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[jinjjayo]

DOSIE 🩷 ON MY BIKE @ M!COUNTDOWN 241024

[who-do-i-know-this-man]

OK I know submissions are closed for the season 4 blog but I just remembered an obscure game that I can not remember what the name of and I can think of no better fanbase to help me remember. Also fair warning I would bet this will be harder than the last one.

Ok so it was a mobile game that I'm pretty sure was removed from the app store like a decade ago. In it you played as a little purple dragon guy who ran a tavern. Here's a quick sketch of what I remember him looking like:

The gameplay loop was that you would make a food (by just choosing a food from a menu and it would cook passively. you could make 2 at a time) and you would recruit adventures by like spending food points and they would stay in your upstairs area and you would use them to fight monsters.

The gameplay was very VERY simple. All the food was just a number of food points and a tine to cook, so the hydra stew (the highest cooking time at 24 hours) or something was the only one ever worth cooking because it had the highest food point to time ratio. I think the adventures were similar where some where just better than others so assembling a team was as simple as picking the 3 adventures you had with the highest number.

Oh and I have no idea why I remember this, but I am almost CERTAIN that the game was made by Tapps, the people who make those [animal] evolution mobile games (I think they also used to make deer hunting games but that's beside the point). Unfortunately I could not find a list of every game they have made but maybe y'all will have better luck.

I loved playing this game when I was like 6-8 and I gamed on my mom's phone, but then she got a new phone and I couldn't find it on the app store. I've missed it ever since. So if y'all can find proof it existed I will be forever greatful.

[teecupangel]

ok so i had a better idea about desmond turning into creatures.

he gets raised up from a pup into Ebony Odogaron. Might be good for stealth since he'd blend into the dark. And the zap zap stuff might be useful. Parkour? no problem with the sets of double claws.

Or he's a Violet Mizutsune. This one is probably even better for stealth considering it slides around in its own soap water and can hunt other creatures and set its soap water on fire. (the trailer for it is bomb af) It's a very mobile creature so it probably could parkour because its body movement.

It's got white on it too >:3

Speaking of Monhun, here’s an idea of the Assassins becoming hunters in MonHun World, here’s an idea of which MonHun monster Desmond could be reincarnated to and an idea of Desmond being reborn as a Zinogre.

What I remember most about Odogaron is that it has an enraged state which makes him faster and harder to hit so the usual tactic is to keep running and dodging until it exhausts itself, then it’ll be an easier battle.

Odogaron is purely a melee monster and Desmond probably try to use his tail as a weapon more often than a normal Odogaron. He’ll probably as small as a corgi first but soon starts growing and keeps growing while being raised by Altaïr.

People just assumed he’s an exotic animal from crusader lands until the Third Crusades begin and the Assassins notice that crusaders don’t recognize him and some even fear him.

By that point, he’s grown large enough that he wear horse armor and people would think he’s a horse.

He can jump really high though and his claws can dig to walls, making it easy for him to climb high structure.

So what you usually happens is that he lets Altaïr disembark before they reach the location and Desmond would stealth his way inside the city using the walls and rooftops while Altaïr enter it the usual way. (Or, sometimes, he stays with Desmond and Desmond climbs up)

Desmond starts to reach the normal adult Odogaron size after Altaïr took the mentorship and the Apple from Al Mualim so there are rumors that Desmond becomes as big as he is because of the Apple but it can’t be proven.

He’s, of course, Sef and Darim’s babysitter because Altaïr believes he’s smarter than humans (Desmond thinks Altaïr is blinded by their years of being together, less master and pet and more companions/family).

Of course, Abbas’ coup fail because they tried to kill Desmond first but, at that point, Altaïr had made an armor for him that’s basically made of the same material as the Armor of Altaïr.

Desmond stays with the Ibn-La'Ahad family until he feels the urge to leave and he gets to Firenze in time to ‘stop’ the execution.

And by stop, yes, that does mean the people of Firenze still talked about the day a mighty hellhound maul and eat (he didn’t eat anyone) the guards and Uberto Alberti.

… all to save the cursed Auditore family.

(As a reference to Odogaron’s penchant for eating Legiana corpse, maybe Desmond’s favorite food is a leaf that looks a lot like Legiana’s wings?)

Ah, Mizutsune. The monster I bullied in Rise until I realized that Rakna-Kadaki’s set is more of my style. XD

Okay, but in all seriousness, Desmond as a Mizutsune would be a fun idea, especially as this is a kind of Leviathan that can move fast both on land and on water. That soap it secretes? It makes it easier for it to move even on difficult terrain, making a Mizutsune Desmond one of the fastest and most elegant destructive force that the Templars ever witness. This soap hinders other people too, making it harder for them to move.

Also, it could shoot out pressurized water from its mouth so Desmond would have a devastating long range attack.

By the way, there’s a white and red Mizutsune that would look good for Desmond: The Soulseer Mizutsune:

Up to you if you want to keep the scars on the eyes to make Desmond blind, make it part of the plot later on or decide that he wouldn’t get the scars.

[coral-island-player]

Spark's other parent

I know the identity of Spark's other parent. Long post under the cut

Ok, so this is about a game called Cattails Wildwood Story. I wholeheartedly recommend it, it's sometimes described as "stardew valley but cats" and while there is no farming, the relationship system is quite similar, and maybe even better in some aspects (dialogue for every relationship stage which is 12 if you marry the npc, specific dialogue for when your hunger or health is low, getting gifts, you have a birthday, etc.). But if you're reading this, you probably already know all that! So, let's get into it.

So, the identity of Spark's other parent has never been explicitly confirmed, however I have a strong theory on who it may be.

Often it is speculated that Spark's other parent is a member of the Forest Colony. Or another colony. And while it seems likely, there is one singular piece of dialogue from Ember, which you get at 3 hearts, that puts all that into question.

"I spent some time as a house cat, (Name). Well, sort of. The humans let me come and go as I pleased, but they always left out food for me. It was a decent life, but I could never go back to it. That's when I met my ex. Too many bad memories associated with that time in my life."

So from that dialogue we find out that Ember used to be a house cat and that they met their ex partner and the other parent of Spark during that time. Is there a game where Ember is a house cat and we can find out more about them?

Well, there is.

So, for those of you who are familiar with the Warrior Cats book series (and that's probably 99% of Cattails players. It's not needed to enjoy or understand it, as even the game developer hasn't read it, just the field guides because his little sister wanted a game about her favourite book, but worth a try if you want to understand how Cattails became what it is today), you might have heard of a game Warrior Cats Untold Tales.

It's a game that was made by the Cattails developer. For those of you who haven't heard of it, it's an old game that you can download on your computer for free. It's very low quality when it comes to graphics and gameplay, but hey. It's better that 99.9% of what you can find on mobile for free. It's basically a very early version of Cattails when it comes to mechanics. If you take Cattails and take away Stardew Valley, you're pretty much left with a higher quality version of WC:UT. It's an oversimplification and obviously Cattails is more that the combination of these games. Just trying to give you a general idea what it's like. It's worth a try - after all, it is free. There will be spoilers here for the part with Ember - because as you probably can tell, they are in the game.

So, as you play the game, you might encounter a cat named - yeah you guessed it - Ember. They're a kittypet (the clan cats' name for a house cat) and willing to show you their house and let you visit them and possibly live there if you pay 40 reputation points (representing the fact that it's dishonorable for a clan cat to accept anything from humans). Now if it wasn't for that one piece of dialogue, I'd just think that it doesn't take place in the same universe - but given what Ember said, it probably does.

When you visit Ember, you find out they live with an owner named George and a little kitten named Fuzzy who you can play hide and seek with. But you can also find a passage to BloodClan (for those of you who don't know, it's a group of street cats that are kinda evil and look like Charlotte). There is one cat that is white (unfortunately I couldn't find a high quality photo, just look up "warrior cats untold tales thrash"). His (that's right, that cat is referred to as "he") name is Thrash (not a typo, that's legit his name. I was today years old when I found out his name isn't Trash) and he can actually live with you and Ember and Fuzzy! If you let him live in the owner's closet, he will give you something every day, but Fuzzy won't play hide and seek with you anymore because Thrash is mean and Fuzzy is upset that you let him in the house.

So, it is plausible that Thrash and Ember fell in love when that happened and had a kitten. Now, I have no idea how Ember got to the Forest Colony, but I am almost certain that Thrash is Spark's father.

Also that means that Spark is half BloodClan (unlike Charlotte)

[rebelspykatie]

Gymnastics/Olympics AU Part 4

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

Sports medicine is a backup plan that Steve likely won’t even need, given the ever growing pile of gold medals and sponsorships, but he’s thanking his past self for giving him the opportunity to maybe get his hands on Eddie Munson. Who’s just staring at him, slack jawed and unmoving.  

