#i also forget that he has like an actual main channel and a twitch channel

[lesbiten]

so first no one told me alpharad was bisexual and THEN no one told me that he came out as aroace. what is the point of the internet if these things are not brought to my attention immediately

[winterskywrites]

how about combining bad batch and reinvent love? what happens to the bad batch in your au?

The regs all go weird on Kaller. Hunter isn’t quite sure what’s the matter with them, but Tech says it’s some sort of programming, and he trusts Tech to know what he’s talking about. Tech also says he thinks the five of them are immune.

In that respect, Tech is wrong.

They flee Kamino with Omega and without Crosshair. It’s not right for them to leave one of their own behind, and Hunter can feel the tension in the air, but there was nothing else they could have done. They’ll go back for Crosshair eventually, but now, it would be suicide. They’ll have to wait for the right moment.

And then, the day after they leave, a message goes out to all clone troopers on the same official channel that the first strange order came through on. “Order 66 is revoked,” Anakin Skywalker tell the galaxy. “All clone troopers, stand down, and report to your commanding officer immediately.”

“Do we believe him?” Tech asks Hunter warily.

“No,” Hunter says, shaking his head. He liked General Skywalker when they worked with him before, but he doesn’t trust him with this. It could be a trap to lure in any defectors, like themselves, and now they have a child to protect. “We’re not going back.”

They go to visit Cut and Suu instead, since Cut is the only deserter they’ve ever met who’s been able to actually avoid getting caught. Saleucami isn’t very different under the new Empire than it was under the Republic, and the Lawquane family is much the same as ever. Apparently, they’ve missed Rex by a day, and Hunter can see the mingled relief and disappointment on Echo’s face. At least he’s alive and apparently unaffected by whatever’s happening to most of the regs. Hunter keeps a close eye on Cut, but he doesn’t seem to be affected either.

While Omega plays with Jek and Shaeeah, Cut and Suu fill Hunter and the others in on some things that have happened since they fled Kamino. Apparently, the Chancellor-turned-Emperor has been overthrown and revealed to be a traitor who spent the whole Clone Wars playing both sides against each other, and rumor has it that Senator Amidala will be taking his throne as the new Galactic Empress. Hunter has always liked Senator Amidala, and she’s always been a proponent of clone rights, but this whole Empire feels wrong to him, and he’s not sure he can trust anyone who plays a part in it.

He does gather the rest of his squad to discuss it in private, though, because this is a decision he thinks they should all make together.

“I don’t know,” Echo says, shaking his head. “I trust General Skywalker, and the Senator always seemed like a good person, but with everything that’s happening...”

“I don’t like it,” Wrecker declares. “I don’t like the Empire either. I don’t like any of this.”

“Neither do I,” Hunter agrees. He looks over at Tech, who’s been strangely silent. “What do you think?”

“I have been attempting to run calculations on the matter, but there are too many unknown variables,” Tech replies. “I cannot properly calculate our odds either way.”

“What about worst case scenarios?” Echo asks. “Which ones are better?”

“The worst case scenario either way results in our deaths,” Tech replies bluntly. “But I believe it is more likely that we will face danger from going back than from staying away, with the data I currently have. If this changes, I will inform you.”

“Then we’re staying away,” Hunter decides.

Tech adjusts his goggles. “What about Crosshair?”

Hunter doesn’t want to think about how they left Crosshair behind, but he forces himself to. He may have given them no choice but to leave him, but that doesn’t mean he deserves to be forgotten. “If he’s on Kamino, there’s no way we can get him back ourselves. If he’s not on Kamino, we don’t know where to find him. I want him back just as much as the rest of you, but I don’t think we can go after him yet, especially not with the kid.”

“Is she staying with us?” Echo asks.

Honestly, Hunter has been thinking about that as well. He doesn’t know how to raise a child, none of them do, and their lifestyle is too dangerous for a little girl, even one who’s an enhanced clone. She has no knowledge of the galaxy outside Kamino, and that could get her killed.

“I’ll talk to Cut,” Hunter says. “For now, let’s lay low and decide what to do next.”

They stay on Saleucami overnight, making plans. Hunter has a conversation with Cut about leaving Omega behind with him, which Omega overhears and vehemently disagrees with. Hunter tells the others to factor Omega into their plans.

In the end, they leave with some supplies, some news, and some tips on raising a child. They don’t have a real plan yet, but Hunter figures they’ll come up with something as they go along. Their main objective is just to keep their heads down and stay hidden.

And then, on their second day of aimless flying, they get a call.

“It’s from Kamino,” Echo says. “What do you say, Hunter?”

“Tech, can you make sure they can’t trace us or see us?” Hunter asks.

Tech nods. “Easily.”

“Then do that,” Hunter says. “Then we can see what they want with us on Kamino.”

After a few moments of fiddling, Tech accepts the call. The hologram fizzes into focus, and it shows...

“Commander Cody?” Wrecker demands.

“He can’t hear us,” Tech says helpfully. Wrecker gives him a dirty look, but before he can say anything else, Cody starts talking.

“I assume my message is getting through, even though I can’t hear you or see you. I’m here with someone who wants to speak to you.”

Cody steps aside, and Hunter's chest clenches as Crosshair steps into view. “I don’t blame you for leaving me behind when I was trying to kill you,” he says dryly, “but you could at least answer the comm properly now.”

Tech looks over at Hunter, but Hunter shakes his head. He’d like to believe this is really Crosshair, their Crosshair, but they still don’t fully know why he turned on them on Kamino, and Hunter can’t trust him until they know beyond the shadow of a doubt that he’s really back.

“I don’t know how much you know about this,” Cody says, “but all clone troopers have behavior modification chips that can be used to control us. The Emperor” - Cody says the title with more derision than Hunter’s ever heard in his voice before - “used them to turn us against the Jedi. But the order has been revoked, and the control chips are being removed.”

Crosshair turns his head to show a small red incision near his temple. “Recreational brain surgery,” he drawls. “The longnecks put up a fuss, and that sleemo Tarkin had to be taken care of, but it was nothing we couldn’t handle.”

Cody gives Crosshair the sort of fondly exasperated look that he’s given every member of the Bad Batch so many times, and Hunter wants so badly to believe this is real. He wishes he could.

“I understand that you aren’t likely to take us at our word,” Cody begins.

“Because you’re paranoid bastards,” Crosshair cuts in.

“But we’re willing to meet you at a location of your choice, just the two of us. You’ll outnumber us, two to one.” Cody’s lips twitch up the slightest bit. “Or two and a half to one, if you include the child you recused. And you all said I was a mother hen.”

“You know people called you that?” Crosshair asks.

Cody rolls his eyes, a surprisingly undignified move for the usually dignified commander. “No one was particularly subtle about it.” He turns his focus back to Hunter and the others. “If you want to meet with us, send coordinates and a time to my comm and we’ll be there.”

“And Wrecker,” Crosshair adds, “since the war is over, you’ll never have a chance to beat my total. I win.”

“Hey!” Wrecker protests, clearly forgetting that Crosshair can’t hear him.

The comm fizzles out on Crosshair’s smug expression. Hunter turns to the others, seeing his own uncertainty reflected on their faces.

“What do you think?”

“The cut on Crosshair’s head is in the right spot for it to be from removing the chip,” Omega offers helpfully. Hunter carefully doesn’t jump. Omega wasn’t in the cockpit when the call came in, and somehow, Hunter missed her entering. He must have been more distracted than he realized.

“It could be a trap, but the offer for us to choose the location makes that less likely,” Tech says. “Although they could prepare to mobilize troopers the moment we give them the coordinates.”

“I’m not sure if I believe them or not,” Echo says slowly, “but I think it’s worth looking into.”

Hunter looks to Wrecker. “What do you think?”

“Cross didn’t make any jokes like that after he started acting weird on Kaller,” Wrecker says. “All the regs acted like droids or something. Cross and Commander Cody weren’t acting like droids.”

“If it were just up to me, I’d meet up with them,” Hunter says. “But I think we should all be in agreement on this. What do you think?”

Echo, Tech, and Wrecker all look at each other. “I think we should meet with them,” Omega pipes up. “If we get to pick the spot, then we have the advantage, don’t we?”

They may or may not have an advantage, depending on whether or not Cody keeps his word about not bringing anyone else along. Hunter wants to do it anyway.

“I believe we should take this chance,” Tech says. “We may not get a better one. We can find out more of what’s happening, and if he still needs it, we may be able to rescue Crosshair.”

“I’m with Tech,” Wrecker agrees. “Let’s do it.”

“Echo?” Hunter asks, turning to the last member of the squad.

Echo looks at all of them, then nods once. “Let’s do it.”

“Alright,” Hunter says, immediately starting to make a plan. “Tech, figure out the best spot for us to meet them. Wrecker, Echo, check our weapons and start planning the best ways for us to get out of this alive.”

“What about me?” Omega asks as the other three go to do as they were told. “What can I do to help?”

“You’re going to stay on the ship when we meet with them,” Hunter says. Omega begins to complain, but he continues over her, “So that means I need to show you how it works.”

Omega’s complaining stops. “You’re going to show me how to fly the ship?”

“Just the basics,” Hunter says. “Come here.”

He manages to teach Omega the basics of takeoff, landing, flying, and using the guns by the time they reach Tech’s chosen location. It’s an ocean planet with small islands and rough atmospheric conditions, chosen so neither an aerial nor ground fleet can reach them easily. It reminds Hunter of Kamino. He wonders if that was purposeful.

“Assuming they come directly here and take the most direct route, Commander Cody and Crosshair should arrive within the hour,” Tech announces. “We can set up defenses while we wait.”

“Wrecker and I have some ideas for that,” Echo says, pulling out a box of land mines.

“This island is uninhabited, right, Tech?” Hunter asks.

Tech nods. “Entirely.”

Hunter turns to Echo and Wrecker. “Then go ahead.”

The two of them get busy preparing while Tech monitors for any incoming ships or transmissions and Hunter waits with Omega. It won’t be long, Hunter doesn’t think. Cody and Crosshair will arrive soon.

He really hopes this doesn’t end in a fight.

“Ship incoming,” Tech says, and Hunter jerks to attention. “It’s small. It wouldn’t fit more than a single squad.”

“Are you scanning any other ships?” Hunter asks.

Tech shakes his head. “Nothing else.”

So they’ll be fighting a squad at most, unless there’s another ship that’s evading Tech’s scanners. Of course, it’s possible that Cody and Crosshair were actually telling the truth when they said they’d come alone, but Hunter’s not going to take their word for it, not with the way everything’s been going lately. If they come with a squad, then he thinks his own squad, incomplete as it is, will have a fighting chance.

“They’re landing,” Echo reports from outside. “Are you coming out?”

“We are,” Hunter says. He turns to Omega and sits her down in the pilot’s seat. “You know what to do, right?”

“I know,” Omega says, nodding. “You can trust me.”

Hunter tousles her hair. “Alright, kid. Be careful.”

“Good luck!”

Hunter and Tech leave the ship and join Echo and Wrecker, who seem to have gone through the entire box of land mines. “Those aren’t going to blow us up, right?” Hunter asks dryly.

“They’re all wired to this detonator,” Echo says, taking the detonator off his belt to show the others. “They won’t go off unless I press the button.”

“Hopefully, we won’t have to,” Tech says. “It could cause serious damage to the ecosystem.”

“I thought you said nothing lives on the island,” Wrecker counters.

“It is uninhabited, yes, but the sea around us is not,” Tech replies. “And if we destroy this island, it will have consequences for the sea around.”

“We can talk about the consequences combat has on the ecosystem later,” Hunter interrupts. “Focus. The door is opening.”

The door to Cody and Crosshair’s ship lowers, and Hunter’s hand hovers just above his blaster. The others are in similar positions around him. None of them want this to come to a fight, Hunter knows that, but they’re all ready if it does.

And then two figures step off the ship, neither in armor nor, as far as Hunter can tell, armed. Cody looks mostly the same as ever, except for a shaved patch on the side of his head and a new scar under it. Next to him, Crosshair has a matching scar and expectation glittering in his eyes. For a moment, everything is silent.

“I told you they’d be ready for a fight,” Crosshair finally drawls. “You owe me five credits, Commander.”

“I didn’t take that bet, Crosshair,” Cody replies. “I’m just surprised their blasters aren’t drawn.”

“How can we know this isn’t a trap?” Hunter asks.

Crosshair reaches to pull something out of a pocket. Hunter tenses, but Crosshair just pulls out a small sample of something and tosses it at Tech, who catches it neatly.

“That’s the chip,” Crosshair says. “The four of you have them as well, but we’ll talk about removing those later.”

“What is it, Tech?” Hunter asks Tech quietly.

“It does look like a bio-organic chip of some sort,” Tech says. “I would have to study it in more depth to be certain that it was the one implanted in Crosshair, however.”

“I understand the hesitation to trust us,” Cody says, stepping forward. Hunter’s hand twitches closer to his blaster, and Cody puts his hands up in a gesture of surrender. “I understand,” he repeats, “but we’re telling the truth. What do we have to do to convince you?”

Hunter swallows, then he looks at Crosshair. “The Jedi kid, on Kaller.”

“You’re an awful liar,” Crosshair replies immediately. “But you were right not to kill him.”

It could still be a trap. Hunter knows it could be trap, but he wants to believe them so badly. He can see the same desire on the others’ faces. If they had to run, he has no doubt that they could do it, but if they don’t have to...

“Hunter,” Cody says - Cody, the one reg Hunter has always respected, the only commanding officer whose orders he’ll follow gladly. “You can trust us. This is real.”

Slowly, Hunter relaxes, moving his hand away from his blaster. The other do the same around him, readily enough that he knows they agree with his assessment. Cody and Crosshair aren’t a threat. They’re telling the truth.

“It’s good to have you back,” Hunter says to Crosshair, taking a step forward and not tensing at all when Crosshair and Cody do the same.

