This is the first date I’ve been on that hasn’t been with the intention of sex afterwards. I can only assume that there’s nothing wrong with not putting out on the first serious date, since he didn’t seem that upset. Like, he would have, but he wasn’t surprised I didn’t?

Ciprys: Don’t ask me. I never date unless it’s for a good time with no strings.

Kal’istae: Has any of us ever actually been on a real, honest, date-date?

Ciprys: Not me.

Jess: and if it hasn’t been abundantly clear by now, I’ve never been on any kind of date. So, no. I guess you’re the first! Pity us, won’t you? And remember to invite us to your wedding!

Kal’istae: Uh. Don’t count your chocobos. Let’s just get past the first few dates and find out whether or not he thinks I’m as completely lame as I know I am, okay?

Ciprys: Girl. Ain’t nothing lame about you. Good thing, Jess and I both look good in red!

Jess: It’s Thancred, he’s even more lame than you. And, uh, doesn’t wearing red to a wedding mean that you’ve slept with the groom? I just want cake.

Kal’istae: So, what did you two do tonight?

Ciprys: Subtle.

Kal’istae: I know, right?

Jess: Uh, just girl stuff. Ate. Swam. Talked about guys - or just one guy, really. Cip’s special guy.

Kal’istae: Sir something, right? Sounds like some kind of knight.

Ciprys: Cirdan. And he’s the farthest thing from a knight you can get. 🤣 And not much to spill there, yet. What we really need to do is find a guy for Jess to hook up with.

Jess: Absolutely not! Based on the kinds of guys you two are into, I very much do not need you trying to “hook me up”. And even if you did, I don’t want a hook up, I want a romance. 

Kal’istae: What’s wrong with the guy I’m in to? He’s smart, he’s sexy, he’s got a super sensitive side, but he knows how to show a girl a good time. Sounds like a winner.

Ciprys: So my guy’s a bad guy. He’s still fucking hot. And loaded. But so we find you a romance. I can dig it. I like a good love story.

Jess: What’s wrong with Thancred? What’s wrong with Thancred? Look how long he took to finally take you on a date! All of this could have been avoided if he just spoke about his feelings! He’s a complete and utter dork, just you wait. And your guy, Cip, sounds positively terrifying! Money is nice though, I concede.

Kal’istae: Do you know that Thancred has asked me on a date almost every day for a year?

Ciprys: Oh, he is positively terrifying, thanks for noticing! Some girls like to know that their man can take care of any little problem that comes their way.

Ciprys: But not for you. I think you need a sweet little fluff of a man. Well. Maybe not little. I’ll wager you need something a bit more than average.

Jess: Every day. For a year. And you’re asking me what’s wrong with him???

Jess: Hmm… I think you’re right, Cip. I don’t want anyone shorter than me. I know that removes… Oh, what, half of the population? 

Kal’istae: Every WEEK! Every WEEK! Gods. Not every day. 

Ciprys: Oh, so he’s only mildly desperate.

Kal’istae: 😣 I think it’s sweet. 🙁

Ciprys: Sure it is. And okay, so it’s a bit easier for Kali and I to find what qualifies as a tall guy, but I didn’t mean height, babe. I meant dick size, and I don’t think you’d settle for average.

Kal’istae: Smooth.

Ciprys: Nah. Smooth is overrated.

Kal’istae: 😣

Jess: CIP!!! What happened to “size isn’t everything” and all that? You CAN’T just ask someone their dick size before going on a date!

Ciprys: I mean, size isn’t everything, but finding someone who knows how to use a below-average sized dick right is harder than it sounds. So trust me, for your first few times, find someone hung.

Kal’istae: Ugh, Cip, you’re going to scare her. Jess, personality is more important than dick size, I swear, especially since you’re in it for the romance, not just the sex. Don’t worry about what’s in his pants, worry about what’s under his hat.

Ciprys: Just make sure he wears a hat.

Kal’istae: Ciprys! 😂 I’m going to go to bed. Night, you guys.

Kal’istae has disconnected.

Ciprys: Bed. Sure. Enjoy your toys, girl. And Jess, don’t fret so much. Shit will happen as it should. We’ll find you someone to get all romantical with, promise. Ta!

Ciprys has disconnected.

It was all Jess could do to stare at her screen, completely and utterly horrified. At least such things were the least of her problems - for now, she merely shoved her phone under her pillow and buried her face to hide her growing embarrassment.

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gay people real 🌝

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Viktor the Vampire Cat

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I did end up finishing this.. wiow..

Fresh Nightmare allyship and Fresh Ink qpr existing in the same space would be really funny.

