#dave isnt an original character at all lmao

[panticwritten]

Writing prompt: “Quit stalling. Where’s your father?” Have fun with it!

Oh, RAD. I have the perfect idea for this, thank so much!

This is a situation that would take place somewhere near the middle of A Sequence of Regrettable Happenings. I’m not sure if this will actually happen in canon or not because I haven’t daydreamed this far, so we’ll just call it a crack scene for now.

Word count: 1760

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I knew the Cloaks would come after me eventually. I knew Damien would only be able to let me run around, knowing full-well that I’m alive, for so long without doing something. I knew all of this, and I’ve still been careless.

And I didn’t expect them to send K after me.

I try to reassure myself, even with my pounding headache and the knowledge of how thoroughly screwed I am.

The Baudelaires are safe, Connor is safe. Kane is keeping an eye on them, no one will be able to hurt them with the Scouts watching out for them. They’ll worry, it will hurt when they find out about what will happen today, but at least they’ll be alive.

They’ll move on without me. Kane will make sure of it.

I tug at the rope binding my wrists, remembering the day I taught him this knot. The smell of the woods wreaths around me, and I close my eyes. He picked it up like it was nothing, he was always deft with his hands.

He was better at knots, I was better with the dagger I drove through his hand that day. I deserve this, and I know it. For all I know, the little kid I trained volunteered for this job.

Well, he isn’t a little kid anymore. He takes his job seriously. Even if I wasn’t such a shit friend to him, I doubt he would hesitate to kill me.

Rule #1: Trust no one, especially not your friends. I’m the one that taught him that, all those years ago.

I open my eyes and the sounds of the sea return. I’m not sure where he’s brought me, or how long I was unconscious before now. All I know is I’m in a dark room and I’m here because of K.

A bottle of wine, one I’d bought myself, and the dizzy headache that comes with a drugging. I was alone, so obviously no one noticed. The last thing I remember is slumping to the floor, trying to reach my pager, and him coming around a corner.

A door opens behind me, a light flicking on shortly after. I jerk my head, trying to look over my shoulder, a task made difficult by my bindings and the too-soft mattress I lay on. I’m facing the wall, and it gives me anxiety.

A surprised sound comes, and I recognize it as K’s voice.

“You’re awake. You should have said something.”

I huff, trying again to turn around. “I’m not talking to you right now.”

The door closes again, footsteps tracking around the room. “I know. Why are you still tied up?”

I don’t answer, finally getting around to doing exactly what he was likely expecting me to do upon waking up. With a jerk and a sharp crack my left hand slips out of the binding.

I whimper, the fire of pain in my hand worse than I remember.

I don’t turn around immediately, pulling my hands from behind my back and holding them close to my chest. My left hand aches, my thumb twisted at an odd angle from being dislocated. 

I can’t feel my right hand, the one that was trapped under my body, and I quietly wait for it to gain feeling. K hasn’t killed me yet, I’m guessing he can wait a few more minutes.

“You should have tied it tighter,” I mutter. “It’s sloppy.”

“I’m not your apprentice anymore.” His voice isn’t bitter, like I would expect it to be, but it does hold a friendly challenge. He won’t even give me the decency of acting like he hates be before killing me.

I prop myself up and twist around, hindered by my still-bound ankles. My hand still tingles, but it’ll work for now. I don’t look around the room, not wanting to give him a reason to get on with this.

Instead, I shake the coil of rope from around my wrist and start picking at the bindings on my ankles with my working hand, the other held limply in my lap.

“And this rope. It’s slippery, lets your-”

“Jess. Look at me.”

My legs free, the offending synthetic rope threaded between my fingers, I finally look up.

A single light swings from the ceiling, a bright bulb lighting up the room. The room itself is bare save for the bed I sit on, a desk, and a matching chair. K leans against the doorway, opposite a window overlooking the see, watching me.

He’s not wearing the Cloaks’ uniform, which throws me off. I don’t think I’ve seen him out of that uniform in ten years.

“Did–” I pause, hiding my surprise by swinging my legs over the side of the bed to face him completely. “Did Damien send you?”

He nods. “Yeah. I would be here even if he hadn’t, though.”

I raise my brows, surprised. “Really? Why’s that?”

