#enrolled agent training

[sagan-starstuff]

XF Meta: Scully's Medical Training Timeline

At the request of @randomfoggytiger, I wanted to do my damnedest to make Scully's education and training timeline make even a little sense. I'm a physician (specifically a specialist in adult infectious diseases), and it's fairly clear to me that CC and Co probably didn't actually talk to any doctors about how medical training works. Love my girl - I'm a Scully Effect kid, I don't think I'd be a doctor at all if it weren't for the inspiration of Dana Scully. But her timeline is...iffy at best.

Disclaimer: My medical school and post-med school training occurred from 2009-2018, Scully's occurred in the 1980's-90's. From what I can tell, the durations of many residencies and fellowships don't seem to have changed much, but I can't say that for certainty for all programs at all institutions. I am also from the US, so I cannot speak to medical training in other countries.

Our girl was born in 1964, and so unless she skipped a grade (which some schools would do if students were classified as "gifted" or otherwise exceptional, she would have graduated from high school at age 18 in 1982 and went straight to college. Let's assume she didn't skip a grade, for the sake of argument.

You have to have a Bachelor's degree to apply to medical school. These degrees typically take 4 years, though if someone arrives at college with credits from dual-enrollment high school classes or AP exam credits OR if they take summer classes some people can complete them in 3 years. I don't know what the availability of dual enrollment or AP classes was like in the early 80's (and like CC, I'm too lazy to do the research to find out), so we can assume that Scully graduated from college in 1986.

Medical school is 4 years long - no shortening this at that point in time, and even now in almost all cases. So that puts medical school graduation in 1990 IF she's following a traditional timeline and went straight from college to medical school.

Now, if someone is going to go into practice they have to do a residency in at least one of a variety of specialties (Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Surgery, etc.) in order to be board certified and practice independently. There are very, very few job options in clinical medicine if you DON'T do a residency, so if you want to practice, you have to do it. Residencies can be anywhere from 3-5 years, depending on the specialty. You can also further subspecialize after a residency by doing one or more fellowships (typically 1-3 years depending on the fellowship) before sitting for your board certification exams and starting independent practice. For example - after medical school I did a 3-year residency in adult internal medicine, then a 2 year fellowship in adult infectious diseases to be eligible to sit for the boards and enter my specialty, so 5 years further training after medical school before I could get a job, get board certified, and practice.

Scully is a forensic pathologist. She would have had to do a 3 or 4 year pathology residency (both were options at the time) followed by a 1 year forensic pathology fellowship. You CANNOT perform autopsies right out of medical school, if you are going to be a forensic pathologist you HAVE to do this training. So, following a traditional timeline this puts her as having completed forensic pathology training in 1994 or 1995. Pilot starts March 7th, 1992, so this is loooooong after she's canonically already an FBI agent and teaching at the academy.

But our girl's a smart cookie, so let's take a little leeway with her timeline. Let's say she skipped a grade some time in K-12. This puts high school graduation in 1981. Let's say she ALSO graduates with a bunch of AP credit and does summer semesters and finishes her undergraduate degree in Physics in 3 years. This puts her as starting medical school in 1984, with graduation in 1988. She'd still need to do that pathology residency and forensic pathology fellowship - let's assume a 3 year residency, then 1 year fellowship, so she'd finish training in 1992.

Still doesn't fit.

Let's go totally off the rails here - we know Scully was recruited out of medical school to the FBI, so she didn't do a traditional residency at all - UNLESS the FBI has an internal forensic pathology residency. It would HAVE to be accelerated in some way - some programs combine residency and fellowship by giving less elective time and more focus to the fellowship content. It's not common but they exist. Let's say in theory the FBI has an accelerated forensic pathology residency that takes 3 years, in addition to the 20 weeks of the FBI academy training. This has her finishing residency AND FBI academy training some time in 1991.

This is the ONLY way she could have finished forensic pathology training AND the FBI academy with enough time to be a fully certified forensic pathologist and FBI agent with some time left to teach at the FBI academy before being assigned to the X-Files on March 7th, 1992.

I can suspend my disbelief enough to be on board with this. You'd have to be pretty damned special, which we know she is, to get recruited out of medical school by the FBI. Maybe they even developed the accelerated combined residency/fellowship just for her! She's Dana Katherine Motherf***ing Scully, people!

Now, IWTB is where things get REALLY unbelievable. (Disclaimer: I have not watched IWTB since seeing it in theaters in 2008. I'll get around to rewatching it someday soon. Probably with a bottle of wine. Not a glass. A bottle.)

Mulder and Scully go on the run in 2002. We don't know how long they were in the wind, but by 2008, she's been allowed to resume a career and is practicing at Our Lady of Sorrows. Clearly in pediatrics - but general pediatricians sure as hell don't do stem cell transplants, so she'd almost certainly have to be a pediatric oncologist. We aren't told what her specialty is specifically, but that's what she'd have to be to do a stem cell transplant.

(That scene in the OR isn't even what stem cell transplants LOOK LIKE but that's a rant for another day, back to my point.)

MEDICAL BOARDS DON'T JUST LET YOU CHANGE YOUR SPECIALTY FOR FUNSIES.

(Deep breaths. Serenity now. Ok, let's do this.)

Scully would have had to do an ENTIRELY NEW residency AND fellowship in order to practice as a pediatric oncologist. Pediatrics residency is 3 years long. Pediatric Hematology/Oncology fellowship is 3 years long. In order for this to be even remotely possible, she would have had to START residency in 2002 to finish fellowship by 2008 and start her job at Our Lady of Sorrows.

And she's a former FBI agent harboring a known felon, on the run from government officials and alien hybrids who want her and Mulder dead.

There is absolutely no way even the smallest, most hard-up pediatric residency program is going to accept her with that hanging over her head. I'm not going to get into all the details of how rigorous and stressful the post-medical school residency application and match process is, but even if she didn't apply until she KNEW it was safe to come out from underground, she'd still have to explain a multi-year gap in her resume/CV to the program directors. Multi-year gaps in career and training without a reasonable explanation like a medical issue, time off to care for an ailing family member, time off for research, time away in a different, legitimate career are NOT looked on kindly when applying for residency positions. She would have a HELL of a time getting into a totally different residency.

It could happen - if anyone could do it, she could. But there's absolutely no way there's enough time for her to complete that training by 2008.

"But sagan-starstuff, it's CC, it's X-Files, we know there was no show bible and no one but the fans gave a shit about continuity or things making sense, there's no logic just vibes"

I KNOW, OK. I KNOW. And I love this insane, beautiful masterpiece anyway. I love exploring the possibilities of how and when it all could have happened with my fellow insane Philes who work so hard to glean meaning and order from this perfect mess of a show.

But couldn't CC have talked to one (1) doctor about what medical training is like at some point between 1993 and 2018? Just one?

Anyway. Yeah. That's my meta. Scully's training timeline makes no goddamned sense. Compels me, though.

@randomfoggytiger, this is for you. Honorable mention to @precedex-files who I ranted about this with in messages a while back.

[stsgluver]

tags. criminal minds x jjk, eventual gojo x reader, basically just a backstory to drabbles in this au, no plot, overview, some characters are based around criminal minds characters

serial killers were once considered an american phenomenon — a consequence of culture and inadequate socialisation. however, if there is one thing all countries have in common is just that: serial killers.

japan specifically devised a new department to help tackle the growing issue posed by these deranged individuals: jjk. within the jjk, the most notorious unit is the bau — behavioural analysis unit.

ssa yaga masamichi leads as unit chief and has done so for the last decade. he has accumulated almost two decades of experience on the job and, prior to that, worked as a prosecutor. he is considered cold and abrupt to those unfamiliar with him but is deeply admired by his agents for his tenacity and drive to put evil away.

utahime iori is their stubborn technical analyst with a competitive streak. she was recruited by jjk after her father was arrested on significant drug charges and she successfully managed to hack into the criminal database and remove them. her little sister was to be moved into the foster system had she not since she did not have the money to support her. jjk offered utahime a job and then helped to ensure she could take legal guardianship of her little sister. she hates going out on the field and loves her little cave of screens.

ssa shoko ieiri is a former pathologist turned agent. after finishing medical school, she spent two years working as a pathologist when she became involved in a serial killer case. she had been the first to identify a specific signature across three different bodies and alerted local authorities who brought in the bau. for two weeks she spent a lot of time with these agents and, once they left, decided that just determining the cause of death no longer appeased her ambition. she enrolled in the next behavioural study class ran by a former bau agent and within several years made it onto the team. she is cocky by nature and often clashes with the local authorities due to her blasé attitude and blunt words.

ssa (dr) gojo satoru is a genius and he knows it (and he makes sure everyone else does too). with an eidetic memory, there is not much that gets past him. he's arguably the best agent when it comes to speaking to families and interrogation, as he has the widest range of personalities and can quickly switch from bubbly and playful to imposing and serious. little is known to the team about his life before the bau - only that he has several phds to his name (but he hates to be called dr).

ssa ln yn was personally recruited and brought to the team by yaga once you had completed the basic training due to your unique perspective as the daughter of a serial killer. yaga had been on the team for around five years when he'd put your father away for the murder of eight young girls. your mother was dead too which meant that you were forced into the system at only ten years old. he'd maintained contact with you, encouraging you into jjk and then into the bau. you're the most approachable and one of the hardest workers on your team, although you often overcompensate for your unresolved guilt around your father.

not much is known about ssa geto suguru prior to the bau as most of it has been redacted. what is known is that he was enlisted by the government to join task forces and commit acts that the government would deny ever took place. despite how scary he seems on paper, geto is sweet and caring and always puts his team first. he has literally jumped into a burning building for gojo one time after negotiations went wrong.

nanami kento is the communications liaison for the bau. often mistaken for an agent due to his strong build, he in fact hates the idea of being on the field. he dislikes violence and prefers to do whatever he can to help victims and the public by communicating with the unsub through media.