“It’s ok if you don’t,” Steve backs away, putting his hands up in a defensive position, “just figured I would offer since-” but before he’s even done talking, Eddie is pulling at his leo, yanking it down over his shoulders to free the top half of his body. It startles a laugh out of Steve as Eddie climbs onto his bed with it dangling around his waist. He lays face down and squirms for a second before settling. 

“Is it just your shoulder that hurts?” Steve asks, pulling off his jacket and tossing it towards his side of the room. He approaches Eddie and sits on the edge of the bed. 

“M-my wrist, too,” Eddie mumbles into the sheets, wiggling his arm around like Steve doesn’t know which side is injured. 

Eddie’s skin is so pale, he must not get out of the gym much. There’s not even a tan line around his arms or neck, just a smooth expanse of creamy white skin laid bare for Steve to see. No moles dotting the surface like his own skin. 

He starts with a gentle touch, but Eddie’s a bit jumpy and shifts again. “It won’t hurt, I promise,” he reassures. An almost inaudible sound leaves Eddie, something between a grunt of confirmation and a whimper that Steve elects to ignore, pressing his closed fists down Eddie’s upper back. 

Even though it’s just a warm up technique, he can already feel the tension in Eddie’s muscles and how it’s starting to leak out under his hands. He moves around to focus on the scapula, putting pressure on the points of tension. A low groan rumbles from Eddie’s chest. 

A bed really isn’t the best place for this, the angle’s not right, as Steve needs to be in front of or behind Eddie to really move his arm the right way. In front of the bed isn’t an option, it’s tucked into a corner, the ends aligning with the wall and furniture.  

“Would it be okay if I-“ he hesitates. They’re not really friends, barely acquaintances, who just an hour ago were practically enemies, and Steve’s been harboring this unspoken crush. It feels weird to ask, but he needs to get a better angle if he wants to properly work out the tension in Eddie’s shoulder. “Is it okay if I sit on your legs? I can’t do this properly from the side.”

Eddie’s head pops up and he gives Steve a searching look over his shoulder before he nods. “Uh y-yeah sure. Whatever works.” 

He swings his leg over Eddie’s and sinks down on his thighs. Eddie doesn’t have much of an ass, which is surprising for how filled out he is in other places, but Steve does notice the two little back dimples peeking out from the bunching of his leo. Steve desperately wants to sink his thumbs into their grooves, but he shakes his head and focuses on Eddie’s shoulder. 

Taking his arm, he gently moves Eddie’s hand to rest behind his back. He tries not to think about how suggestive this position is, how if he closes his eyes he could picture Eddie with his hands tied behind his back as Steve works his way into him and pushes Eddie face down into the mattress. He needs to shut his brain off and focus. Gripping the top and bottom of Eddie’s shoulder, he rotates it in a circle. 

He’s leaning forward over Eddie now, pushing into his skin, mobilizing his shoulder to hopefully ease some of his pain. It must work because Eddie groans, this time a bit hoarse but louder than before, and he moves under Steve. His hips twitch, pushing backwards and forwards in a rocking motion, squirming and knocking Steve off kilter. Steve’s hands slide from Eddie’s shoulder to the middle of his back, moving his arm back to his side and pushing Eddie down into the mattress and all those unwanted thoughts from a few minutes ago come rushing back. 

And it seems like Eddie might be on the same page. The moan he lets out at Steve wriggling in place, trying to get back to his spot, is sinful and decidedly more sexual in nature. Steve squeezes his thighs together, pinning Eddie’s hips to the mattress, settling higher until he’s tucked right against Eddie’s ass, and he’s delighted to see Eddie’s alabaster skin turn a rosy pink color.

He leans down and whispers into Eddie’s ear, “Is this working for you?” 

A high pitched mewling sound leaves Eddie’s throat and he burrows his face into a pillow, nodding, like he’s embarrassed to be caught like this. That’s the only confirmation Steve needs, so he forces his hips forward, letting Eddie feel how stupidly turned on he is by all of this, hoping that he’s not making a mistake. 

It’s muffled, but he thinks Eddie makes a sound suspiciously similar to his name. Feels it under the palms of his hands. He starts pressing into Eddie’s shoulder again with closed fists, but grinds his hips at the same time, the hard outline of his cock rubbing against Eddie’s ass. There’s a second where he thinks he made the wrong move, Eddie completely still underneath him, but then a split second later he’s melting into the sheets, putty in Steve’s hands, writhing. 

He works his way down Eddie’s back, moving on from his shoulder and gripping the back dimples like they’re handlebars and Eddie’s his ride. It lets him control the movement of Eddie’s hips that are slowly grinding into the mattress, a gradual rocking motion that’s teasing Steve, sliding the tip of his cock against the cleft of Eddie’s ass. 

There’s too much material between them for it to really do much for Steve, but Eddie’s harsh breathing and the rhythm of his hips indicate he’s finding more friction than Steve. He scoots down the bed, standing for a second to pull his shorts off, watching as Eddie continues to move on his own, wantonly rolling his hips and seemingly lost in the motion, not even stopping once Steve’s weight has disappeared. 

Before he crawls back over him, Steve slides his hands up Eddie’s legs, grasping the bunched up material and pulling it down. Eddie lifts his hips without Steve asking and lets him pull it all the way off, tossing it across the room like his jacket earlier. Standing beside the bed, Steve takes in the long line of Eddie’s body, the scattered red marks along his back where Steve’s hands have been standing out like a brand against his pale skin. It makes something feral kick up in his chest when Eddie turns his head and looks at Steve with a sort of desperation in his eyes. 

“Are you coming back or am I going to have to finish what you started by myself?”

Part 5 | AO3

[noforkingclue]

Fractures Chapter 3 (James 'Spider' Webb x OC x River Cartwright)

Author's Note: I have a feeling that you guys might hate me for this chapter...

Slow Horses tag list: @cillmequick

Warnings: Duffy

Fuck.

Fuck.

Fuck.

How could he have been so stupid?

River paced around the small storage room. Admittedly there wasn’t much space but moving felt better than doing nothing at all. He wanted to have trusted Sid, a friend in Slough House. He didn’t realise just how lonely it could be until he was there. Before he always had Spider and Rebecca.

Fucking, cunty Spider.

Rebecca.

He ran his hands over his face. Fuck. Now he’d never get a chance to tell her everything that he’d been meaning to. All the places that he’d love to take her even on a Slough House salary. Despite what Spider implied he knew that Rebecca didn’t care about his lack of decent salary. She liked him for him. She still wanted to maintain their friendship, despite the stigma around it.

Fuck.

Fuck.

Fuck.

And now he was locked in a fucking storage cupboard, with a Dog on guard and no idea what was happening to Sid or to Becca.

Fuck.

Rebecca.

It was always Rebecca.

Never Becca.

River froze as he heard the sounds of fighting outside. He quickly took off his shoe and put it in a bag. Ok, it was a pathetic weapon but it was better than nothing. Maybe it was Rebecca coming to save him? Maybe she finally got proof of everything he’d been saying about Spider. But no, Rebecca was never much of a fighter but maybe, just this once she’d-

Ok, literally anyone would’ve been better than Lamb apart from maybe Spider and possibly Roddy. It wasn’t long until River was back in the relative safety of Lamb’s car although from the general state of it River was in half a mind to go back to the hospital and wait for the Dogs. Immediately he pulled out his phone.

Got to make sure that Rebecca was ok.

“Got something more important to do?”

River glanced over at Lamb. He was focusing on the road but this was still Jackson Lamb. He looked back at his mobile and grimaced. He didn’t want Lamb to know about Rebecca. Wordlessly he shoved his phone back into his pocket.

“No, no,” said Lamb, “one of your colleagues got shot and is in intensive care but go on- message your girlfriend.”

“She isn’t my girlfriend.”

“Ah.”

Fuck.

“But you want her to be. ‘Course now you’re a slow fucking horse you don’t have a fucking chance. Not that you probably had a chance to begin with.”

River gritted his teeth and refused to rise to the bait. He looked out of the window as he watched London fly by.

“Or maybe,” Lamb continued and River could hear the amusement in his voice, “she had her eye on someone else. You wanted her, she didn’t want you which is,” Lamb waved a hand at him, “fucking understandable.”

River’s eye twitched as he thought of fucking Spider.

Rebecca and Spider

Spider and Rebecca.

