#im writing these on my phone and not editing so you're getting typos and not so flash grammar people

[zuppizup]

“Come on!” Soren sighed dramatically, crossing his arms over his chest. “You’ve both been sitting on your butts since we got here. It’s time for some activity.”

“We came here to relax, Soren,” Callum sighed, not so much as looking up from his book.

“Rayla, come on. Aren’t you bored?” Soren turned his attention away from Callum, clearly seeing him as a lost cause.

“I'm on vacation.” She muttered into her hot chocolate as she snuggled closer to Callum.

“Guys, the pride of Katolis is at stake here.” Soren changed tactics, his voice no longer commanding and decidedly more pleading. “You know how good Amaya is at snowball fights and now she’s got Janai to back her up. And Gren is surprisingly ruthless.”

“It’s three against three,” Rayla rolled her eyes. “Ez has really good aim.”

“It’s not him I’m worried about.” Soren sighed dramatically. “Corvus barely counts-”

“Hey!” Corvus finally spoke up, stepping forward to get Soren’s attention.

“Oh come on, you know it’s true. You hate snow.”

“Yeah, but I can deal with it for the snowball fight.”

“You didn’t last year.”

“I didn’t realise everyone took this thing so seriously last year-”

“Not everyone takes it seriously, do they?” Soren turned away from Corvus to stare pointedly at Callum and Rayla.

“They do not.” Callum once again refused to look up from his book.

Sighing, Soren seemed to concede defeat, turning and stomping away. “Come on. We need to discuss tactics if it’s going to be me against Amaya, Janai and Gren.”

“Congratulate Team Sunfire for us!” Rayla teased, putting her hot chocolate down before leaning into Callum’s side.

Callum snorted, looking at her out of the corner of his eye. “We can go, if you want to.”

“What’s the point? Who’s going to win against a sky mage?” She pulled a book from under the blanket and began to leaf through the pages.

“Uh huh, that’s why you’re not interested... the lack of competition.” He laughed as she snuggled in closer to him. “And not the fact Captain Grainne’s ship had begun to take on water at the end of your last chapter?”

“She can’t swim, Callum!” Rayla didn’t even look up from the page.

“What sort of pirate can’t swim?”

“I told you, it a plot twist!”

“Well, hurry up and finish so I can find out!”

“I’m trying, mister mage.” She smiled primly at him, bopping his nose. “Why do you think I said no to a snowball fight?”

- Fluffy Rayllum prompts to cheer me up

Banther Lodge snuggles/cosy blanket/book dates suggested by @leftboob, @thedizzydinosaur and @temerity14

[mejomonster]

Okay so hello friends I discovered this site today, when trying to find an app/place to write with low distractions:

So its got: dark mode, light mode, you can set a timer (good for a writing sprint), you can set a word goal, it shows just your writing and word count at the bottom, it has a tool to export your writing as a txt file when done. Its features appear the same on laptop or phone, useful if you're like me and sometimes type on the phone.

Of particular note: you can only backspace through a word, not further. I'd suggest trying to write for a while before deciding how you feel about it. I was initially annoyed, since I couldn't delete a sentence I disliked and could only really fix small scale initial typos. But I just started typing // when I didn't like a prior line so I could just go delete it later in editing, then I continued writing the sentence I'd want instead. After the first several minutes, I decided I kind of like this feature. Why? Because it got me to WRITE. I couldn't really second guess myself much, because re-reading and editing wasn't an option during writing. It will be an option LATER, but not during this writing sprint. Justwrite as another feature, doesn't really let you scroll up. Annoying to me, somewhat, since I couldn't scroll up and double check I was remembering certain details right. But it makes up for it again in getting me TO WRITE. I wrote 3000 words an hour in Justwrite. Just because I HAD to move forward and just tell the fucking story. A lot of what I wrote was good stuff! And I left myself little // to find and fix bits I wanted to work on more. And maybe useful in a story sense, I found my scenes felt they were flowing in pacing better. Possibly because I had to write them timely enough to remember what I was writing ToT (I don't have the best detail memory) so scenes couldn't dawdle long enough to get super stuck or linger on something for an amount of time that would start getting a reader lost or bored. In summary: the particular quirks of not allowing much backspacing and not much upscrolling? Make for faster writing, and a bit more of an incentive to keep a writing flow going while its fresh in your mind.

