#i swear i was gonna talk about ALL the apprentices

[skyguys-princess]

𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬

❛ ᴜɴᴇxᴘᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ɪɴᴛʀᴏᴅᴜᴄᴛɪᴏɴs ❜

PAIRINGS: Unburnt Vader x Rebel reader SYNOPSIS: You go on undercover mission as an Imperial, catching the eye of none other than the infamous sith lord, Lord Vader. One of your most notorious enemies, it's a good thing he knows you by your alias. Not by your face. For now at least... WARNINGS: Deceit, smut, swearing... NOTES: This is my first time writing smut so it is by no means a masterpiece. But I hope you like it. This Vader x rebel reader series I read ages ago inspired me to write my own. I can’t find it but if you know what I’m talking about please let me know.

「 You 」

Three years working for the Rebellion, and not once could I have pictured ending up… here.

Bent over, on the desk of Lord Vader. Yes, Lord Vader. Darth Vader, the Emperor’s apprentice. My breath came out shaky. No surprise considering I was being practically impaled by Darth Vader’s cock. Moan after moan tumbled from my lips, my jaw gone slack from my seemingly unending cries of pleasure. My fingers clutched the end of the table like my life depended on it. As it creaked from his unrelenting thrusts, his hips meeting mine. The slapping of skin echoed through the room, followed by his loud grunts and occasional whimpers. His soft yet calloused hands gripped my hips like a vice. My body rocking into the desk with each thrust, his cock stretching me out. It felt like he was about to split me in half, “doing so well for me sweetheart.” He grunts in between sharp thrusts. “Fuck…” He mumbles breathlessly, I could feel his length throbbing inside me. Looking down, I see his balls swinging with each thrust. The warm skin of his palm rubbing my back, “like what you see princess.” Reaching his remaining hand on your hip to your clit. Rubbing circles on the sensitive nub making me jolt. Letting out another moan, “mmm… You like that don’t you sweetheart?” He asks rhetorically, giving another sharp thrust. I squeeze my eyes shut tightly, my pussy clenching around his length. As my orgasm hits, cumming all over his cock.

He didn’t relent, continuing to forcefully thrust into me without fail. His cock drilling my cum back into me as he threw his head back. Moaning without shame, “f-fuck sweetheart.” He stutters and I feel his hips tremble as I whine in overstimulation. The tip of his cock kissing my cervix as his breath hitches, his hips jolt forward. Followed by the release of his warm seed, painting my insides white. He collapses forward onto me. His skin sweaty and his weight pinning me to the desk. As he gives a few more slow ruts, a soft whimper escaping him. “Mmm… think I’m gonna have to keep you all to myself.” He whispers, kissing in between my shoulder blades. Stilling his thrusts, running his warm hands up and down my sides gently in a soothing motion. “Hmm? Make you my little Empress, would you like that sweetheart?” He nuzzles into the crook of my neck. Planting soft kisses along the skin there as I caught my breath. “Bet you would…” He whispers, nibbling on my earlobe. “Could have everything you’ve ever dreamed, princess.” Giving my waist a gentle squeeze, “all you’d have to do is warm my bed darling. Have you on your back, taking my cock like a good girl…” He kisses the soft skin behind my ear, making me whimper. “Oh don’t be afraid darling, I’ll take such good care of you.” He whisper sweetly, gently prying my hands off the edge of the table. Rubbing the skin of my knuckles with his thumbs, releasing all the tension.

Intertwining our fingers, his thumbs stroking the back of my hands. He lets out a sigh, his warm breath hitting my neck. Goosebumps forming in its wake. He rests his chin on my shoulder, “how you feeling my sweet girl?” He asks softly, releasing one of my hands to gently brush the hair out of my face. Making me smile softly, oh maker. I nod slowly, trying to gather my thoughts. “I’m okay…” He chuckles softly, giving my hand a gentle squeeze. While brushing his fingertips along the skin of my cheek, ever so lightly. As if I’d break if he was any rougher, “yeah? You took me so well sweetheart. So proud…” He gives my shoulder a gentle kiss, I could feel his cock softening slightly. “M’gonna-” He gets cut off my his commlink going off. He groans in annoyance, giving my shoulder another kiss. Before pivoting his head to the side. Picking it up from his desk, smirking slightly at the mess we’d made. I watch him roll his eyes, answering. “What?” He asks bluntly, the annoyance at being disturbed clear in his voice. A sheepish voice responds, clearly picking up on his irritation. “I’m sorry to disturb you My Lord, but the Emperor has personally requested your presence at our current meeti-” I hear him growl softly, the vibrations from his chest travelled into my own. Making me shiver slightly, he noticed. His hand on my cheek travelled back to my waist. Rubbing soft circles comfortingly, “I’ll be there.” He responded shortly, before crushing the commlink. Letting the pieces fall to the floor. He let out a sigh, dropping his head down. His forehead resting on my upper back. Nuzzling into it softly, he reminded me of a puppy. This was the almighty Darth Vader? Surely there has been some sort of mix up? “M’sorry sweetheart, I have to go.” He said softly, his voice just above a whisper. His hand on my waist travels up. Cradling the back of my head, turning it to the side gently. So his lips could meet mine, his kiss was surprisingly soft. All traces of previous annoyance had disappeared. Like footprints being washed away by the sea.

He intertwined our fingers again, giving my hand another gentle squeeze. I could feel him smiling into the kiss. Before he pulled back slowly, resting his forehead against the side of my head. He pulled off me a little. His weight no longer pinning me to the desk, but I could still feel a light layer of his sweat coating my back. He gently flips me onto my back, I wince slightly at the change in angles. Watching as his brows furrowed slightly at the stimulation. He leans back on top of me, his weight now pressing again my front. Chest to chest, I felt my nipples hardening again at the contact. He clearly felt it too as I saw a smirk tugging at his lips… His gorgeous, soft, plump lips… Stop that. He brought both hands up to my face, cupping it softly. Pressing his forehead against mine. Our noses brushing against each other. “You sure you’re okay?” He asks, his eyes searching mine. For something I wasn’t quite sure, was he actually worried about me?

I chuckle softly, “I’m fine.” He runs his thumb along my bottom lip, flicking it gently. His eyes were fixated on my lips as he watched it snap back into place, while he ran his tongue along his own. Coating them in a thin layer of his saliva, the lights in the room reflecting off them.

“Don’t do that…” He whispers, causing me to furrow my brows.

“Don’t do what?” I ask curiously, tilting my head to the side.

Making him bite his lip softly in response, “don’t be so adorable.” I bite the inside of my cheek, trying not to laugh.

“I’m sorry I can’t help it.” He lets out a puff of air mockingly in response.

Poking the tip of my nose softly, “cheeky little thing.”

I smile softly, “you should probably be getting to your meeting. Sounds… important.” I whisper, observing him. Seeing some of his curls stuck to his forehead from our… activities. I absentmindedly brush them back, out of his face. His eyes watching my movement. Now I noticed his cheeks flushed a pastel pink, from the sex? Or was he… nervous? No way, no surely not…

His gentle voice brings me from my thoughts, “important?” He hums, pressing his soft lips to my forehead. “Probably not,” his husky voice uttered. “Just incompetent imperials needing me to do their work for them.” He all but sighs out, my eyebrows furrowed slightly. And I brought my arms up slowly, wrapping them around his torso. Which felt way more tiresome that it should of, maker what has he done to me? My limbs felt completely useless, I feel him take a deep breath. His chest rising and his stomach pressing into mine. Which also pushed his hips to meet mine, gently thrusting his cock deeper into me. Making me let out a soft whine, as his breath hitches. “Fuck sorry sweetheart I forgot,” he mutters. I could practically feel the grin on his face, as he trails a hand down. Gently pressing on my lower stomach, feeling where he was inside me. Making me jolt, clinging to his back. “Mmm your so warm princess, don’t wanna leave.” He pats my lower stomach softly, I could feel our combined release running down my thighs. “Your pussy’s clenching me so tight, don’t think you want me to leave either… hmm?” I could feel his smirk against my forehead, I poke his ribs in response. He lets out a soft chuckle.

“Your really not as funny as you think you are,” I retort. He lifts his lips off my forehead, looking down at me.

“Aren’t I?” He teases, licking his lips.

I shake my head, “nope-” He leans down, silencing me with a kiss. He sucks on my bottom lip softly, while his hands trail up to my breasts. Cupping them, his thumbs toying with my nipples. Making me moan softly into his mouth, my back arching slightly. I pull back a little, and he lets a soft sigh slip.

“I gotta go to work sweetheart,” he mumbles. The disdain at having to leave clear in his voice. I cup his cheek softly, and he leans into my touch.

I try to fight off a smile, “I know…” With one last kiss he reluctantly pulls away, running his fingers along my cheek. He places his other hand on my hip, steadying me.

He looks down at his cock, a grin on his face. He slowly pulls out, letting out a low hiss from the stimulation. He watches our cum leak out of me. Crouching down he holds my legs apart, placing a gently kiss on my pussy. Licking a strip, making me shiver in response. A moan escaping his lips before he stands back up. His naked form on full display as he looks for his discarded clothes. Littered along the floor of his office.

He yanks his boxers and pants back up his legs, tucking his spent cock back in place. Before bending over, picking up his shirt and robe. Damn he has a nice ass for a man. I shake my head, covering my mouth with my hand. Get a grip. I look back to him and he was struggling to tie his robe, muttering curse words under his breath. I sit up slowly, trying to find my balance. “Here,” I offer. He looks up from the messy knot he made, walking back over. Standing in front of me he places his hands on my waist.

Resting his chin on top of my head, “thanks sweetheart.”

“You’re welcome,” I murmur. Finish tying up his robe, “is it too tight?” I ask, looking up slightly. He shakes his head, cupping the back of mine.

“No it’s good,” he runs his fingers through my hair softly. I felt his Adam’s apple bob as he spoke. His other hand trail down my back to my ass, giving it a gentle squeeze. Before he removes his hand off my ass, scribbling something down on a sticky note. He pulls back to look into my eyes, keeping his hand in my hair. Brushing it softly, his eyes were blue… Weren’t they supposed to be yellow? “What is it?” He asks curiously, I must not of being doing a good job at hiding my confusion.

“Your eyes…” I mutter, before mine drift to something I had yet to notice.

“Oh yes the yellow can be… unnerving.” He whispers the last part, almost as if he was ashamed.

I shake my head, “no that’s not what I meant…” I paused, and he seemed to perk up slightly at my response. I bite my tongue to stop myself from laughing when I see my name on a board behind him. A board of the… rebellion. Oh shit this is bad. “Little Minx?” I raise a brow, he immediately broke out into a grin. Looking behind him, to see the board I was staring at.

“Long story…” He turns back to face me, cupping my jaw gently. “My private chambers are just down the hall if you need anything,” he slides the sticky note to me. With the code to his chambers on it, “if anyone gives you any trouble just tell them I sent you.”

He leans closer, pressing a kiss to my temple. Longer for a moment, breathing me in. “I’ll be right back sweetheart, make yourself comfortable.” He pulls away slowly, as if he was reluctant to. He releases his gentle grip on my jaw, to smooth down my hair. Before giving my ass a gentle pat, before heading to the door of his office. Using the force to open the door, show off. “I’ll be in conference room B if you need me darling. Try not to miss me too much,” he winks.

Heading out the door, shutting it behind him. I let out a sigh, “holy shit.” I mumble under my breath, rubbing my face to try to gather myself. I grip the edge of the desk I was currently on… naked. This was so not part of the plan. The plan! The files, I look around. Standing up on shaky legs, my knees buckling for a moment.

To be continued…

Dividers by @vibeswithrenai + @diariodefresa

[nofingjustaninchident]

⛧° Cooking classes with Uncle Leo

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content: leo valdez x fem!reader blurb

warnings: probably cursing, bad spanish, not proofread. ig that's it?? lmk!!

a/n: i didn't really like this, but i'm posting it anyways lol. dedicated to covey and @/pinkdiorluvr cuz i know they both love leo hehehe

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You never learnt how to cook. A disturbed childhood with a shitty mortal dad was not the best place to get cooking lessons. Or to learn anything, on that matter.  

The point is, cooking skills aren’t something you possess, and that annoys you beyond limits. That took you to asking your best friend, Leo Valdez, for cooking classes. Which he immediately accepted. I mean, who wouldn’t want to teach your crush how to cook? 

"So, when can I go to your house?” You asked, which made him snap back to reality from just admiring your features.  

“Uh... my house?” He asked, as he completely forgot what you guys were previously chatting about. He was too busy with noticing how the freckles coated your cheeks, and how your black hair framed your face in the prettiest way possible. Oh, he was down bad.  

“Are you even listening to me right now, Leo?” You asked, waving your hand in front of his face. 

“Uh, yeah, ‘course I am. You were talking about the... cooking classes, right?” He asked, a sheepish smile making his way to his lips. You just rolled your eyes. 

“Yes, I am. When can I come to your house, hm?” You asked again. 

“Tomorrow at seven sounds good to you?” He asked. 

“Yeah, that’d be great.” You answer, smiling softly as well.  

“You’re gonna learn how to make the perfect pasta alla carbonara, my dear apprentice. It's one of my specialties.” He said, passing an arm across your shoulders and pulling you to him.  

Before you could even pull away so you could leave, he planted a kiss with a loud ‘mwah’ to it and darted off, laughing. You were left confused, blushing and smiling as a toddler who just got a pack of candy.  

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Leo stood in his kitchen, a grin plastered on his face as he waited for his best friend’s arrival. He was looking forward to it, since he knew that it was a chance of absolutely zero percent that this whole class didn’t end in absolute chaos.  

He leaned against the counter, tapping his fingers impatiently, trying to figure when you’d finally come, what clothes you’d be wearing, what shoes you’d wear and in which way your hair would be. Would it be down? Would you put it in a ponytail? A bun? A braid? 

Oh gods, he was such a sucker for that damned daughter of Poseidon.  

Eventually, he heard the rhythmic knock on the door, telling him that you were finally there, much to his happiness.  

“Come on, Valdez, it’s freezing out here!” You complained, just when he finally opened the door and you barged inside, escaping the snow from the outside world. You were in a black coat, wine-red leggings, gloves and a cute scarf so your nose didn’t get too cold. “Finally! Thought you’d leave me out there to die.” 

“I’d never do that, princesa. I mean, at least not today, I need an assistant.” He said jokingly, poking your shoulder and teasing you as you took your coat off.  

“I’m gonna punch you, I swear to all the gods that I know.” She threatened. He just smiled and walked towards the kitchen, with you following right behind him. “So, what’re you gonna teach me today?”  

“We’re gonna make the best pasta ever – carbonara!” He said happily as he pointed at the counter, which was filled with ingredients for the dish – bacon, eggs, flour and cheese were neatly organized in the counter, ready to be turned into a meal. 

“If this goes wrong, I'm ordering a happy meal.” You complained, putting the things you brought to make your favorite dessert, a classic that you learnt with a Brazilian friend of yours – Brigadeiro. It's actually the only thing that you can cook without burning down the whole house.  

