#dunno if that counts but imma tag it anyways

[blackdragoncake]

Another Nemu pic, bc I can >:0

[doodlezandoodlez]

homelander writes about his fights against billy butcher with a pink glitter pen in his sparkly pink diary like a schoolgirl

[nevaroonie]

Nevy makin outfits they have in DTI

This is what I wore to my graduation dinner :D

Me all throughout senior year-

[tildeathiwillwrite]

Tag Game: OC Interview

Thank you to @willtheweaver for the tag! I've been writing the last part to Magician's Bait so Imma do this for Reese!

Gently tagging @phoenixradiant @blackrosesandwhump @gummybugg @elizaellwrites @overdecorated-furniture @annakayy and open tag! :D

Are you named after anyone?

*shrugs* I dunno. It's not a common name here, so maybe? Either that or my parents made something up. Or... maybe it's a Draigo name? Haven't met very many living Draigo so that's a possibility. Although I've heard that a lot of the Draigo my parents worked with were assholes, so....

When was the last time you cried?

Last night. Or was it earlier this morning? Doesn't matter, it was nightmares, as it usually is.

Do you have kids?

...do I really look old enough to be having kids? Besides, I don't think I have the patience for raising children anyway.

Do you use sarcasm a lot?

Eh. Sometimes? I'm usually very blunt, so I've been told, and really I think I only use sarcasm to get my point across. Or to poke fun at the other person.

What is the first thing you notice about people?

Well I mean when you walked in I noticed that I was taller than you. But usually I notice if I have a gut feeling about a person. Take Caiya Ebony, for example. She's a bitch, but I didn't have to talk to her to sense that.

What is your eye color?

Brown. Wish I could've gotten something cooler, apparently my mom has green eyes.

Scary movies or happy endings?

...what's a movie? Oh! Can I say scary movies with happy endings? As long as it doesn't have any monsters or the like, I don't enjoy reading about those things.

Any special talents?

*jazz hands* Runes don't work on me! I'm also trying to learn Elven, and picked it up really quickly according to my dad.

Where were you born?

Either Caenum or Zariya. But I grew up in Zariya until we moved back to Caenum because of... reasons.

Do you have any pets?

Nah. I want one! But my dad doesn't do well with animals, so not until I move out.

What sort of sports do you play?

I train with knives, does that count? I think knife-fighting should be a sport, like fencing.

How tall are you?

Taller than you, ha!

What was your favorite subject in school?

Honestly? History. Especially elven or Draigo history. Kind of hate that I exist so close to a massive historical event, I can't find anything that isn't skewed.

What is your dream job?

Hmm, never really thought about it! According to Octavian, my aunt worked in the Draigo archives, I wonder if that could be an option. Assuming money's not an issue, of course. I can't make a living sorting through books and scrolls and artifacts and---!

Blank list:

Are you named after anyone?

When was the last time you cried?

Do you have kids?

Do you use sarcasm a lot?

What is the first thing you notice about people?

What is your eye color?

Scary movies or happy endings?

Any special talents?

Where were you born?

Do you have any pets?

What sort of sports do you play?

How tall are you?

What was your favorite subject in school?

What is your dream job?

[allkinds-oftrash]

911 S6: Oops thought I did a post on Athena and Hen I love their friendship so much also not me forgetting Hen's still in med school 💀💀 I hope she makes it through!! Girlie has got this

[anyctibius]

I'm like...kinda lukewarm on the season finale of Stranger Things 🤷🏻‍♀️ not really disappointed but not happy about it either

[hteragram-x]

Firefighter AU (again)

It’s been a while since I posted anything about this AU, but I got some inspiration and finished new short story. This time about Virgil and Remus briefly discussing their jobs and characters. I think you can read it separately and still get what’s going on, but if anyone’s interested I’ll link previous related posts.

[HERE] is the introduction, [HERE] are some general HCs, and over [THERE] you can find previous story where Remus and Virgil met for the first time :>

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Word count: 1348

Relationships: technically Dukexiety, but they’re not there yet

TW: mentions of fire (what a surprise), mentions of dead animals, mentions of a car crash, swearing

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The phone rang for about half a second before Virgil picked it up and gave his practiced introduction. It was calm and quick. Then he fell silent and let the woman on the other side of the line speak, listening carefully and responding with a few instructions. In an even voice he explained that the team has already been sent, that the fire engine was on its way. That there was no need to panic and that someone else has already called and now the only thing she should do is patiently wait, sit at a safe distance from the flaming car, and keep him updated if anything bad happened before the brigade arrived.

He made sure the woman was safe, said goodbye, and let the conversation end.

 Then he leaned deeper into his chair with a heavy sigh.

“I have a question!”, the loud yell right behind Virgil nearly sent him flying to the floor. He glared at Remus, clutching his headset and trying to readjust it before it slid off his ears. Why was he still surprised by these random outbursts? He should have gotten used to them weeks ago.

“What kind of question”, he asked in a tired voice very much aware that getting mad at Remus would only make his behaviour more annoying. Or worse… it’d make Remus upset... “The one I answered forty nine times already or something new?”

“A new one!”, Remus beamed sitting on a spinning office chair and moving closer to Virgil. “And if you’re exaggerating anyway you could’ve said sixty nine. That would’ve cost you nothing.”

“It would also cost you nothing to not say that right now, and yet you did”, was a slightly drained response.

"I always do!”, Remus giggled in a surprisingly cute way and leaned even closer, still remembering to not push Virgil too far from the desk. They were both currently at work, so distracting his co-worker too much and slowing down his response for even a few seconds could have potentially tragic consequences. Remus was definitely a careless person, but not when it came to other people’s lives. That fact was often shocking even to those who knew Remus for a very long time.

Virgil lifted an eyebrow making a “go on” kind of gesture with his right hand.

“Okay”, Remus started excitedly sounding as if he was trying to hype himself up to do something difficult. “How do you do it?”

Virgil lifted his second eyebrow in a silent question.

“I mean: how do you stay calm during the calls. Why do you even work here? I can scare you by saying “boo” in quiet monotone. And then you talk with panicking people who just crashed their car into the lamppost like it’s nothing!”

To Virgil’s credit he put a lot of effort to making his brain not fixate on the “Why do you even work here?” part of Remus’ words and not see it as a kind suggestion to fuck off. He mostly failed, but the intensions were there.

“I- I’m not sure”, he responded carefully after a moment filled with sounds of a chair squeaking under Remus who was usually unable to stay still for more than four seconds. “I have a separate… headspace for work, I suppose. I dunno how to explain it. Just like… switching to a different mindset when it’s something professional. Don’t you have the same thing with putting down the fire? I assume you don’t stare creepily at other people when you enter the building that’s in flames”, he added with a small smile, reminiscing their first encounter.

“Usually I don’t”, Remus answered with slightly disturbing, cheerful honesty that Vigil learnt to expect from his chaotic co-worker. “But, yeah… you’re right. I can be calm when I’m professional. And I’m way less tempted to taste fire when I’m fighting it. You know? Like… you don’t think so much about eating a bear when it’s chasing you down the extremely narrow path where trees are getting closer and closer until the forest gets very dark and there is no way to escape anymore.” Remus finished a rushed sentence with wide, light-hearted smile that lit up his face not unlike a lighter with which he almost singed his moustache on regular basis.

Virgil blinked at him and slowly shook his head.

“O- One thing at a time, okay?”, he answered finally. “Let’s leave the bear out of this for now. I know I shouldn’t ask, but did you just say that you’re ‘tempted to taste fire’?”

“Yeah!”, Remus answered with enthusiasm sending Virgil another bright smile that somehow still looked nice despite some unhinged glint always present in his green eyes. “You can make so many tasty things with fire. Like grilled vegetables! Or…”

For some reason, the fact that Remus was vegan never failed to astound the confused operator. Maybe his dietary choices would be less unexpected if he also didn’t rate every dead animal he ever saw on the street on a scale from ‘probably inedible, not enough fur’ to ‘no one touch that! It’s my lunch’.

“…or potato chips!”, Remus finished a long list of foods. ”Those are kinda made with fire?”

“…yes?” Virgil said carefully, not really sure where this line of logic was even going.

“See?! Fire makes tasty things. Ergo, hypothesis, fire is tasty too!”

“That’s… that’s the stupidest thing I’ve heard today…”

“Well, jokes on you, because I’ve said something much more stupid only twenty minutes ago. You just weren’t there!”

“I’m not sure this defence is as strong as you think…”, Virgil sighed, annoyed at himself for a tiny bit of fondness that seeped into his voice. “Anyway! Please don’t eat fire.”

“Fine”, Remus said tipping his head back with a huff. “You’re so boring.”

“And you’re a dumbass. I can’t believe I was scared of you at first…”

“You were?!”, Remus asked delighted despite knowing this information before. It was always nice to hear that he actually frightened someone, even if it was a guy scared of drinking with a straw for the fear of chocking on it one day. Or maybe especially if it was that guy.

“Shut up…”

Surprisingly, Remus did fell quiet. They sat in silence for a few minutes glad that the phone stayed silent as well. It was nice to have a few minutes of peace and calm before someone else needed help. It meant that people were safe and it let them just appreciate each other’s company in the half-empty office.

“By the way… I do get the whole ‘work mindset’ thing”, Remus continued suddenly as if they never stopped or changed the topic. “It’s like I have a separate brain and personality that kick in when it comes to these things. I see everything differently.”

Virgil nodded in understanding.

“I’m less scared when I know I have to help someone.”

“Exactly!”, Remus exclaimed, once again almost making Virgil fall out of his chair. “I have that too, but I become more serious instead! So you’re a coward, but a protective one. Got it.”

“Get out of my office.”

Remus laughed and didn’t make a single move to exit the room. He sat more comfortably in his chair, reaching into a pocket for his favourite lighter with luminescent tentacles painted over sparkly black background. It was one of the most “Remus” things Virgil has ever seen.

The next stretch of silence didn’t last as long as Virgil would have wanted. After about a minute his phone rang again, distracting his from very vivid visions of the firehouse burning to the ground because of Remus’ negligence. He gave his colleague a brief smile and promptly answered the call, his head immediately clear – the thoughts about anything irrelevant temporarily forgotten. Few seconds later the alarm went off and the dishevelled firefighter jumped off the chair with a serious expression. He gave Vigil last look seeing his focused eyes and calm, patient face. Then he switched his own brain into appropriate mode and run out of the room towards Roman and the rest of his brigade.

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Next part is [HERE].

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My one-person general taglist: @imma-potatoo

My one-person taglist for this AU: @isabelle-stars

I used the term “taglist” very loosely here :D

[futures-tense]

tagged by the lovely @a-beautiful-struggle-of-life

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

43 sfkjdhgs

2. What's your total AO3 word count

89,343

3. How many fandoms have you written for and what are they?

like,,, 3 i think

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos? 

Let Me Have Your Back

Friends Don’t Look At Friends That Way

Since I Wasn’t Born Perfect

In Case You Don’t Live Forever

but let’s not pretend

5. What's the fic you've written with the angstiest ending?

um, probably Sick of Losing Soulmates

6. What's the fic you've written with the happiest ending?

I don’t know,,,, a lot of my fics are hurt/comfort so they end on a good note

7. Do you write crossovers? If so, what is the craziest one you've written? 

I only really write crossovers for like 911 and ls but not anything else

8. Do you write smut? If so, what kind? 

Nah babe thats not for me

9. Do you respond to comments, why or why not?

Every single one because they all make me 🥰

10. Have you ever received hate on a fic? 

YES only once and it was so funny because they said that i “wasn’t confident in my writing abilities” because I said I hadn’t been sure where the fic was headed IN THE TAGS i was like babe what??? anyway-

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

I really hope not

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

mm, I dunno, I wouldn’t be opposed to it as long as they credited me

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

I have yeah 🥰

14. What's your all time favourite ship? to write for? 

Tarlos and Buddie are just so easy for me to write for its mostly whatever ships im most invested in at the moment

15. What's a WIP that you want to finish but don't think you ever will? 

Yeah and I’m kind of sad about it; its a cute WIP

16. What are your writing strengths?

Dialogue I think

17. What are your writing weaknesses? 

Exposition ksdjhfk

18. What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic? 

I do it a lot, like I do it with Eddie interacting with his family (including chris) and I do it with Enzo and TK and Carlos and his friends (also Carlos and Mateo and Tommy interactions)

19. What was the first fandom you wrote for? 

I want to say,,,, Newsies,,, but idk but I do think thats what it was because that was my first serious hyperfixation

20. What's your favourite fic you've written?

OH let me TELL you,,,, its mostly all of them BUT;

what I really wanted was a father

When the Dust Settles (where are you?)

How Do We Win

and last but not least 36 Questions-- which, no, she’s not done yet but I’ve already read through chapter 3 and i’m excited to so

Imma tag a few of my favorite writers: @ravens-words, @aliceschuyler, @lire-casander, @marjansmarwani

[mechanicalinertia]

What’s next for Divine Patronage?

So my Ranma / Ah My Goddess! / other miscellaneous anime that take place in 1990′s Tokyo fanfic has become more popular than anything else I’ve ever written. I may have classes but this is my designated ‘leisure activity’ now for sure.

Anyway, I have a rough idea for this initial ‘arc’, and how it’ll end. Fine. Whatever. More importantly, though, I have continuing ideas about how to cross over more and more mid-90′s anime and other things into this mishmash where Urd and Ranma have to ‘problem-solve’ things. Christ I wrote like 9 possible arc setups last night; it’ll take me years to make good on them if I do at all.

That’s why I’m a-posting brief summaries of them here, so if I give up on these people can just steal em’.