Anyway I wrote 7000 words today thanks to this site (and the app version on my tablet).

I really appreciate Low Distraction writing tools since seeing even just words underlined or editing tabs above a document quickly gets me distracted. Some current favorites: justwrite (site and app), https://novellla.web.app/ (I like this but I prefer the computer version as the phone version has no night mode), Writer Lite (a phone app I love for organizing writing as it works very minimal distraction but lets me change fonts and organize chapters and notes and projects and check word counts by project/chapter/entire directory - in that app I've written 192,000 words this year, it backs up to google drive and I have not explored exporting options yet but its definitely my favorite phone app for writing project organizing), notepad (when Im om my computer Im not kidding - the lower the distractions the more likely I'm going to use the tool), and honorable mention app.gethermit.com (its a useful site for sharing writing to someone to look at with password protection, and its also got projects/chapters organization, I both appreciate that it includes spellcheck and also hate that it's spell check means I NEVER write on the site I just use it to quickly store a copy paste writing backup online so I can open it up on another device).

[sovawife]

all the phone asks 👀 (kittyandco)

OKAY this is going to be long but im going to answer for akshan bc he would probably be lowkey insufferable (edit after writing these out: I was right. he is incredibly insufferable)

1. What type of phone does your F/O have? Do they have an Apple, Android, or something else?

I think he would have an Apple probably. Probably one of the older models

2. What do they have as their ringtone? Is it a song they like, something funny, or just the default ringtone?

He would 1000% have the ringtone as something really obnoxious probably.. either some really annoying song or just something weird. I almost want to say he would have his ringtone as the Gangnam Style Minecraft Parody... but do I really want to think about that in depth? No. No, I don't.

3. What is their contact name for you on their phone?

I think he would have to have it as just my name, because I feel like everyone else on his phone would have a bunch of really weird contact names and he doesn't get confused whenever I text him bc I'm important.

4. Do they prefer texting, or calling/video calling you?

He texts a lot, but I think he would prefer video calling. He will video call me at random parts of the day and expect me to pick up. When I pick up he has the phone really really close to his face. Why is he like this.

5. Are they on social media? If so, what ones? What do they usually post?

Oh god, I can see him both on Twitter and Instagram. I think on Twitter he would just argue with people, especially with either conservatives or Dream stans/Kpop stans. It's literally a nightmare and I think he would have his account suspended before just because he won't shut up about his opinion (AKA what he thinks is the right thing). For Instagram, I think he would only have a few followers and he literally just posts whatever. The concept of a nice and clean instagram profile doesn't exist to him. He will literally post random pictures with no caption that make no sense at all.

6. How do they text? Do they use abbreviations a lot, proper grammar? Do they make typos a lot?

Definitely would not use caps unless the phone auto caps locked words, uses abbreviations a lot and makes MANY typos. It's a little hard to understand what he's trying to say sometimes.

7. How many pictures do they have on their camera roll? Is it a lot or a little?

WAY too many pictures. I think he would have at least like 4000+ and like, 1/5 of them are just selfies of himself.

8. What's their lock screen/home screen? Do they have the same picture for both or a different picture?

His lock screen is a picture of me, like mid sneeze and he refuses to change it. I think his home screen would be something nice though, maybe a pet.

9. Has your F/O ever broken their phone before or had to get a new one? If so, how did they break it?

Yes. He broke his phone while trying to do something very stupid likely. Like doing a backflip while holding his phone, or literally throwing his phone for some reason.

10. What's their contact picture for you on their phone?

I think he would have it as the same picture of me sneezing. Just to really emphasize his point (that he thinks it's funny).

