#hopesprung

[strayslost]

Sigma didn't know that his feelings on a person could change so wildly over the course of only ten or so minutes. Dazai is... almost impossible for him to comprehend.

He was so sure that the man only intended to use him, and truth be told, he still doesn't think he's entirely wrong in that assessment. Dazai is a wickedly clever man, one who knows how to make a chess piece out of everyone he meets, and certainly not someone Sigma should ever underestimate. But even so... why can't Sigma hate him?

Is it because Dazai saved his life? ...What a foolish reason. He only needed Sigma to save that agency of his, nothing more. But... Dazai nearly sacrificed his own life to do it. In the end, in spite of everything, he had something - someone, who he was willing to give up everything for, despite the fact that if he died he'd get nothing in return. Maybe that's why Sigma is so drawn to him. He wants to know more- about that kind of desire. Because Dazai isn't stupid - he's the smartest man Sigma knows, and yet he'd decided that trusting in others was worth it...

There's far more to thoughts than just that, but right now, Sigma's head is racing enough already. Most of all, though - when he looks at Dazai, he can't help but feel an overwhelming sense of shame. He wishes he didn't... he knows he might be being used again, fooled again, and yet- he can't help but hate that he let Dazai down.

"Dazai... why are you here...?"

@hopesprung ( starter for dazai! )

[theircurse-archive4]

✘ ☆ . ⊹ ˗ˏˋ @hopesprung ( Dazai ) wants to play ! ˎˊ˗ ⊹ . ☆ ✘

╰ ★ █║ ⁞ —ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤ𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝐑𝐀𝐑𝐄, 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐃𝐀𝐘𝐒 in which they COULD go outside and breathe the fresh, Yokohama air. It was nice; even if this wasn't true freedom, it was nice. Even if they were certain the mafia WAS watching them, it was nice to just pretend that they WERE normal.

╰ ✗ * . ⊹ ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤㅤBut as they tried to enjoy their surroundings, they could swear they could hear SOMETHING from the nearby river. Slowly do they turn ...

╰ ✗ * . ⊹ ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤㅤ... That wasn't Dazai - san in the water, was it ?

╰ ✗ * . ⊹ ㅤ˗ˏˋㅤㅤMaybe if they IGNORED HIM hard enough, he wouldn't notice they're there.

[drgnbld]

wataru gets a lone beedrill stinger. who's it from, i wonder . . . ?

GIVE LANCE AN OBJECT TO REACT TO.

he recognises this item almost immediately but for perhaps all the wrong reasons. the stinger, something which should be associated with vigil at this point, is reluctantly taken for him to analyse but its not without hesitation. large - big and strong enough to pierce through metal with the right determination - it weighs a hefty lump in his hands as it alternates between the two. the tip has a small hole to deliver poison but was sharp enough to be a weapon by itself. he knows that firsthand.

" huh?! " the rattling of a lone pokéball grabs his attention as his team battle it out against the ground expert's in front of them. a surprise counter attack, sure, but one he had relied on to happen for his plan to succeed - for now all badges were in place. lugia could finally be summoned. except that was a move he HADN'T planned for, and the stern voice that calls over the commotion confirms his fears.

" you left underneath the sphere open! " with a quick flash of red a beedrill shoots towards him without a second to think of how to escape. breaking apart the dragon's fortress from the inside, the bug begins to spread string shot - connecting on various bumps and rocks in the ground to keep its target from escaping. it wrapped around wataru's arms, legs, body - anything it could - while he laid helplessly upon the floor, only to be risen slightly to meet his opponents face. the third child of the forest he had been waiting on. his last piece. giovanni.

yellow's (unknowingly) mocking voice is heard over the commotion as it finally calms down: " such strength! he took down lance... ! " but that didn't matter much to him in that moment. frustrated to be so easily taken down - by somebody he believed to be LESSER than him - somebody who was granted the same gift as he and used it to HURT those they were entrusted to protect. it disgusted him. hatred boiled in his blood, rage kept behind amber eyes as the two formally met for the first time.

" you talk an awful lot about this power of yours. you should stop. outside of my beedrill here... I am the earth type gym leader... with one special exception, I don't usually choose different types to use... this special exception evolved back in our home. it is a pokémon of the viridian forest. "

gaze darts to the humming, hovering bug, taken to be by its trainers side - obviously well cared for and incredibly strong. why? how had this pokémon stayed by its trainers side after seeing all the destruction he caused to its species? though wataru couldn't think more of it, by the snap of his fingers, the beedrill had rushed forwards with its stinger poised, flush against wataru's neck. eyes widen, before they scowl at the duo. this wasn't how he was supposed to die - HE WASNT DESTINED TO DIE.

though his memory starts to falter and crumble, kept from his mind to stop him from remembering those thoughts and the betrayal from his mother, one thing he does recall was the feeling of the stinger pushing further into his throat, slicing slowly as blood started to combine with poison. instinctively, fingers come up to draw upon the faded scar - his reminder of that fateful day. a reminder that he almost got bested by the viridian gym leader, then got defeated by a group of children. a reminder that he was weak.

as the memory ends, anger starts to take over. subtle. terrifying. gripping the item with intention to break - but doesn't. its placed upon the table in front of him. one day he'll get revenge and make through on his threat.

perhaps he should invite vigil to join him when that day comes.

