#dont ask me how to do colors though i can't tell you that

[pyr0-kai]

Could you maybe write a mike x reader that the reader has a crush on Mike for a long time now secretly but dont dare tell him because she just can't is too shy and Abby helps reader and Mike to find together with her drawings since she noticed how they look at each other every time but no one says anything and maybe with just fluffy please. The reader knows mike a long time and knows what he is going through and Mike did become distance from the reader but the reader is still here for him when he needs it too.. And they kiss too :)

Hiiii, thank you for my first official request!! I hope you like it!

There shouldn’t be anything to spoiler-y just some tooth rotting fluff and bad writing!! (And one spicy reference ish? Nothing too bad)

Also So sorry, my art class was watching the little mermaid today so its been in the back of my mind.

Abby, The Little Matchmaker

You had moved in next door to the Schmidt house a few years ago. Mike was watched out the window the day you moved in, while eating breakfast with Abby one morning. He saw you outside of the window, and he wasn’t trying to stare, but ended up staring at your driveway, watching you bring in and out boxes of stuff from one of those large moving trucks. Abby finished a little doodle before looking up, seeing her big brother staring. When Abby spoke up, he zapped out of his little trance.

As a lot of time had passed you had gotten to know him somewhat well. Sometimes he would talk with you from the other side of your fence, or you two would sit on the curb or one of your porches together and just chat about random stuff. As he became more focused on his work, trying and failing to keep a good few job, he slowly began to, unintentionally, become distant. No longer speaking to you directly. But he still would watch you from the window of his kitchen if he saw you pretty [hair color] flash in the corner of his vision. Often seeing you playing with your younger sibling, or younger family members.

Once he landed the job at Freddy’s, he knew he would need help. And you were the best and only person he could really think to ask. It was awkward but, you agreed. Excited to officially meet his little sister, and hopefully see more of him once again. Thats how you ended up watching over Abby once he started working late nights.

Abby was very shy at first, but as time past, and you spent more time at the Schmidt house, she began to open up a bit, talking more and inviting you to draw with her. She also noticed though, how awkward you were with Mike. How you two both seemed to like each other a lot, but it was strange.

One evening however, it was just you and Abby. One of her favorite movies, The Little Mermaid was playing in the background, and she was drawing. Not looking up from the paper, she spoke.

“Hey, [Y/N]?”

“Yeah Abby? Whats up?”

“Do you like my brother? I mean, Like-Like him?”

Your face flustered at that question.

“N-Not like that no… We are just friends really.” You replied, voice cracking a bit.

She turns her head and looks at you.

“Oh really? At dinner sometimes when I mention you, he always says you’re pretty and appreciates you being friends and taking care of me at night. Also, sometimes when i’m not asleep yet, I hear weird noises, and your name coming from his room.”

She notices your face and how red it gets from hearing her speak. She knew you had a crush on him, no matter how much you tried to deny it. Then she turned her head back, smirked to to herself and grabbed a new piece of paper, before heading back into her room, to plan.

Later, Mike invited you to stay for breakfast. He was cooking up some slightly burnt scrambled eggs while you were tapping your nails on the kitchen table. After what Abby had told you, it became even more difficult to talk to him.

Abby came out of her room a few minutes later, a piece of folded paper in her pj pocket. She sat at the table, across from you, wishing you and Mike a good morning. You 3 ate Mike’s slightly burnt food, as Abby told you about a project she’s excited to start at school. Once the food was done, and the dishes were put in the sink, Abby perked up again.

“I drew this for both pf you! Don’t open it until I’m back in my room please!”

You and Mike both nodded as she dashed off into her room to get ready for school. You stood next to Mike as he unfolded the sheet of paper. The inside revealing a picture of You, Mike, And Abby, all happily hugging. You and Mike looked at each other, admiring each other’s eyes. Before you both heard Kiss the girl, from The Little Mermaid start playing from the Cassette player in Abby’s room.

You two both looked at each other, the paper still in Mike’s hand.

“Did Abby tell you that I like you?” He asked.

“Yeah, did she say that I like you..?”

You replied.

But you’re dying to try

You wanna kiss the girl

Yes, you want her

The song played, while you and mike looked each other. He gulped before leaning in slightly for a kiss, and you met his lips halfway. The kiss was everything you both wanted, soft, loving and passionate.

“I love you…”

He spoke.

“I love you too…”

You replied.

The song ended from Abbys room, and you both heard her shout

“I KNEW IT!”

You and Mike both laughed before he pulled you into a tight hug. To this very day, the specific picture Abby drew is framed and sits on a shelf. She draws all 3 of you together much more, loving how happy it makes you all. This always ends with a group hug, as well as you and mike sharing a loving kiss.

[respectthepetty]

Petty, I respect you.

I do.

However.

DONT BE QUITE ABOUT THE COLOURS IN ON1Y 1 BECAUSE I WILL READ A FULL THESIS ON IT, 20 PAGES!!!! 50 PAGES!!!!

PLEASEEEE Give

It

To

Meeeeeeeee 🥹

Anon,

You've opened a floodgate.

Because I always notice the colors, but just because I see colors doesn't mean I know why they are significant. Even if I see there is a pattern, it doesn't mean I understand its importance. And I don't think y'all should be subject to me screaming about Jiang Tian's paper bookmarks being yellow and pink in a book of (love?) poems where he has highlighted that "a girl's shyness is like a tender cherry under the sunlight" and "16- and 17-year-olds are like fruits in the morning sun, sparkling."

Sheng Wang asks who this is about, but we know who this is about. The colors mean things.

And more importantly, I actually didn't write weekly or episodic posts about shows until 2022. I used to wait until a show was over to write about the colors or background noise, and, mostly, I only did it when people would ask me about it. Big Dragon was the first show that I felt compelled to write weekly about the colors and background noise because it was so amazing, so 2024 is still an odd space for me to be in sometimes because as much as I love colors, I'm ALWAYS surprised how much y'all want to know about them . . . weekly . . . per episode . . . for all the shows.

I write for myself, but sometimes I think y'all don't need to witness me losing my shit every week for sixteen weeks over obviously color-coded characters in The Loyal Pin.

And sometimes I think y'all don't want to witness me losing my shit over colors that I can't completely understand like the grays in 4 Minutes.

And then other times I think y'all shouldn't have to witness me losing my shit over colors that I'm not sure are colors until I've watched enough episodes to feel sure that the colors are, in fact, coloring; then, the series, The Trainee, actually tells me the colors were coloring the entire time like I thought.

And that's why I try to be quiet about shows because I'm figuring them out in my head, or I'm waiting for enough information to feel confident about them, and I don't want to hog up the tag with my ramblings. I need to sit in it a bit to figure out what the colors mean.

Kiseki: Dear to Me was the perfect example. I didn't mention anything about colors until prompted by others because it took me until the third episode to feel certain that Chen Yi and Ai Di matched colors, then it took me close to the end of the series to realize all the cameo couples ALSO matched colors.

It took me until the end of My Love Mix-Up to realize Aoki's color had evolved.

It took me two seasons (and a movie) to feel secure that Kiyoi was a Heavenly Human in My Beautiful Man.

And it took me until midway through Semantic Error to figure out why the red disappeared.

That's how The On1y One is for me. I knew yellow/orange and blue would play some part in the story based on the posters, but I wasn't sure how until I started seeing more visuals appear.

Because even though I saw a yellow container of food for Sheng Wang in the first episode,

I didn't realize he mostly ate color-coded food until episode four.

It's such a tiny detail, so I could have easily missed it, but because I know that he is a picky eater, I feel like it's not simply a coincidence, and I quickly noticed it in the eighth episode.

But I needed to collect more images before I could state that. I needed to let the story develop before I realized it. I needed to settle into it. And that's why I wrote my halfway point post after a few people asked if I noticed.

Because I know I seem like a magician who shouts a lot, but I'm not. Sometimes, I have to be patient and let the colors sneak up on me while I'm simply enjoying the moment, like Sheng Wang's orange alarm clock nestled into the corner of his bed while he falls asleep on his light yellow pillow in his light yellow shirt.

I know not all visuals can be a literal bright yellow sign hanging from the color-coded boy's room, ya know?

I'm not Jenny who cannot grasp that she keeps taking food and drinks meant for Benny even when he realized if she could figure out the mug was about gay rights without realizing he was gay then someone smarter will along and piece the dots together . . .

Because like, girl, he's gay.

But it does take me time to collect images and get my thoughts in order, so until then, I'm going to be quiet.

Or as quiet as a loud ass like me can be.

[grendel-menz]

yo im not sure if this is a weird ask so feel free to ignore but like !! sorry i just had a moment bc ive been struggling w being half white for a long time now, like something was off my entire life with how other white people would treat me as an Other, the way they would like reduce me to an animal/the wild friend/make some weird dehumanizing comments, and despite all this not even knowing the truth of my ancestry til i was out of high school. but at the same time i felt like i could never really claim it? like i had no connection to my native side since my father wasn't allowed that so i was basically raised White and every time i looked in the mirror something told me it was wrong for me to even seek that connection. it did not help that i'd meet other half natives here who would tell me that (there is a weird culture here about rooting out "fakers" and accusing people you dont like of faking their history to get yourself more legitimacy). sorry this is all a rambly preface to say id always related to your art about ancestry and culture and finding yourself and how people treat you but felt wrong for it but then you post a picture and you're a stones throw away from me. like, we look like we could be cousins. idk i just went wow, i look like that too, its okay, i shouldnt have gatekept my connecting behind fear of... i dont even know what anymore. idk this ask has no point so from another genderweird half who hallucinates i hope u have a great week month year and i hope good things happen to you. you bring a lot of joy to people

I'm sorry you've struggled with all this, it can be really tough. My situation is a bit different since my mom never let me forget I'm Filipino. I never felt distant from being mixed, just the culture we lost due to some extraordinarily difficult circumstances in the past few generations of my moms side. I'm also lucky in that Filipinos and SEAsians as a whole tend to be very avid about welcoming mixed kids into the community (though there's a lot of racism and colorism involved in the level of acceptance someone gets, unfortunately. I'm pale and treated well, and I doubt someone darker skinned would be treated as well in certain circles.).

