#im like... thinking about it... hmmmmmm...

[fisherrprince]

Instead of writing a fanfic like a normal person this oneshot turned into two separate, contextless things,

[imageingrunge]

fantasy sim brainrot atm

[rearranging-deck-chairs]

also really enamoured with agathas absolute inability to value tarot. intuition and interpretation, way too wishy washy for someone who lectured wanda about how long it fucking takes studying all the theory before you can do any moderately impressive magical acts

[small-birdie]

mouthwashing is a game that deserves to be popular because it sounds incredible but holy shit does it also sound like someone designed it in a lab to be my worst nightmare specifically

[rinzler-smoocher]

Ok, thinking now abouttttt if somehow Flint broke back into the Grid and interacted with Uprising Tron & like. How that would even go down...

Uprising!Tron is so absolutely intense & like he has attempted to turn off his emotions & he acts cold and harsh since the terrible reality of his existence in Clu's Grid is his life.

Adding in Flint among all of that... like, how would that even go??

Tron would likely be upset and distraught for Flint being added into the fray, but how else while he's already damaged goods be able to protect another he loves without risking derezzing for his own user?

Would he even be happy to see Flint? Is he capable of doing so when in such a poor mental headpace??? Would he be able to even allow himself to advance in his affections for his user?

I dunno I dunno I dunno...

[ywpd-translations]

Ride 730: “Handicap”

Pag 1

1: I saw Imaizumi-san and Sugimoto-san, a third years pair!!

2: They're currently the fastest, now starting the 20th lap!!

3: Amazing!!

Woah

Already... 100km!?

Pag 2

1: A buddies battle, huh....

2: They thought about it too

Hahaha

Chasing them there's the pair of Onoda-san and Naruko-san!

3: They had an handicap for the first 40km but are gradually catching up

Amazing!

We're just watching them but it's so exciting!!

Oi, you two, don't take a rest and run too!!

Ye-yes, Gorizou-senpai!!

4:  Last year, Teshima he broke up the “team of two” for himself

And he also separated Danchiku and Kaburagi, who were first years

5: He wanted to increase individual power

Pag 3

1: This year, on the comtrary, you paired them up and made them run together

2: Can't you raise your pace more, Nogaki!

I'm doing my best!

3: If we overdo it from the beginning, then we'll have nothing left

But if they open a gap then we won't be able to cover the distance

4: Two people having to run as a pair means that when there are different opinions the'll of course end up arguing

5: You won't know until they try finishing the whole 1000km, but-

Hahaha

Naruko, Onoda, Imaizumi.... this training camp is the answer that you learned through participating twice in the Inter High

That's right

6: You can overcome troubles and difficulties through cooperation and reach a successful conclusion....

Pag 4

1: The “buddies”

Pag 5

1: Are the smallest unit of “team Sohoku that supports each other”!!

Pag 7

1: We're goin ahead, Hotshot, kakaka

2: Ah... sorry I was late today, Imaizumi-kun

It's nothing, don't worry about it

3: There was a guy along the way.....

4: He brings it up every time he passes us, but- “a guy”, I couldn't hear, what guy

5: Those two have passed us many times since earlier...!!

There's a 40km margin, so of course they haven't closed it all

Pag 8

1: It's probably the time to start worrying about them!!

Imaizumi!!

2: From now on we need some kind of plan.... those two are fast!!

Will it be okay if we don't come up with a plan!?

3: Yeah, don't worry, we have a margin

They won't surpass us if we keep going at this pace

Ye... ah, you're so calm, as expected of you, Imaizumi

4: With those two, Onoda pulls them on the climbs, and Naruko pulls on the flats...

5: They're the most efficient pair!!

6: We entered the climb, so I'm going ahead, Naruko-kun!!

Yeah!!

Pag 9

1: Oruaaaagh!!

2: “Efficient”....?

3: That's how you see it? Sugimoto

5: You say they work well perfectly well together

7: Hahaha, more.... more, Onoda-kun!! Raise it...!! The climbing pace!!

Pag 10

1: If you think so, then your eyes are bad

3: Alright, let's raise the pace of another 10%!!

Oruaaaaagh

Waaaa, they're so fast!

Pag 11

1: It's the complete opposite of what you said

It's a shame

2: Onoda raises his paces on climbs, and Naruko manages to cling to him

Oruaaaagh

4: Then, it's the opposite on the flats

5: The climb is finally over, so I'm going ahead, Onoda-kun

6: Once, during training camp we were blocked with an “equipment handicap”

7: Now

8: They're carrying each other like that burden

Onoda on the flats.... and Naruko on the climbs!! Now....

Pag 12

1: It's a “human handicap”!!

Fly and follow me, Onoda-kun!!

O... okay!!

2: So fast... as expected, Naruko-kun is so fast!!

3: Come on, you're dropping your pace!!

5: Yeah

Pag 13

1: Let's keep going like this!!

Kakaka

2: So there's this kind of use too, in this buddies system!!

3: “Human handicap”....!!

5: To “become stronger”.....!!

Those two are still trying to become stronger

Before the training camp, I also tried to prepare in my own way, but

Pag 14

1: Maybe I've been too complacent.....!!

