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Da barrel bomb

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Can you please make a part 2, maybe even a part 3 for your recent post?

Your ‘Does it count as a marriage if only one of them is aware?’

Like the chains reaction to there being another Link married and asking Sage how it happened and who the lucky girl is.

Maybe them meeting the girl and how she really is and her telling the story in a quick version of the long version on how they got married. Maybe she plays a trick/prank on them before revealing herself as Sage’s Wife?

Just some ideas I thought could go well after reading the post that I love a lot!

Yes i ABSOLUTELY can. Im not gonna say when, but I DID start it. I saw this a while back and got so excited because i write Aaliyah yeah but i never actually expect people to like her bc i barely like her ngvigbng Thats a lie i love that bastard.

Here I'll give some spitballed ideas for now.

So, Aaliyah has never met the chain. Period. Like even right now? Never. I think even in constellations she's only met a few in passing and in the smut shots they were simply there. but in her Canon timeline? Has not met them.

Sage wants to keep it this way. I've mentioned it to Bailey, but Sage, even if he whores out, is a loyal bitch. He picks his person and that's his person until they die. And he'll do anything to keep it that way. However, because of his personality they have to be...special? I guess? Like it can't just be someone who rolls over and expects every one to just love them bc oh look at me! Im a helpless lil doll <3 UwU /Ref (Thats a very niche ref guys dw i love you all and your lil ocs <3)

Which is kind of why Aaliyah is the way she is? Sage needs someone whose gonna challenge him. Not necessarily bow down, or someone who will demand him to do this or that, but someone who takes what he says, challenges his ideals and will fight to prove theirs are better. Like Aaliyah will fight him, but if Sage can prove he's right, she'll fall in line. Unlike some dragons princess'.

Sorry sorry anyway, that being said, Sage doesn't share. He doesn't play well with others either. Neither does Aaliyah and Sage knows that.

ANYWAY

So obviously the chain is SHOCKED bc how tf? Did Sage get married? BEFORE THEM???

Either way, a few of them are pretty invested, bc lets be honest. Traveling that long, with men? Not entertaining. they have zero tea. At all. So this is new and exciting to them. They want to KNOW okay? they are all secretly tea hungry housewives.

He refuses to tell them anything tho. Absolutely anything. Well okay thats a lie. He'll tell stories but only the WORST ones.

"She blew me up once. I think that's when i fell in love."

"Really?"

"Fuck no."

"Thank Hy-"

"I knew i was in love with her when she stabbed me and left me in the desert. Petty bitch. Just because I forgot dinner that night."

They're in love i swear

My point earlier with Aaliyah never meeting the chain is just to say that i have total freedom here. I can do this however I want.

And my all time favorite way of doing it? in my head with my lil tiktoks that I use to maladaptive daydream?

The Hunters being Hunted.

Aaliyah would find them long before they found her. She'd watch them and stake them out.

She's stay out of sight for a while, but eventually she'd do something small that would let Sage know she was there.

Probably drops a bomb flower in the middle of camp <3

it's the thought that counts <3

The others think their under attack but Sage knows. He's cackling and throwing his head back going "You crazy son of a bitch!" because that's his girl.

and you're probably going, "Aaliyah appears after that right?"

Wrong.

She fucks around with them until she grows bored then probably even then only sits in a tree until one night Sage goes "Isn't that right, cupcake? You're a fucking barrel of sunshine."

And she nearly decks him. "Oh a ray of absolute shits and giggles."

Scares the piss out of Sky for sure,

I just nvogng

I need the chain to meet one of the wives and then being terrified of them. Not even in a 'damn am i attracted to this?' way. No no no, I need them to be terrified for their lives <3

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Crooked Kingdom Reread

Part Two: A Killing Wind

Chapter 5: Jesper

Once again he found himself reaching for his revolvers, longing for the cool, familiar feel of their pearl handles beneath his thumbs…

…Kaz said they’d get them back in good time, but he doubted Kaz would be so calm and collected if someone had swiped his cane. You’re the one who put them on the table like a nub, Jesper reminded himself. He’d done it for Inej. And if he was honest, he’d done it for Kaz too, to show he was willing to do what it took to make things right. Not that it seemed to matter much.

Jesper is trying so hard

It hurts so much because everything was an accident

I’m sorry Kaz has the emotional range of a teaspoon when it comes to expressing his feelings and just talking things through

He sometimes wondered what might have happened if he’d never gone out with his new friends that night, if he’d never walked into that gambling parlor and taken that first spin at Makker’s Wheel. It was meant to be harmless fun. And for everyone else, it had been. But Jesper’s life had split like a log into two distinct and uneven pieces: the time before he’d stepped up to that wheel and every day since.

Jesper’s gambling addiction is so interesting to me

It makes me wonder if it’s the gambling itself or just the idea that he can’t know the outcome that draws him in

Like.. is it the uncertainty that gives him the adrenaline rush much like how he enjoys the unknown and thrill of the fight?

He’s such a deep character

Every one of the Crows are really

Also I wonder where those supposed “friends” of his are now

Poor Jes is nervous to face his father

He’d hoped that Kaz would offer to accompany him. But when they’d split up to approach the university, Kaz had spared him only one dark glance. The message had been clear: You dug this grave. Go lie in it.

Ouch

Not even “dig yourself back out” just basically leaving him for dead…

That’s pretty harsh Kaz…

It had been nearly two years since Jesper had set foot on university grounds. He’d never officially withdrawn from school. He hadn’t even really decided not to attend. He’d simply started spending more and more time on East Stave, until he looked up one day and realized the Barrel had become his home.

Ever single one of these children wound up in the Barrel on accident

I guess that’s the point though

No one willingly chooses that place. That life.

All his attention focused on the man standing near the eastern wall, gazing up at the stained-glass windows, a crumpled hat clasped in his hands. With a pang, Jesper realized his father had worn his best suit. He’d combed his Kaelish red hair tidily back from his brow. There was gray in it now that hadn’t been there when Jesper left home.

This just makes my heart ache

Also Mr. Fahey sounds like a sweet man, he’s doing his best

Jesper’s throat felt dry-sand parched. “Da,” he croaked. His father’s head snapped up and Jesper steeled himself for what might come next—whatever insults or outrage his father hurled at him, he deserved. But he wasn’t prepared for the relieved grin that split his father’s craggy features. Someone might as well have put a bullet right in Jesper’s heart.

“Jes!” his father cried. And then Jesper was crossing the courtyard and his father’s arms were tight around him, hugging him so hard Jesper thought he actually felt his ribs bend.

I always think about the parable of the prodigal son here

The first thing Jesper’s father does upon seeing him isn’t to scold him or make him feel ashamed

He embraces him and is overjoyed to just see him once again

I love that parable

Ah right, then they start getting shot at

“Wylan, tell me you’re packing more than pens, ink, and weevil makings.”

“I’ve got two flash bombs and something new I rigged up with a little more, um, wallop.”

“Bombs?” Jesper’s father asked, blinking as if to wake himself from a bad dream.

Jesper shrugged helplessly. “Think of them as science experiments?”

Poor Mr. Fahey has no real idea what‘s truly going on

“Jesper—”

“Da, I swear I’ll explain everything, but right now all you need to know is that we’re in a bad situation, and bad situations happen to be my area of expertise.” And it was true. Jesper could feel himself coming alive, the worry that had been dogging his steps since he’d gotten news of his father’s arrival in Ketterdam falling away. He felt free, dangerous, like lightning rolling over the prairie. “Trust me, Da.”

“All right, boy. All right.”

Jesper really does thrive in a fight

And I love that his dad just trusts him

Okay this fight scene would actually be so cool to see live action

I need that SoC spin-off so we can get here someday!

Jesper reloaded and popped up from behind the fountain, shooting.

“All Saints,” he shouted as pain tore through his shoulder. He really hated being shot. He shrank back behind the stone lip. He flexed his hand, testing the damage to his arm. Just a scratch, but it hurt like hell, and he was bleeding all over his new tweed jacket. “This is why it doesn’t pay to try to look respectable,” he muttered.

I guess Jesper has been shot before. Makes sense but still

They way he’s more upset about his clothes being ruined over the actual idea of being shot though

Also I can hear Kit saying that. His poor jacket

“Help me,” said Jesper. “We need to barricade the entrance.”

The man behind the desk wore gray scholar’s robes. His nostrils were flared so wide in effrontery that Jesper feared being sucked up one of them. “Young man—”

Help I just snorted—

Jesper pointed his gun at the scholar’s chest. “Move.”

“Jesper!” his father said.

“Don’t worry, Da. People point guns at each other all the time in Ketterdam. It’s basically a handshake.”

“Is that true?” his father asked as the scholar grudgingly moved aside and they shoved the heavy desk in front of the door.

“Absolutely,” said Wylan.

“Certainly not,” said the scholar.

Please why is this so funny??

I’m dying

Jesper really just took time to stop and flirt with a girl as they’re being pursued by people who are shooting at them

People are literally trying to kill you! Now is not the time, my guy!!

—these were the moments he lived for. He should be buzzing from the excitement of the fight. The thrill was still there, fizzing through his blood, but beside it was a cold, unfamiliar sensation that felt like it was draining the joy from him. All he could think was, Da could have been hurt. He could have died. Jesper was used to people shooting at him. He would have been a little insulted if they’d stopped shooting at him. This was different. His father hadn’t chosen this fight. His only crime had been putting his faith in his son.

Oh Jesper-

He makes my heart hurt a lot

That’s the problem with Ketterdam, Jesper thought as they stumbled uncertainly through the dark. Trusting the wrong person can get you killed.

Oh my gosh Jesper thinks this and then it immediately goes to Nina for the next chapter

Is this saying something about Matthias trusting Nina??

Or maybe foreshadowing for Matthias trusting that a drüskelle wouldn’t kill an unarmed man…

Or it’s late and I’m just thinking too much

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#OnThisDay: Feb 21st, 2014 (Date submitted on dA; artwork done on Feb 8th, 2014)

Title: RGM-79SH GM Sniper Scraps Shielder

You'll meet my version of Scraps 🐢👓 joins the "Cuteness Defender Academy", very soon. But for now, let's meet his second "Cuteness Mecha Armor" - the armored "GM Sniper Shielder", a custom based on the Gunpla's RGM-79K9 GM Sniper K9; replacing hound-related stuff to a turtle theme. 🔫🐢🤖😁

GM Sniper Scraps Shielder Based on: RGM-79K9 GM Sniper K9 [CLICK ME!]

Armament(s):

Beam Sniper Rifle • A custom large beam sniper rifle with a caliber size of 200mm, a monopod mounted under the barrel can be deployed for enhanced stability during firing. Both of its foregrip and main grip are movable to improve the large weapon's handling characteristic. After folding the stock, the rifle can be mounted onto the Turtle Shielder and be used by the support unit.

Sniper Rifle • A slightly modified version of GM Sniper II's sniper rifle, it now functions as a beam weapon instead of a solid-projectile weapon. It serves as the GM Sniper Shielder's main weapon when the Turtle Shielder is deployed with the beam sniper rifle.

