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stealingpotatoes · 4 years ago

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I am OBSESSED with your Desmond lives AU!! I want Shaun and Rebecca to be able to give Desmond all the hugs, I want Desmond to be able to choose to be an Assassin, to be able to help save the world again. Also, I am very curious about how you would resurrect Desmond, because I’ve had similar thoughts on such an AU, but I currently stick it near the end of Valhalla with the stuff that happens there. If you ever feel like expanding on it, I'd be super excited to see more!!!

first of all, AH THANK YOU!!! Yes those are ALL points that are very important to the Des Lives AU! Second of all, thank you so much for this ask in general!!! I was hoping someone would send an ask like this so I’d get an excuse to talk abt the AU more lmao XD!! I made this AU back in March last year, so there’s no Valhalla stuff in it, and it’s set right after/ during the Odyssey DLCs.

The long story short for my Desmond Rez (rezmond, if you will) is “shroud of eden, abstergo, and some Isu bullshit”. The long story long, however, is uh- you know what? I’m going to use this opportunity to explain the vague story I worked out last year -- but dw, I WILL get to the full ressurection explanation I thought through. However... I’m gonna have to tell the story in smaller parts because I’m lazy and can’t be bothered to write the whole thing out right now. So rez comes later and not in this post.

also uh-- before we start: I’m going to apologise for like… everything about the way I wrote this. It’s sort-of half fic, half that-way-your-friends-colloquially-tell-stories-that-you-can’t-keep-up-with. Mainly the latter. If you can make sense of this babbling, well done.

Anyways, without further ado, welcome to:

POTES TRIES TO EXPLAIN HER DESMOND (SORTA) LIVES AU: PART ONE

On the 21st of December 2012, Desmond Miles dies.

It’s not for nothing -- his sacrifice saves the entire world from a solar flare -- but he is dead. big ripz. The Assassins, his family, do not manage to recover his body. Abstergo gets it first. The Assassins hold a funeral as best they can. They mourn (all in their own ways), they keep fighting (for his memory), and they try to move on (they can’t).

On the 21st of December 2012, Desmond Miles died -- so when he shows up in a city in October 2018, almost 6 years later, it’s a bit of a shock for everyone. What’s even more of a shock is the fact he’s glowing like an Isu and has some abilities he DEFINITELY didn’t have when he died.

So Desmond wakes up in the middle of some city in he doesn’t know where (yeah ok i just never really worked out where the secret lab would be), with 1. no idea of how he got there and 2. no idea why his arms are glowing like that. He doesn’t get much time to think about it because then there’re a load of Abstergo goons with guns surrounding him. Des may have no idea what’s happening, but he knows one thing: when u see an Abstergo, it’s on sight. So he’s fighting them -- which is admittedly not fun or easy when you’re in the middle of a road and only have your fists as weapons. It’s not going well and then someone definitely manages to shoot Desmond which is very bad -- but then Des feels some very weird (but not unfamiliar) feeling and when he looks up from the bullet wound, every one of the Abstergos are on the floor???? He doesn’t think to check if they’re dead, just legs it out of there lmao.

Elsewhere, in an Assassin safehouse in an undisclosed location (can you tell I just didn’t think about the geography of anything), Mr Shaun Hastings is chilling on a balcony after a mission well done. Good for him. Then Rebecca Crane (queen ilu) yells “Shaun?” from inside.

“Rebecca?”

“Come inside. Now.”

Shaun immediately does so because he assumes it’s important or they’re under threat. “What happened? Have we been compromised?”

Rebecca doesn’t answer.

“You look like you’ve seen a ghost,” Shaun says, mostly joking and with a little smirk -- though Becs looks spooked.

“Desmond’s alive.”

Shaun’s not smirking anymore. “What?”

“Desmond’s... he’s alive.”

“What are you talking about? Are you high?” he’s totally about to look at her eyes to see if they’re all dilated and druggy.

“No Shaun, I mean it!” Becs harshly shoves her tablet into his hands.

Shaun doesn’t really know what he’s expecting to see when he looks down at the screen. What he’s not really expecting to see is Desmond Miles, who’s been dead for six years, fighting a load of Abstergo people -- while lined in Isu markings (also he’s not wearing a shirt forgot got to mention). ??? But wtf??!?! Desmond’s dead. That’s...

“It’s security camera footage from [the city]... About two hours ago.” Rebecca then swipes through more footage with shaky hands and explains that Des very violently burst out of an Abstergo facility in the city with glowing eyes and light leaking out of him (almost like an Apple of Eden). Then the glowing eyes and shining lights shuts off abruptly and Des is standing in the middle of the road looking very confused at his precursor-ass arms and chest. But Shaun is barely listening to what she’s saying and barely even looking at the screen.

“Where did you get this?” Shaun asks with a hollow voice, not looking up.

“The Initiates.” (bc who else)

Shaun looks at it again, then at Rebecca, and he’s mildly aware of the fact he’s slightly tearing up; “That’s fake. That can’t be him. He’s dead, Becs. We both saw the…” They both saw the autopsy footage the ac4 researcher got from Abstergo -- or at least, tried to watch it; they shut it off as soon as Shaun ran to the bathroom to throw up and Rebecca quickly joined him. They spent the rest of that night crying and drinking way too much.

“He died.” Shaun concludes firmly.

And so Becs is all like “yeah but what if he didn’t?? We need to find him. We need to investigate this.” There’s a determination in her eyes and Shaun knows he’s not going to be able to convince her to drop this -- not that he would. Desmond might be alive, and there is no way they’re going to leave him again.

They’re both standing there in pure shock and confusion, not saying anything.

Rebecca’s comm device lights up and starts buzzing, snapping them out of their general ????-ness. Becs goes to her desk to grab it, glances at the caller id and then shows it to Shaun. It’s William Miles.

The two of them share a Look. They know what he’s calling about -- what else would it be? There’s a stilted moment of neither of them doing anything before Rebecca finally accepts the call. “William?”

“How quickly can you and Shaun get to [city]?” William sounds shaken -- probably the same way Rebecca and Shaun are -- which is a very weird way to hear the Mentor of the Brotherhood sound. He’s seen the footage, hasn’t he?

“In a few hours,” Rebecca replies.

“Good. You need to get there as soon as possible.”

Everyone’s silent for a few moments.

“Is this about Desmond?” Rebecca asks. Dumb question.

There’s a pause. “You’ll be briefed on the ground.” And then he hangs up before Shaun or Rebecca can yell at him.

This is all moving very fast. Shaun and Rebecca share another look. Guess they’re going to [city]. ???

Fast forward several hours and Rebecca and Shaun are in The City [might just have to make the city london bc it’s the one city i actually know well -- however for plot reasons we’ll see later, a swiss city might be better… moving on!]. They get to an assassin base and meet up with Galina Voronina and 2 local assassins. Idk if you’ve read the comics, but to sum things up quickly, Galina and her team were investigating and then ended Project Phoenix -- so Galina now really wants to find out if the whole Desmond thing has anything to do with that.

Galina also wants to help Shaun and Rebecca get their friend back. They’re her friends, but equally she just lost one of her teammates to Abstergo (while ending Phoenix like 2 months ago, in the comics) and is uh- idk how to say it but she wants to help Shaun & Becs who have a chance to get their lost teammate back.

What follows is cool gang-gang trying to track down any trace of Desmond. You’d think it wouldn’t be hard to find a person who literally glows, but Desmond’s had centuries of Assassin training and knows how to hide lol.. which is making the Assassins’ job harder lol.

What’s making it even harder is the Assassins know they have to be quick because they know Abstergo is gonna be looking for Desmond too -- and they have way more resources and stuff. That being said, they’re also currently dealing with the fact one of their building and a decent amount of their guards just got absolutely mullered by weird-glowing-desmond.

The third issue with their entire thing is that they have no idea what they’re going to find when they find Desmond -- or if he even is Desmond. Is he going to be the man they knew but with weird powers? an Abstergo isu-clone? evil? they don’t know, and so they know they’ve got to be wary with him.

The Assassin gang spend some time (a couple of days at the very most) trying to track Desmond down. Rebecca is using all the tech she can get her hacker mitts on to find a trace of him and equally throw Abstergo off Des’ trail.

Soon enough, they get a solid lead -- don’t ask for the specifics, i don’t know them. But they get a lead, and it winds them up in an abandoned apartment building or also abandoned building site or something (a building in the city where there aren’t any people, basically).

Galina scans the place with Eagle Vision and she’s like “There is something very strange about this place.” (someone?) But she doesn’t see a person-shape anywhere. The 5 of them are hopeful but somewhat on edge.

