#for a 4% drop chance mod

[kindcore]

guys im a fuckign shell of myself. i need to farm orokin derelict vaults.

[rebouks]

Keeping Lag to a Minimum...

I was chatting about a few things I do to combat lag over on discord and realised I do quite a bit of maintenance to reduce lag/load times. I decided to write em all down and before I knew it, I had a big ol' list. Here's hoping it helps!

Save/File Tips:

Clear your caches (located in the same spot as your mod folder fyi) I usually delete the onlinethumbnailcache, avatarcache and localthumbcache caches every time I exit the game, the main one to delete regularly is the localthumbcache file, they're just temporary files but it can get pretty big after a while.. if you're having any mod issues, particularly ui ones, it's always worth deleting that to see if it helps.

Remove any saves you're not using from your saves folder, and keep an eye on save file sizes. In my experience, any saves over around 30-40mb start to get a bit laggy. Things that bump this size up are the amount of townies in game and the amount of lots/objects in the world.

Regarding the above point, I regularly bulldoze lots I don't need anymore, just to save the game from having to cope with extra shit to load in the background and reduce save file bloat.

Similarly, I delete a lot of unnecessary townies. Also, try to keep the amount of outfits on townies to a minimum, ain't no townie need four swimsuit outfits, the game will thank you..

If you have cheats enabled you can usually shift-click/delete object on things like random coffee cups or stray cupcakes sims foolishly drop around the world (or eat em.. whatever tickles ur pickle) just get rid!

Whilst we're keeping objects in game to a minimum.. I try to clear sims inventories now and then, including townies. You can do this via mccc even if you're not currently playing that household by heading to MC Cleaner -> Sell Sim Inventory/Sell Household Inventory. RANDOM LUMPS OF CLAY BEGONE!

Think of a save file like a lot.. the more objects in it, the laggier it gets! Try your best to remove anything or anyone unnecessary where you can.

Hit "Save As" instead of "Save" now and then - the more you overwrite a save, the more chance it has of going wonky, treat your game to a fresh one now and then and remove the old one from your saves folder (maybe don't delete it right away in case you wanna roll back, keep it somewhere safe).

If you can (although ik it can be a pain) set up a new/fresh save, you'd be surprised how bogged down old ones can get! For legacy players, it's usually best to do this whenever you have a small family to save yourself some pain, since you can just save the household and take em to a new save (you will lose sims inventories/household inventories/relationships with sims outside the household tho so beware! Pictures/other collectables can be saved to a lot however, and you can always cheat back relationship bits etc.. bit of a last resort but new saves are shiny and fast!)

Make sure your Screenshots/Video folders are empty - move em somewhere else, it works, trust me. If you have a lot of custom music installed try n' clear some of those out too.. the smaller that Sims 4 directory is, the better.

Delete any last exceptions/last crashes (same spot as your mod folder again) you don't need em unless you're planning to upload em somewhere for help.

Settings Etc:

If you get a bad lag spike, opening the main menu and/or saving can randomly stop this. If it doesn't, try exiting the game, clearing your localthumbcache and restarting.

Clearing all notifications from the game panel can also help.

If you can, close all other apps and background apps you don't need whilst playing, ts4 is super memory hungry so it can definitely help.

The GraphicsRules Override file by Simp4Sims can reduce lag/latency and make your game look a little better in the process!

Srslysims Simulation Lag Fix mod can help reduce lag too (if you've altered the game speed via mccc tho, don't use this unless you plan on resetting it to default).

If you aren't keen on, or barely use a pack, consider disabling it.

Not ideal, especially for those of us taking screenshots, but lowering the graphics settings whilst playing definitely helps.

If you use re/g-shade, consider switching it off whilst playing and only turn it on for screenshots.

A clean and tidy pc/laptop runs better in general. Remove anything you're not using/don't need anymore to free up space, remove temp files, clean up your folders now and again etc etc.. especially that dreaded mod folder, speaking of...

Managing Mods:

SORT OUT YOUR MODS FOLDER FOR THE LOVE OF GOD.. skdsjdjs it doesn't have to be immaculate but at the very least try n' clear it out now n' then. Also try to separate your script mods/overrides from the rest, patch days don't need to be so stressful ;-;

Personally, I don't merge my mods; if something breaks it's much harder to pinpoint! It makes it easier to find/delete specific mods too.. and let's face it, there's usually one or two items in that set you could do without lmaooo.. also, don't think it helps much tbh! Yeah you could say the game doesn't have to work as hard to load merged files but that's debatable, it's still the same amount of items/polys at the end of the day ¯\(°_o)/¯

If you like merging files and/or see results from doing so, you can merge stuff you definitely know you're never getting rid of, especially CAS/BB stuff.. but steer clear of merging gameplay/script mods! If a merged file seems to be the culprit when using the 50/50 method, try unmerging it and 50/50ing it again! You might not need to get rid of everything if something's borked.

Bulk Rename Utility can be used to remove all spaces and special characters from your mod files, the game doesn't particularly like loading those so it'll thank you.

The Sims 4 Mod Manager is a great way to sort through your mods, you can easily see, move and delete files from here (not great for build/buy, poses etc as thumbnails are usually missing, but great for CAS stuff). An extra hint with this that I've noticed is that if any of my mods get renamed with [D1] at the beginning after looking through them via the mod manager, it means it's a duplicate file so you can get rid.

I also use the Sims 4 Tray Importer to help me sort through mods. Simply save a sim/lot with any cc you don't want and find it in the importer, you can then go through all the cc in the cc tab and delete/sort it (I also use this to sort cc if a bunch has the wrong tags etc, makes it easier to find in my folders by saving em to a lot or w/e - it also spots duplicates which is handy).

It's a ballache, but the 50/50 method is tried and tested if you're having issues.

I like to keep an abandoned cc folder tucked away somewhere, that way you can remove mods willy nilly without stressing about losing them. If you change your mind, you can always grab it back!

[gigabyte-flare]

Denim

[A Gigabyte Flare One Shot]

Summary: Your boyfriend comes home from an assignment still wearing his gear coupled with a pair of jeans you had gotten him, the sight of him driving you wild.

Word Count: 1.2k

Pairing: RE4R!Leon Kennedy x fem!reader (afab)

Disclaimer: This story is a work of fiction. You are responsible for your own content consumption. If any of the following warnings trigger you, please read at your own risk. Minors do not interact, this story is 18+ only.

Warnings: Kissing, unprotected p in v, creampie, mention of firearms

A/N: This is 5000% self indulgent. I've been playing through Resident Evil 4 Remake yet again with this Special Rescue Agent mod and oh my god those jeans are so fucking sexy on him. I needed to write this to get it out of my system. You're welcome 🤣

A quick reminder that I no longer do tag lists

The door to your apartment bursts open, your boyfriend walking through briskly before closing the door behind him. You could tell from the corner of your eye he was still wearing his tactical gear and gun holster around his waist, having just come back from another grueling mission for the U.S. government to god knows where. A hint of blue draws your attention even further, your eyes now locked on the denim that perfectly accentuates his waist and backside.

“Hey, sorry I’m late babe. I had to fill out paperwork before they could let me come home. They didn’t even give me a chance to change my gear--”

Standing over the kitchen sink, you’re not even listening to your boyfriend at this point because you are way too focused on how absolutely fine he looks in the jeans you had bought him some time ago. Your mouth is hanging open and you drop the sponge you were holding into the dish water, making a subtle splash sound as your heart starts pounding in your chest. You didn’t think he even liked the jeans you got him because he had never worn them.

Until now, that is.

“Babe? Are you alright?” Leon asks, tilting his head at you and raising an eyebrow as he turns to face you.

You blink a few times, shaking your head to snap you out of your lust filled daze, returning your focus back to the dirty dishes as you fish through the water to grab the sponge, “yeah sorry! Long day…” you haphazardly reply.

“Right…” Leon says, nodding slightly before clearing his throat to continue, “let me get this gear off and I’ll come help you.”

Leon turns to walk into the bedroom, his heavy boots echoing through the apartment. You allow yourself another look as he walks off, your breath catching in your throat. It’s not just the jeans that made him look so… attractive. It’s the way the straps of his gun holster and various pouches attached to his belt hugged his thighs and how they perfectly shaped Leon’s toned backside. You unknowingly have a death grip on the sponge as hordes of less than appropriate thoughts fill your mind, causing you to bite your bottom lip.

“Stop…” you say softly; not even realizing you had said it out loud until Leon stops in his tracks and turns around to face you again.

“Hm? What’s up?” he asks before a knowing smirk begins to cross his lips as he puts his hands on his hips.

“I’m sorry, I…” you stammer before dropping the sponge back into the sink, “you just look really fucking hot in those jeans, Leon.”

He lets out a playful laugh before approaching you; you swear he’s swaying his hips as he walks on purpose just to rile you up, and it works. Now standing in front of you, his gloved fingers tracing along your jawline before cupping the back of your head, his fingers carding through your hair. His blue eyes boring into yours, piercing directly into your very soul. 

“Like what you see?” he asks, his voice low and sultry before he leans in, burying his face into the crook of your neck, feeling his lips and tongue upon your skin.

Immediately, your knees are weak and the only sound you manage to get out is a strained whimper as he pushes his body into yours. Your hands, having a mind of their own, reach down around his waist, slipping inside the back pockets of his jeans before gripping his toned ass. Leon lets out a low chuckle against your neck, feeling it reverberate through your body. 

