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🐉 Dragon Poke-Miku Pride Icons Pt.8 🐉

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[shortythezombie]

I've now played every modern From Soft game except for Demon's Souls, which I likely won't bother with, and Armored Core, which doesn't fill this same niche as hard, and here's how they stack up in my opinion:

1. Elden Ring: Give me a Sekiro parry and conventional, 4-player(ish) co-op and this is a perfect game.

2. Sekiro: This game feels cool as hell. Parrying lightning on your way to stab a dragon in the face? Hell. Yes. On top of that, it's the most coherent, dialogue heavy From Soft story to date, and I love that an awful lot.

3. Dark Souls 2: I genuinely don't understand the hate this game gets, it makes some weird decisions, but not any worse than any other game in the franchise. Adaptability is not as bad as Vitality in DS3. No I-frames on doors? Dude, just kill everything. It's not a bad game for demanding you engage with the content in it. These aren't boss rushes, they're adventures. This game introduced powerstancing! I love the NPCs, the fact that you can make things stop respawning, Majula, and the narrative divorced from Kindling or abandoning the Flame. Basically the only part of this game I didn't like enough that it made me want to stop playing was the Frigid Outskirts, I STILL haven't beaten the duo tigers at the end of it, and I likely never will. I don't even understand why the Shrine of Amana gets so much hate.

4. Dark Souls 1: This one is solid, but definitely a proof of concept. The 4-directional dodge definitely hurts this game, and basically everything after Ornstein and Smough sucks, except the DLC. Izaleth and everything directly adjacent to it can go fuck itself. Bed of Chaos is the worst boss in the entire catalogue. Bonus points for the Sunbro.

5. Dark Souls 3: I don't understand why this game gets the praise it does. It's about on par with the other two Dark Souls games. Crystal Sage another series low. I hate the poison swamp and the Road of Sacrifice, I hate the Deep Cathedral and the worm guys outside. I hate Midir. Gael one of my favorite bosses in the entire From franchise tho. The poetic cinema that your first enemy in Dark Souls 1 is a Hollow with a broken sword, and your last enemy in Dark Souls 3 is a Hollow with a broken sword also goes real hard. Soundtrack another bonus, probably my favorite other than Elden Ring. I think if this game didn't poke nostalgia for series vets, it wouldn't be as universally praised.

6. Bloodborne: Man I just plain don't like this one. I don't get why the Hoonter hoonts. It's made obvious immediately that that's an evil course of action to take. The parry was too finicky to feel cool most of the time, and the line between what I'm allowed to parry and what I'm not seems random. The soundtrack is okay. The bosses are all either dogs or tentacles, or just British people (shudder). The story was nonsensical, and the birth imagery seemed, at first glance, random, though I have since had it explained to me that it's about feminine agency and motherhood. "Is it blood or eyes that lets us meet god?" Both, apparently, and also all of you are insane, maybe stop touching beached elder gods. This is also the only game where I got to pick a weapon and the Greatsword is not on the table, and I HATE that. I think folks like this game cuz they want to be British, and that should be a source of shame. Drip unmatched tho. This is the only game listed that isn't one of my favorite games of all time.

I used the capital-G-Greatsword for every game it was available, Heavy Gem infused in every game except Elden Ring (I did Bleed there), and my character was a pale blue monstrosity named Miku (because he had ponytails) in every game I got to make my character. I don't cast spells, at all. I beat every boss in the series (excluding ER, I'm not killing all 200-something, go fuck yourself) except for the aforementioned tiger gank in DS2. Fuck the Frigid Outskirts.

I want to smoke a blunt with Solaire, Vengarl, Alexander, and Patches.

If you'd like me to elaborate on anything, let me know, I'm happy to yap. I got a rant on the dragons cocked n loaded that I'll dump eventually.

[tsunflowers]

I am more interested inthe chimese vocaloid collective vsinger, than miku and friends, but afaik, the live shows are still just the vocaloids projected dancing and singing

I don't know what's going on with vsinger's budget the past few years but but all of these effectd are being projected live at this venue

https://youtu.be/NJe3Ri7wIUo?si=qgV9k1rCy0tYQ0MB

there is so much going on also. tianyi often sings with irl chinese artists so here's this guy covering part of the song with a... minecraft sword?

the dragon in the song is supposed to be menacing so the cereal brand-like dragon we see is even funnier. also when singer guy is poking the toy dragon 😂

there are more inpressive and gorgeous ones where there's illusions casted as if the stage shatters, or giant architecture is forming in the background, rose petals falling wtc... but I had you to see the bonkers one

as silly as this is it's still so visually impressive... tianyi comes so close to actually interacting with the irl singer. she looks so solid and real. one day she'll actually be able to touch people and I don't know what I'll do

[duskys-dreams]

My family had been looking for a place to stay. We walked through the woods for hours, carrying all our gear, and I complained to mom that I was tired. But we had to keep moving.

