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spideyxchelle · 5 years ago

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the odds are never in our favor

or, the hunger games headcanon that has been rattling around in my brain

her name is in the reaping bowl 47 times

that is nearly seven times more than the average eighteen year old. the odds are certainly not in her favor. but they never could be for an outskirter kid from seven. her family is not one of the merchant class. she has had to beg, borrow and sometimes steal to feed her family. there is too little to go around and too many mouths to feed. still. she perseveres. she has no other choice.

if today is the day she is reaped, she will go to her death knowing she did all she could for her family.

besides, she tells herself as she shakily walks to the town square for reaping day, she could win. it isn’t common, but people from seven do win the games. while they do not have the training of the careers or the brilliance of people from three, people from seven have brute force. and sometimes a little brute force can make all the difference.

hell, four years ago, a kid from seven won. at sixteen, too. he had outsmarted all of the contestants, hiding in trees and swinging from them to get around the arena, like a spider would from its webs. he had been fast. and a quick talker, too. he had a good humor about him. people in the capitol said he was charming. but Michelle didn’t think so.

even though he was two years older than her, MJ had known Peter Parker in school. he had been quiet. he had one friend, maybe two. when he had been reaped and this other persona, another identity, came flashing out on screen, it had been the antithesis of the boy he knew back home. it was as if he had put on a mask to bare the atrocities of the games.

with his mask on, no one could see him flinch.

it was brilliant. the capitol ate it up. they loved him. he was their golden boy.

people from seven could win. and if she was reaped, MJ could win, too.

it wouldn’t come to that, she reminds herself. she is in the reaping bowl 47 times. but she cannot be the only one. there are other half-starving kids from all over seven. she could go home to her family after this entire affair. and just like that the last seven years of horror, the sleepless nights where she woke up screaming that she had been picked, would cease to exist. she would finally have aged out.

one more day.

she can make it one more day.

the preening drone from the capitol welcomes everyone in the square, grinning from ear to ear about the games and the capitol and all of the good and glory the yearly spectacle brings to their great nation. it makes michelle sick. there is nothing noble about killing children.

her fury travels down to her clenched fists that clasp at the worn lace of her reaping day dress. she hates the capitol. she hates every last one of those smiling dolls that paint their faces like murder is funny.

her eyes search the dead eyes of the victors from seven that sit silently on the stage, awaiting the reaping. they will do nothing, just like she will in the crowd. and the cycle will continue. every year. forever and ever.

children will be reaped and slaughtered for sport, and nothing good will ever be safe in this world of nightmares.

“ladies first”, the disjointed voice of the capitol puppet chirps. michelle glances across the square to count off the top of her sisters’ heads. all four of her younger sisters stand rigid as stone. terrified. she wants to call out to them, to tell them it will be okay, that she will protect them. she will always protect them.

“MICHELLE JONES”, the capitol official says gleefully.

and michelle ceases to breathe. or think. or feel. it all goes away. like she had never been a person to begin with. everything that made her human eroded away in one horrible, endless moment.

her eyes snap up to the stage and the traitorous friends and neighbors she had known all of her life make room for her to march up to the stage. no one says anything. no one tries to stop the injustice. she hates them all. she doesn’t blame them.

the world is cruel.

something, maybe muscle memory or perhaps it is a peacekeeper, thrusts her forward and she begins to take the long walk up to the stage. someone in the distance is crying muffled sobs. she wonders if it is her mother. it could be. she does not turn around to check. her eyes are too focused on the stage and the stairs she will be expected to climb without fainting.

suddenly she remembers the year twelve year old Cissy Cartright had been reaped. she had collapsed when her name had been called. the peacekeepers had dragged her through the square and dropped her heavy heap of a body on the stage. it had been horrible to watch.

she will not be remembered that way. no. michelle finds some strength beneath her numbness and climbs the stairs. she stands silently beside her capitol executioner who pulls the male name from the reaping bowl.

she does not hear who will join her in hell. she is frozen. unfeeling. and has the faintest sense that someone is watching her intensely, too intensely, from the stage. some peacekeeper amused at her shaking knees, no doubt.

when her and the boy are escorted from the stage. she is taken straight to the train. she does not get to say goodbye. she is silently glad. she does not know what she would say to her family. maybe she would ask them to bury her under her favorite tree just at the edge of the forest. or maybe she would do something stupid. like cry.

no, it is better that she is taken right from her sentencing to her death. there will be no time to reflect on what she has lost. she is completely lost in her thoughts. someone is talking to her on the fast moving train. she can hear the warped version of speaking distantly, but it is as if the radio is out of frequency. she sits, motionlessly.

until someone touches her knee. she jumps out of her skin and snatches the fork on the table in front of her, posing it as a weapon.

the entire train car goes quiet. when her eyes focus, she realizes she has a fork at the jugular of Peter Parker. he is wide-eyed and intently watching her. she notices he is not afraid. he looks surprised, maybe even daring but not scared.

“you’re quick,” he observes. she nods, dumbly. “put that fork down, MJ.” on autopilot, she corrects, “only my friends call me MJ.” he quirks a grin. “I think, based on the circumstances, I can call you MJ.” she almost asks why. and then it hits her.

she has been reaped for the hunger games. she is going to die in that stupid arena, fighting for her life. she is going to be forced to become someone that she is not. when it comes down to it, she will fight and lose whatever last glimmer of humanity she has been keeping from the capitol all of these years.

she will become a shadow of who she once was. people will remember her as a killer. or the killed. or both.

she drops the fork. she begins to shake. there is another commotion. but she pays it no mind. she is having a breakdown. she cannot breathe. why can’t she breathe? there is no oxygen on this train. it isn’t like the forest, her forest, with all of her trees that stretch to the high heavens. this metal box is going to kill her. it is racing toward her death.

someone hauls her up into their arms, the embrace is strong and certain. and when she finally passes out from the stress of the day, she hears a quiet voice reassure her, “I won’t let you die, MJ. I promise.”

when she wakes, the train is dark. she is pillowed in the softest bed she has ever slept in and someone has taken the time to tuck her in. she rubs at her weary eyes. no one has tucked her in since she was a child, and even then she had been so fiercely independent her mother had given up by the time she was four.

“you’re awake,” someone from the shadowy corner of her room says. she sits up, like a shot, looking for something to use as a weapon. the lamp on the bedside table seems to work just fine. the voice chuckles, roughly, “relax, MJ. I’m not going to hurt you.” she cautiously turns the lamp in her hand on. her not-attacker is Peter Parker. victor of the hunger games. he is sitting quietly in her room. it is strange, bizarre even. the kind of thing that happens to other people and not her. after all, he is a superstar who became famous because he was unfortunate enough to be chosen to murder children in a sadistic game.

it is bizarre because she knows his face better than she knows her own. he is on every screen in seven. all the time. he is not someone that should be sitting quietly in her room. but she tries to breathe. he does not seem like an immediate threat.

after a moment of hesitation, she puts her lamp on the bedside table. the room is still hazily illuminated. his face gives nothing away. the mask again, she thinks.

“what are you doing here?” she asks. “you passed out,” he answers. “earlier. when we were trying to talk with you and Eugene about the games. strategy. the doctor thinks you’re having some kind of stress induced breakdown.” he smiles. it is rueful. “I said I couldn’t understand why.” michelle blinks. she tries to piece together the conversation that is happening to her and notes, “you’re teasing me.”

“no,” he says, seriously. “I would never do that.” and MJ does something stupid. she believes him. “I’m sorry this happened to you,” he continues. “its an honor to fight for my district.” peter looks disappointed and says, “of course. well. I wanted to wait until you woke up to see if you were okay. I guess I’ll...go.”

she nods. he hauls himself out of his chair. and before he goes, he lingers at the door and looks at her over his shoulder. “I am sorry, MJ.”

she sleeps fitfully that night. she keeps hearing the resounding boom of the canon fire. she sees her face flash in the sky of the arena. she does not want to die. she tries to feel something. it is impossible. the capitol took it all when they called her name.

she has a brief moment of clarity, sometime around three in the morning, when she realizes that THAT is why the hunger games exist. they make the tributes less than human so the rest of the districts know, without a shadow of a doubt, that they are less than. barely human. a means to an end. better to feel nothing. do nothing.

never revolt.

she will, she thinks. I will, she pledges to herself.

and when she wakes the next morning, padding into the food car of the train, she sits opposite of Peter, who is locked in conversation with an older victor from a games twelve years ago, and says, “tell me how to win.”

something in his eyes shifts. she cannot read it. mask mask mask, she thinks. but she waits for him to speak. patient and furious at her fate. he sees resolve in her now, she knows he does, and with the smallest smile, he says, “let’s begin.”

#hunger games au #Headcanon #spideychelle

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celestialallstars · 5 years ago

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Episode #1: “This cast, fuck me, fuck them.” - Rhys

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Ok so my pregame thoughts. It seems like there are a lot of contenders that were threats in their original seasons just based off of placements. I’m really gonna try to use this to my advantage because in my season, I don’t think I was very threatening. Unfortunately I’ll miss the cast reveal, but I’m hoping that doesn’t put me in a bad spot. This game is gonna be tough, but I know I can do it. At least make merge. You need small goals in order to achieve bigger ones. Cast assessment coming up next :)

Y'all I am ANXIOUS! I've had a bad run recently and for the most part I never really care that much. But if I flop on this season I'll die of sadness. Okay but for real, I want to do well this season and idk what kind of people I'm going to be up against, and I couldn't even get my intro to send like i'm such a joke. Ugh y'all how can I be this stressed already.

Just roughly 2 hours before we're gonna really dive into the thick of things. There are so many things I wanna say and so many things I'm just beyond excited about. I really think this is gonna be a Top Tier Season.

I'm vowing to make the most of my stay no matter how long or short. I'm gonna try to drive the pessimist in my mind away and do my best to avoid being that early boot just because I'm a previous winner. Y'all better watch out!

This is gonna be FuCkInG LiT!!!

Getting ready for this season, I'm honored tbh. I feel like it's my first fully-legit-no-strings-attached All-Stars appearance. I was on EMBB All-Stars, but only because I was an alternate for Jake and he decided to be a host instead. Being invited back on my merits exclusively feels amazing, I just hope I can live up to my own expectations in this game and take home the win.

Hi I’m super excited to be brought back to play this game. I’m gonna play maybe a little harder but I’m hoping to keep my gameplay very similar to last season cause it did me well I just need to not freak out. I’m really looking forward to seeing who I’m playing with and I know this season will be fun.

So. This cast, fuck me, fuck them. Like they all seem so much more capable than me. Like bitch bye.

My tribe honestly idk yet. They seem cool, haven’t talked to most of them yet. So I’ll get back on that.

The only person I’m not happy is cast is Michael. Bitch hated me for no reason last season. So bitch best watch his back cause I’m bringing this hatred back this season.

Also one world can fuck off

So I am meeting everyone and honestly so far this is a nice group. A mixture of old faces like Zach and Loris and new ones like everyone else! Everybody is radical, but I am gonna try and give it a short moment before giving an assessment. Having that said, im gonna get dragged and murdered by this cast....call the police.

Hi so the game has just started and I feel like already so much has happened it has been intense. This cast? stacked. One world? intense. Me? crying.

This entire cast is so iconic and so loved I honestly don't know how to feel rn I am scared as all hell but I'm ready to fight for my fucking life. I'm also quite glad for the one world because I love the idea of being able to socialise with EVERYONE since that's such a strong point of my game for me considering I'm horrific in challenges. I just really hope I can pull things off this season and actually have someone like me and prove that I am in fact worthy of an all star title.

Being on call with people from the one world chat is honestly so fun and I can tell this is going to be a great season and we're literally only like 2.5 hours in. I really wanna make it to the end so I can experience it in it's fully glory.

amazingly, i don't think me being an admin is going to be to a problem??? i wanna thank you three beauts for giving me a wonderful tribe. i love matt, bodhi's hilarious, alyssa intimidates me but she's cute and i love allying strong women, tobi forced me to keysmash, and mo and karthik are kind of blase but its ONLY NIGHT ONE. all in all, think i can survive on this tribe. just get me to merge baby i cannot go premerge in this org if annas not gonna play then I CANT LET US DOWN

So we've officially landed in this ORG, and immediately smacked in the face with a flaccid twist that is One World. So instead of trying to balance 6 relationships I have to balance 20. I'm of course already a mess trying to keep track of it all.

