#decided this is a good time to start playing with flag layout...

[harething]

[Image 1 ID: in alt] [Image 2 ID: A 15 striped flag, its colors going as follows from top to bottom, dark gray, pale dark gray, pale gray, dark purple, pale gray, soft orange, yellow, black, yellow, soft orange, pale gray, dark purple, pale gray, pale dark gray, dark gray. End ID]

Firoponian: A gender related to baggy and studded clothing, wielding firearms, the ridges and grooves on firearms, objectum undertones between the user and their weapon, caution tape, near silence, and bats used a repeating motif.

[Image 3 ID: A red divider with two devil horns on each side and orange text in the center that reads, "Team Villains".]

re-revenge on @rabidbatboy! 7 points, i think? (5 base + 2nd in chain) tagging: @coinfight

[petrichor-idyllic]

Hiiii I'm back with another request. Minho x fem reader. So we are in the Glade and one day reader gets the idea for everyone to have a day of and play a game of capture the flag (if you dont know how to play that lets just play hide and seek). After BEGGING Alby for days he finally finds it a good idea and reader starts planning everything. The Gladers get put into two seperate teams while they play, Minho and reader leaders of each team CUZ WE'RE THE BEST OF THE BEST. Somehow in that game Minho and reader share some playful, aggressive, flirty, spicy/high tension moments that follow after the game as well as they get to talk about it later. Idk if it makes much sense but I'llleave the rest to your imagination ;)

YESSS I love me some flirty competition.

Also, sorry if I'm reusing gifs, this book does not get enough attention I stg.

FRIENDLY COMPETITION

MASTERLIST | MINHO MASTERLIST

SUMMERY: See above. Fem!Runner!Reader x Minho. Takes place before the arrival of Thomas. Based on the Glade layout in the Movies to make my life easier.

WARNINGS: Inappropriate language, spice content, some sexual tension (hopefully) and some good ol' competitive spirit.

It's finally happening.

Finally.

For the past few months, you've had the absolute perfect idea to raise spirits in the Glade.

It's simple but genuis- a game. And not just any game: Capture the Flag.

Alby kept saying that the Glade was fine, and that the Gladers didn't need a break- but after a particularly hard week, he caved.

Besides, if anyone could bring the Glade together and convince them to play along; it's you. Being the only girl means that the Gladers are practically climbing over each other to win your favour.

Sure, it can be kind of annoying and it greatly increases Alby's blood-pressure having to keep an eye on you. But, now that you're out in the Maze most days, having proved yourself worthy as a Runner, Alby sees you as Minho's problem more than his.

Not that Minho's complaining. He is your Keeper, after all.

He actually liked having you around. You push him to try harder, mainly because you're constantly reminding him that you're better than him. You are not better than him, you know that, but as long as Minho thinks someone is coming after his spot- he's going to try even harder.

Of course, Minho revels in the jealous looks and envy from the other Gladers for spending time with you. He enjoys seeing their faces when he comes back to the Maze, you by his side, having some kind of flirtationship about who actually got back first.

So, he might have a slight crush on you.

But, who doesn't?

Which is probably why when you brought your idea to him, he was surprisingly eager to join in.

You spent all week preparing. Including making war paint, coloured bandanas for the two teams, and, of course, the flags themselves.

Minho decides he's going to play team captain, making you both leaders of opposite sides. You'd be lying if you weren't excited.

Your competitive relationship is about to reach it's peak- and it's Minho. Come on, it's Minho. God, if he so much as looks at you with his dumb smirk for too long, your knees go weak and you want to dive on him then and there.

Yeah, you might have a thing for him. No one else has the balls to be as sarcastic or playful with you.

"Alright, you boys ready?" You stand in Council Hall, black bandana keeping your hair at bay with black stripes across your face and smeared around your eyes, creating a smokey eye effect.

You'd somehow managed to rope the other boys into it as well. Obviously, you have nearly half of the Glade on your team, but some notable members are Jeff, Gally and Frypan; with Newt, Winston and Zart choosing to side with Minho.

Alby has made the executive decision to dictate. Probably so he can make sure that no one gets injured in the flames of yours and Minho's fighting passion.

Whatever- you don't need them.

The flags are already hidden. The groups taking it in turns to find perfect places once you'd returned to the Glade for the day. You don't think the Runners have ever done their maps quicker.

You'd figured the most obvious place for a flag would be the Deadheads. And that's the first place your going to look. Minho might be quicker than you, but you're smarter.

So, obviously, you hide the black flag in a barn.

What? It's not like there's any rules saying you can't put the flags inside a building. And since one of the old barns isn't in use anymore since the Slicers opted to use more outside pens and a better constructed building nearer to the killing shack, there's an opportunity.

And you'd be a fool not to take it.

So, the Black flag is in the abandoned barn. And the White flag is yet to be found.

"Yes, ma'am," Gally responds, a lot of your team nodding in unison.

"We all know the plan?"

Another round of yes' and nods.

"Alright, let's do this!"

The rules are simple. The winner brings the opposing teams flag back to their territory. You've claimed Council Hall and the White team have the far corner, near the back of the Deadheads.

You made the choice to make the location of the flags unknown, mainly because Alby didn't want the whole thing to just be a massive fight. So, most of this is going to be trying to find the flags.

"You ready?" Alby pushes the door open and you grin at him.

"Shuck yeah."

You and your group let out war cries and chants as you make your way to the centre of the Glade. Night is starting to fall and with the Doors closed, it's all free game.

You're actually pleasantly surprised to see the other team has also gone along with you theatrics- mainly because Minho looks damn good.

He has similar fave paint to you, with the piece of white fabric tied to the belt hooks of his pants. He wears a simple tight black shirt with his signature backpack/harness. A change from his normal blue button-up.

He puts his fingers to his lips, letting out a loud wolf-whistle as you approach.

"You look good," he shouts, probably because you're wearing a tightish tank top that you normally leave for especially hot days.

"Likewise," you laugh. Your teams stand across from one another in the middle of the Glade. "You ready to lose?"

He scoffs, shaking his head, "Big words for a little girl."

"Don't try me."

"Alright," Alby already seems sick of this, even if he is hiding his amusement from watching his best Runners flirt. "You all know the rules- no violence, well, no bad violence at least, no playing dirty. And have fun- 'cause we ain't doin' this klunk again for a long time." He clears his throat. "Okay, let's get this over with. Three! Two! One! Go!"

You're not sure what Minho's plan is, but yours is cover as much ground as physically possible. Which is obvious when your entire team splits off in completely different directions. You all react so quickly that the White team doesn't move for a second.

Which is weird. But you know Minho is a tricky dude- you're not about to fall for it.

Your goal is, of course, the Deadheads, with Gally and a couple going in the same direction before cutting off. The woods are big, so it's good to have multiple pairs of eyes covering the ground.

Stumbling through the woods, you quickly come across the Map Room, which is the first place you decided to check out. Sure, Minho is smart enough to know this would be the first place you'd visit. So, he'd probably put the Whie flag there purely because he'd think you'd think it was too predictable.

Maybe you're reading too much into this.

Checking around the building, the door is very much locked. You look through the crack in the door and see nothing. You figured that putting the flag in the room is off the table since Alby would actually gut the Keeper if he dared turn their most important building into a game piece.

Realising this idea is dumb, you leave the Map Room be.

Making your way through the Deadheads, your heart jumps into your throat when you hear a twig snap. Spinning around, you hold you ground.

Suddenly, you are reminded of the very real threat of you being a girl alone in the woods in the dark.

"Hello?" Your voice wavers slightly. "Who's there?"

"Slim it, girly, who do you think?" The sound of Minho's voice as you turn and see him leaning against a tree eases you.

"Shuckin' hell, man, you tryna give me a heart attack?"

He shrugs. "If that's what it takes to win."

"There's no way I'm letting you win this."

"Oh, yeah?" He smirks, standing up straight.

"Yeah, you following me or some klunk?"

"I have better things to do," he scoffs.

"Doubt it." It takes you as second, but you realise that Minho came from the opposite way to you, which means he's either looking for your flag in here or- "wait, if you're here, and you're not following me, that means you're probably protecting your flag- then your flag has to be nearby."

Minho's face drops for a second. "You're think too much into that." You've known Minho for long enough that you can tell he's lying. His smooth facade slips and his voice becomes serious. Normally, he'd just laugh it off and call you the Glade equivalent to a dumbass.

But, not here. He's become visibly tense.

"Yeah?"

"Yeah."

"So, you won't mind if I... look around?" His jaw tenses, and he remains quiet. "'Cause I think I'm just gonna..."

With no warning, you break into a sprint, slipping past him before he gets a chance to catch you.

Though, you figure you're right when you hear Minho quick to run after you.

Ah shit.

Okay, so, you've raced Minho hundreds of times- more than you can count. But being chased by him?

That's terrifying.

Minho is absolutely faster than you. He's faster than everyone, and you suspect that even in your playful races, he's going easy on you.

But he's not now.

You shriek as he dives into you, sending you oth crashing to the forest floor. You roll a few feet, landing away from Minho as you mainly tripped with him flying over you.

After the initial shock, you scramble up, kicking leaves from under you. Minho is quick to do the same, and you adjust your stance; hands loose and protecting your face, one leg behind you.

Minho scoffs when he realises what you're doing- ready to fight him. He loosely shakes his arms, his smirk playful and full of sparks.

Despite how he's looking at you like a piece of meat, you can't afford to get distracted.

Lunging forward, he blocks you easily. You duck and swing like your life depends on it, catching yourself as you miss and fumble to the side.

You dive again, attmept to kick him, which he blocks, before trying to to punch him. Almost effortlessly, he grabs your wrist, taking you by surprise. It takes minimal effort from him to push you back, somehow managing to grab your other wrist and twisting it into his already used hand, leaving both your arms in the grip of one of his toned hands.

Your back hits the tree before you can even process what's happening, making you gasp at the contact. He pins your arms above your head, firmly holding you in place.

"You didn't seriously think you'd beat me, right?" His tone is dangerously calm and he's far too closer. Closer than he's ever dared be before.

You open your mouth, trying to think of anything to say, but heat beats against your skin as the moonlight breaks through the trees. The noise you make is a strange breathy hum, and Minho's grip loosens for a second when your eyes land on his lips.

Oh, God.

Minho can feel any power he had to begin with, slipping through his fingers when you look at him like that. Your dark-lined doe eyes make his heart beat faster, and it's such a subtle change but he's never seen you like this- so vulnerble; so under his control.

No words are exchanged as he leans closer. He can't help it, he's drawn to you. His grip almost loosens completely as his other hand brushes against your waist, sending a whole new wave of butterflies through you.

"Minho," you mumble and he swallows.

"Don't do that," he mutters equally as quiet, "don't say my name like that."

"How else would you like me to say it?"

He lets out a heavy breath. "Am I going to regret this?" It's obvious what he referring to, but you have a plan.

"Only one way to find out." He takes this as a yes, leaning further into you.

His lips ghost yours. But his grip is gone.

And you have a game to win. No matter how intoxicating Minho may be. Instead of leaning forward and kissing him, you rip hands away from him, shoving him hard in the chest.

Since you've taken him completely by surprise, he stumbles over himself and a branch, landing flat on his back.

You make no hesitation to make a real for it. Sprinting through the forest, you're kind of just running away from Minho over anything else. Looking over your shoulder like you're trapped in a horror movie, when in reality, everything in your body is screaming at you to turn around and rip Minho's clothes off.

Not fully paying attention, your foot snags on a tree root, sending you flying forward and down a hill. You plummet down, rolling and hitting the ground multiple times.

"Ah, fuck," you hiss, any pleasure from you interaction with Minho fading from your senses in an instant, immediately replaced with aching pain all over your body.

Forcing yourself to sit up and stop your head from spinning, you blink, before laughing outland to yourself.

In front of you, in all its glory, is the White flag, sticking out of the ground at a crooked angle. You struggle to stand up, limping slightly, grabbing the wooden handle and yanking the flag out of its spot in the mud.

Your victory is short-lived as crashing noises and snapping branches startle you, forcing you to retort to your defensive stance. It can't be Minho- unless he can teleport and sprint at you from the other direction.

That's made apparent when Gally comes thrashing through the greenery, falling into the greenery.

"Gally!" You hiss. "What the shuck, man?" He stares at you in awe, pointing at you, blinking as you approach, trying to keep your voice down as Minho could he close.

"You got the flag?"

It's now your turn to blink. "I got the flag."

"You got the flag!" You both laugh, high-fiving and pulling him to bump chests.

Then leaves crunch behind you.

"We should go." You state.

"Yeah, gotta go."

The pair of you start making your way out of the Deadheads, which goes about as well as you'd expect when you break through the greenery and someone on the White team immediately noticed.

"Hey!" They've got the flag!"

Fuck.

"Go! Go! Go!" You push Gally forward.

"I'm going! I'm going!"

All you have to do is get back to Council Hall. Easy- surely.

The pair of you start to book it through the open Glade, stumbling slightly and trying to dodge the White team from all angles.

Somehow, with an entire army behind you, you and Gally manage to cover solid ground. You're both very close to the Council Hall when you're rugby tackled from the left.

"(Y/N)!" Gally shouts your name as you're, once again, plastered to the floor, only for him to follow your lead.

You manage to shove the Glader off, kneeling him in the groin, scrambling on your hands and knees to grab the flag. Getting to your feet, you jump out of your skin when Minho blocks your way to the open door of Council Hall.

"Shit."

"Yeah," he swallows, looking like he's ready to pounce on you, "shit."

He's mad. God, is he mad. Though, he's also experiencing new frustrations more than he ever has before.

"Throw it!" Gally shouts, managing to just about stop someone from choking him. "Throw the shuckin' flag!"

Dipping to the side and swerving Minho, you javelin throw the flag, sending it flying straight through the doors.

You stand in shock, Minho staring at the door. Silence fills the Glade for a second before you hear Frypan cheer.

The entire Black team's chants and cheering echo off of the walls as Gally walks up to you.

"We won!" He laughs, throwing his arms around you as you hug him back, letting out a hearty laugh before Frypan, Jeff and some other team members join in.

They start cheating your name, the other team groaning but begrudgingly coming over to congratulate you.

You're too swept into your victory to even get a chance to talk to Minho until you're deep into your celebrations.

A bit tipsy, with enough liquid confidence to face him, you walk over. He's sat on his own, staring into the flames of the Celebratory Bonfire, a glass jar in his hands.

It's no shock to anyone that he's thinking about the evening's events. Mainly your interaction in the Deadheads.

He can't get it out of his head- the way you looked at him, lips parted, chest rising and falling, your hands held above your head; even just thinking about it is making his head go fuzzy.

"Hey," he's sucked out of his thoughts of you by, well, you as you approach him from behind.

"Hi," he sounds a mix of intrigued and irritated, like he wants to hear what you have to say- preferably an explanation.

"Figured I should come over," you say honestly as you swing your leg over the side of the log, straddling it as you face him.

"Did you, now?" His bitterness is painfully obvious and you roll your eyes.

"You're mad at me."

"Who said that?"

"No one had to say anything- you're sat here pouting and haven't spoken to me."

He scoffs, dropping his head. "I'm not pouting- I- I'm not even mad." He laughs, more at himself than you. "I can't believe I fell for it- shuck, that's the kinda klunk I'd pull if I could. I just- I didn't expect that from you. Still a dirty trick, though."

You suddenly feel anxious. "I didn't- it wasn't meant to be a trick." You stutter over your words, basically mumbling the last part as you drop your gaze, avoiding his.

"What?" He blinks at you and you shake your head.

"Doesn't matter- what did you think of my hiding place?" You change the subject, forcing a wicked grin to avoid the burning feeling you're starting to feel in your face.

"What do you mean?" He takes the bait, not wanting the awkward conversation anymore than you do- but he doesn't have a clue what you're talking about.

"The Black flag? What did you think of my hiding spot?" Minho falls silent, his face dropping before turning into a sheepish grin, which tells you more than enough. "Oh, my God- you didn't find it, did you?"

"W-well, I didn't- I wasn't-!"

You let out a loud laugh. "Oh, my God," you repeat, "you don't know where it is!"

"I wasn't looking for the shuckin' flag! That was meant to me Newt's job- I was just tryna guard ours since I figured you'd go straight on the offensive."

"So, Newt didn't find it then?"

"'Course he shuckin' didn't." You snort at this. "Where is it then? Hm? Where've you hidden it, oh mysterious one?"

You stand up, swinging your other leg over and smiling down at him. "I think it's better if I show you- c'mon."

Minho shakes his head, downing the rest of his drink, but he stands up, jogging to catch up with you as you walk away.

You lead him further through the Glade, your lack of presence not going unnoticed by the Gladers; especially Newt who forced Minho to explain why they lost.

Leading him to the old farm area, it's hard to see in the darkness, but you can still make out his puzzled expression. You grin devilishly as you reach the old barn, pushing open the door and playfully bowing.

The hole on the roof lets the moonlight, illuminating the ink-dark fabric of your skillfully crafted trophy.

"You gotta be shuckin' kidding me," he grumbles as he walks past you, towards the fall that takes pride of place, sticking out of a pile of old hay in the middle of the room. "The abandoned barn? Seriously?" He walks backwards, having spun around to face you.

"Yes, Sir," you joke as follow him, the loose door slamming behind you without your weight on it.

"Sneaky son of a bitch," Minho laughs to himself. "I woulda never thought of this." He turns back around, walking closer to the flag.

"I know," you skip after him, slipping your hands into the back pockets of your baggy pants as you rock on your heel once you reach him. "'That's why I did it. You might have the looks, Boss, but I've got the brain." You playfully point at your temple as he glances at you out of the corner of his eye.

"You think I've got the looks?" You blink at him, his tone now flirty.

"That's not what I meant," you're quick to take it back.

"Oh, yeah?" He turns towards you stepping forward, and you refuse to be a coward and step back, so you hold your ground. "What? Just another dirty trick then, hm?"

You grimace. "It wasn't a dirty trick."

He steps closer. "What was it then?"

"That wasn't meant to happen," your voice lowers as your breath hitches, feeling that same powerlessness you experiences before, except he's yet to lay a single finger on you. "That wasn't planned."

"That doesn't answer my question, does it?"

"Minho.."

"I've already warned you about that."

"About what?"

"Saying my name like... that. Looking at me like that; I can't take it." He closes his eyes, throwing his head back and taking a deep breath.

"What are you trying to say here?"

"You're joking, right?" He pulls his head back to look at you again. "Do you seriously expect me to spend every day with you- competing, flirting, challenging me, and for me to not be attracted to you? I thought I made that pretty obvious." A beat passes as you try to process the new situation you're in.

