#frugal aesthetics

[no-thoughts-only-soup]

To Secure/Risk it all

Chapter 7

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11

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They were running. Running and shooting. Running and shooting while Curt narrated it all.

“Christian shoots the three guards in front of us while Den chucks a knife at the guy coming from the right, and Ivan— SHIT!”

Curt ducked around the corner, bullets blazing past where he’d been a second ago.

Fuck, this was harder than he thought. Then again, usually when he was narrating there was no pressure or incoming danger, much less running around. This was far worse than a regular scenario. Simply narrating the enemies away didn’t work either; turns out that outside interference wasn’t controllable like their made-up mooks they usually sicced on each other. And that meant no Thanos-snapping them away. The only thing he could do was use his power to allow his friends to go on a killing spree.

“Curt? A bit of help here!” Ivan shouted, pointing at another set of guards running towards them.

Pushing aside his thoughts, Curt focused. “Ivan shoots the first guy, he explodes and takes out the rest.”

Ivan did, but then immediately turned around and frowned at Curt. “Wait how? Do the guards here just carry explosives around or something?”

Christian laughed heartily. “We’re literally getting shot at and Ivan’s all like ‘wait that’s not realistic’.”

“Wait, wait! Can I have a bazooka?” Kristine loudly asked.

“Fuck it, sure. Kristine pulls out a bazooka and blasts the guys Ivan shot at; making them explode.”

“YEAAHHHHHHH!” She whooped as a large bazooka materialized in her hands and then took a shot at more guards.

“Now we’re talking.” Den smirked. “Gimme me one next.”

Before he could, though, Den’s eyes widened and she suddenly grabbed his wrist, pulling him around the corner. Christian took down a few more guards and they all started running again.

Damn, he really should’ve let Den narrate. Not only did he continuously have to narrate everything to keep their powers working, but he and Kristine were the only ones with any knowledge of the facility’s layout. And Kristine was too busy playing shooting gallery with the guards. Meaning he was the only one to guide them at the moment.

“Den, uh, mows down the guys in front, Ivan takes — oh god — down the ones from the right. Kristine — shit — blasts behind her—“

Suddenly, Christian and Ivan pushed him down behind a few conveniently placed crates — and bullets rained above them.

“Yo Curt, got a plan?” Christian yelled above the loud noises. “Cuz I doubt we’re gonna make it running around like this!”

Curt hissed as a bullet flew by a bit too close for his liking. “Front gate gotta be packed, but I was hoping to get to the garage anyways. If we can get a truck…”

“Curt, I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but we’re getting pinched from all sides here!” Ivan snarkily remarked, arms coiled around his gun. Not that there was an opening to shoot back.

“Kristine, if I focus on keeping us alive, can you guide us to the garage?” Curt asked her, pressing himself down to the ground as the wall behind them slowly started whittling down, showering them with bits of brick, plaster and other kinds of debris. “You also know where the garage is, right?”

Kristine stared blankly at him. “Uhhhhhh…”

“KRISTINE!”

Christian cut between the two of them. “Ok, not to be a party pooper, but even if we do that, we don’t know if they’re guarding that too. We could be walking into an ambush for all we know.”

Curt paused, thought, and sighed. “You’re right. We’ve got no clue on where to go. Ugh, if only one of us could scout ahead, but they’d get shot instantly…”

Suddenly, Den waved her arm, grabbing their attention, all while smiling widely. “Wait, wait! Let me stab Ivan!”

“Den! Now’s not the time!” Ivan protested. “Can you pause your murder hobo tendencies for one second?”

“No, no, I actually have a good reason this time!” Den grinned, waiting in her explanation for Christian and Kristine to finish firing back at the guards when they reloaded, and finally returning to save cover. “If one of us dies in a scenario, they become a ghost, right? So if I kill Ivan, he can go through the walls and scout ahead!”

They all paused, letting the words sink in. And then they fell into a cacophony of agreements.

“Wait, actually…”

“YES! YES!”

“Oh damn, she’s cooking.”

It even swayed Ivan’s stance as he shuffled closer to her. “Alright, not gonna lie, that’s a good argument. Ok, stab me Den. Stab me like one of your French girls.”

And as they all giggled, an idea popped into Curt’s head, and he smiled devilishly.

“Actually, wait.” He interrupted them. “I’ve got a better idea…”

Ivan raised an eyebrow. “What?”

Curt grinned, and he could almost see the chill running up Ivan’s spine. “Remember how you saw SCP-096’s — the Shy Guy’s — face? Which triggers him?”

Ivan was silent for a whole 5 seconds, slowly processing what Curt said. Until it clicked.

“Oh wait, OH SHIT!”

