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Fucking wear it to avoid skin cancer. I have pestered and harassed my dad until he caved in. He wouldn't wear SPF because he hated the texture & the color + it hurt his eyes. There are mineral sunscreens & sprayable ones which are easier to wear and don't hurt your eyes. I will admit that his sunscreen is expensive (double the price of the one I use), but yeah, I insisted because he has a weirdly shaped dark mole that changed shapes & grew bigger overtime. I've tried to get him to see a dermatologist, but he has yet to.
Like I will admit that I am still not at peace with wrinkles, I have a little mental block for now, but yeah, it's the cancer that I want to keep away 200%. I already have other illnesses, with some undiagnosed, I don't want to add cancer to the list. Medical care is so fucking expensive.
be pro-aging but wear sun screen. sun protection is not beauty industry propaganda it will save you. wear it. or else.
#i'm a sunscreen maniac#i do forego it sometimed as a lazy asshat but usually try not to#i even reapply it 3-4 h later nowadays#kinda helps that i dress in long sleeves and full length trousers so i only use it on my hands and my face#i think there are sun cream tubes with spf for folks who wear t shirts and shorts#they're normally cheaper than sun screen but idk if there is a diff in efficiency provided they both have 50+ SPF#i find it cool as an economic trick if you have to use more in case you expose more body parts to the sun#i also don't go out a lot during daytime tbh#but that's because i'm jobless and rotting at home lol#i will admit that i probably lack vitamin D
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KaF3Countdown - Magic/Folklore
When Feels came back from the shops to see Kane sitting on the floor, candles and loose bits of paper spread out in a ring around him, he didnât pay it much mind.
âAfternoon, Luce,â he said, trying not to step on anything that looked too important as he made his way to the kitchen and dumped his bags on the table.
âGot us more milk.â
Kane made a distracted sound that probably meant thank you.
âYouâre not going to burn more sigils into our carpet are you?â
At that, Kane did look up.
âThat was one time!â he protested, in the way of someone who, from plenty of past experience, knows exactly how the conversation is about to go. âAnd I got rid of them.â
âYou moved the desk over them,â Feels pointed out.
âI moved the desk over to the window so we could both get some more sunlight whilst working.â
âIt doesnât even fully cover the damage.â
âYou suggested I needed more vitamin D, I might add.â
âLook at those scorch marks near the front corner.â
Kane threw a pencil at him, which missed by a good few centimetres. The worst part was that Feels was entirely in the right.
âThatâs why Iâm writing everything on paper this time. If they ignite again, theyâll burn themselves out before the fire has a chance to spread.â
ThatâŠ
That wasnât the worst idea Kane had ever had, Feels was forced to admit.
âWhatâre you doing with it?â he asked, rather than say that thought aloud. He was only half-listening for Kaneâs answer as he put the milk in the fridge, then went back to the bags to fetch the cheese.
âSummoning a dragon.â
A thud as Feels dropped his cheese.
A pause.
âLuce,â he said slowly. âDo you remember the bit about not setting fire to our flat?â
âIt wonât! Really, Brutus, you could have some more trust in me.â
There was no chance of Feels winning this particular argument. And, maybe, if he was really being honest, he didnât want to win. The thought of seeing an actual dragon was one hell of an incentive, even given the fiery risks.
He sighed, picked up the cheese.
âWell, donât let me stop you.â
Kane grinned at him, an infectious smile Feels was compelled to return.
âĂa se wyrm onwoc-â
Wait-
âThatâs Beowulf,â Feels interrupted. âWhy are you reciting Beowulf to summon a dragon? Donât you need something a little more⊠magical-spell?â
Kane looked less-than-impressed at the break in his focus.
âIf someone started chanting a story about you, thatâd probably attract your interest, right? How do you even know that?â
âSome guy did a musical about it once.â
Kane made another sound, one that translated to that explains it. Turning back to the ring of paper, he cleared his throat and began reciting again.
âĂa se wyrm onwoc,
Wroht wĂŠs geniwad,
Stonc Ă°a ĂŠfter stane,Â
Stearcheort onfand
Feondes-â
He stopped.Â
Something was happening.
A shiver went down Feelsâ back. He felt uncomfortably aware of his own teeth, and the air had started to smell purple.
Reality compressed in on itself, then, just as quickly, sprang back into place with a sproing which wasnât heard so much as felt.
Feels blinked.
âOh my god,â he breathed.
The amazed laugh that came from Kane meant he wasnât imagining it either.
There was a dragon in the centre of the paper ring. A tiny thing, barely half a metre tall at its shoulder, with a squat body, thick neck, and wings that looked more vestigial than actually useful for flying. Two horns curled out from the top of its head.
Feels blinked again.
âIs it weird to call it cute?â
Kane was already kneeling down to get a better look. The dragon watched his movements with bright amber eyes, but let Kane run a hand down its ridged scales with no complaint.
âIt is cute, isnât it?â
âWhatâre you going to do with it?â
Kaneâs hand was too close to the dragonâs mouth now for Feelsâ comfort. He wondered how youâd explain fingers being bitten off by a dragon to A&E.
âDo you need a permit to keep one in your house?â
âProbably not, but only due to a lack of imagination on the governmentâs part. I expect the RSPCA wouldnât be impressed.â
His sentence trailed off.
Kane shuffled backwards quickly, motioning for Feels to do the same.
A clicking sound, not unlike a lighter, came from the dragonâs throat. It hiccupped, then coughed a small, fizzing, spark onto the floor.
They watched in silence as the carpet began to smoulder.
#those lines are indeed beowulf but more than that they're the opening to the song olde english from the musical Beowulf a thousand years#of baggage#kaf3countdown#kane and feels#writing
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Visits & Visions
A JSE Fanfic
This story is about a page shorter than my usual stuff, but itâs still a lot of pages. Thereâs a lot of setup with not as much action this time around. Chase visits more people. We check on Schneep again, finally returning to his POV. And then Anti acts like an evil asshole, because he is an evil asshole. Yeah, not much to say about this one. Hope you guys like it regardless :>
You can find the other stories under the pw timeline tag!
Chase opened the curtains on the bedroom, letting in a wash of sunlight. The bright light was quickly absorbed by the dark blue paint on the walls, but still lit up the desk and swivel chair, dresser and closet, shelves with books and knickknacks, and the bed with the nightstand next to it. Marvin, lying in bed, pulled the blanket up over his head and groaned.
âSit up and absorb the Vitamin D, bro,â Chase said, sitting down in the swivel chair. Marvinâs cat Ragamuffin was lying on the desk nearby. On top of Marvinâs laptop, to be exact. He peeked open his eyes when Chase sat down, then dismissed him and closed them again.
âNo,â Marvin said stubbornly. âIâll eat a lemon or something instead.â
âWell, first of all, that would be really sour so, uh, maybe not,â Chase pointed out. âAnd second of all, thatâs Vitamin C.â
Marvin groaned again, this time clearly putting on an act. He pushed away the blankets and sat up, running fingers through his messy hair in an effort to semi-comb it. âI look like shit,â he muttered.
âDidnât you have a hairbrush in here somewhere?â Chase asked, looking around. âOh, there.â He stood up and walked over to the dresser to grab the brush, which he then handed to Marvin.
âThanks,â Marvin said, accepting the brush and running it through his hair. He managed to untangle some of the worst of it when he stopped and put the brush on his nightstand. His eyes were cloudy, staring out the window with a vague, far-off gaze. Then he lowered his head into his hands. âFuck this,â he said, a sob catching onto the end of his voice.
âOh geez.â There was a tissue box on the dresser as well. Chase picked it up, pulled out a tissue, and handed it to Marvin.Â
Marvin accepted the tissue, mumbling another âthanksâ and pressing it to his eyes. He...well, heâd looked better. Chase was pretty sure heâd been in bed for at least a whole day. Which, Chase had to admit, he could relate to. Sometimes it was tough. And having your friend kidnapped wasnât easy, for obvious reasons. Jameson had been missing for about three weeks now, and Marvin was having trouble with that. True, he hadnât reacted this strongly when Jackie disappeared, but even then, heâd had to take a week to himself. And Chase knew that Marvin was pretty close with JJ. He hadnât been crying about it as much lately, but it would still happen, seemingly triggered by him just...thinking about the situation.
âYou need to drink some water, bro,â Chase said. âLosing all this, uh...moisture isnât good.â
âMoisture?â That momentarily distracted Marvin as he raised an eyebrow in surprise.
âWell, I wasnât going to say âfluids.â You probably wouldâve called that out, too.â
âAh, fair, I guess.â Marvin crumpled up the used tissue and dropped it into the trash bin heâd recently moved near the bed. âAnyway. Whatâs up with you? Whatâve you been doing?â
âHey, Iâm serious about that water thing. You want me to go get a glass from the kitchen?â
âI...yeah, sure. I have a hydro flask in one of the cupboards, use that, not a glass. I donât want to knock anything over.â
âGreat. Be right back.â Chase stood up and hurried to the kitchen. He quickly found the water bottle in one of the cabinets, filling it up with tap water and a few ice cubes before heading back to the bedroom. When he returned, Marvin was lying down again, slowly petting Ragamuffin, who was sitting on the pillow nearby with his head on Marvinâs neck. Chase raised an eyebrow. âThat canât be comfortable.â
âShhhh. You donât know the fluffiness,â Marvin said.
âYeah, I do. Iâve pet him many many times before.â Chase handed Marvin the water bottle. âGood thing I used the lid with the spout thing. Here. Drink that.â
âMmm.â Marvin started sipping through the attached straw while Chase retook his usual position. After a while, he said, âSoooo...can I ask you what youâve been doing now?â
âWell I mean...a lot,â Chase said. âIâve been visiting Schneep and Jack. Both of them are looking a lot better. You should really come with one time, theyâd both love to see you, probably Jack especially. Though I mean, talking might be a bit awkward at first. You ever heard of a communication board?â
âOf course. Is Jack using one of those?â
âYeah, exactly. Cause his, uh, talking and moving isnât up to par yet.â Chase rubbed the back of his head. âAlso, uh...Iâm trying to find out more about...Anti.â
âWh...â Marvin stared at him. He set the water bottle down on the nightstand next to him. âWhy?â
âI donât know, man, Iâm juâIâm tired of not doing anything,â Chase said. âI thought, hey, maybe if I can find something out, I can...I dunno, really. Just help a bit.â He sighed. âI mean, itâs not exactly easy.â
âOh I can imagine,â Marvin mumbled, reaching up to scratch Ragamuffinâs ears.
âYeah, heâs a criminal, you know? And a good one. We didnât even know he existed until Dr. Laurens escaped and confirmed that he did.â Chase made a frustrated noise. âSo I mean, looking up news sources is hard. Iâve been trying to find mysterious deaths in the area, going back a few years, but thatâs still a lot. And like, heâs gotta have a base somewhere, right? Where heâs keepinâwhere he has supplies and shit. But how do you find that? God, how did Jackie do this? Seriously, how do you be a detective?â
âWell Jackie, like, went to school for this,â Marvin reasoned. âHe knewâknows tricks. What do you mean by news sources? Like, online?â
âYeah. Why, do you think I should go to the library? Check out old newspapers?â
âI mean...if youâre looking online, maybe he has a website.â
Chase stared at Marvin for a solid thirty seconds. âIâm sorry. A website? A website...for a guy who kills people?â
âThey exist,â Marvin said casually. âYou remember how I got almost killed back in March?â
âHow could I forget that?â The whole story was still pretty unbelievable to him. Marvin had been working for a seemingly normal clothing shop, but because of suspicious activity, decided to look into it. And heâd soon found out that the shop was a front for some sort of smuggling operation, with firearms involved. Not long after that, heâd been attacked on his way home from work, and very nearly died. It hadnât taken too much thought to realize the shady people behind the operation were behind the attack. âThatâs the whole reason you left suddenly.â
âYeah.â Marvin nodded a bit. âWell, I got curious. I was like, how exactly do you hire someone to kill someone else? So I took my old laptop that I left at my grandmaâs house, because like, whatever, it probably shouldâve been e-recycled a while ago, or whatever they do. So it didnât matter what I searched up there, cause I was gonna get rid of it after. And I searched up stuff. And long story short, there is...totally an online market for stuff like that.â
âI...youâre serious?â Chase asked, gaping at him.
âI wouldnât mess with you about this.â
âIt just...seems unbelievable. If there were websites like this, couldnât the police find them?â
âSometimes they do.â Marvinâs eyes darkened. âBut...thereâs a whole...section of the Internet that...isnât...good. Itâs like...for that exact stuff. And if Anti was hired to kill me, he has to have some way for people to...to contact him for stuff like that. A website would be good for that.â
âOh,â Chase said softly, looking away as he contemplated this new information. It made sense, really. It was more that he didnât want to believe there was something like that out there. But he had to. So he took a deep breath. âYou, uh...know how Iâd go about finding something like that?â
Marvin nodded slowly. He gently pushed Ragamuffin away, who didnât seem to mind and just rolled over, and then sat up. âHand me that spiral book and one of the pencils from the desk,â he said, pointing. Chase did so, and he started writing down a few things. It took a while, since he would occasionally stop, think about something, and erase and rewrite, but eventually he tore the page out and showed it to Chase. âHere. These are some of the websites I remember, mostly because of the, uh...memorable URLs. Donâtâdonât use a computer you want to keep or have a bunch of information on.â
Chase took the page, scanning the URLs Marvin had written down. There were five of them, and...yeah, he could see why these stuck with him. âAre you gonna do some searching, too? Itâd probably go faster with two of us.â
âNo.â Marvin immediately shook his head. âI only have my laptop right now, and I really donât want to compromise that with viruses or anything. That model was expensive, and itâs so much trouble to replace.â
âOh. Yeah, good point.â Chase hesitated. âDo you...I mean, if you wanted to help me look for Anti, that would be...good. Too. In whatever way.â
Marvin hesitated. Chase could see the battle going on mentally, his usual fiery nature contrasting with the lack of energy heâd clearly been having lately. âI mean...I guess Iâll help you if you need anything,â he finally said after a while.
âThatâd be great, bro. I can talk about it when I come over,â Chase said. God, heâd been doing so much visiting lately. Going everywhere, all over the place. It was...tiring. And that wasnât even including the weekends when he had the kids over at his house. Another reason he hadnât been able to find much on Anti was because he just didnât have the time to do any thorough searching. But this website thing seemed easy. He could do it when he got home. âAnyway, keep drinking water. You, like, really need it. And you donât really get it until you donât have it.â
âSpeaking from personal experience?â Marvin asked, raising an eyebrow.
Chase laughed. âAh, you caught me. But seriously.â
âAlright, Chase, I understand.â Marvin picked up the water bottle again and started to sip.
ââââââ
As it turned out, searching for illegal websites was not easy.
Chase had an old computer that heâd been keeping in his closet for ages, ever since he got a new, better one for playing and recording games. He dragged it out, booted it up, and set it through a factory restart, since Marvin had advised against having much personal information. From there, it was a bit of...a shot in the dark, really.
The search took a while. Chase was sure that looking at these websites was putting him on some sort of watchlist somewhere, and he couldnât help but glance around the room every few minutes. Wasnât there a video game like this, once? Jack had played it on his YouTube channel. Some game where you searched the messed-up dark side of the Internet. Yeah, that was the one where Jackie showed up in the second episode to help him with the puzzles and stuff. But that was just a game. This was real, and he was paranoid that someone would pop up in the window, staring at him.
By the time he found what he was looking for, it was well into the night, and Chase was positive that his browser had logged this worrying activity and possibly sent it to some agencies somewhere. But the search was a success. Heâd clicked on a link reading âAntiseptic: For Taking Care of Infections.â Harmless-sounding, if it hadnât been on a website that listed several other websites, all somehow involving hiring someone to do shady shit for you.
The website from the link was, admittedly, pretty professional-looking. It could have been for a proper business. But it wasnât. This was a website where you hired a hitman. And that hitman was Anti. Chase unconsciously leaned back from the screen as he clicked around the webpages. Something about rules, something about rates, something about reviews from customers (all anonymous, of course.) And an About page. Chase hesitated, then clicked on that.
The page that popped up had a bright red banner plastered across the top, reading: âIMPORTANT: I am not taking any new jobs for the time being. How long, you ask? Until further notice. Why, you ask? Something needs to be taken care of. Wait for your killing. Or go hire someone else.â Blunt and to the point, while still being vague. Chase didnât like the sound of âsomething needs to be taken care of.â He had the strong suspicion that âsomethingâ involved Jameson, and possibly Jackie.
He should tell the police about this website, right? It could be an important lead, not only in finding Jameson and Jackie, but in catching Anti altogether. Chase thought about it, and decided he would. But just in case, heâd keep the computer around and remember this URL. So he could search through this website on his own time.
It was late. He really should go to bed. Well, he might be too anxious to, after spending so much time looking at stuff like this, but he should try. But before he shut down the computer, he decided to check out the reviews section. What sort of reviews would a mercenary have?
He glanced at a couple of them, not wanting too many details, but suddenly stopped. The lowest rated review on the front pageâgod, killings had ratings, that was messed upâread: âLeft a complimentary review in March when I thought he efficiently killed the target. But now, turns out the bitch is alive, and this bastard made me pay just for the CHANCE of going after him again. And he hasnât even done it yet! Hurry up, youââChase winced at the word usedââthat Irish fucker could tell anyone by now!â
It was probably just a coincidence, but...the attack on Marvinâs life had happened back in March. And Marvin was Irish. And it had happened because some criminals thought he would tell...no, it was probably just a coincidence. It was a big world, after all.
Chase quickly wrote down the websiteâs URL and, just in case, the path he went through to get to it. He then closed the browser and shut down the computer. This was intriguing, but heâd have to look it over more later. He had to go tell the police about this the next day. It would have to be early in the morning. He had plans. More visiting to do.