"You have no idea how it feels watching every guy here want you, blindly listen to you, just because they'd do anything to have you- when I'm just as bad. But I know you, better than any of these shanks do. You don't want someone who will bend to your will and worship the ground you walk on; you want someone that'll push back a bit, someone who will give what they can take. Right? Because I don't know what to do anymore and if you hadn't made a break for it earlier, I would've, I could've- I don't know what I- shuck it! We wouldn't be friends anymore, that's for sure."

You've seen Minho like this. You never heard Minho like this. He sounds almost desperate, his voice is deep, and you can smell the musky scent of earth and natural soap off of him.

"I don't even know what I'm saying here. I don't wanna mess this up but I cant fucking take this anymore. I just-"

You cave, leaning in and silencing him as you lips press to his. It's a quick peck more than anything as you pull away again. "You talk too much," you mutter.

His Adam's apple bobs as he swallows, eyes dipping into you before he pushes forward. Kissing you again, his hands fly to your waist, pulling you close and making you gasp.

Your hands come to his hair, allowing him to grasp at you, his fingers kneading into the skin of your hips under your shirt. He pushes you backwards, hitting your back against one of the fragile beams.

His tongue brushes against your bottom lip, and you part yours in response, allowing your tongues to brush for a second. You repeat the motion, the make-out session becoming more hungry and needy. You drop your arms, pulling at the hem of his shirt instead but he grabs your wrists, pinning them above your head once again.

He leaves your lips, making you whimper as he feathers kisses up your jaw, coming up to your ear. He kisses your tragus, letting himself move further down and pulling your lobe between his teeth. You let out a gasp, arching into him before he suddenly sinks his teeth into your neck.

Well, sinks is too strong of a word, but his teeth brush against the sensitive flesh as he kisses it before starting to suck on it, undoubtedly marking you- almost like he's claiming you.

He repeats the action as he moves further down.

Your eyes flicker around, and for some reason, the hay and the slight breeze and the still-standing flag makes you chuckle.

"What?" His breathing is heavy and his voice is rough and scratchy, but he continues.

"Minho?" You properly get his attention, sounding equally as drunk on lust.

"Yeah?"

"We're not having sex in a barn."

He freezes, pulling away from your neck as he blinks at you. "Huh?"

"We are not having sex in a barn," you repeat, starting to smile slightly.

"Right, yeah," he seems to come to his senses, releasing your wrists before he snorts. You can't help but laugh too, resulting in the pair of you giggling in the middle of the empty room.

"Shuck," he mumbles, "the hell's gotten into me?" This makes you giggle more, then you leans forward again, pecking him on the lips as you drape your arms around his shoulders, and he lets his fall to your waist.

"Though, we... we could go to my hut?" You bite your bottom lip as a sly smirk starts to creep across his face.

"Yeah? You sure?"

You nod. "Couldn't be more so."

Yooo, back again with some Minho spice. This was really fun to write and I love writing some tense flirty competition- which of course means I want to write an Enemies to Lovers with Minho but I don't quite have the idea. Any suggestions?

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed :))

[dumelax]

shit I can write before the title uh, anyways

THE BIG TUMBLR ADVENTURE

wha happen

Jesus it's a story. I created this account... god I don't remember when Hold on, how do I check that OKAY I found an email from May 23rd, 2021 asking me to verify my email, so I guess I've been dormant for two years huh why did I join again I don't know why I joined. But I am HERE! And I actually know why I did. Twitter crashing down, so my good pal COOKIE (hello cookie 👋🏻) showed me this website, with the lot of awesome things you could do with it. Including writing walls of text! Which I LOVE to do! Anyone who knows me knows I do!

The step after that was kinda funny. See Cookie (wassup cookie ✌🏻) was nice enough to welcome me in a voice call to teach me the ins-and-outs of tumblr. I do not think either of us expected what followed. I definitely remembered having an account, but the first challenge was just about to rise: remembering my PASSWORD ⛈ (it was actually okay- I remember those). The most difficult part was actually entering it in the browser. For some reason Firefox does not like showing the part that comes after entering your email address. Trying to clear the cache and tweaking settings for half an hour, I finally decided to switch browsers, but then... THEN!

The cone of shame! And a bland background picture! These two were assigned to my profile. I tried to change them, but for some reason, tumblr wouldn't let me... Leading our investigation further in my account's settings, it appears my blog was flagged as “explicit” (reminder: I've been as useful and active as a rock for the past two years). Action had to be taken.

Much better, right? All it needed was aesthetic colours and definitely not suspicious looking titles. We actually had a lot of fun setting these. I tried to understand the basic features that Cookie (how r u cookie 🤟🏻) explained to me to the best of their ability as my account was very restrained, it took one email to user support and three weeks and VOILÀ! I'M FREE kind of a mistake but THANK YOU nonetheless tumblr support ❤

what now

oh my god I can select F.O.N.T.S. and play with sizes I mean you've probably seen it many times in many places already but MAN this is NEW to me And it feels really good too!! I've always loved to scribble and write down shit for no reason note: I'm scared to swear because of the recent flagging I've been a victim of 😨 (<- scared emoji) I have no idea what I'll write how long I'll write it if I'll write more?? You're witnessing the live production of my tumblr discovery

what's next?

I want to do many things I want to do... everything 😩 no but for real I think trying to find a nice layout for a first could be nice. Like a theme and all. Ideally something similar to what cookie (hey cookie 👉🏻) cooked, someday :3c I'm also gonna follow all the cool artists I saw around (like Sirope who's the one who drew my current profile pic she deserves your love (and your money)). Tumblr feels more like a place for friend with lots of MAYHEM! while I like to use Reddit for games and communities, and Twitter for a bit of both. I like making friends and following game accounts there, but for Tumblr I wonder if that would work... I guess I'll dig deeper and see for myself!

Right now, this is the start of a NEW ADVENTURE! ⛵ Until next time,

take care and drink some water

[fadebolt]

Welp, my search screwed me over, and decided to show me C09's appearance in round 1, but not round 2, so uhhhhh…. sorry 'bout that blunder xd. But yeah, E01 was successful, with a 25%, specifically. And that shouldn't be too much of a surprise, since it's the big Brother Long Legs room where Albino plays. It very much deserved those votes. And lastly, it's good to know that nothing was left out from the regions. I thought it might have been a bit of a red flag, but it seems like they were nothing more than missing tags, which is great.

Alright, now, back to the final analysis of this round!

Personal room rankings:

1 - Outskirts: B09 (9/10) 2 - Outer Expanse: TREETOP (9/10) 3 - Five Pebbles: D06 (8/10) 4 - Looks to the Moon: M02 (8/10) 5 - Windswept Spires: D01 (8/10) 6 - Metropolis: topdoor (7/10) 7 - Looks to the Moon: LEG03 (6/10) 8 - PAST Garbage Wastes: A21 (6/10) 9 - Silent Construct: LEDGE (6/10) 10 - Suburban Drifts: A25 (5/10) 11 - Metropolis: tophall (3/10)

Extra comment: Well, I can't say that I'm surprised. TREETOP is the fan favorite room of the fan favorite region, it would have been way more shocking if it didn't sweep.

This is mostly why I went for B09, a room that I would consider to be one of my favorites from Outskirts, mainly because it dared to put in some complexity into an area inside the very first region of the game. Outskirts often tends to keep things simple and relatively uninteresting (to account for the fact that it takes a while for players to get comfortable with the game's controls), which makes it all the more cool whenever the devs would get super creative with some of its rooms. Trying to piece together the pipe layouts and possible routes in this thing is fun. It's like a mini puzzle, and I think the 'mini puzzle' type areas are some of the strongest aspects of this game.

B09 was actually one of the two rooms I was asked to cover by the way, and the other one is a lot less interesting, though it can still be very useful. It's A21. The main use case of this Treasury is likely very well known by this point. There's a Scavenger Toll that is very close by, so you either come here to effectively cheat the reputation system, by stealing pearls, and then giving them back at the toll… or to grab bombs, and massacre every single one of those mask wearing jerks. But you see, there's a problem. Because this is specifically A21 in the past version of this region. And unfortunately, this place is basically useless for Artificer, who cannot gain rep, and can make an explosive weapon for the low cost of 1 food. Though the room still gets a mostly positive rating, because it can offer a ton of help for Spearmaster, at least. Sure, needles can be used to pay tolls, but you also have some atrocious starting rep, so anything that lets you farm it quickly and safely is most welcome. Plus, you have a ton of hostile spawns, so hard hitting combustible weapons can be quite valuable (and you can wield a normal and an Explosive Spear at the same time, which makes it even better).

Now, here we get to the tough part, because, well, anyone that has seen my previous reblog could logically interpret that I wasn't expecting the polls to end here, sooooo… I miscalculated a little, and I'm stuck with 9 bonuses, that have failed round 1. I could just give each of them a sentence or two, and simply forget about them, but I don't think that'd be fair, so I'm saving a few for round 3. I know, that round is going to be filled with some of the biggest bangers in the entirety of Rain World, so it'll be slightly weird to talk about rooms that immediately dropped out, but there really won't be many, so at the end of the day, it's probably fine xd

Aaaaaalrightyyy, so what will we cover today? Well, first up, let's get a fairly simple one out of the way, scavshop from Silent Construct!

Something tells me that there was supposed to be a Scavenger Merchant here, but somehow, I can't recall ever seeing a simple one here, leading to the room being a fairly pointless one, that sometimes has a few Batflies, and that's about it. The snowy aesthetic on Shaded Citadel rooms was pretty hit or miss for me, but I think it works here, because the base version was already a little brigther and whiter than the rest of the Citadel. But unfortunately, the visuals aren't spectacular enough to make a meaningful impact (especially when compared to the rest of Silent Construct), so the room still gets a 3/10, as it's one where I simply wouldn't care if it was to be removed.

Moving onto another cold place with an open sky, we've got B11 from Suburban Drifts. The original version of this place was either a peaceful little area, where players could get to figure out Squidcada jumps, or alternatively, if a player visited it on a Slugcat with Hunter level spawns, then it became a little less peaceful Squidcada area, where you also has to quickly brace yourselves for some Blue Lizards. But this one is just… Centiwings. A lot of Centiwings. Some Saint rooms have absolutely bizarre spawns, and well, this certainly is one of them. I suppose it's to add a sense of urgency to a room that would otherwise be rather boring and forgettable. But unfortunately, I can't confirm if it works, because, well, its placement makes it completely useless, so I just ignore it. I guess I'm still giving it a 4/10, cus the devs kind of tried something, and I respect that, even if I don't care about the end result.

Next up, we've got a much warmer and taller place, TOWER07 from Outer Expanse. Interestingly, this one didn't get overly unfair competition, people just… didn't care about it. I suppose being an OE room really doesn't make you infallible, after all. But is it really that much worse than the rest of the region? Well, it's hard to say. I feel like it's definitely a lot taller than it should be, and Overgrown Centipedes can be the absolute worst at times. However, the room also offers plenty of Gooieducks, Mushrooms and Infant Centipedes, so you can easily fill yourself up, while getting some good utility for the future (potentially even more, through the use of Gourmand's crafting). So I really can't bring myself to dislike it. Sure, it's far from the excellence of the rest of the region, but its usefulness still bumps it up to a 6/10, potentially even higher.

And last, but certainly not least, there is PIPE07 from Past Garbage Wastes! Yes, I did just put a room that features one of the most hated mechanics (acid) from one of the most hated regions as my final covering of this round, over the one that came from the most beloved region. But hey, it's my reblog, I can do what I want :3

Anyways, yeah, this is an acid room done right. It's very clearly designed with the powers of both Spearmaster and Artificer in mind, something that makes traversal interesting and fun. Not to mention, the room also spawns in a couple spiders, and I genuinely really enjoy rooms with both acid pools and hostile spawns, as it drastically changes the combat dynamics, as well as the approach that you'll be having. Sure, there are rooms that do this whole thing a lot more effectively (C06_PAST is probably the best example, especially when you factor in the whole 'based on a vanilla room' thing), but I still really appreciate this one for what it is, even if nobody else does. It's getting an 8/10.

Pick Your Favorite Rain World Room, Day 250 R2

This is not single elimination! Every room with at least 15.0% vote will move on to the next round.

There is a hidden slugcat in one of the rooms (they can be in any color). If u can see it comment or reblog with where they are and if u are first, u get a cookie!

Credit for game screenshots goes to: Rain World Interactive Map, Rain World Wiki and me

Congratulations for day 249 winners!

[headcanonstation]

Phantom Thieves X Animal Crossing headcanons

In spirit of Conductor Galaxy playing Animal Crossing for the first time, its time for some animal crossing headcanons!

Ren/Akira

Has been playing the series for a long time

He aims to get villagers that reminds him of his friends! Whether it be through their looks or personalities, if they remind him of one of them he wants em

His favorite type of villagers is cats. He loves cats

One villager he really really wants is Raymond. Yet for his life he just can not get him no matter what

Ren is a pretty busy guy, so he doesn’t get to have a lot of time to play the games. So he is kind of “behind” in the game as it were. 

Wouldn’t time travel, at least not often

The flag on his island is definitely the phantom thief logo

Island is still a little of a mess and could use some sprucing up, but it looks pretty decent. He wants to make it look nicer

Ryuji

Dogs. Dog and jock villagers.

Did I mention dogs? He wants dogs and jock villagers. But he does like some of the cuter villagers

However his favorite villager is Fauna oddly enough he got her through Makoto. 

Wasn’t really into the series until Ren

His house. Someone help. Its a mess

Speaking of mess his island is a mess. For example he really doesn’t pick weeds and kind of just leaves them there. Only really cleaning some of them in some areas but for the most part leaves em alone

Weed cleaning is not what he is here for thanks and come again

While Ryuji does enjoy the game, he doesn’t play it too often. Simply because he is more into other games rather than Animal Crossing

Decided to make his town flag the Phantom Thief logo- but the first version of it, his version

Ann

Has been playing for a while, but not as long as Ren.

Her island is super clean and pretty and organized. 

All her villagers are just the typical cute/pretty ones 

Her absolute favorite villager is Judy and she’s mad because she still doesn’t have her

What’s a girl gotta do 

Hates the gorillas and monkey’s 

Shari was one of her starting villagers and she worked fast to get her off her island

She reset her game a few times to get the native island fruit she wanted, which was peaches

Yusuke

Doesn’t really play video games and it was mostly through Futaba that he started to play Animal Crossing

Yusuke’s island is pretty and no one should expect any less

He likes the more weird/unique looking villagers, of course the pretty ones too

Two of his favorites happen to be Blanche and Croque. He doesn’t have either of them though and he’s kinda working on it

He made outfits for all his friends based off their Phantom Thief attire. 

He’s definitely more meticulous when it comes to his island 

He really really doesn’t like Redd. At all. 

And he’ll talk about it, he’ll talk about his dislike should he come up

Makoto

Like Ryuji, she wasn’t really into the series. She had more pressing matters to attend to and put all her focus into. No time for games

But Ann actually introduced her to it. She said it was really relaxing and just cute, suggesting Makoto maybe give it a try

Makoto ended up really enjoy it and did find it pretty relaxing. 

She keeps her island very tidy, but it isn’t all that magical in the creative department. She doesn’t really change the layout of her island or anything

Her favorite villager is Pashmina by far, no questions asked

She doesn’t really put too much effort into making her island super pretty or anything, she just wants things to be organized for the most part and “make sense” as it were. 

Futaba

what a mess

First off, her favorite villagers are Coco and Ribbot

And she definitely has both

Has the most hours clocked into the game compared to all the other thieves. Ren could probably “rival” her, but can’t cause he doesn’t have lots of spare time

She loves weird looking and ugly villagers. A good chunk of them are exactly those types

Has Audie, mostly because in a way it reminds her of her mom. 

Also has Ankha, because she likes Egyptian stuff. Plus the expression on Ankha’s face brings her joy

Haru

Doesn’t really play video games like Yusuke

Was also introduced to it through her friends

Much like Ryuji, she hasn’t put much time into it. Mostly because she just isn’t that into video games

A villager she really wants is Tia. She saw her in Ann’s island and fell in love with her

She doesn’t really look up any of the villagers or anything. She more so lets surprise happen than anything

Compared to everyone, she’s put the least amount of time into the game. So much so that she has practically still only just turned on the game

She got started with Muffy and Sparro. Found she really has a soft spot for Muffy

[backseatsiren]

A Dramatic Day

It’s been awhile since I’ve written here! There are a couple of reasons: first, my life has reached brave new heights of busy - I was promoted to Editor in Chief at work a bit over a year ago, and my responsibilities there obviously take a lot of time. I’m also teaching more courses than usual at Berklee (right now, one section of Film and TV and two of Game Design Principles), and, as usual, I’m training grappling on top of it all. Plus, naturally, the ambulance. I’m hitting my tour hours, and proud to do it, and as pumped as ever to be an EMT in this neighborhood.

I’m also... very, very, VERY slowly *actually writing a book* about all of this. I’ve begun interviewing a few fellow EMTs, mainly volunteers, about what it is we do. Because of how insane my schedule is, it’ll be a very long term project, and I can’t put any pressure to finish soon. But, especially through the pandemic, I’ve felt a desire to document and interview and report on the idea of volunteer emergency medical services in New York City, here in Brooklyn and Queens, and I think other folks might be interested in reading a bit about it.

But I’d like to get back into the practice of writing about calls and concepts and experiences. As always, I’ll respect patients and patient privacy, and will never reveal identifying information or anything inappropriate.

Today was a fairly busy day, but it started with a bit of a dramatic call. We were called to an unknown, and flagged down by a bystander. A man called us over and told us that he saw a man lying on the train tracks (a less-used track, not the subway or commuter rail or anything). He said he regularly feeds a colony of feral cats there, and noticed the gentleman lying down the way.

We thanked him and high tailed it over, yelling out to him (the usual “sir are you ok?”). My more experienced (many, many years in EMS, including at a much higher level of certification) partner took a look at him and said “he might be dead” and began looking forward a pulse. He went for more help (another ambulance was arriving and they needed to be directed over, the physical layout of the space was weird), and he instructed me to look for a pulse. I did, and found nothing. My other partner (a newer EMT, just cleared for CC status, who I also love working with), said “he’s cold to the touch.”

It was raining lightly. The tracks were a little slick, and there was some litter. It’s early may, and the grass had that beautiful sheen on it, that it gets in the rain. Weird things, visual and sense memory things, are coming back as I write about it.

He was lying down on his face on the tracks. I checked for a carotid pulse again and felt nothing. I checked his hands - they were closed and held tight. Rigor Mortis. I checked his arms, his coat, his clothing, careful not to mess with anything, but looking for lividity. He was bleeding from his face, and, on inspection, his face was very clearly badly injured, bruised, and bloated. I was wearing an N95, but even so, you could smell that he was deceased.

I told my more experienced partner that when he arrived with the other crew. We inspected the scene - noting a shovel and some other tools. There was a little encampment nearby - possibly where this man lived. Beer and food in a little shelter.