Leon’s hands run down the sides of your body before settling on your waist. He shifts both of you away from the sink before lifting you up by your waist, setting you onto the countertop. He then lifts your sundress up over your knees, gathering it onto your plush thighs before his fingers hook around the hem of your panties, slowly pulling them off and tossing them aside.

Knowing what’s to come, you shift yourself so that you’re balancing on the edge of the counter on your backside, using your hands to brace yourself against the counter. You watch Leon start to remove his belt and holster, but you reach out, grabbing his wrist to stop him.

“Keep it on. It’s really sexy,” you say, smiling at him.

He lets out another chuckle before kissing you deeply on the lips, “whatever you want, babe. Let me just make sure the pistol’s safety is on.” 

Leon takes a step back briefly, pulling his Sentinel Nine out of its holster, hearing the click of him engaging the safety before returning it to its holster. He steps towards you again and you watch in anticipation as his fingers undo his jeans, pushing them and his boxers just enough so that his hardening length springs free. You watch his gloved hand wrap around his length, giving it a few strokes before he lines himself up with your soaked entrance.

As he slowly sheathes himself inside you, your legs wrap themselves around his waist and your hands work on removing the straps and buckles keeping his tactical vest in place. Once unbuckled, he shrugs it off himself and it lands on the kitchen floor with a loud thud, leaving him in just his tight, black athletic t-shirt. Now that he doesn’t have the bulky vest on, he wastes no time pressing himself against your body, his hips pistoning into your welcoming heat.

You drape your arms over his shoulders, soft moans escaping you before you lock your lips with his. Your pussy walls clench around his cock, sending shockwaves of pleasure throughout your body, giving you goosebumps on your arms.

“Oh fuck! Feels so good, Leon…” you breathe out as Leon drives you towards the edge, feeling your orgasm coil in your belly, ready to snap at any moment. 

“Yeah? I’m the only one who’s made you feel this good, aren’t I?” Leon asks, his tone husky and full of playful arrogance.

“Yes!” you cry out, the coil finally snapping, your release completely soaking him, leaving the telltale white ring around the base of his cock.

“Son of a bitch…!” Leon growls, increasing the pace of his thrusts inside you as he chases his own release. He leans in close, his breath tickling your ear before he whispers, “where do you want my cum, sweetheart?”

“Inside!” you whimper, your legs trembling from your earlier orgasm as your arms cling to his back, “please…!”

“You got it babe,” he replies, his hips practically hammering into your body before pressing himself as hard and deep inside you as he can possibly go, painting your walls white with his love. 

The warmth of his cum filling you pulls a long and loud moan out of you, your eyes practically rolling into the back of your head and you melt in his embrace. Leon lets out another low chuckle as he wraps his arms around you, rubbing your back with both of his hands as he gives you soft kisses on your cheek.

“Remind me to wear these jeans more often.”

[quiobisecretsanta]

QuiObi Secret Santa 2024

A special note from your mods:

Hi all. In view of recent events, we feel strongly that we need the comfort of our community, our storytellers and artists, more than ever. This year's Secret Santa will be a quick event, but I hope it will keep our hearts warm this holiday season. We deeply, deeply appreciate each and every one of you who can participate in any way at all. If nothing else, please spread the cheer. (Quite frankly, I'm back on the tried-and-true 'fake it til you make it' kick.) Love, - QoC mods

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[saphushia]

I would loveeeee to hear your weird creeper hcs 🙏🙏🙏

YES YAY THANK YOU 🌟

okay so i guess first off. i hc silverfish to be larval creepers. that, in addition with a creeper's diet (and silverfish's, of course) consisting of ore, is why creepers explode players. see, when creepers explode, their eggs are embedded in the surrounding terrain. as players often carry ores on them, a creeper managing to explode a player and drop their inventory means the silverfish that hatch are almost guaranteed a very generous meal upon first hatching. after that, silverfish burrow underground to continue eating, and to stay safe until they're ready to metamorphise into creepers

(bonus doc lore at the end of the post 🐐)

creepers emerge from the ground at night because that's when it's generally safest for them to finish the final stages of development and gather their bearings. creepers themselves cannot dig or burrow, so they stay on the surface (or in a cave, if that's where they emerged) for the remainder of their life.

the combustion is the result of a chemical reaction- they store reactive materials in chambers in their body, and when they're released and come into contact with each other it causes an explosion as a side note, creepers can eat meat, but are more scavengers than hunters, and only eat it when it's readily available with little to no risk.

moving onto doc (because i'll never pass up a chance for blorbo talk), his anatomy is somewhat different from a standard creeper due to all the modifications to give him a more 'human' bodyplan and appearance.

his forelegs were originally removed and reattached to act as arms, however his spine and leg joints weren't built for a bipedal upright stance, so it gives him back, knee, and ankle pain to walk like that too much. his retractable robotic forelegs were a later addition he made for himself as a mobility aid to help relieve that pain. because of that he has a slightly more 'taur' like body structure, vs standard creepers whose necks are centered between all 4 legs. originally both his arms had 3 digits each (as they were made by modifying his legs), but when he made his right arm prosthetic he gave it a 5-fingered, more human-like shape for easier manipulation of stuff designed for human use

his combustion chambers were also removed long ago, so he can no longer explode himself (which he doesn't really mind. not big on the whole 'one panic away from exploding himself to death' thing)

he can digest a larger range of food than standard creepers can, but he still needs to eat ores to keep a nutritionally balanced diet. mostly he eats non-mineral foods just because he likes the taste, rather than actual nutritional value. it's recommended not to eat anything he makes for himself, because even if it looks like smth a human can eat, it's probably seasoned with redstone or iron shavings (he is good at making human-safe food, but he has no reason to make his own meals human safe. only eat doc's cooking if you know it's meant to be shared)

his scales are also softer, fading into something more similar to rough skin on a lot of his body. his 'hair' is thicker than a human's but thinner than a creeper's scales- it has almost a quill like texture. he can still 'hiss' by rattling them, but it's a somewhat different pitch than your standard creeper.

he also has a lot of mods on his neck to allow him to speak, and his robotic eye sees far better than a creeper's (slightly above human average, vs creeper eyes which are far below a human average). also a lot of questional brain/head mods to give him a more human appearing face and human-level cognition. his horns however are purely aesthetic.

[outerwilds-events]

Well, Campfire Fest was an absolute blast. We had 18 participants and 65 submissions. This is a huge accomplishment that all of you made together! Thanks again to everyone who participated, it wouldn't have been such a great event without you. Major kudos to @noofl, @poisonhemloc, and @sawyer-is-eepy for submitting something for every day of the fest week during fest!

Honorable mention to @unnamedpebble for submitting something for every day of the fest week with the late submission period. Links to each days works are below the cut. If you haven't had the chance to peruse everything you really should. Everyone did such a great job and I continue to be so impressed with how talented this fandom is.

Be on the look out for more information on mod applications and on the winter event!

Day 1: Hourglass Twins, Angst, Slate, Locating the Eye

Tugging the Tether by @sawyer-is-eepy (fic)

Hour Glass Twins Warp Tower by @660percent (art)

Okay Maybe There Was One Death From The Space Program by @poisonhemloc (fic)

A Ship In Need of Repair by @carolkinopf (comic)

Bitter Medicine by @noofl (comic)

broken window by @tippertot (fic)

Campfire Fest 2024 Day 1 by @jellyfish-grave (comic)

Assurances by @merrydock (fic)

The Arrow of Time by @spitzyyyy (fic)

dropped in a canyon (help has now arrived) by @tksfandomhellhole (fic)

Post Feldspar's Disparition Slate by @unnamedpebble (art)

Time Stops for No One by SpaceMange (fic)

Day 2: Timber Hearth, Fluff, Hornfels, Music

Revelations by @sawyer-is-eepy (poem)

Hornfels - The Astronomer by @unnamedpebble (art)

What if Hornfels Didn't Know How to Whistle by @noofl (comic)

If You're Going to Play around a Campfire (You gotta have a Fiddle in the Band) by @poisonhemloc (fic)

Technically Kazoos are after Mirlitons Timeline-wise But by @poisonhemloc (fic)

a favorite of the formerly deceased by @spitzyyyy (fic)

Campfire Fest 2024 Day 2 by @jellyfish-grave (comic)

Child of the Stars by spacemange (fic)

Artistry by @merrydock (fic)

anti-fall tarp by @tksfandomhellhole

Day 3: Brittle Hollow, Hurt/Comfort, Gossan, Warp

Gossan by @unnamedpebble (art)

Gossan by @noofl (art)

Good Thing No One is Watching the Black Hole and About to Freak Out by @poisonhemloc (fic)

Brittle Hollow/Warp by @660percent (art)

warp to me by @tippertot (fic)

Untitled by @sawyer-is-eepy (art)

Campfire Fest 2024 Day 3 by @jellyfish-grave (art)

you're lucky they won't remember this by @spitzyyyy (fic)

Day 4: Giant’s Deep, Humor, Prophy, Sap Wine

Porphy and the Good Stuff by @cobaltbluesu (art)

Small Doodle by @noofl (comic)

This is a Speed Running Strat by @poisonhemloc (fic)

it do go down by @tksfandomhellhole (fic)

Porphy Tasting their Favorite Batch of Sapwine by @unnamedpebble (art)

