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LINKS: DEMO [UPDATED 30/03/2024] | COG FORUM

SUMMARY

When Cloud Waves Break is a work-in-progress murder mystery/Lovecraftian horror interactive fiction story. After returning to your hometown of Golden Gulf, your older sister is brutally murdered. The method? Poison. The location? The Twin Suns restaurant, on its reopening night. It's up to you to find her killer. But it won't be easy. Between dealing with your hostile brother-in-law, the police force interfering every step of the way, and your own memories about why you left, you're in for a rough time. And that's not even taking into account the weird dreams you've been having…

FEATURES

Play as male, female, or non-binary; straight, gay, or bisexual.

Customize your sister: choose her name, her personality, and determine your relationship with her.

Choose between four possible occupations: actor, doctor, soldier, or dilettante.

Learn more about the history of Golden Gulf, how your family ties into it, and what it has to do with your sister's murder.

And maybe stop a cult. Or join them. It's up to you.

ROMANCE OPTIONS

Officer Wyatt Pierce (M) "I've made many mistakes. But caring for you? Isn't one of them."

Description: An officer of the Golden Gulf Police Department. He also used to be your neighbour when you were kids. Time changes people though. Can you love who he is now?

Appearance: Greying hair - younger than he looks. Massive claw marks across his face, burned into the skin.

Personality: He's gruff and tired. Growing up in Golden Gulf, he learned to let many things slide. It weighs on him, made him callous. But then your sister died. Suddenly, he can't be callous anymore. Not with her dead. And especially not when you're here.

Officer Casey Young (NB) "I'll keep you safe. I promise."

Description: The officer from Augusta, sent to find and arrest the leader of the Burning Waters crime gang, Nina Wu. They don't trust many people. Maybe you can be the exception?

Appearance: Faded tattoo of a monkey on their neck; wild hair; friendly, but cautious eyes.

Personality: They are kind, with a spine of steel, and will always do the right thing. Even if everyone turns against them and they risk losing everything. Make them care for you, though, and the choice will destroy them.

Evelyn Ross (F) "You and me? It just feels too good to be true."

Description: Your brother-in-law's administration assistant. Duty and logic drives her every action. To her, love is a silly afterthought. Maybe you can change her mind?

Appearance: Petite. Lustrous, thick hair. Bright eyes. Glasses. Conventionally attractive.

Personality: Her calculating mind is her greatest strength, but also her greatest weakness. She's aware of all the possibilities stretching out before her, but also of the consequences. And it paralyzes her. But reassure her, become an anchor for her, and she'll lift you up in turn.

Jeremiah/Jessamine Callahan (M/F) "I'd forgotten what this felt like. Thank you for reminding me."

Description: The sole survivor of the wealthy Callahan family. You grew up with their spouse, Riley. They've loved and they've lost. Maybe you can help them learn to love again?

Appearance: Hair braided in cornrows; ragged and tattered clothes; an air of sadness that hangs over them like a cloud.

Personality: They aren't afraid to say what they think and have a very strong moral compass. But it can sometimes lead them to jumping to conclusions. Get them on your side though, and they'll follow you to the very end. 'Til death do you part.

Oscar/Ophelia Lovelace (M/F) "You are everything that I imagined you to be."

Description: The interior designer contracted for the reconstruction. Love wasn't enough to keep you in Golden Gulf. But maybe they can?

Appearance: Very tall and graceful; eccentric sense of style; an ever-present smile.

Personality: They project a polite and mild mannered façade. But their true personality emerges through their design work, which they are obsessively dedicated to. Catch their attention, though, and they'll never let you go.

ADDITIONAL INFO

OTHER IMPORTANT CHARACTERS:

Your Older Sister: She was many things, to many people. How did you see her? Was she self-absorbed? Naive? Arrogant? Or charming? But none of that really matters now that she's dead... Does it?

Benjamin Mullen: Your sister's husband. He's a difficult man to get along with. He also has a problem with you specifically, and isn't afraid to tell you so.

INSPIRATIONS:

Agatha Christie mystery novels, Lovecraftian horror, The King in Yellow by Robert W Chambers, the TTRPGs Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition and Brindlewood Bay, and Slay the Princess by Black Tabby Games.

[skyloftian-nutcase]

Skye your Fire and Water story was fantastic! Loved it! It did leave me wondering something though.

In your Abel stories like BotS, CotD, and BotH, did Abel and Tilieth get the chance to meet the queen of the Domain, or did she die prior to Abel visiting the Domain? If they did meet her, did it have an impact on how they engaged with Mipha, like Tilieth trying to give her maternal support when she could, but also trying not to cross too many boundaries?