Bodhi and I already have an instant F2, we'll see how that works out given we aren't even on the same tribes. Meanwhile I'm already in love with Bryce as a person and trying to possible Corral all the winners together. Obviously we need to make sure the Winners make it to merge.

I think on my tribe specifically I'm probably getting along best with Mitch, I think Rhys has a similar sense of humor as me but he went to bed too early for me to figure out more. There's a ton more sweet people on the other tribes too I just don't have time to delve into all of them, nor do I have enough substance to any of them to develop opinions anyway.

I have an idea as far as connections go for this tribe but I'm not sure yet if it is strong. Loris is sleeping though I did talk with everyone else. I have a feeling Chloe/Zach would be safest but also that Chloe/Michael might be together. Regardless I think I'll be sticking with Zach if I can help that. Drew seems nice too and Sharky seems it too. Not sure how things will go but I do have to be smart since I would be the easy choice as winner if we lose. I'm gonna be optimistic about it all though :) as for the people on other tribes I'll get to them later. This is going to be fun!

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Now that I can see the actual twist (am dummy) I have to try and make some alliances between and in the tribes. I mean making one with the winners shouldn't be too hard but I am gonna want something with a few member here and there from each. I think things are about to get much difficult because I can tell lot of these people are more familiar with each other with their histories and I am just like "hi..." so I def need to wedge myself on in there some way..I've got my work cut out for me

HI ASDDASJKLASDLJK I was so nervous but like.. I feel my victory coming.. I'm pulling my weight in the challenge I think and our tribe's pretty cool!! It's all stars.. so like.. it's no surprise that I like everyone. Sharky seems to be busy so like.. if we lose that could be a good scapegoat.. ALSO?? i was on the blog and i was like wow jones' fairy drawing is so pretty.. so i hovered over it and accidentally clicked it.. and.. i found my legacy advantage again ADSALKDKLJASKLD. and anna said to make sure you search the blog to learn about people and i didnt even see that......... im so lucky :)

So this is so exciting. I’m trying to get to know everyone. Theres one person i was effy about on my tribe and that was Jared. But he’s been talking to me and been nice. But i still have my eyes 👀 on him. Its been nice catching up with Bryce. And been talking to Mitch Rhys and Kori. I hope i can get myself in a good social position where even if im not in their alliance, that im not someone they want to take out. But this time im gunna use my bonds to my advance and hopefully it gets me to the end.

Hi i don't really know what to say right now I just know I wanted to put down some thoughts. So far I'm so fucking in love with this entire cast I'm pretty sure I've spoken to every single person in one way or another which is great, I love to see people fully invested into a season they're playing. I also really love this first challenge, although scavenger hunts stress me the fuck out because i find so many items are so hard to find, I'm just hoping my tribe can pull out a win for us and I'm sure they will cause they're all so iconic and I love them all with my whole heart already.

So I've spoken more to people thusfar and like currently I'm speaking more to people I've spoken to before which like isn't great, because i hate relying on past relations. Like i am speaking to others who are new, its just a bit awkward. So lets push by that and hopefully they aint boring af.

Well so far I've gotten a few items on my list done. Progress is slow but steady. I'm a bit worried about this tribe given it seems like all of us being on at the same time might be unlikely. (That and we're halfway through and only 2 of us have added items to our list.)

I might just be too uptight though, we'll probably be fine. I haven't gotten to talk with people today as much as I wanted as a result of balancing the other ORG and this one as well as apartment hunting and scavenging. I'm beginning to think I planned poorly and have too much on my plate at the moment...

BUT I WILL PERSEVERE! YES SIR'RE I WILL!

CAST ASSESSMENT TIMEEEE Let me start with Orfero Chris- So chris is someone who I think can either go really far as an UTR threat like he did his first season, or be an early boot. I think him and I have a similar playstyle, but he is much more poetic and structured. I am really looking forward to play with him again! We dominated in afvv and im glad he won, but I won't let that happen again. He's too good. ioris- Honestly I see ioris as more of a goat. Maybe that's false perception, but I could easily see him latching onto someone for the long haul and not being respected later on. As of now, I don't think I would work with ioris, but if the situation arises, I wont hesitate. Drew H- OK I LOVE DREW FIRST OF ALL. I am actually SUPER excited that we are finally playing a game together. I really want to work with him, but unfortunately I think he is too threatening to the point where he wont make it far. Michael- Ok so this was definitely a wildcard. I think Michael is someone to watch out for. I don't know how he'll fair in this game, knowing that people recognize his gameplay. He could either go mid merge or permerge, but I dont think he has a shot at winning. Sharky- Sharky is someone I'm unfamilar with, and for that reason alone, I am guessing he makes it deep by flying UTR while winning challenges. Zach- Zach is another sneaky player. I really would love to work with him after our relationship in emvv4 where I voted him out at f10. He is definitely not someone to brush under the rug though, because he is also very threating. I predict a mid merge boot for Zach. Clohie- I personally don't see Clohie as much of a threat, but I hope she proves me wrong. We have had limited discussion, but I can tell she is here to play. I predict she will make FTC this time, but only time will tell

Alignments: For Orfero, I can see Chris ioris and Zach on one side, Michael Drew H and Sharky on the other with Clohie in the middle

Tuatha Kori- I've been itching to play an org with kori too and im glad we are on the same tribe because i know how well he can perform in challenges. He is probably my closest ally right now, so I really hope he gets far. My prediction is early merge for him. Rhys- Rhys seems so sweet. We havent had much conversation due to timezone issues, but I'd love to work with Rhys. He is super charming and I think he can go far! My prediction for rise is late merge. Maynor- Maynor is probably the person most difficult to talk to. I have discussed with Kori and he says that his weakest relationships are with Maynor and Jared, so i think its telling that maynor might be an early boot. Jared- I think jared is super cool and he's been a player I have to watch VERY carefully. I do see myself working with him because our convos have been good so far, but I feel like he can be a good talker. We'll see how it turns out but i predict Jared being a premerge boot. He claimed to be a crackhead in confessionals though so we'll see :). Stephen Z- Man i really wish I had better conversations with him!! I think he is super cool, but he does not seem to remember who I am. If our convos improve like I hope they will, I could see Stephen going early merge. Bryce- I really like bryce too but he is soooo unpredictable and sketchy. I think his cast reveal intro shed bad light on him to other players too, but I know from experience. I see bryce being a premerge boot, but I hope he proves me wrong. I just dont feel like I can fully trust him.

Alignments: For Tuatha, I see myself aligning closely with Kori and Jared. I dont know what the dynamics would be, but I feel like Maynor is already on the outs.

Cyrena Mo- I LOVE MO SO MUCH. What a gem. I met him in TS Montenegro and he considered me one of his closest allies and saved me from elimination at f9 only for me to vote him out at f8. I still feel bad but im hoping we can mend our relationship and go far together. I actually do think he could make a deep run and definitely get to finale by laying low. Tobi- Tobi and I in games USUALLY don't end up on the same sides. That being said, I'd love to work with Tobi and I hope he makes merge unlike in emvvas. Matt- Matt is another mystery for me. On one hand, I know he is not only a host favorite but a fan favorite as well, but on the other I dont really know what he brings to the table. Another wildcard for me that I see going early merge. Jack- Jack and I have a history for sure LOL. It feels like we play every game together. I think Jack is a super nice person, and I'd love to work with him again. We dont really mesh on a personal level which makes it difficult, but I learned my lesson of trying to avoid Jack in emvvas (he got me out) Bodhi- I've seen bodhi around a bit, and can be the hero or the villain. He is quirky in a good way. I see bodhi as being the comical relief that goes mid merge for being too likeable. Alyssa- honestly alyssa seems kind of annoying. I dont want to speak too soon but i dont get good vibes from her. I think she might be an early boot on her tribe. but i truly hope im wrong about her. Karthik- I know karthik from em and i really think he could make a loyal ally. His win was well deserved but i dont necessarily think he is a threat. My predicition for him is still prejury because of his timezone. It's unpredictable when he has power and when he doesnt.

Alignments: For Cyrena, I see Mo Alyssa Tobi in one alliance and Matt Jack and Bodhi in another with Karthik out of the loop.

I'm excited to see how accurate my predicition are! I didnt bother including a winner because i still think its too early to tell. Game ON!

Wow a discord call this early in the game!! Strategy? Nope! It's... Alyssa explaining tarot cards to me. Gotta do what you can for social game ig (its ok now we're talking about romcoms)

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iz me beech

what a gift, hi im mo. a dumb bottom who treats himself like shit so no one else does.

IM AN ALL STAR ISNT THAT INSANE. I cannot express how excited I am to be playing this game, plus I fucking love this cast. Like my tribe? Fantastic.

Alyssa - The sister I always wanted. I love her she’s so great.

Matt - New good friend and probably who I’m closest to at the moment I get happy when he gets online cus he gets me and my shit.

Jack - He can rap and he’s nice, what an icon.

Rhys - SUCH A SWEETHEART, I’m so excited to play with him again.

Karthik - Also super sweet, he seems like a genuine guy and I’m looking forward to playing with him.

Tobi - I love that I get to play with him again we haven’t talked all too much but we’ve talked a bit. (I definitely have my guard up around him just cus of something he did in Muxloe)

Bodhi - Kinda inactive unfortunately but he seems nice.

Mo - Dumb bitch.

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sits. hi. so like. just like elara im gonna do a countdown to when i can play my legacy because yall CRAZY if you think im willing it to someone else... uh...WAIT.. I JUST REALISED... I THINK I COULD'VE SAVED BIG Z WITH MY LEGACY?? if only i knew he was going... sorry big z... you wont read this.. anyways. ok so. it is final 21. so. 15 (or 8 i guess...) people need to be voted out before i can play it.. i can DO IT. and this time i am not telling a SOUL about it. like. NO ONE.. and the beauty of the legacy is that people shouldn't really even suspect it exists.. heehee!

ANYWAYS! let's talk about the game. so. my tribe is a mess. i love zach and chloe... chris is a king.. i played elara with drew h and he's a babe so there's that. michael king. and sharky hasnt been on much because he's busy which is like awful timing n i feel bad especially if we lose because i think he might go? :-(

as for the other tribes.. bryce asked to be allies i said shure. i love rhys.. thats all bye

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UPDATE!! i love BODHI!!!!!!!!!!!! like..... wow. hes such a king. no words at all.

Our tribe has lots of stuff done on our sheet. I hope we are able to get it done. I hope we can win immunity, first tribal will suck.

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Omg. 3 minutes until sheets are locked. Im kind of nervous. I really want us to be immune.

My tribe mates- Rhys: he is amazing and i feel like we get along pretty well. We have been talking. Mitch: also very nice. Was the first person to message me and i really like him. Kori: we talked a bit. Is someone i need to talk to more. Bryce: my marmoreal f3. ❤️ Jared: amazing guy and really like talking to him. Would work with him. Stephen: the person i least have talked to but i need to talk to more.

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I’m am extemely excited that we won immunity. It gives me more time to talk and bond with these people. Im really liking my tribe. I hope we can keep winning immunity. (Knocks on wood)

We won! Yas! It's unfortunate that we couldn't snatch the reward, but we came close and I think that counts for something.

Chloe and Drew definitely carried the Orfeo tribe to their reward, meanwhile Karth practically killed Cyrena himself. I'm pretty happy being that perfectly middle score on my tribe. High enough to be a contributor, low enough to like not be a threat for try-harding or something.

I'm gonna hopefully take this time to get to bond with people more. Chloe and I are getting married apparently which is cute. She's honestly pretty sweet so I'm already a hardcore stan.