“I can’t get ahold of Kane. I need you to tell me where he is.” That shakes me even more. He doesn’t look at me, troubled gaze pointed out the window. “I have business with him.”

Business. I could count the times that phrase has been used to mean something good by people I know on one hand. His mention of Kane gives me the motivation I need to get out of here, though. I’m not selling Kane out, and I’m sure as hell not dying today.

I drop the rope, tightening my grip of the small knife I’d had tucked in my boot. K forgot the most basic rule, not to underestimate any target, when he left this where I could get it.

I flash across the room, colliding with him at the door.

He doesn’t fight back, not when I lunge for him, and not when my knife arcs through the air with crimson drops flying in its wake. Perhaps I misjudged him, he might be more sentimental than I thought.

With my left hand screwed up, I have to use my knife hand to open the door. I expect hands to fall on me, to stop me, but I get through the door and out of the room unhindered.

Stumbling out, the door slamming behind me, I freeze when I see the second room of the building.

Damien sits on a chair, his back facing me, and Dave sits on the other side of the kitchen island, bowl of cereal in one hand and waving to me with the other. A spoon hangs out of his mouth.

My equilibrium isn’t just thrown off, I think it just took a dive off the cliff into the ocean.

Damien turns to face me, and I wonder just what the hell happened to him. A dark bruise spreads from his left temple down to his nose, he looks like he hasn’t seen the sun in weeks.

“Oh, you’re awake. Did K–” His eyes land on the bloody knife in my hand, and he sighs. “I told him to be straightforward.”

The door behind me opens, and K brushes past me. He doesn’t say anything, not about my technique admonishments, not about me literally slicing his arm up.

“What–” I lose my voice, not able to ask my question fully. What the fuck is happening? Damien seems to understand, though.

“We’re out on the edge of Lake Lachrymose, we figured we wouldn’t be bothered. I think you own it under one of your aliases, actually.”

I glance around and nod. I haven’t been here since I was a teenager, so I didn’t recognize it at first. I stopped coming when I got banned from Damacles Dock.

I turn my eyes back on Damien, critical. “What happened to you, and why are we here?”

He grins.

“I had a disagreement with our sector’s department head about your status. He tried to kick the shit out of me when I told them to leave you alone, but I won.” I can’t believe what I’m hearing. This asshole, championing for me? “So, yeah you’re off the hook there.”

“I’m out?” The words are barely audible, but everyone–even K, when he turns back from wrapping his arm up–smiles in response. “For real?”

“Yeah, you’re out, finally.” Damien stands and crosses to me, resting a hand on my shoulder. “Though, if you ever get bored, there’s no shortage of freelance work.”

“No, I–” I swallow hard, the idea of being done with the Cloaks still not sinking in. “God, thank you. Thank you so much.”

“Hey, Jess,” K calls. I look up at him, not wanting to meet his eye. I just attacked him, and he was trying to help me.

Hang on.

“Why the fuck was I tied up?” I demand. Dave laughs out loud, and K just lifts his bandaged arm as if it’s an explanation.

“Do you think we wanted you to try to kill us off the bat?” 

“What was the point in bringing me here at all? I was busy, I have to–” I look back through the still-open door, at the lake in the distance. I was only supposed to be gone for the night, a single night to let out the frustrations of six years of fear. Connor and the kids must have noticed that I’m missing by now. The longer I’m gone, the more likely Connor is to do something that could give their location away.

“We saw some of Olaf’s crew on your block,” Dave explains. “We didn’t really expect you to be at your apartment, but we definitely weren’t the only ones looking for you.”

A chill runs down my spine, and I don’t argue on that front anymore. If Damien had showed up at my house asking me to flee with him, I probably would have run away from him. I’d have run right into Olaf, then, and this would be a much worse day than it already is.

“Quit stalling,” K says, his voice bored. “Where’s your father?”

What?

“Did you just–with a straight face–call Kane my father?” I ask, stricken.

He shrugs. “Don’t make it weird. Where is he?”

I stare at him, but I don’t see any reason not to let them in on the whole thing. They’ve all done a lot to help me, all without me asking them to. I sigh, finally wiping my knife on my pants and slipping it back into my boot.