“First, we gotta make the pasta.” The latino said, and you grimaced. 

“Why do we have to make it? Isn't it easier to just, you know, buy the pasta and cook it?”  

He shrugged. “Yeah, it’s easier. But making it is so much fun!” He said, with a smile on his face, and started pouring flour on the counter, making a small tower and soon making a hole in it. Then he stopped and looked at you. 

“What? Is there something on my hair?” You asked, brushing off your hair, which made Leo laugh. 

“No, no. I need you to grab six eggs and crack them here.” He said, gesturing towards the bowl.  

“Oh.” You mumbled and picked up the bowl, cracking the eggs in it and being extra careful with the shell. When you finished, you looked at him with puppy eyes. “What now?”  

“Put them here.” He said, gesturing to the hole in the flour. You nodded and poured the eggs there. “Now, you washed your hands, right?” You nodded again. “Great. Now, you have to mix the eggs and the flour until we have a smooth dough; the pasta!” 

You just nodded and put your hands to work. It was cute, since you didn’t seem to know what you were doing, and it was just so cute the way you were unsure on whether you were doing the right thing or not.  

“You’re doing great, y/n/n.” He assured. If you looked up, you’d see a proud smile on his face. 

After a few minutes of squeezing and mixing the dough, it was finally ready. You looked up at Leo’s face, a proud smile on your face and shining eyes. Maybe cooking wasn’t really that bad, after all. Not if you had a good teacher and friend around. 

He was starstruck. He couldn’t even move. You were just so pretty, flour all over your arms and hands, a little spot on your cheek white from when you rubbed the back of your hand on your face. He wanted nothing more than to kiss you in that moment.  

But he knew he couldn’t. He shouldn’t do it. Couldn't risk his friendship with you.  

And yet you were so tempting, so pretty like that. In his kitchen, with his apron – which was slightly too big for your tiny frame – and with him.  

“So, what do we do now?” You asked, interrupting the trance he was in. He shook his head and blushed, embarrassed to be caught like that.  

“Uh... the- the eggs. We need to make the eggs.” He said, blushing after getting caught staring at you. “You can whisk the yolks while I cook the bacon. Is that alright with you?”  

“Mhm. You just need to teach me how to separate the yolks.” You said, with a smile.  

You two continued the cooking, with Leo cooking the bacons till they were golden brown and crispy while you whisked the egg yolks and the cheese together. It was a fun night, where you ate the food you made – which was delicious, by the way – and had fun with your best friend. 

The only out of the ordinary thing was that the whole time you were there, the only thing you wanted was to jump on Leo’s lap and kiss the hell out of him.  

And his train of thought was not that far away from yours. 

Don't get me wrong, he loved to spend platonic time with you, of course. But he really, really wanted to kiss you.  

‘Oh, for my father’s sake, what I wouldn’t give to kiss her.’  

“...what?” You asked, your face clearly redder with his – more than sudden – confession.  

You never thought he’d want to kiss you, much less give yourself the hope that maybe someday that’d happen. No, it was selfish, and you knew – or at least thought – that he’d never ever like his best friend.  

But here he was, saying how much he’d give in exchange for a kiss.  

“Oh, shit- I said that out loud, didn’t I? I’m so sorry, Y/n, you can really pretend this never happened, I just-” AAAAAND he was rambling. Again. So, the easiest way out of that situation was, obviously, shut him up with a kiss.  

He immediately melted. His hands stopped flying around his face and went to graze your neck and waist, unsure, but ready to search.  

It was one of the best kisses you’ve ever had, and it was definitely the most awaited one. His lips were cracked and raspy, and he tasted sweet like the juice you had.  

When you finally pulled away, both of your cheeks were red and there was a smile playing on both of your lips.  

“I kinda love you.” You admited.  

“Good, ‘cause i love you too, princesa.” 

[iikatsukii]

illicit love

synopsis: what are the odds of someone confusing you for a world famous scientist, kidnapping you, and sending you to another planet at age 18? apparently it’s very high odds because that’s exactly how you found yourself on pandora. 

pairings: lo’ak x femhuman!reader

warnings: mentions of death, mentions of child abandonment, swearing, kidnapping (accidental)

word count: 4,000

a/n: this is gonna be a series... this is only the prologue, please bare with me. ik lo'ak isnt in this part like at all but he will be in the next part i alr writing it.

pt. 2

theodora willisin was grace's apprentice before grace got a location change to pandora. though theodora was sad, grace promised to send back as much intel as possible to keep up with her studies and eventually join grace in exploring pandora one day. 

it took theodora 10 years, but by 26, she was on a cryo ship, being sent off to pandora. she didn't have any rda affiliation. she was just a young 16-year-old girl who had admired grace's studies. one day she decided to take all her savings in hopes that she could walk into grace's office and beg on her knees, explaining how she left her whole life behind to become grace's apprentice. grace, of course, loved the enthusiasm and accepted her immediately. 

during her time on earth, theodora became a very well-known scientist. she was famous for her studies on the na'vi. she was so well-informed for someone who lived on earth. of course, her studies were only fueled by grace's information. this wasn't a secret, but the girl made groundbreaking discoveries regarding language, fluency, and pronunciation. and don't get me started on her wildlife studies. she and grace could talk about trees when they studied together on earth, and she couldn't wait until she got to pandora to discuss everything new she had learned with grace.

but there was one thing that theodora hated that she had to leave behind. her two-month-old baby. nobody knew she was pregnant except her mother. bless be to eywa that her mom was an obstetrician (a baby-delivering doctor). she hid her pregnancy from the world, and thank god she had a good workout routine and breastfed a lot because that helped her shed all her pregnancy weight just in time for her to be shipped out to pandora. theodora dressed herself in disguise and dropped her baby off in the early morning hours on the steps of her neighborhood firehouse. by the time she got home from abandoning her baby, she had to shower and get ready, so she would get on the ship by her assigned boarding time. 

as horrible as theodora felt about this, she tried to look on the bright side. going to pandora to pursue her studies was her dream. she has an avatar growing on pandora, ready for her upon her arrival. she was finally living her dream, and nothing could ruin it.

except something could. the trip to pandora and getting settled had been a success. theodora was living her best life researching, studying, and living on the planet she had spent her entire life studying. unfortunately, when she got here, she was given the heartbreaking news that her boss had been killed in a war that broke out. she was the last and only person to get on that previous cryo capsule. the natives saw the ship in the night and set out to destroy the sky people who dared to land here right after they had sent everyone back. 

when they got to the ship, it was empty, but there were traces of human life trailing in the direction of the lab. jake decided to investigate the situation himself. when he arrived, he was met with max and norm, which had a new person with them, and they quickly explained. they said that theodora was merely a scientist who studied under grace when she worked on earth. she had no weapon training, but she dedicated her life to studying the planet, the people, and the culture. theodora posed no threat to the na'vi. she wanted to join their everyday life and help, maybe even become one of the people. 

of course, that was wishful thinking because neytiri was very hard on the young scientist. giving the human attitude and throwing threats around as if they were compliments. the young scientist knew this was nothing personal as the na'vi had just gone through a war with sky people, so she never took anything to heart. hadn't gotten to use her avatar yet as she was still gaining the trust of the clan's people. she decided to occupy her time, so she went on walks in the forest to study the trees. 

unfortunately, one day she got way too close to a baby thanator that was asleep on its own by a stream. the mother, hunting nearby, caught a whiff of the unusual scent near her cub. one thing led to another, and there was one less human on pandora. but as theodora's life flashed before her eyes, she couldn't find it in herself to care because she could only think about her daughter. the one who she abandoned and didn't even give a chance at a happy childhood. she remembered the letter she had written and left with her baby. she wished she had written more. she wished she had written about how she was ticklish and an adorable baby. she wished she had written about how she was easy to care for. she wished she had written about how she never cried. she can wish and wish and wish all she wants, but it kills her on the inside that the only thing she had written was

'her name is y/n.'

jake was upset because he knew max liked having someone back at the lab again, given that norm was usually out studying in his avatar form. he could do nothing; it's not like a native killed her. her death was an accident. neytiri said it was eywa, getting rid of the skydemon from their home. max couldn't bring himself to get rid of her avatar, so he left it in the corner of the lab, knowing nobody would ever be able to use it. it was a memory of her. 

you were walking out of the mall, having just gone shopping for the party you were invited to this weekend. it was the talk of the campus, the biggest frat was having a huge party, and it was invite-only. if you got invited, you were on another fucking level. did you really know what that meant? no. did that matter, though? absolutely fucking not. you were just ready to get blackout drunk with your friends after the stressful week of finals everyone just had. and you and your friends were the only freshmen to be invited, so you had to go!

you were at a crosswalk waiting for the light to change when you considered taking a different way back to campus. you figured it wouldn't do any harm, and honestly, the change in scenery was lovely. you got to walk through the park and see the wildlife. you even got approached by a few stray kittens weaving in between your feet. you laughed as their fur tickled your ankles, but your attention was stolen by a man in what looked like jungle exploration gear??

"theodora? theodora!! oh my god! i thought they sent you to pandora years ago," he said as he shook your shoulders. 

"um? i'm sorry, who are you?" you asked the man, currently regretting your decision to walk back to campus a different way. 

"oh, that's not important right now. there's an empty cryo capsule because someone bailed at the last minute. i thought you were on pandora already!! come on, the scientists will be stoked that i found you here and brought you with me!!" he said as he dragged you into this weird-looking corporate building.  

the weird jungle dude passed you to other scientists dressed in white scrub suits. you don't know what is going on; you just want out! you cannot miss this party this weekend. your entire reputation counted on it. 

"ms. willisin i'm gonna give you a rundown on everything that is going on. this is the first ship that were sending to pandora in the past 18 years so things may be a bit hectic. you are going to go into a cryo capsule that yu will be held in until you reach your destination you know everything else any questions? no? good? get in the capsule," the scientist said as he started to push you into the capsule, but you resisted. 

"i don't know who you think i am but my name isn't willisin–" 

"you're right. your name is theodora. now get in the damn capsule. i don't get paid enough for this," he said as he fought against you to get you in the capsule. unfortunately for you, the man was stronger than you, so he managed to get you in the capsule and slammed the door shut before you could even register everything happening. 

"let me out!! my name isn't theodora. you have the wrong mother fucker!!! it's cold in here. get me out of this box!!" your screams were useless as the cryo capsules were soundproof so that the rocket's takeoff wouldn't affect the passengers. you felt weaker and weaker as the cold consumed you until you started to fall asleep. the rumble of the ship only aided in putting you to sleep, but the last thing you saw before you closed your eyes, looking out the window in your capsule, you saw the planet you live on. earth. 

why can i see earth right now?!?!

that was the last thought to pass through your head before you fell into a deep sleep.

you feel weird when you wake up again, almost like you're floating. bright lights block your vision as you feel hands frantically moving your body to get you out of your capsule. you were barely awake as you walked, basically dragged, around this weird science lab. "sit here and don't move. the head scientist will tell you what to do next." the woman said before she walked away. by the time she turned the corner, you were at least cognizant enough to know what was happening. your memory from before you fell asleep started flooding your mind again as 

these people kidnapped me. am i even still in our solar system?? where the fuck am i?

so many thoughts drowned your mind, but one thing was clear to you. 

you gotta get out of here, but you knew you had to be smart about this. 

"theodora! hello, it is wonderful to meet you. wow, you look great for 44 years old. is that how scientists dress on earth now?" the man who seemed to be the head scientist approached you, hand extended in a greeting. you firmly shook it, playing your role and faking a laugh at his joke.

if i act like this theodora person. they'll pay less attention to me, and i can find an opening to leave. but i know nothing about her! 

you were stumped, that is, until the man next to you started listing off every accomplishment and groundbreaking discovery 'you' had made. that's your ticket, though. he mentioned that this theodora person was obsessed with trees and made some huge discoveries regarding them, so why not play that card?

you smiled brightly at the scientist before you and cut off his praise. 

"excuse me, dr…?" you said, trying to get his name.

"naylor. dr. naylor"

"dr. naylor, i would absolutely love to sit here and chat with you about… me, but i am just dying to see the trees in person, so if you would excuse me." you said as you slowly started to walk towards a door in the room that looked like an exit.

"that's fine, dr. willisin, don't forget your mask!" dr. naylor said, pointing at a mask that was hanging on the wall. you simply nodded and placed the mask on your face as you attached the bulky pack thing to your hip.

as soon as you were outside, you walked toward the forest line, casually waving at scientists who gave you weird looks, probably due to your attire. still, you could care less because you weren't even supposed to be here. 

as you got a few feet into the trees, you looked back to make sure you were completely out of sight before you started running as fast as you could. god bless that you were athletic, having earned a track scholarship at usc and being the most scouted track star in america. you had some legs on you, so you weren't planning on stopping soon. that is until you stop because an arrow gets shot into the tree right before you. you looked around to see where it came from, noticing a blue figure hiding in the shadows. you didn't even think twice about running. if your love for horror movies taught you anything, it was that you do not stop when you hear a noise in the distance. you run faster than your ass can carry you and pray to any god out there that whatever the hell is trying to kill you would kindly stop.

you didn't know how long you had been running and dodging arrows until one of them struck you in your left arm. it, thankfully, had been a smaller arrow. at least in comparison to the others you had seen as you had been running. it went through your arm cleanly, and even though it hurt like a bitch, the adrenaline you were feeling right now made it feel more like someone pinched you really hard rather than being shot in the arm.

running for just a few minutes more, you moved the branches and leaves out of your way until you came up to what looked like an empty, abandoned lab. it looked the same as the one you had left earlier, so you assumed it was a lab. 

you busted your ass, sprinting to the door as arrows were shot by you, one skimming your calf and another grazing your cheek. quickly, you clutched the door's handle, swung it open, and slammed it shut behind you. the arrows had ceased. whoever was trying to kill you gave up. you finally give yourself a minute to catch your breath, and as your adrenaline dies down, you start to feel every scratch and cut on your body. not to mention the arrow that was stuck in your arm. 

you can't believe this is happening right now. first, you're kidnapped from your home planet, then you're trying to escape an arrow attack, and now you're standing in this lab making eye contact with two men, one who looked like yet another scientist and another who was wearing similar exploration gear as the guy you saw before you were so horribly kidnapped. 

"are you fucking kidding me?! i ran all that way just to end up in another fucking lab?"

the two men standing before you were in shock. not only was there a human girl standing in front of them, but she looked an awful lot like theodora. the two men's attention was caught when they heard you groaning in pain. 

"who are you?" the explorer guy asked you, still in his shocked state of mind. 

"what do you mean who am i just ran from here. and tell your trigger happy friends out there to knock it off with the arrows this shit hurts!!" you said as you sat on the steps in front of the door. you applied pressure on your leg injury so you could at least slow the bleeding. 

"we haven't had visitors in over 18 years. i'm gonna ask you again who you are." this time it was the scientists who spoke up. 

god, you were starting to hate these scientists, explorers, and everything else on this planet.

what planet even is this? it didn't even matter to you. you just wanted to be home. 