Gonna enjoy the time off, and see what this idol system is about. Maybe I'll get lucky this season.

i am OVERWHELMED like ok so most the cast i feel like doesnt like me. my tribe has ppl who arent super active (this is literally marmoreal flash backs) kori is so.. much idk JKFADSHFKJ like he just is rly.. there! jared is my new fave i love that man so much we are going so far KNOW that. rhys.. an angel i LOVE him i just get him and he gets me. maynor? doesnt reply idk its off. stephen.. not here. mitch? ignores me for long time. so ya that sucks but wooh jared and rhys! also LOVE chloe, loris, zach, maybe tobi!!!

YAAAAAAAAS safety is so important right nowwwww, having safety is crucial bc I wanna keep my friends in this game and keep building bridges. I also have a little advantage to help me search for the idol and nobody needs to know about it except me so hopefully soon I’ll have an idol in my back pocket!

The first few days of this game have been fun. I always enjoy getting to know a new tribe of people. Still, all of these people are essentially new to me. I've been in VL's with Kori and Mitch, and I helped host Jared in Wakea, but playing with people is a totally different ballgame. Still these 3 are probably the relationships I'm most interested in investing time in right now.

As for people off of my tribe, I feel pretty good about my old Komnata castmates. Alyssa, Zach and Karth all worked well with me in the pre-merge and I can definitely see myself working with them here as well. Chris is also my BFF I would literally die for him. Jack is also someone I know well and I know he's a good ally, but we're also playing another ORG together at this very moment (SBBB7) and I just made a move there knowing he wouldn't approve of it, so that's something I have to keep in mind as well. I think as long as I can set myself up well on this current tribe, I could be in it for the long hall!

Looking at the challenge results, it looks really bad for my bro Karth. It's gonna suck if he goes first because we instantly connected back in Komnata, but hey, I don't think I have the clout to save him here. It's the first tribal council and there's no basement to hide in this time.

Today is gonna be a big day though. Before Cyrena goes to Tribal Council, I'm planning to reach out to Mitch and Kori about formally becoming allies. Just like my first season, I'll use the idol search as my opening statement!

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SO lots to discuss. First off, we got fucking demolished in immunity. Fucking embarassing. Matt Alyssa and I showed tf up with 100+, and Mo and Bodhi weren't far behind. Tobi did not have a good showing but FUCKING. KARTHIK. TWO POINTS? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? That's disgraceful this is god damn all stars you're a WINNER and you give 2 god damn 1 point submissions. Get the fuck out of my tribe. He should be the easiest first boot in history but of course everyone wants to pussyfoot around for the first 12-18 hours of tribal and not throw out a name. But there's no avoiding this. He's inactive, he has a bad timezone comparatively, and he did diddly poo in the challenge. He's. Gone.

Luckily I find myself with 2 quick alliances right out the shoot, a trio with Alyssa and Matt and a duo with Bodhi. I found myself gravitating to these 4 a lot the first couple days, Mo and Tobi are a bit quieter so I like these 3 allies for me moving forward. Sidenote, BoJack has got to be the greatest alliance name in Celestial history. I'd go back and look to compare but I'm lazy.

One World is still kicking my ass, a lot of people want to talk to me and I don't have the energy for it but damn it I guess I have no other choice, I can't just not respond to them.

Ok so fucking karthik made an alliance with Me, Mo, Matt. And spilled his heart out to us. But we left him on read and now he’s super lonely. Hopefully he doesn’t have an idol or whatever.

Also this game started!! I’m very busy with school but I have things to say. I’m close with some people from before, I really like Loris and Tobi and Alyssa. I’m feeling pretty good about my position right now.

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Fuck yeah, not first boot!!! Although I would’ve loved to win as were so close, but can blame that on my tribe mates cause me and Bryce pulled through.

So right now, my closest ally I feel like would be Bryce. Primarily cause were on the same tribe and then I speak to him most on our tribe, and most of the other cast. Then would be jarred, so I want to make hopefully an alliance between them, maybe another, just to confirm my spot in the tribe.

Feel like my main goal is to make connection, as it seems like everyone else has some with other people. So like if it comes to me someone they don’t know, against someone they've player with before just looks bad for me. So I’m trying to make up with Michael, just so that’s one less target in my back.

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Also I talk to Zach a lot. But don’t trust him at all. We have been “dating” since the cast reveal. But he asked Mo to be in a showmance too?! Plus Bryce said he talks to zach the most but Bryce wasn’t in who Zach talks to the most.

This sounds like Tween drama but it’s so much more.

Am I being flirted with?????????

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My slow self. In regards to the other castmates- I didnt realize how much I talked to the members of Tuatha. Bryce, Rhys, Kori all are red but I've probably done most of my talking with Jared and Stephen who I really wanna get together with at some point. I've reached out to other people like Jack and Alyssa and Mo. I may be forgetting some people but I'm just gonna keep talking up a storm with everybody! If I had to pick my closest people so far, it definitely would be Jared, Stephen, Zach, and Michael.. stay tuned!

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I FLOPPED at this challenge hard. Drew and Sharky I am sorry for sharing you peeps on the low for being MIA when I was here and performed worse! I am happy we won though because I like my entire tribe and honestly I see a lot of good from them! And so the game begins!

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I am just putting gears in motion! I've made it clear with Stephen, Kori, and Jared I want to work with them. I want to get a cross tribe alliance going and it seems Tuatha is my in though I have to see about other people. As for Orfeo...I talked with Zach on starting a majority alliance with Chloe and Loris, we'll see how it goes and if it is legitimate but I definitely hope I can trust Michael enough to keep him. I still am gonna not get comfortable because I can see myself being targeted but yeah

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So we’re going to tribal... and honestly I’m terrified bc I was one of the poorer performers in the challenge but the thing is that Karthik got a whole ass 2 in the challenge... a challenge where you get 8/9 points for drinking water... so I would think he’d be the easy vote but everyone was SUPER quiet yesterday and no one wanted to give names but today is looking a bit better but I swear if I go home over karthik.... I. will. call. out. all. of. them. Not only was his score tragic but I don’t think he’s been social at all... people from other tribes think that karthik is definitely going so maybe I’m just crazy paranoid for no reason but idk I’ll have to talk wayyyy more to everyone just to be sure

well here is my first real confessional of the game! Sorry its late been busy.

So firstly my tribe is like super cute. I'm glad i don't know everyone cause then i would be worried, plus i do genuinely like getting to know new people so that is definitely a yay moment. I am also really liking this cast, though more wahmen would be nice but this is all stars, we r not casting wahmen for the sake of it. - anna jane 2k19.

The first challenge? selfie scavenger. a classic if i have seen one. a surprisingly difficult one at that but im glad how well i performed. top scorer on my tribe so i'm really glad about that and how I will be perceived as an asset for a while at least (we will see how that pans out longer down the line). but yay go me! Unforunately, we lost though so like UGH.

During immunity i approached alyssa and jack about a trio, who could control the tribe as i knew we would be high scorers and i genuinely like the two of them. also made sense becuase i sense we are the 3 most active. Karthik, who scored only 2 in the challenge, is probs the target due to inactivity LOL. tobi and mo i also like, but bodhi remains a mystery to me. might be a timezone thing idk but still. a tad worrying that i dont know him as well as i would like.

One World does my head in but im trying to talk to everyone. i've learnt though i need to make connections on my tribe first and foremost as they r the ones who vote, not people on other tribes. god i do hate one world tho. i want to be napping, not messaging people

think im gonna be in an alliance?? on day 3? is this a joke? literally winning................... wow....

I usually make videos but today I am lazy so hello. So One World is ass because I don't want to talk to everyone but these people are crackheads so like I guess. Uhhhhh I'm in an alliance with Jack and Matt because I adore them both greatly. Mo is on my tribe which is so nice because we have played together before and he has such fun energy and is just a ray of sunshine so I'm very happy (although he makes me nervous cuz the last game we played together I killed him for no reason basically.... But I don't think he's the vengeful type). Tobi makes me nervous because I think he is a social king and I mean like... Idk I guess there are a lot of very social players which makes me nervous that I would be pushed out for maybe not being as social? Idk if that makes sense.

But anyway Karthik is also on my tribe and I was like OF COURSE. Because this is the man from my season who I cursed out via DR video for flipping on me LOL He is a sweetie though. I recently looked and saw he was rooting for me a lil in a game I was in which is really nice of him, especially seeing as I didn't vote him to win our season. I think he's going to be first boot. He was on vacation this weekend somewhere where there's no wifi (that's what he told me) and only sent in two things for the scavenger hunt, dooming us to a first tribal. I feel somewhat bad but have told people on my tribe that if not for Komnata's twist of the season he would've been out pre-merge easily because his overarching challenge performance is not great. So basically just reiterating to people that I'm not so sure that this was a fluke and overall I think it's probably just best for us to cut him.

Yeah that's it. I have so much crackhead energy from the games I've been playing as of late I feel like I majorly need to chill the fuck out. Here's to praying.

so everyone’s kinda agreed on voting out karthik due to him only scoring two points so I’m like ok cool i’m down but then karthik made an alliance chat with bodhi, matt and myself asking to be saved and

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Sooo im making this last minute confessional to tell ya that I THINK im in a good spot. Im sharing my idol guesses with Stephen Z and Jared which is helping me build trust with them. I also have mutual trust with Kori. Maynor and Rhys are kind of boring tbh so hopefully they go soon. Bryce and I never seem to have good conversations so idk where his head is at. IM JUST HAPPY THAT MY CURSE OF ALWAYS GOING TO THE FIRST TRIBAL IS FINALLY LIFTED. I WONT BE FIRST BOOT YAHOO

Short and sweet, glad to be back, beast moded another selfie scavenger hunt. Got a good tribe, I think, couple of good friends, couple new people, at least one I think obvious boot should it come to that, but here's hoping it won't. Not a lot of players from my season so hopefully there won't be too much bad blood coming into this. Shoutout to Chloe Bryce and Tobi who are apparently contractually obligated to be in every fucking game I play on Facebook and associated communities for the rest of my life. 21 people is a lot to get through so I'm just hoping for merge, then we can go from there.

Well let's give confessing on my phone a try.

So far I feel like I've been making decent strides conversing with everybody. It's kinda weird how much I like everyone on this season. Its gonna make being a snake harder but I cant afford to blind myself I'll have to do whatever I'll have to do to hopefully win again.

I've made a sort of trio deal with Bryce and Chris as we're all former winners. I'd have included Kavish but we're all predicting he's more than likely the first boot alarm Tina. I'm growing closer to Zach and Clohie on the outer tribes. Also obviously still have my Bodhi connection. I'm talking with just about everyone a bit. Though I cant shake the feeling there is someone I've missed.

I am concerned not being in any sort of majority alliance on my tribe, so if we do lose that's worrisome but still not being the first boot is a huge relief for me, and hopefully there is only good for me going forward. (I say as 4 people probably plot my demise.)

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Karthik is voted out 5-1-1.

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Survival and Perseverance: The Great War Part 3

Elizabeth has another chat with David, they talk more about Ethan, and she gets a late night visitor.

Part One Part Two I FIGURED OUT HOW TO LINK STUFF!

“Are you okay, David?” She asked, he had a busted lip and a cut over his eye, there were a few stitches going across his nose. He looked more inconvenienced than actually hurt. He was wearing his armor, which was dusty and looked like it had dried blood caked onto it.

“We just got into a skirmish with the enemy is all.” He sounded tired, of course he was tired, seemed like he had a harder day than she did. The mission at the bridge was a success, no fire exchanged. Elizabeth gave a sympathetic sigh as David began to remove his armor.

“Everyone make it out okay?” She asked as he slung his chest plate down on his bed. David looked at her from the corner of his eye but nodded.

“Fortunately.” He clipped, bringing his leg up and hitting the button that loosened the boots on his feet and pulled them off.

“Everything going smoothly over there?” David asked and Elizabeth nodded.

“For once.” She told him. He gave a weak smile and pulled off his gauntlets, then his arm guards.

“That’s good, Patches.” David told her. She gave her own weak smile.

“You coping well?” She asked and David froze. He knew exactly what she meant. He rubbed the back of his neck roughly.