It certainly looked like foul play was possible. I learned a few minutes later (on my next call) that the cops did start an investigation there.

As one of the other EMTs from the other crew noted, it was “like a movie scene.” Something about the rain and the light, the way the blood pooled, the way the ants crawled around in it... was surreal. It may have been my less experienced partner’s first DOA when they were first on the scene (it wasn’t mine, but it was certainly the first *outdoor* DOA where I’ve been first and had to help establish that). It was my first suspected murder scene.

And yes, it was deeply sad. There’s some initial adrenaline, for me, in every call. There would be more on my other calls today. There is a voice in my head that repeats a lot of the basic instructions and goes through scenarios: “ABCs” (a note to always prioritize airway, breathing, and circulation). I think about what happened in any given situation and what I should do for my patient. I look for threats to everyone’s safety. And when I can breathe and get a clearer picture of what’s going on, that’s when I can start to process things a bit.

We covered him with a clean sheet from the ambulance and did all the things we needed to do. We talked about it a little, after the call. But I always need to think about things for a few hours after, which is what I’m doing here, by writing about it a bit.

I’m a deeply, empathetic person. I feel for my patients. The call I’m about to talk about - the very next call - required that of me in a different way. But in this scenario, I want to first do everything right for the person and situation, and next, be as respectful as humanly possible. This poor man died - was very probably killed - and was left outside in the rain. I don’t know much about his life, and very little about his death. The whole scenario is very sad, and very surreal.

Every time I’ve had a dead patient, it’s stuck with me. I don’t think I’ll ever forget my first, a woman who very probably died of a heart attack or in her sleep, and her son found her. He was mourning. He was on top of the body, hugging her, crying “I’m sorry, mommy,” and there’s... I guess there’s nothing on earth like that. Nothing like that kind of pain. People, as a rule, do not expect to see their loved ones deceased, and when we do, we usually have a ceremony for it.

I’m just a bystander to that. I can do nothing to help the deceased person, and very little for a mourning loved one, besides being a respectful, empathetic human presence. For my deceased patient today, all we could do was establish that he was dead and do the proper things to ensure his remains would be taken care of (and his death investigated).

My next call was very different, but it was heavy in a different way. We got a call for, basically, a suicidal young woman. We arrived, with PD, to her door. The officers assessed things to an extent, but she revealed that she had been traumatized by police in the recent past, and didn’t want any police in her home. I talked with her calmly, and was able to relieve the cops and take this one, with my partner.

We listened to her. She had obviously been through some extreme trauma and needed mental health resources. I won’t reveal any details here, but I had to keep assuring her that I had no handcuffs and wasn’t interested in taking her against her will. She was terrified of being taken somewhere she didn’t want to go, and I basically sat calmly with her and talked to her about her options. Just talking. Just listening.

This is a case, like a patient a couple of years ago, where I’m very happy to take my time. I’m a volunteer, man. I’m not grinding through a shift for miserable pay, as most EMTs are - I’m here because I frankly want to be useful in this manner.

And I’m happy to sit with a person going through emotional hell, because this is what I can help with. I’m five years into being an EMT with RVAC. I do this 2-3 shifts per month, so I’ll never be the fastest, best, EMT in NYC. But I can be the most patient EMT, and I can give plenty of extra time to a person.

I’m not a therapist, and I don’t pretend to be. That’s what I told her - first, that I’m not a cop, I don’t have cuffs, I have no interest in taking her if she’s of sound mind and doesn’t want to go. Then, second, that I’m no doctor, and no therapist, and that I want her to have resources if she needs them.

We talked more, and did more vitals, and she decided she wanted to come to a mental health facility. We explained every step of the process to her, and what she could expect, and what to bring.

Do I wish I was an actual therapist who could help this girl right away? Yeah. Do I wish I had the ability to make mental health policy that provides good, effective, supportive therapy to all human beings who need it? Yeah. Do I wish I could do better for her than an ER with psych specialists? Where she could easily get lost in the cracks or simply never connect with what she truly needs? Yeah.

I can only take her to a place where people are at least trained to assess her and offer her further resources. I can only hope they actually can help, and do so.

I had another call where we did a bit of *psychological first aid* not long after that. A dramatic scene! A young woman fainted at work at a store, and several people were surrounding her and holding her at the scene! Folks were holding her hands and crying.

It looked wild at first glance, but our patient was completely ok - we got her out, had medics assess her completely, and brought her to the ER while assuring her parents that things looked ok. Her mother was extremely upset, and we had a bit of a language barrier, but we were able to assure her and let her know things looked ok, that her child had very promising vitals and EKG readings, and we just needed the ER visit to make sure.

The medics helping us out were INCREDIBLE. They offered a full walkthrough for us of what was going on physiologically with her and gave a very helpful tip on scenes like that - give bystanders little jobs (just simple stuff, like holding the door, or looking for something like a towel) to do! It helps (caring, kind, just want to help) folks feel helpful when they get scared, especially in dramatic-looking situations.

A lot of drama today. A lot of learning. I felt really good about taking charge with my psych patient and helping her to feel safe and able to make her own decision. Im glad we were able to help our young fainting patient. And as much as it’s heavy, I’m glad I was at least on scene today for our first call. I know I can do nothing but confirm obvious death, but, I take some heart in the kind bystander who called for him (the gentleman who feeds cats nearby).

At least someone cared enough to try.

I’m forever grateful for my partners, for the folks who have taken the time to teach me (back when I was VERY green and still, to this day, as I am learning every single shift), and for the patients who trust me to do my best for them. 

I noticed today, this month marks five years of doing this, with my volunteer corps. I can only hope I learn more and become a more effective EMT as I go.

[thatringboy]

All of my other TWST HCs

Because my Twisted Wonderland Headcanons have been my most popular posts, here I am giving the mob what they want! An almost complete list of Headcanons I have about every character and house!

This is by far my longest post and it took me three days to type, so I hope you guys get a laugh out of it!

WARNING: THESE ARE MY PERSONAL OPINIONS ABOUT EACH CHARACTER. IF YOU DON’T AGREE WITH ONE, PLEASE DON’T ATTACK ME OR OTHERS WHO SUPPORT MY HCS. JUST DON’T BE A DICK.

Heartslabyul

The word “Queen” is gender neutral

Frequently allows students from other houses to study with them

Recently expanded into two buildings dedicated just for dorms to house all of the students

Actually lots of words are gender neutral

Riddle

Does rebellious things with Trey sometimes

Actually struggled with gender for a while because of his mother and responds to all pronouns (he/she/they), but identifies as male

Sometimes uses the label “Androgynous Male”

Is attracted to Trey, but he can’t tell if it’s because of his childhood or because he genuinely likes his Vice DH

Has Tea Time TM with Vil

Abolished gender roles in NRC despite it being an all guys school

During Summer Vacation he wears jean shorts and mint green tank tops with red flip flops

Has a pet crab that is red and named “Queen” despite Riddle not knowing Queen’s gender

Queen is the mascot for Heartslabyul despite being a sea creature

We stan Queen the Crab in this house.

Trey

Enjoys breaking the rules with Riddle, even if it’s not very often

He dyed his hair green as a joke with Cater during his first year, but decided to keep it 

Has fallen for Riddle. Hard.

But between his dignity, his position and him not knowing if Riddle likes men, he won’t say anything that could ruin the friendship

Rook found out by accident and actually helps Trey try to work up the courage to ask Riddle out, but Trey always backs down

Invented a type of Tea that soaks clover leaves and it tastes like vanilla mixed with mint

Cater

#SELFIE

Not really a drama queen, but will egg on fights for views

Sometimes his clones will develop different accents and that’s how you tell them apart

Has a pansexual flag in his room

Spends more time partying in Scarabia than in Heartslabyul

Is close friends with Kalim and actually crushed on him for a bit, but got over it once he noticed the way he looks at Jamil

Actually gives good relationship advice

Deuce

Was Bi-Curious during his Pre-NRC days and actually tried to put it behind him like everything else

However, like, everyone at NRC is some flavor of gay

So he gave up on his internalized homophobia and now lives his full authentic life!

Still uses the labels Bi-Curious and Questioning and often goes to Cater for advice

But his buddies love and support him no matter what

Is a huge feminist

Cater fully believes that Deuce likes Ace, but he actually doesn’t

Deuce admits when men are attractive, no matter if it makes them uncomfortable or not

Didn’t go over well with Jack

But the two are cool now

Ace

Probably one of the straightest guys you’ll ever meet besides Rook

Actually learned what the different teas smell like so that he never messed up again

Enjoys his fights with Grim, even if Grim is a little shit

Like seriously Grim is a little flying rat shit turd fuck but that’s just my opinion

Almost never learns from his mistakes and always pays the price

Chaotic Good.

Loves going on adventures with the Prefect and Grim!

Has never gone back to the Mostro Lounge without Jack or the Prefect

Also got really into Mermaid culture and regularly goes back to the Atlantica Memorial Museum to talk with that one guard

Has memorized the script from the Little Mermaid

Can sing You Pour, Unfortunate Soul in a perfect baritone vibrato despite his high voice

Also takes singing lessons from Azul, but only if someone else is in the room with them

Savanaclaw

Throws pool parties regularly

Octavinelle is almost always invited

Magift between the two houses is insane

Leona

Raging Bisexual, need I say more?

Goes to great lengths to find loopholes and just be lazy

Also goes to great lengths to help Ruggie

Hates his brother, but loves Cheka and his sister-in-law

Can’t properly digest seafood, but eats in in front of Azul and the Leech twins just to be a bitch

Is kinda clingy

Even if he doesn’t want to, he goes to all of the Savanaclaw vs Octavinelle vs Pomfiore karaoke battles

Can’t sing for shit, but likes to watch Ruggie and Jack duet and destroy everyone

Constantly reminds Malleus about the time they swapped robes

Actually swaps clothing with Malleus quite often on purpose to see how they feel

Ruggie

A good singer

But kinda self conscious about it??

Also a Raging Bisexual

Play flirts a lot with Leona, even though they don’t like one another like that

Is FtM Transgender, fully transitioned, and wears his scarf to cover the fact that he doesn’t have much chest hair and his scars

Only Leona and Crowley know

Gets a little dysphoria because his voice is still so high and because he’s shorter than everyone in Savanaclaw, but takes one look at Riddle, Lila and Ace and forgets about it

Jack suspects, but the two make a killer duo during karaoke!

Jack

Is straight, but won’t get in your face about it

Actually learned how to become a fast swimmer just to flex on Jade and Floyd

Has memorized almost all of Heartslabyul’s rules just because he didn’t want to be disrespectful

Arm wrestles with Floyd often

Helps out in the Mostro Lounge pretty often when he’s bored

His karaoke skills are out of this world!

Also has memorized the layout for Ramshackle Dorm just so he wouldn’t get lost in there

Tsundere? Maybe.....

Knows something’s different about Ruggie, but can’t figure it out

Respects privacy like crazy

Just a cool guy to be around

Octavinelle

Hosts the karaoke battles

Now pays their employees in the Mostro Lounge

Gives free singing lessons

Azul

Choir Gay TM

Aromantic Homosexual

Constantly has Boss Bitch by Doja Cat in his head

Actually has shit handwriting and it made his Golden Contracts all the much more powerful

His handwriting is beautiful underwater, though

When he’s feeling lazy, Azul transforms into his Merman form and uses his 8 extra arms to do things for him

Has a single picture from his childhood that he has not edited (or tried to edit)

It’s of him, Jade and Floyd graduating Junior High

All three of them are linking arms and smiling brightly

It sits on his nightstand in a golden frame

Gives most of the singing lessons

But doesn’t participate in the karaoke battles

“I’ll join if Leona joins.”

Petty about the karaoke

Jade

Once swapped clothing styles with Floyd for an entire day and was just chaotic towards everyone

Does this more often now just to relieve stress

Only the Prefect could ever tell them apart

Not even Azul knew they had swapped

Is Pansexual and liked Azul during Junior High, but got over it once they started at NRC

Can scare someone so badly that they tell the truth regardless of Jade using his magic

50 students were asked who they’d rather have to fight, 42 of them said “Floyd all the way! No way am I fighting Jade!”

Was actually popular in Junior High, but turned down opportunities to be more popular to spend time with Floyd and Azul

Can cuss in 8 languages

Floyd

When he swapped clothing with Jade, he actually enjoyed being calm and responsible

Loves to do things like that for Jade

Raging Homosexual, need I say more?

His Bakugou impression is on point

There are several videos of him just standing at the end of a dark hallway laughing and whispering “Die, Deku!”

Also really likes Volleyball despite being on the Basketball team

Takes Bean Day a lot farther than it needs to be

Flirts with Riddle a lot, knowing it upsets Trey

But doesn’t know that Trey actually likes Riddle

Has sea related nicknames for everyone

Scarabia

Everyone has to help take care of Snake

Monthly competitions where Kalim hands out free vacations

The competitions involve taking care of Snake

Who is Snake? You’ll see.

Kalim

When he learned what Pansexual was, he went around Scarabia clapping pans together to come out

Cater was the one who explained it to him

Loves to party and flirt with Jamil, but can be serious if needed

Sometimes holds group therapy for his dorm residents

But also PARTY 24/7 IF IT HAS ALCOHOL WE CHUGGIN’ TONIGHT!

PARTY ROCKERS IN THE HOUSE TONIGHT

Named his magic carpet “Jamil Jr.”

Flexes on Azul with Jamil Jr.

Is open about his attraction to Jamil, but also respects Jamil’s personal space

He and Lila sneak out at night to mess with people

Jamil

Has a pet snake that he never named

Just calls the snake “Snake”.

When Jamil’s busy, other residents take turns taking care of Snake

There is an entire chore chart and half of the chores involve Snake

Snake isn’t even the dorm mascot, he’s just Jamil’s pet

Tsundere TM

The only reason he doesn’t accept Kalim’s professions of love is because of his family obligations to serve the Al-Asim family

Takes family and traditions very seriously

Internalized homophobia? Maybe....

Petty as well

Has poured sand into people’s shoes and hidden scorpions in beds

Pomfiore

Usually wins the karaoke battles

Unless Ruggie + Jack join

Make up tips

Vil

I’ve said most of my HCs about him

But I’ll retype them

Wine Mom TM

Musical Theatre Gay TM

Tea Time TM

Fashion Police TM

NRC James Charles

But also respective of people’s sexualities

Has poured water into people’s makeup

Has attempted to give Rook a make over, but Rook is more acrobatic then he looks

Has never actually sung in public

Likes to keep people guessing over his singing voice

Has a cherry apple tree in the school garden that he spends time every day taking care of

Runs NRC’s GSA

Rook

Heterosexual TM

Wears Doc Martens sandals with beige cargo shorts and white polo shirts when not in uniform

Can be seen back-flipping away in this outfit while Vil chases him around the dorm

Is allergic to strawberries

Epel’s bodyguard

Throws rotten fruit at people and calls it a prank

His bangs were by accident

But decided to keep them

Pretends to hunt, but can’t shoot for shit

However does go on fishing trips

Has to have some Heterosexual Hobbies TM

Epel

Is an actual Prince

Like owns land

Everyone in the dorm protects him

Is actually like Honey Senpai

Will put you in your place.

Like fr is a top.

Despite being so small

I don’t know what his sexuality would be

Probably Bisexual

Can lower is voice a lot if needed

Ignihyde

There’s magic inside of the dorm that turns all fire blue, but the fire turns back to normal once outside the dorm

Doesn’t apply to Ortho’s hair, though

Has the most LGBT residents - even more than Pomfiore surprisingly

Actually, not surprising - have you seen Disney’s Hades????

Iida

Cat-sits for Professer Trein

Everyone believes he can set his hair on fire, but he actually can’t

His hair is naturally that fire-y color

Loves to prank people, but never in person

Social Anxiety? Personified.

Before he rebuilt Ortho, Iida had a robot he controlled from his room that went to class for him

The robot was named “Meg”

Now he just uses his screens

Owns a crop top that has a cat face on it that Ortho made for him

Actually wears it a lot, but nobody ever sees below his shoulders on his screens

Oh yeah, also constantly questioning his sexuality

Currently likes guys, but that might just be because he goes to an all-guys school

Ortho

Has tons of cat plushies in his room despite not needing to sleep

Also has a mini library in his room, but he memorized all of the books

Burns things with his hair

Also sews a lot

Spills tea about the dorm residents with Trey, Jamil and Lilia

Has a couple pictures from before he became a robot, but doesn’t remember taking them

Has a bulletin board where he hangs pictures of his friends and family

Actually takes photography classes from Cater

Doesn’t focus on sexuality, so he just goes with “Queer”

People assume he’s scared of water because of his fire hair, but he loves playing in pools

Once cosplayed as Alphonse Elric and Iida was Edward from FML

Has pictures of that as well

Diasomnia

Basically one big family

Even more-so than other dorms like Ignihyde

Has a vault of hard liquor that has been sitting there for centuries

Malleus

Responds to Tsunotaro

Smuggles hard liquor into Scarabia despite not being a drinker

Has a YouTube account where he visits old buildings

Floyd ruined his Ramshackle Dorm video by standing at the end of a hallway and laughing

Can turn into a Dragon

His horns aren’t sensitive

Lilia once hung Christmas lights from them and Malleus didn’t notice for the entire day

Sometimes Lilia jumps and pulls on Malleus’ horns when he’s being dumb

Polysexual, but leans towards men

When he looks surprised by something - he genuinely is surprised, not faking it for someone else

Doesn’t believe in hiding emotions

Is actually like 300 years old, but was frozen for a good amount of it

Also immortal and is stuck at being physically 18

Damn Fairy magic

Oh and he didn’t mind wearing Leona’s ceremonial robes that one time

They were comfy

Enjoys swapping clothes with Leona a lot

Also had a crown made of thorns that is uncomfortable to wear

He burned it, but hasn’t told anyone yet

Takes the term “mom friend” to another level

Just ask Silver

Lilia

Only calls Malleus “old man” to be a prick

Is like 500 years old

Has gone through high school many times

Can undo stitches in people’s clothing without them knowing until their clothing falls apart

Asexual Homoromantic

“Who needs sex when you can be a bitch?” - Lilia Vanrouge, 2020

Is Malleus’ royal advisor

Spills tea like crazy

Has catfished people

Is the cool dad

Sebek

Is a Malleus fanboy???

