#duskwood 8

[hacked-by-jake]

Jake is so hot send help

[nocreativityfornames]

This man's inability to answer a question normally will never fail to make me laugh

[zmayadw]

Uhm, Jake...the case IS over, soooo where are you?? 🥺🥺😭😭

[lyon-amore]

*my friend and I talking about chapter 8*

Me: I get tired of having to summarize all the evidence we've obtained, it's as if the game told me "Let's see if you've paid attention" As if I didn't pay attention the whole game!!

My friend: ....... the attention (that you lend to the game):

Me: Yes, well, also, why fool ourselves

😂😂😂

[reds-ramblings]

Moonvale

Because nobody asked for my opinion... I'm going to give it anyway.

Thought, pros and cons of the new game. It's not super spoilery but I'm going to hide it just in case.

First, I would like to say I was NOT at all expecting the new story to be a continuation of Duskwood or to even be a similar story to Duskwood. Everbyte made it very clear this is not what Moonvale was meant to be. I went into this with a completely open mind and tried my best not to compare Moonvale to Duskwood. I was still disappointed. There were several changes Everbyte made that were great but they were overshadowed by the negative changes.

Pros:

1. There is now an LGBTQ option when you enter your name and Duskwood code. This doesn't apply to me so I'm not sure what it changes in the game but this option was needed.

2. You can use diamonds to skip mini-games. I would have spent money just to do this if everything else didn't cost so much.

3. This is just my opinion but the mini-games seemed to be a bit easier.

4. The Duskwood side story. It's not much now but I would play the game just for that. Was it worth spending money to finish sooner? No.

Cons:

1. Money money money. There's no premium package that unlocks everything. I get that Everbyte has to make money off of the game but the content wasn't worth what they were charging!

2. I found the characters really unlikable. Eric was alright, but the rest I couldn't care less for. I started out liking charlie but he quickly became annoying. I really wanted to like Ash but something about her just rubbed me the wrong way. Where was the character development here?!

3. The story line! The Billy Blake story was long and pointless. Maybe it will be important later on but it definitely could have been shorter. It took like 3 mini-game sessions just to get through it! When he said "should I continue" I literally yelled no!

4. The story line! It was unoriginal. Some parts felt very copy, paste, change a few lines and here's a new story.

5. The mini-games. I didn't like how it forced you to play them at set times. One of the things I liked about Duskwood is that you could play all the mini-games in each set and then not have to stop the story so much.

6. AI! I get that they don't have actors for all of the characters but why not use stock images like before? Why do they have to use AI?!?!

7. You can't rewatch ANY of the videos or phone calls. They literally disappear. Yet somehow they are "saved" so you can send them to other characters.

8. We waited 2 years for that?! It had the potential to be amazing and even better than Duskwood. We know Everbyte can make an amazing game Duskwood is proof of that. This did not live up to those standards

I'm sure there's more but this is all I can think of at the moment.

[hiramaris]

Welcome

Hi! You can call me Hira! To be honest, I'm not even sure why I'm even bothering to put something like this since I'll probably be busy for the next months or so but yeah, I'll just put it right here in case I'll ever accept any future requests or something.

Characters I write for:

So far I can probably write for any characters in Duskwood and Stardew Valley. Preferably for female characters 😉

This could change tho in the future if I ever decide to expand my writing for other fandoms (believe me, I read a lot of fics of other fandoms but that doesn't mean I'll be good at writing the characters. I prefer knowing how to write them first before starting any fic)

What Genre, Troupe, and Type of Fiction do I write, and plan on writing?

I'm open to all genres (fluff, angst, hurt and/or comfort, etc.) aside from any Dark themes, sorry.

Open to any available troupe out there except for cheating and anything that surrounds it.

I can do AUs, canon divergence, and canon compliance.

I just don't really do smut or any NSFW but anything above can be doable if I try.

Things I have written so far:

Dusk til Dawn (Jessy x Gender Neutral MC) - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14 — COMPLETE

Dusk Fragments (Jessy x Gender Neutral MC) - #1, #2, #3

Kiss It Off Me (Haley x Fem!farmer) - Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3 , Chapter 4, Chapter 5, Chapter 6 , Chapter 7, Chapter 8— ONGOING

[galaxy-stardust]

Duskwood

Jakes view

Part 7

Damn, what does he want? Is he serious?

The magical moment between them gets interrupted by a call from Phil. He feels his anger coming up. Why do you call her all of a sudden? You have enough other people to call.

Yes MC, I am annoyed. I don't like him. He better leave you alone.

Fuck... He slaps his laptop.

Sorry MC...Ok, Jake, calm down. Who is he? He doesn't have the same connection to her as I do. So there is nothing to worry about.

Not convinced by his own words, he's thankful that MC tells him there's nothing to worry about.

He assures her that she didn't have to be afraid of the police. He will know when they will contact her and takes care of it.

