#do you think these birds look down and think hmmmmm yeah that persons head looks like a nice landing pad?

[twasnotme]

*A dramatic re-enactment of a hellish encounter I had with one of these spawns of Satan*

Me: minding my own bloody business and looks up at the sky

Me: Oh look a bird

Bird: Swoops

Me: Oh shit! It's a magpie

Me: Runs for my life like the pussy I am

Me: falls on the ground and embarrasses myself in front of like 6 people

[miraculous-trinity-leo]

Whacky Gotham, Goofy New York, and Chaotic Paris

(Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3) (Part 4) (Part 5) (Part 6) (Part 7)

Chapter 3: Kindred Spirits Always Find A Way To Assemble

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Time: 5:30am

location: Louvre

Ladybug, Abeille, Bunnyx, Trickster, and Chat Noir are fighting an akuma, not anything major, just Mr. Pigeon and his pigeons trying to melt the Louvre with deadly acidic bird dropings, so yeah, nothing major. Just another early bird gets the akuma kinda day...

"Looks like the early bird is trying to melt the Louvre, what say you M'lady, shall we make this swift and- *Loud sneeze* Let me now *sneeze* when I'm *sneeze* needed" - Chat Noir

"For to long our kind has been oppressed, they feed us miserable seeds, when we beg for bread, we shall show them no mercy, as our justice shall be swift!" picks up two pigeons, holds them by their legs and aims the rear cannons "Surrender your Miraculous and your justice shall be swift and painless!!" with an evil villain laugh at the end bla bla bla.

" Anyone else getting Pigeon (French) Revolution vibes? No? just me? Cause I swear he said seeds instead of cake."

"Not the time Bunnyx." - Abeille

"Oh it so Is The Time." - Bunnyx

"Off with Mr. Pigeon Antoinette's Akumatized object!" - Chat Noir from a distance.

"Viva La Revolution!!!" - Trickster

"Dear Kwami, how did it come to a frickin Pigeon Revolution?!" - Ladybug

As the last line is said, Mr. Pigeon fires the -ehem- cannons at the heroes, only for them to be an illusion. In the confusion Bunnyx pops out of her burrow and wacks Mr. Pigeon on the head, effectively knocking him out.

"The Pigeon Revolution is over, we have taken back our home, and shall continue to defend it from the creepy Man of MOTH!!!!" - Bunnyx

and with that Bunnyx brakes the Akumatized object, and Ladybug purifies the akuma.

"Ok, I will admit that last speach was funny, now lets hurry back before hells bells go off." - Ladybug

•~—~—~—~—~—~—~•

" Bla bla bla, nothing important, bla bla bla bla, yada yada yada bla yada." - Mrs. Bustier

"'Viva La Revolution', that was perfect." - Whispering Alix

"It just came to me, but Chats 'Off with Mr. Pigeon Antoinette's Akumatized object' line and your 'Man of Moth' speech were really well timed !" -whispering Peter

"well of course, I'm always punctual with any time sensitive joke/pun." -whispering Alix

"Will you to zip it! we can't have these simpletons finding anything out!" -whispering Chloé

"Please, they all share a broken defective regect of a brain cell, I doubt they could ever put two and two together." -whispering Alix

"Hey, do you think we should start a protest in our classroom?" -whispering Peter

"... Viva.La.Revolution!" - whispering Chloé with a mischievous grin

"No." - Maria

•~—~—~—~ Later when Mrs. Bustier is out of class ~—~—~—~•

"I just don't know what to do." - Lie-la

" You think she finally realized how horrible that hair style is?" - Alix

"After visiting Gotham a few months ago I met Damian Wayne, you might've heard about him, he's just so amazing, kind-hearted, and brave. We had a wonderful time, but then he asked me out! And I don't want to hurt Parkers feelings, I care for both of them!" - Lie-la

"Man, she must be extremely full of it to keep pulling that sh-t out of her @ss every hour or so." - Alix

"Wow Peter, didn't know your cared for Ms. Rossi like that" - Chloé said in a sarcastic tone.

" I'd rather strap her to a supersonic rocket heading for a black hole, and I'm pretty sure this Damian Wayne would do the same... he probably has the money for it actually." - Peter

" Enough plotting, we still need to get enough money, if we want that summer trip, we've already crossed off: Baking sales, becoming a mime, jobs are out unless they're fine with you leaving right after joining, and we can't just ask for donations." - Maria

" I can use my MDC mon-" - Maria

"Oh hell no you won't! You worked your butt off to get that money, you said it yourself! That money is for when you apply to college! I refuse to let you waste your money on our ignoramus classmates!" - Chloé

Thankfully by now everyone was out of the classroom.

" Oh Kwami she's serious, she never uses her big words!" - Adrien

" Then what do you suggest Chloé?" - Maria

" I'll ask daddy to pay!" - Chloé

" I can also ask my father, he'll probably do it if Mr. Bourgeois puts in a donation." - Adrien

" But- " - Maria

" No! The decision is final all in agreement say aye!" - Chloé

"Aye!" - Everyone

"You've watched to many movies Chloé, fine, but please don't drastically overdo it." - Maria

" When have I ever drastically overdone something? Name one time." - Chloé

"Well, there was the time you over did it, by not sleeping for almost three weeks." - Maria

" and after that you got so fed up with one akuma that you kicked him with the force of a thousand suns down unda, you may have scared him for life after that honestly. " - Adrien

" Oh! or the time you went overboard with Peters B-day, and the cake landed on his face! - Alix

"Well in her defense, the cake was great, but it was kinda a mouthful." -Peter

"... I said name one time. (ー_ー)" - Chloé

•~—~—~—~—~—~—~•

Sooo, after all that happened Mr. Bourgeois, Fallowed by Gabriel Agreste, gave a very generous donation, so that solves that problem.And since I'm sure you don't want to see (More Lies) boring stuff, lets skip to two days before the trip begins.

〜(꒪꒳꒪)〜time skip " You're welcome, I'm here all eternity." - Bunnyx〜(꒪꒳꒪)〜

•—–· At Chloés Hotel ·–—•

"Ok are we sure we have everything?" - Maria

" Yes now can we please watch something already, we've triple, and even quadruple checked everything, we're good." - Alix

" I have to go out and inform Tempête and Vipère, before anything else, be back soon." - Maria then heads out calling upon the other heroes.

" So what do you need?" - Vipère

" Do you have a top secret mission for us?" - Tempête

" For the summer Abeille, Bunnyx, Trickster, and Chat Noir will be unavailable, unless they are truly needed, I however will be able to travel back and forth via portals for fights. Paris will be in your care while we aren't here." - Ladybug

"It is our honor, we shall defend Paris with our lives." - Tempête

" Agreed, enjoy your summer." - Vipère

"Thank you, stay safe."  and with that Maria headed back to the hotel prepared to watch movies, only to be bombarded with questions as soon as she got back.

" HOLD UP! You know MAGIC?!" - Alix

" When were you going to tell us?!" - Chloé

"So cool, how does it work?" - Peter

" Can you teach us?!" - Adrien

" Spots-Off, yes I know magic, I swear I've told you before. Do you want a demonstration?" - Maria

They all shook their heads excitedly.

" Ok well, I'm able to Heal myself if I get hurt, but I don't wish to hurt myself just for that, I can also increase my Luck with magic, as well as Communicate/ Manipulate plants, and see peoples Souls, thanks to Tikki. I learned Protection magic thanks to Wayzz, and Illusion magic thank  to Trixx. I'm also learning Teleportation from Kaalki, which I've almost completed, and Mutitude from Mullo, which still needs work." - Maria

" If you can really talk to plants, what did we do earlier while you where out, hmmmmm?" - Alix

Maria then walks over to the roses near the couch and whispers to them, after a moment she turns back to her friends, and calmly says "Traitors."

" What do you mean?" - Peter

" You continued watching Star Wars: Clone Wars Without me!" - Maria

" Ok we believe you, but does this mean we can also use magic?" - Adrien

"Hmmm, let me see" as she says this her eyes start to glow an almost ethereal icy blue.

" Why are you eyes glowing?" - Chloé

"Looking at you souls... ok" she then claps her hands and her eyes go back to normal "Adrien, you can use slight Destruction magic on objects, if you use it on a person it would just cause them extreme pain, you can also cast Bad Luck on someone, so I guess thats good, and you can also learn slight Jubilation magic. Peter you can learn Illusion, and Protection magic. Chloé you can Learn Subjection, and Multiplication magic. And Alix, you can learn Evolution, Intuition, and Teleportation magic." As Maria finished, she saw the star struck looks in their eyes at the thought of learning magic became obtainable for them.

"Teach us!" they all bowed only to get a laugh from Maria in response.

"You would have to ask the Kwamis that, I only know what I know thanks to them." - Maria

And for most of the night they all started practicing magic. And when they woke up, they continued to practice, they had fun and were really enjoying it.

Then came the day Maria and her friends were to head for Gotham, and it was hectic, but everyone made it in one piece after an 8 hour flight, which at this point Maria was glad she sent all of her important luggage ahead of time, because somehow her luggage with only her toiletries and pyjamas was stolen, so all she had now was her back pack on her and the Miracle box in a Pocket dimension (thanks to the training from Fluff and Kaalki)

Lila was annoyed, when Maria didn't even care that she lost her bag with all her stuff (jokes on you she sent that one to the hotel 2 days ago HA!) they ended up checking into the hotel, everyone was with someone, Peter was with Adrien, Chloé was with Alix, and Maria... just had the Kwamis, yup that's right, apparently Lila has a condition that prevents her from being in any room below a quality vip room, so now she was upgrade and without a roommate, good for Lila, and Lucky for Maira, because now she doesn't have to worry about someone noticing her climbing out the window to go free-running across rooftops as Multimouce.

Around 7:30 pm. everyone heads out for lunch... and they leave Maria behind.

"Of course this happens." and with that she asked the receptionist for the directions to where her class went, afterwards she went out and proceeded to get lost, after trying to retrace her steps, she just got lost quicker, and her phone was at 20% what luck.

After walking for a little bit, she had decided to take a break, and as she leaned up against a wall, she closed her eyes.

'Maybe if I search for the receptionists Soul I can find my way back.' as she was doing this, she saw souls of all colors walking by, she even noticed a dark emerald green soul, and a dark blue soul across the street on a rooftop... and then she felt her hair stand on end, a few feet to her right was a bloody rust looking soul, she could tell it was a male, late 20s, average build, and 5'11, he was targeting her. As she opened her eyes  she did a quick scan of her seroundings, noticing an alley, she started to walk again. Sensing the slight increase in speed from the man now behind her, as he got closer, she made a sharp left into the alley, she made it a few feet in before the man started laughing and walking closer, she saw the disgusting look in his eyes, and the outline of a gun in his front left pocket.

"Come on now girlie,  I just wanna talk."

" I am good thankz." she made sure to add an accent to make him feel like he had an upper hand, which seemed to work, if his sickening smile was anything to go off of.

He stepped closer and Maria (the little genius she was) decided to act nervous, which only lowered the guys gaurd even more, once he reached to grab her in a quick motion she proceeded to do this.

She held the guy in a lock until he fell unconscious. As she stood up, she noticed a hand reaching for her, she then grabbed the hand and flipped the figure over her shoulder hard, hearing a yelp from the man as she did so.

When she realized who she had flipped over, her face turned bright red

"Mon dieu, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you are you ok Monsieur Nightwing?!"

"Yeah I'm fine and don't apologize, reflexes like that are key to survival here in Gotham, isn't that right Robin.... Robin?"

When Nightwing didn't get any sound from Robin he looked over to see the boy a blushing mess, then Robin snaped out of it, cuffing the mugger, and turning his attention to the girl.

" Ehem. Mam it's dangerous to be out here at this time alone, please allow us to take you wherever you need to go." - Robin

"Oh thank you um, do you know where Wayne Hotel is? I was supposed to go with my class to dinner, but they... “forgot” me, I decided to try and meet up with them, but I failed horribly." - Maria

"Wait they just left you? and in Gothan of all cities?! What kind of teacher does that?!" - Nightwing

" An instegator." - Maria said under her breath in French, she didn't notice the slight shock on both their faces from what she said.

"Anyway lets get you to your hotel before it gets any later." - Nightwing

"Thank you again." - Maria

She arrived safely, thanks to Nightwing and Robin, she thanked them one more time and went inside, when she got to her room she found her friends pacing back and forth in the room, Chloé and Peter looking like they would soon become two people on a mission to find her, but thankfully she was back, she of course had to answer alot of questions, but that was no big deal. After answering all their questions, everyone went to their rooms, and fell asleep, they had a big day tomorrow afterall... ... and then Marias' Akuma alert went off, ok so it took about thirty minutes to defeated the akuma 2 more before she could cure anything and another 5 minutes before she could head back to her room, and it was now 2am, but she could still wake up early right? hehe (・–・;) right?

No, the answer was no she couldn't, well technically she was up on time for when the bus "should" have started getting ready to leave, BUT turns out Lila SOMEHOW, managed to get everyone on board without even thinking of her an hour early! Maria asked for directions once again, and the receptionist had a worried and apologetic look on her face, Maria thanked her again, and headed out, this time however, she made it without getting lost and without getting mugged, Yay! She even had enough time to get a coffe (Tim special was a wierd name but oh well it did the job pretty well) from a shop near by (double yay!) before entering the WE building.

" You have to start the tour! we've been here for an hour and thirty minutes already!" - Ms. Bustier

"Like I said before, I will not start the tour until your student gets back, and if they don't get back, then we better hope nothing happened to them, or else it's your fault for your negligence." - Tour guide

"Sorry I'm late, the bus left earlier than what we scheduled, why didn't you inform me about the change?" - Maira

"Lila said you were the one who made the changes and that you were just trying to get attention, I am VERY disappointed in you Maria, now apologize to your class for delaying the tour!" - Ms Bustier

"I think you mean “I'm sorry we left you behind in a city where murder happens to young kids on a daily basis” now you apologize to Your student that is Your responsibility." - Tour Guide with a glare that could kill a thousand armys

Ms. Bustier proceeded to apologise to half the class's disbelief.