He named his horse Draco

I don’t have many Headcanons about Sebek actually

Probably drinks tea with Riddle sometimes

Oh and definitely a bottom

Is he Bi? Poly? Pan? No one knows

But he’s a power bottom

Silver

Doesn’t have a last name because he was raised by Lilia and Malleus

Is indebted to Malleus because of this

and Lilia too, but like I said, Lilia is the cool dad

(he is actually indebted to Malleus in canon, but idk if it’s for this reason or not)

just let him have two platonically gay dads that go to school with him

Once in a Diasomnia/Savanaclaw sleepover, he and Leona passed out on each other’s shoulders while Ruggie and Lilia took photos

The photos haven’t been seen in a while, but are still around somewhere

Actually has several photos of him falling asleep with his head in Lilia’s lap

His bed stretches across his entire wall, forming a bench almost

Owns a suit of armor

It has a sword

He can use the sword if needed

Can he just get a nap????

Because of his relationship with Malleus, seeing fireflies calms him down

Is this guy wholesome? Yes.

Is he a Bisexual top? Also yes.

Can’t make everything wholesome

Holy fuck my fingers hate me. If you managed to read this far, I hope you enjoyed my headcanons for Twisted Wonderland students and houses! I don’t know enough about the teachers to make headcanons for each them, but I do have one for the staff:

Sam and Dire Crowley

Married

This is the only reason Sam runs the school store

Sam is not qualified for anything else

But Dire loves him too much to fire him

Forget the wholesomeness between the Dorm heads and their Vices

This is the most wholesome pair

Okay seriously - I need to stop making these headcanons it’s midnight at my house. I’ve spent probably close to 13 hours (give or take with a lot of breaks) writing these down and doing research on characters just so that my headcanons don’t seem completely out of the blue. Also, don’t be afraid to post your own headcanons, even if canon doesn’t always support them. That’s the thing about fictional characters - they’re open to interpretation!

And now to the long list of tags....

[emidori-crossing]

ACNH: Emidori Island

This is the tumblr that will chronicle my soothingly mundane days spent on Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Shortly after I began working from home due to the pandemic, I decided to get a Switch - mostly for the sake of playing ACNH. I didn’t want to splurge on the full system though, so I got the Switch Lite - I managed to find the very last one available at my local Target - and even in my choice color of yellow! You can see my ACNH passport as my blog banner image, shows my start date and all that.

My Switch friend code is SW-1261-8943-4808, which anyone is welcome to use :)

So I’m Lora. I’ve named my island Emidori - it’s a combination of the Japanese words for “smile” (emi) and “green” (midori). It’s a name I made up years ago when writing a story about a Shinto priestess whose shrine is dedicated to a juniper kami by that name.

So here’s me at the Emidori airport, where you can see the flag I designed. Looks weird maybe, but I think it looks “flag”ish, if you know what I mean - kinda like something you’d see on an old-timey heraldic crest. The inspiration - since Emidori is named for a happy green juniper tree spirit - is a tree with roots showing, its canopy made out of hearts. The blue and yellow bands at the side are just there because I thought the design looked too plain without it.

Here’s the layout of Emidori currently. We’ve come a long way since April! On my island (left-right, top-bottom) are Leopold, my roommate Deanna, Whitney, Biff, Huck, Shari, Broffina, Stu, Tucker, Piper, and Alice. Biff and Shari were my first neighbors. I’ve also had Portia and Audie (edit: and Bea! I knew I was forgetting someone; edit again: AND KNOX, geez, there really have been a lot!), who have moved away. My roommate and I have dibs on our favorite neighbors who, no matter what, are never going to be advised to leave. Her favorite right now is Shari. 

My favorite is Biff - which is unusual for me. I don’t usually like the jock types because I’m not really into fitness and they so often have those angry eyebrows that I don’t find cute. But he’s so fun and enthusiastic and encouraging. And I think in ways he reminds me of my boyfriend, because though my bf is not a jock, he is fitness-minded and likes to be active and tries to encourage me to be too. I’ll often screenshot Biff’s dialogue or letters and show them to my bf later and we’ll have a good giggle over them.

Here’s the outside of my house. I have the main room and two side rooms at the moment. I’m a little behind my friends and family as far as house development because a lot of time and money was going toward redoing the layout of the town - moving every island building into the arrangement that we have now. But I’m happy with the results.

I have a basic personal garden - hyacinth have a nice rainbow-range of colors, and I do like having grass to run around on and put furniture on. My roommate carpets almost every inch of her property in flowers - it’s quite a sight to see! But that will come later.

Pool, picnic table, and pizza oven seem a pretty ideal yard to me. There’s also an exercise bike out of frame to the left. I do that when I play Sims too - I like the idea of using exercise equipment like that outdoors. I put the clothesline in because I think it gives a homey feel.

This is the main room of my house, doubling as a bedroom and living room at the moment. I like to coordinate furniture, but I also like to take advantage of pieces I think are super cool, even if they don’t match everything else. 

That Girl with the Pearl Earring is a fake. I give the real ones to the museum, but I am actually equally happy getting fakes because then I feel more free to put them in my home. And from here, you can’t really tell it’s fake anyway.

I was ABSURDLY EXCITED to find that hamster in the store on one of my first days playing. I didn’t know there’d be pets of any kind besides the critters you can catch. And since I have guinea pigs IRL, the hamster is a great addition to my home :D His name is Mori, after my one boy piggie. (I have four girl piggies).

The pinball machine I got recently, and it’s extra cool to me, because it’s a baseball pinball machine. My bf and I go to these conventions where they have rooms full of pinball machines and arcade cabinets that are free unlimited play with price of ticket, and the baseball pinball is my favorite! And even more appropriate: it was a gift from Biff.

That’s the highest level workbench I have at the moment. My roommate has the bigger design, but this one is fine for me right now with the space that I have. (That phonograph is faced the wrong way around so that I see it from the front every time I enter the house).

(This room’s theme music is Wandering)

I turned my first expansion into a kitchen. I’d already been collecting every cool kitchen gadget I could find. And I always like the idea IRL of a yellow kitchen, so that’s the basic theme I went with. I’m REALLY anxious to get more food items. I have so many fun food items in Pocket Camp, and virtually zero in NH. 

I only just last week got the Cutting Board and Ironwood Dresser recipes. I have had the Ironwood Kitchenette recipe for months now, but hadn’t been able to make it until just recently.

(That’s a vacuum to the left in picture two. And I don’t care that the boombox is blue, because I can’t even see it when I walk in the room anyway.)

(This room’s theme music is K.K. Waltz)

The bathroom is the most recent addition to my house. It’s slightly eclectic, but I think the colors all look nice together. Yes, that is wedding flooring and wallpaper, and yes the toilet rug is made of cherry blossom petals. And that gold rose is from my roommate - she’s got a ton of black roses and has recently been trying her gold watering can on them.

(This room’s theme music is K.K. Sonata)

So that’s my basic introduction. Later today, I’ll be posting about my “today” on Emidori. Feel free to send me a Switch friend request :D

[ivycrossing0101010]

100 Days to Animal Crossing Challenge!

In the spirit of the countdown to New Leaf (remember when? :’) ), and to help  wile away the days, here’s 100 questions for every day until New Horizons is here! Enjoy!

1. Do you prefer making up a new name for your villager, or using your own name? I always name my villager after myself. I go for the immersion!

2. Do you use the first map you’re given, or do you reset for layouts? I used to reset for layouts, until I started hacking. In New Horizons, I'll just be resetting for fruit!

3. Do you use the face you’re given, or do you wait for guides and choose your favourite? I would look for guides. Even with hacking, it's easier to just start with the face you want.

4. Favourite town/island name?/Have you a name picked out for your town/island? My favorite town name that I've seen so far is Lunaire. I don't want to share my town name just yet. It's nothing revolutionary or anything but its personal I guess?

5. Will you be sharing with friends/family, or is your island going to be all your own? I will be having my own island! My husband will have his own island as well. He says we'll spend most of our time in my island though lol

6. What’s a new feature you’re excited about? T E R R A F O R M

7. Favourite fruit? Peaches!

8. Least favourite fruit? Pears!

9. Favourite area? (Beach, campground, shopping district etc, from any entry in the series.) My favorite place was the wishing well in ACPG. So cute and sweet. As much as I loved the plaza in ACNL, it's got nothing on the original!

10. Where do you like to like to put your house? Do you like that level of customization, or do you prefer to have some things decided, like in older entries? I like to put my house near waterfalls, its relaxing and good for fishing! I could never get my house near the water in older games, so it was a nice change in ACNL.

11. Favourite grass pattern? Personally, I never really notice the grass patterns!

12. Least favourite grass pattern? See #11 :v

13. Favourite villager/s? My fav villagers are Skye and Punchy 💕

14. Least favourite villager/s? I hate Elise the Monkey

15. Did you like doing Tom Nook’s chores, or did you find those to be a pain? I used to find them a pain as a kid but I miss them now. It was so much more engaging!

16. Favourite NPC/s? My fav would have to be KK. He's such a cool dude, he's just full of nostalgia for me.

17. Least favourite NPC/s? I don't really have a least favorite? I guess Katie's mom, her lipstick is tacky imo

18. Do you use paths? Are you excited about the new path tool? With hacking, I use clover paths so they're easier to see on the editor. I can't wait to have real paths, though!

19. Favourite feature from an older entry? The festivities! The neighbors were so much more engaged in ACPG, ACNL is sorta boring in comparison.

20. What was your first Animal Crossing game? My first was ACPG, the gamecube one!

21. Favourite activity (fishing, bug catching, fossil hunting, other)? Fishing was always exciting AND relaxing for me

22. Least favourite activity? Fossil hunting, but only because I don't get immediately results and I'm impatient lol

23. Favourite bug? Even though I don't like these irl, snails hehe

24. Least favourite bug? Scorpions and tarantulas, only because I've almost never encountered them in ANY game

25. A quarter of the way there! How’s the wait? Agonizing

26. Favourite fish? It's not actually a fish, but I like the softshell turtle!

27. Least favourite fish? The napoleon fish, that big blue one -.-

28. Favourite fossil? The ammonite!

29. Least favourite fossil? Don't really have one lol

30. Favourite furniture series? I've always liked the flower set you get from Leif and the mush set, so cute!

31. Least favourite furniture series? The holiday specific ones, they're so tacky and boring!

32. Favourite soundtrack? (Gamecube, DS/Wii, etc) Gamecube for sure

33. Least favourite soundtrack? Honestly, ACNL. Don't dig the steel drum

34. Favourite wallpaper? The ivy wall hehe

35. Do you have a nice memory of the games/community etc you’d like to share? I didn't really have too much interaction with the community until recently! I just gained a bunch of followers and it's super flattering lol I want to become more involved!

36. Least favourite wallpaper? Cheese...

37. Favourite carpet? I personally love the old board flooring, so simple and rustic!

38. Least favourite carpet? CHEESE

39. Favourite furniture item? The fairy bottle from the Welcome Amiibo update!

40. Will you be buying a Switch for Animal Crossing, or do you already have one? I'm trading in my old switch for the slick new Animal Crossing Switch!

41. Least favourite furniture item? The ultra things that you can get from Redd, so useless!

42. Favourite flower? Carnations!

43. Least favourite flower? Cosmos!

44. Favourite hybrid? Blue roses for sure

45. Least favourite hybrid? Any cosmos

46. Favourite shirt? The denim shirt, long sleeve

47. Favourite dress? I like the raincoat

48. Favourite accessory? Silver frames!

49. Favourite hat/helmet? The keroppi pins

50. Halfway there! How’s the wait going? Pretty numb!

51. Favourite shop? Dream Suite! So much fun visiting towns!

52. Do you collect amiibo cards/figures? Would you like to see them used in the new game? I have all the amiibo cards are all my fav neighbors, and about have of the total amiibo cards that exist. Idk if I'll use them right away and get all my favs or if I'll let my town naturally fill up and then switch folks out yet

53. Fishing Tourney or Bug-Off? Fishing Tourney, I like fishing more

54. Do you like making your own clothing patterns? I used to, but ACPC made me appreciate the already made in game clothes

55. Did you streetpass with many other ACNL players, or is it a feature you didn’t get much use of? I don't get much use out of it nowadays but I would always come back from conventions with a full showcase when I was younger

56. Favourite villager species? Cats!

57. Least favourite villager species? Monkeys

58. Favourite nickname from a villager? I don't really remember the nicknames I got

59. Least favourite nickname from a villager? I also always hated them!

60. Do you try to collect everything in the game, or just try to get your favourite bits and pieces? Bits and pieces for sure

61. Favourite villager personality? Normal and lazy

62. Least favourite villager personality? Jock

63. Do you “plot reset” for villager house placement, or do you let them move in wherever they want? During my first playthrough of ACNL, I didn't. Then I started doing it when I learned about it. Then I started hacking!

64. Are you excited to wear any of the new accessories (like the bags etc shown in the E3 trailer)? ACPC sorta spoiled that stuff for me, they're still very much appreciated though

65. What season are you most looking forward to seeing in New Horizons? Spring!! 🌸🌸🌸

66. What’s your favourite season? Spring again hehe

67. Least favourite season? Summer, kinda boring

68. Which game’s events/holidays do you like the most? Ones that are actually engaging with you and the neighbors

69. Which game’s events/holidays do you like least? Days like solstices, which just served as "Isabelle is unavailable" Days

70. Do you have another nice AC related memory you’d like to share (in-game, of the community, etc)? When ACPG came out, I was about 6. I had a DVD with those lame live action commercials and I was ENAMORED with them! Obsessed! I begged my parents for the game and they would hem and haw "well there's a lot of reading... you'll have to get better at reading... we won't always be able to help you read it..." and I swore up and down that I'd learn and practice reading. Obviously, nearly 20 years later, I'm still completely obsessed

71. Do you prefer the “live” versions of K.K. Slider’s Songs, or the airchecks? I like both but for different reasons. The live versions are nice and nostalgic and the air checks are closer to the aesthetic that they're actually trying to portray

72. An NPC you’d like to see more of? Farley and Serena!

73. An NPC you’d like to see less of? None in particular, everyone is pretty well designed imo

74. If you could have any piece of AC merchandise, which would it be? I once saw a cute bento box with pics from the movie, my soul died knowing I may never find it to buy anywhere

75. Only 25 days left to go! How’s the wait? Still numb!

76. Will you be downloading the game, or getting a physical copy? I'm getting a physical copy and my husband is getting a digital, so he can't be tempted to sell it!

77. Do you like coming up with your own town tune/flag, or using what the game gives you/something from a book/tv show/other game, etc? I like doing a sort of japanese "end of school" bell for my town tune, only for the town clock. Idk how I'm gonna do it in this game though...

78. Do you play every day, or every other day/when you feel like it/other? I used to play ACNL everyday, then it got a bit boring. I'm gonna play ACNH literally everyday forever lol

79. Are you the kind of person who starts over after leaving their town for a really long time, or do you try to get right back to it? I tend to restart a lot, but I recently decided to leave my ACNL town with no regrets so I hacked the crap out of it without feeling tacky or cringy

80. Do you remember how you got into the Animal Crossing series? It immediately caught my eye as a 6 year old and its had its grasp on me since

81. Do you like to make up a story for the town/character when you play, or do you just play as yourself? I play as myself but I sorta make a bunch of headcanons for myself and my neighbors and stuff to make it more interesting for me. Sometimes its embarrassing and sometimes I need to tell the people!

82. Favourite dream address / “theme” for a town (pastel, fairytale, forest, horror, etc)? My favorite town has always been Pastelia, although the mayor's name is escaping me atm >m<"

83. Do you like to have your house fully upgraded/paid off, or do you like keeping it smaller/having fewer rooms? I used to fully upgrade my house all the time but my current ACNL house only have 4 rooms and that's IT

84. Favourite hairstyle? The one with the middle split and it goes behind the ears

85. Least favourite hairstyle? The three ponytails, rip ACWW me

86. Favourite hair colour? I go either pink or my natural brown

87. Least favourite hair colour? That bright green...

88. Do you prefer wearing in-game clothes, or custom designs? In game clothes!

89. Favourite hourly track? 2 pm from ACPG

90. Just ten more days! How’re you feeling? Half paid off my new switch, so ready!

91. Least favourite hourly track? I don't think I have one!

92. Do you prefer to know all about the game before designing your town/island/house, or do you like to wing it? Bro, I've been glued to my phone since the direct came out

93.  Another nice Animal Crossing memory? ACNL came out around the time my husband and I started dating, almost exactly at the same time. Now its 8 years later, we're married, and we're gonna play another animal crossing game together finally!

94. Are you excited about same-system multiplayer? Its gonna be great for a lot of people, kinda useless for me though

95. Five more days! Are you going to trade/use amiibo to get your favourite villager, or wait for them to move in themselves/make a new favourite? I think I'll put in my 2 top favs, and then see what comes. Maybe after a few months I'll put everyone in

96.  Favourite emotion/Shrunk joke? I don't really like his jokes, but my fav emotions to use are the bashful ones

97.  Least favourite emotion/Shrunk joke? Not a fan of his dopey dance

98.  Is there a feature you’d like to add to Animal Crossing? I wanna be able to decorate for my neighbors so badly!

99.  Is there a feature you’d take away? It kinda seems like a lot of issues were solved in ACNH, I guess we'll see what's leftover as an annoying feature

100. Final day! Any more thoughts? Midnight release at my local gamestop! Gonna be there with a bunch of DOOM fans too! Can't wait!!

[frisbee-camp]

What’s Hidden Can Be Found|Tyrus Summer Camp AU

AO3 link/Wattpad link

Camp Lowland sleepaway camp is an hour drive from Shadyside, where tensions and disagreements have been left for time to mend. But what will Tj and Cyrus do when the past comes chasing after them? Follow the Good Hair Crew and The Good Boys through their annual two-month stay in the wilderness where nature does not care for petty arguments and time has only worsened their situation.

Chapter 1: Deja Vu

///*takes place about one to two years after the finale**summer after freshman year of high school bcs idk if they're in 7th or 8th lol thx disney//

Disclaimer: ive never been to summer camp lmao but I did go to camp in sixth grade so forgive me if my knowledge of summer camp culture is off. FOR TYRUS WEEK!! ////

TJ squinted when the hot forest sun hit his eyes. It was hot. Actually properly hot. Another degree up and the pine trees would have kindled and Camp Lowland would have burned down. TJ’s duffle bag pinched his shoulder as he walked towards the main camp lawn where the rest of Sunnyside teens congregated around the flagpole. He always enjoyed this weird annual tradition where parents sent their kids to the middle of nowhere to annoy other slightly older teenagers. Anyone who was anyone went to Camp Lowland, this meant all of his school friends would be there. His smiled widened as he was met with hugs from William, Lucas, Grant and his other basketball friends. There were about a hundred or so campers this year, a little less than last year thought TJ.

“YO, TJ!!” Someone to his right called out to him. It was Marty, trailed by Jonah. Marty’s hair had gotten fluffier, he had grown taller since middle school. Jonah had also gotten taller and now had a soccer players body since he switched from Frisbee to the more recognized sport. TJ jogged to his friends and gave them hugs.