ââââââ
By now, Chase was pretty familiar with the visiting room at Silver Hills, as well as the visiting procedure. Enter, sign in who you were and who you were there to see, go wait in the visiting room, and after a while, the patient you were there to see would show up, along with a doctor in tow. Or, well, maybe the doctor was just for a few patients, to keep an eye on the ones who were somehow risky. Either way, the procedure hadnât changed at all. He breezed right past it today, as always, and didnât even have time to sit down before the other door in the room opened.
âChase, my friend!â Schneep gave Chase a quick hug. âIt is good to see you again so soon.â
âSo soon? Itâs been a week, like always.â Chase patted Schneep on the back before pulling away. âBut itâs always nice to see you. You look good.â
âAh, thank you.â Schneep smiled, a bit nervously, twisting his medical bracelet around his wrist.
âIâm serious, Doc.â And it was true; Schneep looked better than he had in a while. His skin had more color, and heâd gained a bit of weight. He was still pretty pale and thin, but it was a welcome, and noticeable, improvement. âLike, your hands arenât shaking anymore.â
âHmm?â Schneep looked down at his own hands, holding them still for a moment. âOh yes. I hadnât even noticed.â
âWell thatâs good,â Chase said encouragingly. âI mean, itâs gotta mean that theyâve figured out, like, medication and stuff.â
âYes, I think so,â Schneep said, glancing over to the corner of the room where Laurens was sitting, working on something on a clipboard. âThings have stopped changing.â
âGreat.â Chase sat down on one of the couches, patting the cushion next to him so Schneep would sit down, which he did. âAnyway, you said last week theyâd be moving you back to your first room. Have they done that yet?â
Schneepâs expression brightened. âYes, they have! Chase, it is so much improved. Even just looking through the window at the groundâwell, the window does not open, which I understand, but even just that is so much better. I do wish they would let me wear my own clothes again, but I think that is happening soon.â
âWell it should.â Chase folded his arms, eyeing the plain white shirt and pants Schneep was wearing. âI donât even understand. Is it that much of a risk?â
âAh...â Schneep reached up to rub his neck. âWell, not for everyone. You say you do not understand, but I do.â
âIf youâre okay with it, then,â Chase said slowly. âOh, by the way, I brought you something.â He shrugged his backpack off his shoulders, pulling it around to hold in his lap while Schneep watched quizzically. âStacy and the kids were baking, and they decided to drop some off, and I-I thought, well, I donât know if there are like sweets in the hospital cafeteria or something, so...â After a bit of rummaging, he pulled out a plastic ziploc bag with a pair of chocolate chip cookies inside. âHere.â
âOh really?!â Schneep gasped, immediately taking the bag.
âYeah, really.â
âThank you!â He wasted no time in opening the bag and taking out one of the cookies, biting into it.
Chase laughed. âI was right, huh? No sweets in the cafeteria?â
Schneep swallowed so he wouldnât answer with his mouth full. âWell, there are sometimes. I think there is a schedule, maybe for every other day, I do not know. I only started going into the cafeteria...well, I did at the start, but then there was an incident, andâanyway, the point is, I have not been...attending, is that the word? For long enough to learn a schedule. I have only been allowed in the cafeteria and the, ah, rec room recently.â
âReally?â Chase kept a positive note in his voice. âThatâs good, right? People say you need a change of environment.â
âYes.â Again, Schneep glanced over at Laurens. âI hear it is advised. Which is one of the reasons why thatâthat other doctor was not good at her job.â
âBoy, you are so salty,â Chase said. âBut you know what? Go ahead. She was an asshole.â
Schneep laughed.
Chase smiled. âGo ahead and be saltier than those, uh, fucking salt flats in America, or whatever.â
âS-salt flats?â Schneep was laughing so hard that it devolved into coughing. He had to take deep breaths to calm down.
âYeah, they like, test the speeds of cars out in this spot in the middle of nowhere because itâs so flat. And itâs, like, made of salt, I think.â
âIs that a fact?â Schneep asked, amused.
Chase pulled out his phone. âWell Iâm about to check if it is.â
The rest of the visit flew by. They talked about nothing, which was a welcome change of pace. Briefly, Chase considered telling Schneep about Jamesonâs disappearance, as he had for the past two visits. But, just like those previous times, he decided against it. It would probably just upset him. And he didnât even really know who Jameson was, apart from that one time he freaked out after seeing him. And that encounter certainly didnât leave a good impression. So they talked about little things. Music, and movies, and what was happening with Chaseâs kids. Small talk, yes, but it was the only chance they got to have this small talk each week.
Eventually, the time was up. Chase said goodbye and good luck, which Schneep returned, and left, heading back towards the front desk so he could check out.
Shortly after signing out on the visitorâs sheet, he heard footsteps. Chase looked up to see Dr. Laurens had followed him out. âHey,â she said.
âHey.â Chase nodded in greeting. âUh...everything okay?â
âYes. Why, are you expecting it to not be?â
âI dunno, itâs just that usually when a doctor talks to you after you finished visiting someone, itâs usually with some sort of news.â
Laurens laughed. âNo, itâs all fine. Schneep is doing really well, you know, making a lot of progress. Obviously, it really helps that, ah...the head doctor is no longer holding me so tightly to regulations.â She said it delicately. âSo he can actually get the help he needs.â
âYeah, a doctor with a revenge plot isnât exactly helpful,â Chase commented. âHe wasnât even the right person for that plot in the first place,â he added, muttering.
âWell I-I guess if you want to be blunt about it,â Laurens said. Clearly, that had never been her style. âAnyway, yes, everythingâs going great. I just wanted to ask, I was going through his files recently and I noticed you were down as an emergency contact. Are you still okay with that?â
âYeah, sure. He doesnât really have any family whoâd respond,â Chase said. âAm I the only one?â
âNo, your friend Marvin is there, too,â Laurens said. âWe, um, tried to contact his wifeâor, uh, separated wifeâMina. She hasnât responded, so I just thought Iâd confirm.â
âReally? Did you, like, call her or mail her or something?â Chase asked, intrigued. Mina had sort of been a distant figure for a while. And even before she and Schneep separated, he hadnât been too familiar with her. A bit odd, really.
âYes, Schneep gave us her number and mailing address,â Laurens confirmed. âI guess he could have misremembered it, or she could have changed those. But the point is, no response. So you and Marvin are the only contacts.â
âGot it.â
âGreat.â Laurens paused. âUm...do you need anything? I-I understand your other friend woke up, Jack. Youâve got to be pretty busy.â
âYeah, really.â She didnât know the half of it. It was...actually really tiring. But he refused to let this stop him anymore. But...Chase considered something, then leaned closer, and quietly said, âHey, uh, youâre a therapist. Do you know any, like...other therapists? Not here, like, more casual places. That you go visit.â
âOh yeah! Hang on a second.â Laurens flipped through the pages of her clipboard, unclipping a blank sheet at the back. She took her pen out from behind her ear and wrote something down. âHere. This is the agency I worked for before here. Well...I mean I worked here before. But then I quit and worked there, and came back hereâyou get the picture.â She laughed awkwardly. âAnyway, thereâs a website Iâve written down there. They have listings for different therapists, sorted by specialties and methods, and including, uh, short biographies so you can get to know them a bit before you actually make a booking. So you can know what youâre looking for.â
âThanks.â Chase took the piece of paper and looked it over. âThat was...more information than I thought, really.â
âWell I wasnât about to just recommend someone,â Laurens said. âThatâs for youâor, uh, anyone whoâs therapist-shopping.â
That got a laugh out of Chase. âAlright. Anyway, thanks again.â He folded up the paper and put it in his pocket. âIâll see you next week.â
âSee you,â Laurens waved as Chase left.
Yes, next week. Assuming nothing went wrong and she had to contact him beforehand. But it probably wouldnât.
ââââââ
The recreation room of Silver Hills was a large, wide room on the second floor. Schneep hadnât been in there much. Of course, for a long time Dr. Newson hadnât allowed it, on the basis of it being dangerous. But even when he first checked in, he didnât go down to this room that often. Maybe once, to see what it looked like. He hadnât exactly been in the right mental space for recreation at the time. Too...well, he supposed âparanoidâ might be the right word. He didnât want to get too attached to the space in case this whole thing turned out to be a trick.
But now, he thought he should give it a try. Maybe it would be helpful, to have more to do. He might be able to take his mind off things.
The room had a wall with windows overlooking the front of the hospital, and two doors on the walls to either side. Because of safety concerns, the entertainment was a bit limited. For example, some rec rooms might have a pool table. Not here. Some might have cabinets with board games. Not here. But there was still several playing card games, some pinball machines, and a TV with access to television channels and able to stream movies. There were three tables, each with a cluster of chairs, a couple sofas and armchairs near the TV, and paintings on the wall as decoration.
There were several people already in the room when Schneep peeked in. Mostly patients, with a few orderlies sitting around, identifiable by their uniforms. A group was sitting at one of the tables playing a card game, a couple were at a different table talking to each other and drawing with crayonsâmaybe a bit childish, but Laurens had stated that colored pencils werenât allowedâand a few more were sitting around the TV, watching. A few of them had paused whatever they were doing to look over towards the door when it opened, and Schneep immediately froze.
âYou okay?â Oliver, the usual orderly, was accompanying him to the room. They still hadnât lightened up the rule about him being able to walk around on his own, though Laurens had said she was working on it. âDo you want to go back?â
âNein, no no, I am fine,â Schneep muttered, stepping further into the room and looking around. He couldnât help but notice he was the only one wearing the standard-issue white shirt and pants. Was that why some of them were staring at him? Or did they just like staring at people?
âAlright, just tell me if thereâs anything wrong,â Oliver said, walking in behind him and keeping to the edges of the room, as he usually did.
Schneep nodded vaguely, glancing around to give everyone in the room a second look. Unfamiliar, all of them. There was one, part of the group playing cards, who was really staring at him, but everyone else had turned away, so that was probably her problem more than anything. Folding his armsâwell, it wasnât technically folding his arms, he just sort of grabbed each elbow with a handâSchneep walked over to the seats by the TV and sat down in the nearest empty armchair. This was fine. That one other patient had stopped staring by now and looked back at the card game, which meant that nobody was looking at him. And that was good. Well, Oliver was there, keeping an eye on things. But nobody was watching him. Really. Nobody was. He didnât see anyone looking. Everything was fine.
Okay, time to see if he could distract himself. What was on the TV? Schneep took a deep breath as he checked it out. It was definitely a movie of some kind, live-action, but not one that was familiar to him. It had that appearance of an older movie, something in the grain of the film or the delivery of the lines giving away that it was at least a couple decades old. Huh. That was...interesting.
âHey.â
Schneep jumped, looking to the side. A man was looking at him. Sitting on one of the sofas, near the end closest to his own chair. âJa? Um, yes?â
âAre you new here?â The man didnât look too intimidating. Sandy blonde hair and freckles, wearing a blue t-shirt. He had a medical bracelet on his wrist, too.
âNo, not at all,â Schneep said. âWhy?â
âI just didnât recognize you. Iâve been here a couple months, I think I recognize the usual crowd in the room. How longâve you been?â
âUm...â Schneep paused for a second to do the math. It was now November, so that was...âA half a year.â
âOh.â The manâs eyebrows shot upward.
âYes, I, um, have not been in this room much. I was notâthings were not...not good,â Schneep said awkwardly.
âOhhhh.â The man nodded in understanding. âI see. Iâm Finn, by the way.â
âHenrik.â
âHenrik? Are youâI mean, I donât want to assume, but your accent, uh, are you German?â
âYes.â
âCool. Nice to meet you.â
âThank you. The same.â This was starting to feel a bit awkward. Or maybe it was just him, Finn seemed perfectly comfortable. Schneep turned away, looking back at the TV. âWhat...is this?â
âThe movie? Uh...I donât know.â Finn shrugged. âI came in when it was already playing. I think Kellie chose it. But itâs, like, something about cars? And this family where the dadâs an inventor? I donât know. Itâs a musical.â
âHm.â Schneep glanced around the room again. Was there anything else to do? The card game group was starting something new, one of them shuffling the deck. No, no. He didnât want to interrupt. Maybe he could ask for some drawing supplies from the two who were coloring. Laurens did a drawing exercise with him once, and it had actually been kind of fun. Oh, wait, was there someone new here? There was something moving in the corner of his vision. It could just be in his head, but he turned to look anywayâ
The moment he caught full sight of the movement, he cried out, jumping backwards and awkwardly falling out of the chair. He landed on his back, legs still up in the air, but quickly scrambled to his feet, looking back towards what heâd seen.
No. Nobody was there. But it was near one of the roomâs doors, what if he left? What if he wasâeveryone was staring at him. They all were, they all had to be.
âAre you alright?â Finn asked, a concerned expression on his face.
âI-I-Iââ Schneep backed up, once again assuming the folded arms position from before. âDonâtâlook at me.â
âOh, uh, sorry.â Finn looked away.
Schneep shuddered a bit, eyes fixed on the point where he sawâhe couldnât really have been there, it must have been in his head. Itâs happened before. Heâs seen him before...in his head. It. It was the same now. Had to be. Just. Just in his head. Not real.
But he couldnât fully convince himself. Slowly, he backed up until he hit the nearest wall. Oliver, whoâd been sitting nearby, stood up and walked over. âDo you need anything?â he asked quietly.
âI-Iâamâwill go back to safeâto my room,â Schneep stammered.
âAlright, letâs go then.â Oliver gestured to the door. Not the one that was close to...what heâd seen. Schneep nodded vaguely, and walked over to the door and out, with the orderly trailing behind him. Once they were out of the room, Oliver asked, âAnything else?â
Schneep took a deep breath in, then out. In, then out. It was a relaxation technique, and concentrating on that helped. Gave his brain something to do. âI...the hospital isâis very secure, yes? You cannot break in?â
âItâd be very difficult,â Oliver agreed. âYouâd need a key card. And we do have security cameras. Someone would notice.â
âGood. Very good.â In. Out. In. Out. Laurens had reassured him many times before. Anti couldnât get in here. So what he saw...it must have been...not real.
Iâm real as ever, Henrik.
Schneep almost responded, but then firmly shut his mouth. It didnât help to acknowledge the voices. It didnât help to acknowledge any of them, even if he wanted to. Everything was going to be okay. This was a safe place. He didnât have to worry about anything.
He kept reminding himself of these facts even hours after the incident. Anti couldnât get in here. It wasnât possible. This was a safe place. Everything was going to be okay.
ââââââ
Well that was a failed test run.
Anti flipped the keycard between his fingers, watching it twirl through the air as he leaned back in his desk chair. He hadnât been expecting to be spotted. They didnât know what he looked like, and he had a small disguise, just in case. He thought that hiding his scars and darkening his hair would be enough to prevent him from being noticed. But apparently, heâd left quite an impression on the good doctor.
No one would believe him, of course. Judging by that psychiatristâs notes, the one in the turquoise notebook, spotting Anti was a common hallucination of Schneepâs. No one would know that it was real, this time. But still. It was the principle.
Sitting up straight, Anti swiveled in his chair to face a computer monitor. The screen was divided into four sections, each showing a different angle of a single room with pale yellow walls and a pair of bunk beds. Maybe four cameras was overkill, but better safe than sorry. It looked like the two people in the room were having a conversation. He turned on the audio so he could listen in.
âânever had any siblings,â Jackie was saying, slowly swaying from side to side where he was sitting in one of the chairs. âMom wasnât very, uhâI-I was a miracle baby. Though sometimes I joke that I had a sister, but really it was me before I transitioned.â
So Iâm the only one in the group, JJ signed. He was sitting in the other chair at the table, across from Jackie. Each of them had a plate in front of them with a sandwich and a bottle of juice.
âYeah. Unless you count Chaseâs sister-in-law, but eh. None of us do.â Jackie shrugged.
JJ laughed a bit, which soon faded. I should have asked about your family sooner, Jackie. Even before...all of this happened. Iâm sorry.
âNo, itâs fine,â Jackie reassured him. âI mean, family was probably a thing for you, right? Considering...this whole situation.â
Jameson nodded, looking a bit paler.
Watching the conversation, Anti frowned. That was hardly fair.
Anyway, Iâd much rather talk about other peopleâs families, for obvious reasons, JJ continued. Like...for example, your friend Henrik. He doesnât have any siblings either?
âNo. And, uh, before you can ask about his parents...theyâre assholes.â Jackieâs voice turned bitter. âThey donât live here, theyâre back in Germany, and heâs very glad for that.â
Ah. Sorry for asking.
âNo, itâs fine. Really.â Jackie frowned, and sat up straight. âYou, uh...I-I donât remember you apologizing as much before,â he said slowly. âAre you...okay?â
Jameson started to sign sorry, but then caught himself. He leaned over onto the table, briefly hiding his head in his arms before signing, I was working on that with my therapist. But now, itâs just all...He couldnât even find the words and just threw his hands up in the air before hiding his head in his arms again.
Jackie leaned forward and placed his hand on Jamesonâs arm. âItâs fine. Weâre, uh...under a lot of stress. It makes sense that youâd, uh...things would happen again. Itâs not wrong or anything. I think youâre doing great.â
Anti switched off the audio and looked away. Nothing was wrong with apologizing. It certainly wasnât something you needed to talk to a therapist about. In fact, why did Jameson even need a therapist? He was fine.
Well...no, he wasnât. Because he was different. Anti had backed off for a bit, giving him space to adjust, and then started talking with him again. Not for very long, but heâd come into the room, Jackie would back off and stay quiet, and heâd talk to Jameson. The goal was to regain trust, but it just wasnât working. Jameson was anywhere from unresponsive to aggressive towards him. He didnât get it. Yes, the initial approach wasnât good, heâll admit that. But what else was he supposed to do? He was trying to make up for it. The room was starting to get a bit crowded with all the things heâd given him. Books, a music player, even a beanbag chair. Anything he wanted.
Well, almost anything. He couldnât give him everything right away, otherwise there would be nothing left for good behavior.
Anti sighed. And once again, he twirled the keycard through his fingers. And it gave him an idea. What if...one of those rewards...yes, that might work.