We came to a clearing, and I asked if we could stop here. Dad didn’t want to, but everyone was exhausted and he eventually relented.

We climbed the dirt hill and tried to set up camp. There wasn’t a lot of space, but we made do. I finally rested and checked my phone. I saw that we had walked forty-three kilometres in a day.

There were some other people there, but I took notice of a group of shifty people standing at the edge of the forest. I chased after them. All but one escaped, and he tried to teleport away, but I held onto him and got taken along for the ride.

We ended in a throne room, and the guy asked me what the hell I was doing. He ran away so I could have a chance with him later. I was embarrassed, because that’s what I was trying to do.

I met with my friend Miku, a grey anthro cat, and we went into Minecraft. We ran around for a while, before Miku offered me to visit her family and have dinner with them. Of course I accepted.

We climbed up the tall ladder, and I put on Miku’s collar myself to show I was indeed one of them. She smiled at me.

I met Miku’s parents, they were nice. She had a lot of extended family, but the fortress they lived in could house them all.

I went downstairs with Miku, and we had an argument over something that ended with her storming away. I started to run after her, then stopped as I noticed something weird in the basement.

There was a sort of red button, and a note that said “purge.” I didn’t know what that meant, but as they say, curiosity killed the cat.

I pressed the button.

A sort of dinosaur thing appeared, and I instantly knew it had been sent by the evil witch that coveted my head. I ran out of the room, screaming for everyone to run and hide.

There was a small room with a sort of catwalk, that had a set of stairs at either ends. There were a bunch of barrels scattered around it, and I hid inside one of them. Miku’s cousins did the same, but one didn’t make it in time and just hid behind the railing.

The dinosaur came to our room, sniffed for a moment, then snatched up the poorly hidden cat, swallowing them in one gulp. It was all I could do to not scream in horror.

The dinosaur went away, and we all poked our heads out. We quickly went back in as the dinosaur came back, snatching up a barrel cat that wasn’t quick enough. We stayed hidden this time as it kept wandering back, looking for more cats.

I eventually made a run for it, and found Miku’s parents arguing quietly in a side room. I yelled at them to run, the dinosaur was on the loose, and they asked why I could just kill it since I was a trained fighter.

This struck a cord in me, and I explained that I was trained by my parents, and I had struggled but finally succeeded to be good enough for them. I wasn’t about to go through all that again for parents who weren’t even mine. I then ran away, leaving them there.

I flew out of the castle and hid next to a dirt hill, surrounding myself in dirt so the dinosaur wouldn’t find me. After a few minutes, I heard wingbeats, and the dinosaur turned dragon ate me in one gulp.

I entered a new Minecraft world, a very, very old one. I wandered to a spot across the river and saw three double-chests organized. I looked in each of them, and they had different trees organized inside them in a sort of art. I remembered making this years ago, and got excited.

A random person came over on a boat and tried to take away the art, and I demanded that they give them back. They were hesitant, but eventually handed over the saplings.

They were nothing like the ones in the modern game. They looked flat and made of plastic, and the oak sapling looked a lot like the modern acacia.

I took a screenshot of all the weird-looking blocks and posted them in my Discord server. I then went through the creative-mode inventory and found a lot of weird things. I sent more pictures, saying how it took an hour for this game to make a copy and load, and how wild old Minecraft was. I checked Discord, and it looked like everyone was having a completely different conversation and blatantly ignoring my awesome screenshots.

I followed the river upstream and found a bunch of old buildings. They were all cubes, because I didn’t know how to make appealing builds back then, and I got super excited. I went inside the black castle-looking one and found a sort of huge survival arena with lots of foliage. The design still held up, and it looked like the giant monsters I put there were still alive.

I had made the walls out of slime blocks, so if you were knocked against the walls, you would bounce back. There were also a bunch of holes in the ceiling, because the goal of the arena was to escape, and that was the only way if you were observant.

[mordegons-betrothed-of-shadows]

