#i didn't win jack or shit at the show and honestly didn't get a lot of worthwhile comments either but oh well it's nice to show anyway
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tetedurfarm · 18 days ago
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portraits of rabbits upside-down
(before anyone says anything! this is not cruelty, they are not dying, and this is not unsafe. these rabbits are trained to be comfortable in this position for their health. they are perfectly calm, unbothered, moisturised, etc. and suffered no ill effects from being flipped. the flemish jumped up on her own and proceeded to try and eat the ribbons next to her without so much as a concerned glance, and the angora barely even blinked when being blown out just before.)
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allwormdiet · 3 months ago
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Arc 6: Tangle, Concluding Thoughts
Lotta emotional highs and lows to get through here, so let's not dawdle
Okay, from the top now
Brian Laborn is actively evading all of my attempts to understand him. I will discover what makes him tick no matter how long it takes, and I will know whether the furniture building was meant to be a date or not
Speaking of which, my God 6.3 was fucking awkward. Some of that I'm certain was intentional, and good job at that, but holy shit I was actually uncomfortable with the way Aisha is described on her first appearance. Like I guess that can be chalked up to Taylor being awkward and mean but I'm gonna be real, I'm eyeing Wildbow on this one, if there's ever a fucking Worm Revised Edition that had better be on the rewrite block
Uhhhhh, lessee, what n-ahh. The gallery job.
I'm torn on this one, honestly. The build-up was solid, the entrance was delightful, and in the moment-to-moment stuff the fights were fun, but... the Undersiders went in with like half the Protectorate's numbers, and then proceeded to fight a wholeass PRT squad and then every hero there, and beat almost all of them. The Wards didn't do jack shit before being taken out, Assault and Battery got one cool team move and then were dusted, Triumph got downed by a dog, Velocity... Velocity found out a critical flaw in what gets sacrificed in the name of full power efficiency.
Someone on Discord pointed out that Miss Militia using the machete against Regent was actually a good way to discourage him from making her arms move, which is honestly smarter than I initially gave her credit for, but she still wound up puking inside her own costume so it's not like she's coming away from this smelling like roses.
Armsmaster and Dauntless are the only heroes who come out of 6.5 to 6.7 not looking like complete chumps, and Dauntless doesn't have a whole lot of personality on display so he barely counts as a character.
Overall it feels like the Protectorate heroes lost a lot of their bite with this entire sequence. The Undersiders are getaway specialists, thieves who don't pick fights unless they're sure they can win, and they just challenged like one of the highest-rated heroes in the Protectorate and his entire squad and came out of it in one piece. I'll grant that between the ambush conditions and the functionally unmatched battlefield control provided by Grue and Skitter that they tilted multiple factors in their favor, but that still doesn't feel all the way sufficient.
It should've been a lot closer, I think, and in some places it was already pretty close.
I hate Coil's entire vibe so much, I hate hate hate this dude. Smug motherfucker with his choreographed limo rides and coin tricks and shit. I'm gonna have to put up with this for a while, I can fucking feel it, goddamn him.
Somewhat relatedly, Tattletale... I don't like her less but I'm keeping a closer eye on what she says and does. If she's actually vibing with Coil and not just working with him as a matter of opportunism then that. Doesn't reflect great on her.
Hebert family continuing to break my fucking heart. I swear to god these two are gonna take fucking forever to mend the rift between them, and it's gonna involve at least a half-dozen more near-death experiences, goddammit
Edit: fuck me forgot the interlude
Birdcage scares the shit out of me, I think what makes Dragon’s role as architect and warden even worse is that she clearly takes no joy from the act.
Bakuda died as she lived, with bombast and sudden, violent cruelty.
Ahh, fuck, what even is supposed to be next in the story. Leviathan is close, right? I don't know if he's showing up the very next thing but I've been wrong before. God I hope there's, like, a second to breathe before an Endbringer rolls up.
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alpineshift · 2 months ago
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an incomplete list of professions I'm putting jacknico into in my ongoing kit of ‘what if one of them weren’t an NHL player, how will they meet and what would their relationship be like?’
Jack's a hockey player (and most definitely wearing the C):
Corporate Nico who's Jack's neighbour and is incredibly disgruntled by Jack's weird hours and occasionally noisy af team gatherings at his place.
Working points include Nico being politely huffy and Jack always running out on their arguments bc he's going to be late for practice
Jack's incessant need to sing in the shower and Nico constantly overhearing him bc they share a wall (amongst other accidental noises)
At some point Nico wins some kind of corporate recognition prize for his Hard WorkTM and it's...VIP Devils tickets. And a meet and greet with the captain AKA his own neighbour that he regularly beefs with. Imagining Jack finding out it's Nico before the game and gets a dick trick that night out of spite? The unrelenting desire to show off a bit for his grouchy hot neighbour? And Nico has to begrudgingly admit Jack played really well
At some point also maybe Jack's out on IR and Nico just. Accidentally-not-really looks after Jack bc they "dislike" each other, but he doesn't want Jack to actually suffer. Classic finally getting to know each other phase iykyk
Suit designer Nico, who's introduced to Jack through one of the Swiss guys and begins to exclusively style Jack over the course of his years as a Devils player
Jack having to get suits resized and custom made every year bc his ass is incredible and Nico is not immune to said ass
Nico is always complimenting his figure and Jack is losing his mind bc he's obsessed but also firmly believes Nico is just being so professional
Jack always flexing his suits online with flirty captions and tags Nico and Nico has such a crush but also firmly believes Jack just really appreciates his work and this is His PersonalityTM
At some point after they get together Nico designs the WAG playoff jackets and Jack tells him he has to make one for himself too. Cue blushing.
Kindergarten teacher Nico who simply Does Not Care for hockey (or hockey players) who has to host the Devils school visit for his kids
The kids adore the players. Especially Jack, who is very good with the kids. He's super sweet and very engaged and stays late hanging out with them
Obligatory Jack chatting/being flirty with Nico and asking who his favourite player on the Devs is. And Nico going "Honestly I think I prefer football." And Jack's all oh! I also love watching football with my brothers at UMich-- and Nico's like "European. European football."