1. CRIMES OF THE MISHIMA GROUP AGAINST GOOD TASTE

Sayoko Mishima and her zaibatsu god-nap Keiichi and in doing so royally piss off Belldandy. Urd has to snatch the poor kid, who is now a minor god, out from Sayoko’s clutches before Belldandy just loses it and nukes earth in silent rage. Ranma can’t beat the compound alone, though, so Urd turns to Akiko Natsume - the actual head of Mishima - and her all purpose combat android for some help. Unfortunately, the android has a cat brain. Cue Ranma struggling to confront his fears to save the world.

Crossover with: All Purpose Cultural Catgirl Nuku Nuku, a medium-obscure OVA from the 90′s starring Megumi Hayashibara as the wacky cat-bot-girl with Saeko Shimazu (Kodachi’s voice among others) as Akiko. Good fun.

2. FATE / STRANGE; DAYS

Remember Lind, the Valkyrie from the Angel Eater Arc of AMG? Well, she back. She intervened in Fate / Zero’s Holy Grail War (assumed to take place around 1994) and contracted w/ Kiritsugu the way Urd did with Ranma. Now Kiri may have lost all his lady companions, but he gets Illya back from Germany and is raising her alongside Shirou with the help of Illya’s wacky maids. Maybe lil’ Rin and Sakura are involved, too, I dunno.

Anyway, Lind considers the Sailor Senshi a threat to the divine order (they do appear to predate human civilization) - especially since Saturn’s Glaive of Silence is believed to be the Norse Gungnir, Spear of Destiny, Odin’s superweapon that could (even in the OG myths) rewrite reality itself to render enemies nonexistent.

So Lind gets Kiritsugu, Arturia Saber, and Prisma Illya to go to Tokyo and track down Sailor Saturn with Ranma’s help. Then they end up teleporting to the distant past of the Silver Milennium, back when the Senshi’s magic rendered the other planets of the Solar System inhabitable. Cue a string of John Carter references.

Crossover with: Fate / Zero, Fate Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya. Might even separate the Fate story from the whole Saturn / Gungnir subplot - they’re just hunting Kirei and Gil, then. Sure. Fine.

3. THE FUTURE IS HERE AND IT SUCKS

Skuld time travels into the future, only to find that almost every single timeline ends with humanity being wiped out before the 22nd century - perhaps by SM’s Great Freeze, perhaps by other factors. Unfortunately, she forgot to close her possible-future-timeline portals properly, which leads to various cyberpunk futures bouncing off one another for supremacy in 1996.

(Look I wanted to just fuckin do BGC or GITS crossover. Couldn’t decide. Why not both?)

Crossover with: BGC 2032 (Or my 2069 rebot), Ghost in the Shell, Silent Mobius (maybe)

4. GAMES OF THE GODS

The obligatory ‘gang plays an RPG’ sitcom episode, only a) it’s Cyberpunk 2020 because I’ve read that system’s books, and b) the goddesses all bring their boytoys along to be sucked into the game world as their player characters. (Urd gets Ranma, Bell gets Keiichi, Skuld is the GM, Peorth gets Ryoga, Lind gets Kiritsugu) (I guess I better do an arc where Peorth patronizes Ryoga to screw with Urd...)

5. GUNS, BOMBS, ROCK N’ ROLL

Ranma gets dragged along by Urd for a vacation, theoretically to LA. But then after getting bored of the Obligatory Beach Episode, Urd rediscovers that she has a daughter in Chicago - Rally Vincent. She and Ranma rush off to screw up the events of the manga and protect her daughter from the brainwashing of a lesbian rapist crime lord. (I wish I was making that last bit up). Maybe Priss of BGC tags along to really hammer in the WACKY KENICHI SONODA CROSSOVER thing?

Crossover with: Gunsmith Cats, Riding Bean, maybe BGC

6. HEISEI BLOSSOMS BLOOMING

The Japanese government decides to reactivate the Teikoku Kagekidan project, this time using idoru as the mecha pilots instead of the Takarazura Revue thing they had going on in the 20′s. The K-on girls audition, the Love Live girls audition, someone in the Ranma cast or something tries out as well. Mecha are now nuclear-powered instead of steam-powered (whatever that means)

Crossover with: Original Sakura Wars franchise, Tite Kubo iteration non-involved. maybe K-on and Love Live

7. RANMA’S LUDICROUS EXCURSION: STAR-DIAMOND DUST IS UNCRUSADERABLE

Ranma gets a stand. Urd thinks it’s like her angel. Yare yare daze.

Crossover with: What do you think, genius?

8. ETERNAL SUMMER

Ranma gets trapped in a temporal anomaly centered around Tomobiki Town. Now it’s August 1982, Ataru and Lum are about to get married, and unless he can stop the total breakdown of the pocket reality within the seven days before the time loop resets he’ll become part of it forever. Trippy New Wave Existentialist Bullshit - Screwball Comedy meets Body Horror. Also see: Higurashi.

Crossover with: Urusei Yatsura

9. TRICOWBOYOUTLAW BEBOPGUNSTAR: EFF YOU, SPACE COWBOY

A valiant attempt to crossover all three of the late 90′s ‘Cowboy shonen’ anime of the time in one universe. A shared universe? Nah. We’re probably just gonna transplant all the characters into 90′s Tokyo again and watch the body count pile up.

Crossover with: Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star, Trigun. Oh, and maybe one of those ‘robo-maid’ shows from the aughties (Hand Maid May, Mahoromatic, Steel Angel Kurimi), just to fuck with everyone.

10. COPS AND ROBOTS

Ranma gets in trouble with the police for sneaking onto the Babylon Project, forced into community service, and then ends up blackmailed into the long-running grudgematch between the SV2 Labor Squad and the Tokyo Highway Patrol.

Crossover with: You’re Under Arrest, Patlabor (original OVA mostly)

11. SUPERIOR AUTOMATRONIC DISPUTE RESOLUTION: GO NAGAI EAT YOUR HEART OUT

Skuld gets in a fight with some deities from some rival pantheons, and as a proper grudgematch resolution they all resolve to build Giant Robots and then Battle Royale them. Ranma has to pilot one.

Crossover with: NOTHING.

12. THE HOUND OF ULSTER BARKS AT MIDNIGHT

Cu Chullain, husbando of Ex-Valkyrie and turncoat Irish goddess Scathach, teams up with Ranma in Dublin to stop IRA extremists from resurrecting the Tuatha De Dannan, specifically the Morrigan. A teenage Bazett (from Fate) shows up and gets all fangirly.

13. TALES FROM THE OOPS

An abandoned particle accelerator built in the 80′s near Stockholm may or may not cause Ragnarok. Ranma and some edgy Swedish Teenagers have to deal with 90′s recession bullshit and clean the place out

Crossover with: Tales from the Loop, Things From the Flood

That’s about it, honestly. I have other things I’d like to crossover with, tbh, mostly mecha stuff. Among them:

- Cannon God Exaxxion

- Eva

- Gundam UC

- Muv-Luv

-Negmia / another Ken Akumatsu trashpile (and I mean that in the best possible way)

Shit this is fun. Imma make another one of these posts with even more ludicrious crossovers later. Peace out.

[cryptidofthekeys]

“May 19th”

Imma put a keep reading on this bc oh god it’d be too long otherwise and I dont wanna inconvenience others n such but here’s what I had been cryptic about for awhile, its finally out and I am proud of it regardless if its in character or not lmao