They go about searching for any sign of Desmond. Galina’s pretty sure her Eagle Vision is just… Messing Up A Lot lol. Like something’s trying to heck with it. So she’s not quite sure it’s working correctly when a load of red figures appear somewhere below them.

She becomes a lot more sure when the red figures come into sight and START SHOOTING AT THEM! IT’S ABSTERGO!! CRAP! they found them!!

The assassins get down and a really cool fight scene w them vs the Abstergos in the building/ building site starts playing out. Woo Shaun and Rebecca electro-hidden-blade moments!! The fight splits the squad up and Shaun and Rebecca are away from Galina & the others -- but they dispatch the Abstergo guards near them.

They’re about to radio in that they’re all okay/ check if Galina & co are also good when they hear a slightly-too-loud footstep. They whip around to see an Abstergo guard aiming right at them, too far for either of them to get him before he shoots them. crap crap crap.

They would have been shot -- if someone hadn’t come up behind the Abstergo guard and snapped his neck (ouch).

The Abstergo drops to the ground, revealing the person who saved them and… Shaun and Rebecca stare in shock.

They’re both looking at Desmond Miles.

Desmond Miles, who is very much alive (and wearing a hoodie that is 100% stolen). And… with a load of glowing yellow lines on his face. But it’s Desmond -- it’s Desmond for sure. Holy shit.

Desmond doesn’t seem so shocked, only relieved to see them. Then his expression turns into serious confusion;

“What the fuck is happening?”

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ok sorry leaving it there for now! hope you enjoyed what is here will continue soon

#desmond (sorta) lives au #desmond miles #rebecca crane #shaun hastings #galina voronina #william miles #Assassin's Creed #THANK YOU FOR THIS ASK i saw it this morning and have spent the day wanting to write this down but being in lessons /:#i know it's a complete mess however you'll have to excuse me i got excited #you opened a can of worms darling anon #I know I just used it as an excuse to Go Off but uh... sorry lol #asscreed #potes wrotes #sort of #thanks for the ask!#the night that the sun came up

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danwylds · 4 years ago

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Right okay I never actually got myself to write this fic so have my notes for the fic except I haven’t read through them since June when I wrote them and I refuse to edit anything

Right is bakery au but not

Neil either turned down the offer of exy for the foxes or for coach whatever the fuck his name was

He got caught earlier tho which is . Unfortunate

Stuart still comes in

Maybe I’ll have him move back to Britain for a while? To avoid the moriyamas n stuff

He NEVER misses a match of the ravens/foxes tho

Which leads to him seeing the frankly sickening interview of Kevin and riko

Neil is like yo Stuart let me start smth

Stuart is like Neil the only reason you’d go back to the states right now is if you did smth that you could hide and you can’t do that for shit

So Neil is like yk what I’m gonna find a way bc I’m not letting this kid go through this (Andrews quite into this idea when it’s shared)

So he says yo. Stuart. Uncle. Sir. Let me open a bakery or something in the states

Stuart is like no you fucking idiot

And Neil is like but c o n s i d e r

You can get info or smth

Just have another business in the states yk

AND I’d get out of your hair

And Stuart is like hm okay but you’ve gotta live in a complex I choose for you

And Neil is all only if I can choose where it’s gonna be

It’s a deal

He (very obviously) chooses a place near palmetto

Stuart is tired but is like he’ll be under protection n shit so I guess??? And he’s not stupid enough to start something right. Right.

Wrong.

Anyways.

It’s a bakery that starts out kinda slow

But Neil finds he likes baking and Stuart pays for his nephew to have some sort of normal life so it doesn’t matter too much

Renee starts to frequent it

At first it’s to pick up sweets for Andrew

But eventually she starts bringing Allison on dates there bc they have a cute little seating area (figure where Seth fits in? I think he’ll survive?)

Uhhh what’s a timeline

I think this’ll be around the winter holidays (Jewish neil? Look into it)

So thanksgiving will have happened . I think Andrew agreed to go Not bc he particularly wanted to but bc he cares for Nicky and knows he’ll probably go anyways

Yeah so thanksgiving. h

Andrew JUST got off his drugs and he’s so damn protective of his own that he hardly even leaves their sides

Edens is a def no for em

Meanwhile Neil is tentative friends w Renee who has brought all the upperclassmen there a few times

Allison bullies him for his clothing but it’s okay he deserves it

Renee is sweet and stops em from doing anything too drastic which Neil appreciates

Matt,, my baby,, he’s so happy he just asks Neil about random stuff

Dan is sweet too!!

Seth kinda hates him but Neil hasn’t paid enough attention to return the favor

One day close to the winter banquet the upperclassmen are like yeah Neil we’re gonna go to this thing and it should be really fun!! Oh you know what? Our teammate Nicky needs a date and his cousin doesn’t really like anyone from his class and he’s super fucking crazy abt it so if that doesn’t deter you then you should totally join !

Neil is like oh chance to fuck up Riko? Absolutely I’ll go

ALLISON DRESSES HIM

HE LOOKS SO GOOD

when he and Allison emerge from the girls room Aaron is like Who is that

And Allison is “oh nickys date (:”

Andrew gets twitchy and holds a knife to her throat

Renee is like Andrew I stg get away from my gf and Seth is like manic pixie nightmare fuel I’m gonna beat the shit outta you

And Neil is just like same shit every day I guess

And he’s like so you’re Nicky then? COMPLETELY IGNORING YK. ALL THAT

Andrew is like “he is. Don’t touch him”

And Neil straight up says I don’t think you get to set boundaries for people, actually

And Neil has no idea what the effect is of that on Andrew but it’s enough to make him glare

Which is terrifying to everyone but Neil bc again. Dumbass

Anyways Neil very purposely hooks his arm through nickys and they head off to the bus

Dunno what happens there but I’ll figure it out

RIKOOO ROASTTT **AIRHORNNNNSSS**

It’s glorious

Kevin and riko are like who the FUCK are you

And Neil is all wouldn’t you like to know weather boy

They relocate and they’re all like . Ah. That’s why you and Renee get along

It’s kinda funny ngl

Andrew doesn’t think so but fuck him

I think that they head back to the bus when this shit I’d over and wymack is like excuse me what the fuck

And Aaron in german is like thank god he never joined the team bc I could not handle more of that

And Neil in German is like would you believe me I’d I told you I was almost signed

And Andrew is like I fucking Knew it I hate it here

N e ways things go back to normal for the most part

The upperclassmen still show up

Seth has a bit of grudging respect for him

It’s later that all the foxes are getting drunk from a lose that Renee calls him and is like Neil please can I usher them inside for a bit I think they need a place to chill so we don’t get yelled at for being too loud in the dorms

And Neil is like uhh sure why not

It turns out it was not just the upperclassmen

He gives them all water bottles and whatever and lets them lounge around

Gives em some food which they pay for w the coachs card

Uhhh idk time passes and some of the foxes pass out so neil is like y’all can chill in the break room? They have couches

He stays out there bc the bakery is still open

Andrew comes out like hey fuck you but also can I get more of those pastries

Idk I want them to be in love already

Uhh yeah I think they don’t say anything until

“what happened to your face”

“A truth for a truth?”

“If you must insist”

“Fine, my father tried to kill me”

Andrew raises his eyebrow but neils like bitch you said a truth for a truth it’s your turn now

Neil asks him why he wears arm bands

We get the whole knives and scars

They’re quiet again

I don’t know man let them be in love

Uhhh okay

I think Andrew will tell neil like

“[code]”

“Huh”

“That’s the code for the court, Kevin practices at night.”

Neil is like how would you know I’d enjoy playing exy? And andrew is like dipshit that’s how we met

I’m running out of ideas oh no

Maybe they play a couple of night game things

Exchange a few more truths

OHHH OKAY COOL SO THEN NEIL CAN GO TO EDENS W THEM THE WHOLE “DOESNT MEAN I WOULDNT BLOW YOU” THING CAN STILL HAPPEN

sick okay! They start dating but since Baltimore happened earlier they never actually come out to the rest of the team

I like to think when they play against the ravens again neils like haha babe you can have as many sweets as you want if you shut down the goal

Also Neil says it’s hot which is like a big thing to persuade Andrew but shhhhh

Yeah the foxes win they celebrate by getting drunk and they all show up at neils like hello again (:

Same thing happens but this time andrew and Neil are together and basically are doing nothing but making out

At least the store is closed

Nicky comes out and just YELLS

YALLLLLL COME LOOK @ THIS SHIT

Allison wins SO much money

Yeah idk how to end this but happily ever after :3

If you want me to turn this into a fic I will!