Humor, Porphy, Sapwine by @jellyfish-grave (comic)

Behold! Sapwine! by @sawyer-is-eepy (comic)

Reflection under stormy green skies by CrimsonQuill086 (fic)

Thanks for Being my Time Buddy by SpaceMange (fic)

Day 5: Dark Bramble, Horror, Solanum, Ghost Matter

Noooo Hatchy by @unnamedpebble (art)

Our Friend with Ghostmatter by @noofl (art)

I Like to Think They are More Salamanders Than Fish by @poisonhemloc (fic)

The Horrors of Basic Biology by @tippertot (fic)

Solanum by @jellyfish-grave (comic)

Horror by @sawyer-is-eepy (comic)

Horror by @sawyer-is-eepy (art)

The Day After the End of the World by @tksfandomhellhole (fic)

Day 6: Space Station, Romance, Hal, Time Loop

White Hole Station by @unnamedpebble (art)

Hal and the Hatchling by @noofl (art)

Space Station by @660percent (art)

Space Station, Hal, Time Loop by @lutiaskokopelli (art)

River Chats by @poisonhemloc (fic)

If You Can't Talk Someone into Being Your Weighted Blanket Homemade is Fine by @poisonhemloc (fic)

Romance by @2isted-chocol8-art (comic)

Hal the Pal by @sawyer-is-eepy (art)

My future is in the forest of the stars by CrimsonQuillo86 (fic)

Day 7: Open Prompts

Time Buddies for the Soul by @unnamedpebble (art)

Don't Worry Guys They're All Fine by @noofl (comic)

Trailblazer 1 by @cobaltbluesu (comic)

Just a Weird AU Started by a Fall Out Boy Song by Fallout Boy (@poisonhemloc) (fic)

Universe by @2isted-chocol8-art (art)

Let's Walk Together by @jellyfish-grave (art)

Final Day by @eldritchcats (art)

Good-bye Campfire Fest by @sawyer-is-eepy (art)

The Divergence Hypothesis by @tksfandomhellhole (fic)

[kenziesimsblog]

SIMS 3 YOUTUBER LEGACY

SIMS 3 YOUTUBER LEGACY

FOR THIS LEGACY YOU CAN CHOOSE WHERE YOU LIVE BUT MUST BE A CITY CELEBRITY WORLD FOR GEN ONE PLEASE NOTE NOT ALL OF THIS INFORMATION OR TRAITS/GOALS FIT THE YOUTUBERS!

GEN 8 WAS A FILLER BECAUSE I COULDNT THINK OF ANYONE THEY HAPPENED TO POP UP ON MY RECOMMENED !

GENERATION 1- TARA YUMMY

you grew up in a rural town moving to the big city as soon as you got the chance , your confident with yourself and love to be social what does the city life hold for you?

STYLE PREFERENCE - Y2K

TRAITS - social butterfly, irresistible, party animal, dog lover and vegetarian

LIFETIME WISH- blog artist

GOALS

run a 5 star blog

get a partner have a few kids THEN BREAK UP no marriage yet

go clubbing every saturday night

adopt a dog -your a party animal throw birthday parties every weekend

throw parties for holidays sometimes -do not eat meat your a vegetarian

become a five star celebrity

when you reach 8 days before elder status get back with your ex and have a private wedding with your family

complete your lifetime wish then gen complete

OPTIONAL IF YOU HAVE THE MODELING MOD JOIN MODEL CAREER AND MASTER MODELING SKILL*

GENERATION 2- SAM AND COLBY

your parent was kinda of a party animal they never really grew up as soon as you reached young adult status you left.

STYLE PREFRENCE - DARK ACADEMIA

TRAITS- adventurous, night owl, rebellious, loves the outdoors and easily impressed

LIFETIME WISH- paranormal profiteer

GOALS

meet your best friend in high school and stay friends your whole life -pull pranks -when your first move out have atleast 2 roomies aside from your best friend

move out of roomie house with your best friend -join ghost hunting profession with bff

fall in love with co worker or bestie

get married fast

have as many kids as you want

must have triplets {can cheat this}

complete lifetime wish

GENERATION 3- STURNIOLO TRIPLETS

you and your triplets have always been close and its hard to move on

STYLE PREFERENCE - STREETWEAR

TRAITS (only give to main heir) - good sense of humor, friendly, schmoozer , excitable, and vehicle enthusiat

LIFETIME WISH- reach max influence with all social groups

CAREER- self employed

GOALS {follow with heir}

stay close to other triplets

you all move in together -you go to uni for fun ultimately dropping out

meet partner in uni

join any freelance career -only have one kid

be extremley close to child and partner

GENERATION 4- SIMPHORA (WRITTEN BY @simphoraa)

Name - Simphora °❀⋆.ೃ࿔*:･𐦍༘⋆

Description - You like to call yourself the “Jack of All Trades”, and eh.. you may not be actually considered one. But, you have a lot of interests, passions, the undying urge to explore new things, and acquire more knowledge and skills. Go show the world what you’re truly capable of!

Aesthetic - Luxurious Baddie

Traits - Ambitious, Dramatic, Computer Whiz, Hopeless Romantic, Workaholic

Lifetime wish - Forensic Specialist: Dynamic DNA Profiler

Goals:

Enroll in University and major in Technology

Live off-Campus and have one roommate

Get the disliked relationship with your roommate, and then find a reason to kick them out

Earn the Technology Degree

Reach level 10 in the Law Enforcement Career (choose the forensic branch)

Master the Logic skill

Create a Online Dating Profile

Fall inlove quickly with someone from the Online Dating website

Play video games once a day

Become a streamer, and livestream every Friday night (this is optional because you need to download the streamer mod from ModtheSims)

Befriend some supporters

Have as many kids as you want

GENERATION 5 - FLORYDA (WRITTEN BY @florydaax)

your life was cozy you wanted it more!

TRAITS- bookworm, cat person , clumsy, loner and socially awkward

LIFETIME WISH- the cat herder

CAREER- Lawyer (custom career by missyhissy) or law enforcement

GOALS

Join the Ballet/Dance after school activity as a child

Get a parttime job at the supermarket as a teen -Go to university and get a degree

Have at least 2 cats -Get married to your first boyfriend/ partner

Have 2 kids

Buy and read books every week

Master the Social Networking and Writing skills -Complete the lifetime wish and reach the top of the career

GENERATION 6- MR BEAST

you had a good life and you want to make sure others do to even if yours goes downhill

STYLE PREFERENCE= COMFY/ CASUAL

TRAITS- good, lucky, nuturing, ambitious, and charismatic

LIFETIME WISH- leader of the free world

CAREER- political

GOALS

donate to a charirty every week -do any opportunity that earns money or relationships

you meet a partner in high school but they cheat on you

your single for a while, until you meet a single parent

become close to them and there child

adopt 2 strays

adopt a kid

play a lottery when you can

your partner suddenly dies take in there kid'

have atleast one kid with your partner before they die

never remarry

complete lifetime wish

never have a bad relationship or distant friends

GENERATION 7- CATALEAH

you love animals and want to save them all

STYLE PREFERENCE - COTTAGECORE

TRAITS- animal lover, eco friendly, loves the outdoors, socially awkward and green thumb

LIFETIME WISH- the ark builder

CAREER- horseman

GOALS

get your first animal as a gift from your parent

have two of each animal that lifetine wish says

farm animals optional

master gardening skill

have a "perfect" garden

go to equestrian lot

learn to ride horse

be close to every animal

meet another animal lover

be close to your kids you lost your parents

complete lifetime wish

GENERATION 8 - CARLO AND SARAH

you want the perfect love life

STYLE PREFERENCE- FANCY

TRAITS- hopeless romantic, family orenited ,artistic, friendly and neat

LIFETIME WISH - surronded by family

CAREER- FREELANCE ARTIST

GOALS

meet your best friend in high school

when you graduate go to france

find your partner there

they move to town you get married

have 5 kids

do a family activity every holiday

throw many parties

complete lifetime

DONE

TAG ME IN POST I WOULD LOVE TO SEE!

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LaughterLand - Chapter 4: Plants

(story by Mod Secret, art by Mod Secret)

It was completely identical to the vine Papyrus had been looking at earlier. A light pastel green color with a feather-like tip, and sprouting several more smaller leaves that also resembled feathers. What Papyrus couldn't quite figure out was how it managed to get between his toes. What was even crazier was he swore he could feel it … moving?

"Okay, it's just a plant," Sans breathed out, sounding relieved, obviously grateful that it wasn't one of the Ghost Children come back to surprise them.

"Very strange," Papyrus continued to stare down at the vine as he shook it from his toes.

"What is?" Sans inquired.

"Nothing…," Papyrus replied abruptly. The last thing he wanted Sans to think was that he thought a plant was moving on its own. He shrugged it off, turning back towards his brother.

"I guess I'm still a little shaken u—hahahahaha!" Papyrus's voice raised in volume as he was overcome by giggles again.

"Pap! What are you doing?" Sans harshly whispered, fearing the worst from his brother's loud outburst.

"My-My tohohoes!!" Papyrus could once again feel his toes being tickled, he quickly turned back around to see what was happening.

"S-Sohohomething’s tickling my…." The tickling stopped the moment Papyrus looked down. The lifeless vine was once again weaved between his second and big toes.

"What the...?" Papyrus stared down at the vine, again perplexed. He knew for a fact that he had shaken it out so it wouldn't continue to pester him, and this time he knew for sure that something had been wriggling in between his toes.