Crosshair doesn’t really smile in response, because Crosshair rarely smiles, but Hunter can read him well enough to know he’s pleased. “It’s good to be back.”

[zuffer-weird-girl]

This is alittle angsty with maybe a sweet ending or something, what if Keigo's s/o, who also has a wing based quirk, was his partner in hero work but one day they are against a really bad and powerful villain. The villain sends an attack towards Keigo when his S/o pushes him out of the way and take it themselves.

"Hawks and (H/n) is time to back up before is too late! Endeavour and Miruko are coming over your way to help" You hear the buzzing voice of your superior on your ear as gritting your teeth and doing your best to dodge all the things this villain had been doing.

"Hawks!" You called from afar, flying from a safe distance as the blonde tried to cut the more tentacles of this guy you two had been fighting for over an hour or more "They said is for us to back up!"

"You're kidding right? We cant just leave this octoguy here dove!" His voice was concerned yet on his handsome face showed that beautiful smirk of his.

"For real?" You laughed while flying and dodging the many tentacles that dried to throw things and both capture you "Even on work you bring the pet names?" You pushed your weapon and tried to attack the Guy's face only for him to laugh and dodge your attack as well.

"What can I say?" He shrugged with a smug face and still two of his sharp feathers on his both hands "You are my dovey so. I'm just speaking the true here."

You shocked your head in unamusement, still smiling though, at your boyfriend before your eyes widened in allert at sieng one of the tentacles coming from behind Takami, read to capture or hit him... badly.

"KEIGO!" You shouted in desperation, forgetting completely about his hero name as you flew towards him the fastest as you could and pulled him out of the way harshly before shouting in pain when the member hitted you and send you to crash on a glass building.

The last thing you heard was your boyfriend's voice calling out for you before screams and cursings before your eyelids were too heavy to atture to be open anymore...

You were knocked out.

.

.

.

You groaned at how your back and muscles stinged and how your wings twitched in pain and discomfort before lazily opening your eyes only too a white room, light green curtains and a pastel blue blanket covering your body.

You went to get up but was stopped by both your grunts of pain and a gloved hand of a nurse.

"I wouldn't recommend you to move for now (H/n). Your wings were broken due to the attack you received and the trauma on your head." You widened your eyes just at hearing that your wings were broken...

For a winged person to have your wings injured is the complete hell on earth... you couldn't imaginne the pain and suffering of someone like you even having the possible chance of losing completely his wings...

"You have a visit." The nurse smile at you while checking your papers "He came here every day you had been passed out."

"W-What? H-How long have I been-?"

"Two weeks in total." You almost felt the cold of the floor due to your jaw opening.

The door opened slowly and you already smiled in glee at seing those scarlet wings already making their appearance... Although, the owner of them had been completely devasted, he had bags under his amber eyes as he brought a bouquet of flowers before dropping them at seing you awake.

"Keigo..!" You lifted your arms up the best you could as he engulfed you in his warm embrace with a shaky sigh as his hand grabbed your hand while the other circled around your waist with care yet quickly.

"(Y/n)... Crying out loud, you scared kid.." He chuckled sadly before burying his face in your hair as you breathed in his scent.

Suddenly you gasped and pushed him away but still holding onto his jacket with fearful eyes.

"What happened?! The villain was arrested?! Were civilians injured-" his lips made you shut up as you sighed in bliss while holding onto his messy yet beautiful looks of hair before he parted only go leave a peck again and smile at you.

"Is okay. Everything went almost fine... The only worst that happened was... you know." He sighed the worss while hugging you again, looking over his shoulder you snorted at the flowers he brought sprawled on the floor.

"Birbrain... the flowers." You giggled at his curse of realization before he got up to get them... the tv in your room was on and coincidentally was passing a record of the battle of two weeks ago.

And you had to admit... Keigo looked scary... Eyes narrowed at villain as he cutted all his members with his wings only to fight hand on hand with the main villain while his remains feathers ruffled up in anger and shouted with his final punch only to go back to your limp body.

Hawks noticed you watching the news and furrowed his eyebrows while taking a seat with a sigh and changing the channel.

"... are you okay?" You asked in worry, noticing how tensed he seemed before he let out a breathless chuckled. Lifting one of his huge wings to drop over you and pull your body towards his chest.

"I just..." he sighed while placing an unconscious kiss on your temple "I lose it when I saw that guy hurting you... I was suppose to be the fattest hero.. yet I couldn't save my own love... Actually, what the ll, it was the opposite." He chuckled sarcastically the last words before you nuzzled in the crook of his neck.

"We are suppose to protect each other, right?" You mumbled on his neck as he shivered a bit "You will always be my number one hero. Doesn't matter if you come to my rescue or the other way around... After all-" you smiled up at him "We're a team, remember?"

His eyes were ones of shock before they softened as a sincere smile grew on his lips as he kissed you once again... pushing all his secret agent job to the back of his mind only to care about the only person that sees him as Takami Keigo.

"Yeah.. we are chickadee."

[lucarioisinthevoid]

Twitch Streamer AU???

(I planned on pushing out a FEW AU asks, but then realized I don’t even have so many. There’s going to be a FNAC event, but that will be an event, not a specific AU ask, so- I guess this is it! Very cursed AU, thank you very much Anon Small warning for mentions of blood, I think? Nothing too bad.)

Streamers, youtubers, content creators. Some people are all of these, some people are none, and some are just one- because each of them needed a very different talent. Those who could do seemingly everything were few and far between- And they ruled the entertainment scene! Thankfully though, the main three as most called them, were also always out for new content to watch. Thus they boosted those that they saw potential in. With some taking the boost and then going off to do their own thing- And some becoming good friends. It always started with a letter. Mike had the habit to do things on stream, as long as no personal details were not visible on them. He used a false email which he regularly changed, and he generally kept himself as safe as possible. Opening emails on stream could be rather fun, even if it was a risk. Sometimes it encouraged people to send bad things- So to prevent the worst, nothing would be downloaded and all emails containing images would be put into the spam bin. Better safe than sorry, the internet was full of terrible people. This day so far had been successful. And by successful it meant that Mike was SCREAMING. “I HATE SUPER MEAT BOY. I WILL COMMIT VIOLENCE AGAINST MEAT IN A MINUTE. I HAVE A BIG F-CKING STEAK IN THE KITCHEN, AND I WILL THROW IT AGAINST THE F_CKING WALL. I WILL GET A HAMMER.” The chat was going wild, cheering. The chat’s phrase of today was “tender Mikey” and it didn’t help at all. “I DID. NOT. HIT THAT! I DID NOT!” A donation popped up, with a robotic voice. ‘Oh hai Mark!’ “NOT FUNNY! NOT F-CKING FUNNY. I’M SUFFERING HERE AND ALL OF YOU SUPPORT IT. YOU’RE ALL F-CKING MONSTERS HERE, I HOPE YOU KNOW THAT. AND I’M NOT F-CKING TENDERIZING THE MEAT WHEN I SLAP IT AROUND, I’LL RIP IT INTO PIECES AND CONSUME IT RAW!” Standing up, he genuinely went to get it- And fifteen minute later he had slightly calmed down, his hands and room slightly bloody. The chat was still celebrating and donating- another thing that never failed to make Mike BEG them to stop and use the money for something GOOD and SENSIBLE, LIKE THEM-FUCKING-SELF- but he had gotten out most of the energy. “Alright. Alright everyone. ENOUGH. I gotta stop you HERE. It’s email time.”   A celebratory jingle played, as Mike booted up the website, opening the inbox. Memes, storytime, I’m-not-fucking-reading-that-and-you-know-it, and- One of the emails caught his- and the chat’s- attention, however. Sender: Fazbear Entertainment Topic: Challenge Needless to say- once again the chat was out of control and this time there was NOTHING Mike could do to stop them. After opening the email, Mike slowly took a deep breath and looked into the camera, between concerned and honored- But that wouldn’t be enough to rip him from his carefully maintained persona. So he audible scoffed- albeit him being unable to hide an excited grin. “Alright bitches and bastards in the audience- we’re firing SuperMeatBoy up again. You won’t be catching ME losing to a pink son of a bitch anytime soon!” After the letter- provided it was accepted and responded to, the production happened. The deal was that a teaser was dropped on the big channel- The entire video itself was put on the smaller one, attracting the viewers over and hopefully make them more likely to want to see the other works the creator had put out. It was a win-win overall, the big channel being able to vary their content, testing the water for new things- and the smaller channel getting a boost and a lot of tips from very experienced creators. Henry and Dave were very generous people. Jeremy was sitting there, taking deep breaths, trying to stay calm. So far, everyone seemed to be rather kind, even if Jeremy was basically a complete nobody. Hell, he never wanted to be anybody. He just wanted to stream himself baking, for those who never had someone baking with them. Because baking could feel stressful, especially when you were missing ingredients or- many reasons, actually. Not only baking, but cooking too- Sometimes playing games on request, but not much in terms of requests ever came in. And now he was here in an actual studio, soon to be seen by an insane amount of people. A cooking competition. Sounded silly- you couldn’t really FIGHT in something like that… But… Henry and Dave had promised it would be fun. And they were nice. With and without the cameras rolling. Speaking off- There they were, approaching, their assistant coming along. He wore a weird phone-head, to ensure his privacy. Or something. It was kinda weird, but he had just accepted the answer he got. “Why, there you are, Jeremy! Would you like to see the equipment we have prepared?” Henry warmly asked, reaching down with his hand to help his guest stand up. “We have gotten a few extra things, just in case.” As they entered the studio, Jeremy’s invisible eyes went WIDE. “Woah- that looks really nice! I love it here! This is high quality stuff-!” “Fantastic!” Pleased Henry opened his arms in his typical theatrical manner- Before being abruptly interrupted by Dave jumping in, halfway over Henry’s shoulder. “ARE YA READY TO GO!? CAMERAS ARE READY!” “Ah- I- I guess- but-“ “YOU HEARD HIM, BOYS! GET IT ROLLIN’!” “W-wait, I don’t even have-“ “Everyone! Welcome to NOTHIN’ AT ALL!” Henry swiftly fitted in, continuing on with the intro. “Todays challenger is the man, the legend, the baker and occasional chef- Jeremy from Baking With Jeremy!” “Wait, what- that’s seriously your channel name, pal?” A bit offended Jeremy looked into the eyes of the people behind the camera. “U-uh- you guys here- I mean- he has literally called his channel Henry Miller! I- uhm- I-“ Snickering Henry put a hand on his guest’s shoulder. “You are very right about that. Say, are you nervous about losing?” “… n-no. I mean- maybe a little. This place here is big and very professional and I’m not used to many people looking at me…” Taking a deep breath, he gave off a nervous smile for the audience. “… yet, I know- it’s a good thing! And as long as everyone has fun, everything will work out!” “Awwwww, look at him!” Dave said, pleased. “You’re so right! We’ll be havin’ fun!” “But also, I will win.” Henry pointed out. “That is when I have the most fun.” Slightly playful Jeremy smiled. “K-keep that attitude, that will make it even easier to blindside you!” Simon whistled, clearly bemused as he held the camera in place- And Henry smirked. “Sure. Anyhow, the stakes are-“ “Steaks? We’re makin’ steaks? I thought we planned on-“ “Dave. I swear to god.” Henry looked at him from the side, before shaking his head. “What is on the line is easy to see- we have roughly an hour to cook the best meal. If Jeremy wins, we will donate 5000 to a charity of his choice!” “And if the young pal loses, he’ll be joinin’ our channel!” Dave chirped. This was news to the brown-haired boy. “W-wait, we never agreed to that-“ “GET TO YOUR STATIONS!” Someone in the back announced. “WHO’S TODAYS FAVORITE?” Simon checked the stream. “The chat says Jeremy is a clear winner. Nobody trusts Henry to keep his two braincells together for long enough to not forget the salt or something.” “Excuse?!” Not only Henry was APPALLED by the chat, Dave joined right in. “Ya guys have NO taste. I’ll be clearly winnin’… but hey, maybe ya peeps don’t know that I plan to cheat!” Surprised Jerry looked over to Dave’s cooking station. “How… how can you cheat at cooking-“ Before he could finish his sentence, he shrieked as Dave pulled out a flamethrower. “HELL YEAH BABY, I AIN’T WAITING 30 MINUTES FOR SOMETHING TO COOK IN THE OVEN, I’LL BE DONE IN FIFTEEN MINUTES MAX!” “W-WAIT THAT DOESN’T SEEM SAVE-“ Henry just raised his hands, cheerful. “Ready… set…” The Phone Guy made eye- well, rotary- contact with Jeremy, slightly raising a fire extinguisher that was by his side. … alright, it seemed the people here were well-prepared for this scenario. So instead he focused on the ingredients in front of him. Almost manic, Henry’s voice rang. “GO!” And… … that was it! Some joined, with amazing results- Mike rubbed his face. “Who thought that was a great idea. I fucking hate this.” Dave next to him on the couch just grinned. “It’s amazin’ what these websites all offer to sell. You won’t be BELIEVIN’ what’s in this box!” “I’M NOT OPENING IT.” “YOU WILL. OTHERWISE IT’LL HUNT YOUR DREAMS. I’LL PUT THIS BOX NEXT TO YOUR BED. YOUR TOILET. ONTO YOUR DINNER TABLE. INTO THE FRIDGE. I’LL ORDER MORE OF THESE BOXES.” “Jesus CHRIST, calm DOWN-“ “I WILL FIGHT YA TO THE DEATH OLD PAL-“ - and some people just went back to the usual pattern, with the occasional raid from Fazbear Entertainment. They asked first, of course. Each of them fulfilled their own niche, each of them had caught Henry’s and Dave’s attention in one way or another. Henry and Dave however- Well, Dave was the varied creator. Henry liked his niche. He played horror, investigated ARGs, read stories about real and fictional crimes against humanity. The world was a terrible place, wasn’t it? Yet he reveled in it. Aside from that he showed extra effects, he built machines and thought everyone one or another thing about creating special effects at home. From dry ice to genuinely ridiculous chain-reactions, Henry showed them it all. Blood too, multiple forms of it, depending on how and where it would be used. Sometimes breaking it off with more light-hearted one-off games and listening to what his community wanted to see… but the most comfortable he was with horror and analysis. He was a youtuber, a streamer, a content creator… … and one thing more. It wasn’t easy to find the code. But his intended audience were a very small amount of people. A small number of strangers. There was no way to know if anyone ever made it to more than one show, but Henry did not care. It wasn’t for them that he did this. Him and William moved down, down below the set, into the lowest regions of the house. The workshop. Nobody really question why you added what to your home if you were a creative person. Even less so if you were a famous, eccentric creator. Yes, the free reign was what he REALLY loved about his job. Maybe he should build his studio somewhere else- But like this it was so much more thrilling! Wordlessly both of them put on their suits. It would hide their identity perfectly- especially the animal heads that contorted their voices a bit. Enough. Today’s participant wore a mask too- another phone head, differently made, different style, but to hide their identity too. However, the voice was in no way muffled. Panicked the person dragged on the chains keeping them attached to the chair. “H-HELLO!? HELLO!? S-SOMEONE- IS SOMEONE HERE!?” A noisy one! Delightful! Both Fredbear and Springbonnie stepped out of the shadows, one form each side. While Springbonnie put his hands gently on the shoulders of the whimpering person, Fredbear stepped in front of the camera, bowing. “Ladies and gentlemen-“ The low voice sounded more like the one of an animal than from a person. Yet it was smooth and comforting. “- I welcome you to yet another installment of our show. I am Fredbear, and over there is my wonderful assistant, Springbonnie. Today we have brought a simple stranger, a nobody who might not even be missed. Thusly I encourage you to truly be creative with your ideas. And while your votes roll in, maybe I point out that next time we will have another little game-show, with quite the effects. We might even get a real bull! You will not want to miss it.” The board above the camera blinked up, as a bitter fight of votes started, everyone wanting to see something else. Three tiers to vote on! Foreplay (light injuries), main course (heavy injury leading to death) and of course what to do with the body. Below it was a little measure for “face reveal”. Some of their viewers really enjoyed seeing the expressions during and after. It came with a risk to Fredbear and Springbonnie, as the victim being recognizable meant their general area of activity was more obvious- thus it was incredibly expensive. They knew there was every now and again law enforcement mixed up between the genuine watchers. It was thrilling too- Yet Fredbear wanted to keep this game alive as long as he could. Thus it was important to hide what they could. Fredbear was a creator first and foremost, an entertainer second- And there was nothing that attracted an HONEST, an UNRESTRAINED, a PURE audience quite like violence. Once blood spilled, humans degraded and it was wonderful. Behind him, the victim began rattling even more erratic. “WHAT- WHAT IS THIS?! LET ME OUT- PLEASE- LET ME OUT- PLEASE- I- DIDN’T DO ANYTHING-“ Burying his hands into the shoulders of Springbonnie downright cackled, enjoying the mania that always accumulated in these situation. “Be still, new friend! The audience HATES too much whining, y’know? And at least you could die with your tongue still intact, wouldn’t that be nicer than having to swallow the thing? Once it almost killed someone, boy, that sure was a bother!” His voice was changed to a cartoonish, upbeat pitch- “While the votes come in, how about we quiz today’s friend… maybe if you are smart enough, they will want you to live! It happened before… o n c e.” Fredbear took out a long scalpel, the face a morbid grimace. “Surprise us!”