"Alright then, now that thats all taken care of, Hello and welcome to Wayne Enterprise, where we focus on making Gotham and the world a better place. I'm Dick Grayson, and I'll be you tour guide for today."

As the tour went on Maria stood at the front with her friends, she took notes of everything that was said, and she ignored whatever nonsense Lila was spouting, somthing about saving or dating Damian Wayne, she didn't really care.

When the lunch break came, she sat with her friends until she needed a long overdo refill on her coffee, she walked over to the coffee machine and started figuring what combination will keep her brain working for the rest of the day.

"Press button 3 followed by 5, 6, 8, 1, 2, 4, 9, and 7, that is the ultimate coffee mixture, if your mortal self is up for the challenge." - Sleep deprived guy

"I accepte." she presses the buttons in the exact order and then " Wait none of the cups are big enough."

"Here, secrect cup, from beyond the mortal realm." - Sleep deprived guy

" Thanks" she grapped the very large cup, and filled it with coffee till it was almost to the rim, she put the lid on and instantly took a big sip from the scolding hot coffee (she can heal, her tongue's fiiiiiiine)

"... Not bad, taste similar to the Tim Special I had earlier, but maybe a bit stronger." - Maria

" Kindred Spirit, let us be friends, you have drank the sacred coffee and are now immortal, congrats." - Sleep deprived guy

"It was not easy, but I have come this far, and I shall go the distance with nothing but coffee in my veins." Maria said in a serious tone as they shook hands "I am Maria, keeper of all nighters, and who might you be, my kindred spirit."

"I am Tim, the keeper of sacred coffee and all that is unholy."

"It was an honor to meet you Sacred Tim, may the coffee gods guide you in your journey, sadly we must part ways, for the lunch break is over, farewell..." and with that Maria left to rejoin the group.

"Dear god where the hell did you get that much coffee?!" - Chloé

"Kindred Spirits always find a way to assemble." - Maria

"Huh, so there is someone out there who is also a sleep deprived child." - Alix

The tour continued, and Maria noticed their tour guide kept looking at her with growing concern as she slowly made her way through the lovely coffee, she finished the cup within 1 hour and 30 minutes, and most of the staff kept looking at her as she now held the empty unholy cup, that was said to put people (that weren't chosen by the coffee gods) into caffeine induced commas, but she was fine, if anything she was more awake than yesterday and today combined. So yeah Today had a rocky start, but I'd say things are only just beginning.

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〜(꒪꒳꒪)〜 Bonus Art 〜(꒪꒳꒪)〜

This is what it looks like from Marias' normal vision, to her Soul Vision (~‾▿‾)~

Chapter 3 completed, hope you're all having a wonderful day, and staying positive BUG-OUT 🐞💮🐞

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[ladypurplejanewrynn]

The Wild Side Of Me Chapter 1

Is been already a year since Tolys and Alfred start it dating each other. They’ve been happy together. They got to know each other thanks to Alice and Feliks, with whom both of them are friends with. At the beginning, it was only just the four of them hanging out together. But later, more people joined their group. Alfred’s siblings, Matthew and Rose along with her boyfriend Vash, Audrey and Roderich who were close friends to Alice and Feliks, and Gilbert, Tolys’s close friend. Some months later, Tolys and Alfred start it dating each other, and honestly they were an amazing couple, always having each other’s back and being really supportive of themselves. It was one of those sunny days, they went to a park together, along with Feliks and Alice. They were walking around, chatting with each other and listening to the birds singing, until Alfred proposed his lover a race. "I don’t know, sweetheart. Are sure you really want to?" asked the Lithuanian man. "Oh, come on Tolys. It will be fun." said the American. Tolys looked at Alice and Feliks. "Come on bro. There’s nothing wrong about a friendly rivalry between lovers." said Alice. "True, me and Alice like totally also happens to have friendly rivalry with each other from time to time as well." said Feliks. Tolys smiled and noded. The lovers got into positions. Alice gave them the count down from 3. After they heared her shouting:"go!", they start it running. At the beginning, Alfred had the upper hand, but a few seconds later Tolys caught up to him. "On your left." said the Lithuanian and passed his lover. The race end it and Tolys was the winner. "Damn, honey. You’re pretty fast. Congratulations. Also, was that a Marvel reference?"asked Alfred with a big grin on his face. "Not my fault. You’re the one who got me addicted to those movies." joked the Lithuanian. "And I don’t regret it, doing so."said Alfred and pulled Tolys into a kiss on the lips. "Ummmm, guys. We are also here, you know." said Feliks, sarcastically. They broke their kiss. "Sorry guys. Anyway, how about we get some ice cream?"asked Tolys.

"Actually, that’s a pretty good idea. Especially that today is pretty hot." answered Alice. And the group went to the closest ice cream track. Alice took mint ice cream with chocolate chips, Feliks vanilla flavor, Alfred bubble gum flavor and Tolys strawberry flavor. After getting their ice creams, they went to sit next to a lake and start it playing a game of guess, while eating. "Alright. I’m big, my skin is green, I’m really strong and I like to smash." said Alice. "Oh, I know. You’re Hulk." said Alfred. "I was about to say that." said Tolys. Alfred smiled:"You may be faster than me at running. But I’m faster than you at giving an answer." The Lithuanian stuck out his tongue at his lover playfully. "My turn now. I have white hair that used to be blond, I used to be a prince but became a king, I wield a sword called "Frostmourne" and I wear the Crown of Domination." said Alfred. "Is easy, you’re Arthas Menethil, also known as the Lich King from World of Warcraft."said Tolys. "Good job honey. Your turn now." answered the American. Tolys though for a moment:"Okay, so. I’m big, I have sharp teeth, I have a tail and a lot of fur." "Hmmmmm, is that a werewolf, you’re talking about?" asked Feliks. "Yeah…" answered Tolys. "You know, I don’t wanna be rude but you could choose something better. Not that I don’t find werewolves cool or anything, but I think there are far more interesting characters." said Feliks. A hurt expression appeared of Tolys’s face. "Don’t worry sweetheart. Everyone has their own opinions. I personally think werewolves are awesome though." said Alfred, cheering up his lover. "Thanks Alfred." said Tolys and they continued their game. "Okay, so. My whole body is pink, along with my hair, I have horns on my head, I’m a student who goes to a hero school and my power is acid." said Feliks. "I know who it is. Is Mina Ashido from My Hero Academia."said Alice. "You’re totally correct, my love." answered the Polish man.

They finished their ice creams, but decided to continue the game as they had a lot of fun with it. Before they knew it, it was already sunset. They said goodbye to each other and went back to their houses. The next day, Tolys got a call from his boyfriend while getting ready for work. "Hey sweetheart, how are you doing today? Why are you calling me this early?" asked the Lithuanian. "What do you mean? I can’t call my boyfriend at 6:30 in the morning?"asked Alfred. "Well, you never called me this early before. I know that you prefer to sleep a bit longer." said Tolys. A laugh escaped Alfred’s mouth:"Heh, you got me there. Anyway, I wanted to ask you, would like to go on a date with me on Friday night, please?" "Well, I don’t have to work on that day, so sure. Why not." agreed the Lithuanian. "That’s cool. I promise it will be amazing." said Alfred all excited. "I don’t doubt that honey." answered Tolys. They chatted for a bit and hang up, since Tolys had to go to work. The Friday arrived fast. Alfred was getting ready. "Big brother, why do you need the tent if I may ask?" asked Rose. "Oh. I’m taking Tolys camping in the forest. But he doesn’t know it yet. Is supposed to be a surprise." "I see. So, does that mean me and Vash can have the whole house for each other for a few days?" asked the girl. Alfred looked at her with a smile:"Of course. But please don’t throw a party without my knowledge. Okay?" "Don’t worry. We won’t. Beside, Vash isn’t much of a party person, so." explained Rose. After everything was ready, Alfred waited for his boyfriend in front of the house. When he arrived, Alfred tied a blindfold around his eyes and told him to get in the car. "Alfred, were are we going?" asked Tolys with curiosity. "You’ll see. Is a surprise." said Alfred and kept on driving. After they arrived, he got the blindfold off from his lover’s eyes. "A forest?" asked Tolys. "Yup, we’re gonna camping. So, are you in?" asked the American. "With you, always." answered the Lithuanian.

They put the tent on, put the sleeping bags inside of it and start it a campfire. After everything was ready they layed down on the grass and admired the stars:"The sky is beautiful today, isn’t it?" asked Tolys. "True. And the stars are shinning so bright. But not as bright as your beautiful smile." said Alfred, making his lover blush. They hugged each other and start it kissing. After the kiss, they looked at the stars again in silence. A moment later, Alfred decided to break that silence:"And you know what’s even better? We’ll even get to admire the full moon tonight." Suddently a scared look appeared on Tolys’s face:"Did you say, full moon?" "Yes, that’s what I said. Why?"asked Alfred. "Oh God, I totally forgot about it."thought the Lithuanian and got up. "Alfred, I reminded myself of something and I really have to go." said Tolys and start it quickly walking away, but got grabbed by the hand by his lover:"Please don’t go honey. I really wanted to spend that time with you alone." "I’m sorry Alfred. But I can’t." said Tolys trying to get away from his lover’s grip. "Tolys please don’t leave." begged Alfred. Tolys finally freed his hand. He looked at Alfred. He felt bad about leaving his boyfriend, but he didn’t have a choice. He start it running away but then tripped and fell. "Tolys!" shouted Alfred. The full moon got revealed. Suddently something start it happening to Tolys. His pupils start it to change and his teeth have gotten sharp. "Tolys, are you alright?" asked the American worried for his boyfriend. Suddenly, a smoke appeared around Tolys. After it disappeared, it revealed a werewolf in the place where Tolys was. Alfred was shocked. The beast start it howling to the moon. After he stopped, he turned his head around to look at Alfred, with sadness in his eyes. Alfred recognized that look. It was still Tolys, his boyfriend. But he was, a werewolf?

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[retrauxpunk]

Rain, I ask you: ALL the quarantine asks!

Animated character that was your gay awakening? not really an ‘awakening’ so much as a ‘hint’, but Azula from Avatar: the Last Airbender ... yep

Grilled cheese or PB&J? GRILLED CHEESE

What show/YouTube video(s) do you put on in the background when you when you don’t have anything to watch but you want something on? I don’t really experience this mood, but my go-to watch is the vlogbrothers YouTube channel

Your go-to bar order, if you drink? if it’s a low-key/work outing, lager or cider (esp the ones with non-apple fruits too); if it’s getting more serious (lol) or with closer friends or a more celebratory mood: vodka with sparkling apple juice

What’s your favorite pair of shoes that you own? these Doc Martens that are white with red hearts got ’em with my first ever full time design job paycheck. i did not take care of them well so they’re super scuffed/beat-up and very much not Perfectly White ... but they’re still comfy as heck, i still love the design, and they’ve lasted 3 years so far, let’s see how much longer we can make it ... also i think they’re a limited edition so i likely won’t get my hands on any replacements...

Top three cuisines? my cheap-ass answer would be, like: East Asian, South-East Asian, Western European ... but my non-shit answer is... Japanese, Chinese, Italian (ftr i’m not a seafood fan ... i just love the ramen and non-seafood stuff that japan makes hehe)

What was your first word as a child (that wasn’t a variation of “Mom” or “Dad”)? i have no clue

What’s a job that you’ve had that people might be surprised to find out you’ve had? cold-calling strangers to ask them to do market research phone surveys (y)

Look up. What’s directly across from you? the kitchen

Do you own any signed books/memorabilia in general? i have a messenger bag that i got signed by Jeph Jacques of the Questionable Content webcomic that i once adored ... and I think my boyfriend has gifted me a signed Matthew Reilly hardcover.

Preferred way to spend a rainy day? curled up indoors wearing something cosy, reading and eating something delicious. playing animal crossing lol. aaaaand listening to music, a good podcast, watching stand-up comedy, drawing, getting intoxicated...

What do you get on your bagels? What WOULD you get if you had access to anything you wanted? occasionally the standard smoked salmon and cream cheese, but i slightly prefer the meat to be, like, prosciutto

Brunch or midnight snacks? ehh fuck it, both???? both!!

Favorite mug you own easter limited edition waitrose mug, squat and round and yellow, painted/shaped like a very round chick. a Borb,,,,

What coffee drink would you describe yourself as? i actually thought about this and, uh, peppermint mocha. not for everyone, slightly weird, never fitting in with the regulars/being a default, but???? obviously awesome?? also: about 65% on the mainstream/hipster scale

Pick a song lyric to describe your current mood (and drop the name and artist!) The Wombats is the artist. lyrics are either “Let's dance to Joy Division / and celebrate the irony / Everything is going wrong, / but we're so happy” from Let’s Dance to Joy Division or “the edge of nowhere’s such a beautiful place” from Emoticons

Fruity or herbal teas? herbal but i agree with @queenofslime, black tea is the best

What’s that one TV show that you’re a little bit embarrassed to watch but you still like nonetheless? ...do i experience embarrassment about what i like to watch on TV? i don’t know if i do, because i watch relatively few shows ... and have relatively little shame? maybe???

That book you were forced to read for class but actually ended up enjoying? ftr i wasn’t bitter about this before reading, i had no preconceived biases against, and i was pretty open to liking it -- The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

Do you match your socks? if they’re of a really nice design then yes always, if they’re of a more standard/generic design then ... not necessarily

Have you ever been horseback riding? yes a few times ... on the last time which was like five years ago ... the lady said i was a natural and asked if i’d ridden much before, which was. flattering. and yes this is a Brag.

What was your “phase” when you were younger? (i.e., Mythology Nerd, Horse Girl, Space Geek, etc) didn’t have much of a hardcore phase but i was pretty much always into fantasy ... oh wait yeah i did! i had a spy phase :)

Have you ever been to jail? to closed-down ones, yep

What’s your opinion on Lazy Susan’s (the spinning tray in the middle of tables)? pretty great idea unequivocably, right?