“About as well as I can be with you so far away from me.” David said, his pretty blue eyes dull and downcast at the floor.

“Sometimes… I just can’t accept that he’s gone.” David spoke softly, standing and coming over to his desk. She looked across hers, up to the wall, plastered with hand drawn photos. One of Ethan stared down at her, his mellow eyes gazing towards the viewer of the photo. Ethan’s eyes always had a certain weight to them. Almost like he was too young for what he was doing but was shouldering it anyways. It had surprised her when Ethan told her he was only a year older than she and David.

“I know… it happens to me too.” She said.

“Are you sure you didn’t love him, Elizabeth?” David asked softly as he took a seat at his desk. She gave a heavy sigh. Right before the end of their deployment with Ethan, she may have been developing romantic feelings for Ethan, seeing him through David’s eyes as he talked about him to her late in bed at night. She felt that old ache in her heart.

“Maybe I did?” She spoke to him uncertainly. His eyes softened and his mouth turned in a soft smile.

“I think he loved you too. He loved both of us.” David told her. She felt tears prick her eyes and her throat tighten. She wanted to scream, feeling frustration well in her stomach, almost making her want to puke.

“I never told him.” She said, her voice tight, squeaky even. Here would be when David would place a hand on her shoulder, then slowly wrap her in his arms and hold her to him if they were together. She could tell by the look on David’s face that he wanted to and was frustrated that he couldn’t.

“I think he knew.” David said, trying to comfort her. She shook her head then buried her face in her hands, sobbing. He didn’t know. How could he have? She didn’t exactly wear her heart on her sleeve. Yes she was emotional, but that wasn’t the same thing.

“Elizabeth…” David wanted to say something but he really didn’t have anything else to say. There was nothing to say. The way she worked, she would pretend like she was okay and keep going until she completely cracked under the weight of what she was bearing. He remembered late nights after the death of the rest of the platoon before Ethan’s arrival when she would just shake and sob in the bunk next to his. David would slip out of bed and glue himself to her side, squeezing himself onto the tiny bunk and hold her to him. He liked to think it helped because most of the time it would quell her sobs, tears would still slip silently down her cheeks, but she seemed better.

But now they were light years apart from each other, for the first time, and she was crying on the other side of a computer screen and all he could do was watch helplessly as she broke down. He stared at her in silence, feeling every ounce of pain she felt.

“Is there someone there? Someone you’re close to?” David asked as she wiped at her tears with her fingers, breathing shaky breaths as she tried to compose herself. Her eyes lit up in a way that he knew.

“Yeah… there is. But I don’t want to burden him with my shit.” Elizabeth told him, wrapping her arms around herself.

“If he cares about you he won’t mind, Patches.” David told her, the corner of her lips tugged in a sad attempt of a smile at the mention of her nickname.

“He’s a subordinate, it would be indecent.” She insisted. David sighed, then reached up to unzip his undersuit.

“We’re already close though. I don’t know. I don’t want to scare him away… I kind of have… feelings.” Elizabeth squeaked. David’s face lit up like the fourth of July. He smiled blindingly.

“Way to go, Patches! You have to tell me about him!” David said, the somber feeling of the conversation lightening and Elizabeth smiled outright this time, deciding to tell David about Sam.

“Have you drawn him? Holy shit, let me see!” David demanded, she had, as a matter of fact, drawn Sam. She kept it hidden because she knew that he somehow had the code to her room. She trusted him, but she didn’t want him to see any drawings. She pulled it out of her desk and held it up to the camera.

“He’s got this beautiful voice. The kind that just sinks into you and makes you feel warm.” She told David, laying the drawing down on the desk. David beamed at her, a goofy grin playing on his face.

“So this is what it’s like.” He commented. She cocked her head to the side, looking at him funny.

“What?” She asked.

“I always wondered, how it felt to be you, watching me and Ethan fall in love. You always seemed okay with it, happy even, and I just couldn’t wrap my head around it. I would swear up and down that you were angry about it. But… you’re there, head over heels for this guy, and I couldn’t be happier for you. I’m no less in love with you now.” He told her, tears glistening in his eyes, smiling so much it had to hurt. She laughed at him, carefully tucking the drawing back into its place in her desk.

“Wanna see pictures of the rest of my squad?” She asked. David nodded and she grabbed the sketchbook by her side and starting flipping through pages, showing him the two privates in her squad, their names were Miles Jackson and Rosalie Courts. Then she showed him the picture of Felix. She didn’t have to be overly fond of people in order for her to draw them.

“Oh he looks like trouble.” David said. She snorted.

“Yes, he is. God he is obnoxious. Thinks he’s better than everyone else.” She

commented, looking at the portrait of Sergeant Gates. God he was a prick, a little endearing though. She flipped over to the next page and saw the picture she drew of the squad together, showed it to David.

“That one’s Sam, this velociraptor looking son of a bitch is Felix, Miles in the purple, and Rosalie in grey.” Elizabeth said, pointing at each person in armor.

“I assume the other one in green is you.” David asked and she nodded as she put the sketchbook down. She stifled a yawn, Elizabeth was exhausted, but she didn’t want to hang up, from the looks of it, David had just gotten off rotation. They usually had a few hours before bed in between shifts.

“Patches, you need to go to sleep. You’re a soldier just like me. You need to rest.” David told her. She looked up at the computer screen, seeing David’s gentle look. Damn it she wanted to be with him so bad!

“I don’t have to do anything tomorrow.” She insisted.

“You’re in the middle of a war, Elizabeth, you still have to be ready for a fight.” He told her.

“Don’t make me hang up on you, sweetheart.” David continued sounding soft yet lovingly stern, her heart swelled, eyes falling to the floor below her feet, then nodded.

“Bye David, be safe. I love you.” She told him.

“Love you too.” David said and they hung up. She stretched and stood, going to her bunk and climbing in. The video chats made her feel better during them, however, she felt sad, and maybe a little empty afterwards. There was a knock on her door and Elizabeth looked up, grabbing her piece and going to the door. She looked through the peephole, her eyes widened. What was Sam doing? She gave a sigh and opened the door. David had basically given them the green light. It felt strange to be on this end of things.

She was standing watch in the tower, gazing over the toiling ocean. Far below, she saw David and Ethan. They were standing, talking to one another in the courtyard of the base. It was too quiet. This place should have been alive with the hammering of tools and the rumble of Warthogs and Mongooses. There should be the buzz of chatter coming from a multitude of soldiers. The call of the birds should be barely audible instead of scraping against her eardrums.

“Hey, Lizzy! What are you doing up there?” David yelled from the base of the watchtower. Elizabeth’s heart skipped a couple of beats and she looked around frantically, as though a mere shout would cause immediate retaliation from the enemy.

“Damn it, David! We are in the middle of a war zone! You can’t just go around shouting!” She hissed over comms. David was quiet for a moment, then she watched him enter the building. Ethan stared up at her from the ground. She gave him a nod. She was fond of the guy, getting your ass saved by someone multiple times and doing the same in turn would do that. She heard David’s footsteps coming up the stairs, huffing and puffing.

“God I hate these stairs.” She grinned at his annoyance.

“You’re a Marine, David.” She called down to him. He groaned, then the hatch flew open and David’s helmeted face popped up. She stared at him for a moment or two, he was expecting help wasn’t he? She readjusted the SAW in her arms and offered a hand. Her husband took it and she essentially pulled him out of the corridor onto the perch.

“Hey… so all joking aside, Elizabeth. I want to talk, seriously.” He told her, reaching up and taking his helmet off. Elizabeth did too, he looked at her, eyes softening, love mixed with something else.

“I love you.” He started, she grinned, blinking at him.

“I hope that’s not what you came up here dramatically to tell me about, David.” She said, reaching forward and touching his face, he smiled, giving a low chuckle, wrapping his fingers around her wrist, placing a kiss to her skin.

“Seriously, I want, need, us to be serious for like ten minutes.” David asked. It was a staple of their relationship, just trying to make each other laugh, doing everything they can to bring their spouse joy. It was also a survival technique.

“Okay David. What’s wrong?” She asked, slipping just a little closer to him, putting a kiss to his throat and nuzzled against his jaw. David wrapped his arms securely around her.

“You know I love you. I love you so much. I would die for you.” He told her, the thought of that being a very real possibility passed through her head but she ignored it and focused on David.

“Yes, I know.” She said softly, for a moment if she closed her eyes and thought really hard, Elizabeth could make herself feel like she was on a beach with her husband on Earth. But the heavy feel of her armor, no matter how hard she tried to imagine it away, refused to disappear.

“So you know I would never want to leave you.” David continued, his hands on her hips, fingers digging lightly into the mesh of her undersuit.

“Of course.” Elizabeth replied.

“I have feelings for Ethan.” David said and she pulled back, looking at him, she tilted her head, seeing the guilt on her husband’s face.

“I love you, I fucking love you so much, but I see him and I feel the exact same way about you. It’s driving me crazy, Elizabeth. Help me.” He begged. She smiled softly, leaning forward and kissing his nose.

“David, love, it’s okay. It just sounds like you’re poly. We’ve been together for as long as I can remember, if I can’t trust you, then who can I trust?” She asked, David’s arms tightened around her and he relaxed, having had every muscle in his body tensed.

“You aren’t mad?” He asked “You don’t hate me?” He continued, eyes big and wet. Elizabeth shook her head.

“You don’t hate Ethan?” David continued, Elizabeth reached up, nuzzling into his neck again.

“No. Sweetheart, there’s no one I trust you with more than Ethan.” She said, “Now go tell him you two idiots have my blessing.” Elizabeth said, giving her husband a playful shove. He stepped back, a grin growing on his face and then ducked back down into the stairwell. She watched them from her perch. David approached the SPARTAN, and simply wrapped his arms around the trunk of Ethan’s body the best he could. Elizabeth smiled. She liked seeing him happy.

And David wanted to see her happy. Opening the door meant that the possibility for her own happiness, the kind she saw in David with Ethan. She put the piece down and punched in the code in, she trembled with nervous energy as the door slid open. Sam looked at her.

“What do you need?” She asked, trying to sound inconspicuous. What if she was reading this whole situation wrong? What if he was just a soldier concerned about his CO? They had talked about life after the war but that’s just what soldiers do. They had talked till the stars blinked out and the sky turned pink, but that was only because they were patrolling together.

“May I come in?” He asked, his voice soft. She stepped to the side and he entered. Her heart hammered in her chest. A million thoughts passed through her mind at once as Sam looked around. He was nervous too. Sam tried to hide his feelings, obviously, as a soldier, wearing your feelings on your face was a bad habit to have.

“Is everything okay, Sam?” She asked.

This isn’t right, it’s not fair… he’s your subordinate. You’re ten years younger than him. Is what you think happening even happening- Her mind went blank as his fingers interlaced with hers, his other hand touching her face, just barely, almost like a ghost. Everything about this felt wrong, but the look on his face was calming, like the peace of an early morning. She was breathing heavily, chest heaving as she stared at him.

“Is this okay?” He asked her, Elizabeth’s panicking gasps paused as he spoke softly. She went rigid.

“Y-yes.” She said, steeling her nerves and looking him in the eyes with determination.

“With David as well?” He asked, her ears pricked at David’s name. She nodded.

“I just got off a video chat with him.” Elizabeth told him, Sam looked away from a moment. He cleared his throat, lovely cocoa skin tinted with crimson as he swallowed thickly.

“I know you’re my superior, Elizabeth, but I care for you, about you, romantically,” A beat of silence, “I believe.” Elizabeth smiled at him, feeling a bit of laughter rise in her throat as a smile pulled at her lips. Sam gazed at her intently, terror barely disguised in his greyish green eyes.

“I- I feel the same, Sam. I care about you, romantically, as well. And I’m not your direct superior either.” She told him tenderly, squeezing her fingers around his a little tighter. His fear seemed to subside just a little, as his eyebrows managed to descend about a millimeter.

“So you’re okay with-?” He started to ask, then she nodded, stepping a little closer to him. Sam worried at his lower lip with his teeth.

