#im so glad i didnt cut him out when i tried to focus on school

[pmreaper]

god im not gonna lie. sometimes the universe does feel intentional . like there really is a purpose to it all and there's an intelligent being dictating the people i meet and what happens with them .

[honeypirate]

Hi 🥺 first of all thank you for the follow and the amazing writings 😭❤️ and secondly hopefully I can request a Aone x reader where the reader is like usually very blunt and mean skater girl vibes. But with Aone they are like all bubbly and very shy with him. And everyone wonders why they are together 🥺

Hopefully you can do this request !!!! Have a amazing day my love!!!!!!!

THIS IS SO CUTE AHHHH! 

thank you so much for this! i had so much fun writing it. i’m not experienced with writing skater things, this was my first try lol i hope you like it. 

Aone Takanobu x Skater Girl Reader

warnings: maybe a swear or two 

words: 2.5k

“God Ko did you have to take so long? We’re going to be late now. I should have just left without you!” you shouted at your best friend Koganegawa over the sound of the wind in your ears, your foot coming down to push against the concrete on the sidewalk as you both skateboard the relatively short distance to school.

 He had volleyball practice and you had softball practice at the same time in the morning, and being two out of a handful of students who like to skate you guys became fast friends,  when you ran into each other the first morning skating to school for practice he decided right then and there you would be best friends. 

“Oh come on Y/N-chan! I know you’re glad you didnt leave me behind!”  you shake your head, your hands shoved in the front pocket of your black hoodie as you coasted down the hill, “no part of me is glad!” you shout back and he sticks his tongue out at you, causing you to laugh. 

Since most of the teachers and faculty weren’t at the school in the morning you usually used your skateboard in the school, which wasn’t a problem until today. Because of Koganegawa being unusually late, they were practicing with a different setter, causing the ball to be set at the wrong angle causing Aone to hit it straight out the door at the same moment you passed by and of course hitting you in the back and knocking you off your board. 

“Aone you hit someone!” a voice shouted from the gym, Koganegawa who had stopped a few feet before you so he could go into gym was now on his knees with laughter, you caught your self with your hands and knees then with the momentum slipped onto your elbows, you felt your knees sting as you rolled up to a sitting position. 

You could hear the team running towards the door as you inspected your knees, Koganegawa having a hard time crawling over to you since he was laughing so hard, “you should have seen that! I wish I could have gotten it on video! It was hilarious!” he’s on his back now, holding his stomach as he laughs, you shoot him a glare “shut up you ass! It really hurt!!” you rubbed your wrists, they were starting to ache from the impact. 

The rest of your angry words died on your tongue as a white haired boy ran over to you, taking a knee and looking at you with furrowed brows. “Are you okay?” he says and you feel your cheeks flush from his intense gaze, he reaches out and takes your hands in his, inspecting your palms and wrists as you stared up at his handsome face, completely at a loss for words. 

“I didn’t mean to hit you” he says, the rest of the team behind him watching the scene go down, most of them silent, shocked that their quiet giant was speaking so much. You can't help the quiet giggle that escaped your throat when he looked back into your eyes, “I- I’m fine! No worries! A couple scrapes is all” you manage to say, your cheeks feeling hot and your palms starting to sweat, he was so cute! you ‘ve always had a crush on him from all the games you went to, he had such a kind and good vibe it made your heart happy, and here he was! Your crush! Basically holding your hands! After he hit you with a volleyball but that was a different case.  

“Yo Y/n why are you acting so weird?” Koganegawa says, now kneeling beside you both, looking between you and Aone, trying to figure out the vibe he was getting, the rest of the team had retreated back inside the gym and you heard some whispering from inside. You send a glare at him as Aone looks down at your knees now, the skin red and rubbed raw through the holes that were already in your jeans. His gentle fingers brush above the mark and you get goosebumps, when he’s satisfied that you weren’t really hurt he took your hand and helped you to your feet. 

He leans down and picks up your skateboard, handing it to you as he bows deeply “I’m sorry again” he says and you take the board before awkwardly bowing back, “dude you’re still late for practice” Koganegawa says and you curse under your breath, “see you after class Ko! Thank you Aone!” you say as you throw your board down, skating off in the direction of the girls locker room at the other end of the hall. 

“How are you friends with that girl?” Futakuchi was saying as they started to practice again, “she’s always angry. She's a psycho skater. You heard the rumor that she lit the principal's car on fire” Koganegawa growls “and that was just a rumor! She's a good person, sure she has mean vibes but she’s just a badass! She’s blunt and keeps me humble. She’s a good friend and you should see her play softball, she's insanely talented” he sets a ball to Aone perfectly to spike and the white haired boy hits it with so much force it slams against the gym floor. He didn’t like hearing Futakuchi bad mouth you, you were adorable and sweet, how could they not see that? “Focus guys come on” and with that their coach had silenced all talk unless it was vb related. 

“Ugh! Im so awkward! I thanked him! I thanked him for hitting me with a ball! God help me!” you think as you take your board out of the locker in the locker room, practice was finished and now it was time for classes, you make your way to your normal locker and stash your board there, leaning in, you rest your head against the board and books as you sigh defeatedly.

“Whats your problem?” Ko says coming up by you to his locker that was on your left, “did you fuck up stealing third again? Or maybe you’re feeling like an idiot because of your encounter with Aone earlier? Does someone have a crush?’ you growl and lean out of your locker “at least I wasn't caught with volleyballs in my shirt like boobs” you quip back and he gasps “that was one time!” he shouts and you scowl “yeah, sure, okay” you close your locker door and turn to him “if you tell anyone about this morning I’ll print off that picture and post it around school. Don't make me do something i would really enjoy” you smile sweetly before turning and heading down to your first class. 

After school you had more practice before showering and heading to the gym to wait for Ko, it was something you had done before but this time your stomach had flipped into knots thinking about Aone again. You wanted to run into him but at the same time you never wanted to see him again, you popped a cherry bubblegum lollipop into your mouth as you walked, your board under your arm. 

You stuck your head into the gym to see the team just standing and chatting, practice having just ended, you make eye contact with Aone and squeak as you pull your head back, pulling the sucker from your mouth as you lean against the other door that was closed, your heart racing and your cheeks already starting to feel warm. You weren't a shy person so why did he make you feel this way? You tried to calm your racing heart but before you could your heart footsteps approaching. 

Aone looked out the hallway, around the door to look down at you, his eyebrows furrowed. “Hi” you whisper before popping the sucker back into your mouth. You saw the corners of his mouth twitch up into a smile as he walks out into the hallway to stand in front of you. “I- I uh” you stumble through our words, swallowing hard you took the sucker from your mouth again, your hands moving through the air as you spoke, “I’m sorry about earlier. When i was being awkward. I thanked you as I left, essentially thanking you for hitting me with a ball and that was... weird of me. Anyway I hope you dont think im weird now” you look down at your feet for a moment, your faded black and white slip on checkered vans tapping together at the toes, before looking back up into his kind eyes “do you? Uh i mean, do you think i'm weird now?”  you twist the sucker stick between your thumb and forefinger as you wait for his response. 

He shakes his head no and you smile, a sigh of relief passing your lips as you scratch behind your ear with your free hand “oh good!” you say “im glad” he reaches out, taking your hand gently in his hand, a look of concern as he inspects your palm which was now covered in tiny cuts. You chuckle softly and relax your hand in his “it wasn't because I fell” you realize after saying that, that it was because of a fall, just not that one, you hastily correct yourself, the awkward feeling in your body growing “I mean, it wasn't because of you making me fall, it was because of softball, I forgot my gloves today” 

The rest of the team exited the gym now, stopping when they see you two, Aone doesn't let go of your hand he continues his inspection as the rest of the team just watches. “Aone” you whisper after a few moments and then he looks back up at you then over at his team, sending them a look that says if they didn't just go he’d be mad, Koganegawa in the front put a skip in his step as he ran off towards the locker rooms, pulling Futakuchi behind him so he wouldn't stay behind and be a dick, the rest of the team following suit, all of them watching you two the whole way causing your cheeks to grow as red as possible.

 “Uh shouldn't you go as well?” you whisper and pop the sucker back in your mouth, he watches you actions and you smile softly “want one? I have grape, cherry, and watermelon” he nods and says “watermelon” you reach in your backpack and hand him a watermelon bubble gum lollipop and he bows a little before taking off the wrapper and putting it in his mouth, a smile forming on his lips as he enjoyed the flavor. “Thank you” he says, his voice a little whistle-y around the candy in his mouth and you nod “no problem” 

After that you brought him a watermelon sucker every day, making sure to stop in after practice every evening and give it to him, he looked so happy every time it made your heart soar, after a little while he started sitting by you in the cafeteria, your other softball and skater friends looking at you funny the first few times but soon didn't mind. Your angry badass persona would be replaced by bubbly shy and cute, three things you rarely were. 

“What is going on?” Futakuchi said one afternoon in the cafeteria as he looked over at you two together “I don’t get it.” another one of the team members says “She’s skater punk and will beat your ass and he's a quiet soft boy won’t hurt a fly” one of Futakuchi’s friends says through a huge bite of a sandwich. Ko just sighs “you guys should get to know her. She’d never hurt a fly either. She's actually quite afraid of confrontation as well unless she knows you or you really deserve it” after a moment Futakuchi says “i still don't see it”

Your phone beeps and you look down at it, it’s a text from Ko that just says “looking cozy ;)” you send him back a middle finger emoji. 

When you leave the cafeteria you turn to say goodbye to Aone but stop with the way he was looking at you, expectantly, like he wanted to say something but was too shy. You were about to ask him to walk you to class but the words couldn’t escape your mouth, your shy tongue keeping them in your throat. Koganegawa comes over and lightly shoves your shoulder. “Hey lovebirds” he says with a mischievous grin and you glare at him “what are you doing?” you ask him through your teeth, your cheeks growing warmer and he just chuckles “our y/n here is quite something huh?” he asks Aone to which he just nods once “I know a secret about her if you want to know it” your face turns totally red as you glare at the dumbass “Ko I swear to god if you don't shut your mouth” you seethe at him and he just laughs harder, sneaking to hide behind Aone and simultaneously standing on his tiptoes to whisper “she has a cruuush” your eyes go wide as you stare in horror at your supposed best friend, your cheeks red in embarrassment as Aone just looks down at you, confusion in his expression. “KO! Shut! Up!” you say and he shakes his head “on you” he finishes his sentence before taking off, you go to run after him but Aone just grabs your hand, keeping you next to him “is it.. True?” he asks and you look down at your shoes again, debating lying but you doubt you’ll get a better chance to confess, “yes” you whisper and after a few long seconds of silence you look up at him, meeting his eyes. 

 His cheeks are dusted pink as well as the tips of his ears and he has a small smile on his lips “I” his voice was a little too quiet so he clears his throat to try again “I like you too” he says and you feel your smile widen, going from ear to ear as you beam up at him “really?” you ask and he nods. You can't help but throw your arms around his middle and hug him in the middle of the hallway, he hugs you back gently, his big body almost engulfing yours. 

The bell rings for the first time and you pull back “will you walk me to my class?” you ask and he nods, smiling down at you with his eyes closed. You lace your fingers with his and begin walking again “to think this all started because you hit me with your volleyball and sent me flying off my skateboard” he sends you a look that says he was still sorry about that and you laugh, squeezing his hand as your cheeks turn red again “I'm not sorry about it Aone, so you shouldnt be either. I got to meet you and it was worth it.”  the tips of his ears turn red as his thumb brushes yours. You get a glimpse of Ko watching you down the hall very obviously taking photos of you guys and you remember what you told him you’d do if he ever told your secret, you squeeze Aone’s hand softly again and smile mischievously up at him, a smile he would come to know all too well, and say “so I have to do something a little, delinquent-y and I was wondering if you would help me? It’s a prank on Ko for spilling my secret”

[peachy-inserts]

kageyama falling for someone/relationship hcs

request: hello!! so apparently ur taking haikyuu requests now so if it's not too troublesome, how abt some kageyama bf headcanons? thank you!! 😊

warnings: cursing

a/n: first haikyuu post, tysm! i hope this is ic for him, since its our first shot at this! i actually fell in love w him a little writing these, i didnt like him all that much before but now im realizing just how much of a sweetie he can really be aww (ik this just said bf hcs, but im adding it to our series!) long post, more under the cut

Kageyama is stubborn, he’s slow to come around to his own senses whenever he’s crushing one someone. It takes a good while for him to finally recognize what his own feelings are, and when he does it makes him sick. He’d be in denial for a while before he finally just couldn’t take it anymore and decided to bluntly ask you out

In the meantime, he becomes sort of stand offish with you. He wants to do nice things for you, but he just feels so silly doing it, he gets clammy, his palms are sweaty, and he can’t stop tripping over his own words

You make the blood rush to his face and the tips of his ears burn a bright red that is singed forever in his memory, who gave you the right to do that? He’s Tobio Kageyama, someone who doesn’t rely on others, who’s always sure of himself, and can’t be influenced by someone else’s opinions

He’s so blunt and nervous that it’s probably common knowledge by now to the rest of the Karasuno team that he has a massive crush on you, and the more he tries to deny it, the more he’s teased (by Sugawara especially, who eventually gets so sick of his love sick dazes that he bullies him into asking you out before he’s even considered it a possibility)

You may not even realize it yourself, though, with the way that he acts around you. It’s almost as if he’s pulling your hair, teasing you and then running off, but it’s not on purpose. He’s.. doing his best, but it certainly doesn’t come off that way. He only hopes that you aren’t offended by him, as most people seem to be

One of the major things holding him back is his fear of abandonment, his reputation being of no help in that. Even if you do show interest in him, he convinces himself that it’s only casual small talk, only a fabricated smile you use to make him so flustered that he excuses himself to finally leave you alone. Why would anybody ever want him? He’s cold, blunt, and clueless. He doesn’t really bring much to the table in a relationship, right?

So when he does finally ask you out, standing outside of the school just after class has let out for the day and tugging at the hems of his practice clothes all while trying not to bite his own tongue while he stutters, it comes as a bit of a shock to you

Is this some sort of prank?

You’re relieved, albeit confused, to know that he doesn’t actually hate you and in fact returns your feelings, and happily accept his confession to which he excitedly whoops and then runs off towards the gym, glad that it’s finally over with, before realizing just how rude of him that was

You haven’t moved an inch, completely bewildered by the event that seemed to have played out in front of you, when he comes back panting and asks you out on a date. Smooth, Kags…

Your date is, well, interesting. He’s super excited, nervous, and fucking terrified. He wants to vomit but he also kind of wants to hold your hand? Ugh, this sucks. And people just do this for fun? He fell for one person and feels as if his entire life has been turned upside down. This is your fault!

Once you officially start going out, he gets a little full of himself and despite how awkward he still is around you, he wastes literally no time whatsoever in rubbing it in Hinata’s face. He can’t do anything with Kageyama bringing up the fact that he has a s/o now and the red head still doesn’t

Smack him.

Past the beginning stages, once you’re established a stable and comfortable relationship with him, things are a lot different

While he’s himself around you, witty, sarcastic, and a little bit careless, he also feels the need to constantly impress you. He can’t start slacking; what if you get bored of him and leave him? He should always be striving to be the very best boyfriend he can be, even if he stumbles a few times on his never ending climb upward

He’s not super open to you about his feelings, but tries to make up for it in doing smaller things that he knows would mean a lot to him were they to come from you. He’ll get an extra snack at the vending machine, try and carry your bag whether you’re at school our out together, and listen to every song you send him (when you recommend music to him, he always teases you that it’s awful or makes his ears bleed, but he adds it to a playlist of songs that remind him of you and plays it whenever you’re around as a subtle way of letting you know it’s special to him, that he really does care. He’s not actually blowing you off)

Kageyama sees a Pusheen keychain set after practice one day, and even though it’s not something he’d ever buy for himself, he purchases the set and gives you the other half so you match. It’s so cute, and he turns beet red when somebody sees it attached to his bag one day and asks him about it. He tells them that you’re the one that bought it and he just didn’t wanna tell you no

Wow, he must be so caring, and they roll their eyes 

He’s not big into PDA, but he doesn’t mind holding your hand when you walk together or giving you a quick peck on the forehead as a goodbye at the end of the day when you’re forced to part ways. He’s not that shy to show people whose you are >:)

As for jealousy… yikes. He could stand to be put into his place every once in a while, as he tends to snap at people and go completely over the top for small and petty reasons, often getting caught up in his own insecure and blinding rage that he forgets what even set him off in the first place

Whenever you come to his games, he’s completely thrown off. He’s not used to people showing up and cheering for him, and he gets so nervous that he’ll mess up in front of you that he wastes time trying to focus on impressing you and throws himself to off

He loves and you wanna support him, but… maybe it’s best if you just make up an excuse and send him off with a good luck charm

By the way, if you do happen to make him a good luck charm then he is going to carry it in his pockets for an eternity, not only at games but just in his day to day life, except for on days he gets to spend with you. He doesn’t need luck when you’re there, because he’s already struck gold

[h2bakugou]

hullo can i request a bakugou helping out reader through her first panic attack? i had my first one a month ago out of nowhere and i didnt know what to do :(( tho im feeling better now i cant help but be scared of having another one when i think abt it. thank u! sgjddj sorry if its too much

a/n: hi love! of course! i’m so glad to hear you’re doing okay

summary: after having a bit of a rough day, you feel overwhelmed. bakugou helps you through a panic attack.

key: (y/n) - your name / (f/n) - first name / (l/n) - last name / (e/c) - eye color / (h/c) - hair color / (y/q) - your quirk

warnings: swearing, fluff, angst, panic attack/mentions of panic attacks

word count: 815

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It’d been a day. And with everything happening in the news, you were anxious. Worried. What if villains came and attacked the school again. Nowhere felt safe. Not even in the arms of your boyfriend.

Which should’ve been.

You hated thinking like this, but anxiety and fear were overcoming you. You needed fresh air. You felt like you couldn’t breathe. Either that or you were breathing so fast your lungs refused to take any more air in.

Sitting in class was beginning to feel like a prison cell. You could feel eyes on you as you burst out of your seat interrupting the lecture. You couldn’t speak, let alone conjure up the words to explain why you were leaving the classroom.

Bakugou could see worry in your eyes. He could see fear in your movements. He followed you outside of the classroom, mumbling something about going to check on you.

You stood against the wall, your hand clutching to your shirt. You could feel your heart beating, faster and faster. You were beginning to sweat and you felt like everything was freezing around you.

Bakugou ran over to you, trying to get your attention. You could hear a voice calling your name, but no matter how hard you tried, you couldn’t make out who it was, or if anyone was even in front of you.

You were shaking. And your breathing was erratic. 

“(Y/n)!” Bakugou raised his voice, placing his hands on your shoulders. You looked up, thankful to see Bakugou’s face. You tried to form words.

“I-I’m having a-”

“Panic attack I know. Relax here, sit down okay?” Bakugou’s voice was calm. You were shaking under his hands, he guided you to sit on the floor, your back against the cool wall.

“I need you to try and focus on something, and calm your breathing.” Bakugou was trying to help you. You nodded. Bakugou squatted in front of you his hands moved down to hold yours.

Your eyes darted around for something, anything to focus on. But the only thing your eyes kept darting to was Bakugou’s hands. So you took to that.

Staring at his hands, you realized they were holding your own. You hadn’t even felt him grab them.

You began to work on your breathing, trying your best to take deep breaths. With each inhale, your breaths got longer and deeper until you were able to think somewhat clearly.

This is just a panic attack. This is temporary. I’m going to be okay. Bakugou is here. I’m going to be okay.

Squeezing Bakugou’s hands, you sucked in another deep breath and kept focusing, looking closer at his hands, trying to find things to look at on them.

Bakugou squeezed your hands back to assure that he wasn’t going anywhere.

Finally, you felt your nerves leave you with your next exhale. Your mind had cleared up and you could see, you could hear, you could smell.

You looked up at Bakugou, and leaned in to hug him. He wrapped his arms around you, his knees hitting the ground in front of you as he hugged you back tightly.

“Are you okay?” He whispered, his fingers twisting and playing with your hair. You nod against him, happy to finally be at ease, even if it was just a little.

He pulls away to look at your face, his hands moving to rest on your shoulders.

“Don’t scare me like that again dumbass.” He pouts, pulling you into another hug.

“You were worried about me?” You question. You can feel your cheeks turn red.

“Of course I was idiot! I’m your boyfriend-”

You cut him off with a kiss, tired of talking. You felt your heart flutter at his words. He was truly worried about you. You melted against his lips, his hands moving to rest on your hips. The tips of Bakugou’s ears tinted pink as he heard someone cough from behind him.

He quickly pulled away and turned to see Mr. Aizawa standing and looking at the two of you.

“If you’re done I can take (y/n) to Recovery Girl.” Mr. Aizawa crosses his arms across his chest and sighs.

“I’ll see you after school.” Bakugou whispers in your ear. You nod and wave as he parts ways, heading back to class with his hands in his pockets.

“You’ll be alright kid.” Mr. Aizawa spoke. You felt weight lift from your shoulders. You were worried if something like that would happen again. You knew it was possible.

You’d have to get through it, and you’d come out stronger because of it. You could do this. You weren’t alone. 

You had Bakugou, and the rest of the class who was worried about you when you got back.

“Oi! Give them some space extras!” Bakugou’s voice boomed as you entered back into class. After telling everyone you were okay, things went back to normal.

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masterlist

[pbandjesse]

I got sunburn!! Its on my back and shoulders and I cant reach it went enough to put aloe on it. James will help when he gets home but it hurts now so thats not fun. But today was an excellent day. Just so good. 

I slept alright enough last night. James said I slept on an angle. Not surprised. I am trying to find a hammock stand so I can sleep in that sometimes when I m home too. Sleeping at camp in it is just. To comfortable and now I dont want to sleep in the bed! I also just think our box spring in broken and I dont like it. Were trying to find a solution for that but I still want a hammock stand. Im on the hunt. 

James forgot to put gas in the car and I was kind of stressed out about that. But I also really didnt want to put gas in the car. Its been so long since I have done that. I have never done it with this car. And it had been years since I had done it with my old car. Like before grad school. So I just left for work and hoped for the best. I know that is not the best plan but thats what I did. 

I got to work on time though and I felt pretty good. I had a smoothie with me. I was in a good mood. I was determined to work on my stamina for walking today. So once the kids started coming I acted as a runner and took them to their groups. I was doing pretty well. Was to humid but it was all good. I was in a good mood. 

I went to the nurse though because I have some weird bumps on my finger. She thinks I touched poison ivy or something. So she put some medicine on it and gave me a bandaid. And off I went. 

I had a lot planned today for my "light day". I spent the whole morning doing prep for the rest of this week and some stuff for next week. I put together all the bead looms and I set up the pencil lines for the embroidery. It was a lot of work. Setting up the projects for next week went alright. But I ran into some issues because its print making and I had to make some choices about. What type they are doing. The littlest kids will be using stencils. The middle group will make stamps with sponges and styrofoam (which I cut out from the bottom of bowls because thats all I had). The next age will use leaves and such and print on wood. But its the oldest group Im unsure of. I could go wild and have them do copper prints. Or I could have them make lino cuts. Honestly there are lots of things I could have them do. Ill have to keep thinking. I have the older kids tomorrow though so maybe Ill just talk to them about it. 

The morning was great though. I had my lunch and tried to just focus on that. But I couldnt. I kept wandering back into the art shack and would start working on something else. But I had my lunch. Listened to my podcast. Chilled a little. 

But what I was most excited about was swimming!! 

CJ texted me that she would be over to me at 130 and she was just on time. I had just put sunscreen on. Apparently not enough but thats what I did. And off we went. 

We swam from a little after 130 until almost 4. It was great. We had the whole deep end to our selves for the first hour. And then the rest of the time we shared with the older kids and I had such a nice time. Just talking with CJ, hanging out. Swimming across the pool and back. Floating. I was so happy. I forgot my sunglasses at the art shed but I was having fun. The water was perfect. 

CJ had to run out and go help with some drums so she was gone for like 15 minutes. But she came back soon enough. It was just such a nice day. I am so glad it didnt rain. 

We got out of the water once the kids were gone. And we laid on the grass to try to dry off our bathing suits. We talked about friend groups, how were similar, camp, our backgrounds. Shes a lot of fun. I am really glad we have meshed so well. She thinks Im chaotic and funny and that is a fun thing to play off of. 

Once we were mostly dry we walked back towards the office. She had to go put gas in the camp bus. And encouraged me to try to put gas in my car even though I was scared. 

And she was right. But I was mostly just really sun tired. 

I got back to the art shed. Locked the doors and got changed. Somehow kicked a mason jar and had to clean up glass. I was very sleepy and my eyes hurt from the pool water. So once the glass was cleaned I went and laid in the hammock and tried to just. Rest my eyes. 

Fletcher, one of the younger counselors, came to borrow some of my cleaning supplies. He offered me eye drops but that didnt feel sanitary. But I appreciated him offering. 

A little after 430 I went down to the office to watch over pick up. Hung out with the youth workers and CJ. Sat with some kids. It was nice. I had a good time talking to some of the counselors. I dont get to talk to much. She didnt know that James was Charlotte's brother so that was fun to share. 

But it was time to go home. 

I got my stuff from the art shed and locked up. And headed to the car. Said goodbye some more people. Waved as I drove off. 

I did stop to get gas. It only sort of went wrong. I couldnt remeber my zip code because I am dumb. The machine was having trouble reading my card. I didnt know when to take out the pump. I didnt know if it would stop filling when it was full. I was very nervous and jumpy but I got $20 worth of gas and that was enough to mostly fill the tank. 

I wanted burger king for dinner but they didnt have the veggie burgers so I just got fries and went home. Well I stopped at CVS for eye drops and bought a squid plush because I am a whole child. 

When I got back here I saw Mr Will and thanked him for the gift. He's so kind. We talked for a little. But I was really happy to find that James left the AC on for me. 

I had my fries and played a little animal crossing. Then a long bath to try to help my skin. Now though I just want to close my eyes. I hope you all have had as nice a day as I did. And I hope you all have a good day tomorrow too!

[uriurijihoonie]

wedding booth │ l.jc

pairing: dino/chan x reader genre: fluff, high school!au word count: 2,166 warnings: none

A/N: the scenario actually happened (but altered some parts) lol that’s it and i’m still getting the hang of writing how I used to aaaahhhh can you please send your thoughts about my writing ):

Valentine’s Day; for some, it’s a day full of excitement and expectations, especially if you’re in a relationship. The dreading moment of waiting whether you’ll be surprised by a confession from your crush who also likes you, a date by your significant other or the most-awaited yes from someone the suitor pursues.

In your case, you’re neither of the three; you don’t have a suitor, much less a boyfriend, and your crush doesn’t have any interest to you at all.

But still, you’re hoping something worth remembering will happen to you for the rest of the day.

As you entered your designated building, different booths were set up in the lobby. There’s the photo booth, an open stage for people who wants to sing or dedicate a song, a mailbox booth and even a fancy marriage booth.

The college council went all out for this day, huh.

“Chill out, Y/N, we’ve got you, you’re getting married to Chan today,” your friend whispered in your ear as she draped an arm around your shoulder, to which she also removed as soon as you nudged her by your elbow.

“Don’t do it please, and if anyone hears you I swear,” You trailed off as you start to descend the stairs, “besides, he will be pissed if you do that to him.”

“Oh come on, he isn’t a killjoy, I know it.”

“Well, he doesn’t take any interest in me at all, besides it’s so random for me to be suddenly paired up with him; he’ll get clues,” You argued, walking through the hallways of your designated floor.

“That’s the point, Y/N,” you saw your friend roll her eyes at you, in which you flicked her in the forehead, “but that’s not what I intend to do, idiot.”

You entered your classroom and as cringe-y as it may be, your eyes automatically turned to where Chan was, and as if you’re being blessed today, it was a sight where he’s laughing real hard you can hear his melodious laugh ringing like soothing bells in your ears, making you smile automatically as you reached your seat, which is just right in front of him.

“Don’t intend for him to know, huh,” you can hear sarcasm in your friend’s voice as you reached for her to smack her, which she evaded with a laugh.

Classes soon started and everything about today is going well like what a normal day is like. Soon you were given ample time to go to the lobby and check out the booths, in which you easily dragged your friend to try out the photo booth.

As soon as you finished taking the shots you bought from the booth, screams and hoots were heard and soon, a crowd of people filled the other side of the lobby.

“Someone’s getting married,” said your friend. Curiously, you tried to make your way through the crowd, immediately smiling when you saw it was your two teachers who’ve been shipped by a lot of students were getting married at the booth.

“It’s Mr. Kim and Ms. Jung,” you grinned, snapping a few photos of your teachers who clearly have interest for each other.

What would it be like if Chan and I were—

You immediately stopped your train of thoughts as you move away from the crowd, shaking your head furiously as you remove any visualization from your head.

If you were to be completely honest, there’s a slim string of hope that your friend will really sign you and Chan up for the marriage booth, and who are you to fool yourself that you don’t want it to happen.

Even if it’s just fake, I’ll take it. Sheesh Y/N, you’re embarrassing.

Feeling heat rush through your cheeks and the unstoppable grin on your face, you shake off the feeling as you made your way back to your classroom, opting to read a novel you always bring with you.

Just as you turn the novel to its next chapter, one of your classmates entered your classroom, “Yah! Chan is getting married at the lobby!”

You felt as if an ice cold bucket of water is being dumped on you, your heart beating fast as you thought of your friend actually signing you up.

But that’s impossible, she’s with me all day and—

Looking back at her seat behind you, your friend is missing and just then, she barged into the room, shouting your name. “Y/N! Come with me, quick!”

There’s no time for you to escape and as soon as she dragged you down the stairs, your screams of protests were unheard as you were being led by your friend.

You saw the crowd being your classmates and you didn’t know if you should be glad you can hear their affirmative screams and hoots towards you, but their screams cannot beat the loud thumping of your heart as you can feel how it races fast.

“Ya! I told you not to do this!” You grumbled as you were dragged on the makeshift aisle, a flower crown with a veil being put into the top of your head.

“You’re welcome, Y/N,” she giggly handed you a bouquet of paper flowers and linked your arms, as if she’s your guardian for the ‘wedding.’