“Hey guys, what’s up? Where are we this year?” He dropped his bag around the compact grassy field and looked around. Camp Lowland was set in a valley surrounded by tall prickly pine trees. There was a river on the east side and a lake in the north, and a soccer field and basketball in the west. There were four cabins at Camp Lowland: Redwood, Aspen, Oak, and Willow. All situated on the edges of the grassy field in a rhombus layout with Redwood in the north, Aspen in the east, Oak in the west, and Willow in the south. They were big and luxurious as someone had recently donated an excessive amount of money to them. TJ loved it. No school. No teachers. No stress. Just him, his friends, the wilderness, and fun. He felt like a dog let loose in a flower field.

“We’re Redwood, all three of us. Cool right?” Jonah smiled his classic smile. Tj, Marty, and Jonah had formed their own little posse Andi had named The Good Boys. Tj didn’t even remember how they became such good friends, one day he just found himself in a group chat with the three of them and no one else. In a year they were inseparable. He had a feeling they had been set up by Andi and Buffy, but no one complained. They were some of the only people TJ could completely trust.

“Yeah, cool,” TJ said cooly and looked around in the crowd. He couldn’t see Andi or Buffy or even…

“You looking for Cyrus?” Marty had noticed him looking around, “he’s already in WIllow with Andi and Buffy.” Marty gave him a sympathetic smile. He always kept an eye on Cyrus since he was still with Buffy. Tj returned with a shy smile.

“You ready to go?” Jonah said as he dragged his bag towards Redwood.

“Yeah let’s go,” TJ said without looking back.

Tj loved the new renovations, now it meant that there were four people per room in each cabin with ten rooms in each cabin. Five for boys and five for girls on opposite sides of the hall. By some glorious luck, the Good Boys were all in one room. There were two bunk beds but no one came to claim the last bed. Marty and Jonah took the top bunks, leaving TJ alone on the bottom. Once they settled in, TJ opened the window that overlooked the lake. It was glistening and alive and it took all of TJ’s will to not jump in right now. It wasn’t as hot as it was when he got to Camp, but it was still enough to cause his t-shirt to cling to him. At least the breeze cooled as the sun started going down.

Later that evening, when the camp counselors had introduced themselves and their ridiculous camp names, Tj found himself searching the mass of teenagers for a boy with dark hair. Each cabin had their own fire pit and was roasting marshmallows and introducing themselves to each other, but that didn’t mean Tj couldn’t see the other campers in adjacent fire pits. During high school, TJ had tried to move away from the mean jock stereotype but it was impossible to control how people saw him. He still played basketball, was the best on the team and the captain of JV, but that didn’t make him any less self-conscious. He didn’t have much more to hide really, except maybe his dyscalculia, but everyone knew he was gay or questioning or whatever you want to call it. But they still didn’t know him like, like him. Tj found the back of Cyrus’ head on Andi’s shoulder around the Willow fire. He knew he probably hated being outdoors, probably hated the dirt and the sun. He gave himself a sad smile and burnt his marshmallow on purpose.

After introductions and camp songs Tj had sung a million times, the cabins were allowed to mill about and socialize. The Good Boys and the Good Hair Crew immediately found each other in the crowd.

“Hey!” Andi said, “Aren’t the renovations awesome! We all get our own bathrooms now!”

TJ zoned out after that. They laughed and talked while Tj hid his hands in his pockets. He tried to catch eyes with Cyrus, but he kept looking away from him at the last second. Tj decided that he couldn’t be there anymore and said, “I’m gonna get some chocolate.”

Tj found himself mindlessly chewing on a gummy bear at the snack table. There were all sorts of goodies laid out in front of him, sour candies and chocolate bars, a big bowl of fluffy marshmallows, strawberries, crispy mountain apples, and lots of chips and popcorn. Any other day and Tj would have devoured the entire table, but not today. He reached for a marshmallow to roast and brushed hands with someone familiar.

Tj’s eyes fluttered up.

“Hey,” Cyrus said shyly.

“Hi,” Tj said just as quietly. Tj had his glasses on, the flame from the fire reflected over them and half of his face making him look a little warmer than usual.

“Um,” Cyrus looked down at their still touching hands and inched his way. Tj missed the sensation. “I think there are enough marshmallows to go around,” Cyrus joked. It was nice to hear him laugh, even it if was just a small one.

“Yeah, but who knows. You know I could eat an entire bowl of this stuff,” Tj said.

“Yeah I know,” Cyrus was staring at him. It made him shuffle his feet and look towards his friends.

“How’s your room?” TJ asked trying to ease the tension but if Andi came over right now she’d be able to cut it with scissors.

“Probably not as nice as yours,” Cyrus blinked once. Tj thought he saw his cheeks pinked, but it could have been the heat from the fire.

“Well, you are in Willow…” Tj teased. It was camp tradition that the opposite cabins were rivals. This meant Redwood rivaled Willow and Aspen rivaled Oak. At the end of the summer, whichever camp amassed the most points would have a tree named after the cabin leader. Tj was sure it was just an excuse to plant two trees every year, but it wasn’t about who won at the end, he just loved the competition. Sometimes the cabins would form alliances, last year Aspen won because Redwood helped them during a scavenger hunt, and in return, they let rabbits loose in Willow. Not the fluffy cute rabbits, these ones had rabies. The camp almost shut down because of the scandal but no one found out that it was all Amber and Tj’s idea.

Cyrus laughed a little, “Whatever cabin leader, don’t let the power get to your head.” Being cabin leader meant TJ and the other cabin leaders, Amber for Aspen (again), Iris in Oak, and Buffy in Willow, could choose what days the cabin wide competitions would be held. It may seem small, but every cabin had a strategy. Even the ones with alliances.

“Oh don’t worry Cyrus, it already has,” Tj knew he was looking for too long. He probably had that dumb grin he got around Cyrus.

Cyrus hummed softly and poked a marshmallow through his marshmallow skewer and walked back towards the group. TJ’s heart rate finally calmed down when he left.

The next day began cabin competition or ‘Cabin Comp’ preparations. One competition worth 200 points held at the end of each week and culminating in the final competition which was yet to be determined by the cabin leaders. But during the week each cabin could win up to 50 points, two max for each cabin member that exhibited good behavior, excellent camping skills, or any other skill that the counselors felt deserved an award. That meant there was a maximum of 2,000 points. Tj’s cabin last year had won 1,582 but Amber’s had won a perfect 2,000. He didn’t care though, because he still beat Willow. It was sort of like Hogwarts, except the only magic came from the adrenalin rush he got from playing basketball with his friends.

Tj spent most of the week playing basketball and soccer with the Good Boys. He tried concentrating on figuring out a strategy for the first game: capture the flag. It seemed like Buffy was working on a strategy too since she kept giving him cold glances during morning announcements and in the mess hall. Last year she had gotten only 50 points less than Tj, a little too close for Tj’s taste. He had a feeling she was keeping her cabin members away from the Redwoods, which was understandable since he was doing the same with the Willows. During the first week, campers usually stuck to their own cabins and through the summer tensions calmed until a couple of weeks to the last Cabin Comp.

“Yo T!” He heard Jonah call to him, “you good dude?” Jonah held the basketball on his hip, his blue eyes the same color as the river he was staring into.

“Yeah, I’m good just thinking,” He said absentmindedly.

“Yeah? About CC1?” Marty said a little out of breath. CC1 stood for Cabin Competition One.

Tj just sighed and nodded. “Bro if you need help thinking you know you can ask us right?” Jonah added. Tj’s lip quirked up. For some reason, he thought he could do it alone. He tried not to get caught up in the cabin leader mentality where he only thought the competition was between him and the other leaders.

“How ‘bout now?” Tj said, surprising even himself.

The rest of the night Tj, Jonah, and Marty spent sitting on the floor of their room. Tj had to step out to do room inspections with the cabin counselor Luke, a 20 something with way too much energy and who always smelled like some illegal substance. TJ liked him nonetheless, he was cool and never talked down to his campers.

“Hey, TJ. Don’t worry about all that CC stuff I know we’ll win like last year” Luke whispered as they tiptoed around the cabin with flashlights making sure all the campers were accounted for.

“I don’t know Luke, this year feels different, like a bad version of deja vu or something,” Tj breathed out.

“Just think positive and you’ll attract those good vibes,” Luke said. He had a habit of trying to give everyone he met a psychic reading. Let’s just say that he was 0% psychic.

“I don’t even know why I’m cabin leader again,” Tj was surprised when he was voted as cabin leader around the campfire last night. This would be the third year in a row he’d been elected.  Same with the other cabin leaders.

“Just think of it as the universe rewarding you, you know you can always give it to someone else,” Luke trailed, “like I don’t know, Jonah or even Marty or something. I know you guys are basically the same person.” Luke gave an airy laugh and clicked his flashlight off.

“I don’t know dude,” TJ said, “I guess they trust me or whatever.” Tj actually thought his cabin members were just playing a trick on him. It wasn’t that he was mean anymore, he just thought that they thought he was still a jerk. Maybe he had been wrong. Maybe he was leveled and a good leader.

When he got back to his room Jonah and Marty had perfected the strategy. Tj smiled as it was laid out in front of him in his friends’ messy boyish handwriting. “Perfect” he finally said after examining it.

When CC1 day came, the mess hall buzzed with excitement. Everyone was nervously chittering away as TJ slurped down two bowls of cereal. He found himself staring at Buffy’s table, more specifically to Cyrus who looked tired but content as he bit into a slice of bacon.

“Tj,” Jonah said to him, “Focus, we need you.”

“You’re right, sorry” Tj felt his nose pink just as Cyrus met his eyes and quickly looked away.

Tj stood on the steps of the Redwood cabin as he explained the rules and strategy of CC1: capture the flag. The plan was simple. They would not ally themselves with either Oak or Aspen, they were to directly look for Willows flag. Half of them would defend and the other half would go searching spread out evenly and with whistles to use as signals and to blow if any of them were in trouble. A third of the searchers would run at full speed and while Willow was distracted another third would follow and when they least expected it the last third would storm. Tj had only a faint idea of where the flag was. He knew that Redwoods' flag was on the dock in the middle of the lake, Aspen’s would probably be on the other side of the river, Willows would be somewhere around the willow tree they were named after, and Oak’s would be on the top of the hill their cabin was in front of. This meant that all the flags would be behind the cabins, they’d have to run through the open field. Once they ran, Willow would know their plan.

He looked out at his cabin members, kids he had known since he was a toddler. They knew him and trusted him and Tj felt his heart soar like when it does when he captains the basketball team. He took a deep breath and looked out at the other cabins. The sun was just as hot as the first day they were there. Hot. Not warm or steamy but a humid sticky hot. Here we go he thought.

“Change of plans,” Tj said suddenly. “Searchers, go in your ambush groups but sneak behind Aspen and Oak before going into Willow’s territory."

It was a good thing he changed the plan because Buffy had chosen to use the strategy he abandoned at last minute. He didn’t know how she had learned it, but once the whistle blew from Head Counselor Moose she and 10 other cabin members stormed. TJ laughed knowing that his cabin would know exactly how to get them out. Marty had volunteered to guard the flag himself. Tj lead one of the ambush groups behind Oak and Jonah behind Aspen. They were sneaky but even then some of them were tagged out leaving only Jonah and Tj to quietly look for the Willow tree. And then it was there. After what felt like thirty years of walking and a gallon of sweat, Tj saw the enormous and beautiful Willow tree. Andi’s sculptures could never compare to the real thing. This one was tall, with branches that hung low and swayed in the wind. It was incredibly green and lush and just slightly tinged pink along the borders. The suns' heat didn’t even phase this part of the forest. It’s rays gently seeped through the leaves, leaving a fuzzy warm light. The grass was taller than normal here, rising above Tj’s ankles. Wildflowers dotted the base of the tree, light purple, and yellow and pink. TJ crept closer to the tree, it must have been a trick, this was too easy. He saw the flag peaking around the corner of the trunk, it was neon orange and foreign in such a natural environment. Tj went to grab it but someone also poked their head around the trunk.

“You didn’t think you’d be able to just take it did you?” Squinted up an already sunburnt Cyrus. Tj jumped back. He wasn’t expecting to talk to Cyrus today, especially not have him holding the flag that could get him 200 points.

“I uh-“ Tj blinked in surprise as Cyrus stood up to his full height. He wasn’t holding the flag, he was the flag. Buffy had tied it around his waist. Not against the rules but fowl play. Of course she would do this. She knew Tj would come himself and she knew he couldn’t just snatch it from Cyrus’ body. Tj vowed to take revenge.

But Cyrus looked so cute in the Weeping Willow tree’s soft light. He had a blue wildflower behind his ear and had tried weaving himself a flower crown. It was crooked on his head. He must have been here for a long time. Probably before the cabin leaders even explained the rules.

“Yes?” Cyrus swayed slightly, he seemed proud of the predicament he had put Tj in.

“I uh,” Tj swallowed and saw Jonah out of the corner of his eye, “I came for the flag.”

Cyrus considered this for a moment and then saw Jonah in Tj’s line of sight, “Tell Jonah that if he comes any closer I’ll tag you out and run. You know you can’t afford that because Buffy is probably just as close to your flag.” He was right. Geez. Cyrus was enjoying this, his eyes glinted and he had a small smile.

“Marty’s guarding ours.”

“Yeah, she knows,” Cyrus sighed slightly, “do you think she cares?” Tj knew Marty and Buffy were so in love it disgusted him, but he also knew Buffy would take the flag without hesitation.

“So what do you want me to say that will make you give me the flag?” Tj blurted. He hated this weird tension they had.

Cyrus looked angry now, “I don’t want you to say anything. Why are you being a jerk?”

Tj grunted in frustration, his win was a foot away from him but he couldn’t get it because of his feelings.

“I don’t know Cyrus?! Why are you so weird around me?!” Tj could tell that his voice had raised. It made Cyrus cower a bit, but he quickly regained his angry face.

“You broke me TJ! You know that.” Cyrus was about the cry, TJ could tell by the way he spit out every word.

“What? Wh-“

And then Camp Counselor Moose’s whistle blew. Buffy had won.

[princessren6]

Slow Dancing in The Dark.

(Star Wars College/Triplet Au, Kylo and the reader used to date in high school they broke up their junior year of school and left each other torn up, Here they are 2 years later at the same party.)

(Song for the fic: Slow Dancing in The Dark. By:Joji)

You’re laying with your head hanging off your bed, you look towards the cable box watching the time flash.

10:45pm

“Why are we going to this party again?” You look over at Rey your dorm roommate.

“Because I promised Finn I’d go and Poe wants to see you again.” She smirks putting her hair up in her signature three bun style. The tan romper she chose to wear compliments her complexion and her frame very well.

You still haven’t chosen an outfit. Honestly you don’t want to go to this party. The odds of Kylo being there and finding you were very high, It’s been two years since the break up and you still choke up if you think about it for to long.

You wipe a stray tear and pick a simple black cocktail dress with a low back. You hold it up to yourself and nod. “This’ll do.”

“You’re going to look so hot! Can I do your hair and make up?” Rey excitedly ask.

“Sure” you laugh and shake your head maybe tonight won’t be so bad.

<In the Solo-Organa house>

“You guys can go without me.” Kylo says, he’s laying on Ben’s bed in nothing but a pair of shorts.

“It’s literally your best friends party.” Ben says combing his hair back and putting some kind of gel in it.

“It’ll be dumb if you don’t come.” Matt says, he’s fully dressed sitting in a chair by the window. His outfit is simple a super Mario t-shirt and black jeans.

This is what the boys do, whenever they have somewhere to go they pick a room and get ready in there, today it was Ben’s room.

Kylo gets up, stretches then shakes his entire body out as if he was getting rid of all the negative energy inside of it.

“What’s the likelyhood of (Y/N) being there?” Kylo ask out of curiosity and to see if his brother still talk to you.

“I don’t know I think Rey is going and Rey drags (Y/N) everywhere with her. Last I heard they went on a double date with Finn and Poe.” Ben says and shrugs his shoulders.

A date. You went on a date with someone else. Kylo’s brain is on overdrive. Did you like him? Did he kiss you? Did he touch you? Oh god did he fuck you? He lets out a low growl before calming back down.

“You losers look like shit.” He says to his brothers and walks out to go get his clothes from his room.

“Why do we take him anywhere?” Matt ask from behind his 3DS.

“Your guess is as good as mine.” Ben says and buttons up his navy blue shirt.

You walk in to the party with a look that can kill. The dark glam make up paired with the braided bun updo that Rey gave you make you absolutely stunning.

“You look super hot.” Rey says smiling and patting herself on the back. She flags Finn and Poe down throwing herself in to Finn’s arms kissing him leaving you and Poe awkardly standing in front of each other.

“You look great” Poe says rubbing his hand on the back of his neck trying his hardest not to stare at you.

“Thanks you look good too” you say with a smile and look around for the kitchen. You’ve been in Hux’s house many times but you always forget the layout when you’re in it.

“I’m gonna go grab a drink.” You say to Rey as you make your way to the kitchen, once there you pour yourself a Jack and Coke. Once satisfied with the amount of liquor in your red cup you move to find somewhere to sit.

Hux runs up to you with his stupid shit eating grin.

“(Y/N) what a pleasure I didn’t think you’d come, giving the guest list.” He smirks and you roll your eyes.

“Nice to see you too Hux.” You say coldly and try your best to get out of this conversation.

“I do believe you’ll have a wonderful time, enjoy.” Hux’s tone of voice worries you it’s as if he has something planned. You give him a nod and find your way to an empty couch in the corner.

Kylo pulls the car in to Hux’s driveway even with a house full of people his “Best friend” made sure to save a parking spot of him.

“Solo boys, go in have fun don’t start trouble.” Ben says looking at Kylo the entire time. Matt laughs getting out of the car without a word.

“Fuck you Ben I’m not going to go in there and fight Poe. (Y/N) and I broke up years ago. I can’t do anything about that.” He says and gets out the car.

“He’s gonna do something fucking stupid.” Ben says to himself as he gets out. The boys look at each other then at the door.

“Now or never.” Kylo says under his breath. They walk in together and everyone cheers.

“There goes keeping a low profile.” Kylo rolls his eyes and makes a direct b-line towards Phasma and Hux.

“Glad you made it.” Hux says in a condescending tone

“Fuck off, I’m not in the mood for your drama tonight.” Kylo puts his hands in his jacket pocket. His black leather jacket complimenting the dark attitude he’s giving off.

“It’s a party, you look like you’re dressed for a funeral.” Phasma says looking Ky up and down. He’s wearing black from head to toe, his jacket, his shirt, his ripped jeans and his boots all black.

“I always dress like this. It’s not new.” He says leaning against the wall looking in to the crowd of people.

“Looking for someone special?” The voice makes Kylo cringe. It’s Nina the reason you and him aren’t together anymore.

“Actually I am, you’re not it.” He says coldly returning his gaze to the crowd.