That might work indeed.
Anti slowly grinned, and opened up his calendar to figure out when would be the best time to enact the plan that was forming in his mind.
#jacksepticeye#jacksepticeye fanfiction#jacksepticegos#jacksepticeye au#septic egos#septic egos au#chase brody#marvin the magnificent#dr schneeplestein#jackieboy man#jameson jackson#antisepticeye#brigid writes fanfiction#pwtimeline
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Egotober 2021 Ch. 13: Iâm Supposed to Be on Vacation, Mate
Summary: Philza is supposed to be in retirement, recent events and reputation notwithstanding.
Prompt: Relax
Characters: Michael McChill, Philza, and Mad
Chapters: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
Philza was a simple man, he really was. He liked collecting powerful magical weapons, bothering the rest of the Server and just kicking back. A book in his hands.
300+ years was a long time, perhaps a moderate amount of time for a demon, but absolutely a long time for a human. Philza had helped build monuments to gods and men. He had waged wars, some for his own sake and many for others. The avian had even settled down a couple times to raise a fledgling or two.
Point was, Phil had done a lot and been a lot of things. He didnât think some âme timeâ was too much of a request.
Everyone else, however, took any physical sighting of him as some plan on his part so what started as him sunbathing on one of Brightonâs many beaches turned into more than a bit of a hassle.
âPssst, hey Phil,â Michael whispered, he was one of Dreamâs close Server associates, had tried to creep up close to him. âWhatâs the plan?â
âThe plan is for you get the fuck outta[1] my Sun,â Philza told him. âIâm sunbathinâ[2].â
âItâs October,â Michael reminded, sweeping his dark hair out of his eyes.
Phil lowered his sunglasses, âAnd?â
Michael shrugged, and stepped out of the way.
The avian demon turned and looked over, âHey, shitebag! I can hear yeh breathinâ.â[3]
Mad came out of hiding, being able to stay safe in the city thanks to the heroes was making him a bit braver, even when he wasnât hanging around Mare. He was admittedly taking too many chances, but Phil wasnât in too charitable of a mood to teach the young demon a lesson for his own good.
Heâd leave that to Dark or Anti or probably Dream. Philza was supposed to be relaxing.
âIt doesnât look like youâre doing anything interesting, Iâll go,â Mad decided, jabbing his thumb behind him.
âNah,â Phil told him, lowering his sunglasses back down. âTake a seat, in front âa me, though, just âcause yeh canât kill me doesnât mean I trust yeh.â[4]
Mad rolled his eyes and walked around, looking at the beach. He stayed standing. âItâs almost sunset.â
âYeah? And?â Phil repeated. âI didnât live fer[5] 300-plus years to burn through my hosts with skin cancer. Iâm just gettinâ[6] some Vitamin D, or whateâer[7].â
âWhereâd you get that thing, by the way?â Mad commented. âIs it still alive?â
âNah, got it from some prison morgue, I neâer take somethinâ thatâs gonna be missed,â[8] Phil shrugged.
âThat thing is from a prison?â Mad commented.
âWell yeah,â Phil commented. âItâs harder to take âem from a battlefield these days and I donât want somethinâ that has ta be retrained how ta fight. Itâs annoyinâ and I hate it.â[9]
âOkay, that makes sense,â Mad agreed. âYou have a laundry list of features you like?â
âNah,â Phil corrected, turning back to his book. âIâm not picky, I just need some blue eyed, blond haired fucker. Thatâs it.â
âYouâve just been doing that for 300 years?â Michael asked.
âMore or less, Iâve taken captains âa[10] the guard, knights, highwaymen,â Phil admitted. âI like this one Iâve found, but I give it another five years before I have ta find a new one. Look, while Iâve got you two, try to enjoy yer time. Youâre not human, youâve got a long time ta do what you want to in life. So have some fun, go out to the middle âa nowhere and just chill out fer twenty years. Seen a lotta demons die from wantinâ ta get too big too fast.â[11]
âSo this is like a retirement plan for you?â Michael asked.
âMate, I just wanna[12] relax,â Phil sighed. âLast couple âa years have been a bit much and I just wanna fuckinâ kick back âfore I start my next project.â[13]
âWhatâs that going to be?â Michael asked.
âThis city lacks a good altar ta[14] Death,â Phil smiled. âGotta[15] make a lady feel invited.â
âDeath? Didnât take you for the blood sacrifice type.â Mad was just staring at him.
âNahhh,â Phil smiled. âItâs been a while since sheâs seen the boys, but I gotta[15] make sure she doesnât start a fight with some âa[10] the boys around here. And that sheâs got a nice place ta14] stay while sheâs in town.â
âI gotta[15] go,â Mad decided.
âHave fun, kid,â Phil said. âGotta[15] enjoy the Sun while I can.â
Mad left and Michael hung out with Philza for a bit before the both of them went back to the Server.
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Accessibility Translations:
1. out of
2. sunbathing
3. Hey, shitbag! I can hear you breathing.
4. Take a seat, in front of me, though, just because you canât kill me doesnât mean I trust you two.
5. for
6. getting
7. whatever
8. Nah, got it from some prison morgue, I never take something thatâs going to be missed
9. Itâs harder to take them from a battlefield these days and I donât want something that has to be retrained how to fight. Itâs annoying and I hate it.
10. of
11. I like this one Iâve found, but I give it another five years before I have to find a new one. Look, while Iâve got you two, try to enjoy your time. Youâre not human, youâve got a long time to do what you want in life. So have some fun, go out to the middle of nowhere and just chill out for twenty years. Seen a lot of demons die from wanting to get too big too fast.
12. want to
13. Last couple of years have been a bit much and I just want to fucking kick back before I start my next project.
14. to
15. Have to
#Superhero AU#Masks and Maladies#egotober2021#footnotes#Philza#Michael McChill#Madpat#Philza's just trying to enjoy his day off
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Stolen Thunder
Pairing: Belphegor x gn!mc
Word Count: 1.6k
Summary:Â You try your luck with Belphie this time. Turns out, heâs more prepared for pick up lines than you are. AKA the time where Belphegor steals your thunder.
Part 3 of the MC isnât good at pick up lines seriesÂ
part one | part twoÂ
âYou might be the unluckiest person alive.â
âI feel like Iâm the unluckiest person in all of existence.â Youâre lying in a pile of pillows and blankets, feeling especially tired after the dayâs events. Naturally, whenever you felt exhausted, youâd always find yourself going to the youngest of the brothers, Belphegor. Heâs snuggled up beside you, his fingers running through your hair as the two of you enjoy each otherâs company. âI mean, who the hell gets stuck with two lectures on the same day? And the fact that the lectures were from Lucifer and Satan only makes me that more unlucky.â
âI canât argue that.â Belphie mumbles under his breath as he lazily gazes at you. âI donât even think Mammonâs managed to do that yet.â
âLike I said, unluckiest person in all of existence.â You sleepily gesture to yourself before moving closer to the sleepy demon.
âAnd how did this happen?â
âI tried using pick up lines on them. Not to say that it was completely their fault, but the pick up lines went right over their heads.â Your headâs resting comfortably on possibly the fluffiest pillow youâve ever felt as you watch his expression morph from confusion to humor. âMammon managed to convince me that my idea was a good one. We even went as far as talking through walkie-talkies for Satanâs.â
âI expected more from you.â He brings a hand up to lightly flick at your forehead. âYou shouldnât believe anything Mammon says, especially if he says something is a good idea.â
âWell,â a sheepish smile forms on your lips, âI kind of forced him to help in the first place.â You can hear the sigh leave Belphie. âI really just wanted an excuse to use one on Lucifer since he claims he doesnât like pick up lines and that they donât work on him.â
âThey donât though.â
âIâm beginning to believe itâs because heâs too dense to understand theyâre pick up lines.â
âI hope for your sake that he never hears you say that.â
âHeâs everywhere, so he probably did.â
âHe definitely did, given your luck.â He winks at you playfully before a rather loud yawn leaves him abruptly. âWell, do you plan on using anymore pick up lines? Knowing you and Mammon, I doubt you both decided to call it quits after Satan.â You sigh at his question, repositioning yourself so that youâre lying on your back. You didnât want to admit it, but youâve been thinking about it. Even though you hadnât had a single win yet, it was fun using obnoxious pick up lines on your friends, but to use more on Lucifer or even Satan? It seems like too much of a gamble, especially if they arenât receptive to them in the first place. Maybe youâll just have to put your sights on someone else instead.
âI donât know.â You finally admit. âI think both of them would become suspicious if I tried using another pick up line so soon.â
âWell,â the sleep deprived demon breathes out, now lying on his back as well, âwhy donât you try one on me? I wonât lecture you like Lucifer or Satan, and chances are, if itâs that bad Iâll just fall asleep out of humiliation.â Your eyes narrow briefly, but it isnât a bad deal. If anything, you could use this chance to develop better pick up lines and⊠youâd be able to use a pick up line on Belphie. A grin spreads across your lips at the idea of possibly flustering the boy.
âAlright, but are you prepared to be swept off your feet?â
âI doubt youâll manage that, but for the sake of progressing things Iâll say that I am.â Before you can even think of a line to use on him, the demon raises a hand as he quickly sits up.
âI have a better idea,â thereâs a devious smile on his lips that you both love and hate, âif youâre willing to hear me out.â
âIâm always willing to hear you out.â You respond a little too fast.
âIâll bet you dinner duty that Iâll outperform you with pick up lines.â You squint and look at him suspiciously. âMeaning, if I have better pick up lines than you, you have to do my dinner duty, and if you miraculously have better lines than me, Iâll do your dinner duty.â Ever the naive person you were, this did seem tempting to you. âIâll even let you go first. You can throw as many pick up lines at me as you want, and then when youâre finished Iâll use mine.â Shit. That definitely means he has more than one pick up line in his head while you only had⊠half of one. You inwardly sigh. You didnât have to agree to his bet, you could just walk away and never think about it again. YetâŠ
âDeal.â Youâre a little too prideful to back down from a bet so easily. With the bet now on, Belphie shakes your hand before leaning back into his pillows. He stares at you expectantly and you feel yourself break out into a cold sweat. Right, youâre supposed to go first. âUhâŠâ Your eyebrows pull together as your brain wracks itself for anything. âDo you remember me? Weâve met in your dreams.â You end the line with a cheesy wink, and both you and Belphie cringe as a result.
âLame.â Is all he responds with.
âYeah, I know.â You huff as you flop back onto the pillows. You find yourself trying to think of anything else to add. You didnât want to lose the bet with only one pick up line, that would just be sad. âI think youâre suffering from a lack of vitamin me.â Another wink, and this time you get a snort from Belphie. Youâll take what you can get.
âIs that all you can do?â
âI didnât think I needed to have a list of pick up lines to use on you when I came up here for my nightly cuddling session.â You try to defend yourself, but you know itâs fruitless. You could only hope now that Belphieâs were just as bad.
âWell then,â another yawn escapes him as his eyes close. Just when you think heâs fallen asleep, you see a small cat-like smile form on his lips. âDo you like bumpy rides?â
You stare quizzically at him. âWhat? Why?â You thought he was supposed to be giving you pick up lines, not questions about rides. You begin to ponder if heâs actually talking in his sleep when he speaks back up.
âDonât interrupt me.â He startles you, sitting up in a flash and flicking you in the forehead before once again lying down, all the while without opening his eyes. âYouâve ruined it; now I have to ask it again, otherwise it just wouldnât make any sense.â He opens his eyes just to send you a disapproving look before closing them once you apologize. âDo you like bumpy rides? Because Iâm an emotional rollercoaster, baby.â He sounds proud of that one, you duly note. You feel your eyebrow twitch before a laugh bubbles up from the back of your throat. Okay, youâll admit thatâs a good one.
âWant to find treasure? Come and explore my chest.â He doesnât add anything more and youâre left looking over at him in confusion. âWith a knife.â He mutters under his breath.
âBelphie, these are slightly concerning.â
âIâd love to go to Uranus.â He continues without paying you any attention. âWhy? Because it doesnât have a breathable atmosphere.â
âAre you crying out for help right now? Is that what this is?â
âWant to give me the D? The D is for Death. Please, euthanize me.â
âAh, Belphie, wait--â Youâre actually growing concerned.
âWanna Netflix and kill? Me? Please release me from the prison sentence that is my existence.â
âBelphie!â You lean forward and whack his chest. âWhat is wrong with you?â
âWhat do you mean?â He asks with a slight frown on his lips, though his eyes are still closed. âAre you not wooed by my pick up lines? I thought the younger generations liked those kinds of things.â You pinch the bridge of your nose as you stare up at the ceiling.
âBelphie, I donât know if asking someone to end your existence is a pick up line.â
âWell, it should be.â
âAre you seriously suggesting that would work on you?â
âAre you seriously suggesting that wouldnât work on you?â
You blink several times as you stare at Belphie before sighing softly. âI donât think either of us won; you canât actually count those as pick up lines.â
âWhat?â Thereâs an offended tone to his voice as he sits back up, eyes wide open now. âThey were loads better than yours! And I actually had several ready, whereas you only had two! I totally won! In fact, Iâd even be as nice as to lend them to you if you wanted to use them on Lucifer.â
âWhy the hell would I use them on Lucifer?â You ask bewildered.
âYou canât tell me he wouldnât like something like that. Lucifer and I are both equally dead on the inside. I bet Satan would like them as well.â You sigh as you listen to Belphieâs reasoning. You wouldnât be getting out of this bet so easily. With a grunt you turn on your side to face the youngest brother.
âWhenâs your cooking duty?â
A grinâs back on his lips as he also adjusts himself to face you. âTomorrow night.â Another sigh leaves you. Looks like you had plans tomorrow night.
#shall we date obey me#shall we date one shot#belphie#belphegor x mc#belphegor#belphie x mc#belphie one shot#belphegor one shot#shall we date imagine#obey me one shot#obey me imagine#belphie imagine#belphegor imagine#belphegor x reader#drabbles#drabble#imagine#pick up lines#it's 8:30 in the morning and i haven't slept since yesterday so idek if i'm spelling anything right lol
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[zombiebandido]
Can you recommend any Neil Gaiman to me, aside from Stardust or Good Omens? I cannot
Whatâs the best concert youâve been to, if youâve been? Idk, I think Iâm just not huge on concerts
Whatâs the funniest screenname youâve ever seen? i-run-with-scissors-to-feel-dangerous
Is there an animal you like that most people donât? Donât think so
Is there an animal that you think is overrated in terms of how itâs liked? Goats or cows, maybe
Is there a time period you think is underrated? Not really
What about music? Showtunes
Do you find yourself listening to music thatâs a bit more esoteric? No
What are your three favorite books and why? Harry Potter because of the worldbuilding, Mistborn because of the worldbuilding and characters, A Confusion of Princes because it is a fun standalone book
What about authors? Idk, I mostly like specific books Do you have any likes you wouldnât tell someone until you got to know them? Nah probably not
Do you have a favorite language? Not really
What about a place youâve always wanted to visit? Ireland
Whatâs something someone does or says that just makes you laugh? Idk, itâs usually situational
Do goldfish crackers ever make you sick, or is that just me? No?
Do you have a favorite art style? Probably realistic
Do you have a favorite myth/fairy-tale? No, sorry Iâm being boring with this quiz
Who is your favorite person aside from family? Probably my bff
Do any of your pets (if you have them) have weird quirks? My cat was just very emphatic
Do you listen to music from anywhere besides America? Not really
Have you ever âquitâ a site and came back to it more than once? No
Do you have an âoddâ fascination with anything? Dice
What is the thing you want most at this moment? An interesting job and a return to normal from the pandemic
What was the last book you read and what was it about? Iâm currently reading The Martian about an astronaut stranded on mars
What was the worst book youâve ever read & why? Walk Two Moons because the twist ending fucked me up
Do you have a favorite breed of dog or cat? Which? Golden retrievers
If you like any anime/manga, what are some titles you recommend? I donât really like it
What do you think about school in general? I thought it was interesting and I wish I could go back
Whatâs the hardest thing youâve been through, & what did you learn from it? Maybe the braces. Dk what I learned from it
What are three âunrealisticâ things you want most? An interesting creative job with steady and high pay lol, the lottery, the good place experience from The Good Place
What are some of your favorite foods? Pasta, chocolate, cereal. I am a simple girl
Where do you like to buy your clothes? Kohlâs, Macyâs, and thrift shops
Do you take any daily vitamins? When I remember
Who are three of your favorite fictional characters of all time? Kelsier from Mistborn, Sirius Black from Harry Potter, Raydan Lykel from The Crown and the Flame
If you had to give the world a pre-existing mythological/fictional being, what would it be? Idfk
When buying Slurpees, if you do, do you get only one flavor or mix them? Mixing is fun
Do you have a favorite 7Eleven food? No
Do you have any desire to learn (a) foreign language(s)? Which? Not strongly
If you could have any career, ârealisticâ-ness aside, what would it be? Something in film maybe
What are three memorable movies from your childhood? The Little Mermaid, Harry Potter, Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper
Do you, personally, put a space after ellipses, or not? Let me check... do I? I guess I do
What do some of the things that inspire you have in common? Making things
Micky Dâs sweet tea, y/n/other? No
What are three of your best (non-physical) qualities? Creativity, honesty, smarts
What are three of your worst (again; non-physical) qualities? Stubbornness, anxiety, lack of empathy
What is one of your firmest beliefs? I donât really have firm beliefs
Do you ever question things until youâre unsure of even the silliest thing? Yes
Do you have anything that keeps you from doing something youâd truly enjoy? Anxiety and procrastination, and money
What are your three biggest pet peeves (personality-wise) in others? Holier-than-thou people, acting like youâre too cool for fun, being unsafe
Do you work to fix your faults? Or at least, admit to them? I admit to most of them but Iâm not so great at working on them
What are three of your best physical qualities? (NOT EYES!) Why not eyes? Other than that, I guess hair color, boobs, singing voice (at least Iâd like to think so)
What are some of your greatest aspirations? Do something fun, have a good social life, see what I would look like in my prime
How do you hope the world will change, if at all? Get done with the pandemic, stop having capitalism be so shitty
Who are three (fairly known) people you find very intriguing? Taylor Swift, Voldemort, F. Scott Fitzgerald
What are three things that make you the happiest? hanging out with friends, crafts, cuddling with my boyfriend
What is/are your view(s) on god, religion, spirituality, or relations to? I donât believe in them
Are you arachnophobic or scared of spiders in the least? YES
Do you play WoW? What do you think of it either way? No, I am just not that into video games
What kind of computer do you have? Windows 7/Vista/XP/Other? Macbook Pro
What are you good at? Crafts and school
What career do you hope to have? Something creative
Are you taking any interesting classes in school/do you not attend? Iâm finished with school but I wish I could go back
If you donât attend, are you taking any âlessonsâ for anything? No
A book/piece that has had an exceptional impact on your life? Harry Potter
If you know of pandora.com, what is your favorite station? I havenât listened to pandora in ages
Have you ever âlostâ a friend in any way? How did you deal? Some just faded away but some actively ditched me and I tried to find out why
Any music recommendations? Showtunes
What are at least three of your biggest fears? Spiders, living a mundane life, covid right now
Most recently read book that you liked? A Confusion of Princes
Do you have a piece of jewelry you donât like to take off? No, I have so many that I like to alternate them
Do you have a favorite quote? Why is it your favorite? Carpe Diem. Havenât lived it much lately though Any odd pastimes you have? Making lists and charts
Are you quirky in any way? (Name them please). My fashion sense especially in high school, the nerdy things I do
Have any practices you arenât opposed to but wouldnât do yourself? Probably a lot, Iâm generally of the live and let live mindset
Political standing?