"Pap, stop clowning around." Sans half-glared at his brother, clearly not amused by his shenanigans. "Get that thing outta here, we have to be quiet."

"Sans, I'm not doing anything." Papyrus turned back to Sans, trying to sound convincing. "Something was honestly ti—HEEHEEHEEHEE!!"

Papyrus quickly turned back, just in time to see the vine stop wiggling itself and drop to the ground to play dead. Papyrus's eyes widened, not entirely convinced about what he had just seen.

"Sans...?" Papyrus warily called to his brother, not taking his eyes off of the vine.

"Papyrus," Sans groaned, sounding frustrated. "Do you really expect me to believe that that plant just came to life and started tickling your toes?"

While Sans continued to stare out from behind the giant fan leaf, Papyrus could think of only one way to prove to Sans that he wasn't joking. He quickly grabbed ahold of the vine and placed it near his brother's feet. To his amazement, the vine wasted no time slithering towards Sans's toes and weaving its feather-like tip between them.

"Papyrus, we have to stay quiet," Sans continued. "You never know what's gonna—AGH! Ahahaha!!" Sans immediately jerked his foot back and swung himself around. "Whoa! Hold on! What the...?!"

Having gotten both brothers’ attention, the tip of the vine rose up on its own, meeting them both at eye level. It's feather-like tip waved back and forth, almost looking like a puppy wagging its tail. And although neither brother could believe what they were seeing, the two of them swore it was making some kind of animal noise. Sounding almost like a cat's purr.

"Pap...?" Sans sat looking wide-eyed at the sentient plant.

"Yes, Sans?" Papyrus replied, not taking his eyes off of it either.

"You're … seeing what I'm seeing right?" Sans spared a short glance at his brother, just enough to notice him nodding in response.

For a moment the vine did nothing but continue to purr and wave its feather-tip back and forth. Then, very slowly and cautiously, it started slithering towards the skeletons. It seemed to be curious.

"Oh no you don't!" Sans immediately blocked it off from Papyrus by getting in between the two of them. He wasn't about to take any chances with this … whatever it was.

"Sans, what are you doing?" Papyrus asked with a tone of concern.

"Back up, feather-face," Sans demanded. "Believe me, I know enough not to trust plants with a mind of their own."

The vine stopped moving just as Sans intervened. It tilted itself, seemingly to try to look over at Papyrus, before slinking downwards appearing to be sad. It started to turn to slither away, Papyrus couldn't help but feel sorry for it.

"Sans, you hurt its feelings," he berated his brother.

"Papyrus, remember the last time we tried to make 'new friends’?" Sans looked back at him sternly. "Now we've got two bratty Ghost Kids who wanna tickle us to death, and possibly chew on our bones for dessert."

"Well, I suppose...," Papyrus answered, looking back at the drooping plant, still slowly slinking off. "But those were two ghosts, Sans, this one's a plant. How much worse could it be?"

"Bro…," Sans replied with a deadpan expression. "It was literally just after our toes."

"Well … maybe it just needs a friend," Papyrus insisted. "Goodness knows we could certainly use one of those right now." Papyrus suddenly gasped, a brilliant idea popping into his head. "What if this vine could possibly tell us the way to get home?! I'm gonna go ask him!" Papyrus hastily pushed past Sans, despite his brother's best efforts to stop him, and moved towards the vine.

"Pap! No! Wait!"

It was too late. Papyrus followed after the vine, gently tapping it on the head.

"Hold on, just a minute," Papyrus said. 

The vine stopped to face Papyrus, curiously rising up even further to make eye contact.

"Please forgive my brother's rudeness, we've had kind of a strange day."

"Pfft! Rudeness…." Sans rolled his eyes, grumbling to himself.

"But please do not despair," Papyrus went on. "We wish to extend our hands in friendship!" Papyrus looked back at Sans, who was stubbornly crossing his arms. "Well … at least I do!" Papyrus held out his hand towards the vine, half-expecting a kind of handshake in return.

The vine tilted its feather-tip to look down at Papyrus's hand, then back up at Papyrus again. It seemed so utterly confused by this gesture at first, but slowly coiled itself around his hand. Papyrus graciously shook his hand up and down, taking the makeshift handshake.

"There! See? Now we're friends!" Papyrus grinned as the vine released his hand to stare at him once more.

"Pretty sure that's not how friendship works, Pap," Sans replied snarkily.

Papyrus turned back to shoot Sans a dirty look but was suddenly distracted by the vine nuzzling into his cheekbone.

"Nyeh-heh-heh!" Papyrus giggled as he nuzzled it back, patting it on the head affectionately. "I don't know Sans, it seems pretty friendly to me!" Papyrus scratched the top of the vine, tickling under its 'chin’, cooing at it as if it were a pet.

"Yes you are! Yes you are such an adorable little creeping plant!"

The vine gave a playful sounding little 'grr' and began brushing its feather tip back and forth against Papyrus's chin, making him giggle.

"Nyeheeheeheehee! Aww! Ahahaha! S-See Sahahans? It's friehehendly! Heeheehee!" Papyrus couldn't help but scrunch up as the vine continued to tease at his chin.

"I think you got the 'creeping' part right," Sans scoffed. He never did like to admit to Papyrus when he was wrong. Especially when he was only trying to look out for him. But looking at Papyrus playing with his new 'friend’, even Sans had to admit that he was glad to see Papyrus finally having some fun in this nightmare world.

"Heeheehee! O-Okahahay, okay!" Papyrus gingerly tried to push the vine away, having had enough of the teasing. "Thahahat's enough. Y-You-hahaha! You can stahahap now! Heeheehee!!" But despite his best efforts, the vine refused to stop tickling. In fact it was moving on from brushing against Papyrus's chin, to brushing along his neck and cheekbones.

Sans could immediately tell that something was up. First by noticing Papyrus starting to struggle with the vines 'playfulness', then by noticing the forest around them starting to shift. Little by little Sans began to notice more and more feather-tipped vines starting to surround them. But that wasn't all, all of a sudden Sans was noticing various other plants and flowerbeds that he knew were not there just a minute ago. Were they all alive? They seemed to be attracted to the sound of Papyrus's laughter, for Sans began to notice that the louder Pap's giggling got, the closer the plant life seemed to creep in.

"Um … Papyrus?" Sans spoke in a low tone, almost afraid to spook the plant life into moving too quickly. "Pap...? We should probably go now."

But Papyrus couldn't hear him, he was still struggling with the feather-vine, trying hard to push it away or block it from going after his neck.

"Aaagh!! Ahahaha!! Nyeheeheehee! A-Alrihihight!" he frantically giggled, finally gripping onto the vine with both hands and holding it away from him.

"Pap...?" Sans started to slowly move towards his brother. Immediately aware that the other plants were starting to slowly follow him, getting uncomfortably close.

"Phew! Oh … no offense … little one…," Papyrus tried to apologize through catching his breath. "I've just … been tickled quite enough … for one day...."

"Papyrus...?"

By the time Papyrus finally noticed Sans, he had finally looked up to realize that almost every flower, feather-vine, and extraordinary-looking manner of plant was staring intensely at the two of them.

"Oh! Um...." Papyrus timidly looked between the multitudes of feather-vines that were looming overhead, and the little one still in his hands. "Does this … nice little one belong to you?" He grinned cheekily.

WHOOSH!

Before the skeletons could even grasp what just hit them, they were grabbed and bound tightly by all of the feather-vines. Each one grabbing onto a limb and a torso.

"Hey! Hey! HEY!" Sans yelled out trying to break free. "Papyrus! PAP?!" He looked around trying to find his brother, horrified to find him being held captive by the strange vines. "Let him go!" Sans instinctively tried to reach for him, but found himself in the exact same position. Arms and legs spread out with no chance of squirming away.

"Pap!" Sans called out. "You speak … weird plant! Tell them to let us go!"

"Oh! Right! Right!" Papyrus, in his panic, had nearly forgotten his friendship with the playful plant. He cleared his throat hoping to communicate clearly with the wild vines.

"Um … greetings … greenery!" he began hesitantly. "We are newcomers in your world, and were hoping that you could point us towards the way home!" The plant life didn't move, seeming to want to hear more before making any sudden decisions.

"Um … n-not that your land isn't … beautiful, of course!" Papyrus stammered, fearing to have offended them somehow. "But, it's really really important that my brother and I find a way to get back to the Underground. So … would you be so kind as to … perhaps … assist us?"

A moment passed … then another … were they thinking about it? Sans was getting more and more anxious waiting for them to respond. Impulsively he started squirming and pulling hard on his feathered restraints.

"Ugh! Come on!" Sans growled. "Make up your minds or let us go already!"

Out of nowhere, Sans suddenly heard Papyrus's high-pitched squeal as he started to squirm himself. "Pap! What's wrong?"

"My-My tohohoes!" Papyrus shrieked. "They're tihihihickling!! Nyeheeheeheehee!! Stahahahap it!! Ahahaha!!"

Sans looked down to see two feather vines wriggling in between both sets of his brother's toes. Sans pulled even harder at the vines, trying to get to Papyrus.

"Leave him alone!" Sans snapped angrily. "Let him go or else—Aaagh! Ahahahaha! Nohohoho! Wahahait!" 

Sans felt the creeping feather vines start brushing along both sides of his ribcage. He started thrashing even harder trying to escape.