Luke just about killing himself laughing watching Jack try and fall flat on his face again and again while he attempts to flirt with Nico
But now that Nico's met Jack it feels like a dam has been opened and Nico is somehow seeing Jack everywhere. Grocery store. Harbourfront parking lot. Bus stop ads. Farmer's market. On his goddamned uber eats app promo. He can't escape.
One of Nico's students draw him and Jack together and point it out to him going "Are you guys getting married?" and Nico is like...at this point, who knows. I am at the universe's mercy
Just cutesy goodness everywhere. This is such an overdone trope and I love it.
Also - continuation of the reporter!Nico AU why not
Also just them fucking nasty in this AU cause why NOT.
Nico's still Captain of the Devils. Jack's doing other Hot Girl Shit:
Classic Michigan cottage owner/renter Jack who hosts Nico once during bye week and suddenly Nico is making time during the offseason every year to visit
Beautiful potential for there to be "Jack almost became an NHL player too but didn't bc of xyz reason" and it gets angsty
I imagine Quinn and Luke still play in the NHL but the dots literally never connect for either of them Nico doesn't mention he plays professionally for the NHL and Jack doesn't keep up with anything hockey except for his brothers' stats and to know they're not injured
Summer romance clichés everywhere. Nico catching sight of Jack sunbathing all the time, boating everywhere. Minor problem at the cottage and Jack comes over to fix it, impressing Nico. Nico talking about Switzerland and just really endearing Jack to him.
When Jack eventually warms up to Nico he invites Nico out to the town summer festival and it's not not a date. But let's just say Nico doesn't wake up in his own cabin later that night.
Also potential for the worse blowout fight when Jack does realize who Nico is. Angst! Angst!!
Will Jack ever go to see Nico play a game or will he hide away from the hockey sphere forever? Will they ever forgive each other? Stay tuned
Tennis player!Jack
I halfway jokingly assigned Jack to tennis during the Olympics and now even if it's short I want him to compete in it and I want Nico to sit in the stands with his shades on and cheer Jack on in the offseason. That's it, really.
Indulgent idea of novelist Jack being the author of Nico's favourite book series
Maybe it's a series Nico started reading when he was younger, but went on hiatus bc Jack took a break
It comes back in full swing when he's Captain now and it's Nico's go-to road trip series. He gets a full secret profile on like an online bookclub to enthusiastically yap about it
Meanwhile Jack is a secret Devils fan - fave player #13 - and has a burner twitter acct where he gushes about how good of a player Nico is online.
I didn't think super ahead in this au but I'm sure they will somehow cross confusing paths at some point. I just want book nerd Nico and enthusiastic online fan Jack.
ALSO. What else could be said about underwear model Jack AU?
Becks has to nurse his forbidden knowledge for like an entire season until Luke sits him down one day and goes "Buddy. It's fine. It's not that big of a secret" and Becks is like oh thank god. I thought my head was going to implode. And Luke is like "However if you do sell Jack and Nico out to the media I will be preemptively ending your career. But you're a good kid, so I'm not worried. Anyway, nice chat!" And Becks is about to shit himself.
Side note - for a while I did not realize there was a Becks on the devils LOL
Or - this time Nico is the one who gets papped with a guy and it's not immediately recognizable as Jack (he cut his hair for a shoot or something) and the rookies are besides themselves thinking Nico is cheating on Jack or something (assuming at some point they also learn the truth). It's shenanigans.
An eventual boyfriend reveal? To put the rookies out of their misery? Jack finds the whole thing hilarious.
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lanatusnebula · 7 months ago
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Alt take on AI (plus bonus ramble)
AI sucks ass.
Ok.
So with that being established, there's one site I do think about using sometimes. "This Person Does Not Exist", right. FUNNY STORY about that one.
Normally, like 10 or so years ago, I used to use a tumblr site called "humanae" to reference real faces to practice drawing humans. It helped a lot because there were a lot of different ethnicity and people that had deformations and variations etc- just generally a very educational site from an artistic point of view. Naturally I think the site was getting traffic by a number of other artists or something behind the scenes happened and it went full paywall. Just links to paid stuff. I think it was some sort of photography project that showed off the diversity of mankind and now they wanted money for it.
And I'm cheap. Real cheap. Dangerously cheap. I'm broke and I know I'll be that way until I get a better occupation. So I didn't pay, thus, I didn't get to use their resource. Fair enough.
But in the end it got harder to find faces to draw from because things I used search engines to find ended up being heavily edited to hide blemishes to the point of being noticeable. It was getting difficult to draw *people* and just generally became a resource I didn't look up for a long while. Like... what.. 8 years?
I used to play with the This Person Does Not Exist generator a lot when it was younger of a program thing, and had hilarious glitches that made eldritch monsters. Now that it has blown up, I think the thing can actually be a great reference too? Maybe some of the humans aren't quite as human as a real human would be, but there's enough diversity for me to use it to practice drawing faces of random ethnicity and ages. I just thought I'd ramble about that.
I know AI is stealing stuff and art websites are getting good deals and are being payed to let them take our shit. And honestly I think we're getting to a point where the financial benefits to the sites to betray artists outweighs the amount of distress the artists express. ANd there are individuals that manually steal art from artists on 1-on-1 conversations in order to train machines. I don't think it's a battle we can truly win.
I did like the approach some artists had to just either clean up AI art or use it as a stepping stone to improving their own art.
If anything, I'm settling. I've been in denial for so long. It's either I stay obscure with my poor skill level, or I improve and become noticeable enough for someone to jack my art style. There's no winning. I wanted to stop drawing overall due to the hopeless outlook I had on life. But I do know there are some things AI can't draw quite yet. (fucking megaman characters outside of classic for one LOL) And some people really do like the "handmade" side of art - just as they do for crafts. I obviously don't make enough to create a stable financial income off of my art, and I do feel like quitting and putting my all into a 9-to-5 job is the smarter route.
But I don't know. It's like an addiction. I like creating fanart that doesn't already exist, something that doesn't feed into mainstream because it's too obscure or weird. "Become the change you want to see" type of practice, except it's just for selfish reasons. Nothing noble - just self-indulgence. LIke wanting to make Grey and Reg eating pizza in a Rainforest Cafe. I could do it with enough dedication, and it'd be the first of its kind. And I think the novelty of doing like "-insert game-'s first fanart" or first r34 is freaking hilarious. It's stupid and it's fun.