“Close your eyes!” Curt yelled at the rest of them as his squeezed his eyes shut. “The Shy Guy bursts through the wall…”

And just as he said, there was a large noise as the wall behind them practically blew up, and Ivan screamed.

Ivan’s gonna kill me later for this. “…And KILLS Ivan!”

His words were followed by an inhuman screech. A second later, a bloodcurdling and sickening crunch of bones being violently broken. Curt could feel a warm liquid splatter onto his face. It tasted like iron.

The noises fell to a brief, chilling silence. Silence that was broken by panicked screaming and shooting a distance away. Another terrifying screech, and just like Curt predicted, the squad of guards that had been firing at them were audibly slaughtered.

But he still kept his eyes closed. He still couldn’t risk it. And he kept them closed as the sounds of the beast slowly started getting farther and farther away.

Ivan’s voice rang out. “You guys can look, it’s gone.”

And while it was an exercise of trust, Curt did indeed open his eyes. And winched upon seeing Ivan’s mangled corpse.

“Damn he really did a number on ya.” Christian offhandedly remarked, though Curt could sense the shock creeping in his voice.

“Yeah, I need to step up my stabbing game after this.” Den noted, eyes wide.

“Wait,” Kristine suddenly piped up “if we all turn into ghosts, why don’t we just kill each other and float out of here?”

Curt winced. He had thought about that option. Ever since he found out about the truth. It seemed like a good idea. But there was an issue…

“We don’t know how the resurrection works exactly. We come back to life, yeah, but what if that means we return to our bodies? If we leave them behind, that just means we’re literally handing ourselves to the foundation.”

Christian groaned. “Aw man, that means we gotta drag Ivan’s corpse around.”

Den chuckled. “He’s literally dead weight.”

They all laughed at that, and although they couldn’t tell because of the sunglasses, they knew Ivan was rolling his eyes at them. “Whatever, not my problem anymore.”

Curt rolled his eyes back at him. “Go scout already.”

And Ivan huffed for a split second before flying through the wall. Curt narrated how they stuffed Ivan’s corpse into a backpack (a pink one with rainbows, of course) which Den volunteered to carry. Curt noted how the weight of a whole body didn’t seem to hinder her, until he reminded himself of the reality warping powers and put it to rest.

The sounds of footsteps suddenly got louder, and they booked it.

It would have been nice if Ivan could warn them ahead, Curt mused. But it was more important to know whether or not there was an escape route.

“Just how big is this place?” Den complained as she turned yet another corner.

“To be honest I never paid any attention to the map.” Kristine confessed. She briefly turned around and shot one of the guards that were chasing after them.

Christian copied her. “Curt?”

“I dunno man,” Curt panted as he tried to work out the best route “I’m starting to think they gave me a false map.”

“And why are there so many guards!?” Kristine yelled as the two she shot were quickly replaced. “Seriously I don’t remember there being this many!”

“Let’s focus on surviving until Ivan returns!” Curt half-yelled, though in the back of his mind, a small voice wondered if they could.

They were suddenly stopped when a broadcast screen lightened up. It showed a bit of static before the screen turned white, with a single black arrow pointing down the hallway.

Curt’s brain broke for a moment, but he didn’t get time to gather himself, as Kristine grabbed his hand and pulled him to that same hallway.

“Wait!” He yelled after her. “Why are we following that?”

“Because they’re helping us, duh!” She yelled back.

Curt pulled his hand from her grasp, but he kept running with the group. “And you’re just gonna trust some random ass monitor!?”

“Well, if it’s the same person who helped us last time, we can trust them, right?” Den pointed out.

“AND WHAT IF THEY AREN’T!?” Curt yelled back. “AM I THE ONLY ONE NOT TRUSTING THIS!?”

But they still ran, and as the last word left Curt’s lips, another monitor lightened up, though this one did not display an arrow. Instead, it showed them a message:

- Curt has the right emotion, find the room that belongs to it.

Beat.

“BITCH IS THERE A DISTRUST ROOM!? ONLY SANE PERSON ROOM!?”

But Christian and Den looked at each other. “Panic room.” They nodded.

And Curt… sighed. “Well, you’re not wrong…”

“Besides,” Christian smirked, “you really think we’re gonna get anywhere with Kristine at the front and Ivan scouting ahead.”

“Hey!”

“Nah, you got a point.” Curt conceded, also realizing everyone was getting tired. “Alright, you know the way Kristine?”

“Yes! I know some things you know!”

And they laughed as they ran, Kristine guiding them. Something tugged in the back of Curt’s mind, but it was to preoccupied by keeping everyone alive to see what it was. Only when they neared the panic room was it that Curt mentally paused, and his eyes widened.