“C’mon Y/N, look at your ‘groom’,” she nudged your sides as your hands got sweaty, heart beating at its fastest rate, and if it’s still possible for it to get faster, your heart still accelerated as soon as your eyes met Chan’s, and seeing his eyes turn to crescents as he grin shyly and looked down to fix his suit (provided by the booth) made you smile, too.

At least it looks like he’s fine with this.

Your friend guided you as you walked through the aisle, and if it wasn’t for your arm gripping your friend’s, you would’ve cascaded on the floor as you feel your legs giving up.

As soon as you reached the makeshift altar where Chan is waiting, all noise seemed to drain out as you focus on this moment alone; Chan going to your side as he’s smiling shyly, faint hues of red painted his cheeks, but despite his own embarrassment, he still greeted you, “Hi, Y/N.”

As much as you wanted to greet him back, all you managed to do was to give him a shy smile of yours, averting your gaze to the person in charge of the ceremony in front of you.

“Good day, family and friends, we are all gathered today to witness...” all the sound drained out once again. This is really happening.

Your thoughts cut off when Chan nudged you, making you look at him, “Are you okay? You look kinda pale, Y/N.”

You wanted to utter a sentence this time but your malfunctioning self still got your tongue tied, that you only managed to give him a nod, which made him frown the slightest, “Are you bothered by this?Is it because of me?”

“No, no, I swear, no!” You blurted out, good thing the person in front of you is still not over with his spiels. You sighed, “I’m just... I’m sorry since you’re being dragged into this chaos.”

Chan laughed at your word choices, which made you smile too because did I just managed to make him laugh?

“You don’t have to be sorry,” Chan slightly faced your direction, still sporting that smile of his which you love so much, “Because I’m actually happy that it’s you.”

Before you could say something, his hand reached for your flower crown and fixed it in place. Giving you one of his smiles again, he turned back to the front, in time for the question from the person in front.

“Do you, Lee Chan, take Y/L/N Y/F/N, to be your wedded wife, for richer and for poorer, in sickness and in health, ‘til death do you part?”

The person gestured for the ring that laid on the table. Looking down, you saw Chan taking one, as his other hand gestured for yours. Shaking, you held his palm, taking in just how soft his hands are and the gentleness of his hold on yours.

Leaning closer to the mic, you heard Chan say, “I do,” before he slipped in the ring on your ring finger.

The fast thumping on your heart returned. Taking deep breaths to compose yourself, you focused on looking at the ring left as you heard the person say his question,  “Do you, Y/L/N, take Lee Chan, to be your wedded husband, for richer and for poorer, in sickness and in health, ‘til death do you part?”

You can see your hands trembling as you take the ring, and you lost count how much you’ve been breathing deeply. But when you look at Chan, who’s smiling at you, everything felt at ease. 

This was definitely a moment to remember.

Leaning into the mic, you said, “I do” as it’s now your turn to slip the ring in his finger.

Afterwards, the cheers you drowned out became louder once more, and as the person in front finally said the words “you may now kiss the bride,” all the nervousness and trembling came in to you all at once, and tripled when Chan carefully lifted the veil covering your face.

“Ya, what do you think you’re doing?” All your reservations for Chan escaped you when he finally lifted the veil off, but he just smiled at you. “Just trust me.”

With wide eyes, he carefully tucked some loose strands of your hair behind your ear. Is he serious? What the heck is he really serious about--

It was all cut off when he gently pulled you close to him by your arms and engulfed you in the warmest of hugs.

Taking this as an opportunity, you hugged him back, the grin forming on your face becoming wide as ever. Hoping he wouldn’t feel it, you snuggled in his chest for the tiniest bit before letting go.

Signing your supposed “marriage certificates,” you were then led into the photo booth for remembrance of your “marriage.” You didn’t know how it went but you’re sure you’re giving the most flustered look you can give. After giving you your claim stubs for the photo, Chan was about to approach you...

but then you felt the continuous vibration of your phone close to your head.

Opening your eyes, you glanced around to your surroundings. I slept at the library? You wondered. Sitting up, you reached for your phone, and all the continuous vibrations were made by the messages and missed calls from your worried boyfriend.

Opening his recent message which contained “Please tell me that you just fell asleep in the library again, baby. I’m worried,” you sighed guiltily.

You were about to reply when a familiar figure sat in front of you, and a sheepish smile went on your face as you saw Chan’s pouting face, “You could at least text me that you’re in the library.”

“I’m sorry, Channie,” you gave him one of your pouts too, as you reached for his hand across the table. “I was planning to send you a text but I got engrossed into reading.”

Ah, really,” he sighed exasperatedly, but then gave you a relieved smile as he brushed his thumb on your knuckles, “Just don’t make me worry again, baby.”

“Of course, baby. I love you,” you cooed, taking your intertwined hands close to your cheeks, but yelped when both the cold band around your fingers came into contact with your skin.

Looking at your hands, you laughed at how you’re still wearing the silver rings you got from your high school’s marriage booth three years ago, and how you just dreamed of it a while ago, “You’re still wearing this?”

“Of course, I tell the girls who try to flirt with me that I’m married-- hey! What’s wrong?!” Chan laughed as he avoided the crumpled paper you threw at him.

After you both calmed down,  you intertwined your hands once again, brushing your thumb on the cold metal band. “Tell you what, I dreamed of our wedding on that booth three years ago...”

Clearly, it was how your relationship started and bloomed. You didn’t forget how Chan also confessed to you that he likes you when he overheard you and your friend talking, and how you thought of escaping as soon as you knew he was listening, but you were glad he caught up to you..

“Someday, Y/N, maybe in another three or four year’s time...” Chan mumbled, making you hum. “What is it?”

“I’ll change these rings into real ones.” Your smile faltered for a bit, seeing how the glint in Chan’s eyes are nothing but seriousness and something you’re really grown to seeing; love.

“You’ll... say yes, right?” His eyes now hinted that of fear and nervousness. You wanted to take those emotions away from him.

And seeing how you smiled and squeezed his hand, Chan never felt more reassured than before.

[darkhymns-fic]

Parallels

As a Chosen, Lloyd will be expected to take on the journey to complete the World Regeneration. Of course he would rather stay in the village with Colette and live his life alongside her. 

At the very least, he could give her something to remember him by.

Fandom: Tales of Symphonia Characters/Pairings: Lloyd Irving/Colette Brunel, Raine Sage, Genis Sage, Dirk Rating: G Mirror Links: AO3 Notes: This was written for @frayed-symphony for a Secret Santa exchange! This fic was based off her Chosen Lloyd concept which she has drawn fantastic art for (here and here). I’m so glad I was given the opportunity to write something for you and for this idea also! (And over 8000k, I’m sorry haha). You’ve been an awesome friend and this story is just a small way of saying thank you!!

Lloyd

On one of Lloyd’s past birthdays – 14 to be exact – Colette had seemed surprised that he was getting her a present instead.

“But, it’s your birthday! I should be getting you something…” Although she couldn’t take her eyes off the little carving of a doggy figure he was just finishing up. They were far from the Church, far from Colette’s house even, in a part of Iselia’s forests where few others would stumble upon them. At least not yet.

“Hm, I don’t really care about my birthday that much,” he said once, and maybe that had already been too much. But just then, he had just finished his gift, remembering what the dwarf had taught him when the pastors weren’t paying attention. “And it’s more fun making stuff for you!”

He would never forget the way Colette’s eyes lighted up. How happy she seemed to be at one of his first attempts at crafting. But as long as Dirk kept visiting the church, and as long as Colette kept being his friend, he wanted to give her even more.

In the distance, they heard some voices call out to Lloyd. Although not by his name.

“Ah, I’m sorry,” Colette said then. “I hope I don’t get you in trouble.” She held the doggy statue safely in her palms.

Chosen, Chosen One the wind kept repeating. Lloyd shook it away.

He took her hand then, the one free of the statue, and smiled. “Hey, if you want to get me a present, you should take me exploring! I don’t think we’ve done much of it lately.”

Colette had smiled too, gripping the boy’s hand tight. Once they rushed away from the voices, Lloyd had sometimes imagined that they were both running away from those voices forever…

“Chosen! Chosen One!”

Lloyd had been trying to work on the necklace for the past three weeks, but there was always something interrupting him. The knock on his door, along with the insistent calling, was just another one of those.

He instantly put away his tools and the nearly finished necklace in a small tin box. Doing it fast enough while also not scratching up the jewelry proved to be a bit challenging, and he probably just made more noise that way. He could already hear the pastor grumbling outside his door. “J-just a minute!” he called out, going to a nearby cabinet.

“Chosen, this is the fourth time this week you have been late for your lessons. Punctuality is highly important-”

“Yeah, yeah, no problem!” Lloyd was trying to fasten up his outfit. It always felt so stiff and hard to move around in, but just getting away with the shirt and pants he slept in never cut it. (He tried). Once everything was set, he finally opened the door, totally not looking like he had been up half the night working on his project. “Okay, I’m set!”

Even after a lifetime of being at the Church, he never knew how to talk to the pastors, always so proper and formal in their speech. The old man looked at Lloyd with a certain air of disapproval – just a little bit, for he was still to be the savior of their world after all. He inclined his head slightly to Lloyd, maybe too much. Lloyd thought the big hat he wore would fall off from the action, and even shifted a little to catch it if it did.

“You’ve been doing so well lately in your memorization of the scriptures, Chosen. It would be beneficial of you to simply focus on that than on other, less vital pursuits.”

…Crap, did the old man already find out what he’d been doing? Lloyd shifted nervously on his feet, which probably didn’t help his image. “I just overslept a little! Sleeping is pretty important!”

The pastor didn’t argue, because it was frowned upon to argue with the Chosen. A little loophole that Lloyd had found out about when he was little, and may have used it to his advantage numerous times.

Well, until his dad got involved.

Lloyd pushed that thought aside and was more or less nudging the pastor away from his room’s door to get going. “Anyway, uh, let’s go! Got a lot of books to get through!” And man, was there a lot of books. He could read fast and well with all the years of book-reading he was forced to do. Not like he enjoyed it, but what else could he do?

“My, I must apologize then, Chosen. It is good to see you eager for a lesson!”

Lloyd put on a big smile until the pastor turned away to head for the stairs. Once unseen, he was back to frowning. The old man really was old and had not noticed Lloyd had long stopped following him. The Chosen watched him descend the steps, then leaned back against the wall, sighing so deeply it pulled at his chest.

Was there really a point in having more lessons?

As a Chosen, there wasn’t much Lloyd was allowed to do, and there weren’t many places he was allowed to go either. He was salvation itself, so he needed to be safe, and to stay safe, he needed to remain within the Church at nearly all times until he went to school. Going to school had always been something he’d look forward.

But as time passed, it was getting harder to enjoy much of anything.

Anything except the necklace, which he had been working on day and night – whenever the priests weren’t paying attention. At the very least, he could leave something behind for her, hoping that was enough.

And… if he had to choose, he would rather go through all this than anyone else… He imagined briefly of another dealing with the role of Chosen and it only made the ache inside him worse.

It was better this way.

Down the stairs’ corridor, he could hear the confused mutterings of the priest. He rolled his eyes and quickly followed after. Just something he would have to go through. Again.

…Still, these lessons dealt with way, way too many books.

Living at the Church did have some benefits though.

For one, it was right by the beach, which Lloyd had definitely snuck off to on more than one occasion. Colette had worried if it was okay for him to go, and Genis had worried he would trip against one of the rocks and crack his head open, thus ruining Sylvarant’s one chance at salvation. But that had only nearly happened one time! Making highly detailed sand castles with Colette, and burying a napping Genis in the sand, were things he didn’t ever want to trade away for just being safely cooped up in his room.

Another was that he got to see Dirk a whole lot.

Just after another mind-numbing book lesson, he made his way down to the atrium, the place more wide, the walls helping reverberate the sounds of his footsteps. He was glad to see the dwarf there, already setting up another work sculpture of Martel. Or maybe it was Mithos? Lloyd still had trouble telling the difference sometimes. He really, really tried to keep that fact hidden from his instructors. It had worked so far!

The dwarf turned to him, his bushy beard hiding half of his face, but not his grin. Hands were on both of his hips, eyes angled up at the boy that was slightly taller than him.

“Ah, Lloyd! Ya look ready to fall asleep on yer feet!”

���Ehehe… I’m fine! Really!” A tiny stumble against one of the pews but Lloyd more or less righted himself up. The dwarf merely shook his head.

“Well! I was just finished with my work. Need anything?”

Sometimes Lloyd wondered what made the dwarf come back here so much. He had been here ever since Lloyd was little, seen much more of him than of… Anyway, he was always traveling around so much, working on crafting commissions, sometimes even bringing back a souvenir he had bought on the road. Lloyd still had some of them; one of the famous Palma Potions from Palmacosta, some pottery from Triet, and even a cool-looking wooden figure of a swordsman! Dirk hadn’t specified where he got that last one, making Lloyd think he had made it himself.

He had thought about asking him many times before. But the years kept passing, and the day for when he would leave was only getting closer. He figured there was really no point in asking now.

Instead, he reached into his pocket, pulling out the necklace he had poured everything into. He held it up for Dirk. “You think this looks any good?”

The dwarf placed a hand on his chin, mock-deep in thought. “Hm, I don’t think that color works on ya.”

“Not for me!”

Dirk laughed loudly, his voice bouncing across the walls of the Church. After so much stress on being quiet within these walls, the dwarf’s laugh was welcome. He held out his hand. “Here, let me see.”

Excited to show off his work, but also worried on being judged, Lloyd gave it to him quickly. “I, uh… kinda had to rush through it this morning. But I think I got the size right this time! And, I didn’t waste the metal like you said and-”

“Hold on a bit, Lloyd.”

“Right, sorry.”

Dirk was holding up the necklace by its chain. The sunlight from the stained windows glinted off its pendant, a deep red jewel embedded in its center. After a brief look, the dwarf was grinning. “Really outdone yourself for this one.” He gathered it back carefully in his palm. “The chain work is strong, and the pendant is much more even this time. Not completely! Still need some work on that.” He handed it back to Lloyd. “She’ll be very happy with it.”

With Dirk’s praise, Lloyd felt something lift off his shoulders. The weight of everything else was still there… but this one thing, it gave him some lightness.

He held the necklace in both his hands before putting it away. “Thanks!”

“Yer welcome, lad. But.. I gather you still have more on your mind?”

Man, was he this easy to read with everyone now? Lloyd shook his head. “Nah, not really. Just bored with the same things, like always.”

“But your training should be giving ya some excitement.” Dirk crossed his arms, finally resting his legs by seating on a nearby stool. “And ya still got that sword I gave ya? The one the priests said was lost?”

Lloyd scratched at his cheek, grinning. “Hey, I did lose it! But then I found it again. Who knew it was under my bed this whole time?”

Dirk grinned back, laughing into his beard. “A shame it was not before they asked me to make you another one to continue with your training. But I suppose it’s good that you have a spare.”

Lloyd nodded at that. “Yep! And, well, can’t leave your other sword to waste. So it’s only better to use both, right?”

Both Dirk’s and Lloyd’s plan for him to use dual blades should have been so see-through, but once Lloyd started training with his double weapons, the priests couldn’t find much to argue with. The Chosen had to know how to defend himself, after all. And… his logic did make some sort of sense to them. Wouldn’t two weapons be better than one?

The dwarf shook his head. “Mighty clever thinking there! I’m sure that will help on your journey.”

The mention of the journey put a dark cloud in Lloyd’s head suddenly. Right. In the end, that was the point of the swords anyway. To protect himself until…

“Also!” Dirk’s voice broke through, and he watched as the dwarf reached around him towards a satchel, bringing it towards the front. “Got my latest commission done! And no worries. The Church will take care of the bill when they see it later.” He handed the folded clothes to Lloyd.

His eyes widened in glee at the design. “You already made it! Nice!”

“Fitting for a master swordsman and a Chosen, right?” Dirk seemed pleased as well. “At the very least, these would help you move around better, and has a place for your swords.”

Lloyd would have gone to hug the dwarf if he could – or if that wasn’t a bit weird. “I’m definitely wearing these from now on!”

Even as Dirk looked very pleased, he stared at Lloyd with another expression, one that Lloyd couldn’t place. “You’ve been doing a lot lately, lad. I hope you remember to rest in between all your work.”

In all fairness, this was a first that he ever heard come from an adult. Usually there was always something do, another thing to learn… “Ah, I’m okay enough. Besides, I’m taking your advice on things!”

“Oh, that so?”

“Yep!” Lloyd nodded. He had his new clothes underneath one arm, standing proudly. “Dwarven vow #4! Don’t depend on others. Walk on your own two legs.” He then grinned, glad he could remember that right! He only knew a few of the vows Dirk had mentioned to him, but some like those stood out. “I’m taking that as my mortal from now on!”

Dirk raised a bushy eyebrow. “Think you mean motto there, lad.”

“…Huh. That does make a lot more sense.”

“I thought ya read a lot.”

“I did! I do! Just, after a while of non-stop reading, all the words start to look the same…”

Still, the dwarf smiled. “Anyway… I’m glad you think my old sayings are of any interest. However, here’s another for ya. Dwarven vow #7! Justice and love will always win!”

“…That doesn’t sound as cool at all!”

It was easy to talk with Dirk, easier than most other adults. His dad sometimes just… well…

He saw the light in the sky in a nearby stained-glass window and flinched a little. “Oh, shoot. I gotta go. I’ll wear these though!” He held up the clothes then made his way back to his room, waving back at the dwarf. “I’ll see ya later!”

“Don’t trip over the stairs again!” Dirk called out, his bellowing voice finding every nook and crevice in the room. The pastors would have hated such a sound, but Lloyd was ecstatic. At least for now.

“…Is that a new outfit?”

Lloyd had been waiting forever for someone to comment on it, and Genis was never one to disappoint. He put his hands on his hips, knowing the euphoria he felt would be brief but trying to take as much as he could. “Yeah! Special tailor-cut for me!”

Genis looked to his Chosen best friend with a curious air. And maybe some suspicion. “Huh. Suits you better. Even those weird suspenders you have seem to work.”

“What do you mean weird?” Lloyd asked with a small frown.

“Nothing! I said they worked. I don’t get those white strips on your collar but… they also work, too.” Genis stared at Lloyd with more thought. “Yeah, this literally wouldn’t look good on anyone else.”

“Remind me to never come to you for compliments.”

Even as the younger boy laughed, Lloyd was grateful for Genis’ honesty. It was hard finding that in most people around him when they spoke with him. It was harder finding that in himself. He pulled at the, high collar in his new outfit, hoping someone else he knew would like it too. Or at least like it enough.

“You haven’t been to school in a while,” Genis hedged. Lloyd had just come back to Iselia as he walked from the Church, both of them meeting right by the schoolhouse. The day was already late, classes long over. Easier this way. Less people to speak with, less incredibly boring phrases to recite. “Chosen duties getting too much for you?”

It was meant as a joke. Lloyd didn’t really have it in him to laugh along to it though. He pulled at his collar, feeling an anxiousness to him that he had been stemming down for so long, but was slowly beginning to rise the past few months. “Just things. It’s nothing really.”

When Lloyd was quiet like, his friends always noticed. Genis raised his head, noting the tone. “Sorry. That was stupid to say.”

“It’s fine. Really!” He grinned, glad that the collar of his new outfit could hide away some of the strain there. “There’s been a lot of things lately anyway. I only had time now to even leave.”

Genis stared a little, but gave Lloyd some relief when his young eyes lost some intensity. “Don’t worry. I won’t tell them you snuck out again.”

“Heh… thanks.”

“Anyway, I know you’re not here to see me.” It was then Genis grinned, much brighter than Lloyd’s, much more hopeful than Lloyd could ever imagine to be. “Colette’s been talking about you all day. I don’t know how or when you got Noishe to deliver her a letter, but she was real happy about it.”

Noishe was his father’s dog first and foremost, but the creature always did him favors. And with Kratos having been gone for so long lately, it just made it easier.

“Shut up,” Lloyd muttered jokingly, and Genis only laughed again, the awkwardness about his duty of being a Chosen momentarily forgotten.

He wished it could be forgotten completely.

When he was younger, Lloyd had always wanted to travel the world, to see what it had to offer. When he was younger, the Church told him that he would someday, and he had looked forward to it, excitement lighting up his mind.

But on his eighth birthday, all that excitement went away.

Lloyd sat on the outskirts of Iselia, the grass around him still a bright green, the sky darkening as the sun began to set. He had been there early – a first for him. But for Colette, he would go the extra mile.

He heard her trip over the ground before he even saw her.

“Ah, s-sorry! I messed up.” He turned, finding Colette brushing away the grass stains from her dress, just a few feet away. Her blonde hair was a bit frazzled from her fall, but she still smiled.

Gloomy thoughts instantly went away at the sight of her.

“You’re such a dork. You didn’t need to rush here, you know.” Still, he couldn’t take his eyes off her as she sat next to him. She was always so cheerful and bright, and it made the world a little less scary to Lloyd when she was near him.

But it also made him feel bitter over the things he would miss as well.

“I know! Just, um..” Colette fiddled with her hands. “It’s been really boring the last few weeks without you. I was so happy seeing Noishe show up to my house! Though I think my grandmother’s sneezes might have scared him a little, sorry.”

“Oh. Oh right! I forgot she’s allergic..” Gah, why did he have to be stupid about these things? That explained why Noishe was all frantic when he came back. Even the sound of a twig snapping put the dog in a panic. “I guess I should have sent a person instead…”

“No, no! I was really glad to get it from Noishe… I missed petting him, hehe.” She pulled in her knees, looking at Lloyd with such curious eyes. “You said you got a new outfit from Dirk! It looks so cool on you!”

“Heh, yeah, it does make me cool, doesn’t it?” He smiled, sitting up straight. “It’s even got the Church of Martel symbol on it, see?” He pointed at his vest. Dirk had suggested it as one way to curb away any disdain from his pastors. With this symbol, it was still Chosen-appointed clothes. And with Dirk’s many, many work contributions to the Church, the pastors couldn’t deny him either. “It’s way better than the robe things they always make me wear.”

Colette nodded. “Yeah! You even have these cute ribbons.” She played with one now, always reaching out to Lloyd with little reserve, and Lloyd always glad she did. He was not someone far off or otherworldly like so many other people would view him as. “Are they meant to do anything?”

Lloyd thought about this. “Um… to make me look cool!” Just saying that made him laugh, and made Colette laugh too. It had been weeks since he felt this relaxed, and happy. It would be weeks that he would not feel this again.

He thought the time away would make him forget, but it only brought everything out in full force.

Lloyd was already handing her the necklace before he thought too hard about it.

Colette stared. “Lloyd?”

“I… I’ve been working on this for a little bit. Just to keep busy.” Just to make the days bearable. “Probably not as good as Dirk does it… but he can’t really teach me stuff for very long because of..”

Colette carefully took the necklace in both hands, eyes shining. “It’s so pretty! You… you always make such beautiful things, Lloyd.”

There was always something in her voice that stopped him, that made him wonder… While Genis and Raine always called him by his name, the way Colette does so was always different. It always pulled at him in a way that was sweet and painful. It had gotten too painful lately. Raine had already let him know today… only a month left before he would need to go.

“Is this really for me?” she asked, surprising Lloyd out of his thoughts.

“Yeah! This can replace the that other one I made for you a few years ago. That was all uneven anyway.”

“Oh, I still have that too… and the doggy figure! It’s still on my bookshelf!”

As Lloyd was momentarily stunned at that information, Colette circled the chain around her neck, the red jewel glinting in the waning sunlight. “I know you have so much to do lately. But I’m so happy!”

Some of that happiness got to him too. He wished he could keep it. “Heh. I wanted to give it you before I-“ He stopped.

“Before you what?”

He had nearly told her then. Lloyd had been trying so hard to keep quiet about things, about what will happen, about what he would have to face. But Colette was looking at him, and suddenly he was ready to tell her everything.

That wouldn’t have been fair though. At least one of them should be happy?

“Before I go on my journey, I mean.” His voice was quieter, which was hard to change. “I’ll probably be gone a while, so I wanted to give that to you first.”

At that, Colette was quiet too. Again, something that made him wonder. She looked ready to ask him a question. He anticipated it, unsure if he could keep lying.

Then she smiled. “I’ll miss you so much.” She kept holding the necklace in her palm, the sun making her hair shine. “I’m glad you wanted to come out here with me today.”

Lloyd wanted to hug her, and he did. That was one thing he would let himself do. He brought her close to his chest with a strong grip, and Colette held him back, her hands holding tight onto his new outfit. He didn’t care if it was wrinkled or whatever.

“Of course I wanted to,” he said softly. Then he pulled back, a smile on his face. “And once I regenerate the world, I’ll come right back again, okay? So don’t worry about anything!”

Colette kept one hand on Lloyd’s arm, while the other clasped the necklace again, pendant going between her fingers. At least, she would have something of him left.

“You don’t have to go back so soon, do you?” she then asked. The sun was nearly past the horizon, and the stars blinked up from their places in the sky. “Maybe, you can tell me what you’ve been doing? Not much happened in the village though.. so I’m sorry if I’m a little boring.”

Lloyd laughed. “Colette, I usually just stay inside and read old books all day. Believe me, nothing is more boring than that. And definitely not you! So no more apologizing, okay?”

If a pastor heard this – if his dad heard this – he’d have been in trouble. The most would have been a stern lecture, but he had heard nothing but lectures for weeks. Colette’s happy voice was such a difference for everything.

He could enjoy things for one day.

Colette was smiling again, looking beautiful as she always did. “Okay!”

So they both sat back, and they talked. Once the sun had long set, they were still seated by each other. Through all that time, Colette had not let go of the necklace. He wanted to keep that image of her for as long as he could.

Colette

“Colette… are you sure this is even the right way?”

Having never been out of Iselia her entire life, Colette didn’t know much about the world or which road led to where – especially to Triet. She sighed within the desert heat. The clothes she wore were different from her usual outfit for school, made of thicker material, with hidden compartments to sheathe away her chakrams. But it was doing her no favors in this sandy place where the sun beat down relentlessly.

“I… I’m not sure. Not anymore, I guess. I’m sorry, Genis.”

Genis sighed too, but out of exasperation. “You really don’t need to apologize… We probably should have brought a map before we left.”

“But, that nice caravan family pointed us to here! I don’t think they would lie to us..”

Genis shrugged. “I know. I’m just saying maybe we shouldn’t have rushed.”

There were a million things Colette could have argued on why they had to rush, but, she kept them to herself. She pulled at her shirt which was getting sticky with sweat, and she checked to see that her chakrams were indeed still on her.

Lloyd had left Iselia the other day. It had been so sudden, before she had time to prepare. Even Raine had not given her any indication that they would leave so soon. Or maybe that was the reason she hadn’t said anything…

“But it is weird, isn’t it?” Genis said aloud, following Colette still. “Lloyd and sis just leaving in the night like that.”

Colette wanted to say what she knew, but Lloyd had kept it a secret for a reason. She didn’t feel comfortable revealing it. Not yet at least. “Yeah,” she simply agreed. “They must have had to go right away.”

“…And Lloyd said you were supposed to go?”

“Uh huh!” She nodded, then giggled. A little difficult with how hot it was, but she managed. “I already told you that, Genis!”

“Yeah… I know.” His tone was low, unconvinced, or really, it could have just been the heat. “Well, sis was obviously supposed to bring me along too. Her and Lloyd really don’t pay attention to things sometimes.”

Colette inwardly sighed, feeling relieved. That was why Genis overlooked her obvious lie – he had one of his own. The people most important to them have left them alone, so there was no choice but to follow. Even if they were probably lost, and very, very dehydrated.

But I have to keep going, she thought to herself. As she plodded through the sands, she felt a familiar weight hitting her chest. She had not taken off the necklace ever since Lloyd first gave her a month ago. Then before his birthday had even come, the Church said he had already gone on his journey.

Colette fervently wanted to be with him, and with barely a word to her family, she had gone, leaving them a letter instead. She hoped her father and grandmother could forgive her.

“Oh! Is that it?” Genis was saying, and though still dizzy with heat, Colette was able to understand what he meant. Because just ahead was a walled city, standing so far apart from the sandy dunes. There were the figures of people walking by its entrance, and before she knew it, Colette was hurrying towards it. Any worries about maybe being a mirage from the desert did not cross her mind.

She heard Genis shouting after her, also giving chase, but she had to find Lloyd. Each day before he left, she had thought about telling him so many things. She knew she wouldn’t be able to live with herself if he had gone and then finished his journey. Once she entered Triet, the amount of market stalls were new to her! People in turbans shifted past her, not minding this pale girl with the light-colored hair. She started to walk off in a random direction, hoping to ask someone if they had seen… the Chosen around. She would have to call him that if they were-

“Lloyd!” she shouted, finding him at the edge of her vision. She hadn’t expected him so soon, seeing the boy to the far side of the plaza, trying to usher in a whining Noishe in one of the stables. He was already looking exhausted doing so. He still had on his new outfit, but now wore belts that held his weapons. She knew of them – it was why she had started using two of her own!

Colette grew excited, waving her arms to him. It took a moment before she saw Lloyd peer through the distance, and then his eyes widened. She started to go to him.

“Lloyd, I-!” And then she had tripped. She tripped so frantically that she had completely turned around, trying her best to avoid surprised passerby. Unfortunately, the only way to avoid them was to go straight into a wall.

She heard Lloyd shout her name back once she finally fell.                                  

“You know… you need to be more careful.”

Colette nodded silently as Lloyd pressed a small bandage on her forehead. It was only a minor scrape, that was what she usually got out of her falls. Although the stall she had fallen into had not been so lucky.

Once Colette had gotten out of the rubble, Lloyd had been rushing to her, eyes wide with surprise. The owner of the stall had been furious, seeing a Colette-shaped wall in his property… until Lloyd tried to calm the man down. There had been murmurs and stutters of the boy being the Chosen.

“Uh, yeah? That’s me,” Lloyd said, still trying to placate the man. “Anyway, she didn’t mean it! Colette just-”

“But why would such a hole be important to the Chosen?” the owner had continued. That had given Lloyd pause, slow in understanding, but then recovering quickly enough to avoid any further trouble.