If I gotta jack someone's AI and use it as a reference, I might. Most of the styles that I see AI stealing aren't quite the kinds of art styles I'd use myself. Painted animes and westernized furry stuff. I'm kind of in this weird space with a lot of other obscure artists where the art style doesn't really have a word or a clear leaning into any specific genre. I'm not trying to say "my art is super duper unique and i'm not like the other girls" - it's just that I don't know what to call it.
But then again I haven't exactly posted what my style looks like. I'm just doing style mimicry. It's not much better than an AI, some of the stuff I'm making - I still copy someone else's art style (Toru Nakayama is my bitch of choice I guess??????? and I do a poor job at it when I attempt LOL)
I forgot why Iwas here.
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amostimprobabledream · 2 years ago
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Thoughts of The Boys (2019) Season Two *SPOILERS*
I didn't enjoy this season as much as Season One, I have to admit. Not that it was BAD, but it took a lot longer to settle into itself - the first two episodes were kind of boring in comparison to Season One's.
Honestly like, Billy's rampaging over Becca is probably meant to be sweet or misguided or whatever but I just found it fucking annoying. Like she ain't worth it, Billy. She never was. Your friends are so much more fun, fleshed out and interesting. Also I couldn't help but think that Billy didn't really deserve to have Becca back - after how horribly he treats his friends, kills people when it's convenient to his goals and gaslights and manipulates everyone (especially Hughie and MM) if he thinks it will make them more amenable to his cause. He doesn't actually give a damn about Robin or MM's family and it annoys me nobody calls him out on how selfish he is.
Stormfront = Stormcunt. I already knew she was a Nazi before going into the season but I wouldn't have liked her even if she wasn't one, she's one of those people who's like, "Whaaat? I'm just being honest!" when actually she's just an obnoxious bitch. Though I maintain Kimiko deserved to be the one to kill her.
Any scene with Homelander, Ryan and Becca I had to pause because the secondhand embarrassment was TOO MUCH. Honestly seeing Homelander trying to act like a person is almost more unsettling than when he's just being his deranged lunatic self. (Also, Ryan and Becca were so fucking BORING. Any scene with Becca was like watching paint dry - she just exists to be a victim Billy wants to save and that's it. Any scene with them was making me want to scream with how slow it is. I'm glad she won't be in Season 3, because why should I give a shit about Becca and her boring relationship melodrama with Billy? They try so hard to make her cool and sorry but it doesn't work. And Ryan's even worse, no shade to his actor but some child character who's scared of using his own superpowers is also pretty dull.)
Maeve is also super, super boring. Like part of the fun of The Boys is the Supes are all inherently shitty people (except Starlight) but Maeve doesn't ever really DO anything. Nearly all her scenes are just her sitting around with a face like ":/" Like honestly, why the hell should I care about Maeve? What's her character progression? She doesn't seem to have one except her girlfriend dumped her. She's not interesting to me in any way, she's just kind of there. And even though she did kind of try to convince Homelander to save the people on the plane, but it annoys me the show doesn't hold her accountable for any of it - she's just like, "Wah wah, Homelander made me do it!" and thus she's off the hook for all of it, even though she acts like all those people dying is just a way to get Homelander off her back about Elena. All Maeve cares about is herself and her equally boring girlfriend. (Sorry Maeve fans, I don't think her being 'yaas bisexual queen' is enough to make her a good character. I guess her helping beat up Stormfront was cool but it's not really enough to make me like her.)
Once again, babygirl Starlight is the best. I was so happy to hear her calling Billy out on his shit - she's like the first person to tell him to his face he's a bigot. (I do wish they'd give her Season 1 costume back though, I feel so sorry for her actress constantly having her buttcheeks hanging out.)
Hughie continues to be so wholesome and sweet. He's really such a great character because he continuously manages to win people over and pull them together - I totally adored the scene where Billy and Starlight are basically just standing around gushing about how Hughie's great, because he absolutely earns all the praise. I was sitting there agreeing with them both wholeheartedly because Jack Quiad just sells the character so well. I'm glad we finally got some sort of explanation about where his mother is - I'm assuming she'll turn up later. (Also I find it amusing that all the way through Season One I thought Billy was meant to be an Aussie, but Hughie's dad is Simon Pegg, who IS British and just does an American accent. I guess American is just easier to do because we hear so much of it on TV.)
I'm happy we finally got some more exploration of MM and Frenchie because for the initial couple of episodes they kind of stood around in the background while Hughie was mad at Billy. In particular Frenchie's history and his complicated relationship with Kimiko got a bit more fleshing out, which it badly needed because up til this point it felt like they'd fallen into being a pseudo-couple pretty quickly. I also liked that MM's prissy mannerisms got some exploration too - I mean him having OCD didn't factor into much of the season but I'm glad that he got a bit of a spotlight episode because he didn't really make much of an impression on me in Season One.
What exactly are Black Noir's superpowers? It's never really explained what he can do - he seems to be unusually strong, durable and fast but it's not as obvious as it is with The Deep or A-Train. Anyway, I'm glad he got to do a bit more this Season than just stand around - he seems to overall have less autonomy than the other members of the Seven.
Anthony Starr is too fucking good at his job. I swear to god he sells Homelander in a way that's quite astonishing. Like, I know he's a murdering bastard of the highest calibre but GOD HE'S SO INTERESTING. When he awkwardly tries to be a good dad to Ryan? When he barely holds himself back from laser blasting an entire crowd just because one guy flipped him off? Astonishing. (Also I still can't help but feel a little bad for him. Like, nothing excuses what he does, but the more you learn about his fucked up childhood, the more you can pity that little boy who was forced to be the world's answer to Superman. Again, I know, Homelander is awful, but he wasn't born that way.) The final scene of him jerking off was kind of...huh? I have no idea what they were going for there.
Where the hell are they going with The Deep and his extremely weird subplot? And how many more marine animals are going to be mutilated for the sake of comedy? I felt so sorry for that whale but god help me it was pretty funny how the characters were running around with whale guts covering them for the rest of the episode. (I do already know about the octopus. RIP.)
I'm legit scared of Season 3 - what will they do next?!
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proudfreakmetarusonikku · 3 years ago
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Vampire au?
But Tommy is the vampire.
