#hmmm. such a complex puzzle.

[and-stir-the-stars]

Oh my god, trying to fit William into Silent Protector au is a nightmare...

[lovelynim]

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Honkai: Star Rail - Welt & Caelus

A/N: Second comm to no other than the magnificent @otomiyaa herself!! [crowd cheering noises]. Thanks for being so patient and for allowing me to project dad behavior onto Welt. I hope you like it!!!

Summary: March 7th's plans are always perfect, aren't they? Even if they fail, you can be sure that the outcome won't let you down!

Word count: 1912 words

“Hmmm,” March 7th looked over the little window in the door that led to the Parlor Car. Welt was still sitting in one of the couches, reading or doing something on his phone. “Target spotted,” she chirped excitedly, quickly getting her face away from the window to avoid getting caught.

The girl turned back to look at her partners in crime - Dan Heng, who wasn’t as willingly as her, and Caelus, the new guy who seemed thrilled with their plan. “Ready?” She asked, looking towards the latter. He nodded. Dan Heng sighed. “Then let’s go!”

It wasn’t a complex, heavily prepared plan. Some wouldn’t even refer to it as a plan, in fact. Maybe “prank” would be a better keyword for this whole course of action.

It has been over a week since Caelus boarded de Astral Express and, so far, everything was flowing pretty smoothly. The crew was nice, everyone worked in their own little way to make sure he felt welcomed; there was this hot, dark-haired guy aboard, and Caelus definitely wanted to get closer to him; and even the food was great, except for that ungodly espresso that the navigator made every morning.

But through the past few days, one question had been sitting on top of his head: why was mr. Yang always so serious?

He brought it up with Dan Heng, Himeko and even Pom-Pom, but the simple answers didn’t exactly satisfy his curiosity. Then, Caelus brought it up with March 7th one day, in one of their daily gossip bonding sessions, and that was the moment when she proposed the plan they were currently putting up to practice.

Tested with Dan Heng (against his will) and proved, everyone had a fun side. March knew it. They just needed to find it.

“But what if it goes wrong?” Dan Heng complained, trying to be the voice of reason of the trio - all in vain. Of course there was a plan B and even a C one, March explained while sounding convincing enough, bringing the three of them back to the present.

The Parlor Car’s door opened swiftly, allowing Caelus to walk through while March 7th and Dan Heng watched from the other car. So far, everything was going according to the plan. One step after the other, Caelus made it past Pom-Pom, Himeko and, at the other side of the car, he met Welt.

As always, mr. Yang wasn’t just sitting idly in one of the comfortable couches. Welt seemed to be reading something in his phone - moving the screen closer and further from his face as his eyes worked to read each of the tiny letters. Caelus smiled slightly at that mannerism - so like mr. Yang, he thought.

Still, he needed to focus. He wasn’t there to help Welt change his group chat’s icon or wallpaper. He had a mission. Right.

“Hm? Caelus?” Welt muttered, gently but lacking any sort of emotion. He moved his head up from the phone, looking at the younger guy approaching him with a puzzled face. “Can I help you?”

Caelus froze in the spot. He shouldn’t be noticed so soon, he remembered. “A-ah,” he shook his head. No, it wasn’t time to abort the mission yet - he could still make it, yes! “Hello, mr. Yang!” Caelus chirped, waving his hand.

Not thinking twice, Caelus sat himself a couple inches away from Welt. “What are you doing?” He smiled, swinging his legs and tilting his head, trying to peek at Welt's phone.

The latter sighed, his eyes shifting back to the screen. “I was reading some article about Herta’s Station's latest studies, but these annoying IPC ads keep popping up…” Welt sighed, sounding almost defeated. The frown was just the excuse Caelus needed, which made him nearly beam with excitement.

“Ah, don't be sad, mr. Yang!”

“Huh? But I'm not-”

“Here, I know a way to help you! It's 100% effective!” Caelus’s smile widened, so much excitement that It almost made him sound creepy. “Do you want to try it?” He leaned a bit towards the older man, his eyes nearly sparkling.

Welt couldn’t help but be a weirded out by Caelus’s straight forwardness. With a nervous chuckle, he fixed his position, coughing to clean his throat. “I… suppose so, yes. We can try it out,” Welt nodded, remembering Himeko’s words that they should encourage the “kids”.

Caelus gasped, turning around as he got himself in position. “Ok ok,” Caelus held out his hands in front of his chest, his fingers twitching slightly, ready to strike. Welt’s eyes widened a bit.

“Caelus, wait a secon- AH!”

A pair of hands just made contact with Welt’s knee and side and the sound that came from his lips was enough to freeze both him and Caelus on the spot. 

“Are… you ticklish, mr. Yang?” Caelus chirped, daring to squeeze both spots again and jumping along with Welt when he reacted with a sudden jolt, a restrained chuckle held back in his throat.

“C-Caelus,” Welt groaned, an awkward, crooked smile in his face as he tugged at Caelus’s wrist, trying to dislodge his hand from his side. “What a-are you doing?” His breath hitched, looking at the guy with the corner of his eyes.

Caelus blinked, confused. Right, he should have a proper explanation for that. “A-ahm,” however, he didn’t. “Trying t-to… cheer… you… up?” He smiled, his hand slowly leaving Welt’s knee, but when he tried to pull the other back, Caelus realized that Welt continued to hold him by his wrist. “I see,” Welt nodded, chuckling again - but more scarier this time. Yeah, this was the time to run.

Yanking his hand as hard as he could, Caelus managed to free himself and quickly dashed back towards the Passengers' Car. Through the little window in the door, he could see March 7th’s expression turn towards a panicked one as she spoke something with Dan Heng. 

“O-open the door!” He cried, forcing his legs to their limit. Caelus didn’t dare to look back - that expression on Welt’s face told him everything he needed to know, including the fact that if he didn’t escape, he was done for. 

But sending all his hope down the drain, Caelus watched as both March and Dan Heng’s figures left the other side of the door. He was… betrayed. Those two!! Confirming his suspicions, the door didn’t move when Caelus tried to open it, not in the slightest

That was it, the end of his journey.

Caelus turned around, watching in horror as Welt slowly approached him, step by step. Despite his cries and the scene that just happened, both Himeko and Pom-Pom were seemingly unbothered. So cold!

“M-mr. Yang, wait a moment!” Caelus pleaded one last time, pressing himself against the locked door, his hands desperately waving in front of his chest. “I-I’m sorry! I didn’t mean t- WAHH!!”

An embarrassingly loud squeal escaped his lips when Welt reached him, pushing the back of his knee with his cane and forcing Caelus onto the ground. There, in the corner of the Astral Express’s parlor car, Caelus met his demise.

Or something like that.

Skillful and experienced hands quickly rendered him helpless, pinning one of his arms above his head while the other kneaded into his side. Caelus kicked his legs and planted his heels against the floor, but all for naught. Welt, softly smiling - or smirking, if you will - at him, tilted his head before speaking out loud again.

“This method is, indeed, effective, isn’t it?” He muttered, barely audible over Caelus’s panicked giggles, as he squeezed the guy’s waist with his thumb, rubbing small circles against some patches of bare skin that started showing once his shirt was railed up.

Swatting his free hand towards Welt’s, Caelus thrashed as much as he was allowed to. He tried to pull his arm down and roll away from the tickling that crept up his sides, but nothing seemed to work. “M-mr. Yang! AHAHah, I-I’m sohohorry! Plehehease!!” That traitor, Caelus thought while laughing his head off, March 7th would surely pay for leaving him like this. “I-it’s Mahaharch’s fahAHAhault!”

