#i'm convinced that erik has heard of it

[themonotonysyndrome]

A man falls asleep dreaming that he's a butterfly. That butterfly wakes up as a man.

Is he a man or a butterfly?

Let's backtrack a bit.

What if instead of a man, it's a caterpillar? Who dreams so sweetly that it doesn't even realise that it is in a cacoon, and it emerges as a butterfly, still dreaming.

Is it a machine? A man? A caterpillar? A butterfly?

Who the hell knows! Not the 'Asset' that's for sure.

The therapy bill is gonna be as long as the Nile River sdkjfnkjdsnfksjf

All in all, if this is the conclusion of Project Meridian, then I'm so happy with it.

(I know that 'it was all a dream' as a plot twist might not be for everybody but this one was executed well. So I'm squealing. The question now is, how the fuck does the 'Asset' know about the Sovereign?)

Also, I no longer hate James 😂 Now that was unexpected!

[lightfromthelostland]

I have just rewatched all three McAvoy/Fassbender X-men movies and I have thoughts:

Firstly I'm sorry, but JLaw is letting down the side here

I know that Mystique's whole deal is supposed to be escaping her overbearing, unaccepting brother to Be Who She Is TM but someone should have told McAvoy that because what actually happens is that she is Rebel without a Cause and he is adoring, slightly overprotective brother who just wishes his sister's teenage rebellion didn't include things like "walking around naked" and "hitting on his boyfriend"

Actually, all of their interactions are kind of weird. Charles clearly did some serious work to take care of her, even though they don't talk about it in detail - but like, he somehow integrated a random child he found in the kitchen into his family well enough that she's still there 10+ years after the fact.

Which makes Erik's "you didn't raise her, you grew up with her" in the second movie feel just a little disingenuous because, like, their dynamic in the early parts of First Class is very clearly that he takes care of her and she throws little hissy fits about him trying to get laid

Also, Charles's little rehearsed speech about groovy mutations versus throwing himself off a ship to save Erik's life? Talk about a difference in investment

On an unrelated note, Erik is really the king of creating his own problems in these movies. Obviously his childhood trauma is real and serious and we are not discounting this. But he's so convinced that a war is coming that he nearly starts it himself twice and then tries to help a third time

He is also the cause of basically all of Charles's suffering, but weirdly incidentally every single time? Like he paralyzes Charles, but by accident. And he basically breaks Charles's telepathy by breaking his heart but I genuinely think he thought Charles wanted him to leave at that point. And then he drops a stadium on Charles but I don't think that was precisely the intention. And then he basically hands him over to get sacrificed to an ancient evil but that wasn't part of the initial plan either?

Side note on that broken heart thing - that is a canonical thing that Charles says out loud in basically so many words and McAvoy is breaking my heart for most DoFP, I'm not gonna lie.

And Charles not mentioning the fact that he can't feel his legs until after Erik has left is something I am still not over even though it's been like 15 years.

Apocalypse is stupid. I said what I said.

But Charles absolutely refusing to convey the message he was trying to force him to broadcast and simultaneously sneaking a separate message out to Jean? Deeply badass.

Hank and Mystique are so tonally confusing in Apocalypse. There is a scene where they are complaining that Charles wants "students not soldiers" where the tone is clearly, God, why won't Charles let us have child soldiers, what a lame-o"

This is followed by a scene where they are talking to the kids about the original X-Men where they say "Hank and I are the only ones left" and first of all, way to act like Charles wasn't there. Secondly, there were only two more of you, who died over the twenty years following that mission, and that is sad but don't act like there was some kind of massacre. Thirdly, you were LITERALLY just pushing for more child soldiers, why do you suddenly sound like this was some tragedy that was inflicted on you.

Also, there's some BS about Hank wanting to start up the x-men "like we always talked about" and I would love to know when these conversations happened because they did the first mission out of necessity, and then Raven f-ed off for the following twenty years with only brief appearances, so.

Also, I haven't seen Dark Phoenix, but from what I've heard they inexplicably do a complete flip-flop on this and suddenly Charles is the monster pushing the kids on dangerous missions and Mystique thinks they shouldn't be making child soldiers? So that's deeply hypocritical and weird and inconsistent, if accurate.

I didn't have as many thoughts about Erik as I thought other than Fassbender is magnificent but his "join me brothers" voice is a little over the top sometimes

Where's that meme about Charles slutting his way into things and slutting his way out? I miss that one.

[apricoteaa]

DQXI Party Members and how likely it is that I would trust them to drive my car (if they knew what cars were)

Erik

Absolutely not. Jumping off cliffs is a character motif of his. I'm not even sure if I'd let him ride as a passenger princess.

I think if he were behind the wheel he'd be far too confident in himself AND the car. Would drive as if his deftness and agility stats transfer to the vehicle, like being attuned to a weapon. That is not the case.

Drives with the fervor of a soccer mom late for her three kids' practice. Would absolutely make an illegal U-turn.

Veronica

Officer that is a child.

Serena

Now I don't think that she'd be terrible but she'd be the opposite of Erik. I think she'd respect the car for the beast that it is, but I think she'd fear it.

Drives like grandmother who's just trying to get to the grocery store that's five minutes away from her house because she needs some eggs.

I couldn't put her on a highway, I couldn't do that to her.

Sylvando

The safest driver. I actually don’t think I can with my whole heart trust anyone else behind the wheel.

The passenger princess has no control over his playlist and it's exclusively Charlie XCX, Kim Petras, and Dua Lipa.

Drives like he passed his license exam on the first try. His parallel parking is awe inspiring. His merging is smother than his skin. The sheer aura that he emanates from behind that wheel ensures that no other drivers try anything stupid because they'd be embarrassed if he saw them do that.

Jade

You will not convince me that her road rage would be the most devastating out of anyone else in the party have you heard her in combat. "Try and dodge this-" no thank you <3

I don't think she drives recklessly, I think she's very safe and knows the rules of the road. Would not make an illegal U-turn or cut anyone off. However, when she drives, she is sending a message, and that message is "I've got places to be."

Drives like she placed an order for takeout/pick-up and just wants her goddamn food. She's had a long day, she'd like to eat before 10pm, and if her fries are soggy then someone will experience consequences.

Rab

I actually think he might be too short.

Honestly? Not an awful driver. Drives very defensively, a little on the slower side, pays absolutely no mind to bullshit that other people on the road try to pull.

Drives like a 16 year old on the way to the mall. Unbothered. In his lane. Really just enjoying the fact that he's going on a little ride.

Hendrik

Other than Sylvando, literally the only other party member I would actually allow to drive my car.

Is so scared of the car but you would never know.

Drives like a salaryman trying to get home after his 9-5, please just let me go because if I need to spend even ten more minutes trapped inside this metal box I will cry.

Jasper

I really don't know about this one bestie like I wanna say he's a good driver but I think that he's also far too overconfident in himself.

Honestly. Also drives like a mother, except she's trying to get her children to school and THEN rush off to her own job.

I do think he'd make an excellent passenger princess with questionable music taste. Does prefer taking the train.

[new-tella-us]

Seduce Me Situations

Cause I'm bored!

But not tired apparently.

Okay this one needs a little context. Have you all heard of a concept called the "Call to the Void"? That's basically the urges you get to do life threatening things like jump off a high building even though you aren't suicidal.

So, what if Mika had that call one night? And maaaaaybe she's standing on the wrong side of the railing on her balcony, staring at the ground beneath her. She's not gunna jump but it's still fairly dangerous.

What would the boys do about that if they witnessed it?

James would carefully, but firmly have a grip on Mika's shoulders. He doesn't want to ruin her fun but he also doesn't want her to go splat, yknow? He'd probably also ask some questions to figure out why she's doing this as he's learnt that sometimes she's just a reckless dumbass and other times, there's a legit reason.

Erik would convince Mika to come back to the safe side of the railing. He'd probably use the classic "Just... do it for me, please" line because seeing your girl one hand slip away from sudden death is scary. They can enjoy the night sky without the risk of falling off the balcony.

Sam is just dragging Mika's ass away from the ledge. He literally picks her up to get her away from the edge and then scolds her for being so reckless. Like some "What were you thinking?! You could have died you doofus!" type shit. He'll also just casually ignore Mika when she brings up his hypocrisy since he's frequently found on the roof because he thinks that's "different".

Matthew doesn't want to lecture her or spoil her fun so he seems cool with it, even striking up a conversation but he has a noticeably tight grip on the back of her shirt just in case. A part of him is scared that he wouldn't be strong enough to catch her if she fell so he tries to steer the conversation to the idea of going inside.

Damien, blunt as ever, just says that it's dangerous. What if she gets hurt or worse? He knows that she doesn't seem to have any suicidal ideations and it's more curiosity and the thrill that drive her but still, he's concerned that those two things overrode her common sense. He already knows she has some issues and this stunt might be what triggers a conversation the next morning.

[pastelbatfandoms]

Marvel dr Memories & Shifts pt 5

I have so much to update since I haven't posted about my MCU dr since May of last year!

Daisy and I were being controlled by Hive for awhile until he died in that jet explosion. Hive pretended to be Zemo which is how he got to me but Bucky got me out.

But Zemo and I got back together and I found out he's my Twin Flame, also on impulse...and because I didn't want Hydra to be able to kill him, I had Radcliffe infuse the Moonstone into his hand,with Zemo's permission of course, we're still figuring out everything it does. Besides amplifying his mental powers, no he can't mind control me or Bucky anymore. I forgot how underhanded and manipulative Radcliffe actually was until recently...but nothing has happened that I'm aware of. Zemo never trusted him fyi but he went along with it for me. 😏

First thing he did was kill Gideon Malik, yes I was there as I hurt Malik a little but Zemo did the rest. This is all memories btw not shifts.