Dream is a history nerd who wants to visit a old castle. He doesn't believe in vampires. Those are just silly old myths.
Tommy, the current owner of the castle, is very nice to Dream. Dream didn't expect the current owner to be so young , but Tommy says he's the owner not because he's the only one of the blood line left , but because he's the only one who actually stays here.
Dream doesn't know that the rest of his family is just asleep right now. As they have been for the last five hundred years.
Tommy owns the castle because he's the only one awake right now.
Lets mix it up a little. Eret and Foolish are his parents.
Reverse obsession again.
Dream accidentally cuts himself, Tommy smells the blood. Tommy gets a tiny little bit of blood. Just enough for him to get a taste for it. It tastes better than any blood he's ever had. Dream's not leaving that castle if Tommy has any say the in it.
VAMPIRE AU? I love you.
Dream honestly didn’t expect being able to find a castle to stay at so easily. He expected to have to sift through ritzy hotels and museums to find one, if he could at all. But apparently, only a few miles from his house, was one maintained and owned by some rich eccentric, Mr Gathers. He’d done some messaging and the owner seemed entirely willing to let him stay for a pittance. Dream supposed what they said about rich people being lonely was true.
When he arrived at the castle, it was dusk. Dream was honestly surprised to see the only person there to be a boy. He was tall, but in a gangly way, and had deep bags under his eyes. He was young, maybe sixteen, and while he looked sickly he was also almost eerily perfect in appearance, a doll-like delicate face framed by cherubic curls. Dream was pretty sure he was an albino, his skin almost pure white, his hair a pale, pale blond, and his eyes almost red when the light caught them.
“Hey, do you know where Mr Gathers is?” Dream asked politely.
The boy huffed and crossed his arms. “Yeah, right here, you dickhead.”
Dream laughed, in disbelief and the boy furrowed a brow. “I’m being serious, prick.”
“You don’t own a castle by yourself at fourteen, kid, no matter how rich.”
“I’m sixteen!” He insisted indignantly. “And no one else even wants to stay here. Haunted, innit?”
“Ghosts aren’t real.”
“Tell yourself that, if it makes you feel better.” The foul mouthed teen held out an immaculately manicured hand. “Anyway, you going to introduce yourself? I’m Tommy.”
“Dream,” Dream said, bemused.
Tommy toured him through the castle and it struck Dream how immaculate the whole thing was. It felt like he’d walked into an actual Renaissance-era castle, in some ways, apart from obvious modern conveniences scattered around haphazard. Dream supposed he couldn’t blame the teenager for wanting TVs and computers and proper lighting and plumbing.
What was odd was that Tommy had a lot of the guest bedrooms reserved, which he said in the vaguest way possible and refused to elaborate. Also strange was when they finished the tour. Tommy had turned to him and said, “And that’s that! Apart from the dungeons, but if you visit them that’s your own damn fault.”
“What, is that where the ghosts are?” Dream said teasingly.
Tommy shrugged. “Something like that.” For some reason, that struck Dream as odd, but he assumed it was just a joke, and headed up to his room for the night.
Life in the castle was strange. Tommy slept during the day and woke at night, which he supposed makes sense if he was albino like Dream suspected. Tommy didn’t bring anything up, but Dream went through the effort to start doing the same. The castle was eerie when he was all alone. That was another weird thing too. Dream was pretty sure he and Tommy were the only people living in the castle, but everything was always immaculate, his clothes always folded, food always provided (enough for him, Tommy seemed to eat at other times.)
Still, things were pretty cool. When Dream wasn’t walking the castle in awe, taking as many pictures as he could to send to the group chat (he’s not exactly sure Sapnap or Skeppy or Jack or Ant would appreciate it, but hopefully Niki and George and Bad and Sam) might like it.), he’d spend time with Tommy. Tommy was strange, but he was nice, though he hid it through his abrasive outer shell.
Things got strange, though, when Dream cut his finger. It was something stupid, a paper cut while reading with Tommy (he had an impressive library, Dream was pretty sure there was several massive historical finds in there, but Tommy mostly read shitty cheap new novels to laugh at them).
Dream grabbed his hand. “Can I kiss it better?”
Dream raised his eyebrows. “What? No, that’s weird. You’re, like, a baby-“
Tommy had already gone ahead, and if that was weird what happened next was weirder. Tommy grinned widely (did he always have fangs). “Mind if I have some more?”
“Tommy, stop. This weird vampire act isn’t funny.”
“Act?” Tommy laughed.
“What, are you delusional enough to think you’re actually a vampire?”
“You’re the delusional one, if you haven’t noticed,” Tommy laughed. “Look, let me show you something.” Tommy dragged Dream down into the dungeons, surprisingly strong for how frail he looked. Dream was surprised to not see the filthy, abandoned cells he expected. Instead, lying on individual altars were five people, some as young or younger than Tommy up to two who looked old enough to be his parents. Above them was an ornate portrait, showing what appeared to be the oldest of the two along with a younger Tommy, but with blue eyes, not the familiar red.
Holy shit. Holy shit, he wasn’t kidding. This was- this was honestly the fucking scrarist He turned to run, only for Tommy to grab onto his wrist, furrowing his brows. “Where are you going?” he said, genuine confusion in his voice.
“What do you think? You’re a- a monster!”
Tommy rolled his eyes. “Look, just admit you’re still baby raging over me beating you at Mario Kart last night.”
“What- no! I’m horrified because you- you shouldn’t be real! You’re a myth!” Dream was half hysterical.
“And I haven’t even introduced you yet,” Tommy mumbled in frustration, before speaking up. “Whatever weird human reason you have, you’re not leaving. Your blood tastes far too nice.”
“Let me go!” Dream shouted, desperately trying to pull free.
“Look, I’ll let you win at Mario Kart next time,” Tommy said with a shrug.
“This isn’t about Mario Kart!”
“Isn’t everything about Mario Kart? Oh, and women. The only things in the universe superior to Mario Kart. Actually-“
“Can you just shut up and explain what’s going on?!” Dream said half in terror and half in frustration. Tommy beamed.