Puzzles? i tend to enjoy riddles/lateral thinking puzzles, i am impartial about jigsaw puzzles. i enjoy escape rooms.

You can only have one juice for the rest of your life, what is it? apple ... but elderflower if i’m feeling reckless (y)

What section do you immediately head for when you walk into a bookstore? young adult ... or stationery

What’s one thing you’re trying to learn/relearn in your downtime right now? Russian language :( it’s going не так хорошо

Who’s your go-to musical artist when you’re feeling upbeat? not sure if i have a go-to artist so much as go-to playlists i’ve made but some good ones are The Wombats and Bastille 

Where could someone find you in a museum? mammals/birds in natural history

What’s that one outfit in your closet you never get the chance to wear but want to? i swear i was talking about this recently but i clean the fuck forgot what it was ... oh yeah, i have this short-sleeved black minidress festooned with silver buckles/buttons and also featuring decorative suspenders ... which, yes, does make me look like a sexy military officer,,, anyway it’s pretty badass and somehow it hasn’t occurred to me till now that i can just wear that every day now if i want? ftw i do get the chance to wear it, it’s just a little bit Extra so i get self-conscious. i’ve worn it a few times though. including to work. because fuck it, right? i didn’t become a graphic designer to be shy about sometimes looking like a prototypical emo/scene kid-turned-adult??? (ftr i was never an actual emo/scene kid. i lacked the requisite guts, commitment of feeling, and permissive parents.)

Rainbows, stars, or sunset colored clouds? sunset-coloured clouds :)

If you could own any non-traditional pet (dogs, cats, fish, rodents, etc), what would it be? how about a shapeshifting feathered dragon that could range from, like, two thirds of a foot long (20cm) to sit on your shoulder, to ... the size of a massive draft horse? (but longer and thinner)

Do you have more art on your walls or more photographs? photos, though if i didn’t live with a partner, it might be art

You have to get one meme tattooed on your body, what meme is it and where does it go? i’ve already got a meme tattooed on my body ... a private meme i have with my boyfriend, one on each leg (left: outer side, just above knee; right: outside, a few inches above the ankle)

Pick a superhero sidekick to hang out with ?????? is this a sidekick to a known superhero, or a superhero to act as your sidekick? also i don’t know? who are the standard heroes? i’m not up to date on this.

Lakes, rivers, or oceans? rivers or oceans

Favorite mid-2000s song i can’t decide a favourite, it’s too stressful, but one that i like is Rob Thomas’s Little Wonders

How do you dress when you’re home alone? either a t-shirt and PJ pants, or a dress (usually short-sleeved/sleeveless minidress)

Where do you sit in the living room (we all have a preferred spot, and you know it)? on either side of the couch haha

Knives or swords? BOTH but ok swords.

A song you didn’t think you’d enjoy but ended up loving hmmmmm like all of Linkin Park’s first three albums with some exceptions? hahahah

Pick an old-school Disney Channel Original Movie i don’t think i.....know any????

Are you a “Quote that relates to the photos” caption-er, an “explanation of where I took the photos” caption-er, or a no caption kinda person when you post pictures online? explanation, though on instagram quite often the photo and caption are unrelated

Name a classic Vine there’s only one thing worse than a rapist...

What’s the freezer food that you stock up on when you go to the grocery store? dumplings! as in the gyoza type.

How do you top your ice cream? that ‘magic’ chocolate sauce that hardens into chocolate. that stuff. i watched those ads all childhood long but my parents were immigrants and therefore very thrifty so we NEVER bought it iirc and then in my adulthood i got it a bunch of times. but now i live in the uk and can’t find it. and forgot it existed. and have never seen it anywhere.

Do you like Jello? the kind that’s served on a plate as a dessert? meh. the kind that are found in asian grocery stores as individual fruit-flavoured serves in little plastic cups? YES 

What’s something that you don’t have a picture of that you wish you did? future stock prices? LOL ... or i’m gonna go with @queenofslime‘s answer again -- how others see me. it’s a great answer.

How are you at climbing trees? not............ good. i mean, i like climbing, but i have absolutely terrible upper body strength. i did bouldering for a couple months but only stuck to the first like... three out of nine difficulty levels.

[taptroupe]

chapter 10 of the evergrace novel the one where darius wakes up on a nice bed for once and then everything goes TO THE SHITS!!!!!!

so after all that wild stuff from last chapter... the fucked up shadow tower hell, the sharline who wanted to kill darius, and then the moonlight greatsword...................

he sees a white ceiling at first. 

darius wakes up to the sounds of birds chirping. he’s in a large bed with white sheets, feeling quite light and comfortable. a light breeze and light touches his face. it comes from the small window fluttering with beige curtains. there’s even a fancy (fit for an aristocrat) yellow chair, embroidered and made for one person to sit on. a polished mirror and lamp completes the room, painted with a thin red colour. 

how cozy! even the grave injuries of the last chapter and before then (you know the huge axe that sunk into his side) seem to have all healed. that’s great. a faint medicinal smell hits his nose. this bed and pillow is stuff with wool. damn.... bro.... it’s so cozy. “the fluffiness seemed to swallow darius up” or something like that. but he has to get out regardless.

“Where... am I?”

darius looks out the window. there’s bluish rocky mountains and a cape overseeing a truly blue ocean. a blurry wall (hmm *is thinking*) seems to be at the horizon, and then a green sky above. he scans the rocky mountains a bit, and notices the royal shrine. enduring a bit of pain, he looked up to the sky - a tower seeming to reach the beyond the clouds and green skies, and into the heavens

no doubt about it

It’s THE TOWER BABEY!!!!

(shameless self plug. piercing the heavens my favourite song :) i uploaded it on youtube because the other video with the song has a audio hiccup. also check it out i made a better analysis of kota hoshino’s indigenous inspirations of the OST as a whole)

“ah you’ve woken up? how’s your injuries?”

hey oldbshdhsbb! he’s alive and just opened the door a bit for darius. he motions him to come out of the room and into... another nice room! embroidery and desks and chairs and all that. even a window where a birdcage sits! yeah! there’s a bird and cats here. how nice.

everyone’s armor is laid out cleanly on a table.

“the master of this house mended it for you.” oldbdjdhdbbd mentions as he plays with a cat. he gives a light knock on the nearby door.

“medina, he’s up. what should we do?”

here’s a good place to put a read more just because i don’t wanna bother the dashboard TOO MUCH LOL. enjoy the rest of it, this bit goes up until medina finishes her conversation with darius and they figure out what 2 do next.

Now we introduce... Medina!!!! Compared to the game she’s a lot more talkative and has a great helpful role. legit super power up here and i’m happy she got a big role in the novel. also i just drank a radler anyways here wawe go

so they go into the room and it’s pretty colourful. medina is there. she wears a brown dress and has blonde hair. i’ll paste an image of her from the twikia

we love you WAIT THAT’S GREY!? anywaywws

“this woman saved us. so don’t be rude zo” orlfkjdsl tells darius who  is right behind him. medina gives an easygoing smile :)

“sorry about the mess. i have something to tell you all, but i know you’re short on time so i’ll get it all out quickly”

“you saved us?” Darius asks.

“Mhm. Oh, so you’re Darius... You’re the boy that Sharline talked about...”

“You know Sharline? Who are you?”

“I’m Medina... Morpheus’ grandaughter.” “WHAT”

“I’m... I have to give you an apology. To stop any more suffering of innocent lives at the hands of my grandfather (she uses ojiisama btw), I told Sharline how to reach his secret laboratory.” medina’s eyes look down

“Sharline said that she had to save the woman named Sienna no matter what. Along with her, she also had a desire to save Trandin.”

“What did Morpheus want to do with the Crest?”

“...My grandfather, he did such horrible things.... Because of my sake.” 

Medina rolled up the sleeves of her dress. iiiii think there’s an alcrest symbol on both of her arms bascailly.

“The reason I am alive before you two is because of the Alcrest. Without it, my body would quickly grow weak and die.

My grandfather sought out the Billiana trees for their power to make its surroundings flourish or suffer. That ‘Power to manipulate life’ must’ve been connected to that. Taking the sap of the tree to make Palmira to study, then seeing how the Crest manipulated Palmira, then from there...The Alcrest was born. With that Alcrest, it was like my body was reborn again.”

Medina took a small breath, and continued.

“...How happy it would be if that was the end of the story. But, because of this Alcrest, Trandin and his mother, Sienna, had to suffer so deeply...”

“Ahh, because Trandin has the Crest, that’s why he...”

“Ah, no. He doesn’t have a Crest...” (this is untrue btw but no one knows right now lol) “For a while, he lived here with me. He was just... A perfectly normal and good child. He was so cheerful, he often chased my cats around, getting scratched in the process.”

okay i stop here for a moment because this is so cute. imagining medina owning these cute cats and then trandin playing with them, is very sweet. you don’t see this in the game because of a typo, but she treats him like a little brother. here’s her proper bio from the prima guide kindly shared to me by my friend:

“Medina is like an older sister to Trandin. She takes care of him when Morpheus isn’t around, but currently she and Trandin are kept separate. She doesn’t like the fact that Morpheus treats Trandin as a mere laboratory rat. She desperately wants to help free Trandin and stop Morpheus’ experiments, which bring great sorrow to others.”

they’re bros basically <:’) cute cute, must draw art of that one day. trandin being fussed over by his mom and sister (s?) anyways i’ve sobered up now:

Medina’s faced brightened up for a moment, but that smile quickly disappeared.

“But, in less than a month, my grandfather took him away. He said that “it was necessary, in order to bring out the Crest-branded Parent Bird...”“

Hmm..... what a weird phrase. the crest-branded parent bird..... hmmmmm *is thinking*

“So you couldn’t stop him?” darius asks kinda meanly. of course not bro. great. Medina’s body seems to shrink as she puts her face in her hands. 

“I couldn’t do anything against my grandfather. If this Alcrest ceased to function, I would die just like that.

My grandfather, back then, he wouldn’t have done these things, and I would’ve trusted in him, you know? But now, he’s... with a snap of his fingers, I could be gone, just like that. It frightens me...”

“So that’s why you sent Sharline up there.”

“Yes. At first, I tried to stop her. It would be ridiculous for someone to scale the tower alone. But, she told me how she felt - how in her own village, there was a child with the Crest on his right hand. How because of that Crest, he had suffered things that he didn’t deserve, and she was powerless to protect him.

She told me how upon seeing Trandin and the Alcrest on his right hand... Those painful thoughts of not being able to protect Darius rose up again. She had to save Sienna and Trandin, that was her one desire.”

“I couldn’t stop her. As the days pass with no change, my mind can’t help but think that I led her to her death... Maybe if I’d tried harder, I could have stopped her... I regret it so much now...”

...

“You don’t have to regret it.”

“No matter how many times you tried to stop her, Sharline would have gone ahead anyways.”

Medina raised her head, jolted back to reality with Darius’ words. The silver-haired youth looked at her with a gentle gaze.

“That’s just the kind of person she is.”

“...Thank you.” Medina’s face softened ever so slightly.

OH MY GOD THIS IS ALREADY A LOT?!? OKAY TO BE CONTINUED, IN THE NEXT POST........

DARIUS ORLDFJDLFJI AND MEDINA FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO NEXT

[thedancingwalrus-blog]

I am attempting this meme thing. I hope I’ve got it right.

Rules are:

·         Post the rules

·         Answer the questions given to you by the tagger

·         Write 11 questions of your own

·         And tag 11 people

 1. if you were Not A Mammal, what (other) animal would you be?

Could I be the kea-bird? I very much like the kea bird. You see I have a lot of admiration for any animal that has figured out a way to snowboard, have snow ball fights and also kill things several dozen times its size so it can eat their kidneys. :)

New Zealand is insane and I love it.

2. what AU would you kill to see someone write about your OTP?

Hmmmmm well first I need to decide what my OTP is.

I write a lot of different ships. Like I checked my AO3 tags just now and the biggest number I have for one ship is 3 fics. The vast majority of those fics are AUs so there’s a certain amount that if I want a pairing and AU I write it myself because I don’t expect other people to be interested in what I am.

I’m honestly struggling to think of one pairing to put down let alone an AU for them.

I would be like Golem and want them ALL. MINE! MY PRECIOUS!

*ahem*

I love Lena Luthor/Supergirl to a ridiculous degree but don’t have any particular AU urges with them.

I think I’d really love to see an AU where Alex Danvers and M’gann Morzz were a couple, a long, emotionally intense slow burn, dealing with M’gann’s PTSD and Alex’s desire for a family and everything happening on Mars.

Having just watched the latest Star Wars and the Doctor Who Christmas Special I’d also really love to see the AU where the Doctor and Bill show up right at the end of The Last Jedi and Bill’s incredible whirlwind romance with Rose.  

3. do you like crossover fics/stories? (e.g., blending marvel and dc?) why or why not?

Considering how many of them I write I don’t actually read a lot of them.

I like writing them because doing them well requires that extra level of thought: how do the worlds overlap? How do the characters interact? Is there anything from either world that doesn’t fit and can it be reconciled?

As much as it’s slow going I’m loving writing the Batman/Iron man crossover with my partner. For me fiction should be talking about something, no matter how light the story and no matter whether it’s publishable or not. I really like the way we’ve used Bruce and Tony to talk about different approaches to social problems, a sort of ground-up personal approach versus a top-down at a remove approach. I don’t think we could have done so well outside of a crossover.

But that extra complexity is probably why I don’t read a lot of them. With my health problems over the past year-and-change I’ve found it difficult to dedicate time and focus to reading other people’s fiction. And given the choice between reading and writing I’ll always go for writing.

4. what’s the last piece of fiction you read that you would recommend?

Heh, yeah I’m not sure what the last book I finished and enjoyed was. My difficulty focusing over the year has meant a lot of books were started and put down again, no matter how good they were.

I also read a lot of non-fiction rather than fiction.

Generally though here are some I managed through mental health problems and probably give an idea of how eclectic my reading is-

The Lord Peter Wimsey Series by Dorothy L Sayers.