#aftg #andrew minyard #all for the game #neil josten #aaron minyard #kevin day #nicky hemmick #renee walker #idk i thought it was cute #i do really love this idea!#matt boyd #dan wilds #allison reynolds #seth gordon #if you know me irl do not interact #i cant handle the embarrassment #embarassment*

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dinosaurtsukki · 4 years ago

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hq!! as their zodiac signs | seijoh’s 2nd and 1st years

anon: hey! i just read your haikyu zodiac signs post and i wondered if you could do an analysis on suna rintarou, kyotani kentaro (maddog), kunimi&kindaichi, konoha, koganegawa en tendou satori.

🌷have a nice day; make sure to eat and drink something<3

a/n: ahhh i’m glad you enjoyed those !! i decided to just do an updated version with the rest of the seijoh teammates. i’ll do one for inarizaki and shiratorizawa soon so i hope it’s okay that i did it this way. ahh still considering making one for the other teams because there are so many but i hope you like this !!

check out my other hq!! as their zodiac signs posts here

kyoutani kentaro | sagittarius

kyoutani? a sagittarius? lmao no surprise there this guy just radiates so much i n t e n s e e n e r g y

his violent and brash attitude is very sagittarius, he’s usually filled with pent-up energy and he has a relatively short temper

sagittarius people are VERY competitive and that definitely shows with kyoutani. aside from volleyball he’ll find other ways to compete with people

thus leading to the incident with iwaizumi

he gets riled up easily, even by off-hand comments like ‘are you sure you can finish that bento box’ and then he’ll be gobbling food as quickly as he can

probably motivated by spite. the more you say ‘you can’t do it’ the more he’s GONNA DO IT

as a sag, i just feel like he’s not only talented when it comes to volleyball but he explores lots of different hobbies too

he probably plays other sports on the side but kyoutani really likes the idea of being good at many different things

secretly likes to experiment with music production and making some remixes (might have considered becoming a DJ at one point)

ALSO he really loves traveling just by himself

when he was younger, he probably organized a short day trip by himself by bus and as he grew older he began to have more traveling plans

his dream is to just go backpacking around a different country

but like by himself because he can’t imagine getting along with someone enough to be able to travel with them

yahaba shigeru | pisces

omg another pisces boy okay here we go (idk abt you guys but whenever i hear ‘pisces boy’ i automatically think SIMP)

also he shares a birthday with matsukawa so that’s p interesting

what i immediately get from this though is that yahaba is very much connected to his emotions and relationships with other people are very much a cause of concern for him

you could see this with the way he cares a lot about his senpais. i bet most of his motivation to perform well in games is connected to his desire for his senpais to play one more game

also SUPER loyal. pisces are just very committed people even though they’re a bit floaty with their thoughts

show’s why he’s still an oikawa fan even if oikawa is team argentina

that said, yahaba is quite unapologetic when it comes to his feelings. he doesn’t care about being too emotional or not he feels what he feels

which also means he’s not afraid to stand up to people

i get a bit of ‘wine mom’ vibes from him too which are very pisces

i bet he does calligraphy classes in secret and sneaks a drink from his dad’s alcohol stash late at night

he can be a bit intimidating but he can also be very soft

makes THE BEST playlists because his music tastes are obscure af (okay that also means he has hipster tendencies)

also has lots of little artsy hobbies and a pinterest account full of aesthetic ocean pictures

kindaichi yuutarou | gemini

oh boy another gemini

and yet i feel like his gemini traits aren’t as pronounced (unlike somebody i know *cough cough* sugawara koushi) so i think he may have a water sign as his moon

he’s really easy to get along with even though you’ve only met him for the first time and will talk about literally anything

really prioritizes getting along with people and won’t hesitate to communicate his thoughts either

that said, he doesn’t like being shut out of a conversation, like what kageyama did to him back in middle school

geminis value communication a lot so this was a no-no for him

i am willing to bet that this guy loves memorizing volleyball facts and sharing them with friends

he just loves reading trivia and when he comes across something really interesting, it will live in his head rent-free

his teammates think its adorable and don’t mind even if kindaichi sometimes repeats himself

definitely the kind of person who likes to be well-rounded with his skills too. even though he’s devoted himself to volleyball, he’s the kind of person who likes to explore different ways of playing

kunimi akira | aries

at first glance, our chill little kunimi here doesn’t really seem like an aries (i have a strong feeling that his rising is in libra or something)

he doesn’t have that intense, ‘notice me !!’ energy that i know a lot of aries people do

but one thing that is very aries about kunimi is how competitive he is and how much he hates to lose

he really likes to win but he’s very smart about how he plays the game because he knows himself and his strengths well

doesn’t look that affected when he loses but secretly he’s all >:(

the kind of person who comes up with a billion counterarguments he could have used for a debate while showering

kunimi actually enjoys dressing up and taking pictures of his OOTD but doesn’t want to make it look like he cares in particular or that he just threw the outfit together

very much a tsundere. probably one of the most tsundere people in haikyuu

a very scary person when he gets mad. his anger is one that’s very quiet but you can definitely sense it

has SO MANY random skills and talents and just likes to whip out a few of them to surprise people

he’s amazing at those arcade claw machines and ended up surprising his teammates when they went out once

he is very selective when it comes to the people he likes to hang out or be around with. will only exert effort for those he’s really close to

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stinkysidebitch · 4 years ago

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BNHA students as youtubers! Pt.1

Ft. Midoriya, Bakugou, Tenya, Todoroki, Kirishima, Tokoyami, Kaminari, Jiro, Shinso, and Asui

-Midoriya

FITNESS CHANNEL!!!

He's all like: 😁🏃‍♂️🏋️‍♂️💪

He's not a douche abt it tho, its genuine tips and tricks to help other people 😌

Common guest in All Might's vlogs too

Generally discusses health and sometimes how to get in shape if you arent already 😋

Very helpful

Did I mention he's helpful?

Because he's helpful...

Does Dad vids with Eri sometimes 😍

Often features the Dekusquad 🤭

He was also on Present Mic's podcast but he wasn't talking about anything juicy so his airtime was cut in half 😔

Sorry my boy, but you aren't very creative with names... his channel name is just "Izuku Midoriya" 😩

-Bakugou

Step tf off Guy Fieri 🤬

Our boy is a youtube chef 👨‍🍳

Thinks that us "extras" need to learn from a pro

Yes, yes he actually does call his subscribers extras...

I feel VERY attacked ngl 😩

He do be kinda cooking doe 😳

Basically just bullies you into cooking properly

Has featured Kirishima a few times but after Kaminari shorted his brain AND the oven out Bakuguo swore to never let anyone BESIDES Kiri feature in his vids 😔

Kami was like: 🥴 and Bakugou was like: 😤

His channel name is definitely "Katsuki's Kitchen"

-Tenya

Ah yes, the CEO of boi hands

Tenya was a pretty difficult one tbh 🧐

Personally I see him as an educational channel on youtube 🤷🏻‍♂️

But not boring education, he talks about different types of villains to watch out for..

Definitely talks about evasion tactics and fighting styles

He's also unintentionally very funny

Does this a lot: 🤚🏻

Also did a series on how to be a good class rep

Please smash like, he's trying his best y'all 😩

He let his class pick his name (of course) so now he's stuck with "1-A's Dad" 🤧

-Todoroki

This guy is multifaceted

Meaning he does multiple things on his channel based on his interests

I see him as someone who teaches meditation and construction

Teaches people about proper Japanese home design and how to renovate it 🥰

YES, this is SOLELY based on when he changed the flooring in his dorm 😭

We do know that he likes traditional Japanese style homes though because he basically says that

I only said meditation because he's usually so chill 🧘‍♂️

I feel like either Mina or Midoriya introduced him to it because of how angry he can get sometimes so he needed it ☝️

Channel name is probably "Icyhot's World" because I really can't see him coming up with anything better, and also it annoys Bakugou 🤭

-Kirishima

The moral integrity of the youtube gaming sect 🤗

He has videos addressing current event issues too like BLM when things get really serious

YES, he is very politically correct

Respects wamen ☺️

His gaming videos are commentary and he usually plays online multiplayer

Expect to hear the voices of Bakugou, Kaminari, Sero, (ocassionally Tokoyami) and Mina whenever Kiri DOES play online

If they aren't all there (because they have their own channels to upkeep) sometimes he may add Midoriya, Jiro, or Shinso fairly often🤷🏻‍♂️

Rlly just depends on whose online, but he's open to playing with anyone

Works really well as a teammate, and is super positive and funny

Says that teamwork in games is just as important as teamwork irl (it's also "SUPER MANLY!")