“Guys, wait! We can’t go in! If we do we’ll be trapped like-“

But they already barged inside, dragging Curt with them, Den slamming the door shut the second everyone was in.

“…rats.” Curt sighed.

A ghostly form took their attention, shrugging. “Well, all the exits are packed, so we’re stuck here anyways.” Ivan noted. Although he said it nonchalantly, there was an tense undertone in his voice.

Kristine raised an eyebrow. “You got here quick.”

“Remember the same weirdo from the last SCP shenanigans? They told me to come to the panic room.”

“And they didn’t use a riddle?” Den questioned, until the obvious zinger got her to grin.

Christian beat her to the punch. “Of course not, Ivan wouldn’t have figured that shit out!”

Kristine and Den laughed with Christian, with Ivan pouting at them. Even Curt could feel a chuckle bubbling up from his throat, but the severity of the situation prevented him from laughing outright. They were trapped. At any moment, the foundation, no, Snee and his goons would figure out where they were. They were ripe for picking.

At that moment, just in time to stop him from having another panic attack, one of the computer screens lit up. And before their eyes, words were typed on the screen.

- Good! You’re all here!

“Dude, who even are you?” Ivan asked. “Are you with the foundation or not?”

The computer screen trilled unexpectedly, almost reminiscent of laughter.

- Come on Ivan, I know you’re not the smartest ಥ‿ಥ

The emoji caught Curt off guard, but the person started typing again.

- But did you really forget about me that quickly? (✪㉨✪)

And it hit Curt like a truck.

…No. It’s impossible.

“…Chilly?”

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Note: I don't end chapters based on word count. I end them on how much of punch the cliffhanger is.

[a-total-and-complete-nerd]

Brandon Sanderson: Fantasy vs. Sci-Fi

Almost all of BrandoSando's books straddle the line between the two genres, and after seeing @approximateknowledge's post here, I wondered how they would lay out on that chart. I was also inspired by this fascinating WOB about Skyward's genre. These are just my opinions, so let me know if you agree or what you think you'd change!

[datssokoolwhat]

I luv Curt

[turkeyinnovember]

saw the template on twitter

I just love drawing kristine’s anal beads hair in a way that defys most laws of physics

[zph1nx]

City of angels

That's what they call us right?

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Recreyo Percy Jackson au again baby!!

So yeah after that definitely not horrible time at summer camp I got a lil inspired and literally made a whole new pjo au,I kinda hated the first one since I made that one before I reread the og series—I still didn't read the HoO series since I don't have the books yet— but here have this one since I thankfully brought my entire lightning thief series to camp (without my parents knowing) to keep me distracted.

Info:

[Cabin 12 ]:

Den or Denise is the demigod daughter of Dionysus and is the current head counselor of cabin 12 after her half brother pollux resigned the title a while after Castor's death. she is one of the oldest campers at camp, she was brought to camp by her adoptive mortal parents after monsters kept attacking her at the age of 5, there she was immediately claimed by her father and became one of the 3 members of the Dionysus cabin.

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[Cabin 7 / Cabin 8 ]:

Chilly and Ivan are technically dizygotic—half siblings, chilly was born a day before Ivan. although they don't share mortal parents.

Chilly is a demigod daughter of Apollo and a huntress of Artemis, she came to camp at the age of 6 along with her younger half brother ivan, the two met after their father pulled some devine strings to get them to camp, during where they met the trio: Luke castellan, Thalia grace and Annabeth chase.

Ivan like his sister is also a demigod, a son of Apollo and is the co counselor of the Apollo cabin, reining along side his younger half brother will solace. Before the Apollo cabin was leveled down to only 3 surviving campers (+ 2 since chilly and Ivan)—during Manhattan, Ivan was one of the few Apollo cabin members that worked as the medics of camp (before getting replaced by will solace).

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[Cabin 6 ]:

Curt is the current head counselor of the Athena cabin (sorry malcom) and came to camp before the start of the lightning thief. like all children of Athena, curt is a prodigy, smart enough to become head counselor and becoming one of the 6 demigods in the "prophecy of 6" hes also a roman legacy of Pluto/hades.

[Cabin 4 ]:

Kristine is a demigod daughter of Demeter although most campers would sometimes mistake her as a demigod of the Hermes cabin do to her personality, which isn't as far off as like Curt she is also a legacy, a legacy of the god Hermes, although unlike the son of Athena, she is a Greek legacy, not a roman. Kristine is also one of the newer campers at camp half blood, coming to camp only a month after the battle of Manhattan.