"Oh nonononohohoho!!" Sans harsh tone quickly gave way to even more hysterical laughter. "Nahahahat again!! Ahahahaha!!"

Papyrus started screeching even harder once he felt two more feather vines start creeping up towards his knees and just below his ribcage.

"WAHAHAHAHA!! NOHOHO!! STAHAHAP!!! NYEHEEHEEHEEHEE!! I-I-I THOHOHOHOUGHT WE WERE FRIEHEHEHENDS!! AAAAHAHAHA!!"

"Papyruhuhuhuhus!!" Sans attempted to sound cross with his brother, but it was difficult to speak through his laughter. "I-I tohohohold you—AAH!! Ahahahahaha!!! I just—AAAHAHAHA!! I knehehew they were trohohohohouble!! Ahahahahahaha!!"

"EEEEEEEHEEHEEHEEHEE!!!" Papyrus let out another high-pitched squeal as even more feather-vines began brushing along his cheekbones. "HAHAHAHA—HOW WAHAHAS I S-SUPPOSED TO KNOHOHOHOW?!" Despite being mercilessly tickled, Papyrus still tried to continue the argument with Sans.

"GAH! Aheeheeheehee!!" Sans could feel more feather-vines coming after his feet. They brushed up against the sides trying to get to the bottom of his soles. Sans's voice pitched up into frantic giggling. He didn't dare try to stamp his feet around for fear of the vines getting to their destination.

"Heeheeheehee!! A-Ahahahahall you h-hahahad to do wahahahas just—AGHAHAHA!! Just l-lihihihisten to meheeheehee!!" Sans shot back. 

"AAAAHAHAHA!! LET ME GOHOHOHO!!" Papyrus pleaded as he felt even more vines start to brush beneath his knees. He hiked up his knees as best he could, trying to protect them. "PLEHEHEASE STAHAHAP!! THIHIHIHIS—THIS IS AHAHAHAWFUL!!"

As his feet began to lightly stomp back and forth, he was unaware of just how close he was to the other vines who were attacking his toes. It wasn't until he felt the soft bristles flatten beneath his left foot, did he realize that he had accidentally stepped on one of them. The vines that were holding him let out a noise that sounded like a frightened 'yelp’, suddenly releasing Papyrus and skittering away.

Papyrus landed with a loud thud onto another, much more colorful plant. Thankfully this plant was about as soft as a pile of fluff, so no harm came to the younger skeleton. For a moment, Papyrus just laid there, catching his breath and trying to process what had just happened. He finally snapped out of it once he heard Sans starting to shriek with giggles.

"YEEEEHEEHEEHEE!! Nononono!! Stahahap!! Gehehet away from my fohohohoot!!"

Papyrus shook the dizziness from his head, preparing to leap into action to save his brother. "Hold on, Sans! I'm coming!"

But the moment Papyrus tried to spring to his feet, he suddenly found that the plant he had fallen in had wrapped part of its greenery around his arms and ankles, keeping him restrained once again.

"What?! Oh, not again!" Papyrus yanked and pulled at the strange plant, hoping to break himself out of its grip. But, much like the feather-vines, this plant was also much stronger than it seemed. 

"Come on! Let … me … go!" Papyrus strained and struggled, but it only made the plant hold on tighter.

Papyrus stopped fighting to get a closer look at just what he was dealing with. Other than its  bright rainbow of pastel colors and its gigantic size, it seemed to be just an ordinary fern bush. Only the leaves on this particular one seemed to be a lot softer … feather soft as a matter of fact.

"Oh no…." Papyrus gulped. "P-Please … please don't tell me it's THAT kind of Feather Fern...."

In an instant Papyrus was completely overwhelmed with all of the different colored foliage. Every soft blade was brushing and bristling into a different ticklish spot and not letting up for a moment. Papyrus threw his head back cackling wildly as he felt the soft leaves tickling at his neck, underarms, spine, knees, and feet all at once.

"NYAAAAHAHAHA!! NOHOHOHO!! NOOO!! L-LEHEHET ME GOHOHO!! NYAHAHAHAHA!! PLE-PLEHEHEASE!! T-TOO-TOOHOOHOO MUHUHUHUCH!!"

Sans let out a panicked gasp as he felt the two vines that were tickling his ribcage suddenly start to climb up higher.

"Ahahahaha!! Nonononono! Stahahahap!!" he pleaded with the vines, as they slowly brushed their way up his ribcage, making sure to tickle every inch as slowly as they went. "N-Nohohoho! Wahahait!! What—Ahahaha!! Whahahat are you dohohohoing?! Ahahahahaaa!!" 

Sans did not like the answer. He let out a horrified gasp as the vines began brushing their soft and delicate feathers along the inside of Sans's underarms.

"NAHAHAHAHAHA!!! AAAHAHAHA!! STAHAHAP IT!! NOHOHOHO!! NOT—NAHAHAT THEHEHEHERE!!"

Sans writhed and thrashed around as best he could, anything to alleviate the awful ticklish torment of one of his worst spots. But nothing could be done to help him. Despite his best efforts, the vines holding him in place were way stronger than he could ever hope to overcome. Leaving him totally exposed and vulnerable to every little flick, bristle, and brush that the feathers had to offer.

"NOHOHO!! PLEHEHEASE!! PLEHEHEASE STAHAHAP!!!" Sans desperately begged as tears began to gather in the corners of his sockets. "I-EEEHEEHEEHEE!! I CAHAHAN'T!!! I CAN'T TAHAHAKE IT!!!"

Papyrus could barely manage to kick his feet out as he struggled against the feather fern's grip. He tried desperately to stomp his feet down on the plant just as he had done before to break free. But it seemed like the plants had gotten on to him, because they were now making an obvious effort to avoid being stepped on.

"EEEHEEHEEHEEHEE!!! PLEHEHEASE!! PLEASE HAVE MEHEHEHERCY!!" Papyrus squealed. He could feel several more soft and tickly branches working their way under his battle body. They twisted and brushed around and between his ribcage.

"YAAAHAHAHAHA!! NOHOHO!! NOHOHOHO FAHAHAIR!! AHAHAHA!!" Papyrus threw his head back laughing, which just invoked even more blades to attack his exposed neck. He silently squealed and scrunched up only managing to choke out a hiccup or two.

The ferns then decided to up the ante, sending a smaller bit of foliage up towards Papyrus's face. It bristled and brushed its soft leaves against his cheekbones and under his chin. Truthfully, Papyrus was so wrapped up in dealing with the attacks on his much more vulnerable areas, that he almost didn't even notice.

"PLEHEHEHEASE!!" he begged after a deep and shaky breath in. "PLEHEHEASE!! PLEHEHEHEASE!! N-NOHOHO MORE!! NO MOHOHORE TIHIHIHICKLING!!"

It wasn't until the smaller foliage started brushing up against Papyrus's nasal cavity did he really start to panic again.

"NO WAHAHAHAIT!!" he shrieked, trying to shake his head back and forth. "HAHAHA!! NOHOHO NOT THAHAT!! I-I CAHAHAN'T—AH-AHAHA-CHOOHOOHOO!!"

As hard as Papyrus struggled, he couldn't escape the miniature blades from bristling around and inside his nasal cavity. It was already a hopeless case trying to stop himself from repeatedly inhaling due to the rest of the fern's merciless tickling.

"HEEHEEHEEHEE!! N-NAHAHA-CHOO!! ST-STAHAHAP!! AH-AHAHA-CHOOHOO!! WAHAHAIT—CHOO!! AHAHAHA!! IT-IHIHIT'S SOHOHOHO HAHA-CHOO!! SOHOHO BAHAHAHAD!!! HA-CHOOOHOOHOO!!"

He sputtered and thrashed, tears flying in every direction, as the unbearable tingling in his nose made him a sneezing, screaming, laughing, mess!

Sans wasn't faring much better, he almost didn't have anymore strength left to tug at his arms. So as the feather-vines continued to drill and swirl around in his underarms, Sans's body was reduced to spasmic shaking and jolting. He was nearly paralyzed from laughter.

"PLEHEHEHEA....!!" he choked out, falling into silent laughter. The best he could hope for in terms of movement was opening and closing his fists while his feet shook back and forth. But nothing could distract him from the feathers' cruel playtime.

Suddenly there was a sharp jerking movement that briefly shook the vines, along with Sans in their clutches. The tickling came to an abrupt stop, and Sans wasted no time inhaling some much needed breath fast and hard. He coughed and sputtered from the force of oxygen hitting the back of his throat, but was so beyond grateful to get a moment's rest from the torment.

"Oh … oh … stars…," he gasped. "P.… Please … let me ...  go now."

And almost immediately after hearing this, the vines holding onto his ankles released him. The remaining vines holding onto his arms and torso began lifting Sans off the ground, gently hovering him above the grass. Sans quickly started kicking and thrashing his feet around, fearing what sick plans this pile of pastel greenery might have in store for him.

"Ugh! Come on!" he fiercely growled, tugging with all his might. "Let me go! Put me down you giant pile of weeds!"

Sans found himself hovering above a flower bed. The flowers inhabiting it were a group of tulips, all colored bright red and violet. True to the strange nature of this forest, these flowers seemed to be alive. The tulips were bouncing up and down, almost looking like they were trying to jump up from the ground they were stuck in. 

