#hopefully i'll finish this one tomorrow yay

[demaparbat-hp]

Almost

[kellystar321]

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[dandyshucks]

going to cry because i am worried i won't finish all the crochet gifts in time :''")

[repeatsquared]

A Life for a Life - 10

Chapter 9 Recap: A dinner at a curry shop could lead to a lot of things, the most unsuspecting of which being a number handed to Alex from a woman at another table. They returned to their home, relatively uneventful save for another small panic attack that was easily coaxed by Claec, and settled in calmly for the night.

Word Count: 2,313

Trigger Warning: Threats

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Alex sat curled up in bed. They sported their usual pajamas, swaddled in a heap of blankets, knees to their chest and phone only inches from their face as their thumbs jabbed at the buttons on the screen, the only source of light in the otherwise dark room.

It had been nearly ten minutes at that point, and they still struggled to send a message. The now crumpled receipt that had been handed to them a few hours prior sat discarded on their nightstand, no longer necessary with the scratchy phone number implanted in their phone. They couldn't remember the last time they had been the first person to initiate an actual conversation with a stranger, let alone one that could possibly be flirting with them, and their texting skills really reflected that.

"Hey I'm Alex, from the restaurant earlier. Sorry for staring at you. What's your name?"

A pause, reading the message three times over.

Delete, delete, delete.

"Hello, my name's Alex. Thanks for the number. What's your name?"

Delete, delete, delete.

"Hey, this is the person from the curry shop. My name's Alex, what's your name?"

They groaned, dropping the phone into the heap of blankets and letting themself fall onto their side, staring at the wall instead of the screen. Maybe it was best not to message her.

It had been nearly four hours since Claec had left. His words and actions through the day rang through their head, and Alex found themself cringing whenever they thought of the break room. That icy pain of being controlled, the way their entire body shut down at the will of one person. Thinking about it made them feel sick, and so they pushed that thought away.

See you tomorrow stayed trapped in their mind. Hopefully the villain would simply watch from a distance from then on, rather than a mere foot away. It would be nice to hope for that, at least.

The sound of a p-ting! from their phone pulled them from their thoughts. Alex reached out, grabbing it and turning the still-illuminated screen to see what it was.

Their eyes snapped open, and their mouth went dry, realizing they must have bumped the send button as they dropped their phone. What did little to comfort them was the existence of a new message, just under the one they had sent.

"Hey hey! I'm Jasmine, ntmy! Srry if it was weird but I thought you were spr cute and wanted to chat."

Alex blinked a few times, reading the message once, twice, three times, then four, before a grin broke out on their face. She thought they were cute. They felt heat rise to their cheeks, rolling onto their back as they jabbed at the screen once more.

"Not weird at all. Sorry for staring at you, you're very pretty."

They took a moment, cringing at the message.

"Sorry if that's creepy."

They watched the bubbles appear as she typed, smiling again at her response.

"Not creepy! Thank you so much! Wanna get some coffee sometime?"

"I know a good shop. I can pick you up on Thursday?"

"Yay! I'll see you there <3 "

" :D "

They laughed at themself for the final message, shutting off their phone before dropping it again, staring at the ceiling with a smile. She thought they were cute.

"Heyo, Alex!" The call made them freeze, their body going stiff as they turned their head, watching as Lucas marched towards them. They had only just stepped onto their floor, barely getting out of the elevator before being yelled for. Surely it was over the assignment they didn't finish.

Lucas tried to look friendly enough, but he was stiff, moving quickly. His eyes were dark and angry, despite the forced grin. Worst of all? He actually used their name.

"My office, yeah? Let's chat for a second." He threw an arm over their shoulders, dragging them back into the elevator and nearly punching a button. Two floors up.

They stood in silence, fidgeting with their hands, staring at the cold metal of the elevator floor. It was odd, but they found themself wishing for Claec's presence. Maybe that alone would be enough to keep Lucas from exploding too much at them. Or worse.

The lift chimed far too quickly, and they were back to being dragged through by their shoulder. Alex avoided looking at the wandering eyes of people in the cubicles, just keeping pace with Lucas as they were pushed into the office. The walls were made of glass, but covered by thin blinds. Any light came from the massive window facing over the streets of Isola, and an industrial fixture in the ceiling. It changed any warm glow into a harsh white.

At the head of the office was a large desk, made of a dark wood. Neat stacks of paper lined the right side, while the left housed Lucas' laptop and a fake plant. There were three cushioned chairs positioned in front of the desk, and filing cabinets lined the walls.

It was a nice office, one he had bragged about nonstop when he first got the promotion, which promptly sucked any warmth from the environment. Especially now. Alex felt cold, despite the adrenaline pumping through their body. They just stood, and waited, watching Lucas pace back and forth behind the desk.

"How'd the numbers go?" He hummed, leaning against the desk with one hand, the other positioned on his hip. When Alex opened their mouth, he held up a hand, dropping the smile. "Shut up, I know you didn't do them. I know you're a massive fuck up, but this? Seriously?" He spat out the words, his voice low but that did nothing to hide the bite in his tone.

Alex stayed silent that time, and was pleased with their decision when Lucas decided to keep talking.

"It was a really simple job, it would've taken an hour at the most. But you just had to go and be selfish. Now we've got an angry client, because someone couldn't be bothered to finish their work!"

"It wasn't my work!" Alex shouted, their face going pale the moment the words left their lips. What the fuck were they doing?

"I'm sorry, I really think I misheard you," Lucas laughed, slowly pacing around the desk and towards Alex. "The fuck did you just say to me? I think I heard 'Sorry sir, I'll get it done right away.'"