He also loves to fuck with Bakugou in his videos a lot

Channel name is "Shitty Hair Plays" (much to Bakugou's chagrin)

-Tokoyami

Our goth lord and savior 🙏

Teaches us abt goth culture

He's like: ☻☠🧛‍♂️🖤

This includes goth design, history, styles of goth/alternative clothing, and also darker styles of music

Also reads his own spooky poetry

He's really good ngl 😳

Sometimes records himself gaming

Also his main feature is dark shadow so expect a lot of "ft. Dark shaow" on his page

Overall very interesting and deserves your subscription

And also his channel name is " The Dark Harvest Official"

- Kaminari

CrAcK cHaNnEl

Comedy reaction channel

He's kinda like Jontron, except he's an idiot 🚶‍♂️

At first I thought he might not have the self awareness to do this because he would need to be able to critique, but I honestly think Denki is smarter than he lets on 🤓

Does features, so think of the videos of Drew Gooden, Danny Gonzalez, and Kurtis Connor when they all collabed (or Noel Miller and Cody Ko)

Usually features Kiri and Sero (Bakugou gets too annoyed so he's rarely in the videos at all)

Mineta would get his ad revenue taken away so hes not in the vids

Also I hate him, so... 😌💕

His channel is probably called "Mr. Electric reacts"

We STAN a shark boy and lava girl reference 👏

-Jiro

I think you already know what I'm going to say

Obvs a music channel

Singing, playing instruments.. etc

Step aside Hannah Montana ✋👱‍♀️

She did do a video singing the transitions from the show as a joke though, so she isnt totally serious with her page either

Also has videos bullying poor Denki 🤧

Trys to teach you how to play but also does covers of her own

Has a few random videos of some of her classmates being morons on her page too.

I feel like her name would be "U.A's Taste" or something because sometimes it seems like no one else has any 🤷🏻‍♂️

She would def do a video explaining that

-Shinso

Shinso's page can only be described as a deepdive critique channel

He makes those 30 minute long videos discussing depraved youtubers horrible behavior with receipts, but he doesn't do it for drama, he does it to put the truth out there

And no I'm not talking about the big youtubers like "Tati" or "Pewdiepie", I'm talking like really screwed up abusers like "Onision"

(AN: Sorry this got so dark 😖)

POINTS OUT LOGICAL FALLACIES IN THE EVIL YOUTUBERS ARGUMENTS!!

But he also games sometimes, usually horror or online games

His audience challenges him to scarier games to try to get a reaction out of him but he NEVER flinches

He thinks jump scares are cheap

After one he'll just sit there and be like: 😑 "Well, that was annoying"

Firm believer in "if you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen" (Needless to say a few people have deleted their channels from the roasts this man can dish out)

His channel is probably called "Shinso Listens" basically to make fun of Onision speaks 😅

-Asui

This one was easyyy

Our queen is a book critiquing channel

Think of strange æons and krimson rogue if they somehow had a child 😩

Yes, she did critique Onision's books and YES the videos did feature Shinso

And yes, it was entertaining as fuck

"Woah, that's a little harsh Shinso.. even for you.."

They both ripped him a new one in that video 😅

Not that he doesn't deserve it 👏

Mina reviewed Shane Dawson's books with her after he was canceled and sis... when I tell you it was pure genius 🖐😌

She and Tokoyami reviewed Gabbie Hannah's awful poetry book and it was PHENOMENAL

Her channel name is "Call Me Tsu" 🖐😌

Truly a gem on youtube 🤧

#bnha kaminari #bnha bakugou #bnha midoriya #tsuyu bnha #bnha #bnha kirishima #bnha imagines #bnha headcannons #bnha headcanons #bnha headers #crack post #crack headcanon

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xgoldenlatiasx · 4 years ago

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Ramblings about my team

I don’t think I talk much about my swsh team so here’s a post with more info about their personalities and stuff!!

Kappa (male Inteleon)

He’s Blake’s first Pokémon, and was given to them by Leon. Ever since he evolved into an Inteleon he’s sorta put on this cool and tough facade, but he’s actually a huge doofus who’s very sensitive and sweet! He’s my trainersona’s closest partner! At the start of their journey both of them had really bad self esteem issues, so their gym challenge had a kinda rough start (oof) but as they went on both Blake and Kappa grew together and helped each other become more confident. Of course both his and his trainer’s anxiety isn’t COMPLETELY gone, the stress of being champions kinda adds onto it tbh, but now they have each other and their team and are much better at dealing with it. They’re best buds!!

Kappa’s also one of the strongest battlers on the team, he’s very quick and can easily pinpoint his opponent’s weak spot, and the Mystic Water he wears during matches powers up his water type attacks a lot. Though he’s super clumsy and this can get in the ways sometimes JFNGNFJGM (also Kappa has a huge crush on Hop’s Cinderace hbnfnhnfh they’re basically childhood friends)

Lancelot (male Sirfetch’d)

Lance was actually Blake’s second catch! (Not in-game ofc, but story wise) When he first met them he chased them across a field for like 10 minutes lmao but after Blake gave him curry he was chill. After that he followed Blake around for a bit and realized that there’s no way this super anxious kid and emotional baby lizard would survive on their own, so he decided to go with them as like their protector (also cause he saw potential in both of them)

He actually trained Kappa for most of their journey, which is how Kappa became such a strong battler!! He’s a bit of a strict teacher but he cares a lot abt Kappa. He also LOVES battling and has a habit of challenging random Pokémon out of nowhere, whether that be wild Pokémon or his own teammates. But he loves his team and since he’s the oldest he feels really responsible for them. His competitiveness and constant training sessions really helps the team stay prepared for battles! Basically he’s the team grandpa

Charlie (male Boltund)

Blake met Charlie when they were camping out in a thunderstorm and he broke into their tent fhcntnfjg- He’s basically like Blake’s emotional support Pokémon, he’s really in tune with their emotions and can tell when they’re anxious/sad/etc. and if they ever need time away from other people he’ll guard them and let others know that they need space if anyone comes near. He’s VERY hyper, he’s just full of energy and can NOT stay still (bc of this he’s helped Blake and the team stay more active!) As a Yamper he was kinda oblivious and naive but after spending more time around Blake he noticed how anxious they were and did whatever he could to help them. He had a bit of a rivalry with Kappa for a while but now they’re best friends!

He’s also the team motivator!! He loves giving his team mates pep talks and his cheery attitude keeps them all upbeat even in rough times (fun fact: Charlie is actually named after the dog I had a few years back! My family and I just weren’t the right owners for him, so we had to give him to someone else :( I miss him everyday but I know he’s happier now)

Jeanne (female Corviknight)

angry bird. She’s a lot like Lancelot personality-wise, but she’s much more reckless and stubborn. She met Blake while they were on their way to challenge Milo, she attacked them on sight and that’s when Blake caught her! She was pretty stoic and distant towards Blake and the other team members at first, but after a while she started to warm up to them

She’s super protective of her friends and is fiercely loyal, while she may come off as cold to strangers she has a loving and playful side around her team! She also trained under Lancelot with Kappa so she’s really good at battling. Since they trained together, she thinks of Kappa as her brother and sees Lance as a fatherly figure. She’s also a great flier and helps Blake get around the region (it’s actually quite faster than just hiring a flying taxi) and since they spend so much time up in the air that’s why she and her trainer have a lot of trust in each other

Go-Go (female Coalossal)

MOM! FRIEND! Blake met her when they tripped over her in Galar Mines (lmao), she felt really bad about it and stuck around Blake for the rest of the time they were in the cave to make sure they didn’t trip over another Rolycoly (yeah she’s really overprotective haha) Once they got out of the mine she decided to come along with them!

She’s an absolute SWEETHEART, she’s very caring and being the second-oldest team member she loves looking after the younger Pokémon! She goes into panic mode whenever someone gets hurt (she considers Blake and most of the team as her babies) and sticks to them like glue until she’s sure they’re alright. She’s also not super keen on battling, instead she likes to help out at the daycare centers around Galar since she’s really good at taking care of baby Pokémon and helps keep eggs warm! But that doesn’t mean she’s helpless in battle, when she does battle she’s an absolute powerhouse (she can go from rock mom to “I WON’T HESITATE BITCH” in 2 seconds)

Venom (male Toxtricity)

Venom was given to Blake out of the blue by a daycare worker, who thought that he’d be better off being raised by a gym challenger. He was only a baby at the time so Blake had a lot of trouble taking care of him (having never handled baby Pokémon before) but Go-Go helped them out! She basically adopted Venom

He’s an amped-up form so he’s super rambunctious and loud, and his short temper gets him in a lot of trouble, but Go-Go helps him try to find healthy outlets for his anger and trains with him a lot! Being the youngest member of the team, he has a long way to go, but the others are super patient with him (though they do like to annoy him sometimes dfdngnfh) Go-Go’s the perfect training partner for him since his electricity doesn’t affect her that much, but besides Go-Go he also trains with Charlie too! Them both being electric types have made them have a friendly rivalry, and whenever Blake has the time they’ll let the two battle each other. Training with Charlie has also helped him gain better control of his electricity.