Beam Gun • A pair of 20mm caliber pistol-type beam guns are stored in the hip-mounted holsters, they have low firepower, but can be rapid-fired. A battery/magazine is loaded in the grip, allowing for reloading during battle.

Beam Saber • A close combat weapon that emits a blade-shaped beam, a pair are stored on the rear skirt armor. The beam sabers are rarely used rely on sniping as its basic tactic, but they are effective as a fail-safe.

Heat Knife • Stored on the right shoulder, the knife's blade can be super-heated to enhance its cutting capability. Besides being a weapon, it also functions as a tool and can be used for various activities like climbing walls and setting up of traps.

Bullpup Machine Gun • A optional machine gun that fires 90mm rounds, this is the same firearm as used by the GM Sniper II.

Shield • The same anti-beam coated shield as used by the GM Sniper II, it is used for battle tactics where the GM Sniper Shielder requires a cover to hide behind. However, there are situations where the armor is deployed without this shield.

Special Equipment(s) / Feature(s):

DP-TRTL Turtle Shielder Pack • The backpack of the GM Sniper Shielder, it can detach and transform into a four-legged support unit that can mount the beam sniper rifle as its head. It is also known as "Hound", and can move around by hovering. Should the armor GM Sniper Shielder be destroyed, the Turtle Shielder can continue fighting independently.

APC • The Turtle Shielder Pack can detach from its rear a hovering APC that carries eight mech drones, known as the shellshock troopers, for covert operations, such as planting bombs on the enemy.

EXAM System • GM Sniper Shielder's trump card. In the original story (of Mobile Suit Gundam Side Story: The Blue Destiny), it is used to fight against Newtypes by giving normal pilot reaction times comparable to a Newtype's, but in "Cuteness Defender", it simply improves the "Cuteness Mecha Armor's" performance. When the system is in use, the head camera will turn red.

Scraps (My version) - CHOWDER Cartoon Network Armor based on (Gundam Build Fighters) - Gundam series © Bandai Namco Filmworks, Inc. (SUNRISE), Sotsu

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The Crows as TMA Fears

This is what happens, folks, when you have more than one interest permeating in your brain. They all just kinda fuse into one. So allow me to share with you which tma fears I think the six of crows Crows align with and which they’d be scared of :D !! This is a Very Long Post so be ready !! (Also big thanks to @ihavenohotcocoa for helping come up with some of these and their explanations)

!! General spoilers for the whole six of crows duology and all of tma !!

Also !! please be nice I’m a frail Victorian child who’s simply throwing my scraps of opinions on the internet in hopes that someone will see my vision. But if you got other ideas about which fears they are then good for you !! Please share cuz I wanna hear more thoughts on this !!

Kaz

Kaz would be aligned with The Web. He’s learned to be manipulative and play his cards well in order to get what he needs. Not only that but Kaz very much favors control, which is like the whole point of The Web. He knows everything about everyone in The Barrel so he could ask the right people for the right favors. He knows what people to choose for jobs and what people will end up betraying him. I could go on about this forever tbh but then this post would be as long as Kaz’s list of crimes !!

Kaz would be scared of The Eye, The Stranger, The Corruption, and The Buried. One of Kaz’s biggest fears is his weaknesses being discovered, which falls into Eye territory. He wears gloves because he wants to hide his trauma and constantly fears it being used against him. Kaz would be afraid of The Stranger because of his lack of trust when it comes to people not being who they say they are. The whole reason his whole life was ruined in the first place was because he was duped by Pekka Rollins with the whole “Jakob Hertzoon” scam. The Corruption might be a bit of a stretch but bc of his trauma involving literal dead bodies, he’s sensitive to touching skin. The Corruption is about the fear of filth, and Kaz’s reaction to getting touched is usually disgust or smth of the sort. Then there’s The Buried. This one doesn’t need much explanation tbh, Kaz’s trauma literally involves drowning.

Inej

Inej would be aligned with The Eye. She’s literally a spy. The whole reason Kaz knows everything is because Inej tells him, meaning Inej also knows everything. I also think she’d have a bit of The Hunt going on too. She wants to root out the problem of slaves by hunting slavers.

Inej would fear both The Web and The Hunt. Because of her trauma, Inej doesn’t like the feeling of being controlled. We see that a bunch with her history with the Menagerie and how she wants to be her own person free from Tante Heleen’s control. She would also fear The Hunt because there was a time she was afraid she’d never be free of the Menagerie and would always be hunted by Tante Heleen (that whole scene before the docks in the first book).

Jesper

Jesper would be aligned with The Stranger. Jesper constantly puts on a mask to hide who he truly is. He hid the fact that he’s Grisha, he hid what he was doing in Ketterdam from his Da, and he’s struggling with his identity and who he is in a world of grisha.

Jesper would fear The Web and The Buried. Addictions fall into Web territory, meaning Jesper’s gambling addiction and his fear of letting it control him would make him afraid of The Web. There’s also The Buried. The fears also apply to more abstract concepts (thanks to Cocoa for pointing this out). Jesper is terrified of the expectations his Da has about him. It’s almost like a crushing weight, burying him completely.

Wylan

Wylan would be aligned with The Buried. Wylan has the constant feeling of being crushed by his father’s expectations and the expectations that come with being a mercher’s son (You could say this would make him fear it, but avatars also fear the thing they serve to some extent). Honorable mention here is The Desolation because !! Bombs !!

Wylan would fear The Hunt because of his fear of his father trying to have him killed constantly.

Nina

Nina would align with The End because !! Corpsewitch!! She can literally control and speak to the dead what more is there to say

Nina would fear The Slaughter, The Hunt, andddd The Web. She fears The Slaughter because of the senseless slaughter of her kind, and wants to put a stop to it. She also has her trauma with being hunted by the druskelle which fits with The Hunt. And like I mentioned before with Jesper, addiction is associated with The Web, which works for Nina because of her whole parem thing

Matthias

Matthias would align with The Hunt because he was literally part of the druskelle !! Grisha hunters !!

Ok here’s the only one I’m less sure of, Matthias would fear The End. It’s made clear so many times that he doesn’t want to lose Nina (that whole scene with the pill that Tamar gave her). I guess you could argue that he doesn’t reallyyyy fear The End cuz. Well. *cough* chapter 38 *cough* BUT The End also has to do with losing loved ones I’m pretty sure so there’s that.

And that’s it!! If you’ve made it this far and read the whole thing, congrats ! You’re just as insane as I am !! Please reblog or reply with your thoughts cuz I love this concept. Anyways hope you enjoyed my TedTalk, stream Shadow and Bone season 2 on March 16 !!

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Friday, November 3, 2023

Voters are skeptical of Biden’s age. But Trump’s flubs draw attention, too (AP) To hear Donald Trump tell it, President Joe Biden is so senile that he doesn’t know where he’s speaking and feeble enough that others are making decisions for him. Yet Trump has made notable flubs of his own. The former president mixed up the city and state where he was campaigning last weekend and had to be corrected by a local official. He recently called Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán the leader of Turkey and has repeatedly mispronounced the militant group Hamas as “hummus.” Biden is now 80 and Trump is 77. Trump was the oldest person elected to a first term—until Biden was. Today, the age factor is shaping up as an important issue in a possible rematch in 2024 of their first race, in 2020.

Hurricane Otis produced 205 mph gust, among strongest ever measured (Washington Post) A weather station near Acapulco measured a 205 mph wind gust, one of the highest ever observed in the world, as Category 5 Otis made landfall last Wednesday as the strongest hurricane on record to strike the west coast of Mexico. The storm killed more than 40 people and produced catastrophic damage in and around Acapulco, with economic losses expected to top $10 billion.

A Record Oil Gusher Infuses Tiny Guyana With Wealth and Worries (WSJ) Guyana is suddenly the world’s next great energy powerhouse. Through a series of discoveries starting in 2015, Exxon Mobil and its partners have found more than 11 billion barrels of oil off the Guyanese coast, spurring massive investments and transforming one of South America’s poorest countries into the world’s fastest-growing economy, according to the International Monetary Fund. The jarring new reality has caused alarm for some locals, and some fear their country is becoming a subsidiary of Exxon.

Bolivia cuts ties with Israel (Washington Post) Bolivia’s government said it is severing diplomatic ties with Israel in response to its ongoing attacks on Gaza, condemning the “aggressive and disproportionate Israeli military offensive.” Chile and Colombia announced that they would recall their ambassadors. Israel’s Foreign Ministry called Bolivia’s decision to cut ties “a surrender to terrorism.”

Brazil to militarize key airports, ports and borders in a crackdown on organized crime (AP) Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Wednesday he is sending the armed forces to boost security at some of the country’s most important airports, ports and international borders as part of a renewed effort to tackle organized crime in Latin America’s largest nation. The decision comes days after members of a criminal gang set fire to dozens of buses in Rio de Janeiro, apparently in retaliation for the police slaying their leader’s nephew. Brazil will mobilize 3,600 members of the army, navy and air force to increase patrols and monitor the international airports in Rio and Sao Paulo, as well as two maritime ports in Rio and Sao Paulo’s Santos port, the busiest in Latin America—and a major export hub for cocaine.

A world of fear for Europe’s Jews (NYT) Perhaps not since the Holocaust, which saw the annihilation of about two-thirds of Europe’s Jewish community, have the Jews of Europe lived in an atmosphere of fear so acute that it feels like a fundamental shift in the terms of their existence. Across a Europe of daubed Stars of David on apartment buildings, bomb threats to Jewish stores and demonstrations calling for Israel’s eradication, Jews speak of alarm as pro-Palestinian sentiment surges. “There is a feeling of helplessness that has never been experienced before,” said Joel Rubinfeld of the Belgian League Against Anti-Semitism.

Ukraine ‘fatigue’ prevalent in Europe, Meloni tells Russian prank callers (Politico) In a call with people she thought were officials from the African Union, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni leaked that many people in Europe were experiencing “fatigue” with the ongoing war in Ukraine. Unfortunately for Italy’s leader, she was actually talking to a pair of Russian pranksters named Vovan and Lexus, who released the call audio online. “I see that there is a lot of fatigue, I have to say the truth, from all the sides,” she said. “We [are] near the moment in which everybody understands that we need a way out.” The call comes as both Europe and the U.S. have noted a decline in popular support for the war in Ukraine. “Exhaustion with the war rolls along like a wave,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a recent interview. “You see it in the United States, in Europe. And we see that as soon as they start to get a little tired, it becomes like a show to them: ‘I can’t watch this rerun for the 10th time.’”

Putin is expected to seek reelection in Russia, but who would run if he doesn’t? (AP) Vladimir Putin isn’t quite the man he used to be—more than a decade has passed since the Russian president engaged in public stunts to boast of his vigor by hugging a polar bear or riding a horse barechested in the mountains. The war in Ukraine has further dented that strongman image. Putin is still expected to seek another term when Russia holds presidential elections next March. In fact, he has pushed through changes in the constitution to allow him to run for two more six-year terms. But 71 is an age when death or serious illness are hardly distant concerns for the man who has ruled Russia for 24 years. If Putin was not on the ballot for some reason, it’s not clear who might take his place.