“Because… it’s an important Church.. landmark?” Lloyd had winced at his own explanation, but no one seemed to notice besides Colette. “Yeah! To mark my pilgrimage… and junk. I, uh, I bless this thing!” He patted against the mark perfectly shaped like Colette’s falling body – the imprint of her arms raised high to try and avoid the inevitable. “It’s really important! It was made by my companion on the journey! So don’t be mad at her or… risk the wrath of Martel! Wait, is that right…?”

Yet even with Lloyd’s shaky explanations, that had been enough to send the crowd surrounding them into gasps of wonder. Soon people were touching the hole in the wall, now blessed by the Chosen, and that was when Lloyd took Colette’s hand and got them out of there fast.

She had seen Genis with a frowning Raine earlier, and wondered dimly if she had only gotten both herself and her friend in trouble. “I’m sorry,” she said, still seated on the chair.

“What? No, it’s fine! Someone would have tripped there sooner or later!” Lloyd had taken her into his room at the inn, worried about any injuries she may have had. “It’s not too bad. Just I guess the Professor should see later and then we can get someone to take you home-”

She knew he had been about to suggest that, and took his hands, gripping them tight. “I’m staying with you, Lloyd.”

She had expected a lot of reactions from Lloyd. Surprised at her determination, confused at why she would do so, and maybe even happy that she would go to him. But she didn’t expect the silence that followed suddenly. He didn’t grip her hands back.

Colette floundered for a moment, then instinctively reached for the necklace he gave her. It was hidden underneath her shirt, but she pulled it out, both to be reassured as well as to show him. “I want to help protect my friend on his journey… I’ve wanted to for a long time! My friend who makes wonderful things like this, and who’s always been kind to me. If I can just repay it back-”

“Colette, I didn’t ask you to come with me.”

She stopped, surprised by the sharpness in his voice. Lloyd blinked, then looked to the side.

“Lloyd, um…”

“I would have told you if I wanted-“ He bit his lip, then sighed. “This journey is supposed to be dangerous.”

Colette also looked away. “I know. That’s why I had to come.” A pause. “You’re mad at me.”

Lloyd dug a hand through his hair. “I’m… Just a little.” He sighed. “I didn’t want you to go through this too.”

Colette tried to search for a correct response. The best she could come up with, “Now you don’t have to be alone with it.”

“I have the Professor with me! Why do you-”

She gripped his hands tight, tight enough for the both of them. “I want to stay by your side, Lloyd! As.. my friend. And… I can help you. I won’t be a burden, I promise.”

“I didn’t… I didn’t say you would be.” She felt him finally hold her hands, at least slightly. “But it would be dangerous, I told you. You don’t even have an Exsphere or anything like it to-”

“I do!” Colette said suddenly. She calmed after. “I mean, I do. Look, it’s…” She rolled up the sleeve covering her right arm, showing a small key crest just on her forearm. It glinted blue, inlaid with polished metal. “I’ve been using this so I can fight off the monsters better.”

Lloyd looked at her Exsphere with complete surprise. “When did you get that?” Exspheres were not common to come by – it was mainly used by Desians or mercenaries.

“I… Dirk made me one. I saw him a while back and asked him if he could make me something. I told him I wanted to help you and he seemed really happy to do it.”

“…So.. he just had Exspheres lying around? He never told me!”

Colette blinked. “Oh. He said he’d been carrying one around for a long time.. It was the only one he had. I didn’t… ask him for an Exsphere exactly. Just if he had something that could help me.”

Lloyd continued to look surprised, confused, and a little betrayed. “But where would he just find one?” he asked, mainly to himself.

Colette wasn’t thinking about that now. She rolled down her sleeve, looking to Lloyd sternly. “I want to stay. And I know I can help you. So… please don’t turn me away.”

She saw him continue to struggle with his decision. His hands still held hers, a thumb rubbing across her palm. That somber look that she had seen Lloyd have lately – it was there again. There was once a time she didn’t know what would cause such a look in him.

He sighed again, but then small laughter left his throat. “Geez, Colette, you’re more stubborn than me.” He raised his head to her with a smile, even though it looked a bit sad still. She held his hands tighter in comfort.

“So, does that mean I can stay?”

“You’d just come back, I bet. You and Genis. I definitely didn’t expect him though!” He grinned wide then. “Missed his bestest friend, huh?”

Colette giggled, loving that grin of his. It was so rare now. “Well, he did say he missed Professor Sage…”

“Hey! What about me though?”

“It’s okay! I’ll miss you enough for the both of us!”

She wondered then, if that was a poor choice of words but Lloyd was still smiling. He even laughed.

“Heh, actually, um… does that mean Genis will be cooking for us now? The Professor keeps… wanting to do that lately.” Lloyd shuddered. “I could barely get through the first week.”

Oh no. Colette remembered the times their teacher had made the school lunch a few times. She giggled at Lloyd’s look. “I’m so sorry, Lloyd. I really am!” But she couldn’t stop laughing.

He smiled at that, even as he mocked sighed. “Are you making fun of me? Imagine the Chosen failing the journey because of indigestion. That’s embarrassing!”

It only made her giggle more, and soon Lloyd was laughing with her again.

Colette hoped she could keep him laughing throughout this journey.

Before Colette had left Iselia, she had decided to not mention what she knew to Lloyd. Even as she went over the knowledge in her head, searching for other ways, she knew it was not her place to say. But she could never fight off the feeling of wanting to be with him still. Once they had fought the guardian in the Fire Seal, she believed she could be useful while also being selfish.

A Chosen needed protectors, and she could even feel Raine’s gratefulness in having an extra pair of hands helping keep Lloyd from danger. He did run into monsters an awful lot…

Then Lloyd had nearly collapsed on the sands. She had never seen him so pale.

“Lloyd!” She caught him around the shoulders, and then he had just… kept slipping through her arms, making her hold on tighter. “Lloyd! Lloyd, wake up!”

“Wh…what?” He blinked dazedly at worried faces, leaning into Colette’s hold. “I was just… taking a nap.”

Genis’ expression went from worried to annoyed. “Are you serious?”

“Lloyd, how long have you been feeling faint?” Raine walked up to him, gripping her staff tight. “We may need to take you to a doctor.”

“I.. I’m fine! It’s fine!” Lloyd stood up again, gently moving away from Colette’s arms. “It’s just…the trial… I guess?”

Colette noted how quiet his voice had gotten then.

Raine was considering. “If that’s so… then we should at least make camp and let you rest. There’s an oasis not too far ahead. Genis, get started on dinner when we get there. Colette, please keep an eye on him.”

Lloyd stared at his Professor with some irritation. “I told you I’m fine. I’m not gonna run off!” Still, his voice was low.

But Colette knew there was something wrong.

After settling for the night, Lloyd had wanted to walk, and Colette hoped her presence wasn’t annoying him. But he seemed happy to have her near. They sat on the cool sands, the stars as outstretched as ever in the desert. Maybe they could find the same constellations here, too?

“Hey! Wanna see them again?” he asked her with a grin.

Colette’s smile must have been obvious, because Lloyd already summoned his wings. Great things that unfurled from his back in a great shift of azure light. Just like they had back in the Fire Seal. They framed him in a beautiful way that she wished she could say aloud without making it sound weird.

“That’s so cool!” she said, clasping her hands.

 “Heh, yeah. Although…it’s kinda hard to get used to these.”

Colette tilted her head at him. “Your wings?”

He shrugged. “Yeah. I mean, they really do look cool! But… they’re kinda big, aren’t they?”

The night made his wings appear that much brighter. They were so much like a bird’s wings, nearly as large as Lloyd was tall. Colette was seated on his right side, and his right wing was curled around them both. She had been tempted to reach out to them, wondering if that glow would make sensations across her skin.

He shrugged. “I guess this is just what it means to be an angel or something.”

Colette pressed her lips together, not saying anything at first. She still remembered when Lloyd had paled, falling to his knees, and not responding to her at all…

“Well, you’re still you, Lloyd. Just with wings!” Maybe there were better ways to say it, but she had never been as good with talking as he was. “And…” She risked something here, but she continued. “Even if you’re an angel, you don’t have to like your wings.”

Lloyd turned to her more fully. She could even feel the wind shift behind her, his wings flinching from his motion. “What?”

“I mean…” She tried again. “You don’t have to like them. Because… it doesn’t seem like you do.” Nervously, she reached up to her necklace, its weight comforting. “I think it’s okay to feel that. Or if you find them scary. I think I would, too.” Especially after a fall like that.

Lloyd kept staring at her. Soon, his wings dissipated into nothing, leaving only floating feathers of azure that also evaporated into the air.

His gaze shifted back to the sands. “It probably seems dumb… I’m a Chosen and I can’t stand the sight of my wings, heh.” His voice was hollow.

She dared once more. “Then… why did you want to show them to me?”

Lloyd took a moment. “Because I have to get used to it. Also… it’s easier with you, you know?”

She let go of her necklace to take his hand. Though she couldn’t see the Cruxis Crystal he wore, hidden away by the high collar of his jacket, she could feel it there. Maybe Lloyd had wanted to hide it from himself too.

“It’s okay, Lloyd.”

“Hm..” he said, unable to say anything more. But she felt him grip her hand back.

Sometimes silence was all that was needed. They stayed that way for a while before going back to camp.

Colette was not always so clever, or smart, or so self-assured. She second guessed herself on so many things, that even when she met a young Lloyd back then, it was his bright smile that got her to talk to him. She hadn’t even noticed at first that few others had talked to him either, that she had been one of the first friends he ever had.

But she never doubted she was Lloyd’s friend. And she never doubted that he meant so, so much to her.

When he fell earlier today, the doubt about telling him what she knew was beginning to fade away.

“Lloyd? Why are you up?”

He was looking up at the sky, standing on a small rise. He always liked connecting the stars – and showing her how to do it as well. There was only him and her awake now, while Raine and Genis rested by the campfire. Even Noishe was sleeping peacefully, with barely a whine leaving his throat.

He turned as she went to him. “Oh, it’s my turn to watch for the night, remember?” He smiled. “You should be sleeping though! It’s pretty late.”

The journey had been long and difficult, but it was what the Chosen had to endure – at least what Colette knew about it. Lloyd rarely talked about such things at all. Sometimes… the only way one could even tell he was a Chosen was at the seals, waiting for the angels to bless him. It was only then when he would look so different, but also so sad.

And each time, she could tell it was hard for Lloyd to hide that sadness.

“Lloyd… you collapsed today. Again. The Professor said you didn’t need to do that now. I was supposed to take over…”

He blinked, then turned away. “It’s okay. I feel a lot better now.”

She hesitated. Sometimes he did this, trying to shut himself away. Sometimes, she would let him, but not tonight. She couldn’t. “Lloyd, your hand. Is it feeling better?”

“Huh? Yeah.. yeah, it’s fine!”

She reached for it before she could think to ask him. Because she had a feeling he would say no.

After the Wind Seal, Lloyd had been fainting faster, too. Enough that she couldn’t catch him this time.

The scrape was deep in his palm, still bleeding a little. Looking at it made her own hand ache. “You didn’t get this checked by the Professor.”

He took his hand away from her quickly. “It’s fine.”

She shook her head. “It’s… it’s not, Lloyd. And you know that, don’t you?”

He didn’t say anything.

Colette reached for her necklace, the gift he had given her just a few weeks before he left. Its weight was a comfort that she held onto at night, and even during their fights against monsters, bandits and Desians, it had stayed strong. It was made by Lloyd who was strong himself, she knew. But even a strong person couldn’t be…

“You’re not eating much… and you haven’t been sleeping either.” Colette would sometimes wake and still find him staring up at the stars, all by himself. “Things aren’t okay.”

She felt cruel saying these things, but Lloyd could never lie so easy, not as well as he thought he could. And right now, no good lies were coming to him. He only looked away, eyes dark and his expression somber.

“Why are you…?” he started, but couldn’t finish. Still, Colette needed to tell him more.

“Lloyd, I… know about what happens.. on the journey.”

He turned back to her then. For a moment, she couldn’t read his eyes at all. She had to fill the silence.

“This necklace you gave me. It’s more than just a present… it was supposed to be a memento, wasn’t it? But, I don’t want it to be that. I really don’t.”

“You’re… not supposed to-” Lloyd stopped, realizing his mistake. “I mean, that’s not what…”

She moved closer to him, reaching for his hands again. She tried not to squeeze it tightly, even though she knew now he would not be able to feel a thing. “I… my grandmother knows a lot about the Church of Martel. She used to be a priestess actually. She never told me exactly, but her stories about other Chosen.. and the way you’ve been acting lately..”

Lloyd still wasn’t looking at her. Afraid she was just making things worse, she started to release him again. “I want to be by your side. I don’t want you to go away. I don’t know how to stop that but... I had to at least be here.”

Just as she let go, Lloyd went to embrace her. Like he had on the day he gave her the necklace, except so suddenly.

“Colette, I’m… I’m not doing okay. I’m not… They didn’t tell me this would happen.” He held her tighter. “Dad didn’t tell me anything at all.”

She held him back. “I’m sorry.”

He shook. When he spoke, his voice was a little harsh, but she knew it wasn’t aimed at her. “Why are you apologizing? It’s not… it’s never been your fault! I just can’t.. handle this. I can’t handle anything.”

Colette pulled away so she could see him. With the way he spoke, she expected tears. But none fell from his eyes. So he couldn’t… “I’ll help you find another way. There has to be one. Because I don’t want you to go.” It sounded so childish, the way she said it. Still. “I don’t want you to go.”

Lloyd looked so sad and lost that she wished she could comfort him better. Lloyd pulled her back in his arms, pressing his forehead to hers. “I don’t want to also. I just want to stay.”

Maybe it was the sadness there that made her want to kiss him. She wished she’d have done it sooner. She had been tempted to on the day he gave her the necklace, but held herself back. She was afraid doing it now would be cruel if he couldn’t feel it. But once her lips pressed against his, he kissed her back, fingers digging into her shoulders, desperation in his grip.

It had been fierce and deep. Lloyd pulled back with a little nervousness. “Um… I meant…”

Colette leaned in to take his lips again. Softer this time, finding ways to make him feel, at least perhaps a little. And maybe he could, in some way. Because he still held her so tightly, still tried to press against her mouth as much as he could.

I just want to stay, he had told her. Colette would find a way to make that happen.

[clowngremlin]

it’s only 8:20, but im in a positive mood so its time for my good things list!!!! i will be combining saturday, sunday and today’s because i havent written one since friday!! under the cut because its very long!!!

saturday:

-a very obvious good thing is my top surgery assessment!! i have already made a post about it but it went very well and i am excited for the future!!! it was also nice to see my gender therapist!!! he’s a really nice and cool dude!!!

-going to the mall after gender therapy!!! i went to a mall i dont normally go to because its in a different city than the big city and the city i live in, it’s in more of a city/suburb sort of thing, but it’s a nice mall!!! they have a great food court with a sick arcade but i didnt go to the arcade, i just walked around the mall!!

-i got some really fun keychains for my backpack and phone!! i got a waluigi one for my phone, a jack-o-lantern one for my phone, a popplio one for my back pack as well as a gengar in a pumpkin for my backpack!!! they were all really reasonably priced, because im pretty sure they’re imported from japan!!! i also wanted to buy some love live merch for hope and i, but they didnt have any of hope’d favorite girl, and the love live stuff as a bit expensive and i really wanted the other ones more but its good to know they have them there!!!

-got some delightful bootleg garfs at the mall too!! and for only $2!!!! it was so excellent!!! they also had a big garf car sticker, but i didnt have enough to buy it because i wanted to save some money for going into the city to go to my favorite vintage stores and the flea market!! also i dont have a car, but i thought it might be a fun sticker for my skateboard or sketchbook!!!

-went to my favorite vintage stores and got some nice things!! i got a cowboy shirt, and a cool cardigan that matches one of my new shirts i got for my birthday!!

-the girl working at my favorite vintage store complimented my outfit again and we had a lovely conversation!! we also talked to this dude who was buying a really cool shirt that i wish i could have bought, but im glad he got it because i have too many shirts anyways and also he was wearing a shirt i had tried on a few weeks ago, but didnt buy because i wasnt super into it so im glad it got a nice home and his outfit was so good!!! it made me feel better about being a masc presenting person who wears funky clothing!!!

-talked to one of my best pals on video chat because i was having a panic attack about work and it helped me calm down and it was so nice to talk to him :>

-in the morning before gender therapy, i got some quality puppy time and eli was very good and did excellent on his walk and made many new friends and was very snuggly!!!

-i wore an excellent outfit that consisted of a rainbow checkered button down @delusionaljellyfish gave me for my birthday, my favorite jeans, a pair of cool dinosaur socks that went really well with the button down, my favorite jacket and my favorite vans!!

-it was nice and sunny and warm!!!

sunday:

sunday was a bad all for the most part and i cried at work like twice and once on the bus going to my friends house from work but there were some positives so we will focus on that!!!

-worked with one of my friends at work!! i actually worked with many friends, but this friend is like an actual friend outside of work too so it was nice to work with her 

-did a good job sampling at work even though i wanted to not be at work and felt upset the whole time, i tried to not let it show and did my best and people really liked the samples

-heard a weird cover of the jeepers creepers song at work

-after i got off work which was early because of shift was cut which isnt good and i got upset and got in trouble for being upset about it, i went to one of my best friend’s house and we watched the umbrella academy and had some tasty drinks!! we also snuggled with her cat and she listened to be vent about work

-this gets its own point, my best friend bought me a creme egg mcflurry!!!! this is a double whammy, because it one, means its creme egg mcflurry season again and that’s one of my favorite treats, and two, my best friend bought me ice cream, which is always nice!!!

-the umbrella academy gets another mention because its so fun and i love it

-had a discord call with @delusionaljellyfish !!! i always love talking to amanda and she was working on a really cool drawing while we were talking and i love seeing her art, she’s so talented and im not saying that because i’ve tagged her in the post, im saying that because i genuinely feel it and its the truth and she deserves recognition for all the hard work she puts into her art and she is one of the most talented people i know!!!!!!!!!!

-also had a video call with one of my other really good friends!!!! we talked until like 1:00 am and he listened to me vent about work as well and we also talked about other really interesting topics!!

-got gendered correctly at work and had multiple people call me sir, and one guy called me buddy in that way that older men call young men buddy, which was nice and gender affirming

monday (today):

-got to sleep in!!

-got to spend lots of quality time with baby boy eli!!!! and i got payed to do so!!!!! i would have done it for free, because i had nothing better to do today anyways, but extra money is always a bonus

-it was nice out when i took eli for his walks, and he made new friends as well!! he makes new friends where he goes and everyone is so delighted to see him!!

-got gendered correctly by the people in my building for once because i dont think my dad has told them im a guy, and often misgenders me to our neighbors, but i think these people are new and so they dont know im trans!

-worked on my comic for a bit and listened to some reel big fish and had such a nostalgic throwback to being in elementary school because i used to listen to a lot of ska dfghjhgjdfgj

-had a phone interview that im hoping went well!!

-realized that i need to stop stressing out about work and all this shit that in the grand scheme of things, isnt a big deal!!! i have been through worse things, and those things were only temporary, much like how these things are only temporary!! things will get better and be ok!!!

-talked to many friends today!!! im in a fun discord sever with some new pals and i talked to some of them about being transmasc, i also talked to one of my friends from work after she tagged me in a post about not stressing about things which was actually really solid advice and i needed to hear it, and she said some really nice things to me!!!! it made me feel really nice on the inside!!! someone im online friends with also sent me a really funny mgs video on discord!!! i also talked to @bruisedratboy today and i always love talking to josh, he’s one of my really close friends and he’s great!!! and im also not just saying that because i tagged him in this, i genuinely love josh and think he’s a great dude!!!

-had a nice conversation with my dad when he got home from work and we hung out with eli and ate dinner!! he also made bacon sandwiches is which si tasty.....

-my dad bought me my favorite pop, which is the blue mountain dew!!!

-my brother and i had a nice conversation before he left the house in the early afternoon, and i helped him pick out a jacket to go with his extremely good outfit!! he also made me coffee which was really nice of him!!

-i got that extremely wonderful anonymous ask today!!! anon, if ur reading this, i just want u to know how much that ask meant to me, like i genuinely mean that. it made me so happy, especially since i’ve had some really fucky days lately and have been feeling really upset and not very positive, but im trying and so im glad my positivity is being appreciated and that u like my posts!!! i hope ur having a good day, and u continue to have good times and such things because u must be a wonderful and kind individual to send someone such a delightful thing and u deserve good things and i appreciate u so much, whoever u are!!!! this is what the anon feature is for, babey!!! sending people delightful messages and leaving good feelings!!!!

-i got followed by someone on instagram who makes really cool pins and if i can save some extra money, i will see if i can buy one some day!!

-eli was extremely cute today!!!

[monotype-on-phantom]

i didnt want to say this before but man.. Danny kind of.. sucks, at least in the heart of canon. i get that he's young and learns "Those Valuable Lessons" and but people dont acknowledge most of this douchebag's shitty antics cause he's a cute boy or whatever. although Danny has a very excellent premise for a character, he is sincere sometimes, but overall its not executed well. he falls into too many awful high school tropes

i guess im glad people are making use of his character premise by reading too closely than the show intended, or by making content of their own interpretations. but we cant ignore that he is quite a goddamned piece of hell shit who i fucking hate in the real show sometimes. i feel there’s just too much emphasis on a character and show that wasn’t well crafted and well managed to begin with. its kinda sad when all the hate is somehow directed towards other characters like Sam.

it feels like most people are praising him and the overall show for what they imagine it to be instead of what it actually is. srsly this awful goddamned fuckboy sells stuff garage lab items he aint supposed to just to buy some fucking clothes??? uses ghost powers to spy girls in their locker room?? he fuckin destroys ghost writer’s writing and then doesnt feel sorry about it just cause it’s christmas-related and he’s so pissy about it.

so.. yeah. i dont get why people think he’s literal kid Jesus and always wants to protect this little fucker. he puts himself in alot of mess. the “D” on his suit stands for “dick”, bc that’s what he is.  i want to beat him up sometimes

Okay.

Normally, I delete all character hate on sight, because the point of my blog is to focus on the show’s strengths and how the weaknesses could’ve been done better. I get critical sometimes, but I like focusing on a characters’ strengths rather than their poor writing and garbage like that.

This was so long, detailed, and harsh that it’s really hard to ignore. Maybe I should. Stick to my guns and not let some anonymous rant change how I work. You came to me, though, so if you want to debate this, then alright. I’ll bite.

First off, who in the fandom is portraying Danny as a kid Jesus? Maybe it’s just the circles I’m familiar with, but one of the most reblogged posts that pops up in my notifications is one with a ton of additions arguing why Danny totally deserves to suffer. The majority of the fandom loves tormenting this kid. Even those that do say he needs to be protected never claim he has no flaws. Far from it. They just acknowledge he has it hard for a kid and he deserves a break sometimes.

Second, have you ever…met a 14 year old? As someone who spent most of his career life working with kids and who is the oldest of 5 (with one brother who’s turning 14 this November), lemme tell you that the main trio are saints for their age.

People talk about the terrible twos, but 14 year olds are so much worse. I’m not slamming them, because it makes sense. They’re in a tough transition period between childhood and adulthood. Adults tell them to act more mature, but refuse to acknowledge their voices in serious situations. Middle school and high school are cutthroat places, and one mistake can ruin the entirety of the four-six years you spend there. They’re pressured to get good grades or they’ll fail, they have to be part of the cool crowd or they’ll fail, and people are more likely to blame them for whatever goes wrong in their lives than anything that goes on around them.

Doesn’t change the fact that they can be little demons sometimes. With all the hormones and drama, young teenagers can be really emotional and make problems bigger than they seem. They can be harsh and judgmental, because that’s the environment they’re being exposed to. They need guidance, but they don’t want it. They argue with adults and to some, it seems like they want to make their own lives miserable. They can be tough to work with unless you’re willing to take them as seriously as they take themselves, and most people don’t want to bother.

There are shitty things Danny does in canon, but that’s true for literally every fourteen year old. And heck, are you telling me you didn’t do some ridiculously stupid stuff at that age? I actually stole money from my folks to buy something I wanted. My group of friends frequently set stuff on fire in their backyards. And fuck, nobody can prove Danny was spying on girls in the locker room. While I think the scene is shit and refuse to accept it as canon, all we see is Danny coming out of the locker room. He could’ve been just looking to see what it was like in there. Nothing says there were actually girls in there. But I’m so sick of talking about that shit scene, so I’m gonna leave it at that.

Danny has flaws. He can be selfish and petty and inconsiderate. But really? You wanna beat him up for that?

Are you forgetting that he canonically already does get beaten up every single episode? Whether it’s by ghosts, bullies, his own goddam parents, or whatever, getting beat up is something he’s familiar with.

The reason some fans cut him some slack is because, hey, yeah. He is a kid, and you know what? He’s entitled to be a dick sometimes. He loses sleep every night, almost dies on a daily basis, has his dreams ripped away from him often, and is picked on at school. Despite all of that, he still fights ghosts to keep his town safe, and he’s under no obligation to do that. He saves lives, even when people hate him for it. He puts himself in danger, even for those who are cruel to him. He tries to use his powers for the right reason more often than not, and he’ll take the high road against his bully because he feels like he shouldn’t stoop to his level.

We acknowledge that canon can be shit. We acknowledge that sometimes, Danny’s writing makes him out to be a dick. At the “heart of canon,” though, as you so eloquently put it, he’s the kid who risked his life for a little girl he barely knew that nobody else would miss. He’s the one who saves the lives of his own bully, the teacher who used to be so hard on him, and the parents he fully believes would cut him open if they knew what he was. He’s the one who could so easily be Vlad, but instead he tries his best to be a hero.

You’re under no obligation to like him, and you don’t have to ignore the shitty parts of canon like some of us do. I do it just because I enjoy thinking about what the show could’ve been, not what it was. You don’t have to do that, though.

But really, are you going to march into your nearest high school and beat the shit out of the first kid you see messing up? Seriously? You honestly think that the mistakes Danny makes outweigh the good he’s constantly trying to do enough that he deserves that? Even when he already gets beat up in every single episode already?

Well, fine. That’s your pessimistic opinion. It’s not fact, though. How many cartoons do you watch? You gonna beat up Timmy Turner and Jimmy Neutron, too? They can be right assholes. What about Jake Long? He’s a shallow, obnoxious, irresponsible kid a lot of the time. Sure, he’s just 13, but why should we show mercy to kids who mess up? Serena/Usagi from Sailor Moon? Yeah, let’s ignore all the people defending her and just focus on the fact that the show makes her a dumb kid who doesn’t have enough backbone to immediately become the savior of the galaxy. Come to think of it, where’s your rant about Dash Baxter? Or is he not popular enough for you to rag on?

Perfect characters aren’t the ones who are the most upstanding. They’re the ones who are realistic and flawed. So Danny sells his parents stuff. So he sneaked into the girls’ locker room. So he took out his anger on an innocent person.

I’m not saying any of those things weren’t wrong, what I’m saying is that kids make fucking mistakes. And sometimes, they’re huge ones. Sometimes, kids get curious and break into a house. Sometimes they get hungry at the store and shoplift. Sometimes they lie and cheat and make fun of each other. Sometimes they can be perverted little leaches.

So fucking what? We’ve all been there. We all need to learn and grow.

And seriously, if you’re going to be one of those people who gives Sam a break, don’t turn around and start criticizing Danny for the same shitty writing he sometimes gets. That hypocrisy is exactly why I so adamantly defend Sam.

I don’t know what you wanted to accomplish with these asks. Maybe you just wanted to vent. Maybe you were looking to stir up drama. Maybe you don’t know what you wanted and you just sent these asks randomly without any real reason.

Regardless of what you think, I’m still gonna enjoy my fucking fictional character, even if I don’t always agree with how he’s written. I relate to him, his struggles, and even his mistakes. You have fun ripping on characters people like because you don’t think they should be allowed to make mistakes, but let the rest of us have our fun, too. You’re not helping anyone with this, so maybe just fuck off, m’kay?

Being stupidly nice is kind of my thing, but I’m tired of putting up with this self righteous crap. Let characters fuck up. Let fans rewrite things they don’t like. Let people enjoy their fucking cartoon, because they aren’t hurting anyone. I’ve yet to find a single phan who considers the DP cartoon to be completely canon anyway. They enjoy it for the fan content or the few really spot on episodes. We’re already aware that there’s shitty stuff in there, and we don’t need you to tell us.

If I ever get any asks like this that rip on characters for stupid, petty reasons again, I’m deleting them on sight. That was my initial plan anyway, but I really needed to say my piece here.

Tumblr, maybe stop being such judgmental pieces of fucking shit, okay? You’ll accomplish nothing good by being so harsh toward anything that doesn’t fit your standard of “perfect.”

[zzpopzz]

Really long rant about how I made Vanilla Twilight, I typed it at 2am so it’s kinda crappy and boring, just skip through this post.