I’m so happy you liked it! :D Your tags made me smile, and the one about Abel HAHAHA I LOVED IT 🤣🤣🤣 “maybe if I keep my eyes shut they’ll leave the area—nope they’re still going ok let’s end this” OAIASBROFI LOL that was basically his thought process, “I’m just gonna pretend to sleep and respect their privacy and they’ll work it out and OH MY GODDESS THIS IS SO PAINFUL JUST—THATS IT IM INTERFERING”

Tilieth never met the Zora Queen—I’m kind of debating whether she’s ever met Dorephan, to be honest. She never had a chance to travel all that much - I doubt it’s something many normal people did in that time, and especially going to the Domain. Perhaps Abel took her there once when he had the time, or a short assignment there, because he knows she loves to explore. Abel met Mipha’s mother but never got too close to her - Dorephan’s wife did not trust Hylians as much as her husband did. But Abel saw her plenty of times due to the mission he had - in Chrinicles of the Domain, Dorephan’s mother died, leaving him to ascend the throne, and since he was more open to Hylian relations, Zelda’s mom put that mission together. So the story takes place during that point.

In BotW canon, I doubt Til ever had a reason to get acquainted to the Zora royals. The game implies that Link and Mipha’s relationship was serious enough to merit an engagement gift, so Til must have met Mipha at least a couple times - I imagine Link probably brought her to Hateno. But as for getting to know Mipha’s parents, it’s unlikely.

In Age of Calamity, Til & Abel are considered family to the Zora royals once Link and Mipha get engaged, and Til loves visiting the Domain and she mothers Mipha to death ❤️

[luimagines]

Orginal monster! Imagine

Chain and monster! Reader portal in to wild's timeline and everyone glad that their near a town for a break but surprisingly zelda in that town and she greet the chain and pass Reader and zelda goes to hug wild to welcome him back but wild avoid the hug since he seen what she did to reader so he slip his arm around monster reader while he greet her . The chain watch and knows there's going to be a problem but won't step in unless necessary.

Most of the day went by with no problem, but zelda always tried for the fiveth time in a row to get wild to chat with her privately, but she made sure that there people even infront of the chain around to see and wild try to politely decline her since he have a feeling he shouldn't be alone with her plus he wanted to spend time with his gf/bf monster reader. Zelda would backoff til wild notice she tap monster reader shoulder to talk to them about something in private which he finally had enough of her so walk over.

Wild: Princess, please stop interfering with us.

Zelda: Well, link you don't want to listen but I must ask them since your-

Monster reader: princess and link please clam down, let's go over there to talk. Clearly this talk is important.

Zelda nods as wild sign, but all three walk over to a bench, link is sitting beside monster reader holding their hand since he feels this talk is something he doesn't want to hear but if this talk will get zelda to leave then so be it as reader look to zelda ready to hear her speak.

Zelda clear her throat and look to the two and open her mouth to speak as the more nosey chain are spying on the three.

Zelda: link are you in a relationship with....them?

Link(wild): yes, we are zelda. Why are you?-

Zelda: you have to end this mess up relationship.

Wild: what did you say. I would not princess.

Wild felt angry that she could say that as reader hold wild hand to help ground him while they step in now since this is why the talk is important now.

Monster reader: zelda, our relationship is normal. I love link and care about him, why are you-

Zelda: I won't let you have him! Hes mine!! I wont let him ruin his life being with some monster!! He's my hero! My!-

Wild link: enough!!! How are you say that!! Your hero?! Is that what you see me as??! How dare you disrespect our relationship and them!! I love them!

Wild is shaking but held to reader hand. He lost everything the first time and when through a rough journey to fulfill what he lost while saving hyrule again but that's all zelda seen him as hero than as himself and found love through reader.

Reader held link hand while they look to zelda.

Reader: princess, have you ever thought of what link wants after this journey? Or what he wants?

Zelda went to speak but no words came out from her mouth as reader sign clearly see she haven't thought about what he wants or wished.

Reader: clearly you haven't. We'll be going now. Please dont upset him again with your selfish decisions. And understand this. Our relationship is like any other couple here. I want to be with link. I understand I'm half monster. I'll always-

Zelda: no...hes-

Wild: disrespect our relationship again, I won't forgive you.

Zelda shut up as wild walk reader away from zelda and reader help clam wild down and luckily the few chain found them and say it's time to leave the town.

Oh dear, Zelda. No honey, that's not how you go about these things.