My trainersona has more Pokémon than just their main team of course, so later I’ll make a part two talking about the others (probably when the DLC comes out)

#pokemon #pokemon sword and shield #pkmn swsh #trainer blake #pokemon oc #kappa #inteleon #lancelot #sirfetch’d #jeanne #corviknight #charlie #boltund #venom #toxtricity #go-go #coalossal #shut up blake

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aegissi · 4 years ago

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haikyuu fic recs

(i basically only read romance hsfgdjb anyway here goes)

stating the obvious (13346 words, bokuaka)

bokuto doesn’t know that he and akaashi r already dating

“He isn't sure if friends do this. But he's not about to stop.” i will hurl myself into the sun bro

akaashi’s in his third year of hs and bokuto just began college and i love how those elements were used as conflicts (more like internal struggle ig)

mmmhh the way bokuaka r the personification of love=home

primavera (8688 words, iwaoi)

it’s abt. the longing

idk it just captured the feeling of friends drifting apart after hs but still finding each other extremely well :((

also food as a love language bc iwa cooks butadon for oikawa almost everytime he comes over to his apartment

““How did you know it was me, down here?” // Iwaizumi clicks his tongue at first, before peeling himself off the ledge. “Sometimes, when you run,” he says, “you look like you're rushing for the last train.”” (“I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world.”......parallels)

i made myself a metropolis (7330 words, bokuaka)

so basically it starts with bokuto making his teammates play a game where they have to look into each other’s eyes for four minutes to improve “telepathy” and then there’s like, yearning

i love all the dialogues sm it flows really well

the writing style...........ex : “(Four minutes: enough for the kind of love you’ll never notice. The time it takes for me, to watch you and him fall in love amongst the crickets. I pretend to see nothing, then. But I know where you are now.)“

room to grow (6303 words, kagehina)

karasuno playing beach volleyball!!! third year kagehina!!!!!! we love to read abt it!!!!!!!

they just stare at each other a lot when they think the other one isnt watching like theyre at a point in their relationship where it’s quiet and where they’re trying to be considerate so it’s kind of awkward??

there’s a part where hinata talks abt kageyama’s hands and whew! going insane rn <3

“I knew you’d be here, something inside of Shouyou is saying, and Kageyama’s dead stop seems to say something too. Did a part of him expect Shouyou to be here too?“

in transit (4719 words, kagehina)

hinata’s too short to grab onto the bars on public transportation so he clings to kageyama and kageyama holds him in case he falls and shfcgjbkggvjdfhbkhvhjfvhsbfndkbfl

it’s just very tender? but in a kagehina way like theyre not lovesick it’s just the simple intimacy of being comfortable with each other’s bodies and always being close??

“He was used to Kageyama’s body—they helped each other stretch all the time—but it was weird in this setting, and Shouyou nearly blushed whenever he felt Kageyama’s abs clenching in preparation for the train changing speed.”

120 seconds to you and beyond (9512 words, bokuaka)

akaashi (platonically) kisses bokuto as a pre-game ritual to calm bokuto’s nerves bc that totally makes sense

idiots to lovers + mutual pining <3

the teammates r painfully aware that bokuaka like each other and theyre so funny : "Oh my god, I know what you mean! I get tight muscles too. Can anyone platonically rub my calves?" and "Oh yea, soaking is definitely the best. I sure love soaking in the water with my friends"

i put my hand out, unfolded, into the sunlight (3762 words, bokuaka)

akaashi can taste the feelings of the person who cooked for him and bokuto starts baking as a hobby and LIT RULLY FOOD AS A LOVE LANGUAGE

i teared up reading this one sjgvhkgbkd bokuto is so earnest and genuine

“The pastry sits snugly in his stomach, and Akaashi can practically feel the honey sliding down his throat, warm in the way only Bokuto can be.”

bad boy & boy wonder (29424 words, oikuro)

kuroo and oikawa are actors and they have a feud ever since they worked together on a bad tv show but it doesn’t end there for them

sort of an enemies to lovers thing (oikawa’s mad abt having a crush on kuroo for the majority of the story)

i love the characterization in this one like the little details and stuff

“were you playing romance?” hhhhhhhhh going insane rn <3

february chill (5960 words, iwakage)

tobio has a crush on iwa since middle school and sends him anonymous letters and homemade chocolate every valentine’s day and iwa tries to figure out who’s sending him stuff

it was just. really cute

this is my niche ship and i will take all the crumbs

crust and crumb (11840 words, iwakage)

iwa’s a coffeeshop owner and tobio’s a lawyer at a firm and theyre NEIGHBORS!!!!!!!

mutual pining!!!!!!!

iwa bakes for him......................ᶠᵒᵒᵈ ᵃˢ ᵃ ˡᵒᵛᵉ ˡᵃⁿᵍᵘᵃᵍᵉ

i love all the friendships in this one

i’ll make you happy (just wait and see) (7006 words, kuroken)

kuroo’s a psychiatrist while kenma’s a game developper and theyre ROOMMATES!!!!!

it’s all abt the knowing and the intimacy and the domesticness and kuroo not having the guts to confess his feelings

it’s like a cute romcom basically

#i have other food as a love language fics but i'll leave it to that today sgjfbjhbdgk #half of these were recommended to me by tune tbh #haikyuu #haikyuu fic rec #youmi.txt

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ollieisms-blog · 6 years ago

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hi guys !!! i’m vic and im super pumped to get things rolling. i’ve played wayyy too many hockey muses that haven’t gone anywhere and i’m siked to finally have the perfect place to play one. unfortunately, i’m a fan of the blue and gold shitshow (the sabres) so i’m definitely going to be guessin a lot of the time abt the wild here. but anyway here’s ollie !!

LEXINGTON OLIVERS is 23, BISEXUAL, MALE. he plays DEFENSE for the MINNESOTA WILD. their resemblance to ALEX SAXON is uncanny. they currently reside in ST. PAUL, MN. in the media they come off as EASY-GOING however they can be AGGRESSIVE. we wish them well this season. [vic, 20, est, she/they]

➤ BASIC INFORMATION

NAME: Lexington Olivers NICKNAMES: Ollie, Ollzsy, Olls, Lex OCCUPATION: defenseman for the Minnesota Wild AGE: 23 DATE OF BIRTH: October 21st ORIENTATION: bisexual GENDER & PRONOUNS: male; he/him

➤ PHYSICAL INFORMATION

HEIGHT: 6′3″ WEIGHT: 209 DOMINANT HAND: left TATTOO(S): none SCAR(S): most notably a long scar over his left cheekbone ( sustained from a wayward skate blade he was sixteen ) PIERCING(S): none FACE CLAIM: Alex Saxon

➤ PERSONALITY INFORMATION

TRAITS (+): loyal, easy going, laid-back TRAITS (-): aggressive, self-critical

➤ BACKGROUND INFORMATION

HOMETOWN: Saginaw, MN CURRENT RESIDENCE: apartment in St. Paul, MN LANGUAGE(S): English BASIC EDUCATION: high school COLLEGE EDUCATION: University of Minnesota - Duluth (business and finance)

➤ FAMILY

PARENTS: tyler olivers (father), michelle waters ( mother ) SIBLINGS: denver olivers - older brother + 4 yrs ( yes, their parents named them after cities )

➤ THE STORY

--- this story starts the same way a lot of stories in minnesota start: with cold, snow, ice, and hockey. lexington olivers was born when the cold air first comes rushing in, when the temperatures drop and the world outside comes alive as it only can in places that get cold enough to steal your breath.

--- lexington called ollie by almost all those except those closest to him grew up as many do in the state of hockey : loving the long, cold winters, embracing the snow and ice and learning how to melt with a smile alone. he played hockey and shared those pipedreams so many who lace up the skates have but few ever reach : win the state championship, win the frozen four, play in the nhl.

--- he never did win the state championship after four years of getting close but never quite taking it. from there, he was scouted by several universities but ultimate ended up at the one 20 minutes down the road with the college team he grew up watching ; none other than the university of minnesota - duluth.