But looking closer, Sans could see that they weren't bouncing to try and escape, they were bouncing to try and get to him. The vines were dangling him over this bed of flowers, similar to how a mother bird would dangle a worm over its nest of bouncing hatchlings. To Sans's horror, this was not without reason either. Looking closer, he found these tulips to be … literal two-lips. On the end of each of the little flowers' petals were a pair of kissing lips, all reaching for Sans's feet!

"Oh no!" Sans cried, kicking harder than ever. "Oh nononononono! No! Don't you dare! Don't you even think about it! No!"

Sans’s pleas went unattended, the vines lowered his kicking feet down to the bed of tulips. The kissing flowers wasted no time. One by one, they peppered Sans's feet and toes with endless smooches, getting each toe around and in between. Not neglecting to kiss along his soles as well as the balls of his feet.

"Gaaagh!! Ahahahaha!! No! Nohohohoho!! Stahahap it!!" Sans shrieked. It wasn't nearly as bad at the assault on his underarms, but Sans certainly didn't expect it to tickle THIS badly.

"Plehehehease!! Plehehase get off!! Gehehet off meheeheehee!! Nohohohoho!!" Sans let out an ear-piercing squeal as one particular little tulip started digging in between the space of his baby toe.

Sans desperately tried more kicking and squirming about, hoping that something would deter his new little attackers. But the more he moved his feet, the more he seemed to run into a new group of tulips wanting to tickle him even more. Those that he did manage to kick didn't even respond and just kept on kissing, as if they were completely immune to physical harm.

The vines saw their opportunity to drag more laughter out of him and once again resumed tickling and brushing along his underarms.

"AAAAAHAHAHAHA!!!" Sans let out a full-blown scream. Fresh panic and hysteria jolting through his bones again. "NOHOHOHO!! NOHOHOHOHO PLEHEHEASE!! NOT BOTH!! NAHAHAT BOHOHOHOTH!!! AHAHAHAHA!!"

"HAHA-CHOOHOOHOO!! PLHEHEHEASE!!! AHAHAHA-CHOO!!" Papyrus's face grew bright orange as more and more tears streamed down his cheekbones. Partially from the laughter and also due to the rapid sneezing.

The miniature foliage stopped momentarily, as if to give Papyrus a break. He shook his head rapidly, trying to get the last of the tingles out of his nose. The rest of the tickling all over his body didn't yet subside, but Papyrus took in an enormous breath of air and held it in tight. He wasn't sure yet just what he was trying to accomplish, but he knew that he didn't want to risk inhaling more of the smaller branches and enduring another sneeze-attack.

"MMMMMNNHMMHMMHMM!!" Papyrus screeched through muffled laughter as the assault on his tickle spots continued. It was still unbearable feeling the soft blades of the feather fern exploring his toes, ribs, and knees, but he tried to keep holding it in.

The smaller foliage once again tried to brush inside Papyrus's nasal cavity, eliciting tiny squeals and whimpers from the skeleton. He desperately wished that he could swat at the blades invading his face, but he remained restrained and totally at its mercy. 

Once the tiny blade realized that it wasn't getting any more sneezes out of him, it tried even harder. Back and forth, up and down, it swirled and mercilessly teased along the inside of Papyrus's nose. Tears streamed like tiny waterfalls down Papyrus's cheeks. He bucked and thrashed hard, feeling the insane tingling sensation overwhelm his nasal cavity. It was all-consuming, as his cheekbones puffed out more and more, he knew he couldn't hold it in any longer.

"AAAHAHAHAHA-CHOOOOOOHOOHOO!!"

The sneeze rocked Papyrus's entire body. It was so hard and so brutal, that it flung his entire body a couple of feet forward and ripped him out of the grasp of the feather fern.

Papyrus took a sharp and shaky inhale of breath as he steadied himself. Realizing he was on all fours and could move his limbs freely, he looked behind him to see the angry feather fern reaching and grasping for him.

Papyrus immediately backed away and got to his still-shaking feet. Breathing fast and heavy, he quickly looked around for Sans. His jaw dropped once he saw the state his brother was in. Dangling above kissing tulips while the feather-vines went after his underarms, Sans looked like a helpless laughter-ridden mess! Papyrus readied himself.

"Hang on Sans!" he called "Here I—"

CHOMP!

It was almost comedic at this point just how much Papyrus was being stopped from getting to his brother.

Another gigantic plant, one with an enormous open mouth, lunged for Papyrus, scooping him up in its jaws. Papyrus screamed in terror, not reacting fast enough before the humongous plant once again had him incapacitated.

Papyrus's head and feet were the only parts of his body sticking out from the corners of this plant's mouth, allowing Papyrus to get a better look at it. From its shape and mannerisms, it seemed to be a giant Venus Flytrap plant, and Papyrus was its next meal!

"AAGH! NO!" Papyrus cried out. "Let me go! I have to get to Sans!!" Papyrus tried to will his body to move. But the inside of the Venus Flytrap's mouth was a sticky sort of substance, and there was little Papyrus could do to get unstuck from it.

"Let go!" Papyrus demanded. "The Great Papyrus is not plant food! Put me down!"

The Flytrap grumbled very loudly, Papyrus could feel his whole body vibrating with the sound effect. Suddenly, he felt something start poking at his ribs.

"AAAGH! What is that??" He shrieked in terror. "What's going on??"

Like the majority of the plants in this forest, this plant had a few more odd tricks up its sleeve. Inside the mouth of this Venus Flytrap were hundreds of tiny wriggling little tendrils, all of which saw Papyrus as their next means of prey.

Shortly after one, there came another tendril who found fascination with his ribs. Papyrus yelped and tried once again to hold his breath. But it didn't last long as more and more wriggling tendrils started coming after his knees and underarms.

"EEEK! ...GRR!! N-NO! NONONO—AGH!" Papyrus's head flopped back and forth, his toes curling in and out trying to distract himself. But once two little tendrils found their way around his hips, it was over.

"NYAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHA!!" Papyrus screamed so loudly that it echoed throughout the forest, causing some birds to fly away.

"NOHOHOHOHOHO!! OH PLEHEHEHEASE!! PLEHEHEASE NOHOHOHO!!! OHOHOHO MY GAHAHAHASH!!!" 

He couldn't even hope to thrash around being helplessly stuck to the bottom of the mouth. With more and more tendrils starting to tease and explore every part of his body, Papyrus had no choice but to lay there and take it.

"AHAHAHAHA!! NOHOHOHO DOHOHON'T!! AHAHAHA!! M-MAHAHAKE IT STAHAHAHAP!! PLEHEHEASE!! SOMEBODY—HEEHEEHEEHEE!! HEHEHEHEHELP!!!"

As free falling tears escaped Sans's eye sockets, he managed to glance up at Papyrus once he had heard him start screaming. He couldn't believe what he was seeing and was wondering if he was starting to get delirious. He couldn't even muster the energy to kick at the still-kissing tulips anymore, and just kept dangling there shaking with laughter. It felt so hopeless, everything in this cursed forest was out to tickle them to death! What could they possibly do to save themselves?

Suddenly a deep and anger-filled roar pierced through the forest and shook the trees. It was so loud and came out of nowhere that for a moment, everything froze in fear. All of the plants ceased their tickling onslaught. Even the tendrils in the Venus Flytrap were still, and at last the brothers got a moment to breathe. After finally collecting himself, Sans looked around to try and find the source of their supposed rescue, only to be met with flashes of light, claws, and fur.

THUD!

Sans was abruptly dropped onto the forest floor, and Papyrus followed right beside him. Instinctively, they crawled towards each other and held onto each other in fear. Neither one could figure out just what was happening, until their eyes came to focus on the unbelievable events unfolding before them.

Animals! Creatures of all different shapes and colors were attacking the plant-life. Claws dug up the flower beds, strong and jagged teeth were tearing into the vines and cutting down the Venus Flytrap. Even wings the size of cars were flapping hard and blowing away the various other flora and vegetation that was creeping in for more.

Before Sans and Papyrus could get a good look at just what these mystery animals looked like, they suddenly felt soft hands gripping onto their arms from above them. They let out surprised yelps as they were promptly hoisted into the air and were being carried up into the trees. From above, the brothers could see the remains of the attacking plants as nothing more than shredded pastel colors and feathers.

After what felt like only a few moments, the brothers were dropped off into a different part of the forest. This place had a lot more trees, but absolutely no extra plant-life anywhere in sight. It was a lot more open, and at last, Sans and Papyrus were able to return their breathing to normal.

"Pap…," Sans said at last. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah…," Papyrus answered. "I think so … but … what on earth was all of THAT?"

"No idea," Sans replied, shaking his head. "But … it would be great … if it never … EVER happened again.”

Papyrus wiped the sweat from his forehead and rubbed the last of the tears from his eye sockets. "Wowie … it was a good thing those … creatures … showed up when they did." Papyrus struggled to find the words to describe just who it was that had saved them.

Right on cue, there was a chittering sound, followed by a soft thud as one of the animals had landed on the tree branch just above them.

"Look Sans! It's a cute little monkey!" Papyrus exclaimed. "Oh thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for getting us out of there!"

Sans also began to intensely rub at his eye sockets, his sight was practically blurry from all of the crying he had done. While he wasn't looking, he could hear more and more sounds of these 'monkeys' appearing in the branches all around them.

"Wowie!" exclaimed Papyrus. "Just look at all of you! You have our deepest gratitude, new friends!"