[flowery-laser-blasts]

Within this world we love we’re just like beans in a Naco, packed tightly!

I really like the concept of SPYxFAMILY's finding love in a found family. Not blood related but bound together. Gotta catch up on episodes uuuu...

But yeah little evil-in-the-make kiddy Ron got a hard grip on my heart.

Synopsis CRIMExFAMILY KP-AU?

Drew Theodore P. Lipsky, but to the world known as Dr. Drakken, is on a mission to take over the world by pulling the heist of the century; stealing the [classified] from G.J.

Through criminal intel, he finds out that there's an academy in which a lot of G.J.'s agents children go to either in order to get ahead in society or train to become future G.J. agents.

So what do you do? Adopting a kid ofc.

Ron Stoppable, a kid with mystical monkey powers that he obtained by accident, ends up in the care of the mad scientist. Lucky them!

Ron gets enrolled into the academy who in turn ends up in the class of Miss Go. Who unbeknownst to everyone is in reality the world's greatest assassin/burglar. She too had the idea of getting closer to G.J. by directly being in contact with their children cause hey, kids tell LOTS of stuff.

Drew gets a job as school nurse/doctor(???) and works closely with Miss Go. Eventually both of them know that the other knows a bunch about G.J. and coincidentally the same [classified] both are after.

Neither of them know their true identity and both of them use make up to hide themselves in public.

Ron accidentally ruins all preparation for the capers with his monkey powers. Eventually all three of them find out what's going on and work together. Ron doesn't want to lose his new found parents once the goal is obtained and so he often tries to get them to hook up and fall for each other. In the mean time, there's girl in Ron's class, he tries to impress her but... he's evil and she's training hard to become a future G.J. agent!

That's basically what I got in my head.

[yoshirage]

Body swap diaries: PETER’s CYOC

After months of training and studying, I stood there proudly with fellow agents and superiors in the lower levels of Area 51 awaiting for my first mission as a full fledge secret service agent. It was a grueling time to the point that out of 50 candidates, only 3 of us actually made it.

We hear a gruff raspy voice from the intercom. “Welcome new agents and congratulations. You all are now officially part of the secret service which; as you all know, deals with more covert missions regarding this country. So please meet up with your superiors to discuss your first mission.”

All of the agents dispersed and so did I, and made it to Mr. Carlson’s office. I open the door and see a half naked man with curly hair frantically trying to put his clothes on.

“Ahh dammit looks like i forgot to close that damn door again. Lock it for me will you Peter.” I locked the door behind and sat at one of the office chairs trying not to look and stare at my supervisor’s body. “Hahaha come on now Peter, don’t be so shy. This isn’t the first you’ve seen me in another body.” He was right, but the usual bodies he’s in are the bigger hairy daddy types.

“So i guess you took my advice huh”

“ yeah. Went with someone younger and chose this guy named Jon to take for my time off. Gotta say its a different feeling.” He flexes his arms.

“You look great sir”

“Hahaha thanks Peter. Now since you were the highest achieving agent we have, i decided to assign you as a personal guard for a past president. As may know, any two term US president that finishes their service gets assigned a lifetime agent to help with safety and security, and they are also enrolled with the ‘reincarnation program’ which…

“Gives the ex president and their partner, a choice to have their consciousness transferred to another person’s body.”

“Very good Peter!” He claps his hands “now of course they can opt out of it if they choose to, but we at least wanna give them a taste of it and see if its for them.”

“Isnt it too early for Mr Obama to be in this program?”

“Yes you’re right which is why I’m assigning you to George W bush.”

“Wait isnt there someone already assigned to Mr. Bush?”

“There was, but we are reassigning Gary to a much more… lets just covert mission.” I just nod my head knowing exactly what he means.

“Now Mr Bush has been living in his current body Bruno for almost a year in Brazil.”

“How about the real Bruno.”

“He’s living life as Mr. Bush. We programmed him to practically BE George Bush… memories and all” i nod my head. “ now Mr Bush has been alerted of the change in staff but I would like you to travel to Brazil and introduce yourself”

“No problem sir. Will do”

“I also gave the guys at the lab the Ok to swap you with someone else for this mission, of course you don’t have to.”

I thought about it for a short while and decided to swap. “ Thank you sir. I will go right now.”

“Sounds good. Here is a catalog of the guys that are available.”

I look over it and saw Jon’s body with the amount of $10,000 right by his name. “Damn! I cant believe this kid is getting paid $10,000 to swap bodies with an agent” i thought to myself.

“now if you’ll excuse me. I think its officially time for me to start my Time off.”

“Have fun sir and Ill see you when you get back.”

I leave his office and made my way towards the all the while looking at the catalog.

“Hey Peter!” I waved at Vinh “ Mr Carlson told me all about your mission. So have you thought about which body you want.”

I looked over the catalog one last time…. “This one” I said

(Which of these guys should Peter switch with. From top to bottom: Joey, Christian, Larry, Leon).

[brucewaynehater101]

DC in a Witcher AU: Gotham Kingdom

[I tried with the position names, y'all. Hopefully they fit]

Alfred Pennyworth [??] - Steward

A Steward who, much to the nobles' chargrin, became the guardian of a young Bruce Wayne and the regent. He is the King's most trusted ally and is in charge of ensuring the castle, its staff, and the royal family are in working order.

He was the previous spymaster until Barbara assumed the role. He is also rumored to not being human, but he has neither confirmed nor denied this.

Jim Gordon [Human] - Knight Commander

By the time Bruce becomes king, Jim is the Knight Commander

Barbara Gordon [Human] - Spymaster

Due to her father's position, Barbara is able to hide the fact that she is the current spymaster. She has agents all over the continent, but her most direct and trusted agents are part of the Birds of Prey.

She became paralyzed after an assassination attack targeting her father but, with the help of magic, has a wheelchair able to traverse most surfaces (and even go up stairs).

Lucius Fox [Human] - Chancellor

As Chancellor, his duties primarily concern foreign affairs, internal affairs, and finacial/economic issues. He has several individuals assisting him and advisors that he relies on. Bruce trusts him to oversee these matters and handle/notify accordingly.

Lucius's family members (Tam and Luke) also assist the man in various matters.

J'onn J'onzz [Doppler] - Court Druid

Bruce relies on him for magic/chaos related matters. J'onn isn't human, but he pretends to be in public company. He specializes in mind magic but refrains from it without permission or dire need.

Due to being a druid (and thus never officially trained by a school), Bruce will occasionally contact John Constantine (who refused an official position) for certain magic-related issues.

Duke Thomas [Human] - Apprentice Court Mage

Duke Thomas, unbeknownst to him, possesses elder blood from his father. The side effect is extremely powerful chaos to the point that he was sought out by Ban Ard Academy. The Thomases refused to enroll Duke, much to the Academy's anger.

To try to force Duke's hand, the academy sent some mages to curse Duke's parents to become the equivalent of brain dead.

Duke, who suspected the academy of foul play, dropped his parents at the church of Melitete and joined a group of peers fighting against authority figures trying to control them and harm others. They end up traveling Gotham Kingdom earning coin and saving people.

Once Duke finally has enough coin saved up to higher a Witcher, he puts a job posting up for anyone capable and willing to go after the mages that hurt Duke's parents. Hopefully, one of them is left alive to reverse what they did.

What Duke wasn't expecting was fully human Tim Drake to answer the posting.

After much debate, Jason gets thrown into this fuckery as well. The three of them face down the mages until one remains. The answer is extremely disappointing: The curse can only be broken by Duke when he reaches that level of proficeny with his chaos.

With Duke's distrust of the academy, Tim introduces Duke to J'onn. Duke's official position in court allows Duke to provide for himself and his parents while he trains.

Tamara Fox [Human] - Ambassador of Foreign Affairs

Her unofficial main role is to track down Tim and drag him back to Gotham whenever he is needed at court. Due to her frequent traveling (and Tim's eerie ability to befriend people), she tends to handle a lot of communication/correspondence with folks from all kinds of backgrounds. The Tim and Tam team have managed to secure a ton of alliances, prevent wars, and increase trade.

She also is aware of what's going on in Tim's lands and lends assistance when she can/wants to.

When she's not with Tim or hunting him down, she manages foreign affairs or assists her father.

Harvey Dent [Human] - Justiciar

Harvey Dent oversees a majority of the justice system within Gotham. He advises judges from all over the kingdom, hears difficult pleas, travels to ensure courts are upholding justice throughout, and consults Bruce on how various laws may impact the justice system and/or people.

During an incident a few years after he became Justiciar, Harvey was cursed. He slips into a mindset he refers to as "Two Face" that causes extreme harm and damage to others. It took time to adjust and find a solution, but Harvey is able to manage this curse with consistent dosages of his medicinal potions. Bruce and others in Harvey's support group are aware of signs of flare-ups and can adequately provide support. Harvey, with this, is happily able to continue his works as Justiciar.