Left
Do you have any piercings/what do you think about piercings? I just have my ears pierced
Do you have a favorite material? Iâm a fan of soft materials like suede or velvet, also metals like copper and silver
What are three names youâd name a pet if you HAD to get a pet right now? It depends on the pet
Do you like to listen to dorky/amusing music? Idk
Coffee vs. Tea vs. Energy Drinks: Order from favorite to least favorite. Tea, energy drinks, coffee
Do you like more âfruityâ sweets or âsavoryâ sweets? Fruity unless itâs chocolate
What do you hate the most? Spiders
What genres of music are your favorite? Showtunes
Do you believe in true love? Idk
Do you believe in love at first sight? If yes, why? No
What are some of your favorite clothing accessories? Jewelry
If reincarnation exists, what sort of person would you want to be next?
One of those outgoing guys that always has adventures with his friends What are some things you believe strongly in? Idk
Whereâs your favorite place youâve been? London was pretty cool, also Italy
What sort of books and movies do you like? For books: sci-fi, fantasy, dystopia. For movies: rom-com, sci-fi, musical
Whatâs your favorite thing to do on a rainy Saturday? Idk, just stay in
Is there a book youâve read that really touched you? The Great Gatsby just because I related to Gatsby a lot
Do you have a favorite artist? Taylor Swift
PC or MAC? Mac
What do you love doing? Crafts, shopping, board games
If you could create the perfect world for yourself, what would it be? Basically just the good place from The Good Place. Unlimited time and resources to learn and try things without pressure to make money off it
Do you think that fate plays a part in peopleâs lives? Not really
Are you religious, spiritual, atheist� Atheist
What are your opinions on the media? The media is a very broad range of things
Do you think that people throw the words âloveâ and âhateâ around too much? Idk
What is your favorite piece of technology that you own? My laptop
Whatâs a piece of technology youâd like to own? I have what I want at the moment.
Are you afraid of technology developing to where weâre too reliant on it? A little bit of getting to the point where a lot of jobs get replaced with AI, because instead of making lives easier like they could be, there will just be a huge unempolyment problem that our stupid capitalist society wonât solve
Does it bother you when people do things to fit in with a certain crowd? If itâs not what they want to do
Hot or cold? Cold Do you think that Bzoink should extent the character amount for questions? I donât use Bzoink
Do you have a favorite combination of complimentary colors? Maybe green and pink
Do you know why all the young people who have nice cars always look grumpy? I donât think Iâve noticed that
Whatâs your favorite odd ice cream flavor? Lemon Sorbet or Coffee Toffee Bar Crunch
Where do you like to get your ice cream? Haagen Dasz or Ben and Jerryâs
Whatâs your opinion on stereotypes/labels? Idk
Do you ever use random word generators for Bzoinkoids?
What?
Do you believe that history repeats itself? It sure seems like it is
Would you rather learn from your mistakes or just undo them? Learn from them
What was the most interesting class you had in school? My words and music class in college Do you write? If so, what? I used to write poetry, I sometimes come up with stories but I donât really write them
Do you have a favorite website? Tumblr and Etsy
Do you think that the quality of TV shows is going down? No, there are usually good ones to discover
Do you have a favorite culture? Maybe Celtic. I just like the art patterns What was a story you heard as a child that really affected you? The Headless Horseman scared me a lot
Who was your favorite grade-school teacher and why? My third grade teacher and my 6th grade math teacher
Do you think that the world will end? How? Probably in a few billion years when the sun turns into a red giant
Do you believe in Global Warming? Have you researched it? Yes but I havenât researched it
Do you prefer piercings or tattoos? Tattoos
Do you remember your dreams? Sometimes
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Once Bitten, Twice Stupid prt.70
Keith gave up trying to keep up. First Lance up. Then he was down. Then he was getting angry and upset on Keithâs behalf. Then he was pacing. And now he was crying again as they sat in Lanceâs Bronco. They hadnât even left the VOLTRON staff parking area before Lance was apologising about âhis egoâ and âwanting to punch people in the dickâ. Heâs thought taking his boyfriend for a walk would calm him down enough that heâd realise he needed to take things easy. But no. He hadnât even gotten that far. Sitting in Lanceâs car, Keith had his arms full of his crying boyfriend. Lance hadnât had enough blood as far as Keith was concerned, now that he stopped to think about it. Keithâs blood during his heat had made his boyfriend super horny, and a bit egotistical, which Lance wasnât right now. Now he stopped to think about it, he was sure he was right when heâd been worried Lance was pushing himself. All Lanceâs âextranessâ was coming from him being determined to find something before Krolia and the werewolves arrived. He was hyped up on emotion, not blood. What he needed was to rest, not go investigating crime scenes.
Keith wasnât great at admitting he wasnât good at resting when he needed to. He felt like resting would only cost people their lives. He had to work harder and be better. He had to be there all the time and be hands on. Being with Lance showed him how much pressure that had been on his shoulders. He wasnât saying Lance couldnât shoulder helping, he was saying he couldnât shoulder helping on the back of yesterday and him being overly emotional that morning. Heâd made the mistake heâd nearly made the day before. Heâd let Lance rush, when he wasnât ready to. He should have pulled Lance into his lap instead of letting him pace. He should have pulled Lance out of his head instead of sitting there between Shiro and Curtis.
âBabe. Iâm going to say something and I donât want you to get madâ
Lance sniffled
âOkay?â
âI think youâre still emotionally exhaustedâ
âIâm okay...â
Theyâd spent so much one together Lance was sounding like him
âYouâre not... and I think I worked it out. I think the blood was okay, but youâre notâ
âIâm fine... I had too much bloodâ
âYou didnât though. I think maybe... you did a me. Said you were, then tried too hard to beâ
Lance shook his head
âIâm okay... Iâm okayâ
âI think you ego wants to protect me... I think you maybe feel that you want to solve this really badly because you donât want them to have anything against us when they get hereâ
Lance sniffled, bringing a hand up to rub at his face
âIs that what Iâm doing?â
âI think soâ
As they say âTakeâs one to know oneâ. One of Pidgeâs favourite lines when Matt accused her of cheating
âSometimes I get too focused... Iâve seen Coran for it before. I think maybe... maybe I was looking for something I could throw myself into... especially if I could be some help to youâ
âA wise man once told me I canât be a superheroâ
âI feel like a super zero. Itâs hard when you canât forget thingsâ
âYouâre not a âSuperZeroâ. Do you regret not taking that pill?â
Lance shook his head
âI believe you. Thatâs what Rieva was talking to me about. I didnât think about how itâd be to be a werewolf in heat and deal afterwards with not falling pregnant. It kind of makes me feel lame for worrying over a broken condomâ
That subject was still tender, he wasnât ready for prodding there
âDoes that make me the same for still trying to process it?â
Lance shook his head again
âNo. No. No, it doesnâtâ
âThen your not lame either. Weâve blown off two briefings now. Do we call it a day?â
âCan we go for a drive instead? Get out of this place and breathe?â
Keith could drive. Heâd done enough talking. Taking his bike would have really gotten his mind off things, but Kosmo was too wiggly for a bike ride
âYouâll have to give me directionsâ
âI can do thatâ
Lance leaned in and kissed him. Keith happy to kiss him back. One near miss wasnât going to get between them.
*
Lance directed Keith to the park where the bodies were found without thinking about it. It was a nice place. Plenty of grass and open space. Not the kind of space youâd expect to see two dead bodies, not with all the people there today. Kids played in the playground, parents sipping coffees as they played on their phones instead of watching their kids
âBabe, what are we doing here?â
âI guess I was thinking about this place. I didnât mean to end up hereâ
Keith sighed at him. Lance didnât blame him. They agreed he was trying to overcompensate for the lack of control in his life and his perceived uselessness. Though Lance couldnât help it. Every time he thought of Keith being bullied by those wanker wolves, he got mad. Keith was mad too, but heâd let himself feel like he wasnât worth peopleâs love or time. Lance loathed it. Theyâd spent so long talking, learning, and growing together, that sometimes they didnât know how to follow through after letting themselves be vulnerable. Focusing on the reports meant helping Keith and moving forward. Focusing on reports meant he might be able to help Keith when the crucial time came, or at least show him he really did have his back, despite how much of unlikely pair they made.
Staring across the park through the windshield, Keith sighed as he turned to look at him
âWe were supposed to be taking a momentâ
âI know. I canât help it. I miss Garrison, and the open air. Besides, itâs not like the park itself is bad. I donât see a gaggle of lurking vampires or a scurry of werewolves. We can take Kosmo for a walk and he can do his doggy business. Iâve got plastic bags in the back. And Iâve got my jacket on, so it wonât be too bad out thereâ
âBabe. Itâs not the weather Iâm worried about. Krolia is full on. James has no time for anyone he thinks under him. We canât walk out of briefings with themâ
âI know... I mean, I donât know. I guess Iâm assuming. The park was on my mind, but I wasnât thinking of coming here to work. I just needed air. We wonât even poke around, because thatâs not what weâre here to do. Look at the grass. Look how uniform it is. I wonder what kind of lawnmower they useâ
Keith raised an eyebrow
âDid you just... Your old man is showing. No one cares about how smooth the grass isâ
âI do... my poor gardenâs probably half bloody dead. The damn dandelions are probably having a picnic knowing Iâm not there to rip the little bastards outâ
âI still donât think I understand what made you come back so fastâ
âRieva did. Honervaâs gone mad. Human experiments. Blood lust. Maids and tourists that go missing. Dead werewolves and vamps. Honervaâs barely... sheâs not sane and sheâs fae. Lotorâs her son. If heâs here, sheâs sent people to retrieve him. People like Sendak. People like Sendak donât have morals. Thatâs what Rieva is scared of. Killing us would be like swatting a fly. Lotor painted targets on all of us by showing up. Take into fact that you and Shiro are hunters and youâll be drugged and off to Europe to be pets between bouts of experimentation. Thatâs the general gist. Theyâve got so much power that they donât care about the Blades or VOLTRON. Theyâd easily crush both groups without thinking about it. Between you and me, I think maybe they had something to do with Rievaâs parents being killed. She knows a lot about European wolf culture and even the big bad wolves there avoid Zarkon and Honervaâs territoriesâ
Keith leaned back to rest against the seat
âThey donât teach us about them. They teach us history to a certain point, but itâs not until weâre heading out that we get a full briefing. Itâs supposed to be in case someone turns traitor or something like that. Maybe I was too low on the totem pole to know? Krolia would knowâ
âYeah, well, weâve got Rieva. She was raised by werewolves. Weâve got Matt who can hack just as good as Pidge. Coran can use his fae magic to subdue wolves. And youâve got me...â
Keith reached out, tucking a strand of stray hair back behind Lanceâs ear
âBabe, youâre getting worked up againâ
Lance couldnât help it. What good were the Blades if they didnât share intelligence on targets? No. Fuck. He was stressing Keith out. Keith had been brave opening up to him. Heâd wanted to act as normal as possible to show Keith that what heâd told him didnât change how he felt for him.
âIâm sorry. Maybe you should find another stick, and smack me with it when Iâm doing it again?â
âI didnât know you were into spankingâ
Keith gave him a crooked smile, acting like he wasnât being a tease. Keith could spank him and heâd probably beg for more
âMaybe? Maybe not? Maybe I just wanna be smacked like a piñata? Whatever it is, weâll figure it out after weâve taken a walk and taken in the sun. Itâs good a source of Vitamin D-grumpâ
âIâm not grumpyâ
âYouâre not happy eitherâ
âIâm getting there. I donât want you pushing it on your walk. You need restâ
Just like that, Keith had him thinking about the broken condom again. This was why he shouldnât be resting. He could wallow in his room, but heâd rather wallow on his sofa with his wine. He might as well be a wheel of Swiss cheese for all the whining heâd been doing... But if he was Swiss Cheese, he might earn himself a bit of Godâs love with how holey heâd be
âIâll tell you if a need a break. And youâll tell me if you need one. I canât wait until Kosmo is big enough to teach him how to play fetchâ
Kosmo was trying to eat Lanceâs shoes because they were taking so long
âOkay. Letâs head outâ
*
Keith wished heâd had more than his phone camera as Lance played with Kosmo. His boyfriend would jog a few steps ahead and Kosmo would go bounding along after him. There were other people in the park, Keith kind of wishing heâd thought to arm himself before they went out, but it was a much needed moment of normality. Lance laughing and scooping up Kosmo when he chased him. He didnât feel like a hunter, other than the fact he couldnât stop scanning the park every so often for potential threats. He felt like heâd felt back in Garrison with Lance. Heâd had so much time there to think and be with Lance. Now they were here as two boyfriends taking their fur son for a walk with the sun sitting low in the horizon.
Keithâs idea of Lance taking it slowly wasnât having his boyfriend jogging, but Lance was so happy with Kosmo and had promised to take it easy. Jogging was probably as much exercise as a brisk walk for a vampire, plus being behind Lance and Kosmo meant he was able to take lots of photos of the pair of them
âKeith, look how cute he isâ
Kosmo was nipping at Lanceâs fingers, Lance having stopped meant he caught up to both of them
âHe is. He is the precious fur sonâ
âHaving a dog is great. But donât tell Blue I said that. We should bring her. Sheâs really good on a leadâ
Reaching out, Keith ruffled Lanceâs hair
âYeah. Weâll have to head back soon, we shouldnât be here after sunsetâ
âAwww, but look at his face. 10. No. 15 more minutes. Pleaseâ
Lance raised Kosmo up, pulling âpuppy dog eyesâ and a pout as he did. Keith was weak
â15 minutes. That goes for both of youâ
âYay! We should totally take some photos tooâ
Keith drew his brow
âHavenât you noticed I have been?â
âBut theyâre all of me and Kosmo. Not me, you, and Kosmo. I wonât forget today, but theyâre precious memories for you tooâ
Keith was a push over as he set a timer on his phone. The next 15 minutes spent taking selfies with Lance and Kosmo. He wasnât terribly photogenic, and didnât like the way he looked in most of them, but He couldnât erase them. Not with the way Lance was looking at him in them. He was looking at Keith like Keith was the only person in existence... and it felt good. Heâd lived to survive, now it felt like maybe he was living and not just alive. Lance kissed his cheek, Keith blushed as he hit the button on his phone, just before the timer went off
âI guess thatâs it?â
Lance sounded disappointed
âYeah. We have to head back, but we should do this more oftenâ
Nosing into Keithâs cheek, Lance kissed him again
âIâd really like thatâ
âMe too. This was niceâ
âYeah. Next time you should try having Kosmo chase you. He looks so happy running aroundâ
âYou looked pretty happy tooâ
âI am. I feel so much better now. I know we vampires are supposed to live in coffins and hate the sun, but I like the outdoorsâ
âHave you ever been hiking?â
âYears ago. We both know how I feel about unnecessary physical exerciseâ
âWe should go. Itâs hard work, but itâs worth it at the endâ
âFiiiiine. But if I let you find a trail, can you promise youâll go easy on me?â
Lance didnât need him to go easy on him. He could out walk Keith any day
âNo way. You have the advantageâ
Lance blew a raspberry on his cheek, before darting away from him
âBe nice to your eldersâ
Keith wiped at his cheek, nose wrinkled
âYouâre fucking grossâ
Lance laughed, setting Kosmo down. The puppy bounding over to Keith happily
âYou brought it on yourselfâ
Picking up Kosmoâs lead, Keith huffed
âIâm going to find a stick and stake your undead arse!â
âBabe, you donât need a stick for that. Hey, tripped over a branch lately? How about a root?â
Groaning at his boyfriend, Keith buried his face in his hands
âBaaaabe. No. Thatâs terribleâ
Lance came back to his side, slinging his arm over Keithâs shoulders
âWhy is sex in tents always great? Because itâs fucking in-tents. Pidge made me learn a bunch of pick up lines because she worried I was going to die aloneâ
âLance, you donât need to lie to me. You knew pick-up lines before Pidge, didnât you?â
Lance sighed dramatically, leaning heavily against him
âYeah, but I never used them. I mean, the only guy I would pick up, I can literally throw over my shoulder at any timeâ
âAnd now I can never show my face in that pub again... Youâre lucky your cuteâ
Lance eased back, smiling as he did
âYouâre the only one whoâd say thatâ
Good. He didnât want to share
âHey, babe. Go ahead and feel my shirt. Itâs boyfriend materialâ
Lance snorted with laughter, Keith a little embarrassed, but happier that his boyfriend was happy. Today had been salvaged and now he just wanted to go back to Lanceâs room and ignore work.