"that doesn't matter. what day is it? i have a frat party this weekend and these crazy fuckers kidnapped me and put me on a ship that was leaving earth!" you said, annoyed that they weren't answering your question?

"well, first, why don't we introduce ourselves, yeah?" the explorer spoke again. your eyes moved to him, and if looks could kill, boy, would he be dead. "my name is norm, i'm an anthropologist, and i focus most of my studies on nature and the natives of this planet."

the other man spoke up next. "um, my name is max. i am a civilian scientist on this planet. i'm in charge of the linking between humans and their avatars?" 

"humans, avatars, anthropology. what the hell is this shit? just tell me where i am and what fucking day it is." norm and max hadn't had to deal with the wrath of an angry woman in a while, so they were just about as terrified as when they had first met natives.

"you're on pandora. it's 2193. what year was it when you left?" max said after swallowing his fear.

"its been six fucking years??!?! i was 18 years old when i fucking left!!!"

"well… happy birthday?" norm tried to lighten the mood, but something in your head clicked; you had never heard of a planet called pandora. 

"am i even still in earth's solar system?" 

"no, you're 4.37 light-years away. look, we don't know how you got here. we havent had any outside contact with earth in ages so whatever scientists you came from are not associated with us."

"bullshit, there's shit everywhere in here that says rda on it and that was the name of the people who took me. i saw it all over their techy nerd stuff. you're lying so you can get me to go back there. you guys robbed me of six years of my life." you didn't know how to feel. you couldn't feel your body anymore. everything was just so overwhelming. 

"six years is how long it takes to get to pandora. they didn't explain that to you when you boarded the ship?" norm question, to you, was stupid because you had just answered that.

"do your ears not fucking work? i didn't get on the ship, i was dragged onto it against my will. these idiots kidnapped me because they mistook me for some woman named theodora willisin, and i don't even know who that woman is." you sighed. you were starting to feel tired again, tears filling your eyes. you didn't know where you were or who these people were; you were just tired, and the injuries you sustained weren't helping you keep your eyes open. 

your voice was quiet as you spoke again. it was almost inaudible compared to your voice's earlier volume. "please, i'm not even supposed to be here; i just need help. i wanna go home, and this arrow is hurting my arm, and i'm tired and–" you couldn't even finish your sentence before you passed out. 

although they didn't know you, norm and max were quick to come to your aid. it had been several years since they heard that name. they don't know who you were or where you came from, but they couldn't lie and say that they didn't understand why these scientists had mistaken you for theodora. your resemblance was uncanny. norm quickly moved your form from the steps you passed out on. he placed you onto an empty lab table that they had while he snapped max out of his trance, telling him to grab their medical kit. 

the two men patched up your wounds and moved you into the room that theodora used to live in when she lived with them. they closed the door and allowed you to rest. 

max told norm immediately to link with his avatar so he could inform jake about the young girl they found. max wanted to make the natives nearby aware that the girl wasn't even meant to be there. 

norm quickly made it to jake's home, finding the olo'eyktan spending time with his youngest daughter. jake could read the worried look on norm's face and quickly approached the man so he could know what was wrong. 

"what is it?" jake got to the point. 

"there's a human girl in our lab who passed out from arrow injuries." norm said.

"only arrow injuries? did they not kill the skydemon?" neytiri asked when she heard that there was a sky person on their planet again. that could only mean one thing, though. they were all back.

"what do you mean there's a human girl in your lab? kill her you know the rules around here norm there's no acceptions for any skywalkers."

"that's the thing. she's not a skywalker, she's not a sky demon. she's an 18 year old, well now she's 24, but she was a college student who was kidnapped. they mistook her for theodora and she lost six years in cryo. i don't know how she was able to dodge the arrows from your scouts but jake i can't kill that girl. she's harmless. she didn't even know that pandora existed until she woke up from cryo. she's terrified." norm explained to his friend. hoping jake could find it in him to let norm and max just take care of the girl.

"norm–" jake started, but norm cut him off

"look, we can't send her back, it's impossible, just let us raise her. she won't come near the people. she won't cause any issues. it'll be as if she's not here. i had to come tell you because she was almost killed trying to escape the people who kidnapped her."

"her mask has a tracker in it. she will lead them to your lab." neytiri voiced. over time she had grown fond of norm and max, them being the only skypeople trusted. she didn't want this skydemon to harm those she cares for, especially after norm said they mistook her for that scientist who died all those years ago.

neytiri hated theodora. the woman was clumsy, always walking around making trouble for herself that others would have to save her from, and now there's another one. another cursed skydemon is here to destroy her home. she would not stand for it. neytiri stood from her place next to tuk and walked over to her bow and arrows. jake looked over to his mate, seeing how she was walking out of their home with her weapon. "woah, hey, neytiri. hold on a second, just wait." jake said to his wife. 

"no. i shall go kill that girl like i meant to do with the last one," she said, but norm spoke before she could leave. 

"her mask doesn't have a tracker! we checked it after she passed out and even broke it and i threw it far away somewhere just for good measure but from the looks of it they gave her one without a tracker because they thought she was that famous scientist."

“see, ma neytiri, mawey. it is okay. they said they would keep her there. there's no need to interfere if she isn't a threat. she doesn't want to be here just as much as you don't want her here yawne." jake said, soothing his mate's tense shoulders, feeling her release her breath, giving in to his comfort. 

 "she wont bother you guys. we'll make sure she has boundaries and never crosses onto native territories. we'll even give her one of our tracker masks so we can keep an eye on her. just please don't kill her. for some reason she means a lot to max. i think he's seeing something that i'm not. that's not important, just please if she wanders off i will be the one to go get her. just don't kill her. please." norm was begging at this point. to neytiri, it was weird, but she assumed it was because he really meant what he was saying. jake was already convinced, so once neytiri put her bow and arrows down, the tension in the room dissolved. everyone could finally release the breath they had been holding. 

"thank you." norm said before he made his way to his ikran, flying back to the lab.

[slimeboiss]

I'm bored and with more Hundred Line news slowly dripping out I figured that I'd give my impressions on all the characters we've seen so far.

TAKUMI SUMINO

The protagonist himself, and probably the one guy we know the most about, even if most of that is just standard protagonist stuff. Kodaka's protagonists pretty must just follow the same archetype - relatively normal character among a cast of far more talented and impressive psychopaths, which usually leads to him developing a complex about it. And from what we've seen so far... Takumi seems to pretty much fit the bill to a T. Will he probably subvert expectations? Most likely - we've seen it with Hajime and Yuma from Rain Code before. There's definitely more to him than meets the eye, but I highly doubt that he's gonna be anything more than an average guy at the beginning, the straight man for the more unhinged characters around him.

He *does* seem to have an edgier look than every other protag we've seen so far. The rest of his look is pretty background character coded, which fits, but his hair makes him a dead ringer for Yomi from Rain Code. Which if you still remember that game, is a pretty far cry from "just an average guy". 50 percent chance that this is some sort of stylistic choice or if it actually means something about his personality - maybe he's a lot more rebellious than he seems from a first glance? Hard to say.

From the earlier promo art from before we knew what this game was supposed to be, the two "protagonist" characters had the same red hair and black color scheme, plus the katana that Takumi uses in battle. It looks like these traits were carried over to the final design at least - an interesting tidbit, even if it meant that we lost another potential female protagonist. This time with glasses, even!

DARUMI AMEMIYA

The second character we know the most about so far, and she's gotta be one that sticks out the most. When the trailer first dropped in June I swear like half of all discussion was just talking about her - more specifically, her design.

On first appearances, she very much reminds me of like a Kokichi-esque character, you know the one character in every game that just exists to make trouble and make the game more interesting when Monokuma's not around. She's a murder game fanatic, she has a bunch of crazy sprites, and also fights with floating knives. She's like if you asked an AI image generator to create THE danganronpa character.

She's not the first female character to be like *this* in Kodaka's works - Junko, Genocider Syo, Shinigami, etc, etc. - but exactly WHAT her role is is hard to pin down. She's been a lot more prominently advertised than other characters, so part of me believes that she has to have a significant participant in the game. Whether or not she's THE designated problems clown that every Danganronpa game, 90 percent chance she's going to be like top five most popular characters to come out of this game. hundred percent guarantee.

As a bonus note, I wonder if she was based on this character from the old promo art before the game was retooled entirely? I have nothing else to go off besides similar vibes - but it was a thought I had nonetheless. Probably the only other character from these early images that I can see carrying over to the final game besides Takumi, so this is the last time I'll bring it up, promise.

EITO AOTSUKI

TV Tropes says that he's supposed to be an apprentice astronaut - I have no idea where they got this from, but it would make him design make more sense. Plus his last name also means "blue moon", for what it's worth.

On the surface this guy seems like a coolheaded nerd. That was my first impression anyway. Someone said early on that he had Nagito vibes, and well... yeah I can definitely see that. Pretty boys in Danganronpa are hardly ever sane, and aside from his massive forehead he is definitively a pretty boy. Of course, this was before Tokyo Game Show came and went and...

Well, you've all seen that screenshot by now lmao

So yeah he's definitely gay. And gay for Takumi, no less. And if we know anything about characters that gay homoerotic tension for each other in Kodaka games (and Uchikoshi games to some extent), is that they're NEVER unproblematic. Just look at his face in that CG - he's definitely a freak.

As a side note, when the trailer first dropped I was under the impression that his weapon was a huge ass wizard staff, which fit with his whole nerdy vibe. I then realized it's actually supposed to be a big ass scythe - so make of that what you will.

HIRUKO SHIZUHARA

I fucking love tall women with long hair and glasses. Anyway, she's the cold, serious type with a penchant for bloodlust. She has a giant axe and admits to getting excited cutting down monsters. She's a freak yeah, but at least she does that while looking hot.

A lot of people have compared her to Peko for obvious reasons, but honestly, she's like a pretty direct copy of Martina Electro from Rain Code to a T. A statuesque woman with glasses with a lust for blood? Yeah that sounds familiar. For how much of a clone she is, the one thing that differentiates the two is that, for all her presence, Martina was ultimately submissive towards the far more problematic Yomi (the guy I said is identical to Takumi, ironically) - while Hiruko hasn't really given off those vibes so far. Wouldn't be surprised if Kodaka doesn't somehow work that in though. Disappointed, but not surprised.

TAKEMARU YAKUSHIJI

I don't have good quality shots of him on hand so enjoy this crusty cropped screenshot of grumpy Takemaru.

Not much to say about this guy so far. From what I've gathered from his intro, he's a rough and tumble type of guy, a delinquent who still believes in justice. And he used a motorcycle in battle. Sound familiar?

I can see him being a standard "jerk with a heart of gold" - he doesn't seem to be quite as violent as a certain other motorcycle riding delinquent, but who knows. He's one of your starting party members, so I'm guessing he has some early prominence in the game.

KAKO TSUKUMO AND HER BROTHER

Putting these two together since they seem to be a package deal - and to be honest we're reaching the point where I don't have a lot to say about most of them.

Kodaka has NOT had a great track record with brother sister relationships - yes, not every brother sister relationship he's written has devolved into incest, but when Kako is saying "dearest brother" and seems to practically joined at the hip... can you really blame me for being a bit hesitant? There are of course ways that this doesn't end up being gross, and I sure as hope this doesn't turn out to be another Junko/Mukuro in DR3/Kiyo Chapter 3 situation.

OKAY, my fear from first impressions aside, Kako seems to be the meeker, quieter of the two, while her brother acts as her assertive protector. I don't think there's a scene where they've been apart so far... take that as you will.

Kako mentions that the two of them havent graduated junior high yet (im assuming that means theyre ninth graders, around 15 years old) - so they're presumably in the same grade. Maybe they're twins? It's hard to tell with same-face syndrome and all, but hair style aside they do have similar faces. Which does lead me to wonder... what if they're identical twins, but Kako's brother is transmasculine. This is just my pipe dream honestly - Kodaka hasn't been great with LGBT rep before, buuuuut he's improved... somewhat? Uchikoshi, on the other, is pretty good on LGBT issues - famously good even, especially in Somnium Files. It's hard to tell what influence Uchikoshi has had on the game aside from the branching paths approach to storytelling, but I have a little bit more confidence in the LGBT rep in this game if Uchikoshi is on the team.

Don't have much else to say about them, other than I'm CROSSING my fingers that they don't turn out to be weird. On my knees even.

ANGIE YONAGA TALENT SWAP

I know it's kinda cheap to do the whole "this character looks like this character" shtick because Komatsuzaki's style has had sameface syndrome since the very beginning, but coome ooooon, if you're going to give her the same skin tone-hair color combo then it's going to be impossible not to notice.

Anyway that aside, I can't really say much else about her. We hit the point where these character's dont have names yet so I'm going in blinder than blind. Out of all the characters, she seems like she could be a Danganronpa character the most - her outfit very clearly communicates a "talent", I'm guessing mechanics.

She gives me tomboy vibes. Like, she's also one of the only girls in the entirety of Kodaka's games to wear full-length pants as far as I'm aware.

THE TOKEN THING

Im still not sure whether or not this is a boy or girl. I'm leaning towards boy, but I'm only like 80 percent sure that's right.

He's the token character with the cartoony design that's inevitably going to rank at the bottom of every popularity poll regardless of whether they're actually a good character or not. Character-wise, they come off as a shy fifth grader - Chihiro level shy, not whatever Mikan had going on.

not much else to contribute to my opinion other than that their design is definitely just a retooled beta ryoma

THIS GUY

Exaggerated screaming sprite? Cartoon character on shirt? Fuckass hair cut? Yeah this guy's a fucking nerd. He's going to be Takumi's annoying "best male friend" character who you either love despite his eccentricities or want to shove off a building. Or both depending on which day you're on.

Flip of a coin that he's also the token pervert character.

-

Aaaaand those are the first ten characters. There are still five more characters to go through (plus the mascots), but I wanted to ask why the characters were split up this way. Why don't the other five guys show up at the beginning? My current working theory is that they're part of a separate class, perhaps one that gets the rest of their students massacred, leaving these five as their sole survivors. There is ONE character that could be an exception to this, but we'll get to her when we get to her.

GUY WHO LOOKS LIKE HE SELLS KNIVES

Yeah you can probably find better higher quality images somewhere else.

This dude... he's edgy. He's like someone's Tokyo Ghoul OC. He gives me Korekiyo vibes, but like, in the first impressions kind of way. He seems like a laidback kinda guy that would still stab you in the throat when you look away. And it looks like he's threatening the bowl cut nerd with a knife in at least one route, so that's not far off the mark.

His design also feels kinda traditional japanese mixed with modern gothic elements - the blue hair and eyepatch. The eyepatch also has an eye symbol on it, so symbolism yay.

SAMURAI GIRL

A real prim and proper girl. Highly traditional. Nothing much else to say, she has a cool design. That's not always an indicator of a "good" character in these types of games, but one can hope.