Thomas and Jessica found out about the hiding from the kidnapper and after another threatening call later, the group made the decision to leave Duskwood. They're going to a cabin in the woods. Hm... would not have been my first choice, but as long as they feel safe, it's the best thing to do. He's relieved that MC doesn't go with them.

He smiles just me and her again. Continuing investigating.

Alright, he streches , time to analyze the pictures that Jessica took in the kidnappers hiding place.

Let me try something. A warm feeling comes up.

Did it work? Yes. Again, he smiles. He makes it possible that he and MC can have a look at the pictures together; he shares his screen with her.

He clicks through the pics and they talk about every single one.

As they reach the pic with MC's name on the wall, he holds in his breath.

What the.... and again he feels anger coming up. And he feels helpless. He wants to protect her.

They talk about the phone Thomas found in the house, Hannah's phone andJake told MC to try to unlock it.

He locks off. Still angry.

Wasn't there...? Yes. He grabs his hoodie, leaves the motel, and walks down the street. I know I don't really have time for this, but I have to calm down a bit.

He enters the shop and comes out with keys and a helmet a few minutes later. He heads for a black motorcycle. He puts on the helmet and starts the engine. He loves the sound. With a quick look left and right, he drives on the street. Luckily, the road is long and empty. He lowers his head, turns the gas and speeds down the street.

The thoughts he had a while ago were gone. At least for now. It's just him, the motorcycle, the street and the adrenalin.

He returns to the shop an hour later. He feels better now. He enters his motel room, opens his laptop and goes back to work.

Mc screwed up with the pin. No Problem. I will fix that.

After she got access to the phone, she told him that she was nervous. He's glad that she helps him, even if she's just doing it for him.

She feels his sadness and she understands him.

We match perfectly, he thinks and smiles.

Part 8

[lala3244]

Masterlist

~ decided to make that Masterlist so it is easier for me to find my fics! ~

OBEY ME! Shall we date

Heartbreaks:

DIAVOLO / DIAVOLO Part 2 / DIAVOLO AU

LUCIFER / LUCIFER Part 2 (AU)

MAMMON

SATAN / SATAN Part 2

BELPHEGOR

ASMODEUS

LEVIATHAN / LEVIATHAN Part 2

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When the protectors are gone : (serie unfinished)

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Part 9

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ONE SHOTS:

INDULGENCE WRATH

THE FAMILY YOU CHOSE

REALITY AND FICTION REUNITED

COMFORT AFTER A NIGHTMARE (LUCIFER)

SADNESS (SIMEON)

FRUSTATION (SIMEON)

A CRUSH ON LUCIFER

A LONG YEAR

CHANGING THE PAST

ROUGH DAY

THE LOVE OF YOUR LIFE

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DUSKWOOD:

A SURPRISE BIRTHDAY

JE SAIGNE ENCORE

YOU

ONE SHOT

Serie: PART 1 / PART 2 / PART 3 (END)

OBSESSION: PART 1 / PART 2 / PART 3 / PART 4

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REQUEST are OPEN if anyone is interested :)

Thank you for the likes and reblogs <3

[jake-s-azaleea]

love blossoms in crisis

One shot

pairing: fem/MC x Jake

Warnings: spoilers duskwood episode 8-10 maybe.

.An old idea I had but never posted.

******

You have agreed to the kidnapper request, and while Jake begged you to stay safe you thought about the MWAF's proposal: he would free Hannah if you go to Duskwood. Now you are right at the place he indicated, Grimrock waterfall. You find the hatch hidden in the ground just as he indicated and head into the iron mine. When you manage to go down, you hear footsteps that make you alert, you are being pushed against the damaged wall, and a hand covers your mouth.

"I told you to stay out of other people's affairs, didn't I, MC?" he said in a lower voice. This time was different. The vile voice who once called you in the middle of the night was no longer here.

"I am here now, you can let Hannah and Richy go. You got what you wanted" you whispered.

"It's not over yet, MC. I told you to not come here. You promised."

At the sound of these words you were left speechless. "You promised"? But that can't be. No, he would not do that. Not to you. Not to your dear ones. Right?

Right?

"Come on, MC. It's me. While you drove here I'm sure you've seen the Chinese restaurant across from the motel I stayed at."

Your E/C eyes were now filled with tears and you just couldn't believe it. Betrayal.

"It was you from the start, wasn't it? When I received my first threatening call and you told me it was a good thing? When Jessy was attacked? When you assured me my friends will be safe when you knew damn well, Jake. You knew very well you're going to attack Richy while he was in a video call with me. You pretended to care and comfort me then."

"I didn't pretend to-"

"Stop. I don't want to hear it. I trusted you."

"MC, listen to me. I never wanted to hurt you. It started all with the kidnapping but she was treated well, I promise. But then things escalated, It eventually was out in the media. I needed to protect myself."

"Monster."

"You don't mean it, MC. Come on... You know our bond was deeper than the meaning of this case. It was us against the world."

"You hurt my friends. You hurt me." You sobbed.