“And now she’s forgotten all about you. She’s moved the fuck on and you’re not even registering on her thoughts. You really think that fucking texting her will change that? Or maybe you’re just trying to gain some sympathy from her. One of your colleagues died, you got locked up by a Dog. Trying to get a sympathy fuck from her.”

“Rebecca isn’t like that.”

“Rebecca.”

Damn it and now Lamb has her name. It wouldn’t be too difficult for him to find out who Rebecca is, even if he was at Slough House. He was still Jackson Lamb at the end of the day. Fuck, he really needed to talk to Rebecca.

*

When the door to Slough House finally slammed shut, River immediately pulled out his phone again. The others were still crowding around Moody’s body and he thought that Min was going to throw up. Louisa seemed to be sobering up quickly so he needed to be quick.

“River?”

“Rebecca,” he let out the breath he’d been holding, “fuck. Are you ok?”

“Yes. Hang on, let me go somewhere a bit more private.”

“Are you still at The Park?”

“Yeah I was just about to leave. Why?” her voice lowered, “you don’t want something do you? If I do I don’t know-”

“No, nothing like that. I’d never ask you to do that. I just-”

River was in the kitchen and sat down heavily. He ran a hand over his face as he struggled to find the words he was looking for. Everything he wanted to say he didn’t want to say over the phone.

“River? Is everything ok? You’re starting to worry me.”

“I’m-”

River drew in a shuddering breath as he tried to figure out what to say. I’m what? Not ok? Saw my colleague get shot in the head and it’s all my fault and she might or might not die?

“River?”

Or that all I want right now is to hear your voice.

“Are you still there?”

“Yeah,” fuck was that really his voice? It didn’t sound like him, “Yeah I am. It’s… nothing. It doesn’t matter.”

“Something’s happened. Tell me.”

“I can’t.”

“Why not? You’re my friend and I’m worried about you.”

But those weren’t the feelings that River wanted Rebecca to feel for him.

“I just wanted to make sure that you’re safe,” he said quietly, “and to be careful.”

“What’s-”

“I’ll explain later.”

If he survived that is.

“River-”

“I really can’t talk about it now. Just… promise me that you’ll stay safe.”

“I promise. But don’t think you’re getting out of this easily. I’m expecting an explanation.”

“I expect nothing less.”

Much to River’s displeasure he eventually hung up. He drew in a shuddering breath and ran his fingers through his hair.  Hearing Rebecca’s voice had made him feel slightly better. He had made up his mind- when this was all over he was going to tell her how he really felt. Damn Spider, this didn’t concern him any more.

But he couldn’t, he shouldn’t. He couldn’t do that to their friendship if she didn’t feel the same way. Fuck, he really, really needed a drink.

“So, who were you talking to.”

River hadn’t realised that Min and Louisa had joined him in the kitchen. Min was smiling at him and immediately River grabbed his phone. Ok, so he wasn’t exactly being subtle but he had a fucking awful evening.

“A friend.”

“A friend or a friend.”

River winced at those words, the same ones the Sid had used earlier that evening. Their conversation in the car seemed like a lifetime ago. And as far as he knew, for Sid it probably was.

“Jesus Christ Min,” said Louisa, “what are you? Twelve.”

“I was just saying,” Min rocked back in his chair and held up his hands, “I can give River some advice.”

“Why would he want advice from you?”

“Because I’m the one who’s married.”

Louisa muttered something under her breath which River missed but caused Min to glare at her.

“So,” Min said, “why haven’t you told her.”

“Told who what?” asked River

“Your friend about how you feel about her.”

Louisa joined Min and River, sitting next to Min. River noted that she was sitting slightly closer to Min then she usually would. Maybe it was just the alcohol in their system causing them to act like this but a pang of longing coursed through River. He missed the nights when it was him and Rebecca (and unfortunately Spider) on Rebecca’s sofa. A bit too much alcohol and simpler times when all three were at The Park.

“Because,” River sighed and gave up trying to deny it, “because it’ll fuck up our friendship.”

“And what’s the worst that can happen?” asked Min

“She says no and says that we shouldn’t see each other again because it’ll make things awkward. So I’ve fucked up our friendship for absolutely nothing.”

“You’ve thought way too much about this haven’t you?” asked Min

“No!”

“What,” Min hiccuped, “You need to do is give her roses!”

“Roses.” said River, giving Min a serious look

“Yeah, everyone fucking loves roses,” he over at Louisa, “do you like them. Roses.”

“They trigger my hayfever.” Louisa said dryly

“Huh.” replied Min, seemingly lost in thought

“No,” River shook his head, “no. She doesn’t even like me that way.”

“Have you asked her?” asked Min

“I didn’t need to,” muttered River, “there was someone at a Christmas party…”

He cut himself off and looked away, Min and Louisa shared a look and once again River had the feeling of being left out. No partner (both professionally and romantically), being left out at Slough House now Min and Louisa had each other, not part of anything at The Park for obvious reasons.

Maybe, for once, Min had a point.

*

Spider looked down over The Park’s reception. He liked being up here. Being able to watch people without them spying back at him. Seemingly automatically his gaze drifted to Rebecca who was making her way across the foyer. She was pulling on her coat, the same one he brought her for Christmas one year. She had insisted that it was too much but he wanted her to have it.

Who else would he spend his money on?

Just before she got to the doors she stopped and pulled out her phone. Even from this distance Spider could see the look of worry on her face. A look that only meant one person-

River fucking Cartwright.

Whenever the surname ‘Cartwright’ was mentioned everyone became worried and suddenly plagued by migraines. Rebecca slowly walked away from the door and Spider’s hands curled around the railings.

“Fucking hell. Just tell her.”

Spider looked over his shoulder and had to hold back his sneer.

Duffy.

Fucking Dogs.

This was what all his hard work had brought him down to. Working with thugs like Duffy.

“Tell her what exactly?” Spider replied curtly

“That you want to bend her over the nearest surface and fuck her until the only thing she can remember is your name. Surely even you could manage that. I wonder,” Duffy walked closer, “do you think she’ll be screaming Spider or James.”

Spider knew better than to rise to the challenge. He glanced back at Rebecca who was now in the middle of the reception area. She glanced up and made eye contact with Spider and smiled softly at him. She raised a hand in greeting before turning her attention back to her phone call. Spider only raised a couple of fingers in response, slightly hurt that Rebecca would pay more attention to someone behind a phone then to someone in the same building.

Beside him Duffy rolled his eyes. Fucking hell, this was who Taverner told him to work with. This ‘spook’ couldn’t even muster up the courage to tell this girl that he wanted to fuck her. What use was he going to be in the field?

“Fucking hell,” said Duffy, “how hard is it to tell her what you want to do to her.”

“Because,” Spider started and cut himself off, “because by doing that I could have a HR complaint filed against me. Besides, there was an incident at Christmas-” He broke off and shook his head, “doesn’t matter and it’s none of your business.”

“A HR-” Duffy shook his head, “fuck, even you could make that go away.”

“I know,” Spider said, trying his best to keep his voice level, “but Rebecca is my friend.”

“You friend,” Duffy rolled his eyes, “look, what you need to do is take her out for dinner-”

“We do go out for dinner. It’s what… friends do.”

“And you pay?”

“Always.”

“And she doesn’t give you anything in return.”

The implication made Spider freeze. He would never consider taking advantage of Rebecca like that and yet that’s what Duffy was unashamedly suggesting. Duffy slung what he probably thought was a friendly arm around Spider’s shoulders and led him away.

“Then you have a couple of drinks,” he said, “whatever the fuck someone like you drinks. And you take her back to yours and if you can’t get her into bed after that then there really is no hope for you.”

Spider shrugged off Duffy’s arm and ignored the way Duffy’s eyes narrowed at him. Spider brushed some dust off his jacket and looked down at Rebecca. She had hung up and was heading back towards the archives. Shit, he needed to hurry up.

“I’ll meet you downstairs.” he said as he quickly made his way downstairs

It didn’t take James long to find Rebecca. She was making her way towards the archives but paused when she heard the sound of approaching footsteps. Rebecca remembered River’s warning to be careful so she was on higher alert than usual. She was an archivist, not usually someone that people targeted unless for major reasons.

“Rebecca.”

Oh. James. That made Rebecca relax and lean against the wall. She smiled at him as he finally stopped directly in front of her. There was no one else around. Most people were either in the main control room or busy looking for these terrorists. She only hoped that they weren’t too late to save Hassan.

“Everything alright?” she asked, pushing herself off the wall

“Yeah. Just-”

James took a deep breath and took a small step closer. He raised a hand and cupped Rebecca’s cheek. She froze under his touch as he bent down and before she could step away pressed a brief kiss against her lips. It was soft and gentle and just a hint of uncertainty in it. His other hand rose and hung in the air awkwardly before settling stiffly on her waist. Rebecca closed her eyes and took a small step closer, putting her hands on his shoulders. When James broke the kiss he remained close, his lips brushing against hers.