[thatgirl4815]

Can't speak on the whole Boeing debacle cos I don't have the mental resilience to handle this last minute drama so skipped his scenes and checked out after Ray gave Sand his guitar so I can live in blissful ignorance til I know how it all ends, BUT I did see this revised translation of Ray's preview line from a Thai fan on twitter which I found quite interesting: "“I don’t like him fucking with you like this, either you deal with him, or I will” . . . like I feel it can be something like “playing with ur feelings” but at the same time “circling around you(like a shark)”" (https://twitter.com/SHlNSUN/status/1715918615277707519) - which I think is more nuanced than the official subs and gives off less of a purely possessive/jealous vibe and more of a...feral protectiveness! If I had a superpower I'd want to be able to understand every language in the world cos when you enjoy engaging with international media it's so frustrating knowing how much you're missing out on!

You're right, that translation does seem to suggest a different emotion than the original! It reflects more care for the emotional manipulation Sand could be going through because of Beoing as opposed to just Ray wanting Sand to make Boeing go away because he himself is uncomfortable with him. In other words, I think it makes Ray come off a tad less selfish.

Mad respect for translators because their job must be wicked hard to capture all the nuances of a language. It's quite frankly impossible to match up meanings perfectly. But I'm glad to know that Ray isn't simply frustrated at Boeing for interfering, but he recognizes that Boeing is trying to play games with Sand and act upon those old feelings Sand still harbors for him. Thx for sharing!

[ghxstchronicals]

•☽────✧˖°˖ 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 ˖°˖✧────☾•

except I poorly explain it in my own words

⌞ harlexon ⌝

➜. they're poly, but Haru didn't come 'til later! that being said...

➜. Alex and Dilon are childhood friends, turned lovers ! but. omg. in highschool they were the worst. I'm so serious.

➜. they were borderline DATING already. they could kiss, cuddle, hold hands, and Alex would pop out with the "what are we?" and Dilon just wouldn't answer

➜. a rift was caused when Alex kissed Dilon with Derek's support (Dilon SMILED???? he enjoyed it) ... but then she started avoiding him so like. okay.

➜. he made it no better tho??? he got more and more upset and bitchy as time went on, and NO communication happened.

➜. then they had a sleepover and were forced to sleep together, and had a very awkward conversation ⤿ "... it's pretty hot right now, isn't it?" "it's below sixty degrees in here." "right... I meant-" "shut the fuck up."

➜. don't worry! they work it out, and come out the next day ACTUALLY together. they were basically insufferable for everybody, with obvious crushes on each other, but everytime someone asked, it was always "what? no, we're not together??" (or "we're not???")

➜. they are happily married tho !! have been for years now <33

➜. Haru and Dilon, as i've posted so you should know already, went from strangers, to kinda friends, to fuckbuddies

➜. they didn't exactly "get together" until Alex got back, so they had sort of a situationship going on.

➜. that said, Haru and Alex hated each other. on Haru's end, this is the girl who took the love of his life from him, and on Alex's end, this guy is really trying to compete with me for my husband. what the fuck

➜. ... long story short; they fucked and Haru casually inserted himself into their relationship (the poly was his idea)

⌞ josmora ⌝

➜. love at first sight. literally !!

➜. Shamora fell first, Josh fell harder. she saw him when passing through ballet classes to get to her boxing class (nonamericans, DONT look up if ballet/boxing classes are real in the state of California. you'll find out that Im lying)

➜. she saw a pretty girl (pre-josh transition) and went. woah.

⤿ Shamora was terribly a lesbian before Josh (post-transition)

➜. she's acting all weird now, so come lunch time, her friends piece it together that she has a crush (she used to be obvious like that)

➜. Josh didn't acknowledge Shamora's existence until one day she scared off a group of nobody-girls that were fucking with him, then she invited him over to sit with her and her friends

➜. they IMMEDIATELY hit it off, and they're the only couple here that acknowledges that they're dating before they're even dating

➜. before they get married, and after he came out, Shamora paid for his top surgery and all other needed things (no bot-surg), and he married her faster

➜. That One Couple that makes you sick. the couple with the couple goals!

⌞ dash ⌝

➜. now lookie here.

➜. they're like. worse than Dilon and Alex.

➜. except it's not even Ash's fault. Derek is just a WHORE

➜. i'd argue that they're worse than Alex and Dilon...but I digress.. On one hand, Ash had a crush on Derek for the longest... the only problem was that Derek was a HOPPER.

➜. like... first, it's his twin sister's bf, a girl at one point, some more guys... oh look at that, he married Joseph of all people.

➜. now, this is probably the first time Ash directly interfered with Derek's relationships. mostly because Joseph was...Joseph. abusive, manipulative, cunning -- not that Derek didn't hit his ass back, but still.

➜. Derek even had his baby - only to get it taken after the divorce because (via Joseph) he was too "mentally ill" to take care of the kid (Joseph didn't get the kid either so)

➜. Ash and Derek saw each other during Derek's three-year headache... and then they finally got together themselves. oh my god Ash ily (no I don't)

⌞ jerelucy ⌝

➜. mommy and daddy of the group (literally)

➜. ran(runs) a successful business, hence the wealthiness of the family, be it biological, married into or found

➜. however, we're not discussing how they got together, rather their "falling out".