So I'd been thinking about it for a long time now, even before finishing Vanilla Twilight that I'd talk about it if someone asked, well that never happened so I was just thinking that I'd let it go but that post is so important to me so well fuck it I'll just talk about it anyway. I did it completely on a wimp like how cool would it be if I make a lyricstuck for Toumaki like I'd be the first (if anyone did this before me im sorry). The first song I intended to do wasn't VT, it was a much shorter and easier song. I saw the music video first time after a while and the lyrics gave me some scenes to draw right away, like the tones, the atmosphere, the lyrics all fit them very well, made me wanted to draw something happy but sad. The ending for it was a happy one instead of a sad one like other songs I did (I didn't post the ending for any of them, just let the viewers decide what it's gonna be) I was very scared like what if it won't turn out ok and people gonna hate me for it or no one even gonna look at it. Also what I visualized are mostly illustrations with backgrounds, what I never done before so high chance it won't go anywhere. I thought well let's just see how far will I get and won't talk about it at all until I post it so at least I won't be all barks no bite. I was very traumatized that someone might know about what I did so I locked all the files when I shut down my PC in case someone hack into it lmao. I started with making a storyboard(kinda) for it, this is where I first got trouble because there was some part I didn't think of when I visualized what I'd draw at first ( 'I don't feel so alone' part mostly and some in between) and it's only at this point that I realized how many I'd have to draw (over 40 images total) and it's mind blowing for someone who rarely finish a painting like me at that time, that number is more than what I'd draw in a year. VT doesn't have choruses that meant I can't do tricks like repeat some panels (I don't like this anyway). I usually painted on small canvas before that but I wanna make sure I can fix things later and some idea I had was pretty big so I used 3000x5000px canvas then trimmed them down ( I didn't know how big it was and it's huge). The idea was to make a tumblr scroll-post like a lyricstuck (my favorites are by paperseverywhere and toastyhat/emptyfeet , they made really cool tutorials about these) so I tried to drew out compositions that would look good scrolling down panel by panel and have some connections between them (this didn't turn out so good in the end because I wasn't good lol) Since I was scared that people might point out that I draw something wrong, it took me almost a week or something searching for references (check my pinterest board) like the streets, sky, houses, roads, outfits, poses,... I was going to draw. I got some knowledge about bikes by this too, like I can tell the differences between road bike, mtb, touring bikes,... I also see and captured bunches of screenshots and reread ywpd trivia countless time to make sure I won't get anything wrong. If you take notice, every outfit Toumaki wear in there are all canon, from anime or promos. The first few panels was really exciting because I had never painted so many with backgrounds before, I was really happy when I almost finished the first verse even compared to the full 3:50 of the song it was only 20 seconds and I thought maybe I can pull this after all. The last panel was intended to be Makichan standing infront of his house looking at the sky but I wanted to show the sky at the end of the panel and that wouldn't work on scroll-down post so I had to leave it for later, I repainted this panel for about 3 times and finished it just 30' before posting. The first panel of the second verse wasn't turning out alright too because that was my first time doing a 3 points perspective drawing and the colors didn't turn out as I wanted either (my intention was a green/gold dawn scene). Things kinda worked well despite that until the scene when Toudou sits in his ink, gdi I didn't know why I was so caught up in that and painted every piece of that wooden floor, it took me almost a week but turned out better than I expected so I was ok with it. I was going to make sketchy paintings for all of the panel but I did too much details on that one so it gave me the impression that I'll have to do just as much for every others. Now I still had school to go and that semester my uni got me pretty crappy schedule that made me have to wait for classes at school frequently, I was frustrated because I didn't get to paint during that time and I might finish it too late (even though I didn't set a deadline) and when I got home I just spent so much time checking twitter and just can't pick myself up to draw and ended up feeling shitty about it. *Side story*  I was so mad because I didn't get anything done and there's still more than half of the whole thing to do and the worst part is that I had no one that I can talk to because I didn't have any friend who ship Toumaki and I also don't want to publicly talk about what I was doing, I wanted to surprise people when I'm done, I didn't wanna give people the expectation then screw it up (I literally thought I'd drop a bomb not a grenade lmao) I can't remember how long was that shitty phase but I felt like it was so long, I barely finished verse 2 at that point. I was so mad at myself and my progress so I spent a few days to look at time management threads and this helped a lot, I changed my habits completely  by this and I still apply those methods now, like I used to stay up til 3am to read fics (bless you writers you fueled me with your writings bless you all) then I switch to bed before 12 and get up early for a good start or reduce working time while increasing quality* After that I kinda got things together,I just went ahead with painting tho it's still kinda tiring, I had to work on 5 essays during this time too. At this point I was like screw all, I give no shit about what everyone thinks I'm just gonna finish this and get some good nap (I practiced power nap to get more focus time for painting but dude everyone wants a good long nap) 10 days before uploading I found out that there's a Toumaki day (I'm so sorry), I was going to posted on the first sunday of June (I did researched on which was the best time to post on social medias so I randomly picked a sunday) and Toumaki day is the last sunday of May, that meant I had 10 days left and 15 panels to paint! I was going to ignore that but I already made it big I should make it right too so I shit my pants going through those last panels. I purposely hiding Toudou's face till the last verse to emphasize the feelz and got so relieved that I finally got to paint him (I read some tags that some viewers got emotional at this part so I'm so glad it worked). The whole things was put under Makichan's perspective so I was so sick of painting him at that point, he showed up in every panel and I can't paint him ugly because he's beautiful (especially his hair, I spent shitload of time painting them). I can talk lots about why I picked to do so but that's headcanon shit and it's embarrassing so let's just skip that. The last day I had only 3 panels left and I was hell confident that I've got this and somehow spent the whole evening rewatch Toumaki pingpong ep (end me). Of course that didn't end well, I managed to finish those by midnight but I still had like 3 panels that needed  repaint completely and all 43 needed retouch and edits. My plan was to post at 9am sunday (thats 9pm saturday est) so I had to get up at 5am and finish all that, I ended up cutting down 2 panels and simplified the instrumental panel (some tags said that was nice so I was at least relieved). Unlike other songs I did, the length of every line's quite different and the original sizes I did would make viewers have to scroll slower or faster at different parts. I didn't plan this beforehand and had to trim down some panels even the parts that I really liked and spent lots of time on. I also found out that people outside the homestuck fandom might not familiar with this type of post so I made a video too (I’m sorry I have zero skill in editing). After posting I was terrified of people's reactions or worse, there won't be any reaction so I turned everything off and went to sleep and woke up with an unimaginable number of notes I'd got, I set the target of 500 notes and I really didn't think that I'd get past that number like maybe 2-300 (well my other songs didnt even get 200), at the end I got 5000. I spent the next week reading and screencap tags given in reblogs, I put them on desktop and they're still my motivation til now. Vanilla Twilight is the thing I'm proud of the most even until now, when I've done other songs and projects that look somewhat better. If I have to recommend one thing on my blog I'd recommend it despite its' unskilled paneling, poor composition and muddy colors. It was the first time in my life that I'd put so much effort into something and went through such emotional roller coaster, the feelings I put into it was raw and the idea was very original compared to other songs, I improved and changed a lot during the 2 months I spent on it and never once regret doing it. ***Anyway, you sure have much free time to read it this far, here's a little game for you: I put random things in VT and HF like some characters/stuff from other series, my ocs,... (there wasn't anything purposeless in there even the logo on their cups or the bags they wear) just send me anything you find and I'll draw you something in return**

[unproduciblesmackdown]

honestly i was one of those people who Never Did Anything so hard that i could never be grounded. like yeah on occasion i would have SOMETHING coming up and even though it was super rare it still usually was used as a threat which is why i learned pretty fast to keep it a secret if i ever really cared about / was invested in something. plus, in my experience, having friends over wasnt even completely enjoyable and less and less so as time went on. like just a couple years ago my parents got me tickets to a show at the kennedy center to something i was like kind of vaguely interested in, partly as a joke but it was fine but the problem was there was two tickets and they were like you can take a friend with you and i was like ??? the only friends i have around here are one person and her sister who i met at work and im pretty sure youve never seen them. and it was before she invited me over to her graduation party so i wasnt even sure we were on the Invitation friend tier yet. so i took my brother who was also half-interested part-as-a-joke but still he was my only option anyway and we had an okay time. its just wild like, of course it doesnt surprise me that my parents had almost no clue about like anything about me because i had been 24/7 concealing anything that mattered from them for years (except for times when in highly strategic maneuvering i would give them a small glimpse of something that happened to be true) but its kind of weird that like they didnt ever seem to notice how much they had No Clue about anything about me. like, they noticed i never did anything b/c they sometimes tried to make me go out with her sisters and her friends, which i never did except to see fury road b/c i'd kind of wanted to do anyways and which was a stellar decision. but i guess they had some concept that i ever had friends i hung out with outside of school like, on what planet? smh. like for sure, im glad none of them was ever trying to find out anything about me and getting the least attention from them was the best case scenario, its just bizarre they had Any interest at all and yet that interest didnt translate into any awareness about how Completely Nothing they knew about me as a person. but then again! im fairly sure that they both had their own (totally inaccurate) concept of who i was, which couldve given them the idea that they knew stuff about me. like how my dad and i thought we were super similar, which was one of the most insulting things anyone else could say to me, but in his case it was just the usual kind of frustrating, totally non self-aware ignorant shit he said about everything. and my mom just thought whatever she wanted about whatever, all the time. and they both ignored it if i told them stuff that was actually true but was inconvenient / not what they wanted to hear or whatever. like when i had a job for five months that was so bad that from the very first week i thought about dying like literally on avg every minute and when the days were like usually 10+ hrs; they would ask me sometimes how the job was and i would say it was terrible and i hated it, and they would say something dismissive. like, then dont ask! but i was pretty far from caring about anything at that point and had started saying things like cutting in when my mom was getting on my brother about something, if only to disperse her focus on him, or informing my dad that this is why i hated them whenever he did something particularly draining. like, the wild thing is that when my mom was in a reasonable mood, she could be tolerable as a person. like the month before i left she was updating the webpage she had for her kindergarten class and i helped her pick out some halloween art for a banner and came up with some joke for text that cracked us both up. whereas my dad wasnt exactly abusive, he managed to be even worse as a person and in his personality to the point that i really eventually couldn't stand to see him or speak to him or be in the same room as him and not spit. one actual interest i did tell my mom about was owl city, because it was obvious since i had like eight owl city shirts and it was strategic because me and my brother were planning to go to one of his shows and it was harmless because it just involved me listening to music and b/c my mom couldn't possibly object to it even if she had a lot better idea of what it was than she did. but she didn't exactly pay a lot of attention even to the Real Stuff so...she at least never seemed to bother with investigating or stuff like that. i think she had a vague notion of the existence of marble hornets even if she knew zero stuff about it including the name or what it was, but she was probably worried it was like a cult or whatever what with my TO symbol shirt. but im telling you like, even when me and the sibs had a tv show we'd watch together she wouldnt like make a mental note of it or anything. like we'd say "hey can we have the tv tonight at 9" or whatever and she'd be like ok and then at 9 she'd still be watching something and we wouldnt bother saying anything. or if she saw us watching something she'd like see 10 seconds from the next room over and insult it in a way she acted like was like light and fun or something b/c she never seemed to realize when what she seemed to think was teasing / casual joking was actually really pointed and meanspirited. we had a great family who was friends with ours and im pretty sure they stopped hanging out with us and inviting us over b/c my mom didnt get the distinction between unnecessary insults and lighthearted jest. couldve told her so if she could ever been told anything. its too bad i didnt go for any parting shots in my final months there like confirming the horrors of not being cishet or whatever, but that was still probably sort of dangerous, but it would be funny if they knew none of their kids is straight. oh well. plus, i hate them but they should get divorced. it would lessen the impact of their awfulness on the world and each other and thats the only thing thats technically "good" that they deserve. even if they both think its bad since theyre somehow both like catholic but hopefully someday they realize that no matter how "bad" they think divorce is, their marriage is even worse. or maybe they'll stick it out for the sake of having been together so long in such a bad marriage already, and the sake of not having to deal with such a total life change, who knows. tfw: the 'rents suck as hell

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The 6 Times Peter Wanted To Reveal his Identity (And the 1 Time He Did) Chapter 2

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As always, HUGE thank you to my beta reader @alurkerofnote who was super patient during my busy ass weekend! 

Day 2- Monday

“Peter?”

“Five more minutes, May…”

“Peter, dude, your phone won’t stop buzzing and the professor is getting annoyed.”

Professor? Shit.

Peter shot instantly awake, the blurry image of Mary Jane’s fire red hair permeating his sleep-heavy eyes. He gingerly picked his sore body up until he was sitting up, wiping the moisture that had gathered on his forehead away. As promised, the professor was making direct eye contact with him while she continued to speak, and her finger pointed sharply at Peter’s cell sitting on the edge of his desk. Sheepishly, he retrieved it and mouthed an apology. His thumbs drug the notification screen down, finding a few texts from an unknown number. He absently tried to listen to the lecture, but he must have slept through quite a few key concepts, because he had no idea what was being discussed. Well, just another night he’d have to spend teaching himself from the textbook.

Curiously he swiped until he arrived at his texting app, and the harassment he was receiving suddenly made sense.

hey petey-pie checkin in since u didnt message me

luv dp

u getting these???????? is this a fake number?

pls tell me u didnt die.

hellooooooooooooooo

im gonna sing until you answer

since uve been gone i been lost without a trace

i dream at night only i can see ur face

i look around but its u i cant replace

i feel so cold and i long 4 ur embrace

i keep cryin baby BABY PLEASE

OH CANT U SEEEEEEE

holy fuck balls this dude wont put down his gun ill finish the song later but pleeaaaaseee text me back <3 or ill come over

That last text was sent 3 minutes ago, and Peter could only imagine his poor next door neighbors’ faces if Deadpool decided to show up at their door. He hurriedly typed up a reply before that chance even came close to becoming reality, trying to ignore the romantic connotations of the song.

Sorry. In class. I’m doing fine. Not dead. Please don’t stop by. I live next to an elderly Hispanic woman that would have a heart attack if she saw you.

There was a uniform page turn in the rows surrounding him, and he took that as his cue to flip the page in his book. Wade hadn’t responded yet, and Peter briefly considered dipping out of school to make sure Mrs. Moreno wasn’t calling the police if Wade really had decided to show up.

i was calling my ride but im glad to hear back from u

do u need anything??

warm milk, a big hug, an xbox one?

“Who are you texting? You look like a dork.”

Mary Jane’s whispers distracted Peter from his stupor, and he realized then he had a grin tugging at his lips that had only appeared upon reading his texts. He wiped the stupid look from his face and sucked in a breath to give a well-thought out reply. “No one.”

“Ah.” The redhead pressed the tip of her pen against her rosy lips, giving Peter a knowing smile that had heat crawling up his neck. “A guy?”

“Oh my god, MJ, it’s not like that. I’m just on an app.” Peter whispered back more insistently, flipping his phone over on the desk. “Just funny pictures.”

“Mhmmm.” Mary Jane’s hum was too insincere, and it was clear she wasn’t about to let this go. “Well, you should get back to your ‘funny pictures’ before they disappear.”

“I will.” Peter murmured and swiped his phone from the desk, tucking it back under the edge of the desk. His eyes read over Wade’s texts a few more times, a few different responses dancing on his fingertips, before he finally decided to type.

I’ll be fine. Thanks for checking in.

In truth, these past few weeks had been brutal. Between tensions building in the city, accompanied by the rise of crime, and the press being hot on his ass every time he missed an opportunity to bring someone in to justice, he had been missing sleep and stressing harder about trying to become a more efficient hero in the city. The meal that Wade had forced on him was the first time he’d even touched real food in almost 2 weeks. Being pressured to have a ‘night-in’ had taken quite a lot of stress off of Peter’s shoulders for at least a day, but it also meant his body realized he was willing to let it rest for a little bit and was fighting him to try to catch up on more sleep. While the night before had been completely humiliating, it had been relaxing to be taken care of. For a little bit he and Wade had acted like more than a set of heroes, and the memory of his kindness was still burning hot in his mind.

But he wouldn’t let this go on for longer than a day. It was wrong to lie to him, even if it felt this good to pretend.

----

Being Spider-Man was simultaneously the biggest stressor and most freeing part of Peter’s day.

Saving lives and stopping crimes ranging from petty car thieves to mutant bank robbers was difficult. Balancing two lives that intermingled more often than Peter would have liked was even more difficult, often lying to the people he cared about the most just to keep them safe. It was hard navigating the grey-area between morally just and lawfully sound, and there were multiple occasions in which he felt like a criminal running from police after just busting a potential felon doing potentially bad things. He operated more along the lines of a vigilante than a hero in most cases, and it took a severe toll on his mental health. Especially lately, when the city seemed to be getting more dangerous as the presence of superpowered people increased, he had been slandered in media every which direction. Even Mary Jane praising his decisions had stopped helping. He felt like he was starting to become completely alone in the heroing thing.

And then there were the nights he was over the moon with ecstasy; adrenaline buzzing low in his ears, wind rushing up the corners of his mask and breezing over his lips, his webs snapping out from his wrists and catching his fall in perfect rhythm so he soared through the low city buildings like a bullet, his worries and stress melting off every second he spent in the air. Peter’s own personal drama and angst seemed to matter less when his focus was on helping others. No matter what was happening in his own life, he left it on the sill of his bedroom window. When he was out on the streets he was Spider-Man, not a kid struggling to keep his head above water. He had strength, allies, and a will to do good. Grades and sleep felt way less important than his obligation to New York.

Still, there were slip ups. Sometimes his lives intermingled uncomfortably close and he was left covering for both of his personas.

Peter didn’t expect Deadpool to be at this fight. His fists were preoccupied knocking a goon on his ass when the sharp zing of sharpened metal cut close to his ear. His spidey senses hadn’t gone off, warning him of the impending sword, and when he jut his chin back to check who was behind him, he knew why. They never went off when he was around Wade anymore, because he wasn’t in danger around him.

That didn’t stop the anxiety that flooded his chest cavity a second later, however. He had gotten close to making a smartass comment so they could commence their banter that took place during every fight, when the memory of who he was under the mask- who Wade was now acquainted with- hit him hard.

Shit.

“You weren’t planning to keep a good fight like this from bad ol’ me, were you? Spidey, I’m shocked!” Wade greeted as he kicked back one of the men running at him with a bat, slicing the object in two. He’d gotten pretty good at the injuring and the take-downs without the actual murder. Peter grunted in response, maintaining his focus on jabbing, webbing, and jumping out of the way when his instincts called for it. “And here I was, hoping I’d see that tight butt come swinging past me tonight.”

“Not now.” Peter muttered, ducking just in time to miss getting his skull bashed in by a dude with a crowbar. Why crowbars? Why were henchmen so obsessed with their crowbars?

“Aww, okay, I see. You’re mad at me. Was it for ditching you last night? Because I swear, I was doing good! See, there was this kid about to do a triple flip face plant into the asphalt behind my apartment, and I really wanted to make sure he was okay, ‘cause he was alone and it was late and stuff, and-”

“Can you not talk for like, a second?” Peter didn’t mean to use such an aggressive tone, especially not on Wade who deserved it the least, but hearing Wade talk about him to him when he didn’t even mean to… it was making his cheeks heat up in embarrassment. He slammed his knuckles into the jaw of one of the larger men surrounding him, receiving a crack in return. Oof, that would leave a bruise.

“Oooookay, Spider-ooni. I’ll let you focus.” Wade forfeited easily, catching a heavily swung and splintering 2 x 4 with his forearm.

Peter released a satisfied sigh that he didn’t really mean, his lean body hopping out of the way of a kick to the side before he shot a web at the attacker’s face.

---

The fight only lasted another few minutes. The goons, that had decided to test their pride rather than flee the scuffle they were at a clear disadvantage in, ended up face-down on the pavement, hands bound in web-handcuffs, and with a few broken noses or crooked arms scattered among them. Peter had been a bit too forceful tonight, he could admit, but it had been hard enough to focus on reeling in his strength when there was someone else on his brain.

And then said man had showed up and blew his head right open.

They were currently kicked back on a vacant apartment balcony, Peter sitting on the rails while Wade stood a few feet away but very much present, pulling off his gloves to assess the extent of the blood stains on his armor. It was chilly, and Peter knew he’d have to head home soon, but he couldn’t really deny Wade’s invitation to hang out for a little bit after all he had done for him the night before.

Even if Wade didn’t know he was the same kid he’d been ‘saving.’.

“Soooo…” Wade cut into his thoughts, his voice drawing Peter’s attention back to the surface. He glanced over at his fighting partner, surprised to see his face aiming off somewhere else. Wade acting timid was an odd sight. “You okay?”

“Huh?” Peter’s stomach churned and he blinked, even if the action was hidden by lenses. “Yeah?” No. “Why?”

“You’ve been acting funny, that's all.” Wade shrugged, and tucked his arms up against the balcony to lean on the rails. “You avoided me like all last week.”

“What? No I didn’t.” Peter said defensively, confusion clear in his voice. He had been making his plans for days, and sure, that may have lead to him feeling too awkward to really hang around Wade, but they just hadn’t seen each other that was all.

He hadn’t made an effort to find him until that night, though, either.

Wade paused, as if he was thinking of responding but decided against it, before his tone changed and he seemed to drop it all together. “Well, it’s okay, I did a lil’ heroing on my own anyways.”

“Oh really?” Peter asked with awkward amusement, tucking his ankles between the vertical railings to keep his balance a little better.

“Yup. I stopped a kid from killing himself and I’ve been checking up on him every day. I figured you’d be proud of me since you like all that righteous stuff.”

“So you only did it to impress me?” Peter asked flatly.

“What? No no no, Spidey, I did it because I didn’t wanna watch another good person die alone. Plus, if he was like bad or something I wasn’t gonna try very hard, but he was really hot- which I know, is totally shitty to think since he was getting ready to dive, but he just seemed like a depressed nerd and I guess that might kinda be my type. Actually, that’s not entirely true, because I like when someone can make me laugh, and long walks on the beach, and...”

Peter felt a tinge of jealousy in his stomach at his description of the boy he’d saved, which was ridiculous, considering it was him. He tuned out of Wade’s ramblings and squeezed tighter onto the railing, feeling the metal bending under his fingers. Maybe it was better to keep his identities secret. After all, Wade seemed so proud of himself for ‘helping’ Peter. Was it worth taking that away? He could just avoid Wade in his personal life. The man would give up if he realized his efforts weren’t being reciprocated and Peter stopped serving as entertainment.

That’s probably all he was. Charity fused with an audience.

“...But I guess that’s why I dated that crazy chick two years ago. She had a super cute face but she was also obsessed with ending the patriarchy and killing men. I think she stabbed me a few times in my sleep, too. But I guess crazy and crazy make a great match. Even if we ended pretty badly.”

“I think I’m gonna head back.” Peter announced, tucking his toes underneath himself until he was stood on the fence. Wade straightened, looking up at him inquisitively from the balcony floor. “I have an early morning.”

“We’ll meet up tomorrow night, though, right?” Wade asked hopefully.

“We’ll see.” Peter murmured, before he shot web fibers off into the dark and took off with a leap.

[jess-oh]

Reflection

Dear journal,

Hey! I do really want to get better at doing this. I really do.

I am currently at Norris on a Wednesday and I’m glad I got to spend time with Johnathan, P. Josh, Johnny, Daniel Bang, and David today. And Joy stopped by earlier too to say hi! But I must admit that a small part of me feels a bit lonely and hurt. 

P. Josh and David are both going to volleyball today which is great and im happy for them but they didnt invite me but did invite Johnny. Johnny decided not to go but I was kind of hurt they didnt want to invite me. I’m assuming it’s because they end late and it’d be hard for me to get home later. A part of me wanted to say yes and go with them or even ask if i could but I also know that I do have a lot of homework and reading to do. So I decided not to say anything.

I know I have a lot of homework to work on so I purposefully didn’t have a lot of fun today and tried to just focus. I thought everyone else would just want to study too but I guess they wanted a mix of both. Which makes sense. But when I first got here, I studied with Johnathan and eventually once he finished his work, he got up and sat with his other friends and had a gr9 time with them. I just kept studying but I felt kinda bad. Like my company wasn’t good enough. 

And I played smash with P. Josh and Johnny which was fun and I definitely could’ve left sooner after a few games to sit alone on the ground floor again in case someone wanted to come join/study with me. I really want to be here for them. To live life with them. So they know if they need someone to talk to, I’m here. I don’t want them to feel burdened to hangout with me but I just want them to know that I am here and willing to be with them. And just having fun and playing smash...I feel took away from that. Time I could’ve spent being available upstairs was wasted having fun downstairs. And I know it’s important for me to get along well with P. Josh and Johnny too, especially since I’ll be serving with them a lot closer next year but...still. I know I could’ve done better. But I also just didn’t want to be alone. I didn’t want to ditch company that I already had. I didn’t want to choose to be alone again.

I thought if I just kept this mentality, it would be easy to do this and in some ways it has been. Commuting 1 - 1.5hrs is fine. But I didn’t realize the toll it would emotionally take on me. To feel unwanted. This is definitely something I need to pray about and something I want to continue doing but I do feel a bit discouraged. I’m just gonna keep hoping things get better. God, I trust you. Please just take control because I cannot do this by my own strength. I really can’t. Thank you, God.

I could just choose to go home now but I want to stay to (1) be here in case anyone needs someone to talk to and (2) so I can focus and concentrate and finish my homework! I just associate my apartment with rest now since I’m rarely ever home anyway. But because of that, it’s a lot harder to find the motivation to get any work done. And I do want to be a good student and really try with my philosophy and IP class. Really. 

It’s important to be here and really try and live life with the church but it’s also important to be a good student and diligently engage in my studies! I want to glorify God in any way that I can and that includes this. 

I can never tell if I’m being too hard on myself or not hard enough. Oh well.

I’m really hoping Joyce drops by during her 7-8pm window though I know it’s unlikely. If anyone comes from now to 10pm, I would honestly be really happy. But it seems pretty unlikely at this point. I just want to make the best use of this time and really focus on my homework! I need to read about 20 more pages for my IP class and I’m not sure how many for MBQ. But I also at least want to start researching for my IP thesis as well so that I have something ready and prepared for class tomorrow! 

And then tomorrow, I need to finish my layouts for Website Design II and turn those and help out with the Lunar New Year event after class. Hopefully it isn’t too much! I would prefer not to go to the Lunar New Year event but because I am well and able and I’m a board member, I feel as though I should take responsibility and help do my portion.

I’m really debating on whether or not I should rejoin as a board member next year because I don’t even do that much as a board member, tbh. And with Ally, Mitch, and Wes, I think they’ll be in a good place. I want to focus more on church, especially during my last year. But I’m also worried I’m cutting off my ties with the people at school and investing maybe too much into church. I think having a balance is important and of course, being close with everyone at church is important but I also don’t want to be alone and/or lose my community at school either. It’s tough though bc my school community is so lacking in terms of faith and being Christ-centered. I would much rather spend time with people who can challenge my faith. But I’m also worried I’ll just end up alone. And I don’t know if P. Josh and/or the NU kids could understand that bc they have such a powerful Christian community at their respective schools/ministries. It is discouraging, I think. 

I also keep wanting to address my MAST concerns with P. Josh but I always flake out. I have a whole list ready but I always make up excuses in my head to not bring it up. I’ve just been afraid to speak up or say anything recently. And I kind of hate it. It’s important to listen and stand down but now I’m just afraid. 

I do think it would be important to tell him about this though. Because honestly, it has been getting increasingly harder to keep up with this and do this. But this was conviction I had and commitment I wanted to make. And I do really want to keep up with it as much as I can. But I also don’t know if I’m starting to just do it out of a sense of pride than willingness to actually do this for the Lakeview community. I do genuinely want everything I do and say to come from a place of love and that has been lacking in what I do recently. I admit it. But I do want it to come from that place. I don’t want it to be something I just brag about or take pride in. But I want to very humbly do this for the chance that I may be able to help others. And just trust that God would use me to help them in some way, shape, or form. It might not be in some amazing way and it might only be one person. But regardless, that should be enough for me. And I do want it to be. So God, this is my desperate cry and plea to you. Please just take over. Please create in me a clean and pure heart so that I may wholeheartedly serve with everything that I am for your Kingdom and glory.

Amen.