Alex heaved a breath, clenching their fists at their side. Then let them go with a sigh. "I'll get it done." They murmured, refusing to make eye contact. They cringed when Lucas pinched their cheek, hard, tugging a bit with a grin.

"There you go," He hummed and pat their head, before shoving their shoulder back towards the door. "Get the hell out of my office before you stink it up anymore. And that file had better be on my desk in 30 minutes, or I'll fucking destroy you."

He sounded far too cheerful when he said that. But Alex nodded anyways, turning and silently leaving the room. They wanted to break down crying, desperately ignoring the eyes boring into them as they marched towards the stairwell. They wanted to cry, scream, punch a wall. They were angry at Claec for not being there to "protect them" like he had promised, angry at themself for not holding their ground, angry at Lucas for being so unfair.

They got to their cubicle all too soon, not even pausing as they saw the green-themed villain sitting in the extra chair at their desk. He turned and waved with a smile, though quickly stopped at Alex's expression.

"What happened?" He demanded, standing up and stepping in front of them, blocking off the chair.

"Move, I have work to do," Alex wanted to sound angry, but their voice was far too shaky. If anything it sounded like they were going to cry.

"No. No, what happened?" Claec grabbed onto their shoulders, rubbing gentle circles with his thumbs. Alex didn't feel that icy cold that they grew to accustom to Claec's abilities. Under any other circumstance, they would have appreciated the genuine support. At the moment, they were too wrapped in their own head to really even process it.

"You happened!" They whimpered, nearly choking on their words as tears dribbled down their cheeks. "You just had to threaten me and- and persuade me to leave, I thought he was going to beat me again, I thought-"

"Stay here," Claec suddenly pushed, though the motion was surprisingly gentle. Alex landed in their chair, eyes wide now as Claec stormed off.

"Wait. Wait, I-"

"It'll be fine!" Claec called, marching straight to the stairwell that Alex had come from.

Most of the eyes in the office were on him, watching until the door shut, before snapping back to Alex, still stunned and silently crying at their desk. They wanted to curl into a ball and die, holding their face in their hands and heaving shallow breaths in a desperate attempt to calm down.

Was he really going to kill Lucas? Beat him up? Use his powers to scare him? If he did that he would out himself, and then maybe kill them out of... something. They didn't even know what scenarios they were trying to conjure, but none of them were good.

Alex waited. Five minutes, then ten, constantly shooting glances at the door, but Claec didn't emerge. They also couldn't hear screaming or shouting or any sign that the two had gotten into a fight. Maybe it was alright? But what could they do about it anyways?

They gathered themself, grabbing the manila folder and flipping through. Just inputting numbers, nothing intense. Hopefully it would set them on the right page with Lucas to preserve their job and the integrity of their face, and it would keep them distracted while they waited for Claec to come back.

He was gone for nearly an hour, and in that time Alex was able to get the work done, as well as some other menial tasks they had been pushing aside. Claec caught their attention with a small tap on their shoulder, a grin plastered on his face.

"Handled," He plopped into the chair, resting his chin on his hand and eyeing the computer screen. "So, what are we doing?"

"What did you do?"

"Nothing, I'm waiting to shadow you more."

"What did you do?"

Claec heaved a sigh, turning to make eye contact with them. He dropped the smile, but still only looked annoyed. "You keep asking me that like you really want to know the answer. You wanna risk that guilt?"

Alex clenched their jaw, staring him down for a moment, before turning his attention to his computer. "Here's where we input reports."

The rest of the day went on slowly, and with little to no events. Claec seemed to put more effort into understanding the database, and took some work off of Alex's plate to do on his own. If Lucas came down from his office, Alex didn't notice and wasn't bothered by him, or anyone else for that matter. The curiosity of what had happened for that hour nagged at them, but if Claec really did do something horrible, they most definitely did not want to know.

"We should probably get you moved to your own desk," They eventually murmured, eyeing the floor for any open spots. It would be weird for them to share the same cubicle for more than a day or two.

"That sick of me already? Ouch," He clicked his tongue, drumming his fingers on the desk. Claec had taken to laying his head on the desk, somehow managing to keep watch over the screen and type almost effortlessly. "I'm comfortable here."

"Your comfort isn't exactly my concern," Alex heaved a sigh, leaning back in their chair. "Do you see anyone else here sharing a cubicle?"

"Maybe they just don't have what you and I do," Claec paused his typing for a moment, locking eyes with Alex and shooting a playful grin when their cheeks flushed. "You text that girl?"

They let out a breath, returning their gaze to the computer screen as they typed away at a report. "I did. We're meeting for coffee."

"When?"

"Later this week I think. Haven't settled on a day," They continued working, refusing to look at Claec, despite feeling his eyes bore into the side of their head. They didn't want to say exactly when it was happening, mostly out of fear of him showing up.

Thankfully, he dropped it, going back to his own work silently. And so the rest of the day progressed. They both wrapped up with the majority of work about an hour before the end of the day, resting into mindless chatter, just waiting until 5:30 so they could leave.

Come 5 o'clock, Alex looked up at a soft call of their name, stiffening at the sigh of Lucas. He stared off to the side, fidgeting with his hands behind his back, a very faint pink dusting lined his cheeks.

"You're fine, I just-" He looked down at Claec, his eyes snapping away almost instantly to settle on Alex. "Caleb explained what happened, and I wanted to... apologize for being so rash earlier. And harsh. You are-" Another pause, and his jaw stiffened. "You're a great worker, and a good person. Thank you for... being patient with me." He sounded almost like he was reading off of a poorly memorized script. "So, yeah. I'm sorry, and it won't happen again."