·         These were written in the 1920s and there are some issues with racist language as a result. But by Gods they’re brilliant. Startlingly original mysteries that don’t always turn out to be murders, excellent, varied female characters, a mentally ill protagonist, a wealth of disabled characters, memorable descriptions. They’re worth a read.

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

·         Best sci fi book I’ve read in a very very long time. Excellent plot. Wonderful lightness of touch when it comes to world building. And an intensely personal, emotional focus. It’s essentially the story of a loyal soldier plotting to kill the head of their nation, not out of any moral compulsion or difference of opinion but because she killed someone the soldier loved. Powerful stuff.

5. your thoughts about poetry? Do you write it?

Poetry is excellent but I never write it myself.

I find it’s a wonderful way to summarise intense emotion. I memorise a lot of it (for which we broadly blame Saudi) and quote it fairly often. My favourites are Sassoon, Sappho and Rumi. I dip into Byron occasionally and I have a compass engraved with The Road Less Travelled By.

I’m also a big fan of the Sagas but obviously they lose a lot of the meter in translation. I’m thinking of trying to learn Lokasenna in the original because I think it would be satisfying to growl at people. I’ve got a copy of Beowulf in Old English that I go back to every so often to look at the language. One day I shall have the courage to read it aloud as it was supposed to be.

6. what’s one period of history (from any place) you find interesting and want to either learn more about or teach others about?

I have to choose ONE?!

I mean it’s sort of obvious but also I think the only reason this is counted as ‘one’ thing by a lot of people is bloody Western bias not taking the entire African continent seriously.

West African pre-colonial history.

For godssakes if you’re making the slightest pretence at understanding the New World you should know the basics. It feeds into so much Caribbean, Brazilian and US history. It shaped wars in Brazil and Cuba and Haiti.

It's also a wonderful contrast to Western philosophical schools. There are completely different concepts about deities, kingship, gender and souls.

And honestly? I just think it's really interesting and really under appreciated. I really love learning more about it and I wish more people learnt about it.

 7. salty or sweet?

Sweet. No sweeter. Sweeter than that. Look just pass me the fucking sugar already I’ll handle this.

Wait- This is about food right? This isn’t that weird American thing of assigning flavours to emotions and behaviours?

Are you trying to confuse me so you can take the coffee? I see through your cunning ruse and the caffeine is mine. Yes.

8. feelings about gift-giving? Enjoy it? Find it burdensome? Think it’s too commercial? Ritualized? Etc?

Well…of course it’s ritualised but that doesn’t make it wrong. Rituals are a large part of what holds us together.

I like gift giving. It appeals to the old fashioned part of me and I think it’s a good way of reinforcing social ties and showing appreciate of others. Sure it can be difficult, but I enjoy the exchange.

At least when it is actually focused on the person getting the gift rather than just some generic expensive thing for the sake of it.

9. vampires: yay or nay?

-the Queen of air and darkness

begins to shrill and cry,

Oh young man oh my slayer,

Tomorrow you shall die.

Oh Queen of air and darkness

I think it’s true you say,

And I shall die tomorrow

But you will die today.

10. what’s one trope you love and can’t get enough of, no matter the medium in which it arises (tv, film, fic, etc)?

Hmmm difficult.

I really like seeing characters who are genuinely very different, with different backgrounds and beliefs coming together to do the right thing. That's part of why I liked the Justice League, seeing very different people working together and becoming friends.

I also like complex villains. I have a serious weak spot for them. My favourite characters are often villains, Lex Luthor, the Joker, Catwoman- But I sort of have mixed emotions about that. Because it comes from....poorly written heroes essentially. I often focus on complex villains when the heroes are bland and uninteresting. I think a lot of the time that comes from people assuming that the audience will empathise with the hero and that they need to take more effort over the villain.

So when I write I try to make a concerted effort to make the heroes interesting and flawed and complex. Because otherwise why aren't we reading a story about the villain?

 11. are you a morning shower person or a night shower person? or the elusive bubble baths person?

I am an ‘ARGH NO WATER!!!! WHY IS IT SO COLD?! WHY IS IT FALLING FROM THE CELING?! THIS IS UNNATURAL AND WRONG!!! THE PAIN!!! THE INDIGINITY!!!!!’ person.

 1) John Boyega or Idris Elba?

2) Murder Mysteries, good family fun, awful and disturbing, dull- Thoughts?

3) Favourite mythology and why?

4) Is there a type of story you wish you could write but don’t want to attempt?

5) Never-fail feel good book?

6) Last film that made you cry?

7) Do you get carsick?

8) What’s the best plant in the world? Have you grown one?

9) Dosas. Breakfast food or lunch food?

10) If you were dividing things up into seasons from scratch what would they be based on and what would you call them?

11) What and where is the best time of year?

 @akindoodle, @phynali @thehungryvortigaunt @warclad (sorry mate I couldn’t remember what your personal blog was called) @bysamanthakeel, 

[younggodimagines]

The Mysterious Prom Date (Part 1): Peter Parker Series

Warnings: mention of vomit and allergies but as a joke nothing bad happens, food, embarrassment, adorable little Peter Parker

A/N: This was not a request. I’ve been working on this as a little “I’m Sorry” for not being active. If you like it, and ask, I may make this a series! I have a lot of ideas for it :)

(not my gif)

Blind dates aren’t exactly something you participate in willingly. They were always awkward and if you ended up not liking the guy, you’d end up stuck having dinner with some conceited jerk who only talks about his muscles or how many people he’s dated. Yeah, not fun.

If you thought blind dates were bad, imagine a blind date… to prom.

Your friend Claire was the person who got you into this mess. Well, nothing was wrong yet, but you were sure between getting ready for the dance and actually going something bad was bound to happen.

The plan had been for you to go solo with Claire and her boyfriend, Ned, but apparently, Ned’s friend had wanted to do the same. Which, of course, led to the love birds trying to set you two up. You agreed to it, but only because you figured it would be more fun for Claire and Ned to at least have some alone time at the dance without you following them around like a lost puppy.

To make matters worse, they wouldn’t tell you who they were setting you up with. Ned was a nice guy, so you knew his friend probably would be too, but that didn’t suppress the nerves.

As you got ready for the dance over at Claire’s home, you couldn’t help but go through a mental list of Ned’s friends, wondering which they could have chosen to be your escort for the evening. There was Alec, Matt, and Dug. They were decent, but honestly not the smartest of people. On senior ditch day, they dug a physical ditch in the field instead of ‘ditching’ school.

Helping Claire with her make up, you continued down the imaginary list. Garrett, Derek, Jeff. No, no, no.

Each person you thought of was not someone you wanted to spend prom with. Prom is supposed to be magical, a night you’re supposed to remember and cherish for the rest of your life... and you were about to spend it with a stranger. Great.

“Close you eyes,” you mumbled to your friend who was sitting up with impeccable posture in front of you.

Once she complied, you sprayed some setting spray from a distance and fanned her face for a minute to help it soak in.

“All done,” you sighed, capping the bottle and setting it on the vanity.

Upon hearing you, Claire’s eyes shot open and she swiveled around so fast in the chair you had to grip her shoulders to keep her from falling. Letting out a slight giggle, you shook your head at her comical nature and crossed the room to look at your appearance in the floor length mirror hanging from her door.

Claire screeched and clapped excitedly as she admired her own appearance in the vanity’s mirror.

“Look at that glow! Wow! Did you use ‘Opal’ or ‘Moonstone’?” she questioned while moving her head at awkward angles as to see watch her cheekbones glow in different lighting.

“’Opal’, of course,” you said as if it were obvious with a slight chuckle.

“Of course,” she repeated before seeing the deflated look on your visage. “Hey, what’s going on with you?”

Looking at her reflection as you adjusted the sleeve of your suit, you shook your head.

“Nothing,” you pretended, “why do you ask?”

She got up from her chair and stood next to you, leaning against the wall behind her slightly. Being your best friend, Claire always knew when something was up, so when she raised her eyebrows and looked at you with that “really?” expression, you knew you were caught.

“Fine,” you began. “I’m just a little nervous about this date. I mean it’s prom and I’m going with a stranger!”

Apparently trying to hide a smile, this resulting in a sort of half-smirk, your oddly excited companion began to make you suspicious.

“Claire,” you spoke cautiously, “what’s the look for? What did you do?”

Your nerves grew as her smile did. Yep, she was up to something.

“Claire!” you urged, turning to face her while crossing your arms in annoyance.

“I’m not supposed to tell you,” she taunted, lowering her head but her eyes looking up at you in fake innocence.

“Not supposed to tell me what,” you pried.

Laughing at having information you don’t, she skipped over to her vanity chair once more as if she were a child.

“Seriously? Now you’ve got to tell me what’s going on since you’re obviously hiding something.”

Sighing in fake annoyance, Claire swiveled from right to left and back again with her forefinger resting on her chin.

“Hmmmmm,” she taunted, clearly trying to prolong this power she had over you. “Why should I tell y-”

Tired of her antics, you huffed and picked up some red lipstick, uncapped it, and held it out threateningly, so close to her face that she had go cross-eyed to see the ‘weapon.’

“Talk or the contour gets it,” you simply stated, slightly amused at her suddenly serious expression.

Swatting your hand away from her face she sighed.

“Fineeee, but you can’t tell Ned I cracked under pressure.”

Smirking, you nodded your head in agreement to the proposal.

“Okay, well, your super-secret-date tonight is sorrrrttt oof your long time crush.”

After this reveal, she flaunted an evil grin as she trotted over to sit on the edge of her bed. You, however, were frozen. Peter Parker was going to be your prom date?! This night was either going to fulfill your greatest dreams, or your worst nightmares.

Knock, knock, knock.

The sound you’d been dreading for hours. Ever since Claire had revealed that Peter Parker was your mystery prom date, you had done nothing but think about every terrible scenario that could play out.

You could stumble over your words and end up saying something embarrassing, step on his feet while dancing, get an allergic reaction to whatever food they had there that maybe, just maybe, have that one rare squid in it that makes you projectile vomit everywhere... you may have been overthinking this whole thing. But just a little bit, right?

“Eek! That’s them!” you heard Claire screech as she rushed out of her room towards the front door.

Frantically, you turned back to the floor length mirror and scrutinized your appearance for the last time. Honestly, you looked incredible, and you knew it. It’s not conceited to be confident in your appearance, only to brag about it. But, of course, there was that little voice in your head telling you something was wrong with your look.

Shaking your head, you tried to silence or at least quiet your intrusive thoughts so that you could go join the rest of the group.

You took a deep breath and walked into the hall, proceeding slowly towards the sound of laughter and camera shutters.

“I can do this. I can do this,” you chanted mentally in an attempt to build up your courage.

That is, until you turned the corner and immediately saw Peter.

“I can’t do this,” your mind screamed, causing you to instinctively whirl around; but before you could escape, Claire blew your cover.

“There you are!” she yelled, hyped in anticipation of the night’s expectations.

Closing your eyes, you figured if you wished hard enough, some genie might just pop up and grant you this one wish to get away and therefore bypass any possible humiliation. But of course, no such miracle occurred.

“What took you so long?” Claire continued, crossing over to your place where the hallway faded into the living room.

“Had to find my phone,” you lied, “and I did! So here I am,” finishing with fake enthusiasm as you gestured to the lump in your pocket that contained your phone.

“Glad you did!” she responded, turning back to Ned and rejoining him in the center of the room.

The first genuine smile of the night grew on your lips when you saw them together. Ned had on an extremely fancy looking tuxedo that must have cost him a fortune just to rent! His bowtie matched the blue of Claire’s dress and his black shoes looked like the same glossy leather that Claire’s dress seemed to be made of. Everyone at the dance was definitely going to know they were a couple. You know that “hashtag goals” that everyone talks about? Yeah, that’s them.

Your attention shifted to Ned’s right to observe the figure moving next to him. Peter Parker. But not only was he Peter Parker, he was Peter Parker in an all black suit; black coat, trousers, button-up, tie, shoes, everything. He was probably the most attractive man you’d ever seen, and that’s saying something as you were a huge fan of Sebastian Stan, an actor who you used to think was the hottest thing alive. Boy were you wrong.

As you were standing there stunned and clearly staring at Peter, Claire popped up in front of your vision, making you stumble back a few inches which effectively brought you out of your trance.

“Y/N! Your surprise date is here!” she screeched, giggling as she led you over to the other two boys.

“Yeah, I noticed,” you mumbled while subtly glaring at her from the corner of your eye to silently reprimand her for not warning you weeks in advance that your all time biggest crush was going to be your date on the biggest night of your high school experience. Things this big shouldn’t just be sprung on you last minute!

As if she could read your mind, she returned your look with one of her own that seemed to ask you to trust her. You did, but you were still bitter she didn’t warn you earlier.

“Peter,” she began, gesturing towards the boy, “this is my best friend, Y/N… but I’m sure you already knew that,” she finished with a smirk and wink in his direction which caused him to blush.

Interesting…

“H-hey, Y/N,” Peter stuttered out while extending his hand out for you to shake.”

Before you could even respond, he retracted his hand hesitantly and then put both out, but again decided against it and once again replaced his gesture with one hand outstretched.

“S-s-sorry I don’t really know the proticol for this kind of thing, like do we shake hands, do we hug, do I just wave and stay chill? Ugh now I’m rambling!” he then turned towards Ned and mouthed what looked to be ‘help me.’

“Uh-” Ned started, hesitant before a smile grew on his face as an idea came to mind.

Grabbing hold of your hand, he brought it to Peter’s and had you hold on.

“There!” he smuggly spoke, tossing his own arm around Claire in victory.

“Wh-what are you doing?” Peter asked as he once again began to blush, but this time a deep pomegranate shade.

Turning towards the door, Ned started to walk out as he answered the question in a proud voice.

“You’re prom dates, right? Prom dates hold hands. Now come on, Mr. Rambler and Mrs. Stare-at-Parker”

You were shocked. They had seen that? Your head shot to the side to see if Peter had actually heard Ned’s words, but judging by his own shocked expression you assumed he was still caught up on how bad he had been rambling.