➜. headcanon that Jeremy is a lightweight... a terrible holder of alcohol.

➜. because he and Lucy were happy, excruciatingly so. with three kids, and newly born twins !!

➜. until Jeremy was working late out one night. he can't remember much except for waking up with a headache, then proceeding to turn to wrap his arms around his- this was not his wife.

➜. sitting up frantically, he'd find that he wasn't even at the penthouse. he honestly doesn't think her threw up any faster than he did right then and there.

➜. of course Lucy found out about it, and of course she was rightfully pissed about it.

➜. this led to frequent arguments - their oldest son gone, and their oldest daughter out in college already, leaving their second-older son to take care of the twins while they became strangers in their own home

➜. Jeremy lost himself the moment Lucy tried to divorce him. he became an entirely different person--not the gentleman he once was-- it the good father he was before.

➜. he wasn't active in his kids' life much anymore. but he did grieve when Dilon committed suicide when he was only...nine?

➜. while still not as active, he refused to go through with the divorce. Lucy never took him to court for it either. why??

➜. she was hurt and heartbroken, but she still loved him as much as she hated him now, even if he was a stranger now

[morethanwonderful]

So the meat and candy timelines, right?

Years ago when the epilogues first came out, I did a bunch of writing about Gamzee and his role in the Candy narrative. Long meta short, Gamzee is the Bard of Rage, which means his very presence passively facilitates destruction of and through Rage. That means literal rage, the aspect of anger, but as the opposite of Hope, Rage is also tied to the concept of truth. Rage is truth valued over comforting illusions. And Rage is also tied, via its anger element, to violence and chaos.

In other words, through his mere presence, Gamzee as Bard of Rage is the bringer of destruction via chaos and the destruction of truth. Wherever Gamzee is, things inherently become less ordered, true, and meaningful. That's why he had to be locked in the fridge for the retcon timeline to work and create a meaningful ending for Sburb, and that's why he had to stay locked in the fridge to create a relevant post-game story in the Meat timeline.

But Gamzee's not the only character missing on Earth C during the Meat timeline. The whole inciting incident for that timeline is that John Egbert, Heir of Breath, living embodiment of freedom, fucking leaves. And not only does John leave. He dies!

In the Meat timeline, the timeline with a plot all about not just narrative control but the characters' very thoughts being wrested away from them, John fucks off back to paradox space and doesn't come back 'til he's a corpse.

It's not like John's completely gone from the Meat narrative, as he spends the Meat epilogue fighting Lord English and dying in space with Terezi, but he leaves Earth C behind completely, and he's dead by the time Beyond Canon starts in comic form. The embodiment of freedom abandons the version of Earth C that is openly being puppeted by willful narrators, because on a narrative level, there can be no freedom in that space. Not when Dirk and Calliope are there writing their competitive friendfictions.

Hell, John doesn't just die in Meat. He gets erased. He is infected with a poison that is "antithetical to narrative relevance." He is removed from Meat's story as much as he can possibly be removed, and I think there has to be a reason for that.

John's ties to Breath and freedom don't make him immune to the narrators puppeting his thoughts. At least as far as we see in the Meat epilogue, that much is pretty clear. But, as the Meat epilogue itself describes it, John's retcon powers mean that he is the one character in the story to "completely transcend the partitions of canon itself." Dirk and Calliope can shape the narrative and decide what's canon, but John has the power to simply step outside of it.

So of course, the reality where Dirk and Calliope fully and openly take control has to be the reality without the living embodiment of freedom around to get in the way. If John was ever made aware of Dirk and Dead Calliope's interfering with Meat's narrative, and he wasn't actively dying of anti-canon cherub venom, he's the only character in the whole story that might be able to do something about it. Moreover, on a symbolic level, it's simply doesn't make sense to have the things he represents present in that world.

The Bard of Rage has to be locked away and disposed of to make the Meat timeline possible, but the Heir of Breath has to die.

[icemde]

ICE MAKER MAGIC & GRAY'S STYLE

MAKER MAGIC IS KNOWN FOR ITS CREATIVITY AND FREEDOM. In terms of magics its one of the most versatile ones out there, with the only real limits being the caster's imagination and their magic power. With it's ability to range from static every day items to gigantic, life like creations, and to be based in almost any element imaginable, it's easy to see the appeal of such a kind of magic.