“This is my family! There’s Eret,” he gestures to a fluffy haired brunet in an elaborate dress, “Foolish,” a copper haired, freakishly tall man, “they’re my parents. Well, my sires, but my actual parents were shite so I consider them my parents. They took me in when I was little! There’s also Tubbo,” a small boy around Tommy's age with messy mousy brown hair and severe burn scars, “Fundy,” a boy who couldn’t be any older than fourteen with long ginger hair, “and Wilbur!” a curly haired boy with a massive scar through his stomach. “They’re practically my brothers.”
“They’re sleeping. Have been for a while, we got hit by some pretty bad hunters, they need to heal. Probably won’t fully, honestly, which is shit. But they’ll wake up soon, and we can all be a real family! Oh, I’ll need some more blood bags- hey, give me your phone-“
“No!” Dream protested, but Tommy snatched it from his pocket, opening it up (did he steal his passcode) and looking at his contacts.
“Hmm… yeah, you’ve got enough people on here for me to track down. Niki… you’ve mentioned her a few times, I think she’d get along with Fundy… Jack Manifold… no one to notice him missing? Sam… ooh, he works in IT, I always wanted to know how the fuck computers work. Yeah, these'll do. Shouldn’t take too long to get them all, then everyone can wake up, and we'll be able to have some real fun then!”
If anyone else wants to send in some more AU ideas it’d be lovely and I will make them heavily involve c!primeboys no matter what and again that’s a challenge.
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silvermahogany · 4 years ago
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Talking about a few songs I associate with my favourite aonoex characters bc i enjoy shoving my music taste in people's faces and analysing the shit out of nothing <3
Recent chapter spoiler warning lessgo, also mentions of suicide tw
THE MAIN MANS HIMSELF
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Still feel - Half•Alive
"I am not a slave, so pick me from the dark and pull me from the grave"
In my mind, this is his themesong without a doubt. Its reached the point where wherever i hear it it makes me really happy because I associate it with him so strongly :,D might just be because I found it while getting back into the fandom when Ren was kinda transitioning to my favourite so they came up together but either way, absolute banger. The bit at the end when everything drops and the lead singer belts his heart out, I always love to picture Ren doing the same in the illuminati uniform with Yamatanka building around him and I've never wanted to learn how to animate more in my life cause my GOD he's so cool.
My favourite song for my favourite character <3
Preach - Saint Motel
"Oh im down on my knees, mercy"
Its so happy and bouncy?? And the vibes are immaculate?? Matches well with the themes of religion as well, this one definitely shows his flirty loverboy side more, it gives the impression of some lovestruck idiot stumbling over himself every time his crush does anything and honestly, sounds like something he'd do. Good song makes me go :))))
Your Love (Deja Vu) - Glass Animals
"You eat us up, you live like you're on camera"
I feel like this one captures his spy side a little more than the others. The lower notes in the main verses give a secretive feel, like he's halfway through a mission and trying trying stay silent. But it's also flirty in a more smooth way than wholesome crushes like the rest. The lead singer has such a gorgeous voice too i'll praise glass animals until the day i die 🥺🥺 God tier song god tier vibe 1000000/10
Do It All The Time - IDKHOWBUTTHEYFOUNDME
"Now we're so young but we're probably gonna die, it's so fun we're so good at selling lies"
Now THIS is a song for a spy working for a secret deadly organisation, all about world domination and having a great time doing it. Renzou is a free spirit and loves the freedom of his job, and this song really captures that for me. He knows he's in danger, but he's living his best life and he's having a great time doing it baybeeee B)))
Sweet Talk - Saint Motel
"You could yell 'piss off won't you stay away!' And still be sweet talk to my ears"
Ren is a persistent little shit when it comes comes crushes and this song shows it, a song about a guy who's so infatuated he doesn't care if he's hated or laughed at, he just loves hearing their voice. I see this as a bit of a yukishima anthem tbh, I feel like in the early stages of their relationship it would be pretty one sided with Shima trying to win him over and Yukio shutting him down so this matches that pretty well :>
Cant go five minutes without talking about them can i-
Honourable mentions-
Talk too much - COIN - very flirty and cheesy considered it as his themesong for a while
Toxic - Britney Spears - self explanatory :)
Razzmatazz - IDKHBTFM - everything they make shows his spy side imo, good for daydreaming
Van horn - Saint Motel -honestly anything by Saint Motel or Half•Alive reminds me of him, great bands :D
YUKIO MY BELOVED
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Yukio was weirdly a lot harder for me to find songs for. For Renzou i have a giant playlist I add to over time, supreme comfort playlist egegegeheh, but Yukio's is a lot shorter for some reason. I guess his vibe is a little difficult to get down but a while scrolling through my main playlist and I think I have a decent few that at least match his character development and plotline.
Stressed Out - Twenty one Pilots
"Out of student loans and treehouse homes we all would take the latter"
Pretty self explanatory really, mans was forced to grow up and mature way faster than he shouldve had to, having a high stress job by the age of 13 studying for two meister all while studying to be a normal doctor as well. Not much of a surprise he has so many mental issues by the beginning of the story. I dont listen to much TOP but the few songs I know seem to fit Yukio pretty nicely :)
Oh Klahoma - Jack Stauber
"Those aren't meant to bend, no those arent meant to bend"
Another song based on depression, but with a much quieter feel, much lower energy. I feel like this one more links to his tendencies of delf destruction, and how alone he feels as he faces his battle. Like he's singing into the void hoping for something to reply, but nothing will. Man :(
The Fall - Half•Alive
"I'd jump off and into your arms but i cant trust the fall"
I feel like this one highlight his story to Rin in a really realistic way. Yukio has a good heart, he's kind and wants to love his brother and open up to him he wants to get better. But he's so deep in his pit of depression and conflicting feelings over his brother that he can't bring himself to, he sees no way out. God I wanna write an analysis on his character so bAD-
Baby Hotline - Jack Stauber
"Numb, I've been burning with haste and I'm realising now it's a terrible waste"
We just keep getting darker huh, didn't pick very pleasant tunes for this boy did I. A bouncy, happy song about a girl calling a suicide hotline, lovely. But i feel like it describes his mental state pretty well, outside he seems ok. Sure Rin picks up that somethings off, but once Yukio assures him he doesnt really persist above asking him a couple times. But below the facade he's really reaching his breaking point, and I love how this song contrasts those two tones in a scarily natural way. Absolute banger
Fireflies - Gorillaz
"And if you say goodbye too many times, the sentinels will find me and switch me off this time"
One of my absolute favourite Gorillaz songs by far. The melody is so gorgeous, melancholic in the best kind of way. For Yukio I feel like it signifies how trapped he feels as Satan's son, he's hit his lowest point and he doesnt know how to start moving back up. But the song also has a hopeful feel to it, as if even though he feels lost, he will get better. In the recent chapters we see a moment of reconciliation between Yukio and the people around him, with Suguro forgiving him and tye two brothers finally getting a chance to to things out. Before everything went to shit lmaoo. But with that i really hope that after all the fighting is done, Yukio will finally get the chance to see how bad things have gotten, and reach out to get better. And this song shows that for me :D
Honourable mentions!!