He stared for a moment, then almost immediately turned to walk away, not even acknowledging the shocked "Thank you!" that Alex managed to squeeze out, watching him go.

Claec nodded, seeming pleased. He didn't explain anything, just smiling at Alex and gathering his things.

"Curry?"

Chapter 10.5

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I know that the last two chapters have been relatively uneventful, and this one is sort of all over the place, but it's going somewhere, I promise! Thanks again for all of the support! If anyone has comments on the story or suggestions on anything else you'd like to see from me please let me know! <3

[okenki]

hello~!

this month i'll be doing a challenge! the OC-tober one!

made my list by remixing/re-arranging the one from briedraws!

took 60 or 70% of the tropes, modified some and made up the others.

i'll try to post everyday on my tumblr, i'm thinking of doing something easy in black and white with a little bit of screentones maybe? still figuring it out! (typing this on the 30th of september, hopefully by tomorrow i'll have it figured out?! xD)

i'll be very busy for this month, with both art and non art related things.

i will try to take part in the 25h comic challenge, it will probably still be in french, but i'll link it still! one day i will finish translating them all..

can't really say i'll do much more this month, so i'll just stop there, aha!

as usual sketchbook pdf around the 20th! i'm glad i was able to find a pace and rhythm that suits me! thank you all for the support! it's really helping! it's both a financial help but also it helps me stay 'in shape' and more organised around what i do! hehe

it's getting cold! take good care of yourselves!

xoxo, ken

PS: some things i did last month! i never do a recap of the previous month, but i'll try now!

-made a zine about inoran from luna sea, as i get more and more back in touch with this band and vkei, expect more of this, i think? i'm impredictible... ; _ ;

-the other mini zine i had in mind i will do later maybe!

-made another episode of MSAT, [i_care_4_u]!

-got back into making goth boyfriends more consistently!! yay!!

[ros3ybabe]

Daily Check-in: October 5th, 2023 + Life Update 🎀

I swear I always disappear for a few days, lurk around the tumblr app, and then decide to give a random update. I really need to work on my consistency lol.

Anywho, life has been soooo busy. I've ben packing and preparing for my trip out to see my boyfriend tomorrow, trying to catch up on homework so I'm not super busy while I am with him this weekend, working like crazy because money is a necessity, and just keeping up with the day to day grind.

So, here's a mini update from yesterday, and yes I am still going to try to update while I'm with my man as I will still be doing homework and studying Japanese and what not.

🩷 Academic Achievments Past Few Days -

completed and passed culinary quiz

Turned in my actual spending budget from Septmeber

Finished an investing assignment

Worked on the draft for a research paper literature review thing I have to write for my psychology class (finishing it today!)

presented my mid term presentation in my culinary class and got complimented by the professor/chef

submitted a lactation nutrition chart fie ym nutrition class

completed my pre lab and lab report for tomorrow's anatomy lab

completed quiz chapter 6 for my psychology class

completed practical assignment and module quiz for my fitness for health and sport class

I've been pretty busy with school work. I catch up on a weekly basis, but of course, then more homework is released, and I feel like I get thrown back to square one. College life, yay!

🩷 Personal Acheivements Past Few Days -

kept up with skincare routine

packed for trip

journaled a few times

went to the gym for the first time since February (just walked the treadmill but it's a start!)

kept up with medical appointments

did my laundry yesterday

kept up with my duolingo and busuu streaks

regained motivation for studying Japanese

I feel like I haven't done as much for myself personally but at the same time like I have? I am a bit upset with myself. I have a meeting with my Dietetian Mentor (#1) and in the last 3 weeks since we last spoke, I haven't done anything from what she had asked because I've been so busy. I've had 2 panic attacks, extreme exhaustion, and worked 3 doubles at my job since I last spoke to her. However, I am planning on working on some of her stuff this weekend while I'll have the time, so hopefully she isn't upset and can understand my position? She seems really nice so fingers crossed.

🩷 Academic ToDo For Today -

write up restaurant field trip report for culinary class

weekly meal writing for culinary class

complete my component one for my psychology class

take my lab exam one for anatomy

duolingo + busuu for Japanese

gather my necessary materials for completing the rest of my homework this weekend

🩷 Personal ToDo For Today -

put away clean laundry

wash sheets + pillowcases + towels

take out bedroom + bathroom trash

sweep bedroom really good

scrub toilet and wipe down counter + sink in bathroom

check in to the flight app to get my boarding pass for tomorrow

therapy

meet with RD Mentor #1

morning journal

skincare morning + night

redye the pink in my hair

finish packing tonight

a lot of things to do today to prepare for this weekend. but it will all be worth it once I get to see my boyfriend.

thats all for today!

til next time lovelies 🩷

[thegreymoon]

The Story of Minglan

I had a shitty week, a stressful problem that was (thankfully) successfully taken care of and a three-day headache. I have today off so I'm going to try to do some fun things and drama-watching because it will be work again tomorrow 😭

I want to finish these in-between episodes before we finally get to the Minglan and Gu Tingye relationship part and then I think I'll take a break to watch Judge Di before I continue this.

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NOOOOO, CONSORT RONG KILLED THEM OFF-SCREEN!

But I wanted to watch them die 😢

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Yes!! At least let me see her death!

It is so richly deserved!

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NOOOOO, KILL HER!!

CONSORT RONG, I WAS ROOTING FOR YOU!! MUST YOU BETRAY ME SO?? 😭😭

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Yay, for Gu Tingye!