“Stay safe,” he said, “there’s a lot of shit going on tonight and I don’t want you to get caught up in it.”

“I know. I’ve-”

Rebecca cut herself off and James narrowed his eyes slightly. So, Cartwright must’ve already warned her.

“I am in Service,” Rebecca said instead, “I’m not a complete idiot.”

“I know,” he said and pressed his forehead against hers, “Fuck, I know. Just keep safe. For me?”

Rebecca smiled and nodded.

“For you.”

“Good.”

He pressed another kiss against her lips. This one was more confident and Rebecca could feel the longing behind it.  He raised his hands and cupped her cheeks, brushing the pads of his thumbs over her cheekbones. Rebecca returned it eagerly, raising her hands and tangling her fingers in his hair. Fuck, she wanted this so much. Finally, and much to Rebecca’s annoyance, he broke the kiss.

Spider and Rebecca remained close, noses brushing against each other. Spider’s lips grazed achingly close to Rebecca’s but he stopped short of kissing her again.

“Like I said,” Spider said, “I want you to keep safe.”

He hesitated for a moment before reluctantly stepping away. Rebecca looked at him wide eyed as Spider gave her a brief smile before turning on his heel and marching away. Rebecca could see how red his face had become but also the triumphant smile on his face. When he had disappeared from view she leant heavily against the wall and touched her lips.

Fuck.

Why couldn’t that have happened earlier?

Why did he have to wait so fucking long?

[dreamtydraw]

Hello from the Fishbowl!

Oh I’m so glad you and plant anon agree with me on my vn red flags/icks! Like I said a lot of the red flags and icks I tend to have are really subjective so I get that some people will love what I kinda hate but it’s nice to see I’m not alone on stuff :)

Also, is it bad that I kinda wanna hear more about Heir to Love and Lie? I’ve never played any Fictif games but this sounds like some hot gossip I want in on, tell me more about how bad of a game it is lol. From an outsider perspective I think it’s kinda funny how it’s like “Yes the Fictif app has a bunch of great and fun stories with a ton of good content- NO DONT LOOK AT THAT STORY ITS HIDEOUS-” I know the stories are probably made by different teams so it makes sense that there’s differences in quality but still

Last Legacy and now Roadkill have peaked my interest since I’ve seen you talk about it here (I had never heard of Fictif at all before) but I’ve been a little hesitant to give the games a try because they’re mobile games and frankly I’m not the biggest fan of playing vn style games on mobile, I used to all the time but the grinding for stuff like story keys just to get content that may or may not be good kinda grated on me so I stopped and haven’t looked back. But idk maybe I’ll decide to give Fictif a chance when I have the time, your love for the games are definitely convincing me to give it a shot :)

Also I hope you get better soon and you’re not sick with anything too serious! Take care of yourself!

-🐟

( ok i’ll do proganda about the good game of fictif ask me about htlal on another ask )

Ok so i’ll start by saying that you should def play roadkil, last legacy and monster manor on the fictif app, WITH A CRACKED VERSION! If you have an Android play with a mod app and you won’t have to pay for the special choice ( you still have to wait for keys tho but it’s manageable) I personally use Modyolo. With the mod there is no grind, you just wait for your keys to regenerate to play the chapters.

Why you should play last legacy ? Last legacy is a really well written fantasy romance made by queers, for queers with good queers characters. The narrative is limited but realize that fans of this game haven’t had update in 2 years and we all still love this, that how good the game is for us. What I really appreciate is the approach of the romance, the well-written worldbuilding, and the interesting plot and evolution of the li throughout the story + bonus points the art is really pretty + the music is awesome

This is an otome where you feel the passion of the dev because of all the details and care they put into the characters. It sad that we’ll never get an ending but just because it’s my second favorite otome after Our life i really recomand.

Now another wonderful story on the app is Monster manor. It’s a reviseted tale of beauty and the beast where mc is a reparator that come helps the resident of the manor to fix the place and also fix their issue. Again it’s very well written and although you can get subtile subtext on romance this one is very axed on exploring the character's mental health and their story of self-improvement. ALSO IT HAS A CANON TRANS DRAGON CREATURE WHO’S THE SWEETEST I LOVE HIM HE’S SO WHOLESOME-

Bonus the music is so good i even added it on my spotify- and good art

Monster Manor is one of those stories that leave a very specific feeling in you. I don't know how to describe it but it just has a lot of wholesomeness and character going troughs sad but relatable problems that you see get better and makes you happy that they're healing.

now.... my guilty pleasure.... Roadkil !

THE BROMANCE OF THIS GAME IS SO GOOD I swear

Objectively: This game feels like a wild mess of fan fiction with random scenario after scenario and cliché horror moments, but oh man the ambiance. The best trio of Li, they are close friends, and in the 3 routes the group is just such an amazing friend group. The characters are lovely and it's like reading a bad yet good wattpad fanfic : well written ? no ? But the ideas ? good !

Like i said, this game is based on cliché of horror movies but also on american culture ( which I learned trought this game lol ). It has longer chapters than the other two games (except Tess but Tess got hit by the sexism of a greedy company that wants shirtless men in dating sim to attract gurls ) BUT they all shine.

Poe's route had me ugly crying in the end, Howie's ending is AWFULL but I had a great time, Tess is actually a superbe F Li even whith the dev having to cut her short and ruin her ending, she shine very britgh in the other routes and her own ( for ex she's the one with a shotgun and the one that won you and howie a teddy bear )

I really need more people to play roadkill because it's an underated banger in my opinion and it has many great scenes in the mess of scenarios ( the intro is really good for ecxemple )

Like, when I say not all game needs to be well written? That's what I'm talking about, this one is a hot delightful mess

ANYWAY! My rambling was long but I hope it was interessing !

[randaccidents]

I've got an idea, but, I don't remember if it was mentioned (ah yeah, me and my memory of a pebble)

Alright so.

Heart with crutches.

That's all

That the whole idea

OK I HAVE BEEN. LOOKING INTO THIS TOPIC FOR AWHILE SORTA. Because my Tridential Whole!Soul ALSO has muscle weakness so I was looking up whether crutches or walking canes would be better (neither so I just made him the most stubborn stupid man alive)

But yes yes I have been quietly considering that in the background of doing the main portions of this AU. Since Heart ends up with 4 weak limbs that randomly knock out on him occasionally, and lets be honest he would want to wander the house instead of being stuck in his room all day. Let him have his hobbies!

Anyways my long ass thought process that came out of this below. Fair warning it is DEFINITELY going to be inaccurate because this is like.... an hour of research? And I am Not a mobility aid user At All.

I'm going to assume that Heart is fully weight-bearing, meaning he can place full weight on his legs (even if theyre weak)

Off topic, I did debate a walking cane but. All Four Limbs. Yeah that's not gonna work out. I also debated a wheelchair and then realized that they would have to remodel the whole dang house AND that Heart is definitely pretty vocal about having access to Things. (and also that he's nowhere near ready to accept what he's lost yet. that he's not going to be the same Heart)

On one hand, crutches (hospital standard issue variant, very often seen in media). Very nice, very cool, but imo unwieldy and not meant for lifetime use, especially in their messy ass house. Apparently they hurt the elbows if used wrong or for extended periods of time? Plus the fact that it would limit Heart a lot since he would have to not drop them aaaaaand he has a little problem called weak arms as well. And idk something about those crutches made my brain go "you've seen a better version of crutches before". No offence to crutch users its just that my brain KNOWS there's something that fits better.

And then I FINALLY remembered what the fuck I was thinking about when it came to crutches.

ELBOW CRUTCHES/FOREARM CRUTCHES

This kind! (dont axe me its on a Creative Commons license I am LEGAL)

The vibes fit better. He's still blatantly a crutch user but its more flexible? There's bars for him to catch himself on or lean his weight entirely on the occasion when all four of his limbs decide to clock out on him. (reads medical guide) And apparently elbow crutches are among the most versatile mobility aid? I did Not know that. Also the entire "weight thrown off because he no longer has to lean forward to balance out the weight of his wings" thing.

Although as a little bit of a downside, Heart doesn't accept he needs crutches initially. He's fine guys he swears. He can walk on his own, he doesn't need some stupid sticks to walk just because his legs are shaky today (immediately falls over trying to walk and almost cracks his head on the counter).