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Survey #342
âin this farewell, thereâs no blood, thereâs no alibi /  âcuz iâve drawn regret from the truth of a thousand liesâ
Whatâs your all-time favourite cartoon? Does anime count? In which case I'd say Fullmetal Alchemist, or the original Pokemon. If we're not including anime, then uhhhh Avatar: The Last Airbender, even though I have much more to go in the series. Have you ever taken dance lessons? What kind? Yeah, I've done a few for many years: jazz, clogging, modern, and hip hop. When did you last run and why? I literally couldn't tell you. I don't even know if I can run with the current state of my legs. My knees would probably crumple. Does your house/flat/whatever the hell you live in need cleaning? Not necessarily cleaning, but sorting. I still have boxes outside and inside my room of my stuff I need to put up somewhere... but whenever I prepare to do it, I just get so overwhelmed and shy away from it. Then there's the spare room, that's a total mess loaded with boxes and the like. Mom and I have just avoided it like the plague. Was your last relationship with a man or a woman? Woman. What do you think your next achievement will be? HOPEFULLY getting a job... Do you like mushrooms? NOOOOOOO. What dream do you remember most vividly? I'm not talking about it. Favorite kind of bread? Pumpernickel. Rabbits or hamsters? Rabbits. I've never met a nice hamster, and I just think rabbits are cuter. A movie youâve never seen that it seems like every one else has? Harry Potter films. Favorite dog breed? I'm biased towards beagles. When was the last time you climbed a tree? Never, actually. Where I live, there aren't really many weighty trees with low branches. Just pine trees. Most common lie you tell? That I'm "fine" when I'm not. Ever seen your parents make out? Jc no, I'll take a hard pass there. Do you put your hair up a lot or down? It's too short to put up. Most of the time do you straighten or curl your hair? Neither. What piercing do you hate? I'm not a fan of cheek dermals at all, but you do you 100%. Were you raised in a religious house? Yes; I was raised Roman Catholic. Do your parents get mad when you're on the computer for hours? Mom used to for many years until I became an adult and she just realized it was in vain. I haven't lived with Dad since I was a teenager, but when my parents were together, he usually didn't say anything. Have you ever been asked for a nude picture? No, thankfully. I'd stop talking to the person immediately. What would you do if your parent hit you? I honestly feel like I'd slap them back and get the fuck out. Or just freeze in shock and cry. What's your most common mood? Stressed but distracted. Do you like poems? Yeah, usually. Ever kissed someone half-naked? Uh yeah. Have you ever been in a parade? No. Do you still play PokĂ©mon? I play Pokemon GO, and I've actually been tempted to get out my DS and play one of the games I have (I can't remember which). I do find Pokemon games to be VERY grind-ey, though, so I can't play them for too long without getting bored. What is your favorite PokĂ©mon? Ninetales. I also really love Espeon, though, and Charmander will always have my heart. Is there an animal you like that most people don't? Bats! :') Is there an animal that you think is overrated in terms of how it's liked? No animal is overrated. Have you ever "quit" a site and came back to it more than once? Uhhhh I don't think so. Do you have an "odd" fascination with anything? Most would probably consider "vulture culture" to be pretty weird, being drawn to dead animals and all... What's the hardest thing you've been through, & what did you learn from it? The breakup with Jason. I learned that some people make promises they aren't afraid to break, that someone can promise "forever" and not mean it, that the most unexpected can just snap their fingers and forget about you... I learned a lot. And most things, not positive. What are three "unrealistic" things you want most? 1.) To be able to financially support myself by just freelance nature photography; 2.) sooo many different kinds of pets; and 3.) to be totally rid of my mental illnesses. Do you take any daily vitamins? No, but I would if I was the one who bought groceries and stuff. I do however take Vitamin D once a week for my legs. Who are three of your favorite fictional characters of all time? JUST THREE??????? FUCK MAN idk. Uhhh well there's of course Darkiplier and Wilford Warfstache, then uhhh probably Pyramid Head. If you had to give the world a pre-existing mythological/fictional being, what would it be? Idk, I'd really need to be more educated on their lore before I made that decision. Do you have any desire to learn (a) foreign language(s)? Which? I both do and don't want to resume learning German. I got very good at it and could have basic conversations, but lack of application has slaughtered my vocabulary. Now it's like, it'd be nice to try again, but for what purpose? I don't think I'll ever actually apply it to my life, so it just seems like it'd be a load of wasted effort. But then on the other hand, I also feel that doing something you simply want to do isn't a waste of time. Idk. What is one of your firmest beliefs? Equality for all. No race, religion, whatthefuckever makes you more or less valuable than someone else. Do you have anything that keeps you from doing something you'd truly enjoy? Oh yes. Depression and anxiety, mostly. Do you work to fix your faults? Or at least, admit to them? I definitely try, and I'll certainly admit to them. How do you hope the world will change, if at all? I just want more compassion, less violence, more understanding... What is/are your view(s) on god, religion, spirituality, or relations to? In short, I believe that something sentient created the universe, and it/they/he/she/what-have-you just... let life play out from there, I think. I like to believe there's a plane of consciousness like an afterlife that exists, but if not, I don't really care. I hope the evil get what was coming to them, and the good get back what they gave, but maybe we're all better off without life after death. We'll all find out one day. Are you arachnophobic or scared of spiders in the least? Some, yes; others, not so much. This is very situational. Do you play WoW? What do you think of it either way? Haha, you're asking an avid player. I enjoy it, but not as much as I used to. At one point I was a Heroic raider, sometimes dabbling in Mythic, but now I'm just mostly a casual mount collector that likes chatting with my guildies and just doing dailies 'n shit. I owe a lot to the game, honestly; it helped me stay occupied throughout the breakup, and still today gives me something to do. What kind of computer do you have? Windows 7/Vista/XP/Other? I have an Acer Nitro with Windows 10. Are you taking any interesting classes in school/do you not attend? I'm no longer in school. If you don't attend, are you taking any "lessons" for anything? No, but I would like to join a photography course somewhere. A book/piece that has had an exceptional impact on your life? Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo just made me hate war more than I innately did. What genres of music are your favorite? Just metal as an umbrella term. Some heavy stuff, some less, some in the middle, some leaning towards other genres... but I just like metal. Do you think that fate plays a part in people's lives? No. Wouldn't "fate" just make it all... worthless? Like we're just storybook characters with a predetermined ending? What are your opinions on the media? One word: manipulative. What's a piece of technology you'd like to own? I REALLY want a PS4, especially lately. There's just a lot of games I REALLY want to play. Are you afraid of technology developing to where we're too reliant on it? We're already *too* reliant on it, which I do believe is a bad thing. I know, absolutely hysterical for me to be talking. What's your favorite odd ice cream flavor? I don't think I've ever had a truly odd ice cream flavor. There's this local place though that makes a kind that tastes JUST like s'mores, and I can fucking murder a cup of that. What's your opinion on stereotypes/labels? They're limiting and devalue uniqueness, imo. I know very, very few people who totally fit a certain stereotype, so why even bother. Like I don't care if you use them as adjectives to some extent, just don't put too much weight on them. Just be you. Do you believe that history repeats itself? It's not necessarily doomed to, but it happens sometimes, obviously. Would you rather learn from your mistakes or just undo them? Depends on the mistake. What was the most interesting class you had in school? Probably Mythology in high school. Do you write? If so, what? Yeah, meerkat role-play. And every now and again, poetry. Do you have a favorite culture? No; I'm not educated on nearly enough to pick one. Do you believe in global warming? Have you researched it? Lol no shit I do. I don't exactly think it takes much research to see with your own two eyes that it's factual. Do you prefer piercings or tattoos? Tattoos, if I had to pick. What comedy movie is your favorite? White Chicks. Have you ever meditated? Yes. Doesn't work for me. What comes to mind when you think of a great moment in your life? Realizing it was my choice to liberate myself and my happiness from my ex. He didn't and never should've carried it, because that's my right. What do you like about springtime? Aaaaall the flowers. <3 How have you handled having to stay in? It's not really different from my average day, so... How would your friends describe you? Quiet and overthinks literally everything. Have you ever hallucinated? When I was coming off a certain med in middle school, I saw black moving shadows. What (or who) is the best thing that ever happened to you? The partial hospitalization program I attended for two months following my suicide attempt. It's where I met my psychiatrist, who set my medication straight. Medicine besides though, I learned so many coping techniques and just how to deconstruct my trauma. As well as possible, anyway. What is the worst decision you ever made? Handing over the ability to make happiness for myself to another person. What is your favorite arcade game? Don't have one. Do you feel neglected? No. What school subject(s) are/were your best? English, Arts, Science. Are you allergic to pollen? Yep. What style of wedding dress do you like best? Probably ballgown. Are you over your first love? I probably never will be in complete totality. Do you always answer your phone? No. I only ever do if I recognize the number. Who was the last person you know to have a birthday? Today is actually my sister's birthday. What song is currently stuck in your head? I have Halocene's cover of "What I've Done" on a loop right now. It has me absolutely covered in goosebumps. Do you ever use coloring books? Not really anymore. Do you personally know anyone who is an author? Not to my knowledge, no. Whatâs your favorite kind of salsa/dip to go with tortilla chips? Just your normal, mildly hot salsa. Do you wash your car by hand or drive through a car wash? Mom's car hasn't been washed in... well, years, given its bumper. Mom worries that in a car wash, it'll be broken off (it is literally held on with a lot of zip ties and duct tape), and we ourselves don't want to wash it, so... Do you have any uncommon kitchen appliances, such as espresso machines, waffle irons, etc? I know we have one or two, but idk what they're called. What did your parents major/minor in in college, if they went? Dad never went to college. Mom changed her major a few times, but her latest was social work, I believe. Has either of their careers influenced what career you chose or want to pursue? Not at all. What kind of natural disaster is most common where you live? Hurricanes. Why is your least favorite season your least favorite? Because it's hot as fuck and humid. Have you ever had an animal get into your attic? No. When was the last time you started a ânew chapterâ of your life? I don't know. Hopefully I'll start one soon when I leave PHP and pursue a job... What room in your home do you spend the least amount of time in? I'm always in my room. Do you do anything to reduce the amount of electricity you use? I feel awful admitting I do quite the opposite... Being in the dark during the day affects my depression, so I'll have my lamp (or both) on even if it's just sort of shaded inside. Are you usually open to trying a new food that you arenât familiar with? Eh, it depends on the food. I'm not very adventurous with foods though. Do you listen to Panic! At The Disco? I do. Have you ever had a kinky dream about a celebrity? ... It wasn't "kinky," but it was a dream lmao. Has anyone ever told you that they loved you, and you couldnât say it back? That's how I ended the whole Joel childishness. Which friend do you confide in most? My mom. Do you wear a cross? No. What is your favorite doughnut? That's so hard. :( Krispy Kreme's normal glazed though probably takes the cake. I also love chocolate frosted and just totally plain, though. Do you have a hot tub? If so, where is it located? No. Did you read the Twilight series, or jump on the bandwagon after the movie? Neither. Do you or your parents rake your yard? Dad did growing up. Now nobody does or needs to. Who did you last go to the movies with? Dad, I think? What color was the last vehicle you were in? White. Do you have any family members in the military right now? No. Is there a ceiling fan in the room youâre in? Yeah. Have you ever heard voices? No. If youâre not straight, who was the first person you came out to? Sara. Do you remember the first time your first crush ever said hi to you? No. Do you ever go places with wet hair? Yeah, idc. Who is your favorite little girl? My nieces. What do you want the most in life? To feel like I made a difference, even a tiny one. If you could have anyoneâs singing voice, whose would you choose? OBVIOUSLY Amy Lee's. Whatâs the most expensive thing youâve bought that turned out to be a waste of money? *shrug* Whatâs something youâve bought that turned out to be way more useful than you anticipated? Hm. Have you ever been on a ship? No. Would you ever date a disabled person? (Be honest) Yes. Would you rather adopt or have your own child? IF I wanted kids, which I absolutely do not, I'd rather have my own. I know I'd feel a deeper connection. What would you class as cheating on someone? As soon as you do/say something you don't want your s/o to know about, you're cheating. As far as earrings go, would you rather wear hoops or studs? Studs. Do you recycle? Yes. If someone dislikes you, what is most likely to be the reason? People have thought I don't try hard enough before. Do you put a line through your "7"s? Yes. ^ What about your "Z"s? Yes. What are you most known for? My art "skill," at least irl. How do you feel about shameless self-promoting? Depends on when, where, and how. As someone who's trying to be a freelance photographer, I get that it's sadly necessary, but there are some places it's just uncalled for.
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50 Questions Youâve Never Been Asked
tagged by @usersoup <3
What is the colour of your hairbrush? it is .. black and turquoise, though i must admit that since iâve cut my hair i rarely use it.Â
Name a food you never eat? huh. caviar? i tend to forget about the existence of foods i donât eat until iâm on the instacard website. chocolate ice cream, i guess. thatâs like, a normal-person food i never consume.
Are you typically too warm or too cold? i am constantly too cold. as i type this i am in my apartment in sweatpants under a blanket and my roommate is in shorts and a tshirt.
What were you doing 45 minutes ago? mm i was reading a room of oneâs own, at risk of sounding like the pretentious humanities major i am. iâm reading it out of desperation (we are in possession of the writerâs block and we would like to give it up as soon as possible), after having had it in my head to read since i came across a lin-manuel miranda tween in like 2015 telling all young writers to read it
What is your favourite candy bar? i donât really like.. candy. twix or butterfingers, if i had to pick one at gunpoint.
Have you ever been to a professional sports event? yEAH u fucking bet i went to winterguard international championships twice in high school and bands of america championships once (both as part of my schoolâs winter/colorguard). iâve never gone to a pro sportsball match though.Â
What is the last thing you said out loud? oh, are you really out there alone? (at my roommate, who is on the balcony with a desk lamp rigged up for optimal dirtball making). Â
What is your favourite ice cream? vanilla. or hazelnut. i fucking love hazelnut.Â
What was the last thing you had to drink? not to associate myself with brands, but i am drinking sprite as i type this.Â
Do you like your wallet? yes! i had my wallet nicked on a bus in the middle of the semester and my replacement is a lovely narrow black folding wallet that i am infinitely fond of.
What was the last thing you ate? the dregs of my cheezits, pepper jack flavor
Did you buy any new clothes last weekend? mm no, though during my phone call with my grandma earlier this week she told me i should buy more clothes no less than four times. she thinks i should own and wear more âpretty girl clothesâ and i havenât the heart to tell her that i think gender is fake.Â
The last sporting event you watched? i participated in a harry potter pub quiz over zoom the other week, if that counts. otherwise, probably something televised and american football related, several months ago.
What is your favourite flavour of popcorn? KETTLE CORN KETTLE CORN KETTLE CORN KETTLE CORN KETTLE CORN KETTLE CORN
Who is the last person you sent a text message to? oH thank god i have an interesting answer to this one -- my stage manager/playwright friend, whose recent play i am dying to get a copy of.
Ever go camping? yeah. my family used to go every august with some family friends.Â
Do you take vitamins? mm just vitamin d. (fuck off this was not meant to be a dick joke).
Do you go to church every Sunday? nah.
Do you have a tan? not anymore... even during the semester i spend most of my time underground in a basement rehearsal space or in the on-campus computer labs. (hence the vitamin d)
Do you prefer Chinese food or pizza? these are?? not equivalent at all in terms of scope? chinese food, of course.Â
Do you drink your soda with a straw? nah. can-to-mouth for me.Â
What colour socks do you usually wear? depends on how cold i am: i have some very lovely warm purple socks and some red and black socks that my dear friend gifted me for christmas last? year? but otherwise i have just sports shoes height white socks and black socks.
Do you ever drive above the speed limit? i am gay, i do not drive.
What terrifies you? failure, mostly. i hate that thatâs my answer, but there you go. failure, or being putting myself in a situation where i donât really have a choice in what happens to me. Â
Look to your left, what do you see? mm, i just moved from the study to bed so: the empty space in the loft bed railing where the ladder is, a blank wall, the edge and hinges of the bedroom wall.
What chore do you hate? none, really? iâll get really passive-aggressive about some of the small apartment tidying things in my head, but not often enough that anything comes to mind now.Â
What do you think of when you hear an Australian accent? how my linguistics prof last semester had folks self-identify if they spoke non-american english in the middle of lecture
Whatâs your favourite soda? hm, hm. oH. thereâs a vietnamese sandwich place in my hometown that has the best lychee soda. (a handful of google image searches informs me this is elisha aerated brand)
Do you go in a fast food place or just hit the drive-thru? hm, most of the time when iâm going to fast food iâm going to in-n-out with either a pile of theater people or my high school friend group, so sitting. er, going in.
Whoâs the last person you talked to? roommates, in person.Â
Favourite cut of beef? i could not name cuts of beef if u asked me to really nicely. actually jk i know uh, ox... oxtail? i like oxtail soup.
Last song you listened to? am in the middle of listening to trenchh by cavetown but iâve been alternating fob and cavetown and bastille on shuffle on spotify.
Last book you read? ella enchanted by gail carson levine, because it is my #1 comfort book.
Favourite day of the week? i like thursdays. they just sound nice.
Can you say the alphabet backwards? if i had like, several minutes, i probably could do it. but everything after w would involve me counting (counting? reciting?) from the beginning.
How do you like you coffee? iâll drink it any way but black. i have discovered i do not like dalgona coffee. but i like the dark chocolate mocha that peetâs does in the winter a ridiculous amount.