Welt chuckled, shaking his head as he prodded at Caelus ribs, already having figured this would be something she would encourage. He could deal with her later, though, right now Caelus was the one deserving some attention.

“Is that so?” Welt hummed, freeing Caelus’s arm, but, in exchange, freeing his other hand to tickle the guy’s torso, clawing at his tummy and lower sides, “then why didn’t I see her, hm? Are you trying to blame her instead, Caelus?”

“N-no! It’s noHOHoht that, I swehehear!” Caelus squealed, holding onto both Welt’s wrists to try to stop them from climbing up his sides again. “It was h-heheher ideahaha!! AhaHAHAh!!” Caelus could feel his eyes turning a little watery and his cheeks hurting from smiling, but Welt didn’t hesitate for a single second.

“So you two were working together,” he pointed out, wiggling his fingers over Caelus’s ribs, playing the both sides of his ribcage as some sort of piano - a loud and high pitched one, as a matter of fact.  “Good thing you are getting along, but I’d rather if you were combining your efforts to do something else other than teasing me,” Welt smiled. Despite the soft, gentle tone that carried his words, it was clear he wasn’t going easy on Caelus.

“So, once I’m done with you, I’ll go hard a word with her. Fair enough, right?”

“W-wAHAhahait!” Caelus squeaked like a toy, his elbows pressing against his torso as hard as they could when Welt threatened to go for his underarms. Caelus’s cheeks wore a beet-red tone and his eyes nearly popped up when he felt the incoming threat. He was just an accomplice, a tool in the hand of an evil mastermind. Shouldn’t he be spared?!

No. At least, not in Welt’s view of the situation.

Fingers pressed into Caelus’s ribs, aiming for the higher ones, just below his armpits. It tickled a lot. Welt barely tweaked his fingers and a loud, desperate laugh already broke past his lips. He pressed his head back into the soft carpet and kicked his feet, throwing his legs up before hitting the ground with his heels.

Caelus tried to roll into his side, hugging his poor, ticklish body in a vain attempt of protecting it from the merciless tickling. “M-mr. YahAHAHang, plehEHEHease!! I’m sohOHOHOrry!!” He cried out, feeling his head a little light thanks to the lack of air. 

And just like it started, it was over. The pressure on his body suddenly was gone and, when he realized it, Welt had lifted his fingers. “Alright, I think that should be enough for you,” Welt smiled, getting into one of his knees as he tried to give Caelus some room to recover himself.

“I- hahah, ahh… that w-was a lohot, heh,” the guy wheezed, little tears partially blurring his vision. Caelus looked up in silence as Welt stood back up and reached his hand out to him. “Thanks, mr, Yang,” he smiled shyly as he was pulled back into his feet as well.

“You seem to have had fun,” Welt pointed out, a proud, but small, smirk on his lips. “Now, if you excuse me, I have something to settle with your partner in crime.”

Caelus nodded, watching Welt walk through the nearby door and into the passengers’ car. He sighed.

Mental note: do not mess with mr. Yang. Ever!! 

[journalsouppe]

UNWOUND FUTURE RAAHHHHHHHH!!! What an AMAZING trilogy conclusion with such a perfect setup for future sequels. I cannot recommend playing Professor Layton enough.

All of the Professor Layton stickers are from @jordydrawsmerch which can be found here and here. Every other sticker is from Daiso!

All the writing is typed below!

Rating: 9.3 Played: Fa 2023 Port: HD mobile (iPad) Favorite? Y Replayable? Y Recommend? Y

Comments:

the way the PM walked T^T

LMFAO STACHENSCARFEN

Layton’s about to be beat up bc of his top hat (skull emoji)

Getting major DGS 2-3 vibes

FAMILY GOON

An arc arcade? You’re speaking my language

I LOVE THE BLOCK HAT PUZZLE PIECES SPELLING LAYTON IN JAPANESE!!!

FLORA STICKER

BABY LAYTON BLUSHING IM SCREAMING

I really love the picture book and its music

THE DEVIL IN THE TOP HAT NOO

Luke always takes the opportunity to roast the Laytonmobile (skull emoji)

THEYRE JUST SHOOTING AT EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING

THE ORIGINS OF LAYTONS HAT IM GONNA CRY T^T

I love that bi Luke has his own puzzle solving sequence

Where the fuck did you take us future Luke

The battle of wits was so fun omg

I cant get over evil Layton

BIG LUKE AND LITTLE LUKE

Omg Hershel in the background

Based p. Layton newspaper conversation

LMFAO Hershel trespassing and Luke stressed

The bee???? T^T

FLORA PUZZLE SOLVED SEQUENCE T^T!!!!

GO OFF FLORA!!!!

Ooo pretty Chinese arc

Hershel i swear

Hmmm young sir… who is big Luke?

NOT AVOGADRO

Did all the scientists piss their pants?

I have a lot of questions

Love the design and music of the pagoda

Where tf did Hershel go (skull emoji)

Omg Luke’s a Sherlock fan

I feel like Layton was replaced with evil Layton

I swear Dimitri had a mustache??

THE BARS

WHERE IS FLORA

DON PAOLO LMAO

THE LUKE MOBING SCENE MAKES ME WANT TO CRY

How many secret hideouts are there T_T

NOOO FLORA

The barkeep is v sketch

Chad laytonmobile

I can see how this game inspired dgs

THE KAZUMA AND CLIVE PARALLELS ARE DRIVING ME CRAZY

BEASLY AND PUZZLETTE HOLY SHIT

“That’s funny” :[

Ive been side eyeing some of these designs the past 2 games but yeah bostro’s design is def racist

DON PAOLO TURNIGN EVIL BC OF CLAIRE LOVING HERSHEL LMAO T-T and the running into the river omfg

Working with don paolo has been fun

I DIDNT THINK LAYTON WOULD ACTUALLY CUT THE ROPE

Where did Layton learn all this about Clive??

Summary:

WHAT A PHENOMENAL GAME!!! Truly what a great “conclusion” to the main trilogy. You learn so much about Layton, Luke, flora, and many other characters like don paolo. The ending reveal of Clive was CRAZY. It really reminded me of movies like howls moving castle/the iron giant. I also just love how complex Clive is. He was driven to violence because of how the government treated him and his family, but he never truly wanted to hurt people. He was without any hope and thought mass destruction would finally bring some change to the government, but he also made sure to include Layton in his plans because he so desperately wanted someone to stop him. It’s tragic and terrorism definitely wasn’t the way to go but at least this is a fictional story and that death machine looked kinda sick Ngl. The story of Layton and Claire was also so tragic yet so healing. Layton could finally take off his hat without feeling grief, you never would’ve known he was hurting that much. I loved Claire, she seemed like such an amazing person and I’m glad Layton wasn’t swayed to try to bring her back, although he did falter when he had to say goodbye again. Although I highly enjoyed the game, I am slightly disappointed there was no actual evil Layton. How fun would a game with evil Layton be omg. The whole game constantly caught me by surprise, even by small scenes like Beasly and PUZZLETTE. I’m still a littel confused about the lab experiments with Gumbo and subject 3, I’m not quire sure why they added that plot (and have no resolution) but I liked Gumbo fine. My favorite coin animal will always be hot dog though. I cannot recommend this series enough, I am having the time of my life. I can also see how DGS was heavily inspired by these games and im so glad about it bc dgs was game changing. I can’t believe there was a 26 year wait in between UF and NWOS but im glad to be a Layton fan :’) so fucking glad!!!!

[leahnardo-da-veggie]

OC most likely tag!

Thanks @drchenquill, @theink-stainedfolk, @willtheweaver, and @paeliae-occasionally

Rules: answer with which of your OCs would be the most likely to do the statement, then give new statements for the next person.