Heart takes awhile to accept that he lost something in his decision and he does, in fact, require mobility aids now. (That realization is its own bout of mourning and grief) But he will learn and adapt and accept his new normal in time. Maybe one day he will see them as just as much a part of himself as his wings once were.

(On a more lighthearted note Heart absolutely is still a gremlin that pokes Perseverance and Penitence with his new in-built poking sticks. Whacks them on the head from the sofa. Smacks the remote off the table when he sees Perseverance reaching for it because The Stick is Longer. Little things that make the crutches a stand-in for his wings. Perseverance is incredibly vexed by the fact that he cant just. Take the crutches away because that's just mean to Heart. But also please stop hitting his head and saying "bonk".)

So yes. Heart with crutches :3. Very good idea thank you.

[daychiie]

For the manga ask: 1, 11 and 17

HIIII HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

AND ALSO THANKS FOR NOT ONLY SENDING ME A ASK BUT SENDING ME THIS TWICE SINCE I ACCIDENTALLY BLOWED UP THE FIRST TIME TEEHEE <3 <3 <3 odeio escrever coisa pelo celular augghh

Anyway I'm answering those questions here!!!

1. Your top 5 reads of 2023

Meme for symmetry lol

No Home - NO HOME MY BELOVED MY BESTIE NO HOME,HOW IT CAN BE SO WELL WRITTEN IT MAKES ME INSANE BRO... COMICS OF ALL TIME. I have no words to explain... I do want one day stop being a coward and write out some analysis on it, buuut--oh well~~

Dungeon Meshi - I got into the party almost "too late". Well, I don't really believe that starting something after if finished is getting into it too late,but I do get that you lose some experiences if you get into something late than other... And in my case I got into it some weeks before it officially ended lmao. Always heard about it and finally gave a try, it's extremely funny and charming, can't wait for the anime this week :]

Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun - I saw the anime back when it was releasing, enjoyed it and...that was it. Hoped for season two (kinda still wish for it),but yeah... Then finally said fuck it and OHH IT GETS SO MUCH BETTER. LIKE ITS NOT THAT THE ANIME IS BAD BY ANY MEANS BUT WELL...it only covered one part of it and it always keep getting funnier and funnier! Wakamatsu is so much more insane and dumb... The characters we never got to met there. I do have some issue here and there but in general I have a pretty fun time :]

Ikoku Nikki - yeah maybe sometimes see that something gonna end next week really pushes me to read it lol. Anyway I do want to re read again sometime soon,but it was a very emotional read!! Makio women of all time, a aro icon <3 she everything!!!!

After School Lessons for Unripe Apples - another fun read!!! Don't think I have too much thoughts but I really enjoy Mi-ae and Cheol dynamic <3

Just making clear that in this top 5 I put stuff I started reading in 2023,so like ... No Skip to Loafer here lol even thought I enjoyed the new chapters that were released in 2023,in the rules my head made it didn't count lmao.

11. Your favorite covers

Suddenly I actually never read anything in 2023 :) GJJSAJFN ok guess Hirayasumi covers are very neat!!! I love the painting of it.

But yeah I noticied I remember chapter covers much more than I remember volume covers, so originally I was going to show some of my favorite chapter covers...but then 10 photos limit. Even thought I was sure nowdays is 30 idk if its because I'm stuck in mobile but whatever,I spend two hours looking covers on my phone I gonna show it on a rb or something lmao

17. A manga you didn’t expect to like

Hmnm ... I don't remember lmao. Like at least not anything that I felt that extremely "omg what pleasant surprise!!!!!" ? The best I could think of is kisses x kiss x kisses that ...well does have a cringe name that kinda put you expectations at low I guess lol

It's nothing amazing, it's a finished romance comic, that is very sweet. I liked the contrast of the protagonist and his love interest being like, boy with big family all living together and boy that lives alone with parents in another country lol. It is a cliche and not gonna pretend they do anything groundbreaking with it, but it's still a nice storyline. Lowkey big spoilers ahead I guess but: I liked that while the protagonist dream of living completely alone changed a little (cause come on its a fluffy romance lol), he still got separates room cause he does want be able to experience and enjoy not sharing a room,having more privacy and stuff. It's kinda small overall, but it's nice that his dream and his goals didn't do a complete change because of love.

[ssomisadventures]

Ok, so here are some thoughts I have on the new UI

Disclaimer: Some of these are probably just me things and not real issues lol

- I don’t like placement of map in the top corner, when I play sso I tend to keep my eyes focused on the bottom of the screen to see jumps and what not, and with the new placement I have to move my eyes farther to see the map. This takes my eyes away from my horse for longer, and makes me lose track of where I am/I ran into a few things trying to look at the map lol

- I don't like the placement of the speed indicator at the bottom of the screen, but hiding it gets rid of dismount button and forces you to rely on the x key

- I find the character pictures in the corner a bit distracting, they seem a bit to big and look out of place

- why is the chat bubble wobbly/squiggly/whatever? it's a stylistic choice, sure, but it's like...not exaggerated enough to read that way. It's sort of awkwardly in-between a clean design and a more squiggly design, making it look unintentional and messy to me instead of a artistic choice. I lowkey thought it was glitched at first lol

- So like...why is it incomplete? Settings, notifications, toggle view etc still have the old ui design, I just don't understand why they would seemingly release it with major aspects of it (i.e. character sheets, settings,) still unfinished

- So it's definitely aiming for mobile audiences, but it feels lackluster on pc

- I don't like the sparkles whenever you gain (h)xp

- Roughly the place where the dismount button used to be is now shopping…idk I just don't like how the shopping button is in front of the inventory button, I definitely clicked on it due to dismount button muscle memory a few times, and maybe this is me putting on too much of a tinfoil hat but it feels like by placing the shop button more prominently than the inventory button, they're trying to remind players of it more or get people to accidentally click it so people eventually pay more for clothes or whatever

- I like the loading screen! Art filling up the screen, font is pleasing, running horse

- There's now 3 styles of UI in the game now; the new UI, the old, and the updated race UI

- Honestly I like the race UI better than the new UI, I would maybe like it if they based the new UI more off that

- I don’t like having to click to level up horse although I could see that being useful for character leveling up if you want to time screenshots

- I like the animation leveling up comes with though

- reins glitch😩 not UI related but can they fix the reins connecting to saddle glitch already lol

- Inspecting players only works like 50% of the time for me now

- I'm not a fan of how separated all the buttons are now

-The white text on dark background in the chat box hurts my eyes and makes it hard to read but that's probably a me thing, I had a concussion that messed up my eyes and made it harder for me to read some text on screens including light on dark - however I did see someone else in global saying they thought the text was too bright as well

- I like the shared moment thing! The interactions with your horse are cute and fun

- I don’t like the extra call for pickup menu, I can see it being helpful but I'd like maybe a toggle button for that, like a "don't show this message again" thing

- Why does the inventory default to opening so low on the screen now?

- I like how you can see the exact xp numbers without the character screen

- Someone already mentioned it, but the champ groups...you can't see past like the first 4 letters of someone's names, and the scrolling

Anyway, I think it's fine overall, it's not my taste but I don't despise it like I thought it might

[doctormage]

sorry i need to complain rly quick

ok so i went to the derby thing monday and in a nutshell it was awful solely bc i literally could not stay upright on my skates. im a severe asthmatic so i have to take albuterol before exercise and sometimes it makes me shaky, but this time my legs were like, completely and genuinely useless

everyone there was SO nice and only cared that i didnt hurt myself but im still really fucking embarrassed bc like. i make a point to exercise my legs every single day. at bare minimum i do squats and calf raises EVERY SINGLE DAY and have been for MONTHS bc of physical therapy. those two exercises particularly help keep my ankle and foot mobile so i make sure to do them, at least 30 of each, DAILY!!!!!!!!! my quads are fucking great!!!!!

so im like. alright. very cool and normal that the medication thats supposed to help me breathe is preventing me from even skating 3 feet in any direction, also very cool and awesome that people are gonna think its bc i have zero lower body strength (when in fact that is the ONLY place i have any strength!) bc my legs are like jello rn

(on top of this i was just so anxious and awkward and all this immediately brought up countless childhood memories of my gym teachers openly bullying me in front of my entire class bc i - severe asthmatic who was even worse as a child - wasn't going "fast enough" or "trying hard enough" or whatever. and also generally like the shittiness of not being able to play w your friends or whatever as a kid bc your lungs dont fucking work. so the frustration over this one thing just opened a can of worms that had been marinating for the last 26 years of my life)

(additionally i have placed a LOT on this mentally bc it's my attempt at like cultivating a hobby that involves other people and forcing myself to make friends that live in the same city as me. i've wanted to do this for over a YEAR, i was so excited after i got cleared by my physical therapist, and i also had a cold last week and was frantically doing everything i could to be better again before monday so it was just!!! a lot!!!) (i was better btw and not contagious. still wore a mask to the rink in case i coughed rly gross or smth tho)

i also thought maybe its bc my knees hyperextend REALLY really bad just like in my normal posture so my center of gravity is always all fucked. so on top of my shaky ass legs im trying to combat the entire way my body holds itself and has ALWAYS held itself, while attempting to maintain balance on wheels, and not default to What I Literally Always Do Subconsciously Because That's How My Legs Work. anyway

yesterday it was rainy so i couldnt skate but today i put my skates on and im like. completely fucking fine. not trembling at all, totally capable of remaining upright, maintaining proper form, skating around, everything, even with my fucked up backwards knees. what the hell and fuck

on monday i'd borrowed skates from the rink bc i didnt want to be the only one in new-looking non-derby skates (which i wouldnt have been anyway) so i guess it could be because their skates didnt really fit me right or they're flat and my skates have a heel but like????? why???????? why am i fine now ???????????????????

we have practice again tomorrow and i will ABSOLUTELY be wearing my own skates idgaf how stupid they look i am not putting myself in that position again. i NEED people to know i have functional legs ;_;

[puddingsdiary]

We dare!