Stephanie was sitting at her desk, looking through her paperwork and writing some things down on the side before she heard a knock on the door, she smiled and shouted "Come in!" the door then opened and both Kane and Daniel Bryan walked inside, Kane coming right up to the desk and staring Stephanie down "You wanted to see us...?" He questioned, this made Steph's smile widen "Yes I did!" She took a deep breath "I have a proposition for the both of you..." She started, this made the tag team perk up and look at each other, this time Daniel was the one to speak "...We're listening..." Stephanie then continued on "If the two of you can win all the matches you're in until May gets here... Then I will give the both of you a shot at the Tag Team Championships or to make the deal sweeter... Any title you want to go for! But remember, you HAVE to win ALL your matches and then by May, once you figure out which titles you want to go for, come see me and we'll get it all settled" Daniel and Kane gave one final look before nodding, Daniel was the one to speak up "Sounds good to us, and all we have to do is just... Beat ALL our opponents? Until... May? No catches?" Steph shook her head "No, no catches to it, that's all you have to do" She reassured, which made Daniel give Kane a pat on the shoulder "Let's go get ready then" The pair then walked out of the room immediately, this caused Stephanie's smile to turn into an evil smirk "It's all going according to plan...~ My plan is set in action... Now all I have to do is simply wait..." She mumbled to herself, she then returned to finishing up the paperwork that she had left. (Listen... I am really poor at fight scenes and IF I did all these matches we could be here all day so I'll only do one at the VERY least, was gonna do three but honestly thats a bit too much for me, so first one is coming right up and then there's gonna be a time skip) Team Hell No was preparing for their first match of the month, it was only March so they still had a long way to go before getting their opportunities at some championship gold but they could do it, nothing was in their way and they definitely weren't arguing as much as they used to, this would work out... It just had to, he'd be there for Kane if needed and he knew deep down Kane would be there for him if he needed as well, all they had to do was focus on their goals and get through March and April and things would be smooth sailing from there, after they got ready, they quickly made their way out to the ring, hearing the roar of the crowds got them pumped up, they were definitely ready to face whoever their opponents were, Daniel gave Kane a look who only nodded in return. After a few minutes, their opponents were none other than... Damien Sandow and Cody Rhodes aka Team Rhodes Scholars, this should be an easy one... They've defeated them before, they can do it again! All they have to do is just... Focus, focus on what the goal is, what the reward will be... They listened as the crowd booed the pair all the way to the ring, the crowd definitely wasn't fond of them that was for sure, after they finished their entrance, the teams took their places and were ready to start the match, Daniel and Damien were the first ones to fight, the referee then rang the bell and the match began, Daniel started things off with a bang and went right after Damien, he was determined to win this match, he was determined to win all their matches, he wanted a shot at some gold, that was for sure. Eventually, Damien had gotten the upper hand of Daniel and went on the attack, he was going to try his best to keep him away from his tag team partner, Damien went over and tagged in his partner, Cody Rhodes, who came in strong and immediately started working on Daniel's arm, he needed to injure his arm to prevent him from locking in The Yes Lock in this match, much to Daniel's dismay who tried to get out of Cody's grip on his arm, he wanted to make it over to Kane, he was getting worn down and he definitely needed a break to regain some stamina, Cody definitely had a tight grip and the more he wrenched Daniel's arm the more it began to hurt, eventually... Daniel managed to power out of it and over to Kane to make a tag, and of course the crowd went wild as Kane powered through Cody like he was nothing. And for awhile, that's how it was, Kane absolutely manhandled Cody and dominated him throughout the match, after awhile Cody had gained the upper hand and managed to get Kane on the ropes, literally... Which resulted in the referee coming over and counting, if Cody didn't release him by the count of five he'd be disqualified, luckily he did right before the ref managed to say five, he put his hands up in defense  and backed off immediately, after he knew he'd be safe from disqualification he continued his onslaught against Kane, after he got him down he went for the pin only to be interrupted at the count of two by Daniel Bryan, and then Damien came into the ring and attacked Daniel, those two proceeded to take their fight outside the ring, much to the ref's dismay. Eventually, Kane had managed to get to his feet and he grabbed Cody by the throat, it was over... Kane then hoisted Cody up into the air and slammed him down, he listened to the crowd roar and cheer, he couldn't help but chuckle at that as he pinned Cody, the ref counted "One! Two! Three!!" The bell rang again, and Kane's music hit as Daniel knocked Sandow down to the ground and slid back into the ring, it took him a minute to realize that the he and Kane had won their first match-up, one step closer! This made Daniel grow more excited, he began to do his chants of 'Yes! Yes! Yes!', he even gave Kane a hug which seemed to stun the big man at first, Kane only gave him on awkward pat on the back in return, after celebrating and soaking in the crowd's cheers, they finally left the ring and headed back stage. (Cue a Time Skip because again, I am horrible at fight scenes but also because legit the fights are just gonna be the same thing over n over again and it'll be boring- y'all know who's gonna win already) Stephanie was sitting at her desk, once again, mostly just waiting for... Someone it seemed, just then, the door flew open and an excited Daniel Bryan entered the room, Stephanie had a bright smile on her face "Ah! Daniel, I see someone's excited... I must say, what you and Kane did was v e r y impressive... Congratulations!" She exclaimed, meanwhile Daniel grinned "Yeah... Thanks, it was tough but we managed to do it!" Stephanie nodded "Now there's a matter of what championships the both of you want, have you come to a decision with your partner?" Daniel nodded "Yes, we both agreed on the Tag Team Championships, we want a shot at those!" Stephanie's smile widened "I thought you would... Tag Team Championships it is! Now... Let's see when I can schedule that particular match... Hmmm..." Stephanie's smile dropped immediately once she saw the only date she had for the championship match up. She glanced up at Daniel with a concerned expression which confused him immensely "What uh, what's wrong? You look like you saw a ghost! When can we have our title shot?" Stephanie took a deep breath "Well... Daniel, uh... You... um... The title shot is on... Ma... Ma-May..." She glanced around for a few seconds and towards the door before finishing her sentence "May... Nineteenth..." Daniel merely rose a brow and shrugged "Eh, doesn't sound that bad to me... It sounds good to me, May Nineteenth it is!" He immediately headed out the door, Stephanie had tried to call out after him but it was too late, after a few moments however... Stephanie only chuckled "...Ah... Good to know Daniel doesn't know the truth about May Nineteenth... He'll find out soon enough... My plan is going so well..." Meanwhile... Daniel was on his way to tell Kane the date their match was set. He entered their locker room and had a bright confident smile on his face "So... Stephanie told me when our title match was, she... She was acting weird about the date though, almost like she was... Scared to say it..." Kane seemed interested "...What could give Stephanie such a fright?" Daniel shrugged "I dunno... But anyways, she said our match was on May Nineteenth, we'll have a shot at the Tag Team Titles on that night!" Kane's eyes widened and he silently stared at his partner for a few moments before speaking up "...D a n i e l... What... Did you just say...?" He took a deep breath, he couldn't get angry... Maybe... He just misheard his partner... That's gotta be it... Daniel repeated himself "I said our match is on May. N i n e t e e n t h..." That date echoed inside Kane's head and suddenly... A lot of horrible memories began flooding back to him, his breathing picked up and he clutched his hand into a fist "...Don't. E v e r. say. that... D a t e..." This made Daniel raise his arms up in defense and back off "I... don't get it...? What's wrong with May Nineteenth?" He questioned. Kane merely took a deep breath and flipped his hair out of his face "...Just... Promise me Daniel, promise me you won't say that date again..." Daniel could tell Kane was really serious about this and given the fact he really didn't want to be choked out or chokeslammed in the slightest, he nodded "Alright... No more of t h a t date... Got it... Let's just take a breather... And relax a little bit..." Kane gave him a nod and sat down, he stared down at the floor, he understood now why Stephanie was so worried to say that date, he just... needed to ignore it, he didn't want all those memories to come flooding back to him... Otherwise he knew his tag team partner would be in serious danger, he remembers what he did... to The Big Show all those years ago because he said t h a t date.... He shook himself out of those thoughts at the sound of Daniel snapping his fingers "Hey... I'm uh, sorry, I dunno the deal with that date and I won't ask but, I didn't mean to like... Upset you THAT badly, you... good man?" He questioned, he wouldn't deny, he was a little bit nervous when Kane stood up. Kane nodded "I'm fine... Just, let's get out there... and prepare... for uh, our... Our matches... We need to focus on those before our title shot..." He spoke, Daniel nodded and followed Kane out of the room, they still had a few matches before that date, they needed to focus on now instead of the future, and that's exactly what they were going to do... (Cue a bit of a time skip, like to... May 10th, gotta skip for plot reasons n everything) Daniel and Kane had just finished another match, they had lost this one and it was to the actual tag team champions, it wasn't their title shot, it was just a match up between the pairs beforehand to test their strengths and abilities and both Kane and Daniel were pretty angry about their loss, suddenly they were stopped by Michael Cole "Excuse me, Team Hell No... Could I get a word with the both of you about what just happened?" The pair glared at Michael Cole but Daniel spoke into the microphone "Those two... Rollins and Reigns! You won't be so lucky the next time we fight!" He paused, glancing back at Michael Cole before speaking up "Come May Nineteenth we'll-" Daniel immediately stopped talking and his eyes widened, he was just... extremely furious, he didn't... He didn't mean to say it again... He glanced over at Kane who looked shocked and angry and for a moment he got in Daniel's face, this was the moment Cole gunned for an exit, he didn't want to be caught in the crossfire. Daniel's eyes were still wide "I'm...- Kane... I'm sorry, I just got caught up in-" Kane quickly grabbed his partner by the throat and tightened his grip "I thought... I told you... NEVER to say that date... A g a i n!" He snapped, his grip threatening to tighten even more, Daniel quickly grasped at Kane's arm "It was an- (cough!) accident!" He yelled out, squeezing and clawing at Kane's arm, desperately trying to break free before he gets choked out, meanwhile Kane's memories came flooding back all at once, he remembered what happened that night... He remembered it all.... He shook his head and threw Daniel to the floor before storming off, leaving the other to cough and splutter on the ground, that was the last straw... Daniel HAD to know what this was all about, he'd just leave Kane alone for awhile and let him cool down while he goes and investigates and what better way to start off than Kane's old tag team partner... "Hey... uh, Show, got a sec?" Daniel questioned, The Big Show... One of Kane's old tag team partners, he knew him pretty well... Hopefully he could help Daniel figure this mess out "Uhh yeah, what'cha need?" Big Show questioned, raising a brow and waiting for the other to speak "So uhh... I'm... having some problems..." He paused, glancing at Show before continuing "It... involves Kane..." This made Show sigh "Oh no... Don't tell me y'all are fighting again... What happened this time?" Bryan shook his head "No... Not uh exactly... It... It's not good, it's actually pretty serious..." The Big Show looked on and waited for the other to finish what he was saying "It just... Show, can ya tell me about this date, every time I mention May Nineteenth around Kane he just... stares at me quietly or worse... Things uh got a liiitttle bit... Physical this time" Big Show's expression was one of concern and he sighed "Look, Daniel, lemme tell ya something... This isn't a road you wanna go down, just drop this whole... thing and move on and win your championships, you DON'T wanna do this..." Big Show paused and took a breath "You need to just focus on the more important matters... Kane'll settle down in a bit and if you value your air and your life, I suggest n o t mentioning that around him again whatsoever, trust me, it'll be more beneficial to keeping your team alive and not lead to splitting up abruptly... Anyways, good luck with your match, beat the shield and take those tag team titles from them" He gave Daniel a pat on the shoulder and then walked away, Daniel sighed, he knew there was o n e person left and he REALLY didn't want to go find him... Maybe learning about this wasn't worth it... But... his curiosity was eating him alive at this point "Well... Curiosity killed the cat..." He mumbled to himself, walking off... He had to go find h i m... Daniel knew he had to go find... The Undertaker, if ANYONE knew about this, then he sure would... And maybe he'd give more insight than The Big Show did... Daniel sighed and walked off, he didn't even know where The Undertaker would be at... As he continued walking, after a good bit he noticed the backstage area getting darker and darker, the lights were... turning to the purple-blue-ish like color, Daniel swallowed harshly, well... Maybe it WOULDN'T be as hard to find him as he thought it would... "Uhh... T-Ta...Taker? ...You... here?" He called out even though he was really beginning to not want to, he was beginning to regret his decisions, this was a bad idea... He continued walking and looking around frantically, the lights flickered for a few minutes which made Daniel flinch, and after a bit the lights went out entirely, and that left Daniel in the darkness for a long while before a deep voice echoed out "Daniel... I know why you're here... And my advice to you is to leave. it. a l o n e... Some things you must let go... In order to move forward, this w i l l have dire consequences u n l e s s you drop the subject at hand and leave it in the past..." There was a pause, he could sense Daniel's frustration "There's some things... Especially about me and my little brother... That should s t a y in the past..." The Taker paused once again, before sighing "You probably won't listen... either way, its y o u r funeral if you pursue this topic..." Daniel had listened intently to The Undertaker's words, always so cryptic and mysterious... It was frustrating to him "I just want an answer... That's all I want so I know why Kane... just... hates that date" There was nothing but silence after he spoke, he took a few moments after the silence before speaking again "...T...Taker?" More silence... before the voice echoed from the darkness "Daniel... Forget about that, you need to focus on the t r u e enemy..." Daniel sighed "Yeah yeah I know, The Shield, right?" He questioned, but Taker quickly responded for once "N o... The Shield is not your real enemy here... Keep an eye out... For the true enemy..." This confused Daniel "Wait... What the hell are you talking about?" There was nothing this time, even as Daniel called out, he called out two or three times and he got nothing in response, and the lights had came back on and went back to their original color, this made him sigh and run his hands down his face "...So much for that... ...True enemy... What is he talking about?" He sighed again and turned around, he might as well go see if Kane has calmed down enough now... ...And he did kiiinda- okay no he really wanted to go and apologize to him for, well, saying that date again especially after he promised he wouldn't anymore... Meanwhile... Kane was pacing up and down the hallways, he sped up on occasion when the voices in his head (ya better go see Randy for that problem buddy) got louder, they increased in volume and that date was piercing his ears at this point, those memories were all flooding back in one instance, those feelings, those thoughts he had once, all of those were coming back and he was feeling that same rage he felt in that one moment... Kane immediately fell to both knees in the middle of the hallway and grasped at his head, grabbing strands of hair in the process, the words of 'May Nineteenth' echoing even louder in his head "St...S t o p  I t...." He muttered to himself, pulling slightly at his hair and breathing heavily. Just then... Daniel came around the corner, his eyes widened as he seen his tag team partner on his knees, gripping at his hair and tugging at it "K-Kane!" He immediately ran over and got down on his knees as well, he placed his hand on the other's back "You alright?! What happened?!" Daniel was really concerned, did someone attack him?! They couldn't afford to be attacked right now, things were already tense as it is and not to mention they got a tag team title shot coming up! Daniel then realized what could potentially be wrong "...Kane... I'm very sorry, about uhhh... Well, all of that... I knew this could upset you but I didn't know it could get THIS severe... I'm just, sorry man... I won't mention that date ever again, I swear..." Kane immediately stood up and stared down at Daniel who was beginning to panic a little internally, he didn't know how the other would react. Kane was slightly glaring at his tag team partner, he could feel the rage slowly building up, all the anger he had felt at one point was coming back "D a n i e l..." He started, something about his voice... It actually began to unnerve Bryan, he backed off just a bit which just made Kane come a bit closer "If I was you... I would... r u n while you still can..." He finished, this made Daniel's eyes widened as he stepped back again "...You... Heh... You remember how I said I would not be intimidated by you at one point? Well uhhh... You're really starting to... C'mon, let's just... Forget about all this, let's go back to our normal routine, get ready for our tag team titles, because we're going to win the- ack!" He was cut off as Kane grabbed him by the throat and slammed him against the wall "You just don't listen, do you...? I t o l d you to get. o u t. of. h e r e.... To run, why do you never listen to me?! When I give you a s i m p l e request, you don't follow it and you s t a y!" Kane seemed to finally notice Daniel was knocked unconscious by the slam, he sighed "You've a l w a y s been a stubborn one, haven't you Daniel? Well guess what? That stubbornness is going to be your e n d..." Kane then proceeded to let the other go and slide down to the floor, he then went over to grab Daniel by the leg and proceeded to drag him down the hallway, he knew what he was going to do and the thoughts of it brought a sadistic grin to his face, he hadn't had these kinds of thoughts in such a long time... Something about it felt... Refreshing, something about the thoughts felt... ...G o o d... He chuckled to himself as he continued to drag his 'tag team partner' down the hallway, it was time to visit a special little area of his, one that he hadn't visited in a l o n g time... Eventually... Daniel was slowly coming to consciousness, he heard some mumbling and even the sounds of chains rattling... He slowly opened his eyes and groaned, his vision was blurred and he felt like he had gotten hit by a car almost, he noticed Kane was standing right in front of him, staring down at him with a sadistic smile on his face "Ugh... th-the hell are you doing...?" He mumbled out, he looked around and tried to move, that's when his eyes snapped open and his vision cleared, he realized he was tied up and couldn't move "H-Hey! C'mon man! I know I was a jerk about all that stuff at first, but don't you think this is a little excessive?!" He shouted which only resulted in a chuckle from his 'friend', Kane then walked over and grabbed something, Daniel couldn't quite make out what it was from his position. Kane came over and grabbed his 'friend' by the hair and wrenched his head back, he didn't speak at all but merely waited on... Something, suddenly there was rather feminine sounding chuckle and out of the shadows... There came Stephanie with Triple H by her side, Stephanie had a malicious grin on her face "Oh hello there Daniel..." She started, clearing her throat before continuing "Now I bet you are REALLY confused as to what's happening and why, aren't you? Well... It's quite simple..." She paused, letting out another little chuckle, she was clearly pleased with how things had proceeded "See... I was sick and tired of... THAT Kane... The one that would give you hugs, the one that all bark and no bite... He wasn't sadistic enough, he wasn't what the business needed, I wanted the old Kane back, that sick, twisted, and sadistic mind of his... Now THAT is what is best for business... My plan was v e r y was simple... I had to get you to say t h a t date, the one that... Kane absolutely loathes and then well... I'm sure you can put the r e s t together... Surely you aren't THAT idiotic..." Stephanie gave Kane a look, who only grinned at her which she wouldn't deny... That grin DID unnerve her but she merely smirked in return "Go ahead Kane, do what you need to..." Daniel couldn't believe what he was hearing right now... She had wanted to turn his own partner a g a i n s t him like THIS?! Using something like this, now that was low, even for Stephanie... Just then... He was struck by a realization, a flashback played in his mind, it was what Taker had said to him, all the things about the true enemy... How it WASN'T The Shield... No... He was talking about... Stephanie! He scoffed "You... you... You are literally insane! I don't know what the hell makes you think ANY of this is what's best for business!" He spat, glaring at the pair, they only gave him a smug grin in return. Kane held up the weapon, clear for Daniel to see now, it was some kind of... Spike, that was a weird choice of weapon... but it made his eyes widen nonetheless (a ref to the Kane n Umaga stuff), his tag team partner was about to use that spike against h