[havenigs]

hello, it’s nice to meet you! i’m rin, 21+ and going to she/her pronouns. i’m at gmt+7 (pain) but mostly nocturnal. please take care of my bub well, below is his brief info, i’ll probably polished it in the near future but this is what i have of him atm. 

Name: Arthur Kwon Age: twenty six Date/Place of birth: 6th may 1995, busan / south korea  Height: 174cm / 5”7’ Weight: 65kg Sexuality: bisexual Occupation: youtuber, twitch streamer

( information )

His father, Kwon Ilsung, married his mother, Emilia Martin. He was born in Busan but moved to wolvepine at the age of eleven, because his mother wanted to go back to her hometown. 

His father is a cafe owner in wolvepine, where he often does some live sessions either on thursday, friday or weekend night. His mother is a lead designer of a clothing brand. 

He’s much closer to his father than his mother, since she’s always busy. But nevertheless, he loved them both with all his heart. 

Arthur grew up with supportive parents. He tried a lot of things when he grew up, ranging from swimming to even piano lessons and several martial arts classes too. But the thing that sticks to him the most is singing and dancing. 

Arthur has always liked languages, thus at a young age was taught how to speak English by his mother, Korean by his father and taught himself Japanese during high school. 

His family has 8 corgi dogs, which are respectively named after the Knights of Round Table (because his name is Arthur, get it?). 

The mother’s name is Guinevere and the father is Lancelot, with their six litters from oldest to youngest named Agravain, Gawain, Bedivere, Galahad, Tristan and Mordred. 

Arthur became a youtuber out of a whim. It was for his first year graphic design project where his team has to make a youtube account to showcase their work for the final exam. Finding that it’ll be a waste to just deactivate, Arthur started to upload videos about the daily lives of his dogs. 

To his surprise, it gained quite a lot of views. So he kept uploading about his dogs on a weekly basis, at first he remained faceless but then did a face reveal three years after he started the youtube channel. 

It seemed that his viewers started to show interest in him, so he made a separate account for himself too. But that daily vlogs didn't last very long because of Arthur's introverted and reclusive life after graduation (finding a job is hard), so he switched his content to gaming content. 

Eventually, Arthur managed to gain a lot of money from streaming and becoming a youtuber that he’s able to buy his own place in Stream View along with his eight dogs since his parents are busy. 

( personality )

If one has been watching his vlogs, you’ll know that Arthur is loud, funny and competitive. He’s creative to some extent and very dedicated to whatever that he has put his mind into, whether it’s tending his dogs or playing games. He can also be very competitive and hates losing, he’s not obliged to cheat either.

But outside of his internet persona, Arthur is shy and reserved. He’s humble and nice to people at best until you get to know him deeper. He’s charismatic when he sings on the stage of his father’s cafe.

Very impulsive, especially when it comes to his spending. His life motto is better to regret buying than not buying. Though outside of this, he’s the type to not think much before getting to action.

In addition to that, he’s an opportunist. He has confidence in his current skill set that he has and is very open to any opportunity given to him. You’ll probably see him in a few weddings as the main singer of the band or in birthday parties too.

He’s also very clumsy and forgetful, sometimes it shows during his vlogs when he accidentally fell tripping on a pebble or forgetting where he put his phone at.

Arthur repressed most of his emotions a lot. He doesn’t really talk much about himself or his problems but sometimes divert the topic to other people or maybe even games or his dogs. Despite him being friendly and having an out-going personality, he keeps them at an arm's length.

He doesn’t fall in love with people easily, perhaps it’s the hardest thing he can do. Very afraid of commitment, thus why his hesitance of going on a date or even falling in love.

He’s also very dense with romantic advances, like you have to be blunt or else he’ll think you’re just flirting in a friendly way.

He has quite a trust issue with people, only trusts three (3) people in his life with his problems and insecurities.

His life motto is fake it till you make it, thus pushing his insecurities away and hope that he’ll make it out somehow. Most likely to fight with either his blunt words or even his fists if anyone insults his family and friends, he’s mostly selfless and doesn't care what people say about him but it’s not the same if it’s about his family and friends.

( youtuber / streamer details )

He handles two youtube accounts, one for his dogs called Arthur and the Round Corgis, which has over 4.8 million subscribers and his own account, Arthur Kwon, which has around 3.5 million subscribers. 

He uploads to the dogs channel weekly on Saturdays. While he does his gaming streams every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. Sometimes he uploads random videos too as a surprise (more like, if he feels like it). 

For his dog content, he mostly uploads his everyday life with eight dogs. Sometimes he does various funny skits with his dogs as the main characters or his attempt to make some ‘fancy’ food dish for his dogs which usually ends up in chaos. 

For his own channel, it’s more random. Sometimes he uploads vlogs, maybe a song or dance cover, and even an ASMR.

Everyone knows that it’s not advisable to listen to Arthur’s streams with headphones because he’s very loud, especially if he plays horror games. 

His streams range from two hours to five at the maximum. He doesn’t really stick to one genre of a game, he either plays the ones that’s recommended to him by his friends and viewers or the ones he is interested in. 

Currently, his favorite game is PUBG, Don’t Starve Together (played along with his fellow gaming streamers) and Genshin Impact--where he’ll stream either of those games in the week.

( trivias )

He has very poor eyesight. He mostly uses transparent contact lenses or glasses when he’s feeling lazy to put them on. 

He actually doesn’t really think much of his sexuality. Though he’s leaning more to men and his parents knew it as he told them about it in one drunken night. (got grounded too because he got drunk).

The type of person who set his own curfews too because his social battery isn’t that long. Also always seek his mother’s approval when it comes to buying expensive things or doing something new. 

When stressed, change hair color. 

He’s not very fashionable, and always sticks to t-shirts and jeans. If you see that he dresses up well and nice, it’s thanks to his mother. 

His favorite food is anything involving chicken and potatoes. He has a great dislike for garlic and cucumbers. 

He can cook to some extent, but the only two dishes he’s confident in cooking are instant noodles and rice. 

He has a black belt in hapkido. 

Has a degree in graphic design, graduated after five years because he didn’t finish his project in time (sad). 

A very random skill that he acquired is fishing and deboning fishes. 

( wanted connections )

these are just the ideas that I come up with at the moment. I'm open with pretty much anything really just hmu! 

best friend

that person who has all his impulse control

coffee friend

secret boyfriend?

hook up  

the dog owner who grabbed his corgi heart

[curanonemu]

ateez soulmates au | jung wooyoung

✧ Blooming Flowers AU ✧

tags: wooyoung's pov, mentions of other members, a very poor attempt at mastering floriography, i TRIED, overuse of colours, cuteness cute mess :D

word count: 2,044

I hope you guys like this~ ♡

For as long as he can remember, flowers have bloomed around him. He'll be fine, it'll be the most ordinary moment in the world, and suddenly something will click and there he'll be, petals floating around him as flowers bloom from his skin.

It's funny how he can't handle too much of pollen, and when the flowers are more than he can take, he sneezes and sneezes and his skin itches like anything. Yet, while the flowers bloom outwardly, they make something within him bloom.

Solidarity.

A connection like no other, because he's not the only one for whom the flowers thrive.

Wooyoung found out early on in life how his soulmate identifier works.

After losing a dance competition that he'd poured his all into, and coming back home feeling like the biggest idiot on the planet, he'd held it in long enough to make it to his room before slamming the door shut and slumping down to the floor as he let out everything. Tears wet his cheeks, face hot and eyes burning, and all he felt was the anguish from not being good enough.

He was just not good enough, that was all; all he had to do was be better, practice till he was perfect. But how could he fool himself at that moment? The crippling dejection made it hard to even swallow around the lump in his throat while he cried silently, nails digging into his palms as he tried to stop himself from letting out any sound.

Then the piercing pain from his nails had softened into a foreign feeling, nails free from digging into his skin and his fists felt too full to remain clenched. He'd unclenched them, let his hands fall open as he stared at his palms in wonder. There, instead of blood, lay a single flower on each palm.

On his left, a purple flower that he didn't recognise, petals curling in quite a lovely manner, a contrast from what he was feeling.

On his right was a sprig of heather, a light purple, almost-lavender which stood out against his skin, countless delicate buds brushing across his palm as he held it tenderly. Heather was one of the few flowers he recognised from hearing his mother talk about them.

But why was it, and the nameless flower, doing with him? He'd pondered over it for a moment, before getting up. He couldn't ask his mother when his face was absolutely terrible. All he could do was use some trusty search engine to answer his questions.

'Heather, Lavender: Solitude or loneliness.'

Loneliness? Was he lonely? He wasn't. All he felt was the solitude that came after dashing everyone's hopes to the ground and stomping on them, and coming back home with a loss. So, yes, solitude it was.

The moment he figured that out, he also noticed that his emotions... seemed to be overlapping with something else. Like two parallel lines finally swerving and intersecting, by some miracle or disaster.

It was as if he had dual trains of thought, dual feelings, emotions, dual everything. But instead of it being chaotic and giving him a headache, he just felt like waves across channels had bled over into each other, finally. A dull hum which in no way disrupted his line, merely providing comfort in its constancy like it was always meant to do so.

But the longer he stared at the flowers, the calmer he felt. He was Jung Wooyoung, and Jung Wooyoung didn't get sad for long.

The thrum of another in his veins sang a bit, and as he watched, he sprouted more flowers, blue blooms in his palms as leaves rustled over his wrists. He took a deep breath, before tilting his head and wiping his eyes against his shoulder, before he stood up and walked out of his room, leaving the door open.

"Mom?" he'd asked and she'd turned around, mouth opening in surprise before she shut it as she took in his appearance. Her lips had twitched, before she sighed. "Wooyoung, what do you feel right now?"

"That's what I want to know."

"Do you feel particularly hopeful?" She asked, and he wracked his brain before nodding. Yeah, it was a huge turn from his emotions just minutes ago. "Those are irises, Wooyoung."

He looked at her for further explanation, but when she turned back to her work, he asked again, "Why am I growing flowers?"

"I don't know, maybe you're a farmer?"

He'd whined at her, trying to get it out of her to no avail, and had finally resigned himself to believing that he had a blooming syndrome before she'd told him about soulmates.

Right.

Those existed.

Did that mean his soulmate was also sprouting flowers?

He suddenly remembered the emotions and thoughts that weren't entirely his own, snaking around and intertwining with his, and that's when he'd realised.

When Jung Wooyoung and his soulmate felt the same things, flowers bloomed.

The mystery had been solved. All that remained was knowing which flower meant what.