He accidentally allied himself with the right people, lol.

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NOOOO, DON'T KILL HER!!

She's a baby and the only one who stepped up!

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By this point, I am actually quite bored of him conveniently showing up whenever she is in need of rescuing from pirates/bandits/usurpers etc.

This drama is really strong when it comes to family relationships and in-house scheming, but I'm just not impressed with everything else.

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At least she realistically broke down and bawled like a baby when he rescued her.

The rest of this just obliterated my suspension of disbelief.

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This is nice 💚

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LMAO, he's so unhappy 🤣🤣

Poor guy just wanted to live his life out in peace, but no, the one possible Imperial heir who wanted nothing to do with this whole mess was chosen as the Crown Prince 🤣🤣

And I love how nobody else is even registering his complaints, he's the dianxia now whether he likes it or not!

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Oh, shut up.

The most irritating aspect of this drama so far.

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You and him are one and the same, so it's a moot question.

Also, it's about time you started getting busy with that. Please pacify the rebellion quickly and let's get things moving!

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LMAO

I'm so glad you know! Finally! Let's do it! I'm so tired of all these losers and their opportunistic mothers and grandmothers sniffing around her.

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LMAO, Gu Tingye has no time for his bullshit 🤣🤣

I love that he resolved this with one arrow to his chest. I'm not particularly enjoying this whole sequence and would prefer to move on to other things.

And hopefully, Gu Tingye will now also get an apology for that exam fiasco. Why, yes, as an eternal student, I'm still mad about it. If I passed my final exam with flying colours and some petty Emperor decided to bar me from getting my diploma because he was butthurt? I would assassinate him myself!

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LOL, he never told them his real name?

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YES, CALL HIM OUT!!

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At least he has the self-awareness to look embarrassed, smh.

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Oh, so it took you a whole five minutes to turn on him.

After he saved your miserable life how many times now? And practically handed you the throne! 🤬🤬

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HE WAS TWELVE!!

AND YOU ADMIT YOU WERE WRONG EVEN IN THE CASE OF YANG WUDUAN!!

RAGE. 🤬🤬

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OMG, the injustice of this!!

Fuck the reputation.

LET. HER. GET. CREDIT.

Also, Gu Tingye would marry her with or without a reputation.

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Aww, so he died.

Also, what happened to Consort Rong? We never saw her die, but I imagine she must have either killed herself or been executed.

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Oh, so he was an actual historical figure?

I thought all of these characters were fictional. Interesting.

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WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT!

GU TINGYE IS A MINISTER, AFTER ALL!

[rearranged-fanfic]

(Update 5/5)

Heyo!

Sorry I was gone for a bit. I'll get around to responding to any outstanding comments on AO3 at some point. I have been battling the ✨Depression✨ and ✨Imposter Syndrome✨! Yay!

I'm fine, I just haven't had much motivation to write this story in earnest. Oof. So I've been organizing and planning. I have a lot of content for this Arc pre-written now, and all of the outlining is DONE. So, this will be the last major gap in my posting, barring extenuating circumstances. From now on, I'm back to every other week.

The next chapter has been rewritten five times. I'm done rewriting. All I need to do is finish editing (all 13k words), update my in-story timeline, create a banner, and format the HTML.

I intended to post tonight by 10pm, but I had to help my family with some last-minute projects that will drag into tomorrow evening as well.

I'm setting this deadline by TUESDAY at 10pm, come hell or high water. Chapter 16 is out 5/7, chapter 17 will be out 5/17, and then we're back to normal posting schedule, babes. 5/24, I'll be updating Crimson.

I also have a Mermay fic waiting in the wings. Hope you guys like merman!Gojo 🤭

I'm only working one day a week at my job, so this will hopefully mean more time to work on my hobbies and less time as a wage slave. Which could mean more content in the coming months.

Thank you all for your continued patience and support 🥰

[softsky-daily]

11/4/2024

Vague shapes in the vast mass of cloud.

Positive thing: I maintained some incredible level of excitement I hadn't reached in a while.

Today... was a blur. I guess I'll start off saying I woke up nauseous as all get-out, so I ended up calling out on work. I felt bad about that since I've been doing that a lot lately, but I decided I wouldn't linger on that and instead really focus on making today fun and relaxing so I could feel better. And boy did I!

My friend a while ago had recommended the anime "My Happy Wedding," which is funny because they don't technically hold a wedding at all in the anime and it's actually got demons and magic and crazy stuff, anyway, I decided now was the time to go on a binge-watching session since it was only 12 episodes and I knew I could finish it within the afternoon. And it was really good. It's literally a fantasy about being fixed by a hot anime boy after you've been through trauma but they do it tastefully. And there's magic, yay! Really though, I liked their interpretation of someone learning to heal after abuse by finding healthy relationships (not just romantically, but with friends and chosen family).

Midway through I decided I should get some tea for my aching stomach (and also for a treat) so I went to a nearby cafe and got some white peach oolong tea. Hot. It was so good. Sweet and mellow and just the right amount of bitterness to really make the flavor linger in your mouth. And it made my nausea go away, so it did its job in that regard too. But what I didn't know is that oolong tea actually has a fair amount of caffeine, and I had gotten a pretty big size of it. I chugged the whole thing while watching the anime and to be honest I really don't know when the caffeine hit but it did. Oh my god. To be honest I'm still wired as hell and feel like I could bounce up to heaven in one big hop and high five an angel, and it's probably been 12 hours since I drank it.