If the ever-oblivious Ned could see how hard you were crushing, then hiding your feelings from Peter just got a lot more difficult.

[resbang-bookclub]

AMA Transcript: I got 99 problems and Medusa is all of them

This weekend, @adulterclavis (Bones) and @eisschirmchen dropped by to talk about their 2016 Resbang, I got 99 problems and Medusa is all of them. Here's some of what went down:

Q: Was this the ending you planned or was it just a result of 'omg I need to finish'?

Bones: Kind of both. The epilogue thing was the result of everyone on my server yelling at me. Also I forgot to include "who here has felt personally victimized by Medusa Gorgon," so I took that opportunity.

Q: I think you said that originally this was just a Mean Girls inspired AU right? Please explain where the other aspect came from!

Bones: The other aspect came from the fact that I watched Jennifer's Body and went: THAT is what my Resbang needs to jazz it up. It definitely was originally just Mean Girls.

Q: Wanna talk about your creative process a little, Bones? How you work, maybe how music is involved?

Bones: Ha.. hahaha. Hold on, let me try to find my outline. There was a lot of stuff like this:

Bones: I had a more detailed outline, but the last chunk got mostly ignored. I had a lot of this preplanned just for the sake of sanity. You can't wing 45k over the course of a few weeks and not hate everything in the universe.

Q: Eis, what was your artistic process like?

Eis: Lots of sweating and crying to be honest. To stress whenever I can because I know my butt needs a lot of kicks lol.

Q: What was your favourite piece, Eis?

Eis: My favorite piece... hmmmmm. Certainly this. This is my favorite drawing:

Q for Eis: I've always been curious what program you use!

Eis: I use Paint Tool SAI. :)

Q: Dark Eis, could you maybe show us Wes?

Eis: I CAN. Here is the super fancy, super secret Wes I drew after posting date:

Bones: Wes Evans: vampire hunter.

Q for Bones: My fave scene is when Medusa is singing Monster while eating Noah... did that just happen or were you listening to Monster one day and thought "ya know this is how Medusa eats a guy I swear"?

Bones: Oh THAT SHIT. That shit is the only reason I wrote this Resbang I think. Somehow early on I started talking about Medusa and Nicki's Monster verse and, unimportantly, realized that it's in meter, but the point is: there was no way I wasn't writing that in. Then the opportunity presented itself and I was like well, this is how I include it. Poor Noah.

Q: I just rememebr staring at my phone screen, unsure whether to laugh or be like ewww XD.

Bones: That was the goal. Writing it I was like 'wow this is horrible' but I neither stopped writing or stopped laughing.

Eis: Bones sitting in her chair, a birb on each shoulder and top of her head and laughing like a maniac while typing.

Q: Do you want to talk about the metal covers segment of your process? Or the tacky houses?

Bones: The metal covers portion of my life sure was a time. Please enjoy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vmzz516cAnw.

Q: Tell us about your late night bode epiphany.

Bones: I can't even freaking remember it. Let's be real about this. I needed there to be a slang term that B* was trying to make happen. I'd actually been lowkey trying to figure it out for months, and then bode... happened, and I was like THAT. THAT IS THE THING.

Q: Bones, what was the hardest scene to write and Eis, what was the hardest thing to draw?

Bones: I want to say probably the last bit there, where Medusa rolls back up. I may have been a little delirious.

Eis: Drawing the car was the hardest part, made me legit cry.

Bones: Poor Eis and the car. I gave her a reference.

Eis: YES AND I'M FOREVER GRATEFUL FOR SAID REFERENCE. Bones has like a reference or link for everything. It's awesome.

Bones: For some reason I always sit around and pick out cars for people, so thankfully I had something ready for her.

Q: Okay so question re: something that was NOT in the Resbang but that I felt was implied. Was Arachne doing some hokey pokey shit to Giriko's dad?

Bones: Yeah, that was something I didn't have a chance to elaborate on. She was definitely slowly poisoning him to get his money. Or eat his soul. Maybe both. Oh right, I should show them Chainsaw. For your listening pleasure, Giriko's theme song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdJicpjitMM. I make playlists for everything and they are a travesty.

Q: You're a master at making us feel things for characters who, in canon, are dicks. Wanna talk a little about how you characterize people when you write? Or your approach to it?

Bones: You may have noticed I write AUs like it is my job. So the deal is, I have this basic idea of the characteristics of a given character, like how they are at base level, and then I just take that and go okay, how would this mix with or be affected by a life in x world, or by x set of experiences? And that's how you get Fire and Light Maka, or 99 problems Giriko and/or Justin. Like Giriko is still a dick but... Reasons. Giriko just wanted to run away with Justin and save him from his shitty home life.

Q for Eis: Do you listen to any mood-setting music as well?

Eis: My music taste is pretty much all over the place... but I did try to pick some music that would fit the situation. It didn't work all the time, so I was listening to some love songs while drawing everyone in the car. :D Needed some love songs to not completely lose it with drawing the freaking car!

Q: Eis, I love your Maka with a topbun.

Eisdorable: Thank you! Maka with the topbun is the best, but she rocks all hair styles tbh.

Q for the both of you: LET'S GET MUSHY, what was your fav part about working with the other?

Bones: Eis is the most cinnamon bun to ever cinnamon bun.

Eis: lfgkjdölfhjfglhkjflghkjskfj

Bones: Also, that. Umlaut keysmashes.

Eis: AHAHAHAHHA here for you öäü

Bones: But on a slightly more serious note, Eis worked super hard even if she didn't think she did. I spent the whole time going 'I have to not do all this at the last minute so I'm not a dick to Eis.'

Eis: I really feel like I slacked a lot, but maybe this was just because I had school and was away for two weeks during the time. ;n; Or four weeks in total? idk.

Bones: Yeah okay so like Eis went to school and worked and then came home and drew me stuff. Consistently.

Q: Same question for you Eis, what was your fav part about working with Bones?

Bones: Eis is probably trying to think of a polite way to tell you all that I'm insane.

Eis: I enjoyed everything to be honest, I loved the talking that wasn't about Resbang, then enjoyed talking about Resbang, loved to show Bones my art and get approval, and read her fic and cry laughing. And ask her all of the questions and have everything answered, most times even with a link. HAHAHAHAH YOU'RE NOT INSANE. Or not much more than me. :)

Bones: Oh wait my other favorite thing was Eis, the ultimate cinnamon bun, being like 'I can't wait to draw some blood."

Eis: AND THEN I NEVER DID DRAW BLOOD WHAAT. Or not as much as I wanted. :c

Bones: No one is stopping you, Eis.

Eis: *wiggles eyebrows*

Q: What was the most fun to write, Bones? And the most fun to draw, Eis?

Bones: Most fun to write had to be the archive bit - not JUST Medusa quoting Monster, but the setup. I liked having an opportunity to truthfully indicate how weird archives are. The tar coming up from the cracks in the floor thing was not a fabrication, but something I have personally experienced. Plus then they got to play Assassin's Creed for a minute there, creeping around.

Eisdorable: The most fun to draw were certainly the chibis. :)

Q: Eis did you learn anything new about drawing during this Resbang?

Eis: YES! Yes I got to know how to make gifs with Photoshop! To create the little cheerleader Soul lol. And I learned that I hopefully never have to draw a car again :)

Q: Can there be a 99 problems SoMa art in the future?????

Eis: I could try, because I would love to draw them in a romantic set up, even though romantic would be handholding in this case :) But I would love to do the thing. I'm currently studying for my final exams in May, have one art trade and a big commission due the end of next month, so I have to push that romantic drawing towards the future sadly.

Q: Do you have a couple fav beta comments?

Bones: Maybe this chain re: warblr:

Bones: Okay so, story time. One day fab tried to type 'warbler' as in a bird but typed 'warblr' instead, and that's how that happened.

Bones:

Eis: Marsh is the best. Her comments made me laugh ugly.

Bones: This... entire thing:

Eis: "This outfit is Gucci" still makes me crack up so much. IT'S THE FREAKING BEST.

Bones: Remember all the Gucci shoes I looked up, that all had snakes on them?

Bones:

Bones: I knew they were all at the end. When things got SUPER CRAZY was when the comment game got fun. By the end I had pretty much lost my mind.

Eis: I was with you Bones. Freaked out of having too little art. I was young and stupid.

Bones: I did better this year, in terms of not writing everything at the last second. My main goal is not to have a repeat of Bad Romance.

Eis: *proud pat on shoulder*

Bones: Do not write 22k in two days guys. Don't. The last two thirds of Bad Romance I wrote in two days.

Q: If you could be friends with anyone in the fic, who would you wanna befriend?

Bones: Kid.

Eis: I would love to be befriend Soul to be honest, most times he was the poor little cinnamon roll and I love him forever.

Q: What advice would you give to new Resbang participants now that both of you have done many Resbangs?

Bones: Oh my god, you monster. "Don't be me" is my advice. To elaborate: make yourself an outline ASAP, and a daily writing goal. And stick to it, so you don't have to do what I did. It's MUCH EASIER to write like 500 words or 1k a day for a month or two. And as a bonus you don't end up wanting to throw youself out a window. It's also a lot easier to get that 1k a day down if you have at least a partial plan. Plus, when you're in the middle of writing something it's much more difficult to set up a convincing plot, i.e. be objective. Though that problem is much more pronounced when you're 75k through a 120k novel.

Eis: Yeah, I agree with Bones. Time management is super important. Don't underrestimate this. I mean, probably no problem when you do one drawing. It's no competition [for] who gets the most done or something. But if you plan on doing a lot of things, time management/an outline is important to keep your head above water.

Q: What was the latest both of you were up to working on parts of this?

Bones: Idk, probably like 3 a.m.

Eis: I was up until 4:50am that one time. *sweats*

Bones: ...Eis.

Eis: SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK I DONT NEED IT. Except a lot. I need sleep. I love sleep.

Q: Did you guys learn anything from each other during this partnership?

Bones: I learned that Eis is a million times more adorbs than I realized.

Eis: Oh yes, Bones taught me a lot about American politics :) And [I learned] that Bones is the most collected and calmest person I've ever met.

Bones: Also I won't lie, when they told me Eis picked me I felt like I had won the lottery. I was also confused. Did you read my summary?

Eis: Yes and it was love at first sight. I was squeaking and capslocking a lot about how much I wanted your fic Bones.

Q: What are you guys working on next?

Bones: I am working on ten thousand years of worldbuilding for my original stuff, and hopefully Fire and Light. That and sorting out this 950 song playlist that is really out of hand. And getting like 60 pages of handwritten notes sorted out. I wish 60 pages was an exaggeration but sadly it is not.

Eis: [I'm working] on fandom stuff, for an art trade with ahshesgone and a commission for a user next month which I don't want to name yet, I don't want to ruin the surprise ;u; and lots of studies for my final exams orz. Finals are ewww and I'm 100% terrified that I'm gonna mess up :D

Q: What did the process look like to pick and choose which bits you pulled from each movie?

Bones: I don't think I really have a process for that.

Q: Was there anything that you wanted to include that you didn't get to?

Bones: there were a lot of things I kind of meant to address, like the thing with Arachne and Giriko's dad. I just forget them in the process of writing, which is why I advocate lists and outlines. I also kind of meant to go into more detail with a lot of things like Justin's home situation but seriously, it would have been 100k.

Q: What would you have done with the Arachne bit?

Bones: It was a tossup. I think I was gonna have her be slowly poisoning him so she could use him to achieve ultimate power, since she and Medusa were feuding. So I mean if I ever write more of this, it'll probably be about that.

Q: Eis how did you pick what you wanted to draw?

Bones: I think she was a little freaked out that I didn't have a list of stuff I wanted.

Eis: Honestly, I was freaking out. Like whaaaat, you have no certain wishes??? How even??? I'm so used to people telling me their wish and I work with that. :)

Bones: I'm not used to ever getting art. I thought it might be more fun for you to pick stuff you liked.

Eis: So yeah, how did I pick the things.... I usually stick with the things that inspire me, to be honest. So some scenes turned out different than the ones in the story, but it always worked out with no problems. I pick things that inspire me, may it be a fun scene or something that makes me think of it. It was super fun to pick the scenes I liked, gave me lots of room to be creative. :) [I] stick with things that make me linger there longer. There were quite a few, I actually had a lot more scenes I wished to draw but I haven't had the chance yet. It's also scenes that I'm curious about [what] they would look like as a drawing sometimes.

Q: Ooo do you remember what they were?

Eis: Oh yeah! I would have loved to draw the scene with Giriko, Justin and Soul in Giriko's car, in which Justin was all tired and Giriko tried to get school stuff done, because tired Justin seems like the most adorable thing??? And I would have loved to draw the scene in Soul's house, when everyone gathers there to plan what they do, after Soul and Maka saw Medusa eating Noah.

Bones: Soul crying into a pizza box.

Eis: And Giriko, Justin and Soul eating pizza and was it Kid that made tea for them??? And I would love to draw Soul in a lot [of] embarassing old clothes. AND THE HAND HOLDING SCENE BETWEEN MAKA AND SOUL OF COURSE.

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Danganronpa: Away Chapter 2: Talk is Cheap, Death is Free (Part 7)

I couldn’t help but stare. No matter how I looked at it, it was still the same. Troy’s body was just sprawled out on the stage. I was shaken to a state of awareness when I heard Andy scream.

“WAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!”

And then I heard something even more terrifying. ”Attention students! A body has been discovered! Please report to the stage as soon as possible.”

Everyone else joined the stage and all looked in horror at Troy’s body. However, that’s not the only place people’s eyes were looking. “Um, Justin, you’re still holding Sophie’s hand” said Pierce.

“Huh?” I said. I had forgotten I was holding someone’s hand. I looked down and I saw that I was in fact holding Sophie’s good hand. “Oh, sorry” I said letting go.

“It’s OK…” said Sophie.

Monokuma showed up and then said “You like them! You really like them!”

“Like what?” asked Duke.