I know it was very quiet here for a while now. But recently I talked on discord with @perhaps-in-anotherdream about a scenario like the following and the thought won't leave me alone. So I brought it to virtual paper. Maybe I can hire her as my Muse? 😁

Just kidding, but I hope you like it even a little bit.

Without further Ado, everyone have fun!

Still a week to go until their long awaited vacation and MC already finished most of her work but Victor was still very busy. During the last year those two were so busy that there wasn't much time for a vacation, a weekend here and there, sometimes even in combination with a business trip. Fatigue had piled up until two months ago MC had a small weakness attack on a film set. Afterwards both of them decided it was time for a long vacation. Next week it's finally time for their 3 week leave to start. Victor had made the itinerary this time, saying that this trip's purpose was to recharge and relax, so all MC knew was that they would go to Paris first. Nevertheless MC couldn't wait for this final week to be over.

With a cup of coffee she went to the study to see if he had finished for the day when she heard him talking.

"We're doing fine. Thanks. What about you and uncle?"

Obviously his Aunt Alice had called. So MC entered hoping she could also talk to Aunt Alice.

"MC is also here, wait I'll put you on speaker." Victor put his mobile on the desktop and turned on the speaker as soon as he saw MC entering.

"Hello, Aunt Alice."

"My dear, you haven't called in a while."

"Uhm, yeah. I was very busy, you know. Your nephew is a demanding boss." Sticking out her tongue at Victor's frowned face, MC could hear Aunt Alice chuckle over the phone.

"Since I can talk to both of you… We've been asking us for a while now, and I'm sure you know that already, but still, you two have been engaged for so long now. When will you finally marry?"

MC didn't know what exactly to answer since Alice wasn’t wrong. Searching for help she looked at Victor while fidgeting with her engagement ring.

Victor sighed, he put his hand on hers.

"Aunt, we'll take the next step when we see it fit."

Now it was Aunt Alice's place to sigh.

"Don't wait too long, you two. Your father is longingly waiting for a grandchild."

MC blushed at this comment.

"Being married is not necessarily a prerequisite for becoming parents. Plus, I highly doubt it's father who waits longingly."

As if pouring oil into the fire, at Victor's counter her face became beet red.

"I know…"

"Sorry, Aunt, I have another call incoming and it's important. We'll call you when we're back or better, why don't we come to visit at the end of our vacation."

"Don't think I don't know you're dodging the topic. But ok. I see you when you come. Have a nice trip!"

The call ended with his Aunt laughing and Victor looked at a brooding MC.

"What's wrong?"

She shook her head. "No-Nothing."

"Are you bothered by her nagging?"

"That's not it."

"But?"

"Why are we still waiting? We've been through the rituals twice already but always just for show. Was this enough for you?"

"Dummy." Victor pulled MC onto his lap, his arms tightly wrapped around her waist. "How could this ever be enough?" HIs voice became so soft, it nearly melted all her doubts.

"I don't know. We've been engaged for two years now. Yes, especially last year was hectic and very busy…" MC's voice became quiet further down the sentence, not sure how to actually word her feelings. Even without words he understood the girl perfectly. Victor brought his lips close to her ear.

"Then why don't we marry before heading to Paris?"

His breath tickled her skin, the low voice sending a pleasant shiver down the body. It took MC more than a second to realize what he actually said. Looking at Victor in disbelief MC asked for confirmation.

"You mean now?"

"Of course, you seem not really willing to wait any longer, not that I don't feel the same. Maybe I've just waited too long for you to be ready, not seeing that you are. You just said it, we’ve done all the rituals western as well as traditional. What’s left is signing the papers." It was obvious, Victor was dead serious.

"Simply signing some papers isn’t what I thought about my wedding… And what about your family? We'd want them to be there." MC was not yet totally convinced right now.

"Dummy, of course we're holding a ceremony when we're back. You can have everything you want for our wedding ceremony."

The idea of eloping and coming back married finally took form in her head and a grin spread across MC's face.

"Yes! Let's do it!" MC threw her arms around his neck and planted a big kiss on his lips. Victor didn't intend to let her go easily and deepens the kiss. For an eternity there was only the touch of their lips against each other and tongues entwined in a sensual dance. The breath shared became thin and at the end they had to part to catch some air. While MC looked at Victor's slightly flushed face a thought crossed her mind.

"We have to tell your mum!"

"What?"

"Even if we don't tell anyone, we need to tell your mum. We should visit her beforehand and tell her. We can get married in Èze as well, right?"

Her words created a lump in Victor's throat. For a split second he was speechless. Warmth spread from his fast beating heart. MC once said that he was a grand miracle but Victor was convinced that the true miracle sat on his lap right now. To think of how precious his mother was and still is to him at this moment. If possible Victor loved MC even more now.

*Cough* "You're right. I'll make the necessary arrangements first thing in the morning."

~~~~~~~~~~~

It was a nice sunny late spring day with a handful of small clouds sprinkling the sky. Victor strode towards his mother's grave. MC didn't speak, satisfied with walking next to him, her hand holding his. What they were going to do was very meaningful not only for Victor. She squeezed his hand lightly and he turned his gaze to her, the corners of his lips tugged up lightly.

As always when they were here, there was a hint of sadness deep down in his eyes, yet MC could clearly see how happy he was.

In front of his mother's grave Victor sat down, pulled MC onto his lap. His left arm was wrapped around her waist while the fingers of his right were entwined with hers. Just like he tended to do to calm MC down, her thumb drew circles slowly on Victor's skin.

"Hi, Mum." The voice was a bit hoarse and Victor cleared his throat before he spoke again.

"We're going to get married today and want you to be the first to know. It was quite the spontaneous idea to do it now, so please don't say anything to Dad. But don't worry. We'll celebrate with everyone when we're back home."

As if sending her blessing, the small cloud covering the sun for the last few minutes moved and the gras around the grave was bathed in sunlight.

"Look Victor! Your mum is telling you how happy she is for you." With a beaming smile MC looked up to him.

"Dummy, just coincidence that the cloud moved past the sun just now. But yes, Mum would be happy knowing you by my side." He placed a light kiss on her forehead and MC snuggled even closer, leaning her head on his shoulder. They stayed a little while talking about all the things that happened since their last visit.

Victor being efficient and very thorough was nothing new. Still MC questioned how he was able to make it happen, even in a rather small town like Èze you won't get a wedding date with the authorities within a week's notice.

After their visit at the cemetery Victor and MC returned to their hotel room. MC had one condition, even if not wearing a wedding dress at least she wanted to dress up nice and have a celebratory dinner afterwards.

“Are you ready?” Victor walked behind MC and looked at her in the mirror when she fixed the second earring to her ear, the pair he had gifted her the day of their first kiss.

"We need to go."

The dark blue dress flowed around her curves and the delicate silver threads weaved into the fabric blinked like little stars at every move. Victor thought of her as breathtakingly beautiful and she belonged to him. He couldn't resist and placed a kiss on that one spot in the crook of MC's neck normally hidden by her hair.

"If you continue like that, Victor, we'll miss our appointment and all my hard work to look beautiful is going to waste."

Still looking at MC in the mirror Victor's eyes made a promise that this is not the end here, sending a shiver down her spine. Nevertheless, he picked up her coat and helped MC inside.

"You're wrong. You're always beautiful." With those last words, he pulled MC towards the door.

The deed itself was done very quickly. As requested the official kept the ceremony to the minimum. So after both said their "I do." and exchanged the rings they just signed the official papers. Not even half an hour after entering they left the building as Mr and Mrs Li.