GREEN TOMATO GIRL

Hard to imagine this character isn't going to be a chuunibyou. Or at least, very difficult to take seriously. The creepy smile reminds me of a jack-o-lantern... wait is that the intent?

Not a lot to go off on rn, but she's definitely one of the characters I'm more interested in finding out about, if only to learn why she wears a mask with a smile for hours at a time. What's the mask for? What is the point of the mask?

ABSOLUTE UNIT

When I first saw this character from behind on the cover art, I thought she was chubby. Turns out she's actually just jacked. She's cute! She looks like a jolly character, just a ray of sunshine. It's nice to get female characters that don't just fall into the same body type.

As a side note - this isn't as blatant as Ryoma's design, but she does remind me a bit of one Sakura's beta designs, which gave her a more traditionally cute face to contrast with the rest of her body.

Her more cartoony face also reminds me of Ibuki's beta design too, although hers doesn't look *quite* as stylized based on the few brief glimpses we've gotten of her.

KARUA KASHIWA

One of the more mysterious characters so far - Takumi's childhood friends that Takumi tried to protect from the monster invasion. We don't actually know what happened to her after that - she;s not with Takumi when he wakes up, but she appears alongside the rest of the cast with a different outfit.

I know danganronpa same face syndrome is insane, but its hard to imagine that we're not at least meant to assume that these two are the same character

Theres zero chance that there isnt a huge twist regarding her, but what exactly she is or what role she plays is anyones guess because there hasnt even been an english trailer since what? June? Oh, speaking of June-

Both Kodaka and Uchikoshi have a habit of introducing female characters to be pseudo-love interests/close confidants. Think Kyoko, Chiaki, Kaede in Kodaka's case, and June, Phi, Iris, Mizuki in Uchikoshi's case. As far as characters we've seen so far, she fits the bill the most so far. She's the childhood best friend with a ton of mysterious circumstances surrounding her! She has white hair and purple eyes!

However because she's so obviously suspicious and close to the main protagonist, that also means that the likelihood of her actually being the "mastermind" is close to zero. So congrats Karua fans!

SIREI

Serves the same basic role as Monokuma but instead of Monokuma's gimmick of having the voice of a children's mascot, he instead has a deep sexy voice. I don't know whether or not he's supposed to be the antagonist or moreso a morally unhinged mascot character ala Shinigami, but idk both seem just as likely.

I would have a plushie of him.

NIGOU

ninety percent chance this thing is literally just comic relief who cares

IN CONCLUSION

I spent an hour typing this out and embarassed myself in front of my mutuals by revealing that im invested in how danganronpa 4 turns out.

[krabkrab-wontshutup]

Just gonna stick the script im working on for an mcd rewrite here. its very long, almost 1200 words, so be warned!!

[Aphmau wobbles through the forest, and we see her in front of the entrance to a village, though its a little ways away. it’s in bad condition — but so is she. She’s bleeding from a wound on her side.]

APHMAU

Just… a little—

[she falls to the ground and passes out.]

[some time goes by, and two shadows are suddenly over her.]

GUARD ONE (garroth)

Zenix, what did you do?

ZENIX

Nothing, sir Garroth! I swear, I just found her like this!!

GARROTH

She doesn’t seem like a threat… but —

[Garroth kneels at her side, and carefully turns her on her back]

She’s wounded, but breathing. And she looks exhausted, she must have been walking for a while. Give me your cape.

ZENIX

What?? No, I just got this-

[Garroth rips the cape off Zenix’s back]

GARROTH

It wasn’t a request. I’m going to bandage her up. Carry her.

ZENIX

Wait, we’re taking her? to the village?!

GARROTH

We’re not leaving a defenseless girl to fend for herself in the wild!

ZENIX

You have got to be kidding me-

[Garroth glares daggers at his apprentice. Zenix’s eyes glimmer red.]

-Listen. With all due respect, Sir Garroth, Please;

hear me out. We're bringing an outsider into the village. With everything going on, do you think the people are going to keep listening to you? They're already blaming you for the death of our lord.

[Garroth stands up, looking like he’s about to smack Zenix in the face.]

GARROTH

There was NOTHING I could do abou-

[Zenix flinches]

(sigh)

…I did everything I could. The least I can do now is ensure that nobody else dies.

[Garroth walks towards the forest, before looking back at Zenix, who is kneeling down to pick up the defenseless girl]

GARROTH

We will talk more about the village situation later. Right now let's get this maiden to safety. Now, let's move.

ZENIX(whisper)

i hope you know what you’re doing, sir Garroth

[A pan-over of the very small, worn down village.]

CAPTION

The small, peaceful village of Phoenix Drop had recently lost its lord in a terrible fire. After that, many villagers moved out. The village still held strong without a lord, however.

Well, somewhat strong.

[Aphmau lays in a bed, her wounds bandaged properly now. as her eyes open, two people converse at the foot of her bed]

GARROTH

What I mean to say is, Thank you for still trusting me, Donna.

[He clasps his hand together. the woman he’s speaking to glances at Aphmau, noticing her eyes are open, and sighs.]

DONNA

Garroth, the people are losing faith in you.

GARROTH(not a whisper, but quiet)

I know.

DONNA

This village cannot exist without a proper ruler, so unless you yourself want to become the Lord-

GARROTH

I don’t want that!

…I’m sorry. Can you care for her for now?

[Donna smiles]

DONNA

My pleasure.

[Garroth exits, and Donna sits down next to the bed.]

He’s gone now. Come on, sit up.

[Aphmau slowly sits up, and makes eye contact with Donna for a moment.]

You ain't gotta be afraid of me. I'm probably less intimidating than a big ol' man in armor holding a giant sword. What's your name?

APHMAU

…

DONNA(insisting)

Where are you from?

��Cat got your tongue?

APHMAU

I-

I don’t want to talk about it.

[this startles Donna for a second. She stands up, and fetches aphmau a bowl of soup]

DONNA

…Alright. You know, It's not important you remember who you are. Well, at least not in this day and age.

Hell, it's all about the name you make up for yourself, you know?

Eat up, there's plenty more.

[Aphmau carefully takes a sip of the soup. Her eyes light up, and she eats happily.]

I ran away from my momma's house some time ago to become a merchant. Only moved here a few months ago.

Heck if I'm lookin' back on the past! So, my opinion? No need for one!

APHMAU

…My name is Aphmau. Aphmau… Eostre.

DONNA

(chuckle)

It’s a start. I’m Donna.

[The two shake hands.]

Your eyes… Are you from Fu’kui?

APHMAU

No, but my mother was.

DONNA

Interesting. You know, I'm not as worldly but a good friend of mine who is.. is in town right now for a bit. I was gonna go talk to him anyway, but if you wanna come with me you can. you need some fresh air?

[Outside, Aphmau notices the dead fields]

APHMAU

The crops are barren…

Why is that?

DONNA

‘s a long story. But basically, this town is dying.. Heck, lots’a towns are. Merchants say rumor has it things ain't been right with the world lately. That's not my concern. Ain't a guard or Lord to give two bull corns about it.

APHMAU

…Lord?

DONNA

Glue of any village. Person who keeps things together with their guards. In fact, the Lord of this village recently died.. most people you talk to here will probably be leaving soon.

APHMAU

Oh…

[They enter the village square.]

DONNA

Visher!

VISHER

Donna! Good to see you!

[She rushes over and they hug.]

VISHER

So is this the village you settle?

DONNA

(laughs) Not a chance!

VISHER

I heard everything going on from this lad here.

[He gestures to a young man in a suit of armor, with dyed blue leather straps, and a blue cape]

DONNA

Hey, Brian. Sorry your dad's drunk again.

BRIAN

At least sir Dale is only an idiot when he drinks.

DONNA

Well look at you, calling your dad 'sir'! You're gonna make a fine full-fledged guard someday Brian.

BRIAN

Th-Thank you, m'lady.

DONNA

oh! Visher! Take a look at my friend here. She’s new ‘round town, and I was hoping you could give her some advice about the world and all that.

VISHER

Donna, why you asking me when I'm simply a merchant? Don't this village have a decently known librarian you can ask?

DONNA

Oh right, the crazy one obsessed with the matron.. Heh. Gosh, it slipped my mind..! Mostly because she's a bit-

VISHER

AH- D-Donna! there are children about!

[He gestures again to Brian, who crosses his arms.]

BRIAN

I'm 16!

VISHER

Oh. ..Then uh, eat your vegetable more, kid. Trust me. But Donna, really, what advice can I give a girl who I don’t know?

DONNA

Well, that’s just the thing, I hardly know her either. She ain't talkin’ about her past.

(whisper) I think somethin’ bad happened to her.

VISHER

Oh no, come here poor girl..!

[He hugs Aphmau tightly, even lifting her off the ground for a moment.]

Hm… You need new clothes! Your shirt is all torn- (laughs) Wait here, sweetie. Uncle Visher will grab you the best garb I have.

[He goes through his wares and presents Aphmau with a change of clothes, which she puts on.]

DONNA

Wow, Visher! You don’t even give me clothes for free.

VISHER

I would never hear the end of it from my wife if I did not help a lady in need.

DONNA

(laughs) Merida is a good woman.

[bluejaybytes]

🤝 1 4 7 and 💓 3 11 14 for PETALSTEM

🤝 1. Does your character prefer company or solitude when sick?

Solitude, but she's never gonna get any. She's the ThunderClan medicine cat so when she's sick, everyone and their mom knows the instant she does. She's bitching HARD about it and will keep trying to shoo Jaydapple (Her mentor + stand-in mother figure since she's pretty distant from her actual mother) away, but it never works

🤝 4. Is your character upfront about their feelings?

Not anything other than "angry" or "annoyed at you". She closed herself pretty much entirely off after she was mauled, and the only person she's open with is Jaydapple, and even then a lot of that is from Jaydapple being able to infer when Petalstem's not telling her something and confronting her on it, not Petalstem actually opening up herself. No one but her and Jaydapple actually knows what happened to her (Other than the general assumption that Wildcry had something to do with it, given that she showed up with similar injuries at the same Gathering Petalstem first showed up with hers, and their previously very flirty interactions were entirely replaced with Petalstem trying to blow her up with her mind), and she's not telling anyone unless she absolutely has to.

🤝 7. Who is your character most honest with?

I know I talked about her being upfront with Jaydapple mainly, but there's actually two candidates for this one, Jaydapple and Petunia, her kittypet girlfriend. Petunia is the only cat that Petalstem ever told by choice, as Jaydapple only learned what happened in the first place because she was able to infer what happened via her own personal experience with similar things, which is initially a good sign for Petalstem, because hey, she's learning how to open up! But even then... not really. Petunia and Petalstem don't even last that long as a relationship, as Petalstem has still yet to really deal with a lot of her trauma and was always distant from Petunia, with their moments of closeness always coinciding with Petalstem sulking, meaning Petunia's only options were barely speak to her because Petalstem's somewhat refusing to make small talk, or be constantly comforting her, so Petunia never really got to like... have her own issues at all. She can tell Petalstem is drifting away from her and she hasn't been happy in their relationship for a while, so she ends things, and Petalstem swears to Never Be Open With Anyone Ever Again Forever. They're inventing cat therapists for Petalstem specifically

💓 3. Is your character more prone to fight or flight?

FIGHT !!!!! While pre-mauling she probably would've leaned more into freeze above all else, both during and after being mauled her panic response has been fight. Despite being literally a Cat Doctor, during the few times there's been a direct battle in ThunderClan cat she's typically seen actually doing the fighting, while poor Jaydapple is running around dragging wounded cats to safety because Petalstem freaked out and attacked the first thing she saw. She's bad at apologizing but she's DEFINITELY had to apologize to some poor apprentices that startled her by walking up on her bad side and accidentally catching a swipe to the ear

💓 11. Does your character have strong willpower?

Yes, she's INCREDIBLY stubborn, unwilling to back down when she knows she's right and the furthest possible you could get from a pushover, as well as being willing and able to force herself to do most things she'd otherwise find unpleasant (Things that are directly related to her trauma less so, but like, I feel like that's fairly obvious for any person who's got severe trauma from something). That said this is also very much a bad thing because she's also quite mean and is ENTIRELY willing to say it to peoples faces

💓 14. Is there a secret thing your character longs to hear?

She would like someone to directly tell her that she'll one day recover from everything that's happened to her. She'd like the Clans to stop worshipping StarClan as gods and acknowledge them as the same cats they were when they were living. She would like someone to come up to her and say "Hey Petalstem did you hear Wildcry exploded into a thousand pieces?"

[felikatze]

pssst. webcomic recommendations. pretty pleasd

from your url i'm gonna go out on a limb and say you like orv. excellent.

my number one recommendations for you are:

Surviving Romance (on Webtoon): Chaerin is trapped in a romance novel. At first, she loved it, but whenever she attempted to divert the plot... it did not end well for her. If you've seen people talk about it, you know what twist it pulls in episode 1, but if you don't, please go into it blind. Just read episode 1, and decide if it's for you.

We have a majorly female cast (there's like, 3 dudes max, and they're all side characters). Big focus on female relationships and the idealization of romance. Chaerin moves away from desparately clinging to a romance with a man that doesn't satisfy her as she befriends her classmates who she previously only thought of as "extras" to the central romance of her life. Great mystery elements, extremely suspenseful at parts, I would die for Hisui, she is the best, she is the cutest.

Also lots of meta shenanigans and timeloops. And the episode 1 genre twist. insane comic all around. beautiful art too. it's the opposite of orv's text based focus in that surviving romance could only ever work in a primarily visual medium

Next up, The Ember Knight! Also on webtoon!

After his brother is murdered right before his eyes, Nagyunn swears to avenge him. However, being twins.... who can be sure which one died that day? He takes on his brother's identity as a knight apprentice to gather the forces necessary and bides his time until the opportunity to strike.

Nagyunn is Fucking Amazing if you like kdj because he is. the exact same and not at all. Nagyunn is Very Intense all the time but what they have in common is that. Nagyunn's only skill is lying. He is lying about his name. He is lying about his skills. He is lying about his motivations. What if you had to solve every single problem with a deception check. The insane bluffing he gets up to is both suspenseful and lowkey hilarious.

Biggest complaint would be the amount of characters with similar names. Nagyunn and Nuljin, and in the most recent arc, Lauzun, Laurun, and Laukun. Are You Kidding Me

i've read the entire thing twice and every single update puts me in absolute agony.

Other comics I won't gush about for as long and that are probably more off the ball from orv:

Estio (on Reaperscans):

Starts out VERY cinderella-esque with a boy who can talk to animals and gets bullied about it. So he decides to leave town! Fuck yall! With his gift he finds work as a Fantasy Adventurer, except there's more to reading hearts than it appears, and there's many people who'd do anything to have that ability on their side....

I haven't been the same since the chapter where Estio kills people. go boy go. his sidekicks include a talking cat, a talking monkey, and a talking cactus. the cactus thirsts for blood.

