#frosskai

[artekai]

Look who's stealing whose evil master plan because he's never had a single idea of his own

[toxic-ship-tournament]

ROUND 4 / POLL 2

Artekai x Fross ( @artekai ) vs Lucille x Jo ( @radioactive-dragonlover )

who makes up your ship?:

Artekai (he/him) and Fross (he/him)

why does your ship deserve to be considered the most toxic?:

What's NOT toxic about them? Fross is an immortal space billionaire, while Artekai (also Kai) is a mortal on Earth in the middle of a corruption arc. Fross has a victim complex, Kai has a hero complex. They enable the worst in each other, but they would hate each other if they actually took the time to get to know one another. They are in love because they are both somehow equally pretentious somehow, they are in love with the idea of being in love, they are just each other’s escapism. They met because Kai fatally stabbed Fross while he was trying to steal Earth's terraforming system (long story, they are Horizon OCs). But Kai quickly regretted it, because he realized that Fross was unarmed, and it was against his moral code to attack someone who was unarmed. And so, to avoid having that weighing on his conscience, he decided to take Fross and nurse him back to health. Yes, they both thought this was the most romantic thing ever. Kai considers this a casual fling like most of his romantic relationships, but Fross would do anything to make Kai his and only his forever. From lies, manipulation, and guilt tripping, to gaslighting, kidnapping, and isolating Kai from his loved ones, it's all on the table. He’s certainly not afraid to take advantage of the vulnerable state that Kai was in when he got into his relationship (he had just had a really bad friendship breakup, so he was horribly lonely and his ego had been shattered). When the truths that Fross had been hiding from Kai finally came out, Fross snapped and tried to kidnap him, planning to drag him to space with him and make him immortal as well so they could be together forever. It was then that Kai finally decided that he was done, and so he fatally stabbed Fross again in a fit of rage, coming full circle.

ship tags/playlists/pinterest boards?:

Ship tag: Frosskai Artekai playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7vmQQ3oJOqItfMCpMg2Ab1?si=e61bc643276d466b Fross playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/13dyyNtUismAc2LzjJdxSX?si=3b97080df1214b02 Frosskai playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5o5uIiOE2HEwhwT3US2KET?si=8cf3cdcd3ae74c1c

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who makes up your ship?:

Lucille and Jo

why does your ship deserve to be considered the most toxic?:

Lucille is a rich woman who has nothing to do in her life, she's eternally bored and wishes for something new— something fresh to happen. Jo is a quiet woman with some repressed violent tendencies and who works minimum wage bug is struggling to make ends meets. One night, Jo decides to rob Lucille's mansion and kills her without meaning to in the process, escaping the scene anxiously thinking she's going to go to jail once the body is found. However, Lucille wakes up the next day, with the events of the murder burnt into her mind but her body spared of any wounds. Turns out getting killed is EXACTLY the spice in life she was waiting for! So she decided to track down and knock on her murder's door— not to rat her out, but to ask her to do it again. Jo wasn't really for murdering again, especially with how anxious she ended up getting in the aftermath, but begrudgingly accepts. And it seems that Lucille IS actually very fun to kill for her, too. Cue to Jo murdering Lucille on a Weekly basis, getting very Gay about it each time. Lucille get the thrill of death she wanted, and Jo gets an outlet for her violence. A relationship starting as purely transactional at first slowly turns into a murder romance. They're both kinda fucked up in isolation to one another but complete eachother awfully well. Like "you two are perfect for eachother but never pull anyone else into your bullshit" kinda deal. They keep eachother contained. You feel me.

ship tags/playlists/pinterest boards?:

Ship tag on my art blog ( nihonium-art ) : Undying love ( although fair warning for gore ) Playlist : https://spotify.link/TPbt2y12Syb

[daz4i]

LOVE YOUR TAGS ON MY FROSSKAI POST ARE CRACKING ME UP IRL 😭😭😭 KISSING YOU ON YOUR PRETTY FACE AS WE SPEAK!!!!! And also letting you know I love you and I support you forever and ever no matter what or how much you bite :3 ❤️

aksljdkfljgkljkfhg i'm simply cheering the best boy on as he deserves 😤😤😤😤😤😤

mwah sending you love and support and success and joy and also 100000000 kisses and an undefined number of bites >:3🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

[artekai]

@akeshuharu

for request, may I ask for something with the theme "devotion as violence?"

@achillics, vulnerability

Joan Tierney (x)

Richard Siken, Wishbone

Ada Limón, The Good Fight

José Olivarez, I WAKE IN A FIELD OF WOLVES WITH THE MOON

Lady Gaga, Judas

@bipeds (x)

Tom Lehrer, The Masochism Tango

Yves Olade, When Rome Falls

Florence + The Machine, Kiss With a Fist

Schuyler Peck, Horoscope for the Heartbroken

Venetta Octavia, I Set It in Stone

@heavensghost, Dead Girls Don’t Lie

Richard Siken, Snow and Dirty Rain

Dead Girl Walking, from Heathers: The Musical

Terrence Hayes, American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin

Richard Siken, Primer for the Small Weird Loves

Margaret Atwood, We are hard

[artekai]