“The TRIALS, of course!” shouted Monokuma, excitedly. “I gave you an out to avoid the trials, and yet someone here didn’t take that out. They decided to kill somebody else, rather than their target. And that can only mean one thing. You secretly like the CLASS TRIALS!”

“WHA?! No we don’t” said May.

“Well then, why did someone decide to kill poor Troy here?” asked Monokuma.

“I-I don’t know” said May.

“Well, until you do know, I’ll take that as your reason” said Monokuma. “Anyway, I’ll upload the Monokuma File to you now. See you in court.” Monokuma disappeared.

“Well, at least there’s some good news” I said.

“What?!” shouted Jay. “What could it POSSIBLY be?!”

“Calm down” said Cassy.

“HOW?!” asked Jay.

“Just let him be” said Buck. “He needs to vent his emotions.”

“Right” I said. “As I was saying, the good news is that we can eliminate someone from suspicion. Whoever killed Troy wasn’t the person who was asked to kill Troy. Otherwise, they’d have escaped.”

“I see. That is a good point” said Cassy. “The question is, who had Troy’s name?”

“It was me” said a panicked Tammy. “Look” she said, taking out her Monopad. We saw it, plain as day, her target was Troy.

“Alright” I said. “But you’ll still help us, right?”

“Of course” said Tammy, with a look of determination on her face. Then we saw her Monopad light up. It was the Monokuma File. We decided to check it.

Monokuma File #2

Victim: Troy Devilnski

Notes:

-The victim was found on the stage in the auditorium.

-The cause of death was blunt force trauma to the head

-The time of death was roughly around 12:30 am

-The body has several injuries from falling from a height of between 15 and 30 feet

-The victim’s Monopad also show slight signs of damage from being dropped

We have a time of death now. Still, I don’t think that exonerates anyone. I don't think Monokuma would put it in here if it did. “Right” I said. “We should start investigating.”

“Hold up” said Buck. “Who’s going to look over the body in case this investigation takes you elsewhere?”

“Good question” said Cassy. “Why don’t you take up the mantle?”

“Oh” said, Buck, embarrassed. “Sure, I could do that.”

“Alright, who else wants to guard the body with Buck?” asked Cassy.

“I will” said Tammy. “Since I can’t be guilty, I don’t think anyone would have a problem with that.”

“Alright, then we have our team” said Cassy. “Now, let’s look at the body proper.”

Before I begin, I should take into account the motive and those notes on our doors. First, the motive was weird, but why someone would break it seems stranger. Second, those note. They told us to go here.Troy was the author, but he ended up dead.

Cassy and I looked at the body together. “Well, the Monokuma file isn’t lying” I said. “His head took a really big blow.”

“Yes, but something seems off” said Cassy. “There’s a lot of conflicting information here.”

“How so?” I asked.

Cassy  said “Well, the file indicated that other parts of his body were damaged when Troy fell, but look over there.” Cassy pointed to the pipe.

I looked over. “I don’t follow” I said.

“If Troy fell, why is there a blunt instrument with his blood on it?” Cassy said.

“Oh yeah” I said. “That is odd.” I took a closer look at the pipe. “Hmmmm” I said.

“Did you find something?” Cassy asked.

“Well, sort of” I said.

“What do you mean?”

“Well, there’s nothing really off about this pipe.”

“So, you found nothing?”

“Well, that’s just it” I said. “It looks like a normal pipe with blood on it.”

“How is that anything?” Cassy asked, getting angry.

“Don’t you think there should be a bit more damage to the pipe?” I asked. “Especially considering the state of Troy’s head?”

“Ohhhhhh. You know what, you’re absolutely right” said Cassy. “There should be a dent somewhere in that pipe.”

“Well, there isn’t” I said.

“How odd” said Cassy.

We then decided to look at Troy’s monopad. Sure enough, it was damaged like the Monokuma File said it was. “Hey, what’s this stuff?’ I said.

“The blood?” asked Tammy, who was close by.

“No, the other stuff” I said.

“The translucent stuff” said Cassy. “I noticed that too.”

“Oh” said Tammy. “Yeah, now that I’m looking at it, I can see it too.”

Jay walked over and said “That was Troy’s hair gel.”

“Oh” I said. “What’s it doing on his monopad?”

“I have no idea” said Jay.

“Hey, wait a minute” said Cassy. “Look at his hand. It looks like there’s some gel there as well.”

I looked over. “You’re right!” I said.

“I’ll be the judge of that!” said Duke, stepping in. He looked at both samples and said “yup, they’re the same.”

“Weird” said Jay.

“Why is it weird?” Cassy asked. “Doesn’t Troy always have his hair gelled?”

“Well, yes, but not at night” said Jay. “He washes it out before he goes to sleep.”

“How do you know this?” asked Cassy.

“Well, Troy and I hung out last night before we went to sleep” said Jay. “He invited me into his room to talk, and we talked.”

“May I ask about what?” asked Cassy.

“It was mostly guy stuff” said Jay. “However, before I left, we did talk about the motive. We asked each other why we didn’t want to kill our target and just escape.”

“What were your reasons?” I asked. “And why were you talking about it in the first place?”

“Well, we were just curious” Jay said. “We weren’t going to do anything, but we still wanted to know why. As for the reasons themselves, I was worried about what everyone else would think of me. I’d only do something like this if everyone was on board. As for Troy, his answer was a little different. ‘I am a warrior for the people’ he said. ‘I only act when I am told.’”

“Do you think someone put him up to it?” asked Cassy. “And he failed?”

“I don’t know” said Jay. “I was worried about that when I saw the notes this morning. I thought he did it. But now, I don’t know what to think. He must have left, because he gelled up again, but after that I don’t know.”

“Well, it sound like we need to pay a visit to Troy’s room soon” said Cassy.

“How do you figure?” I asked.

“There might be evidence of the reason Troy left in the first place. Not to mention his hair gel” said Cassy.

“Good thinking” I said.

I decided to look into the projection screen next. There was some blood splatter on it, but something about it felt off to me. “Hey Cassy?” I asked. “Why do you suppose the screen was down?”

“Hmmmmm” said Cassy. “I’m not sure. The only reason I could think of is to block the stage. But that makes no sense.”

“Why’s that?” I asked.

“Well, there was the blackout” said Cassy. “That would be a more effective way of blocking our view of the stage, wouldn’t it?”

I thought about it for a moment. “I guess you’re right” I told her. “This seems puzzling.”

“Maybe we should ask Monobird for some insight” said Cassy.

“Huh?” I said. “Oh yeah, I forgot, Monobird can help”

“Oh, I forgot to mention” said Monokuma, popping up.

“GAH!” said Tammy.

“Monobird can’t help with this investigation either” said Monokuma.

“WHAT?!” shouted Monobird. “How?! I don’t know anything.”

“Oh yes you do” said Monokuma. “You know something, and I’m not going to let you spoil it for these people. And unlike last time, it seems like you don’t want to keep your beak shut.”

“It’s just, I don’t know what you’re talking about” said Monobird. “I saw Cassy, and Duke, and Roman the night of Maria’s murder…”

He saw them?

“...but I honestly don’t have any idea what you’re talking about right now” said Monobid.

“Well, if you keep talking, you might blurt it out on accident then” said Monokuma. He pulled out a big red button. “And we wouldn’t want that to happen, would we?” “Wha-what’s that?” asked Tammy.

“Oh, this little number” said Monokuma. “This is a button. It electrifies the cage so that it short circuits Monobird,”

“DON’T PRESS IT!” Tammy shouted.

“Oh, I won’t” said Monokuma. “So long as Monobird keeps quiet. Just make sure this caged bird doesn’t sing, and he can keep an eye on everything from the inside.”

“And we won’t all blow up from the bomb inside of me” said Monobird.

“Right, and we all won’t blow up” said Monokuma. “Now, just continue as usual, and don’t talk to Monobird. You’re burning daylight here!” Monokuma left.

“Hmmmm” I said. “Monobird knows something. If we can figure out what Monobird knows without asking him, we might just get the key to unraveling this mystery.”

“You have a good point” said Cassy. “It seems like we’ve investigated as much as we could on stage. Where should we head to next?”

I thought about it. “Well, Troy fell, didn’t he?” I asked. “Maybe we should see where he fell from.”

“Good idea” sad Cassy.

We walked up to the rafters. We found that we weren’t the only people to have this idea. “Hey guys” said Andy.

“Oh, hi Andy” said Cassy.

“Hey, before we begin with everything else, why did you scream when the lights came one?” I inquired.

“Well, I uh, saw Troy’s body” said Andy.

“Really?” asked Cassy.

“It checks out” I told her. “Monokuma only makes his announcement when three or more people find a body. There was me, Sophie, and Andy makes three.”

“Oh” said Cassy. “Of course. Let’s investigate.”

First we decided to talk to Andy. “Hey Andy, what were you doing at around 12:30?” I asked.

“Oh, right” said Andy. “I was back in the art room at the time. I wanted to continue drawing.”

“Did you fall asleep in there again?” asked Cassy.

“No” said Andy. “I left soon afterwards. I went to my room and fell asleep.”

“I see. Thanks” I told him.

“No problem” said Andy.

The first thing I took a look at was a blanket that was draped over the rafters. “What’s this doing here?” I asked.

“Hmmm” said Cassy. She took a closer look at it. “Oh my. Look at this” she said, holding the blanket up.

Andy and I froze in terror. “That’s blood” said Andy.

“Indeed” said Cassy. “I suspect it was Troy’s blood.”

“But why?” I asked.

“Well, the only reason I can think of is to move a body” said Cassy.

“So, Troy’s body was moved?” Andy asked, surprised.

“Possibly” said Cassy. “I can’t be sure though.”

“Well, there’s a lot that’s odd about this case already” I said. “Maybe there’s a reason.”

“Like what?” asked Cassy.

“I was thinking that this shocking display could be a distraction” I told her. “Like, none of this is real.”

“But Troy fell, didn’t he?” Andy asked.

“There’s no doubt about that” said Cassy. “But what I think Justin’s getting at is that maybe this was set up.”

“SET UP?! BY WHO?!” shouted Andy.

“Probably the killer” I answered. “So, it’ll be worth investigating.”

“So, we should see who doesn’t have their blanket” said Cassy. “This seems too easy.”

“Um, I hate to make this complicated,” said Andy, “but didn’t Monokuma say it was laundry day yesterday?”

Cassy and I looked at each other. “There’s the complication” said Cassy.

“Yeah, whoever’s blanket it is, if we investigated their room, they would have a new blanket regardless” I said.

“Well, we could just determine the order of when the clothes and blankets were taken” said Cassy.

“The problem with that is I don’t know when Monokuma came into my room to do laundry” I told her.

“Same” said Andy.

Cassy sighed. “I wish I could complain about your ignorance, but even I don’t know when Monokuma stopped by my room.”

“He did make it a point to tell us not to be in our rooms” I said. “And I don’t think that he’d just give us the order. Otherwise this game would be too easy.”

“Right” said Cassy, sighing again.

“I’m sorry” said Andy.

“No, it’s alright” said Cassy. “It was important for the case, so thank you for bringing it up.”

“Oh, uh, you’re welcome” said Andy.

We next took a look at a platform suspended above the stage. “What’s this thing?” I asked.

“It’s a adjustable platform” said Andy. “I found it the first day we had access to the auditorium.”

“Oh, right. I remember that” I said.

“I’ve seen it before as well” said Cassy. “Troy and I were determining if it was necessary for the play. We agreed that it wasn’t.”

“Oh, OK” I said. “Well, it looks like it’s at an angle, and there’s some blood on it…”

“Yeah, when I saw it it was completely horizontal” said Andy.

“Same” said Cassy.

“Well, my guess is that this is how Troy fell” I concluded.

“You’re probably right,” said Cassy, “but how does it move?”

“Oh, I know that” said Andy. “It’s that box at the end of the rafters.”

We turned to look at the box Andy mentioned. “Strange. It sort of looks like the lighting box out by the entrance of the auditorium” I said.

Cassy inspected it further. “I think it is a lighting system as well” she said. “Look here.” We came closer. “Notice these labels” she said, pointing to some tape on the box. “It says ‘lights’ where the light switches are on the box down below.”

“Huh. Interesting. But how do you control the platform?” I asked.

“Oh, that’s on the side” said Andy. We looked at the side, and sure enough there was a piece of tape labeled ‘platform (open)’. We opened it to see what was inside. We saw three switches labeled L, B, and R.

“I assume that ‘L’ and ‘R’ are for left and right,” said Cassy, “but what does ‘B’ mean?”

“I’m guessing ‘both’” I told her. “For when you want to lower the platform as is.”

“I see” said Cassy. “This is a very interesting development. The box being the same as the one below could be the thing we need to unlock this mystery.”

“I think that’s all we’re going to get from up here” I said. “Agreed” said Cassy.

“Good luck you two” said Andy.

“Thanks” I told him. We walked back down to the stage. “What should we do now?” I asked.

“Let’s check backstage quick” said Cassy. “Maybe something’s there.”

“Alright then” I said, following her backstage.

We saw Duke hanging around. “Oh, hey” he said. “What are you guys doing here?”

“Um...investigating…?” I said.

“Huh?” said Duke. “Oh, right. I forgot. I’m handling the back stage, so you don’t have to.”

“What?” said Cassy.

“Like I said, I’m investigating here so you can investigate elsewhere” said Duke.

“WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!” said Cassy, grabbing Duke by his collar.

“GAH!” he said. “Let go!”

“ARE YOU TELLING MY NOT TO INVESTIGATE?!” said Cassy.

“Well…” said Duke.

“BECAUSE THAT’S LIKE TELLING ME NOT TO BREATH!” shouted Cassy.

“OK, OK, calm down” I said.

Cassy let go of Duke. “She started it” said Duke.

“I actually think you started it” I told him. “You encroached on her territory.”

“She doesn’t have a monopoly on investigating” said Duke, brushing himself off.

“But-But Troy is dead” said Cassy. “It’s all I can do to stay sane.”

Duke looked at Cassy in awe. “Well, now that you put it like that, I guess you can investigate” said Duke. “But don’t think we’re all taking this lying down. For all we know, you could have done this.”