Favourite pair of shoes? i have this pair of converse thatâs grey stripes that always makes me feel like a Cool Arts Student, even though itâs actively terrible for my arches.Â
The time you normally go to bed? to bed? midnightish. to being asleep? usually 1-2ish.Â
The time you normally get up? eleven in the morning, apparently, since thatâs whatâs been happening now that iâm not setting alarms. during the school year, usually 7:30 or 8 because i work in the scene shop half the mornings of the week.
What do you prefer, sunrise or sunsets? conceptually? sunsets. aesthetically? also sunsets. metaphorically, though, i prefer sunrises.
How many blankets on your bed? iâve got a blanket (duvet, maybe? comforter? i have never really vibed with these western concepts of bedding) and another knitted blanket.Â
Describe your kitchen plates: black and square and slightly chipped because roommates and i get a bit aggressive with cramming them onto the drying rack.Â
Do you have a favourite alcoholic beverage? i like hard cider. (i like soft cider better than hard cider, but the apple taste drowns out the alcohol taste enough for me to have a pretty good time.)Â
Do you play cards? haha yeah. whenever iâm home i play 24 with my little brother and lose a lot. or my familyâll play 21. or BS, which i fucking hate because i cannot lie for shit.
What colour is your car? still gay, still donât drive.
Can you change a tire? mmmmmmmmmmm no. i have a shocking lack of car-related life skills for someone holding down a job that mostly involves wrenches.Â
Your favourite province? oh boy. hubei province, bc thereâs no country specification and this feels less impersonal than if i were to just point somewhere in australia.Â
Favourite job youâve ever had? hm, letâs limit this to work iâve done for money, just to narrow the field down. (i tend to like the work i do a lot.) i really really enjoy working as a sound technician, especially as a mic assistant (it checks my âmeeting peopleâ box and my âhelping people with their emotionsâ box and my âstorytelling for an audienceâ box because at the theater i work at, pre-show mic check is me talking about my day and has resulted in a handful of people telling me i should try standup). the hours and pay are kind of crap, though. you donât get friday nights when your friday nights are spent backstage of the same show youâve heard twenty million times at this point. i also enjoy teaching computer science, because i just fucking like computer science. christ, i just,, miss being at work :c the production of newsies i was gonna do this summer got canceled.Â
How did you get your biggest scar? mm, pass.Â
What did you do today that made someone else happy? i, hm. everything that comes to mind feels vaguely manipulative, since i canât really tell if people were made happy? oh! i had an extended slack conversation with one of the academic interns for the cs class i help teach that was basically just us bonding over word humor. he seems like the kind of person who would have gotten a kick out of it.Â
I tag: @kittog @wali21 @capt-ann @lemon-yellow @iamanonniemouse @raccoon-sex-dungeon @snakesonacartesianplane @eternalflarg @swimmingseafish (do it if u want! donât let me bully u into anything)
#tag game#SOUP I LIKED THIS A LOT! THANK U#no pressure friends#!#but also i enjoy holding knowledge about the people i like
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@ha-larry-us and @livqueer tagged me to do this! Here we go :)Â
1. what is the colour of your hairbrush? light amber wood color
2. a food you never eat? beets, tho i keep trying
3. are you typically too warm or too cold? neither, usually my body regulates temp well. but being sick thatâs a little different and i never know if iâll be shivering or having a hot flash
4. what were you doing 45 minutes ago? going back and forth between instagram and tumblr
5. what is your favourite candy bar? uhh maybe a snickers or a 100 grand bar
6. have you ever been to a professional sports event? i went to the Oakland Aâs gay day a few years ago with co-workers. It was really fun!! but i could never attend a serious sports event to cheer for a winning team.Â
7. what is the last thing you said out loud? "come on, ding dong, you can do itâ --said to my dog who was hesitating jumping down off the chair where sheâd sat while i washed my dishes
8. what is your favourite ice cream? McConnellâs salted caramel and chocolate flake. or anything thatâs a mascarpone or goat cheese base. yum.Â
9. what was the last thing you had to drink? decaf yorkshire with milk
10. do you like your wallet? YES! i have a scarf that has a secret pocket in it! it holds cards and other small essentials and itâs very sneaky.Â
11. what was the last thing you ate? granola with milk
12. did you buy any new clothes last weekend? nah bruh i havenât bought new clothes in ages!
13. the last sporting event you watched? i watched the last season of GLOW when it came out. thatâs as close as i get.Â
14. what is your favourite flavour of popcorn? chicago mix babyyyy! cheddar and caramel together at last.Â
15. who is the last person you sent a text message to? my housemate, it was the landlordâs contact infoâ
16. ever go camping? YES, and i miss it!! i used to camp regularly and really love my pseudo-glamping life: cooler full of good food, a double high air mattress, and a tent that allows you to stand up in the center (to change clothes). i havenât gone since coming to california, which is a total bummer.Â
17. do you take vitamins? yes, vit. D and fish oil daily, ideally i would have a good multi, PS, and maybe a couple other things, but i canât afford them all right now. my minimum is a D though, since yr body really does NOT get it from sun exposure. i know it sounds silly but vitamins are basically the concrete you pour in a hole to stabilize a beam (yr food). theyâre very good and they help a lot!Â
18. do you go to church every sunday? NO, thank goodness! i even stopped having to go with my family when i visit them.Â
19. do you have a tan? no, and i rarely do. SPF all the way.Â
20. do you prefer Chinese food or pizza? pizza please
21. do you drink your soda with a straw? only fountain sodas with ice
22. what colour socks do you usually wear? bright/mixed colors
23. do you ever drive above the speed limit? occasionally, but iâm pretty careful and definitely donât do it in residential areas.Â
24. what terrifies you? zombies (seriously) and loss/lack of control of myself
25. look to your left, what do you see? the side of the couch and the blank wall.Â
26. what chore do you hate? doing the dishes
27. what do you think of when you hear an Australian accent? the crocodile hunter
28. whatâs your favourite soda? cherry coke or dublin dr. pepper (the cane sugar kind made in texas) orrrr cheerwine
29. do you go in a fast food place or just hit the drive-thru? i drive thru everywhere except in-n-out, where it often takes less time to walk in.Â
30. whoâs the last person you talked to? my housemate and i had a little conversation, but i messaged with my bff earlier and that was a real conversation.Â
31. favourite cut of beef? umm i really like cooking a ny strip, but i donât necessarily have a favorite
32. last song you listened to? "fancyâ as sung by bobbie gentry bc instagram didnât have the reba version. WHICH IS UNACCEPTABLE, just so you know.Â
33. last book you read? my friends, i have a confession. i havenât read an actual book in ages. i used to read A LOT and then when i got sick it was like my brain said NO THANK YOU and i just stopped. i still read loads, itâs just mostly fic or articles. that being said, i just finished i must admit i thought iâd like to make you mine by @disgruntledkittenface and it was EXCELLENT.Â
34. favourite day of the week? Thursdays. like for as long as i can remember. it was hamburger day when i was a kid, and now itâs thursday hersday. and of course it was must see tv night all thru my adolescence.Â
35. can you say the alphabet backwards? i mean i probably could but why would i want to?
36. how do you like your coffee? with whole milk (and if iâm doing it myself, a little cinnamon, a pinch of salt, and a pinch of sugar)
37. favourite pair of shoes? my dog face flats (theyâre bobâs for dogs, you can maybe google them) even tho they are really worn out now
38. at what time do you normally go to bed? between 4-7am. i am a cryptid, please do not look at me
39. at what time do you normally get up? between 2-5pm, again i beg you to look away and judge me not
40. what do you prefer, sunrise or sunsets? sunsets!! (SAME!!)
41. how many blankets are on your bed? 4 right now. 2 super soft, 1 electric, and 1 duvet/comforter.Â
42. describe your kitchen plates? the classic 70s/80s unbreakable plates, some with the gold flowers around the rim and some with the tiny olive green ones. truly i think i have only seen a plate like this break once in my entire life. i bought these at a store in nyc (i definitely overpaid BUT it was still like $20 for 6 or 8 plates that will never break)
43. do you have a favourite alcoholic beverage? a properly made sidecar is HEAVEN, ok? so good!! but you gotta use good brandy and fresh lemons and i would get one if i could go back to my fave nyc bar and have pietro (a very good bartender) make me one. but really the thing that i will always want and have difficulty turning down is champagne/sparkling wine in the style of champagne.Â
44. do you play cards? yes! i used to play all the time with my ex. donât so much any more but i still love it when i get to!Â
45. what colour is your car? dark orange
46. can you change a tire? YES!! @ha-larry-us when the quarantine is done I will show you!! it really isnât too hard unless your bolts are on super tight.Â
47. what is your favourite state/province? California, i think. though part of me wants to name a southern state because I was born there and the mountains feel like home.Â
48. favourite job youâve ever had? the one i currently have but am physically unable to work at right now-- cheesemonger at a worker owned grocery store
49. how did you get your biggest scar? i was borrowing stage makeup from a friend in another dorm before our choir performance. the door was usually propped open, and so when i left the building i sorta jogged down the steps and pushed really hard on the door with my momentum. it was NOT propped open, and I put my right arm through the glass (and knocked out two more panes with my knee and foot). the RA was training to be an EMT and helped me get cleaned up. I didnât get stitches, but the scar is very long (maybe 3 inches). the best part of the story is that i went to make sure the choir director knew i wasnât performing but would sit in the audience, and her response was âwe donât have time to give you sympathy.â she was having a rough year but DAMN that was an ice cold response to an injured 18 year old.
50. what did you do today that made someone else happy? hmm probably just chatting with my bff. that makes both of us happy, always.Â
IDK WHO TO TAG!!! who is the sort of person to answer 50 random questions?? @alienfuckeronmain maybe? how about @slowdownsugar? hmm maybe @crinkle-eyed-boo and uhh @pompomoffinland. And you, friend!! YOU who is sitting there really wishing you were tagged, I am definitely tagging you!!
#about me#50 questions#text post#long post#alcohol mention#injury mention#this took me back to the old livejournal days
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3K Netflix Original Blurb Prompts
So here are the blurb prompts for the Netflix Original days - you can request with Billy and Steve on the Stranger Things day, with Clay, Zach and Justin on the 13RW day and then with all the Hargreeves kids on the Umbrella Academy day!! You could ask about me writing for other characters but those are the ones I mainly wanna write for but ofc others are welcome! As always, you donât need to just use prompts when requesting, your own ideas are more than welcome, the prompts are just really for inspiration :)
Speech:
âWhat are you thinking about?â
âYouâre tremblingâ
âRise and shine motherfuckerâ
âPlease donât punch his face too hard, I happen to quite like his faceâ
âStop calling me brave, we both know thatâs not trueâ
âItâs just a stupid crushâ
âTalk to me, you canât take on all of this aloneâ
âI have to say this now or I never willâ
âYou can call me whenever you want⊠even if you donât have a reason toâ
âI didnât mean it - Iâm sorry! If I could invent a time machine and go back and change it I would!â
âIâm not your ex you can be yourself with meâ
âI promised myself I wouldnât let you get hurtâ
âYouâre my favourite personâ âYou hate everyone elseâ âHigh praise thenâ
âYou have a surprisingly sweet smile considering how psychopathic you act on a daily basisâ
âI wanted to say âI love youâ for the first time without stuttering but that failedâ
âIâd rather cut my throat than see him againâ
âIt wasnât your faultâ
âHe kinda scares me, not gonna lieâ
âIâm sorry - I didnât know where else to goâ
âJust trust meâ
âI donât know how to love someone without hurting themâ
âNow, Iâm not saying that I hate you, all that Iâm saying is that if you were on fire and there was water next to you, chances are Iâd drink itâ
âI really wish you would have told me your family were homeâ
âRumour has it I make you nervousâ
âI thought your One Direction phase was long-gone?â
Cliches:Â
Stealing their shirt
Kissing in the rain
Thereâs only one bed
Secret relationship
Everyone keeps telling me to stay away from you bc youâre dangerous
Overhearing they have feelings for you
Best friends to lovers
Taking care of the other when theyâre injured/ill
Iâm too stubborn to admit Iâm scared but you know and take my hand
EVERYONE ALREADY KNOWS YOUâRE GONNA DATE SO JUST FUCK ALREADY
Pick Up Lines:
âYou remind me of my pinky toe - itâs cue and Iâd probably bang you on the coffee tableâ
âAre you a poster? Because I want to pin you on a wallâ
âI donât have a library card but can I check you out?â
âDo you have a name of should I just call you mine?â
âSpell meâ âM-Eâ âYou forgot the Dâ âThere isnât a D in meâ âNot yet thereâs notâ
âI may not be a photographer but I can picture you and I togetherâ
âYou must have forgotten to take your vitamins today because you seem to be lacking in vitamin meâ
âRoses are red, violets are blue, I look forward to being rejected by youâ
âCan I follow you because my mum told me to follow my dreamsâ
âYou look familiar, didnât we have a class together? I could have sworn we had chemistryâ
Situations:
Breakfast in bed
Working in a coffee shop
Being neighbours
Sharing a bed
Meeting their family
Meeting your family
Getting injured and them worrying over you
Dancing together at three in the morning
Movie marathon
Cuddling on a Sunday morning
WTSILY:
Listening to them as they vent
Making their coffee for them just the way they like it
Kissing their bruises as they form
Buying them something unrequested because it made you think of them
Holding their hand when you can tell that theyâre nervous/upset
âI want you to have thisâ
âSit downâ
âIâll help you studyâ
âBe carefulâ
âYou always look perfectâ
#courts3kblurbweek#steve harrington#steve harrington fanfiction#billy hargrove#billy hargrove fanfiction#clay jensen#clay jensen fanfiction#zach dempsey#zach dempsey fanfiction#justin foley#justin foley fanfiction#diego hargreeves#diego hargreeves fanfiction#five hargreeves#Five Hargreeves fanfiction#klaus hargreeves#klaus hargreeves fanfiction#ben hargreeves#ben hargreeves fanfiction
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How's Sweden? đȘđșđžđȘâ€ïž
In what context? Do you mean for the country as a whole or what? Big question...
Never mind, I get few enough asks here that I can give you a more comprehensive answer. I'll use it as an excuse to take stock of my personal trends against those of my country? Sorry not sorry for the incoming wall of text. Note, this is why you shouldn't say "How do you do?" to anyone from Sweden; we're tragically likely to give you an honest answer!
Weather for Sweden: You're UK based, so lets go by stereotypes and start with talking about the weather I suppose? It's winter, so the weather here is *usually* quickly summed up as "dark". Right now Sweden has between ~7 hours 15 minutes of time between sun up and sun down in the far south of Sweden, and "fuck you" minutes of sun on the far north, where it's currently polar night until about two weeks into January. On top the normal lack of sun, Sweden got an early Autumn this year and had less actually sunny days than usual in October and November due to clouds. So yeah, vitamin D deficiency for about 25% of the population according to my doctor. And many of the ones avoiding a deficiency are doing it by eating supplements. On a longer time scale, âclimateâ not âweatherâ... Yeah, weâve been having heat records broken and all that shit here the past few years as as well while having some winters be worse due to the Gulf stream being messed up..
Rating: 3.5/10Â â It sucks, but it's not much worse than the expected level of suckiness?Weather for me personally: I'm based in Stockholm and we're currently at 6Âœh of sun up time per day, but like I said, itâs been cloudy. Not so cold so far though. The problem for me personally is that when the sun goes down at 14:52 I often miss out on the sun completely due to my fucked up sleeping patterns. Or the sun is up but covered while Iâm going to work and that's it for sunlight that day. I'd likely suffer from winter depression if only I could separate it from my normal depression. Weâve had some snow that stays on the ground, but weâre somewhat surprisingly not in the hell that is streets filled with snow-water slosh yet.
Rating: 3.5/10 â I donât think the weather sucks more or less for me than it does for the country on average. (Places north of the polar circle excluded; I would really no be able to stand months of polar night.)
Health for Sweden: Sweden made #6 on the Bloomberg 2019 Healthiest Country Index, up two positions from 2017. Up from a score of 88.92 to 90.24 out of 100, so apparently it's not just other countries having worse health, things have gotten a bit better here.Rating: 9.24/10 â Well, Bloomberg hopefully put a lot more effort into their score than Iâll ever do, so Iâll just re-scale and steal it.Â
Health for me personally: I had to basically skip a year due depression and exhaustion. Not being able to work due to a non-functioning brain obviously sucks, but to bring this back to how Sweden is: Being able to be on sick leave for almost a year and thus being able to focus on getting medication that works for me and not being worried about getting evicted for not making rent is a blessing. I'm back to working part time since October while still on sick leave for 50%, trying to ease me back in to the productive work force. So far going well. If Iâd been forced to somehow work or starve, or live off my parents or something instead, Iâm pretty sure Iâd either be much deeper in depression right now, or be dead. Iâve still not really found meds that work great for me, but I'm feeling much better than I was a year ago.
Rating: 3/10 â I'm as optimistic as a clinically depressed person gets to be.
Status politically for Sweden (as I see it personally): It's getting more fucked by the day. The Moderate party just broke their campaign promise to not cooperate with the Sweden Democrats, a party born from neo-Nazi and white power movements. For UK context, think of the British National Party. Now imagine them going from a fringe group in the '90s to getting 20% of the votes in recent polls. They've been doing this all while having a whole bunch of scandals that would've hurt or killed the credibility of any non-fascist party. They're racist, homo- and transphobic, and operate their own alternative media that have ties to Russian disinformation efforts. So yeah, as a gay guy who's seen the inside of a few history books: Outlook not great.
Rating: 2/10 â If only because it can still get worse. Think first act of Cabaret.
Love life for Sweden: Hmm, check in on satwcomic.com I suppose?
Love life for me personally: Yes please? I've been single for longer than I'm willing to admit. I've barely dated anyone for ages due to my aforementioned depression making me not feel like someone worth dating. Also, there's some types of vitamin D deficiencies that eating supplements won't cure...