~~~~~~~~~

The remaining vacation passed in the blink of an eye. As promised before returning home Victor and MC visited his family. In doing so, they killed two birds with one stone. Not only would they break the big news, they also pick up Pudding who was taken care of by Victor's father. For the big news Victor invited everyone for dinner at his father's.

Right after everyone had finished and they had moved over to the living room Victor ask for their attention. MC next to him, he pulled her even closer, on arm around her waist.

"We've an announcement to make."

Seeing the pair standing there like that his aunts got sparkles of expectations in their eyes.

"I won't say any names but a few people here were friendly nagging about a wedding date for some time now." Victor clearly looked at both of his aunts. Both women decided to play the innocent lamb.

"Well, I have to admit, we already got married. ... Three weeks ago in Èze."

All of the family sitting there looked at them speechless. Aunt Alice was the first one to recover somewhat.

"How dare you to not share this huge event with your family. Victor, I really thought better of you." Disappointment was clearly written on her face and Aunt Grace nodded in support.

"Aunt Alice, you've already witnessed our wedding a few years ago."

"That's impossible. I won't forget something like that."

"The rehearsal for your anniversary, where Victor and I were your stand-ins?" MC helped out.

"Ah! See as you said it was the rehearsal for our anniversary. How can it be your wedding. What nonsense are you talking about?"

Victor shook his head.

"Yes it was your anniversary but I meant every word I said." Saying this he looked at MC who answered his gaze.

"And while I didn't realize back then I also meant what I said." She turned her head to look at the others and grinned brightly. "So technically you witnessed everything. We just never signed the papers. That's what we fixed in France."

Aunt Alice came up close and poked both their chests.

"You cheeky little bastards." Then turned towards her brother in law. "Don't you have anything to say?" It looked like she had no arguments left for the moment.

"What should I say? My son always had his own head." Victor's father shrugged his shoulders helplessly. "But I was kinda looking forward to stand in for your father and hand you over to my son." Within his eyes disappointment was fighting with pride, that they pulled off something like this.

MC smiled at him, happy he was willing to do this.

"You'll get your chance, Dad, when we're holding a proper ceremony later this year. I can call you Dad now, right?"

Victor's father laughed and walked over hugging his now daughter in law.

"Of course, you could have called me this way earlier." Afterwards he pulled Victor in a hug. "I'm so proud of you."

Aunt Alice threw her hands in the air helplessly at the scene in front of her.

"What should I do with you?"

This time it was Victor who took the initiative and hugged his aunt.

"Accept it and be happy for us."

"I am. But don't think I'll let you off that easily. I expect a proper ceremony, just so you know! And don't dare to make me wait till New Year's Eve just because it's still *this year*!"

[livums]

👗💐 for Eve pls!

ask game here! Thanks very much for the ask! 💜

👗-Describe their style

ok this ask made me actually very shittily draw what i envision when i picture her:

SO usually she wears the armor of the paladins of the Host, BUT her "civvies"(?) are closer to like. the traditional celt-esque-inspired Vibe that's going on. She's a Jock so she always likes for her arms to be visible/unrestricted (even when it's cold out, she's one of Those Guys), mobility in general is important to her! I think she also generally prides herself on looking neat and well-dressed...

Maybe i'll clean up the picture sometime and better demonstrate what I actually mean lol.

💐 - Their favorite plant/flower

Eve is partial to flowers that bloom in the nighttime <3

[bodyfeels]

feeling emo and sentimental... i'm gonna share my new years resolutions... i already talked about them on peach but i might as well share here too... kinda long though but i think i'll make a tldr at the end

become face and body neutral - like throughout these last few months i took selfies and nudes of myself and i feel like by doing that i got more neutral towards how i look. like idk nothing gets done feeling so negatively about yourself. the selfies thing was honestly to also find my angles HAJSDFHSAF but also i'd like to take selfies better too. as for the nudes part like idk i think i will be keeping all that to myself but it's the same idea for my face i suppose, i look good and i feel neutral. i dont have to edit a selfie or a nude for my skin to be smoother or whatever like i look fine and i can just exist like Relax... also my cheeks are becoming rounder YES GOD!!!!

work out more - well i've already been working out anyways and this year i'm happy because i got to improve my core strength a bit so that's good. i do it so that way my back is not in pain and same goes for my legs so YAAAY for not being in pain

cook more - i've been very on and off about this....like heinously HJASHDFJASF uhm something that got me back into cooking though is fried rice like that will never fail me and this time i really got it down so YAAAS... i'd like to cook more in the future and get better at it... btw i dont think i talked about it but i got a new rice cooker and it is very good like yes god!!

play and clear my video games - i've been playing ff7r mainly lately and recently for christmas i bought project diva x on the ps4 on sale... i'd like to own a physical version of that game someday but everywhere is selling it for full price or whatever like i'm not paying that much for a flop game... well anyways i'd just like to play more beyond my silly mobile games and perhaps i'll even play MMOs... but i'd like to play the games i have on the consoles i have (psp, psvita, ps3/4, etc.) and just finish them or revisit others

animate more - okay i only really started doing that this year because of oomf's birthday and hatsune miku's birthday but i'd like to make more... i do have a lot of ideas but that all requires me to finish my 3d models speaking of which...

model more - i already kinda talked abuot this on my art blog but i did Technically model more compared to last year, only 3 models in 2022, this year i made 6... whoa... well i guess the amount doesn't really matter but i would like to really just practice more, finish projects, and let my 3d models come to life through my renders and animations

listen to more music - i already mentioned on my 12 tracks for 2023 post but i listen to music as a small way to engage with history. i started in 2022 and it's been a really fun journey listening to all this music and there's so much out there too.

gif more and possibly get into archiving? - ok i picked up gif making this year, i used to do them back in like... high school or whatever but then i just stopped. but then i realized this was a really good way of archiving. i'd like to actually scan things like scanning this yoshitaka amano artbook i have or even the f7d artbooks since that game is more than likely going to close this year...but i dont have a machine that scans and technically i could just take a silly picture off of my phone but idk i dont think it's the same. maybe one day but other wise i'll probably just stick with gif making

so basically it's just me keeping up with the stuff i've done recently or have been doing. unfortunately as of writing this i feel sad and maybe it's because i don't want this day to pass and for a new year to start but it will anyways whether i like it or not... le sigh...

anyways happy new years eve hope this new year will be better for everybody

[jacobb99]

I saw something strange at my local Astro-Mart pt. 3

Well despite my better judgment. I took the job at Astro-Mart, and its been pretty weird. So, one of you guys recommended I take a look at the security footage, and so the first time I got a chance to I did. And uh it was kinda weird but also underwhelming. So the footage for the day in question is mostly normal, you can even see the point where the Smorgasbeast was banging on the glass, but the second it would have entered the store, the video skips to what looks like a group of guys in hazmat gear cleaning up the store. Sadly I don’t think Antonio got out, they were cleaning up a very large puddle of blood where I saw him get bit by that thing.

Mostly the job is pretty boring, I clock in at eight and go check the store for anything amiss, you know knocked over shelves, misplaced products, mysterious spills on the floor. That kinda thing, other than that the job is pretty boring, just sitting at the register waiting for customers. Most of the time it’s the “Normal” people from around here coming in to buy snacks, there is also this old lady that comes in and buys almost $30 of scratch-off tickets and a pack of Newports every night at 4 am. I mean seriously who gets up at 4 am and thinks, oh boy time for a smoke! Other than that its pretty much just me in the store by myself, thankfully since I’m on the nightshift I’m allowed to listen to music and stuff, I also get a chair. Well its actually a stool, one of those folding black ones you can get at Wal-Mart for like $10, so its not exactly comfortable but its better than standing for my entire shift lol. But based on what kind of places have kept my story up and the comments I’ll get to the part you are actually interested in.