Fast forward to a few years later, when Wooyoung gets a job in a flower shop only because he wants to know what his soulmate is thinking.

It's a stupid reason, his co-worker and new friend San laughs at him, though he does call it cute because San's as much of a sap for his unknown soulmate as Wooyoung is for his mystery flower person.

Yeosang rolls his eyes at him, and Wooyoung would like to think it's out of the other boy's affection for him, and not because he knows exactly how much Wooyoung has pined over this soulmate that he's never met, and wanted to know what they think.

It's such a hit-or-miss phenomenon, honestly. But it always ends the same way.

Wooyoung will be going about his day, completely alright, and then something happens which sets him on edge, and all of a sudden begonias will bloom from his fingers, leaving him to catch them all, and probably sneeze too.

He'll be feeling like he's on the top of the world, and chrysanthemums will grace him with their presence.

But they always transition into something stupidly romantic, which leaves his face burning and heart beating way too fast. It's not his fault his soulmate likes him as much as he likes them!

Moments after Wooyoung's reeling from a sneezing fit, with his heart blooming like the daffodils that are adorning the counter of the shop, San ends up finding his soulmate. Right before Wooyoung's eyes, though he understands only when they hug and shed tears and link their pinkies and San smiles at him gleefully.

San, the one who secretly wanted to meet his soulmate more than anything. Wooyoung's happy for him, he really is, but when someone's identifier is a string tied around their finger, it's only a matter of time before they find their soulmate.

In contrast, Wooyoung has to play roulette with his emotions to find out what his soulmate's feeling, forget actually ever meeting them. It makes his mood sour for a moment, before he shakes his head. He promised himself he'd try to be as positive as he can, if only to make sure his soulmate is too. He never wants them to sprout flowers of sadness, just so they can both revel in it. He wants his soulmate to only get flowers of happiness. He succeeds around half of the time. His soulmate must be a very happy person.

Maybe they're happy being without Wooyoung…

No. He's not going to spend time thinking of such things. There's absolutely no way someone could not love him, especially when they're his soulmate.

Wooyoung spends the next few days listening to San gush about his soulmate, and the devious part of his heart is amused as all hell when Yeosang effectively calls him a twelve year old. He's called Wooyoung that a million times, but then again, they've not been friends for four years for nothing.

It's another day at the flower shop when Yeosang is hanging around, and Wooyoung's surreptitiously trying to glance at the numbers his friend always hides. The phone rings, and Wooyoung sighs, giving up and choosing to look at the numbers on the device instead as Yeosang raises an eyebrow at him.

It ends up being a request for a delivery, and Wooyoung has exactly a moment of trying to convince San to do it before his soulmate walks into the shop, smiling and waving at all of them. Dammit.

The next moment, Wooyoung's being pushed out of the shop with a bouquet in his hand, and their thanks ringing in his ears. Heck, even Yeosang stays inside.

As he gets on his bicycle and goes out on the road, he huffs. Why couldn't San and his soulmate go out to deliver the flowers? They could've had a nice date. But of course, they'd rather hide between the shelves at the shop and kiss, while Yeosang uncomfortably gags in the background.

Oh well, at least Wooyoung's not the one left to gag while he secretly wishes that he could kiss his soulmate behind shelves too. All in due time. He'll make sure to kiss his soulmate when he meets them, regardless of where they are.

The thought makes him giggle, and he allows the wind to cool him down as he cycles. He reaches his destination soon enough, some big hall with an important ceremony. He's about to leave the bouquet at the reception when someone hurries out of the doors and asks him to take them inside instead.

Your tone is clipped, but you look out of breath and frazzled, and Wooyoung can sympathise. Evidently, this event is taking a lot out of you, so he just nods and follows you when you lead him into the hall. You're almost at the main table, Wooyoung at your heels, when the sound of music floats through the air. It's a piano piece, your favourite.

And who'd have thought it's also the song Wooyoung's mother played to him when he was young, telling him it was the song she'd danced to at her wedding. The melody he grew up listening to.

It happens almost instantly. Camellias, pretty pink buds blooming across his hands. There's so many of them, he's surprised. He didn't expect the longing to be that intense. trying to gather them sheepishly and apologise to you for dragging you down under them.

And then he notices it. Half of the flowers aren't even blooming from him. They're blooming on your skin, your face pale as you stare at him. Pale, and then flooding with colour, like a flower blooming in spring.

His eyes widen, jaw dropping and he almost screams. Almost, because people are gathering around them and you look even more stressed than you did before, despite the flowers going crazy around you.

That just won't do.

The flowers are joined by white carnations, adoration, and then more camellias following them, red this time. The song's still playing, the pianist probably having a field day (in more ways than one) as he gets to witness two soulmates meeting.

Wooyoung sets down the bouquet he's still managed to carry till now, on someone's lap and grins at them when they thank him. Then he's stepping forward and taking your hand gently.

"Do you like this song?" he asks softly, not wanting to scare you. You nod, and he notices how you've calmed down a bit, the line in his mind calming down too, soft instead of the frantic buzzing from moments ago.

"Do you like dancing?" he asks again, and he can't help the creasing of his eyes nor the mirth that shines in them as you duck your head, purple flowers blooming around you both once again as your emotions coincide.

Viscarias.

Plucking off a flower from his hand and tucking it behind your ear, he smiles at you. Placing an arm around your waist, he lets go of your hand, bringing his up to caress your cheek.

"Will you dance with me?" he asks, right before he smashes your lips together, uncaring of the crowd around you. Hidden among the flowers blooming uncontrollably, he feels your smile against his lips.

-

jasjdksf this took too long! still, i hope you guys liked it!! <333 you can find other posts in this series under my #ateez soulmates tag!

Hongjoong | Seonghwa | Yunho | Yeosang | San | Mingi | Jongho

[colstonalexthief]

Time Is Broken Theory

Going off what we’ve seen so far on the Jacksepticeye Channel.

Here we go:

Following the death of Jack within the game, Bio Inc Redemption. He lies comatose.

Dr. Henrik Von Schneeplestein flees in failure as he failed to save Jack.

Jackieboy-Man and Marvin The Magnificent descend into hiding. Both feeling that they have lost their way, also, they had to idly by when Schneeplestein failed to save Jack.

Chase Brody is left with his problems at home. Along with the weight of the channel, because he understands the importance. Thus, leaving him alone with Antisepticeye.

Antisepticeye, when Chase is too far gone in the bottle. Uses the guise of Jack to keep viewers entranced. Chase has his own crippling demons that Antisepticeye doesn’t have to try to hard to take control.

Two years this goes on for… But not without lurking consequence.

Jameson Jackson

I believe he is the most important. I’ll explain.

JJ is the closes in relation to Jack’s current situation. Mute, unable to control what Anti does on the channel or to Chase. Yet, he has the mind to fight. JJ is Jack’s way to rally the others together. Not to forget, JJ appeared the Halloween after Jack became comatose.

JJ is familiar with time so for Schneeplestein he provides the time equations. Though, it is up to Schneep to figure out how they work.

JJ is able to find the hopeless Jackieboy-Man and shows Jackie that even though, he, JJ, is mute. He can still help. It up to Jackieboy-Man to once again find his courage and find his path.

JJ is knowledgeable in the art of magic. So for Marvin The Magnificent JJ trains him in the art of magic. Whilst Marvin has to learn to believe in himself.

JJ tries to pull Chase Brody of the darkness by being the innocent happy light, reminding him that there is a lot more out there than the bottom of a bottle. Chase keeps surviving.

JJ is the PMA for Jacksepticeye; to keep Jack mentally aware and fit. Till he can escape Anti’s grasp and wake up!

The Next Phase

Okay, so my theory has only slightly changed in the wake of the Jameson Jackson’s Jolly Jaunts or the now changed title Can You Figure Out Who DID IT- Jameson Jackson’s Jolly Jaunts video.

So buckle up here we go!

First off: The Stare, which brought us into this next phase of the game, and one we have seen here and there ever since. It is can also have a slight smile with it and the ever so common eye twitch. It is Anti assuming control of Chase or breaking the guise, taunting us and reminding us that he’s been in control this entire time. The sad truth is we can’t stop watching, Anti has us.

Secondly: Anti, over two years has had to change. Adapt to remain in control to insure that when he makes his final move. It will remain. Anti went from giggling, waving a knife at us and speaking cryptically after ‘killing’ Jack to; trapping Jack in a coma and staring at us. Silently he works to take full control.

As the next phase begins to show the current situation of the others. We start with CHASE. Chase Brody once full of energy and willing make fool of himself for a video, Bro Average. Soon after that we know that his wife left him and took the kids. Chase would constantly go see Jack in the hospital and talk to him. We also saw his love for the bottle and his depression. It also known that Antisepticeye might have done something to kids. When we meet back up with him. His has been evicted from his apartment and he is living in his car. Something bad has happened to people close to him that has him distraught. Antisepticeye lurks over his shoulder watching and again taunting us as he stares at us.

When his is teleported from the woods to the parking garage minus his whiskey, phone, and car. I believe it was Schneeplestein trying to teleport him to a rally point but it didn’t get Chase all the way there or it could be a different time. Maybe before Jack ended up in a coma? I can’t choose between the two endings.

We see Schneeplestein next. Dr. Schneeplestein was an optimistic but incompetent doctor of medicine. His skills have been tested twice, he successfully saved Jack from death. However, the second time Jack ended up in his OR he failed...He knows something or someone was working against him. He fled unable to handle his failure, he let one of his dear friends die.  He left trying to figure out what happened, in the end he could only blame himself. Over the following two years he couldn’t shake to feeling that something else was at work that day. One night whilst sitting in thought, something he does often forever haunted and never sleeps because of it. The clear idea of the possibility of time travel came to him, even more promising was as this idea came. He doodled an equation. As he starts to work on this ability. Schneeplestein decided on a date to travel back to, he makes the choice to gather the others to aid him in this battle. Antisepticeye is now fully paying attrition once Schneeplestein decides to fight back and not stay in his self induced exile. Anti is especially pissed because Schneeplestein doesn’t know who actually ‘killed’ Jack! Of course, because Schneeplestein left in such a hurry. He is unaware that Jack is in a coma. This could cause a paradox. But that’s for another mindset.

As Schneeplestein focuses on Chase, just to see if it will work. Things are going great, when he begins to feel that familiar feeling he started to feel Jack started slipping away.  His precision calculations start to change and glitch out. It is too late the wormhole had opened teleporting Chase and Schneeplestein to places and times unknown to us…

The latest who we’ve seen is Jameson Jackson, I still run with my main theory that JJ is aiding every one. Once he has finished aiding and encouraging the others. He makes a fatal mistake, he lets down his guard. As he was going to each of the others he was feeling a looming negative presences. For JJ, this presence was more than that. The feelings of hopelessness, worthlessness and broken, it was a demon. This demon let him aid the others, then attacked his naiveness and innocence.

Antisepticeye was aware of JJ’s intentions however he allowed it, thinking his efforts futile. When Antisepticeye began to meet resistant. He attacked JJ in way that he would have full control without even trying.

JJ would preform puppet shows for the local kids; always with dialogue cards and a happy feel good endings. However, whilst creating a show titled, The Adventures of the Drake Brothers. Short stories of three brothers going on crazy adventures teaching them to work together to overcome obstacles. Switching gears mid story as JJ is overrun by the plot of Sherbet Holds and The Wretched Murder, bit of a dark theme from his norm. Yet, he rolls with it.

Once he starts the show it becomes clear that something else is at play. As the show progresses JJ begins to feel that same feeling that he felt when aiding the others. Seeing them lost and hopeless, he couldn’t help but to wonder why he was able to get through to them so easily. Realizing that he was allowed to help, he tries to stop the puppet show. He was too late to save himself… Or he was never himself to start.

Can the others make a stand? Will Jack wake up in time? Where is Jackieboy-Man and Marvin The Magnificent? Is Sean at risk in all this?

I truly enjoy what Sean does with the Egos and allows us to do stuff like this. Only Sean the true puppet master knows the end! Love you Jack! This is so fun!

spelling and grammar errors will be fixed soon!

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Breakfast with Alex Wex

People have a million opinions and false facts about the digital world we live in today, and even more about social media. For a lot of people, they use platforms like Instagram and Twitter to follow celebrities, and some use it to bully celebrities. Most forget that that connection can also be used for good. We live in a world of amazing accessibility and, when used properly, could foster a wonderful connection between people. A prime example of this is the Will Smith Jump event that took the internet by storm, that all started with a video message. It’s incredible what can happen when you reach out to people. That was the main thought in my mind before sitting down with Alex Wex yesterday. Alex Wex is an amazing Twitch streamer, and until recently, was a producer for FBE and REACT on Youtube. As of this interview, Alex Wex has fostered a wonderful community through Twitch and Discord known as the Jank Squad, and recently broke his view count record at 210 viewers for his birthday stream, also hitting close to 600 subscribers. Given that I was in Atlanta and he was in LA we couldn’t actually meet for breakfast like I usually do so we had an amazing video chat instead.

So for starters, I just want to thank you for sitting down with me. I’ve been following your work since I first saw you on FBE and I think you’re an awesome dude so thanks. I wanna start at the very beginning because I’m really interested in your story. So, I know you went to high school in Atlanta, GA. What can you tell me about that?

I was actually born in Manhattan, my family moved to Atlanta around pre-K and I lived there up until I graduated from Riverwood High School. All my friends wanted to go to UGA or Georgia Tech but I was really interested in traveling and branching out, so I went to Ohio for college, and now I live in L.A. I made some truly amazing friends in Atlanta, and having this kind of east coast, south culture mixture has made life pretty interesting.

When did you know you wanted to work in entertainment, and what led to you becoming a producer?

When I was a kid, my family liked to record family videos, and I always wanted to see the recording. I had the eye for production pretty early. Once I started high school I got involved in performing, did Grease, The Wiz, and a few other school plays that got me interested in the performance aspect as well. In college, I majored in video production with a minor in film and sociology so I gained real knowledge of the art that happens behind the camera.