--- they missed the tournament completely his first year, but even all darkest things have a silver lining, and ollie’s came a few months later when he was drafted in the second round of the 2014 nhl draft. and just like that, the most impossible pipedream became just a little more possible.

--- he returned to umd more determined and fit than ever the next fall. he put in the work, added the needed weight to his tall frame, and left everything on the ice and then some. it payed off. there was no sophomore slump for lexington olivers, just a break-out season.

--- they’d wanted to sign him after that, the team that had drafted him. sign him, get him in a few games at the end of the season, develop him in the A the next year... and yet, despite all he wanted, he declined to stay one last year at umd. he’d grown close to his teammates and had wanted to give one last shot for the title. they wouldn’t make it: just another regional final loss, no closer than the prior year, just as far as ever.

--- ollie put pen to paper not long after that and looked to his next dream : the NHL. he played a handful of nhl games at the end of their season and then played in the A with a few emergency recalls to the NHL the season after. the transition was a bit rough for him, and for once, he struggled.

--- the greatest SHOCK of it all came that summer after when the news of him being traded broke. being traded is always full of emotion, but ollie hadn’t been traded just anywhere : he’d been traded HOME to minnesota, to the team he’d grown up watching with the stars in his eyes. and that made something flip inside him.

--- the next season he spent half the season in the A before being called up and he was never sent back down. that summer after that was the hardest he’d ever worked in his life and it paid off with the roster spot in october and lexington olivers in the minnesota wild’s opening night lineup. welcome home, ollie.

➤ MISC

--- no one, no one calls him lexington, most call him ollie, a very select few are allowed to call him lex.

--- PLAYING STYLE: he’s a defenseman, kinda like, ristolainen and montour-like? solid 2nd - 3rd pair rn with the definite potential to move up in the future. has an offensive upside but is quite physical, isn’t afraid to get in players’ faces or under their skin, has gotten into more than his fair share of scrapes, adds that “grit” to a lineup. the kind to be a menace on the ice but invaluable in the locker room ; loyal to a fault, willing to protect anyone on the team despite being young ( his size definitely helps tho ).

--- ollie wears 4 in homage of his brother who can’t play hockey anymore due to an injury his freshman year of college. because of this he also feels a great motivation to live out the dream his brother won’t be able to.

--- off the ice he’s nothing like what he is on the ice : he’s laid-back and chill, honestly pretty gentle guy though if someone threatens someone he cares for hands can and will be thrown.

--- honestly just a minnesota boy living out his dream, lads ¯\_(��)_/¯

➤ SOCIAL MEDIA

INSTAGRAM: lollivers ; 42.2k followers TWITTER: lollivers4 ; 41.6k followers SNAPCHAT: lollszyyy ( private )

➤ CONNECTIONS

--- ISAAC KEATING ( close friend ), @isaackeating : the two met during the eye-rolling mess that was orientation at UMD. ollie had pretty much grown up with the university while isaac had landed some sarcastic and funny one-liners and after that, they just clicked. ollie stole isaac’s coffee, dragged him to post-game parties, isaac convinced him to show up on his vlog and remained a loyal spectator at games despite not understanding most of it. while ollie lives and breathes hockey, he won’t deny it is very refreshing to have a friend outside of it all ; it’s helped all those time things have gone south --- which a couple season ago, had been often. isaac is the one person outside of family he lets call him lex.

--- HOCKEY : if following hockey has taught me anything, it’s that it’s a very small community and everyone has connections everywhere. i’d love to see people ollie played with in college, some from his brief stint with the team he was drafted with ( i left that vague on purpose, tho i do imagine he went somewhere between 39 - 45 in the draft that year ).

--- EX - GIRLFRIEND(S) : ollie has dated ; maybe he broke up with this person during college, maybe she couldn’t handle constantly playing second fiddle to hockey and wanted more attention, maybe she was only there because she thought he’d make it but after that disastrous first season in the AHL / NHL she decided he wasn’t it.

--- OTHER : ollie is bi af, but that’s something he keeps under very tight wraps. i am totally down to plot past connections down that route if anyone is interested ( please ).

--- if anyone wants to plot feel free to message me here, but i’m a lil more reachable on my discord olofsson#5730

➤ PINTEREST BOARD

#intro #bta.intro #im so bad at wc im so sorry #bta.task001 #me writing this intro: wwcmd #(what would casey mittel / stadt do)#god alex saxon's hair #i can't #im so shook #now That is a flow

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ohsweetflips · 7 years ago

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hawk in the raven nest, chapter two

A/N: hey guys!!! oh my god!!! thank you all for the AMAZING feedback on the first chapter, you guys are the reason i write!!! i hope you enjoyed this chapter :)

chapter description: Don't you just love the number two?

tw(s) for chapter: extreme violence

read on ao3 (one last little question in the end notes abt update schedule)

Nathaniel could hear Kevin and Andrew arguing from down the hall, in his room, with the door closed. He also thought that Kevin and Andrew were in Kevin’s room with that door closed, but he couldn’t be so sure. Either way, they were very loud.

After hearing what Riko had said to Kevin earlier in the week, Nathaniel assumed that Riko forced Kevin into the confrontation and then left him alone to deal with it, because he knew for a fact that Riko was in the lounge. He wondered if Riko every fought his own battles, or if he always had his lackeys carry them out for him. Even with Andrew, despite Kevin being the one who brought him to the team, Riko was the one having problems with him. And still, he made Kevin call him out, and made Kevin be the one to argue with him, therefore, disturbing the peace of the Nest, which wasn’t very peaceful in the first place and Nathaniel didn’t need anymore infighting.

“They’re always fighting,” Jean muttered from his spot on the bed. He had his school books out in front of him and was most likely cramming in any work he could in the short time he had away from Exy. “Andrew is always antagonizing him. Plus, he barely cares about Exy. I don’t understand why Kevin doesn’t just put him in his place. He has the power to.” In that moment, Jean sounded so much like Riko. But then again, Nathaniel assumed that all the Ravens shared the same opinion on Kevin and Andrew: why doesn’t Kevin just deal with him?

“Why do you think Kevin keeps him around?” Nathaniel asked, turning his attention back to staring at their door. “Why do you think Kevin wanted him in the first place? He rejected his first recruitment, you know.”

“I’m well aware, Riko brings it up every time when he’s pissed at Andrew,” Jean sighed. He lowered his voice when he said, “It’s quite aggravating to hear about after a while.” He then paused, probably realizing he never answered Nathaniel’s question. “But why? I don’t know, why don’t you ask Kevin yourself? He seems in the mood to talk.”

Nathaniel heard very clearly the sarcasm dripping from Jean’s voice, but his interest still tripled when he heard the fighting come to a halt and Kevin’s door open and slam close. “Good idea, Jean,” he said, standing up and heading for the door. “I’ll go do that.”

“Nathaniel don’t you dare, I was kidding-” Nathaniel let Jean’s voice die out behind him with the door slamming shut. He immediately turned to Andrew, who was walking down the hall, expressionless, and Nathaniel raised an eyebrow in question.

“No one likes an eavesdropper, Nathaniel,” Andrew said as he blew right by him.

“It’s not eavesdropping if you’re loud enough for the entire Nest to hear,” Nathaniel called after him before continuing on his way to Kevin’s room.

Kevin, who seemed to have heard him, stuck his head out of the door. “What do you want, Nathaniel?” he asked, his voice still laced with aggravation.

“I just have a question,” Nathaniel answered, waiting outside his door. It wasn’t a lie, he just wasn’t going to question Kevin about his decisions outside where anyone could listen.

Kevin did a once over of him, attempting to find a lie in him. Finally, he sighed and stepped aside. “Fine.”

Nathaniel walked inside and turned to Kevin as he shut the door behind them.

“So?” Kevin said, crossing his arms. “What is it?”

“You and Andrew fight quite a lot.”

“That’s not a question.”

Nathaniel rolled his eyes. “I’m getting to that. So, I repeat, you and Andrew fight quite a lot.”

It was Kevin’s turn to roll his eyes. “We do. He doesn’t listen to me when I tell him that focusing on Exy would be in his best interest.”

“I don’t think Andrew has ever listened to you. He didn’t when you first recruited him.”

“Still no question, Nathaniel, and I’m losing my last shreds of patience.”

Nathaniel sighed. “Why did you want Andrew here so badly if you knew from the beginning that he was going to be a problem for you?”

Kevin didn’t necessarily seem shocked by the question, but he still gave Nathaniel a look. “Why do you care?”