“Me? Why would I do that?” said Cassy.

“I don’t know” said Duke. “But it could have been you as much as it could have been me.”

“Duke has a point” I said. “It’s fair to suspect anyone here.”

“I know” said Cassy. “But it’s also hard…”

“...Let’s just investigate before this gets worse” said Duke.

“Agreed” said Cassy.

We looked around the backstage area for a bit. I found a strange contraption and pulled it out. “What’s this? I asked.

“GAH! You found it!” said Monokuma.

“Found what?” I said.

“This is one of my special, state of the art, cleaning machines” said Monokuma.

“Why is it out here?” asked Cassy. “Shouldn’t it be with you in your observatory with you?”

“Yeah, that’s a good point” I concurred.

“Well...you see...um…” said Monokuma.

“I get it” said Duke. “It has something to do with the murder.” We looked at him. “What? That’s the only possible solution.”

“I think he’s right” said Cassy.

“Well...I won’t say he’s wrong” said Monokuma.

“OK then, let’s crack this sucker open. See what’s inside” said Duke, excitedly.

“Unfortunately for you, it’s not that simple” said Monokuma. “The only way it empties is at its station in my office. And since one of you hijacked it, I am not allowed to take it back until the case is over.”

“Oh yeah?!” said Duke. “We’ll see about that! Come here, you!” He tried to disassemble the machine to no avail. “Boy, that is one tough machine.”

“Yeah. It’s almost as if I told there’s only one way to empty it” said Monokuma.

“So, how was it used in the murder?” I asked.

“I can’t tell you that” said Monokuma. “I might as tell well you who did it at that point.”

“Why don’t you?” I asked.

“Because then it wouldn’t be a game” said Monokuma.

“Ugh. Fine” I said. “Have it your way.”

“Well, I AM the king of this game” said Monokuma. “Anyway, later.” Monokuma faded out.

“So annoying…” I said.

“Is that all?” asked Cassy.

“Maybe” said Duke. “Although I didn’t check the dressing rooms yet.”

“That might be a good place to start” I said.

“And you didn’t want me to investigate here” said Cassy.

“Do we want to split up again?” I said, trying to undercut the tension.

“Sure” said Cassy.

“Great. Duke you’re with me” I said. We searched the boy’s dressing room and didn’t find anything. “Well, I guess that’s that. Let’s see how Cassy is doing.” We went over and knocked on the door. “Cassy, did you find anything?”

Cassy opened the door. “Why are you knocking?”

“So we don’t enter?” I said

“Get in here” said Cassy. We complied. “First, just because this is a girl’s dressing room doesn’t mean you’re not allowed in here. Just when it’s being used as a dressing room. Which it currently isn’t.”

“Isn’t that why we split up when we first looked in here for evidence of Duke’s snooping?” I asked.

“Hey!” said Duke.

“Don’t be too upset, we didn’t find anything” I said.

“I thought it was just to make things easier” said Cassy. “Whatever. The important thing is this” said Cassy, holding up some bloody papers.

“What is that?!” Duke asked.

“I don’t know, but it’s covered in blood, so it’s not a good sign” said Cassy. “Let’s see. ‘Please meet me in the theater first thing in the morning. There is something which you all need to know. -Sincerely, Troy’?”

“Hey wait! Aren’t those the notes we got this morning?” Duke asked.

“Yeah” I said. “Why are there some notes here?”

“And covered in blood?” said Duke.

“Maybe these were supposed to to to the girl’s hall?” said Cassy.

“Huh?” I said.

“Well, we didn’t get any” said Cassy. “Maybe these are them.”

“I see. That makes sense” I said.

“So, whoever killed Troy did it before they could post these in the girl’s hall?” said Duke. “How very odd.”

We all left the dressing room in confusion. “Oh hey, Duke” I said. “What were you doing last night at around 12:30?”

“Oh, well, uh, you see…” said Duke.

“Just tell us” said Cassy.

“Well, I think that was around the time I peaked out into the hall” said Duke.

“Why’d you do that?” I asked.

“Well, peaking out in the hall helped in catching the killer from last time didn’t it?” Duke said. “I’ve been doing it every night to see if I can’t see anything?”

“Did you see anything?” I continued.

“No” said Duke.

“OK then” I said. “Do you want to stay back here?”

“Eh” said Duke.

Cassy and I left. “Should we explore the seats now?” I asked.

“Of course” said Cassy. “But first,” she turned to Buck and Tammy, “Buck! Tammy! What were you doing last night?”

“Huh, why are you asking me?” Tammy asked. “I couldn’t have done it.”

“Well, we know, but it could help” I said.

“Oh, I getcha” said Tammy. “Well, I went to the computer lab for a little bit, but then I went to my room to get some sleep.”

“I just went the fuck to sleep” said Buck.

“Although, now that you mention it, I did pass Troy on my way back to my room.”

“WHAT?!” said Cassy.

“Yeah” said Tammy. “I didn’t think much of it at the time. He seemed kind of focused on something. Almost like he was determined.”

“Hmmm. I see” said Cassy. “Thank you for the information.”

“You’re welcome” said Tammy.

We went out to the seats. “Oh, hey guys” said Elliot.

“Hi. What’s up?” I asked.

“Well, um, I had a thought…” said Elliot.

“Before that, what were you doing last night?” Cassy demanded.

“Oh! Well, that was sudden” said Elliot. “If you must know, I did some laps in the gym after the showing and then I went to bed.”

“Hmmmm” said Cassy.

“You don’t believe me?” said Cassy.

“More like she doesn’t believe in anyone” I said.

“That’s not entirely true” said Cassy. “I just want to make sure of things.”

“Well, if you want to be sure, I did take a break for a bit” said Elliot. “And I saw the two of you chatting it up.”

“WHAT?!” said Cassy.

“I couldn’t hear you, but I definitely saw you. And then I went back for more laps” said Elliot. “Before I went to bed anyway.”

“I see…” said Cassy.

“So, what were you thinking?” I asked.

“Well, it’s just, Troy got hit on the head and then fell, right?” Elliot asked.

“Yes” I said.

“...and there was also a blackout, correct?” said Elliot.

“Yes…” said Cassy.

“...Do you think that the play might have something to do with Troy’s death?” Elliot asked.

“The play?” I asked.

“Yeah” said Elliot. “Troy also got hit on the head and fell in that. Is that just a coincidence?”

“Of course it’s a coincidence!” said Cassy. “Why would you even suggest otherwise?”!

“Well, it’s not foolish to think that” said Elliot. “It happens all the time in movies and stuff.”

“Well, this isn’t a movie” said Cassy. “Do you know how often murders happen based on plays, movies, tv, or anything else in real life?”

“I’m going to guess about 27%?” said Elliot.

Cassy was stunned. “Is she right?” I asked.

“I don’t know” said Cassy. “I don’t track crime statistics. I’m just surprised she guessed.”

“Well, that’s all that was” said Elliot. “I usually just take a shot in the dark when someone asks me a question like that.”

“Yeah, maybe it’s not the best idea to try and one up someone who whole thing is competition” I said.

“Justin gets it” said Elliot.

“Well, whatever” said Cassy. “It’s still ridiculous.”

“I don’t know about that” I said. “I mean, sure it sounds ridiculous, but it could be possible.”

“Why are you entertaining this idea?” said Cassy.

“I’m just trying to keep an open mind” I said. “If someone told you you’d be held hostage by a mechanical teddy bear in an abandoned school and forced to kill other students, would you believe them?”

“...You have a point” said Cassy.

“We just need to keep investigating” I said.

“That I agree with” said Cassy. One thing that jumped out was a row of string in the aisle. “That’s weird” said Cassy. “Let’s follow it.”

We followed it to the lighting box by the door. “Well, this is interesting” I said.

“Indeed” said Cassy. “We now know how the blackout occurred. But we still aren’t closer to figuring out who did it.”

“What do you mean?” I asked.

“Well, first off, we don’t know where the string came from” said Cassy. “And even if we did, look how it’s sprawled out.” I looked at it. “It goes down all the way to the front row. It looks like no matter where anyone was sitting, anyone could have pulled it at the precise time.”

“I see” I said. “Hey, while we’re here, can we check something?”

“Sure” said Cassy.

“Let’s see if this box also has a panel for the platform as well” I said. I popped open the the side, revealing a similar set-up. “ I knew it.” I said.

“So, whoever did it, used this box here to lower the platform to make Troy fall” said Cassy.

“Yes, but there’s no label” I said. “So, whoever did that had to have known about the one in the rafters.”

“That’s a good point,” said Cassy, “but they could have found it out when putting Troy up there.”

“True” I said. “But it gives us something.” I then looked over and noticed something. “Hey, the plates from last night are missing.”

“You mean you left them here?” said Cassy.

“Well, yeah” I said. “There was a lot of them, and my mind was preoccupied by other things. I figured I could get them later.”

“Well, it looks like they were gotten for you” said Cassy.

“Yeah, but that’s strange isn’t it?” I asked.

“How so?”

“Well, shouldn’t someone have mentioned it? Or have left some evidence of it? It feels like they’re just gone.”

“Hmmmm. I get your point.”

“No matter, finding Troy’s killer is our top priority” I said. It IS weird though.

We met up with Annabelle and May up at the sound and projection booth. “Oh, hi” said May.

“Hello” said Cassy.

“I suppose you're here to ask us about our whereabouts” said Annabelle.

“Exactly” said Cassy.

“Well, I just kind of hung around a bit before going to bed” said May.

“Same” said Annabelle.

“How convenient” said Cassy.

“Well, it’s true” said Annabelle. “How else are we supposed to answer that?”

“A confession?” said Cassy.

“Well that would mean certain death” said Annabelle. “And I don’t feel like dying, even if I did do it.”

“Fair enough” said Cassy.

“So, what are you doing up here anyway?” I asked.

“Good question” said May. “We were trying to figure out if anyone used this since we were here last.”

“We’re both here for a sense of accountability” said Annabelle.

“Um, yes…” said May. “Anyway, since the projector was down, we thought maybe someone had a video they wanted to play. However, what was in there was the race from yesterday.”

“I see” I said.

“So, it doesn’t look like a video was prepared” said Cassy.

“But who would prepare a video?” Annabelle asked.

“Troy, if I had to guess” I said. “He did say he had something to announce.”

“Hmm, perhaps this announcement could have something to do with it” said Cassy.

“Oh yeah, I just thought of something else” I said.

“What is it?” asked Annaelle.

“May” I said. Annabelle sighed. “What was it like this morning when you went to get a brace for Sophie?”

“Oh, that?” May said. “Well, uh, it started in the morning when we got up and left our rooms. We could hear Sophie crying a bit.”

“It was overshadowed by Rachel's constant grumbling though” said Cassy.

“Yeah, that was something else” said Annabelle.

“Anyway, we all gathered around to see what was going on and we saw that Sophie was hurt” said May. “Rachel asked most of us to wait, but asked someone to come with her to the nurse’s office to see if we couldn’t find a brace or something. I volunteered and then we left.”

“And then what?” I asked.

“Well,” said May, “then we went downstairs to the nurse’s office. We looked through some things before Monobird showed up and told us where to locate them. So we grabbed one and came back.”

“And you know the rest” said Cassy.

“Hmmmm, interesting” I said.

“What does this have to do with Troy’s death?” Annabelle asked.

“I don’t know” I said. “But it never hurts to ask.”

“I see” said Annabelle. “I think I get it.”

“Right, now that that’s settled, let’s continue investigating” said Cassy.

We felt like we had investigated everything in the auditorium, so we ventured out to Troy’s room to see what we could find there. We arrived and found a few things curious. “Well, at least we know that the blanket wasn’t Troy’s” I said.

“Are you sure?” Cassy asked.

“Pretty sure” I said.

“Because it was laundry day yesterday” said Cassy. “Maybe they used Troy’s old blanket.”

“You could be right, I don’t think so. Look at the state of Troy’s bed” I said. “He obviously slept i it a little bit. I’m not sure Troy’s old blanket would be here if he was using his new blanket.”

“The state of the laundry is confusing” said Cassy. I giggled. “What?”

“I’m sorry” I said. “I just find that amusing.”

“...Whatever” said Cassy.

We then took a look at Troy’s hair gel. “It looks like it’s been recently used” I said.

“And in a rush” said Cassy. “Look at how much residue there is on the bottle and on the desk.”

“I see” I said. “So, what does that tell us?”

“I’m not sure” said Cassy. “If I had more time, I could figure it out.”

We then looked at the rest of his desk. “Hey, he had a phone call” I said, pointing out the phone.

“Let’s listen to it” Cassy said.

We pressed the button but all we got was “MESSAGE DELETED!”

“Huh” said Cassy. “That’s weird.”

“Do you think that the killer deleted the message?” I asked.

“Hmmm, I’m not sure” said Cassy. “I kind of think that maybe Troy deleted it.”

“But why?” I asked.

“That’s what I’m trying to figure out” said Cassy. “Although I don’t know if I can without more time.”

“Yeah, this time limit thing kind of sucks” I said.

“Well, it’s to entertain Monokuma for his game” said Cassy.

“Correction” said Monokuma popping up.

“GAH!” said Cassy.

“It’s for YOUR entertainment” said Monokuma.”Well, also for my fun. But you’re supposed to be having fun too.”

“I don’t think it’s too much fun to solve the murders of our friends” said Cassy.

“Well, what constitutes as ‘fun’ is different from person to person. I’m sure everyone else is having fun” said Monokuma.

“Not really” I said.

“Oh, come on” said Monokuma. “Some part of you has to be having fun. Somewhere deep inside of you, there’s some part of you that’s enjoying this.”

“I don’t think so” I said.

“Well, I’m sure someone’s having fun right now” said Monokuma as he winked. “And who know? Maybe you’ll come around eventually.”

“Whatever” I said.

“See you at the trial” said Monokuma. “Man I’m so happy the trials are back on” he said as he disappeared.

“Well, I think we got all we could from Troy’s room” said Cassy.