“Nervous?” She asked softly as he lowered his gaze from her. He looked up at her through half lidded eyes and nodded. Elizabeth placed a hand on his arm, giving him a soothing rub.

“We’ll take things slow.” She told him. This seemed to bring him comfort for his shoulders went slack and he gave her the smallest of smiles.

#Survival and Perseverance #original character rvb #locus rvb

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prussianknight9 · 8 years ago

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Hey kakuzu what do u do if hidan woke up crying from a nightmare?would you comfort him or no?

Choices

They had to leave at dawn, for their client’s ship pushed off the docks when the clock struck six. Their inn was close enough that the air tasted of salt and the gulls could be heard in the muffled distance.

Kakuzu opened the metal briefcase. Under the dimness of a single incandescent bulb, he checked that all three scrolls were fastened and secure. After clicking the locks into place, he pasted a paper seal over each of them for extra precautions.

He met Hidan down at the empty front yard. It had taken him five minutes longer and Kakuzu had been on the verge of marching back to pull the Jashinist out of bed himself, when a silver head poked out of the doors to the entrance.

Hidan shot him a glare, as if he knew what he’d been about to do. They started on the road without exchanging a word, but Kakuzu didn’t need to hear his voice to know something wasn’t quite right.

His usually pale face was gaunt, cheeks looking hollow in the first glow of daylight. The beginnings of purple shadows were smudged beneath his eyes. His lips were dry and cracked.

Their client was waiting for them in the bathroom of a local gift shop down by the coast. They exchanged briefcases, and Kakuzu made sure the trade was fair by counting the money down to every last sum. After making sure the scrolls were safely boarded, for the contents within were strictly illegal and Kakuzu wasn’t about to rely on slack item checking, they began their trek back to base. During the entire exchange, Hidan didn’t speak a word.

Their second mission was on the opposite side of the country atop a steep, crumbling mountain. Neither of them, despite their capabilities, had the desire to take the shortcut and scale the whole thing.

“Stairs,” grunted Kakuzu after they circled the base for any alternative. They were roughly cut and uneven, but they were stable and held their weight, which was all that mattered.

“You gotta be shitting me,” Hidan moaned. “Can you even see where it ends? No, we’re walking straight into Hell.”

“That’s the other way,” Kakuzu pointed out, glancing down at their feet. “Let’s go, we’re wasting time.”

“Fuck off,” Hidan snapped. “You’re not gonna hear the end of this.”

And it was true, for the Jashinist complained and griped the entire time. Kakuzu had to resort to fuming silently because one wrong move and they might both go tumbling and they’d have to start the climb all over again.

When the sun began to set behind them, they were about a third of the way up. There was no point in trying to feel their way up the precarious steps in the dark, so Kakuzu found stable ground not far from the path and settled there. It was a very narrow platform of stone and fallen wood, and they had to compress and stay absolutely still. Though autumn was around the corner, the days were still too warm for comfort. Kakuzu wondered if the stark movements made by taking off their cloaks were worth the risk of falling off the mountain and quite frankly, it wasn’t. He told Hidan so and they both fell silent against the fading light.

It was just before dawn when Kakuzu snapped awake. Decades of vigilance had taught his body to stir at the smallest of sounds. At first, the only things he could see were the shadows and outlines of trees and more trees, getting thinner at a steep decline below his feet. He felt Hidan’s weight pressed tightly against his right.

He closed his eyes again. All was as it should be.

There was that noise again.

This time Kakuzu frowned, pouring all of his concentration into locating its source. It had been very quiet and barely noticeable, but it had also seemed very close. It couldn’t have been the mountain collapsing, because rocks didn’t make that kind of sound. It was almost as if…

Crying.

His partner was crying.

For a good moment or two, Kakuzu actually wondered if his age was finally catching up to him and he was going senile. Then he heard the noise again and no, he was entirely sane and something had just gone utterly wrong somehow because Hidan did not cry. It went beyond the debate of immaturity; it was simply something Kakuzu had thought both of them incapable of, considering their occupation and life history. Of course, what did he know about Hidan’s life. It hadn’t crossed his mind once throughout the entire duration of their partnership since stuff like that simply didn’t matter.

Hidan didn’t weep openly, like he’d seen many do in the face of death or the loss of some loved one or prized possession. Every once in a while, he sniffled, very quietly. Kakuzu could feel the tempo of his breaths against him and knew that he was still asleep. They still had time before the sun rose, so the older man, feeling strangely off kilter, let him sleep.

When the sky grew light enough, he felt Hidan stir beside him. With minimal movement on both ends, their eyes finally met. The Jashinist seemed slightly alarmed to see Kakuzu already awake and looking at him. His eyes were slightly red, nose pink and slightly puffy, but his surprise morphed quickly into anger.

“What the hell?”

“I could ask you the same,” Kakuzu said evenly. Hidan’s lips thinned. “Is this going to affect your performance?”

“What the fuck are you talking about?” growled the Jashinist, tendons in his neck rising in agitation.

“You know exactly what,” Kakuzu replied. “I’ll ask again: is this going to affect your performance?”

A muscle jumped in Hidan’s jaw. “No,” he said stonily.

“Then that’s all that matters. Let’s keep going.”

The rest of the trek was in silence. Kakuzu watched the way Hidan climb ahead with more vigor than necessary. Though he’d be lying if he said he wasn’t curious, he knew not to push. They had joined the organization on very different circumstances, and the older man knew when to mind his business. Unfortunately, the Jashinist did not.

“Keep staring at me and you might just burn a hole right through my ass,” Hidan snarled without turning around. “What the hell is your problem today, anyway?”

“I haven’t done anything out of the ordinary,” Kakuzu said.

“Yes you have. I know you’re wondering what the fuck happened back there. Quit trying to act all saint-like by pulling that ‘not-asking’ bullshit.”

“Did you want me to ask, then?” said Kakuzu, annoyed.

“Fuck no. Just stop thinking about it. It doesn’t matter to you or anyone else.”

The silence fell around them again, and Kakuzu, irked at having acted so transparently, actively worked to keep it off his mind.

That night, thanks to both of their stubborn perseverance, they finally reached the top of the mountain. Like they were informed, a small shrine was situated at the edge of the precipice. Battered and rickety from the wind and rain, it creaked dangerously under their weights as Hidan pried open the floor panels. Kakuzu kept his eyes on the horizon while his partner worked.

“Here it is.” Kicking aside the loose floorboards, the older man peered down to see what they were after. It was a small, clear box wherein a pearl necklace lay. “Did we seriously just come all this way for that?”

“We’re being paid ten million for it,” Kakuzu reminded him. “And supposedly, it’s cursed.”

Hidan cackled, swiping the box and shoving it in his pocket. “Yeah, sure. Come on, let’s go. I’m starving.”

“I’m not skidding down this entire mountain,” Kakuzu growled. “We leave at first light tomorrow.”

“No fucking way! I haven’t eaten in a day, you asshole.”

“We have our water skins. Food can wait until tomorrow.”

“Then take me to the rib house we passed back there.”

“You’re getting paid from this, so go buy your own.”

“I’ll pay you back, for fuck’s sake! Just get me ribs and I won’t jump off right now.” Hidan hovered a warning foot over the cliff.

Kakuzu rubbed at his eyes. “Fine.”

~*o*~

That night, Kakuzu was forced into alertness once again by a noise, but this time it was the creaking of the decrepit shrine in the wind. Tired and angry, he had half a mind to just shove the whole thing off the cliff. He was pacing around the perimeter of the thing when he heard a cry.

Kakuzu whipped around, crouching into a defensive position as he loosened the stitching on his arms. There was nothing on this tiny, barren stretch of land miles up into the cloud except for a few skeletal shrubs. Under the white wash of moonlight, the older man’s eyes were drawn to a figure currently thrashing dangerously close to the edge.

He lunged forward and grabbed Hidan’s ankle before he could tumble off into the void. Strangled noises were fighting their way out of his throat and he was clutching at his head as if he were hellbent on ripping his hair out. The Jashinist’s muscles were rock hard, locked into place. Kakuzu would have to break his arms if he wanted to pull them away.

“Hidan!” Kakuzu shouted, clamping down on his thrashing partner while trying to inch them away to the center of the mountaintop. He allowed his threads to erupt from his back to anchor deeply into the rock, in case he was pulled over as well.

“Don’ want it,” Hidan grunted through clenched teeth, almost bucking the older man off with a particularly violent shove. “Never wanted… never…”

“Hidan, look at me,” Kakuzu demanded, dodging a flying elbow by a hair’s breadth. “You’re dreaming. Open your eyes!”

“No,” Hidan screamed, clawing at his chest and arms. His nails tore through skin and blood spurted from each streak. “…don’t wanna… serve!”

The older man finally managed to straddle his partner and delivered a forceful punch to the Jashinist’s face, then another, and another. The third impact broke his nose, and the pain had been enough. Hidan’s eyes snapped open, and for a split second they were seeing something else, terrified and lonely. The haze quickly cleared and the two men were left heaving for breath while the wind howled around them.

“Kakuzu?” Hidan whispered. “W-what th–”

“What,” Kakuzu cut in with a snarl, “the ever-living fuck was that?” He backed away to let the Jashinist sit up and gape at the claw marks over his own body. The threads were pulled out and retracted; the rocks beneath them gave an ominous groan.

Hidan’s face was nearly translucent; tear tracks ran through the blood and gathered at his chin. He looked up at his partner. “I dunno,” he muttered, still seemingly caught up in the raw emotion that his subconscious had wrought. “I thought I was back at–”

He never got to finish the sentence. Without warning, the ground beneath Hidan cracked and shattered, giving away. Kakuzu threw himself at his partner without thinking. A deafening roar fill his ears as part of the mountain crumbled down in a landslide of trees, boulder, and dust. They clung low to the remaining flat ground and listened to the tumultuous rumble of rocks fading into a mere whisper.

“Yer crushin’ me,” Hidan groaned into the ground, coughing as he inhaled the dirt. “Can’t breathe.”

“Turn your head to the side, then.” He could still feel the vibrations through the mountain, wondered if this entire thing was going to collapse along with the first wave.

“Why can’t we jus’ ride yer masks down to the bottom?” Hidan asked weakly.

“I only have two,” Kakuzu reminded him.

“So?”

“Only one of them is airborne. It can’t support both our weights.”

Hidan didn’t answer. They just lay there like that, with Kakuzu pressing more than half of his weight over Hidan’s sprawled, bloodied form. He kept one ear close to the ground, listening.

It wasn’t long before a tiny sniffle escaped from his partner again. Kakuzu watched as Hidan trembled for precisely three seconds, before stilling. He sniffled again.

“S’not gonna affect my performance,” Hidan choked, although from this close Kakuzu could see that the dirt was wet where the Jashinist’s eyes were pressed into.

“What was it?” Kakuzu couldn’t help but ask.

“Ain’t nothing.”

“You said you never wanted to serve.” A cloud drifted over the moon, so that they were plunged into darkness. “Did you mean your precious–”

“Shut up.” Hidan’s voice was icy.

“You’ve acted like you wanted it. Since the beginning.”

The silence that followed stretched on for so long the older man was beginning to think Hidan had fallen asleep. Then a huff of laughter, devoid of mirth, sent grains of dust blowing away from under them. “It doesn’t matter now, does it?”

Kakuzu pondered that for a minute. “Perhaps,” he said.

Hidan sniffled again.

They waited until the mountain was absolutely still again. Very slowly, Kakuzu folded himself into a sitting position, and the Jashinist did the same. There was dried blood and tears smudged with dirt caking his face. He wordlessly reached out, and Hidan leaned in automatically. The older man grabbed the broken nose and reset it with a sharp crack.

Hidan screwed up his face. “Owww,” he groaned, wiping furiously at his eyes and chin.

In the near complete darkness, Kakuzu stared at a point of nothing, wondering how to phrase his next words. His partner continued to shuffle around next to him, a small flurry of movement and curses.

“You live with it,” he said finally, making Hidan pause, “and it doesn’t ever go away, I think.”

“Huh?” Back to pretending like nothing happened. “What the hell are you on about?”