Thank You DQ Community <3

I’d like to preface this with an apology to those that stood up to the abusers/bullies/stalkers/etc. We tried not to run or hide from the situation, but eventually I had to prioritize safety over trying to plead cases. But we appreciated your efforts to try and stand up for what’s right.  Trigger warning: Dark subj matter  (tagging DQ as I don’t have all of you following I’m sure, but I hope this message will reach!) ----- A good bit ago, our friend Hargon-kun ran into a bit of trouble after turning down a “fan” who requested void being in their poly relationship. Hargon-kun is strictly monogamous and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that. It then proceeded to make multiple threats that if Hargon-kun talked about Malroth/the generals, and other subjects that it would end the life of Hargon-kun’s girlfriend. So, our friend was silenced. Hargon-kun’s rapist also continually stalked us on twitter and FB. It only slowed when it was sent to jail for the rape.  Members of our friendsgroup revealed themselves to be monsters associated with the other fake Hargon-kun fans, and sought to hurt void. They sided with the rapey abusers who would lie and try to pin Hargon-kun as a liar. Because “they are nice to me so you must be lying”.  After the assault and backstabbing, Hargon-kun’s BPD took a nosedive and voi increasingly turned violence onto voidself as a result of the rash of traumas one after another. Please remember that Hargon-kun also avoided friendships until I whittled void wall down for YEARS. Having people doing the same horrific things after giving it another chance was a huge burden. Still determined to show Hargon-kun that good people and friendships exist, we came to tumlr searching for a safe spot away from the abusers. I also thought tumblr would be a good fit because Hargon-kun kins Miku and Elsa and, from what I thought, tumblr was accepting of Miku kin concepts. And also accepting of nonbinary people........... Well, I was wrong, again. fake fans almost immediately piled onto Hargon-kun, suicide baiting void and causing void to self harm, even using the situations itself to do so, as vile as that is. Some of the abusers had more lofty platforms on here and would wield their followers to hurt Hargon-kun as extensively as possible with the end goal being Hargon-kun’s death.  During this time, law enforcement finally got on the ball and with the help of some DQ fans that defected from the groups against Hargon-kun - we were able to make nearly 30 separate arrests to date. To the owners of those blogs that went against the popular abuse campaign, thank you.........without you none of these monsters would be sitting behind bars today! The abuse continued. one of them triggered Hargon-kun into dangerous psychosis episodes by claiming that if voi talked to void girlfriend they would kill the girlfriend........they then sent a picture of a decapitated body to Hargon-kun which caused a sharp decline.  Another decided to poke fun at the childhood sexual abuse Hargon-kun endured, and drew a picture of Hargon-kun as a child being CSA’d by void “parents”............ Others would grab photos or videos of Hargon-kun and spread them to Dragon Quest sites in an attempt to dox and as a call to inflict harm. One of them requested videos that Hargon-kun had made on TikTok of void harming voidself while in a triggered state of self-destruction. Some of them went along wth it, others did not. I actually have a screengrab given to chill--less of someone refusing to partake in those activities anymore:

The last straw, after all of the Coh that support Hargon-kun (basically void true fans) being threatened and having to leave, was that we found out that the worst actors in all of this were friends of Hargon-kun’s rapist that had been released and now were conversing on how to rape void AGAIN. This in tandem with posts made trying to lie and cover up everything going on so that Hargon-kun would be isolated into their abuse with little support to lean on. So we hid. More arrests were made and lots of the group are sitting in jail. We’re still invested into criminal proceedings. There’s much more that’s gone on and were going on even before Hargon-kun became a target including one of us actually committing suicide (which is why I fight so hard for Hargon-kun’s safety - I don’t want that to be a repeat) I opt not to talk about Hargon-kun’s current condition. There’s still so much going on and we’re still always trying to rid ourselves of the cruel lunacy these monsters bring. TO THOSE THAT DEFECTED FROM THE HATE MOB AND HELPED US: I want to give back! slimeboy and I discussed and we want to give every one of you a Dragon Quest Loto edition playstation and we’ll be ordering many preorders of the new DQIII and XII to be given out too.  Simply wanted to tell the story about how some of you were up against these overwhelming odds and still managed to do the right thing.  thank you so much, I think because of your efforts, Hargon-kun must at least see not everyone is the same. There is a friendship that can be kind. There is empathy. Not everything is worth wiping clean. I’m always a sucker for friendships prevailing and you guys are amazing. Take my cheesy thanks. And please get back to me in message/dms so I can send you tokens of appreciation. Hail Hargon-kun.

[mrneighbourlove]

Burnt Heart: Ch 5. Reflection

A new morning arrived to the Slatki residence, and several of the older children were waiting in their father's bedroom to keep him from leaving. They discovered his presence with missing leftovers from the fridge, and a peak into the bed.

Sleep wasn’t kind to the man, but it wasn’t awful either. Although rested, Kahli had also had so much on his mind. Dreams of an absolution for one. It didn’t take long after he stirred awake to feel their presence outside. With deep breaths, the man rose to go through his selection of robes. Satisfied on a rich dark blue, he dressed appropriately before knocking on the door. “Would you all like to talk in here or in the living room?”

"Depends." Keira said, "Are you going to try to leave or listen to what we have to say?"

"Your fight with Mom wasn't necessarily... quiet." Manaco informed his father.

“It was better than the first. And no, I did not plan on leaving immediately. Once again. Upstairs or downstairs?”

"... let's go downstairs. More room. It's a little stuffy in here."

Kahli opened the door, surprised all his children were cramped together. “You look like a cradle of puppies. Move along. I’ll cook you all breakfast.”