The demon prince goes to the academy (also on reaperscans):

i fucking love this one. dumbass author is put into his own novel as karmic punishment. but being reborn as the demon prince in the world of "the demon king is already dead" puts a damper on a promise of slice of life shenanigans

the first chapter of the comic sucks it's just exposition but after that i love this one dearly. after the initial running for your life arc it does turn to school life stuff but protag boy reinhardt is so insane that i'd love just watching him do homework. i love that boy very much. he will kick people in the nuts. the school aspect is kind of novel in the sense that he's the obligatory bully character.

it's fantastic. love him.

uhhh what else have i got. quick pitch time!

Vindicaris (has its own website, also on tapas): Elemental beings Ces and Sel vow revenge on the company that created them. Extremely edgy (which is fantastic), the most dysfunctional protag duo ever, fun perspective shifts between Ces and Sel as well as people still at the company. Nobody's really in the right and everyone uniquely sucks.

Ending Makers (reaperscans): Two top MMO players get isekai'd into their game. Only problem: their characters are engaged. Now these two bozos need to team up and prevent the demon apocalypse. Fake dating slow burn type of stuff yknow.

Dummy's Dummy (webtoon): a little girl who can see ghosts needs to stop the haunted toys her grandfather left behind by teaming up with an even more haunted doll. described by the author as "kid friendly horror." i havent read the reboot on webtoon, just the original, but it should still be good.

This Isekai Maid is Forming A Union! (webtoon): what it says on the tin. Brigette is sick of constantly reincarnating as a maid in isekai stories, so she's unionizing the Anders household. Neither shitty love interests with a penchant for murder nor leading ladies with superiority complexes are going to stop her. (this comic has a bone to pick with shojo isekai, and i am cheering as it goes for the throat).

i also have WAYY more but i think this is enough for now. my main haunts tend to be webtoon, tapas, reaperscans, and hiveworks. i especially recommend hiveworks if you're looking for original stuff. reaperscans mainly has action shonen shit but it satisfies my cravings for schlock. though there's also some gems buried there. webtoons and tapas should both be well known enough on their own, though i tend to prefer webtoon over tapas these days.

[stellisketches]

I was gonna say can we talk about the wedding of woe where rykers parent is the one to cause all this but then I realized that she died in child birth, so uh what went down with the wedding, and how Ro’Meave fam saved?

Okay so I haven't written this one out entirely, so the details are a bit fuzzier, but here's a summary of it (I made like 2/3rd of this up as I went along).

Also DEFINITELY CONTENT WARNING for mentions of death, failed pregnancies, domestic violence, implied SA, and cousincest. This is probably the most game-of-thronesy I’ve gotten in terms of lore.

Vaughna only briefly served as the High Priestess of O'Khasis for a period of five-ish years. Vaughna was somewhat pressured into Priesthood by her caretakers and some of Malik's advisors due to her magicks-sensitivity, however she was never actually attached to religion. In order to get out of being High Priestess, she purposely got pregnant as a reason to step down. Stepping down as High Priest was not an easy thing to accomplish, and there had to be a valid reason to abdicate the position you were supposed to swear your life to. Pretty much the only way to do it "honorably" was to either get married or have a child (the latter of which was more acceptable). While celibacy isn't technically required in order to be the high priest, it's generally seen as the more noble/respectful thing to do. The duty of parenthood was supposed to come before all else, and being high priest would complicate that duty. Ergo, it was seen as sort of an "honorable discharge" from the church. Unfortunately, this decision did end up costing her life, as she died giving birth to the baby that was supposed to give her freedom.

Ten years later, Styr and Sophi both died of an illness within days of each other when Naela was almost twelve, and Astarse V had died/disappeared along with her lover Sayren just a few years beforehand. This meant that the only two known living Ro'Meaves were children with only maids and advisors left to raise them. This led them to be incredibly vulnerable to manipulation by nobles and power hungry "advisors'', and the new High Priest. The new High Priest, Habistus, was able to manipulate the ruling so that Ryker would be first to inherit the Lordship over O'Khasis before Naela (even though she was BOTH the previous Lord's daughter AND the eldest) because Ryker was younger and easier to manipulate than his cousin, who became incredibly quiet and mistrustful of everyone after her parents died. Ryker being made heir gave birth to Naela holding a well-hidden resentment that would only strengthen in time.

Anyways, It was decided that Ryker would marry as soon as possible in order for more Ro'Meaves to be born. Ryker essentially had his picking of girls to choose from, and at the age of thirteen (which I will say was ASTOUNDINGLY young, even for his time) he was engaged to a girl named Marna, who was the heir apprentice to the Chief Scholar of O'Khasis. Now, this rank was pretty much as low as a Ro'Meave man could marry, seeing as before her apprenticeship she pretty much came from nothing, but he was really genuinely in love with her and it was the one thing Ryker was not gonna get talked out of. The advisors gave in when they realized he really wasn't going to cave and the marriage date was set. High Priest Habistus was NOT happy about this marriage, and he wasn't told about it until AFTER the engagement was already announced to the public. He was of the opinion that the Ro'Meave line needed to be kept as pure as possible, and that the lineage had been suffering to "dilution" for far too long. However there wasn't much he could do, seeing as the engagement had already been made public and the wedding was set to take place in five months' time.

It was during those months that Ryker was genuinely in bliss at the thought of marrying his new wife. The poor kid had an ENORMOUS case of puppy love and Marna seemed to reciprocate it just as much. In fact, there was a recorded instance of Ryker ordering a man to be dragged out of the castle and beaten to a pulp because he insulted his Fiancée's weight during a dinner party.

Sadly, this happiness was not to last him. Two weeks before their wedding was to take place, Marna suddenly fell ill and later died on what would have been their wedding night. Ryker, presumably, DID NOT take this well at all. There are surviving historical documents that this kid almost died of starvation and dehydration because he refused to eat anything for nearly two fucking months.

Funnily enough, following the death of Marna, several key advisors died from unfortunate accidents or suddenly announced their retirement, and new advisors ‘recommended” by Habistus took their roles. 

Two years passed, and a new match was set. Though Ryker was much less enthusiastic. His new match was a woman named Sola, who was a member of a prominent merchant family who just passed the seventh generation clause (See my Ro’Meave/Royalty headcanons post). They got along okay but Sola was six years his senior and really wasn’t that interested in him, more so about gaining prestige for her family. Their engagement lasted only two months, in order to speed up the process so Ryker could get hitched and start having kids, but alas, tragedy struck again.

Three nights before the wedding was to take place, a maid accidentally tripped and knocked over a candelabra directly onto Lady Sola who had yet to undress from a long and highly flammable dress. It also didn’t help that one of the pre-marriage ceremonies she had taken place in that night was the anointing of oil on one’s face. With her entire face on fire, the poor lady could not see that in her panic she had moved out of her chambers and onto the balcony, where she fell almost fifty feet into a stone wall

So that wasn’t good. Now he was two dead wives down and still had no heir. Even his cousin Naela had started to feel a tiny ounce of pity for him. She had actually been trying to have a child (mostly to make another legal case to win back her lordship) however she had already had two miscarriages. Though she was genuinely glad Ryker didn’t have any heirs yet.

Also, pretty much all of the old advisors were dead. Wonder how that happened. 

Another year later, Another match was set up for Ryker; This time a woman named Sienna. Sienna was the soft-spoken sister of the Admiral of the O’Khasian Naval Fleet. This engagement was set to last only three weeks, with the advisors only becoming increasingly desperate. Also by this point, Ryker had become somewhat detached from his politics. He became increasingly bitter over the fact he had no choice in who he was marrying, and had picked up drinking as a result. He kept up appearances in public, but outside of that he spent exactly zero time with her.

On their wedding night, after the ceremony, a wasp stung Sienna’s mare and threw her off— breaking her neck and killing her while coming back from the ritual Bath of the Bride. When Ryker was informed of the tragedy, he began to laugh so hard that he needed a chair to stand up straight.

Now this is where things REALLY go to shit. 

Because by now, everyone is beginning to think that Ryker is cursed. Many of Naela’s loyalists said this was divine retribution for her deposition; that Ryker was destined to die without heir until Naela was crowned the rightful ruler. These loyalists were quickly “dispersed” by Habistus, but the rumors stuck around, and now NO ONE wanted to marry the guy with three dead wives under his belt. Honestly, it looked like the Ro’Meaves were doomed because just a month after the third wedding Naela suffered a third miscarriage. Everything was just awful.

And then that mother fucking bitch ass priest smoked a crack pipe and said “You know how I can make this worse?”

The High Priest decrees that the three dead wives were obviously a divine omen, but it wasn’t about Ryker’s lordship. Irene was obviously disgusted by how diluted the Ro’Meave line had become with peasant blood and how Naela had become afflicted with a pitiful madness, as she was whoring herself out to anyone in order to have a child, not because she wanted to be a mother, but just to steal the throne (The throne that, I remind you, was hers to begin with). He claimed he had received a divine vision that would solve all the problems and make everyone happy, that would save Naela’s virtue and restore the Ro’Meave line to its former purity.

You can see where this is going.

At this point in time, O’Khasis was pretty much being entirely run by Habistus. Everyone from beggar to noble knew that if you so much as whispered a rude word in his direction, Habistus would have you disposed of before the sun rose the next morning. Ryker knew this and was burning with resentment over the fact he had absolutely no control over any aspect of his life anymore. Habistus had become too powerful to fight against and all he could do was go along with whatever was put before him. Naela was aware there was literally nothing she could do to get out of this short of her dying (something she really wasn’t up for) and since the two of them had exactly zero allies, they knew they were destined to play the pawns of Habistus’ grand gambit.

Thus, the Wedding of Woe was arranged. 

Ryker and Naela were by no means close. Naela had been so distrusting towards literally everyone throughout her life and Ryker was too enthralled by his own rage to even attempt trying to make peace with her. 

Still, they were married by moonlight with one of the biggest wedding audiences in history. The turnout was over a thousand people. Habistus had made the ceremony open to the public. A monument to his own power, as if he held the entirety of O’Khasis by the neck and said “Just try and stop this.”

(Heads up for implied SA in the next 2 paragraphs. You can skip it and it will still make sense)

It was just after this wedding, in the marriage chamber, when Ryker finally found an outlet for his frustration. I’ll spare you the details, but I will say this: Ryker may not have been able to make any of his own decisions, but he still was Lord.

And in the small scale, Lords can do whatever they want to the people beneath them. 

So... yeah. 

Essentially Ryker became incredibly abusive towards Naela as a result of his frustration, and there was literally nothing Naela could do about it. Eventually, she did end up pregnant, and as one more sadistic divine trick, she gave birth to a baby girl, who despite all odds survived infancy. 

Naela named them Vaev. From Old Ru’aunian, it translates to “Burden”.

Over the course of the next sixteen years, Naela would go on to have six miscarriages/stillborn children

Naela did not have much love for the child that lived. Her mental health had already been shot to hell, and Vaev was pretty much handed off to the nursemaids since the moment she was born. Naela would intermediately berate her both in and out of their presence. Ryker gave fuck-all about the kid and continued his rampage about the castle. When Vaev got older it became obvious they had a birth defect that had caused half of their face to sag along with being partially deaf in one ear. This only caused more abuse, as Ryker would publicly bully his daughter and make a spectacle of her. She started wearing a mask as an effect.

Naela remained thoroughly resentful of her until she was sixteen, until one day they came to their mother in tears.

It appeared Ryker had abused her in more ways than one

and That was the straw that broke the camel’s back. 

Now, what exactly happened afterwards is a bit blurry, but let's just say that Ryker and Habistus both ended up dead. 

With them gone, Naela finally, finally ascended the O’Khasian throne and took her place as Lord. Vaev succeeded her, however their relationship stayed distant even after Ryker died. Though Naela was no longer as loathsome towards her as she had been before. She mentored her where she could, and retired at the age of fifty-six. She spent the rest of her life in a villa estate in southern Ru’aun with minimal servants and a strict order that absolutely no one was to visit her unless something happened to Vaev. 

Nothing ever did. 

[AN: holy SHIT this is so much longer than I originally intended. Anyways I hope you aren’t too horrified. Also I just realized I didn’t talk about how the Ro’Meave line was “saved” but that is a HUGE other beast to tackle. You may wanna send me a separate ask about it.]

[supreme-burrito]

Since Obey Me is on trending I guess I can give my initial thoughts about it since I’ve went through the first chapter already.

I am so out of touch with the new Tiktok thing

I really hope that the rhythm game continues to be based on skill first and card power second because I swear to Michael if there is a power creep that requires money I will quit.

I say this because I’m pretty decent when it comes to basic rhythm games. I got all S’s and a few perfects in the first chapter.

The new Wandering mechanic is very cute

On that note I guess I should talk about the characters and the plot (so far). I only got to level 50ish in the lessons on Obey Me so I don’t know the full story but Nightbringer (NB) did a decent job covering those bases with what I can only assume (I will have to do the opening again on another account) is having two completely different openings play out depending on what answer you have to Barbatos at the beginning when he shows you this photo

I said ‘no’ and got taken down a path of amnesia until Solomon showed up and told me how everything at the end of Obey Me went down and this is where I went ‘haha WHAT THE FUCK’

1. Apparently MC currently is a demon with magical powers who is Solomon’s apprentice which brings up so many questions about the sorcerer’s society that popped up in Chapter 3

2. Solomon has a pact with Barbie and can just travel through time (yes, I will continue to refer to Barbatos as Barbie). So he DEFINITELY has his hands shoved deep into the pie of the plot. He’s probably also the reason of why King Yama is not around. (No school, no MC, no shenanigans) Also if it can be inferred from the opening, Solomon’s had a pact with Barbie first (aka this whole time) and Asmo is literally his side hoe.

3. Lucifer is definitely a lot less…strict? But he does tell us that he has severe trust issues at the end of Chapter 1 and doesn’t even trust us. Lucifer has always had a lot of trust issues but depending on how we re-activate our pacts and how the scene is playing, I can only guess that Lucifer is gonna be first and Satan is gonna be last. Like, we just pulled up to the club and Diavolo is making me and wittle Wucifer founding members of his soon to be demon school, which Lucifer has a valid point that since we just got here that we. cannot. be. trusted. Diavolo says he has a sixth sense that we are chill and makes us the brothers’ “attendant” aka demon babysitter and we are forced to live with Solomon in an abandoned building when he shows up.

3.1. On a side note, since the game is super meta with returning players knowing all the undertones of the current events of Nightbringer (Lucifer being in a pact-like status with Diavolo on account of saving their lives when they fell and Lilith being “dead”). I’m very curious as to how this is all shared with us again. I will give the game back a point for making MC a demon because Belphegor would have murdered us on the spot if we were a human.

But that brings up another question: are we gonna be the ones who locks Belphie up in the attic and not Lucifer due to meta knowledge? Because the only way to unlock the attic door was by making pacts with six out of the seven brothers. Initially in OM, MC is very hesitant to do this. But with this possible speculation, it brings up so many questions. I get the devs did not see this oversight of time travel four years ago when they were making the original game, but please for the love of Michael at least keep the plot consistent, especially with all this meta knowledge returning players have at their disposal.