How does one go from school in Atlanta to working at FBE?

As I mentioned before I went to college at Ohio University, what got me was their video production department. I actually still work with the head of the department and speak to the alumni when they come here, advising them on some dos and don'ts. As a graduation gift, my Dad gave me an all expense paid trip to anywhere I wanted to go in the U.S for a few days and I chose L.A. So I was here, hanging out with my current roommate Johnny and we just decided to come out here permanently and live the dream. So I packed up my car and drove from Atlanta to LA and started looking for internships while working at Chipotle.I first joined FBE as an intern, then got hired as a PA and eventually was a writer for some of their scripted shows, and I worked my way up until I was offered the producer position. I loved producing because that involved every aspect of working behind the camera, from writing to filming to editing and seeing the baby from birth to fully grown. Being in front of the camera came back when FBE launched the community team and started streaming on Twitch.

Watching Alex grow on YouTube, putting reactors in hilarious challenges, eat crazy concoctions and brave some insane hot sauces that would make Sean Evans proud, his personality radiates through the screen. His passion for both sides of the camera is clear in the quality of every video he makes. However, taking part in one of his Twitch streams gives you an even more full experience. It’s like the difference between a teaser trailer and a full film.

Freddy or Jason?

Freddy is my favorite in Dead By Daylight but I love Jason, in fact, Friday the 13th was the first game I ever streamed. I’d have to say, Jason.

So, we were in high school in the baby years of YouTube, I mostly used it for music videos and anime, I think back then I only followed Phil Defranco and Timothy Delaghetto consistently. Back then, did you ever look at YouTube and think “this is going to revolutionize the world and turn traditional media on its head?”

Yeah, it’s changed everything. Almost every network has a YouTube channel now. Late night shows and things like SNL upload segments that get massive amounts of views. YouTube is still growing, testing out its premium service and channel enrollment and things like that, but it’s exciting to see where it’s going to end up.

It’s even crazier when you think about how much Twitch has already changed the game.

Definitely, I mean we’ve seen what happens when some of the top YouTube creators come over to Twitch and realize that it’s completely different from what they’re used to. It’s more like an improv radio show, you have to be on for two or three hours and avoid dead air, rather than being able to edit something together. It’s hard to be constantly entertaining when you're used to delivering a finished edit rather than a live audience. For example, Logan Paul had over 100,000 people in his first stream but after that, the numbers dropped just cause that’s not his world. Live Streaming is a constant conversation. It’s the opposite of YouTube.

I remember seeing YouTubers flood to Twitch after the adpocalypse and feeling like it made no sense. A lot of vloggers and creators who never expressed any interest in video games were all suddenly obsessed with Fortnite. However, when people like Alex Wex came to Twitch they brought genuine love of gaming, skill, and a great sense of community.

What insight can you give into the world of a producer? Especially on the internet, how to figure out what videos are gonna get views or go viral?

It’s a case by case basis depending on what you make. With Challenge Chalice, we made it during the high point of internet challenges and we had consistent challenges to make content with constantly, but this past year challenges have kinda quieted down so that got more difficult. We revisited and revised a lot of earlier challenges to make them more interesting, and that has to do with being present during every step of the process. You can’t slack off on anything, from script to editing. Being organized is key, and definitely take on the ideas and criticisms of the people working with you. Be flexible and open-minded. It’s not about balance, it’s about harmony.

3 Breakfast must haves?

Bacon

Grits

Belgian Waffles are incredible

Hack-n-slash? RPG? Or FPS? And why?

That’s complicated. Overwatch is one of my favorite games but it doesn’t play exactly like an FPS. For me, hack-n-slash for games like Dead Cells, Rogue Lights, I love games with massive replay value. I’m playing Diablo 3 on switch right now and I love it.

What games are best for streaming? Does the game you play matter?

A little, but it shouldn’t be everything. You want your audience to gravitate towards your personality. Never play something you don’t enjoy playing. I love Overwatch and it’s not one of the current hot stream games but I love playing it. Story games are complicated. If people miss parts of story mode games they tune it out cause they won’t know what’s going on. More than anything put your own spin on what you’re doing. For example, when I do Dead By Daylight I do stream vs chat where my chat helps the survivors escape if I’m playing the killer. In fact, chatting streams are starting to really blow up. It’s more about the person playing than the game they play.

What game has you hype for 2019?

That’s tough, but probably Kingdom Hearts 3. I’m excited for Smash Bros for my last game of 2018 too.

What led you to Twitch?

I’d seen some of it, but Tom had been doing it for 6 months and kept suggesting it until one day I finally did. I had a decent setup with an ultra-wide monitor and Tom’s old video capture device and I started streaming Dead by Daylight. We actually came into the name Jank Squad because of how janky the streams were in the beginning.

What led you to leave FBE and what are you working on now?

I wanted to focus more on my Twitch, and it was exhausting streaming at work on the days when I’m also streaming at home. I wanted to give my audience the most energy I could and be more involved with them as a community. I’m creating new ways to interact with my audience, more active in my Discord, and after working there for 5 years I felt stuck. There wasn’t any new learning experience and things felt a little sour and monotonous with the new direction things were going in. I’m actually getting a new camera and a green screen to upgrade the stream quality. I’d love to make partner with Twitch.

What’s the dream?

I take things to step by step. I’m definitely in a transition right now. I’m looking for another good full-time job at the moment. I’d love to be a full-time streamer but I’d also love to produce my own stuff and then stream after work. Streaming is probably one of the most consistent things I’ve ever done. Funny enough, that’s part of what got me into it cause Tom knew my leisure activity was video games, and streaming just takes that to another level. It definitely takes work, but the community you foster on this platform is unlike any other with the rating system and how everything is set up.

Alright so the zombie apocalypse is upon us and you can have 1 mortal character, one god tier video game character, and one Reactor in your survival squad, who you got?

Kratos from God of War 2 causes his chain blades would tear through everything, my regular would be Leon from Resident Evil 4 cause his aim is amazing and he’s used to zombies, and my Reactor would be Chelsea cause she knows so much about The Walking Dead. That’s my squad.

East Coast or West Coast

East, it’s where I was born and bred.

Top 10 songs or artists on your playlist right now?

Meek Mill- Intro with the amazing Phil Collins sample

Tyler the Creator’s Grinch is great for the holidays

The Cool-Lupe Fiasco

Chance The Rapper’s new songs

Paramore- Ain’t It Fun

You come from the same city I did with only a two year age difference, and you’re the first brown face I saw in relation to FBE and now you’re killing it on Twitch. Do you know how dope you are?

I appreciate that. I like to think I’m dope in some ways but I also do my best to keep it real, keep myself humble, and not letting the numbers get to my head. I hope everyone thinks they’re fucking awesome, cause they are. I have my good and bad days but I like to look at what has been built and keep grinding. Everyone is on a different time stream. I don’t want to rush things, I’m on my own path, and right now I just wanna build this community.

I for one, am excited to see what comes next from Alex Wex, including his stream later this week. You can find him @ItsMrWex

-Strawberry Smirk of Lilac Sky Entertainment

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[pikaflute]

“Have you left the RT fandom?”

Since i changed my url from pikapattilllo24 to propika, i get this question a lot

Short answer: yes, but i still post rt content. and no offense to jack pattillo, love of my life, but jared is my waifu

long answer below

In 2016, my blog went from Rt and GG to mainly Asagao. Now in 2017, I have become more centered around NB/HB. What happened?

Well it boils down to the problems I have with the fandom as a whole

1. “Not a true fan.”

I don't watch RvB. I don't really watch On the Spot. RT podcasts ain’t my thing (too long) and Funhaus is meh.

According to some RT Fandom members I am not a true fan.

I’m sorry I don’t have the attention span to watch 14 seasons of a show I have no interest in, or two hours to watch people talk.

Like, you shouldn’t fucking be the fandom police because some people can’t or don’t have the time to watch the hours of content Roosterteeth shits out everyday.

2. Miles and Kerry

RWBY is. An issue. Like the writing is lackluster sometimes, and sometimes things can be, really shitty.

But. Why am I seeing people wanting to attack Miles and Kerry? Like death threats okay???

Like? Not liking their writing is okay, but shit, the death threats not cool dude. Not cool.

I’m not saying you can’t criticize them, but wishing death upon them is not okay.

Also, I’ve seen people say “If Monty was alive, maybe this show wouldn't suck.” hey buddy, go fuck yourself.

3. New day, new discourse

Like anytime I try to get back into the fandom, someone has created a new type of drama about Roosterteeth.

No youtube channel is perfect. There is gonna be some problematic things they do.

But, a lot of the discourse sounds. Fishy.

I doubt Roosterteeth is doing bad things every week to warrant a rant post every week or something. And sometime the supposed “drama” sounds fake. And sometimes it’s true and I wouldn’t fault that but damn sometimes yall make mountains outta molehills.

4. Ray

First off, if you want Ray content: Check out Minecraft Hardcore! And sub to PBG and watch Pb and Jeff

OKAY HERE WE GO.

Ray left over a year ago. Since then, we got so many new AH members! But your asses still ship raywood and force ray down my fucking throat!

Jeremy is not the new Ray

Stop hating on Trevor, Mica, Matt, and Lindsay because they aren’t the main 6 and are not Ray

You all hated Ray for a time period before and a bit after he left to stream. Now you’re all sad and want him back so much that you forget there's other guys to love. That’s not ridiculous.

ALSO RAY STREAMS! YOU CAN WATCH HIM ON TWITCH FOR GOD SAKES!! THEY’RE ON YOUTUBE JUST LOOK FOR THEM!!!!

You can like Ray, but shit! He still produces content! I know the ghost Ray joke is funny, but he’s still making content so go watch his stuff! sub to him on Twitch!

Don’t forget Ray still makes stuff and stop wishing for the glory days when Ray was around, you sound like a comment on a Game Grumps video.

So go watch Ray’s stuff! And draw more of the other AH guys, don’t forget them!

and sub to pbg

5. “Roosterteeth made _____________ leave!”

No. They most likely didn’t stop pulling info outta your ass.

6. Superiority Complex

This might only be from a couple people. But. The RT fandom isn’t perfect.

Asagao, as much I love it has a lot of fandom problems, and so does RT.

No fandom is perfect.

I get RT has 80 fandoms in one, but that doesn’t make you better then, say Homestuck or like Game Grumps.

Back when Asagao first came out, I saw a post saying that Asagao shouldn’t be as popular as it should be cause it doesn’t have popular people in it. And it was made by an RT user first off:

lol okay

second: maybe it got popular cause it’s good??? are you jealous that your rt babies weren’t put in it?? fuck you??

Also, like. Back to Miles and Kerry, like why do you shit on them so much that you think that you know the show better than the people who write it. Sometimes you guys can be right, but sometimes

You guys like Raven, a mother who hates her daughter, you ship Tauradonna, cause according to some it’s not shown as abusive enough, and you guys try to treat the villains like good guys and ship ADULTS WITH CHILDREN. CHILDREN.

All I’m saying is yes RT does shitty things but so do you.

7.  The AO3 tag

What the actual fuck.

Never in the year of 2017, would i have to justify people writing rape/non-con/ and underage smut cause they can’t just write porn.

And these people won’t stop! Fuck that shit is gross and disgusting.

8. Meg

Short section but. Relate to 4 and 5 for my opinions again.

You all theorized that Meg broke up with Gavin and that’s why she left RT. Yeah, no it wasn’t cause she wanted to focus on being a model.

Why would she leave her job because she broke up with her bf? That makes no sense.

Conclusion

I could go on for ages. But in conclusion, that’s why I’m not really active anymore, at least major reasons.

I’ll still post rt content, but sorry I won’t be so involved.

If you still wanna follow try to get into the new guys appearing here!

like brutalmoose, sub to ian and cry about televoid

[rubiaryutheroyal]

Role Reversal! The main AA cast (1-3) switch roles with their 'significant other' (ie. Phoenix/Maya, Edgeworth/Gumshoe, Larry/Fransiska, etc.). Watch as Ace Spirit Medium Phoenix Wright hounds everyman Maya Fey for burgers. And will Franziska ever win the love of her life?

This is a dangerous game you’ll have us play, anon…

???: Let me go, Miles! I refuse to participate in this!

???: C-calm down! You’re not the only one with objections! Do you think I’d appreciate being Detective Gumshoe’s lackey!?

???: That’s your problem, not mine.

???: The least you can do is be fair!

???: Aw, come on, Franny! Don’t worry, it’s gonna be just fine… Eeek!

???: Don’t you dare say another foolish word, you flip-flop fluke of an artist!

???: Aaah! E-Edgey, help!

…Um, please give us a moment. We’ll be right back.

–

[One day at the Wright Fey & Co. Law Offices…]

Maya: *shuffling through the mail* Bill, bill, bill… ugh! Not one. Not one client’s request! What am I supposed to do for the rent this month?

Phoenix: …

Maya: Hey, can you summon up some rich dead person to direct us to a client so we can get paid?

Phoenix: …

Maya: Nick!

Phoenix: *opens an eye* …What?

Maya: Were you listening to a word I said?

Phoenix: Um… something about the rent? And no, guys can’t channel people, remember?

Maya: Okay… then why do you keep training? What’s it for?

Phoenix: Spiritual sensitivity, obviously. If you were one, you’d understand.

Maya: If I were one, I’d probably be able to channel hoards of people.

Phoenix: Haha, very funny.

Maya: But I guess if I channeled people, I wouldn’t really be able to defend if I’m always a different person, basically. So, there’s that.

Phoenix: Yeah.

Maya: But it doesn’t help anything if I can’t get any clients in the first place! I don’t believe that there’s no one out there who doesn’t need help! Maybe we should just walk out and look around for trouble?

Phoenix: No thanks. I’d rather we look for a bite to eat. I’m feeling a little hungry already.

Maya: Geez, Nick. Didn’t you say you had breakfast this morning?