"We already ate, we got a plate ready for you." Ahusaka set a dish full of eggs, bacon, and diced fruit in front of his father. "It's not... Mom's cooking, but it's edible. I cooked it, not Urboro."

"Hey, you ass, at least I didn't set my own butt on fire." Urboro scowled.

“Don’t swear.” Kahli shot his elder daughter a look. It appeared he slept in a little more than expected. Or maybe they all woke up early. Either way, he made his way down to the living room. Sitting on his recliner chair, Kahli took his plate of assorted foods, beginning to dine as the kids settled around the living room.

Grievous herself decided it might be best if she waited in the bathroom for all her half siblings to have a moment to speak.

"Listen, we know you want to storm off to the Empire, but we don't think that's the best idea." Miku explained, "We understand your point of view, but we understand Mom's too."

"It's like you jerked the rug out from underneath her, but not only her, us too." Manaco told his father. "We just found out we have a half-sister, like... two days ago."

"We are trying to be fair here, but... we got to be a little selfish too." Urboro huffed. "We don't want you running off and there's a chance of you not coming back."

“Would that be so bad, all things considered Urboro?” Kahli chewed on the bacon, taking his time with it. He didn’t know if it would be his last. “There’s a chance to regain some honour in a warrior’s death. It’s like the tales of all those knights I used to read to you.”

"Of course it'd be fucking bad!" Urboro protested with a snap. "Look, regardless of whether or not Mom is mad at you, we still need you! For fuck's sake, Zaltana is only seven years old!!!"

“And you’d do your best to mind your bloody tongue around her.” Kahli’s golden eyes flared with the furious shine of a dragon at his daughter. “How many times do I have to tell you to cool that tongue of yours Urboro? Apologize to your younger siblings.” The tone and power Kahli were evident this conversation wouldn’t continue until Urboro did as her father told.

"Apologize?! I haven't done anything wrong, you're the one who has an army of other kids out there!" Urboro scowled.

"Ur!" Manaco got between his sister and his father. "How about you go outside to cool off for a moment?"

"Ugh, fine. But you know I'm right." With that, she tromped outside.

“What is wrong with her behaviour...” Kahli muttered under his breath. Finishing his bacon and eggs, he moved onto eating his fruit. “I have to confront Zannah. Now that the secret has been discovered, it can give me a loophole to confront her about it.”

"Loophole? ... you're not thinking of dragging Grievous back there, are you?"

“No. The loophole was I was forced into secrecy. Now that it’s no longer secret, I can demand to be given freedom.”

"And? What will that solve? She can still hold you to your life debt." Miku pointed out. "That's two different things."

“I can ask to be rid of our debt. Either through combat... or begging.” The latter thought disgusted Kahli.

"And if you died, where would that leave us?"

“Alive. With no need to mourn me.” Kahli finished his breakfast, setting his plate down to the side. “Your mother made her point clear. Without her in my life, what passion do I have to go on? You kids are rather self efficient, and most of all, you’ll grow up. That’ll leave me alone. Can you tell me, right now, you’ll visit me as I grow into old age and am left alone?”

"Of course we will be there for you, you're our father." Manaco looked at Kahli like his sire had lost his mind. "We would never abandon you, regardless of whether or not we agree with what has happened or will come to happen."

"Besides, all you have to do, is give Mom a little time." Ahusaka assured his father. "That's all she needs. You know best of all that it takes time to rebuild trust that has been broken."

"It's not like you to give up so easily." Keira crossed her arms. "Are you really going to give up on Mom without a bit of a fight?"

"You have to see this from her point of view too," Miku tried to be a peacemaker.

"You kept something from her, even though you couldn't say a word, it's still hurtful. She's never kept anything from you. How would you feel if she did something of the sort like this to you?"

“She tried to kill me. I’d be angry, but I’d never have laid a hand on her, let alone blast her with magic. It was absolutely insane. What’s more, I’d have considered her situation as a whole instead of letting my emotions get the better of me.” Kahli shook his head, trying to diffuse his rising tension. “Zaltana, can you bring your sister back inside?”

"You can't expect Mom to turn off her emotions, Dad. Not like you do half the time." Ahusaka sighed. "Mom isn't that way, she feels more so deeply than others."

"She's the Earth Sage, her emotions and magic go hand in hand together now." Keira said.

"We don't think it was right of her to lash out at you, but we don't agree with what you did either." Miku stated.

Zaltana was quiet, but gave a soft nod as she went to fetch her sister.

“You don’t have to agree with me. You don’t even have to forgive me. I just ask you understand I had no choice in the matter.”

"We understand that, though... can you understand Mom as well?" Manaco quietly replied.

Once Zaltana brought Urboro back inside the house, the elder sibling stood there with her hands on her hips.