Myanmar rebels seize vital border town as China calls for ceasefire (Al Jazeera) Myanmar’s military government says it has lost control of an important town on the border with China after days of fierce fighting with armed groups. The loss is a major blow to the generals who seized power from Myanmar’s elected government in February 2021 and have since struggled to contain opposition to their rule. The town, bordering China’s Yunnan province, is central to the flow of trade from Myanmar to China. More than a quarter of Myanmar’s $1.8bn border trade with China passed through Chinshwehaw from April to September, state media reported in September. China is a key ally and major weapons supplier to Myanmar’s military government, whose power grab nearly three years ago it has not called a coup.

The Hermit Kingdom Becomes More Hermit-y (NBC News) According to media reports from across the globe, North Korea is preparing to close up to a dozen of its embassies worldwide. North Korean state media said that state diplomats conducted “farewell” visits to Angola and Uganda last week, and the country also appears set to close its diplomatic missions to Spain and Hong Kong. “They appear to be withdrawing as their foreign currency earning business has stumbled due to the international community’s strengthening of sanctions, making it difficult to maintain the embassies any longer,” said South Korea’s inter-Korean affairs ministry. “This can be a sign of North Korea’s difficult economic situation, where it is difficult to maintain even minimal diplomatic relations with traditionally friendly countries.” Of course, South Korea might not be the best source for unbiased news on its neighbor to the north.

Amnesty International says Israel using white phosphorus in Lebanon (AP) Amnesty International says that the IDF has hit civilians in southern Lebanon with white phosphorus shells multiple times over the past month. White phosphorus is a controversial incendiary munition that’s useful for illuminating military targets at night and setting up smokescreens. It’s also a deadly weapon that can cause widespread destruction when aimed at civilian populations, setting buildings ablaze and burning human flesh to the bone. Russia has come under heavy criticism for using the weapon against civilian populations in Ukraine—a move that’s considered a war crime. Video evidence reviewed by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and the Washington Post also shows the IDF using white phosphorus in Gaza City.

Rafah Gate Opened (NBC News) Hundreds of foreign passport holders and groups of severely injured Palestinians were allowed to cross into Egypt yesterday, the first civilians to leave the Gaza Strip during the three-week conflict. Egypt had thus far declined to allow refugees across the border, citing the potential for an unmanageable number of refugees, concerns refugees won’t be allowed to return to their homes following the war, and mistrust of Hamas and other Islamic militant groups. US officials suggest as many as 600 American citizens remain in Gaza, some of whom were among those allowed to exit with the initial group. Separately, Israel has effectively begun a ground invasion of the 140-square-mile territory, with at least four reported incursions. Analysts say troop movements appear designed to isolate Gaza City from the south.

Israel makes a desolation and may call it peace (Washington Post) The Roman historian Tacitus famously conjured a line that still resonates from antiquity. “They make a desert, and call it peace,” concluded a bitter Caledonian enemy of the Romans, speaking of the injustices wrought by the powerful empire as its legions rampaged across the land. Israeli politicians, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, cast their ongoing campaign in the Gaza Strip as a war of justice and retribution against the savagery of Islamist group Hamas, which is responsible for the single deadliest assault on Israel since the Jewish state’s founding. In their zeal to punish Hamas, Israel has already triggered a deep humanitarian crisis for the besieged enclave of 2.3 million people and killed more than 8,500 people, including over 3,500 children, and destroyed thousands of buildings in the crammed territory amid relentless aerial bombardments. A statement from UNICEF, the U.N. children’s agency, called Gaza “a graveyard for thousands of children.” “It’s a living hell for everyone else,” the statement said.

War and the young (NPR) The other night, we accepted an invitation to visit the Israeli military spokesman��s office. My colleagues and I observed how young almost everyone seemed. Israelis commonly perform compulsory military service after high school. With the exception of a few senior officers, hardly anyone seemed to be out of their twenties. We’d come to see the latest version of an Israeli government video showing the Hamas attack on Oct. 7. On screen, many people were young. One scene, taken from security cameras in a home, shows two boys in their underwear, having been surprised in bed by the early-morning attack. Their father tries to herd them into a shelter but is apparently killed in front of them. Another scene shows Palestinian attackers, mostly very young men. As Israel responds to the Hamas-led attack, much of the suffering has fallen on the young. As of today, Gaza’s Health Ministry said more than 8,500 people had been killed. The U.N. says nearly 70% of them are women and children. Many civilians tell stories of searching for water for their children; Israel cut off the supply at the start of the war. War is nearly always conducted by the young, though older people tend to send them. It often is inflicted on the young, who are not consulted beforehand. There’s a special irony of this conflict in that it turns on arguments over land that stretch back generations—even centuries—long before any of today’s participants were born.

‘AI’ named Word of the Year by Collins Dictionary The abbreviation of artificial intelligence (AI) has been named the Collins Word of the Year for 2023. Lexicographers at Collins Dictionary said use of the term had “accelerated” and that it had become the dominant conversation of 2023. The Collins announcement comes as UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hosts a summit for 100 world leaders, tech bosses and AI researchers to discuss how best to maximise the benefits of this technology while minimising the risks. Elsewhere, the Beatles have used it to help retrieve John Lennon’s vocals to create their “last song”, which will be released tomorrow.

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so that list of dialogue prompts i reblogged earlier?

yeah.

I accidentally wrote 900 words? Maybe? And I really like them??

so uh. That’s under cut. Character study timeee

content warnings:

- Murder/bounty hunting

- Descriptions of blood

- Non-detailed description of wounds

- Mention of a dead body

- On-screen character death

note that these are almost entirely contained within one scene, with the exception of discussions of bounty hunting.

“Stay in the den.”

Lumine remembered this evening well. Years later, it haunted her dreams, and gripped her mind in a way she’d take to her grave.

She is nine years old. Her da leans down, presses their forehead to hers, and tells her to stay. She does, for a few minutes, curling up in their nest and burying her face in her twelve front talons. It’s when she notices that Gamboge is also gone that she gets up.

It’s when she notices that her cousin, Scarab, is soaring outside, yelling for citizens to get into their dens, that she goes looking for her family.

The rope bridges of the Cavern’s Crypt Cord are barren. There’s commotion coming from the market cave, but unlike the usual noise, things sound as though they’ve turned violent. Lumine lacks wings. Additionally, she is a fledgling, and will not become a juvenile for another four years.

However, her family is in danger, and Lumine is as stubborn as she is fast on her feet.

The fledgling bolts across the hempen bridge and into the market. Dragons are flying out in a panic, and fail to notice her small stature slipping by. The scene she’s met with is not a pretty one.

Her da’s bright red scales were stained a shade darker as they stood next to Gamboge, who clutched his face in one of his hands, blood gushing from across his snout. The liquid trails to a serrated machete, discarded on the ground next to where she’s frozen.

It took a moment too long for Lumine to register the body of a Pyrite behind him, still bleeding out.

It took another moment for her to make eye contact with the dragon that stood across from the duo. They were a pale Pyrite, their face adorned with more gold and silver than Lumine would’ve known what to do with. Feathers covered their tail, wings, and wrists. Their sky blue eyes were piercing, almost entrancing in a sense.

Two years later, her da would teach her that the best way to keep someone from noticing someone else’s presence is to pretend to not notice them yourself. Two years later, she’d wonder if her da had known that when they had turned to Lumine and roared.

“RUN, LUMINE!”

It was their voice that wormed its way into her nightmares. Their command for her to flee. Their scream as the bounty hunter’s talons tear into their face. The Pyrite’s talons on the stone as they barrel towards Lumine.

This is the first time Lumine realizes that something is critically wrong with how she reacts to the world around her. This is when Lumine’s arm jerks out, four fingers and two thumbs curling around the handle of the machete. This is when she transfers the weapon to her other hand. This is when she lets in collide with the Pyrite’s chest.

Lumine is nine years old the first time she kills another dragon. There isn’t a drop of blood on her. The only evidence of the incident is the two deceased Pyrites, and the scars across her da and uncle’s faces.

She is seventeen years old. The Pyrite government fell apart last year, the capitol bombed by a group of rebels. Lumine convinced the leader of the rebellion, her surrogate brother’s elder sister, to save as many records of government-hired bounty hunters as she could before the bombing. They’ve finally found their way into Lumine’s talons. 

The bounty hunter’s name was Shāpu. Her aforementioned surrogate brother, a pure-blooded Pyrite named Arashi, tells her he’s rusty on his Old Pyrite, but is fairly confident that the name means “sharp.” She hasn’t told him about the incident, or why she picked through records, searching for those of this hunter specifically. She can tell he’s too afraid to ask.

She is twenty years old. The first time she speaks about the incident to anyone outside of those present is when she is trying to convince a young mixed-blood to fight his pibling, potentially to the death. His name is Pyre. He, like Arashi, is like a brother to her. He is two years younger than she is. He is hesitant. He wants to fight, but he is scared. She knows that his problem isn’t in a lack of skill; the dark purple scar that tears through his right eye he gained when he was just ten years of age makes that clear. She tells him about killing Shāpu. She tells him that she was half the age he is now. She tells him that she doubts he’ll have to fight his pibling to the death. She convinces him to go through with dueling them for leadership of their cord. Pyre wins with minimal bloodshed, and neither party is killed.

Lumine reflects that night. She reads over Shāpu’s records again. She dragonizes them in her head. As she finally lays down to sleep, ignorant of the sun climbing the horizon line, she asks herself if she’s glad she’s still alive.

She’s glad to have her da and Gamboge, who still look out for her. She’s glad to have Arashi, with his knowledge of old Pyrite and all-too-clear tells. She’s glad to have Pyre, with his sense of justice and distaste for violence, despite how he excels at it. So, she decides she’s glad she’s still alive. She’s not sure if she’s glad that Shāpu died for it, but she decides that concern and her answer can coexist.

She is twenty years old. She was nine when she first killed another dragon, but she has a da, an uncle, and two brothers, and she wouldn’t trade a single one of them for anything.

[lxminen]

"Your a fucking idiot!!"

"Do you think that it started with Hamas on Oct. 7th?"

"Holy shit!!"

"Deliberately targeting civilians and taking old people and children hostage"

You sure about that?

"Finally, it explains why army spokesperson, Daniel Hagari found that a "substantial" number of the hostages taken by Hamas are military officers." -Wsw.org (Referenced later also!!)

'Jewish militias organized several bombing attacks against civilians and military Arab targets. On 12 December 1947, the Irgun placed a car bomb opposite the Damascus Gate, the main entrance to the Old City of Jerusalem, killing 20 people.[19] On 4 January 1948, the Lehi detonated a lorry bomb against the headquarters of the paramilitary al-Najjada located in Jaffa's Town Hall, killing 15 Arabs and injuring 80.[19][20]'

'The next day, Irgun members in a stolen police van rolled a barrel bomb[22] into a large group of civilians who were waiting for a bus by the Jaffa Gate, killing 20.[23][24][25][26] Another Irgun bomb went off in the Ramla market on 18 February, killing 7 residents and injuring 45.[27] On 28 February, the Palmach organised a bombing attack against a garage in Haifa, killing 30 people.[28]'

Yeah. Israel did bad things.