Needless to say, in my heightened caffeine state everything got, like, 100x more likely to have an effect on me. I cried a lot during the anime and jumped up everywhere when it got exciting and then, and then, I decided to to rewatch nigehaji scenes and that got me so giddy it just carried the high even further, until I blinked and there was full handwritten essay about what I liked about nigehaji sitting in front of me.

It feels like there's a big cloud in my head and electricity is bouncing everywhere between my ears. Like I'm floating and I could be carried off by the wind at the smallest nudge. Like there's a drum in my chest and every beat is reverberating in every vein in my body. Is excited even the word for this?? I feel like my body is just a vessel for some wild thundercloud that I'm barely channeling to form coherent thoughts. It's fun though. I think. Honestly it's like I'm working through a thick fog but I guess because I'm in a heightened state, by default my brain is interpreting that as a good thing. I guess I'm enjoying it while I can?? I'm usually so exhausted I don't know what energy feels like anymore. Maybe this is just how everyone else feels normally? No way this can be sustainable, right?

Okay so I just did the math and based on what I looked up, I had about 180mg of caffeine. Good lord. I have caffeine sensitivity so that's extra overdoing it I think. It's a good thing I did fun things today and not anxiety-inducing things or I think I might've exploded from the heart palpitations alone.

Soo I guess now I have the Herculean task of trying to get to sleep tonight. I've had a lot of water all today even with the tea, but somehow it hasn't faded away at all yet. I already have insomnia so this'll be a fun challenge. Hopefully tomorrow I'm not absolutely dead from the caffeine crash, whenever sleep does happen.

It really was a good day though, whether despite or because of the caffeine. It's been a while since I sat down and binged an anime, and there was something very nostalgic and healing about it. I mean, the anime was good which definitely helped, but even just the act itself was fulfilling in some way. And I of course always love indulging the nigehaji brain worms in my head. I drew, I worked on building the Gundam my friend gave me, I wrote and danced around my room and had a yummy tea... yeah, it was a good day.

Now let's hope I sleep. Thank goodness I work from home tomorrow.

[oscurascout]

Bad Sanses Adventures

Baking Time!! Part 4 (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)

Masterlist

Lust was happily eating the cinnamon rolls; he had forgotten how sweet and delicious this dessert tasted. He had also forgotten how much fun it was to bake. He smiled, remembering the time he spent with Cross. “Hopefully, I get to see him soon. Actually, I want to meet them all” Lust thought as he left some of the dessert for his brother.

Stretch picked at the carrot cake. Even though he didn't want to admit it, he had fun baking with Killer. He wanted to spend time with his brother again. “I'll ask tomorrow if we can do some activities, or at least check on the puzzles. I just want to spend time with him,” Stretch thought as he ate a piece of cake, smiling, at the sweet taste, he definitely enjoy the dessert.

Reaper was happily eating his cookies while drinking some tea with Life. He hadn't given an explanation; he just sat down and started to eat, which didn't bother Life. She knew that Reaper was happy, and that was all that mattered. “I should visit Night more often if this is what I'm going to eat, though they are too chocolaty,” Reaper thought as he quickly drank some tea to appease the invading chocolate flavor.

Shatter prepared the table; he had invited the others in. Ink and Yan appeared almost at the same time. Shatter smiled and gestured for them to sit down. They did, a bit hesitantly. Once seated, they enjoyed the cheesecake while Shatter tried to make conversation, and to his luck, the others joined in. Even after they finished, they continued to talk the whole day. “I should bake something for Dust and the others as a thank-you gift,” Shatter thought as Yan shared some gossip he had heard from various AUs.

Dream was munching on the muffins while at their clubhouse. He was very happy. He was glad that his brother hadn't forgotten the special dessert they had once enjoyed together. Ink and Blur entered the clubhouse, and once Dream noticed them, he put down his muffin. “It's now or never, and I need them to know,” Dream thought, encouraging himself, as he sat them down; he definitely needed to talk to them.

Ccino was eating some of the brownies while drinking hot milk. His little cats were around him, some trying to eat a piece of the brownie, though he didn't let them. He was enjoying his time reading a book that was given to him by Nightmare. He smiled, “They surely have come a long way. I just hope that one day everyone sees what I see,” Ccino thought as he raised his hand, making the kittens' mission, a failed attempted.

Meanwhile, the guys were each happy with their deserts.

Cross – *eating the cookies* “These are perfect!!”

Everyone – *eating their deserts* “Agreed!”

Nightmare – *shocked, a bit nostalgic, looks at Horror* “How? How did you know?”

Horror – *eating cinnamon rolls* “I got help from a golden apple.”

Nightmare looked at the muffin, then he smiled and continued eating.

Error – “Thïs chëesëçâke îs gøød; ît's thë bësṭ øne Î'vë èvër hâd.”

Papyrus – “Yay! He did like it!”

Killer – *eating his brownies* “Who would have thought that you liked something that doesn't contain chocolate?”

Error – “Î’m nøt Crøss.”

Cross – *offended* “Hey!”

Chara – “It's true, though.”

Chara earn a glare from Cross.

Error – *looks at Killer* “Dîd yøu … dìď yoʻû lîkë thë brøwnîës?”

Killer – “I loved them! They really hit the spot.”

Error smiled; he hadn't been so confident as before, but now he was glad Killer liked the brownies.

Cross – *looks at Horror* “What about you, Horror? Oh, you're already done, guess they were good”

Horror smiled and nodded. Everyone continued to enjoy their delicious desserts.