“I’ll show you. We’d better go now: It’s a long drive and I’m not sure how long Connor will be able to stand not knowing I’m alive.”

[aquaquadrant]

omg, I didn't know you watched Star Wars Rebels!! That's awesome! I loved the Clone Wars series, so I was instantly hooked on Rebels when it came out! It was so cool seeing old and new characters (Nera, Rex and Ahsoka made me cry), and more exploration of the whole SW mythos. What did you like most about Rebels? Have you seen the Clone Wars series?

OHHHHHH MAN, my friend, you have opened up quite the can of worms. heads up yall, this is gonna be a LONG POST bc i havent yelled abt rebels in ages.

i think i started watching when the first season was about half-over? and if im remembering correctly i caught up on rebels, and then binged the clone wars (and cried at every clone death) while keeping up with new rebels eps, so i got to catch all the little references i’d missed before. so yeah, rebels was really the first star wars media i got into. i mean, im pretty sure i sat through at least one of the original movies when i was a kid at my parent’s insistence (prob my aunt, tbh) but it didnt rlly click. im big into cartoons tho, and when i kept seeing it on my dash i was like, oh what the hell.

CAN I JUST SAY…. rebels far exceeded my expectations. is it a perfect series? no. could they have done things better? absolutely. but the bottom line is, it was a TV Y-7 cartoon, and they absolutely did not have to go that hard. but they did, and im so thankful.

i’d have to say, one of the things i love about rebels was their beautiful portrayal of the found family trope (which is my favorite). especially from ezra’s pov as the newcomer; we got to see this jaded street rat open up to the idea of being a part of a family again, one that was already established. and then we got to see everyone grow even closer, those bonds getting deeper and stronger.

another thing i adore is the portrayal of an unconventional jedi in kanan, and eventually in ezra. kanan is nothing like the clone war era jedi, and it was so cool to see the show explore that, and depict it as not a bad thing. i honestly believe he embodies the original jedi values better than most jedi we’ve seen in canon, and gasp, he has attachments!!!! and doesnt fall to the darkside!!!!!!

i felt rebels was a great successor to the clone wars. do i wish they’d done a bit more with ahsoka? sure, bc i will stan ahsoka till the day i die. but what they did was fantastic and every ep she was in was a treat. rex too, even tho i was constantly stressed he was gonna die lmao.

genuinely, i think rebels is one of the best things to happen to star wars lore. they explained how lightsabers work and how non-force users can wield them, they went into mandelorian history and clan politics and the dark saber, and maul’s involvement with it, (maul’s involvement in general), the relationship between clones and jedi following order 66, and even the construction of the death star and the genocide on geonosis… 

and even the new elements, like the lasat people were just really well done. even if they were completely out there!! like giant wolves that fast-travel across planets!! and space whales that can jump to hyperspeed!!! a magical time traveling portal!!!!! dave filoni is a wild son of a gun but damn if he isnt a fantastic showrunner, no matter how crazy an idea might seem it just fits perfectly into the show.

and the villains. oh my god, the villains. the grand inquisitor (who decapitates two imperials just off screen). the seventh sister and the fifth brother. maul (giving him a fulfilling character arc after filoni resurrected him for tcw). and thrawn. holy shit i could make a whole other post abt thrawn, but i’ll refrain.

and darth-fucking-vader, who they did complete justice to and was iconic every rare moment he was on screen.

all in all, i thought rebels was a really satisfying show, and even if they could’ve ended it better (a few characters got the short end of the character development stick in my opinion, but that’ll happen with a large cast…) i would absolutely recommend it to anyone who hasnt seen it yet. sabine’s arc in season three is particularly compelling, and it was rlly nice to see a young woc get such complexity and development in star wars.

so yeah! i was big into rebels, i actually wrote some fic for it thats still on my A03 account. and i think the show will always have a special place in my heart (ezra is like, my original boy. my sweet son.) thanks for the ask, srry for writing an essay, @ all my followers feel free to yell at me abt rebels anytime!!!