i m! Kane chuckled and lifted the spike up above Daniel's head, the air was tense, there was nothing but silence before he slowly lowered the spike, this confused Stephanie "Kane, come on, finish him off already! So we can move on from this..." There was still silence, this frustrated Stephanie and even Triple H was getting a little frustrated as well, he stormed over "Did ya hear her? Finish Bryan off! Now!" Kane immediately lunged for Triple H and attacked him, he had dropped the spike while doing so, he threw vicious punches towards Triple H and despite Stephanie's sudden screams and pleads for him to stop, he didn't have any intentions of doing so... After the vicious assault, Hunter was left laying on the ground unconscious, Stephanie immediately stormed over and got in Kane's face "What the hell is your problem?! You CANNOT just attack my husband like that and besides your supposed to be getting Daniel for saying May Nineteenth dammit!" It took her a few seconds to realize what had just slipped out of her mouth, her eyes widened as she watched Kane's expression twist into a scowl, he grabbed her by the throat immediately "Let's get one thing straight here... You and Hunter, you two do NOT control me! You can't control a monster!" He bellowed out, and right as he was about to chokeslam her, the lights went out with the infamous bell sounding from all around... The lights stayed out for a few minutes before another bell had sounded off, the lights coming back on to reveal The Undertaker with Stephanie in his grasp now, this had actually given Kane a shock. Even then, Kane snarled and glared daggers at his brother "This DOES NOT concern you, deadman!" Undertaker only stared back, not even breaking eye contact as he shoved Stephanie away "Untie Daniel, pick up your husband, and leave... N o w... Unless of course you want to cause more damage than you already have" Stephanie didn't exactly want to argue with The Undertaker of all people, and even though she really didn't want too, she begrudgingly untied Daniel who had surprisingly helped her pick Triple H up, she didn't expect him to help... but of course, unlike Steph, Daniel was not a cruel or evil person, they immediately got out of there as fast as they could go, Taker never breaking eye contact with Kane as he began to speak "So... It's happening all over again, isn't it? The memories... They have come back to haunt you..." Kane shook his head "Shut. Up! I said this doesn't concern you! This is none of your business Taker!" Taker shook his head "Kane, you give into your rage too easily... Look at what it's done to you, your rage, the thoughts, the memories... It has clouded your mind..." Kane only chuckled, something about his behavior had entirely shifted, and Taker seemed to notice this and he knew exactly what was going on... "...No... No actually, you see that's where your wrong... These feelings... These thoughts coming back to me... This is a g o o d feeling... I'm glad these memories have come back... Come back and finally woken me up from my daze... Thanks to Daniel, I lost who I truly was... This bond we formed, it's holding me back... I used to be a monster! The Devil's Favorite Demon even! I've let a friendship, I've let humanity... Human emotions in... Something I swore at one point I didn't have, I swore I would never want those filthy emotions! I would not become one of t h e m! No... No no... I am n o t going to let that happen... I. Am. A. M o n s t e r... And I'll prove it!" He lunged for The Undertaker who dodged the attack, Kane only snarled in response and kept attacking "I don't even know why you're getting involved! Just stay. out. of. my. w a y. Deadman..." Taker returned the attacks, each punch getting more and more vicious "I have my reasons... And I am going to put an end to this nonsense before it gets out of control more so than it already has..." When all this was said and done... Taker would be having a little chit-chat with Stephanie and her husband... Taker immediately jumped away from Kane and pointed towards the outside "Let's settle this once and for all... In a Buried Alive match..." Kane only sneered at his brother "Fine, have it your way... but this time... I'm going to make sure you STAY buried!" They both headed that way, Kane not hesitating to deliver a cheap shot from behind, they began exchanging blows, not even waiting until they were actually outside... Meanwhile... Daniel had just kicked open the door to Stephanie's office, hauling Triple H along and then gently laying him down on the couch, Daniel glared daggers at Stephanie who was sitting by her husband's side, gently stroking his arm "Oh sweetie... I'm... I'm so sorry... I didn't mean for th-" Daniel shook his head and cut her off "Bullshit! This is entirely your fault! If you hadn't tried getting back this... This old Kane, the m o n s t e r! We wouldn't even be in this situation if it weren't for you! Your husband would be just fine and I'd still have my tag team part... No... No! I'd still have my best friend if it weren't for you!" (oh btw yes I know technically a buried alive match happens ringside or whatever but shh, just roll with it) Stephanie glared at Daniel for a moment before realizing he was... He was right, none of them would be in this situation right now if it weren't for her... and her poor husband... Poor Hunter wouldn't even be in the state he's in right now if not for her actions, her little plan... And who knows what Taker's even going to do or say after all this... She looked away from Daniel who only continued on "I've lost my best friend to whatever is going through his head right now! He's gone because of you and now he's t h a t monster again! Just... Why?! Don't you realize how stupid and insane all of this was?! Kane isn't going to give up on any of us either, if... If The Undertaker doesn't get through to him or something, he's going to come back for the three of us! And this was for what?! Just... what YOU T H I N K is 'best for business'?! Huh?!" Stephanie shook her head, tears beginning to form in her eyes "J...Just... sHUT UP! SHUT UP! I GET IT, OKAY?!" Daniel just sighed and sat down in one of the chairs, grasping at his hair, he hated this... He really hated Stephanie but he didn't... He didn't want to make her cry... He was just exhausted and incredibly frustrated after today's events, he just wanted his best friend back, he just wanted this all to end so he could get some rest... He didn't even figure that supposed tag title match was real either so he had nothing to even look forward too at this point! Stephanie had caused him so much trouble, his best friend had let his monstrous urges take over again and was going on god knows what kind of rampage and he couldn't even do anything about it! He had felt guilty for pushing the May Nineteenth thing so far and even saying it when he promised Kane he wouldn't... Guilt, regret, anger, so many things swirling around Daniel's head and in his mind... He let out a sigh and just sat there in silence... Stephanie didn't say a word, she figured he didn't exactly wanna speak right now... Eventually, she heard a groan and looked down, her husband was coming to and she smiled "Hey hun, can you hear me? Are... Are you alright, do you- do you need to go to the Hospital or anything?" Triple H looked at her and shook his head "No, no Hospital... Damn, my head... Everything's a bit of a blur to be honest... What happened?" Stephanie was about to speak but Daniel surprisingly spoke up before she got a chance "Your little wife's plan backfired, Kane attacked you and now he is on a rampage and Undertaker is dealing with him currently" He had venom behind his tone as he spoke, Hunter had picked up on it and was about to say something else it seemed before he looked at the tv in the room and froze, Stephanie followed his gaze and her eyes widened "Oh my god..." She mumbled out, Daniel rose a brow and glanced back at the tv only to see Undertaker and Kane viciously attacking each other like rabid savage dogs, he noticed the empty grave near them and his eyes widened as well. "Are they..." Daniel began, Hunter followed with a nod "Buried Alive match... Looks like Kane's getting the upperhand against Taker... God forbid Kane actually wins this match..." Daniel shook his head and stood from his seat "NO! He can't bury Kane! That's my best friend dammit! Monster or no monster!" He rushed out of the room, Triple H was about to get up and go after him but he groaned in pain, he was too sore to move "He's going to get slaughtered if he goes out there! Taker n Kane are not exactly people you wanna mess with!" He sighed in frustration, he shouldn't have let Stephanie go through with her plan, he should've stopped her. what was he thinking?! Letting this get to this point... It's not what's best for business anymore, this is a nightmare for the business! Stephanie looked at her husband and then at the door "...I'll go after him and try to help him... It's the LEAST I can do after all I've caused..." Hunter shook his head "Steph no, it's too dangerous! You can't!" Stephanie looked at Hunter "I can, and I am, I've got too, I'll be back I promise just get some rest for now okay?" She gave Hunter a kiss and then immediately left after Daniel despite her husband calling out for her not to run off after them, such a stubborn woman she was ...Probably one of the many reasons he loved her, meanwhile... Undertaker was on the ground, taking a severe beating from his brother, he tried to block the hits as best he could, not succeeding too much, eventually he managed to roll Kane over and deliver a similar if not more powerful beating to him, after that Kane had threw Taker off of himself and got up immediately, grabbing a steel chair that was nearby and hitting the other repeatedly with it, after the chair broke he threw it down and snarled "THIS IS WHAT YOU GET!" He screamed at Taker, picking him up off the ground and carrying him over to the grave, he was about to drop his disoriented brother into the hole but then he stopped dead in his tracks, he had malicious grin on his face and pulled the other away from the grave, not yet... It was too soon... He wanted his brother to suffer for a little bit longer... He was getting some heavy and hard shots in, he was actually taking control of this match and d a m n did it feel good... To finally be in control, to have dominance over his older brother like this, the thoughts of his brother's suffering made him chuckle, Kane had the upperhand for the longest time until suddenly Undertaker seemed to have a lot more fight in him, he popped back up and immediately went to town, hammering away at Kane's abdomen, after that Kane had charged at him and Taker immediately raised his leg up to deliver a big boot right to the face, and just like that Kane was down... Taker grabbed him by the arm and slowly dragged him over to the grave, that's when Daniel came running out there, he saw Kane be tossed into the grave and he immediately ran over "NO! TAKER! YOU CAN'T DO THIS!" He shouted, looking the deadman in the eyes, Taker looked at him and shook his head "It's got to be done, boy... This is the only way..." Daniel shook his head "No! No it's not the only way! I can... I can... I can talk to him!" The Undertaker stared at the other as if he had went completely crazy "There ain't no talkin' to him once he's like this... It's like keeping a rabid dog alive..." Taker paused, clearing his throat before continuing. "Ya can't save 'em... No matter what'cha do... All their gonna do is suffer an' try to kill ya in the end..." He finished, Daniel shook his head "Just give me a chance! Please! He's... Kane's my best friend, I have to try!" Kane's expression twisted into one of disgust at what he heard, he rose from the grave and got out, he glared daggers at Daniel "Get. O u t. Of. H e r e... N o w..." He shoved Daniel back, making sure to mind the grave, that was reserved for his brother... However... if the other refused to leave, he'd happily make a grave for Daniel as well... Daniel shook his head "C'mon Kane... Listen, I'm... Sorry, I should have never pushed that stuff so far, I shouldn't have said the date when I promised I wouldn't..." Kane shook his head and laughed, this laugh sounded much... Different than Kane's usual laugh, granted even his normal laughter still sounded a bit unnerving, even as he spoke... Something was... Off... Something was different "Oh no Daniel... You see that's where I actually have to thank you... You kept pushing and slipping up, you kept saying that date... I've got to give credit to Steph as well... You both have allowed me to reawaken the monster I used to be..." Kane took a pause, getting closer to Daniel who just backed up, Taker still keeping his guard up just in case Kane had tried a surprise attack "I'm finally what I was always meant to be again... Being partners with you, being f r i e n d s with you made me lose sight of that... It gave me these h u m a n emotions... I let myself become w e a k! I'm n o human, I don't f e e l those kinds of pathetic emotions! I AM A MONSTER! A FREAK!" Daniel's eyes widened, he didn't like this... He wouldn't deny, he was definitely becoming a little terrified of Kane but he couldn't let fear get in his way "Kane... You were never w e a k for gaining whatever human emotions you got! You've never been weak, you can literally pick The Big Show up in the air and hold him there! I sure as hell can't do half the things you do! These emotions, whatever it is... Hasn't made you weak in the slightest! You can destroy your opponents with the slightest of ease and not even feel guilty about it in the end!" He thought for a moment before smiling "Remember how we decimated all those guys in the ring? With the chairs? They begged us to stop and yet we wouldn't, you didn't even bat an eye! You kept on hitting them with everything you had!" Kane tilted his head, staring at Daniel intensely, he had thought back to that moment... That... That was a pretty interesting moment... All those pleads for them to stop, the agony those two caused... The d e s t r u c t i o n... For a moment there was a flicker of something aside from rage, pure hatred, or even that sadistic look... Daniel continued on "Oh and! Cody, Sandow, m a n were they practically ASKING for it when they messed with us all those times! We had such good times together... Sure there were ups and downs and still kinda are but I think that can be said about pretty much EVERY tag team that's ever existed! We were and still are the greatest tag team, right partner? Whaddya say? Team Hell No forever?" Daniel grinned and opened his arms, presumably for a hug... Kane stared for a few moments, head tilted before he chuckled and opened his arms slowly "C'mere... P a r t n e r..." Daniel looked so relieved, so happy... Did his talk really work? Did... Did he just get his partner back? He immediately went for the hug, Taker called out for him to stop but it was too late... Kane wrapped his arms around Daniel, it looked like a normal hug and even felt like one... He even gave Daniel a pat on the back. And then in that one singular moment, it all went wrong... Kane's grip tightened and Daniel wheezed "Uh, Kane? You're uh, squeezing a little hard there for a hug?" The other's grip only tightened even more which caused Daniel to struggle and try to fight his way out of it "What the hell?!" Kane let him go and then immediately grabbed him by the throat, preparing for a chokeslam before Undertaker came from behind and began attacking Kane, once Kane was on the ground, he glared over at Daniel "Dammit boy! Don't you ever listen?! You fell for the oldest trick in the damn book!" He growled, Kane giving his brother a swift uppercut which pretty much threw him for a loop, Kane immediately stood and laughed "Oh poor Daniel... Still too naive to see, that human side of me? IT'S GONE! IT'S DEAD AND IT'S NEVER COMING BACK!" He immediately went after Daniel who scooted back "I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A MONSTER! I CARE FOR NO ONE ELSE, NONE OF THE OTHERS, NONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO SHUN FREAKS LIKE ME AWAY AND CERTAINLY. N O T. Y O U..." Daniel winced at that, wow... Something about that, actually... Stung... Kane's words actually got to him this time, he didn't have much time to react to it otherwise as he was picked up by the throat again, grasping and tearing at the hand that was cutting off his air supply, he hoisted his former tag team partner into the air and he finally managed to deliver a chokeslam, after that however, Undertaker came back, unleashing all his fury onto Kane, throwing lefts and rights, kicks, and even a few chokeslams of his own, after this... Stephanie had came out, while they were distracted fighting each other she gasped as she saw Daniel laying on the ground, clutching his throat, she immediately came running over to check on him, usually she'd be more than happy to see Daniel in pain but not... Not this time... She noticed there were actually tears coming out of his eyes, she picked him up and he didn't even seem to notice or care about making some remarks to her, she helped him walk away from the fight and back into the arena. Stephanie was tense as she spoke, she didn't want to upset Daniel anymore than he already was "Are... You alright? Is anything broken...?" Daniel just shook his head, not responding at all with words before he suddenly stopped, forcing Stephanie to stop with him, there was tension in the air before he tore away from her grasp and ran back outside, ignoring Steph calling after him to come back, he ran back out and straight towards Kane, this time not even trying to talk with him, he delivered a swift punch to the back of the other's head and then proceeded to tackle him to the ground, delivering punches left and right as The Undertaker stopped dead in his tracks and looked on, Daniel didn't let up in the slightest, he got off of Kane and as the other sat up, he immediately delivered some of his infamous 'Yes Kicks', he didn't exactly have a crowd of people to chant yes as he did them but that didn't matter right now, he was entirely fixated on Kane right now, he had even forgotten that Taker was even present right now. Kane couldn't deny, he was thoroughly surprised by Daniel's sudden comeback, by his sudden attacks and kicks, after he was finished, Kane sat up however and immediately fought back, he grinned at Daniel's expression, it was a mixture of hurt and even some sorrow "Aww... What's wrong Daniel? Did I hurt your pathetic little feelings? Were my words too harsh for you?!" His former partner didn't speak, he just continued to fight on with everything he had, Kane returned this meanwhile Undertaker just watched on, sure he had started this match but he could tell... Daniel needed to do this more so than he did, he'd let the two of them fight it out... The two former friends battled it out, giving it all they could, Daniel had eventually managed to put Kane on the ground again and he finally spoke "You want to be a monster? Fine! I'll treat you like a damn monster! Except the difference here is I. am. not. afraid. of. MONSTERS!" He walked over and grabbed a kendo stick, repeatedly proceeding to hit the other over, and over, and over, and over again with the weapon. Kane was getting to the point of exhaustion, like it or not... He still had some humanity in him, some human-like qualities, he was already worn down from fighting his brother earlier... Daniel however had p l e n t y of stamina left, he had plenty of fight left to give, he had hit Kane so hard that the kendo stick actually broke! He threw the broken stick to the side and grabbed Kane and dragged him over to the grave, Taker continued to look on, he had to admit... He was impressed by Daniel, despite being so offensive and aggressive, he had managed to mostly keep control over this fight, however it was still far from over... Despite Kane's exhaustion becoming apparent, he had a lot of resilience, it'd take more than a mere kendo stick to put him down... As Daniel had managed to push him into the grave, Kane was standing up in it, this frustrated Bryan to no ends as he tried to punch him to knock him down, he never thought he'd see the day again where he fights who he considered his best friend... He did have hope, hope that this would knock some sense into the other, he was just desperate at this point, he needed to do something and talking clearly wouldn't work. Daniel just had to remember... This wasn't his best friend Kane, this was the Monster Kane... This was something entirely different than what his best friend was, sure, he could be a monster to others... but never to Daniel, they were partners through thick and thin, the toughest of battles... But right now... They were bitter enemies, it's funny... It almost feels like when they first started out as a tag team, all the fighting and shouting... Daniel shook his head, he couldn't afford to be distracted right now, he continued to punch at Kane who eventually gave the other a swift and hard uppercut, he climbed out of the grave as Daniel was dazed by the hit and then proceeded to take control of the fight, he glanced over at Undertaker who was still observing, it was clear Taker wouldn't interfere, but... The Undertaker had his reasons for not doing so, he knew Daniel didn't want any help, just like he wouldn't want any help in a fight of his... No, he knew that Daniel had to battle his own demons, so he wouldn't intervene. Kane then focused back on his former partner and began to assault him, punches, kicks, chokeholds, and even using weapons, Daniel was laying on the ground in agony at this point, his body just took way too much, more than it needed... Kane then picked him up and slung him over his shoulder, carrying him to the grave and staring Undertaker down as he did so, the deadman still did not interfere... Even if Daniel was to be buried, he wouldn't interfere... Kane had threw Daniel into the grave who was still writhing in agony, being thrown definitely didn't help that, and then Kane grabbed the shovel and began shoveling the dirt into the hole, even though this grave originally meant for his brother, Daniel had brought this upon himself... So he'll gave the other what he wanted, at first... It looked as though Daniel was finished, but after a few minutes... He immediately stood up, pushing the dirt off of himself and delivering another hit that stunned Kane and made him drop the shovel, Daniel quickly grabbed the shovel, wincing in pain... His body felt like it was on fire from the abuse it had took, but he couldn't let Kane win! He climbed out of the grave and waited, shovel in hand and the moment Kane turned around... Boom! Daniel used the shovel to hit him over the head, however... Daniel's look of determination, look of triumph quickly faded into one of sheer terror as Kane didn't go down... The other was looking down and then slowly lifted his head up and stared at Daniel, those menacing eyes boring deep into his soul, he made no advances towards him so Daniel took this opportunity to strike him again with the shovel, again, it didn't seem to effect him in the slightest! This made Kane advance towards the other who instantly began backing up, it was like a predator closing in on its prey... Daniel