I can't speak for Native American communities, but I will solidly say in general that blood quantum and its enforcement is colonial. Your ancestors do not love you in halves or quarters, that would be very strange. When I have a baby I plan to love the whole thing and not just whatever dna percentage is mine. It's just important to research, support, reach out to, and represent your community to the best of your ability. (If I've misspoken here lmk.)

I have Indigenous family members, ancestry, and community, but I don't personally call myself Indigenous because I am still researching and reconnecting, and it's such a big word. There's no rush to things, go at the pace you're comfortable with when it comes to seeing yourself.

Sorry for being long winded! Hopefully that helps or yeah! :D

[ventismacchiato]

THE SCRMN LORE DUMP WAS SO GOOD now listen kai gave us the general headcanons..... I'll take one for the team and ask how they both were like in bed and if mona was scara's first time idk (i can't believe my life has come to this, asking about fictional characters love lives like a gossip monger)

also also for the angst hcs I think about that one anon's hc like how scara would die a little when yn purposefully ignores him and pretends whatever they had wasn't real, and I wanted to know exactly what might make yn ignore him in the future so I'm thinking that it's probably BC of ei (SHES SUCH A BITCH IN THIS AU AT LEAST JPTP EI WAS CIVIL) and how she might've told scara to give up his relationship with yn to be more successful and probably try to set him up with mona idk but ofc scara doesn't like her

or or scara just distances himself from them bc again, he doesn't think yn deserves them but he can't stand seeing them not in his arms (fake idgafer) so i just see him constantly trying to make contact with yn but yn can surprisingly be cold so they shut him out (kinda like btl scara!! i like how swy accidentally or purposefully parallels scarayn fr)

I'm so excited for the jealousy arc I dont even care who gets jealous I just love when characters (scara) want that cookie (us) so bad but feels as though they don't deserve them so they're forced to seethe and yearn in silence (Scaramouche is a yearner i mean you mentioned it in the prev asks how he bleeds out his feelings to songs instead of verbally expressing them that's like peak yearnism ugh i love him so much)

-🌅 anon !!

PS do you have any general hcs for the other delusion & windblume ......... kazuxiao.... kazuxiao crumbs........ very cottagecore coded i can see them being the designated therapists of the groups aside from the twins

gossip monger is taking me OUT 😭 i love when you guys ask me for head canons cus sometimes it’s things i’ve thought about and other times it’s like matter a fact what WOULD scaras tip color be 🤔

i’m gonna say scara was mona’s first time! so he was probably also gentle with her at first. it can also be the other way around (as in mona was his first) BUT! lowk i headcanon scara being a whore amongst the other trainees (like excluding windblume and delusion group) and he probably just lost his v card to some random other trainee under sakura? like do we fuck with that LMAO

like to get rid of the tension of his growing rivalry with you and his mother he probably fucked around with trainees 😭 i think that’s kinda hot lmfao walk with me here experienced scara. i feel like when he’s 18 he’s the type to just wanna get it over with and picks a random trainee HELP

i’m not gonna spoil anything HAHA but come back once i do give out the reason for why yn ignores scara LMFAOO (cus spoiler it will happen 😝) and omg ur so right it is kinda parallel btl

SCARAMOUCHE YEARNER ARC YOU GET IT he wud be standing in the corner seething silently and then write a diss track

I DO!!! i have a kazuxiao headcanon that will be in the next chapter interview i think? so if u want a spoiler rq it’s that kazuha and xiao have been dating this whole time in secret

so with that in mind i hc kazuha asked xiao out first, maybe after kazuha debuted and xiao was still a trainee so they were able to get away with secret dates. and during their trainee days they’d go “train together” but it was just an excuse to be alone. i can also see kazuha being the therapist of delusion cus he’s calm and even calmer when he’s high. he gives me the mom of the group vibes. i also hc the twins are therapists but they probably spill SO much tea to each other

also kazuha tells xiao EVERYTHING going on with delusion which is why he’s so gossipy when windblume is gossiping and has all the tea. i hc lumine will give tea about yn and aether will give tea about scara and they’ll try to set them up whenever they can (never works)

a few years into their careers it gets a little harder to hide their relationship and see each other so xiao will always say he’s buying weed from kazuha just to go on dates. they never intended it to be a secret but they also just assumed everyone could tell (they couldn’t, both of them don’t like pda) so it became a running joke to see how long they could hide it (so far two years, i hc kazuha asked xiao to be his bf after two years of subtle flirting) xiao is that one meme of wait were u flirting with me? and kazuhas like i have been for the past two years but ty for noticing

[alldoll3dup]

Yelloooooooo!!!!!! I got a request. Can you write a brozone x pop/rap troll fem reader?? Where there related to the bros? I honestly can't think of anything else, but ik for sure theres gotta be crazy angst and comfort!!!

P.S. LOVE YOUR STORIES

▐ Do you mean all of them together or the separate reaction of each of them? I'm going to do it all together as a one shot kisses 🫶🏻 (but if not, you can make another request)

P.S THANK YOU SO MUCH

໑୧﹒★﹒Brozone x pop/rap!Reader - Headcanon's/one-shot ᰍ﹒∿

𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 - You are a pop and rap troll, you were already considered part of the family by brozone what would be their reaction? Lets see right now

𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐦 - Trolls band togeter

𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 - GN!Reader, angsty, platonic

★ When you told them...

– You were really nervous about telling them this, but Poppy and Viva were encouraging you

– Ok you were freaking out, Poppy and Viva got them together and said you had something to say, what were they thinking??? You wanted to stick your face in a hole and never come out

– The two left leaving you there with the confused brothers, you took a deep breath and started telling them

"Okay then well, I wanted to tell you this, because you are like brothers to me and I think you will support me in this"

– John Dory has already started to panic, she has already started to imagine a million things

💭 "IS SHE DATING? DOES SHE NO LONGER TRUST US? DOES SHE WANT TO MOVE AWAY???"

"Well, I'm a pop and rap troll" - you said looking a little embarrassed and JD's jaw dropped to the floor

"Ah, what a silly thing, y/n, everything is fine" - said branch carelessly with a hand on your shoulder (I didn't know what color to put on him, srry)

"SILLY?? NO ITS NOT SILLY HOW CAN YOU BE BOTH? IS THIS POSSIBLE?" - JD didn't understand anything

"Calm down, John Dory, this is normal, I, for example, am a pop and rock troll" - Floyd said, smiling slightly and you were a little sad about JD's reaction (I have a hc that he is a rock troll)

"WHAT YOU ARE A ROCK TROLL???" - He said turning his head to Floyd

"Hey man, relax, this is more common than you think" - Clay said looking angry at JD because he noticed your sad reaction

"My kids sing all kinds of music all the time" - Spruce said with a nasal laugh

"John Dory, you're making Y/N uncomfortable stop it" - he said quietly to John Dory with a sideways glance

"Okay, it doesn't enter my head either you're a rap troll or you're a pop troll, or you're a rock trolls or you're a pop troll"

"Why not both JD?" - you and Floyd said at the same time

"Because it's confusing and strange, it doesn't make sense to be both"

"Okay, that's enough of trying to change other people, John Dory" - Clay said, already irritated

"Clay just relax, okay? It dont make the argument worse"

"But he's right, John Dory is crossing the line!" - and you remained silent watching them argue and left with Floyd

★ When you went out with Floyd...

– He comforted you even though he was also sad about the situation

"Hey, it's okay, don't mind Dory, he'll understand soon"

"But why fight like that? They can't argue without fighting..."

"I know Y/n... it's okay" - he hugged you gently and you hugged him back

– You stayed there until the branch appeared because he got angry about arguing with John Dory

★ A few days later...

– You hadn't spoken to John Dory for a few days and she was really sad about the way he treated you

– He studied a lot about this being more than one thing and thought it was really cool

– He felt horrible about the way he treated you and asked Spruce and Clay for help on how to apologize to you

– Clay didn't want to help at first, but Spruce convinced him to help

– Of course, Floyd and Branch joined in on this, Branch would distract you along with Floyd, Clay and Spruce taught John Dory how to say sorry (which was an almost impossible mission)

– They prepared a "little party" with a huge sign saying "WE ACCEPT YOU Y/N AND FLOYD"

– When you got there JD practically jumped on you crying and apologizing saying how proud he was of you (he had done this to Floyd before the party)

– You ended up getting emotional and forgave him and promised that you would teach him more about being a troll with two musical genres

▐ That was hard to write, huh? Hope yall liked it

▐ Sorry if there are any grammatical errors love you guys ♡

★ REQUESTS ARE OPEN ★

- Read this before making a request

[naughtynoodle056]

oh wtf did they mean by that like .. your characters are obviously Black - you could post just the lineart and it'd be obvious??

okay first of all I LAUGHED when I read this ask because I literally feel the exact same way, but allow me to take you and the rest of my followers on this journey that has made me decide I'm a villain now. Buckle up, this post will be lengthy xD.