Steph Brown [Human] - Herald

Steph was raised in the capitol city. When he father started committing crimes against the crown, Steph decided to thwart his plans. She doesn't love nobles, but King Bruce has been implementing/enforcing a ton of laws that help people.

Tim, who was investigating Steph's dad, stumbles upon Steph. He thus invites her to help him with capitol related intelligence-gathering and crime fighting. As time goes on, Steph gains an official court position and works closely with Barbara

Jarro [Sentient Starfish] - Court Jester

King Bruce sincerely wishes to officially adopt Jarro as his son. Unfortunately, a good chunk of the nobles would not allow him to do so.

Therefore, Bruce asked Jarro if he would like a position as the Court Jester. Jarro accepted.

Bruce quickly built everything necessary for Jarro to be comfortable in the castle

Harleen Quinzel [Human] - Court Healer

Harley specializes in both mind and healing magic. She grew up with both Harvey and Bruce.

Unlike other court healers, Harley insists on prevention. It is considered an odd quirk of hers that she proclaims stress to cause pain. She also correlates trauma as a reason for some physical ailments. While many do not believe her claims, they are unwilling to receive her ire (she carries a massive mallet with her). If Gotham's Court Healer prescribes one stretching and taking a break, one does not argue.

Pamela Isley [Artifical Dryad] - Environment Advisor

During an accident with chaos, Pamela is the only adult human woman to ever become a dryad. This increased her environmental protection tendencies.

King Bruce confers with her on the best approaches for agriculture and overall biome health of the various sections of the kingdom. Her knowledge on plants, weather, and even animals has saved numerous lives.

[remidyal]

Au where the Abernants are all a different class besides wizards?

Oooh, okay! I've had a few thoughts along these lines, but let's go for something a little bit weirder:

The Abernant adults are, to all outside appearances, a boring diplomatic family of non-adventuring civilians from Fallinel who have enrolled their elder daughter at Mumple. However, their younger daughter, while attending the middle school near their house, breaks a bully's nose with one punch to the face.

This is because, of course, all of the Abernants are actually Monks, and Adaine and Aelwyn have been raised with strict and most importantly secret martial training. Specifically, Angwyn, Arianwen, and Aelwyn are all Shadow monks, and the parents have been carrying out assassination plots on behalf of some faction within the Fallinel government for the entire time they've been in Solace. They're getting Aelwyn into the family business, too, but Adaine's been slow in her training and they don't trust her to know anything important beyond her own training yet.

They are EXTREMELY displeased by Adaine blowing her cover because she couldn't keep her temper and be a good and meek girl in public the way Aelwyn has, but with that cover blown they're forced to allow her to attend Aguefort - after all, she showed such potential, and completely untrained! She would be wasted on a civilian path at Mumple!

The elder Abernants refuse to share their deeper secrets with Adaine until she can prove her trustworthiness, and she starts to pick up another subclass from Aguefort - the Way of Mercy. This makes them distrust her MORE because the philosophy is anathema to their own beliefs, and Adaine finds herself more and more frozen out by her family; meanwhile, more pressure gets put on Aelwyn to make up for her disappointing sister.

Adaine and Aelwyn have a dramatic fistfight eventually when Adaine interrupts her first solo assassination mission; the target (an agent of the council of chosen who was on to the older Abernants) ends up arresting both of them after the fight, not realizing that Adaine actually saved her life. Aelwyn gets broken out by their parents but disavowed by Fallinel's government; Adaine gets eventually released under a severe set of unfair parole conditions.

[madamlaydebug]

John Amos in his 1958 East Orange High School yearbook photo.

John Allen Amos Jr. (born December 27, 1939) is an American actor known for his role as James Evans, Sr., on the CBS television series Good Times. Amos's other television work includes The Mary Tyler Moore Show, a recurring role as Admiral Percy Fitzwallace on The West Wing, and the role of Washington, D.C., Mayor Ethan Baker in the series The District. Amos has appeared on Broadway and in numerous films in his five-decade career. He has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and an NAACP Image Award. On film, he has played numerous supporting roles in movies such as The Beastmaster (1982), Coming to America (1988), Die Hard 2 (1990) and Coming 2 America (2021).

John A. Amos, Jr. Was born in Newark, New Jersey. He grew up in East Orange, New Jersey, and graduated from East Orange High School in 1958. He enrolled at Long Beach City College and graduated from Colorado State University, qualifying as a social worker with a degree in sociology. Amos also played on the Colorado State Rams football team. After college, he was a Golden Gloves boxing champion.

In 1964, Amos signed a free agent contract with the American Football League's Denver Broncos. Unable to run the 40-yard dash because of a pulled hamstring, he was released on the second day of training camp. He then played with the Canton Bulldogs and Joliet Explorers of the United Football League. In 1965, he played with the Norfolk Neptunes and Wheeling Ironmen of the Continental Football League. In 1966, he played with the Jersey City Jets and Waterbury Orbits of the Atlantic Coast Football League.

In 1967, Amos signed a free agent contract with the American Football League's Kansas City Chiefs. Coach Hank Stram told him, "You're not a football player, you're a man who is trying to play football." He returned to the Continental League, where he played that year with the Victoria Steelers

[number9robotic]

Random personal character/worldbuilding

I wanted to design at some point an original roster of fighting game characters and my life spiralled out of control thinking of new ideas so I gotta share what I got:

Pitch: It's about a group of superpowered teens who get sent to a school training them how to be good superVILLAINS.

Slightly more specifics: The world is like ours but there are supers around. There exists a school for "superpowered opportunists" that is ostensibly to raise up-and-coming supers but is very transparently corrupt and just a legally-permissible way to raise future allies to whatever mustache-twirling nonsense they have cooking up. The students are sourced from all over the world and are mostly good kids, but they have wild powers to deal with that are very easy to look at and go "yep, they're born to join the dark side."

Character list at the moment:

"Anti" (Canadian), timid but ambitious, well-behaved, reasonably "normal" kid from the suburbs who discovered that their shadow is alive, and can rise up and kill people. Was involuntarily sent to the school by their parents who believed it would be a good fit, for better and for worse. Now basically trying to survive. Fights with a quarterstaff, shadow deals its own attacks, turns staff into a scythe and other scary sharp things, wants its host to join in the fun.

"Hellgirl" ("Eastern European"), a princess to an impoverished noble family who -- in a desperate bid for power -- sacrificed her as part of a draconic ritual, with her coming back as this cursed half-dragon that has to be bound in magic tampering chains to stop her from ripping peoples' heads off. Genuinely a proper lady and actually kind of a sweetheart when lucid. Requires a buncha physical accomodations but can still fight even when in chains. Also, breathes hellfire. Cool beans.

"Smoggy/The Vigilante Smog Monster" (Australian), a living swamp monster summoned by an Aboriginal tribe who believed him to be a guardian spirit, and though he had no idea what they were talking about, he remained their guardian until he was separated and stumbled into scouting agents for the school. Shifts between a gross, sludgy humanoid form and horror smoke with the power of ancient wooden masks he keeps around him. Huge and imposing, but surprisingly a pretty swell dude.

"IDKYS/I Don't Know You, Sorry" (Filipino), aspiring would-be idol whose voice has overpowering hypnotic properties -- got enrolled in the school in order for her to develop her skillset without it. Ostensibly like a "cute mute" sorta scholarly student, actually very, very salty. Wears a cool mask that converts her voice to text and then back to into monotone text-to-speech (for safety reasons), is also rigged to an amplifier mic on a stand that she wields like a mace, has the power to blast people apart with SFX.

"Twintails" (Japanese), a transforming kitsune wizard/ninja who is two separate people from different secretive clans in one: a male wizard and a female ninja, who got "fused" together by a trickster yokai that caused them to share the same body, swapping between identities whenever they sneeze. They're both aware of each other and hate each other, habitually accusing the other for being the imposter yokai cohabiting their body, but are forced to work together to make it work.

"Metal Alice" (French), what was once the innocent young daughter to a supervillain, who perished following his last evil plan gone wrong. After attempting to resurrect her, Little Alice's spirit was "restored" into an old doll-like animatronic, which is itself now a walking portal to the ghost dimension. Is able to draw various weapons of phantasmic metals out of her body, from speared parasols to chainsaws. The "cute" kind of scary!

"Magnum" (American), the newest cyborg prototype from a company for mad scientist tech, designed of indestructible metals. Has the power to explode virtually any joint in his body like a bomb before automatically reassembling. Does it to fire his fingers/arms like projectiles, and is also a grappler. Was sent to the school to fix his raging ego problem. Speaks and dresses like a cowboy and has a nice hat. Deal with it.

"Hotshot" (Chinese), a guy who thinks and acts like he's the "shotoclone" protagonist of a normal fighting game (arrogant young martial artist with fire powers and always rearing for a fight), but is too arrogant to realize that this isn't the kind of story he's in (and also that he's a jackass). Despite this, he's very popular by way of the popular jock/bully who's a total dickhead but also so cooooool, and definitely the best student at a straight-on fight.

"Vioelectrolysis" (Motswana), a mad scientist in training who just LOVES making her crazy super-chemicals technicolor and do weird and unexpected things. Carries a bunch of it around in this modified fire extinguisher/gas tank that she can use to spray various super-fluids or swing around like a flail. Has a gas mask for her own protection; may or may not have mutated herself with something cool at some point.