I have had some 5D astral experiences with Zemo but as those are nsfw I won't be sharing sorry.

We had a recent conversation or conversations really and he's actually been working on himself and trying to do better. I can tell he's sincere otherwise he wouldn't be so depressed and feel guilty. You know it's bad when he doesn't leave his room and his house is a mess...But I've been trying to help by persuading...him to get out and go on Shield missions with me.

Him and Bucky are actually getting along or being cordial at least since I am still with Bucky, he is very much my anchor through everything.

Am I looking forward to him in The Thunderbolts movie possibly becoming The Winter Soldier again? No I am not, he's made too much progress, it's like Zemo joining Hydra again! Anyway that's another story...

Speaking of going backwards. Erik and I are no longer together. The polyamory and living in our universe wasn't working for him, he was trying for me and then he just up and left for The Xverse without telling me...thanks for triggering my abandonment wounds🙄 He did apologize in a channeled message I got and was trying to change but he still rejoined the brotherhood and when I went to bring him back, idk why I did that my cr self wouldn't have lol, he pretty much said he didn't want me there or in the brotherhood with him (even though he had tried to get me to join him years ago) as he had to do things on his own. Which I get but it still seemed like wasted effort, I literally left Bucky to go chase after Erik! Why?!

I was going to give him another chance until I told him I was on speaking terms with Zemo and still had feelings for him. Erik is pretty jealous and possessive, and does not like Zemo, surprise! So that conversation did not end well, he pretty much told me to stop seeing Zemo if I wanted it to work with us, mind you this was via telepathy as he was still in another universe! Which I actually did but it was super hard and didn't last long and I resented Erik as I felt he made me do it.

So I avoided Erik after that but he kept trying to show up energetically and in the 3D. I had a dream with him in where he was trying to act like my father and tell me not to see Zemo, it was very romeo and juliet. I woke up annoyed.

Then I shifted and I was in the middle of the woods, I was walking away from Erik as we had an argument I'm assuming over Zemo plus us not being together anymore. As I was walking away a giant helicopter blade flew over me, landing in front of me blocking my path. Before I had time to react, he had pinned me to a tree trunk and not in a sexy way but more of an aggressive way as he tried to get me to listen to him of how he was better...

Then I shifted back...um if you're trying to convince me of that how bought you be a bit less aggressive and demanding. Idc how frustrated you are. Yeah so that's the last time I've heard from him since I pretty much put a firm boundary between us and he knows he's not going to change my mind about being with Zemo. Erik is definitely a karmic, plus I don't think it was ever love on my end anyway it was more admiration and idolisation.

I also thought I had something with Xavier but he pretty much did the same thing Erik did, pushing me away and didn't want me involved with the XMen anymore. (Rogue was pissed that he did that, since we're really close friends and even saved Erik and Gambit from Bastion once) So I've pretty much stayed away from going to the Xverse altogether.

On top of that recently Zemo's karmic Mother and his "ex" came back...yay. 😒 put quotations' because it's not like they had a relationship, she was literally just a cheap blond copy of me so...

In case anyone is curious it's this B....If anyone has watched AOS you know who she is, though she's a bit different in my dr obviously.

That's alright I kicked her ass once I can do it again. 😉 Yes I do take over that "plot" from Daisy, idr in which ways because I haven't watched that season in a long while or had memories yet.

Oh we also fought Mojo once, which I shifted to, that was amusing seeing Zemo as a video game character.

March 6

Had a very detailed dream/memory of my MCU dr.Calling it a shift until "proven" otherwise!

I was with The Thunderbolts, mainly Zemo, Bucky, Natasha and this other agent who claimed to be a Widow named Maria. 

But Zemo told me after I showed him a comic with her in it, that she wasn't or not a very good one. He didn't seem to have much respect for her.But he knew a lot about her. She kinda looked like Ghost and that “Widow” that's in the movie. Except she had scars on her face.

Idk who we were fighting perhaps Void/Synergy?

We were running and I was jumping off these buildings that were crumbling.

Idr what happened next, other than that girl not liking Zemo or not liking we were together. But Zemo just kept an eye on her, never leaving my side, usually holding my hand if we were walking together.

Then I remember we were in the back of a car and Steve Rogers was driving, which is he actually dead in my dr or is this an alternate version? 

Anyway Zemo was talking to me. And Steve said, “You sound like you're confessing, why don't you just propose?”

“I would love to,” Zemo said, never taking his eyes off me, “But now is not the time. We still have work to do.” Pretty sure he meant work on our connection.

Then I started dreaming of something else.

April 5

Had a vision of my MCU dr,while asleep, but I was Amara this time. (My Valkyrie self who is with Loki in case no one knows)

It connects to Doomsday & Secret Wars. I was with this girl that I'm pretty sure was my future daughter as well as the girl from the spider verse, Peni Parker. They were showing me what was happening.

Then I saw Wanda and Loki, they were living together, well hiding out really, because they were looking for me. I learned we were all in a relationship together including Stephen Strange in the future.

Then I was taken to what looked like a small city, a mix of India and New Orleans maybe, that was being overruled by Doctor Doom and all these villains as well as heroes he was controlling. I saw Fantastic Four but they also had doppelgangers or variants fighting them.

I also remember us fighting White Vision! Then we were hiding in the crowd and and they were auctioning off other people and animals. That's all I remember or a summary at least.

I never have dreams or shift to my dr with Loki so that was interesting. I'm pretty sure it was a near future vision of what is going to happen, not sure if it's an alternate timeline or the same one as my main MCU dr, though I didn't see Zemo or Bucky, I think I saw Deke (Agents of Shield) in the crowd in front of me and he looked at me curious like he knew me and Deke is essentially my cr husband in that universe.

I wonder if I ended up in that area some go to when the TVA finds them and prunes them...

Not my face claim just to represent me ^

[angninjin]

I'm bored and i started to think about my OCs 😩

Oh yeah, i have OCs but i just don't post about them

I did them a looooong time ago and i wanted to re-design them

First pic is the old designs, second pic is their new look.( god their old designs make me nostalgic)

Btw all of them are ghosts, criminal ghosts lol

Erik: died after losing his family, Brad best friend and usually the voice of reason. Also he is amnesic my boy doesn't know how his family looks and just knows about his family thanks to Ender

Brad: died after destroying a village? That's what he thinks, so he convinced himself he is a bad guy, the muscle of the team and Erik best friend. The team questions if he is a bad guy because he does a lot of good stuff, hell he doesn't even like bullies!

Arturo: the nerd of the group,collects books and is mostly used as bait. Sometimes wishes to be heard but no, Ender doesn't care about his thoughts or feelings

Ender: the mastermind, the "i know a place" guy, knows some secrets like Erik's family, however he doesn't know who are them( but he has kept to himself to investigate more) he formed this group to steal things from the living world, will accept any job because he is desperate he wants money. Won't confess this, but he considers the three his friends, he doesn't know how to... how do you say this "express your feelings"

[rahuratna]

Absolutely squealing and kicking my feet in delight at Olivia’s song! Thank you so much once again for indulging my funny little thoughts with a little scenario! The description of her in the rain 😍 the rewritten lyrics definitely suit her too. I’m so glad we can have a laugh and if these notes bring you ideas.

What if more people just write songs trying to outdo each other in their yearnings 😂😂😂 imagine, “green eyed lady, slaying every raging monster that comes” and similar lyrics. A soulful ballad even comes along 😂 Hunter starts to worry someone actually found their secret notebook.

Let’s face it though, there’s no hiding a crush on Olivia. Athos will sniff us all out sooner or later. The palico must thoroughly investigate any potential pawtner is good enough for Livvie.

From, Poetry Anon.

Poetry Anon, thank you, once again. And I love these 😂  They're such fun to write in between my other stories. Crack has always been my bread and butter. Hope this one makes you laugh!

"After hearing that initial song at the bonfire, you were on high alert for any further 'odes' to Olivia's charms. Maybe it was because you were now actually listening, or maybe the songs had always been sung, and you'd just never stopped to pay attention to the lyrics, but now your paranoia had ramped up.

It was almost as if there was a new composition for Olivia lurking around every corner.

The last one you'd heard was a soulful ballad that included the desire to jump into a maelstrom in order to be saved by Olivia. You'd tried very hard to convince yourself that it was all in your head, but the lyrics convinced you otherwise.

Then there was the other song, the one that had you seriously questioning whether someone had pilfered your own secret notebook of verse.

Sway upon a hammer's fall,

A green eyed monster rises tall,

Tell me I'm the only one,

Or I fade away like a wingdrake's call.

Sure, it wasn't the most original comparison, but the green eyed monster was certainly rearing its head now! What if Olivia heard one of these other hunter/poets and (heaven forbid) actually liked what she heard?

No. This wouldn't stand. You had to find a way to show her your own verse, even if she never discovered who penned it in the first place.

Making your way to your tent, you hurriedly searched out the small notebook, tearing out the relevant page. By the time you'd reached the Astrum tent, nobody was around. Werner had joined Erik in the Scarlet Forest to work on a new hunting tool and Olivia and Athos were out on an investigation.

You glanced around, making sure that nobody could see you, before darting into the tent, placing the folded page beneath Olivia's pillow, and sliding back out.

Stealth had never been your strong suit, but it seemed to have worked on this occasion.

The wait was excruciating.

Eventually, in the early hours of the morning, you emerged from your tent amidst your palico's sleepy grumbles, and made your way to the campfire to brew some coffee.

The lanterns at the Astrum tent were lit. It wasn't unusual, seeing as Olivia was an early riser by default, even when she'd had a mission the previous day. You shook your head to clear it of unwanted thoughts, going over your mental list of tasks with Alma today.