Riko was ready to let him “live out his short, miserable life” and resents that you keep him around. Why is Andrew such a dividing line for our leading duo? is what Nathaniel wanted to say, but he promptly decided that that would definitely blow his cover, and possibly get him punched in the face for eavesdropping.

“Everyone does. Everyone can see that you two argue at every little thing. I’m just the only one who’s asking you directly,” is what he went with instead. “So, why do keep him around?”

Kevin didn’t answer for a moment. He just stared down Nathaniel. If Kevin was trying to intimidate him, it wasn’t working. Kevin wasn’t Riko. Kevin couldn’t intimidate like Riko could. Kevin didn’t have the ranking.

When Kevin realized that Nathaniel wasn’t going to step down, he let out an exasperated sigh. “Andrew has the potential to be the best goalkeeper Exy has ever seen. He could go Court and thrive on it. Instead, he wastes his own time, and ours, by not giving a shit. I’m trying to get him to realize that he can actually do something once he graduates, and that ‘something’ can be Exy.”

Nathaniel stared in disbelief at Kevin. For whatever reason, that wasn’t the answer he expected. “So you keep Andrew around… because you think he has potential?”

“Is it that hard to understand?” Kevin asked. “He already does okay on the Ravens. I want to make him do better because he can. If he does better, not only will our team see an even better season, but he will definitely see Court in his future.”

“I didn’t realize you were the type to take people under your wing.”

“We only care about those who can actually do something significant. That’s why there’s only five of us.” He pointed to his face, and Nathaniel’s eyes went straight to the two on his cheek.

“We?”

“Yes. Riko and I spend all of our time on this team, but do you really think all twenty-three of us will be going to Court? That’s what everyone expects of us. And say all twenty-three of us do, do you think all of us will succeed?” Kevin asked, shaking his head. “Most likely, no. So, Riko and I spend our time getting the Ravens to Championships, and then winning. But in the end, the only ones we really see anything in are the top five.”

Nathaniel didn’t expect to be struck speechless, but there he was with his fingers touching his tattoo and just staring at Kevin.

Kevin rolled his eyes at his stupefied look. “You’re on the Ravens because you survived Tetsuji’s test. But you’re in the top five because you’re worth it. Did you really think we put a three on your face and a four on Jean’s because you were bought instead of recruited? Did we just put a five on Andrew’s face because we felt like it? Don’t be an idiot. You three and us two are the ones that will truly succeed in Exy and lead our Court team to success. So that’s why I keep Andrew around. In Castle Evermore, we don’t let potential go wasted.” Kevin took once last look over Nathaniel. “Did that answer your question?”

Nathaniel nodded and was promptly dismissed from the room.

After practice one night in the middle of April, two weeks after training began, Coach Tetsuji dismissed all Ravens except for Riko Moriyama and Kevin Day. “Typical,” Nathaniel had heard one of his teammates muttering as they all shuffled into their locker rooms.

It was nine-o’clock when all Ravens but the two prodigies were dismissed from practice.

It was nine-thirty when only Riko returned.

Nathaniel found that out when there was a pounding on his door that shook Nathaniel from his state of half-consciousness. As he stumbled over to the door, he swung it open to find Riko standing there. Even though Riko was taller than Nathaniel, he didn’t have much on him. However, with the cold, dead look in Riko’s eyes and all the light being swallowed up by the black interior of the Nest, Nathaniel felt a chill run down his spine.

His common sense told him something was off.

“Come out here,” Riko said. His voice was low, barely reaching Nathaniel’s ears, but he heard the murder in it. Nathaniel cast a quick look over his shoulder to see if Jean had woken up, and instead found his roommate still sleeping. He looked back at Riko and nodded. The secrecy behind Riko’s words set up a red flag.

“What is it?” he asked, stepping out the door and closing it behind him.

Riko looked to either side of him, looking for onlookers or eavesdroppers. Even though no one stood with them in the hall -the other Ravens had retreated to their rooms- Riko leaned in closer and whispered into Nathaniel’s ear, “Kevin’s in the locker room upstairs. Go deal with him. Make sure he knows what happens when he crosses the Moriyamas.”

Nathaniel’s survival instincts told him that something was very, very wrong. In his mind flashed the image of an axe being brought down upon his crying mother, and he felt nauseated at what Riko could have done.

“What?” he said too loudly without thinking.

Riko shushed him by slamming his hand to his mouth. “Do not question,” he growled. “Just do as you’re told.”

Nathaniel nodded. His mind was already jumping to the worst conclusion: that Nathaniel was about to find a Kevin near death. It was unlikely, but a lot about Riko was unpredictable.

As he headed up the stairs to the court, he ran his mind through what he would be walking into. Worst case scenario, most unlikely, was a corpse. Nathaniel had seen enough in his life, done by the hands of his own father; he didn’t need to see anymore. Next case scenario, still very bad, and more likely, was an almost dead Kevin. He wanted to rule out those two, that Riko would never do any of that. But that was a lie. Riko Moriyama was capable of many terrible things.

When Nathaniel reached the locker room, the first thing he noticed was that only half of the lights were on. And then, he heard the pained, haggard breathing.

Nathaniel Wesninski had seen what the Moriyamas could do. They were manipulative, able to wield the justice system and physicians with a few easy threats that no one would dare report. They put children (or “loose ends” as they were dubbed) in a competition to see which ones would qualify for the Ravens; those who passed were welcomed, those who didn’t were executed. Nathaniel had seen his own father murder someone because a Moriyama told him so. And even though Riko had less power than his older brother and father, he was still a Moriyama, and therefore had the ability to manipulate and hurt people and not face consequences as long as he had no loose ends.

But Riko was meant to use that power, that violence, on the people he really owned, like Nathaniel and Jean. Sure, he might as well have owned the entire team, but the kids who were bought were different than the athletes who were recruited. It was just accepted knowledge.

And between Kevin Day, the kids bought, and the athletes recruited, Kevin rested on a level higher than all of them. He was not exempt from Riko Moriyama. Nathaniel knew that he and Riko fought, and that it sometimes got physical, but he had just assumed that the pair had a line drawn that neither would cross.

Nathaniel realized he was wrong when he found Kevin in the state he was in.

Kevin Day, a child of Exy, a prodigy, a man who was supposed to be on Court, laid crumpled on the locker room floor. Riko had left all the lights on in this particular section of lockers, a spotlight for anyone to see what he did to Kevin.

Ugly, red bruising lined the side of Kevin’s face and his left eye was swollen. His nose was bleeding and blood had splattered the floor underneath his head. Tears had streaked down his face and sweat plastered his hair to his forehead. His breathing had turned to gasping. It sounded like Kevin’s lungs were collapsing in on themselves. Nathaniel feared that they actually were, but then he caught sight of what the epicenter of all this pain and panic was.

Kevin had his right hand cradled to his chest. However, Nathaniel’s eyes were fixed upon his left and he felt like he was going to be sick at the sight.

Kevin’s left hand, his playing hand, was destroyed. Bone protruding, angled in directions that Nathaniel knew bone shouldn’t. The skin of his hand was completely torn apart, bleeding from more than a few cuts. Every time Kevin moved slightly, every time his hand shifted, he cried out in pain, louder each time.

After three tries, Nathaniel finally found his voice. “Your playing hand’s destroyed.” He hadn’t known what to say. He had a feeling that wasn’t it, but it was the truth.

Kevin barely even showed that he heard Nathaniel, but he didn’t wait around for an answer. There were enough paper towels in the bathrooms to clean this up, to clean Kevin up. After collecting all the towels and finding a bucket to fill water with, Nathaniel realized that the act of cleaning Kevin up was much harder than he ever thought it would be. Every time he even tried to move Kevin, a scream of pain broke out of him. After five minutes of that, Nathaniel knew that if he wanted to finish the job Riko gave him, he had to quit stopping whenever Kevin screamed.

Nathaniel didn’t expect to be so mentally exhausted, but cleaning blood off a shattered hand and watching Kevin resort from panicked breathing to full on breakdown with shaking and sobbing and inability to get even one steady breath in, can take a toll on a person.

But he did get the blood cleaned up and Kevin sitting upright, so that had to be some sort of victory.

When Kevin’s breathing finally calmed down, Nathaniel said, “Riko told me to deal with you.” He paused. “I don’t know what he meant by that.”

“Just please… don’t hurt me.” Kevin’s voice sounded so broken. The fact that he thought Nathaniel would fuck him up more than he already was made Nathaniel feel nauseous.

“I’m not,” he defended himself. “I just… he told me...” Nathaniel trailed off, trying to find the right words. He came up blank; he wasn’t one for comfort, and he had a feeling Kevin wouldn’t listen. Instead, he went for, “Why did Riko do this to you?”