"Marmaron" (Greek), an incomplete statue of a marble-like material that accidentally came to life while being made by a mysterious artist that Marmaron proceeded to kill, supposedly in self-defense. Doesn't have a face or a finished hand, splashed paint where his face should be to look even scarier presentable. Has the power to turn people into stone, but only temporarily. Spends his time minding his own business with painting and poetry, doesn't mind that everyone thinks he's creepy as hell.

[megamindsupremacy]

Reverse Robins AU: 39

Superboy Prime bullshit happens which breaks the universe, and Steph (17) comes back to life. She wanders the streets of Gotham, operating on VERY little brain activity for a few months before Cluemaster finds her and secretly holds her for a month or so while he tries to figure out what the hell he’s supposed to do with his resurrected completely-out-of-it daughter. Eventually, one of the LOA agents in Gotham discovers Steph’s existence and alerts Talia to her presence. Talia kills Cluemaster and takes Steph for herself with the intention of training her to take down Batman for refusing to return her son. Steph gets Lazarus Pitted after ~five months of being with the League, as Talia was trying other methods to break her out of the comatose state first. Steph, unfortunately, has a far worse reaction to the Lazarus Pit than Jason and is pretty much Completely Insane, far more so than Jason in the canon timeline. 

In the meantime, in Gotham, Duke (21) has tried to reach out to Bruce a few times, only to be met with a wall of repressed emotions and anger. He and Damian (22) respond to that by retreating even further from Batman into Blüdhaven and more or less cut contact completely. Damian stops responding to Justice League calls, and Duke only goes on JL missions that are guaranteed to not involve Batman. Tim (16) spends almost all of his time doing Oracle work, dropping out of Gotham Academy and enrolling in online high school (and college) courses. He and Cass (15) communicate frequently, but he only speaks with Batman when it’s absolutely necessary to the mission. Cass is doing her best to hold on to Bruce, but he is, in turn, doing his best to push her away. Mia (22) is minding her own business completely unaffiliated with the Bats and working as a magical consultant to the Justice League and Young Justice whenever the other magic users are being too annoying/temporarily dead for contact. Congrats to her for distancing herself from the Bats before they could irreparably fuck her up psychologically, she's doing great for herself!

[livin-the-good-life-w-ella]

Legacies

Gabrielle Gomez….first person

AUGUST 30, 2019 DOCTOR DONNA LOGANS OFFICE, SHIELD COMPOUND. HARLEM, NEW YORK. 8:21 AM

MY FOOT HITS THE GROUND impatiently. It’s a thing I do when I’m nervous or bored, I’ve been doing it on and off since I was six. My mother used to say she was going to beat the habit out of me. She tried and I’d stop for a while, a couple months (once even a year, it was impressive), but it’d always come back. She was never fully successful.

Nowadays, I don’t have a mother to beat my nervous ticks out of me. Instead, I have a therapist telling me my feelings are valid and that everyone has nervous ticks. I’m not exactly grateful for that fact. Sometimes I wish she’d just take the pen she was using to jot down every time I do something ‘concerning’ and stab me with it. That’s part of the reason why I’m in therapy.

It was times like these, when I was sitting in a therapists office in a specific part of the Shield Compound I resided in, that I missed my mother.

Even if people told me she was a psychotic bitch.

“Can I go back to missions?” I ask, my voice loud. I’ve always made sure to not have a low voice when asking a question. It was trained into me from a young age. One of the best things my mother taught me, actually (besides how to shoot a gun). ‘You will always be looked down upon, treated as if your opinion and questions are stupid. You are a child’ She’d said ‘But, you are my child. So it is important that your voice commands respect, not questions it.’

Doctor Donna Logan has been my therapist since I first showed up at Shield a couple years ago. I go to her whenever Nick Fury (the director of Shield) and Agent O’Ryan (my ‘handler’ of sorts) decide I’m too fucked up to go on missions. Mainly, Fury is the one enrolling me in therapy. I had been doing good the last year or so, not a single failed mission and I had done nothing to induce a therapy session. That was until the mission in Dominican Republic. Now, I’m stuck seeing Donna two times a week.

“I’m not seeing any improvement, Gabrielle.” Doctor Logan tells me.

“I told you I don’t have nightmares anymore. I’d consider that improvement.”

“Really? Cause I’d consider that lying.” Doctor Logan sighs, putting her notepad down to look me in the eyes. “I can’t help you if you don’t let me.”

“The only ‘help’ I need is for you to clear me for missions.” I tell her. “It’s been two months. I want back in. Fury won’t even let me look at a damn file.”

“You can’t get ‘back in’ until I know you’re mentally prepared for what’s going to happen, Gabrielle.” Doctor Logan’s voice is full of pity. Pity. One things I hate. Also, one of the only emotions she’s never been able to withhold. Doctor Logan talks a lot about how it’s okay to express emotions but, personally, I’d consider her the biggest hypocrite on Earth. She’s trained in psychology and emotions, the mind and the body. But she wasn’t trained like I was, she wasn’t trained to note every emotion on someones face, the slightest change in someones body language.

Sure, she could notice that I had issues. I’m glad she’s putting her degree to use. But I don’t have a degree and I know her whole life’s story, I could trick her into confessing issues she has with her dead mom if I really wanted to, but I don’t because Agent O’Ryan informed me that that’s considered an invasion of privacy and that it will make her want to not clear me for missions even more.

“I went on a mission. I underestimated the psychological impact my mom had on me.” In other words, I freaked out. “Just let me go on the easy missions. Like the ones inside the country.”

Doctor Logan is silent for a minute. She flips back through her pages of notes she’s taken on me. “I need this.” I tell her. It’s true. I’ve felt useless doing nothing. Sitting around at the compound in unenjoyable, training is unenjoyable when I know I won’t be able to put any of the skills I learned to use, my entire life in unenjoyable without a mission. Because without a mission, what purpose do I have existing?

Okay, maybe I shouldn’t tell her that last bit…

“That’s the issue.” Doctor Logan informs me. “Why do you think you need a mission?”

“Because I do. Why do you have to look into every word I say? You know, Doctor Logan, this is why I don’t talk.” I put my lips together and shrug. She doesn’t find me amusing.

“My job is to look into every word you say.” You’re pretty shit at your job anyway, I think to myself. She looks at her notes once again, adds something probably along the lines of ‘thinks she needs mission to live’ followed by an underline ‘stems from mommy issues???’.

“Logan,” I use her last name because I’m no longer going to call her ‘Doctor Logan’ out loud until she does good ‘Doctor’ shit, like clear me for a mission. “I have issues, everyone does. I’ll keep going to these stupid sessions, just clear me for a mission.”

I’m aware I sound like an addict but I can’t help it. I blame my abusive mom. Or my absent father. Whatever answer makes me look better. Doctor Logan lets out a loud sigh. She gets up and grabs her keys then walks over to her drawer. It’s where she keeps her patient files. Once, when I was thirteen, I broke in to see what exactly she had on me. All it said was ‘Nice try.’

I’m pretty sure that was the day I decided I hated her.

I watch her pull out a file, she sits down in her chair and places the file on the desk, sliding it towards me. I give her a confused look but she only shrugs. “You want a mission, that’s your mission.” Okay. Maybe Doctor Logan is a good doctor.

I try to hide my eagerness as I pick up the file—the last thing I need is for her to try to psychoanalyze that (‘Now, why do you think you were so happy to get a mission? Does it take you back to when your mother used to give you missions?’).On the first page of the file theres a school. East Lake Academy. Under it, a bunch of stuff is written. I skim it, trying to get the gist of it.

East Lake Academy is a boarding school in Fares, New Jersey. It’s known for producing lots of lawyers and doctors. There used to be an art division but it shut down recently. Theres no mission objective or mission goals section in the whole file. I look up to Doctor Logan with a raised brow. It’s a good thing she’s not an agent. She’d be terrible at that job. “Whats the objective here, Doctor Logan?”

“The objective is to attend East Lake Academy,” An infiltration mission then. Not my favorite but I’ll make do. “And figure out how to be a normal student.”

My emotions shift immediately. I toss the file back on the desk and watch as papers fall out of it. “What the fuck.” I say. “Why would you do that? I thought it was a real mission.” You got my hopes up dies on my tongue as I send a glare her way. I feel like she heard it anyway.

“You’ve had a difficult childhood.” She collects all the papers that fell out. “You don’t have a father, your mother was abusive. She trained you to become her assassin from a young age.”

“Are you going to tell me my whole life story or is there a point?”

“Then you came here, where you were told everything you had learned was wrong. That your mother was a terrible person because of the things she did, for forcing you to go on missions and kill innocent people.” I roll my eyes. It wasn’t as if I didn’t enjoy what she was making me do. “Then Shield hired you to do the exact same thing. I understand how hard and confusing that can be.”

There was nothing confusing about it. Shield tried to let me be normal, I went to a couple foster homes for a bit. After a year they realized it wasn’t working out and used their brains to put a logical plan together. Why let skills like mine rot and run dry in foster homes when they could be put to use to do good?

“You never had a chance to be normal.” Doctor Logan continues. “This is your chance.”

I don’t say anything. It’s far too late for me to be normal. I think I’m incapable of doing such a thing. I can’t have a normal life with no adventure, no dodging bullets and shooting people who deserve it. I don’t know how to live a life like that. “Fury and O’Ryan agreed to this?”

Doctor Logan nods. “Neil picked out the school.” I reach for the file again. If O’Ryan picked out the school it can’t be that bad. “I know you don’t like this idea but I think it’s crucial.”