Person (not artist) confused my OC Shay (the girl right next to Leo) for my OC Xander (the boy on the far left). I got really frustrated because I chose Shay to sit next to Leo in this piece SPECIFICALLY to drive home the contrast in weight and that even though Shay is in a baggyish hoodie, you can still tell she's slim compared to Leo.

I asked if I was just going crazy or if these people mixing them up werre either 1) visually impaired somehow or looked at this for 0.2 seconds because these are obviously not the same person?? an IRL said that Xander and Shay looked too similarly because of their hair and body type and SKIN TONE and I was like. First of all, 2000s emo kids often had similar hair, that's kind of the fucking point here. Second of all, Shay is obviously shorter and skinny and Xander is CLEARLY on the chubbier sie, so what the fuck are you yapping about? and FInally. SKIN COLOR??? SKIN COLOR??????

Here is this same exact piece but with the lighting effects turned off. Just loud and wrong as fuck

So aforementioned artist offers their constructive criticism that was this

and like no offense but the longer I thought about it the more pissed off I got because first of all,

I LITERALLY DO????? and second of all and the reason I'm evil now is that they don't. RECENTLY they actually drew a black person, but it was still a frustratingly ambiguously black person.

Like what does this even mean bro my art style is like ALL SHAPES?? Like I'm really glad you said what you said in this ask because you're so right, you CAN tell my characters are black or otherwise POC just by the lineart. You cannot do that with the artist that gave that criticism. and then they doubled down when people called them out on how wack of a criticism it was and that they were wrong. I won't be naming them by name publicly because like I said before, I will look like the smaller bitter artist that can't take criticism from this BIG POPULAR WELL MEANING artist, but it felt like they were throwing stones from a glass house at a BRICK ONE.

I was also told my art "has a lot of potential" which is the polite way of saying "your art is mid", generally speaking lmaO.

At the end of the day, it felt like they were making huge sweeping judgements of my art and offering criticsm that was like?? unwarranted and felt more like them outting themselves as never giving my art more than just a passing glance because I dont draw 800+lb fatties constantly. Which is fine, you don't have to look at my art. But don't fucking give me criticism that not only doesn't apply to me, but you don't even follow yourself. Its kind of like if an abled bodied artist who NEVER draws anyone with visible disabilities told a visibly disabled artist that DOES draw a myriad of disabled folks in a loving way that they aren't doing enough and then doubling down with "All criticism is fair critism".

I don't think I'm the best artist in the world or in this kink community, but I know one thing for sure. I'm one of the most consistent at drawing black people in a way that's obvious and with lots of love, so don't you EVER fucking imply I don't do enough while your black people just look like color pallete swaps. Don't come for me on that regard if you have never drawn afro textured hair. And no, I WON'T just roll over and accept that "most feedists favor white or pale eastern asain people". I'd rather die a niche artist who actually gives a shit about representation than to just grovel to people that would not respect me because of my race.

[definitelynotshouting]

context: ik most of my asks are pretty disorganized, stream of consciousness type of thing but GEEZ this got out of hand. you know that thing cats do when they bring you a dead mouse and *they're* super proud of it and you're just like dude.. why /lh

i usually put whatever my immediate thoughts are after reading the chapter and this time i thought it might be fun to write it out before. can you tell im running on five hours of sleep?? lmk if this made any coherent sense because even i dont understand it!!

so last chapter ripped my heartt out and stomped on it. i am LIVING for the way this whole thing was written, gorgeous prose as always <3. i was very curious as to wether Mumbo would question Grian but i think him NOT doing that was SO in character, and i adore it. I feel like w/ some fics (my own writing included) Scar is the ONLY one Grian relies on for support (in ANY area), and whenever Mumbo is even in the picture, he's just kinda "there", he doesn't check up on Grian or broach the topic of whatever is currently plaguing our little bird guy (basically, he's not involved in Grian's life despite being "his best friend"). And the way you characterized him was just So Real?? I would wager a guess (correct me if im wrong ofc) that part of it is that he just DOESNT know, (because Grian is oh so good at telling half truths and privately justifying his self sabotage) but a part of it is also him being lowkey willfully ignorant. he doesnt WANT Grian to be sick (mentally or otherwise) but definetly knows that SOMETHING is up. he really WANTS to help fix whatever is going on (evident by the gold farm) but he doesnt know what Grian needs or how to help him.

i have been OBSESSING over how Grian saying goodnight to Mumbo was ACTUALLY his goodbye to him but Mumbo DOESNT KNOW AND ITS EATING ME ALIVE. (also thought it was super interesting how Grian sort of took Mumbo leaving to sleep as "permission" to do the deed)

side ish note: how tf does Grian even plan to do that?? ik he's got the spider eyes and i *think* he's planning to turn the healing potions into weakness potions but like?? how is he going to do that??? i would assume that the gang would be watching the potions AS they were brewing, and even if they weren't, healing potions and weakness potions are.... vastly different colors. (unless im mixing them up with something else). also aren't they going to walk in on him prepping or already being in the middle of it and just save him like last time? the team as a whole has done a pretty good job on keeping an eye on Grian (from just a "this person can't walk" standpoint) so far. is he waiting for a chance when everyone is busy or does he plan to use MORE weakness potions to make it stronger or quicker?? im interested to see if he's even going to follow The Plan, because up until this point he's been pretty careful with trying to make plans and sneak around EXCEPT for the spider eyes basement adventure, which makes me wonder is he'll get more frantic/desperate as the appointed time draws closer.

Real talk though, Mumbo (and everyone else) is going to be beating himself up over not noticing when stuff goes down (which i would assume would be next chapter, but idk). Also, the fact that Grian asked him to stay means A LOT. To me (and idk if this is what you meant to convey) that signals that a part of him WANTS to stay. theres a part of him that wants to continue to experience the comfort and joy he gets from his friends, but he feels like he's only going to continue to hurt them, so to him this is the ONLY option to keep them safe. also the majority of his existence is just misery and pain so thats probably not helping. (PLUS the whole slew of mental health issues, this is not purely self sacrificial).

anyway, i LOVED this chapter as always, it was like chicken noodle soup for my overworked little soul and i savored every bit of it!! (also, no need to apologize for not having enough spoons!! i dont have any chronic illnesses but i know that shit sucks. this is a particularly long ask for me so dont feel compelled to answer everything in it, or answer right away. hope ur doing well <3)

-🐛

BUG ANONNNN THIS COMMENT IS SO SWEET AND I LOVED READING IT OMGGGG

you hit the nail exactly on the head for where im going with mumbo's characterization-- there is 100% a level of willful ignorance there. Ive always felt like mumbo is the kind of guy who has a thing about avoidance-- he feels very much like a character who will absolutely do his best to ignore things that hes decided arent his business (right up until he stops LMFAO) and part of that in hunger au is him being so anxious for grian to get better that he stops looking at the red flags grian is aggressively waving around. It'll work out!! He's sure of it!! Grian even directly said he's trying to get better!! And i think if he looked at that for longer than it takes for him to flinch away from the entire subject, he would see how much of a bald lie that is.

But he doesnt, because thats a LOT to deal with, and hes never really??? Seen this side of Grian before??? Not the way Pearl and Scar have. Theres a lot of intricacy there that i feel im skimming over but like Mumbo is very much keeping his own sanity in mind here too and thats another painful factor to the whole situation. Idk i have lots of thoughts about it and about the choice here to depict Mumbo giving in to that willful ignorance, and how its going to affect his and Grian's relationship in the future of the fic

(Quick tw for frank discussions of suicide below)

You've also completely nailed the subtext i was getting at with Grian asking Mumbo to stay-- smth ive always felt is a bit underrepresented in narratives like these are how at its most base core, suicide and suicidal ideation are often about needing something to fundamentally change in your life. It takes a LOT of both hopelessness and sheer willpower to actively try and overcome your body's instinctive will to survive. That instinct is baked into our very cells; when someone commits, it means their hopelessness for meaningful change to happen in their lives was so strong it overpowered everything else. And that is something deeply, deeply tragic, and also something i really wanted to respectfully highlight in this portrayal-- how bad things are when you spiral that far. Grian is starving to death. He wasnt lying about maybe having a week to live-- the intermittent feeding has kept him alive longer than anticipated, but its like trying to wall off an avalanche; theres only so much you can do in the face of all that :( and that hopelessness, in combination with how guilty he feels for what he did to his friends, has manifested in him feeling like his only recourse is to kill himself... but at the same time, that instinct to survive and KEEP SURVIVING is still blaring in his veins, and that manifests as him asking Mumbo to stay. Its a bit paradoxical, but its meant to really show how bad his mental state is, that he is willfully ignoring all the frantic signals his body is screaming at him to try and stay alive rn 🥺🥺🥺🥺

Also, with the potions-- without revealing too much about how this is going to happen, Grian is planning on making fermented spider eyes and using them to turn the healing potions into harming potions, which he'll then drink in the in-between to make sure he dies immediately. Now.. i know how this is gonna go, and i know the exact mechanics around how this is gonna shake out, but smth to keep in mind is hes not thinking logically anymore, he has FULLY capitulated to his own storm of emotional wreckage. So yes there are DEFINITELY some questions to be asked about how hes gonna try and get this done, but in all honesty they mostly boil down to "sheer opportunity" which you'll see a bit more of in the next chapter >:] but yeah its meant to be a bit illogical skdbwkdjskd since he just isnt thinking coherently anymore at this point :(

Bug anon thank u for my entire life this comment was so sweet and so wonderful to receive, i really love it when my writing is analyzed like this and seen and understood!!! Its amazing its such a wonderful feeling to have your work be seen like this and its something i very much do not take for granted :]]]❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ tysm for the ask i am seriously treasuring it SO MUCH rn (and also thank you for the well-wishes!! Im doing my best to stay silly out here HEHE)❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[adalwolfgang]

ADAL!!! saw your requests/inbox is open…and i had to send in a little something something!!!

heard you do “i ship you with…” so i was wondering what gotham character you might ship me with!!!