3: I- Imaizumi!!

Sorry, the things you're saying now, I'm only noticing them now, and now!!

4: What are you even doing Sugimoto Terufumi!! You know it, this training camp has been to get stronger since the beginning!!

5: My eyes really are bad!!

7: I'm not on you guys' level so there are many things I don't notice

I'm still not satisfied!!

Pag 15

1: Oh, he realized it

2: If it were the you from some time ago, you would have made up some excuses

I- I noticed, I'm an experienced cyclist, so of course I don't have bad eyes

3: So, please, tell me, Imaizumi!!

Everything about what I'm lacking, for the whole time!! For these whole four days!!

I think I've prepared enough for this training camp

4: I've already thrown away my pride a long time ago!!

Pag 16

1: That's why the “Sohoku jersey” that you gave me, I left it at home!!

3: The next time I'll put on that jersey it will be as a regular!! When I will become the sixth member and run in the Inter High with you, Imaizumi!!

5: I see. Then it's going to be a challenging four days

Yeah, exactly!!

Pag 17

1: Let's go, Sugimoto!!

Yeah!!

2: I'll also become stronger in this training camp!! Imaizumi, no matter what kind of opponent will come at me, I will!!

3: So that I'll be able to run om that stage with you!!

5: Sugimoto.... in my cold way of speaking, I... think you're powerless

6: I also have to get stronger during these four days

I have a margin that Onoda and Naruko can't close, and I plan on reaching the goal faster than anyone else

7:  Eventually, you'll fall behind

Pag 18

1: I'll take the “powerless you” and run 1000km!! That's the “human handicap” I chose for myself!!

Pag 19

1: End of the first day of training camp

Ahhh I'm so tired!

Ah, my legs, my legs hurt....

Ahh, I can't walk

2: The senpai are walking so quickly!

Incredible!

4: Teeeh....

Guaa....

5: As expected... training camp is so hard...

Waaaa, the world is spinning...

And tomorrow.... too? Kinaka-kun

Yeah!! Rokudai

Ughh...

Distance covered on the first day: Imaizumi and Sugimoto, 250km

Pag 20

1: Kaburagi and Danchiku, respectively 250km and 240km

Sugimoto Sadatoki, Gorizou, Sawada, and the third year Kawada, all retired

3: Onoda and Naruko, 225km and 250km

4: My back....

My neck....

My legs....

It hurts

The first years

5: Rokudai and Kinaka, 180km

Several other people reached the goal sefely

[sundial-bee-scribbles]

this was supposed to be longer but i got tired (and realized maybe this wasn't such a good idea) so i kinda bs'd this to just finish it up. sorry it doesn't look all that good lol

transcript of my shitty handwriting + more rambling under cut

panel 1:

len: rin, just leave him—

rin: NO! i'm not going to give up now—

len: i know you're upset, but all you're doing is—

rin: HE'S NOT GONE YET!

panel 2:

rin: i know he still remembers, he has to...

panel 3:

rin: kaito-san, it's me; rin. you tried singing one of len and i's songs the other day. you got the melody right, remember? meiko-san's birthday is soon. remember her? a few weeks ago you said you needed to buy her a present. what were you going to get her? do you remember? tell me.

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aight yea so this is what yall get for picking that ❄️📺❔🕚💾🪦 option on the poll (which btw was related to this drawing)

i'll just keep it simple: basically kaito gets dementia (or i guess the robot equivalent of it??). yeah.

not sure if this takes place on the cusp of v3 happening and just this specific kaito v1 module was unable to be updated for some reason? or if they're all still stuck in v2 and v3 hasn't happened yet/will not happen for a while... but i do know its def before v4 happened, so people like fukase and una don't exist yet

anyways though as you might expect, it pretty much sucks all around for everyone involved. not just the other 5 cryptonloids watching their close friend so previously full of life deteriorate into a husk of his former self, but for kaito himself too. he suddenly can't remember things like where he is or who the people around him are, and its incredibly frustrating b/c he knows he did have the memories at some point, its just as if they got misplaced... there's random bits of recollections that do come sometimes but as much as he tries to hold onto them they flicker and fade away just as quick as they appeared. left sinking back into a feeling of hopelessness that then becomes pure emptiness, as you can feel how you're losing yourself but there's quite literally nothing you can do

visually the static is used to represent a lot of that "foggy" feeling as things become more and more unclear, and given the robot/android nature it makes sense i guess? it's not really seen here but just as an actual machine might be when breaking down, his visual + audio processors begin to malfunction, causing a literal static overlay on his vision with faces/objects he can't recognize occasionally glitching out as well as constant white noise in his hearing and the sound of people talking to him becoming garbled and unintelligible. as time goes on he also loses his own ability to synthesize speech so aside from becoming withdrawn and quiet out of fear he'll say something that makes no sense, he then literally just becomes incapable of responding at all

again (as you might expect), the other cryptons aren't doing very well as this is happening. rin and len see kaito almost like a father, so watching one of your parental figures slowly march towards death is... not great. rin (as seen here) is still trying to hold on, because she swears kaito has had a few good days where he does recall more, where he seems much more like his old self, and maybe, just maybe if they wait a bit more he'll get better [tbh she's speedrunning the 7 stages of grief but goes between being stuck in some of the earlier stages its... not good]. len's grief on the other hand is manifesting itself in a way more similar to meiko's: he's not as distant as her, but he has already recognized that there's pretty much nothing that can be done and just wants to minimize kaito's suffering. len's just as shattered as rin though, but he's not showing it openly, figuring he has to accept it, as fighting against the grief like his sister won't help anything.