11. Is their screen cracked at all?

100%. I think he would have those glass screen protectors at first, but then he broke his phone so hard it went THROUGH the protector so now it's just permanently cracked.

12. Do they send you memes at all? If so, what types do they find the funniest?

1000%, I think he would send me those Facebook mom minion memes on purpose just because he knows I find them annoying.

13. How often does your F/O text you? Do they text you a lot, even when you're in the other room, or do they only text when they're not with you in person?

He texts me way too much. We could literally be sitting next to each other and he will send me a picture he took of me while sitting next to me.

[pinksausageduo]

hey baeee. i thought i would take longer to come back but hERE I AM. you're so kind and sweet... your simple words makes me wanna cry and idk why tho lol i miss you so much i just want to come back and be closer to you!

pt 2: omg when i wrote 'i miss you so much' hahah i wrote it without thinking of Beautiful lol and now i just realised it. you see, it's wanna one trying to make me come back. they love both me and you together. jkjglhjrht ok sorry. i'll download tumblr now. i'll read all the stuff i haven't read yet and i'll come back later to tell you my thoughts. prepare yourself, i think there will be a lot! kisses

pt 3: omg wait you likes stray kids too???!!!!!!! omG LET'S MARRY RIGHT NOW OMG. R-I-G-H-T N-O-W! RIGHT FREAKING NOW. omg last night i had a dream with Chan, he was my cousin but i liked him, i had a crush on him. it was new years party and we were at our aunt house, there were a lot of girls who were jealous but he didnt care hahaha i think he loved me too aaaAHAHAHAHAHA OMG okay sorry lol he isn't even my bias but i lol i loved it. who's your bias? mine's hyungjin and jisung. WAH - joy hope

pt 4: okay, wait. i might have to wait a little more because i don't know what to delete to then download tumblr lol okay, it'll take some time now. but i promise i'll try to be fast.

pt 5: also lol on the last message i sent you, the one about stray kids, i think i've put Hyungjin instead Hyunjin. my bad lol i realised it just now that i was about to write Hyunjin but in my keyboard's dictionary it's written as Hyungjin. omg i hate this freaking keyboard. sorry lol - joy hope

THIS IS AN ESSAY LMAO is what i wanna say before reading it 

BUR SHSHHASHDO WHY ARE YOU SO SWEET take your time seriously as much time as you want but ummm if you're sure about deleting things go ahead?? BUT STILL i kinda feel bad LIKE MAKE SURE THEY’RE NOT IMPORTANT. this isn't sounding any better aspdfaiod anywayssss YES WANNA ONE LOVES YOU AND ME TOGETHER i agree 100% totally. I've actually missed you so so much but I'm glad ill get to talk to you soon!! also take your time reading! btw i also have my side stray kids blog but I've only posted 2 scenarios on there. i need to edit my jihoon heirs before posting it too SO LOOK OUT FOR THAT ONE. 

AND SHSAOD I LOVE STRAY KIDS WITH ALL MY HEART MIND BODY SOUL AND SPIRIT and okay dream is cute fact he's your cousin creepy asf cause no to incest BUT ITS A DREAM SO MEH WHO CARESSS but awww i love hyunjin and jisung too they’re such cuties but my bias is 

FELIX LEE MR IM FROM SYDENY AUSTRALIA KILLING ME W MY OWN COUNTRY’S ACCENT WITH THE MOST GORGEOUS SMILE IN THE UNIVERSE (well tied with woojin) AND CUTEST FRECKLES HE MAKES ME SO SOFT AND HES SUCH A GOOD DANCER AND A CUTE AND HE WORKS SO HARD AND I JUST LOVE HIM ALOT 

ya i have it bad i know but changbin and jisung ARE WRECKING ME aosdjaod actually take that back ALL OF THEM ARE 

but ill wait for how long you need no rush!! don't hurry okay!! and ya lol thought it was a typo BUT I CANT WAIT TO HEAR FROM YOU AGAIN ILY

wow i just wrote an essay too lmao