More than Hamas EVER did.

"As of 5 March 2024, over 31,000 people (30,228 Palestinian and 1,410 Israeli) have been reported as killed in the Israel–Hamas war, including 94 journalists (89 Palestinian, 2 Israeli and 3 Lebanese) and over 136 UNRWA aid workers."

Look at THE FUCKING NUMBERS

". As the World Socialist Web Site has repeatedly warned, ever since his government took office at the end of 2022, Netanyahu has mounted provocation after provocation against the Palestinians aimed at inciting retaliation, as then occurred on October 7. Al-Aqsa Flood provided the casus belli for a pre-planned campaign of mass murder and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians beginning with Gaza and then moving on to the West bank and including Israel’s two million Arab citizens."

"Many of the Israeli families of those killed, injured or taken hostage on October 7—reflecting a widely held view that Netanyahu is responsible for the disaster and did nothing to prevent it—have called for an independent and international investigation, which the government has refused. They have demanded answers to two basic questions:

What did Israel’s military-intelligence apparatus know in advance about what Hamas had planned?

And what actually happened over the weekend of October 7-8?"

"The authorities have not explained how Israel’s massive electronic border fence could have been breached with only rudimentary tools and without any sirens going off or army bases being alerted—with the result that the Middle East’s most sophisticated army took hours to arrive at the scene in a country no bigger than the US state of New Jersey."

"...and prevent the establishment of a mini-Palestinian state made up of the West Bank and Gaza."

"Just two days after the attack, on Monday October 9, Egypt exposed Netanyahu’s protestations that he had no foreknowledge. An Egyptian intelligence official told the Associated Press that Cairo had repeatedly warned the Israeli authorities that “something big” was being planned."

"Netanyahu has denied receiving any such warning, denouncing the story as “fake news.”

"Israel’s own soldiers also reportedly raised the alarm. But they were ignored and threatened."

"Put more bluntly, they wanted an atrocity and so stood down their defence and rescue services. Furthermore, the Biden administration’s full-throated support for Israel—including its deployment of warships to the region the very next day—indicates that October 7 was seized on by US military and intelligence officials to activate war plans prepared long in advance."

"Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons—some 1,500 of whom were being held under administrative detention, without charge or trial, for an indefinite period."

"..which just five days earlier had been extended by one day to October 7."

"According to reports in the Israeli press, the IDF, “caught off guard,” were slow to respond to the desperate cries for help."

"377 military and police personnel and 845 civilians, for a downwardly revised total of 1,222. The initial total included some of the dead Palestinians.)"

"Some 1,500 Palestinians were reportedly killed, with none apparently captured alive. "

"IDF Apache helicopters were used repeatedly in the next days, killing not only Palestinian fighters, but also Israeli army personnel and civilians. The helicopter strikes explain the significant damage to buildings, with many burnt out, and the large number of burnt-out cars, as well as several burned bodies, which the government had blamed on Palestinians armed with rifles and hand grenades—weapons that are incapable of causing that level or type of damage."

"In the event, however, IDF soldiers fired not just on the Palestinians, but also on (Israeli) hostages."

"while several Israelis have claimed they were fired upon by Israeli military and police."

"Hamas could not have planned to attack it, as the festival organisers switched to the site in the Western Negev desert only two days before"

"IDF helicopter opened fire on the attackers, hitting some people attending the festival. ABC News had earlier reported that an Israeli tank had headed to the site of the festival, while videos appeared to show IDF forces opening fire at Palestinian fighters through a crowd of unarmed civilians."

"The IDF acted as brutal and trigger-happy mass murderers of both Palestinians and Israelis.

Many Israeli captives were still alive on the Monday, two days after the events of October 7.

Hostages were not only killed in the crossfire that took place between the IDF and Palestinian militia on the Saturday. Many were killed as a consequence of the IDF’s deliberate decision to attack the kibbutz with tank shells and other heavy weaponry at close quarters in the full knowledge that hostages and their captors were there.

The IDF, not the Palestinians, caused many of the Israeli civilian deaths that were used to justify Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza and the deployment of US warships to the Middle East. How many can only be confirmed by releasing the results of autopsies that would show the type of bullets used."

"Far from protecting Israeli civilians, the Netanyahu government and the IDF used them as cannon fodder in pursuit of a policy of Israeli expansionism and Jewish Supremacy."

"Netanyahu has, in part, agreed to a temporary “operational pause” in Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza, in return for Hamas releasing 50 hostages, to try and contain mounting anger within Israel over his responsibility for October 7. But there is no reason to believe this will work."

"It is not a question, as Israel’s Zionist opposition to Netanyahu put it, of handing the reins to someone who is more militarily and politically “competent” to wage mass murder and ethnic cleansing, such as defence minister Gallant.

The demand must be for an immediate end to the genocide of the Palestinians, repudiating Zionism and advocating the creation of a multinational state with full equality for its Palestinian and Jewish citizens as part of a United Socialist States of the Middle East."

-https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2023/11/23/buna-n23.html

0:30 -0:50 : 'On Oct. 17th, 2023, more than 500 people were killed in an Israeli air strike at Al Alhi Arab Hospital in Gaza city. [..] Independent Investigators and weapons experts analyzed videos and ultimately concluded that the Israeli military was responsible for the strike.'

0:52 - 1:07: "The Israeli military, that said they would never do such a thing as bomb a hospital, bombed and raided Gaza's largest hospital, Al Shifa, alleging that Hamas was operating a command centre in tunnels below the complex. A claim that was repeatedly denied by both Hamas and hospital administration."

1:11 - 1:12: "The Israeli military also shared a *fabricated* 3-D animation to reveal what the tunnels apparently looked like."

1:19 - 1:21: [..] "But since Israeli forces finally gained access to the hospital, the military has yet to provide concrete evidence of a subterranean Hamas command centre."

2:23: "The right to self defense applies to a state when it is attacked by another, and its national security and existence are exposed to danger. At that time, this state informs the United Nations first, and then uses for to defend itself. This does not apply to the current situation. (Gaza) - Shawan Jabareen."

2:30 -2:39:"[..] Israeli forces have intentionally targeted civillian areas, throught the enclave accusing all of Gaza's residents ((Yes. Including the children that were less than a few days old who were killed.)) of being 'aware' and 'involved' with Hamas."

2:58 - 3:05: 'Meaning, over 80% of Gaza's population to flee their homes and become displaced due it's relentless air strikes."

3:28- 3:32 'So that anyone critical of the Israeli State, or its actions is invariably and automatically charged with anti-Semitism.'

3:43-3:44: 'And to discourage Jews critical of Israel's inhumane and illegal activities from speaking up.'

(Sound familiar? Oh yeah. It does. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/timeline-event/holocaust/1942-1945/german-poster-announces-death-penalty-for-aiding-jews, "I remind you that according to the Third Decree of the General Governor's concerning the residential restrictions in the General Government of 10/15/1941 (VBL; abbreviation for Verordnungsblatt Generalgouvernement, p. 595) not only Jews who have left their designated residential area will be punished with death, but the same penalty applies to anyone who knowingly provides refuge to such Jews. This includes not only the providing of a night's lodging and food, but also any other aid, such as transporting them in vehicles of any sort, through the purchase of Jewish valuables, etc.")

3:50-3:57: "The Israeli military has used deadly weapons and ammunition including white phosphorus shells in its attack on Gaza. A clear violation of international law."

(Hey sound familiar? 'Munitions containing white phosphorus were used extensively in World War II' https://www.weaponslaw.org/weapons/white-phosphorus-munitions#:~:text=White%20phosphorus%20has%20been%20used,as%20an%20anti%2Dpersonnel%20weapon.)

4:25-4:50: 'Tel Aviv has been claiming that Palestinian civilians are being killed because Hamas is using them as human shields, however no evidence has been put forth to substantiate this claim and even international organizations have been unable to verify it. In fact, rights groups argue that the use of human shields is actually a 'common practice' employed by Israeli soldiers.'(Example is shown in video.)

4:57-5:06: 'Soon after ordering Palestinians in northern Gaza to move to the south, which it [IDF] assured would be a 'safe zone', Israel began bombing the southern region alleging that it was also a centre of Hamas activity.'

5:09-5:21: 'Israeli officals designated Al Mawasi in southern Gaza as a safe zone that would have acess to humanitarian aid. Yet what displaced Palestinians found, instead, was a desolate wasteland without any infastructure.'

5:27-5:43: 'Following the killing of Al Jazeera journalist, Same Abu Daqqa in Gaza, the Israeli army stated, on Dec. 16th, that 'it has never, and will never deliberately target journalists.' (Those guys are in bright blue, for a reason.) However, since Oct. 7th, Israel has killed at least 109 journalists in Gaza." (all of which were wearing the blue vest reading 'PRESS'.)

5:53: 'It [Israel] refers to Palestinian resistance groups, including Hamas, as 'terrorist' organizations. All while Tel Aviv itself faces accusations of war crimes and human rights violations.' (Wanna go to Telegram and see some of those? Yeah? Yeah? )

6:30-7:00: 'Following Hamas's attack on Israel, Israeli media had reported that the Palestinian group had killed at least 40 babies, quoting Israeli forces as the source of this information. [..] Said that babies and toddlers had been found with their 'heads decapitated'. But soon thereafter, international journalists and news agencies who had reported the stoy walked back on their reports. (USA Today, New York Post, CNN, CBS News Miami.) and Israeli officals say that they could not confirm that any babies had been beheaded.'

-https://www.trtworld.com/video/digital/gaza-lies-israel-fed-the-world-since-october-7-16627251

Shut the fuck up. Do your research before talking. Thanks.

Holy shit

[ithisatanytime]

if you go back and look, i called out this strickland a long time before the sneako thing, i just see it for what it is, they are putting him over or trying to. we really dont want their heros anymore, we want to wake up to someone making a better world, we all check eagerly, the news, has it started? has someone started it? we all have our own sources so once it starts we know. were weary of all fantasy,

i also realized last night hes doing a don frye impersonation. i will say this both of them are genuinely funny and likable men, don frye and sean strickland are some of the funniest men alive. i was starting to scrape the bottom of the barrel for hotones episodes i hadnt seen yet, i base which episodes i watch on how funny i think the guests are vs how bad i want to fuck the guest, if they are very funny or i really want to do them those are the ones i will watch, i like to see sean evans rizz up my dream girls while they suffer da bomb the low key hottest sauce on the lineup even though technically its number eight on a scale of one to ten spiciest wings in a guantlet of pain, but its an open secret that the eight hot wing is the spiceist and nine and ten are softballs to end the interviews on a high note, but the choice was between, jake gyllenhall tried my best, and that unfunny faggot ed helms, and jake gyllenhall was surprisingly funny

[stalkerkyoko]

Objection Phantom Hurricane Bankai Truth Bullet Bat-Bomb [DELETED] TNT Barrel Falcon Punch Noble Phantasm Creator Sword Fireseal STAND POWAAA Scissor Blade EXPLOOOOOSION Katana-rama United States of Smash Rasengan Gum-Gum Hammer Consecutive Normal Punches Megidoloan Hyper Beam Pickle Rick Whirlwind Slash Semblance powers Super Sonic Killer Wail Lightsaber Power Star "Incredible Hulk" (It's actually Homer covered in green paint) Gaster Blaster Goose Legend Style Legendary Yokai Egyptian God Monsters on Junko! Plus ultra.