[tired-wolfe]

I really feel like I'm doing something wrong, honestly. I kin to cope, personally, with a few varying issues, and I feel like maybe that's doing it,,,wrong, if that makes sense? I dunno. If you don't get around to answering any of these I totally get you, but I was just hoping for a bit of advice on this from you, cause while I never say anything, I'm over here a lot as being on your page just sorta,,,makes me feel a bit safer? It's stupid I know, I'm sorry lmao -anxiety anon

| Y'know, I've been rping since I was like 12? And honestly it's fun as hell. Most of my rp partners have dropped off over the years, but I still really enjoy it. I have a few kins myself, Dave being one of them, but I never really knew how to bring any of them up with anyone I know, esp. In rp context because I feel like they'd roast the fuck outta me for being a 'kinnie bastard', as they say. How does one go about this, exactly? By that I mean, my anxiety keeps me from expressing any 'kin stuff'

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Hey anxiety anon! Sorry I dont know when you sent these, but Ill for sure answer~! 

Im always down to rp with most people, as long as it remains age appropriate for the young ones. Rping is what brought me to tumblr originally. Can you believe my first ever blog was a Sasuke Uchiha blog? lmao those were simplier days. And then it changed to Hidan, and then Kakuzu, and now its a kin blog, I really never expected the change but Im glad my blog grew with me. 

I had a few friends I was afraid of coming out to, I started by testing the waters and saying that I just really ID with a character, which is what I called kinning before I knew what kinning even was, it wasn’t until around 7 years ago I found out about kinning and the community. So that is a good first step if your nervous. If they react weird about it, then maybe talking to them isnt the best option, but there are plenty of new friends who’d love to talk kinning with you! Maybe make a side blog to explore it some more and keep it from your friends for a while until your more comfortable with them.

I don't think anyone who kins is doing something wrong by doing it, though I understand the negative light people have cast on it. If you kin to cope, I see it as completely valid. I can think of much worse coping skills, that are actually harmful, and I dont think kinning is harmful at all. So long as you arent like, stealing art of the character or doing something like that. Properly creditting source and such is important.

Im glad my blog is a safe place for someone. Honestly that just made my day. I certainly try to be a fun blog that people can talk to when they want to, as long as they respect me. I look forward to hearing from you more, and Ill tag any future answers with AnonAnxiety.

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(all for both skylar and kitty, or whichever you prefer to answer it for) 1-3, 5-12, 14-19, 21-26,28-38,40,42-50

OK i did ALL OF IT

1.What is your OC’s favorite color?

kitty likes red skylar likes purple

2.Does your OC collect anything? What do they collect?

kitty collects rocks! skylar collects Literally Anything given to him hes a bit of a hoarder but only when it comes to gifts. he cant bring himself to get rid of anything given to him

3.What kind of things is your OC allergic to?

kitty is mildly allergic to oranges. skylar isnt allergic to anything

5 already answered

6.What’s your OC’s favorite animal? Least favorite?

skylar loves any and all cats (including kitty(;3)) but tigers are his favourite. kitty likes bears

7.What element would your OC be?

skylar would be. water i think? i think kitty would be earth? but idk.

8.What is your OC’s theme song? 

idk lmao i dont do theme songs 

9.Do you have a faceclaim / voiceclaim for your OC?

been meaning to find some but i havent yet. i should get on that

10.What deadly sin would best represent your OC?

skylar i think would be envy. kitty maybe..wrath? i dont think that fits too much but its the best out of the seven.

11.What are your OC’s hobbies?

skylar likes to sew, kitty likes to cook

12.How patient is your OC? How hot-headed are they?

skylar is very patient. but maybe a little past patient to being just kind of a pushover. but he is very patient. kitty is a little less patient but i wouldnt say shes hot headed? shes a little irritable the days around the full moon but other than that shes pretty ok

15. If your OC could have any pet, what would they choose? Why?

kitty would like a lizard! she just thinks theyre cool. skylar wants a cat. 