Putting this under the cut cos it's long haha

Most likely to freeze if faced with something scary

Hmmm... I'm not sure. Like me, most of my characters automatically respond to fear by swinging the nearest heavy object at the object of their fear. Maybe Dave?

Most likely to eat the last bite of something

Hash. Definitely Hash.

Most likely to start an argument

Katherine, for obvious reasons.

Most likely to win a cooking competition

Mara. I mean, she canonically cooks and bakes for her family, even if she does contemplate poisoning them while she's at it.

Most likely to be found reading in their free time

Iraela. She basically lived in the library as a kid, after all.

Most likely to solve a complex puzzle the fastest

Hmmm... I'm torn between Hash and Iraela, because they're both quite intelligent. But I suppose Hash is more street smart than screwing-with-puzzles smart, so Ira wins.

Most likely to embarrass their friends in public

Hash. It's very canon of him.

Most likely to get drunk/hungover

See above.

Most likely to get kicked out of summer cam

Definitely Katherine.

Most likely to arrive ridiculously early

Also Katherine.

most likely to be in a relationship for less than a week

Either Luna (because she didn't realise she was in a relationship in the first place), or Hash.

Most likely to secretly be really good at music, but just not tell anyone

Luna. It's actually a plot point that comes up in the novel haha

Tagging @kaylinalexanderbooks, @jev-urisk, @wyked-ao3, @illarian-rambling and open tag!

Your questions:

Most likely to trip over themselves

Most likely to forget their keys in the lock

Most likely to fall asleep on the bus

[cerakuro]

what did u think of the digimon tri movies if u dont mind me asking guys (゜゜;)

hmmm. i’ve been a digimon fan for as long as i can really remember, so when i first heard the movies were coming out i had been beyond hyped!!!!!! i even bought the first two movies for myself to watch and tried to force my sister to watch them as well. and i think i’ll always be able to appreciate tri for the things it brought with it as tri has some of the most beautiful promotional art i’ve seen, and I still listen to a bunch of the character songs. eternal puzzle and WHICH are STILL some of my favourite digimon songs that i’ll always hold dear. and hearing the all cast version of butterfly is able to make me cry almost every time i listen to it. but….…. i really can’t say i enjoy tri at all haha

i’m trying to say this in a really civil way lol but i can’t say i’m a fan. if you had asked me this like…. three years ago or so i would have had some choice words to say about the series for “ruining” everything but i’ve now just kind of accepted and ignore its existence because in the end, it really doesn’t matter. i can just not watch it if i don’t like it. but in general, it doesn’t make sense when you put it along with where any of the character’s development that we saw in 02, the cast has mostly regressed or have been turned into something unrecognizable. and i don’t mean that in a light way. characters like mimi or sora were especially done bad. i will always hold a grudge against it for that

digimon adventure as a series was built off of the fact that the characters themselves were so strongly written and the series was able to very competently convey multiple darker and complex topics. despite that incredibly foundation, tri misunderstood the adventure series at its very core in almost every aspect. lore wise, it doesn’t make sense. character wise, even less so. whenever i tell people to watch the digimon adventure series i almost always tell them to skip over tri because of how much it confuses things up and to avoid people’s perceptions of characters getting muddied by tri

i’ve spent a long time being upset about it, but like!!!! it is what it is. reading the production notes of tri, it’s been easier to understand how things got as messed up as they are. they really wanted to make a good series but revision after revision messed things up. so i’ve learnt to be more forgiving with the series, but in my eyes it kind of exists as a separate thing altogether

a lot of other people have been able to explain the issues with tri way better than i ever could. i can recommend @/shihalyfie in particular for incredibly in depth analysis and summaries on the issues with the series that i think about a lot. including being able to see more on the behind the scenes stuff that u don’t normally get. check them out if you’re curious!

but yeah <:) all that is to say…. i can’t say tri is my favourite series

[rockshortage]

For val: 5, 6, 8, 11, 13, 15

5. Speech! Speech! Speech! Speech! Will they give one, and what about?

I think she needs to be more fleshed out before I can name a specific thing, but:

Whoever asked her to give a speech will be regretting it very soon, because there is one topic she is always prepared to ramble on about. It is some sort of insane and passionate opinion she holds about something. Perhaps how it should be illegal to recycle the parts of a defeated battle robot into a new robot, those parts are now tainted with defeat, and they have no right to enter the battlegrounds again because the defeat will rub off on the new robot and make it suck more and she has the detailed tournament history charts to prove it!!

6. Who will they take advice from, no matter what it is? Who won’t they take advice from, no matter what it is?

She will always listen to what her lil bro Gabriel has to say – although that doesn't necessarily mean she’ll follow the advice.

Definitely not taking any advice from RedEye, she cannot take a single thing that guy says seriously.

8. Do complex puzzles intrigue or frustrate them?

They frustrate her more often than not. The only time she likes figuring things out is when she’s messing with robots, but even then she needs to step away pretty soon after hitting a snag with something. Why won’t this thing just work the way she wants it to? 😠 She has a bunch of unfinished projects because of it.

11. They’ve won the lottery. Spend, or save?

Maybe she’ll put a little bit to the side for emergencies but most of it will be spent in no time. First, the happy occasion demands a big ol’ party with no expenses spared. Then you need to take care of a bunch of things for yourself and your friends. Maybe some strangers too while you’re at it, fuck it. And while you do that you nourish yourself on expensive foods and drinks you’ve always wanted to try and hey – remember all that work you have to do that you don’t want to do? You can afford to employ an assistant now to do all that crap. Because of this, you will have more time to plan elaborate pranks on Redeye, which may require bribing a person or two (*cough* Gage *cough*).

13. Name one thing their parents taught them.

Maybe this is a bit clichée for a Lone Wanderer but I need to start somewhere ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

That bible verse James teaches her early on in life, that was so important to the mother she never got to know, really becomes important to her too. There’s the core message of generosity in there, and it often guided her through her quests in the capital wasteland, even if it was to her detriment sometimes. She’s still generous these days, even as part of a raider gang, but perhaps a little smarter about it. Not as naïve as she used to be.

15. What would they consider a waste of time – other than school or work?

Hmmm, none of the options I came up with really grabbed me, but I think this one is the least boring of the bunch:

That whole courtship song and dance when someone is interested in being in a relationship is needlessly complicated and a drag to Val. What happened to just walking up to a person and asking them straight up if they’re interested? The whole romancing and flirting stuff comes after establishing a first baseline of what each person is looking for. Much easier that way.

[melynnwater]

hmmm.. maybe it would be cool to make a puzzle game about being a genie and figuring out ways to misinterpret people's wishes

just something about the idea of receiving a wish, and then literally like, pausing and analysing the grammar of the sentence to figure out where you can put in some subversion of expectations to fuck over the wisher as much as possible, and as difficulty increases, people make more and more complex and specific wishes that are more and more genieproof, and you have to go on deeper and deeper analyses to figure out how you can follow all the rules of the sentence and still not give them what they want

[awordbroken]

6 and 8 for CM!!! .....also 28

6. Who will they take advice from, no matter what it is? Who won’t they take advice from, no matter what it is?

hmmm i don't think they ever uncritically accept all advice without question, but they would always hear Clara or Dr Vaughan out if they had something to say.

8. Do complex puzzles intrigue or frustrate them?

they like exploring mysteries, so they like puzzles that will help them learn something. they could probably get into puzzles for fun too, in the modern day i bet they would like sudoku. neon future fallen berlin has rulesets we can't even dream of...