“I’ve had years to come to terms on her fair reaction should she ever discover the truth.” Kahli glared towards the direction of the bathroom where Grievous hid. “A truth that could have been remained hidden for the betterment of all. Why is she hiding?”

"You don't get to judge what she thinks is fair, Dad. You know better than that." Manaco ran a hand down his face. "And she's hiding in the bathroom because she doesn't want to be in the middle of this conversation, doesn't want to be the punching bag."

“Physically or emotionally?” Kahli didn’t stop his gaze towards the bathroom. “As for your mother, I think I do. You know what she said to me? That she’d find revenge against the Emperor. She can be as furious as me as she wants, even foolishly take her fury out on me, but she must not ever be so idiotic as to attack the Empire.”

"You tried to attack her out of revenge once, Dad." Ahusaka poked a hole in Kahli's logic. "You got no room to call Mom an idiot."

“I attacked when it wouldn’t bring war down upon all of Hyrule.” Kahli countered back with remorse in his voice. “And look at what that attempt on her life brought me. A debt that keeps me in her pocket.”

"Mom was probably just speaking in the heat of the moment, Dad. We all know that she wouldn't do something so reckless to ruin the relationship that Aunt Zarazu tried so hard to build." Urboro stated bluntly. "Give her a bit more credit than that. Besides, that bi---Zannah, would know it was Mom. She's not stupid to openly attack her."

"Ur has a point, Dad."

“She better not. That would only ruin all of your futures.”

"Good grief, will you at least try to get some sense of normalcy back with Mom?" Urboro asked with a roll of her eyes. "Or not? That's what we're asking. We don't want you two apart. We want all of us to be a big happy family again."

“I want that too. Everything I’ve done has been for the betterment of this family. It’s Zizi who needs to understand my position.” Kahli sounded so exhausted. “But no. She rather never be near me. There’s no excuse when it’s the truth. I know I caused her pain, but gods as my witness, I’d never go out of my way to purposely put her through it.”

"And did you tell her that?" Miku asked her father. "Mom thinks you'd choose Zannah over us."

“I did. She’s simply too angry to listen.”

"Then give her time. At least a week to cool down, and then try again."

"You're not the type to give up."

"We know Mom still loves you, otherwise, she wouldn't be so hurt." All his children believed in their parents. No, they held hope for them.

“A week?” Kahli closed his eyes, crossing his arms and pondering on the fact. Once more, he glanced at the bathroom. “Bring that ridiculous girl out.”

"... Grivy, would you mind coming out of the bathroom?" Manaco gently knocked his knuckles on the door. "... besides, Zaltana needs to pee."

“...that is acceptable.” Grievous exited, still covered in tribal paint.

"... can you help us fix this?" Manaco asked her honestly. "We could use any ideas you have."

“Me?” Grievous was genuinely caught off guard.

“Yes you.” Kahli rose from his chair, his gaze menacing on her. “Seeing you were the one to kick off this chain of events in the past few days. Why did you even leave? It’s clear you like fighting. The Empire can provide that in spades for you.”

Grievous suddenly looked downcast, embarrassed perhaps. “Well, I-”

“Spit it out girl.”

“I didn’t like the idea of being a commander. It’s too constricting for me. I’m sorry I came and ruined your perfect family dynamic because I felt I didn’t belong with my own family. That answer satisfy you?”

"... should we be a part of this?" Miku whispered to Urboro.

"What? It's drama, of course, we're going to be a part of this." Urboro snickered.

"Look, we need you to help us patch this relationship. We've always been close as a family and we don't want to lose that." Manaco gestured to his siblings.

"You're part of this family too now, whether you like it or not." Keira noted to Grievous. "So, you need to make a decision now if you're going to stay and help, or leave like you intended."

“How can I help?”

Kahli narrowed his eyes, disapproving of her. Was she only here to have questions fulfilled? “You wanted answers? Here’s a list. I’m your father. I did everything Zannah asked including reviving my tribe from extinction to pay off my life debt to her and keep my family safe and healthy. This family is my kin. You cannot hope to ever beat me or my eldest son in combat, let alone me. And by the look of your face, I’d say you have no proper will to stay. What’s your answer?”

“I-” Grievous paused, anxiety filling her. She hardly ever felt anxious, but with all these eyes waiting on her, how could she not?

"We need a decision, Grivy. You stay or you go." Manaco asked her directly, "Which is it going to be? Either you stay here, and have some support, from us, or you go out there. Alone. Into the world that you don't know."

"Stay. I'll stay." Grievous swallowed her discomfort. "I should excuse myself for now. I don't know how effective I can be in helping you. Give me time to think please."

"All right. You can bunk with me for the time being." Keira offered Grievous. "We all need some time to think."