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the woker and the batperson

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1st horseman - Conquest

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timelapse and rambles under the cut

i finally fucking did it hell yeah!!!

ok so i had the idea to have each bad sans (killer, dust, horror & nightmare) as each of the horsemen of the apocalypse. i started it about a months ago, planning to release it on halloween (turns out that didnt really work out as you can see)

but now its finally done! the 4 drawings are all finished, im gonna post them over the course of this month so i have time to focus on comics (i have one comic in mind especially where all the scenes are done, i just need to make a clean script and makes the actual pages) (and maybe writing? i've been reading stuff on ao3 and im getting inspired)

also some stuff in the drawing (easter eggs? idk)

the purple color on the bow end & feathers is the KR/karma color (or at least close enough) Dust's eye is red & cyan (obviously), but i always headcanon him as having more patience than perseverance (except purple on red looks like shit so i draw it cyan anyway), but i did add a small sliver of purple between the 2 colors the text in the background is the message you get at the end of a fight when leveling up, and this one specifically (200 XP 0 gold) is for papyrus

anyways

Why Conquest for Dust?

part of it was by elimination, but between the 4 choices i feel Conquest matches best thematically. famine is out of the question, death feels too important to be him, and civil war is too chaotic/not really as calculated as i imagine him to be.

conquest's elements are: the color white, a bow, and the themes of conquest, but also "noble" war (between countries, by opposition to civil war) or religious war. white isn't especially about dust, but the bow i feel works because he would fight at a distance (and generally try to distance himself from what he's doing)

Dust's story is all about fighting an enemy who's on the other side of the barrier (the human), so linking it to war makes sense, and he thinks going on a killing spree is the only way he can save everyone/make things right, so the "noble" side of it matches pretty well. (also conquest can be/has been interpreted as the christ/antichrist, and i headcanon Dust has a huge savior complex so this absolutely matches)

enough ramblings, here's the timelapse!

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⚠️Suggestive dialogue text⚠️

Mirage is pretty dramatic and his words can be....misunderstanding…(lol)

(Noah is just helping to get the wrench that was stuck inside Mirage)

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WHAT IF 2.06 ─ What If... Kahhori Reshaped the World?

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so the saying goes

[modernmisadventures]

Chapter 3: The Group Chat

Jess practically threw herself down onto her bed later that evening - well, if the blow-up mattress in the bar's wine cellar could even really be called that.

Gods, what a night. Her mind still reeled from all that had happened, faces new and old… but she simply knew she couldn't fall asleep. Not yet. 

Not without performing her sisterly duties.

And so she pulled her tomephone out of her pocket, quickly opening her 'family' group chat, a devious smile upon her lips.

ChocoChic27: guys guys GUYS you will not believe what happened tonight 

StillWaters: Don’t you dare, scamp!

~LightYourWay~: No! Tell us! C’mon, Jess, this has got to be good!

RockYourHeart: Spill the deets, sis.

WheelchairQuarterback: Aww, c’mon, don’t tease the poor guy.

StillWaters: Thank you, Arenvald!

WheelchairQuarterback: Wait until he’s gone to bed at least.

StillWaters:

ChocoChic27: hey Thancred get your own emote 

ChocoChic27: ANYWAY guess who showed up at the bar tonight? And not alone. With a… love interest.

StillWaters: JESS.

WheelchairQuarterback: He’s got a new girl every day. What’s the deal?

~LightYourWay~: Wait, he brought a girl to your bar?

RockYourHeart: Was she pretty?

ChocoChic27: Gods, yes! Fucking gorgeous. It's easy to see why he likes her 🤣 Au Ra, indigo skin and matching hair, purple eyes, black scales. And the way he looked at her!!!! Guys, I think it's love.

StillWaters: Jess, don’t curse in front of Ryne.

~LightYourWay~: …

~LightYourWay~: That’s all you have to say?

~LightYourWay~: Don’t curse in front of your sister?

~LightYourWay~: EXCUSE ME.

~LightYourWay~: When were you going to TELL me you’re dating my teacher???

StillWaters: Isn’t that what you wanted? And we’re not dating. Damn it.

~LightYourWay~: WELL WHY NOT??

RockYourHeart: Thancred…

StillWaters: I wanted to check on Jess. We happened to be in the same place. I invited her along. That’s all. She’s not interested in a relationship.

~LightYourWay~: THANCRED! Don’t mess this up!

RockYourHeart: Are you?

StillWaters: Don’t ask me that.

RockYourHeart: Oh, Thancred…

ChocoChic27: I, uh… oh…

Jess bit her lip, regret immediately washing through her as she stared at her tiny screen.

ChocoChic27: Thancred, I'm sorry, I misinterpreted the situation. It seemed like something more between you two, what with the touching and looks and all. I didn't mean to imply otherwise… I'm just gonna stick a foot in my mouth now if you don't mind.

StillWaters: 😔. Scamp. It’s okay. I - look, she’s a great woman. I like her, okay? 

StillWaters: Really, I like her.

StillWaters: I really like her.

StillWaters has deleted a message.