screamed in frustration and immediately tried to hit the other again but this time Kane had caught the shovel and tore it from Daniel's grasp, throwing it off to the side "Oh Daniel... You'll have to try harder than that if you want to put this monster down..." He smirked, advancing towards Daniel who immediately dodged the incoming attack, he was becoming absolutely exhausted, just dodging the next few attacks instead of fighting back, he just wanted his friend back... He just wanted all this to end so things could go back to normal. Why did he have to continue on with that stupid date? Why did he have to push like that? Why did he let Kane... Give into those memories, those thoughts especially! He could've done something, ANYTHING to prevent this! And Stephanie... She caused all this nonsense in the first place! While he was lost in thought and distracted, Kane had managed to land a punch straight into Daniel's jaw which made him stumble and fall backwards, he didn't get back up immediately this time, he didn't even fight back now as Kane began to land more and more hits on him, however after awhile of this the monster paused and glared down at Daniel "Why aren't you fighting back anymore? Aww... Is the poor little human tired now? Well don't worry, I'll give you a p e r f e c t little resting place soon!" Daniel could feel the burning in his body grow stronger as each hit landed however he didn't fight back, he was growing tired of the fighting... This had confused Kane as he picked Daniel up by the throat and held him upright, he wasn't applying any pressure, he tilted his head as he stared into the other's tired eyes. "Fight back dammit! Or do you just want to let me win? You want the suffering to end? Because if you do... Well I have some bad news for you then, Daniel..." Daniel looked into the other's eyes "I didn't want to fight you in the first place... You just left me no choice... Kane, I... We were best friends... I just want things to go back to normal, us, together causing destruction and decimating our opponents... Instead of... Instead of decimating each other..." He spoke hoarsely, watching as Kane's expression twisted into a sneer "Pathetic..." He began, meanwhile Taker had slowly began making his way over, Kane slowly began to squeeze Daniel's throat, the other had tried to at least struggle his way out of the hold, and then just as Undertaker was about to strike his brother, Kane moved out of the way and this caused Taker to hit Daniel instead who instantly collapsed to the ground, Kane seemed to notice this and he stopped dead in his tracks to stare at his brother and then Daniel, something about that had caught his attention, Undertaker noticed his brother's expression falter slightly and that gave him some ideas... Taker slowly looked down at Daniel and picked him up, thankfully he wasn't unconscious just yet, he mumbled into the other's ear so Kane couldn't hear "I've got a plan, boy... Follow my lead..." He began to assault Daniel who didn't understand any of that, Kane merely tilted his head and watched in confusion, just what was his brother doing...? Daniel was just as confused as Kane, he tried to fight back against Taker, he wasn't just going to stand there and take a beating after all, despite how much pain he was in... Him fighting back didn't work as well as he'd hoped however, and Taker continued to viciously assault him, even insulting him while doing so, all the while he was glancing back at his brother who's expression twitched a little bit at this... Daniel seemed to catch this and he looked over and noticed it as well, suddenly... He had more hope... He had thought back to when Big Show in particular tried to attack him, at first Kane was laughing at his misery but the moment The Big Show had tried to knock him out, Kane instantly came running down and stood face-to-face with the other... Maybe this could work... He gave Undertaker a look and the two nodded at each other, Taker had more so control in this fight than Daniel, but the other would still try to fight back, he couldn't let Kane figure out their plan, meanwhile... Kane was standing there in shock and confusion, he thought for a moment before he realized what he thought was happening and grinned "Well well well... Your little savior has turned into your worst nightmare, now hasn't he, Daniel? Trusting him of all people? You really are pathetic and naive..." Kane crossed his arms and watched as this unfolded before him, he had to admit... While this was amusing to him, something in the back of his head was bothering him... Watching Daniel get beaten up should've been a satisfying feeling! So why did it... Bother him? Tch, he shook his head, the human emotions were just trying to get to him again, trying to trick him... That's all... He wouldn't fall for it again, not this time... He's a monster, always has been and always will be, monsters can't have any human emotions... Taker continued his vicious attack on Daniel, throwing lefts and rights, hitting him in all the spots that Kane had injured, and yet Kane had watched as this onslaught continued, not doing anything about it, he was enjoying himself and struggling to push those thoughts away, Daniel looked towards Taker and whispered "It isn't working...!" Taker shook his head and whispered back "Give it time..." The Undertaker had nodded towards Kane and Daniel looked over, he saw the sadistic grin spread across his face but he also noticed something else was there... And then they continued throwing fists at each other, Daniel had began kicking at Taker, trying his damnedest to fight back because despite this being a plan of The Undertaker's, he knew that Taker wouldn't just go easy on him, no... He'd fight against Daniel with all this might which meant Daniel himself also had to give it his all, after he managed to get Taker down, he walked over and grabbed the shovel, dragging it back over and then he raised it high above his head. Before he could slam it down on his opponent, Taker grabbed him by the throat, causing him to drop the shovel, and as he raised Daniel into the air, something about that made Kane's grin falter, his expression became... almost one of anger, he took a few steps but stopped himself, what was he doing?! He didn't care if Daniel got chokeslammed! He didn't care about the other or anyone else for that matter... He watched on as Taker delivered the chokeslam successfully to his bes... ...F o r m e r... Best friend... And this caused Kane's expression to twitch again, Taker glanced back and noticed this, his plan was working... Kane was doing e x a c t l y what he wanted too, he just needed to really seal the deal but with what... He thought for a moment before he slowly turned around to gaze at Daniel again, watching as the other pathetically grabbed onto him, trying desperately to pull himself up, once Daniel stood up, Taker grabbed him and turned him upside down for the Tombstone Piledriver "This is the end of the line for you, D a n i e l..." Taker was about to deliver his finishing move but Kane came up from behind and spun Undertaker around immediately, he practically tore Daniel away from his brother's grasp and let him fall to the ground, something in Kane had just... Snapped suddenly... Some sort of possessive protective instinct was there and he was glaring daggers at his brother, he stood over Daniel like a protective guard dog, he didn't make any advances towards his brother but it was clear he'd lunge if the other tried to make any moves towards his partner, Taker of course didn't make anymore advances, he just stopped and stood there... Daniel looked up at Kane in pure shock, he was too exhausted to even move at this point, he was afraid to even speak up... He was scared this was just another trick from the monster... Scared that if he spoke up, maybe this plan would be ruined... He just continued to stare, the tension in the air was almost suffocating, Taker then backed off immediately, usually he'd be enraged that someone interrupted his Tombstone but for once, he was actually... Thankful... Kane then looked back at Daniel who flinched at the other's gaze, he was still too terrified to speak, a few moments had passed before Kane turned around and knelt down "...D a n i e l...?" Kane's tone had sounded... Much different than previously. "Are you... Alright...?" He spoke, awkwardly, then again Kane has never been one for comfort or really used to asking if others are alright, Daniel opened his mouth but no words had came out... He was still a little bit scared before he glanced over at Taker who only nodded his head and then relief flooded over Daniel's body ...Well... Somewhat anyways, he looked back at Kane and smiled and began laughing slightly "...I... Is that... You? Is... Is that my best friend...? Or... Are you messin' with me? C'mon man... We..." He coughed and spluttered before continuing "You've already fooled me once, just cut the bullshit if you are..." Kane was silent, this had unnerved Daniel... But then came Kane shaking his head "No... I'm not... I... Daniel, w h a t. did. I. d o?" It wasn't because Kane didn't remember, he did... But he had hoped that maybe it was just... A nightmare, some form of bad dream? That nothing he was seeing right now was real before him... Daniel looked at him and saw the worry and emotions beginning to twist on Kane's face "...Well, where do I even start...?" Daniel paused, before sighing "...I- Look, I don't blame you... You weren't in control of yourself, were you? The demon, the monstrous side took hold of you again, or... Something like that, yeah?" And there went Kane's hope of it all just being a bad dream, so he really did do a l l that... He hurt his tag team partner, he hurt... His best friend... He let his emotions, his memories, his thoughts all get to him... He wouldn't have cared about hurting anyone else but why out of EVERYONE did it have to be Daniel?! He couldn't... He just... He clutched his head and backed away, he let out a scream of pure frustration, this was all too much... Undertaker had turned and proceeded to leave, he would take this opportunity to go talk with Stephanie while those two worked through this... Daniel had tried to stand up but he just couldn't muster up the strength or energy which just made Kane feel even more guilt, how could Daniel NOT blame him?! After everything he did... All the pain he caused, when he was just... He didn't want to hurt Daniel, at least, not after becoming friends with him... He had even wanted to protect the other despite him getting on Kane's nerves sometimes. Daniel watched as Kane began pacing back and forth, clutching at his head and breathing heavily, he was a bit tense as he looked on, considering this is what Kane usually does before his anger gets the best of him... But Kane didn't look angry at Daniel, no, not this time... He looked more so angry at himself and upon looking closer, Daniel's eyes widened... Kane was... crying, he had tears pouring down his mask and this was a complete shock for Daniel, Kane was usually NEVER the type to cry, and even if he did, Daniel would expect that he'd go back to a place where nobody could find him until he was finished... This is the first time Daniel has EVER seen his partner cry... He was silent for a moment "Kane... C'mon, look at me buddy..." Kane continued pacing around before he stopped dead in his tracks and slowly turned his head towards Daniel to stare at him, seeing all the bruises, the scars, and even the blood on Daniel's body, knowing it was caused by him bothered him immensely, usually he wouldn't care if someone was battered and beaten, but Daniel was a different story. "I can promise you that... I don't blame you, in the slightest... You weren't in control of yourself, all the anger you felt, all those memories suddenly rushing back, and even those thoughts coming back to you... It all overwhelmed you, didn't it? I know you wouldn't have done any of those things... Had you been fully in control of yourself..." Kane listened as Daniel spoke before shaking his head "Daniel, it doesn't change the fact I hurt you, hell I damn near KILLED you! How can you NOT blame me?! Things could've gotten so much worse..." Daniel cut him off "But things didn't! And it wasn't like you WANTED to do those things, right? You didn't actually WANT to hurt me, did you?" Kane shook his head "Hell no! I mean... Listen, I know we've had our arguments, plenty of disagreements and we've sure as hell had some pretty bad fights with each other but... I never WANTED to hurt you, NOT intentionally and damn sure not on purpose... I actually consider you a..." He paused, looking Daniel in the eyes before continuing "A f r i e n d... A best friend even..." The other had taken a moment before speaking up "I'm sorry... What was that? I didn't quite catch that?" Kane continued to stare Daniel straight in the eyes, repeating himself a second time "I said... I consider you a best friend, Daniel..." The other smirked and chuckled "I heard you the first time... I just wanted to hear those words again..." Kane stared at the other in disbelief now, before sighing and grinning, this time his grin definitely had no malicious intent behind it but it still did look a bit unsettling... "You are... Unbelievable, you know that? Even after everything I just did to you... You STILL care about me, you don't blame me, you don't even want to run away or stay away from me... You really are too stubborn for your own good, Daniel..." He chuckled before Bryan spoke up "Okay first of all, yes, yes I do... I can't just NOT care about my best friend! Second, I am and always will be stubborn you big red softie..." Kane glared at those words and sighed in irritation "...Don't make me regret my words already, it's too early for that... And do NOT call me that e v e r again..." Daniel rolled his eyes "Whatever you say..." He whispered the next part to himself "Big red softie..." Kane crossed his arms "I'm sorry, WHAT was that last part?" Daniel shook his head quickly despite that making him wince "Nothing, nothing! Don't worry about it... I'm just... Glad everything's back to normal... Ya know? This has been a wild ride... From start to finish... I wonder how Steph's doing, I can't even imagine what your brother is doing or saying to her right now..." Kane nodded "After the shit she started? And considering he, of all people, had to come out here and get involved? I don't imagine it's too pretty... Honestly though? She deserves e v e r y  b i t of whatever she's getting..." Speaking of them... Back at Stephanie's office, Taker was in there, arms crossed and glaring at the couple "If I EVER have to deal with this kind of bullshit from you two again, the next time you see me... WILL be your last, I'll drag the both of YOU down to hell instead, do y'all understand?" Hunter and Stephanie nodded, Stephanie sighed "Taker, I'm sor-" He cut her off by shaking his head "I ain't the one you both need to apologize too... You KNOW who you must apologize too..." And with that, the lights went out, once they came back on, Taker was gone... Back outside... It was silent now, it was awhile before Daniel finally spoke up "Can we get outta here now? I'd like to go back to our locker room and rest up for a bit..." Kane nodded and was about to proceed off before Daniel called out "...Kane?" The other turned around "Yes?" There was a long pause before Daniel grinned "...I literally can't move... You got me pretty badly, and Taker... Going through with his plan, that took... Everything out of me..." Kane sighed and nodded, he walked back over and scooped Daniel up bridal style, being careful for once to not agitate the other's wounds "...If you tell anyone I cried or said any of the things I did, I will eviscerate you... Do you understand?" Daniel smiled "Will not..." As Kane began walking back inside "Will too..." Daniel responded with yet another "Will not...!" His best friend also responded with another "Will too!" And the two went back and forth with 'will not's' and 'will too's' as they headed back inside, Kane heading straight to their locker room, once they got there, he laid Daniel down on one of the benches as gently as he could. Kane then sat beside him on the other bench, he wasn't going to just leave him there, anyone else could come in and easily take advantage of his partner's injuries and he wasn't about to let that happen, Daniel laid there in silence for awhile, before he noticed Kane's deadpan expression, he didn't know if he was just sitting there and thinking or if something else was going on... "Is something wrong?" Kane looked over and he sighed "Thinkin' about everything that happened... How we wouldn't have even went through that... Had it not been for Stephanie starting all this mess..." And then he was fiddling with his glove, pulling it up and he began clenching his fist, this made Daniel sigh "Yeah... Just, calm down... I know what she did, just... I'm sure Taker got that sorted out, so we don't have to worry about he-" He was cut off by a knock at the door which immediately made Kane stand up, he was in a defensive position and standing close to Daniel who called out "Who's there?" And then came a feminine voice "Daniel...? Can... Can we come in, please?" Kane glared at the door, he wanted to go out there and tear them apart already but Daniel shook his head and mouthed 'Don't' There was a long pause before Daniel spoke up "Come on in!" The door slowly opened and the moment they saw inside, the pair froze and their eyes went wide, they were not expecting to see Kane, especially not him standing protectively over Daniel, Triple H was the one to speak up after an awkward amount of silence and staring "I...Is... Is he... You know...?" Daniel nodded "He's fine, at least, he is now... No thanks to you two..." There was some bitterness behind his tone as he spoke, of course... Steph and Hunter couldn't exactly be mad at him, it was absolutely fair on his part, Stephanie and Hunter then stepped inside the room, keeping a good distance from Daniel because Kane just had his eyes fixated on them, he wasn't speaking at all which just made it more nerve wracking... Stephanie had taken a seat on one of the benches, Hunter sitting right beside her, Steph then cleared her throat "Are... You alright...? You look pretty... um..." Daniel cut her off before she could finish "Battered? Beaten? Bloodied? Why the hell do you think I'm alright after all that? After all you caused!" He was definitely getting angry now, he even tried to sit up which resulted in him cringing in pain. Kane looked back at him "Daniel, lay down, and don't move... You're going to make the pain worsen..." He then looked at Stephanie, an intense glare on his face, how he wanted to just chokeslam her through the very concrete at this point, he wanted to chokeslam her to hell, he'd love to do the same thing to Hunter as well... And when it came to those two? He definitely wouldn't feel any guilt or remorse... Stephanie was silent after that, looking down and sighing "...Kane, Daniel... I would like to... To formally apologize... For all I've caused, I didn't... Think it'd go this far, I know apologizing won't fix it but-" Kane was the one surprisingly to interrupt "No, apologizing WON'T fix it, you did ALL of this, LOOK at what you made me do to my tag team partner! My best friend! You used t h a t date of all things to provoke me, to turn me back..." He was breathing heavily and he had started to approach Stephanie which made Hunter rise from his seat, he wouldn't just let him doing anything to her, that was his wife! No matter what she had done... Daniel spoke up "Kane! Just... Sit down and take some deep breaths..." It took the other a few moments to listen before he sighed and walked back over, sitting near Daniel and at this point Stephanie was trying to hide the tears going down her face and her sobs, Daniel sighed "Listen, Steph... What you did was way out of line, your little stunt even got The Undertaker involved, and I imagine he came back and talked to you about it, but either way... What's done is done, and honestly... I don't know about Kane but I'm ready to just... Move on from all this, will I forgive you? I just... Don't know if I can yet... Will Kane forgive you?" He glanced over at his tag team partner who locked eyes with him "...Something about that look in his eye tells me it's a hell no..." Stephanie nodded "I... I understand Daniel, what I did was foolish, and it was not what was best for business... But... You know what... IS best for business...?" Both of them glanced over at her quizzically, she paused and cleared her throat "Well... Before we came in here, me and Hunter were... Discussing what had happened... And... Well, I think we can both agree that, when you are back in good health, whenever the both of you want... That tag title match is still out there... You can still accept it if you want, I mean it's the very LEAST I can do after all I've caused..." Daniel and Kane then looked at each other, staring for a few moments before nodding and then the chant of "Yes! Yes! Yes" Although Daniel couldn't move his arms for it, he could still chant it loud and proud, this made Stephanie smile "Alright then it's official... Team Hell No versus Rollins and Reigns for the Tag Team Titles! ...Of course for now, please... Try and get some rest, I'll send some doctors in to further assist in patching you up..." She stood up along with Hunter "Good luck, I'm sure the two of you will e v i s c e r a t e Rollins and Reigns and win those titles" And with that, she and Hunter walked out of the room, Daniel and Kane both gave each other grins, they couldn't wait for this... Well... At least now not only did Daniel have his tag team partner, his best friend back... Now he's got tag titles to look forward to! This was going to be great, he just knew it... A lot of time had passed since that day, and here they were, Daniel back in tip top shape, in perfect health which he was more than happy about but also it was the day of their match... He watched as Kane came into the locker room and the pair locked eyes with each other, Kane was the one to speak up "Daniel, I just want to let you know... That when we DO win those titles... That /I\ am going to be the tag team champions..." Daniel looked at Kane, he hid the grin that threatened to spread across his face and made a look of mock anger, he took a moment before shouting "NO! NO! NO! IT'S M E WHO'S GONNA BE THE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS!" Kane shook his head, also putting on a look of mock anger "IS NOT!" Daniel then retorted back "IS TOO!" And the two went back and forth once more with that before they just couldn't hide the grins any longer, they both gave each other a hug, still a little awkwardly and then pat each other on the back "Glad everything's back to normal... C'mon, let's go show Rollins and Reigns who their messin' with!" Daniel exclaimed, once Kane nodded, the pair were off... Off to fight the Tag Team Champions and then... They themselves, would go on to win the match and become the new Tag Team Champions, it was truly the happiest of days... For Team Hell No... (Imma be honest with y'all I only chose Rollins n Reigns bc I knew they held those titles at one point lmao but either way its done!! I got some things to say, 