“Oh come on Ky don’t be like that. We had a fun time together.” She smirks and try’s to snake her arm around his neck.

He grabs her hands and puts them at her sides.

“No no you were a drunken mistake that cost me the love of my life so would you kindly fuck off!” He yells almost above the music causing Nina to jump and scurry away.

“Love of your life?” Phasma and Hux say in unison.

Kylo rolls his eyes and walks to the back door, he goes out in to the backyard and decides to sit on the porch smoking a cigarette.

Ben was the first to spot you, he smiles to himself you still look the same just sadder for some reason, he walks over to the corner where you’re sitting.

“Hey! (Y/N)” You feel yourself begin to smile as you get up to hug him. It’s been two years to long. You were really close to Ben and Matt when you were dating Kylo but after the break up your relationship with them suffered aswell.

“Benny! You look great.” You smile, he sits with you and the both of you start to catch up. Eventually Matt makes his way to the couch falling next to you and laying on your shoulder.

“I have no idea why I come to parties I hate them.” Matt says casually and smiles up at you.

“I guess seeing my best friend is a plus.” He laughs and leans his head on your shoulder as his way of hugging you.

You sit there talking to Ben and Matt for what feels like hours. Rey finally finds you and plops on your lap she’s been drinking you can tell.

“(Y/N)” she says in a sing songy voice.

“Yes Rey?” You laugh and hug her.

“You left me, well I wasn’t alone you left Poe though” she says and giggles. You only went on that one date with Poe and he didn’t even kiss you not that you wanted him to.

“Rey there’s really nothing between Poe and me.” You say and shrug your shoulders Matt’s head lifting and falling when you do.

“That’s a bummer I’m not gonna tell him that though I think he really likes you, I’m gonna go find Finn find me later.” She says and gets up disappearing into the crowd.

2:14am

You’re walking though the crowd trying to make your way to the bathroom. You reach the stairs quickly stopped by a pair of muscular arms in front of you.

“(Y/N) (Y/N) (Y/N)” Poe says in a faintly disappointed tone his arms are crossed over his chest. He’s standing on a step above you making him look down at you.

“I’m tired of playing this cat and mouse game with you.” He says and laughs. He’s been drinking you can tell.

“What are you talking about Poe?” You say as sincerely as you can not wanting this situation to get out of hand.

“You tease me and I chase you. It’s like this over and over again.” He says getting closer to you face.

“Poe I have to use the bathroom.” You say trying to get past him. He pushing you against the wall on the staircase.

“(Y/N) you owe me a kiss” he smirks and try’s to kiss you. You avoid the kiss trying to push him off of you.

“Poe please stop.” You struggle against his arms.

“(Y/N) come on baby, one kiss won’t hurt you, you might even beg me for more.” He laughs leaning his whole body against you.

“HEY SHE TOLD YOU NO BACK OFF!” You hear a familiar deep voice, you look up to see Kylo grabbing Poe off of you.

“Wa..watch it Solo.” Poe says reluctantly.

“Back off Poe. I won’t tell you again.” Kylo spoke with such a fire. You missed it.

Poe runs off.

Your eyes stare at the space between Kylo’s feet, something you always did when you were nervous.

“Hey? What’s eating you?” Kylo asks knowing you and the little quirks you have.

“Ky I...” You’re cut off by a familiar beat.

The electronic melody runs through your brain bringing flashbacks of you screaming the lyrics at the top of your lungs in your room.

“Shutting me out you (shutting me out of you)

Doing so great (So great, so great) You”

Kylo’s eyes find yours, he felt it this song meant something to you the same way it meant something to him.

You did shut him out but he deserved it.

God you look so beautiful right now.

He puts his hands on either side of your face.

You lean your head to the right laying in his hand.

“Used to be the one to hold you when you fall

Yeah, yeah, yeah (When you fall, when you fall)

I don't fuck with your tone (I don't fuck with your tone)

I don't wanna go home (I don't wanna go home)

Can it be one night? Can you? Can you?”

That line hit home with you, You were always the one that held him when he fell, every fight with his father,

Every time He was afraid of his own demons.

You were there picking up the pieces of your broken boyfriend.

“Give me reasons we should be complete

You should be with him, I can't compete

You looked at me like I was someone else, oh well

Can't you see?

I don't wanna slow dance (I don't want to slow dance)

In the dark, dark In the dark, dark”

(Post to long had to cut it in half will release the rest soon) @bad--bad--man

[maddy-the-otome-hoe]

And They Were Neighbors Ch 4

I’ve actually had this done for a while. Just kept forgetting to post it and I figured since I did nothing today I’d pretend I was more productive. Tagging @minnimay17 @artemira-sengoku @frywen-babbles @dear-mrs-otome If anyone else wants to be tagged in updates let me know! Also light smut toward the end

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It had been a week since Mitsunari stayed the night but MC hadn't seen much of him sense. They texted a little in the mornings and evenings but neither one ever said anything about seeing each other again. So on Friday night MC found herself too anxious to invite him over and instead decided to bake something. However she couldn't decide what to make so she texted Mitsunari anyway. I'm thinking about baking something. Any suggestions? He replied before she could even put her phone down.

Manju. She looked at her phone in surprise. Normally it took him at least a few minutes to text back because he was either working or reading something.

That was fast. Do you like manju? He answered right away and she almost wanted to question him. This was so strange and she almost wanted to ask if it was actually Mitsunari. However before she could another text came in.

Yes. That was when the idea popped into her head and it seemed almost foolproof.

Well in that case do you want me to bring you some once they're finished? The reply wasn't instant this time but it only took a couple of minutes.

If you want to. To anyone else it sounded like he didn't care but she knew it was as close to a yes as she'd get. After sending a quick ok she set to work on the manju. It was been awhile since she made anything like this but it felt good to be doing it again. In fact it almost felt nostalgic. Once the manju was done she put them in a container and headed over to Mitsunari's. She knocked on the door and his voice told her to come in, so she did. His apartment had the same layout as her's but it seemed much more elegant. There were two bookshelves one at each end of the couch, and off to the side of the room was a single chair. She could just picture herself curling up in it with a book. "Is there something wrong?" Mitsunari's voice snapped her out of her staring and she smiled.

"No. You just have so many books." Her gaze drifted back to the bookshelves and Mitsunari smiled.

"Well of course. I'm not a dullard like you. There are more in my bedroom and study too." He stepped closer to her but her eyes were still on the books. It was taking all of her self control not to run her fingers over the spines and pick one or two out. When Mitsunari blocked her view she blushed and held out the container to him.

"I brought the manju over. Do you want to try one?" He didn't say anything but headed for the kitchen. She followed him and saw that he was getting out a couple of mugs.

"I made some tea when you said you were coming over. I didn't have peppermint though so I hope citrus is ok." This made MC smile and she set the manju on the counter.

"Thank you. Citrus is good too though." He handed her a mug and then immediately popped one of the manju in his mouth. Once he was done MC felt on edge. "Well how are they?" He only shrugged but continued to eat them.

"They aren't entirely inedible." The words had barely left his mouth before he ate another one. It was obvious that he liked them and she smiled. Once the manju was gone Mitsunari sat next to her and took a drink of his own tea. The silence wasn't really uncomfortable but MC couldn't help but feel restless. This was the first time she'd seen him since he stayed the night with her. Mitsunari didn't seem like the type of guy to just sleep around but it also wasn't the first time she had thought that about someone. She also knew that nothing would get solved if she kept it to herself.

"Mitsunari can I ask you something?" He raised an eyebrow at her question but before she could ask her phone rang. Groaning she pulled it out of her pocket and saw that it was Inuchiyo. "It's Inuchiyo. Hold on just a second. Hello?" The irritation in her voice was clear but it only turned to anger from there. "What do you mean you're having dinner with him?" Another pause and she was clenching her first. "No I don't want to have dinner with you two." Mitsunari wasn't sure what was said to her but it was enough to make her stand up and start pacing. "No you will not bring him to my place. I don't care what his reasons are I don't want to see him." She stopped pacing and Mitsunari saw a defeated look on her face. "Fine I'll be there in like ten to twenty minutes. Just don't bring him here." She hung up the phone and sighed. "I'm sorry about that. I didn't mean to get so angry." Concerned about what he had just heard Mitsunari felt he should ask.

"Is everything alright?" She let out a short laugh followed by a deep breath.

"Technically yes. I'm just not happy about being forced to see my dad. Apparently he ran into Inuchiyo and now they're having dinner. If I don't go meet them then Inuchiyo is going to bring him to my place." She then flashed him an apologetic look and he hated that she looked so upset. "I'm sorry but I have to go." She turned to leave but Mitsunari was right behind her.

"Alright I'll drive. Just tell me where to go." She turned around and looked at him in shock. "Don't give me that look. I'm your boyfriend and as such it's my responsibility to do things to make you feel better." The word boyfriend rang around in her until she was able to repeat it.

"Boyfriend?" His brows pushed close together again and he frowned at her.

"Of course. You don't think I just sleep with anyone do you?" She shook her head and his face relaxed a little. "Do you want me as your boyfriend?" There was a twinge of fear in his words and it almost broke her heart. Of course she wanted him. He was all that she had been thinking about in the last week.

"Of course I do. I told you that I wanted you and everything that came with it." His cheeks flushed as she repeated those words to him. Turning away from her Mitsunari grabbed his keys and then her hand. She didn't dare say anything in fear that he would let go so she simply followed him. Once they were in the car MC figured that she needed to explain everything about her dad. "So you probably figured out from Inuchiyo's phone call that I don't get along well with my dad."

"That seems like an understatement, but continue." She shrugged at his assessment but knew he was right.

"I'm really just putting it nicely. See him and my mom got pregnant with me when they were still in high school. So they got married and did the baby thing but my dad was always cheating on my mom. So a lot of my childhood was just me and mom and the boys. Then they finally got into a good place and I thought my dad had actually changed. Then my mom found out that he was cheating with a coworker again. Things got really negative in my family after that so I cut ties with my dad and left for school. He didn't even try contacting me until I moved to the city though. So I haven't talked to him in almost five years." She didn't mean for it to all come out in one breath but she was nervous. Mitsunari took all of the information though in stride. He figured that the more she got out now the less nervous she'd be by the time they got to the restaurant. "I'm also sorry that you had to find out about all of that like this. I normally don't even tell any of that to people. I mean I obviously planned on telling you since we're dating, but not so soon."

"It's alright." He paused trying to think of words that would comfort her. "I'll be with you so if you need to leave we can leave. Sometimes things with your family just don't work." There was a sadness in his voice that told her that he knew this personally, and she wanted to ask but knew it was best to wait. One family crisis was more than enough for now.

"Thank you Mitsunari. I'm actually really glad you're here with me." She smiled at him and he was relieved to see that it was honest. They got to the restaurant and it didn't take them long to find Inuchiyo because he began yelling as soon as he saw them. When they got to the table MC introduced Mitsunari to her dad. "This is my boyfriend Mitsunari. This is my dad Jay." Her dad held his hand out to Mitsunari and he shook it.

"Mitsunari you like girls!" Inuchiyo was clearly drunk and loud which only irritated MC and Mitsunari.

"Of course I do you drunk dullard." Inuchiyo only squinted his eyes at him and then looked to MC.

"I don't believe it MC. I don't trust his answer." MC only rolled her eyes and pinched the bridge of her nose.

"So Pumpkin how long have you two been dating?" Her head snapped up and she glared at her father, but he pretended not to notice.

"I'm not here to play catch up. Inuchiyo said that you had something to talk to me about so lets just start there." Mitsunari was keeping Inuchiyo engaged in conversation but still paying attention to MC. There was so much pain and coldness in her words but he admired how in control of it she was. Geoff sighed and raised his hands up defensively.

"You look so much like your mother when your angry. How about I order us a round of drinks and I'll tell you after that." MC's expression didn't change at all but again her father didn't seem to notice. He was already flagging down the waitress to put in an order. She waited till he was done checking out said waitress before she tired speaking.

"Dad you know I can't drink." He only gave her a confused look and she sighed. "Alcohol is a blood thinner and I get really sick if I drink it. Not to mention I'll bleed even more if I get hurt." This wasn't the first time she had to remind her dad and she was sure it wouldn't be the last.

"You got hurt! Who hurt you? Was it him?" Inuchiyo pointed a finger at Mitsunari. MC again rolled her eyes and pulled out her phone.

"That's it. You're way to drunk and I'm texting Toshihisa to come get you." Hearing this Inuchiyo tried to reach across the table but Mitsunari smacked his hand away. They glared at each other but Mitsunari didn't say anything.

"No don't call him. He'll just lecture me and kill my mood."

"Well you should've thought about that before you got so trashed. He'll be here to get you in five minutes so I suggest you switch to water." After dealing with that she turned back to her father. "Why did you even let him drink so much? You know how he gets." Her dad only shrugged.

"Inuchiyo is a man now and he can handle himself." MC rolled her eyes and took a drink of water.

"Can you just tell me why you wanted to talk to me so bad? I was actually having a nice night before all of this." Her dad frowned at her but sighed.

"Can't we at least order something to eat before we talk? I haven't seen you in so long and I've missed you." MC's hands clenched into fist on her lap and Mitsunari reached over to hold one.

"That's not my fault. You knew where I was at school, you had my phone number. Communication is a two way street. Now you can either tell me what it is you want to tell me, or I'm leaving." Letting out a final sigh her dad finally gave up trying to bond.

"Alright fine. All I really wanted to tell you is that I've decided to sign the divorce papers." The tension left her body and MC's gave her dad a suspicious look.

"Why?" It was a simple question but it was all that was on her mind. "For six years you've refused to sign them and keep trying to control Mom. Now out of the blue you say you make a big show about signing them. I don't buy that it's out of the kindness of your heart." Her voice cracked a little and she took a deep breath to hold in all of her emotion.

"Well the reason I've decided to sign them is because I'm going to marry someone else. We've actually been dating for the last three years and I'd really like for you to meet her. She already met the boys and they love her." That was the final straw. Of course he stayed in touch with her brothers but not her.

"Ya know what dad. If you didn't bother to tell me about her for three years then you certainly don't need me to meet her or come to the wedding." The ice in her voice was enough to make anyone shiver and even Mitsunari was surprised by it. He had always seen her be so kind and warm. Such coldness really didn't suit her and he didn't like it. MC got up from the table and headed for the doors. Her dad tried to follow but Mitsunari stopped him.

"I think you've done enough. Please just stay away from her." The anger was clear on his face but Mitsunari ignored it and left to follow MC. He found her just outside the doors talking to someone with jet black hair. She looked a little more relaxed as she talked to the person and Mitsunari assumed that she knew him. Then the person reached out and touched her shoulder and Mitsunari rushed to her side and slid an arm around her waist. "Are you alright MC?" Hearing Mitsunari beside her was enough to ease all of the tension out of her and she nodded.

"Yeah. Oh Mitsunari this is Toshihisa, Inuchiyo's older brother. Toshihisa this is my boyfriend Mitsunari." The two of them nodded at each other but didn't say anything. "Inuchiyo is still inside the restaurant with my dad. I'm sorry you had to leave your meeting to come get him." Toshihisa smiled at her but shook his head.

"No worries. It was pretty much done so I left my assistant to wrap things up. Are you sure you're going to be alright though?" Toshihisa took her and gently rubbed the back of it. Mitsunari's brows furrowed together and he spoke before MC could.

"She already said that she was. Why would you ask her again?" Toshihisa glared at Mitsunari and he returned the look.

"I care about her that's why." Mitsunari's eyes widened. "When I got here she was clearly upset so naturally I was worried. Someone needed to comfort her." The implication of his words made Mitsunari's blood boil. Not wanting to make a scene Mitsunari grabbed MC's hand and went straight for the car. The whole way home Mitsunari was silent and MC didn't really know what to say. It was obvious that he was upset but she wasn't sure why. When they got back to the apartment building Mitsunari was still holding onto her hand which seemed like a good sign. He opened the door to his apartment and pulled her inside.

"Mitsunari ar," she didn't get to finish before he pulled her into a hungry kiss. It felt needy and scared, like he was desperately trying to claim everything she was for himself. When he pulled back his cheeks were flushed and his eyes burned with lust.

"I didn't like the way that man spoke to you. I want to be the only man who touches you and cares about you." Suddenly it all made sense. Mitsunari was jealous and that was enough to make her eyes go wide.

"Are you jealous because of what Toshihisa said?" His eyes darted away from her face and his cheeks grew darker.

"Don't be ridiculous. It's just obvious that both of the Madea men have feelings for you and you seem completely oblivious to them." He looked beyond frustrated as he spoke but MC was in awe. It was a new side to him and she never imagined that he would get so jealous so easily. She placed her hands on her on the sides of his face and made him look at her.

"I love that you care about enough me to get jealous but I promise I'm not going anywhere. As long as you want me I'll be here with you." He was about to kiss her again when there was a knock at the door. "Are you going to get that?" He didn't even bother looking toward the door.

"It's probably Sakon so no. Besides I'm too busy to answer the door right now." She smiled at him but then there was another knock at the door. This time a voice followed the knocking.

"Mitsunari it's Hideyoshi. I need to talk to you." This got him to glance at the door and she saw a flash of uncertainty flash across his features.

"It's ok to answer it. We can always finish this later." His face brightened and he nodded. When Mitsunari opened the door Hideyoshi came inside and looked surprised to see MC standing there.

"Oh hello MC. I didn't know you were over here. Am I interrupting something?" MC only smiled at him and pointed to the now empty container of manju.

"Nope I just made some manju and brought some over since Mitsunari likes it. But since you guys need to talk I'll get out of your hair." She was about to make for the door but Hideyoshi stopped her.

"Oh no it's alright. I just need to borrow Mitsunari for a second." He looked to Mitsunari and smiled. "Can we use your study?" Mitsunari gave him a concerned look but nodded any way. They left the room as Mitsunari lead the way to his study. He closed the door and was about to ask what this was about when Hideyoshi spoke. "Have you thought any more about what your feelings for MC are?" It was the last thing Mitsunari expected him to ask and he didn't really know how to answer.

"Why do you want to know all of the sudden?" Hideyoshi smiled at his friend but his eyes remained serious.

"Because I'd like to try asking her out, seriously this time. However it seems like you're already dating her. Unless I'm wrong?" Mitsunari's eyes narrowed at Hideyoshi's declaration and that was all the answer Hideyoshi needed.

"You'll have to fight me if you want her because I don't plan on giving her up." Mitsunari hated that this was happening but he meant every word. He had actually come to care for that dullard of a girl and he wasn't going to let anyone take her. Even if it was Hideyoshi. However Hideyoshi only began to laugh and Mitsunari stood there confused.