[alxxkim]

December 2

I’m currently listening to Overwhelming while eating candy corn Jin got me for my bday (so its been a month and yet) and I feel like I have a lot to say that I don’t have someone to tell to all in one sitting so here it goes. A few weeks ago I decided to stay at Biola for the spring but now I am having second thoughts. I am WAY happier at school away from my family/house and the thought of living at home 24/7 aka how summer was aka hell makes me actually want to kill myself. I really hope that there’s a chance Karina and I both go to Fullerton so we can have a place together.  It sounds so fantastical but also just imagining how amazing my life would be is just all I am looking forward to. I think that I am going to end up enrolling late and not get any classes I want because people have already signed up for classes and most are full lo l but yeah. I am suffering from writer’s block. I tried writing tonight and I actually started crying as I was singing but it just didn’t feel right. I really want to write songs that I can 100% sing-cry to and make it feel so right. I just haven’t found it yet.I wonder how Jon Bellion wrote these songs haha. His lyrics are just so fucking wholesome and relevant to so many aspects of my life. Listening to him tho makes me feel so fucking confused cause the first time I saw him, I was “happy” and brown haired and dating John and the last time I saw him in September I was black haired, single, and broken. I still am those three things. Work has taken over my life again.  I am scheduled Friday-Sunday for the next 2 weeks and as $$ as that made me think I was be, honestly it just doesn’t feel worth it right now. Granted, when I get paid, I will probably feel otherwise.  I’ve been telling myself and others that I am okay with things with John. I honestly can’t fucking tell what I am.  I obviously miss him. I am doing fine without him, I will keep doing fine without him, but I miss having that person. I guess it’s slowly transitioning to the point where you miss the feelings and not the actual person. But just typing that made me realize how false that is. I miss John a lot. He was so funny and caring and loved me so much. I honestly think I can now realize that he loved me just as much as I loved him. And I loved him so fucking much. Just being next to him made everything okay.  The night my mom found an empty cartridge in my room and messaged me about it asking and I thought I was done for, and all I did was just cry, John was just there and as terrified as I was, I was okay because of him.  I think its because its December and the holidays are coming and last winter was probably one of the best parts of my life so far. My 6 week winter break was full of shabu, Fiona, my new polaroid, and just freedom. I was so happy I had Sen Nick and Tyler. I was so happy I had my friends at home. Everything was just so nice. And I had the plan to go to slo with Faith before break ended, and it was just so nice. I miss that feeling of being so excited to see John again. As hard and fucking unfair the distance was being with him obviously made it worth it.  I wish I realized how unhappy John was.  But there’s nothing I could’ve done.  And I need to accept that so that I can stop hating myself for not being better.  Maybe I need to take the next semester off.  Maybe I just need to find new things I could enjoy. I don’t think I want to go to Disneyland next week with my family. My sister isn’t talking to me again. I feel like the family is broken again but its just with me. I’m slowly turning back into the person I was during the summer. There are so many people in my past that I want to rekindle things with and just fucking get a meal to catch up, but I can never do that. I don’t want to talk about John I don’t want to talk about how unhappy and depressed I am.  But I am so tired of pretending like everything is okay. I feel like deleting all social media again. Looking on insta after shifts is just shit because I just feel this urge to fucking post but i have nothing to post because I spent my night inside working. Last night was really fun though. I got off work at around 11 I think and came home and showered and was just going to be on my phone for hours till I was okay enough to sleep. I knew Shin wanted to fuck haha but I told him that I felt like shit so he called me and asked what was up and why I’m depressed.  He actually listened even though I was barely telling him everything because then he would probably think I’m insane if he doesn’t already but yeah he told me to just focus on things I love and that it really helps. It’s so admirable how much he loves working out and playing basketball. But yeah we talked for nearly an hour until he decided to get me and I came outside when he said he was here and as I walked out i noticed he was outside walking to me and he gave me a hug and we drove behind Target and sat there for maybe like 30 min just talking and listening to jbel and the script LOL HE SANG THIS ONE SONG SO FUCKING LOUD he said hes never sung that loudly in front of anyone before hahaha i wish i knew what song it was but i will cause he plays it daily. i just hate asking so im gonna have to snake a peek at his phone the next time it plays. my toes were rlly cold and so he started warming my right foot with his hands and blew air into them a lot haha it was so cute and he gave me a dank ass fucking foot massage holy shit. it hurt like a bitch but in the best way possible. my feet/ankles are always so fucked when i work. so it was especially dank. I also didn’t wear makeup and he said I look better without makeup haha i was like ooooooooooooooooooooook but rlly yeah i was happy he said that especially because I’ve been wearing makeup daily because I just hate myself without it. But that day I had a bare face and actually felt okay. He kissed me and he kept saying how he loves kissing me so much. Omg and we made out to jon b like im sorry but it was fucking amazing. ok we also fucked to him too HAHAHAHA  And then kevin told us to cruise outside cydni’s house cause him paul and esther were smoking so we went and as we pulled up, paul looked at us through his open window and we both laughed in the same explosive way HAHAHAHAH and they told us to shut the fuck up jk they just sushed us ahahahah omfg. it was just too gold. i really don’t want to ever smoke in front of shin again but yeah I couldn’t just say no to weed haha so we hit a piece which burned the shit out of my throat and I was pretty faded I guess and shin kept coughing cause we werent hotboxing the car but it was still potent and i felt bad :( and he was like IS SECONDHAND FADED A THING hahahaha and esther had her juul so i hit that and then we left the car to smoke and i smoked a stoog. oh yeah so immediately after we got out of the car to walk to their car in the beginning, we were just standing outside their car as they were sitting inside and shin like immediately took off his jacket (the warm flannel we got at pacsun whom he loves) and gave it to me even tho he was wearing a tshirt and shorts ugh. i took it off before smoking cause i didn’t want it to  smell so he put it back on and he was like “you can wear it once youre done smoking” haha. and he offered to give it back on the way back to his car but i said i was ok. then on the drive to my house i stuck my body out the window to vent out the smell LOL and it was cold as fuck but felt cool esp with shin’s crazy ass driving hahahahah and i was like i wish you had a sunroof and he was like “yeah thats my bad” and i was like NO BITCH IM NOT TRYING TO COMPLAIN ITS NOT UR BAD I MJSUT SAYING lol and shin has told me how much he hates smoking and the extent of it and how its so unattractive to kiss someone whos smoked so im like welp but as i was getting out of the car he was like yeah fuck u u smell i aint kissing you and i made a pout as i was getting out and he was like no wait and he kissed my cheek hehe. and before that he asked if i was feeling better and i said yes and thanked him and he said yeah of course anytime in a tone like ofc bitch. haha i love when he kisses my head T^T but yeah i came home around 4:40 or however long it took to get to my house and I was happy and hickey’d up and i was just so happy we ended up doing that. 

i slept right before 7am and woke up like 11 so yeah i barely slept which is probably why i felt so off today. but i just stayed in bed till my hair cut which was at 2 and kathy was so shocked to see i cut my bangs LOL going on and on about how i never wanted bangs and then i do it and i WISH I DID NOT TRIM THEM LAST WEEK CAUSE THEYRE SO SHORT NOW CAUSE THEY WERE SO UNEVEN AND I LOWKEY HATE MY HAIR AND I WISH I DIDNT GET IT CUT SHORT UGH I FUCKING HATE MY LIFE but im gonna work with it and we’ll see.  I wanna change my hair color again but idk what to change it to.  Then i went to emily’s and we picked up at unity and smoked and caught up and she was doing her interior design homework and i had to leave cause of work which sucked cause i just wanted to actually hang out but i covered shin’s shift today cause he spent all day studying so im glad i got to help him out and if it were anyone else’s shift i would’ve hated myself lol. but he didn’t call me until like 1 or something but i knew he would call eventually and he said he wanted to finish his work early so we could’ve hung out but he has way too much and so we just talked but i could barely talk cause my bitchass sister always fucking goes off about how inconsiderate i am so yeah lmao but yeah and i told him i got off work early to which he said he knew cause i got home around 11 and i ate and he calculated it and theres no way i couldve eaten after getting off at 10:30 and got home HAHAH like he cared enough to think about that.... and then i told him i have work tomorrow 11:30-5 and he said then maybe he’ll come bring me boba 

i dont expect him to but maybe he will im so fucking over work

i cant believe its already sunday tomorrow and i have to go back to school for chapel i think.  fucking kill me. i just want to have free time

[elliotthezubat]