[sigmadolos]

@hopesprung​ said: amazing portrayal, 10/10 dazais would torment

How’s my portrayal? Feedback is welcome!

He doesn’t fear god, but he does fear 10 Dazais.

No but really, thank you so much !!

[schattenfanger]

ein is looking at michael with disdain. ❝ bother yourself not with my creations, brat. you know nothing of our brilliant plans. ❞ | @hopesprung

"i know enough to know that what you're doing is wrong!" michael's always been a more easy going kid, when it's come to life. but this? cipher's plans, it's works, the shadow pokemon? he can't abide by that. he hasn't been able to since he first learned about them. "if you think i'm going to stand by and let you keep hurting pokemon, you're wrong."

[orretaken]

ardos. eldes. if i may intrude, i would like to show you the latest prototypes for the shadow pokeon. i insist. ( from ein. ) | @hopesprung

"is that so?" ardos turned his attention to the scientist, pointedly ignoring his twin's soft sigh. eldes's weakness still on display. if it weren't for his brother's skill in battle, he'd be more a liability to them than an asset. not like ein.

eldes stayed leaned against the wall, though his gaze was also held on ein. "what aspect of these ones were you improving? their strength, cost, or mitigating the side effects?"

[historias-multorum]

Happy 2024 (Part 3)🥂

Tumblr making me split up my posts like smh, but still I do it cause I love all 290+ of you and you all deserve the love.💕💓💗

I just think they're great:

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[offamilial]

hello! i finally remembered my login here. i want to let you know -- i’m moving yuu back to my multi, @hopesprung. he’ll get more activity there. i hope to interact with you there!

[tellnxlies]

“The results here say that All For One is a horrible person. I'm serious, that's what it says: ‘A horrible person.’ We weren't even testing for that.”

[evilendures]

“I just think I should be allowed to tear him apart piece by piece and replace them with something better. As a treat.”

[black-watchs-cowboy]

@hopesprung​ afo: my my, to which hero are we referring? there are so many options, after all . . .

“That Deku boy would be the perfect target. Quite the squealer I’d imagine~”

[0first0holder0]

🞠~☆~🞠

    “Shut up. Niji is the most amazing man I’ve had the honor to meet, know, and love in my life. There is nothing I wouldn’t do for him and there’s nothing in my life that would make me regret having him as my husband. I would never, ever in this life or any others, choose anyone besides him. There’s no one else that I will ever love.”

[missingstarter]

📔 for ethan?

diary entry ; SELECTIVELY ACCEPTING

[ AUDIO - 00:25.11 ]

► PLAY

“Met that kid again before. Positively annoying.  We didn’t fight, this time. My Team was still too weak from the battles with those grunts before.

And that idiot fell down the Tower before I could even touch a Pokèball, anyway.”

(pause. a long sigh follows)

“The fact that we keep crossing path is frustrating. I need to train more. I can’t let him defeat this stupid crocodile again.”

[ END RECORDING ]

[drgnbld]

( for wataru ) vigil appears before wataru, a beedrill at their side. they hold something out — a stone of some sort. an observant person might discern, despite the rough quality of the stone, a holographic insignia within. it seems that, despite their ignorance of anything related to training pokemon, they had an inkling that this stone might be special or useful.

" what's this you've got? "

warily his hand extends out to accept the small offering - the weight certainly more than expected at first sight. the insignia isn't something he's seen a lot of though it's undeniable how similar it was to the stone clipped to the straps of his cape; a gift from far away lands, the same megastone is attached to his charizard's wrist.

but how had vigil gotten their hands on one? and in viridian forest no less? had it been mined or lost by another trainer? curious questions turned more into ones of paranoia, debating whether the forest was once again in danger from strangers beyond.

still the item stays within calm hands, being tossed between them and studied thoroughly. amber gaze returns to the beedrill who appears to be within the same stance: eyeing the stone carefully but with a pull towards it. beedrillite maybe?

he extends his hands back out, brow raised. " good job kid. you wanna keep it? could be connected to your partner here. "

[sigmadolos]

@hopesprung​ said: a figure appears suddenly behind sigma, as if out of the very shadows . . . and messes up his hair. ( it's dazai. )

   How should Sigma have expected to be ambushed from the shadows? One minute he was simply minding his own business  and the next, hands were in his hair and making an absolute rat’s nest of it all. 

   But he DID catch a glimpse that was an immediate give away of who it was. There was only one person he knew like that.

   “  DAZAI !!  “  Sigma whirls around, smacking away the hands that were making a mess of his hiar.  “  What on earth are - no - WHY are you doing that  ? !  “

[schattenfanger]

[sendto:michael] michael, if i may, i could use your assistance in a matter when you're available. it's about the purified shadow pokemon. signed, professor krane | @hopesprung

he's picking up some potions from gateon port when his p*da buzzes. michael pulls it up as he trades money for the bag, texting off a message as he heads back to his scooter.

[sendto:prof. krane] i'll be there soon. coming back from gateon. give me 30 minutes.

he'd be pushing the scooter, but the pokemon were a higher priority than his own personal safety.