Rating: I really don't want to put a number on this so I wonât. Honestly, graphing out my love life numerically doesn't sound all that productive. But somewhere at the edge of the Bell curve is the guy for me?
Economically for Sweden: Sweden's been in a upward business cycle since 2016, but it's ebbing out and is expected to be balanced sometime next real. Ie, things have been good, but things aren't quite yet bad. Rating: 5.5/10 â I suppose? Not really my area of expertise.
Economically for me personally: Not complaining at all on this front. I got an IT job four years ago after having worked part time in retail for a bunch of years and having been a student before that. I've managed to not raise my monthly expenses even nearly as much as my pay went up. So while Iâm not wealthy, I'm still surprised by being able to have a savings account that grows steadily and still having more spending money over each month.
My rating: 8/10 â This quote by Charles Dickens comes to mind: âAnnual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery.âÂ
Social life in Sweden: According to this article I just Googled up from half remembering reading in 2015, âThe expat quality of life survey" published by HSBC, Sweden was the worst country for the category "Making friends". Looking at the data on HSBC's website we're apparently no longer dead last as a place to be making friends, we're now 31st out of the 33 countries listed, with Japan at 32nd place and Saudi Arabia last at 33rd. The United Kingdom is at 29th.
It is close to impossible to make friends here by talking to random strangers in most situations, as only weird people talk to strangers. Of course that mentality is self-fulfilling since if you assume any stranger talking to you is weird, drunk, or high, you will not want to make friends with strangers that talk to you, and you won't want to talk to strangers more than you have to or risk being branded weird. Even striking up random conversations at a pub will be more difficult here.Â
But donât despair, thereâs a trick! Find the few social situations where Swedes want to talk to people they don't know: This is done by joining some organization or club of some sort. It doesn't really matter if it's a board gaming group, a student group, doing volunteer work for the local Pride or some other NPO or if it's a club for people who really like a certain breed of dogs. Once we've decided that we're among our own kind of people (and I don't mean "other Swedes") we'll happily talk to strangers, and not only about subjects related to that specific organization. Step two is converting them to be your friends and not just some randos you can talk to at some club meeting. Iâm sad to say that traditionally this is done with alcohol, either by dragging people along to a pub/bar, or by inviting them or being invited by them to some sort of party. Without alcohol the fallback is fika. If the organization youâve joined is something that you will naturally be spending time doing outside of the organization or club meetings thatâs also ideal. Once youâve invited or been invited to a few things outside of the organization itâs not strange to invite them to other social things than what the organization cares about.
For fairness to anyone reading this that didnât read the article: I should probably also mention that the same HSBC study had Sweden as the top country in Europe for âoverall quality of lifeâ for expats here. And third best in the world, just behind Singapore and New Zealand in the same category. "Swedes make great friends but terrible strangersâ.
My rating for making friends in Sweden is : 3/10 - Join a club, any club.
Social life for me personally: I have a few great close friends and a bunch more not quite as close friends who are also great. Come to think of it, many of them I've met through one of the three different organizations I've been most active in, and most of the rest I met through those friends. I'm really thankful for having friends who are still around even after I've spent way too much time feeling too bad to be very social or friendly at all.
My rating of my friends: 10/10 - No, I'm not biased.OK, so letâs average those numbers up and pretend the averages mean something!
Sweden:Â 5.81Me:Â 6.63Wait what? Iâm winning?
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Cutie Reviews: Kawaii Box June 19
I donât have much to say for this one, but I decided not to include the prices and such. I know I probably should but I donât actually know if it serves any purpose...
Word of the month: Ma-meido - Mermaid
Chocobar Z & Marukawa Kirby MixânâMatch Gum
This is unusual, Iâm beginning with the snack items first. For this month we got 2 of them, the Kirby Gum and a Special Surprise Treat, something they also did last month, but it was a bonus item rather than a snack. So this is an item Iâm semi-familiar with, pretty sure I had one before.
This is pretty much a chocolate umaibo; but itâs not of the Umaibo brand and they have their own chocolate flavor. This reminds me a lot of it, but it has a bitter aftertaste and itâs much thicker. It also brings to mind a chocolate breakfast cereal, itâs pretty yummy. But I wasnât able to locate it on Blippo.com.
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Our next item is a delicious Kirby packaged gum set. Basically you have so many flavors of gum that you can chew separately or mix to get a new flavor, as you can see by the pic. Â
I had this years ago back when it first came out and itâs essentially the same, but I noticed right away that before it only had 4 flavors (Yogurt, Mystery, Apple, and Orange), and you could make a few of the same combinations, one of which was actually cola, which was removed because itâs is a flavor now, along with white grape/muscat and soda.
Of course, being a curious person I sat down and tested everything; and once I did I still had a good amount left over. Here was what I thought:Â
Cola - a little tangy, tastes like cola candy.
White Grape/Muscat - normal muscat/WG candy, but my tongue felt like I had a little salt on it from this one. No idea why.Â
Soda - typical ramune or soda flavor, very yummy, hard to mess up.
Orange - tastes like orange tic-tacs. I loved these when I was little.
Apple - a sweet apple, delicious~
COMBINATIONS
Soda + Apple = Champagne - It was unique but Iâm not sure if I liked it or not. It confused me.
Soda + Cola =Â Gingerale - Same as above, and Iâm not sure it reminded me of gingerale either.
Soda + WG/Muscat = Melon Soda - A strong melon taste with a hint of grape! Very tasty.
WG/Muscat + Apple = Wine - Weird -_- but it tasted better over time.
Apple + Orange = A fruit mix? - I mostly taste orange and couldnât tell what it was supposed to be.
Soda + Apple + Orange = Vitamin Drink - It was very tasty with a strong citrus flavor.
WG/Muscat + Apple + Orange = Pear - Like the gingerale one, I found it hard to tell if I liked it and if it tasted like what it was meant to be. This one felt a little more successful to me, but I was still unsure.
Rating: â„ â„ â„ â„ â„Â
None of the flavors tasted badly, I really like them. The flavor lasts for a bit, maybe like 10-15 minutes; and weirdly enough, every piece I spit out had a really pretty pearlescent color and they all came in a different color of the rainbow! Iâd recommend these; especially if you like Kirby!
Round Neko Plushie Charm
(Sorry about the items in the background~)
Our next item is an adorable plushie charm based on a round kitty. Theyâre the purrrfect size to roll around in your hands and squish on when you donât have a squishy available or just want something different. They also come in a variety of cute kitty colors and patterns and they are completely stuffed with filling.
Rating: â„ â„ â„ â„Â
As cute as the kitty is I have to admit, the face detracts a fraction of cuteness away from it in my opinion, but I still think itâs very sweet looking. Itâs decent looking in terms of sew job and if you like firm plush then I think this would be a good one to get; but I prefer squishier, softer plushies and if you look at the picture, doesnât the whole thing feel a little unbalanced? It might be easier to see in person, but it kind of bothers me a little.
Dreamland Puffy Stickers & Mermaid Nail Stickers
I love panda bears, so I thought this pastel themed sticker sheet we got was very cute! Besides the panda we also have cute flowers and clovers, birds, and bubbles. Oh, and if youâre wondering theyâre sadly not scented.
Rating: â„ â„Â
This bothered me, because I ADORED these. But they get a 1 or 2 out of 10 on the puffy scale, they have a very slight puff to them in appearance, but when you press them theyâre very hard. I find them ultra-kawaii but if youâre looking for actual puffy stickers, then youâre not going to be satisfied with these.
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Besides adorable panda clovers, we also get a cute mermaid themed nail sticker set by Snow Fox. Specifically these are their 3D Design Nail Stickers, due to have a 3D element in the form of cute little diamond accents. These are perfect for summer or if you just like mermaids; I especially love how they look like Ariel.
So.. because I didnât use these yet, I decided not to rate them. Also, Iâm pretty sure theyâre just like any other sticker; there isnât much you can say about them and you could probably use them on other things if you wanted to.
Aiko Little Mermaid Face Towel
As of late we have been getting adorable exclusive Kawaii Box/Blippo.com goods featuring the adorable Aiko-chan~ They always fit the theme and theyâre made in really good quality too, I love them and itâs such a nice touch to personalize the box more x3 But you can also buy them off of Blippo.com.Â
Rating: â„ â„ â„ â„ â„Â
Itâs on the smaller side, but itâs perfect for a hand and face towel/rag/wash cloth. The details are really nice, itâs spot-on with the theme, and it feels very soft, and itâs small size makes it very handy for putting into numerous things you might want to bring with you.
Little Twin Stars Key Cover
This item is a bit random (in my opinion) but itâs still cute! This is a Sanrio original item you just pop on over your keys to add a touch of adorableness every time you pop them out, and it includes a ball chain so if you donât plan to use it for the intended purpose, you can just turn it into a cute charm or keychain.Â
Rating: â„ â„ â„ â„ â„
I like Little Twin Stars, but Lala has always been my favorite out of the two. I was a little disappointed I didnât get her, but I still think theyâre both really sweet and adorable. The chain is good and the key cover is made from rubber with really nice, but simple and bright detail. It even has molded on writing on the back for the branding that looks amazingly crisp and clean.
Our Little Mermaid Notebook & Puffy Narwhal Sticky Notes
To go with our theme, we have these 2 cute writing stationery items by Tree in Art; a gorgeous mermaid notebook, which Iâm sure you can tell is a lot bigger than what we usually get in these boxes; I was surprised! And it came in a few variations, all with a lovely watercolor/pastel theme.
The paper is basic lined, nothing fancy, but it has Discover Your Senses written on the bottom of each sheet. I like how it seems to go with the image.
Rating: â„ â„ â„ â„ â„Â
So I know you can judge paper quality by doing various things or using various pens and coloring tools on them- but I donât really know paper at all, so I canât really do that. But I mean, I didnât notice anything wrong with the paper the one time Iâve used it thus far, I wish the pages were a little more decorative though to match the outside.
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I donât really know anything of the Tree in Art brand, but so far Iâve been liking what we get. Itâs very soft and sweet looking, like this puckered lip narwhal sticky note set o3o
Rating: â„ â„ â„ â„ â„Â
I really like the detail they put into the backing of these, you can see it in the pic right? Itâs a very cute touch to go with the very cute sticky note image. I could see these floating around quite quickly in the office or school among friends~
Also, these tear very easy. Not easy enough that they wonât stick to each other, but easy enough thereâs no issues tearing them off.
Kawaii Jellyfish Pen
Our last item, and one of my most favorites in this months box is an adorable Jellyfish themed pen :D besides having a cute, simple design on the tube using various pastels and pink tones, thereâs an adorable jellyfish charm hanging from the top, the main attraction! The jellyfish feels like a light plastic and has fabric strands as the tentacles; it can also be taken off if you wish to turn it into a keychain, or a charm for a necklace or something.
The pen is a fine tip, and these came in a few color variations if I recall.
Rating: â„ â„ â„ â„ â„Â
I love love love it~ itâs so adorable and fun looking, and I love fine tip pens x3 you need to give them a few seconds to dry when using them, but they right so smoothly. Itâs also really fun to use the pen and watch the jellyfish wiggle around on the tip.
â„ Cutie Ranking â„
Content - 5 out of 5: I really liked this box, all the items were well-made and seemed thought out, and like usual we got a mix of things. I didnât see any real quality issues or problems.
Theme - 4 out of 5: Only half of the box fit the mermaid/sea theme; but to be fair, the other half seemed to fulfill the fantasy side. Lately Kawaii Box has been confusing me with its themes and items, but I felt like this one was really obvious :3 perfect for summer too!
Total Rank: 9 out of 10 Cuties. Besides one or two little issues with a single item (and they were minuscule and only my opinion), I felt like this box really picked up the pace after the past two or three boxes. I liked them but with their confusing themes and lack of items fitting them, this one nailed it! Everything is really kawaii and fun, Iâd recommend this box!
â„ Cutie Scale â„
1. Mermaid Notebook - I love the gentle colors and overall sweetness of the cover. I do wish the pages were a little more matching with it, but I still really like it.
2. Jellyfish Pen - itâs so cute the way it sways around~
3. Narwhal Sticky Notes - Very cute, I love how decorative the clear backing is to go with them.
4. Kirby Gum - I love Kirby, and I really did like this gum so it was really fun to experience how it changed over time.
5. Aiko Hand Towel - Perfect for the summer season x3 Aiko-chan looks so cute.Â
6. Dreamland Puffy Stickers - Very sweet and cute, they give me a dreamy vibe that I love to look at them; but I was disappointed by the lack of puffiness.
7. Mermaid Nail Stickers - Theyâre so pretty, Iâm a little afraid to use them~
8. Chocobar Z - It was delicious~
9. Neko Plushie - I was surprised by this because I love cats. But I donât know, I just wasnât feeling it.
10. Little Twin Stars Key Cover - itâs cute but I donât know when Iâll use it and I feel like out of everything its the least practical for me.
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Secrets II (Liam x MC // Drake x MC)
Second part is here! The actual action starts in next chapter (!!), the first two are just to introduce the characters and the background. In other words, donât get discouraged, itâll get better!
All rights for characters go to Pixelberry, plot is inspired by Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, I donât own these rights either.
Rating: Normal, nothing scandalous
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Of course, all good-looking guys are either freaks, gays or fictional. This one here wasnât an exception. And heâs probably gonna fire me now, Riley thought as Liam shook her hand.
Instead, he just asked, âSo, lady Riley, how do you like my house?â âIâd like it better if I could contact my motherâ she murmured. âOh, of course. You can write her a letter and Iâll make sure it will be delivered first thing in the morning.â He smiled warmly. Okay, he is a 100% freak. Who would be that nice after Iâve insulted him on so many ways. âI...Thank you but, donât you have a phone here?â Riley asked and Bertrand cleared his throat. âSir.â she added quickly. Liam looked at her and replied, âNo, Iâm afraid we donât have a phone. Iâm sorry.â
She looked at him in anticipation. âYes? Do you want to ask me something?â He asked. Riley hesitated and then blurted out âArenât going to fire me, sir?â Liamâs eyes widened, âFire you? And why would I do that, it is jusy your first day!â âOh, I thought...Nevermind, Iâm goodâ she smiled, âSo whereâs your daughter, the one Iâm supposed to teach?â Before she even finished her question Bertrand made a facepalm and started silently cursing Maxwell for bringing here âthis uneducated, clumsy, ill-mannered woman.â What now? Oh, right. Sheâs an orphan not his daughter. Riley wanted to facepalm herself now too.
âShe is not my daughter, however I do take care of her. And I do hope you will make a wonderful governess.â He said politely. âYes, Iâm sorry. But I actually would like to know more about my duties?â âOf course,â Liam smiled, âbut first, there is someone you should  meet,â he took a hand of a young girl still standing with Maxwell and Bertrand. âHer name is Amelia, Amelia this is Riley, your governess.â The girl looked at Riley as she was speaking, âHi! Iâm Riley, itâs nice to meet you!â
Amelia shook her head and replied, âJe ne compreds pas madame, je mâappelle Amelia and je ne parle pas anglaisâ Oh my gosh, sheâs French. I shouldnât have written I spoke French perfectly when I know only the basics. Riley nervously giggled. She knew she would have to use French but thought sheâd just use the internet. And now, without any help she needed to communicate with this little one.
âUm, bonjour? Oui, enchantĂ©! Je suis Riley.â Amelia smiled and shook her hand âTu parles français, tu parles français! En fin!â she started daning across the room. Liam looked at her and then at Riley with a big smile on his face. âI think she likes you. Iâll put her to bed and tomorrow youâll start with English for two hours, is that okay?â He asked. âYeah, sure, totally! Iâve got this.â Iâm so screwed.
Liam left the room with Amelia still singing something in French. Bertrand and Maxwell approached her. The younger brother spoke first. âGood job Riley! They both like you!â âThank you--â she started but Bertrand broke in. âYes, they like you somehow so please, do not ruin it.â And he left. Maxwell motioned at his brother. âDonât be disturbed by him, heâs always been that grumpy.â She smiled. At least one person here was normal. âThanks. I think Bertrand definitely won the award for the grumpiest man I know.â âYeah, well, you havenât met Drake yet, heâs even grumpier.â Maxwell laughed.
What is this place? The grumpy land? Maybe the lack of internet has the same effects as the lack of sun and vitamin D? I surely cannot wait to meet another grumpy man.
They say the first night in a new place is always the hardest. Some also say that whatever you dream about the first night will symbolize your stay in that place.
Riley definitely didnât have the easiest night. She couldnât fall asleep until two in the morning and then she had nightmares. In the first one she was running away in a blood-stained wedding dress into the woods. In the second, she was trying to rescue Amelia from burning castle but she got lost in the hall and couldnât find the exit.
When she woke up at half past six, she was more tired than rested. Sleepily, she took a shower and got dressed. Riley took her books, a French dictionary, her little blackboard and went down for breakfast.
When she arrived to the main hall, Maxwell spotted her and friendly waved at her. âHey Riley! Come join us for breakfast!â Relieved that she doesnât have to eat alone Riley entered the dining area in the kitchen and said to hi to Maxwell, Bertrand, and a pretty lady sitting by the table and eating something that looked like a mash. She only hoped it wasnât oatmeal. Riley sat down next to Bertrand, facing Maxwell with the mysterious woman. âCan we get some oatmeal for lady Riley here, please?â Maxwell asked one of the ladies who were preparing food. She nodded at him and brought a bowl full of oddly looking mash. Mmm, yummy. Just what I needed. Maxwell wiped his face and spoke, âLady Riley, I donât believe youâve met my wife, Hana. Hana, this is lady Riley, a new governess to Amelia!â Riley pretended not to hear when Bertrand snorted and instead smiled at Hana. âItâs nice to meet you!â she said, âI havenât seen many women here.â Hana returned the smile, âOh, yes, itâs probably because not many people live here anyway.â âYes, thatâs true,â Maxwell added, âHana and I live in the left wing of the castle, so you can come by anytime you want. And Bertrand lives here, on the first floor, Liam lives here as well, but a little bit higher, and Amelia lives next door. The rest of rooms are either empty or the staff live there. Sometimes they are given to guests when they come. Itâs not very often though.â Maxwell explained and she saw Bertrand giving a cold look at his brother, whispering âless talkingâ to him.