A furry nose poked right into the juncture between your neck and collar and you let out an admittedly undignified yelp as you shot to your feet.

"What have I told you about - "

Your words died away as you found yourself looking into the lambent eyes of Athos.

"I mew it. It is you. I thought I recognised your scent on Livvie's pillow."

Eyes widening, you folded your arms, adopting a defensive posture.

"And what if it is? I'm not interfering with mission parameters or anything. I'm just ... leaving a note of regard. To indicate how I feel. Nothing more."

Athos tilted her head quizzically.

"What's the point then? How will Livvie know it's from you? She doesn't have my sense of smell, you know."

You scrubbed a hand over your face.

"That is the point. She can't know. That would be ... "

"Be what?"

"Embarrassing?" You gestured wildly. "She's an ace hunter and doesn't have time for ... frivolous things like who writes some romantic poetry for her."

Athos was quiet for a minute, considering carefully before extending a paw to you.

"It's settled. I give my approval."

"Eh?"

"I've seen you hunt. You're a suitable mate for Livvie. Could be a little more brave, but I don't see you running from meownsters."

"Uhhh. Athos - "

The palico raised a furry eyebrow before handing you a slip of paper. It was your poem.

"I took it before Livvie saw. Why don't you deliver it yourself?"

Taking a deep breath, you unfolded the small square, the words stark in your own handwriting.

Pale fire on the morning I first saw you,

Aboard a flying vessel

Your gaze burrows through me,

Balahara in the sand of my flesh,

And green is the monster's sight

That traps in its entwining mesh.

Oh no. The very words made you cringe. The thought of delivering this to Olivia and watching her expression change ...

"Athos, there you are."

No. No. Good heavens. Your luck couldn't possibly be this bad.

Athos waved Olivia over.

"Livvie, the Hunter has something impawtant for you."

"Oh?"

Wait, this was happening too fast!

She strode over, taking the paper from your lifeless fingers before your brain snapped to life.

"Ah, no, please don't ... read ... that."

Too late.

She raised her eyes to yours, pinning you under her gaze.

"Hmm. A good piece. You obviously put a lot of thought into it."

"I ... I did?"

She coughed and straightened.

"Better than some of the others Athos told me about."

Folding the paper, she stuck it into an inner pocket beneath her armour.

"I think I'll be hanging on to this."

Seeing your dumbfounded expression, the corner of Olivia's mouth quirked.

"What's wrong? Balahara got your tongue?"

"Oh ... no. I just didn't expect you to like it."

She sighed and reached out, one finger flicking lightly against your forehead.

"Maybe I just like you."

Athos looked up at you in triumph.

"Ah, how pawfect. I can't wait to tend your first litter."

There was a heavy pause. You noted that both you and Olivia had turned rather pale.

"Athos ... "

"That's not - "

"Hunter, look, an SOS flare."

"We should attend immediately!"

"Move out!" "

[mileenaxyz]

Five seasons in and these writers stay playing in our faces. 😒 Like...am I the only one who feels like this whole "seven seasons" thing could've been knocked out in three?

Season 5 was yet ANOTHER filler season with a couple of answers (and some freaky tidbits I'm still not convinced we needed to know). And I felt let down by those answers. I was not at all impressed by the Aaravos prison (btw, shout-out to everyone on here who's roasted the writers for the whole "Sea of the Castout" reveal. Your jokes are giving me life 😂).

I predict Season 6 is just gonna be more filler, and while Season 7 may answer all our questions, I'm afraid we're going to be underwhelmed by them. Aaravos has been built up so much at this point that even the writers don't seem to know what to do with him (hence all the stalling. I'm convinced *they* don't even know where they're going with this series; they just needed a paycheck).

I'm so upset because by the end of Season 3, I felt like Aaravos was one of the most compelling characters on modern television and now...now they're just wasting my boy Erik Dellums's time. He's had less than 10 minutes in the last two seasons combined--like, what the hell???

And why haven't we heard anything more about the Orphan Queen? She's the one who exposed Aaravos--why haven't we gotten a whole season about her? Season 4 should've been all about him. Season 5 should've been all about her.

Did she and Aaravos end up having a thing? Is Ezran a distant descendant of the Fallen Star? Baby boy *is* special in ways that haven't really been explained...(unless I missed something 🤔).

Which reminds me...Callum SHOULD'VE been Viren's third child. 💁🏽‍♀️

[slashingdisneypasta]

I've been in a musical mood since I moved into my apartment (Seriously, there's something very satisfying about playing these Broadway songs out loud in your own living room (when my roommate left of course)), and seeing your dark Musical AU Post made me think of musical AU's for my... Oof countless ships 😅 of course you don't have to worry about answering ^^

Smarty-Pop • Phantom of the Opera AU

I have not known peace ever since you briefly mentioned their Erik/Christine dynamic in my sad Smarty-Pop ending drabble, and i mean that in a positive way XD and this gave me the perfect opportunity to explore an actual AU.

I'm thinking maybe Poppy can play a little bit of Madam Giry's role too, being the only one who knows the Phantom's secrets, the only calm one when the Phantom of the Opera strikes and possibly even delivering messages to the opera managers for Smartass. And unlike with the OG story, I like to imagine them in an already established relationship here- just, you know, a little secretive since it's the phantom we're talking about.

It's not uncommon for Poppy to go disappear down in the depths of the Opera House, whether it be through her mirror or one of the trap doors. And if one were to look through her dressing room, you could find many pink roses in various stages of wilt, and letters personally addressed to her written in the same colored ink. She claims she doesn't know who sends her them, but her dreamy smile shows more than just flattery. She leaves her own notes for Smartass as well, leaving them in loge #5 just before a show begins. Just sweet love letters only for his eyes.

No, they don't always agree. Poppy has lost track of how many times she's stormed down to Smartass' domain after something he most certainly did, and all the attention and admirers she had been gaining as her stardom rose have been dangerously grating Smartass' nerves. But at the end of each night, she is his, and he is hers. As it should be.

(Yeah this is partially me venting how i think a Christine x Phantom relationship would have turned out if it was the canon ending XD Also I'd like to point out that you said yandere Snartass might make his S/O marry him, which also correlates with the phantom trying to force Christine's hand. That is totally not going to become part of the Smarty-pop AU) thought XD

Greasypop • Dracula AU

I did struggle with Greasypop admittedly, but then I heard the song Please don't Make Me Love You from the soundtrack and I could not get this dynamic for this ship out of my head. Besides, it gives me an excuse to use the Vampire or the Monster AU XD No matter how you slice it, Dracula is pretty manipulative when you think about it. Especially with how he convinces Mina that Lucy's death was not his doing, which does fit Greasy's more manipulative nature... Not to mention that it'd be his fantasy to have as many hotties as Dracula did 😅

I'm just imagining vampire/incubus Greasy shows up into town, looking to plant his roots here for a while, and Poppy is one of his targets. Poppy can tell that something isn't quite right with him, even when he offers her comfort after she reads about yet another attack in the night. There's just something not right with Greasy.

But even so, she's having a hard time denying what he does to her. Just like how theres something about him that isn't quite right, there's something about him that makes her head feel dizzy. Something that let's his touch linger on her shoulder or arm before she snaps back to her senses. Something that makes her wish those evenings when he shows up unannounced and they wind up sharing a meal together don't end. It's like her heart is trying to give itself to Greasy, and her mind is trying to keep her grounded in reality.

It's not long before she breaks down, feeling like she's being driven mad, and just asks her friend- if he can even be called that- what he wants. She knows Greasy is not who he says he is, and she knows there has to be a reason he keeps coming back to her even though she's made it clear she doesn't want a man right now. Something tells her she doesn't want to know the truth, and yet another something tells her she wouldn't care.

But either way, no matter what, Poppy knows one thing for certain. Her heart can't take much more of this. And she didn't want it to. She doesn't want someone to come around and ruin this tranquility she's built for herself just for his own fun. So she asks, practically begs him, to just don't make her fall in love with him. Don't make her chase after him if he had no intentions of keeping her. Her instincts tell her that this is a terrible idea, that she should have slammed the door on the Spaniard long ago as she locked eyes with him.

But there was just something about him that made her love him.

(Not exactly the Dracula route I meant, I'm still working on it, but I hope it's still fun to read XD)

Peezy • Little Shop of Horrors AU

Ok ok I know this may not sound right but hear me out- Poppy x Wheezy are the most wholesome of the ships, kind of like how Audrey and Symore are wholesome. And also share the fact that Poppy/Audrey still see Wheezy/Seymore as such a good person deep down despite knowing or finding out the things they've done. Not to mention that Wheezy would treat Poppy right just like how Seymore would for Audrey.

Poppy and Wheezy work together in the same flower shop, and they both would agree that they are the high lights of each others work day. It's not exactly hidden that the two have feelings for each other- as their boss blatantly told Wheezy that he knew he thought things about the sweet girl. Though for many reasons, one of which is Poppy's horrid boyfriend Ben, they aren't together.

It was always heart-wrenching and rage inducing whenever Poppy would come in with fresh tears in her eyes, or when she would brush it off as just 'typical relationship struggles'. Wheezy has tried to just keep it to himself, and offer Poppy any comfort she needs. Though the night he got to actually see how that bastard treated her, he decided enough was enough. That bloodthirsty plant was the one who suggested it, but it's not like this wasn't a long time coming anyway.

The next morning, when Poppy is crying out of guilt rather than heartbreak, Wheezy keeps a cool head as he wraps an ashy arm around her and assures her that she shouldn't waste another second on that boy. He was never worth it, not if he couldn't appreciate what he had. Everything is alright now...