DEATH CITY DAYS CHAPTER 48

hotel investigations, guilds, and spider zombies

Customer #1: "Th-Thanks..." *looks afraid of Johannes's smile* metsu: *watches as they leave* Johannes: "See? My friendly smile got that purchase!" *then he holds up--* "And their wallets!" metsu: O_O Johannes: *looks through one* "Woo! This guy has some ugly kids--" -she returned their wallets and apologized for the doctor's behavior- Jeje: -_-;;; "How should we punish him?" metsu:..leave him up there for a few more minutes... Jeje: *nods* "I hope we tied the ropes well enough--" Johannes: ._.; "LET ME DOWN!" -elsewhere- Kid: *purr* stocking: *petting his head as he lays in her lap* Kid: "How was it?" stocking: welllll i dunno~ Kid: *mock-pouts* "Oh~? Something lacking?" stocking: *smoooch* hehe, how does it feel to be on the other end of the joke~? 7w7 Kid: "Hee hee...When it's you, I don't mind being on either end." stocking: *smirks and kisses him* Kid: *smooch, hugs her* "You're amazing..." *pats her side* -elsewhere- atsushi: TTwTT rip wallet... Kyoka: "...There is a crepe truck. I want a crepe." atsushi: ok... TTuTT Kyoka: *takes the crepe* "...You look scrawny." *holds up crepe to him* "Have a bite." atsushi: !!.... Q_Q *sad nom* Kyoka: "Not that much. You'll eat all of my crepe." atsushi: s-sorry....so...did you want to go anywhere else? Kyoka: *has been walking with him, and points to a building* "I want to go there." atsushi: ?...... !!!!! *It's a police station* atsushi: kyouka, if you go there, they'll- Kyoka: "I will be executed. If I return to the mafia, I am dead. So, I am here at the police station. My existence is a crime." atsushi: but you cant throw your life away like this! Kyoka: "I killed 35 people. Let me go." atsushi: but- ???: "There you are..." atsushi: ? *turns to see*.... !!!! *STAB* atsushi: !!!! *coughing blood* Kyoka: "?!!!" ???: " 'Executed'? Hardly...Because you accomplished our mission." Kyoka: "...Aku...tagawa..." Akutagawa: *stares at Atsushi* "Man-Tiger...You are mine." atsushi: *cough* Akutagawa: "She was the bait to draw you out, you beast. The tracker on her brought you where we needed you..." *A truck appears, its doors opening* atsushi: *passes out* Akutagawa: *clutches Kyoka's head* "Home..." -elsewhere- Yohei: *rocking Toru to sleep* toru: zzzz... chie: *smiles* he looks just like you. Yohei: *smiles* "He has your eyes...and smile..." chie: ^^ Yohei: *smiles at Chie* "You and I created this life..." -elsewhere- Relan: "Zzz..." -elsewhere- ox: *on the phone*....oh....i see...right...*hangs up*....*slams fist against the all* son of a BITCH!! Harvar: "?! Ox?" ox: *wipes eyes*....mom's getting worse... Harvar: "...I'm sorry...Did the doctor elaborate?" ox: she's becoming less responsive....*trying not to cry* Harvar: "..." *hand on his shoulder* ox: i dont know how long she can keep going...i just...wish i could make this easier on her... Harvar: "As any child would...You have to trust the doctors..." ox: im trying to...i really am.... Harvar: "...I think you should try to be with her..." ox: that's what i was thinking... -elsewhere- Yumi: *sipping tea* marie: this is nice. *smiles* Yumi: "Yes..It's good to see you looking well." marie: you as well. hard to believe christa's 2 already... Yumi: "They grow up faster than expected..." marie: i know...i wanna find a papa for her. Yumi: *small choke* "O- Oh? Um...M-M-Maybe focus on a father figure for her?" marie: yeah. someone who will take care of both us... Yumi: "..." *nods* "It is a challenge...Have you met men who already have children?" -elsewhere- Aizawa: "How's the newbie?" nemuri: he's adapting...sorta. Aizawa: "...Not the most encouraging verb. I suggest we help him 'adapt.'" *pulls out an airhorn* nemuri: O-O; Aizawa: *looks around for him* -elsewhere- Arthur: *yawn...* *turns over* -LOUD AIRHORN- Arthur: "AAAAAH!" *falls forward* shinra: X'D and that is how you wake the sleeping knight. Relan: *stifling a laugh* Arthur: "..." *slowly gets up, glaring...* shinra: and here is the part where we run. Relan: ._. *already running* Arthur: "GET BACK HERE!" *takes off after them* maki: never a dull moment, eh? Relan: "Nope!" Arthur: "ARG!" *leaps forward* -elsewhere- Kid: *sighs* stocking: u////u -early morning- atsushi: *regaining conscious* nnng....huh? where...am i? *He is in what looks like a metal crate* atsushi: *looks around*.....im not bound....*bump* *falls* ow!.... am i...moving? Kyoka: *in the front seat, clutching her rabbit doll...it has blood on it* atsushi: *looking around.* *The truck looks to have crates...some look opened* atsushi: *looks around at the crates* *One crate has blood...and claw marks* atsushi: O-O; *Another crate has a cell phone* atsushi: !!! *sends a texts to the ADA* Cell Phone: "..." <CHIRP> atsushi: hello? Kunikida: "WHERE ARE YOU?! WE DON'T PAY YOU OVER-TIME TO--" atsushi: i can explain! -atsushi explains the situation- Kunikida: "...Do you have the GPS turned on? What is your location?" atsushi: i dont know Q_Q but it's bumpy. Kunikida: "Obviously on the road." *pulls out a map* "At your present speed and the time, factoring in toll stops and red lights, you can be..." *circles around a radius* "...In a shit-ton of places." atsushi: TT~TT ....wait! we're stopping. *tries to look for a window* *Outside are mafiosos with guns* atsushi: O-O; *looks at a sign* -welcome to tombstone arizona!- Kunikida: "Brat! What do you see? Answer!" atsushi: we're in tombstone arizona. not sure for how long.... Mafioso: "I'm going inside to get a Big Gulp and take a whiz." Mafioso #2: "But then you'll need to take another whiz!" Mafioso #1: "...Anyone want anything inside?" atsushi: (thinking: think man, think!).... *notices claws*....ok, i hope what i've seen in comics is true... *tries cutting a hole into the side of the truck* *He's cutting a hole into the side...* atsushi: (thinking: success!) Kyoka: *in the front seat, glances at the side mirror...and spots Atsushi escaping* "!!!" atsushi: *trying to sneak up to her side, waving a bit* Kyoka: "..." *waves her bunny doll's paw back* atsushi: *looks around to make sure the coast is clear* *It is* atsushi: *sigh of relief and opens her side door* mafioso: i heard some guys were playing with a ouija board out here once. Kyoka: "You should not have done that. They will keep hunting you--" atsushi: *puts finger to lips to say 'shhh'* come on... Kyoka: "!!!" *shakes her head* "Let me die--" atsushi: im not going to do that. if you die, you wont be able to enjoy tofu anymore. Kyoka: "..." =\\\= "I suppose I am entitled to a last meal..." atsushi: *lifts her up and runs* Kyoka: "!!!" *clutching her doll* mafioso: yeah, and that's how mr mori got banned from stepping foot on the school grounds....hey, where did they go? Mafioso #1: *sipping on Big Gulp, then looks around* "...Oh, man. I'm glad I went first." mafioso 3: guys? we got a problem.... oh man, the boss is gonna kill us for this... Akutagawa: "Understatement." -elsewhere- atsushi: *checking phone GPS for a way back to death city* Kyoka: "...Why did you...?" atsushi: well...i didnt want you to throw your life away...*panting from heat* just...just cause you did something bad...doesnt make you a bad person...i dont think... and b-besides....death city...is a city of second chances...right? Kyoka: "...Where people face Death..." *fans herself* atsushi: *looking at road signs* Kyoka: "...Walking won't get us there any time soon." atsushi: *tries to call kunikida to give them a ride* *Low tower signal* atsushi: TT~TT of course.. Kyoka: "Perhaps if you were taller, you could get a better signal?" *shrug* atsushi: *looks around and sees a rock* aha! *climbs onto it* Kyoka: "..." *looks up* "Did it improve your signal?" atsushi: *checks phone* Kyoka: *looks around...does not see any cars* "..." atsushi: yes! *dials* hello? kunikida? we're on the road somewhere neeear....tombstone outskirts? Kunikida: *static* "Tombstone? Okay, we're on our way. Do you remember the--" *static* atsushi: OH COME ON! *tries to get the signal back* Kyoka: "..." *has dug a hole in the ground* atsushi: what are you doing? Kyoka: "Digging my grave." atsushi:....well arent you a ball of sunshine? TTuTT Kyoka: "No, I am a tiny blob of skin, bones, and regrets. ... I could dig a grave for you as well, if you like." atsushi: ...we-.... !!!!! Akutagawa: "..." atsushi: ooooh fffffiddlesticks.... *picks up kyouka and her doll and runs like hell* Akutagawa: "I hate when they run..." Kyoka: "!!!" *holds onto Atsushi* Akutagawa: *sends a shadow tendril after Atsushi* atsushi: this is bad this is bad this is bad this is bad- *Tendril slips along Atsushi's ankle* atsushi: O_O; *Lifts Atsushi up* atsushi: woaH! O-O;;;; Kyoka: "Ah!" *holds onto Atsushi as--* *FLUNG* atsushi: oooow... @-@; that...really hurt. Kyoka: *face down in sand* -____-;;; Akutagawa: *calmly walks towards Atsushi...holding an umbrella* atsushi: *helping kyouka up* you ok? Kyouka: "I'm still alive. Which means I--!!! Look out!" atsushi: ?! *SLICE* atsushi: *screams* Kyoka: "No!" Akutagawa: *lifts up Atsushi* "Captured." atsushi: *coughing blood* kyou...ka...run... Kyoka: *frozen* "I-I can't. I have...to do what I'm told..." atsushi: *looks at akutagawa* what is it you want from me? Akutagawa: "Your death..." *holds sharp tendril to Atsushi's forehead* "The weak should get out of the way for the strong." atsushi: !!! *dodge* Akutagawa: *stab stab stab, trying to hit him* "Stand still, pussy cat." atsushi: (thinking: i just hope the agency finds us and soon....otherwise we really will be in those graves!) Kyoka: *clutching her doll, staring at this fight* "..." *whispers* "St-Stop..." Akutagawa: *slice slice slice* *something slips out of his pocket* Kyoka: "..." *spots it* "!!!" atsushi: ? *spots it* Akutagawa: "I will silence you--" *BANG* atsushi: ?! Akutagawa: "..." *coughs up a bit of blood* "My ability...shielded me from most of it...but..." *turns* Kyoka: *aims gun at Akutagawa* Akutagawa: "..." Kyoka: "Unhand...Atsushi...now." atsushi: kyouka- Akutagawa: "..." *Akutagawa vanishes from sight* Kyoka: "?!" *CLUTCH* Akutagawa: *clutches Kyoka by the neck, lifting her up* atsushi: kyouka!! let her go! Akutagawa: "Do you know what the desert is like? Dry. Unforgiving. Here, your lungs burn with each breath, as you feel all life sap out of you. That is what existence is...The slow, daily release of whatever life you have within you. 'Demon Snow' will give you no relief here. It is carnage itself. You think someone like you can live outside the Mafia? No. That would be like trying to survive in the desert without water." *turns to Atsushi* "Man-Tiger, talk some sense into her..." atsushi: .... Akutagawa: "You have lived alone, Man-Tiger. Hated. A worm..." atsushi:....*wince* Akutagawa: “Kyoka...Return to the Mafia. Continue your carnage. Return water to the desert--bathe this world in blood. Otherwise, you are worthless. And that which is worthless--" Kyoka: "That which is worthless...has no right to live." Akutagawa: *smiles* "Yes." atsushi: ... Kyoka: "But..." Akutagawa: "???" atsushi: ?? Kyoka: "But...What is worthless...is still delicious. Like that crepe." atsushi: ah... -music can be heard not too far off- Akutagawa: "??? What now--" -a car is approching- Akutagawa: "?!" Kunikida: *leans out the car door...with a bazooka* atsushi: O-O;;;; where did he get that?! Kunikida: "Atsushi! Duck!" Kyoka: "..." Akutagawa: *tries to summon shield--* atsushi: wait! kyouka! Kyouka: *reaches out to Atsushi's hand* *BOOM* atsushi: ??!! *Smoke clears...Atsushi is collapsed on the desert...Kyoka is under him, shielded* atsushi: are you alright? Kyoka: "...Why did you do that?" atsushi: you said...the crepe was delicious... even when he said you didnt have a right to live... Kyoka: "..." *holds onto him* atsushi: ....*small smile*...here.... *hands her the doll* ...we'll wash it off when we get back to the agency. Kyoka: "...Okay. I--" *Growl* atsushi:...hungry? Kyoka: "...Yes. But I don't think that was me--" atsushi:...kunikida, can we get lunch on the way home? Kunikida: *looking around* "Yes...Where the devil did that monster go...?" -elsewhere, in a penthouse in new york- ???: "Those fools..." ???: well, since the mafia wont deliver...then we'll just have to pick it up ourselves, dont you agree? ???: "Agreed." *smiles* "Let's get to work..." -elsewhere- *Tsubaki's phone rings* tsubaki: hello? Mr. Tsubaki: "Hello!" tsubaki: *almost drops the phone* ah! w-wha-why are you calling me? i...*ahem* i wasnt expecting to hear from you... Mr. Tsubaki: "...I miss my family. I miss you." tsubaki:...did you want to talk to any of them? Mr. Tsubaki: "Of course!~" tsubaki: which one? Mr. Tsubaki: "I guess putting all of them on the phone would be too much...Start with Otogiri?" -and so- otogiri: are you behaving yourself? Mr. Tsubaki: *gasp* "I'm offended! Of course I have! ...Why, what have you heard?" otogiri: nothing. i just want to make sure c3 doesnt bother you...you still have work to do yet, dont you? Mr. Tsubaki: "Yes...in many ways..." -elsewhere- Kid: *whistles* -a few days later- Kyouka: "???" atsushi: zzzz..... Kyouka: "..." *puts a blanket over him* atsushi: zzzz... Kyouka: "..." *hug* -elsewhere- Touma: "I see we are all here..." yumikage: yeah, woop-de-doo. jun: *adjusts glasses* mafura: *staring at the fish tank* o.o Touma: "I want an update. How is work going on attracting the young man and Sloth?" yumikage: still a work in progress. Touma: "Progress faster." -elsewhere- Black Star: "You done in there?" -elsewhere- higuchi:....*outside akutagawa's room*...... gin:.....*worried*.... Akutagawa: *labored breathing* rain: how is he? higuchi:....he's alive... rain: ah... Tachihara: "Who the hell did it to him?" rain: im not sure....higuchi, you seem stressed....did you want to get something to drink? Higuchi: "..." *nods* "Something hard." -and so- rain: *hic* i hate that..ffuggin bastard! a-always..always making me do weird shit...and d-dont even get me started on that brat! s-she's a damn menace! Higuchi: TT_TT "I'm in pain..." *pats Rain's back* "What a mess..." Tachihara: *passed out under the table* rain: i-if it wussnt fer mr nakahara...i-ida-ida left thus damn job ages ago...*hic* Higuchi: "??? Youze want to make babies with Nakahottie?" rain: i wish! but im justa lowly errand gurl! h-he'z like...top 100 percent. i ju-ijust get stuck gettin dicked by the boss...a-an he duznt even find me good lookin...the fughin lolicon scumshit....TT_TT bartender: i think you girls had enough for tonight. why dont ya go home. get some rest. Higuchi: "Aw, come on." *eyes the Bartender* "Just one more for me and my friend?" mafioso: higuchi! the boss wants to see you. Higuchi: D: "Oh no! I'm not ready!" *grabs the bartender* "Black coffee, now!" bartender: alright! alright! jeez... Higuchi: *guzzles the black coffee, then tries to fix herself up* "H-How do I look?" -elsewhere- Mr. Tsubaki: *smiling* reimi: you seem to be in a good mood. Mr. Tsubaki: "Happy my family is largely okay..." =w= reimi: ah. how is everyone? Mr. Tsubaki: "Higan and Lavender are the same as usual, Sakuya...was a little passive aggressive. Naho is keeping an eye on Lilac. Shamrock...seems emo. And Otogiri is making sure I am behaving." reimi: ah..wait, what about the pink haired on...beruka? was it?? Mr. Tsubaki: "Hee hee...Belkia? He's still dating that new girl." reimi: new girl? Mr. Tsubaki: "Belkia had been interested in this girl obsessed with sugar, but then she married the Grim Reaper's son." reimi: ah. i see. i heard about that from tsukiyo. Mr. Tsubaki: *nods* "Quite an impressive wedding..." *sighs sadly* "Weddings..." -elsewhere- ochako: thank heavens for summer vacation. *chilling out at the local pool* Aoyama: "Oui! Quite relaxing." tsuyu: *swimming along casually* keron~... Iida: *squinting slightly without his glasses* momo: *chilling on a floaty bed* Izuku: *looking around* "Wait...Where is--?" ???: CANNON BALL!!! Izuku: D: Iida: ._. "What? What is happening?" -something surfaces to the water- Denki: *surfaces* jirou: of course... -_-; ???: "Almost there..." mina: *looks up*.... woah. Mineta: *his hand is just right above Mina...* ._.;;; -POW- -HOME RUN!- jirou: *hit him with a pool noodle* Mineta: *floaties fly off...and his swimtrunks land on Izuku's head* Izuku: "...Gross." -elsewhere- Kid: *sipping a cold lemonade* stocking: *sips* yummy~ Kid: *nods* "Just sweet enough." *offers a cookie* "...When do you go back to teacher training?" stocking: this fall. Kid: *smile* "Then I want to make this summer last as long as possible." stocking: *she smiles* Kid: "Anywhere you want to travel before summer ends?" -elsewhere- Relan: "Is this a good idea?" -elsewhere- himiko: *pokes her stomach* hehehe... ^^ Dabi: Q_Q mr compress: and this is why you use protection. Dabi: *glares* "I'll remember that when I'm riding that ass..." Kurogiri: "Himiko, may I help you?" -elsewhere- Dazai: "..." rain: *opens the door* Dazai: "..." *friendly smile* rain: *goes over to undo dazai's cuffs* Dazai: "Oh? What provokes this action?" rain: dont think im doing this for you. im just doing this to spite my boss. Dazai: "I'm sure it's still a little bit for me~" *winks* "Thanks." rain:......i-if you run into mr nakahara on your way out...p-please dont tell him i did this... ._. Dazai: "It'll be our little secret~" rain:...thank you. Dazai: "Hope this place is as I remember it...Any advice how to leave?" -elsewhere- Yosano: "Time to heal..." -screams can be heard- atsushi: O-O;;; Kyouka: *hiding behind doll* Kunikida: *organizing files* naomi: big brother! are you ok?! Tanizaki: "F-Fine!" *steps back* -elsewhere- Tsukiyo: "I'm...almost there!" *struggling* "Just a bit higher..." -elsewhere- toru: *splashing in the kiddy pool* io: ^o^ Tool: "Enjoying it, kiddos?" mana: seems like it. lin: we're home! Emine: *carrying bags from the mall* "...What is that tiny water tub?" mana: tuhl got the kiddy pool out for the kids. Emine: "...I never got to play in a 'kiddy pool.'" mana: no one's stopping you. but i recommend waiting till the kids are done... Emine: "But I have a bad deed to do..." -elsewhere- Shamrock: "Okay, doing laundry. Get your baskets out here." -and so- Shamrock: *puts a basket in--and pulls out a military jacket* "???" Sakuya: "Yo, don't get bleach on that." Shamrock: *pulls out a Hello Kitty tank top* naho: ^^ Shamrock: *pulls out leggings* himawari: thank you..... Shamrock: "Um...Yes, of course." *smiles--as he then pulls out scarves...tied to scarves...tied to a pair of panties* "???" Belkia: "Hey! Don't get that in my magic scarves!" naho:....those arent mine.... lavender: not mine... Shamrock: "???" Belkia: "..." *light bulb* ^\\\\^;; "Whoops! Sorry, gals! Um...Get those washed, I'll return them, then..." naho: gross. Shamrock: *pulls out boxers with stars all over them* tsubaki: black*star, come get your boxers! Black Star: "Oh, shit, I was wondering where those were!" *runs down in his pajama pants* tsubaki: careful you dont trip! Black Star: "Wha--?" *TRIPS* -later- Black Star: -____- tsubaki: you really should be careful... Black Star: "So embarrassing...Tripping over my pajama pants..." tsubaki: on the bright side, you didnt break anything... Black Star: "True...Just bruised my pride." ^^; tsubaki: ^^ *smooch* Black Star: ^\\\^ *smooch* tsubaki: ^^ Black Star: *rests hand on her cheek* "Thanks." tsubaki: *hugs* Black Star: *holds her, kisses her cheek* Black Star: *cuddle* -elsewhere- Benimaru: "Thanks for joining me. It's been awhile since we've talked at the baths." kabuki: it's not a problem. Konro: *nods* "It'll be good to relax a bit after all this work...Kabuki was interested how you were." kabuki: how've you been? both of you. Konro: *sliding into the water, letting out a sigh* "Heh...Feeling my age." Benimaru: *smiles* "Better." kabuki: ah. i've been well myself. Benimaru: "What have you been up to?" -elsewhere- ox:...*sigh* well, she's doing better now... Harvar: "Hey, that's good..." ox: yeah, knock on wood. Harvar: *nods* "...You need something to eat?" ox: yeah. Harvar: "Okay..." *pulls some chicken from the fridge* "...You're a good son." ox:...*smiles* thanks.... Harvar: *nods* "Of course." *cleaning the chicken* "Want it seasoned?" ox: sure. Harvar: *pulls out the flavors* "...You know...You're..." ox: hmm? what is it? Harvar: "...You're a good person." ox:....thanks harv. Harvar: "..." *nods, continues cooking* -elsewhere- Sakuya: *in a skirt* "..." otogiri:...that's a nice look for you. Sakuya: "Shamrock got everyone's clothes mixed up..." -_-; *looks at Naho* naho: *in sakuya's hoodie*... nice and warm... lilac:.....*in a dress* naho: D8 its too cute! Sakuya: "Still works, though, Lilac." lilac:....t-thank you.... Higan: *in Belkia's suit* "???" lavender: *in higan's shirt* it wouldnt have been the first time.... tsubaki:....i think shamrock might be having a mental breakdown... Black Star: ._.; "This is the weirdest clothing swap ever..." Belkia: *in panties* "...I'm okay with this." naho: EW GROSS, BELBEL! Belkia: "..." *adjusts his panties* "I don't know whose these are, but I'm keeping them." himawari:...oh...ok.... Shamrock: *re-enters the room...in a bathrobe* "..." T_T tsubaki: feeling better? Shamrock: *shakes his head* tsubaki:...did you want to talk about it? Shamrock: *nod nod* "I just...feel useless." tsubaki:...you're doing your best. Shamrock: "...Not good enough, though. How did I give you all the wrong clothes?" tsubaki: maybe it's the stress?.... Shamrock: "How do I address stress?" -elsewhere- Mr. Tsubaki: *in fox form, lying in grass* =w= reimi:.... ?? *notices two people in the distance* Mr. Tsubaki: *looks at Reimi* "???" *turns* "...!!!" *runs towards them, like a puppy* Shamrock: *shiny eyes, holds out his arms...* Mr. Tsubaki: *leaps...* reimi: *watches* Mr. Tsubaki: *leaps...past Shamrock, towards Tsubaki* Shamrock: D:< tsubaki: ah! *knocked over* Mr. Tsubaki: *licks her face, nuzzles against her* tsubaki: >///< !! Shamrock: X_Q *standing next to Reimi* "Hi again..." tsubaki: down boy, down! Mr. Tsubaki: "???" *licks her face once more* tsubaki: p-people are watching! jeez. >///<; Mr. Tsubaki: *looks up at the crowd...* .\\\\. *hops off her, sits in front of her like an obedient dog* tsubaki: ^^; fang-hua: he's surprisingly feral for a kitsune... Shamrock: "...May we go inside?" tsubaki: good idea... Mr. Tsubaki: *whimper, pawing at her leg to be picked up* -inside- Shamrock: *looks around* "Oh...This is...peaceful." reimi: here we are, home sweet home. tsubaki: *she smiles* Mr. Tsubaki: *back in human form, dressed in his usual attire, smiling widely* .w. "I'm so glad you are here." *looks at Shamrock* "Both of you." Shamrock: x\\\\o tsubaki: likewise. reimi: want anything to drink? Shamrock: "...Do you have any local beverage?" reimi: we have green tea, or sake if you want some. Shamrock: "...Green tea. To start." Mr. Tsubaki: "And for you, Tsubaki?" *smiles* tsubaki: the same. Mr. Tsubaki: ^^ "I'll get some green tea for us all..." Shamrock: "...Reimi? Is he happy here?" reimi: he seems to be...though some nights, i can tell he's lonely... Mr. Tsubaki: *not hearing, busy making tea* Shamrock: "..." reimi: ...shamrock. what is he like? i still feel like i dont know anything about him... Shamrock: "...He saves people. He reaches out to those hurt, thrown away by the world...He is a good man who loves others so much that he doesn't want to put them at risk." reimi:....*smiles* that's good to know.... Shamrock: "..." *glances at Tsubaki* tsubaki: ......*faking a smile* Mr. Tsubaki: *enters with tea* "Enjoy!" tsubaki: thank you for the drinks. *sips* Shamrock: *sips as well* "Hmm...Reimi, these are good green tea leaves." reimi: thanks. konro harvested them. Shamrock: "Who?" reimi: he's the company commander of the 7th brigade. Shamrock: "Oh. So, you know these brigade people rather well?" Mr. Tsubaki: "I've tended to their injuries." *smiles at Tsubaki* "I've done a lot of treatment." reimi: mmhmm. plus sister kirei and commander benimaru are together~ Shamrock: "Oh? The commander has a wife?" Mr. Tsubaki: .\\\. *glances at Tsubaki* reimi: well, technically they're dating. but who knows~ Mr. Tsubaki: "Y-Yeah...Who knows..." Shamrock: "??? Anyway...Um...Reimi, how is the sake?" -elsewhere- Victor: *opens a cabinet* "Huh. I guess we did have extra salt..." -elsewhere- Jacqueline: "Oh, come on!" kim: what happened? Jacqueline: "The cable keeps going out..." -elsewhere- Yumi: *tense* lord death: *rubbing her shoulders* Yumi: =w= "Ahh...Right there..." lord death:... 7w7 *smooch on the earlobe* Yumi: *small groan* "Yes..." -elsewhere- ???: *approaches Marie* "Excuse me, ma'am?" marie: hmm? yes? christa: gubu? ???: "I saw this little lady dropped this..." *holds up Christa's plushie* marie: oh! thank you! christa: *hugs the doll* ???: "No problem...Well, have a good day..." *turns* marie: ... who exactly are you? christa: >8[ *throws her binkie at him* ???: "Ouch!" *laughs* "Strong arm!" marie: ^^; christa, that wasnt very nice. ???: "Quite alright." *holds out a hand* "Taishi Touma. A pleasure to meet you, Mrs.--" marie: mjolnir. and also, it's miss. Touma: "Oh. Sorry. I had thought--I mean...Heh. Pardon my assumptions..." marie: it's fine. Touma: "...Say...Are you busy?" marie: well- yumikage: hey teach! whats up! Touma: "..." *turns to look* marie: hmm? oh, yomika. i wasnt expecting you here. yumikage: eh, i was in the area. so who's this lil munchkin? christa: ^o^ marie: this is my daughter christa. yumikage: aint she adorable. hey there. christa: ^w^ Touma: "..." -elsewhere- Shamrock: *sipping the sake* xw= Mr. Tsubaki: *offers some to Reimi* reimi: im good. Mr. Tsubaki: *offers some to Tsubaki* tsubaki: i really shouldnt. Mr. Tsubaki: "Just one sip? It is tasty." -elsewhere- Medusa: ._. "...My eyes..." shaula:.....dude holy shit.....this is....wow. Ponera: *hiding behind Grimoire* "No no no no--" grimoire:..... O_____O milia: *has fainted* kinuta:....my words have failed me.... pandora: what? it's just a little blood. Mad!Kid: *disheveled...bloody...* "..." Ponera: "WE NEVER AGREED TO THIS! Medusa, Shaula! Administer first aid!" Medusa: -_____- beatrice: *has the med kit out* kinuta:...oh god his guts are.....*trying not to vomit* Mad!Kid: "..." *collapses* "D-Do you love it, S-Stocking?" milia: EEEEW HIS BLOOD IS GETTING ON MY SHOES!! Nals: *picks up Milia* pandora: ugh, you're all such cowards. do you want me to heal him for you? Medusa: "Yes!" pandora: alright... -closing up the wounds, though the scars remain- Medusa: "...Yikes." pandora: there, good as new...more or less. Mad!Kid: *unconscious...breathing...* -elsewhere- Kid: Q~Q stocking: *hugs him* Kid: *shudders* "Just felt strange..." stocking:....hmm... Kid: "I felt cold...and like my skin was coming off..." stocking:...*rubs his back* Kid: *sighs, relaxing a bit more* "Thank you..." stocking: any time. Kid: *yawns, lies back* -elsewhere- Giovanni: *speaking on the phone* "Yes...I know." ryuuko:....*listening, keeping out of sight* Giovanni: "...You are certain? ...Very well. I will proceed." ryuuko:.....(thinking: what are you planning...?) Giovanni: *hangs up, stands to exit the room* -elsewhere- Shamrock: *tipsy* "I just realized something..." tsubaki: um....are you ok? Shamrock: "All of us, in this room...are in love with _that guy_!" *points at Mr. Tsubaki* reimi: what? oh no no no! that's not what's happening here! tsubaki: e-eh?! Mr. Tsubaki: .\\\\\. "Ts-Tsubaki, I swear! Reimi and I are just friends! Vampire and subclass--" reimi: what he said! tsubaki: i believe you. ^^; Mr. Tsubaki: *sigh of relief, smiles at Tsubaki* Shamrock: "But there is only one person who recibro--recipicates--recipitates--reciprocates! And that's because Tsubaki and young master love each other!" *sniff* tsubaki: e-eh?! O-O;; Mr. Tsubaki: .w.; "...You do?" tsubaki: um...w-w-well....uh.... i-its complicated... Mr. Tsubaki: *happy smile* tsubaki: *sweats* sham, i think its time we went home now... Shamrock: X_TT *sniff* "At least I know young master has someone he really needs, to protect him, to watch over him--and to give him tiny baby young masters..." *sobs, onto Reimi's shoulder* tsubaki: shamrock. time to go home now! *drags him off.* Mr. Tsubaki: "Um...Maybe he should stay the night? Sleep this off?" -and so- tsubaki: and that's what all happened... *sighs*..... Shamrock: *snoring* Black Star: *sighs* " 'Complicated' is right..." tsubaki:.....*sighs* .....i didnt want to hurt his feelings.....but its hard. Black Star: *nods* "...I'm sorry. This isn't fair to you. You have some creepy insane stalker after you...and you're just, I don't know, trying to keep him from losing his shit?" tsubaki: ..... i guess.... Black Star: "...Tsubaki..." *hugs* tsubaki:....*sniff* thank you... Black Star: *wipes away her tear, kisses her cheek* -elsewhere- Tsukiyo: *eating alone at ramen shop* kabuki: ....?? oh, hello tsukiyo. Tsukiyo: *in the middle of slurping up a noodle* .\\\. *slurp* "...Yo. How's it going?" kabuki: well. just got back from the onsen. you? Tsukiyo: "Alright. Just having dinner." (" 'Onsen? =\\\\= ) kabuki: room for one more? Tsukiyo: "Sure!" *slides a bit to give him a seat* "Hungry?" -elsewhere- Yumi: *cuddle* -elsewhere- Takehisa: "I can't get this power coupler to work..." -elsewhere- Kyoka: "...You seem sad." atsushi: hmm? oh. im ok, really... -elsewhere- Mr. Tsubaki: =w= "She loves me..." -elsewhere- Dazai: *holding sign* "Death City or Bust" -there is a car coming up- Dazai: *waves* Chuuya: *smirk* Dazai: D: Chuuya: "A beautiful view...even better than the most expensive painting!" chuuya: DAZAAAAAAI! YOUR ASS IS GRASS!! Dazai: .__. "Crap crap...I didn't know the little guy could talk." chuuya: *pulls over and steps out* look at you, hitchhiking like a damn vagabond. i should take a photo to memorialize this. Dazai: "I may be a vagabond--but at least my hat isn't stupid." chuuya: D8< at least _im_ not babbling about suicide when im at the prime of my life! Dazai: " 'Prime of my life'? Dude, I know you wear that hat to hide your bald spot." chuuya: grrr, if circumstances were different, i'd have mowed you down long ago! Dazai: "I'm sure." *eyebrow wiggle* chuuya: O-O t-t-the hell is with that look? Dazai: "Simple--the homoeroticism is so thick you could cut it with a knife!" chuuya: D8< *smirks* f-fine then! you want to fight? then let's fight! *cracks knuckles* i'll just beat that smug look right off your stupid face! Dazai: *already in front of him--with a punch to Chuuya's ribs* chuuya: oof!...hehe..oh now we're talkin! Dazai: "I know all your moves, Chuuya..." chuuya: heh- *mega punches* Dazai: *knocked down to the asphalt--then bounces off of the asphalt three times before landing* chuuya: had enough already?! come on! i know you can do better than this! Dazai: "..." (flips back up) "Huh. Not surprising, seeing as you are such a skilled hand to hand fighter." chuuya: *smirks* Dazai: "Too bad you can't kill me. I just have to dodge and take the force of your sissy punches." chuuya: *twitch and jumps at him* Dazai: *dodges* "Funny...Wonder why she let me out... chuuya: ?? Dazai: "Maybe she likes me! Or maybe she wanted to give you an errand to get you away from your HQ." chuuya: who the hell are you talking about? Dazai: "Oh, nothing~ Just needed a distraction while I tied your shoelaces together." chuuya: D8< YOU SON OF A BITCH! Dazai: *push* chuuya: !! Dazai: "Have a nice trip!" chuuya: YOU SUCK!! Dazai: "Hey, I was your partner for so long, of course I know your moves." chuuya: *growls* Dazai: "D'aw, I hurt your feelings?" chuuya: *glaaare* h-hey! HEY! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING WITH THOSE KEYS?! Dazai: "Nice wheels! Thanks!" chuuya: D8< .... at least drive me back to death city, asshole! Dazai: "...Fine. But I got a price..." chuuya: alright, what the hell do you want? Dazai: "Leave the Detective Agency alone, $50...and your hat." chuuya: i leave the agency be, give you 45, and i keep the hat! Dazai: "Deal!" -elsewhere- Relan: "Where are the towels?" -elsewhere- Shamrock: *lying in bed, sipping black coffee* "..." *groans* lavender: feeling any better? Shamrock: "Slightly...That sake just hit me hard..." lavender: no kidding... Shamrock: "..." *sigh* "I don't think he was interested in seeing me at all." lavender:...that's rough, buddy. Shamrock: "...He is devoted to her, Tsubaki." lavender: *listening* Shamrock: "When she is there, he brightens. He is happy. Content. Melancholia itself finds in her...a home. He loves her, in his own insane way." lavender: ... Shamrock: "I can't give that to him...I can be his family, I can be his servant...But I can't gain his love." *sniff* lavender: ...*pats his back* Shamrock: "...I'm sorry I embarrassed myself." lavender: hey, it's all good. Shamrock: "I just want young master to be happy...and I think that means making Tsubaki happy." -elsewhere- Tsukiyo: =w= "That was one tasty meal. Thanks for the company." kabuki: it's not a problem...you seemed lonely... Tsukiyo: "...Yeah, I was. Fang-Hua is busy, Benimaru is otherwise engaged--in the 'busy' sense, not the 'wedding' sense." ^^; kabuki: ah. *nods* Tsukiyo: "...How about you? Were you lonely?" kabuki: i guess i was just wanting to do something nice for someone. *smiles* Tsukiyo: *smiles back* "Well, good deed done!" *playful soft slug at his arm* -elsewhere- Hyde: "Okay, what you want on your burger?" licht: melon. romina: steak! julian: c-can i just have a salad please? Hyde: "Salad, sure. And...Wait, melon on a burger? That's weirder than peanut butter." licht: did i fucking stutter? Hyde: -_-;;; "No, Melon Boy." licht: still tastes better than cheese. Hyde: "YOU TAKE THAT BACK!" -elsewhere- Black Star: *stretch* "I think I'm ready for sleep." tsubaki: yeah. it's been a long day. good night. -morning- Kid: *sighs* stocking: *making breakfast* Kid: *smiles* "Want some help...?" stocking: if you want, sure. ^^ Kid: *smiles* "Let me just get the salt for the eggs..." *reaches past her to grab the salt--kisses her cheek* stocking: hehe~ Kid: *helps her with the eggs, then slices up some fruit* "...Married life is great." -elsewhere- Tsukiyo: *inhales* "Another beautiful day~" -elsewhere- Dazai: "Approaching Death City..." chuuya: zzzzz...... Dazai: "..." *mischievious grin* chuuya: zzzzz..... Dazai: *parks the car...takes out a permanent marker* -later- Dazai: "Later!" chuuya: *face markered* .......you still suck! Dazai: "And you're without a belt!" *holds up his belt* chuuya: D8< *his pants fall, revealing heart print boxers* YOU SON OF A BITCH!! Dazai: "Peace out, Baldy!" *runs* chuuya: YOU'RE GONNA PAY FOR THIS YOU WASTE OF BANDAGES!!... *hmph*.... -elsewhere- Shamrock: *looks awful* x_-;;; "I feel gross." tsubaki: maybe a bath might help? i got some new bath salts too. Shamrock: *sniff* *nod nod* "That would be nice." -elsewhere- Mr. Tsubaki: "Oh, dear...Sprain your ankle?" -elsewhere- Hibana: *standing in a street, a Flame Being rushing at her* flame monster: *SCREEEEECH* hanako: kick its butt, mommy! Hibana: *friendly smile* "Sweetie, please stay behind the barrier!" *waves* "Mommy loves you!" *turns back to the Flame Monster, stares...and unleashes her power* -later- hanako: that was so cool! it was all 'nyooom' and you were all 'fwoooosh' that was totally wicked! Hibana: *smiles* "I do it to protect people--including you, sweetie." *picks her up* -elsewhere- Anya: *looking at wedding dresses in a magazine* "..." ao: would you like some more cake? Anya: "Hmm? Oh, sure. Thank you." *accepts it* Meme: "Mmm~ So tasty!" -elsewhere- Anya: "Hmm? Oh, sure. Thank you." *accepts it* Meme: "Mmm~ So tasty!" -elsewhere- Kyoka: "...Am I now the maid?" -elsewhere- Shamrock: x\\\\= "So relaxing..." naho: *setting up the bamboo tree* Black Star: "STAR FESTIVAL!!!" tsubaki: *trying to make wagashi* Sakuya: "Need help, Tsu?" tsubaki: sure. *she's following a video recipe on her phone* Sakuya: *slicing the fruits* "Oh, cool! Starfruit!" tsubaki: *she smiles* Sakuya: *notices Tsubaki's reaction, tries to act chill* "Um...I-I'll just mix these, then..." *internal squeeing* lavender: *helping naho set the tree up* Higan: *laying out some kimonos with stars on them* -elsewhere- Jacqueline: *looks around the pool* "Not that crowded." kim: *streeeetch* remember when we cleaned this place long ago? Jacqueline: *smiles* "Right before we became partners..." *laughs* "You were really rude." kim: yeah, and you were even more of a hardass. XP Jacqueline: *small pout...then pushes her into the pool* kim: ack! see? you've improved! Jacqueline: *smiles* "You're right." *dives into the pool* -elsewhere- Konro: "You're looking well." shrine head: likewise. Konro: "I brought some fresh produce and fruit. How is everyone here?" shrine head: the sisters have been well. me, sister kanzaki, sister yanase, sister nishihori, have all been well too Konro: "I'm glad, after all that happened...And the children?" shrine head: well. by the way, how have the young twins been? Konro: *chuckles* "Rambunctious. My poor garden is going to have its plants retreat down to avoid them." ^^; -elsewhere- Wes: *playing with Mocha* mocha: mrew! Wes: "Hee hee..." *dangles the yarn* "Never had pets growing up..." soul: *nods and smiles* liz: ah... Wes: "...Guess this is making up for lost time." *pats Ghost Dog* dog: ^w^ Wes: *belly rubs Ghost Dog* "I'm glad you're here, Soul." soul: *smiles* -elsewhere- Kunikida: *checks his watch* "Where is he...?" -knocking- Kunikida: "???!!" *opens the door* atsushi: ?? dazai! Dazai: "Hello!" *hands Atsushi a belt* "Happy birthday!" atsushi:.... *blinks* my birthday was 2 months ago... Dazai: *deathly serious* "Happy _early_ birthday." *intense smile* atsushi: *sweats* um.... wait a moment WHERE EVEN WERE YOU?!?! Dazai: "The Mafia kidnapped me." atsushi: !!!! Dazai: "I escaped. How about you? What were you up to?" -the situation is explained- Dazai: "...Huh. Glad you got out." *pat pat* "I had full confidence in you!" -elsewhere- lana: ...... Bellhop: "Lana, could you check on the guests in the Penthouse?" lana: ah, right. *goes up to the top floor* .... *she can feel hands on her, she then turns.....no one there...