WHILE ITS THE MOST PREVALENT TYPE WE SEE IN THE SERIES, ICE MAKER MAGIC ISN'T ALL THAT COMMON. Most maker magics tend to focus on more solid and sustainable elements, such as wood or iron, mainly due to their more practical uses in daily life. The only Ice Make users we see in the series all have connection to the same person: Ur, be it as blood relation or being her student, which is why the canon has a larger population of Ice Make users than other types of Maker Magics. However, in terms of the world at large, it's not very commonly seen, and is often associated with the northern kingdoms, due to their colder climates. When Gray had first arrived in to Fairy Tail, many of the older mages were fascinated by the mere idea of an ice based maker magic, and most of them pieced together themselves where Gray had originally called home.

FOR A MAGIC SO ROOTED IN CREATIVITY, A STYLE LIKE GRAY'S IS ALMOST CONFUSING, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING WHO HE LEARNED FROM. Ur had an unparalleled mastery of the craft, and was able to create truly breathtaking spells with such ease, all seeming to fall under her botanical motif. Her ability to make devastating attacks look like the most gentle aspects of nature was truly awe inspiring, and she encouraged her students to find their own styles. Lyon took this and perfected the animated style, leaning more towards animals. He had also taken to an aspect of nature, embracing the creatures that roamed it and honed that as his art. But Gray? Gray had been very practical with what he created. There was no influence of nature, no creative spin, instead rather cut and dry with what he wanted. Even other Maker Magic users such as Laki have a creative spin to their magic, but not Gray. Ever blunt as to what he wants his magic to make and what it should be, leaving very little room for a creative spin or alteration on it. His very straight forward take is due to his reason for learning the magic in the first place.

GRAY LEARNED MAKER MAGIC FOR ONE REASON AND ONE REASON ONLY. COMBAT. Gray had become Ur's student solely for the purpose of fighting Deliora and avenging his family, and thus only ever saw the magic as a tool. In his youth, Gray never truly allowed himself to see the beauty in his magic, the freedom it possessed, instead only seeing it as a means to an end. As he learned, he was very cut and dry with what he wanted, because he didn't believe he had the time to add the flourishes and uniqueness typically carried by those who use the magic. This was a tool and nothing more, so what he created would reflect that. While Lyon would summon a swarm of birds, Gray would go the more practical route and fire off arrows or spears. When Ur would create a beautiful rose bloom to protect herself, Gray would skip straight to its purpose, a simple shield instead. Gray had refused to let him personality and self thrive through his magic when he was learning it, far too wrapped up in his desire for revenge and the grief that haunted him that the prospect of truly making his magic his own was something that never crossed his mind. It wouldn't be til almost a decade later, after facing his past head on and coming out the other end mostly unscathed would Gray begin to let his magic begin to reflect himself. Instead of the most basic forms of what he needed, the weapons he would create would start to be more intricate and details. What use to be plain blades would now be much more intricate, but equally as deadly. His basic bows would now be adorned with decorative aspects, in no means interfering with their purpose, but displaying an elegance equal to their strength. It was a subtle change, something most people would miss, but for those who knew the Ice Mage, they could see his true colors finally shining through with each spell he cast.

[zylian]

Zy is annoyed so quick summary on Planet in Vitalasy stream

Planet and vitalasy talk and they disagree on a lot of stuff

Vitalasy leaves the call annoyed and decides Panet is a problem and says he never wants to be put on a team with Planet ever

vitalasy than proceeds to test out the prison

he put planet in the unfinished prison and kept one tapping him until he almost got banned so he would stop talking since they disagree on stuff

Planet said "not again" and said he would do anything to make him stop

Planet gets out and Vitalasy tells Planet to stop interfering and blames him for his team break up

Planet see's the zam book which says "I never had teammates I could trust til now :)" (the one with the trust apple book) and Planet laughs saying "you kept more than Mapicc and Ro ever did" than vitalasy gets upset.

Planet says let's agree to disagree and Vitalasy gets super upset, leaves call, and than vitalasy talks about the past and says 3 players ruined it all.

————— Zy opinion —————

“3 players” well that's probably Mapicc, Ro & Zam so good thing those three don't hate each other currently

Vitalasy who is the closest to Spoke & Ash not bothering to see what their doing is the saddest thing I’ve ever heard. Spoke tormenting ppl and makes Vitalasy leader while Vitalasy wants hear nothing from anyone.

No one chooses their labels yet every person with a different opinion (who is mortal) is apparently his worse enemy (omg!)