(... This was meant to be more fluffy, as fluffy as the original was, but it turned out a bit more manipulative than I intended at the end? I think? 😅 but hey, no one's gonna miss Ben either way-)

Pocho • Sweeny Todd AU

This one is special because here, Poppy is playing the role of Anthony, and Psycho Johanna. Specifically, I'm imagining the part of the play where Johanna is stuck in the asylum and Anthony is trying to break her free. Poppy in the Tiny-Tots AU is trying to set her friend and love free the second she finds out about him being locked away. Even if she has to employ the help of criminals to get him out.

Or, if we want more horror, Psycho is Sweeny, and Poppy is Lucy. Falsely accused of crimes he didn't commit just so the accuser could take his wife. Despite the fight he put up, Psycho and Poppy were separated, and she... Got hurt badly. And Psycho only finds out later when he comes back, now driven over the edge of sanity after all these years. And now, it's time for revenge.

Popshine • The Count of Monte Cristo AU

Another odd choice, I know. I almost gave this AU to Peezy in fact, but... Honestly I don't have too good of an excuse, I just want Shiny to sing Hell to Your Doorstep.

Also, just- can you imagine these girls using threads from their clothes in placement of engagement rings?? Shiny coming back years later, a shell of her former self but still being in love with Poppy despite how angry she is?? Poppy recognizing her immediately despite all that's happened and does her best to convince Shiny she still loves her???? My heart-

(Also I have a strong lesbian need to imagine Shiny in count clothes-)

Griny • Bonnie and Clyde AU

C'mon, how was this not going to be them?? Now granted, the only song I know from that musical is Buck you're going Back to Jail, but I do know the story of Bonnie and Clyde.

Shiny and Greasy would absolutely be criminal lovers on the run if it was just them. They would be such an infamous duo on the road, as they both can get mean when they need to.

(I would add more details to this, but I've been working on this ask for literal hours and I can't just save it as a draft so I'm trying to finish this 😅)

Bonus! Kingston X Poppy • Heathers AU

Ok ok ok I'm not sure if this musical would fit them honestly. Mainly because Kingston is your OC and you have broader musical knowledge than I do, so you know what would fit Kingston best. I just like the idea of Kingston singing I was Meant to Be Yours while Poppy is panicking in a closet.

What Musical would you say fits these two best, if you want to add onto this?

This is a very long ask, I apologize 😅 but I hope it's fun to read! ^^

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH OKAY

Smarty Pop Phantom of the Opera AU: I love how you set this up!! Pink roses at different stages of wilt? Poppy reading 'secret admirer' letters with a dreamy smile?? Ahhhhhhhhh

Greasy Pop Dracula AU: Ooooooh i love this.

please just dont make me fall in love with you, poppy breathes, heavy eyelids tired with life hanging heavy over her pretty eyes. Greasy's in her bedroom (vaguely she notices that he looks caught, for a moment. Eyes a smidge rounder and stock-still). She was sleeping until she had a bad feeling and woke- and saw him there. She should be terrified, she should try to run. She knows this. And yet she feels overwhelmingly calm, even with his wolf-like smile on her in the enclosed space; sleepiness from just a moment ago acting like a sedative. That, and that thing about Greasy that... always just makes everything go s l o w, around her.

(her will, her instincts to get away, her common sense, her movements... )

his smirk in the dark is definitely a warning as he straightens up, the sharp glint of his teeth making her feel a primal discomfort- almost fear.

i make no promises, hermosa. go back to sleep now. and in the morning try to resist; id like to see you try~

goodnight.

poppy watches the nightmare disappear swiftly, inhumanly gracefully, out her open window and only once he's gone- does she start to feel scared.

Peezy Little Shop of Horrors AU: I LOVE THE IDEA OF WHEEZY AND AUDREY II INTERACTING XDD I JUST KNOW IT WOULD BE GREAT XDD Also also-- Wheezy calling Ben 'boy'??? Sarah do you want me dead????? XD

Pocho Sweeney Todd AU: Ahhh, I love how you twisted this one around!! And the second one- woah XD Psycho is, of course, a great Sweeney. Plus they have kids so that works out, too (Imagine Turpin in this sent Percy away to boarding school or something, but kept Penny) I have to admit though that when I first saw the title here I thought Poppy was gonna be Joanna and Psycho was gonna be Anthony- and I thought, Rena would make a g r e a t Judge Turpin 😏 (i'm sorry, i'm thinking about rena in the turpin costume now XD the tight pants?? whoops- )

Griny Bonnie & Clyde AU: I LOVE BONNE & CLYDE I'M LISTENING TO IT RIGHT NOW. And- obviously- yes, this is absolutely perfect XD

Popshine Count of Monte Cristo AU: 🥺💕🥺💕🥺💕

(Also I'm very happy we both have the urge to put our mean bisexual oc's in periodwear XXD )

*just after they conspired to break greays outta jail*:

Seeing you mention You're Going Back To Jail though made me think XDD- who would Buck and Blanche? XDD Buck, Clydes brother who also broke outta prison and Blance, Buck's hardass wife who 's snide towards Clyde and Bonnie and sends her husband back to jail so they can one day be happy? XD My vote is for Jane Doe and Wheezy XD Can you imagine Wheezy gettin' told by his girl to turn his ass back the hell in??? 'what the hell are you talkin' about!??' *audible panic in his tone*

Bye, baby~

See you soon, sugar~

Kingston and Poppy Heathers AU: Oooooh, I could totally see this in the Highschool AU! XD

Hmmmmm, which musical AU should I go dor with King and Poppy... I donno, but I'm thinkin a Beetlejuice AU for Poppy and Rena XD Poppy is Adam (Or Lydia more like. But like grown adult Lydia who gets just as uncomfy as Adam does.), of course, and Rena is BJ XDDD Rena is such a gross femme fatale XD

I think we're a perfect fit, lets make out a bit-

Bigger, further, harder-

C'mon, drop your panties, I'm trynna fill you with wisdom and skill and the instinct to kill-

Gotta haunt til it hurts through the night~

etc

[asksoldieron]

SO-1: Here We Go Again!

If there's a lot of engagement on this, this post is liable to get real long, beware before you expand.

I'll edit in the real art once I make some!

Welcome to the Engagement Lounge, for This Seems Familiar (SO-1) an instalment! Short comments can go in the replies, but there's a 475 character limit. Longer ones will need a reblog. Remember to @asksoldieron if you're reblogging someone else's reblog, so I can see it too!

Woo. It's been a while since I posted this one now. As of this writing it's still lacking an illustration, but I went through and edited for continuity. I don't think this one changed much. (Mainly I needed to add the gumballs, and that's not until later. It's very important about the gumballs. Why? You'll see 😁.)

There may be a little quality loss here, but I'll need yet more distance to see it. The main thing is that I wanted to pen an opening that wouldn't be too confusing to new readers, or too boring to old ones. That's tough! And I don't have any beta readers who aren't already familiar with the story.

I should say, I didn't. And now I don't again! But earlier this year, I joined a group for autistic writers and... Ohhh-kaaaay. That was an experience I will not repeat.

I got fed up and finally cut ties when I found out they were affiliated with a local group that offers ABA for autism. You'll still find a lot of "favourable" articles about it on the internet, including from our "friends" at Autism Speaks! People just love it because it makes autistic kids stop acting autistic! Not "being," no, it just trains them not to act that way and inconvenience the rest of you. Often with punishments! Ha-ha, yeah. That's fine. This is fine. A disability is just like any other antisocial behaviour, you can just cut that shit out!

But I didn't know that about them, and I've been trying to make friends and connections. A group of autistic writers? And we don't have to meet in person? Sign me right up!

It was more a group for one particular autistic editor and her longsuffering friend, and the editor had all the inflexible dogmatism media tells you to expect from people like us. "I think everyone should stop masking because it's hard for me!" she said (I'm paraphrasing) once. "If we all just stop doing it, there won't be a problem!" Ha-ha. Yeah. They kill people like me when we don't behave up to a standard. Maybe not like her, because she's small, feminine and white, but people like me and my family.

That's the level of insight I was getting, but I stuck with it because I'm a people-pleaser!

We only had "time" for a couple pages of the first draft of this instalment (even though not many people were there and not all of them wanted to read words aloud, my god) and I got pressured into sharing first, having never been there before with no idea how I was meant to act. She proceeded to critique it as if it were a short story (not true) and as if that were all, or almost all, of it (clearly not true, I was sharing my screen at the time). I dunno if you wanna open it in another tab and look, but I began with Erik in the first draft. 1000 words into that is 1/5 of a standard instalment length and you've barely met him by the end.

I went back and added Miss Doubek (whom I was going to save for #6) at the beginning, so you could see the world through the eyes of someone a little less impaired. Because this writer group and editor convinced me y'all needed me to hold your hands a little tighter or you'd nope out.

"I don't understand what's happening" is like a kick in the groin to me. Growing up, I did not have a big enough vocabulary to express my big stories and big thoughts, so I heard that a lot. I still do sometimes! I'm overly specific and complex, especially when I'm upset, and I get aphasic and shut down. But, no, they didn't understand. The editor's poor friend was willing to hazard that there was obviously something wrong with Erik and she was beginning to suspect he was being held against his will - as one should. I solve that little mystery for you by the end. But I didn't get to read the end. I didn't even get to John coming home.

The editor told me (and, if I ever die of an aneurism, it will have been these words in my brain that killed me) "People don't say 'I know.'" That shut me right down. I was expected to keep talking and I probably did, but... Wha? Buh? I say "I know" all the time! One of my top ten ways to sort out my thoughts or rephrase and repeat what someone's trying to express so we're both on the same page. "I know [this], are you saying [that]?" But I removed it, and I don't think I put it back. (I think I ended up referencing the brain damage earlier instead, because I thought you needed to see a reason Erik might bit a little off, even if that's not the real one.) I'm still feeling self-conscious about using that phrase, in text and IRL!