[rosainta]

Day 5 of Rosain Quivan's Daily Logs

Started December 14th, 2023 at 9:41AM, Class Finished December 14th, 2023 at 7:47PM, Home Log #5 Type: Wednesday Artwork

Author's Notes moved to the end!

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Fandom: Team Fortress 2

Title: “The Pyro”

Date of Creation: 17th of January, 2023

Art #1

Description: First day of the Daily Art challenge, starting off with a rough sketch of Pyro. Attempt at a usage of perspective, no colour… just like its soul.

Title: "Dr. Ludwig [MEDIC]”

Date of Creation: 17th of January, 2023

Art #2

Description: Rough sketch of Dr. Ludwig, the Medic, himself! Quick attempt at a portrait and perspective. No colour. Probably what he looked like before losing his medical license- ah, so serious!

Title: “Meet The Engineer”

Date of Creation: 18th of December, 2023 (assumption)

Art #3

Description: Yeehaw! A full-body refined work of everyone’s favourite Texan engineer, Dell Conagher! Shading and anatomy work, as well as some cool lettering.

Title: “Meet The Overseer”

Date of Creation: 19th of January, 2023

Art #4

Description: Cringey concept for a tenth class— The Overseer. Made before I knew the purpose of The Solemn Vow… rendering its conceptualisation practically useless. However, I may rework this in the future… if I can control the urge to belch!

Title: “Meet The Demoman”

Date of Creation: 20th of January, 2023

Art #5

Description: Probably my favourite and most refined artwork of the bunch! Scrumpy-fueled Demoman, sticky launcher in hand, with some cool anatomy and shading… and some pretty letters, hehe.

Title: “Rabiosa”

Date of Creation: 21st of January, 2033

Art #6

Description: Made after a gaming livestream I streamsniped of one of my first favourite TF2 YouTubers, Rabiosa! (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkTJZ2M7wKnaVefGN9UFb3Q) GO CHECK HIM OUT!!! Here, you can see that I was backstabbed… twice in a row during the stream. What a naive Medic I was… and uh, still am, LOL.

Title: “The Smoke of a Spy”

Date of Creation: 22nd of January, 2023

Art #7

Description: Ah, oui. Le Spy, so elegant, so sophisticated, so… smoke-filled. Maybe a little too much, it's becoming cancerous. Refined portrait practice and shading, with even cooler lettering!

Title: “Meet the Spy”

Date of Creation: 23rd of January, 2023

Art #8

Description: And now, for the final piece, the Spies have multiplied! Each with their own motives to kill one another... and both twice as cancerous. I can only imagine the stink lines coming off of both of them. The only part of the series with some usage of colour! Plus, some shading, anatomy (which, admittedly, could be a bit better here) and, can you guess? Cool lettering.

And that's about it for today's little display of my earlier works. Hopefully, one day, we can see the difference in quality, for better or (though expectantly not) for worse.

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Author’s Notes: First day of following the set schedule from yesterday- yay! Like I mentioned in the post-script, this is the artwork I made in January from a TF2 Daily Art challenge I did, as well as some descriptions about them to give you some context on the intention of their creation. I'm also including the ones from the last post, just to give more context around them. Also, quick reminder: you can give me suggestions for art &/ writing tomorrow, anything you'd like, as it is FRIDAY ORDER-OF-THE-DAY!!! (I... I don't know, I just needed something that rhymed. Don't question it). If there are none, I'll put up a fun poll to garner some ideas for next week, and I'll do something else instead of a request, too. So, yeah, hope you enjoyed.

Have a good one, mate!

Credits: Team Fortress 2 by Valve, Rabiosa (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkTJZ2M7wKnaVefGN9UFb3Q) Image source: Rosain Quivan, pregnantsecondo Created by Rosain Quivan Cross posted on Amino ( Rosain Quivan )

[sameschmidtdiffname]

i just wanna ask how ur day was :3

Omg you're so sweet 🥰

My day has been good! I'm currently working on two projects for my work and just got a third added on top, so yay!!! (I'm so excited about that!! /gen)

Currently I'm trying to finish writing a Mike x Reader SFW fic to hopefully publish by the end of today. I would really like to finish my Clapton smut too, but that all depends on what I've got going on. I've got today and probably tomorrow off though, so hopefully I can get both of those and maybe the start to a Futturman series done too. That's my ultimate goal, but honestly I'm trying to convince myself to just focus on one good one and be proud of that lmao

Once I get done with project #1 I'll probably have some more energy to dedicate to writing. I haven't closed requests because honestly I'm gonna write them all at some point, just please know that it's probably gonna take awhile. It's not because I don't like the prompts or anything, I'm just genuinely trying to balance a million different things at once.

But my day has been good! Having a bunch of fun reblogging unhinged Peeta, I've wanted to write some funny posts about him for AWHILE but just haven't gotten around to it. So I'm glad everyone is enjoying the chaos :) honestly I think it's helped unclog some of my block just because it's been fun, unorthodox writing instead of traditional!

I hope you're having a good day well! Hope to be blessing yall with some content tonight. Loves!!! 💗💗💗

[natrome]

ok now that i for real know what my writing commitments are going to be for the next, like, year, at least the majority of them, here is the actual for real i s2g hold me to this writing schedule

Fic in a Box - due 10/15

1 assignment of 2k words remains, write it this saturday

Five Figure Fanworks Exchange - check in 11/11, due 1/20

i expect this will take about a week to finish, and ideally i'll have it done prior to check-in.