He called himself the servers punching bag… I want him to name the people who hate him and the ppl who don’t cause from whatever I hear ppl blame him for trying to be a hero after the damage is done

The end portals? Yah they called him a tyrant so? Bro loves to contradict himself sometimes

Kinda glad Planet was the one to talk to him cause if it was anyone else Vitalasy wouldn’t have stopped. Why does it have to be Planet almost getting banned for him to stop raging smhhhhhhh

He keeps bringing up the past and I wanna bash my head into the wall like everyone heard u ok, yes you never wanted this to happen but what matters is the present and apparently running away is the answer. Than RUN AWAY, omg stop lingering in between, u can’t explain ur side (glitch wise) and than stick around other players

If u want to mind ur business alone than dont give ppl reasons too ??? ur already stuck being blamed for the exploits you can’t just run now

It makes sense why Subz just sat there and agreed during vitalasys rage/ rant cause wtf Planet isn’t a good but having his own opinion shouldn’t make u that upset

Subz who was ACTIVELY HUNTED chose to not learn the powers and that says something. Vitalasy who can’t log in to save his team and chooses to run away instead ? Ppl with less hearts and no gear still managed to save themselves. 3 heart trio got tormented A LOT yet fight with what they have, Zam got tormented SO much, they both probably have worse scars then Vitalasy in this season and Vitalasy choses to be left alone now. Did he not learn from Subz’s pacifism arc????

“Once the plan is in action you won’t be able to hit me anymore” ?????????? He hates the purpose of the server so badddddd

he becomes a god to be left alone, wasn’t Ashswag already considered a god and didn’t he still get people bothering him? Despite them knowing he would fight back. People want to fight eachother and especially a fair/ challenging one cause thats fun!!! The whole point Mapicc tries pulling Subz out of his pacifism was to fight cause when he fights Subz it’s fun, it’s challenging, he has to focus.

Vitalasy pls open ur eyes I swear it’s not that hard pls there are already ppl on the server who are in similar boats as you and ppl who have already run away

Also he keeps bringing up how he gave 8 hearts to Mapicc & Ro and they betrayed him. HE BETRAYED HIS OWN TEAM IN THE END FIGHT. He’s blind and even after his own team forgave him (Red & Pangi specifically) Vitalasy still treats it like he’s alone. I’m starting to think Pangi dragging him into fights was what a normal teammate would have done. Bro can never ask for help I swear

GAH I’m upset

[shcmook]

Doctor Who has made a lot of exciting announcements recently but a lot of the specifics of what these projects will look like has been left open to speculation. So here is my

LIST OF RTD2 PREDICTIONS IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER

My source for all of this is that I made it the fuck up. Read at your own risk.

Who is this for?

First things first. Usually a new showrunner’s first job would be to introduce old fans to the new face of the show while also simultaneously introducing new fans to the show for the first time. My prediction here is that those two jobs will be split between the 60th Trilogy and the 8 episodes of Series 14 proper. As in, the 60th anniversary exists to reintroduce old fans to the show, whether they’ve kept up with it or not. Meanwhile, series 14 will serve as a mostly standalone experience that can be enjoyed both buy new and old fans alike.  zooming in on the 60th specifically I think that it is being designed in a way to attract older fans who stopped watching sometime after RTDs initial run, by making it look like a superficial return to the glory days of series 4. But as Ill also explain more below I think in a lot of ways the 60th anniversary specials will serve to catch those fans up on how this doctor has emotionally changed and grown over the 12 years since we last saw David Tennant as the Doctor.

Is Neil Patrick Harris The Toymaker?

Yea I think so but also that’s not really the point. I think whether he is the Toymaker or not, we can safely assume that he’s the one behind the doctors regeneration being weird, that he is the true big bad of the trilogy, and that he has some kind of sinister reason for wanting to return the doctor to this famous face. Moreover even if he’s not the Toymaker I’m predicting he’ll have some weird reality warping powers like the Toymaker does. He’s not the Master. Neither is Gwilliam. We won’t see the master til 2025 at least.

“I don’t know who I am anymore.”

Since the finale of Series 12, the Doctor has been struggling with accepting their own identity and her own understanding of their past . 13 seemed to make peace with these things at the end of Flux, but being forced to wear this face from their past and strange clothes, I think will dredge up those thoughts of not being in control of their own identity.

And if the Toymaker is deliberately attacking The Doctor well… that would have been par for the course for the Tenth Doctor, but the 11th Doctor spent a lot of time trying to erase the Legend of the Doctor from record. Specifically so that he and his friends wouldn’t be targets like this. Will this evoke the righteous fury of a timelord we know Tennant for or the frustration of a man who believes he’s part of the problem?

And of course. The companion being targeted is the one he harmed. The one he made forget him. The one that could die just from him warning her about this new danger. The 12th doctor faced dilemmas and repeatedly had to learn to respect his companions’ wishes and learn to let them go. And I think seeing so many of the Fam thriving in POTD only hammered that point home. The Doctor would not have erased Donna’s memory while she pleaded with him not to if he’s faced with that again. I don’t think he could.