As far as physical appearance goes, I’m a 4’11 cis female with long brown hair and brown eyes, tan skin, hispanic, and wear a lot of black and red :> (and wearing glasses when im not in my contacts sksksk)

As far as personality goes, I’m a little eccentric, lots of jokes teehee, my MBTI is INTP, aquarius zodiac sign, and I love a possessive jealous protective man 🤞 I’m bisexual with a preference for men, and my ideal date idea is a movie at home !! or a grocery store date (i love shopping!!)

tysm adal ^_^ u dont have to if you dont want too, or if you dont do these anymore!! Just thought it might be fun !!

A/N: AHHH YES!! I wont ever stop doing these so you're good! Also sorry for the wait! Im trying to get through asks today because the numbers are starting to stack up and I don't want to keep holding it off anymore! But my inbox will always be open!

I ship you with...

Oswald Cobblepot!

Let's start with the height difference.

He loves it.

A lot.

Almost everyone he's ever encountered is always taller than him, or his height is used against him.

Definitely has a sort of power kink toward it if yk what I mean.

Now onto your color scheme.

We've all seen his many outfits throughout episodes and how fashionable he is.

He'll spoil you to your hearts content on whatever you want.

Including clothes.

There's a black and red outfit you've been wanting from a store down the street?

It's sitting on your bed by the next hour or so with a little love note attached to it.

If he's feeling it, you'll both be matching that day, wearing the similar black and red that you love so much.

He'll also make sure you always have a spare set of glasses or contacts on hand.

Just incase yk?

If anyone dares to even tease you about your clothes, glasses, looks in general?

Dead.

I can't stress the 'anyone' enough.

He knows what it's like being talked down to and mocked so he isn't having non of that when it comes to you.

He doesn't want his darling going through the same shit he went through.

He's gonna do whatever it takes to make you live the best.

As a queen.

His queen.

He's not the best at telling jokes but he does have a certain sense of humor.

Like laughing at the people, who've hurt either him or you, who are on the ground screaming in pain.

Again, a certain sense of humor.

Lets say you try a harmless prank on him, and end up scaring the shit out of him.

He'll scold you but is smiling by the end of it.

If you tell him a joke, he'll laugh at it.

While also staring at you with a loving gaze.

Back to him loving to spoil you, he much prefers taking you out to extravagant places for a ideal date like a fancy restaurant but won't mind just chilling at his mansion and snuggling up on the couch with you.

He doesn't get the whole shopping dates you mention though.

Why do something like that when he can just make others do it for you?

If you beg for it enough, he'll agree.

But he makes sure zsasz and a couple other of his men come along.

Again just in case.

He'll tell them to spread out and not stick so close to you both so it can feel like it's just you and him having a nice bonding moment.

Don't expect him to carry anything though.

Poor Zsasz we'll probably get stuck acting as some pack mule.

[say-hi-intrepid-heroes]

my experience getting/having a septum piercing!

(detailed journal under the cut, overview at the top)

TLDR: my experience was good, but that's because i planned and dedicated time to it. if you're in a situation where you'd need to hide it, make sure you get the piercing at least a week before you would need to flip it under. anything less and it's going to hurt like hell (although it'll still hurt a lot after a week)

general tips: 1) clean it at least once a day for a while. stuff builds up, especially in winter. i'd honestly recommend not getting it right before winter like i did, cause cold metal is not great. 2) try not to mess with it during the day, but make sure to move it around when you clean it, otherwise the healing skin will stick to the jewelry. 3) get a color/style you can live with for a few months. 4) don't flip it back and forth too much. 5) don't blow your nose aggressively or you might pass out from the pain. 6) dont wear face makeup to get your piercing done. touching your nose is gonna hurt like hell afterwards, so removing makeup won't be fun. 7) don't get a septum piercing as your first piercing. i've had two piercings in each ear, so i've had experience with the pain. if you flinch on an ear piercing, it's not as big of a deal cause those are so fast, but this one is NOT. major flinching is really bad here.

i've put a detailed log with dates under the cut. tw for descriptions of blood (obviously) but nothing major.

also, if you have any specific follow up questions, feel free to message or send an ask! i can't necessarily give you a perfect answer, but i can tell you what worked for me :)

(disclaimer: i wrote these on the days they are marked. i have not deleted or added anything, these were my thoughts and experiences as they happened. this does not represent everyone's experience, just mine, and is meant to be used as a reference to anyone wanting more information about this experience)

day 0 (11/11)

- got it done at a tattoo shop, they used a new/sterile needle and disinfected the area or something with something that smelled like iodine. it wasn't as fast as an ear piercing but it was honestly less painful.

- lots of initial bleeding (normal for me and head wounds in general), they nicked the outside of one nostril but that's probably because of my nose shape, lots of eye watering (also normal for me)

- cleaning it sucked, used the stuff they gave me (neilmed piercing aftercare mist) and qtips. moving the piercing was the worst part (it was slightly off center so i had to move it a bit), hurt so bad. did not appear to bleed further, however.

- nose area around piercing (nostrils, tip of nose) is extremely tender. putting on moisturizer was painful. glad i was not wearing full face makeup that i would have had to take off

- still too scared to blow my nose. i have a congestion headache.

day 1 (11/12)

- itchy. so itchy.

- currently biggest challenge is cleaning it. the area is so fragile and hurts so bad if you mess up how cleaning is done.

- also, allergies suck. i can't blow my nose. why.

- no bleeding tho, and nothing concerning

day 2 (11/13)

- cleaning is better, but i did figure out i was doing it wrong so that might be why moving the actual jewelry hurt so much. (the piercing was a lot further forward than i thought it was, so i was kinda just cleaning the middle of my nose. i wasn't cleaning where the hole is, so the scab area was just dry when i tried to move it, which is so so bad)

- area around it is much much less tender. no sudden contact though still.

- moving the jewelry hurts like a bitch

day 7 (11/18)

- substantial improvement over the last few days. no longer hurts to move the jewelry or touch my nose. only hurts if excessive force (i.e. getting punched in the nose)

day 9 (11/20)

- flipped it under (to hide it) for the first time. had to look up youtube videos for people with my nose shape cause i was doing it wrong but other than that it was very smooth and painless.

- now i just feel like i need to sneeze, but no pain.

about three weeks post-piercing

- we've kinda leveled out. no more major pain, now i'm able to flip it under in an emergency (without a mirror, without prep, etc)

- i got super sick and had a runny nose and it did fine the whole time.

- highly recommend flipping it under if you're having to blow your nose a lot, otherwise it snags and snot gets caught in it and i don't like it

two months (mid january)

- it is extremely cold where i am (hanging at about 10-15 degrees Fahrenheit) and this is making my skin so so dry.

- basically the piercing wound has cracked open a bit. it hurts a lot. i'm now drinking lots of water and running a humidifier/diffuser, but there's only so much that can do.

three months (mid february)

- just took out the jewelry, cleaned, and replaced for the first time!! it went really smoothly, no pain, no blood, but i did go slowly.

- make sure not to do it over a sink or the pieces could get lost. also, for the horseshoe i have, the little ball is kinda tricky to get back in, but if you take your time it'll work.

- i'm at the point where i feel like it is substantially healed, barring a major snag or other injury. i'm probably going to change out the jewelry soon once i get a new piece, and im very excited for that!!

[end]

[astroceans]

11.02.22

i dont know how to stop it. the thoughts the memories. i thought that maybe when you decided it would all stop. contrary, they wont stop. im stuck thinking about the last 6 months and the times i could of been better and done better. the times where i should of stayed quiet where i should have loved you more. theres no benefit in thinking it though. i know you've made up your mind. and when i called you out i didn't think you would leave. i thought you'd stay like you had before. i thought you would fight more or maybe even just try. but this time you didn't. you left, you moved on. and now i think where i went wrong and if i could just been different. that if maybe i wasn't so messed up you would of stayed. maybe if i was less sad less me you wouldn't leave. but its ok. i know she is kind and she is beautiful. she is loved and taken care of. she can love you. and i know you deserve who takes away all the lies and brings you hope, poetry, and most importantly coffee. if i could talk to her, i would tell her this. his birhtday is january 10. hes actually not a typical capricorn but that might be because his mother is a cancer. hes emotional. he is kind. he is thoughtful. his love language is physical touch and words of affirmation. hes a great gift giver. he has the biggest heart. hes easily influenced. gym is his therapy. he loves his family especially his sister and his mom. hes actually a feminist. hes a clean person. his alcohol tolerance is suprsisngly high. he likes to party and have fun. but more importantly i think he likes to stay in and do nothing. his favorite color is blue but he looks great in orange. his favorite artist is j balvin. and his music taste is impeccable. hes cannot park if his life depended on it but hes a great driver. he has a sweet tooth and probably the reason he has so many cavities. his favorite sweet is donuts, coming in second gummies. his grandpa is his biggest inspiration. and like many people, he's been hurt too many times especially by me. he has the worst anxiety and overthinks too much. his best friend committed suicide and his cousin was close to. he needs reassurance and lots of love. overall, i think he's the only person who has fought for me and for our relationship something i couldn't understand and maybe why i can't let it go. 