Yuletide - works due 12/18

UNLESS i get an assignment that i want to go hogwild on, which i should be prevented from doing, i should be able to finish this the week of 11/26 and not work on it outside of that.

galactic santas - est. due 12/25

my fave event of the year lol, the logh secret santa exchange. uh anyway this one is usually due around christmas and also is the easiest thing on this list by a mile and a half. i'm 0% worried about this one.

tomorrow ye will get your pay - aka the whale novel. - first draft due 3/1, physical product due for display 4/1

this is an extremely short timeline, and while it's not "drop everything else" level short, it is going to have to be my #1 writing priority for a long time.

my plan is as follows

spend the remainder of october getting situated w/ the research i'm going to have to do, figuring out who i need to talk to, etc. as well as put together a detailed chapter-by-chapter outline

nov/dec i'm assuming will be eaten by SMST and other commitments, but get research done and essentially braindump into document

jan/feb, just write as much as possible, take time off of work/quit job if i need to

if possible confine edits to the first 2 weeks of march, get books printed; deliver final product by last week of march.

god this schedule is miserable. well i signed up for it! i did this entirely to myself! lmfao.

anyway i'm going to bracket in that it's a 20 chapter novel, which seems like a reasonable number of chapters. i essentially have ~10 weeks to write this book. this is totally normal and fine, i have written longer books with less of a solid outline in shorter amounts of time. if i can just sit my ass in a chair and hammer out 2.5k words/day i will EASILY make this deadline and have time for editing. the issue will be making myself do that. but having a deadline and like professional accountability should majorly help. esp if i quit my stupid fucking job lol

serpent's mouth, serpent's teeth - due 12/31

i have four chapters left on SMST. i do not think they will be EASY to write but I do think that I'm CAPABLE of getting them done before the end of the year. at the very least i've sworn until i was blue in the face that i would finish this book by the end of the year. i need this book to stop haunting my waking nightmares lmfao. i estimate ~50-60k words remain, but we'll see what it actually ends up shaking out as. hopefully it's not more than that.

anyway this is another just "ass in chair" moment. though if i could have made myself do that months ago, this book would have been finished sometime this summer lol

every link was freedom's name - aka the fucking. arle heinessen play. no due date.

this is my yay you finished all the obligations you had now you get to do something deeply deeply stupid and entertaining only to a tiny number of people project. lyric play about arle heinessen. book of exodus pastiche. probably not that long. estimate it'll take me as long as POD did, so a month and a half? but i won't stress it. aim to finish it mid may?

new constellations - aka the logh rarepairs exchange i run

I'm planning to run signups in late march, with works due mid may. this is slightly earlier than last year but due to my own personal schedule i don't want it to overlap with...

heart attack exchange - works due 6/2

yeah you literally only get 2 weeks to work on this one so it kinda is what it is lol.

life out of balance rewrite. no particular due date.

i expect this will take me 3-4 months to complete. finish by september?

lighting out for the territories augmentation. no particular due date.

i'd like to think that i can get this done in 2 months but i don't actually have a plan for what i need to do to it. so who tf knows lol. assume it'll take me the rest of the year.

every hateful instrument - no firm date

this will likely take between 6-8 months to finish, but it's another thing that i really want to stop having hanging over me. i'll either work on it before the LOFTT stuff or after

WIAW phezzan novella - ultimate TBD

to be completed immediately before starting LL/SS, probably

other misc nonsense

there are other small exchanges that i like to do (space swap, unsent letters, we die like fen) so as those pop up i probably will sign up for them. i'm not going to look up/prognosticate when they will happen at this moment in time

god i owe so many people gifts for birthdays and holidays and stuff >.> you may or may not get them. lean towards may not b/c what the fuck is this writing schedule. i'm so sorry lmao

i've now gotten back around to "oh this goes up to the end of the year again, so the end of the year exchanges (yuletide, fffx, fiab, galactic santas) should be on this schedule" but down that road lies only pain and horror lol

this list has gotten incredibly vague as things have gone on. the last part of this year and the first part of next year are pretty set in stone though, and i just need to like, get myself to the starting block and then start running

literally so funny that i was like "i should relax and take a break from writing before starting LL/SS" lmfao. lmfao.

obviously some of these things could be deleted from the schedule. i don't have to do a bunch of exchanges (but i liiiiiike them) and i don't have to write a stupid play (but i wannnnnnt to), and i don't have to do any rewrites to the early parts of WIAW (but they're a mess). so it's like. idk. maybe none of this is real and i'm just making lists b/c i like making lists lol

[literally-my-dairy]

First post! 1st of January! How fitting.

I'm gonna try and write at least something here every day. Might not be much, but since a lot (A LOT. A LOT. A LO-) of changes have happened in my life recently, I think I'll want to document at least some of it. And since I get cramps when writing with a pen too much, it'll probably be easier like this? Might... hopefully. I'll see what happens :)

Where am I right now?

Im at work! It's 19.05 (7 pm) right now, and here I am. Just at this moment there's not much to do, but that might change later. For now I have time for a break. I can't really go into detail about what I do, other than I work for someone as their assistant. It's... ok, but it's been a little... stressful? Stress and/or anxiety inducing? There's been conflict. I try my best to stay out of it and just do the best I can. I get so anxious when situations like this happen. I know there's nothing I can do to fix things, and I haven't technically done anything wrong, but I still feel guilty. I just hope everything works out. It probably will :)

(By the way, that's job nr 1 im talking about. I'm working as an assistant for one other person, I'll call it job nr 3, and as an assistant for another group of people as a whole, that'sjob nr 2... Yeah, I get sleep. Why?)