[cabin 10 ]:

Christian is a son of the goddess of beauty herself Aphrodite and is the co counselor of the Aphrodite cabin, ruling besides his half sister Drew tanaka (like I said, I haven't read heroes of Olympus so yeah, no piper yet) he's also one of the 'rare' kind of demigods of the Aphrodite cabin, being gifted with charmspeak he mostly uses the gift to mess with the other cabins and pull pranks on each cabin without ever getting caught.

[sourryy]

saw quinn's repost and immediately thought of this meme lmao

[aesthetictheology]

I'm a few chapters into this book; I saw it recommended on Pinterest and impulsively requested it from the library not long ago (even though I'm supposed to be reading the books I already own instead of getting new ones from the library or buying more... but I have a problem, so...) So far, I'm really enjoying it. I find the tone very romantic, which is pretty atypical of books dealing with finances.

[xisipstea]

Thought these fit them a bit TOO well.

[fandomandangstlover]

havin two completely different series interact with one another is so fun man

always!! hav some doodles of guys from the fp!au that ah think would get along. & a small recreyo-chan.

[royaltystudios]

Despite the ending of Recreyo, I think a lot of us agree that we'll be staying together for a while, and even if everyone leaves, I'll never forget the amazing thing we made on here on tumblr and everywhere else.

I'm happy to call you my found family, and I'll remember ya'll even when I grow old and wrinkly. I hope we get to create more things even if it isn't recreyo related.

Recreyo out!

-RoyaltyStudios ;)

[no-thoughts-only-soup]

It’s a goddamn shame Recreyo hasn’t done a proper magical girl scenario yet (like in Ivan’s scenario they didn’t get powers until like the last 10 minutes) and considering how everyone including me wants them to do Madoka Magica (and I understand they might not want to do that to avoid spoilers) I started thinking about what general magical girl aesthetics they all would have.

Den is a gremlin whose here to stab, eat and cause chaos and while a pirate outfit sounded fun for her, I actually am more thinking of a caveman look. It’d prob be difficult to make that into a magical girl dress but I am confident it can be done. Her weapons would be knives obviously.

Christian is a trickster. He’s smart, but he’s more likely to do whatever is the funniest rather than smartest. I was kinda stuck on it until I remembered how foxes are often seen as cunning tricksters, so now he’s kitsune inspired. There’s also fire elements and he wields a flamethrower because gaslighting duh.

Curt would likely be the one person who refuses to sign up for this yet get dragged in anyways, and boy did I do badly want him to be in a suit with skirt initially as a callback to the suit he wears in the scp episodes, but I actually think he’d a be in knight armor. Hear me out: in dark shows where magical girls can have pretty much any aesthetic they choose, they at least in part, determine how they look. It would make sense for the most grounded guy in the group to look at a monster and demand armor, so knight it is. Also a sword.

Ivan’s a bit of a simple guy in both meanings of the word, so I got also stuck on it. Then I started thinking. Ivan. Medical license. Doctor. Doctor/nurse aesthetic! Plus, with how much of a butt monkey he is, especially needing to avoid Den’s knife, him wanting to patch himself up is valid.

And Kristine is the one person who would go full into being a magical girl with the aesthetics and with that I mean flower shit. Petal dress, maybe a rose bc thorns? And with a flower crown with two flowers that hang down and resemble dog ears.

Anyways that’s what I got. Also they all wear skirts you’re welcome.

[imnotrealdeadass]

Someone encourage/bully me into finishing this, recreyo's ending, i gotta do somethin-

[datssokoolwhat]

I feel bad for Ivan who has to read all these ppls minds 💀💀💀

[turkeyinnovember]

I did some organizing and heres the crew and the crimes they’ve committed. let me know if I’ve missed anything and maybe if someone wanted to like make the crime list meme 🫡

note: very small amount of it is hc, I tried my best to keep to canon. additionally, “sexual assault is defined as causing another individual to be subjected to sexual contact without consent”, so the crime in Den’s list refer to her being in charge of the Rick and Morty episode. similarly, some of these crimes are super technical, like some breaking and entering crimes & child neglect was due to the scenario and not of the character’s free will, sooooo

just to clarify !!THESE ARE CRIMES OF THE CHARACTERS, NOTHING TO DO WITH THE IRL PEOPLE!!

also like man if we gave kristine more time I wonder how much more crimes she’d commit

[zph1nx]

More of the recreyo as mlp but this time I actually put some thoughts into them!

I'm gonna post an extra one soon too :D

If your wondering what chilly is she's basically the discord of this au.

Also Kristine and Ivan both go to ponyville for their own reasons (+Ivan is currently on leave from the park and Kristine just wants a nice place to stay at)

[simps-mcgee]

got re-obsessed with Spooky and decided to draw them all :) (I ran out of room for Kristine so I made a sorta joke thing? to make up for it kind of)

and Kristine