1: Imma spare y'all the bad ending 

2: This project like, at first I wasn't even going to try writing for these characters tbh it was just gonna be on my wwe 2k14 game and thats it but I couldn't have done NEAR the shit I did had I not opened up my notepad and tried it out 3: it might not be fully in character or kayfabe compliant whatever you call it but honestly? I dont care- im proud of this story nonetheless and I mean hell this is my first time writing with these characters, I can only improve over time I guess but anyways thats enough of me ramblin I hope y'all enjoyed this, it was a delight to work on)

[thecursedhellblazer]

♣ 15 QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MUSE.

① ARE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE ?

“Ah, ‘m pretty sure tha’ someone in me fuckin’ bloodline gots a similar name, but ‘ard to tell if t’was done on purpose or nay. ‘S a really common name, innit? Sure as ‘ell I ain’t named after me ol’ man...n’ thank all th’ bloody gods o’ the universe for tha’.”

② WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED ?

“Dunno? ‘S been a while I guess? I ain’t exactly th’ kind o’ bloke who often gets down on ‘is knees n’ cries ‘is sorrows out. I prefer drinking ‘em away. Zee says I should...‘ow did she word it again? Ah, aye. ‘Let meself be a bit more vulnerable’ or shite like tha’. Thanks no thanks. ‘S too troublesome.”

“Tho, now tha’ I think ‘bout it...Does it count if th’ bloody tears were ‘cause th’ fuckin’ ‘ellish prick I live wit’ sometimes threw some burnin’ shite in me eyes? ‘Ell, imma kill ‘im one o’ these days...”

③ DO YOU HAVE KIDS ?

“Ah...tough question. I was used to spawn a few...uh, t’in’s. Like, Swampy borrowed me to get ‘is wife pregnant. N’ there was all tha’ mess wit’ Rosacarnis n’...lots o’ other shite. Ne’er thought o’ ‘em as me kids tho. Jus’...Spillin’ DNA.”

A cough. “Tho...There’s Tim. He ain’t exactly me kid, but...He’s family, in a way. N’ Ruby too. But yeh didn’t ‘ear this from me!”

④ DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT ?

“Sarcasm? Me? Dunno wha’ yeh talkin’ ‘bout, mate. Wha’ even ‘s tha’ shite? Ne’er ‘eard o’ it. Can yeh drink it?”

“...Aye, tha’ was sarcasm. Draw yeh own conclusions.”

⑤ WHAT’S THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE ?

“Depends on wha’ ‘m in town for. If ‘m after one o’ me...t’in’s I try to separate ‘umans from not ‘umans. Ain’t tha’ easy all th’ time, tho. Other times, whether said person ‘s ‘ot or not...Or if I can play ‘em n’ win their money. Or get ‘em to buy me a drink. A bloke gots to make it thru ‘is bills, aye?”

“...Ah, th’ bloody physical feature are th’ eyes. Can read a lot in those. Or body language in general.”

⑥ WHAT’S YOUR EYE COLOR ?

“Blue, usually. Got a few mishaps where they changed colour for some time, but...those are stories for ‘nother time.”

⑦ SCARY MOVIE OR HAPPY ENDING ?

“Fuckin’ oul’ ‘appy endin’. N’ don’t yeh dare to judge me, yeh arsehole, ‘cause yeh ne’er get those in real life, so...Sometimes a change ‘s good, innit? Even if ‘s jus’ bloody fiction.”

“Scary movies are alrite too. Even tho...When yeh live me kind o’ life? They ain’t scary at all. I prefer watchin’ th’ game n’ shite. ‘S a good excuse to get Chas to buy th’ beer for th’ nite.”

⑧ ANY SPECIAL TALENTS ?

“Got lots of those. Yeh know. Magic, connin’, makin’ most people n’ bein’s ‘ate me guts...Tho I think tha’ th’ most relevant one ‘s gettin’ meself in trouble. Fuckin’ rotten luck. Even when I stay put, I can’t ‘ave a bloody week wit’out some sort o’ crisis bein’ dumped o’er me ‘ead.”

“Can’t I drink a bloody pint in peace, once in a while?! Ah, nay, John, oul’ son, ‘cause fuckin’ Fate says yeh can’t. Screw it!”

⑨ WHERE WERE YOU BORN ?

“Liverpool, UK. Oul’ coal industries n’ all. Compared to London n’ most American cities, ‘s like a big town. At times I miss it. Not th’ bloody life I ‘ad there tho. Ne’er.”