"Da fuck is happing

[calientecoochie]

It Happened So Fast-

•3•

Kirishima told you he was going to pick you up around 8. Which gives you abouttttt two hours to get ready. That’s manageable right? You shower, get all primped and pretty and, now for the clothes.

-Three days earlier-

The outfit Kiri -overall Mina- picked out for you was hard not NOT to get attention in. You can even remember Mina’s singsong voice, “ You’re going with THE Red Riot, Y/N. He’s already flashy! You HAVE to match his energy! This bland shizz has got to go! Here tryyyyy THIS!” She held up the most risqué thing you’ve ever seen. It was still classy but, places were low when they were supposed to be high, cutouts and, glitz/glam. The works.

-Present-

You’re not too sure how the pair got you’re measurements to the t. Going to have to ask that question later.

Just as you were finishing up, a car pulling up could be heard. A red Aston Martin. You didn’t expect anything less... Opening the door, you were greeted with fresh, crisp, night air. This all felt so...nice like, you could actually breathe. Carpe diem and all of that.

“W-wait! Wait right there, Y/N!” You froze, confused. Kiri power walked towards the front of your door. He gingerly closed the door on your face and knocked on it.

You smirked coyly and opened the door. You lean on the doorframe and crossed your arms, “ Really, Kirishima?” You laugh, “You’re too of a gentlemen...”

“Don’t like it” He looked perplexed.

“I’ll get over it.” You joked and threw Red a wink. You took his extended hand and got lead back to his car. “Wow, your car is gorgeous...”

“I could say the same about you.” Eijirou begins to rub his neck, “ You’re outfit and like, your face because you don’t have a car here, haha!” Uh oh, he’s beginning to nervous banter.

“Thank you, Red. You look handsome. Let’s get to the Gala before traffic gets any heavier.” He beamed and nodded.

The car ride over is pleasant. Traffic was okay (it’s been heavier, especially going towards downtown), within the car has been relatively silent but it’s obvious that you two just enjoy the other’s company. At some point, Kirishima threw his arm over the back of your seat. You could not help yourself and focused on the viens in his hands or how his muscular build strained against some parts of his suit. What’s his exercise regimen? How would a hug feel? How long you were looking? You don’t know. The music was low, seems like the whole squad was into the same stuff. Maybe you should try having a conversation?

“Soooo~” you drum your hands on his dashboard, “Kirishima, do you like hero work? Anything, interesting happened?” You curse yourself mentally. Of course he would like hero work!

“Hmmm, yeah! I love it. Cant really see myself doing anything else...” He keeps his eyes focused on the road but it’s obvious his brain is elsewhere, “Some days are harder than others but, there are great day too of course! I get to meet so many cool people. I met you.” His gives you a quick smile, “ Oooohh, let me tell you about this time I was saving these people from a bu-“

Now this car ride is getting livelier. Red is so animated when talking about his experiences. He so passionate... it’s nice :).

-At The Hero’s Gala-

You could not see a single star in the pitch, black sky; the venue was so bright. Practically blinding. How many of these did these Pros have to attend?! You don’t mind being the center of attention but, this is WAY too much. At least you’re not alone. You guess.

“YYY/NNN!! YOU MADE IT! THAT LOOKS SO BOMB ON YOU!”

You could not even process the blur of pink barreling towards you and Kirishima before it practically tackled you (thankfully not to the ground).

Mina squished your cheeks together, “Ah~! You look so gorgeous! Especially you’re hair-!”

It seems like she was about to ask you something else but Red picked her up from under arms and gingerly put her to the side, “Come on, Mina, if we don’t hurry inside we’ll be late-“

Mina waggles a finger towards Kirishima, “Tuh tuh, fashionably late.”

“Late is late, Mina”

“Since when we’re you such a stickler about time 😩! Don’t act brand new just because you got a boo-“

“HEY HEY!” Kiri claps his hands together-loudly- a few times, “Where’s your plus 1, M?”

“Hmm? Wh-She was just beside me! Don’t tell me they just went inside~ Ughhh, where could they be at?” Mina pulls out here phone, “I’ll see you inside, Y/N! Save me a seat beside you!”

“Okay, Mina!” You give her a thumbs up as a sweaty, blushy Kirishima rushed you towards the Gala’s entrance.

•

•

•

You had thought this whole extravaganza would be exhilarating! Exciting! A completely new experience! It kind of sucked. The venue was gorgeous, all pretty and made up. The people were chatting amongst themselves sometimes forgetting about the announcer. The food is great.

You sat beside Kirishima and left the two chairs to your right empty for Mina and her date. Your table was between Bakugo’s and Denki’s. To be frank, there was was never truly a lull, especially when the two blondes spoke to their redhead friend. You could really understand since they were speaking a bit too fast and adding slang you haven’t heard before. Bakugo was always threatening and Denki was just acting like a crackhead. It wasssss fun.

A bit later, it seemed like everyone mellowed out (probably thanks to the alcohol) and started mingling amongst each other. You guess you should start too, this whole thing is for the agency.

As you try to get get up, you feel a firm palm settle on your thigh, lightly pushing you back down, “Relax, Y/N. Bakubro finally left and Denk is off flirting...” You settle back into your seat, “The Agency will still be standing still be there. Just enjoy yourself.” He takes a swig of a soda, keeping his eyes forward as if he was focusing on something but, nothing interesting was in that direction as far as you could see.

“I hope Mina found her date...”

“She probably did. She’s pretty good at finding people.”

“Not going to drink?”

“Mmmm, we got to get home. I’m also much more comfortable drinking at home. I think they water it down at the events now due to...” he makes a painful face, “last time.

“Last time?”

“N’yeah...Some hero got super trashed and just let loose.”

The two of you stare at each other for a bit then start to laugh.

“Mm, I wouldn’t drink either then, I guess! Afraid you’ll say something you don’t mean, Red?”

“PFFT, no! All I have to say are good things. It’s just if I pay for a drink, I don’t want it to be watered down. What’s your excuse?”

“Welll, I thought I was going to be promoting our company. Guess not now.”

“So again, what’s your excuse?”

“Mmmm, I like having my wits”

Just as Kiri was about to reply, you both heard a voice from across the floor, “FINALLY FOUND YOU TWO” it was Mina and her absolutely stunning date. “What are you two just sitting down?! Let’s liven up this place! To the dance floor!” As if either was you had a choice.

Red had absolutely NO rhythm but that didn’t really stop you. The two of you spent the rest of night dancing away (along with Mina’s guidance at times). It was almost perfect.

•

•

•

Kirishima and you trudged back to his red, luxury car.

“Uwaaaa! My feet!” Kiri exclaimed, “When I usually dance it never hurts this bad~”

“That’s because you were dancing right, Kirishima.”

“Tsk, I am not that bad. That first move I busted always kill~”

“Yeah, yeah, people probably.”

“Hey, rude~” He opens the car door for you, “let’s get you home. Traffic shouldn’t be too heavy.”

“Thank you, Red.” He gives you a smirk as he shuts your door.

As it was before, the car ride was hella quiet, more so due to being tired. You look to the driver’s side of the car at Kirishima. His eyes were half lidded and focused on the cars in front of him... or so you thought.

“Hmm, caught the staring bug again?” You quickly turn back forward, caught off guard, “I’m just messing with you, Y/N, I don’t mind.” He flung his arm around the back of your seat again.

I guess it’s our time to talk, “Ha, I just can’t help it. You’re so nice and tonight has been really fun. It’s all been really fun. That and (I hope this doesn’t sound too creepy) your physique is amazing! I can tell you put a lot of care into it.”

“Haha, well, I have to!”

“Of course, of course, hahaa..” you start to break into a cold sweat.

Kiri notices the lull, takes his arm from behind your seat and instead takes your left hand and intertwines both of your fingers together. His hand practically engulfs yours and it’s so clammy.

“Uhh, hope you, don’t mind..” Kirishima says bashfully.

“Nope!” Smooth, Y/N. Real smooth, “Not at all. You’re hand is very soft...”

The car went silent again, hands still tangled together. Both enjoying the nighttime view and the somewhat muted sounds coming from the cars surrounding you guys.

-Back At Y/N’s Home-

Kirishima walked you to your door, “Welp, here we are.” He rubs the back of his neck, “S’thanks for being my da- company and all. It was- it was super fun, yeah.”

You were digging around for your keys but still listening to you stuttering boss, “Hm, hm. It was super fun for me to. Especially getting to experience the Hero Gala!” Finally, you found your keys and opened your door. You turn towards Kiri and he looks as if he is about to pass out, “Uhm, Red? Do you want to crash here? I don’t really think you should drive back-“

“Oh no, I couldn’t! I’m fine, I promise-“

“Then at least let me make you some coffee or something with caffeine, Red...”

“...Yeah, I will take you up on that..”

The pair of you step inside and you lead Kiri to the sofa, “Here, just relax.”

He slumps against the arm and lays his head against his forearm. “Thank youuu~” Yeah, he sounds like he is about to knock out.

You gently shake his form, “Here, Red, drink up.” He doesn’t say anything, he takes the cup drink from it and just stares down into it.

“Is it nasty?”

“<Wha-what? Oh, no, it’s delicious>” pfft, he’s so out of it he didn’t even realize he started speaking Japanese.

“<Want to speak in your mother tongue?>” He seems to wake up a bit more.

“Ha, sorry. Hey, Y/N?” Kiri drums his fingers against the side of his cup.

“Mm?”

“Do you have anyone waiting for you?”

“Uhm, no? I mean I have my family but I can’t say they are really waiting for me...” you ponder his question, “Why’d you ask?”

“...” He seems to be reluctant in whatever he is trying to do. You can really get read on him. He looks scared? Kiri sets him lukewarm cup down on the side table and stares deeply into yours eyes.

“Red?”

He grabs your hands.

“Kiri”

He starts to pull you closer

“Kirishima??”

“It’s Eijirou.”

He pulls you into a passionate kiss. It felt so desperate and longing. The need for oxygen being long forgotten between the two of you.

This was going to be a long night.

[mobius-prime]

258. Sonic the Hedgehog #189

A Bold New Moebius (Part One: Welcome Guests!)