My point being that the 60th seems perfectly designed to highlight how the character of The Doctor has changed since RTD and Tennant were last the ones telling this story. I think a lot of people are expecting RTD to kind of… clean up chibnall’s mess but I disagree. I think he’s gonna take the most compelling emotional beats for the character, highlight how what they’ve been through has changed him, and then use the momentum of that angst and inner conflict to launch the Doctor forward into the next arc.

The 60th’s Plot and Pacing

The 60th is gonna be a trilogy, right?

PART ONE: So the Doctor’s trying to track down who or what interfered with his regeneration, but he’ll quickly be sidetracked by the other stuff going on before he can learn anything definitive. Yasmin Finney’s character finds Beep the Meep’s ship and is trying to figure out what he’s up to. And ofc Wilf and Sylvia are trying to make sure Donna stays out of weirdness and doesn’t remember anything. I think the alien wraith soldier dudes from the trailers will be closing in on the Nobles, but slowed down by UNIT, through the episode too. By the end of the first special, it’ll be clear that Beep the Meep is a bad guy, the other aliens that we just stopped (or only pissed off) weren’t bad guys, and something will happen that’ll trigger Donna’s memory.

So then special #2, Donna is Donna again, but of course she’s dying. But she’s in a state of grace, only occasionally glitching out and collapsing from pain in her head. The Doctor, Wilf and her are trying to find a solution while also dealing with Beep, who’s building the big ticket from the trailer for some nefarious reason. The Doctor is also bring haunted by the Toymaker and more things from his past are showing up, out of place, which the Doctor does not have time to figure out. Things will come down to the wire. And either Beep will be defeated OR Donna is saved but not both. And something happens to break The Toymaker’s control over what’s going on.

The third episode will be trippy and weird and fun. I think we’ll be fully in the Toymaker’s realm. But his connection with the Doctor will be broken. Whatever he did to force the Doctor into this face and this fun little outfit will be coming undone. His own face will be shifting between the regenerations of the past and the future alike, as he battles the ghosts of his past through the Toymaker’s realm. Eventually he wins, of course, via the combined best traits of all his faces and all his friends. But I do think Donna will die. No way around that, I don’t think. And a lonely 15th Doctor will return to the TARDIS. But with a bit more hope than I’m describing here.

Fun and Familiar Faces

I don’t think Tennant, Tate, and Cribbins (RIP) are the only returning cast members in the 60th.

I’m gonna go ahead and say that RTD pulled some kind of miracle and convinced all the living doctor actors to return for the third part of the trilogy. Do I think that’s true? No but this is a post of wild predictions I’m making all this up. I’m saying we’ll see ALL of them. Yes all of them.

Amy, Rory, Clara, Rose, Nardole and/or Bill will all show up specifically because it doesn’t make sense. The Toymaker is using his reality warping abilities to bring them here. Like Donna, when the Toymaker is defeated they will fade from the Doctor again. But they’ll be able to give him something that makes the parting easier.

Beep and the Toymaker won’t be the only weird niche characters either but if I knew who specifically to name they wouldn’t be weird and obscure now would they? These would be more like cameos or have a weirdly specific story purpose I couldn’t possibly predict though.

I think Kate Stewart will be in it along with Martha Jones. I don’t think every member of the Companion support group will return but they’ll AT LEAST be namedropped as how Kate met Martha. I think the torchwood team will get referenced as well. Though here’s the thing… this last group is a thing I’m not predicting for the 60th but rather for …

Series 14

Which won’t be called that. It’ll be called Series 1 of the 15th Doctor. But here’s what I think for this season. I think it’ll be very structurally similar to what RTD did before, but with the fat trimmed and a STRONG focus on a serialized character arcs that continue from one episode to the next. Going episode by episode I think it’ll look something like this.

The Christmas Special- this’ll be Doctor Who at its biggest and most festive and fun BUT more importantly this is the episode more than anything else that’ll be trying to draw in completely new fans. It’ll be Ruby Sunday’s story more than the Doctor’s. Think Rose and Christmas invasion rolled into one story and on Disney budget.

Future- I think the near future political episode we’ve seen set photos from will be early in the series and will largely focus on some scary realities of the present and offering a possibly hopeful vision for how they’ll eventually be conquered.

Historical- I think the obligatory trip to the past will focus on social issues in some way rather than “ooh what if a historical figure met an alien but thought it was a creature from folklore instead!” Like a lot of the historicals were in RTD’s first run.

CLASSIC ENEMY- real UNIT introducing invasion hours. Ruby Sunday will really be tested in her role as companion of the Doctor while the Doctor themself is in their element, facing the devil they know. Extra drama? UNIT being allied with Graham’s support group means that Ruby will become aware she’s not the first earth girl to travel with the Doctor.