At first, Kevin didn’t answer. After a minute of silence, Nathaniel was ready to give up when Kevin finally answered, “The Master held Riko and I after practice because he wanted to tell us something.” A pause. “The ERC believes that Riko is holding me back. They think I would flourish more as an athlete if I was the captain. They also… think that I would be Court’s first priority over Riko.

“The Master made us have a face-off to see who’s the better striker. When he and my mother played together, he was the goalkeeper. He had us shoot for fifteen minutes one after the other. If it was anyone else, it would have been worthless. A regular striker and a regular goalkeeper doesn’t mean anything. But it’s the two sons of Exy and one of the founders. It really did say something about who scored more.”

“And it was you,” Nathaniel wasn’t asking a question. He already knew the answer.

Kevin nodded. “Three-two, me. I broke the tie in the last ten seconds. The Master didn’t say anything else, just dismissed us. He went to his office on the other side of the court, and we went here and then… this.”

It didn’t take long for all the pieces to click into place in Nathaniel’s brain. For all of Riko and Kevin’s life at Castle Evermore, even when they were kids, they were compared. The two kids of Exy, one had to be better than the other. They never got a chance to see who the true heir of Exy was, though. The pair never played against each other, never had a reason to. At least, not until the ERC itself was growing curious. Perhaps that made Tetsuji curious, too, and he had to see who was the winner. And it was Kevin. And that derailed Riko’s plan to be the best Exy player there ever was. So, in a fit of jealous rage, he destroyed Kevin’s playing hand.

“You won’t be able to play,” Nathaniel said stupidly.

“Thanks, I didn’t realize that yet, jackass,” Kevin glared at him.

Nathaniel opened his mouth to say something but stopped himself when he heard the locker room door be kicked open. Both him and Kevin froze as they locked eyes. However, Kevin’s eyes broke away from Nathaniel’s and looked behind him. When Kevin paled so much he almost looked green, Nathaniel felt his stomach drop. He looked over his shoulder and saw Riko approaching them in workout clothes, a bag in his hand.

“Good to see you two are finally finished with the pity party,” Riko said casually, admitting that he’d been listening the entire time. “I was never good with comforting words.”

And then, at the sight of Riko’s cocky smile, something inside Nathaniel was set aflame. Rage burned through his body and seared him inside out until he felt his cheeks flush with heat and his hands shake. He was blinded with an anger so fierce that his insides coiled. “You fucking piece of shit,” Nathaniel wasn’t thinking, and he just let the insults and curses roll off his tongue. He turned on Riko, stomping over to him. “He breaks a tie between the two of you and you break his playing hand? What the fuck is the matter with you? How could you-”

Riko shoved Nathaniel so hard against one of the lockers he felt his head smack against it. Pain erupted in the back of his head but he didn’t get much time to worry about it because now Riko had him by the neckline of his shirt. “You watch the way you fucking speak to me,” Riko snapped. “Don’t forget who owns you. You were given one job: to deal with this pathetic mess. You’ve done it. You’re dismissed, and if I hear anyone talk about this, you will not live to see another day.” Nathaniel knew Riko was one-hundred-percent serious. “Am I clear?”

“Crystal,” Nathaniel bit back. His blood was boiling with rage, but he valued his life too much to test Riko.

“You’re dismissed,” Riko repeated. He pushed Nathaniel away before turning back to Kevin. “Put these on, we’re going for a little run.”

Nathaniel should have kept going. He was dismissed twice by Riko, and Riko hated repeating himself. But Nathaniel was apoplectic with rage and had an attitude problem. “You two are doing what?” he snapped back to Riko.

“Didn’t I say you were fucking dismissed?” Riko shouted, turning back to face Nathaniel.

“Nathaniel,” Kevin said before the other two could say anything. The look on his face was one of desperation. “Just go!”

After one last look at the scene before him and Kevin’s desperation, Nathaniel decided that it was in his best interest to go. He left the locker room seething and entered his room the same way.

It seemed like Nathaniel had just fallen asleep when his door was pushed open and the lights were flicked on. The light had already woken him up but his mind was cleared from all haze when he heard Riko’s voice saying, “Get up and go to the lounge. Now. ”

Nathaniel immediately recalled what he had seen before and was at once filled with rage. He sat up and feigned confusion when Jean shot him a look. Nathaniel rubbed his eyes and saw that the bedside clock said it was one-a.m.

Nathaniel and Jean shuffled into the lounge with the other tired and confused Ravens. He noticed that Riko was still in his workout clothes, and there was no Kevin in sight. He had to bite his tongue to stop himself from saying something. Andrew trailed in not long after him, his black armbands poking out from his too-short pajama sleeves. Nathaniel wondered if he slept with them on.

When Riko saw that everyone was here, he started off with, “Something terrible happened while Kevin and I were out on our run. I just got back from the hospital, Coach Tetsuji is still there with Kevin.”

Riko fell silent after that, letting this words and the suspense drown everyone in the room. The team shared looks with each other before all turning their attention back to their captain, who had yet to say anything more. “Can you tell us what happened?” Reacher, a backliner, finally asked.

“I- I can’t talk about it,” Riko said. Nathaniel would have found Riko’s feigned worry laughable if the rest of the team wasn’t hanging onto every word he said. “Coach Tetsuji just wanted me to tell you all this, and that we’re meeting at eight tomorrow in the locker room lounge to talk about what happened, and what it means for this season.”

At the mention of whatever happened having an effect on the upcoming season, the tired Ravens managed to get worked up into a chatter. Some were begging Riko to tell them what happened to Kevin, others were already expressing doubts about their rank in Exy.

“I can’t say anything,” Riko said, holding his hands up and cutting them all off. “It’s for Coach Tetsuji to say, not me. Just know that… things are changing. Now, all of you, go back to bed.”

The Ravens complied. All except Nathaniel and Andrew, who stood back a moment to stare through Riko. Nathaniel was sickened by Riko’s lie and how easily the team believed it; Andrew looked like he knew something wasn’t adding up right, but he didn’t quite know what it was.

Riko kept his eyes alternating between the two of them. Finally, Andrew slowly turned on his heel and walked out of the room. Perhaps he realized he couldn’t find an answer by just staring down Riko, or perhaps he realized that he really didn’t care what happened to Kevin. Nathaniel could never figure out his stance on the striker (or, well, ex-striker now).

Riko’s eyes then turned to Nathaniel. He didn’t speak until he heard the soft sound of Andrew’s door closing. “What do you want now?”

“How did you get him to a hospital?” Nathaniel asked and crossed his arms.

“I thought I told you that if I heard anyone talk about this, I would kill you.” Riko’s harsh words didn’t match up with his bored expression.

“I thought ‘anyone’ meant ‘anyone but me’, my apologies,” but Nathaniel was obviously not sorry. “So how did you get him to a hospital without them asking too many questions?”

Riko seemed to consider his options. Nathaniel guessed that Riko realized it was better to just tell him than be bothered by his questions when he stepped closer, lowered his voice, and said, “We didn’t. The Moriyamas have people for everything. You would know, your father is our executioner. Now, unless you would like to see him again, I suggest you stop asking questions and fuck off.”

Nathaniel found it laughable that Riko thought he had enough power to control Lord Kengo Moriyama’s lackeys, let alone his executioner.

“Well, I would like a birthday and a Christmas card from him every now and then. If you could arrange that, that would be great.” Riko’s sudden slap burned Nathaniel’s cheek, but Nathaniel still gave him a smirk in return.

It was when Nathaniel entered his room that the anger finally evaporated and was quickly replaced by the cold realization of what exactly had happened that night. Riko had destroyed Kevin’s hand. Kevin couldn’t play Exy anymore. Riko made Nathaniel go deal with Kevin. Nathaniel blindly jumped to fight Riko for Kevin. Riko so easily fought back. Nathaniel talked back to Riko. Riko slapped Nathaniel in the middle of the lounge.

Nathaniel thought of Kevin’s fucked up hand, of the protruding bone and all the blood and all the screaming. Nathaniel thought of how he was so stupid to stand up to Riko, but he did it for Kevin. Nathaniel thought of how easy it would have been for Riko to be rid of him too; Riko didn’t handle people directly talking back to him. Riko so easily could have killed them both, one for crossing Riko’s boundaries, the other for crossing Riko.

Nathaniel swallowed any weak feelings and nausea and replaced it once again with anger.

Nathaniel barely slept that night. When he did, it was in short bursts, ten minutes there, half hour here, but never long enough to feel rested, never long enough for be rid of the feeling that Riko was going to attack Kevin, attack Jean, attack him.

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