Writer: Ian Flynn Pencils: Tracy Yardley! Colors: Josh Ray

Tails has called Rotor to the lab in Freedom HQ, looking for an explanation why their star posts (which if you'll remember, Sonic and Tails initially used to go into the Special Zone looking for the Chaos Emeralds in StH#170) have turned on with no clear cause. Rotor is just as confused as Tails considering they're normally only used to link up to said Special Zone, but the reason quickly becomes clear as Anti-Rotor and Anti-Tails come barreling through the portal, knocking into their good selves. However, Anti-Rotor insists he's called "Boomer" now, and as for Anti-Tails…

Well now! Looks like everyone has decided to follow Scourge's lead and take new names for themselves rather than continue to be stuck as mere evil twins. Meanwhile in New Megaopolis, the Chaotix and Sonic are currently pressing forward on an attack of their own, looking to take out the Dark Egg Legion as a threat while it's still young. Sonic is amused by their lack of strength, but Knuckles is downcast as they fight, certain that it's all his fault the Legion had to turn to Eggman to survive in the first place. As Sonic tries to reassure Knuckles that he wasn't in control of his own actions as Enerjak and that the Legion chose their own path regardless, Alicia and Anti-Antoine, now known as Patch, join the fight in Freedom HQ. Patch is quickly set upon by Amy, who's ready to dish out some mallet justice for his actions in ruining Antoine and Bunnie's relationship a while back, while Bunnie handles Alicia.

Sally herself finally enters the fray, and while everyone else is tied up in the fight, Antoine goes after Fiona, questioning her on why she's sided with their evil twins despite not actually being of their zone. She responds that she's going after the "lady in charge," while similarly in New Mobotropolis, Knuckles makes a beeline for Lien-Da to try to talk her out of her alliance with Eggman.

Okay, I just have to say, Knuckles' little apologetic grin in the fourth panel is hilarious. When he gets back down to the ground Sonic once again reassures him that maybe he can get through to Lien-Da once they've taken the city, while Julie-Su calls their backup team, consisting of Charmy, Saffron, and Ray. Saffron reports that their plan to place bombs in one of Eggman's key comms towers is going smoothly, but then retracts her statement as Lien-Da and her entire army approach the building, which just so happens to be on their retreat path. As she requests backup, Sally and Amy in Freedom HQ decide they'll need some too, as the fight against their evil selves is going poorly. The Suppression Squad tries to stop them from getting to the comms console, with Sally ending up on the floor courtesy of Fiona, but Sally then smugly reveals she was merely the distraction, and Rotor has been quietly calling for Sonic's assistance behind everyone's backs the whole time.

As Sonic makes his way back to Freedom HQ, an egg-pod flies in overhead to land amongst Lien-Da's forces. At first she's irritated, thinking Snively has sent her some too-late reinforcements after all, but when Dimitri emerges from the pod she's even less pleased.

It's clear by now that Lien-Da has some serious bottled-up anger over not getting to become Grandmaster of the Legion. Her initial speech to Eggman definitely indicated that she thought that after all this time she should be the one to get the spot, and despite her past loyalty to Dimitri, she's definitely feeling slighted and held down. Dimitri rallies the troops, increasing their morale and encouraging them to turn back around and continue the fight against the Chaotix, making Knuckles begin to regret sending Sonic back to Freedom HQ. However, Sonic definitely made the right choice, as just as he bursts in, the portal between the star posts opens once more, and Scourge himself steps through on Fiona's word, claiming that the "king has arrived…"

[smutav]

So i posted the pictures I had for my xray and comic in this post here and I said id wait a year but I’ve decided I need to lay this project to rest and move on to what comes next. Its under the cut because its mad king heavy

the old man part was fully scripted out so I’m going to throw the script in here first then it’ll be just notes for the general plotline

(M) Old Man   = O1 / (J) Old Man   = O2 / Xray          = X / Vav           = V

we come in on Xray and Vav coming onto the scene but we start lookin at the old men

O2: "Uh Oh, the calvaries here" O1: "issit the popo? tell them they cant make me go back... to that horrible home... fulla old people..." O2: "No.. its those spandex kids again" O1: "Oh, the blue one confused me... so blue jus like those dirty cops" O2: "YOU'LL NEVER TAKE US ALIVE" [O2 throws something that lands nowhere near xray and vav] V : "Look you have to stop causing a ruckus!" O1: "ah ah ah prettyboy we got da bomb" O2: "Thats right if you get in our way it'll be a real stinker!" O1: "Uh Ohhhh"

X : "you have got to be kidding me" O1: "I'm too old for kidding, im old-ding over here" V : "What are you doing with a bomb!?" O2: "We've got demands!" O1: "Oh yeah lots of demands!" O2: "We want.... Pudding!" O1: "Oh yeah and none of that rice shit in there" O2: "get that rice out of our pudding no chunks!" O1: "itsa chokin hazard, I almost died when they had that at the home" O2: "thats why we left they was tryna kill us" O1: "But you only show up to stop two guys havin fun" O2: "Ya punks!" [Vav has snuck over to the obviously hidden 'stink bomb' and gags when he sees whats under the cover]

O2: "Ey!" [he smacks Vav with a cane] "gettaway from there" O1: "These two have no manners" O2: "they jus go touchin stuff that doesnt belong to them!" O1: "Well two can play at that game" [he moves towards Xray pointing at his glasses] "I want those" X : "How about I give you this instead" [he shoots a lazer at the old guy but it bounces off his walker] O1: "uh oh you shouldn't have done that" X : "oh yeah what if i do it again" [it really has the same result smart guy]

[Vav at the same time is dealing with.. a really slow old guy. and he dodges a punch an the old guy just keeps goin down and hits the ground] O2: "Ah! I'm hit thats it for me! [he tries to get up but just knocks himself over again] it's over for me I'm deadd. You killed me ya bastard" V : "I really didn--" O2: "this blood is on your handssss ohhh im goinnnn" [Vav backs off while the old man keeps slowly 'dying' to help out with Xray who's wrestling for his glasses from O1]

X : "Youre smudging up my glasses!" O1: "oh i'll do more than that" [he moves to take a lick at them] X : "no you dont!" [He punches the old man square in the jaw] O1: [catches himself on the walker] "you want a boxing match, i used ta have the belt ya know" [he lands a punch on xray who doesnt even flinch]

V : [Vav comes up from behind and pulls the old man away] O1: "No he's got me!" [he flails a bit but ineffectively to get out] "this is just like the 40s you cant stop all this" V : "We're sending you both back to the old folks home just stay there this time!" O1: "You'll never keep us caged! We'll always be ba-- Oh no is this a heart attack? Ma is that you in the light I'm-- I'm comin... comin to kick your dead ass" [and he's dead]

[Xray and Vav dump the old guys on an elderly bus they're used to dealing with these guys 'dying' and approach the stink bomb which is the stink jug but theres wires and stuff attached to supposedly detonate it] X: "Well I guess we'll have to deal with this" [he kicks the 'stink bomb' and Vav goes green] V: "I guess it'd be best to get it to Hilda she'll know how to get rid of it" X: "right lets go" [he starts walking leaving Vav to carry the barrel, poor vav]

I hope the notes after this make sense plot wise a lot of it was going to be explored deeper as we get drawing XDD ((also you get all my note writing jokes that i make to myself))

V = xray and vav / K = mad king / R  = rimmy tim / M = mogar

(V) - I need,, some basic everyday hero biz to start the story with - tIME TO THROW THE OLD MEN IN THERE (K) - He decides to try out his powers a lil test run ((around Hilda's lab)) - Xray and Vav crash the party ofc - He gets by them EASY slow mo can't do much against teleporting - He didn't have much of a goal for it but, now he knows he has the upper hand on Xray and Vav - He leaves victorious (V) - He gets the business end of a run in with ender ryan - What was that?? he can teleport?? - Well we have to figure something out! (R) - Rimmy Tim runs into Mad King - Which is wild! thought he was dead! - but he does have some weird ass shit going on (K) - Wow running into Rimmy Tim isnt that neat? - He pays no mind to the Battle Buddy (R) - Rimmy Tim is crashing at Jake's place ((to be relevant)) - He also meets Xray and Vav but nobody knows what his full deal is ((and theyre distracted from having they ass kicked))

(V) - Vav is the plan guy - They get intel that he has a weird power source - it gave him the powers so if they can figure it out maybe they can take them away! - We'll need to be stealthy boys... - MOGAR! - ask mogar for help, he distract while they sneak in and nab the gem (M) - The plan involves Mogar fighting Mad King up front - Mogar runs into Rimmy Tim and is suspicious of him (K) - Ofc he knew Xray and Vav would make a plan - Mogar comes to fight him aw they just decided to send a fwiend - Mad King is busy beating Mogar and doesn't notice that they got the gem ((Uh Oh! Plothole!)) (M) - They dont see him at the meeting place (K) - He Notices when he decides to experiment with it and tries out a lesser power source - Resulting in Zombie Mogar

(V) - They HAVE to find Mogar - poking around the outside for a sign of him they find his sword in the dumpster - thats,,, not good - its really heavy but if vav straps it to his back he can handle it - they wind up splitting up for any sign of Mogar (K) - Well if you're going to be rude about it - [teleports in the streets] - Have it your way do what you want - [and he leaves Mogar there] - when he teleports back Rimmy Tim is there and he quips ab how convenient tping is (R) - MK has him get rid of the new power source obviously a failure (V) - It gets dark but vav hears a noise in the alley - He finds Mogar! But he's eating something - Mogar growls and starts running at him - *british screaming* - As he BOOKS IT around a corner Xray runs into him and Vav just grabs his arm - NO TIME TO EXPLAIN - so what the plans just fucking run - oh wait thats Jake's van - *climbs in* wEHAVE TO GO HIT THE GAS - bro its a red light - iTS THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT THERES NO TRAFFIC JUST - Mogar jumps on the vAAAAAAAA - Thats enough to convince Jake she slams on the gas - " you guys are paying for any tickets i get"

((for context, Jake is my oc she has an ask blog that I was planning to use to be like in between she and rimmy tim are hanging out and you might find out things from interacting w her. But for character knowledge she’s an appliance installer that works with The Monarchy’s Servants. Which that is the company that installs the stuff that comes out of Monarch Labs. there was also a whole bit where she and rimmy tim would be hanging out and he’d be joking like oh do you ever go in like “ah m’lord!! is this installation to your liking thank you m’lord!!” and she’d goof back if he ever had a house for her to install shit in she’d do it just for him.

and for how Jake and Rimmy tim met it was at 3am dennys a few years ago and they been buds ever since))

(R) - Jake's checking on her van later and Rimmy Tim comes out to give a hand - and he asks what happened and she's shaking a lil - she just leaves it as hero biz as usual she thinks (V) - bloody hell we have to help mogar! - yeah what did Mad King do to him! - they gotta bait and catch him (R) - Jake gets a call from xray and vav asking for help getting mogar to a lab - Rimmy Tim tags along and gets to see Mogar (M) - Xray and Vav catch mogar and have him leashed in the lab - But?? Is he dangerous?? Can he contaminate others??