* ......*sigh* get it together lana... ???: "Pardon me..." lana: ?? y-yes? ???: "Hi...We could use more wine in our room..." lana: ah right. any particular brand? ???: "Amontillado?" lana: ah. right away mr...? ???: "Poe." -elsewhere- Arthur: "Got the ice cream." -elsewhere- Yumi: "Any luck on the dating front?" -elsewhere- Hugh: *dusting the corners* mahiru: *folding laundry out front* tetsu: *also doing work* Kuro: *sleeping on top of laundry basket* uzuki: sure is nice to have someone around to do the outside work during the day. Hugh: "??? You mean Tetsu?" uzuki: *nods* saves us the risk of heat stroke, haha. Hugh: "True! He is truly excellent at work in heat!" Kuro: *grumbles* misono: *standing in front of the fan* ...... Hugh: "Mahiru, what else to do for cleaning?" -elsewhere- Giriko: "Picking up my daughter from child care..." daycare lady: ah right. anna, your daddy is here. anna: ^w^ Giriko: "There she is!" *picks her up* "Daddy's here!" anna: ^^ arachne: hey there sweetie... ^^ anna: ^w^ Giriko: "Were you a good girl today?" -elsewhere- Kid: *looking at groceries* kirika: i think that should be everything... Kid: *pulling a separate cart of only sweets* "...You sure?" -elsewhere- Shamrock: "...They came out well." tsubaki: *she smiles* naho: *shiny eyes* sparkly.... Black Star: *reaches for one--* -chop to the hand- Black Star: "Ow!" *holds his hand, pouts* tsubaki: you just wait until tomorrow, mister. Black Star: *pouts* " 'Kay..." -elsewhere- Jacqueline: *drying her hair* "Good swim." kim: yeah....man, im gonna need to get my hair cut... Jacqueline: "Really?" *passes a hand along the back* "It's long, but looks nice." kim: i know. but i prefer keeping it short...having it long...brings back some bad memories. Jacqueline: "...I'm sorry." *small smile* "You'll feel better with it short." kim:...*smiles* thanks. Jacqueline: *stretches* "I think the local salon is still open. Want to head over now?" *pulls out clothes* -elsewhere- Mr. Tsubaki: *pats his belly* =w= "Good meal." -elsewhere- Kunikida: "Now that Dazai is back, we get back to work." kenji: so whats new on the agenda? Kunikida: "I want you to visit a hotel." kenji: oooh. sounds fancy. Kunikida: "You are observing only. I booked your rooms. Your covers are inside these folders..." kenji: oooooh. atsushi: *looks* Dazai: "??? I thought I would get at least an executive Suite...So, look into who is in the Penthouse? Not too difficult." atsushi: alright then... *looks at the disguise*... ummm.... Kunikida: "Problem?" atsushi: n-no! i just...wasnt expecting this. -and so- Kenji: "..." *adjusts wig* "Not really liking this. I wanted to be a brunette." atsushi: *adjusting his tie* 7///7; Dazai: "Nice look, buddy!" *pats Atsushi's behind* Kyoka: "..." *holds her doll closer* -elsewhere- Tsukiyo: *sitting on a swing in the park...looks up at the sky* fang-hua: hey there. Tsukiyo: "Oh, hey! Haven't seen you today, Fang-Hua. How's it going?" fang-hua: i've been busy setting up for the festival, you? Tsukiyo: ^^; "Been lazy...Sorry I didn't help with the festival prep. Still, um, 'finding myself.'" fang-hua: ah. Tsukiyo: "...Have a seat? I wanted to ask you about something..."' fang-hua: alright. *sits down* Tsukiyo: "...What do you think of Kabuki?" fang-hua: me? well, i suppose he's alright. but i dont know very much about him. Tsukiyo: "Yeah...Man of mystery, huh? I think I want to learn more about him." fang-hua: well im sure not stopping you. go right ahead. Tsukiyo: ^^ *hug* -elsewhere- Shamrock: *bows to Tsubaki* -morning- naho: *puts her paper on the tree* 'its impossible, but let me have a growth spurt this year, in one way or another!' Sakuya: *puts his paper on the tree* "Keep our family safe." lavender: *hers said 'let sham chill the fuck out, like for reals'* i used my wish on someone else, since im satisfied with what i have already. Higan: *smiles at her, as he hangs up his wish* "Booty." naho: you're gross, old man! lavender: why wish for something you can get whenever you want~? naho: eeeeeew! Black Star: "Moving on! ..." *puts up his note* "Give Tsubaki all she deserves in the world ('cause I'm already Number One!)" lilac ... [*in really small text* 'some confidence. maybe. i dunno.'] tsubaki: ['safety and peace of mind for my family'] otogiri: ['i hope the others dont do anything too reckless'] Shamrock: "..." ["Contentment"] -elsewhere- Mifune: "..." angela: ..... Mifune: "..." *pats Angela's shoulder* angela:...*nods* yuma:...*looking at the photo*....she's pretty. Mifune: "Yes...This would have been our anniversary." yuma:...oh. Mifune: "...Sorry. I am just...feeling so much right now." angela:...*hug* Mifune: *hug* -elsewhere- Tsukiyo: *shiny eyes* "Ooooo...Really good work on the festival this year!" fang-hua: *she smiles* Benimaru: "Yes, excellent work, Kohana." fang-hua: *sweatdrop* you arent ever going to stop calling me that, are you? Benimaru: *an actual smirk* "Afraid not." Tsukiyo: *chuckling* fang-hua: *sigh* figured as much. -.-; kirei: ^^; Konro: "Lovely outfit, Kirei." kirei: thank you. my mother sent it to me in the mail. fang-hua: it's almost hard to recognize you without your habit on. kirei: ^^; Tsukiyo: *thumbs up to Kirei* Benimaru: -\\\\\- -elsewhere- Tool: *walking with Io* "Just one step..." io: *tiny step* saki: *kneeling and clapping* good girl! you're almost there. *smiles* Tool: "You're doing great, Io!" -elsewhere- Bellhop: "Doing alright, Lana?" lana: yeah. im starting to feel a little better now. Bellhop: "That's good. So, they give you big tips at the penthouse?" lana: i havent chec- atsushi: *walking in* Bellhop: *stares at Atsushi* "Ah, hello! Welcome! May I help you?" atsushi: um. yes, we've rented out a room? *shows the papers* Bellhop: *nods* "Understood. We'll get your bags up there!" *looks at the others with Atsushi* Kenji: *pitching up his voice* "Sweetie-pumpkin, make sure to tip our new friends well!" Bellhop: .\\\\. *staring at Kenji* atsushi: um. *ahem* right of course honey~ *pays the tip* we'll be off now~! (thinking: I DONT KNOW WHAT I AM DOING HELP) Bellhop: "If you need anything, just call me, Ma'am...um, and Sir!" Kenji: *giggles and winks at Bellhop* -in their room- atsushi: *beet red* oh my god i had no idea what i was doing. Kenji: *stretches* "No kidding! I don't know how girls deal with this--" *pulls down dress, taking off bra* atsushi:...where did you even get mini sandbags? Kenji: "Ordered them." *pulls off dress completely* "Wanted to look the part." atsushi: right.... i really should have asked for romantic advice. sorry if im embarrassed you at all. Kenji: "No big problem!" *smiles* "Not much experience with romance? Just do what comes natural! Everyone's got different ways of reacting to someone they find attractive." atsushi: i guess...though to be fair, you did look nice in that dress...*slaps himself* focus atsushi! focus! remember why you are here! *jesturing with hand movements* Kenji: .\\\\. "...Thanks? That was...natural, at least." *scratches his cheek* "I wonder how the others are doing? I can imagine Dazai laughing at our interactions--" atsushi: stage 2. staff outfits! *pulls out a butler outfit....and a maid outfit.*...um... Kenji: "...Rock paper scissors?" -kenji got the maid dress- atsushi: alright, make our rounds, meet back here at 7 PM. Kenji: *salutes* "Roger!" *departs* -elsewhere- Kid: "...I wish summer could last a bit longer." stocking: yeah... Kid: *holds her hand* "We'll make the most out of it." *smiles* -elsewhere- gin: ....*outside akutagawa's room* ..... Akutagawa: "..." *groans* "So absurd." gin:..*looks around to make sure they are alone*..do you.....want to talk about it? Akutagawa: "...How did I get defeated so easily?" gin: well....they did have a bazooka. that they stole from us. -_-; Akutagawa: "Still, they should have been easy to beat, especially the Man-Tiger. I just got distracted." -elsewhere- Kunikida: *reviewing files* "I wonder..." naomi: *showing kyouka how to do candy kits* you just mix it with the little shovel like this, see? Kyoka: "...With a bigger shovel, then I could make bigger candy?" -elsewhere- Mr. Tsubaki: "Ready for the festival?" -elsewhere- Black Star: "...Can I have the treats now?" tsubaki: yes, black*star, but remember those are for everyone, ok? Black Star: .w. "Okay, just one, then..." *takes just one, hands the tray with the rest to Tsubaki...but he still is holding onto the tray* "..." -elsewhere- mahiru: *walking home from the store* Kuro: *walking alongside him* "Did you get the ice cream?" mahiru: yeah... oh. its mikuni. Mikuni: "??? Oh, howdy there!" mahiru: enjoying the summer. Jeje: *on Mikuni's shoulders* Mikuni: "...So, is it true you're working with C3?" mahiru: well....nothing is official yet. *notices abel in a summer outfit* oh, i see you changed your doll's outfit for the summer, that's cute. Mikuni: ^^ "Thank you kindly! I wanted to give her something to deal with this awful heat." Kuro: "..." *paws at the doll* mahiru: uh- Mikuni: *pulls back Abel* *glaaaaare* Jeje: "Please don't paw at his doll. He'll get annoying." -___- -elsewhere- Asura: "..." *small smile* mikan: *holding up heibito as he teethes on someone's severed arm* Asura: "He's growing up..." -elsewhere- Patty: *stare* -elsewhere- Relan: *eyes red* "So...many...statistics..." -elsewhere- Sakuya: "Good festivities!" -elsewhere- Rin: *fanning* "Yo, I brought back some cold treats! ...But I forgot the mineral water." ^^; kyouko: *sighs* i got it covered. Yukio: "Really, Rin, can't you be more responsible?" Rin: *pouts* "Just for that, I won't give you an ice pop." Yukio: D: shiemi: you can have part of mine. ^^; Yukio: .\\\. "...Thank you." konekomaru: so, what ever happened to mr neuhaus? i heard he called sick for a personal reason? Shima: "Maybe he caught a cold? I just hope he didn't get bitten by a...*gulp* bug..." *shudders* adrian: maybe we should pay a visit? we can give him a fruit basket! fruit baskets are hella rad! Bon: "Worth a shot. Might figure out what's up with that guy." adrian: lets go! *walking into a supply closet* Bon: "...Did she just...?" adrian:... *pops her head out* oops. that was a closet. ahaha! seiya: -_-; you and your awful sense of direction. Shima: "Know that feeling..." Bon: -_-; "Let's just go..." -and so- Shima: "...Any doorbell?" konekomaru: *knocks* -no answer- Shima: "...Um..." *looks at a window* Shima: "Maybe look inside? Or hop in?" izumo: *squints* tch-, its too dark in there. Shima: *slides open window* -silence- konekomaru: oh man, we're gonna be in so much trouble Q-Q Shima: "You worry too much! Come on!" *helps Konekomaru up through the window* konekomaru: .... -all the lights are off, not a sign of life in the place- shiemi: *shivering* Bon: "I found a light switch..." -the light sputters then dies- izumo: EEK! Shima: Q~Q "Someone hold me..." kyouko: hold on. *looks for something in her pockets* ..there! *pulls her soul gem out as a temporary flashlight* konekomaru: somehow the red glow makes it even creepier. Bon: "Beggers can't be choosers..." *looks around* "Sweep the room..." -the living room and kitchen are cleared, as is the bathroom. all that is left is the bedroom and an extra room- Shima: *opens door to bedroom* -its an utter mess, with various papers scattered all over- Shima: "Yuck! He left in a hurry..." kyouko: ....looks like he hasnt been here for a while... *examining papers* Bon: *sees a shattered photo frame on the floor* -it appears to be a man and a young woman smiling.- Bon: "Konekomaru, is that...?" konekomaru: i think so...hard to recognize without the eyepatch... Shima: "Neuhaus has a lady friend? Weird." izumo: *squints* i think this was an older photo from before he lost his eye... Bon: "...Why did he run off...?" *looks at the walls* "Maybe he hid something--" *his hand rubs along something* "...Spiderweb?" izumo: gross. Shima: "Guess dusting wasn't on his priority list--" *feels something crawling on his neck* o_____O -SWAT- kyouko: gross.... hey yukio, you got a flashlight on ya? Shima: *holds his neck* .______. Yukio: *turns on flashlight* "What on earth--?" kyouko: ok everyone out of the bedroom! *slams the door shut* he needs to call an exterminator... Shima: *loud screaming* adrian: hey guys! look at this! you might want to have a look at this. Bon: *covering Shima's mouth* "What is it?" seiya: some files we found. im assuming this is-....was, his study... Yukio: *reviews one document* "Is he...No..." izumo: what is it? Yukio: "...He was trying...to revive the dead?" izumo: ?! Bon: "That's forbidden!" Shima: ._. "...Zombies? Really?" kyouko: isnt stein the only person who has clearance to do that? seiya: even then, it's a risky move. if the soul has moved on from the body, then all that gets brought back is a monster... Yukio: "We have to report this now!" izumo: right. Bon: *looks outside* -elsewhere- ???: *arm bleeding* "Have to find her..." mitsuba: *grumble* some birthday this turned out to be....hnn? ???: "!!!" *tries to hide away* mitsuba: hello?....i-im armed! ???: *tries to run--and collapses on the street* mitsuba: hello?... !!! holy shit, we need to get you to a hospital! ???: "N-No...hospitals..." mitsuba: ?? ???: "Hide...me..." mitsuba: ???*looking around* *No one around* -elsewhere- Gopher: o^o "...Spider...Woman..." arachne: hmm? did you say something? Gopher: "Sh-She sprayed web everywhere, attacked tiny exorcists..." arachne: but i was here this whole time... kirika: yeah, i can vouche. lord death: hmm....this is unnerving....as much as it pains me....*sigh* miss arachne, would you be willing to assist us in our search? arachne: ......if it is to clear my name, then i shall. Giriko: *glares at Lord Death* Gopher: "I-I'll help! I don't want that spider woman to web me!" -elsewhere- Sakuya: *nudges Naho* "Think you'll get your wish?" naho: i hope so. Sakuya: *hug* "Whatever happens, I'll be here." naho: *she smiles and hugs him* thank you, sakuya. Sakuya: *forehead smooch* naho: hehe~ Shamrock: *sipping tea, alone at table* "..." himawari:....*sits down next to him* Shamrock: "...Hi, Himawari. Did you wish?" -elsewhere- Tsukiyo: *eating a treat* "That was a great festival!" fang-hua: yeah. *she smiles* Benimaru: "Zzz..." kirei:...*smiles and tucks him in* Benimaru: =w= Konro: "D'aw..." kabuki: they'll be good parents. kirei: *small blush* maybe someday... Konro: "Heh, of course you and Beni will." Tsukiyo: "..." kabuki:...tsukiyo, did you want to watch the fireworks? Tsukiyo: "Huh? Oh, um, sure!" *smiles* -elsewhere- Yumi: [text to Marie: how's it going?] marie: [he still hasnt showed up. =3= ] Yumi: [darn. how long have you been waiting?] marie: [an hour now.] Yumi: [if you got his number, give him an earful] -someone enters- marie: ?? Mr angel: "I apologize for my lateness, Marie: I had to receive a report." marie: oh, it's fine. ^^ caliburn: 7n7 Triple A: *sits himself* "Have you ordered?" marie: not yet. Triple A: "How about a salad to start? Any wine?" -elsewhere- Kenji: *sipping a soda in a fancy glass* "Thank you~" atsushi: *still in the butler disguise* Kenji: *whispers* "See anything?" atsushi: not yet.... *spots a girl walking outside* Girl: *looking around* atsushi: *follows and bumps into a man in a lab coat* oh! sorry sir! ???: *smiles* "Quite alright. Working hard?" atsushi: yes sir! *salutes...then stops* ???: "??? Well? Back to work, yes?" atsushi: ah! right! *exits* girl:...who was that, rintarou? ‘Rintarou’: *smiles* "I think they are what we are looking for." -elsewhere- Michizo: "BWA HA HA HA! What the hell is written on your face?!" rain: ?? !!! m-mr nakahara! Chuuya: *pissed-off face* "I don't want to talk about it." *His pants drop* rain: O////////O Michizo: *giggling uncontrollably* Chuuya: "STOP LAUGHING, YOU BASTARD!" rain: ....huh? *blinks* belt! i should get you a bel- *trips* ACK! Chuuya: "??? You okay, Rain?" Michizo: *laughs louder* rain: *caught in a rope trap* TT~TT damn that little brat! Chuuya: *pulling his pants up* "Elise! What the heck?!" rain: she's not here right now...she and that bastard went out somewhere doing god knows what.. Chuuya: "Hmph." *helps Rain up* "We'll get her back later." -elsewhere- Kid: *yawn* stocking: *nuzzle* Kid: *hugs her* "Mmm~" stocking: ^^ Kid: "Love you...Mrs..." -phone rings- Kid: -_-; *yawn* *picks up the phone* voice: is young lady pheles there? Kid: "Yes? Who's calling?" voice: there's an emergency meeting at the true cross teacher's office. Kid: "!!!" *hands the phone to Stocking* "True Cross." stocking: !!! -and so- Bon: *waves her over* stocking: *taking a seat* teacher: any clue what's going on? teacher 2: i heard some of the cram students found something. teacher 3: yeah, by breaking the law! konekomaru: Q-Q;;; Shima: "I'M NOT GOING TO JAIL FOR THIS!" shura: alright everyone, chill out! jeez. no one's going to jail! teacher: alright, now miss meiling, miss fawkes, your reports? seiya: right. well, the students were discussing mr neuhaus' absence. so we decided to investigate. adrian: turns out, he flew the coop, but all his stuff was still there. Bon: "Was Neuhaus let go? Was he still a teacher here?" shura: well, his teaching license was suspended, but after that he kind of just vanished off the face of the earth. he's currently declared M.I.A. seiya: amongst our search, we discovered some things. a nest of spiders, and these. *places the files onto the desk* shura: ??.....!!! these are- Bon: "!!!" Shima: *covering his eyes* "Please, tell me it's not more spiders..." stocking:....mr okumura, these files... Yukio: "...Resurrection." -the room is abuzz with murmurs.- Yukio: "Please...Let's keep calm..." teacher 2: what are we going to do about this? Yukio: "We should first locate Neuhaus..." teacher 4: where do we even begin to start? Yukio: "His notes indicate items he needs: we start searching those sources." -the next day- Kaoru T: "Nothing here..." shura: *sigh* .....?? Yukio: *marks it off the list* "Not entirely 'nothing' here: Neuhaus's fingerprints are all over this totem." *holds it up in a baggie* shura: yeah. but these masks are givin me the heebies if you catch my drift. Yukio: "..." *counts the masks* "...How many should be here?" -elsewhere- Kid: "..." stocking: *rubbing his shoulders* Kid: *relaxes* "Thank you..." -elsewhere- Hyde: *sipping tea...out of a heavy metal mug* -elsewhere- mitsuba: *doing homework* ???: *asleep, turns over* "...Where am I?" mitsuba: easy there, you were bleeding really bad. you're in the C3 medical ward... ???: "...C3?" mitsuba: a 'neutral' group studying and hunting vampires and stuff. but why i am here is a long story. ???: "...How bad are my injuries?" mitsuba: well, we had to give you a transfusion for starters... ???: *looking at his arm* "...Amazing...You didn't know my blood type?" mitsuba: the doctors got that figured out. but that's not my business. ???: "..." *tries to get up* mitsuba: easy there, you need to regain your strength. also, our asshat of a boss wants to talk to you then. ???: " 'Boss'?" mitsuba: mr touma- Touma: "Yes?" mitsuba:....well, i'll leave you too be....*exits, glaring at touma* Touma: *smiles at ???* "Feeling better?" ???: "..." mitsuba: *listening in* Touma: *lays down a file, slides it to ???* "Surprised to see you away from True Cross, Minister." ???: "..." *takes the file...his eyes widen* mitsuba: ?! Neuhaus: "Hmph. You know who I am. You have me weakened and unable to leave. Are you here to kill me?" Touma: *smiles* "I don't eliminate resources." mitsuba:.... Neuhaus: "I will not work for you--' Touma: "Rest up. When you recover, we'll have much to discuss. I'll be able to introduce you to some...friends." mitsuba:.... (thinking: i have a bad feeling about this...) Touma: "I would hate for something to happen to you...or those close to you." *holds up a photograph of a woman* Neuhaus: "!!!" mitsuba: .... *has already left* Neuhaus: "I can't stay here! I need to get out there to make sure--" Touma: *slams the palm of his hand onto Neuhaus's chest, knocking him back into bed* Neuhaus: "URK!" Touma: *calm smile* "Rest..." *pushes harder...* *CRACK* Neuhaus: "ARG!" Touma: *smiles* "You need your sleep..." *turns on the AV drip* Neuhaus: "Y-You bas-bas-bast--" *passes out* -elsewhere- Mr. Tsubaki: "Hello, Kabuki." kabuki: good morning. Mr. Tsubaki: "How did the festival treat you?" kabuki: well. and yourself? Mr. Tsubaki: "I enjoyed it! Would've been nicer with certain company, but that couldn't be helped." -elsewhere- Shamrock: *yawn* himawari: zzzzz..... Shamrock: "???" ("I guess she slept in here again...") *stares at her* himawari:...*shuffling in her sleep* Shamrock: "..." *hugs her* -elsewhere- Shotaro: "Spider-Kid! Spider-Kid!" *has Cartilage of Spider in his mouth--giving him eight legs and extras eyes as he crawls along the wall* mono: *SCREAMING* Shotaro: "???" Assi: *runs in* "What's wrong?! What's happening?!" mono: CHIEEEE! SHOWTARO IS BEING WEIRD AGAIN! mana: yeah, that's kind of his thing. Shotaro: *nod nod* "Animal Bone powers! Hee hee--" Assi: *bashing Shotaro with a rolled up newspaper* Shotaro: "OW! OW! OW!" -elsewhere- Giriko: "See anything?" arachne: hmm... Giriko: *looking around* "Reports were this spider-woman was hanging around here..." arachne: *looking around*.... *spider form and crawls up to one of the webs* how unusual. Giriko: "?!" arachne: this web doesnt seem to come from any sort of spider i know of...it seems almost otherworldly... Giriko: " 'Otherworldly'? Want to get this to the exorcists to study?" arachne: it would be a good idea. -elsewhere- Vulcan: *petting cats* lisa: *putting out food* Vulcan: "Hey, thanks!" lisa: *smiles* no problem Vulcan: "I mean it. It's good seeing you tending to them while I'm repairing things." lisa: *nods and heads back inside* ........ Vulcan: *picks up a cat, talks to it* "What you think? Lisa's been good to you, right?" -elsewhere- Relan: "Flame beings, vampires, now spider-people." .w.;;; "...Creepy." shinra: well it's only been one confirmed so... Relan: "One is still a lot. And that story about the Man-Tiger. I mean, what, are cat people next?" tamaki: yo. Relan: ._.;;;; "CAT PERSON." -elsewhere- Jacqueline: "Be careful out there. People seem on edge today." kim: i will. Jacqueline: "..." *awkward hug* kim: !!....*small hug* see you tonight? Jacqueline: *nods* "Okay." -and so- kim: *whistling* *A garbage can is knocked down* kim: ?? ???: *growl* kim: hello? *Arachnid legs appear out of the shadows* kim: ?! *It's a spider creature the size of a dog* kim: ?!?! what the hell?! Creature: *growls...* "Wiiiiiiiitch..." kim: *picking up a lead pipe* are you some remnant of arachnophobia? Creature: "Need maaaaagic to bring her back...full..." kim: like hell! Creature: *leaps at Kim, mouth opened* kim: *SWATS HER PIPE AT IT* STRIKE! Creature: *knocked back into the wall, with a loud crunch* kim: *swats until its dead*....*pant...pant*...what....just what the hell?? *All that is left is a mess of what used to be a spider creature...and Kim stepped in some of it* kim: eeeeEEEEEW!!! Bystander: "???" -elsewhere- Neuhaus: *wakes up...restrained* "!!!" mafura:...~? Neuhaus: "What the devil is this?!" mafura: so mafura-chan just has to take blood from him, mr touma? Neuhaus: "!!!" Touma: "Correct. Mafura, proceed." {dr yukimi: if a subclass is made by a servamp giving blood to a dying human...what would happen if the blood was given to a human at full health?} mafura:....*bites his arm* Neuhaus: *screams, trying to knock his arm into her face* mafura: *pulls back....snarling* *tries to bite again* Neuhaus: *reaches for anything, but he is bound* "STOP!" Touma: "Stop, Mafura. That's enough." mafura:......*backs up, still growling* Touma: "Mafura!" mafura: ..... Touma: *steadies himself, smiles to Neuhaus* "I just want to make sure she is fed..." Neuhaus: *spits in Touma's face* Touma: "..." mafura: ........ *PUNCH* mafura: *knocked to the floor, out cold* Neuhaus: "!!!" Touma: *shakes his fist, smiling at Neuhaus* "If that is what I would do to _her_, the one who bit you, for _you_ punching me, just think how much more damage I will do to those you care about...I don't want to hurt you, Preacher. I know you can withstand torture. But I also know you can't stand to see others hurt because of you...like how you hurt your wife--" Neuhaus: "Damn you! When I get out of here, there won't be enough of you left to identify the body!" Touma: "Hmm...Doubtful." *tends to his fist, bandaging it* "When she awakens, I'll proceed with the next step." mafura: *no response*.... Neuhaus: "..." *lowers his head* Touma: *smirks at Neuhaus, then stares at Mafura* -elsewhere- Higan: "..." *shudders* lavender: you like that~? Higan: *smiles, letting out a pant* "You know it~" -elsewhere- Jacqueline: "!!! What happened?!" kim: giant spider. like....really big. Jacqueline: "What?! Are you okay? Are you hurt?" kim: im fine. my shoe isnt though....*shudders* so gross... Jacqueline: "...Take those off and leave them at the door--we'll...I guess give those to the DWMA as evidence? Oh, Kim--I'm sorry..." kim: hey its alright. im still breathing, arent i? Jacqueline: "..." *nods* "I just...got worried." -elsewhere- Kid: *shudders* "Terrifying. stocking: *holding him* we're still investigating the matter... Kid: *nods* "I know you are...I have confidence you will get to the bottom of this." -elsewhere- Triple A: "Thank you for meeting with me again, Marie." marie: it's no problem. i was a bit bummed when you had to head out so early. Triple A: "I do regret that. But this emergency with work got in the way. I'm sure you have had those experiences. The good news is that I am free tonight." marie: that's good to hear. ^^ Triple A: *smiles* "Excellent. Would you be interested in going out, or staying in?" christa: *throws her binkie at him* TnT Triple A: "Ouch!" *looks surprised at Christa* "???" christa: *puffing her cheeks up at him* marie: christa, that's not very nice. Triple A: "Heh...She's just...playing, I'm sure. If you did not get a babysitter, staying here is fine." *smiles* christa: bawdy! bawdy! Triple A: *small twitch* "...I could cook..." marie: if you want, that would be great! Triple A: *smiles* "I can prepare whatever you wish! Just tell me what ingredients you have." -elsewhere- Mr. Tsubaki: *looking in a medical textbook* "...This is odd." *taps on a page* "Genetic similarities between spiders and humans." -elsewhere- Bon: "Damn it..." konekomaru: anything? Bon: "Nothing. I've gone through newspaper records, magic books, history books--" Shima: "Maybe you should've started with her diary." *slams the book down* "BAM!" Bon: ._.; "...I WAS GOING TO GET TO THAT!" ???: who's diary? Shima: *smiles* "That of Neuhaus's wife! You can count on me to sniff out any woman's diary!" Bon: -___- ("He has no shame.") izumo:..... HAVEYOUNORESPECTFORPRIVACY?!YOUCANTJUSTRUMMAGETHROUGHAWOMANSBELONGINGSESPECIALLYNOTADEADWOMANAND-[blah blah blah blah] -outside patchwork labs- -a female figure skulks over to the door- Stein: *recording his notes* "And that is how I figured out how to properly vivisect a live human without them realizing it--" -thud- Stein: "???" *stands and approaches the door, opening it* -a woman collapses to the floor- woman: *groans* valentine: !!! *lifting her up and getting her to a gurney* Stein: *examines the woman* "...I'm not getting a pulse." woman: *breathing faintly* Stein: "But she's breathing. It's faint. She feels cold. Get these dirty clothes off her, let's check her heart." -later- woman:....*staring out the window* Stein: "--and I want you to stay bundled up...Hey? Are you listening?" woman: *glances over at him*....right.... Stein: "..." *looks out the window* "Yes, the decor outside is disappointing. I never have time to do much with the garden, Valentine too." woman: ....... Stein: "I want to call your emergency contact. Do you have that information?" woman:...i dont know... Stein: "...Do you remember your name?" woman:.....*she shakes her head* no....i dont remember anything....just waking up in a clearing and wandering.... Stein: " 'A clearing'? Any landmarks?" woman:...none i can recall. Stein: "..." *nods* "We'll get you to recovery physically, then work on all additional recovery..." woman..... Stein: "...Valentine? Has anyone else been here?" -elsewhere- Ponera: -___-; "The noise has not stopped. Someone, stop that noise." grimoire: oi, shut up in there. Medusa: *aiming a snake at the door* "I agree--stop it, now!" shaula: yeah anyway! i cant get my beauty sleep with all that scratching! *The door is thrown open* Mad!Kid: "...I...am making...art..." shaula: yeah, i would fingerpaint on the walls to when i was younger, but i didnt use BLOOD FROM A DEAD BODY!! kinuta:...!!! *hurk* oh god... Mad!Kid: "??? What would you have me use?" Medusa: -_-; ("Shaula's fingerprint paintings still looked like trash.") shaula:....*shrugs* Medusa: *sighs* *tosses a set of paint at Mad!Kid* "I got this for my child's future art. Now you get to use it. Don't disappoint." -elsewhere- Tsukiyo: *smiles* "I feel a lot better." fang-hua: glad to hear. Tsukiyo: *nods* "I think I have closure regarding the Commander..." *blushes a bit* fang-hua: that's good. Tsukiyo: "..." *awkward cough* "I think I'll go out on a date." -elsewhere- Assi: "...Mono? You feeling better?" mono: y-yeah...just a bit shook up.. Assi: *nods* "Yeah. Some animals unnerve me, too." *pats her shoulder* -elsewhere- Neuhaus: "..." ("Awful...demonic...evil...") {???: *SCREAMING*} Neuhaus: "!!! What on Earth?!" -silence....perhaps it was a memory?- Neuhaus: "..." *remembers* {Neuhaus: "This isn't what was supposed to happen!"} -knocks on the door- Neuhaus: "?!" mitsuba: dinner time. Neuhaus: *glares at her* "Your glorious leader thought I was entitled to a meal?" mitsuba: listen, you need to get your strength up....i dont like what he's doing either...that guy....i get a bad vibe from him... Neuhaus: "He had that girl bite my arm. That's not a 'bad vibe': that's psycotic." mitsuba: what?! Neuhaus: "And then striking the girl! What, you didn't notice her absence? She was lying right there on the floor!" mitsuba:....i'll be right back. here's your food. Neuhaus: "Keep it. It's probably poisoned." -touma's office- mitsuba: TOUMA! I GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU! Touma: *his mouth is smiling, but his eyes are angry* "If I had a quarter every time I heard that..." mitsuba: what did you make mafura do, touma? mafura: ?? *looks back from the fishtank she is staring at* Touma: "I brought her to meet with our injured minister, for assistance with providing medical relief to him." mitsuba: yeah, before you ordered her to attack him! Touma: "??? I don't understand. I had given the minister a sedative when he attacked Mafura." mitsuba: ?? Touma: "He struck her. The trauma of his injuries--and whatever he did to himself--has obviously affected his mind, leading him to hallucinate. Could you ever imagine Mafura biting someone?" mitsuba: .... mafura:....*head tilt* ?? Touma: "The poor minster is not thinking clearly. Mitsuba, I want you to keep an eye on him to make sure he is safe from himself and his own imagination." mitsuba:.....very well.... mafura:....mr touma? what was mitsuba talking about? Touma: *smiles at Mafura* "Would you like some dessert?" mafura: mafura-chan wants pudding! Touma: "Then let's get you some pudding." -elsewhere- Mr. Tsubaki: *in fox form...kicking slightly in his sleep* =w= -morning- Jacqueline: *tossing in bed, talking in her sleep* "N-No..." kim: jackie? *puts a hand on her shoulder* Jacqueline: "Ah!" *turns over, panting, eyes open* "..." *sighs* "Sorry...Nightmare." kim:...hey, its gonna be ok. Jacqueline: "..." *wipes her eyes* *nods* "After yesterday...if anything happened to you..." kim: *hugs* im alright, see? Jacqueline: *nods, hugs back* "Yes...I should have been there..." *holds onto her* -elsewhere- Stein: "How's this morning starting for you?" woman:....tired.... Stein: "Can you stand?" woman: *tries to walk, but stumbles a bit* Stein: *holds her up* "You're doing better...Lean on me." woman:...t...thank you...doctor... Stein: "You're welcome. And Stein is good enough." woman:...*nods* Stein: "Just a few more steps...We can get you something to eat." woman:...right... Stein: "What do you like to eat? Meat? Vegetarian?" woman:..... Stein: "??? If nothing comes to mind, we can try different meals...Valentine is a better cook than me anyway." valentine: bad news...i might have broken the microwave.....again. aya: i got it! -aya just made rice for everyone- Stein: *stares at the broken microwave as he eats his rice* "I'm going to charge you for that, Valentine." valentine: that's fair. Stein: *watches the Woman to see whether she eats* woman:...*small nom* Stein: *smiles* "There you go." woman: ...... valentine: i've sent a report to lord death. but nothing has been found in the DWMA's database. Stein: "I guess we're waiting for any memories to return to her. For now, don't spread it around that she's here." valentine: *nods* Stein: *looks at the Woman* "Are you okay with staying here?" woman: *nods* i have nowhere else to go... Stein: "Then we'll have to adjust your living arrangements--can't have you staying in just a hospital bed." woman:...*nods* Stein: "Okay, so two of us will go out to get new housing items, and one of us will stay here with--with--...Um...What should we call you?" woman: just 'miss' is fine... Stein: *nods* "Miss." ("...Miss Tery?") valentine: wouldnt that be mrs? *points to a ring on the woman's finger* woman:...ah..then i suppose 'ma'am' will do... Stein: "Okay, ma'am." *starts writing a list* "Bed, sheets, clothes..." -elsewhere- Neuhaus: "..." *struggling to move* -elsewhere- Sakuya: "I'm done in the shower, whoever wants it." -elsewhere- Dazai: "How's it going?" atsushi: fairly well. havent found out too much yet. but we're getting close. Dazai: *nods* "Now, by 'close,' you got a name for these folks?" atsushi: i think one of them is named 'lucy'. Dazai: " 'Lucy'? Huh. What's she like?" atsushi: red hair and braids. kinda reminds me of pippi longstockings. from the books? i think? Dazai: "Keep an eye on her. See whether you can track a schedule. Also, try to give her this." *hands him a piece of paper* atsushi: what is this? *"Lovers Suicide Pact Contract"* atsushi: .