“Yeah, let’s go” I said. In the hall I had a thought “Maybe we should talk to Sophie. I mean, she was Troy’s target after all. She might know something.”

“Good idea” said Cassy. “But we should tread lightly. We don’t want to frighten her too much.”

“True” I said.

We headed towards Sophie’s room but then we heard “Are you looking for Sophie?” We turned around to see Rachel. “She’s in my room.”

“Oh, uh, OK” said Cassy. We walked in and saw Rachel, Sophie and a hole in the wall.

“Woah” I said.

“Yeah, Sophie just punched right through that” said Rachel.

“Too bad I got hurt in the process” said Sophie.

“I’m surprised you aren’t even more hurt” said Cassy.

“Well, that’s just her luck” said Rachel.

“Yeah…” said Sophie.

“So, we were wondering something” said Cassy.

“You want to know where we were around the time of death? Asked Rachel.

“Well, yes…” said Cassy.

“I’m sorry” said Rachel. “I just took a look at the Monokuma File. I didn’t mean to fluster you.”

“Oh, uh, it’s alright” said Cassy. “Let’s just follow up with your answers.”

“Of course” said Sophie. “Um, I was just in my room...sleeping”

“Meanwhile I was in the library for a little while, and then also went to my room to sleep. I then woke up to the sound of Sophie punching a hole through my wall.”

“Yeah, sorry about that” said Sophie.

“Really, you don’t have to apologize” said Rachel. “I’m just glad you’re safe.”

“Yeah, you went rather quickly to get something to help her” said Cassy.

“Of course” said Rachel. “She’s my closest friend. I wouldn’t want anything bad to happen to her.”

“So, you were just asleep the whole time then Sophie?” I asked.

“Yeah. Why?” Sophie inquired.

“Well, this might be a surprise, but you were Troy’s target” I told her, gently.

“Huh?!” said Sophie.

“Yeah…” I said. “We were thinking that maybe that’s why Troy was out of his room last night in the first place.”

“But Troy doesn’t seem like the type to act on this kind of thing” said Sophie.

“Well, we were hoping that maybe you knew something,” said Cassy, “but if you were asleep until the time you punched that hole in your wall, then we don’t have anything.”

“Well, we appreciate your efforts” said Rachel. “But you don’t really think that she did it, do you?”

“Wha-NO!” I said. “Of course not. We just thought she might have seen something or have heard something.”

“I see” said Rachel.

“Oh yeah, you said you were in the library last night” said Cassy.

“What of it?” asked Rachel.

“Well, it’s just, someone saw Troy heading in that direction last night. Did you see him?”

“...I’m sorry” said Rachel. “I was so enamored with what I was reading that I didn’t notice Troy or this other person.”

“Oh” said Cassy.

“Did you manage to find anything of use?” I asked.

“I can’t be sure” said Rachel. “I found out why this school was condemned, but not much else of use.”

“Oh, what was it?” I asked.

“Something called ‘The Bell Incident’” said Rachel.

“Tell me everything” said Cassy.

“Um, not to bother you…” said Monokuma, showing up again.

“AH!” said Sophie.

“...but, maybe you can do that after the trial. You are on a timer after all. I’d suggest focusing on the matter at hand.”

“OH SHIT!” said Cassy. I was surprised by her swearing. It wasn’t that she couldn’t, it just felt odd. “You’re right. Let’s go!”

“Oh, um, OK” I said, being dragged out by Cassy. “See you at the trial, ladies.”

“Bye Justin” said Sophie.

“So, what do we do now?” I asked.

“We still need to hear from one other person” said Cassy.

“Looking for me?” Pierce asked, just showing up.

“Ah!” I yelped.

“Where were you?” Cassy asked.

“I was downstairs, seeing if  could find anything down there that relates to the murder” said Pierce.

“Did you find anything?” I asked.

“Not much” said Pierce. “Most of the downstairs was clear.”

“But…” said Cassy.

“BUT I did see a splotch of blood at the bottom of the staircase” said Pierce.

“Huh?” said Cassy. “Show us.”

“Follow me” said Pierce. We followed him downstairs. “Here it is” he said, pointing out the blood.

“This is so innocuous” said Cassy. “How do we know it’s not just random blood. For a nose bleed or something.”

I thought about it. “Got it” I said, running back upstairs. I ran toward the auditorium.

“Attention Students!” Monokuma said, coming onto the intercom. “You have five minutes of investigation time left. Use it wisely. Then we shall meet in the dining area to eat, and then off to the trial.”

Five minutes? I gotta hurry. Lucky for me, it seems that people were filling out of the auditorium, so I was able to meet him halfway. “DUKE!” I called out.

“What?” he asked.

“No time, we gotta go” I said, dragging him.

“Woah, slow down” said Duke, as I was running him to the site. We were at the area where the staircase began when Duke said “WOAH, hold up!”

Duke stopped me. “Come on, we don’t have time!” I said.

“There’s blood here” said Duke.

“What?” I asked.

“Yeah. Trace amounts” said Duke. “I can’t tell whose blood is it, but it’s here.”

“What does it mean?” I asked.

“It means someone cleaned up some blood here” said Duke. “And someone bled here. But I thought that would have been obvious when I said there was blood here.”

“Um, OK” I said. “Right. Speaking of blood, follow me” I said, dragging him again.

“Hey!” said Duke. I dragged him to the bloodstain we found. “Oh, I see.”

“Duke, you saw Troy’s blood at the crime scene” I said. “Can you tell us if this is his blood?”

Duke looked at it and then said “No doubt. This is Troy’s blood.”

“I see” said Cassy.

“Hey, we’re gonna be late” said Andy from upstairs. “Let’s go.”

He was right. We decided to leave it at that and go eat. Again, there was a smorgasbord for all of us to feast on. Again, it was quite. We were all thinking about what had happened. What was going to follow. What was going to be revealed.

“After we had eaten, Monokuma had come over and asked “Are you all full?”

“..I guess” said May.

“Great!” said Monokuma. “Then just go to the gym, pop into the elevator, and I’ll meet you down there. Like last time.”

One by one, we went into the elevator. Once we were all in, it closed and started to move.

“I can’t believe we're doing this again” said Tammy.

“Well, Troy is dead, and somebody killed him” said Elliot.

“I know, but it’s still unpleasant” said Andy.

“True, but all we can hope for now is that the person responsible is brought to justice” said Rachel.

“But ‘justice’ in this case means what happened to Roman, right?” said Annabelle. “I wouldn't call that ‘justice’.”

“I don’t care” said Jay, hitting the wall. “They killed Troy and they'll pay.”

Sophie let out a sigh. “I wish it didn’t have to come to THIS.”

We arrived at the courtroom. It was still surreal, but it was a bit more familiar this time. I just home that it doesn’t get too familiar. The circle was arranged the same way. In addition to Maria’s portrait, Roman and Troy had portraits now. Roman’s portrait was graffitied with a bloody hammer and chisel in the shape of an X. Troy’s had the same bloody X Maria did, but down the middle there was a sword, no doubt to symbolize Troy’s own sword. “Let’s Get ready to TRIIII-AAAAALLL!” screamed Monokuma from his perch.

The second trial has begun. One that could have been avoided. However, someone here killed Troy. Troy, a man of honor. One of dignity. He was fun, but also determined. And someone killed him. And we’re here to figure out who. We were all wondering. A lot of this incident is confusing. Why was Troy in the theater? Why was the motive avoided? Why was there blood by the stairs? Where did my plates go? Who knew Troy’s whereabouts? Time will tell the answers to all of these. But after all of it is known, what are we going to think?

[carriefisherscokenail]

as payback you gotta do aLL ONE HUNDRED UNUSUAL ASKS

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Spotify, SoundCloud, or Pandora?Spotify. always

is your room messy or clean?clean !!!! i cleaned yesterday

what color are your eyes?green to me but some ppl say hazel but i think theyre green

do you like your name? why?sometimes as a kid i always HATED my name because i think its ugly and i still do but now i just care less

what is your relationship status?i have a real cute gf

describe your personality in 3 words or lessbad jokes

what color hair do you have?red/orange depends who u ask

what kind of car do you drive? color?2004 Nissan Pathfinder in maroon shes old but shes a trooper

where do you shop?like everywhere

how would you describe your style?my ideal style is 1970′s wannabe but ive been through so many phases its all just a hodgepodge of vintage-esque, hippy, jeans and t-shirt, lace and who the fuck knows what else. 

favorite social media account/this hellsite

what size bed do you have? i have a twin bed but fun fact i used to have a full but because i dont move while sleeping i got a twin bed and i still only use half of it

any siblings?one sis

if you can live anywhere in the world where would it be? why?sitges, spain, in an old apartment with only necessary renovations. i love sitges. 

favorite snapchat filter?hmmmmm idk 

favorite makeup brand(s)i really like smashbox?

how many times a week do you shower?usually 4 or 5

favorite tv show?parks and rec or ahs

shoe size?7 or 7.5 

how tall are you?5′ 2″ :/ 

sandals or sneakers? well i love my adidas so sneakers

do you go to the gym? no

describe your dream datei dont kno 

how much money do you have in your wallet at the moment?a crisp $20

what color socks are you wearing? none 

how many pillows do you sleep with?one or none like beneath my head but i actually have like nine

do you have a job? what do you do? i dont have a job :(

how many friends do you have? i dont know 

whats the worst thing you have ever done? i cut some of my sisters finger off on accident  

whats your favorite candle scent? hmmmmm i really like vanilla candles but i didn’t used to until i bought this woodburning in like december and now i have three but i also love lavender

3 favorite boy namesmario, luigi, bowser

3 favorite girl namesmario, luigi, bowser

favorite actor? chris pratt probably boy do i love that man

favorite actress? hmm i love carrie fisher but i also love sarah paulson

who is your celebrity crush?sarah paulson 

favorite movie? fried green tomatoes, but im a cheerleader, and vacation

do you read a lot? whats your favorite book? i dont but my fave book is fried green tomatoes

money or brains? what is this even asking? like, which would i rather have or which do i look for in a person or what? keep me posted

do you have a nickname? what is it? i have ten billion reesie, reese a roni, reese-otto, deace, reeses pieces (which i do not condone)

how many times have you been to the hospital?the one time i was born

top 10 favorite songsSHIT okay. 1. your protector by fleet foxes2. talking in code by margot and the nuclear so and sos3. on a freezing chicago street by margot and the nuclear so and sos4. the chain by fleetwood mac5. storms by fleetwood mac6. peacekeeper by fleetwood mac7. tusk by fleetwood mac8. otherside by rhcp9. narc by interpol 10. nara by alt-j 

do you take any medications daily? not anymore

what is your skin type? (oily, dry, etc)dry i think ? idk i moisturize now so

what is your biggest fear? well, if we’re not going too deep here, the ocean. if we are, rejection

how many kids do you want? ZERO 

whats your go to hair style?curled and parted down the middle 

what type of house do you live in? (big, small, etc) its big i think 

who is your role model? tbh i dont know

what was the last compliment you received?my gf said i’m cute

what was the last text you sent?“omggg” god im so dull

how old were you when you found out santa wasn’t real?like nine

what is your dream car? one that has good gas mileage and isn’t too low to the ground

opinion on smoking?tbh my parents smoke and my whole family does too so i find it strangely comforting even tho i dont do it myself and i like the smell

do you go to college? not yet

what is your dream job? journalist or something involved with film (costume casting etc)

would you rather live in rural areas or the suburbs? ive lived in rural areas almost my whole life and i miss it so that but id live in the city over everything 

do you take shampoo and conditioner bottles from hotels? i don’t but my mom does

do you have freckles? yeah a fucken million of em

do you smile for pictures?yes i do

how many pictures do you have on your phone?over 1000 

have you ever peed in the woods? yes i have 

do you still watch cartoons? i watched sponebob this morning

do you prefer chicken nuggets from Wendy’s or McDonalds?i think mcdonalds

Favorite dipping sauce? i don’t dip that much 

what do you wear to bed? usually a sweatshirt and no pants

have you ever won a spelling bee?ive never even been in one

what are your hobbies?tbh i dont have any

can you draw? i CAN draw just not well

do you play an instrument?i play the guitar and i can still remember hot cross buns on recorder

what was the last concert you saw? imagine dragons in 2014

tea or coffee?recently its been tea but i go back and fourth

Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts?ive never been to dunkin donuts

do you want to get married?im 17 i dont know

what is your crush’s first and last initial?RC (this question makes me uncomfortable and i dont even know why)

are you going to change your last name when you get married? im literlaly 17

what color looks best on you? blue probaby?

do you miss anyone right now? yeha a lot of ppl

do you sleep with your door open or closed?closed

do you believe in ghosts?of course i do

what is your biggest pet peeve? i have so many i really hate it when my sister takes my clothes though 

last person you called`my gf

favorite ice cream flavor? cookie dough

regular oreos or golden oreos?i like em both

chocolate or rainbow sprinkles? rainbow is this even a question

what shirt are you wearing?a sweatshirt from my old high school

what is your phone background?scary terry

are you outgoing or shy?i think i can be both it depends on the person

do you like it when people play with your hair?it depends on the person usually yes

do you like your neighbors? yes !

do you wash your face? at night? in the morning?i wash it in the morning usually sometimes at night

have you ever been high?yes

have you ever been drunk? yes

last thing you ate? some weird bar my neighbor made

favorite lyrics right nowthis entire song tbh

On a freezing Chicago street we shook Your hands were trembling from all those pills you took And we got drunk on cheap red wine in a paper cup And I was barely awake when you got home And climbed yourself into bed wearing cheap perfume And Sarah screamed your every breath is a gift If you weren't so selfish than you might want to live So if your lover should leave don't get too sad And don't compose epic poems to win her back Cause when your bird has flown, she'll never return home Though all your life you'll wait she never will return

summer or winter?summer!!

day or night? night!!!

dark, milk, or white chocolate? milk!!

favorite month? october. my birthday and fall and halloween

what is your zodiac signlibra !

who was the last person you cried in front of? i dont kno holy fuck that took an hour