i know you deserve more than i could ever give you. you deserve an easy love with someone who doesn't have so many layers to cut through. someone with less complications and more love to give. in fact someone who isn't afraid to be loved. i know my thoughts wont leave because i live with regret, i live with sadness. i know i'll have to live without you and live with the thought that i failed you. and more importantly that given the choice, you wouldn't choose me anymore. that i am no longer the girl you want to be with and the one you want to spend the rest of your life with . i am not the first thought in your mind and i am not the last one either. you have simply moved and found arms to come home to. and i am stuck being the sad story. the girl who cannot love and be loved. and maybe thats what kills me the most. you get to move on and i cannot even find myself talking to another person without crying. i cannot listen to music without breaking down. i cant eat without feeling guilty. that i've lost myself throughtout everything and it took you a week to move on. i'd like to ask you how you did it but i fear that when i hear your voice i would lose my breathe. i have no hope for life. and i find no pleasure in it. i live day by day hoping one day i feel less sad but its been a month and a half and i still can't listen to our song. i know its not your fault but how cannot it not be? when i told you this you didnt seem to care and you chose to move on. im so tired of crying and the sleepless nights. the calling out of work. the torturing myself at the gym. the breaking down every time i go out with my friends. you're the punchline to all my jokes and the topic of conversation when it comes to gossip. you're the theme of all my spotify playlists and the inspiration behind my new hair color. youre my excuse when my parents ask me why i can't be more active in church and the reason i dont text back any guy. the reason i've started smoking again. i dont want to love you anymore. but im sorry i love you.

[bellamyblake]

do you ever think of Bellarke and be all salty and bitter because you know they're suppose to be together? Always. as for bellamy week, i don't know if i am up to it because if i were, it means putting myself through it again by rewatching cause I need to rewatch before making anything. I had no problems going through it the last 5 gifsets this year. I just cry through the gifmaking process. dont' mind december but maybe january? i need to think about it.

Hey! Thanks so much for sending this ask! I absolutely love your gifs!

And yes, I do think about them and feel Idk mostly sad if that's the right feeling to describe it. I'll be honest, I was and am a big bellarke shipper, I love writing them, have always absolutely enjoyed their scenes but I think I was realistic when it came to them not happening. I guess I just didn't really believe it'd work out because of the other side of the fandom, because of J.ason, so I believe I had accepted it a long time before it actually ended. Does it piss me off? Of course. I think I didn't want to watch them be this big romantic couple say o.licity or anything else we actually saw happen in the time when shows were shows and not 5 episodes things. I guess I just expected them to give me a glimpse of what they could be-them being together, kissing, hugging and holding hands, the show ending. That's what I imagined, I suppose.

I've been thinking about it the past week (cause I'm rewatching older shows where some of the main couples do get together) and I've been thinking that in a way I'm also NOT sorry it didn't happen. I'm not sure Jason would've handled it well and I've loved what I've seen on screen, I know what it means and to me it doesn't necessarily have to be a romantic relationship for it to be something. That's just me and I guess that's why I survived this fandom in a way, because I never expected it and because it was enough for me. I recently read this book 'Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow' that talks exactly about that type of relationship, the one that transcends romance. That doesn't mean there is no romance but it means also so much more and I think of Bellarke that way, I always have.

I also really didn't think J.ason would've done it properly, so imo it's better this way.

I opt not to focus on the bad stuff. Of course I understand what you mean and how hard it is, for me it's hard too sometimes, I get angry, I tell myself 'couldn't there have been at least one kiss?' but I just opt to choose to love them as they are and create for them and write for them and that just overpowers the bad stuff. I see no point in focusing on the awful things. I know so many of us left because they couldn't handle the ending, I can't handle it either, it's awful but there's this other, bigger part of me that just loves them as them and somehow that's greater and can't be tained. Of course I understand everyone for whom this is hard and just want to forget it though. Life's tough enough that when you meet things like d.eath in shows it just breaks you even more.

As far as Bellamy week, I've decided I'll leave it for january because my december will be really busy with work and it seems so for the rest of the folks.I feel a little bad that I'm gonna skip a year but it has been a really awful year for me mentally and I know I should've done it earlier, I just never actually sat down to do it.

I'd love for you to participate, I really do love and admire your gifs (they're always so clear and well-colored in a way I can never make them!) I will hope to see you participate. In terms of rewatching, I actually do randomly rewatch when I start gifing, like if I choose a particular episode, I end up watching more than half of it if not all. I'm here if I can help your process somehow and make it better for you! <3

[poolboyservice]

hello :33 🧙‍♂️👽 for the anon ask game (＞Д＜)

all of this is /pos btw!!!

you give me INSANE pastel green hair w a party-poison-kinda-undercut vibes. idk why

I can very clearly see u wearing midwestern emo kinda fashion,,, like flannels,, band tees and ripped jeans n all that and absolutely SLAYING it may I add

people mistake u for a vampire at least twice a day 🫶

you either have the most icy blue eyes known to man or beautiful /p brown orbs.

you def carry around a sketchbook w the cutest lil doodles in it ever . but one page could be that and the next would be the most well crafted piece of fic writing, literature masterpiece anyone has ever read and you'd just shrug it off because ur so chill like that

for some reason I feel like u would smell like vanilla/jasmine flavoured perfume

AND FINALLY. rough guess but your fave doki is either Monika or Sayori

OOOHHHHH I LOVE THIS !!!!!!!!!!!!

i actually have a hairstyle kind of similar to Party's (I say kind of cuz its grown out and it was meant to be a wolfcut), although i js have red hair </3 nothing special, though !!! I may have a go at a similar-ish color of bright teal, kinda like gerard's roots, or vaya from the killjoys comics

i need to ask though, HOW DID YOU GUESS MY CLOTHING STYLE. HOW. TELL ME. only thing i can say is different is that my jeans ARENT ripped, but outside of that I do have a few band ts I basically wear weekly (1 mcr t shirt, 2 misfits t shirt, and although not a shirt, 1 ramones sweater). i may draw yesterday and 2 days ago's fits to kinda show you what I tend to wear when the sun isn't strangling me, and some other fits. i rlly like them and they kinda remind me of like . those mcr college AUs, idk why. i may just take a picture of my fits on the floor though because I DONT feel like drawing the t shirts i have <//3

YOU WERE SPOT ON WITH THE SKETCHBOOK THING !!!!! Not even kidding, the journal I have holds a lot of lil shitposts n sketches, but the literal first page of said sketchbook is a love story to an angel-like being that's a metaphor for being trans and what people deem a monster. Aint even the first time either, I also wrote poems that literally made people cry in my notebooks and I'm like ??? its not THAT good guys :'[

you were just dead on w the vanilla scent and the monika being my fave <//3 assigned monika by god itself really /j

can't believe you exactly guessed my eyes though . they are ICY blue, like bert mccracken blue kinda shit. i've been told i look like a gerbert lovechild cuz of that, which . i can never confirm nor deny.

[intersex-support]

Do you have information regarding chimera intersex conditions (if im using the right term). I have reason to believe I at least may be some form of chimera but have suspicions about intersexism aswell, but information is hard to find. I'm mostly wondering if there's an intersex condition that could outwardly appear as an afab, with most of the condition being internal if that makes sense?

I have a very masculine build and square jawline, with small hips (though I sport stretch marks there), and I have a clear line on my stomach and lower back where half of it is darker than the other, and my face is clearly very asymmetrical (like weirdly asymmetrical, my eyes are two different shapes).

(Cw for like period/genital talk rq)

I also have rly painful periods (though I only rly cramp on one side, though this could be attributed to the possibility of Endometriosis) yet my flow is abnormally light (considering my family's history of heavy flows) And I dont know if this is normal because I cant get a solid answer from google but I have literally no feeling inside my vagina, like none at all. (if this is normal just ignore this, but I have a feeling its not? Sorry btw if that is awkward I just need a solid answer)

I don't know what other information to include so if you need more I can send another ask in. It's just rly rough being almost 21 and realizing ur body is like, "abnormal" compared to everyone around you (sort of feels like a teenager issue lol). And I just need someone to tell me if I should drop it or if i really should bring this up to my doctor.

Thank you for the time you took to read this, it means a lot this has really been bothering me and i just need some help

Hi anon,

I'm glad you reached out. I know how tough it is to find information about intersex variations on the internet, so I also asked some of my friends who are chimeras to give some input on this answer. I know it can be really overwhelming to try to figure out if you're intersex, so just want to affirm that you are not alone in that and that you can research at whatever pace feels comfortable for you!

There are several intersex variations where you might have external genitalia like a vulva and clitoris, but that you might have internal testes, streak gonads, or ovotestes.

For chimerism, there is a lot of variety in terms of how it presents, so people will have a whole range of combinations of genitalia, gonads, secondary sex characteristics, all depending on their own unique variation. This can include ambiguous genitalia, genitalia that looks liek a vulva and vagina, and genitalia that looks more like a penis. It can be hard to find specific information, because so much of it will vary depending on your own situation. This article (tw for intersexist medical language) describes someone with chimerism who menstruates, so that is definitely possible. I can't find any specific information about period pain and chimerism, but I talked with a friend with chimerism who experiences a lot of period pain, so that definitely can happen.

I've only found information talking about different eye colors as something that can sometimes happen with chimerism and couldn't find anything about eye shape specifically. Having patches of different colored or textured hair can be a sign of chimerism.

Basically, it's possible that you could be a chimera with both XX and XY chromosomes, have a vulva and clitoris and menstruate, and potentially have ovaries or testes. The only way to confirm that would be through genetic testing.