28. Would they date a fixer-upper?

nothin fixable about who they would date. >_>

ask meme

[thebarefootcajun]

The Case of the Stolen TV, Henrietta, UD Woman

Henrietta decided to bake a cake. Sometimes baking, looking at recipes helped her decide on a case she might be trying to crack. She decided on a fig cake. She had some figs that she had canned left over from

last year’s fig harvest and they were spectacular. Sweet to the bones. The longer they stayed canned, the syrup and the figs began to caramelize. Henrietta wasn’t suppose to eat sweet stuff. Her doctor had warned her against diabetes. But she decided that this was in the name of cracking crime, especially for Patrick and Patricia. She’d bake that cake and eat it, too. Afterwards she was certain her mind would be clear for a woman’s UD work.

The fig cake ingredients:

I quart of figs

3 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

I/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

3 eggs at room temperature

1 teaspoon of nutmeg

1 teaspoon cinnamon

2 cups of sugar, but 3 are better according to Henrietta (diabetes?)

1 cup of vegetable oil

Henrietta prefers 1 cup

of salted butter melted and at room temperature

1 cup chopped pecans

Henrietta prefers her pecans not chopped

****Henrietta never uses a recipe and measurements vary according to the case she’s solving; if you choose to use this recipe, do so at your own possibility for failure.

The figs, itchy to pick. When one picks figs he usually wears clothes that cover the entire body. Hence, the dark hoodie could be just a cover up for picking figs. Maybe this guy that Henrietta had seen with the black hoodie had been picking figs somewhere next to Patrick’s and Patricia’s place.

When it came to sifting through the flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder, Henrietta knew that these provoked the cake to rise; pieces to the puzzle integral to baking a cake that wouldn’t fall flat; one that would rise. So this young guy had passed back and forth, a hoodie meant he was doing something to camouflage or shield his body.

Henrietta’s chicken’s provided her with enough eggs to meet her needs. She especially relied on Cluck’s eggs. That girl Cluck was on time with her eggs and she laid them in a planter right next to Henrietta’s kitchen door. She had a cup of coffee at 3:99 on the dot and Cluck laid her three eggs at the same time. By the time Henrietta finished her coffee those eggs would be at room temperature.

She cracked those immediately into a bowl

and beat them up to put in the cake. She creamed the sugar and eggs. Smooth and yellowish in color, albeit a bit grainy from the sugar.

“Hmmm”, Henrietta thought to herself out loud, “I’m thinking of the graininess in the creamed sugar and eggs. The back of that dude’s bicycle was all pitted and nicked. The road to Patrick’s and Patricia’s is all gravel; causing scratches to the bicycle.”

And Henrietta had another thought, “Maybe, just maybe, the boy is a girl?”

Henrietta threw in the nutmeg and cinnamon. Two of her favorite spices. She remembered that on one particular day when that bicycle went by she smelled hints of something sweet in the air. And she remembered that the bike was rusty colored. The cinnamon provoked that bit of information; rusty colored cinnamon.

Henrietta preferred butter to vegetable oil. It gave the cake a more complex taste, richer, like butter skimmed off the whole milk from Luisa, her milk cow. Also it made her think of running smoothly; that bicycle was very quiet so it had to be well maintained with some kind of oil. And she knew a bicycle queen whose specialty was bike chains.

Now she threw in the pecans last. She ate a handful, too. They were picked from her own pecan trees. They were absolutely no help in solving this case.

And then a light bulb went on in her head. That same bicycle queen went by the nickname Pecan. She could crack and clean a sack of pecans in one hour. She had won the title of Pecan Cracker cleaner & Cleaner at the last Pecan Orchard Festival.

Henrietta felt the pieces to this case were baking together, but first to bake the cake at 350 degrees. The smell of fig cake for Henrietta just pumped her up. And then the ceremonial cutting of the first piece of cake, or wedge, as Henrietta was known to eat cake like bread. Remember it was all in the name of theft and cracking the case for Patrick and Patricia so that they could again watch the 5 o’clock news, as any sweet and saintly couple should be able to do in the privacy of their own home.

And with the confidence that a robust fig cake with three cups of sugar, not two, salted butter instead of vegetable oil at room temperature and whole pecans instead of chopped, Henrietta was ready to crack the case of The Stolen TV on L’anse Thibodeaux.

Stay tuned for Part 3 of Henrietta, Cajun Woman UD, Unofficial Detective

[spectres-swtk-thoughts]

Wires

Fandom: The Bad Batch

Characters: Echo & Tech (familial/platonic)

Word Count: 1474

Summary: Tech is only trying to rewire this part of the Marauder in the most efficient manner, Echo is having none of it. (A closer look at what Echo and Tech were doing in chapter 1 of my fic Puzzle Pieces. You do not have to read that to read this.)

Note: It’s not relevant or mentioned here, but in this little universe I’ve made Tech younger so he is physically 16 while Echo is somewhere in his 20s. Also this was not beta read.

Warning: This is a tickle fic

Echo stared at him, and Tech stared right back, face as neutral and innocent as possible.

“Why in the hell would you wire it like that?”

“This wire configuration is what is needed for the most efficient output.” He and Echo were currently seated on the ground by the Marauder, attending to long neglected updates to the wiring of the ship.

“Efficient?! No, Tech, that would cause all of our lights to overload and go out.” Tech had to keep from smiling at his brother’s frustration. He was acting just as predicted.

“No, it would simply make the ship brighter.”

“Yeah, for about five seconds.” Echo began gesturing with his scomp link as he unconnected the incorrect wires. “We need to switch these sections around and connect them back here. That’s what would be efficient.”

“I do not agree.”

“How could you not- ugh listen Tech, we are just trying to tidy up these wires. It should not be this difficult.”

“Maybe it is just too complex for you to understand. I get it, though.”

Tech stared right into Echo’s eyes, waiting until– his back hit the ground, grateful for the blue grass that covered the field they had landed on. Echo loomed above him with a scowl on his face, straddling his legs. Tech saw a blur of motion before he let out a squeal that quickly dissolved into giggles. Tech was harshly reminded that he was wearing civvies, not armor, as Echo’s left hand dug under his shirt and into his side like a claw.

“Tell me I’m right!” Echo demanded over his laughter, scomp pointing at his face. “Tell me I’m right!” Tech shook his head. He could feel eyes on him, causing his face to burn, but he knew if he played his cards right Echo would keep playing.

“No?” Echo’s hands began traveling up to his ribs, causing his giggles to become more frantic. “You think your stupid wire idea is right? And are willing to get destroyed by some tickles over it?” Tech tried his best to stop his laughter and put on a determined face as he looked up at Echo and nodded.

“Well since you know everything,” his older brother continued, pinching right below his lower ribs, “how many ribs do humans have?”

“Twehehelve p-p-pairs.”

“Hmmm, really?” Echo’s thumb was now rubbing against his bottom set of ribs. “Should we count?” Tech covered his face with his hands, shaking his head back and forth quickly.

“No? You’re going to leave me to do all the hard work myself again? Have it your way.” And the counting began. Echo took his time, alternating sides as he rubbed and squeezed a pair of ribs methodically, announcing the number before moving on to the next set. Tech all the while kicked and giggled, one hand covering his ever reddening face, unsuccessfully muffling his laughter, while the other latched on to Echo’s wrist, just as unsuccessfully deterring his brother.

“Aaaaa~nd twelve. Give up yet? No? Well then you’re going to have to remind me where else you’re ticklish. Here?” Echo wiggled a finger at Tech’s exposed underarm. Tech’s arm slammed into his side, pinning Echo’s hand. He pressed his lips tight together as if that would make Echo forget the giggles he already elicited from his younger brother and prevent anything else for long. Tech might not be laughing right now, but he was in tickle hell. Echo continued to lightly scratch at his armpit, barely touching. It was stuff like this that drove Tech mad. In his mind he knew not much was happening but his body was telling a different story. He squirmed, tried to roll away, anything. Laughs were now slipping out, and his brother’s teasing was not helping.