Crucial for what? My treatment? To be a normal fifteen year old kid? “If I do this,” I say as if I have a choice. “I can be cleared for missions.”

“Eventually, yes.” Logan nods in agreement. “You’ll still have to attend these sessions. We’ll fit it into your schedule. If you participate in these sessions and go to school, I can have cleared for a mission as soon as November. So long as we make progress.”

November. That’s months away from now. “And if I don’t?”

“I’m not sure I’ll be able to clear you for a mission otherwise. But I am sure that I won’t have you cleared by New Years.” She answers honestly.

I swallow and nod. “Fine then. I’ll look over the file, tell O’Ryan he can enroll me.”

Doctor Logan smiles victoriously. “Good. I’ll see you off before you go.”

We sit until the hour ends. She tells me about East Lake Academy and I listen to everything she has to say. When the sessions over, I leave rather quickly. It’s no surprise I find Agent O’Ryan outside. He looks at the folder in my hand and smiles. “She clear you or is that what I think it is?”

Agent O’Ryan is in his thirties or forties, I’m not sure, but he looks relatively young. He has blonde hair and a charming personality. He’s considered my ‘handler’ because when I first left my assassin lifestyle, I ran into him. He turned me in, he placed me in every foster home, he suggested me to Shield, and—apparently—he claimed responsibility for any mistake I made while I was on probation. Not that I made many. Maybe one or two accidental kills in the beginning. They really should’ve specified that when I had a ‘target’ it didn’t necessarily mean to kill them.

I push the file into his chest and he looks through it. “In all fairness, I thought that she was bluffing when she said she’d put you in school.”

“Jersey. You picked a school in New Jersey.” I tell him. “I’ll have a dorm mate. I won’t be able to get any training done. I’ll fall behind.”

“You’ll go the gym and keep up.” O’Ryan corrects. “Don’t act like there aren’t loop holes, Gomez.”

“I’m going to school in Jersey. That’s literal hell. You’ve put me in my own hell, I will hold this against you for life.”

“Look, Fury was gonna pick a school for you here in New York. I put you somewhere else, gave you a little distance.” He explains. “Give me more credit before you start complaining.”

“Distance. About one hundred and fifty miles of distance.” I specify. “I’ll have to come back for sessions with Logan, do you know how annoying that ride is going to be?”

O’Ryan rolls his eyes and smirks. “Someone hasn’t looked into the school.”

“Oh, no. I don’t have to. Logan told me all about it. Did you know that East Lake Academy produces the highest numbers of lawyers, engineers, and doctors compared to any boarding school in all of America?” I say as if it’s the most interesting thing in the world.

“Yeah,” O’Ryan scans his Shield badge, a level eight—four above mine—and opens the door for us. “It’s a good cover, hides what I really sent you there for.”

I give him a look. He simply smirks and hands me the file. “Why don’t you do your own research, Agent Gomez? Have a little faith in me. You and I are very similar, we thrive on missions.” O’Ryan walks away and I continue on to the section where my room is.

I guess I have to figure out everything about East Lake Academy now.

Damian Wayne….first person

AUGUST 31, 2019 GOTHAM CITY, NEW JERSEY. 2:45 AM.

THE NOISE IN MY COMM IS loud. Spoiler and Red Hood talking over each other, arguing about something mundane. It is annoying to hear multiple people yelling. If you are going to yell, at least have the courtesy to switch channels. Like Batman and I. The moment my father opens his mouth, I switch channels. For a peaceful second there is only silence. Then there is yelling

“You lack discipline. You lack responsibility. It is like you have never been trained a day in your life!” My father yells, which is absurd. I have trained every day of my life. Even if I was ill. I have never missed a day of training, if I didn’t have training scheduled with a family member, I’d take it upon myself to train. That is just who I am.

Behind the man in the Batman suit is Nightwing, whos avoiding eye contact with me. Coward. He calls Batman to reprimand me but cannot even look me in the eye? I’m not surprised. For a while, around a year, Nightwing was my Batman. Then my father returned and Nightwing decided he couldn’t be a, as Timothy had dubbed it, ‘father figure’ to me anymore.

Or maybe he just didn’t want to be. Maybe he was relieved my father came back. I don’t know. And a part of me doesn’t want to know.

“Batman—”

“No, Robin. This is it. You’re benched.”

I suck my teeth in annoyance. Benched. I’ve been benched numerous times. Being benched I can deal with. It will probably only be for a week or so anyway. Batman leads the way to the Batmobile. “Nightwing, stick around. Make sure the police pick them up.” Nightwing nods and leaves without a second thought. I go into the passenger seat. The moment I do the car starts moving. We’re in silence for a total of one hundred and seventy-two seconds before Batman breaks it. “Do you remember the school we talked about?”

It takes me a moment to answer. Saying ‘we’ is very off-putting. I had only said one thing, he had talked a majority of the time. The school he was referring to was East Lake Academy. It was roughly three hours away from Gotham. Father had suggested it as a school, apparently it was extremely good. In response, I told him I much rather attend Gotham Prep. I assumed that had been the end of the conversation. It was stupid of me to be that naive. “Vaguely.”

“We should revisit the idea.”

“I disagree.” I tell him immediately, clicking my jaw together. I look over at the man avoiding eye contact. I see where Nightwing gets it from. I suppose it is true that mannerisms can be picked up from parents. It is a good thing Batman is rarely there for me as a father. “I do not want to attend East Lake Academy. It is all the way in Fares. I will not be able to operate as Robin during the school year.”

Batman says nothing to that. That makes me think that's the idea. “Father, for how long exactly am I benched from being Robin?”

“This will be good for you Damian.” Batman tells me.

“Evading is not like you, father.” It is actually. My father almost always evades giving me direct answers. It is my greatest issue with him. Or, one of the many, I suppose.

“Until further notice.” Father glances at me for a second, gauging my reaction. It is good I still have my mask on. I’m good at masking my expressions, I always have, but recently I’ve noticed my eyes can sometimes give me away. They display too much emotion, it is quite upsetting. My mother would be disappointed.

My grandfather would kill me.

“If I am already benched for who knows how long then why do I need to go to another city? Is benching me not enough?” I look at the man I call father with annoyance. That is the only emotion I will allow to show. Annoyance. And, perhaps, a bit of anger.

“This is a matter of discipline. You don’t listen to me, you don’t listen to your siblings—”

“What on Earth does this have to do with them?” I cut him off but he ignores me and continues on anyway.

“—You don’t listen to your teachers or peers. This will be good for you. I went to a private school.” Batman points out as he pulls into the Batcave and exits the car.

“A private school and a boarding school are two different things.” I exit the car as well. “You are being absurd.” Batman takes off the cowl and walks away but I follow after him, ripping off my own mask. “I can train more father, I can be more responsible. I will do whatever is necessary, just do not send me to this school.”

My father turns to me. He looks tired. He’s frowning like he feels bad, like it isn’t his decision when we both know it is. My schooling is one of the many things in my life that he is in control of. “It’s already been decided, Damian. You leave soon, you should pack your bags.”

Without another word he enters the locker room, presumably to shower and rid himself of his suit. I stay there staring for a moment, before turning quickly and punching the nearest wall. This is about Alfred. It had to be. He still blames Pennyworths death on me, I can’t say I fault him for that, but sending me away because I remind him of the failure he made me into?

I punch the wall twice more, leaving a fist sized dent.

“Jesus,” A voice interrupts me. “What’s got you like that?” Red Hood must have entered in on his motorcycle. His mechanical voice annoys me to no extent. I figure it annoys others too. Most of us change our voices slightly, since I’m good at mimicking it is easy for me but, for the most part, I just try to avoid talking in front of civilians.

“Nothing. It is none of your business.” At that, Red Hood nods taking off his helmet. He must’ve returned just after us.

“Ah, no worry. I speak pissed off Robin.” Jason smirks. “So, for how long is the little bird benched for this time. A week?” I give him no reaction and move to put my sword in it’s rightful place. “Two weeks? Wait, don’t tell me it’s for a month.”

I groan in annoyance. I know that’s his goal. To annoy me until I tell him. Normally I would play along until I got bored but tonight I do not have the patience. “I am benched until father sees it fit.”

Jason winces slightly at that, letting out a dramatic low whistle. “So that’s what your hissy fits about? Come on, I’m sure Bruce will give in after a week of seeing you sulk.”

I snort at that. ‘Seeing’. “Father won’t be seeing me at all, much less seeing me sulk.”

“I’m sorry, come again?” Jason gives me a confused expression. "Is this your weird way of saying you're running away? Cause I support, but you know Dick will have something to say about it."

“He plans to ship me off to boarding school. He told me to pack so I can only assume that it starts within the next few days.”

“You’re kidding.” Jason’s face goes blank. “He’s shipping you off?”

“Yes. To Fares. He is under the impression that it will show me discipline and responsibility more than he could.”

“Typical,” Jason scoffs. “So fucking typical. Things get hard and Bruce decides to not be a father anymore. What an asshole.”

I swallow a deep annoyed sigh. The last thing I want is to be at fault for a family argument or for Jason declaring himself an orphan again. “It is not a big deal.” I say. That is the only attempt I will make at calming him, there is nothing else to say and he’s not my responsibility to tame. “I am going to go shower.”

Without another word or glance to Jason I go upstairs. I will shower in my bathroom to avoid father. Though I won’t be able to avoid the man for long.