Other possibilities to look into might include mosaicism. I'd suggest reading through this intersex variations glossary and see if anything jumps out at you that is in line with other symptoms you might have.

Overall, it's certainly possible for someone to have chimerism/chromosome variations, a vulva and vagina, periods, and potentially variations in gonads as well. If you are interested in looking more into this, you would probably want to see an endocrinologist or a clinical geneticist who could help you explore different options. I wish I had more resources to offer you, but most of the stuff out there is just different medical articles that use a lot of discriminatory language. Please feel free to reach back out with any follow up questions or just to receive support, and know that we are wishing you the best of luck on this journey.

-Mod E

[outsiders-owen]

HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII APO

:D

How are you doing! being out of prison and all must be nice!We can ask you questions now so i have a few. hope you dont mind!!!!

Whats it like being a demon? Do you have voices? Whats your biggest dream/what you do want to do most when out of here? What do you think would happen if someone other than Owen found you? What do you remember from before the maze? How do you cope with everything thats happened? do you regret pulling the lever? Do you miss anyone? Whats you favorite color?

Sorry i got excited! Im a HUGE fan.

-Salt voice

Oh! Um! I didn't realize I had fans, that's... something. This is... a lot!

Yeah, Salt Voice generally has the most to say out of all the voices.

...Is that a bad thing? Are they rude or something?

Oh, no, not at all. They just talk a lot. It's refreshing. The only two voices who are ever super rude are Vex Voice and The Other Voice- and also Last Voice, I think. I haven't seen The Other Voice in a long time though, and Vex Voice has left, I think.

Okay, um, about your questions:

Being a demon is just normal for me, just like being a... Voice, I guess, is normal for you, or being a human is normal for Owen.

I do have Voices! They're mostly pretty kind to me. I think I share some Voices with Owen, actually. Some others two.

Biggest dream... I want to live in a nice house. By the- by the ocean? A blue one! Facing west, so I can see the sunset.

Apo...

What?

You know what you're doing here. Stop. I can't- not right now.

I was just saying I wanted to live in a house by the ocean.

And I'm telling you that- before you lied, Apo, don't you remember? You always said that we'd live there together. And learn to paint. We'd paint sunsets. Apo, I know you mean well, but I just...

No. Okay, I get it, I get it. Let me just... answer the questions, yeah?

Apo, I didn't mean...

No, I know what you meant. I'm just going to finish talking to Salt Voice.

I-

Your next question! I'm assuming you mean if someone other than Owen found me in his house... well, depending on who it is, one of three things would happen. I'd either be killed, sent back to prison, or they'd keep their mouth shut and help me out.

I don't remember a ton from before the maze, but what I do remember is really... muffled, I guess. I remember fishing, and a village, but that's kinda standard. I remember a war, I think? There's not a whole ton.

How do I cope with everything that happened... uh, I just... don't think about it much, I guess? I just kinda vibe. Pretend that everything is fine! It works for the most part.

Do I regret pulling the lever. I don't think I want to answer that question.

I miss a shit ton of people. I miss all my friends from the clearing who threw me under the bus as soon as they found out I pulled that lever. It really is true that everyone betrays you eventually.

Favorite color... I mean. It's basic, but red? I guess that makes sense, though. Thanks for all the questions!

[night-dark-woods]

ID. photo of a whiteboard with bullet points written on it, titled "Stocking Reminders."

Top stock goes in the same 4' section as the stock.

Each SKU's overstock should be all in one spot. (below this point there is a diagram of a shelf with colorcoded boxes, one mixed up and one with the colors together)

Don't overfill hooks/shelves. There should be one straight line of product! If it won't hang nicely that is too much.

End ID.

end of my fucking rope tuesday. this won't stop my coworkers because they can't read but the amount of topstock i found in fucking random aisles today was truly absurd. like we've graduated from putting it in the same aisle 16ft away on the opposite side (annoying but at least line of sight) to putting it in topstock in its unlabeled cardboard shipping box, three aisles away, in a different department.

other highlights of today:

i asked this kid to downstock One Aisle and he spent 3(?) hours standing over there doing, as far as i can tell, nothing. which dgmw i can respect. minimum wage => minimum effort but my man that wasn't even CLOSE to the minimum and you are actively making everyone else's lives more difficult!!!

hardware mgr tried to have someone else (the aforementioned kid who can't even put stock in the right spot!!!) do counts on stock, BEHIND MY BACK, AGAIN. so i started off the day with an argument with him. bc if im not shooting outs regularly enough for you fucking TALK TO ME. and i will tell you what i need, which is you to do your fucking JOB and MANAGE YOUR PEOPLE. and get on their asses to actually maintain their sections!!! i could do the whole fucking store in an hour if literally anyone else did their jobs!!!

got a new rope assortment in from a new vendor, hardware mgr packed up the old stuff for buyback but ALSO managed to pack up a bunch of the NEW stuff with it despite the packaging being a completely different color AND saying the new brand name, so i had to go digging in 15 different taped-shut boxes to find it back.

just some truly atrocious and annoying customers. girl if youre in a hurry that is YOUR problem for not planning. i cant read your mind and i cant give you an answer if you cant explain your problem to me.

got called "ladies" collectively about 8 times today by my coworker who a) does ABA as his other job b) asked me if ozzy was my "real name" and c) said he used to be a liberal but he thinks there are more important things than peoples' identities. we're mostly copacetic now though bc he sees how much work i do and also we've commiserated about the state of the educational system & when he was talking about how "boys and girls learn differently" i very lightly floated the "well, i don't think that's inherent necessarily, you know, like we're raised and taught certain ways to be from SUCH a young age, and kids pick up on stuff pretty fast," and he was like huh ive never thought about that. ill have to think about that. so not unsalvageable! just a particular Kind Of Guy.

they're doing work on the roof and they fucking broke the ancient drainpipe that runs through our upstairs backstock area, so theres like three totes worth of roof-water-soaked merchandise that i have to take out of inventory tomorrow. and everything else in that backstock area has a fine coating of rust flakes from the disintegrating ceiling. and i was paged up there to help sort thru the stock and like. there are THREE PEOPLE here today who actually have a manager title, which I DONT!!! so why cant the three of you take care of it!!! and i KNOW its bc im good at problem-solving and don't really say no and would do it faster than anyone else but god. come on. its putting wet stock in totes.

also in the last 30 min of my shift (in the hardware dept!!! doing inventory counts!!!) my coworker walkied Me, Specifically, even though i knowww they were fully staffed in cashiers and housewares today, to pick up a call from a specific problem customer ABOUT A HOUSEWARES PRODUCT. bro i know FULL WELL you are doing fucking nothing but online shopping on the work computer, you fucking handle it!!! im on a DIFFERENT FLOOR and im busy doing other shit!!!

and its only tuesday!!! yippee!!!

[lizard-shifter-noms]

Wayward Waters Chapter 10

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Hello everyone! Chapter 9!

time to explore more of the world!

this Story contains Vore, Dont like dont read.

have fun reading!

and as always Reblogs are appreciated! (Also ASK’s are open so feel free to bother me!)

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Walking to be next to the mast and be more in the middle of the boat to not unbalance it or something i laid down,  or rather did the cat loaf thingy again.

Ronan was following suit,  having gotten that faintly glowing piece of rock again from who knew where and was excitedly flapping the hand that wasn't holding it.

“Magic is so fascinating! 

And illogical, but mainly fascinating! Like, you can just turn into something that is many times your actual size and mass!

Where the hell does the mass even come from? 

And where does it go? And what the fuck happens to your clothes?”

The last one was something I had thought about a few times.

“Ronan, I have no idea,  I know basically nothing aside from HOW to shift.

But yeah i did wonder about the clothes thing too,  maybe i should ask Oakley as soon as im home”

Ronan looked briefly disappointed only to immediately get distracted and examine the catnip that was growing on my elbow.

“Is that catnip? Wait, you're kinda catlike, does it affect you in any way?”

“Yes that's catnip, and no it does not affect me,  luckily so, or i would have to make a bald spot there”

That made him laugh.

“I do wonder if you would look like one of those hairless cats without all that fur! Well you'd still have the plants,  probably?, but it would look so weird!”

Well that surely would be, something.

“I'd rather not, i actually like being fluffy”

Ronan just hummed and scaled my arm up to my back,  examining the plants again.

“Did you know the flowers on your back close at night? 

Like normal ones!”

They did? Well that made sense, after all they were still plants.

Ronan meanwhile was using the glowing rock to stick his head into my mane, 

which made his voice rather muffled despite being really close to my ear.

“I wonder if you could plant more flowers somehow? 

You can in dirt but thats, well, flesh”

Plant MORE?

“Well, I dunno, maybe you could try sticking one into a wound? 

But that would probably hurt”

“Yeah, well if you ever figure that out lemme know!”

If I had a way to contact him, sure.

“If I can, then sure! Buuut i'm going to ask Oakley first if he knows if that's even possible or not”

“Sounds grea-AAAAT”

With a yelp he fell off my back and landed on the floor.

“You good?”

He responded pretty chipper so he was probably, ?, fine.

“I'm never good! But yeah I'm uninjured! Mostly at least, 

and nothing new! Let's continue with the main thing!”

Oh, right, damnit why the fuck did i tell him that i would?

At least he had the decency to pat the dust off and take off his shoes before putting those in one of the boxes.

“Figured you didn't want to put Shoes in your mouth” “Yeah, i really don't, who knows what people step in with those”

Ronan shrugged and walked up to my face.