“You didn’t answer my question. Is this a tickle spot?”

“Nohohoho!”

“No? Are you sure?” Echo wormed his other fingers into the mix, lightly drilling into underarm. Tech squeaked before giving into laughter once again.

“Hmmm… I guess not.” Echo pulled his hand away and examined Tech as if he were some interesting puzzle. “What about back here?”

He reached around, pulling his hand out of Tech’s hold, and squeezed above his knee. Another squeak escaped Tech’s mouth, his leg jolting with electric shocks.

“Ehechohoho!” Tech brought his other hand to his face, as if the addition would conceal his laughter and growing blush. All he succeeded in doing was pushing his goggles up into his curls.

“That’s my name.” He moved his hand to the back of Tech’s knee and mimicked the treatment he gave his underarm.

“EHEchohoho”

“Still my name, are you sure it shouldn’t be yours?” Echo lightly wiggled his fingers at the back of Tech’s knee, unbothered by his younger brother’s squirms. “I’m starting to think this might tickle, does it? No? Again? I was certain this would be a tickle spot, too. But, I guess you do know better than I.”

After a couple last squeezes (and squeaks), Echo leaned back, tapping the end of the scomp link against his chin. Tech peaked through his fingers, watching his brother scan him over, deliberately taking in each spot before-

“Oh wait a minute, I remember, here yeah?” His hand lifted up, high over Tech’s body, fingers wiggling, circling, until– drop.

Tech squealed, borderline screamed, but no touch came. Echo’s hand hovered millimeters over him, before it began its slow, wiggly ascent. His face burned impossibly hotter as he dissolved into giggles. The eyes he felt earlier were back, accompanied by more as he realized he had a growing audience watching his torture. Tech’s stomach quivered, a fluttery feeling overtaking it. Echo gasped.

“Tech! Now don’t tell me you are ticklish here.” Drop. “You wouldn’t have hid this from me, right?” Squeal. “You would have told me how ticklish” Giggles “your ticklish” Drop “tummy” Squeal “is, right?” All Tech could do was nervously giggle and squirm with anticipation as he watched Echo’s evil hand ascend once more.

“Imagine if I had two hands, you can’t even stop me when I have one.” Echo teased, once again dropping his claw of a hand down towards Tech. He once again squealed and kicked his legs against the ground. He couldn’t handle the suspense.

“Just dohoho ihit!”

“Just do what?” Echo’s evil  curious grin got wider, his hovering fingers still flexing and wiggling over Tech’s tummy. Tech couldn’t bring himself to say it, so he just squirmed and shook his head more.

“You wouldn’t want me to do something like, oh I don’t know, tickle you or something? No way you want me to tickle you on your tickle spot, yeah?” The technician grunted in frustration before he snagged Echo’s hand out of the air and pressed it into his stomach. Tech promptly buried his face in his arms. Echo blurted out a laugh.

“Okay okay, well, you asked for this.” He dug his fingers back under his shirt and into Tech’ stomach. The giggles quickly turned to belly laughs, his squirming renewed. The tickling was both a relief and a torment. One the one hand he didn’t have to wait out the suspense. On the other, that fluttery feeling was no match for the fingers that now wiggled into his skin, targeting the above and to the sides of his navel. He began trying to bat the hand away to no avail.

“Echooo plehehease!”

“Hmmm?”

“Stohohop!”

“Oh, you want me to stop? I could, but, you have to say the magic words.” With that, Echo moved his hand down and began switching between digging and lightly scratching at the softer part of Tech’s lower tummy. His laughter rose in pitch and volume and the batting of Echo’s hand began more desperate.

“Okahay! Right! You’re rihihight!”

“About?” Echo slowed down, back to those gentle tickles he gave him earlier.

“The wires, you were rihight.”

“Thank you, Tech.” Echo moved off of Tech, but stayed hovered above him.

“Echo?”

“Oh you think I’m just going to let you get away with lying and wasting my time? Nope. One more thing.” And before Tech could protest, his shirt was pushed up to his ribs and Echo blew a series of rapid raspberries onto his tummy, right where those gentle tickles had been. Tech squealed once more before giving way to silent laughter. Taking that as his cue, Echo pulled away and flopped down on the ground beside him. His younger brother curled up against his side immediately.

Tech laid there, face hidden in Echo’s shoulder, catching his breath between giggles as Echo ran a hand through his dark curls. Eventually, Tech pulled away, wiping the remnant of tears away, his lower lip caught between his teeth in a nervous smile. Echo returned it with a smile of his own.

“Ready to finish the wires– properly this time?”

“Mm-hmm”