By the grace of god, I didn't have a total meltdown and gut everything, but I wrote poorly and without joy for a long while. Trying to meet the standards of someone who had no idea what I was doing and didn't care to learn. She was an editor! I always wanted access to one of those!

Yeah. This helped solidify my now-militant belief that 1) Traditional publishing is not for me and 2) Stuffing art into a tiny box will kill it, so 3) Maybe we should be a little more grateful that people share the things they love with us.

I am clueless. I have sinned. I have issued unsolicited criticism on the internet, with the best of intent. But I am gonna try like hell not to do it anymore. Y'all don't need to be ruin your week. Unless you say you want help (and I will take you seriously, even if you don't mean it, so be careful!) or you're hurting others, I will back off and accentuate the positive. Even if the best I can come up with in the moment is "You made a thing!" (Ha-ha, nonverbal blues.)

Wow, that came out kinda sad. But I'm OK now! Tired of website glitches, but loving the writing part. I'd rather write another instalment than do any of this other stuff I got on my plate, but that's not in the cards for a few more days...

[Back to the Site?]

[daxwritesstories]

College AU part 25: Party Poison

Content warning: transphobic language

Scene 1: the actor

(Scene title by dynastic)

INT. Celia & Cyra's dorm - Morning

Celia is sleeping peacefully in her bed, on her side, until Cyra jumps on top of her.

CYRA: Wake up, Celia!

Celia groans and rolls onto her back. Cyra stares down at her excitedly, all four limbs pinning her to the bed.

CELIA: What is it?

CYRA: It's cast announcement day!

Celia groans again.

CYRA: We have to go make sure we got the right parts.

CELIA: We don't even know if we were cast.

CYRA: Yes we do! I made sure that we did.

CELIA: Huh?

CYRA: I worked my magic. As usual, I can make anything happen.

CELIA: Who did you sleep with this time?

CYRA: No one! I've never had sex ever.

Cyra giggles and climbs off of the bed. Celia sits up and rubs her eyes.

CELIA: We literally had sex last week.

CYRA: Nuh-uh! Let's go, let's go!

CELIA: Hold on, I have to get dressed.

INT. Hallway - Morning

Celia and Cyra are standing in front of a bulletin board. Cyra points at a sheet on the board.

CYRA: See? I'm Columbia and you're Magenta.

Celia looks at the sheet in slight disbelief.

CELIA: Wow, you were right.

Cyra takes a step closer to the board.

CYRA: I need to make sure the rest of the casting is right too. So far it looks like it...

ERIK: There you are!

Cyra and Celia look over to see Erik and Rhett walking up to them. Erik is walking fast and Rhett is trailing behind him a bit.

ERIK: What the fuck did you do?

CYRA: What?

ERIK: This cast list has your grubby fingerprints all over it.

CYRA: So what? I'm a very influential person. And I know who would be best for each role.

Erik leans in closer to Cyra and lowers his voice.

ERIK: You're fucking Roman, aren't you?

Cyra reacts with played-up disbelief.

CYRA: Whoa! Where is this coming from?

ERIK: How else did you manage to get all your friends cast? Seems like a pretty big coincidence.

CYRA: You really think that little of me? I happen to be very persuasive. Roman's my friend so I just gave him some suggestions.

ERIK: Oh, like how you "persuaded" me to audition? And Rhett? I'm sure you did the same to Celia and Prince and Jayce and Connor.

CELIA: Chill.

Rhett puts a hand in front of Erik.

RHETT: Erik...

CYRA: Hey, I've never slept with Connor.

ERIK: Wow!

CYRA: Why are you so mad?

ERIK: I don't wanna be in this play, Cyra! I can't believe you convinced me to audition for this stupid thing!

CYRA: Then fuckin' quit! See if I care!

CELIA: Guys, people are looking.

CYRA: Erik started it!

Embarrassed by people looking, Erik lowers his voice again.

ERIK: I heard what Roman said to you in the car when he drove us home.

Cyra lowers her voice too.

CYRA: He was joking.

Erik glares at Cyra before turning around and storming off. Cyra folds her arms. She looks upset.

CYRA: I didn't fuck Roman.

RHETT: I know. He's just pissy.

CYRA: If he really didn't want to do the play then why did he audition? I wasn't trying to make him mad.

RHETT: Yeah, for once.

Cyra shoots a glare at Rhett.

RHETT: He'll get over it, just give him a day. On the bright side, I'm playing Eddie.

CELIA: And I'm gonna be Magenta!

Cyra gasps and her face lights up.

CYRA: I get to make out with both of you!

Celia smiles at Rhett, but Rhett looks away shyly and lets out a nervous laugh.

RHETT: Yeah... Let's just hope no one else is mad about their roles.

Cyra makes a face like she just remembered something and then looks at the bulletin board again.

CYRA: Wait, who's playing Rocky?

Celia looks at the board too and laughs. Rhett snickers too.

CELIA: Devin?

Cyra turns around to face Celia and grimaces.

CYRA: He's gonna kill me.

Scene 2: Sweet Transvestite

INT. Connor & Devin's dorm - Late afternoon

Connor is sitting at his desk, putting makeup on in front of a mirror on the table. Devin is pacing.

DEVIN: I'm gonna kill Cyra.

CONNOR: Well, she'll be here in a few minutes, so go nuts.

DEVIN: First that stupid thing and now this. Why do I keep doing favors for her?

CONNOR: What stupid thing?

Devin stops, realizing what he just said.

DEVIN: Uh... don't worry about it.

Connor laughs.

CONNOR: Okay.

Connor puts his makeup brush down and stands up, revealing that he's wearing a leather jacket, a skirt, and stockings with garters. He also has black heels on.

CONNOR: How do I look?

Devin looks Connor up and down. He doesn't say anything though.

CONNOR: Too much?

DEVIN: Um...

There is a knock at the door and Devin jumps at the opportunity to leave the conversation.

DEVIN: I'll get it.

Connor rolls his eyes as Devin hurries to the door.

CONNOR (sarcastically): Fine, don't answer me.

Devin opens the door and Cyra and Celia are standing there. Cyra immediately puts her hands up in defense.

DEVIN: You know I'm mad at you, huh?

CYRA: Look, I didn't think they would actually cast you.

DEVIN: Bullshit.

CYRA: Can we talk about this later? We have to g–

Cyra stops talking when she notices Connor standing behind Devin. She smiles in surprise.

CYRA: Whoa! Connor! What's with the get-up?

Cyra walks past Devin, completely brushing him off. Celia follows Cyra in, glancing at Devin on the way.

CONNOR: I'm method acting. I gotta get into the Frank-N-Furter mindset.

CYRA: Well damn, wanna go "method act" with me in the bathroom?

Connor poses, modeling the clothes.

CONNOR: Yeah? You like this?

CYRA: I have never been more attracted to you.

Celia laughs and smacks Cyra's arm.

CELIA: We gotta go. I'm the only thing keeping our "driver" from leaving without us.

DEVIN: Why is Ace even coming to this thing? He's not in the musical.

CYRA: What? Don't wanna see him after the other night?

Cyra smiles at Connor, hoping he'll get what she's saying. It only takes Connor a second before his jaw drops, which quickly turns into a smile.

CONNOR: Wait–

DEVIN: Oh, for fuck's sake! Let's just go!

Devin quickly leaves the room and Connor runs after him.

CONNOR: Devin, wait! Devin!

Cyra and Celia follow after them, giggling.

Scene 3: Party Poison

(Scene title by My Chemical Romance)

INT. Restaurant - Evening

The majority of the musical cast is already sitting around a long table (Bella, Jayce, Prince, Rhett, Erik, and Vir). Roman and Misty are there too.

Cyra, Ace, Connor, Celia, and Devin walk into the restaurant together and make their way to the table.

ROMAN: Took you long enough!

ACE: You can blame all of them for being slow.

Ace gestures to the group with him. Everyone fills the remaining seats. Devin sits next to Erik. Connor and Celia sit with Prince and Jayce. Cyra follows Ace to the far end of the table where Roman is sitting.

As Ace passes Devin, he subtly runs his finger across Devin's shoulders. Devin looks at him but Ace doesn't look back or give any acknowledgement.

ROMAN: Saved you a seat.

Ace and Roman hold fake gang signs up at each other before Ace sits down next to him. Cyra quickly takes the seat next to Ace, like she's afraid someone else is going to take it.

CONNOR: So? What did we miss?

PRINCE: No, no. Show us the outfit first.

Connor smiles and stands up. He strikes a few poses and spins around.

VIR: Ooh! Ahh!

CYRA: You look so fucking hot!

Ace looks at Cyra and then dramatically flips his hair over his shoulder.

ACE: Tranny chaser.

Cyra looks offended but Ace ignores her, pretending to check his nails.

Connor finishes showing off his outfit and then sits back down.

CONNOR: Okay, now tell me... What's the hot goss? What did we miss?

PRINCE: Not much. Mostly just Erik bitching about Cyra.

Devin looks at Erik.

DEVIN: You're mad too?

ERIK: Yeah. I didn't fuckin' wanna be in the play.

DEVIN: Me neither. And why do I have to play Rocky? I've seen the movie. I know that's the most humiliating character.

CONNOR: I think you should just embrace it. You're the only one here who has the body for it. Well, besides me.

DEVIN: It's not the costume that's the problem, it's the character. I don't even have any lines.

ERIK: I haven't even seen the movie and I already know I don't wanna do it.

ROMAN: Well, you all got what you got so just suck it up. If you didn't want to be in the play then you shouldn't have auditioned.

Erik glares at Roman and then looks around the table.