No seriously Mammon has already taken the credit card, I suggested to him that he hide it in the freezer and Lucifer liked that response.

4. When the game makes me a demon babysitter, it is to be assumed for all seven brothers. Lucifer says (and probably thinks) otherwise.

Consensual workplace relationship

5. RACISM

6. We’ve all been lied to. This is actually Henry’s origin story and he is the main character.

7. Satan is one angry little bitch. Currently at this point we have no clue as to why he is like this and I’m intrigued to find out how it is explained

Despite the micro transactions immediately getting shoved in my face right from the get go, I really really hope that it continues to be f2p friendly unlike the original game.

[minaharkers]

all even numbers for merethel & all unevens for eriana xoxo

RIP okay im so sorry i lost steam so I'm gonna do two random evens for merethel and two random odds for eriana 🥲

2 - a letter written by your OC’s family member

A hastily written letter from Elrohir Lavellan left beside Keeper Deshanna Istimaethoriel Lavellan’s tent.

Keeper Deshanna, 

I know that Ilyah and I are going against your will by leaving the Clan to find Merethel; but you and I both know Ilyah to be a headstrong girl and I doubt even tying her to a tree would keep her from tracking down her brother. I do not think I cannot bear to see both my daughter and son sail to an unknown land while I am still here. So I go with her, because I cannot bear to lose my daughter. And because I cannot bear to see my son in shemlen chains. I leave the craftsmaster position in my apprentice Seran’s capable hands until I return.

And I will return - with my daughter and son safe and alive. 

Ir Abelas, Elrohir 

6 - someone describing a time your OC helped them

A letter exchanged between two Inquisition agents 

Fletcher, 

You will not believe the encounter I had in the Hinterlands this week. As you know, Minstrel and I have been scouting near Redcliffe and have been lucky enough to keep abreast of the fighting between mages and templars. Well, our luck seemed to have run out when we encountered a nasty couple of rogue templars. Minstrel and I were able to dispatch them but not without dislocating my bloody shoulder. Poor Minstrel was doing his best to not completely lose it and pull my arm back in place when we hear someone frantically yelling at us to stop and here comes the Herald of bloody Andraste running towards us. Turns out he was something of a healer where he’s from and dislocated shoulders are common enough among the Dalish. One thing leads to another and I’m having my arm popped back into place by the Herald himself and he’s wrapping it in spare cloth and telling me not to move it until I see a healer. If you don’t believe me, Minstrel can back me up, I swear.

- Weaver

1 - an overheard conversation about your OC

“She’s something else, isn’t she?” 

“Who?”

“The Warden-Commander, silly. I’ve heard stories, but seeing her in the yard today…”

“I know what you mean - the way she fights, I’m surprised darkspawn don’t turn tail and flee as soon as they see her,”

“Well, there’s one thing I’m certain of,”

“What’s that?”

“Don’t piss her off!”

— A conversation overheard between two Warden recruits in Amaranthine 

15 - a letter to your OC from a companion they haven’t seen in a while

A letter addressed to the Warden Commander of Ferelden 

Eriana, 

I thank you for the last letter you sent me, it was very kind. I am gladdened to have encountered you in Amaranthine before departing for Nevarra. I do wish I could have stayed and talked much longer; our fireside chats are one of the things I miss dearly. 

I hear some congratulations in order - Alistair must be a very happy man indeed to be married to the Hero of Ferelden herself! It warms my heart to see you two so happy.

I wish you well, child, and remember I am always here for you

Yours, Wynne 

[floofyboi57]

I’m bored so- I’m gonna talk about my warrior cat OCs

So cause I was disappointed in the murder mystery plot of ASC, I kinda just…plucked it from there and reworked it into this- Don’t know what I’m gonna call it- there’s a lot of talk of a big storm that happened prior to the story’s events so possibly incorporate that? Idk- but here are the main characters

Blackpaw - newly made medicine cat apprentice of Jayclan who took an interest in the medicine cat den as a kit to get away from family problems. Murders begins happening within her clan and as a medicine cat she feels responsible, despite her mentor and older brother telling her that’s not the case.

Flamefrost - young warrior of Heronclan, and proud of it. Embodiment of Heronclan’s god complex. Really looks up to his grandfather, Mothstar, even though he probably shouldn’t. Little shit but he gets better I swear

Poppypaw - a young ex Kittypet abandoned by her mama’s Twolegs, she’s dropped off near the forest that harbors the clans. Witnessed a murder and then gets adopted by Thrushclan’s leader, Birchstar. Baby protect her at all costs

Lightpaw - Thrushclan’s medicine cat apprentice. Only one in Thrushclan who believes what Poppypaw saw so she gets to play detective.

Ask me questions if you’ve got any I want an excuse to talk about these sillies some more

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While we're on the subject, how about: Mintkit, Stirkit, Hornetkit, Sweetkit, Dripkit, Woolkit, Railkit, Tenderkit, Bitterkit and Elatekit? I just wanna know like.... their warrior names or sm. Same with the apprentices. Sorry if it's a lot :(

another ask beat you to the kits literally just a moment ago lol

SO! ill make this post about the apprentices! always fun to talk about them! :)) or at the very least ill make it about the Gloryclan apprentices for this post, just because i fear the post would get crazy long if i did them all

and this bout to be a no holds barred since iv accepted ill never write out all my wc oc plot like i wanted to so im bout to fuckin deep dive especially on the main characters

starting with my wc ocs main character, Agonypaw. She shares her stories plot with Eveningpaw and Deckerpaw but she is the main main character of the three for sure.

Agonypaw is the granddaughter of the late leader of Gloryclan, Prismstar. A nobel and beloved leader that the clans treasured and still talk of to this day. Agonypaw's mother was an amazing warrior that they share stories of even now. Agonypaw has big shoes to fill and it kinda ways on her. She plagued with dreams of not being good enough to be apart of her family.

(REST UNDER THE CUT BECAUSE THIS ENDED UP TAKING WAY LONGER THAN EXCEPTED LOL THIS REALLY IS MOSTLY JUST AGONYPAW AND HER COUSINS BUT ONLY THROUGH AGONYPAWS POVE IN THEIR STORY AND ITS A LOT OOPS)

Then she meets Tranquilstorm, a warrior who is nearly a loner to their clanmates. She works alone, eats alone and fights alone. She doesn't speak to others and only put in enough work to warrant her place in the clan and never more.

Agonykit could put her paw on it but something about Tranquilstorm called to her and she begins doing everything in her power to get this senior warrior to notice her. And it goes poorly, Tranquilstorm barely gives her the time of day, until out of no where Tranquilstorm begins speaking to her, and not much longer after its announced Tranquilstorm was to be Agonypaw's mentor.

Agonypaw works hard to be a good apprentice for Tranquilstorm, struggling with some eye issues that runs in her family with members going blind rather young. When Agonypaw expresses to Tranquilstorm how she feels inadequate both as her apprentice and as Prismstars granddaughter, Tranquilstorm straight up tells her not to be concerned about that, that thinking she needed to be like prismstar was nonsense and that she needed to be her own cat. It seems like such a simple thing to say but it meant so much to agonypaw to hear.

A few moons into her apprenticeship and Agonypaw begins to work beside her cousins and realizes how far behind she is to them between Awepaw who has no interest in working hard and humidpaw who was a big klutz, she was no where near their level. During hunts they catch way more than her and during training they beat her easily and she ends up accidently putting a cut in Humidpaw's ear. Which she feels bad about but Awepaw assures her that these things happen. Which makes Tranquilstorm act weird and tell Awepaw to not accept forgiveness for Humidpaw.

Many of their clanmates start commenting on how well Humid and Awe are coming along and how prismstar would have been so proud, often forgetting to include agonypaw in on these comments or lumping her in with pity.

Tranquil tries to reassure her that she doesnt need to compare herself to her cousins and that she's growing at her own rate. Agonypaw tries to take in these words but is finding it harder to accept her own progress

Bittertounge, recent parent to his first litter and mentor to Humidpaw is found dead deep in the marshes. Found by Humidpaw, Awepaw and Sorrowcloud. the cats raise suspicious on what happened as Bittertounge didnt smell of any predators and they could take from the body was that it was probably killed by another cat. Agonypaw finds Bogshadow in the medicine cats den with Tranquilstorm. Tranquilstorm was there for twisting their paw while Bogshadow was there with a bloody paw pad.

The cats are on high alert for the next month as they have no idea if this was a rouge cat, another clans member or even one of their own.

Agonypaw is helping out Coastdance, who many made comments how she didnt even seem sad about the lose of her mate.

During this clean up Coastdane begins to reminisce , saying Bittertounge was the last apprentice Prismstar had before passing away, and that "Funny enough" where they found Bittertounges body was where Prismstar lost his final life. Coastdance claims she's been trying to be strong for their kits and has a small breaks down over the lose of her husband before collecting herself and thanking Agonypaw for listening to her. Before she leaves she mentions that she new Prismstar pretty well before he passed, and that Agonypaw shouldn't worry about how far behind she might feel about her training because she reminded Coastdance of Prismstar just as much as her cousins.

Agonypaw and Tranquilstorm later patrol not far from where bittertounge was found dead, to try and see if theres any trace of the killer around. Agonypaw mentions what Coastdance said and says she still worries if she's living up to the image everyone has of her or if she'll just end up the failure of the gene pool.

Tranquilstorm once again tells her that she shouldn't want to be like prismstar, that even prismstar made mistakes, and wasnt a perfect cat. He even made enemies in his time and that their clan idolized him to a fault at times. And that no matter what they think of her, she should see herself as herself, not prismstars granddaughter. and that "no matter who you end up being ill will watch you"

in this moment Agonypaw sits close to Tranquilstorm in this foggy clearing looking out over the deep thick mud that claimed multiple lives and just thinks about how lucky she is to have Tranquilstorm by her side.

Not long after Awepaw and Humidpaw have been taken on a trip to the Cluster, and on their return Gloryclan leader Revelstar tells them that the three of them will take their warrior assessment in a few days. this comes to a surprise of agonypaw who knows her cousins have been apprenticesa little longer than her and that she didn’t know she was so close to being made a warrior. revelstar claims that tranquilstorm personally said she thought agonypaw was ready, and revelstar mummers that it was the best as they need as many warriors as they can get now

The morning of the assesement Revelstar, Bogshadow and Tranquilstorm join togeather to watch over the apprentices. Agonypaw feels uneasy around Bogshadow remembering how he was in the Healers Pit the day Bittertounge died.

Agonypaw none the less works through her assessment trying hard to not mess it up. Doing relatively well, but a bit stiff knowing she was being watched. It all goes down hill however when she goes in to fish out of a crab hole like she had been taught, only to be greeted by a snake that launches out and sinks its fangs into her face.

Its a swirl of panic as the snake attacks, the last thing she's see's before falling unconscious is the bits of half eaten shellfish around the snakes den and Tranquilstorm rushing to her side.

a bit of a skip later, Agonypaw is stuck in the medicine cat's den as they keep a look out for the infection on her left eye. She has lost the eye to the snake bite and her ruined her assessment. Agonypaw ask what this all meant for her. Tranquilstorm is honest and says she isnt sure, knowing that at the least her becoming a warrior would be put off for awhile. Agonypaw quivers is a fit of sadness in her nest, tranquilstorm twitches a bit before hesitantly laying next to agonypaw where their pelts touch

A storm arrives a few nights later, and another tragedy strikes as one of the barriers around the camp fails and water floods the camp, bringing in lose wet mud into the dens of the camp. The mud flows into the nursery and Medicine cats den. Agonypaw is guided out by the medicine cats who watch in horror as Surlytusk pushes out of the nursery with her kit and one of melancholyspots. Melancholyspot, still stuck inside with her other kit yells for help, answered immediately by Awepaw and Humidpaw. Agonypaw is frozen in fear as her cousins tread through the mud to the nursing cat. Bogshadow and Benevolancelight begin to try to push and block more mud from entering the nursery.

In a flash the two apprentices rush out the kit and parent. Things seem well until the mud pushes Benevolancelight under and their crushed by the mud.

It was too late for the warrior as she was lost to the mudslide.

When the rain finally stopped and everyone was safe, they try to help clean up the medicine cats den and nursery. They also dig up the warriors body to hold their vigil.

Humidpaw and Awepaw have lost their mother and are in shambles. And other older warriors work to reinstall the barrier meant to keep the water and mud flow away from camp, questioning how this could have happened. Questioning if it could also be whoever took out bittertounge.

A few shot days later to give the cats time to grieve, Revelstar holds a small ceremony to not only celebrate the life of Benevolence star but to give her kits their warrior names in her honor as well as for the bravery they showed during the mud slide. Humidfur and Aweshine, Aweshine being named after Prismstars warrior name, Prismshine.

agonypaw is watching this all happen as if its so slow and yet so fast. Everything was just happening as she stood here in the rain listening to everyone call out her cousins new names. agonypaw begins to back away from everyone, her mind racing.awe was named after their grandfather, this whole time everyone has been looking at Aweshine as the prodigal child and not agonypaw, even though she worked so hard she fell so far behind and she had been so full of herself this whole time for nothing.

agonypaw leaves camp and walked out into the marsh turning to a full sprint until she is at the edge of their territory and at the bank of the swollen river. Looking down at her reflection, distorted by rain droplets. tranquilstorms reflection appears next to hers the swirl of a light storm cloud outlines her dark figure and two icy blue eyes look right at her, Tranquilstorm

Agonypaw speaks up, she is quickly shaking with emotions as she tells tranquilstorm how shes feels. How she’s so sorry that tranquilstorm has to be her mentor, how she feels like his disappointed everyone even her who never saw her as just prismstars decendent. How even though tranquilstorm recommended her as a warrior that she got her test early she failed so bad she was pushed back from being a warrior for longer than she would have been originally. Tranquilstorm having to put in so much last minute work to help her with her eye. How that when she heaerd awepaw-aweshine get her name. She heard that they gave her their leader prismstars old warrior name, prismshine. She realized then how much she has idolized herself. She thought everyone was looking at her as prismstars great granddaughter, pridebriars daughter, this chain in a line of great warriors. But no one was looking at her like that, not as much as they did awepaw. She was so self centered she didn’t even realize awepaw was doing so well to have this attention.

tranquilsstorm then tells agonypaw the day agonypaw was made her apprentice her life changed. She had a new goal in life. Agonypaw being her apprentice has been the best moons of her life. And that she knows she will one day make a great warrior weather or not she is prismstars blood.

On their way back to camp they find a loner by the banks of the river, and Tranquilstorm spooks him off. Agonypaw questions if they may have been the cat to do all the horrible things recently, shuddering at the thought. For awhile Tranquil doesn't reply, then she tells agonypaw that she doesn’t think there is an actual rouge problem in their territory. Tranquilstorm says that she thinks theres a beast in the woods, and that its whats been causing the problems. She claims to have overheard some honorclan cats talking about ally cats mentioning a beast named ‘Grendel’ that has chosen to curse their home.