âMaybe I can give a tour later?â Hana proposed. âI would love that, thank you!â Riley answered. Two normal people, itâs getting better!
After this questionable breakfast, which she truly hoped sheâd never have to eat again, Riley headed to the âstudyâ room. This time Maxwell drew her a little map of the most important places so she wouldnât get lost. Amelia was already there and when she saw her teacher approaching she smiled and ran to embrace Riley.
âMademoiselle Riley!â she greeted her. Oh, thatâs gonna be interesting. âAmelia! Comment ça va?â she started. âExcellemment! Je suis super contente parce que tu parles français. Ni personne ici parles françaisâ Ameliaâs smile faded.
Great. She just told me how upset she was because no one here spoke French and here I am, just about to tell her the same.
âAmelia...je parle français juste un peu.â Riley admitted that she knew only basics. To her great surprise, Amelia laughed. âPas de problĂšme Riley! I can parle un peu Englishâ she said. Now, whaat?
âUmm, I thought you didnât speak English at all? You never spoke it before.â âOui, vrai, mais there was ni personne I wanted to parle avec. En plus, those people are trĂšs ennuyeux. It is fun to watch and Ă©couter while they ne savent pas que je comprends.â
Riley was shocked. This little one was smarter than she looked like. She was using the fact no one knew she understood what they talked about. Maybe Amelia could tell me whatâs going on here.
âAmelia,â Riley started, âsince you understand those âboringâ people, do you maybe know why this place stopped hundreds years ago and have no singal, wi-fi, and hires an outsider because itâs better than a person from here?â Amelia grinned slyly as she spoke, âI know un peu.â Riley opened her mouth to say something but the girl quickly added, âAnd I might tell you tout je sais, if you gain my trust.â
That was certainly the weirdest class, weirdest kid Riley ever encountered. For two hours, she was trying to teach Amelia what she already knew. The class ended before Riley even realized and she was free for the day. She decided to look for Hana and start the tour around the castle. She lived with Maxwell in left wing and Riley set out in that direction, map in her hand.
Of course, her bad sense of direction led her somewhere else. Those people who built it must have had an amazing time when they built left wing on the actual right side of the castle. Very funny indeed. But she was lost again and somehow ended up in the garden. Riley heard a voice from one of the stables and she decided to ask that person for directions. When she entered she realized the man she heard was actually speaking to a horse.
Well, a person who talks to animals so nicely must be good, right? Besides, he was pretty good looking. At least his back. Very muscular.
âEkhm,â she cleared her throat and the man turned around to meet her eyes, he had pretty brown eyes and Riley instantly felt drawn to him, âhi, sorry for interrupting but I got lost and I was wondering if you could help me?â âNo.â He answered and got back to brushing the horseâs mane.
Okay, that was rude. âListen, Iâm just asking for directions, and youâre working here so you know whereâs the left wing.â she was clearly annoyed. The man didnât even look up, âLook, whoever you are, maybe itâs the best you got lost. You have a chance to escape and never go back.â
Oh man, this man was a freak too. This place is full of handsome freaks. But does that mean itâs--
âAre you Drake?â she asked and he turned to her in surprise. âI am, how do you know? Who are you?â âMaxwell told me there was a man grumpier than Bertrand named Drake and I just figured.â Drake frowned, âAnd you came here to offend me or?â âI came here for directions,â she stated, âI look for the left wing.â Drake rolled his eyes. âDo you see that fountain there?â he motioned a beautiful fountain that she didnât notice at first. âturn left, you need to pass the rose aisle and then turn right and youâll be there.â âThanks.â she said and left the stable. This guy was weird. Hopefully, sheâll never have to speak to him again.
âYou were right,â Riley said to Maxwell when she finally arrived to where he and Hana were living, âDrake is grumpier than Bertrand. And even more rude.â âHa! Told you so! Although, if you know him better heâs a pretty nice guy.â âIâm not sure I want to get near him anytime soonâ she admitted.
âLady Riley!â Hana appeared in the doorway, âDo you want to have the tour now?â âI do, I still get lost too easilyâ Riley laughed. âMaxwell, you want to come too?â his wife asked. âI wish, but Liam and I have some matters to discuss. Iâll see you later!â He kissed Hana and headed out.
âWhat exactly Liam does? Like, whatâs his job?â Riley inquired when the two of them were walking towards the main entrance. Hana sighed. âIâm not sure. I donât really understand what theyâre doing, I saw Maxwell helping him with some finances once so I assumed itâs something like that.â âYou never asked?â Isnât that a normal thing to know what your husband does for a living? âI did, but he said it was complicated. Something with business and politics. I really donât know Riley, Iâm sorry.â âOh, itâs fine, I was just curious.â
The ladies were walking now in silence until Hana broke it. âSo here is the main entrance and there,â she motioned to the windows on higher floors, âis your room, a little higher there is Liamâs and Ameliaâs right next to him, then down there, is where Bertrand stays, there is where the guests stay, and here,â she pointed her finger to the window they were facing, âis Liamâs study.â
âAnd where does Drake live? In the stables?â Hana chuckled, âNo, heâs occupying the right wing.â Riley frowned. âAlone?â âRight wing is very old and no one really wants to live there. Drake prefers solitude so he picked this place to live in. There are some guards too.â
Guards? Why would they need guards?
âUmm, Hana? Why guards?â Hanaâs eyes widened. âI-I donât know! They just are, you know, itâs a big castle, itâs probably because of burglars.â âYeah, sure.â Riley wasnât convinced. She wanted to ask some more questions but the moment they entered the big hall, Liam went out of his study and greeted the ladies. âLady Hana! Lady Riley! Itâs nice to see you both!â He smiled. âHow was your class with Amelia?â he asked approaching the ladies.
Hana excused herself and joined Maxwell. âGood, pretty good actually. Sheâs learing fast. Iâm sure sheâll be able to speak perfect English by the end of the summer.â âOh, thatâs wonderful,â he said, âLady Riley, would like to take a walk with me around the gardens?â Iâm not really sure if heâs completely sane. Iâll take my pepper spray just in case. âSure! Iâll just grab my bag, wait here!â She yelled running up the stairs, not hearing Liamâs laugh. Maybe this will be my chance to learn something more. Maybe heâll answer me some questions, Riley thought while packing her spray into the bag. She also took her phone, just in case thereâs some signal in the gardens. Besides, she can always dial the policeâs number. She just wanted to be secure.
Liam was waiting for her in the very spot she left him. When he saw her, he smiled and streched his hand to her. What a gentleman. Riley took his hand and the two of them headed out to the gardens. She was silent at first, trying to come up with appropriate questions.
Before she had a chance to ask anything Liam spoke up. âSo, lady Riley, what do you think of my house?â âItâs...okay. Very old, but I guess thatâs your style. I love my bedroom though! And the garden, itâs so pretty. Oh and also, I know itâs not really a business for you but, is there oatmeal every day for breakfast? Cause I hate it. And I just wondered if youâll let me starve to death or maybe--â Liam interrupted her, chuckling, âOatmeal is very nutritional, but if you donât like Iâm sure youâll find something else to eat.â Riley looked at his face. He seemed to be a nice guy. Maybe he just likes solitude and is tired with people.
âLiam, sir I mean, what I really want to know, why are you so separated from the civilization? Youâre pretty young I believe, and usually itâs old people that retire somewhere far from the city,â Oh my gosh, Riley shut up, âitâs not like youâre old! I didnât mean, I just wanted, I, umâ she rambled.
Liam stopped walking for a moment and bursted into laughter. âItâs okay, I am not very old thatâs true, but Iâm not very young either. This country is beautiful but I was tired with people and politics and everything that was happening here. I just really enjoy peace. Thatâs the whole secret.â She smiled not really satisfied with the answer.
Maybe she was just imagining things? Maybe it was true, this guy right here prefers living in alienation. Maybe thereâs no story.
But then, a young man, wearing suit and glasses ran up to them, calling Liamâs name. Liam turned around and his face fell. His jaw clenched as the man approached them. âLiam! There you are!â the elegantly-dressed man said, âI was looking for you for a while now, there is an important matter to attend toâ he added. Liamâs eyes widened as the mysterious man silently nodded. âOf course!â Liam turned to Riley, âRiley, this is Justin, Â the bro--,â he stopped realizing what he was about to say and then quickly corrected himself, âmy assistant, Justin, this is Riley, Ameliaâs governess.â Riley and Justin shook hands. âLady Riley, I must unfortunately leave you, can we continue the walk later?â âYeah, sure. No worries.â
The men walked away and Riley only thought how Liam tensed up when he saw that man. And another assistant? Why would Liam need any assistants if that whole thing is just about solitude? Unless...Unless thereâs something more to it. Riley looked in the direction of the castle and decided she needed to know what was happening there. First step, Liamâs study.
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I got worse by the second...
Self Experience.
It all began when I had turned 10 years old. The first trigger was my period and my health never been the same since.Â
I would get mysterious pain on my stomach and constant nausea. There was never a day I would wake up without an upset stomach. I would have to threw up and then deal with diarrhea. It was tolerable at first since I would get it occasionally and I bounced back quickly. I would feel perfectly fine after each episode. However that was only one problem.Â
The other problem was my time of month. I would get excruciating pain from my stomach to my foot, back and hands. I could not even walk. Pain killers only took away 25% of the pain. The only peace I had was when I was sleeping and so I only slept for the entire day. This pain would last for two, at the most three, days and after I was healthy as a horse.Â
We (My parents and I) donât know if it was a coincidence that I got sick just around the time my first got my period or that it was connected to it somehow. However I didnât worry about it since I was okay afterwards. Since I was fine and didnât really care, my parents also brush it off because I kept telling them I was fine, I was okay and nothing was wrong. To be honest, I did feel okay so I didnât feel the need to worry them unnecessarily.Â
This lasted for some years until one of the worst nights of my life.
My watch alarmed signalling it was midnight. I sighed. I twisted and turned. I groaned in frustration. I was nauseous and unable to sleep. Suddenly a feeling of discomfort overcome my stomach. I curled up in a childâs pose and began to take deep breaths. In my head I kept praying and saying âplease not nowâ.
 You see at this point I had gotten used to the agony I would get and this may sound weird but I could differentiate between my period pain and the other weird thing that has been happening to me and this is one of the weird ones. Although, in my head I knew it was the weird pain, something felt off.Â
It worsen by the second and so I got up and had to call my mum. I couldnât have handled it by myself, I was trembling in pain. Hence one of the worst episodes of pain. It lasted till around 5 in the morning and normally it would be around an hour. This time it was 5 hours of pain, vomiting and dysentery and this wasnât the only different thing. Usually I would bounce back quickly, this time I felt weak, drained, tired and very sick. At first we didnât care much but still was very worried. We were right to be, I got worse by the second. Â
We decided it was time to visit a doctor. Honestly we went by so many I could hardly remember them all. Iâll only state the main ones. So the first set of doctors we went by they all told me the same thing. âThereâs a virus going around, you must have gotten it. Donât worry, here take these and you will be fine.â In my head I was like, There had been a virus going around 365 days a year now. That was the first year of my health deterioration. Endless doctors diagnosing me with some virus and medication took over my life.
Coming into the second year, we went by another doctor once again. This doctor for once told us something different. He said that I was lactose intolerant, that milk could be the cause because of all the processing and chemicals that are placed into the milk before it reaches the cartons. So we stopped all diary. This did help...for a little while and it was back to square one again. At this point I had done so many tests, blood, urine, stool and now probably the biggest test I did. It may sound all that scary but to me I was terrified.
We were recommended to a doctor by one of my teachers at school. The doctor was about 2 hours away from where I live considering traffic. We went and she told us that she needs to see inside my stomach. I was alright fine thinking it was a ultrasound. Boy, did I thought wrong. She said we needed to place a camera down your throat to see inside your stomach, it is called a endoscopy and a camera in another place I refuse to speak of to see your lungs and that is called your colonoscopy. As much as I didnât wanted to, I had no choice and so the test was done. I asked to be asleep because there was no way on earth was I going to stay awake through that.Â
After the test now. The results were, I was indeed lactose intolerant and also there was a gap in my stomach where acid is seeping through and that being the reason why I was nauseous the whole time. Despite all of this and new medication, I didnât get better.Â
At this time my father was really interested into car music, he wanted to make a sound system for his enjoyment only for our car. He met this person who was going to make a battery for his car and just so happens that same person also happens to be a family doctor. Upon learning about this, my parents informed him of my health and he told them to bring me in his office.Â
Now this was the start of my healing journey. This doctor was the only one who actually listen to us and really thought about my symptoms. He said for my period problem I might have PCOS. PCOS is polycystic ovary syndrome and it affects everyone differently. We checked and it was that and that was one case solved. Unto the other problem, firstly he wanted me to do a blood test to check if my thyroids are low because that could be partially the cause for my illness. Low and behold my thyroids were dangerously low so that was another discovery made and he began treating for that.Â
However he still suspected me of having a gut problem and needed to do more research to pin point the exact issue. Meanwhile he took me off all of my previous medication. It turns out too many different types of medication is very bad for your health and that could have also been a reason why I was getting worse. He started me with a pro-biotic tablet to restore some good bacteria in me and some vitamins c and d because let me tell you I was lacking alot in that area.Â
Not only that, he told me that I need to go on a diet of no gluten, diary and soy. Basically treat me like a baby, let me heal and then one by one introduce back proper food in my life and see what agrees with me. This was probably the most hardest thing I ever had to. I could only eat provisions but no potato. Imagine that! But as much as I hated this, I have to admit, it did help. In less than a month I was atleast 50% better and kept improving.Â
There was only one problem but we didnât really care to pay attention to it since we were so focused on me getting better and that was what was wrong with me? What was the reason I was sick?Â
Then one day my mum and dad was shopping in the grocery for my gluten free food where they met up with a lady. Her daughter was also ill, she had similar symptoms to me and her daughter had lupus. My parents and I knew I didnât have that but we still wanted to know. The lady had referred us to their doctor. At first we didnât bother to go until one night I had a relapse. It was the first time in a short while I ever felt like that. Just when I thought I would never have to feel that pain ever again. Life is quite funny huh?Â
So we decided to pay that doctor a visit. Now let me tell you, that was the absolutely the rudest doctor I ever had met. Despite his attitude, I am still wondering how he even got his degree. He told us that the only solution is to operate on me. Cut me open. Why you may ask? Well I am wondering to. When we asked why, he said, you want to find the problem donât you? Basically what this sorry excuse for a doctor wanted to do was to cut me open to look for something he, himself donât even know about.Â
After that day, I got another relapse and my parents were talking. Honestly we werenât exactly financially stable, doctors took alot of money and so does medication and this food diet I am on. My dad told my mum that they should take whatever little money they had left and do the operation. At-least then they can find the problem and take care of it and it will all be over.Â
Luckily it didnât get to that. This is where the real healing began. My dad is a mechanic and he has his own garage at home. He goes by this place to buy parts and one day the owner who doesnât even know anything about our lives told my dad that he got problems. Now that haunted my dad that for a while he avoided buying parts there. The next time he went the owner said to come to his church Christ Our Banner Ministries, he said to come three times and decide if you want to stay. Every time my dad and mum would go, the owner would leave his business and come to talk to mum in the car. So just to get him off our backs we said we would go.
The very next Sunday we all got dressed but I got sick again and only my dad and sister was able to go as my mum had to stay with me. My dad came home literally a new person. He said the moment he step into that church he felt like all the weight has left his shoulders. The next Sunday I made it my mission to go and I walked out of that church healed.Â
Since Pastor prayed for me on that alter, I knew it. I knew I will never be the sick girl ever again. Now I have no pain whatsoever. I can eat anything even diary. I am literally a new person and it just wonderful and I am forever thankful because Jesus healed me. I feel incredibly lucky to receive such a miracle and it is just so amazing. My family and I are happy now and are in peace, all given by our savior.
From then to now, we have been baptized, my mum converted from a Hindu to Christian. My dad was already baptized but over the years had strayed, now he is renewed. My sister and I were only dedicated but now fully baptized in the Lordâs name.Â
This is not obviously the whole story, thereâs alot more detail, unfortunately I really canât remember them much and there more aspects to this other than the being sick part. If you have any questions at all or even your own story to tell please feel free to and also your thoughts. I would love to hear what you would have to say.
- Adina Gordon
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Solitude
Fear-Themed Headcanon Questions
Solitude: Name 3 things your muse couldnât live without.
Well, Jix would probably say his berries, âtasty littles,â haha, but if you got him to really sit down and think seriously about it, he would admit that he could live without berries. It would be a sad, joyless life for a while until he got over them, but he could do it, heh. Literally speaking, Jix canât live without sunlight, water, and some kind of food. Those are just the things he physically needs to stay alive. But I suspect this question was meant to be more existential than all that...
More philosophically speaking, there are three things he really canât live without: Love, friends, and sunlight.
Why is sunlight here again? Because Jix takes a lot of joy in the light and warmth of sunlight and is very much a creature of daylight. He gets scared in darkness and if he were plunged into eternal darkness, he would become depressed and die long before he would die of lack of vitamin D and whatever else he physically gets from sunlight.Â
Love is another thing that he needs in his life. Whether itâs love from friends, family, or even just feeling loved by nature in general, Jix needs to feel included and valued or he would get dangerously depressed.
And friends is an easy one. Heâs an extremely social little guy. If he was completely alone for even just a few weeks, that same depression would result and if it went on long enough, he would lose hope from the loneliness and stop eating and taking are of himself. He needs to talk to others, to be spoken to, to pet animals, and generally to interact with the creatures and people around him. He definitely could not survive all alone in the world. His little heart couldnât take the loneliness.Â
He argues that his tasty littles would be #4 on the list, though. XD
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