“Good.”

~~~

Please let me know what you think! No promises on when I finish and post it but I also have a tickle fic with Fox and the Guard in the works.

Also, does anyone right this stuff without flustering themselves? If so, please share this magic with me. It was unnecessary for this to take over a week because I was too busy getting just as embarrassed as Tech. My face is warm as we speak.

[let-them-read-fics]

Safe With Me

Pairing: Jennie x Fem!Reader

Word Count: ~ 1,690

Warnings / Misc. -- Angst, Anxiety, Fluff, Happy Ending

Disclaimer: This writing is a work of fiction, and no disrespect is meant for those mentioned herein.

A/N: Hey everyone! Here’s my first writing for Jennie; I hope you enjoy it. Let me know what you think! 

🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

“Y/N, it’s Jennie. She needs you.”

The second that your brain processes those words, you’re on your feet, mind beginning to race. 

After the staff had called you in a panic earlier, you came as soon as you could. They failed to inform you, though, that it was something concerning Jennie -- likely because they knew you’d drive like a maniac in order to get there as fast as humanly possible.

“What happened?”

“She had an attack on stage earlier and she still hasn’t fully calmed down. We got her some water and she’s in her dressing room right now, but she keeps asking for you.”

With that, you thank the backup dancer and exit the waiting room, quickly making your way to her. The winding hallways of the backstage area seem longer than they ever have before, and you can’t help the antsy feeling that creeps over you. 

Upon turning the corner, you spot Jisoo outside of Jennie’s door, a heavy look of contemplation on her face. When her eyes meet yours, worry flashes across her features -- considering how strong she always stays for the other girls, this comes as a bit of a surprise. Despite the stutter in your step after seeing that, you continue on nonetheless.

Rosé and Lisa are further down the hall, the low chatter of their voices carrying over to Jisoo and yourself. “This one was pretty bad, Y/N. Take care of her, okay? I’ll keep the others occupied.” With a nod, the two of you part ways, and you open the door.

You make sure to enter slowly, not wanting to burst in and frighten her in her already anxious state. “Hey, jagi. Come here.” The words come out softly, a gentle request, as you open your arms to her and sit down beside her on the small couch. Wordlessly, she crawls over to you and settles against you. Now, holding her close, you can feel every tremble and sniffle that she lets out. Your world shatters a little more with each erratic pulse of her untamed heart -- you can feel every beat against your own chest. Her head is resting on your shoulder, her warm cheek pressing against your skin, and her lips lightly brush your neck.

It wasn’t anything sexual -- it’s something that she does everytime you hold her, no matter what. She once told you that it brought her comfort to feel your pulse point against her lips, the steady beat working to regulate her own. So, everytime she gets anxious, you assume this position with her. 

“I’m sorry I didn’t get here sooner, but I’m here now, baby. I’m not going anywhere.” Your left hand rubs soothing circles on her lower back as you use your other to play with her hair, knowing the calming effect it has on her. Her body begins to relax into you, and you feel the weight start to lift from your shoulders.

Having an inconsiderate boss always sucked, but never more so than at times like these. Even after explaining your reason for needing to leave early, he didn’t budge. He fired off the cliché, “If I let you do it, then I’ll have to let everyone do it too!” In a moment of crisis, Jennie needed you more than anyone else, and you couldn’t even be there for her. Even though it wasn’t your fault, you can’t help but feel guilty about it. Her reasoning for finding such comfort in your mere presence still baffles you, but you’re always willing to offer it when she needs it. 

She must have noticed the dejected look on your face, because she pushes herself up enough to press a kiss to your cheek. “I love you; thank you for being here. Now, will you tell me about your day?” You nearly melt at the sound of her sweet voice, paired with her declaration of love. It still makes your heart skip a beat, and based on the light smile that tugs on her lips, you’re sure that she felt it.

Her words serve as your command, and soon you’re filling her in on everything that happened throughout the day. Jennie could listen to you talk about absolute nonsense for hours on end; she loves the sound of your voice, and she takes solace in the vibrations of your body as you speak. All of those things -- some of her favorite things about you -- are a combination that never fails to take her mind off of anything that’s stressing her out. If she’s honest with herself, everything about you cheers her up. The way your face lights up when you see her, the feeling of your arms wrapped around her, your sense of humor, your kindness, the warmth that you radiate just by being yourself -- she could go on and on forever. No amount of words could possibly convey how thankful she is for you and all that you do for her. 

It goes without saying that you feel the same way about her. You suffer from anxiety, too, and she’s always by your side in an instant whenever it gets especially hard to handle. Her perfume would wash over you, and she would pepper kisses across your skin. Words of affirmation would spill from her lips and drift to your ears, working to bring you back down to Earth. She always knew just what to do to help, and you often thank your lucky stars for aligning with hers.

Things like that can really make or break a relationship -- dealing with stressors and pressure is never easy, but it can certainly bring people closer together. Before you even started dating, Jennie knew you were special; being around you brought her comfort like no other, and she quickly realized that she would choose to spend all of her time with you if she could. Anytime she thinks about her future, you’re always in it; you’re a complex puzzle that she wants to spend her life unraveling and solving.

After spending the better part of an hour like that -- limbs entangled as you talk with one another -- Jennie’s feeling a lot better. Her heartbeat is steady now, and that suffocating feeling of panic is long gone. 

“What would I do without you, huh?” She asks, nudging your shoulder as she sits up to face you. 

“Hmmm, I don’t know,” You start, looking off dramatically while you pretend to think. “Probably be really bored without all of my awesomeness around.”

Your dorky response earns you a chuckle, and she shakes that beautiful head at you. 

“I think you might be right about that one.” She tilts her head to the side, her eyes shining with a look of pure adoration. 

She rests her forehead against yours and guides your hand to her chest. It’s her special thing that she always does after an attack; she wants you to be aware of what your help does to her. The rhythm of her heart is constant against your palm, and her fingers slide up to lace with your own. Knowing that she’s comfortable now is the only reward you could ever ask for.

“I love you so much, Jennie. You’re so strong.” 

“I couldn’t do it without you.”

Her lips find their way to yours, and you can taste the gloss on them as she deepens the kiss. Before long, she’s worked her way into your lap, her hair falling like a curtain around the two of you. Unbeknownst to you, moments like these got her through some very hard times; her mind would recall the memories of how her skin felt against yours, the sighs that would leave your lips as she would kiss down your jawline, how just one touch from you could send her wild, etc. Her safe place is you, and she’ll do everything in her power to always remind you of that.

Just as her fingers begin to undo the buttons of your shirt, the building’s intercom starts up, and the sound echoes loudly across the building. Jennie startles, falling forward against you, and lets out a surprised yelp. Despite your efforts, you can’t stop the small giggle that leaves your lips at how easily she gets scared. She playfully smacks your shoulder and tries to give you an angry look; she can’t keep it up for long, and soon the two of you find yourselves in the middle of a laughing fit.

You give her cheeks a little squish before saying, “You’re the cutest ever.” Following this, she boops your nose and replies with confidence: “I know.”

She pecks your lips one final time before standing up and tugging you along with her. “We’d better go find the girls now.” 

“Fiiiiiiiiine.” You drag out, your usual dramatic self coming back out to play. 

With that, the two of you head out to the main dressing room in search of the girls, hand in hand. 

~~~~~~~

“YAY! You’re here!” Lisa shouts, nearly knocking the two of you over with her bone-crushing embrace. 

“We sure are!” You struggle out, the words coming through as more of a pained wheeze than anything else.

Rosé and Jisoo manage to pry Lisa away, but soon all of you are hugging again anyway. Your little huddle is perfect, and you’re so thankful for the girls. Being surrounded by such genuine, talented people is a blessing, and you seriously wonder how you got so lucky. As the sounds of their jokes and laughter fill your ears, you can practically feel your heart soaring. 

“Time for dinner!” Rosé shouts, now walking out the door. 

“I’ll race you to the car!” Lisa rushes out, quickly darting past the other girl.

“Not fair, I wasn’t ready!” Their rapid footfalls fade as they get further and further away, and you just scoff at their antics. 

“Kids.” Jisoo says with a roll of her eyes, her inner mom showing.

Jennie leans into you, settling against your side, and lets out a content sigh.

In that moment, the dynamic between everyone so perfectly highlighted, you can’t help but think to yourself: there’s nowhere I’d rather be. 

[danpuff-ao3]

Okay one more because I'm enjoying your answers too much

Which is your favourite fast food restaurant? Favourite smoothie flavour? What's the place you want to visit more than anything? Describe your favourite dress. You get to choose a hp creature as a pet, what do you get? Seaside or lakeside? Sunshine or starshine?

Caramel iced latte with caramel drizzle in a tumbler with dancing fruits on it or hazelnut hot chocolate with chocolate whipped cream in a large Slytherin mug? (you get to keep the mug/tumbler)

Favourite sport? What would you give Snape for his birthday? And Harry?

Snape comes back from the death for one full day. What do you two do?

Byyyyye ❤️

Okay favorite fast food is hard to choose! It used to be Whataburger because of their mushroom and swiss burger, but they removed it from their menu!! :( Now I'm inclined to say....Panda Express maybe?? Their orange chicken is great! Fave smoothie flavor would be blueberry-banana!

My favorite dress?? So many to choose from! I think my favorite is probably this yellow sundress that has spaghetti straps and has cute little pink flowers all over it. The bodice is pretty fitted and the skirt flows out very nicely when I spin! Also: POCKETS!!!!

My chosen HP creature as a pet would be....hmmmm. Can't I adopt them all???? I think a puffskein maybe! Fluffy and cuddly, just how I like 'em! I have 2 pygmy puff plushes at home, a pink and purple one whose names are Pippa and Puck! :) But I figure a puffskein is bigger which means more to love!

Lakeside and sunshine, though I do have a fondness for starshine. But I'm a Leo moon and rising so I gotta have that sunlight!

Tough call on the drink of choice, but I think I'll take the caramel one! Either way my partner would have to finish it for me...I can't do much of overly sweet drinks! But I can't quite resist the fruity tumbler! It would be nice to put some fruit juice in afterwards! (I do love me some orange juice...extra pulp, please!)

Favorite sport would be QUIDDITCH. Cuz...I'm not much of a sports person, to be honest! But magical sports I can get behind!