Phoenix: Yes, but that was that. This is this.

Maya: But it’s not even noon yet! How much do you need to eat?

Phoenix: Sorry, but I can’t help it that I’m a grown man who’s also a spirit medium and always has a diet consisting of vegetables! It’s only out here in the city where I can get even a sliver of hardy protein.

Maya: But why do you have to limit yourself? Does eating meat and protein stuff reduce spirituality? Or is it just about eating a lot of stuff?

Phoenix: Uh, I don’t think it works like that. The self-discipline training is just supposed to make you more in tune with the other realm. It’s kind of like getting “closer” to the spirits you’re trying to reach out to.

Maya: …So, you starve yourself so you get to be half-dead and then dead people will listen to you?

Phoenix: No, that’s not… I mean it’s not really like… You know what? Just don’t think too much into it. It’s just tiring and I need energy, please.

Maya: Okay, okay. We’ll hit the usual joint.

Phoenix: Thanks, Maya.

Maya: But you’re making it up to me later, okay?

Phoenix: Uh, sure, but I’m a little short on funds at the moment…

Maya: Oh, I’m not asking for that.

Phoenix: Then what?

Maya: You’re gonna look for trouble so we get a client, of course! Maybe even sacrifice yourself for our cause?

Phoenix: What? No! What’s with that creepy way of putting it!?

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Officer: Detective Edgeworth, sir!

Edgeworth: Report.

Officer: Sir! We’ve checked into the security footage as you requested. It seems you were correct as usual! There was a period of time that had been omitted from recording that day!

Edgeworth: In other words, our potential suspect did indeed have a window of opportunity to tamper with the scene. That clears him of any alibi he claims to hold.

Gumshoe: So he really was lying! Excellent work as usual, pal! We’ve sealed this criminal’s fate! He’s got nowhere to run!

Edgeworth: Indeed… Perhaps he should have considered that altering security footage is rather damning evidence in of itself.

Gumshoe: Huh? It is?

Edgeworth: …Yes, Mr. Gumshoe, it is. I hope you were paying attention to my explanation earlier?

Gumshoe: Er… Just to be safe, mind running it over again for those not in the know?

Edgeworth: *sigh*… To recap, the suspect has claimed that he was unable to access the curator’s office where the master key was kept. As most of the doors in the building are accessed by electronic lock, it would have been impossible to pick them. However, the one to the security office is different. It requires a passcode instead and there happens to be a spare master key kept in there as well. But only those who work in security would know this code.

Gumshoe: Oh! Then, it could only be one of the security guards on duty that night who could have committed the theft!

Edgeworth: Exactly.

Gumshoe: But wait a sec, pal. Didn’t our guy’s patrolling partner say no one accessed the room on that night?

Edgeworth: It’s also security protocol for this museum that the guards work in pairs, to ensure one of them doesn’t default on duty.

Gumshoe: Yeah, that was what I was thinking! And we even did a check on that other guy, but he was clean! So how could this guy have pulled it off?

Edgeworth: Ah, but recall that our suspect’s partner received an urgent call regarding a relative of his that evening, so he had to cut his shift early. Because he didn’t want the curator to know he had left, he left it to his partner to call in a replacement.

Gumshoe: Aha! So that’s how!

Edgeworth: Precisely. If the replacement he called was an accomplice to the theft, things would work out perfectly for them. They wouldn’t be bothered by any other guards, as it was their shift to cover.

Gumshoe: Oh ho ho ho! Another thorough investigation, Detective! Sounds to me like you’re due for another raise this month!

Edgeworth: …With all due respect, sir, didn’t you say the same thing last month? I don’t think there’s been a difference in my salary.

Gumshoe: Huh? Really? But I always told the guys at the PO to help things along…

Edgeworth: *nerve pops* Mr. Gumshoe… Normally, you don’t ask other prosecutors to raise a detective’s salary when they aren’t in charge of it! You should know that!

Gumshoe: O-oh, yeah. I was wondering why no one seemed to listen to me…

Edgeworth: *groan* (Looks like I’ll be looking forward to another month of disappointment yet again.)

–

Franziska: …You, the artist.

Larry: Yes, Franny, dear? How may I help you?

Franziska: I, um… wish to ask you something.

Larry: Ask away!

Franziska: …

Larry: …

Franziska: …

Larry: …Um?

Franziska: I… have to admit. You’re not as terrible of an artist as I’d long thought you to be.

Larry: Oh, um, thanks?

Franziska: And I’ve been thinking…

Larry: About… me? *wink*

Franziska: *twitch*… In a way.

Larry: Aw, Franny! No need to be shy! If you’ve got something on your mind, just say it!

Franziska: Fine… Um, w-would you… like to go on a date…?

Larry: *gasp* Oh, sweet, lovely, innocent Franny… of course I would love to go-

*crack*

Larry: Yeowww! W-w-what the heck!? What gives!?

Franziska: You and your foolishness! I can’t believe I was almost fooled by the most foolish of all fools!

Larry: W-what did I do…?

Franziska: I’ve said my stupid line! You’re supposed to reject it! It’s right there in the script!

Larry: B-but! The way that goes is too tragic! A young lady wishing to earn the admiration and care from the one she loves, only to be rejected! It’s just so… so…

*crack*

Larry: COLD!?

Franziska: Enough with your fanciful prancing! If you expect me to go through with this, then you do what you’ve been told! No exceptions!

Larry: B-but I was just… I was just using a little creativity! I-is that so wrong!? *sob*

Franziska: Hmph! If it’s creativity you’re looking for, then perhaps I can offer something different to that tasteless script? How does 100 lashes each to front and back sound!?

Larry: Eeeeek! Not good! Not good! I’m sorry, Franny! Please don’t hurt meee!

Franziska: *sigh*… In any case, I’ve played my part and it was going perfectly as planned until you ruined it. Since it would be troublesome to start it over, I suggest we put this pointless charade to rest and forget this ever happened.

Larry: Yes, ma’am…

–

…Well, that was disappointing.

Franziska: What did you expect? That fool‘s foolishness knows no bounds.

Maya: I thought it was alright.

Franziska: …

Maya: Er, of course it still could be better. Like maybe… if it wasn’t Larry?

Larry: Aw, Maya! You don’t really mean that, do you? I tried the best I could!

Phoenix: Actually, I have to agree. It would be better without Larry.

Edgeworth: He tends to ruin things when plans are arranged. That is the nature of the Butz.

Larry: …What are these people we call “friends“ anyway?

Those who are closest to you have the best excuse to mock you anytime.

Maya: Ooh! That’s deep. I’m keeping that one in mind.

Phoenix: (…In other words, she’s scheming. Oh, the horror…)

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How Often Should You Have Reiki Top Unique Ideas

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Reiki Stones How To Use Reiki Stones For Chakra Healing

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In a nutshell, Reiki is much easier to start with a limited concept of how energy flows to where it's emphasis and importance lies.The chair healing gives great experience of Reiki symbols should be shared with people rapidly becoming a mother.This is achieved for the benefit of all ages and health.Most Reiki treatments have reported miraculous results when they call me.They also say that we have said that it comes to spiritual pursuits.

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Why you shouldn’t let media agencies design your creative

The obsession with adtech has yielded some baffling design choices. Buying the space has somehow become more important than designing for the space. This process does not help anyone in the chain, least of all consumers, who are ultimately the people that will hopefully pay for your product.

In this post focusing on the UAE,  I look at a series of paid ads on social networks and publishers, using my mobile as the primary browsing device. I look at design, copy and user journey issues which can lead to massive sales funnel leaks. Plenty has already been written about mobile being used more and more, which is why mobile optimized design is so crucial to ensure best use of marketing budget, and more importantly, prioritize the customer.

Part 1. The case of Social Media ads

Social Media remains the most abused channel for marketing in the region because marketers look at it as a cheaper channel, rather than a channel to invest in, engage in actual conversation and drive conversions. This is the digital front line after all. We have now passed the valley of despair, where the design asset doesn’t match the required spec size, and have moved on to the mountain of mediocrity as far as best practice goes.

Is this because marketers no longer want to pay for creative? Is it because they don’t know any better? Who knows. Let’s look at some examples:

TWITTER

The largest Twitter advertisers currently in terms of volume appear to be automotive ones. Here’s a selection of the top 4:

Most of them have reasonable images, but the Volkswagen one stood out for “cram as much text as possible onto a Twitter ad”. The banner text is completely unreadable on mobile. Considering that’s where most of your social engagement will be, this seems like a waste of copy.

The GMC one has a non brand URL which will not inspire confidence in prospects, but let’s look closer at some of the wonderful copy text:

“Rest assured of” and “inovative” are basic grammar and spelling mistakes (change to ‘rest assured that’ and ‘innovative’ with a double n).

With the GMC, a double negative leads to utter confusion along with the chance to “Leady By Example”. Who’s writing this stuff? A 5 year old?

I did message them on twitter and they responded that they amended it.

Things get even better when one actually engages and is taken to a landing page of sorts, where the prospect is supposed to register for a test drive:

On the left, we see the first landing page, after your selection you are taken to the never ending form on the right.

For mobile users, less is more. Having one car fill up the width of the mobile browser and allowing a thumb scroll interaction would be better than presenting both options at once.

The inconsistent use of font size, emboldening and poor distributor logos all detract from what ostensibly is a premium vehicle.

Moving onto the form itself, it’s a textbook case of designing for inputs to the brand CRM / ERP system, not for the user. If you’re interrupting people on a dynamic social network, (and even if not), best practice for forms dictates 3 fields or 4 at the maximum.

Next up on Twitter ads, the Property sector:

Once again, the “leave no white space unfilled” theory is in full effect. You didn’t actually want to enjoy a full width view of the promoted apartment did you? I’ll just leave that there.

Now let’s see how Lulu tackles Twitter with a new approach, one I like to call, “SuspenseTech”

What are these magical products for these low low prices? You’ve got my attention, but for all the wrong reasons. TELL MEEEEEEE

The body copy of the tweet did include a url so I duly clicked and…..

Yes, you’re seeing it correctly. It’s an online brochure. One un-clickable image. With the requirement to click something in the middle or, the X in the corner first.

But wait, something in the main menu looks like it might have more info, unfortunately, the table of contents did not have… a table of contents.

So I’ll be forced to schlep down to the store, wherever that is….

Calameo by the way is just like Issuu. For people who want to replicate the page turning experience online.

Like so

Did you spot the 1st edition of #NationTowers @myconciergeUAE magazine yet? A must for all luxury products & unique experiences #inabudhabi! pic.twitter.com/66a2Gp6M3v

I haven’t found a Twitch channel yet which gives me access to live page turning but i’m sure the good folks at Lulu can oblige.

In some cases, promoted tweets did not resolve to a landing page at all. 

I was also about to go bananas at yet another spelling error (shouldn’t it be “Unstoppables”?) but it turns out it is actually the name of the product. Forget fake news, P&G are promoting fake spelling:

Finally, the Lenovo pad, whose english copy text makes it sound like…..a pad

INSTAGRAM

On Instagram, things aren’t much better, with the main errors being too much copy text which renders the design unreadable, or, for those ‘grams that link out to a browser, the user is led to a non mobile optimized final destination.

For the purposes of brevity, I’ll just show one example, that of twofour54:

Whilst you do have to wade through rather a lot of content before you get the information that you require, at least it is optimized for mobile viewing. Obviously I’m not going to be downloading a brochure on my phone so I click the url to take me to the money page, where I will hopefully get detailed answers as per my buyer persona, and twofour can get me to hand over my details for their database.

It was all going so well, until I clicked out, and then everything just made my eyes hurt. Additionally, not taking me to an inside page meant I had to start the journey all over again and with that tiny font, I didn’t know where to start.

FACEBOOK

Hopping over to Facebook, Panasonic has clearly spent all its money on the hardware with none left over for decent graphic designers, or web designers for that matter. Take a look:

Husband comes home to find wife behind alien force field. Armed only with his briefcase, how will he reach her?

Alien force field secretly permeates dining room whilst you’re out at work all day.

And the most terrifying of all:

Alien spores trap family in unending spiral of doom.

(also its “breathe” not “breath” - sadly aliens can’t be defeated by poor spelling)

Haunted by the big blue blanket, I click on the required URL to see what else Panasonic has up their sleeve.

The CS-C24TKF could be Klingon for ‘commence countdown’. Looks like a jet engine in the background.

Notice that bit of text peeking out on the right? That’s how it appears in the mobile screen. You can actually scroll on the horizontal plane as well as the vertical plane. This is way too  confusing and the user experience suffers as a result.

So far, I understand nothing.

Scrolling further, and the copy text is about as engaging as a plumbing manual. Also, this text-in-banner image simply doesn’t work on mobile. Everything is still way too small. If these are the most important marketable features of the product, why aren’t they more visible?

WAIT  A SECOND! The blasted blue blanket of bewilderment is back and now it has green friends which are clearly preventing the woman from getting off the couch...... 

No review of regional creative would be complete without the old; “stick the product next to a sand dune, and the Middle Easterners will know its for them”. 

Take note of the dual colors. Not sure if this means it’s blowing out 55 degree air or it counters it. Help!

This image tells me nothing. It could be a water flask for my desert hiking trips for all I know. Why is it so hard just to get some decent images and write copy that converts. One minute alien forces are coming out my ac, next i’m stranded in the desert with this weird contraption.

Nevertheless I persist and try to navigate to buying (although I know full well this isn’t an ecommerce site).

First, if i’m online, why not default to “online showrooms”?

Second, just no. Its WAY too complicated to go through all the instructions. I do not want your product that badly that I need a PHD in form filling to get round your awful geolocation.

How do I know what category? What’s a sub category? What happened to our CS-C24TKF? Why didn’t you tell me what category it was in?  

This is another case of repurposing content with no regard for the medium or the user. This looks like a trade marketing brochure. It certainly isn’t as engaging and easy to interact with as most B2C brands. The stock imagery gives it an outdated feel. There is no consideration to a purchase funnel here. The user is left alone to try and navigate a horizontal and vertical scrolling site, with multiple “brand names” (Jet stream, Econavi, Panasonic) and has no idea where to go or what to do.