StillWaters: But she’s made it clear she’s not interested.

~LightYourWay~: …

~LightYourWay~: Thancred!

~LightYourWay~ has disconnected.

StillWaters: Damn it, Ryne.

[DM] ~LightYourWay~ sent you a message.

StillWaters: Jess, I’m not mad at you, honey. There’s a lot of chemistry there. Shame she doesn’t see it. But she seemed to hit it off with you - I hope you’ll stay in touch. She needs friends that aren’t teachers. Believe me.

StillWaters: Uh. Be good.

StillWaters has disconnected.

RockYourHeart: “Be good”. Thancred-ese for “I love you.”

AllaganScholar: I’m sorry, did anyone else notice that Thancred Waters is absolutely gone on a woman?

WheelchairQuarterback: How long have you been here, Raha?

AllaganScholar: I signed on when Ryne was getting all excited, and decided to see what was going on. Thancred’s got a girlfriend?

RockYourHeart: Not exactly. But close enough for now.

AllaganScholar: Damn. I always miss all the juicy gossip.

ChocoChic27: Or, well… something like that…

Jess eyed the DM notification in trepidation, hesitantly clicking on it to find a private message from Ryne. 

~LightYourWay~: He’s wrong!

~LightYourWay~: He’s wrong!

~LightYourWay~: He’s wrong!

~LightYourWay~: I know he’s wrong! She’s always asking me how he’s doing, and if I tell her he’s been stressing over anything, she gets worried.

~LightYourWay~: And he’s always coming by to say hi to her when he’s at the school.

~LightYourWay~: He’s wrong, and you weren’t wrong. Tell me everything!

ChocoChic27: Geez, I don’t know that there’s much to tell tbh. He came by under the guise of ‘checking up on me’ - which he did, I guess? From what I could tell they were all over each other - Matron’s Tits, Ryne, the woman asked for a Sex on the Beach!

ChocoChic27: … It’s a drink, mind you.

ChocoChic27: But, fuck me, if that’s not flirty, I don’t know what is. They were sitting close enough to touch, and I could tell Thancred was holding back a lot. He did eventually wrap his arm around her waist, though he insisted it wasn’t a date. I admit, I was a bit distracted, you know, working, but, I mean, the way they made eye contact when she… well, seductively ate a mozzarella stick (I know I know that doesn’t sound seductive at all trust me you had to be there) and then told him she needed something else to fill her up

ChocoChic27: like

ChocoChic27: You know Thancred as well as I do. You know exactly what he was thinking and what she meant. Come on, you can’t tell me there’s not something there - for both of them.

ChocoChic27: That, or she’s evil and playing him - but she definitely didn’t seem the sort. And trust me, I see that sort all the time where I work. 

~LightYourWay~: She’s not evil. She’s amazing! She’s my mentor at school, and she knows what it’s like not to know anything. She doesn’t remember her family either! She’s always there whenever I need help, and she knows all sorts of magic. She wants to teach me next year for my electives. She thinks I can learn white magic.

~LightYourWay~: The first time Thancred met her, when she called him in for a conference last year, he kept talking about her. Bringing her up. And she mentioned him a few times, too. I started to think… tell me I’m not wrong, Jess! They’re totally hot for each other!

ChocoChic27: I… I think they are. Gods Ryne you know I don't know shit about this kind of stuff but it sure seemed like it to me. 

ChocoChic27: and fuck do I hope I'm right. Because he deserves it more than anyone I know. 

~LightYourWay~: I knoooooooow! He needs to settle down and find someone. And I don’t think we’re wrong at all. I really don’t. I think they just need a chance to see it. You’ll help me, won’t you? Please, Jess?

~LightYourWay~: Please?????

ChocoChic27: Help you… how? Like, set them up? How exactly do you plan to do that? 

~LightYourWay~: I don’t KNOW! That’s why I need help! They’re already spending time together - I catch it, you know? Lunch on the weekend. Walks in the park. He spends more time at the school these days, stops in her room to talk about “work”. They’re not talking about work. We need to get them out on dates.

~LightYourWay~: Oops! Dorna just said I have to get off and do my homework. Talk later! Love you!

~LightYourWay~ has disconnected.

Jess simply set her tomestone down with a bemused snort. Part of her wondered if Ryne's meddling would only make things worse - if the Au Ra truly wasn't interested, the last thing she needed was for others to be pushing her and creating an awkward situation. 

Yet… she hadn't acted disinterested in the bar… had she?  Fuck if Jess knew. And so she merely settled for shoving her tomestone under her pillow and rolling over to bury her face. The only thing she knew for certain was that whatever was meant to happen would happen, one way or another.

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finally made him real

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Tetris Fanart.

I've been playing tetris while listening to horror podcasts. and yeah

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Get Spr(ule)onkd

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🍎 Dipplin candy apple by mamizoukitchen on YouTube.