“Well for mine it's mostly saltwater,  though Imugi tried to chew on them once”

I couldn't really decide if the Sea serpent was more like a cat or a dog.

Whatever, just Sea Serpent then,  now back to the task at hand, err claw?

Though Ronan had gotten distracted again for a bit and was trying to examine my eye.

“Despite being cat like your pupils are still round! 

Kinda funny though that they got the same shade of blue that i do”

So it was the same shade, and not just similar, funny.

“Eh, tons of people have blue eyes, that's nothing special”

“Mhm, true, just think it's funny, hey were both half elf right? 

Maybe it's an Elven gene?”

Considering Fable was a red eyed albino I had no point of reference for that, but my mother had the same eye color as well and she had been human.

“The only elf i ever saw was my albino halfbrother, so i can't tell”

Ronan shrugged and let up from being so close to my eye that he was just a blurry shape.

Instead he moved to the front of my mouth and I opened it before he got the idea to inspect my nostrils next.

I really was not keen on having him stick his arm in there. 

I tried not to open my mouth wider than needed,  just enough to gently ease him inside. 

I didn't want to delay, 

but still gave him ample time to speak up if he wanted me to stop. 

However, so far he stayed quiet, seeming to be alright, 

instead he was inspecting my tongue again.

So I Went ahead and softly gulped, wanting to get this over with.

And then without hardly a breath in between swallowed a second time, swiftly sending him down inside of me entirely. 

Powerful muscular walls surrounded him and kneaded him downwards, towards the awaiting pouch he'd been so curious about. 

He was upside down for a little bit,  sliding down through my chest,  past both of my hearts and a bit further down. 

From what I could tell he ‘landed’ face down and had to struggle for a moment before he managed to right himself on the slick flesh.

“Ronan? Are you good?”

There was a good half minute where Ronan didn't answer,  but he was still moving so he was probably fine?

Then he finally answered.

“Yeah! This is fucking fascinating! 

And thanks to the rock I can even see a tiny bit!”

Go figure, but he better not lose the thing!

“Good, just don't lose it, i don't want random items left in my guts”

I could hear Ronan laugh from out here even.

“Don't worry! I only got one of those and intend to keep it!”

Oh yeah he better.

Suddenly there was an odd sensation, was he examining the walls?

Well it wasn't bad so whatever,  but i had to fight not to purr like when Robin did that.

I did NOT want Ronan to find that out while he was in there!

Fuck knows hed try everything to get me to purr even more.

Thankfully he stopped soon after he started.

Apparently he was hyperfocusing on one spot now.

What a weirdo.

What was even so interesting in that one single place?

“Why do you have scars in here? 

Did you try to like, store a rock in here or something?”

Ah, Right.

That.

“Oh, uhm, thats been a good bit ago, pretty stupid really”

“Why? What happened?”

I let my head hit the deck with a flump,  of Course the curious dumbass would ask what happened!

“So back when it was still cold I got lost in the snow with some friends.

After getting separated from one of them in a snowstorm I had to go after him but when I found him he was basically freezing to death.

So, uhm, well apparently he likes to hide knives on himself and I couldn't really tell him he'd be fine.

He freaked out and stabbed me”

That was as close as I could make it without revealing who or why.

Not too fond of having to explain all of that fuckery though.

“That must have hurt”

Well, yes, but it healed and I kept forgetting about them anyway.

“Like hell, but now its all healed, and i keep forgetting about it”

Not like I could see it to have it remind me that the scars existed.

Ronan was now back to poking at everything, 

well there really couldn't be much to be seen in there.

Suddenly there was a nauseous sensation at the bottom of my throat and a strange tightness as well.

Oh that fucker had forceded his arm back out and up my throat!

I heaved, the sensation very unwelcome as my body suddenly decided to get this annoying thing out.

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Ronan sadly didn't get time to look at the fascinating teeth before Donovan swallowed, and then swallowed again.

He made a mental note of how many times he had to do so.

Which was apparently at least three times.

It was a bit tight, but he kept still and waited to arrive in the Anatomical curiosity Donovan had called a Pouch.

Which came sooner than she expected, suddenly finding himself slipping face down into a slightly more open space. 

He slipped the first time he tried to move and had to try again,  noting the walls were slightly damp and formed to his body,  making indents where he pushed his hands down.

It wasn't cavernous, just big enough for him and maybe one to two other people to comfortably curl up within. 

Depending on their size of course,  Jamie must have had more room than Ronan did now.

he was probably completely hidden and not even making a bump in Donovan’s midsection, all safely tucked away from the outside world.

How deeply fascinating! 

“Ronan? Are you good?”

That must have been Donovan's voice! In here it rumbled and made everything buzz!

He also should probably answer.

“Yeah! This is fucking fascinating! 

And thanks to the rock I can even see a tiny bit!”

Donovan's voice rumbled around him once more.

“Good, just don't lose it, i don't want random items left in my guts”

Ronan laughed, considering this was his only glowing rock he surely wouldn't forget.

“Don't worry! I only got one of those and intend to keep it!”

He reached out and ran his hands over the walls,  feeling the rippled and smooth texture.

He could feel the flesh around him twitch in surprise,  Apparently it was more sensitive than he originally thought.

He stopped feeling around at the walls though when he found a strange change in texture.

They appeared to be two strange dips,  colored differently from the rest with one being larger than the other.

What the fuck?

He held the glowing rock closer to inspect it a bit more.

In the dim light he could see that the two dips did not match the surrounding and very soft walls at all.

Though they didn't seem to be parasites, which he would have to tell Donovan immediately so they could get rid of it.

So that left one possible thing it could be.

“Why do you have scars in here? 

Did you try to like, store a rock in here or something?”

Donovan HAD mentioned having had to practice sending things the right way after all.

“Oh, uhm, thats been a good bit ago, pretty stupid really”

Well now Ronan was intrigued!

“Why? What happened?”

He could feel the body around him shift, Donovan probably wasn't too fond of whatever happened then, maybe it was embarrassing?

Eh, he'd already asked!

“So back when it was still cold I got lost in the snow with some friends.

After getting separated from one of them in a snowstorm I had to go after him but when I found him he was basically freezing to death.

So, uhm, well apparently he likes to hide knives on himself and I couldn't really tell him he'd be fine.

He freaked out and stabbed me”

Stabbed? Those were stab wounds? And caused by a friend no less?!?

“That must have hurt”

Not only the stabbing but the fact that it was his friend.

“Like hell, but now its all healed, and i keep forgetting about it”

How could one forget about scars like these? 

Well not like it mattered now that it was over.

And now his exploration was basically done,  This was more boring than he thought it would be.

Really aside from the very concept of being inside another creature there wasn't much to see.

The only things he could hear were the whooshing of lungs,  which reminded him of the ocean and the double beat of the hearts.

He'd rather look at those! 

But considering Donovan was Alive he couldn't.

There really was only one thing to look at now,  that being the way he came in.

Looking somewhat above him he found what looked pretty much exactly like an esophageal sphincter.

Curiously he tapped at it before shoving his entire arm in to see if the texture was much different than in the pouch.

When everything tensed up and squashed him he felt like he shouldn't have done that.

When he got squeezed out of the pouch and back up again he knew he shouldn't have done that.

Oh well, he had seen what there was to see, which wasn't much.

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After coughing and nearly choking I spat the bedraggled looking Ronan back onto the deck.

“The HELL did you do? That was awful!”

Ronan just flung some spit from his arms.

“Sorry! That wasn't planned to happen! 

I just wanted to see how the texture differed!”

Of course it would be something as inane as this.

“Dumbass, they really weren't kidding when they said you did not think ahead at all”

He made an unhappy face.

“I know i know, i'm just bad at keeping track of time, like, all of the time”

“Well, you better found out what you wanted because i'm not doing that again”

Worse than Oakley! At least Oakley thought of what consequences could happen ahead of doing things!

Ronan just stood up and flicked more slime off of him.

“I did actually! Though it was a lot more boring than I thought it would be!

Not much aside from those scars!”

I rolled my eyes, of course someone as, well,  unusual as him would find that boring.

Maybe he'd just spent too much time in the sun and parts of his brain dried up?

“Good, now you better go back to your room before Akeem appears and scolds you for this stupid ass ‘adventure’ also i don't think you should run around while you're still healing”

Ronan nodded and scrambled to pick his glowing rock up from the ground before running face first into the closed door.

His brain really had to have been at least partially fried by the sun.

“That works better when you open the door first!”

He laughed and slinked through the doorway.

“I know! It's not my fault they build it like that!”

Yeah, sure, whatever.

So, what now?

Shift back human and go to sleep as well?

And risk having nightmares again?

Or stay as Ardua and sleep on the deck?

Still risk of nightmares but slightly less, but might make the Boat slower.

I shuffled forward a little bit and looked up.

The stars were beautiful tonight, with the North star Lafayah shimmering just as Lonely as I felt way up above me.

Hmm, Fable had been right about that light pollution thing,  with no other source of light anywhere near the boat for miles upon miles it was almost as if there were twice as many stars.

There also were flecks of something like slightly purple and white fog.

There was a scratching sound followed by rapid tippy taps and suddenly there was a certain bird legged maniac jumping on top of me and trying to make a nest out of my mane.

“Hello Jamie, can't sleep? Also i kinda expected you to hate me now” They flopped over and pulled more of my long fur into the makeshift nest in my mane.

“Nah, Akeem and Ronan explained, mainly Akeem as Ronan kept getting off topic, also i don't want to sleep in the cabin,  outside is prettier, also your fur is soft and warm”

“Well yeah, but if i get another nightmare i might shake you off from there”

They bapped at my ear with one of their spindly legs.