i just mentioned meiko so speaking of her: this is also probably extremely difficult on her, as, yknow, the counterpart v1 to kaito. she's withdrawn herself away from kaito, as she doesn't want to cause him pain in case he happens to recognize her, remember something about their relationship, but not comprehend what it means and just become confused/distressed. at least, that's what she says; it's more or so she can't bear to see him in this state, as he slowly loses more parts of himself, so she isolates herself in hopes the pain will be somewhat less when its all over, for having seen him less and not having false hopes of his recovery. that being said though she has definitely still been around him and tried to keep her composure... from kaito's pov, in moments of recollection, its disheartening seeing your wife close friend suddenly ignoring you, almost like she's mad or sad about something, but you can't remember why. did you forget to do the laundry? is it something unrelated? you want to ask her but she won't tell you; why? did she already and you just forgot? why...

miku's usual cheeriness has also crumbled, as even with rin's attempts, she can't find anything to be optimistic about in this scenario. she just feels this immense guilt, that she should've done something about this; she has influence as the most popular of the entire group, surely she could do something to make it all better. but aside from the arguments and indecisiveness regarding ethics and not wanting to do something without everyone's collective decision, she does know deep down its not her fault. maybe someone like one of the technicians or programmers would be more at fault, but she doesn't want to blindly throw accusations either, because surely they hadn't foreseen this happening either; nobody would intentionally throw in such a cruel fate for someone, it was an unfortunate system glitch that they were working to fix, but even if they did come up with a patch for it, it would be far too late for kaito at that point. she doesn't want to dwell too much on the logistics of it, miku just wants to be there for everyone else, because she knows how deep in despair the others are—she is too—and doesn't want their whole group to fall apart after such a devastating event.

as for luka: i would assume we're kind of actually seeing everything from her perspective, so as an audience lens she'd be more objective about presenting everything as it is without putting too much of her own bias/thoughts into it. but she's not completely unfeeling either. she tries interacting with kaito quite often, despite some of the others warning her about doing that too much. she tries talking to him about random things, not necessarily aiming to get him to remember anything in specific, though if any of his memories do surface in conversation she'll def address them and ask if he recalls anything more (and if not that's alright too). on some occasions she's been accused of being insensitive, but she doesn't want his death to be this huge tragedy, she would want him to be somewhat happy in his last moments. after everything that's happened, he deserves to leave in peace, in her opinion.

i've mentioned death a few times and there's a literal gravestone in the original emoji combo so safe to say, yeah, he dies. unfortunately the damage to his hardware is beyond repair from the critical/fatal errors and glitches, and it's decided that it'd be best to ultimately just deactivate him and delete all his files to not prolong any pain he might've been in for any longer. not exactly sure what would happen afterwards (aside from an obvious aftermath of the grief): if this is before/on the verge of v3 happening, there's the situation i thought about of them receiving a new replacement v3 kaito module, which has its own angst w/ it: its almost like seeing a fucking ghost, but it's not the same one they all remember, nor does it have all those memories. and this v3 kaito himself experiencing conflicted feelings as someone who was brought in to try and give back happiness to this group, only to seem to cause more despair for being so similar to someone long gone that he'll never truly replace. again though i'm not sure if i'd actually have that happen for the sake of everyone involved's sanity but it is something interesting to think about

i've been typing this for like 3 fcking hours now and i have no idea if this makes any goddamn sense lolol uhhh. like all my things it sounds way better in my head than when i actually put it on paper 😭 but congrats if you actually went thru the effort of reading all this. i might do more explanations like this of my things if anyone's interested, like of the other poll options, but we'll see

[spearxwind]

been thonking... wonder if i could get away with fusing my extinction headworld/lore with my broken horizon headworld/lore since the main focus of both of them is dragons.

pros: many dragons to interact with each other. a world on the scale of what i originally envisioned for both stories

cons: there is some conflicting lore :( and i would like the extinction chars to keep the focus on gladiator fighting, while also keeping the other ocs focus on exploration and flight racing

[kaiserouo]

wip

yup. it's a hound. in this blog. do you know i draw hound? because i do. in case you never knew that.

[pup-pee]

y does it feel so SO wrong 2 share ur opinion???

[vonlipvig]

speedran the last part of firmament ch3. and with speedran i mean i. didn't read anything sorry i have no clue what's going on. i don't care <3.

[deus-ex-mona]

watching people interact with each other l i k e

[obnoxiousarcade]

im thinking again

[meringuejellyfish]

[haunted-xander]

I want to genshin-ify Banana...

[strangedisciple]

hmmmmmm