As Sans turned his gaze towards the trees, his soul seemed to stop. His metaphoric blood ran cold and he froze. These weren't just ordinary monkeys the two of them were looking at. These monkeys each had six arms, sporting 30 fingers on a singular animal. But what made Sans even more frightened, was the fact that every single one of them was looking down on the two of them, and were grinning ear to ear. 

[hd-erised]

Second Check-In: HELL YEAH HELL YEAH!

art by @pato-roldnart Rules and Guidelines | FAQ | AO3 Collection

Today is October 7th, which means it’s time for our second check-in (and ohhh buddy, fall is flying by)!

Emails have been sent! We're asking that you respond to a couple of questions, and send us your WIPs, and we’ve already heard from several of you! If you haven’t had a chance yet, please let us know how everything is going. This check-in is mandatory! If we do not hear from you within a week you may be dropped from the fest.

If you did not receive an email, please contact us at hderised@gmail.com and we’ll get in touch ASAP!

Remember, assignments for @hd-erised are due November 4th. That’s 4 weeks away! We hope that all is well and you're creating away! But if you are struggling, or considering dropping, please, please, please let us know as soon as possible. We are here to help!

<3 your Erised mods (Ali, El, & Honey)

[tau1tvec]

just when i think EA can’t get worse.. a romance ep isn’t even a terrible idea, it brings popular mods to the game + every romantic sim relationship would be expanded in some way, but i think they really dropped the ball. there didn’t even seem to be any improvements on how cheating plays out. i thought maybe w the addition of romantic boundaries coming to bg.. and couples counseling would have been perfect w this. i’m scared the only change will be some description to read under ‘romantic satisfaction’ that can be fixed w a couple interactions. wish sims wouldn’t be able to sleep in the same bed, so one would have to crash on the couch like in ts2. and that romantic interactions wouldn’t work for a long time after. i guess they can still surprise me but im not optimistic. also, only 3 new date types? i could’ve sworn they said something abt anniversary dates at one point.. guess it’s another thing ill have to simulate myself 🤡

That’s really been The Sims 4’s whole thing rlly, is having to kinda imagine everything yourself, which I’m like okay fine, I do it with other games, but I feel like The Sims, or previous ones have always been a kinda marriage of what the game can do on its own ( simulate ), and then what you as the player can think up to either destroy or build off of that, similar to Sim City.

I think the core issue with The Sims 4 however, is its engine, and its development inconsistencies, which tbf it’s been going ten years, longer than any b4 it, so some inconsistencies are expected, but the fact that we got expanded weddings in a GP, and a date pack in an EP and very little else is rlly weird… the fact that our teen sims can go to an actual lot for school, but child sims and college sims can’t is also kinda infuriating. The fact we can have restaurants, and “run” them, but not work in them, is dumb to put it plainly, esp when the dining out system is still broken ( ??? ), yet they’re gonna have a pack about dates that will more often than not take place in a… *checks notes* restaurant?

The couples counseling thing actually would be cool tho, and there’s still a chance they might surprise us with it, but it’d also be weird to have counseling for couples, and not just… single sims.

No wonder modders are making so much money off of fixing and or adding onto this game, bc EA I feel is purely relying on the console audience atp to excuse and condone this “rent wasn’t due” behavior.

[cephalonserotonin]

Koumei & The 5 Fates Update Thoughts

(I've only been playing around with this update for a few hours, so of course my opinions may change in the future)

The new mission type (Shrine Defense) is nice; despite the name, it's more like a mini Interception (though without a timer, which is greatly appreciated as I play solo so Interception is a pain in the ass for me) hybridized with Plague Star (the infested enemies, the tanky final boss, the fact that you'll have to do it enough times to get sick of it, and that Vay Hek is there). The randomized buffs from Koumei offer a nice bit of variation.

The music that plays during the mission is also lovely

When I saw we'd be picking up this mission from Saya, I was happy to see her return to the story and agency a bit, since her introduction in the Saya's Vigil quest sees her operating entirely as a plot device for the two men who are in love with her. Then I saw that, by "talking to Saya," the game actually meant talking to Konzu, and selecting the Saya option. Once again this poor woman is an extension of men. Don't love that!

The fortunetelling minigame is cute, though, and I deeply respect Warframe's commitment to expanding the world with new mechanics and little minigames when they feel like it, AAA-shooter-brain be damned.

Koumei, like Voruna before her, has her special resource (fate pearls in this case) used both to get her blueprints and as an ingredient in them, a mechanic I find annoying and confusing and which I'm displeased to see return. Voruna at least had a chance for parts to drop during her missions, which Koumei doesn't (ironic, that random drops don't come into play when trying to build the warframe themed around randomness...). edit: this isn't true per community response, thank goodness! Per the wiki, you need ~330 pearls to buy the blueprints, and then 330 102 (edit: wiki was wrong yesterday) more as components, for a total of 102-432 pearls to craft, and 14-18 drop per mission...

When I realized this I got so grouchy I left Cetus 😅

I'm not used to the new arsenal UI yet, but it'll happen

As a Caliban Enjoyer, I have mixed but mostly positive feelings on the Caliban rework (much like the Hydroid one before it, as I had hundreds of hours logged on Hydroid even before they made him SP-Viable (TM)):

I actually preferred the old Razor Gyre, wonky and ineffective as it was... hear me out. The new and improved Razor Gyre is almost exactly the same move as Reave: a fast short-range traversal that heals when interacting with enemies. Which is fine (it's a good ability!) but Reave is Revenant's Helminth ability, so I already could put Reave on Caliban if I wanted to. What I can't do, now, is heal by spinning in a silly little circle and ragdolling enemies continuously. I miss that. It was also the most Sentient-enemy-flavoured of Caliban's abilities, which was always fun for me from an RP perspective; something I loved about earlier Warframe content that it seems to be sadly moving away from is the joy of, after seeing an enemy use an ability (or weapon) to kill you, unlocking the ability yourself to use on them with a vengeance.

The 2 Feels the same, but buffed, which is nice, because it's an excellent and underrated CC ability.

The new Summon Caliban Babies utterly slaps, no notes. I love the tactical choice of 3 different baby types to use, and the Summolyst just feels immensely cool in general.

The 4 was a giant fuckoff laser, and is still a giant fuckoff laser. 😎👍

The companion changes are much too large in scope for me to have grasped them enough to form an opinion yet.

I will say, though, all these new mods are going to take a ton of endo to grind, and I would have preferred an endo gift as a sign-in instead of 5 forma (which I probably won't need to use on the new content anyway?).

And most importantly:

Mid-Shrine-Defense I heard an Ostron child yell "I believe in you, Tenno!" and 🥺🥺🥺 the synchronicity of childhood belief, dreams, fate, and the power of stories... I need to lie down

[jilytoberfest]

We all know James and Lily live a long happy life together but do you know how they met? Was it on the Hogwarts Express where one accidentally bumped the overhead luggage and caused it to drop on the other? Or was it because Lily wanted to know who lets their dog pee on her lovely Petunia that she keeps next to her door and waits to yell at him as he went about his morning routine? Who knows? Who will tell? And just so everyone can know the different answers to the above question, this year’s theme for jilytober fest is…🥁🥁🥁🥁 ‘MEET CUTES/UGLIES!’

Disclaimer: this post is a lil’ long

Bittersweet

We all know honey gets sweeter when you stir it up, but can you make it bitter too? What happens when we give you a fluff prompt but ask you to give us angst? We get bittersweet jily, addictive and delicious. Oh and how about when you turn our angsty prompt into sweet nothings and sugar coated love declarations? Absolute delight! Come ask for your prompt and twist it to your flavour

The participants will be given a fluff prompt which should be interpreted as angst. And vice versa. Those interested in participating in this challenge can send an ask, and a prompt will be assigned to you! (Yes, both writers and artists can participate 🥰). There is no deadline to register for this event.

Masquerade challenge

Are you as good as a Marauder at detective work? Can you sniff an authors tells at the poker table? Can you sense the writer before the end of the story? Can you tell which James loves Lily the most? If you think you can come have a guess 😉

A few writers will write and anonymously submit their fics to the challenge collection (will be posted soon). Readers have to match the fics to the writers. The options for authors will be given via a tumblr poll. Everyone is encouraged to participate :)

To be a writer, send an ask saying that you wish to participate by the 20th of September (so that you get enough time to write)

Jily sprinkle moments!

At the beginning of each week, 5 one word prompts will be posted. They can all be connected together to make one fic, or as many as one wants. There is no limit! Go grab that jily moment and put it in <<101 words! (If inspiration strikes, feel free to go crazy) Everyone is encouraged to participate! (Artworks, fics, moodboards, playlists—anything can be made). Do tag this blog and @jilymicrofics so that your works can be reblogged

Readers Bingo!

We’ve been spoilt with so manyyyy jily fics this year, were you able to keep up?? If you were, you will rock the bingo weekends this year!

The official bingo templates will be posted every Friday at 12AM GMT and to win it, one would have to get a bingo by Monday 12 AM GMT. This year, we will have 4 bingos (🎉🎉) for each category— general audiences (6th-8th), teen and up(13th-15th), mature(20th-22nd), explicit(27th-29th). Every single person in the fandom is encouraged to participate :)

Whoever finishes the bingo first, each week, wins! They should also post a photo of their finished template on Tumblr and tag this blog. Each winner has the chance to win a bonus of eternal fame (in the author’s minds) and love ♥️♥️ if they have left a comment, as well as have read the fic :)

The JilyExpress - A collaborative fic writing event

All ready to start and head straight to Hogwarts is the Jily expressway 🚂🛤️🚇 so…

Get your ticket through this form before 20th September. Everybody is welcome! (All readers, artists, writers)

The fest mod will start a story on 1st October - It shall only be 1-3 (complete!) sentences and no more.