⑩ WHAT ARE YOUR HOBBIES ?

“Uh, I gots a few. Most are kind o’ connected to me field o’ expertise, tho. Lots o’ readin’ up n’ researches, ‘cause yeh ne’er know too much or even bloody enough ‘bout magic n’ th’ Arcane n’ all th’ Occult stuff. I like tinkerin’ wit’ me own spells n’ seals n’ all. Gots to ‘ave a few new tricks up me sleeve, yeh know? N’ stick me nose where I shouldn’t.”

“Aside from tha’...Drinkin’? More like a bloody necessity than a bloody ‘obby tho. Me n’ Chas gots our routine. Games n’ pubs n’ dinners n’ shite. N’ I kinda...cook from time to time? But tha’s outta necessity again. Unless I gots some fuckin’ arsehole at ‘ome whinin’ ‘cause he wants ‘is fuckin’ maticore blood cake. Tha’ alone requires talent.”

“I kind o’ got into yoga too? Thanks to an ol’ friend o’ mine. ‘Elps to clear me ‘ead from time to time. N’ meditation can be good. Not for th’ soul, tha’s already rotten n’ gone, but makes miracle when yeh tryin’ to do some complex Divination.”

⑪ DO YOU HAVE ANY PETS ?

“I used to ‘ave an undead pet rat called Francis in me younger years, but nowadays...Hell no. ‘S already enough when Tim’s ‘round n’ I gots to deal wit’ ‘is fuckin’ bird. N’ Ruby gots this ugly cat who ‘ates me. Tho, th’ damn thing probably can smell ‘Ell on me, n’ tha’s why he loathes me tha’ much.”

“Also...Chas ‘s been talkin’ me ears off ‘bout ‘ow much he wants a fuckin’ dog or two, so I guess I’ll soon find meself ‘avin’ to worry ‘bout me best mate’s pet too. I refuse to pet-sit or whate’er. Chas knows tha’. N’ like ‘ell he’s gonna talk me into tha’!”

“...Damn. I’ll probably end up doin’ it anyway, aye?”

⑫ WHAT SPORTS DO YOU PLAY/HAVE YOU PLAYED ?  

“Sports? Eeeeeh, not me t’i’g. Ne’er been. I gots plenty o’ excitement elsewhere, really. Don’t need tha’ at all.”

“I got dis...mate o’ mine who’s kind o’ ‘elpin’ me wit’ some...work out routine? Gods, th’ guy ‘s good ‘ealth on two legs. Th’ whole t’i’g kicks me ass e’ery bloody time.”

“...N’, to ‘ell all th’ people who disagree, but I got all the fuckin’ gymnastic I need already.”

⑬ HOW TALL ARE YOU ?

“Dunno. ‘Aven’t measured in a while. Why th’ fuck does it even ma’er? Average. N’ ‘m fine wit’ it. Less back problems n’ shite, th’ docs say.”

⑭ DREAM JOB ?

“A fuckin’ vacation from all th’ shite tha’ ‘aunts me. Not good as an answer? Ah, den I guess I’ll say wha’ ‘m doin’. I stuck me nose in magic when I was too young to understand most o’ th’ shite th’ world throws at yeh n’...Tha’s all I e’er wanted to do. An oul’ mate o’ mine once said tha’ I live for it. Like a fuckin’ religion. He was rite. I do fuckin’ live for it. Found me path, even tho it sucks most o’ th’ times. But...‘s mine. Really mine. Wrong in all th’ rite ways tha’ suit me. If yeh get wha’ I mean.”

⑮ FAVORITE SUBJECT AT SCHOOL ?

“Dunno. I was too busy bein’ kicked outta all th’ fuckin’ schools they sent me at to care. Troublemaker, troubled lad, wohe’er. It ain’t tha’ I dislike learnin’...even if maths always made me ‘ead ache so badly. I jus’ ‘ated th’ system. Still do.”

* 

TAGGED BY: @theprinceof-gothamcity​​ (( thanks!! )) TAGGING: @blindeddevil​​ @thedemonconstantine​​ (idk if I want Timmy, demon John or Chas so YOU pick u.u) @thegreenxrcher​​ @cosmosfated​​ @exanxmo​​ @ceolenaluthor​​ @xnonxnocerex​​ (Ava) - & whoever wants to steal it !

[gaylotusthatexists]

rises the moon - part two

Pairings: currently no major ones, but eventually parental moxiety and intrulogical, possibly either royality or roceit but haven’t decided yet 

Summary: After running away from home, Virgil find the Forest, where he is appointed as the new Lord of Spring. 

Trigger Warnings: sympathetic deceit, remus mention

Word Count: 2k 

Taglist: imma just tag @theloveliestsweetspongy​ but if anyone wants to be tagged let me know 

previous || next || ao3

sun digs its heels to taunt you

Virgil froze, staring at the... animal? Person? Staring at the thing crawling out of the shadows. No, not crawling, walking. Like a human. But... it - he can't have been a human. 

He had horns, for a start. Two brown horns curling out of his head, his wavy hair sliding between them and falling over his... glowing red eyes. And he seemed to be surrounded by an... aura, an aura of something. A sparkling white light, covering his red dress like a sort of cape, or gown, or robe. And he was staring at Virgil, as if he was waiting for the right moment to strike. 

Virgil stepped back, cringing as he heard a quiet snap after stepping on a twig. But the person, thing, whatever he was just stepped closer to him. He tried to steady his breathing. 

"Who are you?" he asked, coming right up besides Virgil. 

Virgil gulped. "Um, my name's Virgil," he said, meekly. 

He frowned. "How did you get in the forest?" 

Virgil blinked. "I, um, I just sorta... walked in, I guess?" 

"Humans don't just walk into the forest," he said, a hint of bitterness in his voice. "Who are you, really?" 

"I told you, my name is Virgil." 

He frowned. "We'll see about that." He grabbed Virgil's wrist and began to drag him deeper into the forest, not really giving Virgil much of a choice but to follow. Virgil glanced back, noticing that he couldn't even see the entrance to the forest anymore - but that couldn't be right, because he'd only just entered the forest. He couldn't have walked in that deep already... right? 

"Could you maybe explain what's going on?" Virgil asked. 

The man - he must've been a person, if he was able to communicate with Virgil - huffed. "Don't act all innocent. You know exactly what's going on." 

"Actually, uh, I'm very confused about all this," Virgil said, eyes darting around and taking in as much as he could of the forest. It looked... somewhat normal, he supposed, but something felt off. 

"You're not fooling me," the man said. "I bet Remus sent you, didn't he?" 

Virgil blinked. "I, um, don't know anyone called Remus." 

"Don't play dumb with me," the man snapped. 

Virgil was silent for a moment, realising that the man wasn't going to listen. It was best to just go along with him at this point, maybe get this whole thing over and done with so he could leave the forest and continue his life. 

"Hey, any chance you could let go of my wrist?" Virgil wondered. "It's kinda hurting a little." 

The man glared at him. "Why should that be my problem?" 

"I-I dunno, I mean, you're the one kidnapping me, or whatever." He shoved his free hand in his pocket. 

" You're the one trespassing in our part of the forest," the man claimed, tightening his grip. 

Trespassing. Ah. That was something that Virgil had thought about earlier, wasn't it? Maybe walking through the field hadn't been such a great idea. 

"Listen, I'm sorry, okay?" Virgil said. "I didn't know this was your forest, or whatever. I was just walking and found this place." 

The man growled. "You don't just walk into this forest. I know that Remus sent you, you don't have to make excuses." 

Virgil sighed. "I literally have no idea who this 'Remus' guy is." 

"Remus. The Lord of Darkness. You know. The person you're working for." 

"I am seventeen years old and unemployed," Virgil said, only half-telling the truth - technically he did have a job, working retail for some extra cash, most of which they took away anyway, but he supposed he didn't have that job anymore. Since he ran away and all. 

The man laughed. "Seventeen, that's funny." 

Virgil frowned. "How is that funny?" 

"C'mon. I mean. You're fully grown." The man shook his head. "You must be at least five hundred, right? Maybe into the thousands." 

Virgil blinked. "That... You are joking, right?" 

The man stopped and turned his head to face Virgil. "You're not?" 

"Well, obviously I'm not joking, I don't think it's physically possible for me to be over five hundred years old." 

His eyes widened. "Wait, you're a human, aren't you?" 

"What else would I be?" 

"So... Remus didn't send you?" 

Virgil groaned. "That's what I've been trying to tell you!" 

He let go of his wrist. Sighing with relief, Virgil began to rub his wrist, glancing down to notice a red mark forming. 

"Could you please explain what's going on?" Virgil requested. 

The man sighed. "I suppose so. If you're really not with Remus." He bowed his head. "I'm Roman, Lord of Summer." 

Virgil snorted. " Lord of Summer ?" he repeated. "What's that supposed to mean?" 

Roman rolled his eyes, continuing to walk deeper into the forest. "It's kinda self-explanatory." 

Virgil ran to catch up with him, before slowing down and walking by his side. "Well. Not really. May I remind you that I have absolutely no idea what is going on." 

Roman looked over at him. "How did you get into the forest?" he asked, again. 

"I told you, I just walked in," Virgil said. 

"Huh." Roman looked ahead. "That's never happened before. I didn't even know humans could come into the forest." 

Virgil wondered if that meant that Roman himself wasn't a human, which in turn led him to question what the hell Roman actually was. He called himself the Lord of Summer , which must have meant something, right? And being the Lord of Summer also implied there were others 'Lords' - presumably of Spring, Autumn and Winter. 

Roman stopped walking, so Virgil did too, a little confused. They stood in front of a giant tree, so tall that Virgil couldn't even see the top. It's leaves had fallen, and had been replaced by icicles, with frost lining the branches. That didn't seem right. It didn't seem right at all. 

At the base there was a wooden door, which Roman walked towards and opened, stepping inside. Virgil followed him, becoming more confused by the second. Roman led him down a spiral staircase, carved out of the tree's wood, until they reached a large hall, almost like some sort of... throne room. 

At the end of the hall, another man sat on a chair, staring at the two of them with a scowl on his face. As the two approached the man, Virgil tried to get a closer look. His yellow eyes were surrounded by green scales, and he had a scar running all the way down the right side of his face. He wore a black shirt with yellow lacing, and a black cloak falling all the way down to the floor. He seemed angry. 

"Roman, who is this?" he asked, leaning forward in his chair. 

Roman bowed, kneeling down. "Prince Janus, Lord of the Forest, this is Virgil," he introduced. 

The man - Janus, Virgil presumed - frowned. "Is this one of Remus' servants?" 

Roman shook his head, standing back up again. "No. He's a human." 

"A human?" Janus smirked. "And how did a human get into the forest? Did you bring him here?" 

"No, your highness." Roman glanced at Virgil. "He says he just 'walked in'." 

Janus raised an eyebrow. "Interesting. Is that the truth?" he asked, turning to Virgil. 

Virgil cleared his throat. "Uh, yeah. I was walking and found a forest and walked inside." He paused. "Well, no, actually, I was kinda pulled inside by... I dunno, the wind, or something. But yeah, I walked here." 

"Pulled by the wind, you say?" Janus repeated. 

"Yeah." Virgil glanced down, refusing to look Janus in the eye, but he could still feel Janus’ gaze fixed upon him, digging into his skull. "There were leaves, or something. The wind picked up and... I dunno, I couldn't really control myself." 

Janus stood up, and stepped towards Virgil. He reached out a gloved hand and raised Virgil's head, forcing him to look into his eyes. He glanced over at Roman. "Do you think...?" 

Roman moved over to them, looking Virgil up and down. "He could be. But... he's a human. Can they..." 

"Call Logan," Daemon ordered. 

Roman nodded, and walked out the hall, leaving Virgil alone with Janus. Great. 

"Follow me," Janus instructed, beginning to walk to the side of the hall. Virgil followed, however reluctantly. They walked out of the hall and into a sort of garden, stopping once they reached a fountain. "Touch the water." 

Virgil frowned. "What?" 

"Touch the water," Janus repeated. 

Confusion only growing, Virgil reached out and let the tips of his finger fall onto the water's surface. He felt stupid, as Janus stared at him expectantly, but he wasn't about to argue against Janus. Roman had called him a Prince, so he must have been important, right? 

He drew back his hand in shock, as a small lotus flower bloomed on the water's surface. He looked down at his hands, beginning to grow tiny petals on his fingertips. 

"What... What did you do?" he asked, turning to Janus. 

Janus smirked, although he was unable to hide the excitement in his eyes. "I did nothing. That was you." 

Virgil felt his hands shake. He took a couple deep breaths to calm down. "What are you talking about?" 

Janus smiled at him, and then began to walk away, through another doorway on the other side of the garden. Virgil ran to catch up with him, slowing down as they entered another room. Four orbs were stationed in the middle - a glowing blue one decorated in snowflakes, a red one decorated in leaves, a yellow one decorated in a drawing of the sun, and a faded grey one decorated in dying flowers. 

"I'm... aware that you don't know much about the place you are in," Janus began, walking towards the orbs, "but I believe you may be of use to us. Here in the forest, we have the four Lords of the Seasons, who take turns in keeping the forest alive. I, myself, am the Lord of the Forest - I, of course, aid in keeping the forest alive, but mostly I'm here to rule. You've already met the Lord of Summer - Roman, as I'm sure you're aware, and soon enough you'll meet the Lords of Autumn and Winter - Patton and Logan." He picked up the grey orb. "We currently don't have a Lord of Spring." 

Virgil frowned, stepping towards Janus. "Why?" 

"That's... That's a story for another day," Janus said. "However, I believe you might be able to take his place." 

Virgil blinked. "Me?" 

"Yes. Hold this, please." 

He handed the orb to Virgil, who took it. It vibrated upon contact with his skin. But nothing else happened. 