"You're still so naive." He said with a sly grin.

"Let them go" you said quietly.

"Under one condition. You come with me."

"I'll hate you forever. You could've done it so differently. I would've killed to be the the wind blowing through your hair when you were thinking about something else but me. I would've died for your sins, instead I just died inside." You whispered in the end.

"It was no other way. Things were meant to happen as they did."

"It doesn't make sense. Just kill me already and let them go. Please"

"You can text your friends to come to pick them up in 10 minutes. But kill you? I didn't lie when I told you I love you. You should know, you always read people so well."

"Love? I doubt that you are capable of loving." You cried.

"MC... If it weren't for you, Hannah and Richy would still be missing. Love blossoms in crisis. Those moments really brought us together. Even if you don't want to admit that now."

Duskwood groupchat

MC is now online

MC: Guys...

Cleo is now online

Jessy is now onine

Jessy: what happened, MC?

Thomas is now online

Thomas: Why didn't you answer us?

Dan is now online

Dan: Yo I bet she went to face the crowboy alone

Lilly is now online

MC: Well about that...

Jessy: MC!!! 😯

MC: To take Richy and Hannah well, come to the Grimrock alone in 10 minutes. Come alone.

You closed your phone and climbed on the ladder outside after Jake. You looked around. Forest. Dark forest as far as you can see. You wish you could see more than that. Your eyes shift back at him. Could you really leave all your life behind and run away with him? But you couldn't refuse it. Richy 's life was at stake. You did it for him. Did you?

His eyes seemed empty. No worries, no sentiments. His emotionless gaze enveloped you. The man that once was your oxygen, now just appeared to be a nightmare. It wasn't light anymore around him. The spark was gone. You were just a shadow there.

After a few minutes 2 cars pulled up and Jessy ran towards you. Jake pulled out a gun and instinctively you place yourself in between him and her. He points the gun to the ground and nods as you hug Jessy tightly. The others got out of the cars and kept a considerable distance. Well, not Lilly.

"You fxcking bastard!" she screamed as she raced to the kidnapper.

'Fearless', You thought to yourself

Jake hadn't moved an inch. Lilly slapped him like he was nothing but a plush toy. Definitely not like the man who kidnapped her sister. He didn't even push her away. He stood there like he was self conscious he deserved it.

"Lilly, get back here!" Cleo screamed creeped out by the mysterious figure.

Lilly took three steps back and watched him in the eyes as went back down in the mine to bring the 2 missing people.

You look back in one of the cars, at Dan as you murmured a "sorry, you were right". He opened his mouth to say something but the hatch opened again and first climbed up Richy.

You ran in his arms and cried about how sorry you are. He put a fainted smile and hugged you back.

The following person was Hannah. Her dazzling smile that You could remark on every photo of her, reappeared on her face as she saw her friends. Thomas ran straight to her and he embraced her so lovingly.

You looked at them and then back at Richy and Jessy who couldn't stop saying sorry to each other. This must be love.

Jake raised his gun and nodded, signaling the further leaving.

'I did it, I put an end to this nightmare ' You thought to yourself.

Jake came behind you and grabbed your arm. As you walked through the forest, you looked back at the family you chose for the past 2 weeks as they shed tears at every step.

As soon as the mist covered every trace of love and friendship, Jake sighed.

"Maybe one day you'll find the love you had for me and manage to forgive me."

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Not accurate to the actual game plot but a nice idea.

Let me know what you think.

[spacecadetnovelist]

Moonvale Ep. 1

I've finished the first episode and here are my thoughts.

Mild to extreme spoilers and a train of thought that I'm not sure will go anywhere.

1. Sure, I don't like having to pay for every picture or video either. I get it, though, they need to make money. I think this was a heavy handed way to make it much more expensive than expected, but Duskwood was VERY low requirement to buy game currency, so maybe it seems so bad mostly by comparison.

2. Eric is a goof, and VERY clumsy. He trips at least twice, once in a BIG way and seems like he's a nice guy.

3. I was surprised to see so much of the missing Adam. No further comments on that.

4. Adam's expression when we "answer" the video call was that of palpable relief... There are even tears that fall during this call. He has us as a contact since Eric says he didn't just get the number... He apologized that we'll "have to do this without [him] though it seems impossible"... We know the two cities are close together... Adam has black hair... Jake admitted that he lives under fake names.... I'm curious how the story would be if Jake was revealed under one of his aliases, that's all.

5. Charlie is like a cross between Richy and Dan and I'm not sure how I feel about him

6. The AI images that everyone is freaking out about are whatever... We never saw Lily's face until just before Jake disappeared for a while. Dan had a hoodie covering his face in his profile pic for a while too. As they cast, I'm sure they'll update.

7. I know we're all anxious to see how the Duskwood code affects gameplay, and I think it's safe to say at this point there will be a handful of chats or events that will be threaded through the game that will tie back to our experiences.