The next person on the list will continue the story the next day, 2nd October, by writing 1-3 more (complete!) sentences. This continues till the 31st of October when a complete fic, with all the authors credited, will be released on ao3. Based on the number of sign ups, the order and the number of times each author gets to write will be decided and announced in a later post

The writers are to post their lines as a reblog chain with proper tagging (the jily express and @jilytoberfest ) and numbering (date). In case you want your sentence to be anonymous, you can send an ask to this blog after the person before you has posted their sentence, and we would post yours!

First years and Heads of Houses (readers, artists and writers) all can get tickets (since it’s only max 3 sentences) so, hop on, enjoy the fun ride to make sure James and Lily arrive at their destination (happily ever after) safely

ROMCOM event

Ever wanted to combine your favourite rom com with your favourite couple? Here’s your chance, because James and Lily are just a boy and a girl standing in front of an audience asking them to write their love story

And that’s what we’ll do! If you have any romcom books/movies you’d like to recommend, please mention it in the comments of this post! A post with the entire list of movies/books will be released by the 5th! You can choose which movie/book to write as jily in the comments/reblogs of that post!

31Prompts!!

31 prompts for 31 days is back again this year with even more exciting prompts for all! P.S. we now also have lyrical prompts included in the list

The prompts will be posted tomorrow!

And lastly, for the very first time… SURPRISE EVENT!

I think most of you will love this one 🤞🏼🤞🏼. I’m hoping everyone participates in this (yes, readers included). The details will only be revealed on the 29th October, so stay tuned!

[paper-mario-wiki]

I understand that the way you’re playing fallout 4 is very specifically geared to yourself, as it should be. But the way you’re talking about this playthrough is convincing me I should give it a try! Do you have a mod list for this kinda immersive role playing?

straight up i have forgotten most of the mods i installed. theres like 50 and they all change the game in subtle ways so i dont know which ones i like and which ones i dont.

if you're playing fallout 4 for the first time, i'd just go in blind and play the vanilla game! i think the reason im able to stay in roleplay mode so well is because i already know the commonwealth from my first 2 playthroughs of the game from years ago.

otherwise, if you HAVE played Fallout 4 before, think about small things that bugged you, or aspects of the game that you enjoyed and wanted to be more expansive. and then look for a mod that does that! chances are it exists. this game has a GINORMOUS modding community, and most problems ive been able to solve just by googling!

barebones stuff is like. Fallout 4 Unofficial Patch, F4SE, Buffout 4 which are very baseline mods that

1) Stabilize the game a bunch

2) Make the game able to talk way nicer to mods

I use Vortex, a mod manager by NexusMods, which is extremely handy as it allows you to toggle mods on and off without needing to go in and manually place and rename a bunch of files. It also doesn't JUST work with Nexus mods, you can also manually drag/drop ZIP files containing mods and it'll install and allow you to toggle them exactly the same.

and uhhh after that, maybe some lighting mods? really, it's however you want the game to be better.

ive been adding as i play!

[tmntstorycomp]

A Gift from Me to You

Massy huffed as he fiddled with the small pen in his hands. He glanced back at the turtles that were still milling about the sewer tunnel. This was all coming to an end, the game would be over soon. 

And he would send them home… Hopefully. He wanted to send them home. His thumb flicked against the gem along the top of the pen, his gaze turning downwards to look it over. Maybe.. Maybe he should talk to some of the Donatello’s here. That would.. Well, it would be better than nothing. 

But he knew how they worked. You want information, you give information. It’s like when Massy was a child and he tried to figure out when his dad’s birthday was. He had no idea, so he asked Uncle Donnie because he knew everything. But then Massy had to tell him that Leo was planning a big prank.

He would admit, the retaliation was pretty funny.

But the point stood, Massy wasn’t.. Sure what he was doing. He wasn’t even sure all these people were real. He didn’t know anything, and it was becoming abundantly clear. He was in over his head. 

But, he still led the way. Not explicitly, but as he walked through the sewer tunnels, he found that the people behind him seemed to just follow him. The closer he got to his destination, the darker the water seemed to get. How it dripped and lines became unstable. The musky scent of the sewer was slowly shifting to something akin to chemicals. 

But Massy stopped himself right outside the door. 

A large, metal door that was embedded into the concrete wall. His hand came up to the keypad, the numbers 3, 1, 4, 5,and 9 had faded after years of use. But before he could press any of the buttons, he turned on his heel and faced the crowd behind him. 

“So.. I’ve been hearing that you guys want some.. Erm.. Answers? About things and um-” Massy’s hands fumble the pen, nearly dropping it before he tucks it into his belt. 

“Well, um, now is your chance. Ask away.”

Rules for the Q&A:

While you can send asks whenever, the official Q&A will last 48 hours. We might not get to everyone, but we will try!

Massy might not be open to answering personal questions or questions with content that upsets him. (Or our mod team)

Feel free to send your own in-character asks! Just be sure to make them distinct in some way if thats your intent (ie, signing them as the character speaking, etc)

Keep in mind this fictional turtle child doesn't know you. He might get a little snarky and whatever comes out of his mouth might not reflect the views or opinions of the mod team.

[af-answers]

Hello!

I was wondering if any of y or have seen the stranger things season 4, and your general thoughts in it.

Juliet: I dropped off after season 2, but then came back for Eddie Munson after seeing posts about him online, only to have my heart broken </3.

Foaly: I'm an avid fan of the show (I watched it with my nephew), and also had my heart broken by Eddie </3. But he was the best part of the season, tbh.

Butler: Artemis has never seen it because *pulls out recording device*

Artemis (recorded): "I cannot comprehend seeing any Stranger Things than I have in my own lifetime, and on the slight chance the show can deliver on that promise, I don't want to."

Mod: Awww, thank you so much @hollyfowl. I'm sorry it's taken so long to get to your question.

Beckett: I LOVE the Spiderverse movies!!

Myles: Yes, I enjoy them as well, though the idea that the multiverse is hung on the existence of spider-people stretches belief.

Beckett: But the end of the last movie had us (｢ ⊙Д⊙)｢

Myles: I saw the twist coming from a mile away! From outside the theatre!

Beckett: Liar! You were also (｢ ⊙Д⊙)｢

Mod: I LOVE the Spiderverse movies, and CANNOT WAIT for the conclusion. The films demand that animation and superhero movies be acknowledged as art forms, and I love that.

[tossawary]

It was absolutely insane how you dropped a juicy chonky chapter everyday for servant to a different king. Nothing but admiration and respect. How did you do it? What was the planning behind being able to release a chapter everyday? How long have you been working on the piece?

Thank you! "Servant to a Different King" was part of the Moshang Big Bang 2023 event. Traditionally, a Big Bang is 50k words (or more), and pairs up an author who wants to write a fic and an artist who agrees to create art for that fic. (Moshang BB23 had a minimum expectation of 10-30k words.) The sign-ups for this event were back on January and February, so that was when I created a full base outline for the fic and started writing seriously, on and off, in between other stuff. The fics all had to be finished by a certain date back in September.

Big Bang events often also release the whole fic all at once, with each author posting on a scheduled release date. That's what I did for a separate Big Bang event fic, my Bingliushen Stardust AU "Catch a Falling Star", but I have noticed that authors seem to get fewer comments when the fic is released all at once and there's a higher chance of readers accidentally missing the entire fic. The Moshang BB23 mods allowed for a daily release schedule if so desired, and I decided that was a good compromise between a more spread-out release schedule and the rush of a Big Bang release schedule.

While the outline for "Servant to a Different King" was complete early in the year (I think it was 8,000 words long), containing the most basic beats and some vague ideas for more specific character moments, I was originally only planning for... okay, I knew from the beginning that the fic wasn't going to be only 5 chapters, but I had it sectioned into 5 "chapters" as the distinct division of situations (Moshang reuniting, Moshang being forced into the bodyguard situation, Moshang getting to know each other at the Underground Palace, Moshang in the Northern Desert, and Moshang back at the Underground Palace). Whenever I write a fic, I know that I'm going to discover a lot of the details as I go, especially exploring the flow of conversations, and in regards to what worldbuilding and background characters I end up adding for atmosphere and humor and thematic parallels.

The Big Bang event had check-ins to keep authors on track with a certain minimum word count expected by a certain date, which helped me monitor where I needed to be in my fic writing. I think I did most of my fic writing in the last couple of months, however, because I had finished posting the other fics I've done this year. This was why I was not really "active" for a couple months over the summer. If I'd been posting chapters on a weekly basis instead of daily, "Servant to a Different King" would have been like 4 months of fic.

I don't really think that I have good advice for "how to write a lot". I have a decent amount of free time and my responsibilities generally allow me to daydream about story plots while I'm working. I generally aim for 200 words a day, if I'm able, but I don't sweat about it. I have things set up so it's easy to share documents between my computer and my phone, so I think I ended up writing most of "Servant to a Different King" on my phone, which was a first for me, because the computer was just too distracting for my focus.