Agonypaw vaugely knows the Name Grendel as the name of the beast that hunted their marshes long ago, and their first leader Glorystar fought.

agonypaw ask why she hasnt told revelstar. Tranquilstorm tells her that she overheard it at the last gathering and has been afraid of telling revelstar. Perhaps she may sound crazy, or revelstar would attack the creature and get hurt. And for all she knows its just a rumor and doesn’t want cats to get worked up during this rain and flood

That night Agonypaw rolls in her nest thinking of this horrible shadow beast that plague their woods. She wants to tell someone, to try and help them understand and fix the problem, but thinks to how Tranquilstorm made her promise not to tell anyone.

however agonypaw mulls over the thoughts in her head and concludes. She wouldn’t break tranquilstorms promise and couldn’t keep her clan safe if she drove out the beast. She could prove herself worthy of everyones gaze. She will get their approval. agonypaw decides she is willing to do or die for her clan. She would die trying to become something great before she lived her life a failure. agonypaw rest for the night, her mind made up. Shes hunting the beast.

By morning she has snuck out of camp to track the beast alone. Agonypaw almost runs into a patrol but hides from them, watching the sleepy morning patrol go by. she doesn’t want to get caught or get anyone involved in her quest, and once the patrol goes by the continues her search

she swears the rain and wind is worse than it has the passt few days, she hears a rumble of thunder. just her luck, the sound of rain sounds like paw steps as the heavy drops hit the forest

agonypaw believes she hears something in the short distance and feels eyes on her, from deep in the marshes where her clanmates have died in the past, where they were forbidden to go as the mud was too deep and thick for even the strongest warriors.

As her mind focuses into the muddy and foggy grove, she hears her name suddenly. Aweshine and Humidfur, their out here in the rain calling for her. They sound worried. the two stop at the edge of the territory, agonypaw cant hear them over the rain, they sound upset. their saying something about her and it makes her want to come out and tell them she’s ok, its ok shes right here. To ask for their help, but she remembers tranquilstorms words, not to tell anyone because she didn’t want anyone to get hurt. And if she let aweshine help no one would ever look at her, only aweshine

The two warriors give up calling for agonypaw, are quiet for a moment before they mutter something agonypaw cannot understand and seem to run off back into the forest. But not they dont seem to head homeward.

she comes out of hiding, she looks to the deep dark swampy part of their territory. Very little safe places to step, a wrong move and you’ll be up to your snout in mud.

its then that she notices a bubble pop on the surface of the ground and reveals what appears to be a half eaten piece of prey, a fish. Those can’t be found around here. Something brought it here. she notices there large claw marks on a log that sits in the mud ahead. the beast is out there, and she going to have to go after it

Agonypaw takes a leap of fate, landing clumsily onto a wet rock sticking out of the mud. Then to the next rock, then another long leap to the truck of a small tree, and up into its branches. Lunging from one tree to the next, eyes on the ground looking for her prey.

the she notices claw marks, smaller in the branches where she was. Small broken branches. Someone had been up here. agonypaw in a bit of horror questions if this had been were bittertounge had been a few moons ago before he died. Had Bittertounge attempted the same thing agonypaw was right now, was his fate to be share with her?

agonypaw shake off the thought and continues off trying to not be caught out here when the sun set. She reaches the end of the trees she can reach and sees far below is a large smooth rock. She just needs to get to the rock then she can keep going. Stepping to the mud, working with all her might to stay above, to not sink down, unable to find a bottom in the dark sludge.

she continues to drags herself but grows more and more tired and the rock still seems to far away as she struggles to keep moving

she starst to yell out loud that she WONT be her grandfather,she wont die here, she going to be someone great, but on her own terms. She wont waste into another nobody after tranquilstorm worked so hard, She'll stand strong as her own warrior. She isnt prismstar.

suddenly she feels someting grab her neck, she feels panicked for a moment as the three mouths grab onto her but is too tired to fight back and in a flash theres solid ground under her.

She catches her breath and sees Humidfur, Aweshine and a Honorclan apprentice Deckerpaw panting beside her, covered up to their necks in mud.

once aweshine catches her breath she begins to lick mud off agonypaws face and start cursing the stars that she was worried sick about her. agonypaw is suprised by the grim toms worried tone, Aweshine was never one for emotions yet here she was, the most scared she had ever seen her.

aweshine and humidfur press agonypaw for what in the world she was doing out here in the rain. She could have gotten herself hurt. agonypaw doesnt know how to answer until she relizes she does, she’s know what to say for a long time and just hasnt

agonypaw tells aweshine flat out that she was jealous of aweshine, and afraid of how everyone would look at her if she failed as a warrior. And after she lost her eye and her chance at being a warrior it only got worse. She wanted to be someone who could proudly be called prismstars kin, but then she relized she didn’t really want that.she did, at first. But now she just wants to be a warrior,a nd make everyone proud, especially tranquilstorm

Aweshine freeze as the mention of Agonypaw mentor's name.she looks around and questions where tranquilstorm is. agonypaw questions why aweshine thinks tranquilstorm would be here but is interrupted as the rock under them begins to rise and shake revealing to the the large back of a turtle bigger than any of the gloryclan warriors. This was a monster they stood upon.

The four cats begin to slide at the movement of the beast under them. Three of them falling to the back end of the turtle, Aweshine crushed until the back leg and shell. while agonypaw falls to the front right into the mud, right under the turtles killing maw.

Agonypaw struggles to get away from the turtles powerful snap, its then that she sees her mentor, Tranquilstorm perched safely in a tree above them watching.

every thought races through Agonypaws mind as she tries to understand what was happening and how she would get away from the beast.

But the thoughts dont last long as Tranquilstorm launches from her branch, claws outstretched to meet the beast. As the turtle snaps down it takes Tranquilstorms tail into its mouth and the loud crunch is heard. Tranquilstorm none the less holds onto the monsters face for dear life as the younger apprentices and warriors crawl to smaller rocks or to the base of the trees.

Tranquilstorm tells Agonypaw she's sorry as agonypaw is frozen in place in the mud. Agonypaw can only search her mentors eyes for something.

It isnt much longer before a patrol of cats appear

revelstar, mutestar bogshadow, jocundbounce,algeasnout, sorrowcloud, brashtounge and moldpelt all led be eveningpaw of loyalclan.

the group helps the apprentices with the turtle. Managing to get it to open its mouth and let go of tranquilstorm. the group hurries away from the turtle and helps the tired apprentices and tranquilstorm back to camp. the older warriors mutter more quietly, many words of tranquilstorms name was thrown around as they led everyone back to camp.

Agonypaw doesn't know what to feel but stays by Tranquilstorms side as they work on her tail, just as her mentor did when she lost her eye.

Tranquilstorm tells agonypaw shes sorry once more before falling asleep in the medicine cats den.

The sound of rain comes to pass.

Its some time later, Agonypaw is at her warrior's ceremony, she is named Agonyheart.

Tranquilstorm is still in Camp but basically a prisoner. her and Agonypaw's relationship is wobbly since it was outed that Tranquilstorm not only tried to get agonyheart killed, but was also responsible for the deaths of Benevolancelight and Bittertounge.

this is about where the story of Agonypaw would end. Ambiguous to how Agony feels after everything that happened and if she can fully forgive her mentor. But her heart is kind and she loved her like family too much its hard to fully hate her.

Tranquilstorm would come to be allowed to resume warrior duties but only under diligent watch other trusted warriors. Probably would up and leave due to guilt and other aspects, just disappear into the night not to be heard from again, only leaving with one last sorry and goodbye to her last and only apprentice who changed her heart forever.

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Lose My Mind - Stephen Strange x Reader

Paring: Stephen Strange x F!Reader

Word Count: 949

Description: After spending years hoping Y/N would just figure out his feelings for her, Stephen realizes he’s run out of time. He has to tell her or let her go. Based on the song “Kiss Me Before I Fucking Lose My Mind” by Charlie Puth. Bits from the song are used. 

“I'm done playing these games. I can't believe what I'm about to say. I won't tell you goodbye, with my love left behind. Kiss me before I fucking lose my mind.”

Other Things: Fluff. Start of relationship.

Warnings: Some swearing.

Masterlist

“You’re… joining the Guardians? Are you serious?” Stephen asks, his brow furrowed at his former apprentice. “As in the group with the talking raccoon and tree?”

Y/N nods with a small laugh, taking a sip of the tea he had previously handed her. “Wasn’t sure where to go, and they offered for me to join them. I get along well with them all, and Quill said they could benefit from my magic.”

“Anyone would benefit from having you around,” he says gruffly, tightly gripping his own glass as he bites back harsher replies. “When would you be leaving and coming back?”

Kicking at the rug she looks up at him sheepishly, “Well, today. I have all my stuff packed upstairs. Just going to meet with them then open a portal between my room here and the room on their ship to move it all over. They don’t make it back to Earth very often, and I don’t really intend on portaling back and forth the entire time. Just going to live the full experience. So maybe in a few years. I’ll be reachable for emergencies though.”

“Years? You’re going to be gone for years?”

“Yeah… after everything that has happened. I mean. I was learning from you and at Kamar-Taj for years, then I was put in charge of this Sanctum for five years, and now you’re back. I’ve had my lessons, and I’m not really needed here. I also don’t feel like going back to Kamar-Taj. Most of the Avengers I knew are gone. Just seems like the best step.”

Stephen nods slowly, unsure what to say. Biting the inside of his cheek as her phone rings.

She pulls it out quickly, giving him an apologetic look as she answers, “Hey Quill, what’s up? Mhm. Yeah I’m just finishing up here and I’ll be headed out. Yep. See you soon.”

“I’d imagine that’s your ride?” he asks stiffly, standing with her as she gets up from her seat.

“Yeah, they got here a bit early. Drax wanted to try a rollercoaster though so they’re running off to do that. But I should get going, have to get everything settled anyways.”

Stepping up closer to the sorcerer, she surprises him by throwing her arms around him. He quickly relaxes into the embrace and brings his arms up to hold her to him, “I’m gonna miss you, you know that right?”

He nods silently against her in the embrace, sighing as she pulls back. Forcing a smile to his lips, “You’ll do great.”

She gives him one last smile before fishing out her sling ring from her pocket and taking a few steps away from him.

As she turns away, Stephen finds himself suddenly reaching out to grab her wrist before she can raise it, his unsteady fingers circling around it as she turns to look at him confused, “Uh, Strange?”

Taking a deep breath, he finally meets her eyes, “I can’t believe I’m about to say this, but I’m done playing these fucking games.”

“Games? You’ve been playing games with me?”

“I’ve spent years, hoping you’d just figure it out,” he says softly. “I’ve never been able to just say it to you, but I… can’t say goodbye. Not again. Not for this. Not without you knowing the truth.”

“Stephen what are you saying?” Y/N asks finally turning to face him. His grip firm on her wrist, jaw set tight, and his blue eyes set intensely on her face.

Suddenly tugging her closer, Y/N nearly falls into his body. She stares up at him in surprise as his heart beats rapidly against his ribcage as he lowers his face closer to her, “Kiss me before I fucking lose my mind.”

Her eyes widen, a moment of panic and doubt gripping his heart. But before he can pull back, her hands are on his cheeks pulling him closer, and her lips against his.

His arms slide quickly around her waist, pulling her flush to his body as every nerve in his body seems to ignite at once. Her lips move on his just as desperately as his own, hoping to convey the words he’d long left unsaid.

They part with only the sound of their heavy breathing in the large room. Her hands grip the neck of his robes tightly, a slight smile playing on her lips as his eyes once again glance down to them.

He presses his forehead to hers, looking into her eyes, “Stay. Please. I need you here, with me.”

“How long have you been holding this back Strange?” she teases, her warm breath tickling his nose.

“Far too long,” he murmurs as he lean back to press soft kisses from her forehead down to her jaw. “And it was getting dire. Stay.”

Reaching up, she slowly runs her nails through his facial hair as she looks up at him lost in thought.

“Please?” he offers quietly, pulling a chuckle from her.

“If I stay, what are we?”

“I’m yours, if that’s what you’re asking,” he answers immediately. “If that’s what you want.”

“So we’re talking exclusivity, boyfriend and girlfriend?”

“If it’s what you want.”

“But what do you want?”

“You,” he states simply. “Preferably staying here, just involved with me.”

“Stephen stop being diplomatic and just ask me,” she teases gently.

“Will you be mine? Preferably only mine?” He smirks as she rolls her eyes.

“Yes Stephen, I’ll date you.”

“And tell the Guardians they can fuck back off to wherever they come from, and you’ll stay?” he asks with the raise of an eyebrow.

Pressing her lips to his once more, she smiles against him before whispering, “I’ll stay.”

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Okay, the apprentice fics are absolutely killing me. How's Bruce going to react when he finds out about the baby 😭❤️

"What the-"

"You asked her if it was yours?"

"What the fuck is wrong with you?"

Steph and Cass rounded the table, fixing him with near-identical looks of disgust and Jason rubbed the arm Cass had punched him in.

"We talked okay? Fuck-"

Bruce looked up from the briefing he was reading, prepared to lecture them all about swearing when several gears clicked into place.

"And?" the girls demanded in unison. They liked you. You were great fun at parties and your weird tended to fit very nicely in with their weird when it came to swapping (not as exaggerated as they sounded) stories about fights and horrible dates.

"It's fine," he mumbled, ears turning red. This was NOT how he'd wanted the rest of the family to find out and he made a mental note to break into Dick's apartment and steal all his chargers after he put the toilet paper in the shower- maybe if he paid you in sexual favors you'd hex him so his back always itched somewhere he couldn't reach.

"Wait-"

"No."

"Are you gonna name it after me?"

Bruce pinched the bridge of his nose and took a deep breath. "Jason," he sighed. Not really sure what to say. He supposed it was bound to happen with someone at some point. But did it have to be you? He exhaled slowly and amended that thought. You weren't the issue. You might be brash and a little... less polished. But. You came with Constantine. And the thought of having to do a family party with him made his eye twitch.

"It's not like I did it on purpose," Jason said rubbing the back of his neck, looking away.

"At least the baby will be cute," Barbara said, smirking.

"Only if it looks like its mother," Damian scoffed. "Good going, Todd."

And Jason sunk down in his chair wondering if this was a circle of hell.

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OK ok so I started going off in the tags and then realized it would be waaaay too long so here it is under a readmore cause it's long as fuck:

My initial thought weirdly was not who's Westley and Buttercup, it was in fact who's Fezzic. To which my first thought was one of the twins or Barry.

BUT THEN I thought who's Westley and Buttercup. Because blupjeans would probably be traditional like the movie.

BUT. CONSIDER: TAAKITZ.

Taako is from a barely well-off enough family to have some hired help: Kravitz, who tends to the cattle and horses and shit because his Tia physically can't anymore and Taako usually did that shit with Lup, who is no longer around - they assume she's dead.