Creature - Half•Alive - the first song I ever added to his playlist, there for sentimentality tbh
Cane shuga - Glass Animals - the plonky noises make the happy chemical go buckwild, not sure why it reminds me of him it just kinda does really
I Earn My Life - Lemon Demon - mans is overworked give him a break :( ngl i don't associate it with him much but i wanted to edge a lemon demon song in somewhere-
Dead inside - Younger Hunger - whenever I hear this I always imagine a really cool animation of him and it always plays out the same way and MAN I wanna animate so baDD
Absolute wordvomit woohoo, hypervocused on this instead if doing the assignment due this evening I'm a fantastic student. This was kinda fun tho!!! I might do other characters at somepoint, these guys are my favourites but i have a bunch of playlists for other characters like Amaimon and Shura, recommendations are welcome too!!
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dancer-subclarington · 2 years ago
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Sassy & Subservient: The Two Kinds of Subs Kyla & Charlie
Kyla was unsure at first about using a slave she didn’t know in a scene, but ultimately it wouldn’t be bondage, so she’d be able to leave if something were to go wrong. Plus it helped to have Charlie there with her. Dante was certainly hot, but she was trying to focus on this friendly competition she and Charlie had hatched up. Chastity tended to make her frustrated, but a competition always pushed her to do more than her usual ability. She looked over at Charlie and grinned as this wheely thing roamed her body.
The wheel wasn't too much to take. It wasn't even all that stimulating honestly. Charlie looked over at Kyla and smiled. "See this isn't so bad. You can do it. I mean I'm still gonna win, but.. oh fuck holy shit." The 'Dom' had rolled the wheel with it's sharp points over his balls while pinching his nipple with the other hand. He listened to the man chuckle as he moved over to Kyla. Dante hadn't liked the way they'd been taking things too lightly to start. He chuckled as the boy writhed under the onslaught of pins on his scrotum. He knew how that felt. Like all of your nerves were lit on fire. He dropped the wheel and picked up a feather tickler riding crop combo. He turned the girl over and began by just lightly dragging the feathers over the back of her vulva lips that were exposed outside of the chastity belt before quickly twirling it and laying a series of stinging slaps there instead.
“Yeah, it’s not too bad,” Kyla agreed, watching Dante’s every move. The feather-crop combo making an appearance made her bite her lip. She breathed through the feather sensation, expecting it to last longer, hissing when the crop came down instead. She whined audibly, but otherwise didn’t give anyone any satisfaction. She had a feeling this would quickly become more fun for the slave than it was for her. But this was a skill she should probably work on, anyway- as it seemed holding in orgasms was something a lot of doms seemed to like.
Dante observed the both of them. He was aware that beyond a simple chastity scene this was some kind of little competition between the two of them and his money was on the girl winning. She was strong. The boy was too sensitive, too open, but then again the fact that he'd ended up a slave didn't speak well to his ability to read submissives. He spent some more time on the girl alternating between the soft tickling feathers and the bee sting slaps of the flat leather of the crop. He finally moved closer so that he could tease that little bit of her folds showing with his finger. "I could probably get my finger in there huh? Probably give you that friction your wanting." He acted as if he was going to do just that before moving completely away and to the boy. Judging by the way he'd responded to wheel on his scrotum, he was at least a little turned on by pain. He picked up the violet wand and wasted no time torturing the boy's balls and abdomen with the device. Soon he was moaning and arching off the bench. "You want to cum boy? Just say the word and I'll jack you off and you'll be free. You know you can't resist."
"No Sir. No, I'm fine. Show me how I can please you." He was slipping into subspace fairly quickly. "Can I suck you off Sir?" Please.
Dante chuckled. "I don't think so little mouse." He held the wand against the cage and then moved back to the girl. "Sounds like he's enjoying this hmm? How about you princess? You like this?" He held the wand against her ass cheeks, first one and then the other. "You like letting me use your body for all of my fun. This is so much fun."
Kyla was getting twitchy already, but she told herself twitching was okay. She thought about other things as much as she could- like how the feather was like a little butterfly and the crop was like a bee. She narrowed her eyes at him when he teased her with his fingers, unsure whether it would hurt or help. It wasn’t until the man stepped away from her that she realized she’d been breathing narrowly, now taking a deep breath. Her ears almost perked up like a cartoon when she heard Charlie’s reply. “Oh what the-,” She was certainly not in any special kind of mental state.
Dante returned to her, and she balled her hand into a fist and uncurled it a few times. “Can’t complain. Glad you’re having fun.”
Dante realized that the longer he spent on the girl the better. It would torture the boy just as much to ignore him. He'd be begging in no time at all. "Oh, I certainly am. I have to thank you for renting me for this." He turned her over and pulled out the stirrups from the side of the bench and put her feet in them, exposing her completely to him. He used the wand from her toes all the way up her body looking for her most erogenous zones. As soon as he found one he would stay there letting the electrical stimulation do its work. From time to time he would let a hand slide down his own body to stroke his proud erection, while looking directly into her eyes.
Kyla tried not to whine as her legs were moved out of the way. The wand hit her foot and her body jerked slightly. She got squirmy when it got near the chastity, and remained squirmy until it was away from her abs. She squirmed again when it hit her nipples, and then again when it got to her neck. Seeing him cater to his erection didn’t help, so she looked the other way. “Okay, damn, there’s two subs in the room, ya know.”