Would you vote Artekai in the @original-character-championship for the sake of his toxic space boyfriend who is trying his hardest to be supportive the only way he knows how? 🥺👉👈

(don't worry about him lol, Fross barks but very rarely bites. rarely)

[artekai]

Compiled a few posts that reminded me of Frosskai ❤️ Vote for them in the @toxic-ship-tournament? 👉👈

[artekai]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Horizon (Video Games) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Major Character Death Relationships: Original Male Character/Original Male Character Characters: Fross van der Meer (Original Zenith Character), Artekai (Original Banuk Character), Original Male Character(s), Erik Visser Additional Tags: Angst, Hurt No Comfort, Whump, Misgendering, Cissexism, Murder, Begging, Erik Visser is His Own Warning, AI-less Whumptober 2023, Original Character-centric Series: Part 8 of The Fourteenth Zenith, Part 9 of Artekai's Song

Summary:

Two forbidden lovers sneak into the Zenith launch tower and things only go downhill from there.

@ailesswhumptober 2023 Day 23: Begging / “Take me instead” / Forced to watch. I’m pretty late but it’s the thought that counts!

[artekai]

yeehaw

[artekai]

Survive, prevail, have gay sex ❤️

[artekai]

Kai started hating Tilda before even meeting her from what he heard about her from Fross. Fross started hating Aloy before even meeting her from what he heard about her from Kai. And I don't mean to encourage their hater behaviors and especially not when misguided, lol, but I admit it's actually a little sweet to know that, despite everything, they cared about each other on some level from the start :')

[artekai]

"February 2nd in the Gregorian calendar." Artekai sighed, checking the date on his Focus, in the dark, through narrowed eyes. "Big day for assholes with a god complex."

"Why?" Fross asked, barely prying his eyes open. "What happened?"

"On a day like today, Ted Faro killed the Alphas and deleted APOLLO. And Takuto..." Artekai scrunched his face, cringing at the mere thought. "Well, he did a bunch of stuff, I don't feel like explaining." He then paused, as his voice became quieter. "May the Blue Light guide your spirit, Goro Akechi. I'm sure you fought until the triumphant end."

Fross was already in the process of falling back asleep, but he still had the presence of mind to mumble a response. "Who's that?"

"I don't know." Artekai knit his brows. "Maybe, if Ted Faro hadn't deleted APOLLO, I would know for sure. All I can make out is that he and Ren were star-crossed lovers." He flashed a small smile at Fross. "Just like us."

Fross pouted. "So?"

Letting out a sigh, Artekai averted his eyes. "I dunno. It makes me wonder if anyone will still speak our names and sing our song a thousand years from now."

"Does it matter?"

"It does to me." Kai smiled sadly. "I want to do something big, something that keeps my memory alive for as long as I can...! But I don't want to be remembered like Akechi and the Alphas - as nothing more than the victim of some asshole that held my life in his hands."

Fross gave Artekai something of a pitiful look, reaching out to cup his cheek in his hand. "Aww, love. This Goro Akechi is only being remembered as a victim because you chose to remember him as such. He's just some guy to me."

"And the Alphas?"

"The Alphas signed their own lives away when they joined Project Zero Dawn." Fross caressed his face with his thumb, as Kai leaned into the touch. "Don't worry your pretty little head about it, alright? Let's go back to sleep."

[artekai]

OC-tober (late) day 5: Relationships

I may have gone overboard, but I've been wanting to fill these out for a long time, so have a few OC x canon x canon x canon x canon, OC x canon, and OC x OC stuffs :D

Templates under the cut ^^

[artekai]

hokay

*rubs hands together*

kiss prompt. any pairing. whoever is calling you now. whoever you think of first for:

29. hushed conversation in-between kisses

Heheheh, great pick! *cracks knuckles* let's see what I can do! Thank you!!! :D

(I'm so sorry about the wait btw! ;-; I started writing this when you sent the ask, but then I had to go to sleep and after that shit irl hit the fan so I was creatively blocked. But it's here now!! I hope it's still enjoyable regardless haha!)

This ended up even longer than the last one, tumblr didn't even want to let me post it 😭

Kai's lack of consistency, and the uncertainty he was subjecting Fross to, were a stark, but surprisingly welcome, contrast to the safe and predictable monotony of life on the Odyssey and in the Sirius colony.

There were patterns, of course. Kai's morning routine, for one, was always the same — he woke up early in the morning, did a few stretches, served himself and Fross a full breakfast, and kissed him goodbye before he parted, with a spring on his step and a bow on his hand. But Fross could never be sure if Kai would come back at night to sleep here, if he would check in, leave him more food, and be on his way again, or if he would not come back that night at all. Fross had no idea what Kai was setting out to do until he came back and told him. Or didn't tell him, depending on whether he came back loving or hating Fross. To be honest, that was enough to keep him on his toes.

It was an insignificant source of delight, when compared to everything Far Zenith had given him — but he sure did delight in the feeling of domesticity, in the anticipation he felt as he glanced at the door throughout the day, and in the relief that washed over him when he finally saw Kai's pretty face again, always safe and sound. 