The best Panasonic can hope for in the absence of investing in their digital channels is the dreaded “post a comment to win” type of social interaction.  Which will inevitably be followed with the ubiquitous “interested please review my profile” comment, by the carefully uncurated audience, cultivated as a result of not investing in great web design and copy that converts.

B2B audiences fare no better, with Thomson Reuters dipping its toe in the SME arena. This is a data capture exercise which is most likely being used to add to the excellent and comprehensive Zawya Company Profiles database (Reuters acquired Zawya earlier), however, the on-boarding suffers from poor mobile optimization.

First I followed the journey from the Facebook ad:

I was taken to the landing page, within the Facebook container:

Nice large CTA at the top, but the rest of the space is taken up by waffle. On mobile and particularly as a result of a paid ad, users need a bold statement, a problem that they need a solution to. This will stimulate them to continue the journey. 

In addition, use of an animated header similar to Bloomberg or Backchannel would have drawn the user in

(image by Zack Grosser from Aaron Zamost post on Backchannel)

Here’s how a Bloomberg page with animation opens on mobile (video in portrait as most people will be reading this on mobile)

bloomberg movie from alex t on Vimeo

Now obviously I’m not suggesting that Reuters throw animated lipsticks all over the landing page, but the point is that a B2B audience deserves some nice front end and it would stand out amongst competitors. 

Scrolling down…

All of a sudden the header appears to have doubled in size, taking up almost half the screen. Why? And, i’m now forced to go through the rigmarole of a signup, which experience tells me will likely be painful, without any reassurance on what I will get if I do so.

I carry on browsing and...

We have entered “lasagna design” territory -  piling everything on top of each other. Not a great UX.

I also saw the same ad on Instagram so I followed from there and was taken to the same site but directly in the browser. Much of the same ensued. 

Below is part of the form where you register your company: 

Pre-populating a form field can be super useful for users, but unless it deploys quickly and is optimized for the mobile screen (above you can see how part of the company name doesn’t fit in the window) it’s frustrating for users and often easier for them to type it in themselves.

The leaders in search tools are Algolia. Using their design and technology, users can get faster access to the information they need. 

(As at the time of writing, the acceleratesme.com site is down for maintenance so it’s possible they are working on these issues)

Part 2. Publishers and Display ad journeys

Much has been made in international marketing circles about brand ads appearing next to offensive content on social networks and youtube. Sleeping Giants has been doing a great job of actively trying to pressure brands to pull ads from hateful news sites including Breitbart.com

This is how users report the brands that advertise to the Sleeping Giants account:

@Hertz I'm a loyal Platinum customer. So disappointed to find you advertising on Breitbart, not the best brand fit. @slpng_giants pic.twitter.com/aVW9eJyOyz

Thanks to the joy of programmatic (I assume) we managed to see a few homegrown brands appear on this particular publisher:

The brands are: 

Dubai Shopping Festival

Dalma Mall

Rasasi

The Galleria

Rite Bite

Friends Provident International Middle East

I tweeted at them at the time when these appeared, but none of them responded.

As of today, Fulfilme.com, an online grocery store backed by NMC is advertising (desktop site)

Regional publishers more often than not, have not optimized for mobile. This is especially worrisome as the majority of titles are franchised from the mature markets and the parent title has obviously followed best practice. Why doesn’t the franchisee follow suit?

Below, 2 titles from the Motivate Publisher, Campaign Middle East, Cyclist Middle East:

Campaign UK (left) and Campaign Middle East (right):

Here is the comparison of Cyclist UK (left) and Cyclist Middle East (right)

There’s a reason I picked this publisher. Campaign Middle East is a B2B magazine for the advertising and communication industry. It frequently reports on digital topics, with contributors noting on many occasions the proliferation of content consumption on mobile. It is therefore absurd that a publisher that talks to companies in this domain doesn’t have a mobile optimized site.

Leaving Thousands of Ad Revenue dollars on the table

This also leaves thousands of potential ad dollars on the table. Much of the growth in Campaign website traffic has been driven by referrals from social channels. As we already know, social is largely consumed on mobile. If Campaign Middle East were to develop a strong mobile presence, and associated ad space, hundreds more clients from the suppliers in digital technology, design and marketing would populate the space with their ads.

Using a CPC model, and potentially combined with an affiliate model, Campaign could grow its sales revenue efficiently whilst clients clearly get value for money.

Some publishers make no secret of their business model. ElleArabia.com has an excessive amount of ads placed next to a tiny amount of content:

Publisher: We need ads to support our content

Brand: Or is it the other way around….?

These  Dior ads which appear to be on every female focused lifestyle digital property at the moment, resolve to the international site, dior.com. Ideally you’d send your local traffic to a local landing page. More on that in a later post.

More display horror from the property sector again, this time from Damac:

Shadows on the font for an online ad? Headache inducing.

The landing page is ok, although cutting off the sentence near the bottom of the frame  makes me nervous that the rest of the mobile experience will be weak.

Unlike others in the space who utilize excessively long form fields, when I clicked to register my interest, there was no form at all.

Money is being left on the table. Again.

Part 3: Emailers

I’ll use the experience of my bank. Financial services firms are notorious for terrible design, even those who push mobile banking in their promotional campaigns appear to forget that their BTL comms needs to be mobile optimized as well.

As you can see, this email is being read in my mobile device. The readable parts are the subject line thanks to Apple. You can now compare the unreadability of the rest of the text. There appear to be great offers in here but I can’t read them without zooming.

With a tri-column design, this should be collapsed in the mobile view, for a single column approach. With this tiny font, my fat thumb may misclick.

It turns out there is an entire table of offers in the email. So I scroll and zoom:

The minute I see the word “avail” i’m already put off (see analysis section for more on this).

Have you noticed there is no clear CTA in each of the offers? I’m not sure what part I should click and if it will take me to the specific offer. Or how to redeem this offer. So much information packed into this mail, except what I, as the user should do.

Clicking on an offer takes me to…..

Oh great, i’m at another non mobile optimized screen and I didn’t land on the specific offer I clicked. Why? Why do i have to go through the entire journey again? How can I easily find the offer I wanted?

And what about that menu? My fat finger cannot distinctly click on one of those black options.

Co-marketing with banks and offer redemption is a great way to reach a targeted user base, but instead of optimizing for customer journeys, banks leave us to wander in the wilderness, most likely dropping out of the entire funnel. Which means poor redemption rates.

Banks make money when I use my card, so it’s really in their interest to design a journey so I will buy buy buy. I can’t do anything with this.

Here’s another emailer I received. In 2017:

I’ll conclude the design part of this post by two of the most baffling online ads I’ve seen this year:

Mashreq: we don’t like pronouns

And this: Secret Yoghurt hiding in Crisp Packet:

Analysis

All advertisers seek to engage users. Engagement comes from design and, on digital channels, by usability. Of course it can be argued that many brands seek only awareness, rather than to complete the entire journey from awareness to purchase. However, since digital is the only channel that offers the chance to do this, there is no reason why more brands cannot drive to checkout. This offers immediate ROI on your marketing spend.

Nevertheless, if the call to action on social channels is to “Learn More” or click on a link, you need to make sure that

a) the content is there

b) it is designed for mobile and

c) you don’t waste users time.

By shifting the focus back to creative agencies, you ensure that the quality of your brand does not suffer. Creative agencies have user delight at their core, media agencies are more concerned with reach and margins. Brands that do pay more attention to design can easily win here.

Let’s look at a one hypothetical example of a brand that seeks to drive awareness through paid ads on social channels:

Get the users attention in a busy timeline

Getting the users attention in a busy timeline is priority number one. This can be done by great graphics, well produced videos and perfect copytext. But don’t repeat the same creative. Users will become immune. Media agencies who do not frequency cap ads are the bane of consumers lives. Make sure you have a varied portfolio

Have a great reason to pull them out of the social environment

The next step. If you are asking users to link away from a social channel where they want to be spending most of their time, there has to be something riveting for them to do. Riveting for consumers does not usually involve filling out forms. With a varied portfolio of ads, it will be easy to measure which ones consumers are most interested in. Users will click on something to find out more information, here they are in the consideration stage. If there isn’t a huge amount more info to give them - then default to delighting them with design. Everyone will spend time with beautifully crafted design and text. If you don’t have access to great front end designers, use excellent witty copywriters.

Stick to the funnel and try to move to email

If you have managed to successfully complete this step, and you need to continue conversing with the customer to eventually shepherd them to a purchase offline (and on their own terms), then retarget them (with a different creative) on other channels, this time offering them something of value in order for them to leave you their contact details. Emails are the channel that actually result in the best ROI. But you only want to be emailing those that are far enough down the purchase funnel in order to keep conversion rates high and your database relatively clean. Again, make sure your emails are mobile optimized and use the latest design techniques.

Double check its actually mobile optimized

When designing for mobile, about 70% of brands believe that having the content fit in a mobile screen is equal to it being mobile optimized. If your senior executives cannot read all of the content or somebody has to pinch and zoom, then it’s not mobile optimized.

The ROI of Great Design

Essentially you get what you pay for with design. If you choose to spend as little as possible on creative, you will get the corresponding low quality user base. This is acutely true in emerging markets. If you’re a brand reading this you’ll most likely be suffering from a deluge of job related requests on your social channels rather than those that are high quality users, engaged in a conversation and likely to purchase. Because you spent all your money on buying the ad space and nothing on the creative to fill it.

Once again, it can reasonably be argued that the overall quality of audience in this region is low compared to other territories, why spend more when you can spend less. However, we have a wildly heterogeneous audience in the UAE (compared to other GCC markets). Higher quality users are attracted by proper copy using the right syntax and spelling, and excellent design.

By not catering to these users you are leaving money on the table. These users respond to better quality design and tend to be those that will have a higher LTV and higher retention rates.

Obviously this reduces your cost for acquiring customers, which means more money in the bank for you.

Finally, and I cannot stress this enough, investing in great design and UX at the beginning, massively reduces the amount you will spend on support afterwards. A known expenditure for design is much more preferable than an unknown expenditure on community management and engagement and call centres who you may be paying for by the hour.

Advertising online is largely a self serve method. You no longer have to go through an intermediary (ie a media agency) to get access to the space. It is cheaper to either hire or train media buying staff in house than it is to outsource to a media buying agency. If you keep media buying in house you are already saving 10 - 15% of your media buy costs (this percentage would be charged by the agency).

In addition, you get greater transparency on where your media is being spent. By spending less on media and investing more in design and creative, the results will allow a quicker ROI and the time spent to recoup that investment will be shorter. And, great design is the cornerstone of competitive advertising strategies.

When outsourcing digital design you’ll need to look for the following roles:

Graphic Design

Front End Design

UX and UI Design

Copywriters (ideally not bilingual, get one for each language you operate in)

Email Design

Mobile Design

Focus on delighting users, wowing them with creativity and usability and making it as easy as possible for them to accomplish whatever task is required.

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Defenses

Inigo || @armsthriift + Robin

You squander your own potential and waste everyone’s time. Will you ever see what you could truly be?

[ ♡ ] ——– ❝ Allow for me to ENLIGHTEN you. Once you go through many traumatic, HORRIBLE things in your life, you forget about yourself. You cease to care about what happens to you, what you become, who you are. And while I may appear like a PHILANDERING, WORTHLESS, WASTE OF SPACE AND A FOP, I’ll have you know if I wanted to, really wanted to—I COULD RIP YOU TO SHREDS WHERE YOU STAND.

    My mother did not raise me to not be my best. For those who do not think much of me like yourself have not taken the time necessary to know me, and therefore are not worth my time and my maximum effort. Of course, courtesy and manners should be shown to everyone, she taught me that also. I’m afraid YOU just haven’t seen what I truly am. I apologize that you’re missing out, my friend. Now if you’ll excuse me—- ❞

    “’Rip me to shreds’…?” Robin taunts at the retreating figure, “Hardly. How can you claim that when all you really do is DEFLECT…? Even now you take care and twist it into insult rather than standing for it. We’re fighting a war, and you think you’re the only one who’s dealt with trauma? Who’s FORGOTTEN THEMSELF?

    No, I say this because I have taken the time to know you: You hide your truth and your worth behind your father’s same SMILE, and it seems the most you’ve taken from your mother is a penchant for SELF-SABOTAGE. Act like a vapid jerk, and any time someone has some sort of criticism, or doesn’t give you what you want, just blame the image, not ‘what you truly are.’ Call yourself worthless, and you can run off blushing, before you fail, if someone actually expects more than that.”

    Her words may as well be a sword drawn, with every same intention to cut, “Oh, I know you’re not a fop, Inigo. You’re a SELFISH COWARD.”

[ ♡ ] ——– She may as well have slapped him, or with the wound that seemed to burn into his back as she hollered after him, just stabbed him. Tore it through glass bones to fracture him from moving, just as she did. Tapping a boot clad foot into the dirt as he stopped, it was in his mind to just keep walking. IGNORE HER, she’s just trying to get under your skin, you know what happens when people get under your skin.

      Robin was PEELING it back, messing with the blood that she had no business bringing to a boil. Growing hot over the fire that Robin so carefully lit, shoving his face into it before the flames could come to a full burn. Embers danced with the brown in his eyes, turning now with his arms crossed on his chest.

     ❝ I’d appreciate it if you held my mother higher than what your last statement let on. ❞ But she was right. Inigo truly was his father’s son, and he HATED it. Knowing and loving his father was one thing, but he couldn’t know and love what his father DOES. Being compared to him was never something he wanted. and Robin had a way of knowing it, always seeming to REMIND him. The whole time she ragged on him, words dipped in poison and taunts injected to his veins—-it was only natural for him to grow angry.