This was going to be a great year.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 GOTHAM CITY, NEW JERSEY. WAYNE MANOR. 8:55 AM

“DAMIAN, DO YOU NEED HELP PACKING?” I look over to see my eldest brother leaning against the doorframe of my room. My room is, for once, a mess. Though compared to my siblings’ rooms I’d say it’s a neat mess. There are three luggages in my room, all of them open. My clothes are all separated into groups.

“That is not necessary, Richard.” I say as I fold one of my dark gray turtlenecks and place it in one of my luggages. “I told you that yesterday.” Last night, Jason sent a message to me saying he’d try to convince Bruce about the boarding school but it wasn’t working out too well. Followed by a bunch of messages that were particularly vulgar. My phone was on the table and the message was visible to Richard, who was beside me at the time.

Since then, Richard hasn’t left the manor. Usually, he’s insistent that Bludhaven needs him. Now he seems to think that I need him. Which I don’t. I never have.

I don’t need anybody.

Richard doesn’t listen to me, instead entering my room, grabbing one of my pants, and folding it into a luggage. I pause my folding to sigh, gripping the luggage in front of me out of annoyance. “Richard.”

I hear him stop moving and turn to look at him. “I’m trying to help you, Damian. What Bruce did—”

“He did not do anything.” I go back to folding my shirts. “He sent me to boarding school. It is not a big deal. Drakes father sent him to a boarding school when he was younger, did he not?”

“He did, but Jack Drake and Bruce aren’t the same person. Neither are you and Tim. And Jack wasn’t using boarding school as a punishment.”

I wasn’t around during that time but I’m pretty sure Drakes father was using boarding school as punishment. Perhaps Drake and I are more similar than we first imagined.

“Why are you acting as though I can change his mind?. I cannot. Trust me, I have tried. Father stands firm in his decision to send me away. It is not my choice.”

I actually hadn’t spoken much to Bruce. I didn’t speak to him at all yesterday. I spent the first day arguing with Bruce over his idiotic decision but when I noticed Bruce wouldn’t budge, I focused on ignoring everything he did. Bruce would try to talk to me and I would walk away. Bruce would cook and I would order take out. Bruce would order take out for two, and I would cook for myself. It was a petty thing to do but I didn’t have any other option available.

Richard stays silent as I finish packing the luggage. He just sits on the floor of my room staring at a pair of pajama pants with a single Nightwing symbol in the corner. Typical. So full of himself. At least he isn't packing. Richard could not fold clothes if his life depended on it. “Will you be driving me there?”

“Oh,” Richard looks over at me. “I can if you want. I’m sure Bruce won’t mind.” Of course he wouldn’t. He’s sending me away.

“I do not care who takes me.” I go to another one of my luggage’s. The dark blue one. I start putting pajamas followed by some shoes in it.

I take the pajama pants out of Richard’s hand and place it in the luggage. “When do you return to Bludhaven?”

“Tomorrow.” Richard says. “Well, today technically. But if I drive you then I’ll get there tomorrow.

I shake my head and finish packing the dark blue luggage. “It is not necessary. Someone else will do it. Or perhaps father will allow me to drive myself.”

“Maybe.” Richard gives me a half smile and I acknowledge it as I shut my luggage and move onto the one he was ‘packing’.

“Is this really what you call packing?” Everything was thrown in messily and disorganized. Pennyworth is rolling in his grave. “It is a good thing you keep clothes here for whenever you visit. This,” I gesture to the luggage as I empty it out. “Is how you wrinkle clothing.”

Richard laughs as I restart the packing of the last luggage, a simple dark red one, from scratch. I don’t understand what he found funny, I was being completely serious. When I’m done packing I grab the backpack I intend to use for school and Richard assists me with bringing the luggage’s down.

Father is leaving the kitchen while I’m at the front door. He looks at me and says, “Are you done?”

I say nothing and take two of my bags outside. I don’t put them in the trunk, only near the car. A moment later Richard joins me. “Are you gonna keep ignoring him?”

“Yes.” I respond simply, earning a sigh from the older man. We stand there awkwardly for a moment then I grab my luggage from him and return to the remaining two. I take two of my luggages in one hand, leaving the third luggage in my other hand. “Goodbye, Richard.”

“Bye Dami. I’ll see you for Thanksgiving, yeah?”

“Perhaps.” I agree even though I know I will more than likely to return for Thanksgiving. I watch Richard return back into the manor, presumably to argue with Bruce, and move to put my luggage into the trunk of Bruce’s car.

When I’m done I stare at the manor. I can remember my first years at the manor, the absurdity of them. The confusion of American standards, attempting to kill Timothy, cooking with Pennyworth.

All good memories.

I’m pulled out of my thoughts by the honking of a horn. I turn my head to see Jason’s car, when my eyes look into the front seat I don’t see Jason Todd but instead, I see Duke Thomas. “Need any help?”

Duke moved out of the manor on a month or so before his eighteenth birthday. I haven’t really talked to him since. It is…odd. There was a time when I didn’t go a day without conversing with the daytime hero. Now, I have gone weeks. We haven’t spoken since his birthday, August thirteenth, when we had a small family lunch. Just father, Duke, and I. Then Duke went to visit his parents.

“What are you doing here?” I ask, ignoring his question and looking into the car.

“Jason told me Bruce was shipping you off. He also told me you were ignoring him. I figured you’d need a ride to this boarding school.”

“Richard is here.”

I watch Dukes nose scrunch up. Duke has always disliked Richard, for reasons I’m unsure of. It doesn’t go as deep as the rivalry Cassandra and Jason have and it’s not as loud as Timothy and I had been in the past years. It was more of a silent, one sided hatred.

“Well. Let’s be honest here, Damian. Would you rather take a what, two hour drive, listening to Dick,” Duke put an emphasis on his name. “Whine about how sorry he is for you and look at you all guilty while listening to annoying pop songs. Or would you rather come in the cool-kid car and listen to cool-kid music? Choice is yours.”

I don’t tell him that Richard isn’t the one taking me. That his competition is Richard, it’s father (and that he’s winning by a landslide).

“Can I pick the music?” I question, even though I already decided to join him. Music was something Duke held dear, like most people. I don’t have any particular hatred towards listening to music, nor do I require it to enjoy myself while driving.

Duke thinks it over. “You can pick one song and, I’m saying this now, I’m not listening to Beethoven.”

I roll my eyes but open the trunk I had just shut and place all my baggage into Duke’s (Jason’s) car. When I get in the front seat I put on my seatbelt. “Knew you’d pick right. Dicks a dick sometimes.”

I don’t confirm nor deny this. It’s best not to fuel Dukes hatred or to get him started on it. I made that mistake once. Never again. Duke hands me his unlocked phone. “One song.” Duke reminds me.

When we start to drive away I can see my father’s figuring watching us. He looks a little annoyed, a little bit guilty.

I pick The Architect by The Chamber Orchestra of London and Andrew Skeet. I had found out a while ago Duke didn’t mind classical music as much as the rest of my siblings did. In fact, sometimes it looked like he enjoyed it.

I glanced over at Duke who was tapping on the wheel to the beat, hyper focused on not hitting the curb.

Duke Thomas was probably one of my favorite siblings at the mo

[envihellbender]

Golden Deer boys’ turn to be yandere pluuuuus the princes from Engage? (Alfred, Diamant, Alcryst and Fogado) :3c

Fire Emblem: Yandere

(Male, Golden Deer House & Engage Princes x GN Reader)

Content: stalking, abuse, feedee/feeder

Golden Deer

Claude:

Claude keeps tabs on from the moment he first meets you. As soon as you’re enrolled in the Officer’s Academy he’s got his sources and agents finding out everything they can about you. You don’t notice at first, and Claude seems nice enough. Sure he seems to show up everywhere but he’s the sociable kind, right? So when he’s always joining you on the dining hall, in the training yard, and always hanging around the market place you never really think about it.

It starts to get weird when you realise just how much he knows. He knows facts about your family life you’ve never told him, he lets out facts about your past you’ve never told anyone in the Officer’s Academy. You assume he just does this to everyone he knows, he’s a lot more cautious and thorough than people realise. It’s the small things that results in you starting to see what’s happening. He brings you a pastry after you went to the bakers that morning to find they had none left, the bakery was empty, and you got up absurdly early. He replaced your bow string before you could tell anyone it had snapped. You don’t know how to feel, sure these things show he cares but… you can feel him watching you constantly.

It gets worse when he becomes the head of the alliance. He offers you a very lucrative and powerful position in Riegan territory, and as twenty year old from a fairly typical merchant family you can hardly turn it down. When you get to his estate however, you realise the true cost of accepting the role. Claude keeps a tight grip on you, he trusts your word and opinions but only within the walls of his home. You are no longer allowed to leave, Claude wants to make sure he can access you at any time and that no one can hurt you. You have servants to bathe you, dress you, feed you, and give you everything else you could possibly need. Claude needs to know everything you do, and the few times you try to escape or evade his eyes… well, you still have the scars.

Ignatz:

Ignatz seems nice enough, a very polite young man who you see quite often. He’s always say in your eye-line with a sketchbook, always stealing glances at you. It takes you a while to realise, at first you justify it by saying he must paint everyone he sees or maybe he’s painting the building. It’s an impressive monastery and it is always in different places. However, when you spot his paints you notice the specific colour he has, the exact shades of your hair and eyes. You take a deep breath and ask what he’s painting a handful of times, he always stammers and blushes and doesn’t give you a straight answer.