"There's no need for us to fight." Hideyoshi was still struggling to contain his laughter. "We're all adults so we can just ask her. If she chooses you then I'll renounce my feelings and let you two be happy. Is that alright with you?" The idea had Mitsunari nervous because he couldn't imagine her saying no to Hideyoshi if he was serious about it. Then the words of her words from earlier rang in his head and gave him some confidence.

"I'm still not happy about this but if you think that's the best way to go about this then ok." Hideyoshi's smiled was more than amused while Mitsunari wore his usual bored look. When they got back to the living room MC was perched on the arm of his couch with a book in her hands. Mitsunari's breath caught in his throat. It looked as if she belonged there on his couch, reading his books. His nerves seemed on edge the closer Hideyoshi got to her.

"Hey MC can I ask you a question." Without looking up from the book she nodded. "I was wondering if you'd like to join me for dinner this weekend. As a date, just the two of us." Again she answered without looking away from the book.

"Sure that sounds great." Mitsunari stared at her in shock but MC didn't seem to notice. In fact she was so into the book that she wasn't paying much attention to anything and that only served to aggravate him more. He walked over to her and plucked the book out of her hands. She blinked in shock and looked up to find a seething Mitsunari. Concern quickly spread through her. "Mitsunari what's wrong?" The question shot through him like arrow and his brows formed into a deep crease. His features twisted almost into a scowl.

"Why you, I," His words kept getting caught in his throat so he took a deep breath. "You just agreed to go on a date with Hideyoshi." That was all he said before storming off to his study and slamming the door. MC whirled around and looked at Hideyoshi.

"What on earth is he talking about. I'm not going on a date with you." Hideyoshi gave her a playful smile which she didn't like at all. To her this was serious and she knew that Hideyoshi knew this too, but he still played it off as some joke.

"Well to be fair you did say yes." When her expression remained serious Hideyoshi sighed and gave her a sad smile. "To be honest I kinda figured that you already had feelings for him but I wanted to throw my hat in the ring just to be sure. Cause I really do like you but I won't interfere, I promise. This is the last you'll hear about my feelings." He turned to leave but there was just one thing he had had to ask. "Why Mitsunari?"

"I honestly don't know. All I know is that I want to let him in and I've never felt that way about anyone." Giving her a soft smile Hideyoshi nodded and stepped over to the door.

"I see. Well take care of him for us and be patient with him." Seeing Hideyoshi care about Mitsunari over his own feelings finally brought a smile to her lips and she nodded. After Hideyoshi left MC waited to see if Mitsunari would come out of his study but he didn't. Instead of bothering him she decided to borrow his kitchen and make some more manju and tea. Once it was done she balanced the manju on a plate and carried it toward Mitsunari's study.

"Mitsunari it's me. Can you please open the door so we can talk." There was no answer she began to regret not giving herself a free hand to open the door herself. "I made some tea and manju." This time the door opened enough for her to wedge her foot in. She closed it once she was in the study and put the tea and manju on the desk. However Mitsunari was across the room looking in a book and seemed to pay no mind to her. She wasn't sure if it was on purpose or not but it managed to only make her feel worse. Sitting on the edge of the desk she looked down at the ground. "Mitsunari I'm sorry. I really had no idea what Hideyoshi was asking when I answered him. Sometimes I just get really into a book that I just kinda go on autopilot." Still no response and she sighed. "I would never even think of dating anyone other than you Mitsunari and I meant what I said about wanting you." Her brain was begging her mouth to stop but it hurt too much just to leave it like this. She wanted to fix this and that meant saying the one thing she'd been too scared to say. "I care about you more than anyone, I love you." Mitsunari felt himself tense at the words but still didn't say anything. Since he realized that she was still here his brain had been all over the place. Now she was spouting about love like an idiot. MC honestly wasn't sure if he was actually listening to her but now that the words had slipped out the silence felt like rejection. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said that. Maybe I should just head home." Just as she was about the take her leave the sound of Mitsunari's book snapping closed made her jump. She finally looked up at him and saw that he was smiling at her. In just a few steps he closed the distance between them and pulled her in for an intense kiss. One full of passion and it felt like a wave washing all of her anxiety away.

"I'll never understand why you chose me over Hideyoshi but I'm glad you did." His hand rested against her cheek and his smile was the most beautiful thing she had ever seen. She stretched up to kiss him again and he gladly accepted. "Please stay here tonight." He whispered the words in her ear and they sounded almost pleading. Her answer was obvious but before she could say it her stomach growled in between them. Mitsunari pulled back enough for her to see his eyebrows arched up. "Are you hungry?"

"Sorry. Yeah a little but it's not that big of a deal." Her whole face turned red and she tried her best to wave it off. Of all the moments for her stomach to talk it had to be now. She was cursing herself for not eating before coming over here. Not paying any mind to her embarrassed state Mitsunari took her hand and led her to the kitchen. He gently pushed her into a chair and began to pull various things out of the cabinets and fridge. "Mitsunari what are you doing?" He didn't look at her but she could see his brows crease together from his profile.

"What does it look like you dullard? I'm cooking you dinner." He began chopping up some vegetables but just kept frowning at them. Curious to see what the big deal was MC walked over and saw that his onion was diced so fine that it was nearly mush.

"Would you like me to cut them. I do have the training you know." He seemed reluctant to do so but eventually handed her the knife.

"Just don't cut yourself. We don't need another reason to postpone dinner." If it had been any other person that remark would of made her angry but all she could do was roll her eyes and begin chopping. Mitsunari watched in awe at how fast and efficient she was at it. Despite her condition she showed no fear in it and he thought it admirable.

"Hey Mitsunari, you're not going to stop being friends with Hideyoshi because of what happened to night are you?"

"Of course not. Hideyoshi is a man of his word so even though I'm not happy about his feelings for you. I know he'll keep his distance." It was a relief to hear him say that. She knew how much he cared for Hideyoshi and she didn't want him to lose that. "Why did you ask anyway."

"Well I know how much you care about Hideyoshi and I didn't want you to feel like you still couldn't be friends with him." She smiled at him before putting the vegetables in the pot. "I honestly don't care who has what feelings for me as long as they respect me and my relationship with you. They can pine all they want but it wouldn't change my mind." She blushed at her sudden declaration but she meant every word. Normally she wasn't so outspoken but something about Mitsunari gave her the courage to speak honestly. They fell silent as she stirred the ingredients in the pot. Mitsunari wanted nothing more than to embrace her right then and there but he knew she needed to eat. Her complexion had been nothing but pale since they got back from the restaurant with her father. After eating Mitsunari took the dishes and she went to find the book she was reading earlier. However it wasn't there and then she remembered Mitsunari taking it from her. "Hey Mitsunari what did you do with the book I was reading earlier?" He frowned at her question as he picked out his own book and settled on the sofa.

"It's in my study. I was trying to figure out what was so fascinating about it that you would agree to a question you didn't even hear." MC rolled her eyes but smiled all the same. He was still pouting about it but at least he wasn't shut up in his study anymore.

"It's called active listening. Not all of us are amazing like you and can listen while reading, so I fake the listening." His eyes glanced up at her but she only shrugged. "Well I left my glasses next door so I need to go get them real quick. I'll be right back." She also thought it would be a good idea to change her clothes if she was going to stay the night. When she moved back over to the couch to grab her phone she suddenly felt herself being pulled onto it. She was pressed up against Mitsunari's chest and felt his warmth spreading through her. He buried his face in the crook of her neck and held her tightly. The feeling was beyond nice but there was a sense of desperation to it, and it made MC worry. "What's wrong?" He didn't say anything but she knew to be patient. The words were inside of him somewhere and he just had to find them.

"You don't need to leave. I can read to you if you want or we could watch a movie." His voice was quiet and she could hear how embarrassed he was.

"I need to get a change of clothes too though. Unless you want me to wear your clothes." The teasing tone in voice made Mitsunari stiffen. He could let her wear his clothes but he wasn't sure he would be able to handle actually seeing it. "I can't wear these jeans forever. They're actually very uncomfortable and very tight." Her words made his cock twitch and she smiled with satisfaction.

"Are you sure you're going to come back?" The question came out like a breath before he could stop it and he hated how anxious it made him. She heard how small and scared the question had sounded and it made her sad. Her heart broking thinking of how lonely he must of felt all the time with just him and his books. She knew because she had known that feeling all too well and she hated it. Books were great but they were never enough. Gently she moved one of his hands from her waist and brought it too her lips for a kiss. It would probably take a while for her to ease all of his fears away but it was what she wanted.

"Of course I'm coming right back. There's nowhere else I'd rather be than right here with you but sadly all my stuff is at my place so it's inevitable." She paused and Mitsunari wondered what she was thinking. "I could always bring over enough stuff to stay a couple of days if you want me too. That way I wouldn't need to run back and forth so much. I mean if you're ok with that." This time she spun around to see what his expression looked like and he seemed to be thinking. To Mitsunari it sounded easier for her to just move in with him, but even he knew it was too soon for that. However the idea of waking up next to her several days in a row seemed like a dream to him. When he came out of his thoughts he saw her eyes staring at him with a curious look. He brought a hand up to cradle her cheek and smiled at her.

"I think that's the first time you've had a decent idea manju-girl." She pouted at the new nickname but guessed it was better than being called a dullard. Instead she leaned in and gave him a quick kiss on the lips.

"Alright. I'll be right back." He nodded and finally let her get up off the couch. She hurriedly went back over to her apartment and threw both work and sleep clothes into a duffel bag. After changing and making sure she had all of her medicine she ran out the door. When she got back over to Mitsunari's he raised a brow at how out of breath she seemed. He was still on the couch but didn't move. "No one said it was a race you dullard. You're panting like a wild dog." She composed herself at the door and pouted at him.

"Well I can always leave and take longer if you'd rather." His cheeks turned pink and he scowled at her before going back to his book. She put her bag down by the door and joined Mitsunari on the sofa with her own book. He carefully watched as she put her glasses on and opened the book. She had on another tank top but this one was a soft purple and he could see her black bra through it. Her legs curled up on the couch and pressed against her chest. With her hair swept to the side he could see her neck and wanted nothing more than to kiss it. The more he looked the less interested he became in his book. He began to think about the skin underneath and the thought of studying her again had his cock going hard. Moving quickly but quietly Mitsunari got up and locked the front door. The sound of the lock was enough to make MC look up from her book and she saw him leaning against the door with a frown. She was about to ask what was wrong but Mitsunari spoke first.

"You really enjoy being some kind of siren to me don't you?" He took a step toward her and she just raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Letting other men touch you, agreeing to dates, and now you sit there in that." He was now leaning over her on the couch and his eyes glanced over her tank top. From this angle he could see her breast swell with every breath and he had to take a breath of his own. Her eyes were wide with surprise which only made it harder for him to focus on his words. It didn't help that her words were still floating around in his head. If she loved him then this all had to be a dream because he didn't believe it could be real. "It's almost like you're trying to get me to fuck you." As if to prove his point he captured her lips in a hungry kiss and she gasped. Using it as a chance to deepen the kiss he slid his tongue into her mouth. Her book fell to the floor and she wrapped her arms around his neck. She rose to her knees in order to push into the kiss and Mitsunari's hands held her tightly by her hips. When the kiss broke he wasted no time moving his lips down her neck. He bit down on her plush skin and she mewled in pleasure. The sound was dripped in honey and he wanted to hear more of it. This was different than the first time they had sex. They had defined what this was and that made it all the more real. There was no doubt about what this was for them and even if Mitsunari couldn't say that he loved her, she knew that he was showing her.

"Mmmitsunari." His name rolled off her tongue and it made his brain feel like it was on fire.

"Vile succubus." His insult lacked any venom to back it up as he scooped her up in his arms and headed for the bedroom. "I hope for your sake, you're off tomorrow." If she was going to make such noise then he'd give a real reason to.

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Words - Experimentation #4

31 January 2022:

Woke up today logged on to the weekly Monday morning webinar and sat there for 3 wish hours listening to how to write an essay in the easiest steps imaginable that I wondered really if anyone else sitting there with me didn’t know how to write an essay and then would question humanity if someone was confused or didn’t understand. But I was there the whole time, so I am proud of myself for that at least. It was there I also learned that we have been having Marcus tech lessons for the past weeks and I wasn’t aware because my calendar had indicated differently. I believed it to be optional help with adobe etc. I WAS WRONG! But now he knows that and it will be resolved. So I went today to the photoshop thing about working with animator software. So I got to see him draw the background and then get it moving. While he was doing that though I did not stray from my time plan and I experimented with Photoshop. I tried to download Illustrator…. But my computer was having an off day or weekend and would allow me to do so… I kept getting an error notification. So I decided I wouldn’t go where I was not wanted and stuck to photoshop instead.

In photoshop I drew a bit and then I played with the tools, brushes and layers. I came out with a couple of cool pieces, and while I admit that photoshops brushes are pretty cool, I don’t like its layout. With the software I usually draw in I have a navigator, I have an undo and redo button visible and don’t have to go into “edit” same with zoom in and out. Of course these are technicalities that I attempted to resolve but couldn’t find how to do that. So while I understand how it works and I love the cool brushes, to draw in personally I find it a pain. Therefore for the finalising of my project I will keep working on the software I know and love. While it is a free software I have thought onto moving into Clip Studio paint but I am hanging around deciding for the moment. I would prefer to be able to have procreate but its not available on Mac. Anyhoo I enjoyed playing around with the tools available and came up with some cool end results. I was inspired by what someone said in Marcus tech lesson, about how the desert he had draw said “lesbian right” as it was in the colours of the lesbian flag. So I did my experiments with the colours of the Bisexual flag… and then one for the lesbian one too because the colours there are beautiful.

I also managed to finish my personal statement!! And I worked on my portfolio and home assignments over the weekend. Portfolio was updated and changing by notes received and home assignments was generating ideas which I managed to do succesfully! I believe I am giving it my all in these home assignments, which is better than last year in which I did them in a weeks tile because I was late… and misunderstood the system. I also remembered why I planned to be done with this In March is because for uni 3 they only start the application process in march… so I wanted to make sure nothing else got in the way. But its ok because the way things are going with Words and both HA projects I should be able to be done by then. Everything good, we just won’t have a moment of peace for a while.

Lol but who needs sleep these days… not me.

Kay so I have no clue what’s going on tomorrow, aside from my weekly virtual studio’s. I think I’m having a tutorial…. Emphasis on the I THINK. Otherwise time to start sketching out those Prologue pages!! Also realised I would need to have a name for my story and my idea was… Our darkest future …. Which I guess can come a bit from “the darkest minds” but I would like to think it works as their futures are unclear but as far as they can see it’s a dark one. Who knows it might change.

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Week 11: Assignment 3 Playtesting

First Meeting:

What was developed:

-       Basic sword motion

-       Editing collision point to match the animation of the sword

-       Add a point on the player model where the sword can be held

Tutorial level:

-       What keys need to be told to the player and what is common sense

-       What obstacles act

-       Having the low roof so the player is encouraged to use the sword (can’t jump on the enemy)

Other notes:

-       Considering accessibility by having right-handed and left-handed controls

-       Need to swap the sword swing code from a changing angle to an animation with changing hitboxes

-       Need to decide what buttons are associated with what action

-       Need to start considering sound

-       Need to have store manager sprite

Play Testing Notes:

In order to improve our game we had numerous people play test so we could get multiple perspectives on our game. Due to the playtesting sessions happening in lectures a lot of participants were young adults that were 18+ years old. Most of the participants players over 15 hours of games per week meaning that they were experienced and familiar with core mechanics across games.

Play Tester 1:

-       Naïve player, hasn’t play tested before

-       Enjoys the background music

-       Enjoys the layout of the title screen, simple but effective

-       Animations are smooth

-       Good instruction for controls, very helpful

-       Already knew to jump on enemy

-       Ignores the 2nd group of Karens first time round

-       Knows to pick up the coins

-       Sword is too pixeled

-       “Is that it” (tutorial level may be too short, increase the length of other levels)

-       Didn’t initially know by instinct that he could jump through platforms (change design)

-       Likes the background

-       Sword makes the game too easy, removes any challenge

-       Having the sword as a temporary power up

-       Respawn system for the enemies

-       Enjoys the level design

-       Hasn’t taken damage the entire playtest (not challenging enough, boring)

-       Background moves is player is running into a wall

-       Likes the fading coins when picked up

-       Death screen for restart

-       Sword swings when you are dead

-       Wanted a force restart feature

-       Different Karen types (confused by different sized Karens not doing different things)

Play tester 2:

-       No trouble understanding intro screen

-       Didn’t know what the melee ability button was (not natural)

-       Controls for movement feel fine

-       Playing with 1 hand

-       Pick up sound for coins

-       Animation to make coins seem like collectables

-       Animation for sword feels a bit slow

-       Rather enter to be attack (called return)

-       Visual indicator to show that you have taken damage

-       Have more than just one enemy

-       Enjoyed the parallax scrolling of background

-       Wanted more content

-       Character looks like he wants to punch

-       Can just spam the sword (takes away difficulty)

-       Every instruction should be present at the front of the tutorial so they can play with all features throughout the whole level like a sandbox

-       No replay value outside of getting a higher score

-       Sword sound effect got repetitive after a couple of times

-       End flag should have a better visual than a cactus in terms of indicating the end of a level

Play Tester 3:

-       Likes the games intro screen already

-       Likes instruction

-       Feels like she can shoot robot lasers

-       Knows to jump on head

-       Thinks the bigger karens are different

-       Wants particle effects

-       Tried to jump on clouds in background

-       Tries to kill bigger karens once she knows about the sword

-       Wanted to know about the sword at the beginning of the stage

-       Jump seems very floaty (increase gravity, shorter jump, quicker fall?)

Play tester 4:

-       Loving the menu

-       Recognizes it as a tutorial

-       Basic type keys make sense

-       Parallax camera has a bit of a jiggle

-       No specific jump animation

-       Tried to run over smaller karen

-       Didn’t recognize the jump through platforms

-       No score bonus for killing karens

-       Collision of the ledges of platforms

-       No split functionality for arrow keys

-       Didn’t recognise the end flag

-       Has no benefit to killing karens, just ignored them

-       Cave backdrop instead of background

-       Didn’t see the end flag at all

-       Camera clips down when character dies

-       Can swing sword when character is dead

-       Would like to see more platforming challenges and longer levels

-       The gravity of the levels makes the platforming

-       No benefits to jumping on heads once you know the sword exists

-       Can jump on karens even with low roof

-       Can spin blade around when swinging to make pseudo invincible  

-       Music in contrast with other design elements

-       Very gritty sword animation and visual

Play tester 5

-       Menu is clear

-       Likes the art style

-       Doesn’t like the screen shaking

-       Enemies easily die

-       No instruction to say that you can jump on them

-       No reason for collecting the coins

-       Cactus is an odd end flag

-       No reason to be down with the 2nd group of karens

-       No damage indicator

-       Can walk through the karens

-       No death screens

-       Only took damage from one karen when multiple hitboxes were on him

-       Ranged enemies, throwing something

-       Music is getting repetitive

-       No reason to go backwards

-       Wants larger groups of enemies

-       Menu shows the characters

-       More attacks of some sort, different abilities

-       More detail in character

-       More enemy variation

-       Sword sound effect seemed off

-       Got repetitive

-       Didn’t find a reason to get coins or get score

Using these notes, we were able to create a matrix that allowed us to see any glaring issues that were faced by multiple play testers during the sessions. From this we can make more effective improvements to our game.