8. "I WILL FIND YOU" 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 SO PUMPED but now I want to go back and NOT flirt with Eric. I thought if it would only be a self contained side story that I could compartmentalize my love for Jake, but now I'm replaying to keep holding on strong for him.

[digital-corruption]

Send in the Clowns

⚠ Trigger warning: Not suitable for people with coulrophobia (fear of clowns)

"Everyone's here?" MC asked as she walked into the small meeting room of the Mystery Investigators, Inc. office in Colville.

In the middle of the room sat a second-hand, oval wooden table with mismatching wooden chairs around it. Jake sat at the far end working at his laptop, ignoring Jessy and Cleo who had been gossiping all the latest happenings in Duskwood. Dan sat at the other end opposite Jake. While he seemed to be in quiet contemplation, the truth was he was still a bit hungover from the night before from one too many drinks at the Aurora.

"Well, everyone that was available," Jessy corrected. "Thomas and Hannah are still on their road trip and Lilly got stuck doing double shifts. She says, 'Hello', and wishes she could join us."

"Ah well, we'll take what we can get," MC shrugged and put a couple of large paper shopping bags down in the middle of the table.

"Hey, you've got me. What more do you need?" Dan boasted. "Honestly you could just send the rest of them home."

"Oh so you know how to bypass biometric locks?" Jake mocked.

"I am sure I can work it out. I graduated from the MacGyver School of Resourcefulness," Dan joked. "Just need some tape and some powder and boom! Instant fingerprint!"

"That might work on locks from the 80s, but this is the 21st century," Jake rolled his eyes. "And what would you do if it had an eye scanner?"

"The ol' knock-out-a-guard-and-hold-his-eye-open-in-front-of-the-scanner trick, duh!" Dan beamed.

"Wait, we're knocking out guards?" Cleo questioned.

"No, we are not!" MC exclaimed. "This is a nonviolent operation!"

"Ugh, fine," Dan leaned back in his seat with disappointment. "I suppose Jake can come then."

Cleo sighed with relief, "Ok, good. You know I don't mind a little B & E, but I have my limits."

"Well if everything goes according to my plan, you won't have to worry about the guards at all," MC began. "Our target is Jorge Santos. You may have seen his name on the signs around the city. He's a real estate agent here and we believe he's been scamming some of his clients, but the only way we can prove that is with access to his home computer."

"Is this legal?" Cleo questioned.

"Cleo, the man is an asshole," Dan pointed out.

"Yes, but if they steal information and give it to the police, it can't be used against him, right?" Cleo asked.

"If our goal was to get him arrested, sure. There are other ways to ruin him though," Jake interrupted.

"Our client knows proving a crime actually happened will be difficult with the way these scams are done. However, leaking the right information will heavily damage his image and his name, especially with high profile clients. The goal is to get the truth out in the open," MC explained.

"Ok, let's do it," Dan nodded. "What’s the plan?"

"Well, getting into Santos' house- mansion really, won't be easy. Due to his connections with the mob, his place is guarded. However, it also turns out Santos has an 8 year-old son who turns 9 on Monday. And Santos is going all out on his birthday party. His son wants a circus and has requested clowns," MC smiled with confidence.

"Wait, you mean…" Cleo trailed off, looking around the room.

"Jake as a clown!?" Dan burst out laughing. "This is the best news I've heard all year!"

"You too, numbskull," Jake glared from his laptop.

"Huh, what?" Dan's face twisted.

"Yes, I've ordered five costumes," MC motioned to the bags on the table.

"I think it will be fun," Jessy grinned.

"I don't know the first thing about being a clown," Cleo grimaced. "I could bake the pies though."

"Ah, just make it up as you go!" Jessy encouraged. "That's the great thing about clowns, right? Do whatever feels fun and silly!"

"I think it involves a lot more than that," Cleo frowned.

"Yeah, like a sense of humour," Dan mocked, earning him three eye rolls and a kick to his shin.

"Anyway, how do you propose to sneak around as clowns?" Cleo inquired. "I can't imagine clown costumes will provide much stealth."

"Not with squeaky shoes," Jessy humoured.

"But you need squeaky shoes if you're trying to appear authentic," Dan pointed out, already completely on board. "And a big, red noggin' for him."

Jake narrowed his eyes, "You’re enjoying this way too much."

"Oh, I'll be taking photos. Never know when I might need some quality blackmail material," Dan joked.

"Just remember I will have equally as much blackmail on you, if not more," Jake glared.

"Why would you have more?" Dan raised his eyebrow confused.

"Well, while you three are performing on stage, Jake and I will be breaking into the target's home office," MC shrugged.

"Excuse me!?" Cleo said abruptly. "While we're what!?"

"It'll be fine," Jessy insisted. "We'll spray water at each other and throw pies. The kids will love it."

"I also rented one of those tiny cars. Make Dan go into it and drive around all scrunched up. The kids will love it," MC assured them.