Janus sighed. "Perhaps you're not ready yet." He took the orb back, putting it back in place. 

"Ready for what?" Virgil asked. 

Janus just smiled. "You'll find out soon enough. Come," he said, beginning to walk back towards the hall, "I'm sure Logan is ready by now. He'll have something to say." 

Virgil walked besides Janus. "Logan is the Lord of Winter, right?" he recalled. 

"Yes," Janus confirmed, "and he's been on the job for a hundred years." 

Virgil glanced down. "Is that... Is that because you don't have a Lord of Spring?" 

"What do you think ?"

"Ah." Virgil put his hands in his pockets. "Sorry." 

"Don't apologise," Janus said. "You're new here." 

They entered the hall. Roman stood there with another person - Logan, Virgil assumed - floating a couple feet off the floor. He had icy blue skin detailed with light blue cracks on his forehead, along with light blue hair in plaits either side of his face and one down his back. He wore an outfit very similar to Roman's - blue, floor length dress and a cape made from a light. A pair of rectangular glasses sat in front of his piercing blue eyes, and a chain with a moon charm hung around his neck. 

He floated towards Virgil, running his fingers down Virgil's cheeks. "Interesting."

[katanabonbon]

Tagged by @his-mochi-cheeks thank you 💞😌

1. Flowers or chocolates?

Flowers. Thank you

 2. Between day and night I prefer

Day. I guess I'm like a person who didn't have electricity and so had to sleep at night idk

3. My favourite drink:

Tea. But not the green tea I have here, bro please, I dunno what this green tea has.

 4. between sunrise and sunset I prefer:

Sunrise.

 5. Between dogs and cats, I prefer:

Allergic

 6. The vegetable I hate the most: 

I don't like cauliflower and broccoli and stuff.

7. My favourite sound: 

Rain. It hasn't rained in months though, so I barely remember. Seasons are strange no.

8. The first thing I notice about people: 

Hmmm. The way people look at other people? It's kinda strange.

9. What would you prefer horror or fantasy?

Fantasy. No horror yah, I'm a scaredy cat

10. I’d want to be stuck in a lift with? (choose opposite gender lol): 

I don't wanna be stuck in a lift at all. Omg.

11. What city or town you’d like to live in?

Hmm. Not sure actually. Somewhere spacious? Nature?

12. What I value most in life: 

Peace.

13. If I could learn any skill, it’d be: 

Anything would be good actually

14. Between beach and the mountains, I prefer: 

Beach. I haven't seen the beach in years imma cry. I haven't been near mountains either, oh goodness.

15. I’d love to get married in

ㅋㅋㅋㅋ. No mayn, ain't for me

16. My hidden talent: 

Nothing

17. If could bring anyone back to the life, I’d bring back: 

No one.

18. Why?: 

Just? It's weird.

19. Rainy day or sunny day?: 

Both.

20. Who’s the role model of your life: 

So many. If only I would be better tho.

21. How I relax after a hard day: 

Sleep. I just like sleeping anytime.

22. I like the way I look:

Sigh.

23 My most favourite facial features of my self is:

Idk

24. My most favourite part of my body: 

Just like gratefulness? What can I do.

25. If I could change anything about my body: 

Things that used to make me cry. Now I'm too old I'm just.

26 . If yes what’s it:

Maybe healthy. I'm kind of under the weather right now, so.

27. If I could change something from my past: 

I wish I was clever. That would've helped. I never change tho. Even five minutes ago. I'm tired.

28. How many piecings I’ve: 

Earrings

29. I like makeup: 

Everyone is all, you can look anyway you do and make up is all positive anyways, but it doesn't for me, make me look any better yknow.

30. I wear makeup everyday: 

Aniyo

32. My hair colour: 

Brown

33. My height: 

5'2.

34. My age: 

Xiumin's :') (please when is xiumin releasing an album)

35. My birthday: 

23 July 90. Ahhhhhh cry n suffer.

36. My best friend: 

Not really

37. I have a pet or more: 

Do plants count?

38. If I don’t, then one pet I’d adopt:

Ants eat vegetables and they won't grow.

 39. Video games or social media: 

Social media.

40. I’ve a innocent mind/dirty mind: 

I think it's sort of mindish, where I'm not quite sure? How does a mind judge a mind? Idk. I'm confused

41. I’ve visited outside of my country: 

Yes

42. Someone proposed me or asked me out

ㅋㅋㅋ nope

43. If yes then I liked it and accepted it / didn’t liked it and rejected it: 

Sighs some more

44. Do you follow some celebrities’ fashion:

Exo matters and their comeback clothes

45. What do you think about your fashion sense: 

Fail

46. You found someone copying your fashion: 

Ani.

47. You can do your make up properly: 

Once I put red lip gloss on and it was you're wearing what?? And it's been 10 years but.

48. You go or used to go to school with makeup on: can't.

49. What colour suits you best? 

White?

50. Finally how’s quarantine going?

Quarantine is going well. It's not like I went anywhere exciting so.

Tagging @nngloey @demon-glittter @agrainofwheat @janiedean @singswithmicoff if you'd like to :)

[sims-psycho]

♡ tag thinger ♡

Rules: Always post the rules. Tag 11 new people you’d like to know better

I was tagged by the best unicorn in the whoooleee worrrrrlddddd @enchandycorn thanks for the tag Blue!!!!

I know for a fact I’ve answered a lot of these questions before but we gonna do it anyway XD

1. Dogs or Cats? I honestly love both so much, but my dogs are my babies and I love them so imma have to say dogs, sorry cats!!!!  2. YouTube celebrities or normal celebrities? Both I guess? I dunno, the whole concept of celebs is kind of weird when you think about it. I think I’d be more starstruck if I met some of my favourite ‘conventional’ celebrities than if I met a youtuber I really like >.< 3. If you could live in anywhere were would that be? I don’t mind Britain tbh, I’m probably gonna live here most, if not all, my life. But I’d love to live in Australia for a while, and a lot of scandinavian countries have really good inferstructure so it would make sense to move there. But yeah, Australia is like dream place to live 

4. Disney or DreamWorks? Don’t make me choose!!! >.< 5. Favorite childhood TV show? Okay, so any Brits are gonna get a real trip down memory lane cuz british kids tv slapped XD I watched: Young Dracula, M.I.High, Tracy Beaker, Horrible Histories, Dick and Dom, Mona the Vampire, TMi, Chucklevision, The Cramp Twins, Dani’s House, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Kerching!, Raven, Sorry I’ve got no Head, The Slammer, Watch my Chops,  6. The movie you’re looking forward to most in 2020? I just saw the trailer for the new Scooby Doo film, and at first I was like ‘Nooo, why are they remaking it again’ but then after watching realised it actually looks kind of good so I guess that? :’) 7. Favorite book you read in 2019? I haven’t read a book in YEARS and I feel terrible about it >.< 8. Marvel or DC? Marvel all the way!! 9. If you choose Marvel favorite member of the X-Men? If you choose DC favorite Justice League member? Storm and Mystique are the coolest by far, especially Mystique, she has the best power in my opinion 10. Night or Day? Both? I’m more active at night, but I really like the day time too 11. Favorite Pokémon? I don’t know why but I’ve always really loved Lucario, it’s not the best pokemon by far, but I loved the pokemon movie about Lucario as a kid and now they’re a must have on every team ^.^ 12. Top 5 bands: Only five!?!?!? Okay okay, uuuh, imma go with: Vulfpeck, Gorillaz, Mcfly, Radohead, Nirvana  13. Top 10 books: Aaahhh, don’t make me feel baaaaaad >.< Look, I was a huge book nerd as a kid and then I just stopped and haven’t been able to get into a book in ages so right now I don’t have a top 10, but ask me in a year and hopefully I’ll have one then okay? 14. Top 4 movies: Only four!?!? lol, lets go with: Princess Mononoke, School of Rock, Dreamgirls, Whisper of the Heart, Scott Pilgrim vs the World 15. America or Europe? even though I live in Europe theres so much of it I’d love to visit! It’s such a cultural continant ^.^ 16. Tumblr or Twitter? Tumblr, duh! XD 17. Pro choice or Pro life? Pro choice 100%, I wont write a speech but yeah, could say a lot about this... 18. Favourite YouTuber: Dylan is in Trouble! He’s so funny and smart and rly attractive 19. Favourite author? I don’t have one >.< 20. Tea or coffee? I like both, but tea is kind of like water in my house, it’s the go to drink, we die without tea here lol 21. OTP? Does Ryland and Shane count??? Cuz I totally ship them AND it’s canon XD Fictionally I still ship Eleana and Stefan from TVD. Yes I know it’s a dumb show, yes I know he’s still pretty cute with Caroline BUT THEY SET UP THAT THEY WERE GONNA BE TOGETHER FOREVER ASDFGHJKL 22. Do you play an instrument/sing? Yessss, I sing, thats my main instrument. I can also play piano, guitar and uke, and kind of the bass guitar, i wanna get better at bass i rly love it ^.^

I’m pretty sure everyone has done this by now, so if you’re reading this then I officially tag you! Yes, you! Don’t scroll away! Copy and paste and DO IT lol XD

[ariestaurus21]

Rules: answer these questions and tag five other fic writers to do the same.

I was tagged both by @thekristen999 and @stephmcx so thanks guys! It’s always a pleasure when someone thinks to include me in stuff!

Author name: Aries_taurus

Fandoms you write for: Hawaii Five-0, almost exclusively. I do have a couple Captain America stories out there, and the are of the Captain Hill rarepair variety. I’m usually a single fandom writer.

Where you post: AO3. I do have a ff.net account but it’s for my SGA and Numb3rs stuff. It hasn’t been updated in years.

Most popular one-shot: I’m gonna concentrate on my AO3 stuff, so, by hits and bookmarks, it’s Spell. It’s a post 7.25 story, dealing with Steve’s radiation poisoning. It’s my bread and butter kind of fic: pure sickfic H/C with Steve as the object. I count it as a oneshot even if it has 2 chapters because initially it only had one, and the second one is a very recent addition.

Most popular multi-chapter story: It’s not the most popular strictly, that would be Retribution, but that one is a collaboration, so I can’t take all the credit for that one. Mine, my most popular is Ho'omaika'i. It’s a story set post 6.25 and early season 7, when Steve’s dealing with the fallout from getting shot and the liver transplant. It’s about depression and self-harm and about Steve not being okay at all. I wrote this about 3 years ago and I realise that’s about when the depression and burn-out and stuff I’m battling now started. But it’s been 5 years coming. Maybe it’s popular because it rings true? Because it is.

Favorite story you wrote: Easy. It’s Edges. I dunno why I love that one so much. Maybe it’s because I really like how I managed to write Steve’s confusion and mental state after the fight at the end of 7.22. Maybe it’s because I love the cover art I did. I just. It’s the one I find myself constantly re-reading.

Story you were nervous to post: Another easy one to pick. I’m still nervous about it. It’s a series. Because it’s… different, darker, uncomfortable, delves into something twisted and abnormal and it’s not for everyone. I still don’t know why I wrote it. But it coincides with that period where self-harm was… present in my life. So maybe that’s why it’s so different from anything else I ever wrote and posted and… Anyway. Heed the warnings if you ever decide to read the Indulgence Series.

How do you pick your titles: I like proverbs and sayings, song lyrics, poems. I use them as inspiration, and then if possible I look for Hawaiian equivalents. Depends on my mood.

Do you outline? Most of the time no. Ideas come into my head mostly formed and I write mostly oneshots so. I do try when I have a longer plot in my head but I suck at plot.

How many of your stories are complete? About 10% but I post only the completed ones, or the ones I am certain I will complete. I have dozens of stories I know will never see the light of day because they will never be finished but I poach them for bits and pieces. Some are iterations of the same story, others are pieces of ideas I had to get out of my head so they’d leave me alone.

In-progress: I have 11 WIPs I want to write to completion. I have a couple AUs which… surprises me because I always said I hate AUs. So. It would take too long to list them all, but I have a “what if they didn’t find Steve in North Korea and he’s the one brought back instead of Freddie in 3.20” in the works. Don’t expect that one soon.

Coming soon: Uuuuh, either Steve gets a girl pregnant and it gets complicated, or Chapter 2 of Ho'oponopono, which ever I finish first.

Do you accept prompts? Only when I ask for them.

Upcoming story you’re the most excited for? Pffffffffffff… It’s hard to be excited when fighting depression. But I’m kinda excited about my other AU. Imma make you go look at my last Six Sentence post to figure that one out! *wink *

I’m tagging @bgharison @sussexualtension-blog @five-wow @missslothy and @love2hulksmash

[carina-xvx-hellebore]

}hey, so

dunno if you noticed,

but

I'm not exactly the most active here anymore

thing is,

every time I open this shit app?

fucker freezes

for like

two whole minutes

first time I try to scroll through shit?

again

two additional minutes

I'm tryna look through my notes

I've TIMED this shit

average of two minutes every time

I'll switch to notes of some sideblogs

guess what happens

this goes on whenever I do literally anything

checking my blog,

checking other blogs,

searching things,

literally

fucking

everything

and not only that but idk

I just feel kinda disconnected from like

social media

and like

the internet in general?

so

irdk man

shit's just dark for me lately

just don't got the patience or motivation

y'know?

so uh

prooobably not gonna even try to be here

I'll prolly pop in like once a month to see if like

I got tagged in any cute Jalters

or Holos

or Shous

but uh

don't count on my presence here lmao

anyway

if anyone needs me

go check out @CarinaHellebore on Twitter

can't promise you'll like it there

can't say exactly what it's like

I just kinda retweet shit on a whim

but

I'm definitely there for a decent amount of like

every fuckin' day bc I got nothin' else

but yea

y'know where to find me

so

Imma head out

take care of yourselves

and of course

as usual

have yourselves a damn good one

— Carina Hellebore{