You feel anxious being constantly watched and studied by Ignatz’s gaze, even if he isn’t constantly painting you he is constantly watching. Eventually after staying late in the library, you see he has fallen asleep with his sketchbook to the side as he was studying battle formations for class. As quietly as possible you take the sketchbook and flick through it, you find your chest tightens and you can barely breathe as flick through and see picture after picture after picture of you. Of you in the library, the dining area, the garden, the training yard… and then finally it gets worse. There are paintings of you asleep in your bed.

You try to tell yourself that doesn’t mean he is breaking into your room. Maybe he just used the other pictures of you as a reference, you think. You try locking your door but you notice as you wake up the door has been unlocked, you sigh in irritation as you remember Ignatz’s picklocking skill. One night, you stay up in bed pretending to be asleep, and you hear the clicking of the lock pick in the door. You wait until he settles and lights a candle, you see his hand move quickly over his sketchbook. Your eyes snap open and you stand up to see him looking at you in shock. You expect him to try to defend himself, maybe run from the room… instead he delicately places the sketchbook on your desk, he stands up, and before you can scream at him to get out he places a potion soaked rag against your mouth.

Lorenz:

When you first meet Lorenz is, simply put, an arsehole. He seems convinced that since you are a ‘commoner’ it is his duty to protect you. At first it begins with things such as taking hits from bandits for you, which as an archer is hardly a problem. However, it starts to go further. He begins criticising your sparring partners by saying you’ll be hurt, and eventually intervened to ensure no one who didn’t match his specifications would be willing to train with you. You yell at him, but it doesn’t make him stop. In the final argument he calls you an uncivilised beast who doesn’t know how to converse with a noble. You hope that’s the end of it.

Lorenz stops trying to interfere with your training after you take the matter up with Claude. Unfortunately however, he has a new mission - he is determined to spend as much time with you as possible. He invites you to tea party after tea party, and when you can’t avoid them he spends them as etiquette lessons. He tells you that no noble would ever marry you unless you gain some manners. That sends a chill up your spine, why would he say that?

When you are forced to leave the Officer’s Academy you are greeted with an ostentatious horse and carriage with Lorenz waiting for you. He grabs your arm and pulls you in without a word, you can’t say goodbye to your friends. He doesn’t even take your belongings saying he will by you much finer things than that. You beg him to let you leave, he simply laughs. When you first get to his estate you can’t leave your bedroom, he says you cannot lay with him until you’re married. It’s a relief that he is giving you your space, but you are terrified for what he has planned. You can’t remove the ring he fuses to your finger, it burns to the touch.

Raphael:

The day Raphael discovers what a good cook you are is the day you catch his eye. He is so delighted when it’s your turn on kitchen duty, it makes you smile to see him enjoy your food so much. You sit across from him and ask him what his favourites are, you always make sure to cook him extra portions and you revel in seeing his eyes light up when you bring him a few extra boxes to take away.

You start to notice Raphael’s gut is growing, he’s getting bigger and bigger as the weeks pass. The signs are small, the buttons pop on his shirt, his belly pours out underneath it and his trousers no longer fasten. It starts to be alarmingly obvious when he manages to break the bench with his plentiful, adipose ridden arse. It splinters beneath him and his behind hits the cold floor. He only complains when he discovers he can’t reach the plates on the over side of the table. You run over to help him, lifting up the plates to his mouth so he can shove his face into them like they’re a trough.

As he gets bigger and bigger he starts to get more and more demanding. He insists you feed him everyday, and rub his gut afterwards. He summons you to his quarters with your food and you find yourself unable to deny him. You start to get frightened when he insists you stay with him constantly, feeding him, bathing him, and curling up to sleep on his belly. You are now far too gone to defy him, you need him as much as he needs you to fill his stomach.

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Alfred:

Alfred is immediately far too much. He hugs and cuddles up to you almost constantly, demanding your attention from everyone else and sulks when you don’t focus on him enough. It starts of as a cute little quirk, but soon it spirals. You can no longer speak to friends without him present.

He doesn’t seem to understand your boundaries, he will cuddle and pick you up suddenly when you ask him to stop. He’ll grab your hand tightly and kiss your cheek when you’re in the middle of a task like training or speaking to someone. He doesn’t like you to go anywhere without him, you can’t have a moment without him right there by your side.

He doesn’t trust you to leave the Palace once you’re engaged, you can’t go to the marketplace without an armed guard even though you are quite capable of handling yourself. Even with this unnecessary measure when you return home he is red eyed with nails bitten down to finger. He can’t stand to be apart from you, he delivers your breakfast in bed personally so you don’t interact with too many servants, and he insists on supervising your baths.

Diamant:

Diamant doesn’t show his affection very easily, he shows it in how protective he is of you and that’s when he starts to get terrifying. It starts small, a scowl and a sharp word to the merchant who is trying to rip you off or someone who doesn’t use the correct manners when speaking to you. You tell him it’s unnecessary but he just frowns and stays silent.

It starts getting worse, you don’t quite notice at first but when you’re married and living at the palace it’s even clearer. The servants avoid your gaze, and wince when you try to speak to them. You overhear a maid talking about the strict orders not to speak to or even touch unnecessarily the new spouse of Diamant. You try to speak to him about it but he dismisses it as idle gossip about how protective he is. Then you notice the stable boy who you had grown fond of no longer chats to you as you retrieve your favoured mare. He has a bruise on his eye so serious he can barely open it.

No matter what you say to Diamant he doesn’t listen, he starts grabbing into your arm far too tightly when you’re out in public. You start to worry he may raise his hand to you, but you don’t truly become terrified of him until the day one of your old friend’s visits the palace. It’s refreshing to have someone who isn’t scared to look you in the eye and show you affection. You chat for hours and hours. You’re sad when he leaves and await his letter saying it arrived home safely, it never comes. Instead there’s a report of how his body was found on the road leaving the city. There’s no evidence of what happened but you know, and you never invite a friend to the palace again.

Alcryst:

Alcryst was anxious about you from the beginning, he never understood why you chose him as the recipient for your affections and he was convinced you would he taken from him. He wanted to know where you were at all time, determined to keep you safe, whenever he perceived a danger he dove in front of it saying he would die for you if he had to. You tried to be patient, you stroked his hair and smiled saying everything was fine when he did this whilst you were sparring with his brother. He clung to your waist and scowled at Diamant.

He begins to calm down as your relationship progresses, he no longer constantly apologises and begs you not to leave him. He does however not drop the habit of being your shadow, he enjoys being around you and being the target of your affection far too much. If you don’t give him enough of it he starts to slip into old habits. He still worries about you being out of the palace, there are so many bandits out on the streets and he wants to make sure he can keep you safe or sacrifice himself for you.

You’re delighted when he proposes to you, and you hope it soothes his anxieties… but quite the opposite. As the consort to the prince he now expects you to stay home as much as possible. He can handle any duties required for the outside and you are given two retainers who are to stay by your side at all times. Whenever you complain about how he’s slowly taking away your freedom he panics, convinced you’re about to leave him. You learn you can’t have a happy, content husband, and voice your concerns. You learn to live with the world that grows smaller every day,

Fogado:

No one expects the carefree, happy-go-lucky Prince to be quite so possessive. If anything you expected the opposite, for him to be off on so many trips and at so many parties that you never see him. He still goes on them, but he always expects you to be stuck to his side. He insists you always stay next to him, at parties he wants to introduce you to everyone not for you to mingle alone. It’s small things at first, you dismiss it as his simple worries, until it escalates.

He starts to get irritable whenever you speak to anyone new, anyone who he couldn’t vouch for. He said that it was dangerous being so kind and open with strangers. One evening at a party, a man asks you to dance, you politely decline and the man begins to get forceful. Fogado arrives to rescue you and insist the man is thrown from the building. You cling to him gratefully, you try not to wonder why the man was slipped some coin when he is escorted from the room. At every get together from then on Fogado clings to you reminding you of that one man even when it’s been so long you can’t even remember his face.

You begin to notice a pattern, when you start to get more confident around strangers again - you’re mugged in the marketplace. Fogado is a great comfort who hunts down the perpetrator. When you find yourself able to leave the palace again, bandits attack your carriage. The fifth time it happens you notice one of the attackers masks slips, the bandits are the same ones Fogado had killed the previous time. When you confront him he is offended, he can’t believe you think he’d put you at risk. He speaks of how you’re clearly too vulnerable and at risk to be leaving the palace at all. You start to doubt your own memories, maybe he’s right, you think.

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File: Matilda

SCP#: AKT

Code Name: The Modern-Day Witch

Object Class: Thaumiel

Special Containment Procedures: SCP-AKT was given a home in Nx-AD: Archios, Isla Nublar with her new adoptive mother. The two were given a normal house with all the basic accommodations as well as a single AFA-1 unit as a servant. When going out for shopping or visiting the Dino Sanctuary, two Foundation agents are to keep an eye on them. They are to maintain a distance that prevents SCP-AKT from sensing them and if one of them is discovered they are to pull back and be replaced with another agent. The Foundation is to only deem SCP-AKT hostile if she engages hostility first. Anyone who engages hostility with SCP-AKT first is to be punished accordingly even if they are Foundation staff, there will be no exceptions.

Update 2006 - SCP-AKT has reached the age of employment at the Foundation and thus will be debriefed by the Anomalous Employment Division. 