ERIK: Anyone else find it kind of convenient that this entire cast happens to be friends with Cyra?

Roman frowns but doesn't say anything. Cyra looks a little panicked, but she tries to hide it.

CYRA: Erik, why can't you just be happy that we all get to work together?

CELIA: Yeah! I think it'll be fun.

Erik sighs and folds his arms.

ERIK: You always have to have everything your way, don't you, Cyra?

Cyra frowns and slams her fists on the table.

CYRA: This is such a stupid thing to pick a fight with me over!

Ace places his hand on Cyra's wrist.

ACE: Relax.

Cyra immediately drops her feisty demeanor.

ERIK: I'm just tired of being dragged into your weird schemes.

Cyra looks upset but doesn't try to argue, afraid of Ace.

BELLA: Okay. Someone needs to change the subject.

Everyone is silent for a long moment, waiting for someone else to say something. Eventually, Vir speaks up.

VIR: So, Ace, tell us what's going on with you and Cyra.

Roman snickers and Ace smiles at Cyra.

ACE: Is there something going on with us?

Cyra just smiles and shrugs.

VIR: Are you dating?

Ace smiles politely at Vir.

ACE: I have a boyfriend.

VIR: And Cyra's been single for about three months now. That's weird.

PRINCE: That is weird.

JAYCE: Yeah...

Ace looks at Cyra again.

ACE: Your friends are nosey.

CYRA: We're not dating.

Prince points at Cyra.

PRINCE: What's that on your neck then?

Celia and Vir giggle. Ace smiles and sticks his index finger under Cyra's collar.

ACE: Oh, this?

Ace yanks Cyra closer to him. He pretends to examine the collar. Cyra looks like she's about to burst from excitement.

Devin stares thoughtfully at them.

BEGIN FLASHBACK

We cut to a shot from Devin's perspective. Ace and Cyra are kneeling on the floor in front of him. Ace has his fingers under Cyra's collar. He roughly pulls her closer to him and whispers something to her that we can't hear.

Ace then pushes Cyra back a bit and raises an eyebrow at her. She nods obediently. Ace seems pleased with her response and looks up at the camera.

END FLASHBACK

ACE: Hm... Never seen it before.

Ace pulls his finger out from under the collar and Cyra sits up straight again. Devin looks down at the table, thinking hard about something.

VIR: So if you're not Cyra's date then why are you here?

Ace puts a hand on Roman's shoulder.

ACE: Roman asked me to come, not Cyra. If Cyra asked, I wouldn't be here.

Cyra and Roman both laugh. Ace mindlessly fixes the arm of Roman's jacket sleeve.

ROMAN: Ace and I go way back. He knew me when I was in my old band.

ERIK: You were in a band?

ROMAN: Mhm. I didn't get all these tattoos just for fun. Thought we were gonna make it big.

CYRA: Oh! You, me, and Rhett should all get a bunch of tattoos! Then we'll look like a real band.

ACE: No.

CYRA: What?

ERIK: We are a real band. We don't need tattoos to prove that.

Misty claps and starts signing something. Everyone at the table watches despite not knowing what she's saying.

Erik looks at Cyra.

ERIK: What did she say?

CYRA: She said you're right and that anyone can get tattoos.

Erik smiles at Misty and puts his arm around her.

ERIK: See? She gets it.

CONNOR: Devin has a lot of tattoos.

ACE: He sure does!

Devin raises an eyebrow at Ace but doesn't say anything. Ace puts his elbow on the table and leans forward.

ACE: I love guys with tattoos.

Devin nods.

DEVIN: Cool.

CONNOR: I also like guys with tattoos. When did you get yours, Devin?

DEVIN: I started getting them done as soon as I was old enough. Then I just got more over the years whenever I had money.

Devin nods at Ace.

DEVIN: What about you?

ACE: I got my first tattoo when I was 14. Then I just kept going until I was completely covered. I'm still getting a lot of my old ones covered.

DEVIN: 14? That's young.

CELIA: How old are you?

ACE: 32. And you, love?

CELIA: I turned 18 in October.

Ace frowns.

ACE: ...when in October?

CELIA: Uh... oops...

Cyra's jaw drops and she grabs Ace's hand, laughing.

CYRA: I didn't even realize!

Ace smiles and shakes his head.

ACE: Oh boy...

DEVIN: What?

CYRA: Nothing. Jayce is still 17! He's the baby of the group.

Connor looks at Jayce.

CONNOR: You're 17?

JAYCE: Uh... My birthday's in January. I'm basically 18.

Roman laughs. Prince puts their arm around Jayce.

PRINCE: Still a baby!

CYRA: Baby man!

DEVIN: Wait, who's the oldest here?

CYRA: Roman's old as fuck, so probably him.

Ace snickers.

ROMAN: I'm 35. But I'm your teacher, so I don't count.

ACE: Then that would make me the oldest.

Devin points at Erik.

DEVIN: How old are you?

ERIK: 23.

Devin points at Rhett.

DEVIN: And you?

RHETT: 21.

DEVIN: And then everyone else is 18?

VIR: I'm 19.

CONNOR: I'm 20.

DEVIN: Huh.

ACE: You're all so young.

ROMAN: This might as well be a high school play.

Ace laughs.

ROMAN: So, other than Erik and Devin, are the rest of you happy with the roles you got?

PRINCE: Yup! I get to do a weird voice and walk around like a goblin.

CONNOR: Hell yeah! I get to murder Rhett and touch Devin a lot.

VIR: I get to dance on a table!

RHETT: I like my role. I literally sing one song and then die.

CYRA: And we get to make out! Oh! I get to make out with Celia too!

Celia giggles bashfully.

CYRA: What about you, Jayce? You get to be the male lead.

JAYCE: Oh, uh, yeah. That'll be fun...

Roman raises an eyebrow at Jayce and then looks at Bella.

ROMAN: Bella?

BELLA: Hm?

ROMAN: Are you happy with playing Janet? You've been really quiet so far.

BELLA: Oh, um...

Bella glances at Jayce.

BELLA: Yeah, I... wanted to be Janet.

DEVIN: Wait, you're playing Janet?

Bella smiles at Devin.

BELLA: Mhm!

DEVIN: Okay...

CONNOR: Rocky's not such a bad role now, huh?

Everyone laughs, except for Jayce.

CYRA: Oh! This is just like the dinner scene in the movie! Erik, start singing Eddie!

Erik rolls his eyes and Connor laughs.

RHETT: Wait. I'm supposed to be dead under the table.

Rhett pretends like he's going to duck underneath the table. Everyone laughs.

Scene 4: Good To You

(Scene title by Marianas Trench)

INT. Band practice room - Afternoon

Jayce is sitting on the couch, tuning his guitar. He's alone in the room until Cyra opens the door and walks in.

CYRA: Hey, kiddo.

JAYCE: Hey.

Cyra looks around.

CYRA: Where's–

JAYCE: Enzo and Celia went to get food. They'll be back soon.

CYRA: Oh, okay. Sorry I'm late.

JAYCE: No worries.

There is an awkward air in the room. It's making Cyra uncomfortable. She sighs and sets her bag down on the floor.

CYRA: Are you okay?

Jayce stops tuning the guitar and looks up at Cyra.

JAYCE: Did you really convince the directors to cast all of us?

CYRA: I made a few suggestions to Roman. I guess he agreed with me on most of them. I didn't tell him to cast Bella as Janet though. I didn't even know she was auditioning.

JAYCE: Yeah, I had a feeling that wasn't your doing.

CYRA: You know I wouldn't try to make things even more awkward for you two.

Jayce stares down at the floor with a thoughtful expression.

JAYCE: I bombed my audition.

CYRA: What?

Jayce looks at Cyra again.

JAYCE: I forgot some of my lines and the directors didn't seem to like my acting. So I was shocked when I got the part. But now it makes sense. You convinced Roman to cast me anyway, right?

Cyra smiles.

CYRA: Don't say I never did anything for you, kiddo.

Jayce laughs and Cyra ruffles his hair.

The door opens and Celia and Enzo walk in together.

ENZO (jokingly): Leave Jayce's hair alone!

CYRA: Impossible! And I'll mess up Celia's too!

Cyra runs towards Celia, but Celia runs away.

CELIA: No!

CYRA: Give me your hair!

Celia laughs as she runs.

CELIA: Fuck off!

[themultifandomgal]

Temptation Pt16

Temptation Masterlist

A few months have gone by and there has been a rise of people going missing, maybe vampires turning others. I sit down at the lunch table next to Edward

"Hey" Jess says more towards Bella

"Just in time, alright check it out. 'My fellow students' right, right" Mike starts

"Wow" Jessica doesn't seem all that convinced 

"We are the future, anything is possible if you just believe"

"Nice" Angela laughs

"Perfect" Erik shakes his head

"Blah blah blah, and you got yourself a speech"

"So basically every other high school graduation speech?" I raise a brow

"This will be my speech when I want everyone to throw diplomas at my head, so thank you" Jess throws the paper at Mike

"You gotta embrace the clichés" Mike says looking at me. Not when you have heard that speech a bunch of times. Edward hears this and laughs at me

"They are the bread and butter of all valedictorians"

"Mm at that is why you are not valedictorian" Angela comments

"Jess doesn't need clichés. The speech is going to be epic" Bella says

"Epic? it will change lives" Alice sits down next to me with Jasper

"I have decided to through a party"

"After all how many times are we going to graduated high school" Jasper jokes making Edward, Alice and I snicker

"A party at your place?" Angela looks shocked that Alice has even suggested the idea

"I've never seen your house"

"No one has ever seen their house" Erik extends on what Jessica was saying

"Another party Alice?"