Dante chuckled, returning to her nipples. "Look this way princess. I might be a slave, but for this scene I'm a Dom and you will obey me. Don't look away and don't get too sassy either." He applied the wand to her nipples her around the edges of the chastity and then directly on the chastity for long moments before moving away. "How about you mouse? Do want to look away when I touch myself?" He got close to the boy's face, but not nearly close enough. He set the wand down and brought the boy's hand to his erection. "Stroke it nice and easy. Don't stop no matter what I do."
Charlie whimpered at how close the man was without him being able to touch. He thought that being able to touch him would relieve his want for more, but the slowness was just a tease. He was barely grasping the thick length. The man pinched his nipples and he arched off the bench, gasping and moaning. His body was so responsive. "Bet your cock is trying to get hard huh? But no matter how hard you try you ain't getting any satisfaction." He didn't say anything, not even as Dante reached down and gathered some pre-cum that had dribbled out from the cage and down his ass. He brought it up to Charlie's lips. "Suck." And just as quickly as he had the man in his hand and in his mouth he was gone, turned back to Kyla.
"Are you getting wet too little girl? How about we check?" He moved between her legs and swiftly swiped his finger in under the chastity. Not enough to give her more than a brief tingle but enough to gather the wetness there. He brought his finger to her lips, but at the last moment moved and put the finger in his own mouth. "Mmmm, tastes good. Bet it would be awful nice to get a whole mouthful of that sweetness. But not today. Not unless you beg me real good. Of course if you do that you'll lose the bet. Which matters more winning or an orgasm?"
Kyla thought to challenge Dante’s authority, but that wasn’t what the scene was about. Plus he was easily tormenting her as it was, and she figured it would get worse if she made him mad. She turned her head back to face him, her only sign of defiance being the glare she shot to his eyes, knowing her own eyes were probably more green than usual due to her emotions. She watched the man play with Charlie for a minute before looking up at the ceiling to try and center herself. It held up at least enough that she didn’t fully hear what the man had said, and didn’t twitch when he touched her. For the time being, she was determined not to beg this guy for anything. Not because he was a slave, but because he was annoying her. “Winning and orgasms are usually synonymous,” she mumbled. “But I’m competition-starved, so I’ll go with winning.”
Dante ignored the defiant look the girl shot him and looked over at Charlie whimpering on the bench and smirked. "Well it looks like you're winning. Though I can't tell if he wants to released or if he just wants to keep touching me." He stood between her legs and started kissing, sucking, and licking the soft, pale skin of her thighs. Maybe a little killing with kindness would bring her closer to wanting that belt off. He was enjoying himself thoroughly and found himself hoping she would break so that he could taste her sweet core and listen to that sassy mouth moaning.
Kyla didn’t chance looking at Charlie- she thought it would psych her out. But what psyched her out was a hot tongue and warm lips on her skin. When her back arched, she knew she didn’t have a whole lot of time left. She could try getting into Charlie’s head, but she’d always found that tactic too underhanded. She stayed quiet for a while, but once a small sound escaped her, a moan followed.
Dante smiled as he placed one last kiss right to the little bit of luscious folds that peaked out. As much as he had picked a favorite at this point he wouldn't want to be unfair. He returned to the boy and gave him the same treatment, pulling equally delicious moans and cute little kitten sounds that he thought would be fun to play around with.
Charlie was amazed at how pulled together Kyla was. None of this seemed to be affecting her. She'd even sassed the man back. When she did moan, Dante predictably abandoned her to play with Charlie. It was like he was edging them without even touching them. He hadn't expected the kisses on his thighs though. He melted into each and every touch, making sounds he probably should have been ashamed of. "Ahh, thank you Sir. Thank you. Wh... ahhhh.. ohh fuck.. Sir!!"
Once Dante felt Charlie's legs shaking he moved back to Kyla. "You might be beat. I think he likes this. Though he's softer than you by a country mile so..." He took her hand and put it on his cock. "How do you think it would feel inside of you princess? Pretty good hm?"
Kyla groaned as Dante walked away from her at a frustrating moment in time. She knew she didn’t like chastity, but she really didn’t remember it being this annoying. The fact she wasn’t pinned down by anything was actually not helping her, as it left her free to squirm and jerk around. Charlie’s words grabbed her attention and she looked over before she could think about it. He *was* enjoying this. She was pretty submissive herself, but there wasn’t anyone here she cared to impress very much. “I’m definitely beat,” she confessed, though still annoyed. “But not yet.” The nickname ‘princess’ had always been fun for her, so she dropped a curse when he said it in the context. “I imagine it feels good. Not sure you’ll get to find out though. I signed up for a contest, and while I’ll lose it, that doesn’t mean you’ll get to win.” She might have seemed tough, but she knew she only had the courage to even speak right then because she was frustrated. “Having a good time, Charlie?”
Dante had to admit that he was impressed. In another life this girl would have been exactly what he'd have wanted in a partner. God, in another life he would be a free Dominant and someone like this girl, sassy, strong, and sexy would be his submissive. "Fair enough. Maybe another day we can both win. I can be rented for all kinds of things." He let her continue to hold his cock, shift his hips to get some small satisfaction.
Charlie was floating in subspace at this point. He nodded. "Yeah... yeah s'real nice ain't it Kyla? I hope you win. Can Sir touch me again please?"
Kyla looked down as he moved around, grinning silently when she realized what he was doing. “Oh another day, maybe.” It gave her some semblance of satisfaction to know that he wasn’t completely satisfied himself at that moment. She had no idea how Charlie was doing this- the guy sounded delirious enough to be high. She flicked her eyes at Dante, seeing if he’d walk away. “There’s no way in hell I’m winning this, but thank you.” If she wasn’t a competitive person, she’d go ahead and tap out. But there she was, a very rare moment of stubborness taking over. She wasn’t going to succomb to defeat until she was actually defeated. “Sir can totally touch you again, don’t you worry.”
Dante couldn't help the thrill Charlie's 'Sir' sounded. There was no play acting in it. He was too far gone for that. He moved over and decided that it was time for him to enjoy himself as much as possible. He moved over to Charlie's head and presented himself to him. "Suck boy."
Charlie let out a slow relieved whimper and took the member into his mouth, sucking and licking in all the ways he hoped would give the Dom pleasure. He moaned happily around the cock in his mouth, forgetting entirely his own. It was actually a relief not to have to worry about coming or not. It was off the table so all he had to do was focus on pleasing the other man. And Kyla if she wanted too.