"I am pretty sure I had a nightmare once about this," Cleo sighed. "Ah screw it. It's just for a little while."

"So you’re in?" MC questioned.

"Yes, I'm in," Cleo waved her hand. "But I'm in charge of baking the pies. If I am going to have a pie smushed in my face, it must at least taste halfway decent!"

MC glanced at Jessy, her secretary. "Oh of course you know I'm in, boss," she giggled.

MC looked over to Dan, "Seeing Jake with a rainbow wig, ugly ass clothes and oversized red shoes is more than enough payment for me."

"You too, Dan," Jake reminded him. "You’re going to be wearing the same damn thing!"

"Yes, but you're going to be dressed as a clown," Dan reiterated. "And that will never get old."

"Ok, it's currently 10 o'clock. The party starts at 4. Let's get to it!" MC declared.

"Ah! I need to buy ingredients! Tell me you have pie pans!" Cleo jumped out of her chair.

"This is a private investigator's office. Why on earth would we have pie pans?" Jake pointed out.

"You at least have an oven?" Cleo frowned.

"A microwave oven?" MC shrugged.

"It’s ok, we can use my apartment," Jessy interrupted. "I have everything there."

"So I guess I'll just sit here and take a nap for the next five and a half hours?" Dan leaned back and stretched out his legs.

"Oh, no, you’re coming with us!" Cleo objected. "We can practise between batches."

MC nodded, "I'll go over the plans again. Jake you… you do Jake things."

Jake smiled, "I'll check all the programs."

"Great, let's reconvene here in four hours for costume changes, hair and makeup," MC announced.

"What? How long does is it take you to paint your faces white?" Dan asked astonished.

"It could take us that long just to get your feet into the big shoes," Jessy joked.

Six hours later, the Mystery Investigators, Inc. van rolled up to the security gate in front of the Santos mansion. Its occupants were in full costume and face paint. Their fake flowers pinned to their chest were full of water, ready to spray. Their pies were fresh and ready to be thrown. Dan sat in the back, practising his juggling every time the van stopped. Jake worked on his laptop doing Jake things. The three girls sat in the front with MC driving. A clown car had been loaded into the back, making the van heavier than usual.

"Company name?" The security guard asked, peering through the driver side window.

"Funky Feet. We're one of the hired acts for the party today," MC responded casually.

The guard checked his clipboard to confirm, "Ok, drive up and park on the left side by the servant's entrance."

"Servant's entrance?" Cleo questioned under her breath. "This guy makes that much money off real estate?"

MC nodded and closed the window as the gate opened, then drove up the driveway cautiously.

"You do when you're selling entire city blocks," Jessy pointed out.

"And work for the mob. Don't forget that mob part! No one makes that much money legally anymore," Dan spoke up.

"Now, now, it's time to get into character," said MC as she parked beside a catering van. "We're happy, jovial clowns, remember?"

"Yeah, happy, remember?" Dan nudged Jake with one of his bowling pins. "No sad clowns here."

Under his white face paint, thick red painted lips, blue stars over his eyes, bright green wig and big red nose, Jake glared at Dan. He reached his hand up and squeaked his nose.

"I can be happy," he said flatly.

"Could you at least say that with a smile?" Dan burst out laughing.

Jake faked a smile, but somehow it was even creepier.

"Stop! Stop! You're making it worse! Sweet Jesus, don't give this man any red balloons!" Dan cried out. "Every child is going to have nightmares tonight, I guarantee it!"

"Would you two stop?" MC frowned. "Come on, unload the little car."

Dan bounced up to his feet with two squeaks of his oversized red shoes as Jessy and Cleo went round the back to open the rear van doors. Jake begrudgingly shoved his laptop away in his backpack before getting up to help push the clown car out of the van. Once the car was out, Jake pulled MC aside.

"I'm not scary, am I?" he pouted.

"Aw, hey, don't listen to him. I mean look at Dan. Who are the kids going to be more frightened of? A little ol' sad clown or McBeefy, the body builder clown?" MC joked.

"His muscles do look ridiculous in those bright yellow clothes and those stupid looking suspenders," Jake conceded.

MC leant up and gave his nose a quick peck, not wanting to ruin her own makeup, "Hey, no sad clowns allowed here today, ok?" She moved around to rejoin the group, fighting the urge to laugh at the sight of Dan climbing into the tiny clown car. "Alright team! It's time for operation 'Send in the Clowns!'"

"No pun intended," Jessy giggled.

MC shook her head in amusement, then turned to lead the way around the side of the house to the backyard. The others followed her on either side with Dan in the clown car, Jessy and Cleo carrying boxes full of neatly stacked pies, and Jake working on his happy clown expression, which only got them startled looks from the other hired staff that they passed. Still, it was a power walk like none other seen before, with their oversized red shoes that squeaked out of sync with each other and their bright coloured wigs.

The event organiser approached MC and asked, "Ok, what act are you with?"

MC looked at her clown costume and at the others before turning back to the organiser, "We're the clowns."