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Rockman.EXE Episode 16 Review.

Is this foreshadowing?

Hallelujah!

We start the episode with Netto walking around, completely blindfolded.

Looks like something spontaneus because not even Rockman Knows why is he doing this.

We get a flashback of last episode where Enzan and Blues perform the Program Advance back when Count Elec did his static trick.

Back to Netto’s blindfolded walk, Rockman tries to help him but it only results in this funny scene.

And that is why Rockman is the Navi and not the operator, also, I have to point out the lazy animation, right at the start I can tell the animation for this episode is gonna be low quality.

After Netto falls on his back like a turtle, Rockman reminds him that Meiru and Tohru’s battle is about to start, which was mention in the last episode. The match begins and we see Tohru’s un-official plug-in secuense.

And we get a stand off between Roll and Iceman, who will win?

The first two of many mistakes we will find in this episode.

After the title card appears, we get a description of both challengers. I am loving Roll’s picture.

Followed by.. Tohru’s sad picture.

Again, Tohru?! Does your father hit you or something? Because that’s what everybody’s gonna think when they see your picture!

Mariko-sensei wishes both of them good luck, Masa takes out his special flag, Yaito and Dekao start talking about who will win, and Netto manages to arrive just in time.

Now we start the battle with Roll moving first.

EAT CANDY HEARTS! I dont remember this part from the dub, though.

Iceman avoids her hearts and shoots a snow crystal at her, which she evades gracefully.

Meiru decides to send the Aqua tower battle chip with the same beautiful animation for Roll from episode 8, and Iceman tries to counter it by summoning his ice pillars from episode 6.

This is what happens when two recycled animations collide.

Tohru decides to send the Ice cube or Ice block (Im not sure anymore) and Meiru sends the triple lance chip, which results in a draw.

As everyone is focused on the battle, Netto doesn’t seem too invested for he is busy practicing the Program Advance with Rockman. Hey, his mullet is back! XD

That’s mistake number three.

After this, we cut to the training room where two Net Navis are practicing for their next battles.

The Navis talk about how they are gonna defeat their opponents who are... Bombman and Stoneman? Poor guys.

However, they wont have the chance to even fight them since said Navis suddently appear to take them out.

Let’s cut back to the epic battle that is Roll vs Iceman.

They seem evenly matched and everybody talks about how the battle might end on a tie. They both get up again, as Tohru tells Iceman to prepare to use his Blizzard attack, Meiru sends, what I imagine is another rare chip Yaito gave her, the Cyclone chip.

Which makes Roll start spinning for some reason.

The Cyclone is a variation of the Typhoon virus we saw in the last episode, which might confirm my theory of Virus chips and Battle chips having the same name.

It’s a face off between Iceman’s Blizzard and Roll’s Cyclone!

This literally stops time with everybody, who cares about this match, waiting in suspense.

How will physics play out in this battle?

Like this, the Cyclone returns the blizzard to Iceman who freezes, resulting on the emo looking Tohru losing the battle. Iceman has been ICED!

The battle ends and Tohru congratulates Meiru for her victory. Oh look, Enzan was watching the battle too, does he have anything to say about it?

Or he can just ignore it and focus on these mysterious looking giants on the hallway. To be honest, after seeing Enzan’s giant bodyguards, I don’t find their hight weird at all, maybe that means they’re either Americans or Europeons.

We cut to mistake number four with Roll’s hair gone, as everybody praises Meiru and Tohru for their battle.

Except for Netto who is still doing the Program Advance air training.

Midorikawa announces the next two battles with the two strange operators, one in the main “flower” dome and the other in the “micro” sub dome, for what I can see from these layouts, the crowd is either really tiny or none existing!

Their Navis happen to be Bombman and Stoneman! We get full shots of both Navis resulting on consistant mistake number five, Bombman’s eyes are purple when they are suppoused to be red.

I say consistant since this happens a lot throughout the episode, so I better count this as one.

Midorikawa tells the audience that Bombman and Stoneman’s opponents have not appear yet, resulting in both Navis winning by default.

Its Drill Mach! Not Drillman! There is already a Drillman. EXE

Now that I think about it, how does one trademark their Navi’s Name? Does the internet tell you when a certain name is taken?

Anyway, Bombman and Stoneman win by default and Midorikawa says that they remain unbeaten, this not only confuses Netto, but Mahajarama tells the other World Three operators that they are probably the new Navis sent by Dr.Wily.

After commercials, we see the WWW operators having lunch outside the dome, complaning about these new operators whom they know nothing about. And I’m just focused on the weird hairdo of the little girl running in the background.

Wouldn’t it be akward if Netto just suddenly appear and see them all together like this and accusing them to be the World Three in front of everyone? But Netto is in the training room practicing the program advance with Rockman while blindfolded, however, something seems wrong because after the official animation for the program advance (in a completely different background BTW) Rockman falls backwards.

I’m gonna count that background fail as mistake number six.

Rockman tells Netto that there isn’t enough room, but Netto says that he is just too distracted by Bombman and Stoneman being unbeaten.

I found mistake number seven!

Netto tells Rockman that Higure-san said that all of Bombman and Stoneman’s opponents were attacked before their matches, making both of them very suspicious. 

Dekao comes in to tell Netto that the pairings for the upcoming tagged matches are going to be announced. Meanwhile, Higure is trying to get an interview from the huge operators, but they end up destroying his mic leaving him terrified.

Netto and Dekao happend to see this and decide to follow the mysterious netops, who attemp to murder them by throwing them off the second floor.

Okay, there is water below, but turns out Dekao doesn’t know how to swim, and Netto does the mistake of trying to help him from the front.

Which is kind of weird because fat people are suppose to float easily, but it looks like he was just exaggerating since they stop splashing after Saloma appears to help them out.

FYI, when trying to help somebody who is drowning, never aproach from the front! Always grab them from behind or else they will take you down too.

Anyway, Saloma tells them that she is paired up with Dekao and, by the power of super plot conviniense, are gonna fight against Bombman and Stoneman.

Its Bombman, not Bomberman!

I didn’t even now he was in the tournament.

We start the first match of the tag team battles with Saloma’s first plug-in sequence.

Now its time for the mystery operators to plug-in.

HOLY COW, THEY CAN TALK!

We start the battle with Saloma telling Dekao that Woodman will fight Stoneman, so Gutsman charges at Bombman and starts punching him. Woodman uses some vines to inmobilized Stoneman, something I had no idea he could do.

Dekao then sends a Battle Chip to Gutsman which he calls by the wrong name.

This doesn’t do anything to Bombman, and Stoneman frees himself from Woodman’s vines. The two Navis tell their opponents that they will never be able to move them, making Meiru cheer for Dekao for once.

I don’t ship them but this is cute.

Dekao sends the same exact battle chip from before but this time with the right name, so I’m gonna count the scene from before as mistake number eight.

Gutsman uses the Guts Hammer but Bombman blocks it with a barrier, and Woodman summons wood towers only for Stoneman to break them as easy as breaking a toothpick.

During this, Netto tells Yaito that there is something strange going on with the mystery operators since they haven’t move since the battle started, which Miyuki, Enzan and Mahajarama noticed as well.

In fact, Mahajarama uses an insane Alakazam psychic move to prove his theory to the other World Three members.

Mahajarama is a POKEMON! That’s why he can use Teleport! O0O

How can you see that from up there?!

Higure tells her that they are not plugging out and Enzan figures out the truth.

Who said that? Did Netto hear Enzan say that just now? HOW?!

Stoneman and Bombman, with another shot of Bombman’s purple eyes, reveal the identity of the operators before the whole audience.

They are Robots! What is even happening right now?!

Turns out Stoneman and Bombman are completely independant Net Navis, which means that they don’t need operators to battle or plug them in. Which raises the question of how they even manage to enter the tournament in the first place. Maybe the staff is even more incompetant than I thought.

Gutsman and Woodman decide to attack again, but Bombman and Stoneman are just too much for them and end up beating them easily.

Still counting the purple eyes as one.

Gutsman and Woodman are forced to log out, and Bombman and Stoneman declare that Sharkman and Rockman won’t stand a chance, spoiler alert!

The next tag battle is Netto teaming up with Commander Beef, who suddenly appears next to him.

This is followed by Yaito’s remark of the Commander feeling familiar.

Huh, he helped you get rid of the fire viruses back in episode 13, remember?

So Netto ends the episode staring at his future opponents, determined to beat them.

My thoughts?

This episode would feel like a huge filler if it wasn’t because it introduced Bombman and Stoneman, although we already saw them back in episode 14, their names were still a mystery. Anyone who played the game know that Bombman and Stoneman were World Three Navis, but there was no mention of them having operators, so the anime kept it that way by making them the first independant Navis.

The animation for this episode was very low quality since it featured a lot of miscolors and mistakes, shots were reused and others were added, and I’m not talking about the dub, this is to save money in the animation.

If you follow me on Deviantart you would know that I call the art style for this episode “Simple”, because it is usually found in episodes that don’t require a lot of movement and the action sequenses are kinda slow.

An example of this style being used was in episode nine, which also featured some minor animation mistakes.

For the dub version, Roll throwing her hearts at Iceman was cutted for some reason, and for the dialogue change, the scene where Yaito talks about the Commander feeling familiar was changed to her noticing that Masa was gone, which makes more sense since he was sitting above them.

[thefatdrunkdragon]

The Worst RPer I have ever met (Nemo Saga Chapter 3)

 Okay, so let’s talk about the first worst RP and my worst Idea first. The Spooky RP.

 This idea should be on the list of unlikely and terrible crossover ideas ever. Simply imagine Spooky’s House of Jumpscares except no 1000 rooms, the layout is more akin to the Arklay Mansion and the spooky monsters that hunt you down are replaced with the Zeds from Killing Floor 2. This was during a time in my life where I had worse ideas in mind, and while I am not fully better, I’m slowly improving the ideas and concepts of something else before I end up doing the mistake of writting the “Life is Eldritch” Fanfiction... ANYWAY!

 The Plot of this RP I told to Nemo was that my Characters had taken over a small abandoned mansion and turned into an a haunted house attraction where an AI would sorta pick what monster comes out while a female character named Kate decides to do the voices to do some kind of a twisted warning about it. I told it to Nemo and he accepted it. Only because it had spooky and he was a big fan of Markiplier. And don’t worry, Markiplier doesn’t make a cameo.

 Anyway, we begin this RP tale in October 30th, where the next day would soon be Velora’s Birthday (yi-fucking-pey). After some random bullshit where some dude through coffee on Velora’s Face for no reason, Everyone goes to the Mansion near the Villa.

Short Explanation: The Villa is a small abandoned “Town” that was half finished and forgotten by the government. The few buildings finished are just the town plaza and the Mansion own by a man who’s name is forgotten. The mansion is the setting for this RP.

 Anyway, they go in, dressed as a bunch of Emo’s and are told the rules. Nemo thought he was being sneaky when he and his mommy sues brought guns but I counter acted this by telling them that the monsters were incapable of harming them and in having a gun, they deprive themselves of the horror of a Haunted Mansion.

 But then fucking suddenly, Anathalia’s Archnemesis, Adelie (Brothel Owner lady), shows up and takes Anathalia. But Nemo then handcuffs her and the police take her away.

This won’t be the last time this shit happens.

 Within minutes we show them the mansion and how it works. While he was trying to push me into having Exposition dumped into my face, I tried to introduce the RP’s Main threat, the Spooky Hologram (I’ll explain what the fuck I was trying to do at the end of the story, because explaining everything here is confusing.) Needless to say, I forgot to mention to Nemo that this RP, while taking the title of Spooky, was a complete diversion from the games but he is still convincing himself he played through this game and it’s nothing.

 So the objective of this haunted mansion thing was to have people choose a direction and try to go through with it. Think of it like an escape room, except you’re trying to escape the house from mutants who can’t fully hurt you but can give you one hell of scare with their wails and hissing. Nemo and Velora chose the Basement while Anathalia chose the Second Floor. And then the games started.

 Then fucking suddenly, Adelie shows up (No details about how the fuck she escaped) and asks around for Anathalia to bring her back the brothel (Because kidnapping a “famous celebrity”, and doing so is more trouble than it’s worth!) and Nemo decided to have Kate (The person that we both created and the voice of the Spooky Hologram) go and try to defend Anathalia. It was there where Anathalia decided to choose Kate as another candidate, but Aiden and Ruby (Aiden being a sort of avatar of mine and Ruby being an obvious nod to an artist I like and a Female Dragon) tried to defuse the situation but Nemo comes and tries to stop the situation by threatening Adelie with a gun (Yeah, dipshit ignored da rules of the mansion and somehow had another gun.) But before anything could go any further, The cops show up and she is taken to a jail in paris yet again. Making this whole conflict pointlessly unnecessary.

 Meanwhile, Nemo and his mommy sues returned to the Maze and he keeps brushing off minor things that aren’t being part of the game as part of the game. I know it’s a sort of method for us to calm the fuck down but he was so smug about how the “escape mansion” was just like the Spooky game. Until he reached the laboratory, where the Killing Floor Zeds were being stored and manufactured. He at first brushed it off, until the lights of the lab came on and he saw them all, these hideous freaks all moving around in their cages, waiting for an opportunity to tear into him like a lion on a gazelle.

 He still continued to brush it off, but it was there where the Hologram made it clear that No one in the control room is doing this, it is now running the show and will now unleash these freaks for its own amusement. But leave it to Nemo to try and deflate the scary moment by adding in fucking “bachata” music (Bachata being a sort social dance music for us latinos). I wanted to go with a sort of dark like tone and he just adds unnecessary BS like this and just ruins it.

 It is after that the spooky AI was going to decide to unleash the monsters on them and he would have to escape the mansion with his life. 

Big. Fucking. NOPE

 He teleports away to safety, ruining the conflict so bad that I argued for a re-do because it was that insulting. I know It sounds annoying but jesus christ! I shouldn’t have done this because all I did was prolong the agony further.

 Anyway, It was there where Spooky had tried to force Nemo and his Mary Sues to pick a path and stick to it. His mary sues had the attention span of toddlers because they ignore everything she says, asks her about what is it like being a ghost (Despite the fact I told him in the beginning it was a Hologram.) and then I decided to pull a Deus Ex Machina out of my Ass and just have her ZAP away their powers. Nemo’s Response?

 Nemo(From the Archived RP I had): Did you know you can't do that to me, right? I'm different.

 Ofcourse he doesn’t want to play fair. Ofcourse, OFCOURSE! He has to act like he’s such a SPECIAL AND UNIQUE Snow flake. I was so sickened by this that instead of teleporting away, he just rushed the scary moments of being chased by the Zeds and then he escaped to the control room. Where the dipshit begins to change the subject to an unimportant side plot about how Adelie found Anathalia. I won’t explain the details, but it had something to do with a Hot Topic employee being a spy for Adelie and such bullshit.

 I broke character as Aiden, so tired of this inane bullshit, decides to grab a rifle, arm Eddie and an unpaid janitor, to go down the basement and take care of the monsters before they get out and then, just because I realized how much of a fucking mistake both the RP and the attraction was, I would burn down the mansion. Nemo gets offended that we were going to destroy the mansion and tells us to leave. So we do, and Nemo then decides that the next logical solution is to MURDER MY FUCKING CHARACTER and throw his body out of the rooftop of the mansion, ignoring all the other characters trying to kill him.

 But it’s okay gais! Because it turns out it was a Demon call Jack, Who was making him do the bad thing and Nemo has the most anti-climatic battle. I wanna take this moment to take another quote from the RP. Because I never noticed it and now that I do, I find it so hilarious

His friends like Ruby, Anathalia and Kate are in shock. What will they do without (Nemo)? They'll never know.

 Well, I can tell you one thing. Ruby would not miss someone who just happened to have Killed their friend in cold blood when there was never a sign of this possesion to begin with!

 So after an anticlimatic battle that could fit in the confines of a tweet, Nemo defeats the Demon and the day was saved. And he swept away all the problems by reviving my character and had all of my characters go “Oh, It wasn’t Nemo, it was a demon! He was the good guy all along.” And then there was a party.

 Aiden, Despite being revived by his “Saviour” has not forgotten his goal. So I told everyone to get ready for a big firework display. And everyone gave their stupid recommendations.

 At first the house had a minor explosion, before the memories of that shitty night were erased in a massive ball of fire. Bringing a huge smile on my face and an angry Nemo on my character’s face. He got into some whiny bullshit about how he would buy the land and rebuild it for the Vampire Clan or some Bullshit, and since the Vampire Clan was so Big and Important to the government, I took it a step further by lighting the flag on fire and telling him “I’ll call you for a war declaration later.” He repeats how I’m offending the vampire overlords but I told him I never gave a fuck. And he just flipped my character off.

 and that was the worst RP I have ever had with Nemo, and it sure as Shit would not be the last.

And now... A brief explanation on what in the actual fuck was the POINT of the Spooky RP:

 The idea for the Spooky RP was inspired by my experience playing KF2 on a free weekend on Steam while also learning about Spooky’s House Of Jumpscares. So I had a thought: Why not have an RP where there is a sort of Spooky Esque character trying to narrate your “demise” while also being chased by zeds. Although not mentioned in the RP, the origins of the Zeds come from the Mansions “Laboratory” level below the Basement, and when Aiden and Eddie first found it, they were stuck down the for a day until they shredded their way out. It was there where Aiden had the bright idea of creating the escape mansion to make a quick buck. But since they can’t just go and kill them, the characters decide that the best course of action is to lead the zeds out of the basement, trap it and try to declaw or detooth them, due to how dangerous those parts can be. As the mansion was built and the AI was already created, the AI went through an “Ultron Phase” as I like to call it, looking through video footage of the somehow working cameras of the mansion and seeing both Eddie and Aiden harming this creatures for entertainment purposes. So it plotted their demise and its plan to release the creatures out into the streets of Puerto Rico just for giggles. How the “Spooky AI” spoke was by replicating a lot of Kates Vocals and then mimicking it in a same pitch and everything. Yeah, it doesn’t make a lot of sense but I tried to atleast come up with a good idea before it got ruined horribly.

I should’ve quit after the SteamPunk disaster but I guess I’m responsible for my own demise when it comes to bad RPs. And like a masochist, I just kept coming for more.