16.What does your OC smell like? 

skylar smells like... warm. like warmth has a smell and thats what he smells like. kitty smells like fruit shampoo

17.How do they make a living? What kind of job do they want / not want? What is their dream job? What do they think of their current job?

theyre both highschoolers n dont have jobs but skylar wants to be a nurse. kitty isnt sure what she wants to do n thinking about it scares her a lil

18.What are your OC’s greatest fears? Weaknesses? Strengths?

skylar is terrified of being alone, its the reason he was in his situation before he met kitty in the first place. he will do anything for you if he thinks you will leave him if he doesnt obey.

kitty is terrified of hurting the people close to her, mostly after when she attacked skylar bc of the blood moon bs. after a few more moons they figured out what the deal was but shes still afraid that something could happen and she could attack someone again without warning. before that.. im not sure? i havent thought much about that

19.What kind of music do they listen to? Do they have a favorite song?

skylar likes sufjan stevens n things similar, kitty likes the ready set n things similar

21 already answered

22.What kind of student were they/would they be in high school?

when hes with the right people skylar is a vry good student but before he met kitty he was in the principals office a lot and his grades dropped bc he was so exhausted emotionally from being w the ppl he was friends with and it took a toll on his mental health and his ability to focus and slash or care about school.

kitty is a good student in the classes that can keep her attention (usually science and history) but she has a real tough time if shes not Really Interested in whatever shes supposed to be learning, it just doesnt stick with her well. attitude wise tho shes a good student. she doesnt get into trouble unless the trouble finds her first and then shes too stubborn to back down lol

23.What is a random fact about your OC? 

...........i cant think of a random fact that isnt already mentioned lmao

24.What is their outlook on life? What is their philosophy / what do they think in general about living?

skylar is pretty depressed and negative about His life but very positive abt others? if that makes sense? he thinks everyone has a reason to live and deserves to live. kitty is p much the same but shes not depressed rlly. shes pretty positive all around. 

25.What inspired you to create them / how did you create them? Were they originally a fancharacter? What was their personality / design like when you first made them?

WELL. a looong while back i wrote a vent fic about dave like getting the shit beat out oif him or whatever. and skylar was one of the bg characters. he was very remorseful but didnt do anything to help dave or apologize and was just like.. in the bg for no reason? but then i was like i kinda....wanna do more with this guy. so i kinda like made an alternate ending to what i had where skylar helped dave after instead of leavin him where he was. and then i got attached lmfao.

kitty was made specifically for skylar! for a long while i thought skylar would always be like. a stand alone character it just felt rlly weird giving him a second Permenant character that wasnt terrible for him and then one day i was like WELL.....what if.......this Girl and then kitty was created

26.Who is the most important person in their life? Why? Who is the least important to them (that still has an impact and why?

skylar and kitty are each others Most Important Person. kitty brought skylar out of a dark place and skylar is kittys rock when she gets overwhelmed or breaks down. theyre good for each other. best friends.

there is not a single person however that is not important to skylar he cares abt everyones opinions all the time. kitty tho.. theres someone but im not sure?? who exactly? havent gotten into that or anything.

28 answered

29.If they could choose their epitaph for their grave, what would they choose?

man idk. skylar is too scared of death to think about it and kitty just doesnt thing much abt it

30.Do they want to get married? Why or why not? Would they ever want kids? Do they have kids? Why?

kitty would like to get married, shes indifferent about kids. skylar would like to get married and have at least one child !

31.What is their most traumatic memory/experience? What is their favorite memory?

most traumatic.. for skylar probably . being kind of forced to hurt people?? not necessarily forced by other ppl but forced by himself ofc. but it was still traumatic. 

kitty... im not sure. she hasnt really had any traumatic experiences so aside from attacking skylar which she could only remember bits and pieces of anyway idk !

33.Would they ever kill someone? What would someone have to do to push them to kill someone? If they would kill someone, why? 

kitty could kill someone accidentally during a blood moon or if she was pushed too far in a non blood moon Wolf time she could probably kill someone but she definitely wouldnt mean to if she was coherent. shes a little more irritable during wolf times (i think i already mentioned that in this or the other one but) and if she gets too angry the wolf in her comes out a little more and she gets violent. shell only mean to maim but miiight go a little too far. hasnt happened yet though and she is determined to be sure it never happens.

skylar however. after like a year of hurting people hes sort of. learnt to dissociate in the process of it to cope. so if he was also pushed far enough, but like, thatd take more than wolfy kitty. like to the point of his family (including kitty) being seriously hurt or threatened seriously he could sorta. snap and have at it. and he could accidentally kill them. really unlikely though.