For birthday gifts for the boys...hmmm! For Severus, I think a nice leatherbound book...a book he enjoys, but a version that's extra special! OR nice new boots and/or robes. High quality, but not ultra fancy...just practical and sturdy and nice. Our man deserves nice things! For Harry, I think a new broom is always a classic, or any flying gear. But also I have this little headcanon of Harry liking mechanical puzzles, so maybe a really complex and cool mechanical puzzle to work out!

If Severus only came back for one full day...hmm. I'd want him to have the best day ever! I'd bake him some goodies and we'd have tea and chat. Maybe we'd take a walk and go through a park or gardens, and maybe visit a museum. I bet he'd appreciate a museum. But mostly focus on quality time and talking and experiencing cool things for his one day back!

And if I timed it just right, I'd give him a big ole hug before he goes. Gotta make sure he doesn't kill me on his way back to the Afterlife, though.

Thanks for chatting with me, Lizzy! It was a lot of fun! <333

[darksides-dutchess]

Most heartwarming scene and opinion on Logan.

Most heartwarming scene 💕:

Hmmm I gotta say I'm not sure if it's considered heartwarming I love the whole Sherlock and Watson play that Logan and Patton had going on in "Losing My Motivation", there dynamic was the first thing yaht really got me hooked into sanders sides and made me really join the fandom, they were my first every ship so I gotta give it to them for that and they were just being plain out dorks which I adore.

Thoughts on Logan 👔:

Beloved absolutely beloved. I love this man, he is one of my tops 3 fav sides and I adore him so much, his character is ironically so fun and complex like a puzzle and yknow how much I love characters that feel like I have to solve them in order to completely understand them. He is quirky, and he is a delight to see on camera, can't wait to see more of him!!

[frogtanii]

Wind anon has a test tomorrow so she is gonna be studying for a bit—but it should be okay! (Actually, seeing and reading not only the PF updates but also all the comments from fans give me energy and motivation. It’s really good at cheering me up, so I greatly appreciate how I was able to stumble upon such a community.) Anyway, might as well get to the reaction!

First, starting off with Iwaizumi... every time I see an Iwaizumi start I get a bit anxious like “oh no, it’s him again” type of feeling. Makes me all twisty. But I was like “hm? Why’s he asking where they all are? He drove them to the venue?” So I was like “aaaaa” but softly

And YN with Suga and Akaashi! Soft boys. Very very nice. Suga mentioned reading books as a suggestion to Bokuto before didn’t he? Book crew~ also, I like that there’s a bench by the restrooms of the place. Very conveniently placed, isn’t it? Though the mention that it’s secluded is very fitting with YN needing to recharge the social battery. Some days I need to recharge my battery myself, and I just completely lose the desire to talk once it’s low. I hope YN gets lots and lots of self care days where she doesn’t have to do anything but love being herself. She deserves it.

Kuroo being with Bokuto :D! I like how he’s still sticking by even when he has no clue what they are talking about. It’s wonderful.

And Kenma :0. Same restroom as the one where YN, Akaashi, and Suga are? Because then they all went together. Cute cute cute. A group of introverts.

Sakusa and Atsumu by the snack table. That’s good, that’s good, hope that they had some good food.

Osamu talking to a kid about how he cooks his ramen! Very nice very nice, I feel like there hasn’t been enough chances to show Osamu’s desire and love for food. I mean, there was that one time Meiko got him to cook food for her even when he was tired and I’m still a bit grumpy about that, but it’s nice that he’s getting a chance to socialize to people like this.

Daichi, starting off with saying he was indisposed—my immediate reaction was to zone in and be like “Meiko” but no. It wasn’t her this time. By this point I was like “but...where is she...?” But also, Daichi is being real polite with the way he’s talking. Curious, but not bad. Just interesting to me.

And here we see Iwaizumi doing the classic “I hold the power. I demand answers” I know that he’ll have his redemption arc but I am just very...at odds with him right now and wind anon disapproves. It’s upsetting to see him actually. I can only imagine how YN feels... (oh, I’ve been thinking of what’d it be like to take the place of Meiko. Not right now because that’s asking for wind anon to wake up to animosity and chaos—scary. But like, if wind anon was from the start... platonic cuddling with YN and no drama...)

But Daichi taking care of the wardrobe malfunction. That’s a cool choice. Though I suppose it makes sense. He’s the steady type. Less impulsive and emotion driven compared to Iwaizumi, but still able to get there. Though, considering the amount of stress Iwaizumi has been under, was it really not a thing to ask for help from one of the members, or to request another person from management? There’s...13 members altogether, so 12 people he’s trying to manage right now. I don’t think there would be much loss having 2 managers to care for 6 main members at a time. Might be more efficient, and they could always try a rotational schedule and collaborate if they want more full house content.

I like how Iwaizumi asked “who and where” and when Daichi replied with only The Who, everyone still moved on. Just shows how frazzled and frantic Iwaizumi is under that calm facade.

Iwaizumi commanding them to leave :0! I was really puzzled at this point. Like the rest of the members, I didn’t understand why he was so adamant considering he had made them go to the event to network. And him forgetting Oikawa...

But moving down to the part where Iwaizumi blows up and tells them to get in the limo (because wind anon doesn’t want her reaction to drag too long), it’s very much like Iwaizumi. First there is the message about “there will be another event where you get to pretend you’re relevant for a couple of hours” oh, wind anon is focusing on that line. Obviously, the fact that they are all preoccupied right now is not a concern to him—but this was very emotionally charged and blunt—he didn’t have the patience to frame his thoughts to something prettier and more logical—this is truly what he thinks. “There will be another event” shows that he believes that there definitely will be one—he’s not trying to cover his words so the fact he mentioned there’s another event means it’s not trying to placate them in a sense. I mean, if he’s trying to placate them, rage is not the way to go about it anyway so it would have been a fail even without this, but he specified the event when he could’ve not said a thing about a future event so, yeah. “Where you get to pretend to be relevant for a few hours” oh my gosh. How to go about analyzing this portion? The content, the emotion, the execution, it’s all so...vivid. (10/10 job as always fr0ggy) the fact that he says pretend to be relevant shows how he views the house. Obviously they like the content they create. They care about the content they create. And sure they may not all be big, but relevant? They’re definitely relevant in your career choice Iwaizumi. They got nominated for an award and it’s not as if they were around for a super long time. It’s impressive. You’ll get attention and more of a fan base. Their relevance will definitely grow. The words by themselves are an attack of sorts to the members, showing his belief that they are shallow and fake and trying to get famous and seem big. Makes him seem like he has an inferiority complex of sorts, the way he’s acting. Take everything I say with a grain of salt though. I’m not a doctor.

Okay, next. We have Daichi, who is more reliable and asks for logic! Thank the lords of the PF universe, I literally wouldn’t be able to take too much emotional charge. And then Meiko’s name pops up. The last time I was writing an ask, I was redesigning Meiko’s entire look, and purely the look. I wasn’t doing a character analysis and I didn’t put anything besides my opinions on a better dress but I saw this and the complete blankness my mind went was astonishing.

“She’s a grown woman Tsumu. I left her alone for a few hours, she can handle that.” Y’know, for a cook, he really didn’t realize that was a recipe for disaster. (B-dum tsss. I do like puns) but she’s been shown to not be able to take care of herself and also have a bad personality on top of that so it really was an explosion in the making. I’m the spectrum of not taking care of myself (skipping meals to do schoolwork...skipping meals to sleep...yeah, no) but I think my personality is decent. But Meiko? I actually thought she might be decent with networking. I mean, she picks up guys quite easily doesn’t she? So I was fascinated with what she could’ve possibly done.

Liquor :0 !! I was never interested in drinking liquor that much (though they are pretty a lot of the times...the colors and bottles and glasses are really nice art subjects). Seeing Meiko makes me want to avoid alcohol even more. She started drinking...gosh, she is...a hot mess. Not even kids would be as bad...