________.; Dazai: "If you think she'd be up for that kind of thing, drop a hint to her." atsushi: riiiight. *sweatdrop* Dazai: "You two blending in okay? Not raising any suspicions, I hope." -elsewhere- Kid: "...She's dating whom?" stocking: triple A batteries! i have never been so disappointed in someone in my whole life! Kid: -_-; "Maybe she just has poor taste. Or poor eyesight. Or poor soul perception." stocking: we need to do something about this. i'll have a talk with her. Patty: *pops up* "Maybe he has a big--" stocking: *SCREAMS* Kid: o___O "Ego! She was going to say ego, Stocking, I'm sure!" Patty: "...'Ego' is what he calls his penis?" stocking: how fitting. since he is such a dick. Kid: "..." *high five* stocking: >u< Patty: *pulls up a dating app on her phone* "Maybe you can find someone else for Marie, too." *looks at options* "...Too old. Too young. This guy definitely was in prison for murdering a clown or something. Huh--this guy doesn't look bad OH GOD I FOUND SPIRIT'S OLD DATING PROFILE!" stocking: he should delete that-... *snerk* whats with the dude with the cowboy hat? Kid: "??? Isn't that...I swear I saw him before...Um, why is he holding dolls?" -elsewhere- misono: *JAWDROP* Lily: "...Hm. I wonder why I hadn't thought of this." misono: LILY! Lily: "I'm simply making an observation. After all, your brother may have a good idea..." -elsewhere- Tool: *asleep on the couch with Io* Yohei: *asleep on the couch with Toru* saki: our guys and our kids. chie: i know. *smiles* Emine: *holding up a balloon...and a pin* -elsewhere- Arthur: *practicing sword fighting* -elsewhere- atsushi: hey tanizaki. Tanizaki: "How's the work going? atsushi: i think we might have a lead. Tanizaki: "Great! What you need me to do?" atsushi: well-....hey....where did naomi go? Tanizaki: .~. "About that..." Tanizaki: "She's busy...serving tea." atsushi: ah. Tanizaki: *seizes Atsushi's wrist* "The guy looks skeevy..." atsushi: ?? Tanizaki: "He had this big bookcase--smelled like money." atsushi: ?? Tanizaki: *points outside--at a helicopter* atsushi: woah! Tanizaki: "Rich boy is meeting with our boss right now!" atsushi: just who is this guy? Tanizaki: "Fitzgerald...Rich American." atsushi: *opens his mouth to say something, then shuts up* -patchwork labs- woman: ...... Stein: "Got your bedsheets washed." woman:...thank you.... Stein: "You're welcome." *pulls out a cigarette and puts it in his mouth, then pulls out his lighter* woman: ??...*when she sees the flame, she freaks* AHH!!! IT HURTS! IT HURTS SO MUCH!! *screaming* Stein: "?!!" *closes lighter, turning off the flame* "What? What's wrong?" woman: *breathing hard* it burns! it burns! *crying and scratching at her arms* Stein: "!!! Valentine!" *holds the woman's arms* "Stop!" valentine: *gives her some sedative* woman: *shaking until she calms down* Stein: "..." ("We know one thing that terrifies her...A trigger...") "Come, ma'am: let's give you some rest." woman:.....*still shaking a bit* Stein: "...You'll be okay." woman:.... *touches her face near her eye*......... -the eye covered by her hair looks milky and dead- Stein: "..." ("Okay, I should have done more analysis of that earlier...") "...Is your eye irritated?" woman: i think...t-the fire....*muttering* blue flames.... Stein: "...Lie down..." woman:....*lays back down, staring at the ceiling* Stein: "...May I get you anything?" -elsewhere- stocking: ahhh.... =w= Kid: *smiles, rubs her hand lightly* stocking: thanks for the massage, hun. Kid: "Any time..." *kisses lightly along the back of her neck* "Feel a little less tense?" stocking: yeah~ Kid: *lays his hand alongside her* "...I'm glad..." *rubs lightly along her lower back* stocking: mmmm u///w///u Kid: "Stocking...You are so beautiful..." *lays both hands along her lower back, massaging lightly* stocking: *soft sigh* Kid: *massages lower...* stocking: oh~! Kid: *massages her bottom* "Amazing..." stocking: *pouts* you're so leeewd. *giggles* Kid: " 'Lewd'?" *kisses her lower back lightly* stocking: *soft moan* Kid: *small pat on her bottom, before he gropes her cheek* -elsewhere- Tsukiyo: ._.; "...Why does he have a V-shaped frown?" Gopher: .^. "Why does she look like a demonic rabbit?" fang-hua + kirika: long story. Gopher: *hides behind Kirika* Tsukiyo: "??? What? Now I scare away tiny boys, too?" -elsewhere- Jacqueline: *sitting in the bathtub* "..." ("It's relaxing...Still...") kim: *sorting mail.....sees a letter from the du pre family......discards it* Jacqueline: *out of the tub, drying off, calls out* "Kim! Did you get the mail?" kim: yeah, it's on the kitchen table. Jacqueline: *comes out in towel, goes to the table, flips through--* "Oh, a thank-you card from Blair." *smiles...then frowns and glares at Kim* "Kim..." kim: what? Jacqueline: *eyes narrow* "You're hiding something..." *holds up stack of mail* "I don't see the electricity bill here." kim: oh. here. Jacqueline: *smiles* "Thanks. Don't think you can pull a fast one on me, okay?" kim: *she nods* -elsewhere- Black Star: "How's Mifune doing?" kyouko: according to yuma and angela, doing alright. Black Star: "Small miracles, I guess...After the festival, he seemed off." kyouko: ....this time of the year is kind of hard on him... Black Star: "..." *nods* "Sucks." kyouko: yeah.. Black Star: "...Maybe he needs a break?" kyouko: actually, he's out right now. i've been asked to look after the kids while he's out. Black Star: "Did he say where he was going?" kyouko: i think he has a mission. -elsewhere- Mifune: *walking* -footsteps- Mifune: *hides* yumikage: -rugi's covered in blood, has an ice pick, it was kind of a weird tuesday. Mifune: *watching* "!!!" hyakuya: is that right? -once they are out of sight- Mifune: *follows from a distance* -in another room- Neuhaus: *staring at the ceiling* *The window opens slightly* Neuhaus: "!!!" ???: "Not a word. A friend..." Neuhaus: "..." -later- Mifune: *whispers* "This way..." *holding up Neuhaus* Neuhaus: "..." *small grunt* -elsewhere- Fitzgerald: "Quite an offer..." kirako:....*looks at fukuzawa* Fukuzawa: "And you want our permit." Fitzgerald: *nods* Fukuzawa: "I refuse." kirako: *smiles* Fukuzawa: "This permit is the soul of this agency, representing its work, its people." Fitzgerald: "..." Fukuzawa: "It can't be bought with money--" Fitzgerald: "The classic line of the impoverished person. Just remember: if the agency is its people, what is an agency without people?" kirako: ..... Fukuzawa: "Quite a rhetorical question to conclude this meeting." *stands* "Leave. Now." Fitzgerald: *smiles* "Until next time." *stands to leave* naomi:.... Fitzgerald: *departs--then looks back* "Check the papers tomorrow for a message from me. Read carefully, old sport: if I desire it, then I make it mine." -elsewhere- Touma: "?!" -elsewhere- Kid: *smooch* stocking: ^w^ ~<3<3<3<3 Kid: *hugs* "You know what feels different since marriage?" *cuddles* "My love for you only increases." stocking: yeah. i feel the same way~<3 *smooch* Kid: * kisses her hand* stocking: hehe~<3 Kid: *stares at her* "...I hope a child that is ours...would have your smile." stocking: *smiles and nuzzles* Kid: "...I hope...I am good..." stocking: you're amazing, kid. Kid: "...What if i failed as a parent?" stocking: i doubt that. Kid: "Why? I...don't have much confidence after mistakes in my family...and in myself..." stocking: because i know that even with your flaws, you're smart, loving, a true leader, compassionate... Kid: "..." *holds her* "...I don't want to fail any children we would have." -elsewhere- Sakuya: *hug* naho: ^w^ Sakuya: "Glad you are here." naho: im glad you're here too, sakkun~ Sakuya: *lifts her into his arms* naho: ah! hehe! Sakuya: *smooch* naho: *smooch* ~<3 Sakuya: *smiles, as he carries her to her room* -elsewhere- Victor: *playing Crazy Taxi* "So, the point is to run over pedestrians, right?" -elsewhere- Rin: *carrying bags of groceries* "Didn't think we'd run out of food so quickly." konekomaru: you'd be surprised... Rin: "??? What? Who's been packing on the weight? It's Bon, right? Has to be Bon." Bon: *glare* -a few days later- shinra: *wakes up screaming* Relan: "!!!" shinra: OH MY GOD! JOKER IS MY DAD! JOKER IS MY DAD! Relan: "Shinra--Shinra!" *holds his shoulders* "You're having a nightmare..." shinra: *panting*....*calms down* ju...just a nightmare....not a memory....*phew*....*hug* thanks rel... Relan: "..." *holds him* "Anytime..." *strokes his head* "Just get in a few breaths..." shinra:......*shaking* Relan: *kisses the top of his head* "It's okay...Breathe in...and out..." -elsewhere- Benimaru: *curled up in bed, groaning* -elsewhere- ???: ....... ???: "...I can't breathe well through this mask." ???: then maybe you should take it off for a moment. ???: "...Fine." *removes the mask* "Not proper decorum..." ???: *making a call to giovanni* any progress on the adora burst child? Giovanni: "One is close to me. The other is getting too close to _you_." ???: how so? Giovanni: "The boy has been speaking to Vulcan." ???:....i see. Giovanni: "We cannot let some alliance form between them. We need the Burst. We need Vulcan's key." -elsewhere- Meme: "Got the pumpkin sprouts!" tsugumi: awesome! Anya: *opens plots for sprouts* "Put them here?" tsugumi: *nods* Meme: *carefully placing a sprout* "Your turn, Ao!" ao: *placing it in* Meme: "Now you, Mio!" mio: ok...here? Meme: *nods* "Then you go, Tsugumi!" tsugumi: *singing and planting* Meme: *hums along...* Anya: *sings a bit* mio: ???? Anya: *starts watering the plants, humming* -elsewhere- Neuhaus: "Where are you taking me?" shura: just into questioning. you have a lot of explaining to do regarding some things we found. Neuhaus: "I don't have time for this! We need to find her!" shura: we have people looking for her now, relax. Neuhaus: "You don't know how to find her! I do!" *tries to stand up* shura: mr neuhaus! -someone comes in- person: we...we found her. Neuhaus: "?!" person: she's....not well. Neuhaus: "...May I see her?" person:....*he nods* she's in medical. Neuhaus: *nods* "Thank you..." *starts to walk to medical* woman: .......*uneasy* why am i here? Neuhaus: "...Michelle..." michelle: *looks up*.....!!! *SCREAMING* NO!! Neuhaus: "!!! Michelle, please. It's me, your h--" michelle: *scratching at herself* IT BURNS! IT BURNS! HE-HE'S GOING TO HURT ME!! medic: ma'am, please calm down. michelle: w-who are you?! WHAT DO YOU WANT?! Neuhaus: "I am your husband! Remember me! Please!" michelle: i-...i dont....*shaking* nurse: according to reports, she has near total amnesia. Neuhaus: "...Michelle...Please..." *holds up a hand* michelle: S-STAY BACK!! *a web shoots out* ah.....AHHH!!!! Neuhaus: *smacked by web* "?!!" nurse: what the hell?! nurse 2: get lady felisia! Neuhaus: *tries to pull loose from the web* "Michelle...Don't--" -someone has arrived- Neuhaus: *looks--and sees what she's holding* "No! Don't hurt her!" felisia: im not going to harm her. im just getting rid of the mess. *cutting the web away* Neuhaus: "How are you able to cut through?" felisia: these are holy garments, sewn by the hands of an angel. or in this case, a fallen one. Neuhaus: " 'Fallen'...You're..." felisia:....*she nods* cast out of the city of arcadia for carrying the child of a demon. Neuhaus: "...!!! You are--" ???: "Contain her!" felisia: ?! *Slices at Michelle* michelle: !!! *backing into a corner* Triple A: "Abomination...Time to remove you..." Neuhaus: "!!! No!" -clang- felisia: now what do you think you're doing? Triple A: "This is not life! This is not natural! It has to be removed." michelle: w-what? *trembling* felisia: do you really think you have the right to decide her fate like this? Neuhaus: "That is Michelle! You can't--" Triple A: "That thing is not your wife!" *tries to push Felisia back* felisia: *retaliates with a kick to his stomach* Triple A: *falls back* "Umph!" felisia:...stocking's right you know. you _are_ an ass. Triple A: "_The_ ass." *pulls rug out from under her feet* felisia: !! *jumps back* Triple A: *leaps back up--* Neuhaus: *leg out--tripping Triple A* Triple A: *face-plant* Neuhaus: "Michelle--run!" michelle: ah....*frozen in fear* Triple A: "Monster!" *stabs into Neuhaus's shoulder* Neuhaus: "AAAH!" felisia: !! -a loud airhorn sounds- Triple A: "What the devil?!" shura: now that i have your attention, everyone chill the fuck out! mr neuhaus, miss michelle, we have some things we still need to ask you. Neuhaus: *bleeding from his arm* "...Hard to focus..." -later- michelle: ..... Neuhaus: "Don't you remember who I am?" michelle:....i dont...remember anything...before waking up... Neuhaus: "...I did this to you." michelle: ?? Neuhaus: "I...did not want you dead..." michelle:.... Neuhaus: "I broke that taboo...I brought you back from the flames..." michelle:.....*shuddering* the...the blue flames.... Neuhaus: "I couldn't bear to lose you..." michelle:...*whimpering* why does it hurt so much...? Neuhaus: "A spiritual fire, that burns the soul..." -elsewhere- Yumi: "...I think he should be removed from his post." felisia: you and me both. *sipping tea* i think he's letting his title go to his head. stupid bastard. some angel he is....though considering how things were in arcadia, it's accurate. Yumi: "I can only imagine..." *sighs* "This is going to kill Marie, but better than the alternative." felisia: yeah, haha. Yumi: *sighs* "I'm sorry for this, Felisia. Please, proceed as best you see." felisia: *she nods* Yumi: "And please let us know how we may help." felisia: right... on a lighter note, have stocking and kid been working hard making a baby? Yumi: "...I wish. Still no pregnancy." -elsewhere- Kid: *electric spark goes through his brain* *stares at Stocking, blushing* stocking: *humming and filing papers* Kid: "..." *holds her from behind* stocking: oh~? Kid: *kisses her cheek, then her neck* stocking: mmn~ k-kid, im trying to work~ Kid: "I'm not stopping you..." *slides his hand along her belly...and down* stocking: *shudders and sighs, still trying to get work done* Kid: *he caresses her* "Can you work while sitting at your desk?" stocking: i-i think so... Kid: *leads her to her chair, pushes her to her desk...then gets under the desk* "Shh..." stocking: *smirks* Kid: *on his knees...he lifts her skirt up...kisses her knee, coaxing her to spread her legs* stocking: *does so, still working and licking her lip* Kid: *he kisses up and down her thighs...then kisses along her panties* stocking: nnng~ Kid: *he continues kissing, before tugging her panties away and--LIIIIICK* stocking: a-ahhhH~! Kid: *continues--* Patty: "Knock knock!" stocking: O-O;;; Patty: "Hey, Stocking! How's it going?" Kid: *hidden completely under the desk...* "..." *smirk* stocking: fine, w-why do you ask? owo; Patty: "Just wanted to see how work was going? Hey, you okay? You look a little hot." Kid: *smooch* stocking: must be-ee...the summer heat. haha. ^^;;; Patty: "Yeah, it really sucks. Want to head over to the commissary, get some lemonade?" Kid: *small lick* stocking: a-after i f-finish up here, sure. ^^;;; Patty: "Great! I'll see you there!" *waves* stocking:...*phew*... *pouts* kid, you're so meeeean. >3< Kid: *sits up, looking her eye to eye* "Just a bit of fun..." *looks behind them* "And since the door is closed..." stocking: *grin* -elsewhere- Tsukiyo: *collapsed on the ground* fang-hua: !!! tsukiyo! are you ok?! Tsukiyo: *muffled voice* "I tripped." fang-hua:.... *cheek pull* you had me really worried there, jeez. -_-; Tsukiyo: Q~Q "Ouch! It's not like I wanted to fall!" *cheek pull* -head chop- kabuki: behave you two. fang-hua: yes sir. Tsukiyo: Q____Q "Meanie..." -elsewhere- Kunikida: "Report." atsushi: well, that rich guy that came by is the one staying at the penthouse of the hotel. Kunikida: "Hmm...To come all the way here just to shut down the Agency..." atsushi: .... Kunikida: "Are they still at that penthouse?" atsushi: yeah. so far we know mr rich guy and the redheaded girl are there. Kunikida: "Did either of them see you here at the Agency?" atsushi: i dont think so... Kunikida: "Keep an eye on them. I want all of us to--" *stops...counts the people there* "???" atsushi:....sir? Kunikida: "Where is Miyazawa?" atsushi: um.... *glances over at miyazawa, still in a dress* Miyazawa: "Hi!" Kunikida: "...Oh. I thought you were someone else. Good disguise." Miyazawa: *wide smile--then his phone vibrates* "Oh! I got another nice comment! Love the attention." atsushi: ^^; Miyazawa: "This one wants to take me out to dinner. Hot dang! Beef bowls forever!" atsushi: *whispers to kunikida* is he gonna be like this forever? i think we may have done something dumb. maybe. Kunikida: "I never do anything dumb. My decisions are sound--" Miyazawa: "Huh. I wonder what kind of restaurant a 'love hotel' has--" atsushi: uhhh... -elsewhere- Chuuya: "Hmph. I'm not short. He's short." rain: well...m-maybe drinking milk might help? Chuuya: "...Worth a shot. We got any?" rain: i think so. *hands him a carton* Chuuya: *takes it* "Bottoms up..." *sips* rain:.... .////. *phone rings* y-yu-yes? elise: whats up ya lard! rain: *cringe* oh. its you. what does he want from me now? Chuuya: "???" ("Mori again?") elise: *grins* rintarou, rain called to complain about her paycheck again! rain: D8< WHY YOU LITTLE- Mori: "Have her come in..." rain: ..... TT_TT yes sir.... Chuuya: "??? Hey...Want me to go with you?" rain: r-really? i-im sure you're very busy, being an executive and all, and i wouldnt want to trouble you.. .////.; Chuuya: "Eh, I got a few minutes. Besides, can turn it into a meeting with Mori if need be. Let's go." rain: ok.... *stiffly walking to the elevator, sweating* Chuuya: *sipping on his milk, as he pushes the button for their floor* "What'd he want?" rain: that little brat elise lied saying i was complaining about my paycheck! and he invited me up. and we all know how that goes.... TT-TT Chuuya: "...That's fucked up." rain: and whats worse is he's not even attracted to me...mostly due to....*excalibur* unsavory tastes.... Chuuya: "I'd count my blessings that he's not. Besides, not everyone can see you're fine looking." rain: y-y-you think so? .//////. Chuuya: *shrug, sips his milk* "Yeah. Not like you got a conjoined twin or something." rain: right.... .////.; *DING* Chuuya: "Well, off we go--" Mori: "Hello~" rain: *inhales and sighs* hello sir.... T___T Mori: "Why the long face?" *stares at her* rain: ...elise was lying. elise: i was nooooot! Mori: "I have to side with Elise on this one. Elise, what do we do with liars?" elise: punishment game! rain: D8 Chuuya: "???" Mori: *claps his hands* "Excellent idea! Proceed, Elise." elise: short guy you may wanna go, this is gunna get ugly. rain: D8> Chuuya: "...I worry I better be a witness to this, or else things might get more complicated..." *glares at Elise* elise:....*griiiiin* *pulls rains skirt off* HA! Chuuya: .\\\\\. rain: Q_Q NOO!! *trying to cover herself* Mori: *smiles* Chuuya: "What the fuck?!" *removing his jacket* rain: TT~TT Mori: "Is that enough, Elise?" Chuuya: *trying to hand the jacket to Rain to cover herself* elise: yeah, i made her cry. rain:.... q/////q Chuuya: "Yeah, big fucking deal--making someone cry. Really, you are such a talent. Real virtuoso." *eyeroll* elise: *pouts* Mori: *whispers to Elise* "Just wait...You can do worse to her..." *smiles at Chuuya* "Defending the young lady? Noble." *stares at Rain* rain: Q_Q Chuuya: *glares at Elise* "How about giving up the skirt now, you demented little Polly Pocket doll?" elise: *sticks tongue out at him* Chuuya: *takes a step forward* elise: *throws it at his face* woo! ten points! Chuuya: "..." Mori: *chortle* rain: .//////. Chuuya: *holds them up* "...They're ripped. Little douche witch." elise: want me to punch you in the balls, shorty? Chuuya: "Nah, you're probably too busy grabbing Mori's." elise: ? Mori: *awkward coughing fit* rain:.......*disgusted glare at mori* Mori: -_-;;;; "Just leave, now, before Elise gets really angry." -elsewhere- Black Star: "Yo, where's everyone?" lilac: yard. Black Star: "What, for a game or gardening?" *steps outside* -there is a tent set up- Black Star: "???" *approaches* naho: we got a camp set up! lavender: yep, still got it. *smiles and nods* Black Star: "...Huh. The great outdoors and all that?" *looking around* "Campfire food?" lavender: higan's got it covered. Higan: *cooking yams* -elsewhere- Kid: *sighs* stocking: *panting* Kid: "You like it?" *small squeeze* stocking: *siiiigh~* Kid: "Hee hee...This is so naughty..." *small spank* stocking: mmmn~ Kid: *thrust* stocking: *moans* Kid: *holds her close, as he picks her up and holds her against the wall* stocking: f-fuuck~ Kid: *smirks* "Careful...Not too loud..." *harder spank* stocking: *kissing him hard* Kid: *moans, as he supports her weight and thrusts into her, matching her rhythm, his tongue along hers* stocking: *grinding and kissing* Kid: *pant pant* "Oh God..." *moans, his member throbbing* stocking: ngh~ kid~ Kid: "Stocking...You're so fucking hot..." stocking: ah~ fuck me you sexy beast. Kid: *grunt* "With--ah!--pleasure..." *slaps her behind again, thrusting harder* "Gonna make you cum so fucking hard." stocking: i dare you~<3 Kid: *leans into her neck, leaving a small bite* stocking: mmmmn~ Kid: *kisses down her neck, reaching her nipple...* stocking: *shivers* Kid: *takes her nipple in his mouth, massaging her breast* -elsewhere- Chuuya: "...Why do you let him treat you like that?" rain: well, if it gives me a decent paycheck, i have no choice. TT_TT that bastard is the bane of my existence. if there wasnt one thing holding me back, i would have broken my condition long ago. Chuuya: "...And what would that one thing be?" rain: oh...um.... uhhh... ???: *howl of pain* rain: ?! Chuuya: "Shit...It came from that door." rain: *hides* O-O;;; Chuuya: "..." *approaches the door* ???: "Let me out! I said I have finished recovering!" *A shadow tendril knocks down the door* rain: eep! >.< *Akutagawa emerges from the room* Akutagawa: "..." rain: oh, its just him....that's slightly more comforting...keyword 'slightly' Akutagawa: "...Lost another skirt?" rain:...... TT~TT stupid ability of mine... Chuuya: "At least you're back on your feet. No help with the Man-Tiger--" Akutagawa: *already towering over Chuuya* Chuuya: ._.; rain: O.O; Akutagawa: "..." *pushes Chuuya with a tendril back across the floor* Chuuya: "AHHHH!" rain: m-mr nakahara!! *she runs over but slips and.....* -squish- rain: .... >//////////////<;;;; Chuuya: "???" *squeeze* .\\\\. Akutagawa: "..." rain: O////////////////////////////////////////////O Chuuya: "...I am so sorry." *tries to use gravity powers to get her off of him..but...* *rip* rain:..... Q//////////Q IYAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! Chuuya: .\\\\\\\\\\. *...something else is rising...* rain:.... O//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////O *FAINTS* Chuuya: D: Akutagawa: "...I'm going to go now." -elsewhere- Patty: *looks at the clock* "What is taking them so long?" stocking: *comes out of the room* ok, im ready. Patty: “About time! What took so long?!" stocking:....busy. very busy. Kid: *pleased smile* Patty: "Oh, hey, Kid! I didn't see you come in." stocking: he was helping me~ Kid: "Paperwork can take a long time." Patty: "??? But you take forever to organize things 'cause you're so obsessive. How was _that_ helpful, Stocking?" stocking:....you'd be surprised~ Patty: "??? O-kay..." *smiles* "Well, time to go to the commissary!" *holds up an empty wallet* "Kid's gonna have to buy!" -elsewhere- Harvar: *looking around* "..." *pulls out a 3DS...* -elsewhere- Sakuya: "Any campfire stories to tell?" -elsewhere- Chuuya: *sighs* *knocks on door* "Rain? You there?" rain: !!! *fixing her apartment up* y-yes? Chuuya: ".. I wanted to check in. May I come in?" rain: um.. s-sure! let me get the door for you. Chuuya: *he's in a jacket, standing at the door* "Okay." -the apartment isnt too large, but it does have some nice decor- Chuuya: ".. Wow. You do alright for yourself." rain: thanks. i get by. *she smiles* do you want anything to drink while you're here? Chuuya: ".. Sure. What you got?" -elsewhere- Akutagawa: "Absurd." higuchi: what is? Akutagawa: "I am powerful. Yet I stand in the shadow of any weakling?" higuchi: ?? Akutagawa: "...I will show both of them that I am powerful..." *stares at Higuchi* "I want the Man-Tiger." -elsewhere- Jacqueline: "??? A voicemail message?" kim: ??... its from the girl's dorms. Jacqueline: *presses play* Anya: "Get here now!" kim: ?! what's going on?! *Phone rings* Jacqueline: "???" *picks it up* Anya: "WHY DIDN'T YOU RESPOND TO MY VOICEMAIL! GET HERE BEFORE WE'RE DEAD!" kim: we're on our way!! Jacqueline: *follows Kim* -and so- -squish- kim: -_-; Jacqueline: *sigh* Anya: *hiding behind a chair* "...Is it gone?" kim: yeah, its gone. Anya: *sigh of relief* "You saved us!" TT~TT kim: -_-; it was bad enough having to kill a thousand legger for ox... Jacqueline: "I think you better pay Kim well for this..." Anya: "Oh, right!" *holds up $20* -elsewhere- Jacqueline: "I think you better pay Kim well for this..." Anya: "Oh, right!" *holds up $20* -elsewhere- shura: well we got the test results back. seems her body has become home to a jorogumo. Neuhaus: *shocked* shura: it would explain the spider webbing we found. michelle:......*shaking* Neuhaus: "...What have I done?" shura:....i know you wont want to hear this, but maybe it'd be best to put her out of her misery... Neuhaus: "!!! No!" shura:....do you...need more time yet? Neuhaus: "I-I can't do that! She deserves...She deserves a life!" shura:....*nods and exits* .....damn. michelle:....sir?....am i....going to die? Neuhaus: "...I don't want you to..." michelle:...why? i barely know you... Neuhaus: "Michelle...I'm your husband." michelle:....*shaking* why cant i remember that? Neuhaus: "It-It may take time..." ("...It has to work...She can't be lost...") michelle:.....cold... Neuhaus: "..." *offers a hand* michelle:.....*slight lean*.....t-thank you... Neuhaus: "..." *holds her* "I'm here..." -elsewhere- Triple A: *holding an ice pack to his head* caliburn: are you feeling better? D8> Triple A: *removes ice pack, showing a bruise* "Fine. Just annoyed." caliburn: i cant believe that little shit hurt you like that! >n< Triple A: "Caliburn! She's just a child!" caliburn: still she hurt you! that's unacceptable. Triple A: "...Let's make an exception here. I don't want to offend Marie--" -elsewhere- Dazai: *sets out drinks* atsushi: so what's this? Dazai: "I think we could all stand to relax a bit, so I ordered a round!" atsushi:....is 18 a legal drinking age? Dazai: "It is in Canada." *pulls out a flag and slams it onto the table* "Canada!" atsushi:..... *sweatdrop* Dazai: "Come on--just a sip. You need to chill a bit." atsushi: am i gonna get in trouble? Dazai: "No, I'll make sure of that. Trust me." -later- Dazai: *giggles* atsushi: *blergh* ugh, im gonna diiiie TT-TT Dazai: "No, that's just the happy beer fairies dancing in your belly!" *sips again* "Just eat some more nachos to quiet them fairies!" atsushi: TT____TT Dazai: "??? What's wrong, buddy? Tummy problems?" -elsewhere- Rin: "Jeez..." shiemi: poor mr neuhaus.... *sniff* Yukio: "..." *pat pat* Rin: "Any word from the higher-ups?" izumo: nothing yet, just to focus on our studies. Bon: "Some of us more than others..." Rin: *sticks his tongue out* konekomaru: *looks at shima* Shima: "??? What?" *he's got a can of bugspray* izumo: the camping trip is next week, dummy. -_-; Shima: "And after dealing with the Spectacular Spider Babe, I'd like to not get bitten by more bugs! Who knows what the outdoors could have?!" -elsewhere- Chuuya: "Thanks again for the drink." rain: n-no problem. .///. Chuuya: "...Hey. I know things are rough. But you don't have to shoulder these burdens alone." rain: ....t-thank you, mr nakahara... Chuuya: "...Chuuya's fine too, Rain." *pats her hand* rain:.....o-o-ok.... ./////////. Chuuya: "..." *cough* "I also wanted to apologize for a lot that happened before..." rain: i-i-its fine! really! Chuuya: "But between you getting abused by that pedo-freak and..." *blushes* "...the rest...I wanted to apologize and try to make it up to you..." *opens up a bag he brought* rain: oh um..w-whats this? *screaming on the inside* Chuuya: *he pulls out what looks like a doll--but is shown to be the ripped off top of a doll's head* *smirks* "Gift #1: I sent a message to pedo-freak's little brat." rain:..... owo; Chuuya: "You like it?" rain: um....thank you...? Chuuya: *smiles* "You're welcome...There is something else I owe you." rain: oh? Chuuya: *stands* "...You shouldn't have been embarrassed by me like that, so..." *removes his jacket--and he's just in--* rain:........ *FAINTS* -THUD- rain: ow! *blinks.....she's in her room*.....oh....of course.... TT_TT *A paper is left there by her bed* rain: ?? *she reads it and smiles* *Note* "Thanks for the company--I was glad for it, and I hope you were too. Just remember: you don't have to shoulder these burdens alone. --Chuuya" rain: *blushes and wipes away a tear*.....*checks answering machine* Answering machine: *MISSED CALLED FROM _Ougai Mori_* rain:.................. *renames contact to 'that sick bastard mori'* Answering Machine: *MISSED CALLED FROM _that sick bastard Mori_* rain:...... *deletes it* *Knock knock* rain:.... *looks through the keyhole* *It's Mori* rain: *cringes and puts the door stopper up* Mori: "Hello, Doll." rain: (thinking: no, i wont let that bastard ruin my evening!) Mori: "Open. We have work to do." rain: *turns up the radio really loud to drown him out* Mori: "..." rain: *praying he leaves* Mori: "...Hmph." *turns and departs* Mori: *about to turn back--* *Phone chirp* rain: O-O; Mori: "..." *looks at his phone* "...Damn it, Nakahara. Pestering me..." rain:....*sigh of relief* -she didnt get any sleep until a little after midnight- -morning- Dazai: *collapsed in bed with a bottle* =w= atsushi: .....who's bed am i.....AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!! Dazai: *slaps his hand over Atsushi's face like he's hitting snooze on an alarm clock* "Five more minutes please..." atsushi: ah- mr-mr dazai! mr dazai wake up! *shaking him* Dazai: *opens his eyes, smiles* "Oh, hey, Atsushi. What're you doing?" -elsewhere- Mori: *sour mood* ???: well you seem quite bitter. Mori: *turns and looks* "I tend to be, when I see minor annoyances that impede progress." ???:.....kyouka still hasnt returned... Mori: "Another annoyance." *stands, pacing* "That Agency took her, and someone was unable to retrieve her...He failed." ???: then perhaps we shall take matters into our own hands then? Mori: "Perhaps...Who do you propose visit the Agency?" -elsewhere- Neuhaus: "..." *puts his head in his hands* michelle:.....*asleep* Neuhaus: "..." *pulls a blanket over her* michelle:....*faint smile* Neuhaus: ("She smiles like before...It can't be a demon in her...") -elsewhere- Relan: *strokes his face* "Nightmares?" shinra: yeah, just nightmares....not flashbacks...*shaking* Relan: "...This isn't healthy...You need sleep and maybe, I don't know, talk about it?" shinra:..yeah...that might help. Relan: *holds his hand* "With me? Or the Commander? Or a professional?" shinra: ....*nods* Relan: "Okay...I think there's a therapist at school?" shinra: *nods* that might help. -elsewhere- Chuuya: *whistling* -elsewhere- atsushi: the shop shouldnt be too far now. Tanizaki: *yawns, pouts* naomi: aww, are you tired big bro? Tanizaki: .______.;;;; "Um...No? Yes? Nes? Yo?" naomi: do you want to lay on me~? atsushi: O-O; Tanizaki: ._______________.;;;;; "I AM FINE AND DO NOT NEED TO LAY ON YOU!" atsushi: O-O;;; oh, seems we can cross the street now! (thinking: chibuya crossing sure is a busy place, you could get lost if you werent paying attention) Tanizaki: "Naomi--I just kind of wish you weren't so...Um, I mean, that is to say--" *looks back* -she isnt there- atsushi: huh? where did she...? -a few other people have noticed some others have gone missing- naho: lilac?! come on this isnt funny! Tanizaki: "Naomi!" *runs into the crowd* atsushi: t-tanizaki wait! Tanizaki: *runs through the crowd, disappearing* atsushi: he-hey! *runs after him* *Someone is running _away_ from Atsushi, avoiding him* atsushi: *tries to follow them* tanizaki! "Tanizaki": *stops walking* atsushi: come on, its dangerous to go running out into a busy stree- "Tanizaki": *creepy smiling face with braces* "Come and play..." atsushi: !!!! y-you! you're the girl from the hote-...huh? Girl: "Fu fu fu...Welcome to Anne's room! Oh, my, so much attention..." Tanizaki: *reappears, stands before her* "...Where is she? Where is Naomi?!" atsushi: ... naho: lilac?! where are you?! person: h-hey where the hell are we?! Girl: "Oh, you're all frightened of this new place--I can understand! If it were me, my heart would leap from my chest! As for your friends..." *smirks at Tanizaki and Naho, as she points to a door with a window in it* naho: *peaks in*... !!! LILA!! lilac:..... naomi:.... atsushi:...kenji! Tanizaki: "!!!" *slamming his fist against the door* Girl: "Can't open a door without a key..." atsushi: then where is the key? Lucy: *shows the key* "To get it, you'll have to play with Anne." atsushi: that doesnt seem so hard. where's anne then? Lucy: *points behind Atsushi and Tanizaki* Tanizaki: "???" *looks behind--* o___O atsushi:....*high pitched squeak* oh. Anna: *a creepy doll towering over Atsushi and Tanizaki* Lucy: "You hide. She seeks. If you open the door with this key--" *tosses it at Atsushi* "--before Anne finds you, you win! Who else wants to join this game?" *looks at the crowd* Crowd: *screams* naho: O-O e-eh? atsushi: ok! sounds easy enough- Anne: "But no violence in here! You must not damage my toys!" *looks at the crowd* "If you're so scared, you could go into that room..." *smiles as hostages* -several people fled; the only ones who remained are atsushi, tanizaki, naho, and a man in a white coat- Tanizaki: "??? Why are you staying?" naho: my friend is trapped in there! i cant just abandon him! White Coat: *shaking* "A girl..." atsushi: ?? White Coat: "Elise...An angel..." *holds up a photo* "Have you seen her?" naho: oh! she was in the room! we'll help her out! White Coat: TT~TT "Thank you!" atsushi: tanizaki, do you think you can use your ability to help us out? Tanizaki: *nods* girl: *smiles* "Then let's begin..." Tanizaki: *holding up the key as he summons his ability--* naho: *caught* eh? White Coat: "!!!" Anne: *ROAR* atsushi: tanizaki!! naho: *SCREAMS as she's dragged into the room* Tanizaki: "?!" *grabbed* "!!!" *tossed into the room after Naho* Lucy: *singing* "Anne sees another friend..." atsushi:.... o-o;;;;; Anne: *rushes at Atsushi* atsushi: *running* nope nope nope! -he jumps up and grabs onto one of the streamers- Anne: "?!" Lucy: *shiny eyes* "An acrobat!" atsushi: (thinking: just got to get to the door...) Lucy: "Such a powerful ability...You must have had a lot of time to cultivate it..." atsushi: (thinking: DO NOT LOSE FOCUS) Lucy: "You're an orphan, too, huh?" atsushi: !!? Lucy: "I had plenty of time to improve my ability...That's what attracted the attention of the Guild." atsushi: !!! Lucy: "...And if I fail, the Guild will throw me away...You were found by the Agency, weren't you? Welcomed, weren't you?" atsushi: ..... Lucy: "...It should have been me. I should have switched places with you..." *crying* atsushi:... (thinking: i want to comfort her....but it could be a trap...) -he edges closer to the door- Lucy: "Perhaps I should make you understand...AND TRAP YOU IN THIS ROOM FOREVER!" atsushi: i made it! *pulls out the key* White Coat: "Look out!" atsushi: ?? *A ribbon wraps around Atsushi, pulling him from the door* atsushi: !!!! *claws the ribbon off* ack! Lucy: "You lose!" Anne: *rushes at him with another ribbon attack* atsushi: !!! *throws a teddy at her and hides* ....ideas doc? o-o; White Coat: "M-Me?! Um, well, gee, I don't know...Except for one piece of advice..." atsushi: i can use just about anything right now sir. White Coat: "Game theory." atsushi:... what like the youtube channel? White Coat: "No, a philosophy: when you have an opponent who has everything to lose, beat them on the spot, so thoroughly, they can't fight back." atsushi: i think that makes sense... ok, i have an idea. we double team her! White Coat: ._. "M-Me?! But I'm just a physician--" Lucy: " 'Double,' eh? Good idea..." atsushi:.....why do i keep saying words?