~

Zizi hardly ever ran from her problems. She liked to solve conflicts as soon as possible to continue on without strife. Now, she did not want to go back home. All she wanted was the comfort of someone familiar, who would not pick a side, and simply let her be for a while. Thus, her mind wondered to her old friend from so long ago. She was older now, at the grand age of 51 years. No longer was she some spring chicken, or anywhere close to a child. Yet, Skull Kid still tolerated her presence.

Deep within the Lost Woods, Zizi's ears picked up on a jolly and magical tune. As she pushed away foliage, the little imp was dancing on a tree branch, playing his flute with little care in the world. The tune was positive, and had a magical, jolly nature to it. When he finally noticed Zizi listening along, he continued to play, jiving back and forth until his tune was done. "Zizi! What are you doing so deep in the woods? I don't think a Sage of the Forest could find herself lost, but I have seen stranger things."

"What else would I be doing out here, silly?" Zizi kept a smile on her face as Skull Kid turned to look at her. "I came to see you. I needed a friendly face." She then asked him. "Entertaining the fairies again? I'm surprised they let me pass through. Maybe being an Earth Sage has perks now?"

"First off, I like playing for myself. Second off, its a song I learned from a friend who was also a Forest Sage like you. Titles matter. What's so cool about calling yourself the Sage of Dirt? Forests are magical." Skull Kid pointed his flute aggressively at Zizi like a teacher would do with a pointing stick. Hopping of the tree with a few frontal flips, Skull Kid scuttled his way towards his friend. "Odd that the friendliest face you know is a mask, but I guess I shouldn't complain. He he he."

"Mask or no mask, you're still Skully." Zizi rolled her eyes when he clarified the 'correct' title. She was a Zemlja, a Lorleidian of the earth. Forest would be placing a limit on her capabilities, in her opinion. Watching him bounce around, Zizi then asked, "I haven't seen you in a while. Zaltana is going to be celebrating her eighth birthday in two weeks. You going to come to the party?"

"Hmmm, will your fierier children and sister be attending?" Skull Kid causally threw his arms behind his head to rest back on them.

"I have fifteen, eight of who are fiery and seven of who are earthy, and they'll all be attending, so yes." Zizi chuckled. "Even Manaco. He misses you too, you know. He still talks about that permanent ink prank you pulled on Vaati."

"Well, kid wanted to be a little rebellous. Although, he's not quite a kid anymore. But two weeks? I'll think about it. Maybe I can make the event more fun~" His arms switched to being swung from side to side. "You look tired. Were you up all night? Or sleep under a tree?"

"If you put a stink bomb in the bonfire like last time with the triplet's birthday party, we're going to have words." Zizi shook a finger at him. "Fun would be a paint fight, like you did with Chatima's ninth birthday. We were all shades of the rainbow for days." Sighing, Zizi shook her head. "I am tired. Haven't been sleeping too well. Found out some... unsavory news about my husband. Though, I'm here to see you, not to mope."

"Oh? You think I'm a distraction then? Well... how long of a distraction do you need?"

"You're a very good distraction, and an even better friend. No one can help me bake chocolate chip cookies like you." Zizi reminded him. "As long as you're willing to put up with me."

"Put up with you? Easy." Skull Kid thought for a moment on what they could do. Snapping his finger, he had an idea. "Hey! Why don't we go to the Forest Temple? Could use some maintenance."

"Forest Temple? That sounds like a good idea." Zizi then repeated. "Maintenance?"

"Make sure the trees are healthy. The doors all still working. The wolves happy. Clear the Skulltala webs. Etc. Etc. It could take a while though."

"Sounds just like the distraction I need," Zizi then asked him with a small grin, jesting. "How did you get to be a mind reader?"

"Stick around long enough and you can read people easily enough." With a giggle and hop, Skull Kid made his way to the temple. "Can you still run and keep up?"

"Hey now, I'm older, not old." Zizi reminded him. "Run? Why would I do that when I can just ride?" The vines shifted from the earth and carried the Zemlja. "Work smarter, not harder, Skully."

"Boo. That's not fun. And only shows you gotten softer~" Skull Kid did a few more flips, gleefully jumping from trunk to trunk lying on the forest floor.

"At least I'm not slow." Zizi teased as she shot forth on the vines, zipping past Skully. She hung upside down on the vine, and snatched his hat before the vines quickly moved her away. "Come and get it!"

Skull Kid laughed, chasing after his friend. It seemed this would be what Zizi needed for a time. At least until she was ready to confront her source of fears and wrath.

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Crossover with @ridersoftheapocalypse. Shared world with @s-kinnaly

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Bucketlist #40 - 55% (189/345)

FOOD & DRINK

Lawrence

Tommy

LOV

Katsuya

Storm Crow Manor

Figo

Bar Ape

Pinky’s Ca Phe

Joe Beef

Shake Shack

Mildred’s Temple Kitchen

Lavinia

Patois

Hot Star/Monga

Dark Horse

Seven Lives

Figures

Famous Last Words

Blue Nile

Veghed

Schlouppe Bistrot Nakamichi

La Betise

Lee

Kampai Garden

Bord’elle

Le Mal Necessaire

Peameal bacon sandwich

Canal Lounge

Big In Japan Bar

Marvens

Dine with a city view

Hibachi

Jellyfish

Butter Avenue

Marche Atwater

Mme Lee

Romados

Wooffles & Cream

Terrasse Bonsecours

Cafe du Monde (beignets!)