Kyla took time to breathe, and tried to regulate herself again. But her heat was irritated by now- it needed some attention. But whether or not to give in was her challenge. She usually liked to please, but she found that she was okay with this push and pull with Dante. “That mouth though,” she chuckled to Charlie. “Where do I sign up?”
Dante looked over. He was close enough that he could cup one of her breasts and toy with her nipple while thrusting lightly into Charlie's willing mouth. "It's pretty good. Bet I could order him between your legs princess. But I could probably order him to take off that cage right now too. You could win. Right here and now." He pulled himself away from Charlie, who whimpered at the loss, and turned toward Kyla. "Or we could keep this fun going for a good long time." He presented her with his glistening cock, wet with Charlie's saliva, but he didn't order her as he had the boy. She was too sassy for throw away orders.
“You could order him to do a lot of things right now,” she said, trying not to enjoy being touched but failing at it as she moaned. “Winning by cheating isn’t as fun.” Her eyes were shut tight, and her toes were curled up. “You’ve gone and irritated me,” she shrugged. “You should finish the deal.”
He was impressed. "Good girl. I'm glad you're not a cheater." He stroked himself as he walked around to stand between her legs. He reached out to his tray of toys and found a pair of nipple clips. He wasn't trying to be cruel so he was careful as he clamped them one at a time on the stiff peaks, and only flicking them teasingly. Once he was pleased with the effect he found a small vibrator and placed it on the metal piece covering her little bud and hidden core, letting the vibrations do their job while he used his free hand to stroke his cock. "Keep your eyes on us boy. Don't look away even once. I want you to reach out and see if you can touch Kyla's breast. Just hold it like a good boy. Her skin is very soft. Caress it."
Charlie had no problem touching Kyla. He smiled dopely at her. "You're really good at this Kyla." What **this **was and what defined good was really beside the point for him now.
The praise did its thing for Kyla, which was weird because this wasn’t someone she was trying to impress. Her whole body was buzzing with unfulfilled energy, so when the clamps and the vibe came out, she sighed of relief. “There ya go,” she said with faux encouragement, knowing the dom-leaning slave didn’t need it.
Once everything was in place, it was waves of grunts as Kyla fought to keep her mouth closed until she physically couldn’t anymore. The moans started and didn’t stop until after she’d cum, and calmed down from it, breathing deeply. “What kind of witch magic do you have, Charlie?”
"Yeah. Feels good huh little one. Just feeling all those little vibrations. Can you imagine how it would feel if I put this vibe right on that what I'm sure is an adorable little clit. But not with this belt on. Not gonna happen. Umm, I'm about ready to pop. Guess if that happens maybe you both lose." He reached up and squeezed the clamp on her nipple. "I'll try to hold out just like you."
Charlie wasn't quite sure he knew what she was talking about. He wasn't really even touching her much since she was just about out of reach completely. "Does it feel good? I feel so good right now." His body was wriggling and writhing in direct conflict to the rest of his demeanor. It was almost as if the torture of his body was feeding the contentment of his mind.
Kyla let herself loose, all but thrashing as she laid there until the spasming stopped for a moment. “Okay, *now* he can win.” She decided. “Get this thing off me before I kill someone.” She of course wouldn’t do anything but throw a stuffed animal across her room and then apologize to it, but Dante didn’t need to know that. And beyond that, she did not enjoy not cumming, so if sweet bliss was kept from her longer, it was possible that she could get a little murderous.
Dante was actually relieved when she gave in. He quickly unlocked and removed the chastity belt, moving the vibe right on to her clit. It was indeed very cute and wet. "You lost princess, but I still think you deserve a reward. Would you like my cock or my mouth?"
“Losing sucks,” she mumbled with a pout, having to actively remind herself that the misery was over now. She considered him for a moment, but went with what she felt was a safer option since she didn’t know him. “Mouth. If you can make magic with it quickly.”
"I definitely can." He knelt down and dove in with all of the pent up passion of the scene. She did taste sweet and he dove his tongue in and out while sucking lightly. Keeping the vibrator in place he knew it wouldn't be long now. He reached down and tugged at his cock hoping to find his release as she did.
Kyla found a rhythm and moved with Dante, the frustration releasing itself giving way to immediate relief. She stayed connected to his mouth until all the aftershocks had come and gone. “Im going to assume you were successful in getting yourself off,” she said to Dante, pulling herself up to a seated position and looking to Charlie. “You won, Char. You still alive over there?”
Dante fell over the edge the moment he felt a flood of sticky release in his mouth. He stayed where he was breathing into her folds and nodding his assent. The scene was over and he was a slave again. When she sat up and spoke to Charlie he realized his job as a Dom wasn't quite over yet. He wiped his mouth and quickly moved over to remove the cage. He helped Charlie to sit up and whispered in his ear. "Good job baby. You did so good. I'm sorry you didn't get to please me more. We'll make that happen as a reward later alright? You were very good and I'm proud of you." He moved back from his ear and hugged him lightly.
Charlie smiled at her, never having taken his eyes off of her just as he was ordered. "That was amazing Kyla. You and Sir did so good." His voice was a little ragged. The Dom helped him out of the cage and to sit up. "Thank you Sir. Thank you."
"Okay you two. The guard is probably going to come get me soon. I want you to give each other a lot of after care. Lots of water for Kyla and quiet for Charlie. And hugs for you both. Sound good?"
Kyla was prepared to pull Charlie together- she’d already decided that she wouldn’t leave him there in his condition. If he wanted to continue in a scene right now with Dante, she’d stay with them and watch- it didn’t seem right to leave Charlie when he wasn’t quite in his right mind. She was delightfully surprised to see Dante continue his job as a dom, taking care of Charlie himself. She didn’t want to stick around long enough to see how he’d be treated by the guards, so she tracked down the clothes she’d thrown off and put them on. “Got it, Sir,” she replied with a flushed smile, taking Charlie’s hand and looking to him. “Lets go, sorcerer.”
Dante nodded and smiled sadly. "In another life," he said to her cryptically. In another life she would be perfect for him. But in this lifetime he was just a slave. He decided he'd keep watch over and make sure she didn't end up where he was.
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