(R) - This is wrong - RYAN is wrong - Rimmy Tim,, Has to do something - discussion doesnt work, Ryan's just a wall discussion wise - theres no talking him out of anything he's too absorbed (V) - Mogar has good moments - reference the rotten flesh test w vav (K) - Rimmy Tim is getting increasingly worried ab him - Rimmy Tim mentions Mogar - Well it wasn't on PURPOSE - but yeah i did that - No, I don't particularly know how to reverse it (R) - Rimmy Tim tries talking hey what if we just did this partner like - Nothing can beat the battle buddies then this can all be done right? - Mad King brushes him off and tells him to stay out of his business - Ryan gets caught in the rain - He claws Rimmy's face oh no! his money maker! - Rimmy Tim decides enough is enough and leaves to help Xray and Vav fix this,,, fix him,,, (V) - They hear Mad King in the rain - hhhhh i dont want to deal with more monsterrrrssss - Rimmy Tim joins the team! - he explains his history with Mad King - and how he's worried - wORRIED LOOK WHAT HE'S DONE TO MOGAR - He digs out the lesser power source that was used on Mogar - THIS made THAT *points at Mogar* (K) - Mad King is bandaged and goes to sleep off the pain and *emotions* (gross) of the evening - as he drifts off instead of dreaming he finds himself seeing through Jeremy's damaged eye - He just sees xray and vav but he cant hear a word - needless to say he feel betrayed

(Finale leadup)

- they need a plan to catch MK - Xray and Vav decide to drill RT ab possible weaknesses - he doesnt have much to contribute though they havent worked together in years and he didnt have all this magic junk going on. - and all RT's seen of the magic junk is teleporting - Well have you seen his hideout? can you explain like layout or whats going on there - oh fuck yeah i guess that is intel lemme sketch it out

- Hilda is playing around with whats the difference between the gem they stole from MK and the one that RT says changed Mogar - Mayhaps after some experimentation gone wrong she figures they cant use the thing against him but need a device that'll remove that specific energy - so you know a SUCKING machine - While she's working so closely with this she starts having enderhilda dreams but like when she's awake shes like yeah thats neat but you aint caught my interest you dumb gem

- Wait RT if you and MK used to be in cahoots do you have any powers that can beat him? - I got guns we were guns for hire you know battle buddies - wot MK doesnt use guns he plays mind games - well yeah NOW he does he uh-- didnt have it all together after our last mission

(flashback)

- Battle buddies are cleaning up after a mission - they're both pretty angry like we wound up being the bad guys AGAIN how does this keep happening - RT agrees he's not a fan of dirty cash - MK comes to the conclusion if i controlled these sheeple nobody would be calling my shots and makin me do the wrong thing - come on ryan ya cant control people thats wrong - whats a little more blood on my hands if it means making things better on the whole - and MK winds up leaving the battle buddies :C

(Finale)

- Hilda comes in like hey i got your guys's sucking machine go suck off mad king or whatever - and vavs like Alright! lets make a plan lads! - then we go to MK - he can see them coming, he's gotten practice watching through RT's eyes - he gets the machine from them as theyre barely through the door - "well I was curious what this would do but what does it matter anyways" - and he's got like some full ender shadow clones to help with the fight and they all pair off ((not like an army literally just enough to pair off MK dont need an army to beat these guys)) - the real MK personally faces off RT though :) - RT "why do i get the real ryan why couldnt you face off with like vav or something" - MK "im curious if you could shoot me 'buddy'" - RT "well I doubt i'll do something but i do owe you one ;)" and he do shoot him but yeah the bullets are stopped and do nothing - MK "I do hope you brought something else if youre turning against the MAD KING you have best be prepared" - RT "what can i say" [drops gun] "I stick to my guns" [throw punch]

- but yeah after the fighting and witty dialogue clears it looks like MK do have the upper hand - RT was left bleeding out ((stabbed through with pointy fingers oooo MK got his blood literally on his hands)) - While MK is monologuing RT sneaks into the bathroom which MK pauses mid monologue when he sees a flash of RT's bloody hand reaching for the showerhead - cant believe that fuck - and RT comes out and hoses him down ((yes it reaches that far LOOK its got a long hose)) - then MK's on the ground fucking sizzling - vav's like oh right! and jumps up to get the sucking machine and they use it on MK

(epilogue)

- Jake drops RT off where they got MK locked up and shes like "do what u gotta do man" and RT's like "thanks for understanding bud" - and he gets in MK shifts to look at him - RT starts to apologize for ruining his plan but gets interrupted as MK says "you were right" - which is a SHOCKING thing to hear from that guy - and mad king is like "thank you" - and we end on "anytime buddy."

so that was my plot I havent been kidding when I said it was a long comic plan. Its been heartbreaking to have this whole thing ripped from me but I can’t tell a story about friendship w a manipulator. 

I’m not sure how long it’ll be until I actually get another thing started but I hope its soon because I was very excited to share a good long story with the xray and vav fandom and I thought this plot wouldve been like a good season worth of content

I had some draws tagged under “#its all connected” and they were all me working on this idea before I actually decided to write it out and try for a whole comic after being inspired by some close friends and the good at being bad animation collab

[superfluouskeys]

Stream Update!

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SURVEY RESULTS

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TENTATIVE PLANS

I’ll be starting Life is Strange: Before the Storm tomorrow (Thursday the 15th), and that should take us through to next Thursday (the 22nd), when I’ll be looking at a fan-made dating sim called Love is Strange!  Depending on how into that we get, I’ll either keep playing it on Saturday (the 24th) or play some Overwatch on Saturday and move onto DH2 on Monday (the 26th)!

I did hesitantly hint at some OW after LIS this Saturday (the 17th) but I sold my Sunday morning to the doges so I’ll have to sleep unfortunately!  The longer I wait the more I’ll have shaken off the rust of the month hiatus hopefully LOL.  How many times will I walk into my own pulse bomb???  There WILL be bets taken.

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If all of this is new to you, or you don’t know anything about games or Twitch but want to, please feel free to stop by and say hi!  I’m always happy to walk you through the basics of any game and to give rambling recaps of what’s happened so far!  I’m already pretty vocal when I play Overwatch, but am happy to get hyper-descriptive if that helps you get a sense for what’s going on!

[simonxriley]

Combat Boots And Tiaras 2/5

Pairings: Shuhrat “Fuze” Kessikbayev x Skylar “Phoenix” Jackson (oc)

Summary: Fuze has never been good with relationships, his gruff demeanor and curt speech seed to that. But when they push away someone he truly cares for, he’ll do anything to get her back.

Words: 3,258

Warnings: None.

Russian: Zaichik = Bunny. Da = Yes

A/N: I added another chapter because I forgot to add something specific in before. And this would have had the actual mission but I got lazy, so...sorry about that. 

Ao3 and FF - chapter one

It’s been a week since Skylar found out about the pregnancy and she had yet to tell Fuze. She was just too scared too, and the more she put it off the worse it’ll be in the long run. It also didn’t help that the nausea has yet to subside making Fuze more worried and she was running out of excuses on why she didn’t want to see Doc about it.

Until then she was sitting on his bed cleaning her MK14 Enhanced Battle Rifle while he cleaned his AK-12 Assault Rifle next to her. She was also thankful Ash got her some saltine crackers when she went out to the store, it helped tame the nausea for a bit.

“Zaichik I still think you should see Doc.” He didn’t look at her, keeping his attention on his gun. “And don’t say you’re fine, you are not fine. I know you’ve been vomiting the past few days.”

Skylar sighed, setting her rifle in her lap. “Shuhrat what can Doc do? It’s only the side effects from the antibiotics, I just have to let it run its course. I’m sure I’ll be back to normal in another week.”

“You are very stubborn.” He looked over at her, his green eyes piercing into her hazel ones. “If the nausea doesn’t go away in a week, I will personally carry you into the medical bay.”

She rolled her eyes, placing her hand on his thigh. She knew he wasn’t lying and that made her worried, it also made her timeline on telling him much, much shorter.

“Maxim is a lot more stubborn than I am.” She chuckled, a small smile spreading across her face.

Fuze narrowed his eyes, sighing through his nose. “We are not talking about Maxim Skylar.”

Her smile quickly faded and she retracted her hand from his thigh. “I find it really sweet that you care, but pushing me isn’t going to help the situation. I already saw Doc last week, with Ash. You can ask her if you don’t believe me.”

“I do believe you zaichik, I don’t like to see you like this.”

Skylar’s face softened and she leaned over, giving him a quick kiss. “I don’t like feeling like this. But I’m not going to waste Doc’s time when they’re nothing he can do. Besides, I’m feeling a little better anyways.” 

“Okay, I will let it go for now.” He set his assault rifle down to the side and moved over to sit right next to her against the wall. Grabbing his rifle again he set it in his lap as he continued cleaning the barrel. “When do you think we’ll be tasked for another mission?”

“Good question.” She hopes that Doc told Six about her pregnancy, but she knew that was highly unlikely with patient confidentiality. She needed to tell Six very soon, not before Fuze though and she hopes she doesn’t get called for a mission before then. “Maybe soon, it’s been awhile since either of us have been called for one.”

“I hope we do, I’m becoming restless.”

“Restless huh?” She set her battle rifle aside, bringing her hand up to cup his cheeks and gently turned his head so he was looking at her. “I think I can help with that.”

Fuze crushed their lips together, gently pushing Skylar down on the bed. With a blind hand he grabbed both of their weapons, setting them down on the floor. He pulled away nudging her legs apart and settled himself in between them, eyes filling with lust. She smirked up at him, chest heaving.

He leaned down, kissing down the scar on her neck. He pulled away once more, locking eyes with her, then got off her. “As much as I would love too, I don’t want to make the nausea come back.”

Skylar whined and sat up, crossing her arms. He did have a point, especially with how he is in bed, but she was in the mood and now she’s left wanting. Fuze looked over at her, shaking his head.

“Sex might be pushing it, I can still pleasure you some other ways zaichik.” He smirked, grabbing her thighs and yanked her down on the bed.

His fingers slid underneath the band of her black sweats, he slowly began pulling them down, kissing at her hips. When her pants were down to her ankles the coms went off, forcing a groan of annoyance from both of them.

“I need Fuze, Glaz, Phoenix, Ash and Thermite to report to briefing room.”

The comms shut off afterwards and Fuze gave her one last kiss before getting off her.

Skylar gulped, pulling her pants back up and got off the bed to put on her shoes. She easily knew they just got called for a mission, thankfully everyone who was going on it with her was her friend. And she was beyond thankful that Ash was one of them, since she was the only one that knew she was pregnant. Now she just hopes the nausea won’t make things worse for everyone else.

She gave Fuze a small smile and chuckled. “I guess we have a mission.”

“I guess we do. About time too.”

She laughed and tugged on his shirt. “Well I was looking forward to you using your mouth. Guess I’ll have to wait.”

Fuze pinned her against doorway, kissing her hungrily, that only made her more impatient for this mission be over with. However her hand found the front of his pants, giving his semi-erect cock a squeeze. Smirking into the kiss when she heard a low grunt come from him.