Her being “plastered”? Considering that one time where she started drinking a ton before going to a club and...forcing herself on Suga, and how she managed to leave the bathroom completely composed and such, I was mesmerized at the fact she actually managed to drink enough to get completely wasted. And champagne? She must’ve just stuck around and made a whole group of glasses where she was. Also, she didn’t try to get any guys? Wow. Wind anon is staring at her like she’s a particularly weird specimen. She is so...baffling. Confusing.

She insulted and slapped someone :0!!!!!! The amount of exclamation marks show how intense my reaction is. Violent, violent, and such an idiot Meiko is. I hope management steps in. I can’t stand looking at her. But I mean...once she wakes up, like the morning after, would anyone be willing to look and care for her? Such a mess...

I pity the people in management who would have to smooth this over. Gosh, they need a raise and a fruit basket. Like those fancy ones with the fruit cut into shapes on skewers and such. As well as a box of chocolates.

But yeah, I’ll end it here. Been a while since I have a long reaction. I’m pretty sure I got a bit of the analysis wrong and also rambled a bit too much at times, hmmm.

Okay, headcanon time... imagine YN making make up by breaking all of Meiko’s and she just names the mix “Meiko” because it’s a streaky mess. She packages it and gives it to fans for free. It would be fun :D. Only the eyeshadows and stuff though. I do not trust any thing that would directly touch Meiko...like her lipsticks. Bleh.

Sakusa, Akaashi, Suga, Tooru, and YN being eyeliner group. Just imagine Akaashi tilting your head up with the lightest fingers under your chin, while Sakusa braids your hair and folds in some dark silk flowers with pearl centers into it. YN smiling at them after she comes out, with pomegranate lip tint and a leather jacket. Be dangerous YN. Kill us all. YN supremacy <3.

YN and Atsumu would be the two to have the popsicles that you break apart.

Kenma wears red eyeliner once for a dare or a gift to fans or something and all of his fans decide to pass out.

Osamu and Bokuto doing stuff together to promote healthy living.

Okay, gonna end here. I very much appreciate all the support here. Much love towards those who favorite my asks and such too. I’m super glad you all like hearing from me. I mean, we’re all fans of PF and fr0ggy so I hope that everyone is enjoying all of this as much as I am. You all make me very very happy. Much appreciation to all the anons and ask senders and submissions because everyone is super cool.

Take care fr0ggy! Much hearts to you!

oh geez i hope ur test goes well!!!!!!! i don’t have much to say cs ur incredibly eloquent (as usual) but i rlly like the idea of bokuto n osamu promoting healthy living!!!! that rlly hits cs my family is VERY much into healthy living so that just made me happy hehe ILY I HOPE U HAVE A LOVELY DAY KITH KITH <3333

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Vocaloid Highlights: October 2020

Hmmm-mm-hmmm-mm-hmmhmhmhmhm, hmmm-mm-hmmm-mm-hmm-hmm-hmm... Loveit! Highlights Archive

========== Stand-Outs ========== Teacher Teacher Illuminati Imaginary Window Closure Verbal Promise Hallow's Temptation Right Brain Left Brain Paraíso Paraíso Hello, Melancholy Decade-Spanning Last Piece Loveit Swaying Alone Archeology by Fish Ziqqurat GHOULiSH Keyhole Jackpot Sad Girl Tautology Squared Ballads Aren't Enough Ha-ha-ha-ha Halloween Night! Drama

========== Worth Your Time ========== Escape Wonder Land Velvet Foam-Shadow Can't Feel Any Compassion Darling caution step Lonely Logic Girl Vermilion Hearts Ten Minutes Casino The Me More Wonderful Than Me Finale Codependence Vague Oz Weakling title Until the Day the Call Disappears Crush Fantasies Flower to Autumn Puzzle Savior [regulus] ReLoad Night and Light Inferiority Complex illicit love Shoes and Nails Never Mind Ectoplasm Rend the Sunny Weather Silver Light Savior [NekTo] Couffin Counyan Coffee Memoria Funky Town Syndicate coral Rebuke Poisonous Distance and Onlooker someday Solitary... Love Unamended Life Glorious Dream World's End Liar Emerald White Frantic Period Vacuum Suicide Night Phantasm JASH Monochrome Bird's-Eye, Dancing Love Night Before the Fall #3miC17 Giraffe's Dance Killing Time, Someone Else's Life Satellite Girl Hollow Heart hide-rossa Gutter Violet Can't A Meteor Suddenly Fall Tomorrow? Bind Our Love Miserable A Life That Could've Become Anything. Confession No Thank You!! humming Seek Seek If You Call It Life Wreckage Falls Blank Sheet Sea. Playing Hopscotch Dr. Falling Darling Midnight Ride Thunderbolt Lies and Sheep Waltz I tie knot! (I Want to Say) Parallel Layer Warning Signs Sleepless Red-Light Harlot's Tale On a Narrow Road Ahead Secret Night Dream-429 Dolls of Hallow's Eve zero Franken LYLY Secret Lie Screamed Red

[that-was-anticlimactic]

hmmm how about the hollow?💕

SCREAMING CRYING SHAKING THEY

blorbo

vanessa. no question. you know this, i love her. i love her so much. i love vanessa. she is such a complex and well-written character and there's so much we don't know about her that i love to analyze and i am Such a sucker for diana kaarina's voice acting and just. *clenches fist* she (also vanessa the stuffed animal pig is named after her sO LIKE)

scrunkly

the correct answer is probably kai but the reason i would say kai as opposed to the rest of the fandom that definitely tried/s to uwu-ify him much to my Distaste because we have Seen how willing this kid is to fight at the drop of a hat (the first thing he does when he wakes up is put up his fists like...) but i would say him because he is a child of parents that should be divorced <3 but he doesn't have So Shaped vibes hmmmmmm that may be reeve or skeet for me tbh... but cuteness aggression... probably reeve then i love him so much. reeve my absolute beloved i adore you and you and kai are scrunkly brothers <3

scrimblo bimblo

VA NES SA idc she is underrated and i love her so much so freaking much bUT aside from her, i feel like mira is kind of underrated tbh. i love her and she probably is usually the keeper of the braincells (usually) and ashleigh ball is a great va and she cares about her friends so much and i just love her so much.

glup shitto

i don't even care. puzzle guy. love that funky dude. they're just heckling the kiddos and spitting fun rhymes like... bestie i love you. i mean... "foolish one and foolish all / i'll savor watching as you fall" ICONIC and sam vincent does SUCH a great job with his voice acting, 10/10 i wouldn't shut up about them for like three months.

poor little meow meow

dave the fake blind guy and Also tyler. dave the fake blind guy just. wore sunglasses in his funky little cave and when he tripped and fell he literally went "OH I HATE MY LIFE" bestie pLEASE and tyler just. i can't... he is so unintentionally funny... i mean, he goes "the forecast calls for a chance of pain" and when nisha says "ooh good one" he literally stops and goes "oh, you like that?" bESTIE WHAT is that not the definition of a poor little meow meow??? i also feel like gustaf (weirdy) applies here too iuygtfgyu wait so does death ??? i feel like a Lot of characters could go here lol

horse plinko

the cyclops no dude go sit in your little lighthouse and stop looking creepy and terrifying

eeby deeby

easy. voulcan. he killed skeet and was like "give my regards to skeet" bESTIE NO THAT'S IT YOU ARE GOING DOWN YOU DO NOT JUST GET TO SAY THAT YOU CAN CATCH THESE HANDS IN SUPERHELL-