On another note, It's been snowing like crazy. It started yesterday evening and hasn't stopped since. Im not sure I like it or not, but at least it brightens up the place a little! It's so dark otherwise. I need to be careful when driving later. I don't really feel like slipping into a ditch anytime soon.

Tomorrow I'll try to hang out with my bother. I say try, because maybe he has other plans. He gotta fix his (other) crappy car, so maybe I'll bug him about it, haha. He,s home for the holidays and will stay for maybe another week. He lives an hour away but it's difficult to find time between work (his work AND mine) to see each other.

Oup, duty call!

...

Aaand I'm back. 20.25 (8.25 pm). Yay! :D

Anyway, I'm crocheting a temperature blanket thos year! The yarn hasn't arrived yet, it got a little delayed because if holidays and such, but I'm keeping track of the temperature until it arrives. I'm using the highest temperature for the day, amd today that has been... hold on gotta check.

...

-2.5 °C!

I've planned on doing something like this for YEARS but haven't really had the money for it. But, like I said, I have 3 jobs... not a problem anymore!

Alright I'm about to pass out, so I'll finish by saying Good Night! I better write here tomorrow!

[ariellewm]

Writer Life Update

Hello fellow followers and lurkers! Here with another update on my life and what has been going on:

It's November! Yay...wait, how did we get to November so fast?!🤣 I remember it being February at one point. Geez, this year went by fast! I felt like I accomplished quite a bit in my writing this year. 5 audio roleplay scripts this year...wow! The highest views being Part 2 of "Under the Moonlight". My favorite audio I've written this year would be "A Pearl in the Sea", which came out in May in time for MerMay. We still have this month and December if any more of my scripts are done. When it gets closer to the end of the year, I'll do a Top 5 list of audios I've enjoyed writing.

"Coils of the Naga" has been tough. I did finish the rest of the parts, but putting in the sound effect lines has been rough for me to figure out. To put it simply...trying to make it easy for the sound engineer to work with 😅😅. I know how it will go, but Part 4 will be a lot. I don't want to spoil too much since I'm trying to prevent myself from saying anything more about the WIP novel or "Coils of the Naga". Rest assured, it is coming along, and I do hope to submit both scripts sometime before the end of this year.

Next year I would really, really like to get a head start on writing my first draft for my WIP novel. I've had it plotted out a bit to where I'm ready to begin writing but I feel like I need more time. Plus, with the amount of audio roleplay stories I've begun, I have to put in time for that as well. Hopefully there won't be any last-minute travel plans or situations that may arise (I used up all my vacation, so I really can't go anywhere far).

It's Elections week...

As you can see, I'm not very enthusiastic over the matter. Mostly because on socials, I'm sure it will be flooded with a lot of things that I don't wish to see (I know, I know...there is a such a thing as blocking and muting, which I intend to do). While I do understand it is important to vote, I will be voting tomorrow morning and then distract myself for the next few days off social media if need be. I tend to get overwhelmed and anxious when anything political or religion is brought up. Which brings me to this...

I wish not to discuss anything about the elections or my standing on politics. I tend to keep those discussions private and off of my content and social media. And I like to keep it that way.

I've already had a rough last month with my anxiety and drama. I don't want to repeat it again this month.

Anyways that is all I have to bring up for this week (maybe even for a while). Let's have a wonderful November and rest of the year!

Arielle W.M.

[popcornfairy28]

Probably nobody here really cares about this, but I figured I should probably post about this anyway. I finally updated The Crystal of Neahtid, a Merlin watching the show fic that I barely started during 2020. Back then, I had just started posting to AO3 and sharing my writing for pretty much the first time ever, so I didn't have a solid plan. Life happened and I went on hiatus, and now I'm coming back to these old fics but I am changing how I write them so I don't go back on hiatus.

In other news!!! I've gotta fill you guys in on lots. I've been working quite a bit this month because my boss hasn't been feeling well, so it looks like to make up for that my July schedule has the least amount of work days that I've had since taking this job, which means that I will actually have time to write and record stuff!!! Plus a few issues are hopefully finally being resolved there, which means I'll be less stressed/probably have more time to write while at work.

What Hides in the Dark has a new first chapter, "I Guess I Should've Known" because I decided on a different beginning point, which should be up earliest tomorrow or latest Friday (I've gotta work, so we'll see). With it will be posted the next chapter for The Older Siblings.

I'll be posting a one-shot related to this Merlin fic called "Never Really Fit In" probably Thursday. I'll probably end up updating 50 Ways to Not Die sometime around then as well.

As for Perry the Teenage Spy, I think I'll try catching up with the few episodes I wanna do for Extra Scenes with four more before I post "It's About Time!". Besides that, I'm thinking of writing a one-shot in Perry the (Teenage) Rebel about a certain family's perspective during the Star Wars Rebels episode "Twin Suns" (inspired by me finishing season 3 of Rebels yay!)

Remember Bap Away at My Heart? After I get the aforementioned stuff posted, I'll finally get around to posting the third and last chapter which had previously gotten delayed due to the death of a friend mere hours after I had last updated this fic. After that I've got a couple ideas for one-shots with Bap, but nothing concrete. I also kinda wanna make a human AU with this?

I've also got a handful of podfics that I recorded during May that I have yet to edit that I'll probably get around to next week since I will only be working one day that week. The fandoms of these include Phineas and Ferb, Merlin, and Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarves!

The Chesterton Challenge Prompts kinda got dropped in the midst of Voiceteam, so I'll be trying to update that every Sunday or so until Inklings Challenge this year.

If you wanna ask me for any snippets of anything I've put here, feel free to do so! Otherwise, see ya later!