“Your choices,” Kakuzu specified. “Even when you didn’t have any, because having no choice is still your decision, in a way.”

The Jashinist scoffed. “You’re not making any sense, old man.” He continued to scuffle about.

“In our lifestyle, when you’re left with no choice…” Kakuzu began unbuttoning his cloak. “You can either choose to live with it, or die. It’s ironic how the latter is impossible given our particular circumstances, but there was still a moment where it could’ve been done.” The movements had stopped again, but this time there were no scathing remarks.

“Idiot,” Hidan muttered after a while. “Of course I had to go with it. I’d have died otherwise.”

“But you didn’t. You’re here now, because you chose to live. There is a strength in that.”

“Well I wasn’t just gonna off myself, was I?” Hidan snapped.

“You could’ve,” Kakuzu said, shrugging. “I’ve seen countless shinobi take a knife to their throats, unable to live with themselves. Unable to live with the fact that they had no choice. So they chose to die.”

“The hell is your point?”

“You’re not weak. Shut up, Hidan, don’t take me for a fool. I know you think so. I could see it in your face yesterday, and twenty minutes ago. You’re not weak for them taking your decisions away from you. You chose to live with it and make it your own. You’ve risen above them.”

The wind died down from a high pitched whistle to a mere whisper. They both remained motionless for a long time.

“You can cry all you like,” Kakuzu said. “It doesn’t make you any less strong.”

“As if,” Hidan said at last, and his voice was thick. “I ain’t no pussy.” But he was sniffling again, like he couldn’t stop himself. “I was doing so well, forgetting about it all. And now you’ve gone and fucked it all up. Fuck you, Kakuzu.”

“Well, thought I’d help.” With a grunt and heave, Kakuzu released his masks from his back and they staggered out with disjointed whines. “Can’t have you ruining our performance over such a thing, can I?”

The trip down the mountain was long and arduous. But after that night, Hidan never had nightmares again.

#underfellsans568 #ask #kakuzu #hidan #akatsuki #fanfic #naruto #goodness this turned out way too long #i wanted to draw a mini comic for this ask but i thought i could make it better with a story instead! hope you don't mind :P

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ladydracarysao3 · 8 years ago

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In Love, Serenity

Chapter Eighteen: Addicted

Chapter Summary Rhaegar Hawke is a notorious, sarcastic playboy, but he finds himself bewitched by a woman who appears to despise him. He had one taste of her and like a drug addict, he has to score another hit.

Notes That, and I think Hawke doesn't like being told, No.

So this chapter does not have background music, but I do have a lyrical (?) song to share if you're interested. It is major inspiration for Hawke's obsession with Abner.

Take Me To Church - Hozier (However, I prefer the Elli Goulding Cover but Rhaegar Hawke My husband insists on the original.)

Listen, this chapter has smut at the end, but you can totally skip it if that's not your bag, it will not affect the story for you at all. So, if you are one who prefers to refrain from such dirty things, when you see the ***** and a break, the chapter is done!

For those of you who continue on, much like the first smutty chapter, this one switches perspective, because... it just does... I don't know why I do it, but apparently it's a thing I do now.

Enjoy! Comments, likes, and reblogs are loved and adored :)

[Read Chapter 18 on AO3] or [Start from the Beginning]

-Hawke-

“So then Krem says, ‘I bet you can’t get all three of those red heads to bed you tonight.’ Let’s just say, he was buying all of my rounds for a week!” Iron Bull laughs with such a booming vigor that he has to clutch his stomach, head arched back, teeth glinting in the flickering fire light. Bull has been swapping stories and telling jokes with Abner ever since the fire was set. She laughs with him, but Hawke notices – though she clearly tries to hide it – that she favors her left side. Favoring the ribs that had been smashed not two days before by a brut… her husband.

She really shouldn’t try to be so tough. Granted, Hawke would act the same way if it was he who had taken the crippling blow. He stretches his shoulders back at the thought, the fresh scars on his back are still painfully sore from when the demon ripped through his armor as if he was made of butter. While he can appreciate her obstinacy, she needs to take the proper time for rest that Solas had instructed. With everything she just went through, it is amazing she can even walk. Instead, she insists on pretending that she feels great and that nothing catastrophic just happened to her.

Ever since Solas fixed her broken bones, however, she has been different. Lighter. Though, she has yet to address the fact that they all just watched her bathe in the blood of her husband. In fact, she still has some of his blood on her… How can they act like she is okay? How can she make jokes with Bull at a time like this? How can they go along with it? He’s not sure why, but they do.

They all do.

“Mmmm,” Abner smiles into the stars as if she is picturing something beautiful hanging in front of her. “I am a sucker for a red head. Can be a man, a woman, a dwarf, human, elf…shit, I’d even give you a go if you had crimson hair flowing from that head, Bull.”

Smiling to himself, Hawke feels his self-assured arrogance flourish with her words. He has never felt so appreciative of his auburn hair as he does in this moment. Hawke was unaware of her fetish before, perhaps he can use it to his advantage.

“You know, Bers… I bet there is a spell for that. Damn, I’d even wear a wig.” Iron Bull purrs as he leans in toward Abner with want and desire radiating from his one good eye.

Inwardly, Hawke blazes with jealousy. The nerve of the qunari, Hawke is sitting right here. Sure, he doesn’t have any official claim on Abner, but he wants to. It is pretty fucking obvious that he is attracted to her, and that they have an intense, albeit limited, history.

He can’t help himself, he has to attempt to claim her. No matter how much he does not deserve it, and shouldn’t try, he wants to. Hawke has never been one to abstain from his wants, no matter how dangerous they are.

Clearing his throat as challenging and superior as he can muster, Hawke springs a look of perturbed irritation on his face. Interrupting their ardent banter, they both turn their gaze to him, brows cocked, Abner’s eyes annoyed and expectant. Suddenly, with her gaze on him, all of the air within his body… leaves.

Momentarily, he loses his train of thought. Instead of a witty retort, he babbles like an incoherent moron. “I… uh… well…That is to say… I don’t think Abner needs anymore redheads… in this camp, anyway,” he awkwardly utters. As soon as his mouth shuts, he rolls his eyes and pinches the bridge of his nose, annoyed with his own incompetence.

Smooth. Real smooth… Jackass…

Now she is looking at him with both pity and a half crooked smile. Like Hawke is nothing but a child throwing a tantrum, threatening to take his toys and go home. Well, he does want to take her and go. She is a wonderful, enticing, and feral creature that Hawke wants to play with, and those desires do not involve the qunari sitting to her right. Hawke can feel the pout sulking on his face, and he tries to correct it with a more flirtatious look in her direction. He raises a single eyebrow, places a fist on his hip, and thinks to himself a mantra of, Look dashing. Look dashing. Look dashing.

She is not impressed. Rather, she slowly closes her eyes, obviously rolling them behind her lids. As she opens them again, they stay narrowed, cutting through him with an apathetic precision that slices his heart. Has she lost all interest? Will she ever again look at him the way she did that first night?

She must have felt the raw, primal connection they shared, why push him away? Perhaps it was her Avvar secret… her secret marriage… and something about being half-blooded? Maybe? He doesn’t know, but the crazy, mabari war hound is out of the bag now, so why is she still so cold?

She is such a mystery. He barely knows anything about her…yet… he can’t get her out of his head. This never happens to him. He doesn’t obsess and fall over himself for the attention of a woman. He looks like a Maker damned fool. This is ridiculous, he has known many women. Droves of women. He’s unsure what Abner has done to him… but that feral, wild, and wicked look behind her eyes drives him crazy with want. He feels a kinship with her, like no other. Her presence makes him want to do things… bad things… naughty things… despicable things… Not that a woman has never made him feel lustful, honestly, they all have. The other feelings he has for her, however, are quite unique. Abner instills a need in him to be tender… loving.

She is a Goddess. He would worship at her feet like a dog. The Lady of the Forest. As she calms the rabid mind of a wolf, she accentuates both his ferocity and his compassion.

Hawke needs to know everything about her. He needs her to look at him, smile, and share all of her secrets. Allow him to share the load of her burdens. Crack jokes with her, fight beside her, share stories, hold her, stare at the beautiful wildfire that lives in her eyes, and make love to her every night before she sleeps. He has never been so quickly transfixed by a woman, but she has bewitched him - mind, body, and soul.

He would gladly move mountains for her, if it meant she would look at him the way she did when they first met. What he would not give to go back to that night, when she was carefree and comfortable. That must return. She is like drug and he is happily addicted. He needs another fix, to rapture in her glow. He had that one precious taste of her spirit, and like a fiend, he is desperate for more.

She gets up from her spot at the fire, “I’m goin’ to bed.” She cuts her eyes at Hawke, razor sharp daggers searing into the depths his soul. He wants to follow her, but with all the seriousness of a mage going into a harrowing, she says, “Alone.” Begrudgingly, he watches her as she heads to her tent, wishing he could follow, annoyed that he cannot.

Izzalea walks in front of him in that moment, obstructing his view of Abner’s tent. Stretching and groaning, Izzy is oblivious to his desperate yearning to recapture her scout. “Maker’s balls, I am so sick of this swamp. At least the rain finally stopped. Though, I wonder for how long.” She sighs and plops down on a log beside him. “How amazing would it be to have our gear actually dry out?” She gently ribs him with her elbow.

“I’m not sure what good it would do. We all stink and are covered in blood and guts anyway,” Bull grunts.

No one has been able to bathe since they arrived. Not really, anyway. The marsh is full of the undead, and the water is disgusting. There is nothing around to clean themselves with, so they wipe off as best as they can and persevere. Everyone could do well with a warm bath, a dry bed, and a decent meal.

That gives him an idea. “I think we need to let everyone have a well-deserved break from the bullshit,” Hawke winks at Iron Bull who takes obvious offence to his well-directed snark. “And we all deserve respite from having to smell the especially noxious qunari.”

Bull’s nostrils flare as he begins to glare and, possibly unknowingly, tilt his horns in Hawke’s direction. This just fuels his fire, “Say Bull, you‘re part beast or something, aren’t you? I mean that’s why you have horns and all of that, right? Should you not be able to lick yourself clean?” Hawke feels wickedly proud of himself, retaliation for hitting on Abner.

“RRRRRRAH! ENOUGH!” Bull growls and bellows at Hawke as he sharply rises to his feet.

“Whoa, whoa, whoa,” Izzalea raises her hand to stop Bull from a charge. She punches Hawke roughly in the shoulder as he continues to taunt the horned goat-man with a malicious smirk. “Knock it off, Hawke.” As Bull sits back down, glowering, Izzy sighs in irritation, “What was your point, Hawke? Without any additional of insults, preferably.” She cuts her eyes at him. With all of this love and adoration, he feels as if he’s back in Kirkwall.

He sits up straight, tugging at his tunic proudly and winks at Bull again, who in turn rolls his eye. Pivoting to Izzy, he unfolds his plan, “There was a town, Sothmere, not far from the bog. I bet they have an inn there. What do you say we stop there, rest, wash ourselves, and have a decent meal?”

“Oh that sounds wonderful!” Izzy squeals, Hawke didn’t even know this woman could emit a sound so high-pitched. However, her disposition immediately plummets, “But Josie didn’t give me the funds for that sort of thing,” she says as she drops her head down, resting it in her palm with her elbow leaned on her knee. She looks like Hawke had promised her a ride on a griffon only to laugh in her face and tell her they’re extinct.

“Ah, well… fear not your Inquisitorialness! It will be my treat. My gift to the Inquisition and all of that,” he says as he smiles at her, mockingly putting-on-airs and twirling his fingers about.

She sits up straight again, grinning ear to ear, “Thank you, Hawke! Are you sure you want to spend your coin on that? Once we get out of the bog it will only be a few nights before we reach Skyhold.”

Honestly, or obviously, Hawke has his own agenda. He seeks privacy with Abner before they return to the keep. With all of the bustle that goes on there, it would be easy for her to slip away, disappearing from his grasp forever. Plus, he will be leaving again, this time for the Western Approach, almost immediately upon return. He cannot risk losing the chance to talk to her. Perhaps he should attempt to apologize… or something… He still doesn’t know what he did, but apologies tend to do wonders with the fairer sex. Really, he’s willing to do anything if it means he has the chance to experience her charms again.