34.What social groups and activities does your character attend? What role do they like to play? What role do they actually play, usually?

skylar tends to avoid social groups for long periods of time and if he is w a social group hes pretty quiet and will mostly just talk to kitty between her conversations with other people. uhh id go a little more in depth about how kitty interacts with people but i.. do not go to social groups and interact enough to see how an extrovert.. would interact with other people. at least i dont kno enough abt how theyd interact to be decisive abt it. sorry lol

35.How is your character’s imagination? Daydreaming a lot? Worried most of the time? Living in memories?

skylar is def worried most of the time. he overthinks things especially when asked to do something, like hell overthink whether or not he did whatever thing correctly and overthink every little detail he worries a lot.

kitty likes to day dream! she likes to talk to skylar about her daydreams a lot n shell be able to go on for like an hour about whatever shes thinking about and skylar just likes to listen to her and she doesnt need him to participate a super lot just like. Listening makes her happy. shes got a lotta thoughts all the time

36.What does your character want most? What do they need really badly, compulsively? What are they willing to do, to sacrifice, to obtain?

skylar wants Approval and praise. not like in a selfish way like i did this thing for u so i Deserve your praise and affection for it or whatever but just. its a dpd thing. he Needs it

kitty is... difficult. i really dont have her wants slash needs as fleshed out as skylars which is bad of me :\ i need to get on that.

37.What’s something that your character does, that other people don’t normally do?

well kitty stims she likes to flap her hands and stuff but i think thats still pretty common. idk if skylar really does anything that other people dont do?? shrugs

38.What would your character do with a million dollars?

skylar would probably save it lol. kitty would impulse buy a shit ton of things at once until skylar was like wAIAt WHAT ARE U DOING and make her Calm Down

40 already answered

42.Does your character have any scars? Where did they get them from? 

skylar has scars on his cheeks, back of his arms, his shoulderish area and on his chest from kitty attacking him.

43.What was the most offensive thing your character had ever said?

skylars probably accidentally said a bunch of offensive shit being a Straight Cis White Boy but idk specifics man. kitty always corrects him tho and he does better hes tryin

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45.If your character was given a slice of pineapple pizza and they HAD to eat it (or something bad would happen), how would they react? Do they even LIKE pineapple pizza?

skylar probably doesnt mind pineapple pizza? its not his favourite but hed be fine with it but kitty thinks pineapple pizza is the most Disgustng thing on earth. she would rather Die. 

46.Your character is given a voodoo doll of themself. What do they do with it? Do they see if it actually works?

kitty would probably curiously mess with it a little but skylar would be too paranoid to touch it lol

47.Can your character draw? What do they like to draw? Do they doodle?

kitty likes to draw furries because she is an Actual Living Furry but skylar doesnt draw much more than like. ur average bored doodling.

48.What were their parents like? How has that affected how they are as an adult?

well theyre both still teenagers but kittys parents have always been very supportive of her. they kno shes bisexual and she hasnt brought up bein partially nonbinary just because she doesnt want to yet and theres nothing they Need to know about that yet but theyd be supportive of that too. shes got really good parents

skylars dad was not a very good person, not like physically abusive or anything but he was a toxic person and he is no longer in skylars life. his mom however! is a very nice person. shes rlly patient with skylar nd was especially when he was in that rlly bad place and was getting into trouble a lot. she knew there was something going on

49.Does your character like candy? Do they get sugar rushes? What are they like when they get a rush?

skylar likes chocolate and kitty likes.. like all candy. i dont think sugar rushes are.. a real thing??? lmao but itd just be kitty when shes excited. skylar doesnt get sugar rushes

50.If your character was presented with imminent and unavoidable death/fatality, how would they react? Would they try to avoid death anyways? Would they try to make their last days count?

skylar is pretty afraid of death but i dont think hed try to fight it. hed probably isolate himself from anyone that wasnt his mom or kitty

kitty would probably kind of just hide it like not tell anyone if it was possible. shes like. the moderate amount of afraid of death n i think if there were ways she could try to avoid it that would at least Extend her time a little she would definitely do that as much as possible but if she knows there wont be much she can do she wont waste too much time with it. shed just make the time she has count