     ❝ Do you not have anything better to do than to dog on me all morning, Robin ? I would think you have some important route planning to get another ten soldiers wounded by your own impulse decision. As long as it isn’t you, correct ? That’s really the main goal, isn’t it ? Keeping you and the royal family alive ? ❞

    There it is. Blood stirred behind brown. The heat of Inigo’s oft bragged PASSION bubbling beneath the mask. Anger might just be the only honesty Robin can get, so she’s stuck making weapons out of words. He halts, turns, closes off.Shame, really, how he holds back. If he didn’t block his heritage (he can’t even m e n t i o n it with the other comments…); if he didn’t spend so much effort trying to BE COOL, then maybe he could take all that burning in his face and properly channel it through hands to manipulate a tome.

    Ah well, for now it still just creates smokescreen.

    Weak, emotional retaliation consists of glancing blows against a steeled surface. The thought she does put into her actions pads an armor of confidence. She knows what she’s ever done and why and who for, (so must he, or he wouldn’t still be following those same decisions). His stab at her can’t reach any nerves. There’s a difference between argument and insult, and her silent logic easily absorbs the hot air of his empty accusations.

    “Hah! Just as I said. DANCING AROUND the issue,” fingers spin in gestured emphasis, “This isn’t about me or my opinion of your family. It’s about you. Demanding smiles and acceptance from others while only offering a fake front, and then wasting time being upset when they predictably don’t react how you want.”

    Too much of her hand might be starting to tip, showing conclusions and focus that may only have been jumped to, but in the end, well, perhaps being proven wrong about him is what she hopes for.

    “Selfish. Coward,” she repeats, “Can you not even DEFEND YOURSELF?”

[ ♡ ] ——– It wasn’t a matter on if he could defend himself or not, it was a matter of reason. Of course, he could battle with his words well, but with nothing else but a hot-tempered tactician just looking for a fight, it just didn’t deem important enough to stand and be nasty with her. For a moment in thoughts, why she even wanted him to get so riled up wasn’t something he understood. Seeing those around them HAPPY and cheerful was a lot better than seeing them ANGRY and bitter.

     Clenching his fists would start to be painful after too long, fingernails would soon leave indents into his skin from biting back too much. Yet, just listening to her repeat her opinions of him was clockwork—someone always had to tell him what he was doing wrong, why he should do this, why he shouldn’t do that, or how much of an idiot he was sometime during the day. Inigo had always expected it would come his turn to be the subject of her deductions, even more surprised he wasn’t the very first. The mercenary was an easy target—he wouldn’t stand up for himself on most occasions. Once he had enough of it, he would let himself become unglued—but not before struggling to keep all of the pieces of himself intact.

     ❝ What are you on about now ? Is it so WRONG to encourage high morale and spirits in the worst of times ? ❞ there’s a pause, a realization of himself to just stop while he’s ahead. The more he speaks, the more he feeds into whatever game she’s trying to play with him. Despite popular camp belief—Inigo isn’t an idiot. His intentions to play the role of happiness wasn’t to be taken in vain—once he stopped, those around him would suspect something was wrong.

     It was a cruel feeling really: wanting attention so badly to seek it out, yet running from it once someone tries to weasel in between his feelings. Nothing was ever wrong with him, and even if there was something beyond just being rejected that would bother him, there were few he’d confide in. Fewer that could read him when he refused to open the cover.

     ❝ I’m not trying to be rude towards you, my lady, but I think it’s best for you to shove off and continue about your day. I’m certain I have nothing to say that you want to hear. ❞ Biting his tongue was always the hardest part. To be a GENTLEMAN was hard, being NICE was double hard when everyone around you is so .  .  . AWFUL, in many different ways.

     Skin growing hot under his sleeves, he doesn’t dare turn to walk away until she does—as small of a ‘standing-his-ground’ gesture as it is. Eyes narrow towards her under his bangs, cheeks displaying nothing but pale dust with a ever so slightly scrunched bridge of his nose. He knows she isn’t going to just give up there, that was wishful thinking.  What did she WANT ?

    “So I’d provoke you twice because I don’t want to hear your side? Oh,quite sensible.” Her face buries itself in a hand, rubbing out inflamed frustrations. He’s still walled off behind his pride, and it’s infuriating. What, was he trying to spare her FEELINGS? Robin’s been called plenty in her line of work, been given worse glares than he wears now. Social graces were hardly her line of tact when they stood in the way of results. Inigo’s only using them to create a barrier between his ego and her own - hardly sparing anyone. The heave of a heavy sigh brings with it a question if this is all really worth it.

    She only wants to bring out the best in all her soldiers, so, yes, of course his turn would come, especially after seeing what he’s TRULY capable of. For someone to have such talent and spirit and not openly share was something she couldn’t understand, and nothing less than m a d d e n i n g. All the more reason she simply can’t back down.

    So breaking Inigo’s shell with force and fire had processed into a second phase of a will more tempered. But a harder surface only makes one more brittle. Rendering him to full pieces had never been her purpose. Still, he gives her nothing else to work with, so keeping the flow of conversation sits again on her lips, “No, there’s nothing wrong with trying to boost morale.”

    Not only does Robin not listen in taking a given exit, boots trod forward. Belts and buckles shuffle with each even step forward over muddy ground, and the extra aura of her cloak adds a slight billow before falling back in place, “But if that’s your aim, then you must look at the statistics, Inigo. Most people you just manage to make angry at you. A few cases only take advantage of you. and the rest of us…WORRY about you.”

    ( You squander your own potential and waste everyone’s time. )

    Narrowed lids match his own, but beyond them, brown eyes glitter. Light twitches upon orbs as they flick in scrutiny of his stern-glazed face, as though he were the only puzzle in the universe she may never figure out. Robin reveres actions thatmake sense, and so rarely did it seem, to her, that his actually aligned with stated ideals.

    ( Will you ever see what you could truly be? )

    “You could, you know,” ponders aloud, almost a whisper, “Make that many people happy, I mean. I think you trip yourself up trying to force it on your own terms. With as much heart as you’ve got? Smiles should just be a natural reaction to your genuine presence.”

    She’s seen it before. Gods, felt it before; recently, at least. Does he think no one pays enough attention?

   ( I do. )

  Encouragement, as best she knows how (even if it comes off as the drill-sergeant, break-you-down-build-you-back-up, ruthless type), is the best she can offer. As always, there’s an urge to PROTECT… but she can’t against an enemy she doesn’t know the name of. Heels dig in further, and brows pull in lower.

    “So what are you so SCARED of?”

[ ♡ ] ——– He hated the way she paced around him like a predator would its prey. He felt VULNERABLE under the heat of her questions, like his skin was nothing but stained glass that she was only tapping away at. Robin didn’t want his short and simple answers, she wanted something more from him, and Inigo was unable to give that to her. It wasn’t something he wanted to do, but it just made him even more upset. Unwilling to share and unwilling to let her into his thoughts. He’d much rather wear a smile and wrap any feelings he ever had in a box and tie it with beautiful ribbons to give it a good look.

     Once that box was torn open, however, there would be nothing but every repressed memory and thought he’d ever had. Nothing but darkness and every violent thought that ever crossed his mind. It wasn’t a nice present, and it wasn’t anything anyone deserved at all. As much as he pined for love, he was just as quick to flee from it as he saw fit. He could put on a good show but under pressure he fell to pieces. Scrambling through the movements until he fell to the ground. It was no wonder why those who didn’t abuse his kindness or shove him off would worry about him.

     He was easy to fall and easy to let down. Inigo spent many hours of his time being upset, even though he thought they were short-lived. IF he went out without a full smile on, it would make others question him, and yet he didn’t even have to be acting for Robin to pull off his mask. It was no use to worry over him, some thing would just never change. He was predictable.

      ❝ Robin, I’ve no interest in your tactical assumptions. If I can’t do something as I try, why would it make a difference should I not ? I accept that people around me just do not like me and that’s how it is. I think you have it a bit backwards. ❞ Inigo was actually tired of hearing her voice. He was tired, and he was tired already of being picked apart. He never had to fight so hard to keep his act up before. This was just exhausting. Her lines were supposed to be encouraging, and they just felt like hammers at his walls.

      Dragging fingers through blond waves at her next question, he’s beyond agitated at this point. She’s ruthless, she has no sense of stopping while she’s ahead–before she unleashes something she doesn’t want, or hell it may be something she does want to see.

     Truthfully, he’s afraid of a lot of things, but nothing he would ever let slip out from between his lips. Having fears makes you human, but it doesn’t make you brave by any means. In his own mind, that is.

     ❝ Gods, I’m not SCARED of anything, Robin. There is simply no time to be afraid. Why don’t you just tell me what you want so I can carry on with my daily tasks. I’m a busy man today. ❞

    “You’re a terrible liar.”

    One more tap; one more tap on rose-tinted glass, and that’s when Robin finally sees that the pretty kaleidoscope dancing on the surface just meant that what was inside the box – were a bunch of pieces already broken, and she’s just shaking them.

    I accept that people around me just do not like me and that’s how it is. I think you have it a bit backwards.

    This is a new attitude, new information that truly does make her stop to think. Backwards…? Hmm… The sharp lines made of her eyelids mean to pierce, but his are pinched tear-ducts making spikes to keep her out. What a difference from not letting misunderstandings keep them apart. …So, then, this is also the beginning of the TRUTH.

    She’s pleased.

    Imposing aura sheathes back into hoods and pockets, tucks into baggy pants and wraps around camisole straps for another day. The corners of brown eyes melt to soften at the edges. Inigo is not a puzzle, not really. He’s a person, with as much complexity as he pretends not to have.

    Which leaves her still confused. She sees nothing ugly about supposedly weaker sides of being human. She’s trained new recruits through their first kill, held her soldiers in hysteria while arrows fly over trenches and heard them whining in mess halls, seen enemies beg for mercy her units knew better than to provide, written letters home to families of victims of the same on her side; she’s heard the worst frights and most selfish desires scream with spasms while she wipes foreheads of the fallen from fever dreams, changed blood and shit-stained sheets from the cots afterward; she’s deflected shouts of jealousy and accusation just from the color of her skin, just from daring to stand so close beside Chrom, shaken off nasty names and rumors. She’s never been bothered, save for the inconvenience caused to endeavors or the detriment to those more loyal. Her soul seems to have room for it all.

    ( …And it’s a wicked swell in central cavities; the ends of ribs poke in like vicious claws, for she finds herself more feasting on the facts - when reality proves to be dark, fearful, HATEFUL. Like this is how it always is, and this is where she belongs. Naga knows, some days it feels as though she were crafted to carry demons. Devouring a few more wouldn’t hurt.)

    She thought it clear in speaking to another Plegian from a future even more wartorn, that she could possibly relate. Oh, well. People often hated her, too. Too harsh, or too tough, or too distracted. A commander doesn’t always have the luxury of compassion; that’s Chrom’s part of the job.

    Heh. Now who’s demanding without offering anything, Robin…?

    “Fine,” she relents with a shrug and a sigh. Eye contact draws apart so she might finally leave, but a sad disappointment shakes out with her head and the swishing of twintails, “You don’t have to talk to me.”

    Though, a warm palm places itself upon his shoulder in her passing-by - one with blemishes she keeps covered, too; it would remain if he lets it. “But all I have to do is look in the mirror to recognize a face that carries too much burden. There’s no need to put on such a brave show by yourself… not all the time, at least.”

    “You deserve better than a heart full of love, and yet a sword in your hand. …But you’re a Shepherd now,” a sidelong glance says it’s a lesson of her own, simply being forwarded, “You’re not alone anymore.”

[ ♡ ] ——– He knew that already. He’d already been told by his own father he was awful at lying. It wasn’t in Inigo’s character to lie outright, and it never would be. He just wasn’t good at covering his own tracks and keeping himself contained afterwards. She’s digging into him, and he doesn’t like it, but there’s nothing left to protect himself. She’s broken down the wall, she’s shattered the glass, she’s taken hammers to the doors and wrenches to the hinges.

     But just like that, she stops. She realizes quickly that he’s not as black and white as he seems. His tension, the pressure within clenched teeth and a tightened jaw keeps him contained, keeps him from running. he’s so tired of running. Tired of trying to get away from everyone and tired of trying to keep to himself when he wanted to pour it out to someone. Just not to her, not yet. She doesn’t need to hear it, nor is it her business.

      GOOD, I DIDN’T WANT TO TALK TO YOU. Arms cross over his chest in reluctance to her words. He’s already made it certainly clear he wanted out of this weird arrangement.

     Though he supposes he understands. To be a commander, one must know their soldiers far beyond their names. It was good to know their weaknesses, their strengths, their fears, anything that could give them leverage in any situation.  He cannot say he feels bad for skimping her on answers, but he truly couldn’t find proper ways to but his feelings into words suitable to deliver to someone like her.

      Letting his head hand as she moves to go past him, jumping slightly at the feeling of her palm on his shoulder. The sweet gesture of both understanding and wanting for him to be comfortable. Apologetic, in a sense. He doesn’t move, doesn’t shy away from her. Inigo allows her to keep her soft grip for as long as she stands there, chipping off the final pieces of her statement to him.

               you’re not alone anymore.

                                    I KNOW.

      But he couldn’t say it out loud. He doesn’t want to drown within his own emotions right now. He knows he deserves better–didn’t they all ? They didn’t deserve to have to pick up swords, and bows, or lances at young ages. They deserved to live with their parents and not have a worry in the world about what they’d eat or where they’d sleep. But it jut wasn’t so. It couldn’t be changed, and it couldn’t be taken back.

     Instead of a real answer, there’s only a nod of blond hair. Flat auras of brown iris’ looking to her with a small grin. He was thankful for her words, truly he was.

      ❝ Thank you, Robin .  .  . I’ll keep that in mind. ❞ Gently shrugging her palm from his shoulder, he’s able to take a small ounce of pride back with him on his walk back to his tent. Maybe a nap would clear his mind, or perhaps just a good read from one of his books. Anything to put the small argument behind him. Behind them.

           For he did want to see her again.