That last part was the most important of all. Fross only felt at ease because he knew that Kai was never gone for too long. Even at times when he hadn't yet arrived by the time the sun started to come up, he managed to arrive at the nick of time, just before the prickle of anxiety on the back of Fross's neck became painful and unbearable.

This was one of those times.

Fross was fighting sleep, waiting anxiously, since Kai had been gone for nearly two whole days with their nights, and he was getting very hungry. The wound on his abdomen hadn't healed enough to get up painlessly, and, even if he tried, he didn't even know where he was or how to find something safe to eat. He could always attempt to find some locals and steal their food, of course, but he was sure that kind of strain wouldn't be good for the healing process...

The silence was interrupted by the sound of rustling as Kai finally peered into the tent. Even in the dark, Fross could see a relieved smile of his own spread upon his face as the dim light of the stars fell on Fross's face.

"Hello, captive." He whispered, not wanting to disturb the peaceful night, though he had a playful look on his face. "Did you miss me?"

"Of course I did." Fross pouted. "How am I supposed to feel better without my fix of good night kisses?"

Kai made himself comfortable, letting down his spear and bow on the ground, dropping a large pouch. There were bandages around his arm, and he winced whenever he moved too abruptly, but, before Fross could express any concern about it, Kai was already on top of him, pressing his lips against Fross's.

"Wow, you're so needy." He muttered, keeping his eyes closed as he gave him another peck. "I guess it's like you Old Ones used to say. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer, yeah?" 

"I don't think that applies to this situation." Fross whispered back, placing his hands behind Kai's head to pull him into another delicate kiss. "I don't want us to be enemies, Kai. Even if I did, I can't see what you could possibly be getting out of this, other than my heart."

"Info. I'm getting info." He traced Fross's jaw with two fingers, teasingly, kissing him again. "I'm tearing down your defenses for Zenith intel."

"Really?" Another kiss. "What kind?"

"Well, uh. I know all the Zeniths' names. That's more than Aloy can say for herself, right?"

Fross's smile widened. "God, you're so stupid. I love you."

He moved to pull Kai in for a deeper kiss, but he met resistance. He vaguely saw Kai frown in the darkness, as he distanced himself a bit, making a sound between a whimper and a protest.

"That's really mean." Kai said, voice small, not only because he was whispering. "I know we're enemies and stuff, but. You know."

There was a pause.

"Do you really think I'm stupid?"

"No, no, dear, you don't understand. I mean it in a good way." Fross said, moving his hands to Kai's cheeks to gently stroke his face with his thumbs. "Have you ever heard that one Old World saying? Ignorance is bliss?"

"No." Kai said, his tone switching from hurt to irritated in the blink of an eye. "It's a stupid saying. It sounds like something Ted Faro would've told himself to justify the things he did."

Something stirred inside of Fross's mind. His nose scrunched at the sensation.

"Ted Faro." He repeated. It sounded stilted, as if he were tasting the name on his tongue for the first time. "I haven't heard that name in centuries."

"Good." Kai leaned in again. "Do you remember who he was?"

Trying to gain more info, huh? Unluckily for Kai, Fross had no interest in unearthing those memories. The world that Fross had left behind a thousand years ago was long since gone and wasn't coming back. Keeping that shit alive would take more effort than it was worth. It was best to let the past die.

"No. It doesn't matter." Fross grasped the back of Kai's head, pushing himself up in desperation. "Kiss me."

This time, Kai granted his request, letting him deepen the kiss as he kept Kai's head in place with both hands. However, they were  interrupted when Fross's stomach growled way too loudly, making Kai pull back to laugh.

"Haha, okay, okay, I get it!" He grinned from ear to ear, his hand brushing against the bandages on Fross's belly. "Food first. And then... sleep. We'll pick this back up some other time, okay?"

Fross wanted to whine and demand more attention to make up for the long absence, but he couldn't bring himself to complain once Kai leaned down to give him one last peck on the lips. Who knew he'd end up being so weak to the intimacy of sharing a home with who should be a sworn enemy? Not him, that's for sure.

[artekai]

Kai literally made up a guy to forgive 😭

[artekai]

I hope OCs are okay for the ask game.... Fross and Kai (～￣▽￣)～

OCs are always more than okay for any ask games I do hehe :D Thank you, Leel!! ^^

Okay listen I just know they'd be SO discourse-coded if they were canon :) What can I say about them that I haven't already said!!! I dunno how they happened but they took over my life lol. Kai deserves so much better tbh. They suck so bad and I love them for it :D

[artekai]

Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: Horizon (Video Games)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Original Male Character/Original Male Character

Characters: Artekai (Original Banuk Character), Fross van der Meer (Original Zenith Character), Original Male Character(s)

Additional Tags: Unhealthy Relationships, Secret Relationship, Mentioned Aloy (Horizon), Past Erend/Original Male Character(s), Past Avad/Original Male Character(s), Past Relationship(s), Jealousy, Abandonment Issues

Series: Part 2 of Artekai's Song, Part 4 of The Twelfth Zenith

Summary:

Fross wouldn’t disappear like Aloy did — not after he had sworn he wouldn’t. He had promised never, ever to leave Kai’s side. He was different.