He pulled away, glaring at her. “I was going to be generous after the mission and give you what you wanted, I’m not so sure now.”

Skylar shrugged her shoulders, looking quite unamused. “Sure Shuhrat. Last time you said that we fucked in the men’s shower and then your room.”

She shook her head and began to walk away. Fuze grabbed her hand and pulled her into a kiss, more passionate this time. When he pulled away his face softened, gazing into her hazel eyes. “Can you blame me zaichik? Watching you in action gets me riled up, I could not wait to get back to base and pin you down.”

“And it’s gonna be the same outcome as before.” She gave him a chaste kiss and pulled him out the door. “Now come on we’re gonna be late.”

                                                                 xXx

Skylar walked into the briefing room first, seeing Ash and Thermite already in there and seated. She took her seat next to Ash, giving her a small smile while Fuze sat across from her. All they needed was Glaz before they started. The last time Skylar saw him was when he was making his way for some sniper training and that was on the other side of the base, it would take him the longest to get there. It also helped that Six wasn’t even in the room yet.

“What do you think it’s about this time?” Thermite asked after a moment. “The FBI and the Spetsnaz haven’t had a mission in weeks.”

“Could be anything, it just better not be a bomb, I don’t think I could deal with that right now.” Skylar replied back, feeling her stomach become a little queasy.

“Are you even okay to go on this mission Sky? You haven’t been feeling well.”

“I’ve been feeling a little bit better this week, the nausea still comes and goes. I’ll just eat a bunch of saltine crackers while we’re on the plane, or chopper.”

“I’m sure she’ll be fine Jordan.” Ash said, glaring slightly at Skylar. “If she wasn’t Doc would’ve been here already telling her and Six she wasn’t.”

Thermite just nodded and looked over at the board, it didn’t have much, just the location where they were going and the word ‘terrorists’ written in black marker and circled in red.

Glaz walked in a few seconds later, Skylar smiled over at him as he sat down next to Fuze. “Hi Tim Tam, how was training?”

“Hi.” He chuckled. “Could have been better, my spotter was useless.”

“Who’d you have?”

“Tachanka.”

“Tachanka?” Skylar scoffed. “You could’ve just asked me Timur, we’ve been doing sniper training together since I got here. I know I haven’t been feeling well but all I’m doing is lying down.”

“I wanted you to rest some more and I would not hear the end of it from your boyfriend.”

Before anyone could speak Six walked into the room, standing in front of the board. Everyone turned to her, waiting to see what the mission was all about.

“Okay ladies and gentlemen, we’ve just been informed there’s a group of terrorists hiding out in a house in Los Angeles. We don’t know why they are there or who they are there for. The orders are too neutralize all but one, the one we need alive will be questioned. Any questions?”

“How many are there?” asked Skylar

“About twenty-two, two of them are bombers.” Skylar nodded her head. “We’ve also got confirmation that the terrorists have rigged some of the windows and entryways with C4. I’d advise bringing breach charges with you.”

“Wonderful.” said Thermite rolling his eyes. “Does it matter who we keep alive?”

“No, it doesn’t.” Six looked around the room, waiting for anyone else to speak. When no one did she continued. “The plane leaves in an hour, get whatever you need.”

Everyone nodded and stood up to leave. Ash and Thermite were the first to leave the room, followed by Skylar, Fuze and Glaz. Once out of the briefing room Fuze took Skylar’s hand into his as they walked back to his room so she could grab her stuff before going back to her room to get dressed.

“I’m happy this mission isn’t bad, I can deal with neutralizing twenty-one terrorists.”

“Just take your time, deep breathing exercises and you should be fine Sky.” said Glaz from behind them.

“Thanks Tim Tam, I thought I would rush through the house and make myself so nauseated I puke.” She chuckled. “I will or I’ll just use my boyfriend as a human shield.” She looked over at Fuze with a raised brow. “Are you bringing your shield?”

“Da, too many closed spaces and I don’t want my precious little zaichik getting shot.”

“Awe how sweet, but I can take care of myself Shuhrat.”

“I know you can, doesn’t mean I won’t want to protect you.”

Skylar stopped in her tracks, making Fuze stop as well. Glaz just rolled his eyes and chuckled and kept walking. She watched Glaz turn the corner before crushing their lips together. “You don’t need to protect me Shu, I do appreciate it though.” “I know you don’t need protecting, I just don’t want to lose you.”

Skylar ran her fingers through his hair, and wrapped her arms around his neck. “You’re not gonna lose me, truthfully I think you’re stuck with me.”

“Good.”

                                                          xXx

After getting her gun from Fuze’s room she made her way back to her own to get changed into her uniform. As she sat down on her bed to put her boots on she looked over at Ash who was redoing her hair. “I’ll tell him after the mission.”

“You should’ve told him days ago Sky.” She turned her head, disappointment showing in her eyes. “The longer you put this off, the worse it’ll get.”

“I know, I know.” She tied up one boot and slid the other on. “Shuhrat seems so happy that we’re together and I have a feeling this child will change that.”

Ash finished doing her hair in a braid and sat down next to her with a sigh. “You don’t know that. Yes he’s going to be shocked at first, who wouldn’t? I don’t see him just abandoning his kid or you.”

“I guess we’ll see.”

Skylar looked away to tie her other boot, then there was a knock in the door. Ash got up to answer it, both of them expecting to Fuze, instead they saw Glaz standing at the door in his gear.

He glanced between Skylar and Ash, stopping at Ash. “Can I talk to Skylar alone please?”

Ash moved aside to let him in. “Yeah I have to go down to my locker anyways. I’ll see you two at the plane.”

She grabbed her phone and left after that, leaving them alone. Skylar stood up, a small smile on her face. “What’s up?”

“Does he know?” “Know about what?”

Glaz sighed, his blue eyes piercing into her hazel ones. “Does he know about the baby?”

Her face faltered and she sighed, then looked away. “No. How’d you find out? The only people that know are Ash and Doc?”

He set his rifle against her bed and sat down, Skylar following suit. “I wasn’t sure at first, the nausea you were having could’ve been from anything. It wasn’t until the smell of meat that made your nausea worse, that I figured it out. And the uncharacteristic mood swings you were having. Why haven’t you told him?”

“Fear.” She fiddled with her hands and looked over at him. “I’m scared he won’t want this child like I do. And if he doesn’t want this child than he’s stuck on a base with the woman he impregnated and the child he doesn’t want. He already gets a bad rep because of how he is, it would get a lot worse for him if the other operators found out he abandoned his own child.”

Glaz took her hand into his, a small smile forming on his face. “Fuze is a lot of things, but he would never abandon his child, even if the child was unplanned. He loves you Skylar, he may not say it, I can tell he does. He’s more relaxed around you, his demeanor changes.”

“Ash said the same thing, and maybe you’re both right, but deep down I feel something isn’t.” Her free hand came up and rested on her stomach. “I love him too, I just wasn’t expecting to be called mom yet.”

“Skylar, you and Fuze don’t have to go through with the pregnancy if you two don’t want too. No one will judge you for it.”

“That’s the thing, I do want to.” She sighed and stood up, then faced him. “When I found out I wasn’t sure if I wanted this baby, I wasn’t sure if I could find a balance between work and being a mother, but if Zofia can do it, than why can’t I.”  

Glaz stood up, towering over her by a few inches. “Good, I think you’ll make a great mom.”

“Thanks Tim Tam, and if it means anything I think you’ll make a great father some day.” “Thanks Skylar, I think we should head down to our lockers to grab the rest of our stuff before your boyfriend comes looking for you.”

“Awe you don’t want him seeing us alone in my room?”

Glaz scoffed and shook his head. “No, we have almost twenty minutes until we need to be at the plane.”

“Ah, okay.”

                                                             xXx

Skylar was in her locker grabbing her desert eagle and some flash-bangs when she heard her locker door open. Turning around she saw Fuze walking in holding his helmet and shield. “Hey, I’m almost done.”

He set the shield down, walking up behind her and wrapped his arm around her waist. As she holstered her desert eagle he kissed her neck a few times and hummed.

“Zaichik, please be careful.”

She turned to him, giving him a peck on the lips. “I always am. And I thought you were going to protect me?” She crossed her arms and arched a brow. “Or did you change your mind?”

“No I didn’t change my mind, I'm not the one who’s nauseous all the time.” He set his helmet down on the bench, gently grabbing both her arms and gazing into her eyes. “I can’t lose you, I won’t.”

Her face softened, and her hand came up to cup his face, feeling the stubble of his beard on her thumb. “Shu wants gotten into you?”

“I’ve never been good with relationships Skylar, my demeanor or curt speech usually makes it hard for people to stay with me. After years I finally let down those walls to let you in and..”

“You’re afraid you might push me away?”

“Da.” He nodded. 

Skylar wrapped her arms around his neck and brought him in for a hug. “The way you are is the reason I found you so attractive in the first place. Besides no relationship is easy, we’re going to fight, we’re going to not agree on something, but as long as we communicate and tell each other why we don’t agree on something, we’ll work out.”

“You really think so?” He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer.

“I know so.” She let go of him and smiled up at him. “Now let’s go, we have a plane to catch.”

                                                                 xXx

The mission was successful, they cleared out the terrorists and caught one. It almost went off without a hitch, if Skylar didn’t mess it up and cause Glaz to be in the infirmary right now. Just as soon as they were close to being done, the nausea hit her in full force making her stop and heal over taking in deep breaths. She didn’t see the terrorist turn the corner gun drawn, Glaz put his body in front of her, getting shot in the shoulder. At least she snapped out of it enough to take the terrorist out.

She set the rest of her grenades and flash-bangs in their case and pulled her phone put. Scrolling to find Glaz’s number to text him.

“I am so so so so so so so sorry Timur! I’ll never forgive myself for this.”

She placed her phone back in her pocket, then she grabbed her desert eagle from her holster and took the magazine out, along with the bullet still in the chamber. Placing the bullet back in the magazine she placed it back in its case along with the gun, then her phone buzzed.

“This isn’t your fault Skylar, I put myself between you and the terrorist for a reason. I wasn’t going to have you and the baby get injured.”

Tears started to well in her eyes, how did she get so lucky to have a friend like Glaz? Someone who was willing to take a bullet for her and her unborn child.

“I’m happy it’s nothing serious, and because of what you did I want you to be the child’s godfather. If you want that is?”

She placed her phone back in her pocket and put away her Enhanced Battle Rifle she cleaned earlier. As she did she heard her locker door open, glancing over her shoulder she saw it was Fuze. His helmet was off but he was still in his Gorka’s.

He sighed and walked over to her, grabbing her hand and pulling her towards the door. “We are seeing Doc, this has gotten out of hand Skylar.”

She pulled her hand free of his grasp and stepped away a few feet. “No!”

Fuze looked at her in disbelief, and started to walk towards her. “Why not?”

“Because.”

“Because?” He scoffed. He took another step towards her, only to have her take a few back. “Skylar, just tell me what is wrong?”

“I’m pregnant okay!”