Taako and Kravitz slowly fall in love like the movie after a ton of bitching from Taako because he hates that someone else is basically in Lup's place even if he was struggling to do everything on his own which he highly resents even if he knows his aunt is right.

Kravitz goes off to sea (I don't remember the reason in the movie cause it's been a bit but whatever the reason 🤷🏼‍♀️) and the Dread Pirate Raven is heard to have sunk his ship and the whole crew is dead, leaving Taako heartbroken and he swears to never love again.

In comes Sazed who is the actual reason I immediately thought of Taakitz when I started thinking harder about it

I do like the idea of apprentice Sazed better than lover Sazed but I feel like it could work both ways in a sense here

Sazed sees how gorgeous Taako is and how skilled with magic and thinks "jackpot, my parents can stop going off on me about finding someone and I can learn magic too"

Taako... Isn't super thrilled with the idea but hey, becoming royalty surely has perks right? So he agrees to the marriage. Probably starts teaching Sazed some things just cause it's probably the only time they have genuine bonding.

As Sazed feels like he is surpassing Taako (he's not but he doesn't know jdjdnfkjskf) he hires a group to kidnap him when he's out riding Garyl. Group consists of: Lup, Barry, and... Hm. Let's go with Davenport just because maybe he's on hard times or something. Does shift the dynamic a bit but the tired man energy fits a fair bit.

...also if not him then maybe Merle or Magnus but I feel like they could be better replacements for the albino guy. More specifically Magnus.

Anyway so Taako is -

WAIT NO SORRY. BETTER IDEA. THE TRIO IS MERLE, MAGNUS, AND DAVENPORT. BARRY AND LUP FIT BETTER ELSEWHERE NEVERMIND.

OKAY ANYWAY so Taako is kidnapped by these three. He tries to escape via water and Davenport is like "....listen I don't like that we're kidnapping you either but I'm at least gonna promise you we're not gonna kill you"

So Taako kinda reluctantly gets back on the ship.

They see they're being chased by some other ship, Davenport does actually give more of a shit than Fezzic, but also if they don't actually go through with this he can lie and get the money anyway so it's fine.

He does want to at least make an effort though so he steers them into a little cove, Magnus helps them all climb to the top.

Davenport has Magnus stay behind first when they're continued to be pursued, Magnus fights the Dread Pirate Raven after he gets to the top and has a moment to recover from the climb. Magnus tells him he's searching for the governor who destroyed his town, Dread Pirate Raven expresses condolences for it, kinda neat connecting moment. They have their fight, Dread Pirate wins, knocks him out as customary to Inigo.

Merle is the second obstacle, but isn't really much of one djjdbsncjshjf he mostly just talks to the guy and is a distraction. He does use some of his cleric powers to keep Dread Pirate Raven from passing him, but eventually is like, "Yeah, you know what? You seem like you got a good heart, the captain'll probably just let the to-be prince go if he knows you don't wanna hurt him or take him back to the castle."

(Sazed of course is following them too, fully expecting to see a dead Taako in whatever other country because that's what he paid for)

Anyway so Davenport is the final obstacle and he doesn't really provide much of one, does bluff that he's gonna kill Taako, but when the Dread Pirate Raven offers the poison test he's just like "...yeah I'm not gonna risk my life over this, if you want him that bad, by all means. Just knock me out or something so it looks like you overpowered me that way we can still get paid, yeah?"

So Taako ends up with the Dread Pirate, is incredibly annoyed with the entire situation and just wants to get back to his promised life of luxury, expresses his hatred for the pirate since he killed his actual love, the works.

Finds out the Dread Pirate Raven is Kravitz, is like "HOLY FUCK DUDE" goes after him down the hill jdjdbfjbdjfkdjg

As Kravitz is explaining shit he says that the previous Dread Pirate Raven was a woman and that the title is passed kind of at random, which is why in myths there's never a set gender for the guy. The Raven before him was named Lucretia (which is. The only way I could fit her in that didn't involve her being a serious villain somewhere jdjdjfjf)

They're still being followed by Sazed who's super pissed when he sees that the trio got beat (surprise surprise they're not paid jdjdbfmn) can't explain to the soldiers with him why since there's still the appearance of a loving fiance, keeps following the lovers through everything and catches up to them.

Taako's first reaction is to fight, but Kravitz points out that they're seriously outnumbered, so reluctantly Taako makes the deal that Kravitz can go back to his crew if he goes with Sazed. Obviously doesn't happen but he doesn't know so.

Kalen of course is Sazed's second and Kravitz recognizes whatever defining feature Magnus mentioned to him, makes note of it because may as well, guy seemed genuine about his heartache and revenge

Memory of everything between here and Inigo's fight is a bit hazy but basically: either Lucas or John is albino guy, Barry is Miracle Max and Lup of course is his wife (you may be asking why she isn't super concerned about Taako and like. Idk maybe she is but they were separated from an accident that left him with amnesia or something? Or she just doesn't think it's the same Taako. This bit is super fuzzy so. Suggestions open)

WAIT NO. I GOT SOMETHING THANKS TO WRITING THE END.

Sazed initially wanted to marry her but she put up so much of a fight that he said she didn't have to marry him, but in return she couldn't go back to her family, and if she did he'd make sure they all got killed. The money used to pay Kravitz secretly came from Lup. She has no idea that's who he is when he's brought though, and Barry hates Sazed mostly because of what he did to his now-wife and also because his mom was the previous miracle worker and got laid off by the guy.

Merle is the one who has to remind Magnus that he can't just give up on shit (maybe Davenport like. Went off to do something idk) and they go and find Kravitz and help him get into the castle.

Everything is basically the same here to the end. Magnus finds Kalen, kills him with a modification to the iconic line - "I want my Jules back, you son of a bitch" - Kravitz and Taako reunite and Kravitz intimidates Sazed into submission, Magnus and Merle find them horses to ride on, they go back to Barry and Lup's because Magnus needs help still.

Lup initially freaks out that Taako is there because Sazed but Kravitz reassures her that it's gonna be fine and so they have a really sweet reunion and everyone is happy :)

Has anyone made a princess bride Taz au

[wyvin666]

Tattoo Trouble

Eddie Munson X reader (they/them)

Request: Can you write one where Eddie has a crush on his tattoo artist and gets tattoos in the most painful spots to impress them, but this time he smoked before he got it and is getting a tattoo on his neck, and instantly regrets everything

a/n: defo not my best work but as a tattoo enthusiast this req goes hard. I might make a part two at some point but i just needed to finish something so my executive disfunction stops being a bitch

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Eddie had a bit of a problem. When he had initially started getting tattoos at the only shop in Hawkins it was no big deal.  The artist was this older dude named Chris who was sweet if a bit gruff, the problem was his apprentice. About a year and a half ago Chris had taken on an apprentice and immediately Eddie was smitten. He had been a test canvas for them multiple times and now that they were fully trained he almost exclusively worked with them. 

For all his bravado Eddie was never very good at flirting when he actually cared.  He had started getting tattoos in more and more painful spots in an attempt to impress them, it was a solid step one he had reasoned, never mind that it had been almost a year and while he had become friends with the young tattoo artist he was no closer to making a move. Currently he was getting ready for yet another tattoo appointment.  For being as broke, it was kinda impressive he kept pulling together the money for new ink.  He was supposed to be getting a spiderweb tattooed across the front of his throat.  He and y/n had been hanging out about a month ago when he had said he was thinking of getting a neck piece. They had immediately began talking excitedly about this spiderweb design they had been toying with and how could he not get it. 

Eddie scrunched up his face in the mirror as he tried to fix his hair.  He thought back to his last appointment, when he’d gotten his chest piece done.  The way they had leaned over his chest as they worked on the final white highlights. He remembered swearing but remaining still as they had gone over a spot on his collar bone, the smile that had curled on they’re face as they told him he was being so good for them, if he didn’t have a praise kink before he certainly had one now.  His eyes flicked over to his nightstand where his joint case sat. surely it wouldn’t hurt to smoke a little, in fact maybe it would help him get the confidence to flirt, he had the time before his appointment. Grabbing the case and making sure his lighter was in his pocket he headed over to a little clearing in the woods behind the trailer park for a quick sesh.  

By the time he had biked over to the tattoo parlor he was definitely nicely high, he wasn’t absolutely zooted or anything but he definitely had a bit of warm fuzziness in his head and his eyes felt just a little heavy. Walking in he made small talk with Chris as he filled out his paperwork and then headed back to y/n’s room.  He had always liked the way Neurotic Needles was laid out so that each of the 3 artists and the piercer had their own little rooms, even with the windows in the wall it gave just a bit of privacy that was always nice.  

“Eds!!!” y/n stopped cleaning and ran over to give him a hug, “Sorry i’m running a bit behind today have a seat in the corner chair, you know the one, and I’ll be ready in just a sec! How’ve you been?” Eddie flopped into the chair by the boor and watched as y/n finished spraying everything down with alcohol and began cling wrapping the tattoo chair. 

“Good, good. I finished the campaign last week with hellfire and everyones pretty excited for the next arch but we decided to take a week off, some of the kids are going to visit a friend in california and I figured it would be best to do a session zero when everyone was here”  Y/n looked up from filling the squirt bottle of green soap

“I thought you were gonna keep the same party”

“We are but uh, we had a few casualties so quite a few of them are rolling up new characters.”

“Lolth too strong for them?”

“Nah I balanced the encounter right, I wanted to get some new PCs, things were getting a bit stale” that made them laugh as they pulled off their gloves, he felt like he was flying.

“Cold”

“Ice” he smiled.

“Alright!” They pulled on a new set of gloves and motioned him over. “Let's get you stenciled!” They shot some green soap onto a paper towel and disinfected the area. “Ok… you look nicely shaved so I wont go over that again… thanks for making my job easier!” they winked.

“But of course, only the best for you.” he watched them stifle a smile as they rolled over to their bench to grab the stencil and balm. Scooping out a small amount of stencil solution with a tongue depressor they smoothed it over the area.

“Now tilt your head back… Perfect! Now keep still for me.”

“You got it.” a moment of silence as they held the stencil over his neck adjusting ever so slightly and then the lightest touch on his throat followed by a soft smoothing and the crinkle of paper.  He felt them gently tap around the stencil making sure it was flush and then slowly peeled away the paper. 

“Ok,” they held up a mirror, “whaddaya think?” Eddie admired the indigo web in the mirror for a second, it was perfectly centered and had a tiny strand going down in the middle with a spider dangling on the end.

“Another perfect design”

“Shut up”

“I mean it, save some talent for the rest of us, damm.” Y/n was definitely flustered, the weed was definitely a good idea. Normally, them being flustered would make him flustered and he would freeze up but now all he could think was how nice they looked, he would say just about anything to keep the flushed look on their face. “Seriously! Talented, gorgeous, and sweet? You've got it all sweetheart.”

“Flattery won't knock your price Munson.” he couldn't help the dopey grin that spread on his face.

“Just tellin you the truth.”

“Ok pretty boy you ready to start.” he nodded and watched as they adjusted the power on their machine until it was the speed they wanted. “Let me know if you need a break at any point or if you wanna finish another day.”

“I’ll be fine, you know I sit well.”

“Yeah yeah yeah tell me again after we start.” 

As soon as the needles touched his skin he knew he had fucked up. Tattoos always hurt, a slight burning sensation and an ache bit with his heightened senses it felt like a hot poker was being shoved into his throat. He tried desperately to keep his composure but couldn't hold back a whimper or pain. Y/n, focused on pulling the line, didn't look up but he almost wished they had because maybe they would have stopped. It felt like years as they traced the line down the center or his throat and onto his chest and as soon as they pulled back the machine from his skin he was trying desperately to breath before they went back in. As they outlined the spider on his clavicle every line felt like it was burning into his actual bones. He was desperately trying to blink back tears when they finally pulled the machine away again, wiping off the area they had just gone over, not dry thank goodness.  The third time y/n went in he couldn’t help but let out a very choked fuck and they looked up and immediately looked concerned.

“Edds are you ok?” he tried his best to smile reassuringly but it must not have been convincing because y/n looked even more concerned. “I’ve been tattooing you for over a year now and I've never seen you react like this, what's up?” Eddie considered lying but between being stoned, being in pain, and being in the presence of the person he had a massive crush on made that seem like maybe not the best course of action. 

“I may have maybe smoked a joint before coming and maybe it upped my pain perception and I might be regretting all of my choices right now.” y/n sighed and pulled off their gloves.

“You beautiful idiot.”  They grabbed more green soap and began cleaning up the single line and spider outline he’d managed to stomach. “Lucky you, you were my only client today so we're gonna clean up, go get some lunch, and talk schedules and I'll finish you up later.”

“Really?”

“Yeah! I'm not dealing with your squirmy high ass while I try to pull a bunch of straight lines on incredibly malleable skin.” He would have been more hurt if there wasn’t such a smile behind those words.  It also probably helped that all his stoned brain could think about was how pretty y/n’s hair was falling and that he was about to get lunch with them. Which is like almost a date. If you squint. And ignore that they went to get lunch together all the time. 

“Thanks y/n you're a god.” They walked over with a freshly cut piece of saniderm, tilted his head up and coveted the fresh ink.

“Oh I know, you absolutely owe me a joint though I’m not hanging out with you high while I'm sober, not this time anyway.” 

“Fair enough.”

“I rented Clue yesterday so we could just order dinner and watch that?” They motioned him out of the chair so they could pull off the cling film.

“Shit, I forgot that family video got that in.”

“I had Robin call me when they got it, perks of having friends that work there.” They crumpled up the ball of cling film and tossed it into the trash with the ink cap and machine grip and cover. “And my parents are out of town so we can smoke at my place. You have your j case on you?”

“Always.”

“Right then go wait outside and I’ll tell Chris I’m leaving.” They tossed Eddie their keys. “I assume you biked over?” He nodden. “You can go put your bike in my car then.”

As Eddie headed over to the car he had to restrain himself from jumping like an idiot. It's not like he had never been to y/n’s house before, in fact stoned movie nights were a staple of their friendship but as he was now realizing he had perhaps smoked more than he meant to and was definitely more intoxicated than he had intended on being but hey, more time with y/n was always a win. A few moments later y/n flopped in the car next to him.

“Keys?” he motioned to the cup holder. “Alright munson buckle up.” he rolled his eyes but obliged. “So… do we order pizza or do we stop at the diner and pick up burgers?”

“I’d vote pizza. If we get burgers the fries’ll be cold by the time we eat them and I'd rather die than eat cold fries.”

“Fair point, dramatic but fair, pizza it is then.”

“Yay!” 

Pulling up to y/n house Eddie hoped out of the car and ran around to open the door.

“And they say chivalry is dead.”

“Not as long as i'm around.”

“Oh fair sir Munson, thank you for saving me from the trouble of opening my door, my poor weak hands could never have done it without you!” 

“Shut up, I’m just trying to be nice.” y/n laughed as they walked ahead and opened the door.  

“Ok Munson lets go.”  Eddie couldn’t help but practically skip into the house.  This was gonna be a good night and who knows, maybe he’d even confess, only time would tell.