The organiser rolled his eyes, "I can see that, but there are multiple clown groups." He gestured to the stage where another troupe was performing.

"We have competition!?" Dan exclaimed. "Oh it is on!"

"Dan! This is not a circus talent show! It's a kids party!" Cleo hushed him.

"Are you going to be satisfied with being second best?" Dan pointed out.

Cleo was quiet for a moment before responding, "I bet their pies taste like trash."

"Their clothes are too coordinated and don't even clash with their hair," Jessy winced.

"They don't have a clown car," Jake pointed out.

"Ha! Even hac-" Dan caught himself before he slipped. "Harlequin boy is getting into it!"

Jake glared at Dan, knowing full well what Dan nearly yelled for everyone to hear.

"Could you do something about that one?" The organiser gestured to Jake. "He's going to give kids nightmares if he keeps that up."

MC smiled while fighting back laughing, "I assure you once he gets into character, he's all smiles. He's just having a bad day because someone hit his cat this morning."

"Oh! I am sorry to hear that. Well, you can warm up over by the hors d'oeuvres table," the organiser motioned.

The group moved over to the buffet table and set down the boxes while Dan parked the car and climbed out. As he was stretching out, the performers on stage finished and swarms of children got up and flooded the area, catching the group by surprise. Dan quickly started to juggle his bowling pins in an attempt to entertain the children.

“You suck!” one of the children yelled suddenly, causing Dan to miss one of the pins. The children all burst out laughing from the comical squeak as it landed on his shoe, followed by the comical pained squeak from Dan’s mouth.

Dan grumbled under his breath, “You little twerp!” But then another child jumped on his oversized shoe to make it squeak again and landed on his toes in the process. A series of comical squeaks streamed from Dan’s mouth.

Meanwhile Jessy pulled out a long balloon from her pocket and blew it up to twist into a balloon animal, “Who would like a dog balloon?”

“I want an elephant!” one of the kids called out.

“Well, I don’t do elephants. I do dogs,” Jessy frowned. “Tell you what, I can make you a giraffe!”

“No, an elephant!” the kid reiterated.

Jessy was so stressed that she ended up popping the balloon anyway. The kids all laughed while she quickly tried to blow up another balloon, but one of the naughty kids poked the balloon with a pin and caused it to pop in her face.

Cleo would’ve come to Jessy’s aid, but she was busy trying to keep the children away from her carefully baked pies, “No touchies!”

Jake on the other hand was slowly walking backwards, trying to get as far away from the mob as possible. However some of the children spotted him and started poking at him.

“What’s in the backpack?” one asked.

“Hey, can you do any tricks?” another pestered.

“Why aren’t you smiling?” another pressured. “Clowns are supposed to be happy!”

“You are a terrible clown!” one called out.

“Ah, he’s so creepy!” another cried.

MC panicked, not sure who to help first. She hadn’t imagined there would be so many children. It felt like the entire school had been invited to the party, or at least the entire grade.

The previous performers walked past sneering at them, “What a bunch of amateurs!”

Just then, MC spotted one of the toddler’s tricycles and grabbed it. She sat down and started awkwardly riding around the group. Jessy saw her and joined MC on a tricycle as well, trundling along beside her. The kids pointed and started giggling at how ridiculous they looked. Dan walked in front of them and jokingly tried to stop them using pantomime, but the girls ran into him and they all fell over. Cleo shook her head, then grabbed two pies and dumped them on the heads of the two female pranksters. A couple of the kids ran over and jumped on top of Dan, but he lifted them up with his monstrous strength and stood up, then pretended to weight lift while the kids held onto his arms. A couple more children jumped on and tried to weigh Dan down, but he couldn’t be stopped.

Amidst all of the chaos, Jake watched by the sidelines confused as to what to do. A young girl grabbed his hand, catching him by surprise.

“It’s ok to be sad,” she looked up at Jake with sympathy.

Jake was speechless, but then he remembered he had a few paper flowers in his coat pocket. He had intended to give them to MC, but he decided it wouldn’t hurt to give one to away. He took it out and offered it to the little girl with a soft smile. As soon as she saw the flower she eagerly took it from him and ran off to show her mother. The speed that she ran off bewildered Jake, but he caught MC watching him with a smirk on her face. Not understanding why MC would look at him like that, he looked away and blushed, hoping the white paint would cover the redness in his face.

While MC was distracted, Cleo and Jessy started play bickering amongst themselves and threw pieces of pie back and forth between them. Some of the kids got involved and started to take sides. They grabbed the expensive hors d’oeuvres as ammunition and soon an all out food fight broke out. MC took the opportunity to sneak out and grab Jake’s hand. While security desperately tried to get the fight under control, they ran off towards the house.

“I started to worry we wouldn’t get away,” Jake commented as he plugged a handheld device into the security pad and unlocked it with brute force.

“Ah, creating chaos is what we do best,” MC smirked, while watching for guards.