"I will be fun"

"Yeah, thats what you said last time" Alice leans back, knowing Alice is having a vision Bella distracts the others asking if she needed help with something. Edward reads Alice's mind so he knows what the vision is. Jasper and I kept in the dark for now, but on the look of their face's it's not great.

While Edward takes Bella to the police station to met her dad there, Alice tells us what her vision was as soon as we get home

"Victoria is coming back here, Edward is trying to convince Bella to go to Florida to see her mom"

"When will she be here?" I ask Alice while I'm wrapped up in Emmett's arms

"This weekend"

"Great" I sigh.

That weekend Edward and Bella leave town to see Bella's mum. So here the rest of us are, waiting in the woods for Victoria to appear. I stand in between Emmett and Rosalie

"Are you sure this is where you saw her?" Carlisle asks

"She's almost here" Alice says seeing Victoria in her vision. We all look around the wood, I then smell her sent

"On our left!" I shout, we all head in that direction. Obviously the others being quicker than me with speed, but the trees kinda slowing them down. Emmett and I are next to one another, he goes to grab her, but she ends up flinging him into a tree which pisses me off. Just as I'm about to grab her she jumps over on the the wolves territory making us all halt

"Wait she's on their territory" Carlisle puts his hand out to make sure none of us go after her. I grunt as I chase her, but over on our side

"She'll get away!" Esme yells

"No she wont" Jasper replies as the wolves all come out of the trees. Just before they grab her with their mouth she hopes back over to our side of the territory. Just as I grab her we both flip on to a rock, thankfully I don't feel much pain. I'm on top of her holding her down but as Rose and Thomas come into view she manages to throw me backwards into Rose knocking us both down

"You ok?" she asks me helping me up

"Yeah you?"

"Yeah" she breathes out. Thomas and Emmett run past us, Emmett looks even more pissed than I was. Rosalie and I get up and run to join the others but when we arrive Emmett is in the water while a wolf is snarling and snapping at him

"He tried getting on their land, to focused on catching Victoria" Esme explains to me

"Damn it" I sigh "Emmett!" I call. He speeds over to me

"Are you ok? I wanted to kill her so bad for hurting you"

"I'm fine, the real question is are you ok?"

"Yeah" Emmett pulls me into him "I'm ok as long as you are"

"Just don't be so stupid again"

"I won't, I promise"

"She's gone, theres nothing we can do now. Go hunt if you need to. Kat go home and rest" Carlisle walks over to us placing a hand on Emmett's shoulder.

[teasandcardigans]

I would be absolutely thrilled and honored to hear about the questions you have for erik about the redactedverse

you wanna hear about MY QUESTIONS??? THANK YOU

okay so:

are there undercover empowered agents hidden within unempowered government systems/law enforcement who assist in covert operations?

like for example, with vincent, fred, bright- humans turned vamps- was there someone to help coordinate the story of how they died in the police force? vincent is an easy explanation, died in the wreckage. but fred and bright, they "died" but who explains to the human world looking for answers as to what happened to the bodies?

or people in the irs, who explain how the same citizen has been paying taxes for 173 years? how they've filed the same address on their returns for so long?

a lot of these revolve around vamps and practicality of their lives

bc it's implied that will is like,, loaded and takes care of his clan in financial ways, but for vamps who dont have those circumstances, do they have to move often, change their identity to continue to maintain the age range in which they died? or does dump help them settle somewhere and use their potential field ops to keep them under the radar?

and working if you don't have a Sugar Daddy Clan King. how do you get a job and support yourself if you're more or less dead to the public. would you seriously have to relocate at that point? or does dump provide funds and/or lodging to those who need it? or do they become nomads like quinn seems to be?

and also, where did all of will's money come from?

also. wonderworld.

you'd think local police would keep a close eye on that place, considering it would likely be a hotspot for reckless teens to drink, smoke, etc, yet they seem not to. three humans got in and two actually died within the park and it seems like there's not much to worry about on the human side, so...

does dump have an agreement with local law enforcement to steer clear of the park? or is there something along the lines of magical deterrents that convince police they don't need to check the park?

moving along

for public magical fights, sweetheart/milo vs shade, gavin vs vega (not technically public but in the fl apartment) is there someone who makes the public forget those Very Not Subtle things happened? like im sure the freelancer's neighbors heard the commotion happening and yet the police wasn't called? call me crazy, but if i heard crashing and yelling and fighting from my neighbors, i'm getting someone over to help asap

these are just some of the questions i have thought of while watching and listening and MAYBE they have been answered already, but i don't know that they have! let me know if you know what's going on here

[wrestlingisfake]

Smackdown Fake Rankings, 12/26/2022

Men's singles division - babyfaces

Drew McIntyre

Sheamus

Ricochet

Braun Strowman

Rey Mysterio

Men's singles division - heels

Roman Reigns (WWE world champion, WWE universal champion)

Gunther (WWE intercontinental champion)

Sami Zayn

Solo Sikoa

Santos Escobar

Unranked: Angel Garza

Smackdown's key storylines are a) "WHO can stop Roman Reigns?", b) "WHO can stop the Usos?", and c) "WHEN will Sami Zayn's unlikely alliance with the Bloodline collapse?" None of these questions are likely to be answered before April, and I'm not even convinced they'll be blown off in 2023 at all.

So I could argue this roster isn't doing enough to set up strong babyfaces that can dethrone the heels, but it doesn't matter because WWE has settled into a very long-term formula. Arguing that Smackdown is overdoing the Bloodline would be futile; for better or worse, that's the brand now. It'd be like saying that AEW has too many little flippy guys, or that GCW needs to cut down on light tube spots.

Men's tag team division - babyfaces

Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods (NXT tag team champions)

Top Dolla & Ashante Adonis

Ridge Holland & Butch

Men's tag team division - heels

The Usos - Jimmy Uso & Jey Uso (Raw tag team champions, Smackdown tag team champions)

Cruz Del Toro & Joaquin Wilde

Erik & Ivar

Ludwig Kaiser & Giovanni Vinci

Sending Kingston and Woods to NXT is clever, but it's a bit of a kludge for a systemic problem. WWE can't think of anything for a top tag team act to do except make a run for the tag title or break up. It makes no sense to split the New Day or book them against the Usos for the hundredth time. So the only idea they have is to put the New Day in the hunt for a different tag title. Which works for now, but eventually you have to come up with compelling non-title storylines for everybody that's not on top. WWE can do this with the men's singles division but it's still too lazy to do it up and down the tag team and women's divisions.

Women's singles division - babyfaces

Raquel Rodriguez

Shotzi

Emma

Women's singles division - heels

Ronda Rousey (Smackdown women's champion)

Shayna Baszler

Sonya Deville

Xia Li

Women's tag team division - babyfaces

Liv Morgan & Tegan Nox

I'm not sure where the Smackdown women's division is headed right now, although it probably won't matter until after the Royal Rumble. Morgan and Nox have been established as a unit but they seem to be feuding with Xia Li, who cost them the tag title but doesn't have a partner yet. So maybe Morgan/Nox focuses on Li/???, or maybe Liv gets back in the hunt for Rousey's title and Nox vs. Li becomes a singles feud. It's pretty bad when your tag division is wavering between one and zero active teams.

No TV, PPV, or streaming matches in 30 days: B-Fab, Bray Wyatt, Drew Gulak, Humberto Carrillo, Jinder Mahal, Karrion Kross, LA Knight, Lacey Evans, Mace, Madcap Moss, Mansoor, Natalya, Shanky, Shinsuke Nakamura, Zelina Vega

Part-time/semi-retired: John Cena, Goldberg, Pat McAfee

Inactive

Big E (neck - C1/C6 fracture)

Charlotte Flair (storyline - wrist injury)

Naomi (suspended)

Rick Boogs (right thigh - quadraceps/patellar tendon tear)

Sasha Banks (suspended)

Banks is reportedly a free agent starting January 1, although I don't think everyone will be convinced until she's actually off WWE's roster and appearing for other promotions. I would assume Naomi is in the same boat but nobody's reported anything on her status.

I don't think Charlotte has appeared for WWE at all since Rousey "broke" her wrist on May 8. I could see them saving her return for the Royal Rumble, but for all I know she could be unavailable for other, unreported reasons. We won't know anything for sure until she's back.

The last I heard on Big E is that the doctors want to wait until March 2023 to check how his neck is healing. That probably rules out a return to the ring at Wrestlemania in April.

[locke-writes]

Okay, Re-Phrasing my ask with specifications this time! 😅

H/C's for Erik from "The Phantom Of The Opera" where the reader is a MAJOR fan of his and comes to seek his help because they have trouble sleeping?