King cake

Au Pied du Cochon

Moishes

Twisters (aka Los Pollos)

The Boiling Crab

Blackstrap BBQ

Jukebox Burgers

Garde Manger

Fisherman Clubhouse

Soul Cafe

Konjiki

Miku

La Cubana

The Dirty Bird

La Carnita

The Alley

Laduree

One Zo Tapioca

Fresh

Bone marrow

The Wilcox

Koo Koo

Ca Lem

Charcoal ice cream

Pizzeria Libretto

Deville Diner

RaviSoups

Momofuku

Sweet Jesus

Chick-Fil-A

Deep dish pizza

Wah Sing

Mon Ami fried chicken

Kekou

Burger Priest

Mr. Puffs

Fugo

Kensington market

Doughnut cone

Pai

Chipotle

Koa Lua

Brigade Pizzeria Napolitaine

Raclette

The Lockhart

Ebisu

Randolph Pub Ludique

Thai style ice cream

C’Chocolat

The Halal Guys

Poop Cafe

Pumpkin spice latte

L’Avenue (+ check out bathroom)

Marche Jean Talon

Le Poke Bar

La Diperie

Firewhisky

Creme des Neiges

Tsujiri

Qing Hua dumplings

Escondite

Mandy’s

Cadbury creme egg mcflurry

Le Lab

Yokato Yokabai

Triple sake bomb

Nilufar

Shaved ice

Captain’s Boil

Have a huge turkey leg

Uncle Tetsu cheesecake

Baklava

Home cooked dinner by candle light

Five Guys burgers

Bang Bang ice cream with HK egg waffle cone

Ganadara

Lola Rosa

Sour amaretto

La Belle et la Boeuf

Allo Mon Coco

Kinka Izakaya

Mochi ice cream

Snakes & Lattes

Cat cafe

Kem Coba

Crawfish

Kinton Ramen

Kazu

In N Out

TRAVEL

Switzerland

Museum of Ice Cream

Allen Gardens

Scandinavia

Watkins Glen State Park

Brooklyn bridge

Canadian Rockies

CN Tower edge walk

Go up the CN Tower

Croatia

Costa Rica

Cinque Terre, Italy

Return to Florence

Hawaii

Alaska

Zion National Park, Utah

Travel to random location with no itinerary

Hike the Inca Trail

Thailand

Vietnam

Spain (especially Park Guell)

Visit 6 continents (no Antarctica)

Study/work/volunteer abroad

Northern Lights

New Orleans

Go on a cruise

Santorini

Venice

Japan

Asia tour

Europe tour

Galapagos Islands

LOTR areas in New Zealand

Paris

Watch a show in Vegas

Walk across the Golden Gate bridge in SF

Broadway musical in NYC

Great Barrier Reef

Stroll through Central Park

Antelope Canyons, Arizona

Board down the Alps

Nordik Spa

Vancouver

Bruce Peninsula

Montreal love sign

Toronto Islands

Casa Loma

Art Gallery of Ontario

Road trip

Chicago

Scarborough Bluffs

Humber bridge

Toronto sign at night

Albion falls in Hamilton

Brookfield Place

Diagon Alley

Fly by myself

Hike Dundas Peak

Ripley’s Aquarium

Disneyland LA

Walk of Fame in LA

Cable car in San Francisco

Disneyworld Orlando

Drink Butterbeer at Wizarding World of HP

Pompeii

Acropolis

Colosseum

Florence

LEARN

Roll own sushi

Make pretty macarons

Take cooking class

Cook a really mean steak

Curl own hair nicely

Dance (ballroom, latin and contemporary, a little bit of hip hop)

Sewing basics

Make mochi ice cream

Bike.. properly (this is embarrassing)

Make pie from scratch

Make pizza from scratch (bonus: try to throw it in the air)

Billiards

Skating

Snowboarding

EVENTS

Hot air balloon festival

Osheaga

Have surprise party thrown for me

Van Gogh exhibition

1920s party

Obstacle course race

Easter egg hunt

Scavenger hunt (bonus: picture scavenger hunt)