Update 2008 - SCP-AKT has completed her training and is now a member of Mobile Task Force Alpha-9 - Division “Shield”. She will be living most of her time at Site-AM but will occasionally visit Nexus Point-AD to see her adoptive mother. Because she is a member of Division Shield she will only work on defense IF Site-AM is ever attacked. Until then she will work as a teacher for children of Foundation staff at Site-AM. SCP-AKT is fully within her rights to punish anyone who treats her badly as she was proven trustworthy to never bring harm to those who don’t deserve it. 

Description: SCP-AKT, at the time of writing is a six year old girl who possesses powerful telekinetic properties. She is able to perceive everything that happens around her in a 3 meter diameter. She can make objects levitate and power up machines with her mind alone. Despite this she doesn’t seem to have the ability to manifest or control any form of energy directly or if she can not to the same degree SCP-AAS can or any way the Foundation can see. 

Unlike other telekinetic anomalous humanoids, using her powers puts no strain on SCP-AKT whatsoever even if she uses it on hundreds of different tasks or does something extreme like lift an entire building. Even the all-powerful Agent Charlie McGee claims that it's impossible to use extreme amounts of her power for long periods of time without feeling at least a little bit of strain. 

To make things even more strange like Charlie and even SCP-AZJ who have clear anomalous origins, SCP-AKT has two completely normal biological parents. SCP-AKT had her origin among a normal, dysfunctional, and extremely neglectful family that had no anomalous properties or heritage. This unfortunately has proven that the evolution theory that has been spread around Foundation and administrative staff might be correct. Eventually meta humans will start becoming more and more dominant until there are no non-anomalous humans left. When this exactly will happen is unknown but the Foundation will have to work hard to ensure humanity will be ready by then. 

SCP-AKT was discovered in 1996 when she led a revolt against her horrifically vile and torturous principal and the abusive teaching staff. The school was infamous for mentally abusing children for the littlest of things but unfortunately being the only school in the area thus forcing parents to enroll their children there or move. Foundation staff approached her when she was disowned by her biological parents and adopted by her teacher, the only good teacher that didn't torture children. 

They confronted the two about SCP-AKT’s anomalous abilities and said she wasn’t a danger to people but instead the veil over the anomalous world. But rather than threatening containment she and her adoptive mother were offered housing at Nexus Point-AD. SCP-AKT was also told that there was an area filled with anomalous humanoids and Species of Interest members. She was immediately hooked and wanted to go so her adoptive mother didn’t protest, especially when they were told they would not have to pay anything and as a non-capitalist area all their food and other necessities were free of charge. 

Update 2006 - having been debriefed and processed by the Anomalous Employment Division SCP-AKT met with SCP-040, SCP-053, Iris Thompson, Stella Starchild, Meri Clef, Cidney Victoria, Thomas Shaw, Rainer Miller, Charlie McGee, David McGowan, and Sigurrós Stefánsdóttir. She expressed great delight meeting so many others that each had different anomalous abilities from her but were still anomalous like her. She expressed having no regrets joining the Foundation and wants to continue working within the AED in hopes of the Foundation finding and helping more anomalous humanoids. 

Update 2008 - SCP-AKT has completed her training and by law of the AED she is to now be known as Matilda Honey her civilian name. She has decided to join Mobile Task Force Alpha-9 Division "Shield" and specifically requested her off duty job be being a one of the teachers for children at Site-AM and any other Foundation owned location that might need it.

“I know we here at the Foundation aren’t really the good guys, since we can’t always afford to make the most ethical decisions. but damn does it feel good to bring a smile to an ankle bitter who’s known nothing but neglect and hate. Those faceless bastards at the top only care about containing and utilizing anomalies. But the few times we make sure an anomaly can have a nice home, a loving family, and is protected from the nasty bastards of the world, makes it all worth it.” - Dr. Zeek.

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SCP: Horror Movie Files Hub

[amyunshader]

Bungo Stray Dogs x Assassination Classroom prompts

Like usual Imma just throw the idea here and run

• Yokohama’s Port Mafia decides to have a try at Koro’s assassination. Fifteen ys old executive Dazai Osamu is sent to enroll at Kunugigaoka’s class 3-E.

• he spends his first week pretty quietly, collecting intel on the target from his classmates, after confirming first thing that Koro-sensei’s condition wasn’t a Special Ability he could cancel.

• Devise backup plan: assesses that if the deadline comes too close, he just need to: have Chuya transfer in => do handshake greeting with Koro => immobilize him with gravity power => checkmate

• decide to hold on killing Koro to keep watching the ‘Assassination Classroom’ project, both out of personal curiosity and with scouting ulterior motive.

• At the end of the first week, he executes a flashy super smart assassination plan—which turn out a failure, but a close one—and he reveals his identity as a mafioso, setting his persona for the rest of the year.

• he makes it clear of everyone that he’s a trained professional in the criminal industry, with fluent handling of gun and knife, hand-to-hand combat, but also generously demonstrating his cheating hand talents (coin, cards, pickpocket…).

• have knowing discussions in pretend-complicity with Irina, which disturb everyone around. (TO MAKE IT CLEAR, Dazai isn’t a specialized assassin, and not pretending to be one: he’s being a mafiosa, aka a versatile member of organized crime.) So talk with Irina a bit about seduction (tho Dazai is more versed in sweet talking/scamming than in physical whoring), about infiltration, tricks and lies.

• he enjoys messing with Karasuma, governmental agent, with the fact that he’s a part of the criminal world as there’s nothing the PE teacher can do about it, first because of Koro and second because of Koro: the threat of Koro forcing the government to use whatever has a chance to kill him, including criminals, and because Koro sensei protect his students regardless of their past and motives.

• Dazai also makes something churn inside Koro with his teasing, highlighting that he is part of the same fucked up world as the teachers that the students don’t know. The Reaper used to be considered an alien among humans, but Dazai is the same—no, he’s the real deal.

• with the students: despite his mafioso persona putting him a step above and aside from all of them, he doesn’t enter the class rivalry for best assassin: he makes clear that yes, he knows how to fight, but no, he has no intention to become pro assassin level — his position is not in the front of the assassination attempts, he’s more in amused support and advices if requested. He be Dazai and whine and sleep to skip training. He’s respected, at the same time intimately terrifying and absolutely charming. He be playing the oddball to get their guard down: he’s not here to compete, he need good relationships for future scouting after all!

• Studying is easy (of course), but such a botheeeeer

• in front of the boys trying to include him in some salacious voyeur plan, Dazai would dramatically gasp and gawk that he’s a gentleman seeking a lady and wouldn’t have any part in this kind of behavior; however his cold eyes fail to hide for half a second his inhuman disgust at the hormonal teen pulsions.

• in the save or kill brawl, he stays neutral. Anyway he has every single intent to finish the job himself if the class fail, regardless of what they decide or of the threat Koro poses to the Earth or not: to him it’s a matter of money and Boss’ orders.

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• (I got no idea wether he ends up meddling in Koro’s death or not)

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• anyway opens door on a second fic on Karma and/or Nagisa being recruited into the Port Mafia and ending up involved in the bsd plot *their rank would be that of good assassins, potentially punctual contract workers rather than subordinates, but not executive rank since u need a Special Ability to achieve that.

[strangeduckpaper]

Eden AU (Sorta)

After some percolating, I think I’ve come up with a TwiYor Eden AU that I like:

First off, the war still happened, but under different circumstances

There are still spies, assassins, and Operation STRIX is still a thing.

It is under Operation STRIX that one ‘Loid Forger’ (a psuedonym) is enrolled into Eden Academy by his father ‘Roy Forger’, a high ranking employee of the Westalin Embassy.

...And Handler of WISE’s Berlint branch, with Agent Sunset (’Sylvia Sherwood’) as an agent under his employ.

Loid, enrolled at 15 in a gesture of peace, now 18, is one Stella away from being an Imperial Scholar, though he’s not too far behind in terms of Tonitrus Bolts. His father’s counting on him to be able to enter alumni parties with him in tow.

Loid & Roy have a...tense relationship, especially since the death of Loid’s mom, the legendary Agent Twilight, over a decade ago. Sunset finds herself mediating between the two as often as she goes on actual missions.

(Seriously tho, I basically have an entire Kingsmen inspired backstory about those two)

Yor (also 18) isn’t a student of Eden, but Yuri is, courtesy of her ‘official’ employer, one Melinda Desmond.

She’s still an assassin here, but attached to the Desmond staff by Garden to ‘keep an eye on them’ and hopefully get close to Donovan.

Unfortunately, she comes in just as the separation between the two really takes effect.

Welp, Yuri gets an A class education out of the deal, so she’s inclined to stay.

Loid is also training to be a spy, has been learning tricks of the trade since his mom died, but he still has a lot to learn

Loid & Yor meet when Loid is assigned to tutor younger students, including Yuri, and Yor picks him up.

They are both under a lot of stress, and end up commiserating.

This commiseration quickly turns into a friendship, then puppy love, then an actual, kept under wraps romance. And they end up telling each other their respective secrets.

(Loid thinks Yor has somehow become even hotter, and Yor thinks Loid’s father is an even bigger jerk)

But Sunset knows, as Handler’s assigned him to find out where he’s been sneaking off to.

I admittedly haven’t thought much further than this, but TwiYor secretly dating with big sis Sylvia as chaperone, featuring Melinda & Roy as questionable parental figures who genuinely care, tiny terror Yuri Briar, and criminal contact who’s become Loid’s “life coach” Franky Franklin.

[egvcard]

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