               I  had my first supernatural experience while working here on my Sunday shift, so it was about 2 AM I was playing Skullgirls Mobile (which is really good you should play it) on my phone, when the door opens and I am hit with this horrid smell, it smelled like a mixture of rotten fish, skunk, bad teenager BO, and that smell urine gets when you eat way too much asparagus. I look to the door, and squeezing his way in is this massive dude, probably about 7 ft. and very overweight he looked like one of the dudes from that “My 600 lbs. Life” show except he was covered in this greenish black hair all over his body that was maybe about a foot long. He walks in and he is eating what after I bit of research found out was probably a Burmese python, like it was drumstick. Anyway he manages to squeeze his way inside and makes his way over to the “Fresh Foods” section. He grabs a Klondike bar, he then shambles over to our coffee machine and makes himself a cup of coffee (2 creams, 2 sugars if you were interested) and brings it to the register. Now when he looked me in the eye I probably would have screamed if I hadn’t been putting all my willpower into not vomiting. But I was pretty freaked out cause he looked at me and smiled and he had teeth like a gorilla, with the superlong insisors (I think that’s the word). But I managed to hold my dinner long enough tell him that his total would be $2.92, the guy then reaches behind him and places three dollars and 50 cents on the counter (all of which were very clean I might add), and then he grabbed his purchases and walked out. Now, I have no real proof this guy was supernatural or anything, I mean this is Florida, people eat roadkill down here so and maybe he has some weird deformities or something. So uh yeah not sure what that was, I kinda hope he doesn’t come back because it smelled like him for the rest of the

Now as for the reason I’m posting today. I had an encounter with the “Tall Man” last night.

Ok so theres this big manual in the office right? And its got all kinds of stuff, like what pattern to clean the floor, when to dispose of hotdogs that have been on the roller (idfk what are in these dogs but they are supposed to stay on the roller for 3 months before I can throw them out, almost certain that’s a healthcode violation but according to the internet they technically be there indefinitely if at the right temp?) anyway so it got all these nice laminated pages, but taped on the inside front cover is a piece of paper that reads:

“The Tall Man

Every other Monday a Tall Russian man in a long coat will walk into the store, when he does tell him:

“Your order is in the back sir, please leave your payment up front”

He will place some money on the counter and then head into the freezer, DO NOT leave the register no matter what you hear until after he leaves the store.”

Well, he came in, and this guy way tall, if I had to guess probably 9 ft? He was hunching over to walk around and he was wearing a long gray military coat, after digging around I think It might be a soviet era military parade overcoat? Anyway he was wearing that, and black pants and boots. He walked up the counter and said in a deep, heavily accented voice:

“Has my orrrder arrrived?”

I responded with, “Your order is in the back s-sir, please leave your p-payment up front” because I was pretty freaked out by this point, plus this guy was intimidating as all get out. Anyway he says:

“Zank you, I vill go get it.” Then he sets what I think are rubles down on the counter and heads into the freezer. I do my best to sort through the crumpled up notes and put them in the register, and after a few minutes he walks back through the store carrying two huge boxes labeled “Meat” and walks out the door, he then steps off the sidewalk and vanishes into thin air.

Not sure what to think of that, and honestly I don’t feel as freaked out as I probably should be? Maybe its cause I knew what to expect going in? Not sure, right now I am uh, not sure how to describe it, its like my emotions are muffled? I guess? Not sure how else to describe the feeling?

Um I should answer some of the questions I’ve gotten shouldn’t I.

They pay me $20 an hour and I work from 8 pm to 5 am.

I haven’t seen or heard from Antonio.

Some people have been calling the Smorgasbeast a Caudate? Not sure what that means? All that comes up when I google that word is pictures of brains?

The Monoxide explanation doesn’t make sense, apparently I wasn’t in the store long enough to start hallucinating, and if there was enough to cause them that quickly I would probably be dead.

As to the removal of my post on r/nosleep, not sure what to do about that, the complaints where that I was “out of character” too much? How can I be out of character in a post about events occurring in my life? So I don’t think I will be posting there anymore. If you want more I would recommend wherever you are seeing this but also my tumblr and r/Horror_stories

I was sleeping a little better, but now that I work a nightshift my sleep schedule is all kinds of out of whack. As you could probably guess by what time of day I am posting this at.

I also have a subreddit of my own now r/AstroMartStories so uh yeah if you have any theories or ideas on whats going on head there I guess?

Anyway I want to thank you all so much, I went from being laughed off message boards and told I’m just making this stuff up, to finding some people actually willing to listen to me, it means a lot.

[shatterthefragments]

5, 6, 9, 21, 23 and 37 (I'm p sure those were it, I'm on mobile shshdh)

Thank you! Music asks

5. Top 3 played songs?

1. Disposable Fix by The Plot In You

2. I Love You, I’m Trying by grandson

3. Atlas by Friday Pilots Club

(From on repeat)

1. Endless Riots by Reece young, cane hill

2. Sugar honey ice & tea by BMTH

3. Blood Sport ftrb by Sleep Token

(From short term)

1. Kingdom of Cards by Bad Omens

2. Nazareth by Sleep Token

3. IDWT$ by Bad Omens

(From medium term)

1. ego death by Polyphia ft Steve Vai

2. Granite by sleep token

3. My love mine all mine by mitski

(From long term)

In my own opinion:

1. blood sport (both versions) from sleep token

2. Disposable fix from the plot in you

3. Fade by holywatr

6. Three favorite genres of music?

So. The quintessential question is: what is a genre? I mean? I guess I tend to go towards rock and some subgenres(?) of metal/metalcore at the moment?

Looking at wrappeds: modern rock, modern alternative rock, pop; pop, modern alternative rock, alt z; pop, modern rock, metal core; dance pop, modern alternative rock, video game music

So. I guess I’ll choose Modern (alternative?) rock, pop, and metalcore?

9. Favorite concert you’ve attended?

Favourite with another person was Noah Kahan that I went to with my cousin (in place of the sister bc she had a cheer thing come up) and it was the perfect venue with seats and dancing and good drinks (only venue I’ve been able to just buy a glass of pineapple juice at! And I love going back to this one :)) and was such an amazing little trip we had together! (Literally we were in the hostel trying to learn one song ahead of the show bc it was the sister who wanted to go and so I was going to take her) I think this was the Busyhead tour :)

On my own: …this has to be split into smaller or larger venue.

For a larger venue: either Sleep Token or Halestorm/Volbeat. Truly astounding~ both sound even better (somehow) live (ok can’t really speak for volbeat I don’t listen to them as much and only started after seeing them)

For a smaller venue: probably grandson (even though physically I was Suffering and was unsure if I’d even make it there) or maybe Finger Eleven bc it was my very first and hooked me to continue going to concerts :)

21. A song that needs to play loud?

Hmmm. So. I. Hmm.

So I have. Possible slight hearing loss from mostly being in food service my entire working life BEEPS AND ALARMS GALORE (coming up on a decade pretty soon) and probably the damn fog horn from sailing. But at the same time im very sensitive?? Like when I use headphones or earbuds it’s almost always on the quietest volume I can have it on and even then it’s sometimes too loud/intense. I’ve fiddled with both lowering all the EQ in Spotify and in my phone’s Audio Settings to get it a bit quieter. (Like the health app says it’s ~48 decibels instead of 60-62 for when I have headphones connected.) something something I wish it was acceptable to wear earplugs freaking everywhere. But in fresh food we aren’t allowed bc it could “fall out into the food” (and also customer service) (I have so many pairs. Some of which would NOT fall out. The others I haven’t opened yet :P) (I don’t blame concert going for this on account of wearing earplugs. But. Anyway)

All that to say: I don’t usually change the volume (at least consciously) for specific songs?

Actually.

Hmmm let me think if I turn the volume up in the car if I’m driving and a song comes on.

Any song that has a breakdown or a section I love to sing along with 💖

But even so I tend to mostly turn music up when I’m on the highway and there’s more background noise and down at slower speeds. This goes for if there’s a lot of background noise when I’m listening to music at home or on the bus/walking too.

Or: perhaps: Sleep Token’s Rain bc I hadn’t heard the scream there until I turned it way up on the highway home one drive bc I was previously like “so nice of them to give IV an additional screamy part 🥰 “ and then it was. Wait. Maybe it’s in the original song too. And uh. Turns out it was. (I doubled the volume to notice it the first time 😬)

Though I will fully admit that if im in a mood and need the music to surround my very essence I will turn it up regardless of ambient noise levels. The MULTIPLE drives home where im screaming along to Blood Sport on loop are fucking unreal 😬

23. A song by an artist with a voice that you love?

Admission: if I don’t love your voice, or at least find it pleasant, *most* of the time im not going to listen to what you’re singing.

Dynasty by Rina Sawayama is the first that came to mind.

Make Me Wanna Die by The Pretty Reckless

Jaws Sleep Token

Welcome to the Show Adam Lambert

Millie Warm the Kettle Rabbitology

27. A song that has many meanings to you?

…so many…

There’s Blame Candy’s Pathetic (which I haven’t been able to listen to for years bc it wasn’t healthy for me at that point)

(Literally most of Sleep Token and Bad Omens and The Plot In You’s discography tbh)

Mayhaps Northlane’s Clockwork.