Throw successful surprise party

Floating lantern festival

Attend a legit masquerade ball 

Nuit Blanche 

Toga party

LOTR in Concert

GoT in Concert

Infinity Mirrors exhibit

Throw big house party

Igloofest

Ugly Christmas sweater party

Attend a concert

Meet Us the Duo

Chihuly exhibition

Ottawa Tulip Festival

Toronto Christmas Market

Food truck festival

Paint Night

Zelda symphony

Color Me Rad

Tam Tams

Piknic Electronik

Watch a musical

Lion King the musical

New Year’s kiss

Bake birthday cake for someone

Cosplay at Comic Con

Cirque du Soleil

ACTIVITIES

Strip club

Bite Bar

Pursuit OCR

Axe throwing

Partner yoga

Laser tag

Skyzone/iSaute

Snorkeling

Archery tag

Dragon boat

Sailing

Paragliding/hang gliding

Jet ski

Horseback riding

Archery

Paintball

Huge snowball fight with forts

Rock climbing

Bungee jump

Skydive

Dog sled

Ice fishing

Go karting

Aerial yoga

Pole dancing

Beach volleyball

Ceramic cafe

Stand up paddle board

Tandem bike

Water gun/water balloon fight

Escape room

Musical swings

Spa

Zipline

Tubing

Canoe/kayak

AT LEAST ONCE

Ride a camel

Be apart of human pyramid

Swim in deep fresh water cave

Skinny dip

Hide n seek in Ikea

Fish pedicure

Bathe an elephant

Climb tall tree

Build elaborate sand castle

Do flip on trampoline

Cliff dive into water

Swim with dolphins

Hold/pet tiger 

Professional photoshoot

Infinity pool

Explore sea cave

Pottery wheel

Fruit picking

Be apart of flash mob

Cross hanging bridge

See cherry blossoms in full bloom

Sing at live karaoke bar

Mistletoe kiss

Attach lock of love

Catch bouquet at wedding

Get drawing done by artist

Go underneath/behind a waterfall

Gingerbread house

Carve pumpkin

Hike up mountain

Shoot a gun

Ride an elephant

PERSONAL

Own 1861 dress

Make a singing/ukulele/dance cover 

Have a table at a convention

Send postcard to PostSecret

Weigh at least 115 lbs

Donate blood

Watch all the Oscar’s best pictures (25/90)

Beat Zelda game

Be a bridesmaid

Adopt a puppy

Play Kingdom Hearts

Catch ‘em all on Pokemon Go gen 1 (144/144)

Finish LOTR trilogy

Sell piece of artwork

Try watercolor

Obtain driver’s license

Reread The Little Prince

Design business cards

Make own website for artwork/portfolio/demo reel

Dye hair

Own ugly Christmas sweater

Make Facebook art page

Get celebrity’s autograph

Go to movies alone

Get gym membership

Studio internship

Inktober

Screen animation at film festival

Donate hair

Display artwork in gallery

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Sweatercoric 🐉 Heritage/Heritages 🐉 Wingcoric

Met/Metos 🐉 Lolitacoric 🐉 Lib/Libs

Rufflecoric 🐉 Dinner/Dinners 🐉 Dresscoric

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Swiss/Swisses 🐉 Crystalballcoric 🐉 Leu/Leus

Crystalcoric 🐉 Blaze/Blazes 🐉 Bobacoric

Lex/Lexs 🐉 Teacoric 🐉 Ley/Leys

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Wandcoric 🐉 Doll/Dolls 🐉 Tuxcoric

Ehe/Eher 🐉 Tophatcoric 🐉 Protect/Protects

Candlelightcoric 🐉 Lev/Levs 🐉 Plaguedoctcoric

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Bik/Biks 🐉 Masculine Bigender 🐉 Ageoaroace/Ageoaroaces

Intramascfem 🐉 She/They 🐉 Hypersexual

She/Baa 🐉 Chronic Pain 🐉 Penguin/Pemguins

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Angelcoric 🐉 Juh/Juhs 🐉 Cis woman

Lunch/Lunchs 🐉 Halocoric 🐉 It/She/He/They

Cis man 🐉 Juj/Jujs 🐉 Dermatitis artefacta

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Soda/Sodas 🐉 Valentinecoric 🐉 Juf/Jufs

Straight 🐉 Jug/Jugs 🐉 Plushcoric

Breakfast/Breakfasts 🐉 Straight woman 🐉 They/He/It/She

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Isogender 🐉 Lhey/Lhem 🐉 Flowercoric

Shark/Sharks 🐉 Metis 🐉 They/She/It/He

Kittencoric 🐉 They/He/She/It 🐉 Straight Man

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Animecoric 🐉 They/She 🐉 Binary Transgender

They/He 🐉 Lacecoric 🐉 He/She

Binary Trans Woman 🐉 She/He 🐉 Babycoric

Ddlg/Mdlb/Abdl/Ageplayers Fuck off!!

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Zey/They 🐉 Wintercoric 🐉 She/He/They

Cis Woman 🐉 Any but They/Them 🐉 8-bitcoric

Any but She/Her 🐉 Cis Man 🐉 She/They

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