(I'm not talking about insomnia, I'm talking about being so used to being a night owl but the reader's body betrays them and wakes them up at like 6 even though they went to sleep at like midnight--)

*Once again, I apologize for not specifying the first time.*

There isn’t a rule expressly forbidding anyone from wandering the catacombs, it’s just more or less understood that you probably shouldn’t

Still, without a rule in place you find yourself heading to the lake underneath the opera house more often then not

You really hadn’t meant to go exploring that first time, hadn’t meant to stumble upon Erik’s home and yet it had occurred

Stories were told around the opera house about the phantom that lived deep within the tunnels, stories about his antics with actors and composers that he disliked

And they were told as stories but deep down you knew that there was a truth to them

Maybe the details themselves were exaggerated but the actual event overall had occurred, you felt it

Of course you really had no way of knowing that eventually you would be proven correct

If you thought about it enough maybe you’d have been able to pinpoint when your sleep schedule had been corrupted

Staying up late was nothing, you’d been doing that for years, it was the fact that unwillingly you kept waking up early in the morning

Eventually your body would understand when you really needed to wake up, that’s what you had tried convincing yourself

Never had that been the case, never had you gone to be and then woken up at a reasonable time

No, you’d fall asleep around one in the morning and the next thing you knew it was six in the morning, not time for work but what else could you do

Try as you might once you were awake there was no going back to sleep

If Erik was real, if the sheet music that had been found after the opera house had burned was created by him, then maybe he would be able to help you

Fighting off yawns that mean nothing since if you lie back down you’ll just be staring at the ceiling for hours you walk down into the depths of the opera house not sure what you’ll see just that you’ll know when you arrive

Really you hear it before you see him, hear the sound of him working away at something new

He pauses and you know that he’s heard you, rushing out and speeding through explanations hoping that he’ll understand, hoping that he’ll be willing to listen further to the reason why and not just your explanation of you you are

There isn’t much acknowledgment beyond a not and a gesture to step forward but this is really more than you were anticipating

And this may be the first time you meet but it won’t be the last, not even the last for the reason being that you can’t sleep

Any time you do appear with that lingering exhaustion he’ll talk with you about whatever you want hoping that talking will get your mind off of how you feel

Might suggest that you lay down on a lounger he has or even in his bed

Will absolutely play music for you when you’re there

He knows you might not sleep, might not even do anything more than shut your eyes and listen

Yet he’ll be there no matter what because he knows that you’ll be there for him

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[freckled-words]

Fleeting Worlds - It Only Took 10 Minutes

A/N: Not even 8am in the morning, and I'm back at my old habit of posting fanfiction sneakily while at work (its actually a lot harder this time around, as I have someone sitting to my immediate right.)

I'm on a serious tasertricks kick right now, so you may see a lot of DarcyxLoki content from me ah ha.

This is my take on "What if Darcy had been there when Loki came through the portal?"

All my love to @hijackedreese for dealing with my continuous babble about these two, and for giving this a quick read through to fix the mess that auto-correct was forcing upon me.

Darcy didn’t know why, and didn’t ask why, but she was more or less grateful that Erik wanted her to join him on his super secret SHIELD project.

Director Fury had not been too pleased about her tagging along…right away. It took a couple weeks of cajoling, ignored friendly chattering, and a guessing game of how he took his coffee, but now he’d come around. It also really helped that he loved Nana’s snickerdoodle cookies. (Darcy was 100% convinced he’d sent an agent out to try and recover the recipe.)

Each time Director Fury came to check on their study of the tesseract, Darcy would welcome him with, “Hey Director, how’s the matrix holding up?”

And his response would give her an idea of where his mood was.

This morning he replied, “Stable today Ms. Lewis. How are my researchers holding up?”

At some point in her trying to warm Fury over, he’d decided her official job was “Scientist Wrangler.” Seeing as she was the only one forcing all the egg heads out the door at a reasonable hour every day. She made sure everyone had warm drinks or water at hand at all times, and even left them small snacks within easy reach. If one of them ever seemed to be struggling, she’d wheel them out the door and make them take a walk for some sunshine and fresh air.

Apparently Clint, aka Hawkeye, had reported to Fury that he’d never seen happier, more efficient nerds. The results that Fury was seeing confirmed this, and hearing it from one of his best gave it some gravity.

Along with her fun job title, they’d given her a slight pay raise. So she’d printed out a sign for her work station that read “Darcy Lewis, Scientist Wrangler.” Agent Maria Hill found this infinitely charming.

Darcy pointed to Erik, “He’s concerned, which is why you’re here. He can tell you all the babble. I’m going to the bathroom.”

Fury rolled his eyes, and moved along to speak with Erik. Darcy gave Hawkeye a little wave and called out, “You want more snacks for your perch?”

Clint gave her a thumbs up to acknowledge and answer the question. Darcy knew he’d been on edge since things had gotten a bit weird with their machine lately. Something about doors, and powering itself.

Clint was great. When he was relieved from his post, he’d hang out with Darcy and shoot the shit. Darcy unabashedly praised his arms, and he complimented her on worming her way into Fury’s good graces. They’d swapped perspective stories back from when Thor had crash landed in New Mexico, and bonded over how crazy their lives were these days. Sure he was a super spy, but, Norse Gods/aliens? That sure trumped a lot in the way of weird.

Darcy made a note to grab him more snacks, and hurried on her way to do her business.

She’d been gone for a whole 10, 15 minutes tops. During which time she’d felt the base tremble, causing dust to sprinkle down from the ceiling. And somehow, everything went into crazy bananas land in that short span of time.

As she’d been coming up on the doorway to the lab, she heard gunshots, yelling, and an eerie blue light was glowing from the other side.

Putting down her armful of chips and granola bars, Darcy stuck to the wall and inched her face around the door frame to peek inside the cavern.

The first thing she noticed were the bodies on the floor, some which were pooling blood, and clearly not breathing. Parts of the lab were on fire and sparking dangerously.

This was followed by the sight of Clint standing at ease, and rather close to the source of the violence.

She latched onto his getup of green and black leather. Recognizing the fashion for Asgardian, Darcy immediately dug through her recently built memory of Norse mythology. Which God had come calling with brutality?

“I am Loki of Asgard, and I am burdened with glorious purpose.”

Nice of him to answer her question without her having to ask.

Erik was crouched next to one of the scientists that weren’t moving. She waved a little, and managed to get his attention. He moved his head the slightest bit, indicating she needed to leave.

She shook her head, and motioned for him to come to her. She wasn’t just going to go running without him, Jane would never forgive her.

As Loki began to turn in their direction, Darcy ducked back out of sight.

“We have no quarrel with your people.” Fury’s voice rang out, and Darcy could kiss the man.

He’d been standing towards the machine, which was away from her. She leaned forward and watched Loki turn to face Nick fully. Taking the chance, she pointed at Erik and angrily pointed to the spot next to her.

Erik stood slowly, and much to her frustration shook his head, and motioned for her to get going.

“An ant has no quarrel with a boot.” Loki’s voice was far too calm as he said this. It made her skin crawl.

“Are you planning to step on us?” Director Fury countered back, sounding non-too amused.

Movement from the corner of her drew her attention to Clint. He was looking directly at her, with eyes glazed over with a burning blue edge. Something had been done to him, and as much as she’d love to help him, she didn’t think she could.

“Loki? Brother of Thor?” Erik’s question made Loki stiffen, and turn a hard stare in Erik’s direction.

There was no helping Erik now. But maybe she could get help? Maria had to be around somewhere, she always travelled with Director Fury.

Slowly she inched back out of Clint’s immediate sight. He must have gauged her not to be a threat, that, or whatever had possessed him was making him stick close to Loki.

She took off at a run, needing to find the first person with a comm piece. Or some kind of alarm.

No one knew there was danger in the form of a psychopathic Asgardian.

A spot of red in the middle of a wall caught her eye. A fire alarm! With this being a SHIELD base, she’d bet all her sweaters on this being the noisiest damn alarm ever built.

She just hoped Erik and Director Fury could keep their crazy guest distracted long enough for her to -

“Hello Little Mouse.”

Something with a sharp edge whizzed by her ear, leaving a shallow slice in its wake as it embedded itself just above the alarm. As it settled she saw it had been a dagger. A very lethal looking dagger.

She heard four sets of feet approach her at a quick clip, three of them continued on. Knowing who the remaining set belonged to, she forced herself to take a deep breath and slowly turn around.

He practically loomed over her with his ridiculous height. Roughly around the same stature as Thor, except he was all lean and coiled. Manic amusement bore into her through those green eyes.

Fear took the steering wheel in her head and honked the horn, making her say weakly, “Welcome to Earth…er…Midgard?”

Yea she was totally going to get stabbed to death.

“You don’t appear to be an academic, nor a warrior.” He scanned her up and down, taking in her baggy cardigan, Taco Tuesday shirt, jeans, and knit hat. Smug condescension edged into his eyes and smile.

If it had been anyone else, she’d give them an earful and maybe a taser prong to the nuts. But this was Loki, a sociopath that had managed to brain wipe Hawkeye and make him their best friend.

Thinking fast and kicking down her pride, she dropped onto one knee and kept her head bent down in a bow, “You’re correct. I’m nobody, just a coffee fetcher.”

From Loki’s feet, she could see him lean back, relaxing just a touch. “A mortal with some proper sense at last.”

She hadn’t gotten a good look at it when she’d been watching the show down earlier, but now the tip of his weapon moved beneath her chin.

Loki used the slightest bit of pressure to make her tip her head back, forcing her to meet his gaze, “Tell me Coffee Fetcher, would you like to keep your life?”

She swallowed hard, “If you saw fit to grant such a mercy, I would be eternally grateful.” It was amazing how eloquently someone could speak when their life was hanging a thin thread.

His smile radiated with his pleasure at being acknowledged for who he thought he was. ‘That’s right Crazy Alien, feed that raging ego and get on with your day.’

Of course, this would be the point when Erik came into view. He had apparently been one of the other three that had been travelling with Loki. Like Clint, his eyes had become glazed over with blue fire.

Seeing what was holding up Loki, Erik smiled fondly (eerily) at Darcy, “That’s Darcy. She’s my friend, she’s Jane and Thor’s friend too. She’s no trouble to us.”

Darcy would have slapped a hand to her face if not for the very pointy spear tip under her chin. Said spear had more pressure applied, forcing her to stand if she didn’t want it piercing into the underside of her jaw.

“Well well miss Coffee Fetcher. It seems you’ll be of use to me.” Before she could even think to move, the spear was spun in his hand and pressed against her chest.

Blue light spread across her vision, wiping away all her fear and panic. Loki wasn’t some psychopath, he was her friend.

He placed his arm around her shoulders and led along behind Erik, “Let’s get to work shall we?”

“Just let me know how I can help.” Darcy chirped back, thrilled and eager to help Loki.