Hawke winks at Izzalea and bumps his shoulder into hers, “Really Izzy? Do you really want to arrive in Skyhold to face your dapper and handsome Commander, while smelling like a death bog?”

Izzalea grimaces at the thought and shakes her head. “No.”

“Then the inn it is! We deserve it,” he smiles at her and rises to his feet. He flashes a brief, smug nod to Iron Bull before turning on his heel to head to his tent for the night. As he strides away, he calls back to his companions over his shoulder, “It will be something for us to look forward to as we fight our way out of this revolting marsh.”

The next day is slow going. Even though they finally leave the bog behind, the steady pace needed to keep it easy on the wounded, tired soldiers seems to make their travel drag on forever. There were not enough horses for everyone, so the worst of the lot were propped on steeds and lead by the rest at a slow, even march. They still manage to arrive in Sothmere by the next evening, however. Like the Maker shining his light down upon them, they see the inn from a distance, and everyone’s mood revitalizes.

As members of their entourage clean themselves, they slip into the cleanest, most comfortable clothes they can find in their gear, and trickle into the inn’s tavern for drink, food, and relaxation. Hawke practically skips down the steps from the inn rooms to the tavern floor. His light, linen tunic and slacks feel fresh and easy on his newly washed skin. He walks up to the bar to order himself a much needed drink.

A beautiful barmaid walks up to Hawke, smiling a lovely, toothy grin and crinkling the freckles spread across her nose as she winks at him in hello. She has a light, sunny, red hue to her wavy hair that cascades over her shoulders. Her breasts are hoisted quite high due to some kind of brown, leather, corset contraption underneath that Hawke doesn’t understand, but greatly appreciates. While a linen chemise is below, barely keeping her breasts from being displayed bare, in all of their glory. She catches him staring and laughs while shaking her head, “’Ello there, handsome stranger, what can I do yis for?” She has a rich, friendly Starkhaven brogue that almost makes Hawke long for the Free Marches, and the other lovely lady there with a similar accent.

He smirks coyly at the maiden. He drops his voice to a low, playful rumble, “How about a glass of your finest red, my lady?”

“Oh, yous a cheeky one, eh?” she flirts, “Not sure how fine it is foryis, but I might have a bottle of sumptin in the back.” He watches as she walks through a door into the tavern’s store room. A pale green skirt flits around as she walks, but Hawke still enjoys the view of her bum swaying before she disappears into the room.

When she returns, she displays a proud smile on her glowing, pale, freckled face. “This’ll have to do, big spender,” she winks at him as she pours a glass into a goblet. “Best we got.”

“I’m sure it’s wonderful,” he coos back to her, all the while he obviously drinks her in with his eyes.

She giggles at him while handing his goblet over, he slides his coin across the wooden counter. As he drinks, the wine hits that very particular and unfortunate spot at the back of his throat, causing him to cough uncontrollably. While he was trying to appear suave for the barmaid, instead he hacks and dribbles red wine down the front of his pale linen shirt.

She covers her mouth with her hands but laughs hysterically at his discomfort. Hawke sighs, taking his wine and his shame to find the rest of his cleaned companions in the tavern. It does not take long, as he sees a table with Izzy, Bull, Cole, Solas, and a couple of the rescued Inquisition soldiers sitting at a long table not very far from the bar. He joins them and enjoys some light banter, however, Hawke notices a far off stare in Izzalea’s sage colored eyes.

“Something weighing on your mind, Izzy?” Hawke asks just before taking a swig of his wine.

“I just…” her voice trails off as quickly as it begins.

“What is it boss?” Iron Bull asks, looking concerned from the end of the table.

“I just don’t understand how that… Thing, could have been married to Abner,” Izzalea speaks slowly and cautiously, keeping her stare on the table, eyes searching the woodgrain for answers.

“It’s possible that it wasn’t her choice,” Bull says gravely. Izzeala turns her head to look at the Qunari. “The thing is, well as far as I’ve heard, it’s how they get their brides to the wedding ceremony…” Bull says plainly. “They abduct her.”

Hawke feels the color rush from his face and feels sick to his stomach, followed quickly by outrage. He growls inwardly, “They what?” The thought of a young Abner being abducted and forced to marry that man sickens him.

“Well, to my understanding it’s just a custom. The groom has to prove himself to her family by successfully taking her from them. The marriage is supposed to be worked out and agreed upon before, and the bride can even help him if she wants. The ritual was explained to me once when the Chargers where working near an Avvar strong hold. They talked about it like it was fun, a test of valor.” Bull drops his eyes from the table and takes a drink from his tankard. Shuddering to himself he continues, “But I get the feeling that our friend may not have been so keen on the idea…”

Cole quietly murmurs while his face is tipped downward and a frown shapes his lips, “Not a game to her…”

“I do not think it prudent to speculate how she was married or how she felt about it, The Iron Bull. Imparting Avvar customs to our friends here is one thing, speculations of Abner’s private affairs is quite another,” Solas calmly and coolly scolds Bull, who in turn shoots a glare and releases a low grunt at the elf.

Izzalea groans with guilt written plainly on her face, she runs her fingers through her wet hair, shaking it out as she does. “Solas is right…we should change the subject. I am sorry for bringing it up.”

Iron Bull watches Izzalea idly play with her auburn tresses, a twinkle shines in his eyes as he looks past her and to the lovely barmaid beyond. “How about we take bets as to whether I can seduce that gorgeous redhead serving drinks at the bar?” He looks at the woman with a hunger in his eye and a smirk on his face.

The two soldiers at the table look at the woman and then eye the enormous Iron Bull up and down. “I will take that bet,” one says.

The other chuckles, “Yeah, me too. I think she will take one look at you and turn the other direction.”

Bull laughs proudly to himself, “You men of little faith. Prepare to lose your coin…” He starts to rise from his chair only to freeze in place because of something he sees. His jaw slacks, surprise shining in his eye. He slowly eases back down without dropping his gaze from what has shocked him.

“What’s wrong Bull, lost your nerve?” Hawke chuckles as he turns his head to follow Bull’s line of sight.

And then he sees her.

Abner is slowly slinking down the steps from the inn’s rooms and into the tavern.

She is a vision.

Her thick and dreaded hair is pulled back into a large messy knot, or bun, or whatever you call it with hair like hers. She has fresh kohl marked around her eyes, matching her black tattoos, and her skin tight, black leather breeches. A look that is seductively dangerous.

And her tunic… it is scandalous.

Obviously, they did not have the means to bring a wardrobe on this mission, but she is wearing a mere sheath of a top. Sleeveless and thin, it drapes and flows loosely from her shoulders. The color is lighter than her skin… and maker is that material thin. Painfully thin. Hawke begins to doubt if she even knows what a breast band is…

Hawke’s loins tighten and quiver at the sight of her. He licks his lips as he suddenly feels parched, but he cannot avert his stare. Barefooted, she lightly and gracefully pads up to the bar. He finds it hard to contain himself as he hopes she comes to their table soon. He cunningly pushes back the chair next to him, hoping she will grace it with her exquisite behind.

She leans on the counter and smiles seductively at the light, crimson haired barmaid. Hawke’s heart starts to plummet into the abyss as she stays there, standing with the maid. She receives her ale, but she stays. The maid giggles and blushes at something Abner says. She looks as sly as a cat flirting with a fish in a bowl.

“Looks like you will be paying us coin, Iron Bull,” Hawke hears one of the soldiers snort from behind him.

He turns to look at Bull as he grunts disapprovingly at the soldier. “How could I to get in the way of that.” He sighs in capitulation, “She deserves some fun…”

The conversations ebb and flow at the table, all the while, Abner never joins them. Hawke tries his hardest not to stare at her, but it is difficult. Ultimately, he ends up sullenly pouting and studying the wood pattern on his goblet in front of him. He surrenders his attempt to not watch her and looks back toward the bar, only to feel a shot of anxiety in his chest. She is gone.

Searching the room with panicked eyes, Hawke looks for her figure, but finds nothing. She must have gone up to bed. How is he to make amends with her if he never gets a chance to talk to her? He must find her. He must speak with her.

Excusing himself from the table, he decides to search her out. He nods to his companions, wishing them a pleasant evening and a good sleep. He jokingly advises Bull to not poke any holes in his pillows with his horns, as he doesn’t want to spend the extra coin to clean the feathers and replace the linens. Before Bull can retaliate with an equally damning insult, Hawke smugly makes his way up the stairs.

Thankfully, since he purchased the rooms, he also handed out the keys. Hawke quickly finds her door and raps his knuckles on the wood in the most charming way he can possibly muster.

Hearing muffled voices from the other side, he wonders if she not alone. There is a pit in his stomach, but then the door begins to open. The beautiful, yet sour, face of Hawke’s Avvar Goddess is staring up at him. He has displeased her, yet again, with his presence.

She cocks her head to the side, folds her arms at her chest, and taps her foot. “What do you want, Hawke… I’m a little busy…” she spits her words like venom.

Looking past her, he sees that the redheaded barmaid is in the bed, holding a sheet against her chest and between her bare shoulders. Interestingly enough her look is not of disdain, the maid is actually tracing her eyes over Hawke’s body with a delicious smirk on her lips, and lustful bedroom eyes.

“Oh Abi, are ya havin’ that? Just look at’im. He’s right fit innit he?” the maiden hums as she locks eyes with him and they both raise an eyebrow at each other. Oh, this is very interesting, indeed. Hawke can work with this. He had wanted to make amends with Abner, but he could easily be persuaded as to how he should accomplish the task.

Hawke winks slyly at the maiden in the sheets before looking down to his raven haired beauty. Leaning against the doorframe, crossing his arms, and cocking his brow, Hawke rumbles in the most suggestive and sarcastic way possible, “Abi?”

“Not a word, Hawke,” she says curtly, but he detects the slightest hint of amusement in her eyes. The wall she has put between them is starting to chip. She sighs, “Why are you here?”

He smiles at her. “Well, I wanted to kiss and make up… But I see now that perhaps we can do so much more than just that.” There is slightest twitch of a smile on the corner of her mouth, hope springs within him. She is not as discontent with him as she tries to appear.

The crimson maid on the bed squeals with delight and pleads with ‘Abi’ to let him in. He continues to lean on the doorframe as smug as the Nug King himself. Abner’s eyes never leave his. He watches as the fire burning within them slowly morphs from contempt into desire. She is internally weighing her options, and her decision seems to be leaning in Hawke’s favor.

She licks and bites at her lip. His breath intensifies. She takes one step toward him with a smile on her wicked, gorgeous face.

Barely audible, except to her, he asks, “How are your ribs?”

“Much better, don’t worry about them,” her voice is in that low sexy tone he has been yearning to hear.

Hawke seizes that moment. Without diverting their lustful gaze, he swiftly scoops her up into his arms. She hooks her legs around his waist like they belong there, and he carries her into the room. Pivoting, Hawke uses his boot to knock the door closed and roughly presses her against it.

She is raised above him just enough to give Hawke easy access to her neck. He ghosts his lips over tan flesh, lightly breathing hot breath on her skin as she squeezes him tightly between her thighs. He looks up at her as thunderous desire rumbles in his chest. She peers down into his burning soul, her fingers entwine in his hair and tug lightly at his beard.

She is looking at Hawke as she did the first time she was in his arms. He is overcome with bliss and hunger. She is his again, but he needs to ensure it stays this way.

The maiden behind him calls out, “Ay, what about me?”

Hawkes eyes flow ravenously over the enticing, warm, tanned skin of the goddess in his arms and wrapped around his body. In a low husk he responds, “Just a moment, love…”

Hawke leans in to tenderly whisper a kiss onto the nape Abner’s neck. “I just need to…”

As soft as a dropping flower petal, he presses a kiss upon her left shoulder. “Tell our beautiful friend…”

Her chest begins to heave… a kiss for her right shoulder. “How sorry…”

She shudders beneath his lips as he places a kiss on the other side of her neck. Looking back into her gorgeous dark eyes, he knows he burns for her as much as her eyes convey she burns for him. “I am.”