“Ok, door’s open. Let’s go,” Jake announced as he opened the door for MC.

MC ran in first. As she spent the afternoon studying the house’s floorplan, she knew exactly where the office was. What she hadn’t expected to find was a guard exiting the bathroom as they came around the corner. They caught him still in the middle of zipping up his pants. Before he could pull out his sidearm, Jake stepped in front and squirted the liquid from his fake flower on his chest into the guard’s face. The guard stepped back stunned, then collapsed unconscious on the ground.

“What the hell was that?” MC exclaimed.

Jake shrugged as he stepped over the unconscious guard, “I figured swapping the water out would come in handy.”

“You did what!?” she glared. “What if one of the kids go their hands on it!?”

“You can discipline me later. Help me pick him up,” he leant down and lifted the guard by his armpits.

MC facepalmed herself in her head while she bent over and picked up the guard’s ankles. Quickly they shuffled him over to a closet and dropped him on the floor. After checking the hallway was clear, they made a mad dash for the office. As they expected. the office door had a digital lock as well, except this one had a fingerprint scanner. Jake pried open the panel and plugged in his device directly into the board, but it was taking a lot longer to break into.

“Dan’s method would’ve been faster,” MC teased.

“No, it would not,” Jake rolled his eyes. “We’d have to find the right fingerprints first and with so many people in the house, there’s no way of knowing whose print is whose. It’s almost done. Give it a bit more time.”

After another minute, the device finally beeped with success. The door clicked open, and MC dashed inside the office. Jake snapped the panel closed again and shut the door behind him.

“Check his bookcase while I install the virus on his computer,” Jake motioned to the bookcase on the side of the room as he marched over to the desk.

“Pfft, I give the orders around here,” MC frowned.

Jake glanced up and raised his eyebrow, “Would you like to break into his computer instead?”

“No, I’m good,” she turned away and started shuffling through the unmarked folders in the bookcase.

Jake shook his head and plopped down in the leather chair. Swiftly he pulled out his laptop and plugged it into the back of the all-in-one computer monitor. As soon as he unlocked his laptop, he started running his program to bypass the PIN login on Santos’ computer.

“There’s nothing here,” MC sighed and stepped away from the bookcase, then glanced over at the very serious clown sitting at the computer typing away like it was life or death. She pursed her lips in an attempt to keep a straight face, but as Jake looked up and noticed her watching, she burst out laughing anyway. “I’m sorry, you just look so ridiculous sitting there looking like that.”

Jake reached up and squeezed his red nose, “The things I do for you.” He couldn’t help but smile as he returned to his work.

MC giggled then noticed in the window behind Jake that Dan, Cleo and Jessy were being chastised by the event organiser. He was absolutely furious, but then one of the children threw a pie at him. While he was distracted, the others ran off with the kids helping their escape. MC then noticed the guard they had knocked out stumbling into the yard gesturing and shouting about a surprise clown attack.

“Oh shit! Jake! We’ve gotta go!” MC gasped.

Jake glanced over his shoulder at the chaos ensuing outside. Not wanting to leave the clown car behind, Dan jumped in and started to drive off just fast enough to keep ahead of security. Jessy and Cleo jumped onto the sides of the car and held for dear life. Jake snapped back around and quickly unplugged his laptop, shoving it back into his backpack.

“The installation is finished. Let’s get out of here before the cops arrive!” Jake said in a hurry.

The two ran for the door so fast their wigs fell off. MC nearly tripped over her shoes as they entered the hallway so she ripped them off and Jake followed suit. Running in their rainbow-coloured socks, they bumped into maids and cooks as they made their way for the servant’s entrance. At some point they lost their red noses, but they couldn’t remember when. As they exited the building, Dan was driving the clown car into the van with Jessy and Cleo still on holding on. MC ran for the driver’s side door while Jake went for the passenger side. They jumped in just as the girls closed the backdoors tight. MC swiftly turned the van on and put it into the reverse gear. She went backwards so quickly, she nearly hit some of the security guards, but sped forwards before they could recover. Luckily the security gate was already open to let a catering van through when MC pushed through in front of them and made it back out onto the open road. In the distance they could hear approaching sirens, but she quickly regained her cool and dropped back down to the speed limit, hiding amongst the everyday traffic on the road.

“Oh my God!” Cleo cried out from the back. “That was nuts!”

“Did we do it?” Jessy asked. “Please tell me we did it.”

MC glanced over at Jake, who was wiping the makeup off his face with a towel. He nodded to MC in confirmation.

“We did it,” she announced.

Later that night social media erupted when phone camera footage of Dan driving the clown car with Jessy and Cleo hanging on top while being chased by security was posted to Tiktok. Thankfully due to the heavy makeup and costumes, no one could identify them. Within the following days documents were leaked to the internet detailing Jorge Santos’ dirty techniques and scams to drive property prices up and down as he saw fit, but unsurprisingly no one managed to connect the two events together. Mystery Investigators, Inc. were successful once again.