“Don't get one then”

Well that certainly was advice, though an unusable one.

Jamie was quite the weird person, saying one thing but then doing something that was not quite the opposite but close enough, like when they'd cursed Ronan for draggin me on board and then just walking in front of me.

Also they had stayed weirdly calm when I had put them in the pouch.

I could never tell what they thought or would do next.

“You know i can't quite place You”

They shrugged and messed up my mane even more.

“Maybe you should Stop placing people and let them place themselves? 

Not everyone can be shoved in those metaphorical boxes those land dwellers have, and i certainly don't want to be labeled by strangers as something i'm not just because of the way i behave or look”

That was a very good point actually.

Fuck knew that even the people of Kamerasca and Maringand had some differences despite being so close to each other,  Who knew what other Kingdoms were like?

And out here on the sea where Boats from all places crossed everything mixed together creating an absolute mishmash of cultures and races and whatnot.

“True, the open sea is quite different from the Lands,  I guess how people see you also depends on where you are, like, Kamerasca hated me for being an elf bastard, I'm sure if I Had lived on some island or boat I wouldn't have stuff thrown at me”

Jamie laughed, a bitter and humorless laugh.

“Not all islands are nice, and the sailors aren't either! 

Especially those from the colonized parts! So we usually avoid those”

That was all too familiar.

“Yeah, i get that, if you have no reason to go there you should probably avoid such places”

They just mumbled something and tried to use the last free bits of my mane as a blanket.

That probably wouldn't work so well if they were any taller.

“Goodnight then”

“Mhm, sleep well, if you don't i will kick at your nose”

Of course.

After that they shut up though, literally nestling into my mane.

Well, it looked like I would sleep in the Ardua form then.

Not that I minded that.

I did not realize at what point I fell asleep but I was woken up by a rapid bap bap bap against my forehead.

Blearily opening my eyes I tried to look what it was but due to being directly on my head it was in a blind spot.

Oh wait, that's Jamie, Jamie was the only one on the boat who could move their Limbs fast enough for that.

“Morning? There are better ways to wake me up”

They hopped down, once again reminding me of some small bird with the way they held themselves.

Maybe a sparrow, or a bluejay due to the light blue sweater.

“I know, but that's not as funny! You took like five minutes to notice!”

That long? Well at least I didn't have any nightmares this time.

“Well I'm awake now, what is it?”

Instead of answering like a normal person they grabbed the side of my face with one of their spindly legs and pulled it to face the front of the ship.

It took me a few confused seconds until I saw what Jamie wanted to show me.

The biggest island we had come across yet, 

with a separate little island a few miles ahead of it with a tower.

A lighthouse probably.

And from what I could see a few other Ships were also headed towards said Island where I could faintly make out buildings.

I abruptly stood up, making Jamie complain.

“Is that the Island you told me about? What was it? Kariba Island?”

Instead of Jamie another voice answered, a deeper one.

“It is, that in front of us is Kariba Island,  you should probably shift back to a smaller stature now”

Akeem was right, showing up as Ardua was only going to make things more complicated.

I nodded at him and shifted back down, much to the chagrin of Jamie who had just set themselves to jump on top of my back.

“How long till we reach it?”

“Not too long,  with Imugi towing the ship well reach it in about an hour at most”

So Akeem estimated an hour? great! One step closer to going home!

Ignoring that Jamie now used Akeem as a perch, I went to the front of the boat to watch the island get slowly bigger as we got closer.

Imik and Ronan were also there,  making sure that Imugi was properly attached to the weird looking harness as apparently it had slipped a bit on her scales.

“I swear this is getting too small again! 

We need to make a new one soon!”

Complained Ronan while Imik tried to make one of the lashes a bit bigger.

In my Opinion Imugi was big enough already,  though who knew how big a Sea Serpent could really get?

Hearing my footsteps they both turned to me, with Imik immediately greeting me while Ronan cursed the harness out.

“Hello Donovan! Did you sleep okay? Also! We're close to our Home!

That means we can get a map soon and help you!”

Yes! Not much longer and I could finally go home!.

“I know! Jamie woke me up, well more like punched my face” They both let out a laugh at that.

“Classic! You should have seen the one time Ronan slept in and Jamie-mhff?”

Ronan had slapped a hand over Imik’s mouth to get him to shut up.

“Don't tell him that! It was bad enough when it actually happened!”

Ronan and Imik then started squabbling over whether or not it had been funny in retrospect.

Though I did not find out what this was about at all and leaving Imugi confusedly clicking with an only partially redone harness.

Ignoring the two who only half heartedly fought due to Ronans still partly fried skin, I went over to Imugi who happily clicked at the sight of me.

That really had to be the friendliest sea monster in existence.

She craned her neck and gently gummed on my arm with her bony beak.

Her entire head was bigger than i was,  Was this how people felt when I was in the Ardua form?

I gently patted at her beak which prompted her to make that strange chirping sound again.

“Thank you for helping me go home, i never thought id meet a friendly sea serpent” 

She made a whistling sound and licked over my face as an answer.

“Great, now i smell like fish”

She whistles again in what was a pretty good imitation of laughter before Bonking Ronan on the head with her beak.

“Ah! I'm on it, I'm on it! Don't stress me! I know you wanna get home fast too!”

Ronan immediately went back to fixing the harness so Imugi could tow the ship better.

Imik also stood up again, his hair completely disheveled from where Ronan had messed it up to spite him.

“Oh i bet she wants some of Yamet’s cooking! We really have just been eating stale bread the past few days!”

“Well none of you can cook,  though maybe you should at least learn the basics of it”

Imik threw what appeared to be one of the retrieved gold coins at Akeem,who had come out of nowhere again,  For the suggestion, the coin however just bounced off harmlessly.

“You don't even eat! Nag at us when you do!”

True, but he’d still managed to make me a chamomile tea, which was way more than they could say.

Akeem once again didn't seem bothered by anything.

“Technically i can eat, i just have no need to, but if you insist”

Then he bit the gold coin in half and chewed it, the sound his teeth made against the metal horribly grating as he just ate an entire gold coin like a cookie.

Well, that was probably one of the most horrible noises I had ever heard.

A sudden lurch went through the Boat and we gained speed,  Apparently Ronan had fixed the harness.

Jamie suddenly appeared and went past us to perch on the Bowsprit at the front of the ship.

Which made me remember that I didn't even know what these guys had called their vessel.

Bit late to ask now though, I'd just try and catch a glimpse when we went on land.

Which was soon, as Imugi accelerated while Jamie chanted for her to go faster and faster.

Which she did, and didn't stop thus making everyone except Akeem and Jamie fall over.

Ronan laughed loudly somewhere to my left.

“HAHA! That's the fastest she's ever been! At this point we might as well put the sail away!”

Akeem just lifted Ronan up from the ground like he was a wet cat.

Imik was friendly enough to offer me a hand as well, which I gladly took and then simply held onto the railing to not fall over again as Jamie chanted for Imugi to go even faster.

Luckily the pace we were at now stayed constant instead of going faster.

As we neared what I assumed was the harbor,  which was located right between the two long strips of land,  We encountered a bunch of other ships, some coming, some going.

What was strange was that not one of them seemed to think that a boat towed by a Sea Serpent was strange, a few of them even waving at us.

Another Boat that apparently was just leaving came pretty close for a moment and a young man with two Horns that grew straight upward from his head shouted something in a language I could not understand.

Ronan Shouted something back in the strange language and nearly fell off the boat, to the amusement of the other ship as they drifted past.

Akeem swiftly pulled Ronan back up before he completely fell in though and only a few minutes later we drifted past the first building which looked to be some sort of watchtower.

The land got rockier and started to build up to an at least thirty feet tall cliff as we finally reached the almost lake-like harbor that was unusually round and the only way in or out was the narrower gap between the two strips of land.

It indeed was reminiscent of a pulled wisdom tooth, roots and all.

The thing that was most astounding was that absolutely nobody seemed bothered by clearly nonhuman creatures going about their day as we drifted past some houses that had been hewn into the cliffside.

Suddenly Imik jumped up and started waving like crazy at what appeared to be an elderly couple consisting of an old lady that at least looked human and an actual Merman with the bottom half colored a dark blue with yellow stripes.

“GRANDMA! GRANDPA! I'M BACK! I FOUND COOL STUFF! 

I'LL SHOW YOU WHEN I SORTED IT!”

Wait, those were Imiks' grandparents? Well, it kinda made sense.

The Merman did have the same ears and yellow colored scales,  even if the blue was way darker.

And the ladies' hair, though now more gray than anything,  still held some brightly yellow streaks.

They both waved happily at Imik and the merman heaved himself up completely on the weird balcony to plant a kiss on his wife's cheek.

Imik waved for a little longer and then Imugi had towed us past that as well.

The next thing we sailed toward was an older looking pier where they apparently planned to stop the ship.

As soon as we got close enough Imik and Akeem ran down to get the rope and toss it over one of the taller pillars of the Pier and tie the entire Boat to it.

After that Akeem got a walkway and made a path to steady ground.

Finally! 

Walking to where Jamie had already flitted off to, I went past the hidden box in the wall, the one containing the weird blue bracelet.

Should I take it with me right now?

Better not, I did not know the area and I might get pickpocketed.

Also no way in hell would i wear two at the same time,  Who knew what would happen? And the other bracelet was Blue on top of that, it might even be broken or something.

So for the time being I left it where it was and walked down to solid ground for the first time in days.

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