Abner’s teeth tug at her lower lip as she smiles at Hawke, before meeting her lips with his. Fire roars within his body. Electricity sparks as the touching of their skin ignites an insatiable thirst within him.

Hawke quivers in her presence, as he tastes her drug again.

*****

She tried to push him away, but he is a persistent little fucker.

Fine. If Hawke really wants to keep, whatever this is, going… Abner will play along.

For now.

After his finishes tenderly kissing her, and apologizing for… something? She’s not sure what for, but right now she doesn’t care. He loses control and begins to ravage her in his arms.

He is like a rabid animal. His long, messy, red tresses are still damp to her touch. His untamed beard tickles her skin as he glides wet, passionate kisses along her neck, chest, and shoulders. Leaving her slick, reddened, and dotted with small love bites. He comes up for air and looks at her while panting. His lips parted, his stormy, blue eyes, dark and animalistic.

He may be the sexiest man alive.

Abner shudders under his touch. He holds her above him, legs wrapped tightly around his waist, the heat between them pressed firmly against his wash-board stomach. He has her pressed roughly against the door to her room. With a ragged moan he forces her hips down past his and presses his hard length against her heat. Excitement shoots through Abner’s body, a shiver dancing down her spine at the feel of him between her legs. Panting and rutting against each other in rhythm, she can’t wait too feel him inside her again.

Grinding and rutting against her, he bites at her shoulder. She tips her head back against the door and moans from deep within her, biting her lip in the process. She is drunk on him. Abner almost loses herself completely, almost forgets the other crimson haired minx in the room.

Her body slightly rises and falls, with Hawke repetitively pressing his cock against her. She sees stars as he tugs and licks at her ear. Her nails dig into his chiseled, scarred back and her jaw slacks, lips parted as she lowers her gaze to the beautiful treasure waiting for them on the bed.

She has a pleasure-filled, pained look on her sweet face. Her green eyes, doe-like. Her brows, pinched. Her pretty, pink lips, open. Her body is writhing slowly on the bed as Abner’s eyes follow the curves of her freckled, pale skin all the way to her activity.

Before Hawke came to the door, Abner had helped the maiden lose her garments. But she has now shed the sheet that was once modestly draped over her when Abner answered his knock. Patiently she waits, watching them rut and moan against the door. The maiden’s knees bent, her legs spread, one hand lightly rubbing her clit, the other delicately tracing her fingertips along her lips.

She looks delicious.

“Hawke…” A ragged whisper grips from Abner’s throat into his ear, “Don’t forget our friend.” She gently places his chin between thumb and forefinger, turning his head to see the vixen on the bed.

“Perish the thought,” he growls, voice rich with desire. Easing Abner down, he allows her to leave their position and slowly pad up to the temptress who lies open on the bed.

How lucky is she to have not one, but two seductive crimson haired lovers this evening?

“Rhaegar Hawke, I’d like you to meet Eliza,” Abner says and smiles at her. Eyes dark and hooded, she crawls between Eliza’s legs, over her body. She is a vision. Her pale, alabaster skin is as soft as powder. Light freckles dot her rosy cheeks, and across her nose in a dazzling array of sweetness.

“A pleasure,” Hawke hums. He stands at the door waiting, watching Eliza and Abner on the bed.

Leaning over her, Abner kisses her pouty lips. Eliza’s eyes close, but her mouth opens. Abner glides the tip of her tongue along the soft, pink lips before she dips in, caressing Eliza’s tongue with hers. She moans into Abner’s mouth and presses her hips up against her. The maid shudders with desire as Abner runs her tongue-caressing kisses on her lips, cheeks, and chin. She travels wet, adoring kisses down her neck, and arches her back, kneeling over Eliza’s writhing form.

Hawke apparently is overcome with temptation at the sight of Abner’s bum propped in the air. He comes to stand next to the bed. His hands traveling the curve of Abner’s ass, down the firm, muscled outside of her thighs, and back up the softer, delicate inside. He cups her hot center through her leather breeches, before tugging at the laces. Slowly, she feels him peel back the leather from her skin. As he pulls them down her legs, she aids him, lifting to remove her pants, one leg at a time.

He cups and grabs Abner’s ass, giving her a tongue-stroking kiss on each cheek. He glides his hand between her thighs, causing her to gasp and shudder into Eliza’s mouth. As he paces up the side of the bed, Abner leaves her kisses with Eliza to lean up on her knees, welcoming Hawke with passion between their slick lips.

Hawke’s works one hand between her legs, while the other travels to her neck. She gasps as he grabs it firmly, pressing his thumb against her throat, and pulling her into a deeper kiss. Eliza’s fingers dance and glide on Abner’s stomach causing her skin to prickle and sing. Hawke’s hand travels down to her breast. He cups it and thumbs her nipple as they continue to sinfully glide their tongues together.

Pulling away from their kiss, he eyes the crimson beauty lying beneath them. With his hooded stormy eyes, he smiles at Eliza as he bends down to seductively kiss her luscious lips, and brush his fingers along her breasts.

Abner uses the opportunity to slip off her sheer tunic, tossing it to the side. Delicately, she moves Eliza’s legs downward, and straddles over one of her thighs. Pressing her firm thigh against Eliza’s slick cunt, the barmaid coos into Hawke’s mouth with excitement. The ragged panting sounds they make turns Abner on further, as she glides and rocks herself against Eliza’s soft, smooth thigh.

Hawke stands and begins to remove his clothing while Eliza sits up enough to grab at Abner’s waist and pull her down. Their skin silkily slides against each other. Abner lies next to Eliza, yet slightly overlapped and entangled with her. They kiss as Abner trails her hand down Eliza’s stomach to her dripping core. She moans and bucks against Abner’s hand while she rubs the sweet pearl with her thumb and dips the tips of her fingers into her.

Abner hums lowly into her ear, “Do you like that, Eliza?”

“Fuck, yes…” she gasps breathlessly.

Hawke joins them on the bed, on the opposite side of their tantalizing barmaid. He kneels next to her, his cock proudly hanging before them. Eliza and Abner smirk at each other before they sit up and guide Hawke to a lying position between them. Eliza licks her hand and glides her slippery palm along Hawke’s length, from tip to base and back again, causing it to twitch in appreciation.

He hisses a sharp intake of breath and closes his eyes. Each of his hands lightly rubbing the women’s waists. Leaning down over his cock, as Eliza slowly strokes it, Abner eases her mouth over the tip. Swirling her tongue against the shaft, she glides down, encasing as much as she can while allowing room for Eliza. With added pressure of suction, Abner glides her mouth back up. She watches Hawke’s face as Eliza strokes, and she sucks. His eyes open, watching them, the blue of them turning even darker and more thunderous. His lightly furred chest rises and falls steadily, his slow breath gradually gaining speed.

Hawke wraps his fingers through Abner’s hair and guides his cock deeper in her mouth and down her throat, until her nose presses firmly against his stomach. He holds her there as she moans, the feeling of him filling her throat makes her cunt drip down her leg. Eliza reaches around and glides her fingers over Abner’s ass before pressing them inside her, fingers playing with slippery wet. Hawke releases his hold, and she springs her head up, gasping for air, grinning wickedly. He grabs Abner’s face roughly, sinking his thumb into her open, panting mouth, pulling her jaw down. He licks and bites at his lips as he watches her moan, mouth wet and red, and Eliza plays with her cunt, finger gliding and dancing between her thighs. He pulls his thumb from her mouth and pushes her head back down over his cock.

His eyes quickly flicker wide, then squeeze shut as his breathing speeds up considerably, with the added vibrations of her moaning. He pumps her head faster and harder. Pulling his lower lip into his mouth and biting it firmly, he looks down at her, their eyes meeting intensely.

Abner pulls him out of her mouth, gasping for air, overcome with lust. Eliza gives her a break, placing her mouth over him. He replaces Eliza’s fingers inside Abner with his own. His stormy eyes still locked on hers. They may have a companion in the room, but he looks at Abner as if she is the only person in Thedas. She can’t look away, transfixed, aroused by his reddened face and ragged breath. His fingers slide in and out of her as she lightly grinds her hips to help him go deeper. They repeatedly hook and rub against the special bundle of nerves deep inside her, giving Abner the feeling that she will soon unravel. The combination of his fingers, the atmosphere, and the gale raging in his eyes brings her closer to the edge.

Hawke senses this, pulling his fingers away. Abner whimpers, instantly feeling empty, longing for his touch to return. She begs him with her eyes, to bring his touch back to her.

“Get on,” a deep, seductive command erupts from his chest.

Eliza ceases her attentions. Bringing her head back up, she smiles and wipes saliva from her swollen, dark-pink lips. Hawke winks at her, motioning for her to crawl to him and straddle his face while Abner straddles his hips. In unison the women ease down to him. Abner watches his tongue reach out, gliding along Eliza while she cries out to the Maker.

As his cock fills her, Abner loses all consciousness. He feels amazing. She rocks her hips so that he continually stays inside, rubbing against her favorite spot. It feels as if fire is burning and dancing on every inch of her skin.

Eliza reaches out for her, bringing Abner back from her haze. She pulls their lips together. She tastes Hawke on Eliza’s lips and on her tongue, making Abner burn even brighter. They cry into each other as they kiss and ride Hawke. Their breathing uneven, their hips buck and twitch as he brings them both close to the edge.

Hawke’s hands grip Abner’s hips hard, pressing her roughly on him. The women’s hands tangle in each other’s hair and they press their foreheads together, swiftly approaching ecstasy. They both loudly plead for release, and find it, together.

Abner and Eliza shudder. Heads falling to the other’s shoulder, hips twitching as ripples of explosions release in their bodies. They pant and moan into each other’s skin as the last shockwaves of their orgasms dissipate. Abner feels as if her skin glows, Eliza’s most certainly does.

In a low, husky tone, Abner chuckles. Wiping sweat from her forehead with the back of her hand, she smiles, exhaling a single word, “Damn…”

Eliza giggles as she dismounts Hawke’s now glistening face. He grins quite proudly at them, his hands still driving Abner’s hips on him, slowly rocking her back and forth on him.

“If my ladies are finished?” he asks politely, smirking.

“Please, go right ahead,” Eliza giggles.

The dark, stormy, blue eyes lock on Abner’s, making her shiver and feel as if she could come again. She hadn’t realized how much she missed his eyes on her while their lovely friend obstructed her view. He flashes a wicked grin moments before swooping and flinging them into opposite positions, pinning Abner down against the bed. Hawke fervently thrusts in and out of her in long, fluid strokes, never breaking eye contact.

Placing her legs over each shoulder he drives into her. A feeling so intense, that her legs shake and tremble against him. Abner screams his name, and grunts loudly with each thrust, consumed by pleasure. His red hair cascades down the side of his face as he leans down to kiss her. Abner’s knees pinned against her chest, he stays there, slamming into her fast and hard. The bed shakes and creaks, rutting against the floorboards.

Pressing his forehead on hers, they stare into each other eyes, and she senses Hawke start to lose control. In this moment, he is the only man in the world, and she, the only woman. She feels euphoric as she reaches a second climax, dissolving into star dust as rapture radiates throughout her body.

He rumbles her name before connecting their lips one last time as he slams eagerly inside of her. Holding that position, she feels him release and tremble against her.

Abner tucks his hair behind his ear and caresses his cheek. They gaze softly at each other. He smiles and kisses her forehead before leaning up, gently helping her stretch out her unsteady legs.

He grins at Eliza, winks, and exclaims, “Good job!” He smacks her playfully on the ass, causing her to giggle. He looks down at Abner lovingly, gently rubbing her thighs in his strong hands, “You too, my love.”

Abner allows herself to flush at his words, just this once, feeling her own affinity for the man grow in her chest. She feels warm, tingly all over as they each pick a side of her to lie next to and cuddle.

She really shouldn’t make a habit out of this. But just for this night, Abner will allow herself to feel loved.

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