[hacked-by-jake]

Mf is quite brave to laugh about it considering how close he is to becoming Ted Madruga 2.0. xD

[hackerqueen]

Another Love

Chapter 8: Someone to stay

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warnings: mention of suicide attempt

Jessy's POV

– Do you know that she saved me?

I whispered, looking into the distance. The sky wasn't beautiful. It was overcast so you couldn't see the stars. It was dark, gloomy and cold. It accurately reflected my condition as well as my companion's.

– Not only you. – Jake replied, his voice was hoarse

I looked up through my teary eyes at his face, which was illuminated by the moonlight, to see the shadows under his eyes have become even more pronounced. He was so tired.

– A few days after Richy's funeral, I wanted to die. – I started again without looking at him. All the walls around our broken hearts have fallen, leaving only the truth. A devastating truth. – I drank myself into unconsciousness even though I hadn't done so in a good few years. And I was standing there. On the bridge, swinging over the edge. I..

The hacker was tense. It was probably one of the few conversations he had with another human being. But I had to confess my sins. They've weighed heavily on my heart for too long, and Jake seemed like the only person who would listen to me at the moment.

– I was already wondering how far I would fall. How long will it be before I die? Will it be immediate or will it be endless agony? - I sniffled, fighting tears - But suddenly I heard a MC behind me. She screamed not to do it. To come home with her. What home - I thought then? Duskwood was no longer my home since I found out that the person closest to me was someone else entirely. He was a liar. Richy kidnapped and held Hannah, and a few hours later he would come to the workshop and joke with me like he always does. He did all that and then he just gone.. He killed himself and left me alone.

We were both silent for a while. I looked at his profile out of the corner of my eye. He stared at the sleepy, unlit buildings before him. I think he was very lonely. Lonelier than he lets on. Maybe lonelier than he even realizes.

– Then I felt her touch. She didn't yank me, but lightly touched my arm to make me turn around. And then I saw that she was crying too. That I wasn't the only one suffering. – my voice started to crack – It was soothing. And you know what we did then? We sat there and started drinking what was left in my vodka bottle. We drank and cried because that was all we had left. At that time, we were convinced that the people we loved the most in the world had been taken away from us. But I'll never forgive myself for what I did the next day.

I could barely speak through the spasms of tears. I was all red and trembling from them.

– The next day I packed up and left Duskwood without telling her. No apologizing. No thanking for saving a life.

I hid my face in my hands, feeling despair and shame again. Jake sighed heavily, probably hating me even more.

– I'm sure she understood.

– Of course she understood! – I burst out – I came back after half a year and when I talked to her, she didn't hate me. She said she fully understood me and that I had the right to do so. Leave, forget and come to terms with what happened. MC is the kind of person who will stay with you no matter what. She is the sun when the storm is spreading chaos all around. That's why I know I don't deserve her. Because when I left her alone, she welcomed me with open arms.

I swallowed and felt his intent gaze on me. He listened to me but did not judge.

– I've hurt a lot of people, Jake. After what Richy did, I completely changed. I pushed Dan away. MC. Everyone. I preferred to be alone so that I would never be disappointed in anyone again. To never experience the same emptiness, griefing. But it was a mistake. I was an egoist who forgot the existence of others. I forgot that Dan, Thomas and Cleo lost a friend too. I forgot Hannah was being held by a friend. And I forgot that MC lost you.

Something in his face moved. I could see how despair gripped his throat.

– So please don't make my mistake again. When you find MC, and I know you will, don't leave her. This special person who saved us all needs someone to stay with her too.

[zmayadw]

Mc: Dan?

Dan: Yes?

Mc: I was wondering...

Dan: What?

Mc: Is your mobile provider charging you by the letter?

Dan:

Dan: FU

DAN is now OFFLINE

🤣🤣 I really love Dan, the conversations with him are always so much fun! 😁

[victoriadevil]

Masterlist

GUIDELINES - TAGLIST - Buy me a coffee

Requests status : OPEN ! ✏️

JAKE (DUSKWOOD) : POV long distance relationship

CHISHIYA: All I hear is your name (18K - 8 original chapters + 1 bonus chapter)

[yjano]

Duskwood FF Masterlist.

Who I am now? - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20. - finished.

Genre: Angst, comedy, dark romance.

18+ rating. Contains a lot of swearing, bad trauma episodes, contains 18+ content, claustrophobia content, angst scenes, etc...

Never The Same. - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18. - finished.

Genre: Angst, dark.

18+ rating. Contains a lot of swearing, smut, violence, bad trauma episodes, etc...

All of me. - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26. - finished.

Genre: Angst, fluff, dark romance.

16+ rating. Contains a lot of mature topics, bipolar personalities, violence, swearing, etc...

One-shots.

Wild night.

Genre: Dark romance, JakexMc

The mission.

Genre: JakexMc, romance, angst.

Drawings.

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