Real character building hours- think “Fathers Day” or “Amy’s choice”. This one will be a little slower and really develop why Ruby’s relationship with the Doctor is different from past companions. It’ll also further whatever the Series Arc mystery is and. Big prediction here. The Doctor will start to suspect that there’s answers to the big mystery in the Fob Watch from Flux. The context of this will be explained to Ruby and new viewers.

Experimental Episode- think “Blink” or “Sleep No More”. Good seasons of doctor who need at least one episode that really fucks with your idea of how a doctor who story should be structured. And if RTD doesn’t stay true to that I’ll be annoyed. Though, that said, I don’t think it should come in the form of a Doctor-lite story because we’re getting spin-offs soon and those will more than fill that void.

And then of course. The two part finale….

Finale Cliffhanger

Similar to the centenary and the 60th I think the finale will have multiple villains all pop up at once. One will be a classic monster, another will be original to this season. One or both will have been established in a previous episode. The newer villain will be like. Giving UNIT trouble on the ground. The older ones will take Ruby Sunday. The Doctor will be forced to run and fully convinced that they must open the Fob Watch and absorb old memories to solve this mess.

And that’s it. That’s not how I expect part one of that finale to end that’s how I expect the season to end. 3 way cliffhanger leading into

The Spin-offs

RUBY SUNDAY VS THE DALEKS… or whatever the Classic Villain is. There’s a rumor that doctor who monsters are getting their own spin-offs. But like? Doctor who needs a hero to give hope and charm to the story. So. I think Ruby Sunday is gonna get a whole show where she’s gotta face down the Dalek Empire. That’s what I think. But she’ll also get a new companion of her own so this can be viewed as a stand alone story, separate from Ruby’s adventures with the Doctor.

U.N.I.T. - spiritual successor to Torchwood but now under Kate Stewart’s management. Instead of being more adult in a oversexualized way it’s gonna be darker in a more “superheroes aren’t real. The Doctor and jack always leave eventually. Your greatest defenders are an underfunded group of adults who don’t know what the hell they’re doing.” Kinda vibe. The season starts with a new recruit helping secure a partial victory against the villains introduced in the main show and by the end of the season the new recruit, Martha, Gwen, Kate Stewart etc are facing Cybermen or Sontarans or some major threat that they definitely can’t handle cleanly without the Doctor.

THE SECRET DOCTOR - Jo Martin Doctor series where she fights gods and monsters at the behest of Division, eventually culminating in her attempting to leave and uncovering a secret that helps the 15th doctor in the present day. She also gets her own companion so this can be viewed as THAT character’s story, separate from the LORE.

Series 15 and Beyond

We return to the 15th doctor in the 2024 Christmas special and it leaves a lot unresolved. The Doctor gets a new companion in series 15. New spin-offs about old companions and new heroes facing classic enemies, maybe even the Master gets a show, all pop up and intersect with the Doctor, Ruby, the UNIT crew, etc in small ways. eventually we build up to an Avengers level crossover that puts Journeys End to SHAME.

That’s all goodnight.

[likesouvenirs]

the key turned to the left as the reporter unlocked the door to her casa. eyes flittering to her right, where @allegored stood behind her. pressing the door open, kerri exhaled a breath, releasing the day from within. words didn’t need to be exchanged – this wasn’t a new routine, the two women stumbling into her apartment. the only difference was the time of day. it was dark, kerri should’ve already been in bed. asleep.

instead, she decided to venture off from her homely routine and found herself facing off with a rowdy patron at a bar. a glass of water thrown in the man’s face and karen’s timely rescue, kerri quickly found her night derailed from what was supposed to be a quick celebratory nightcap of ending the week.

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‘ you want me to rub your back ’til you fall asleep? ’ kerri heard karen inquire as she pulled three layers of blankets back from its tucked position. crawling onto the bed with her knees, the woman quickly plopped down ( face washed and hair up ), head hitting the pillow before she could respond.

feet rubbed together as legs stretched out, back arching. a ghost of a smile twitched at her lips, threatening to break as she looked back at the blonde. “you do that, i may never let you leave,” kerri murmured, too exhausted to stop the teasing tone from dripping out of her lips. 

“thank you…for tonight. probably woulda gotten my ass in jail overnight if you hadn’t interfered,” the admission was quiet. 

[foxymoxynoona]

I understand both sides tho I think jk is a bit (lot) less right about this, I mean I'd say they're both right if he hadn't dismissed her emotions throughout the whole entire chapter til the end and hadn't call Sasha names or defended the other girl in the tattoo shop when she called his gf a bitch 😃(jk wtf are u doing)😃. I get that hes trying to grow his own identity and start setting boundaries for the first time but I feel like hes doing this thing most of us do when we're teens(+++)

(+++) where we want to set an identity and have freedom so bad we're kind of reckless and we forget about the rest of the world and we think we're right on doing this because weve never been allow to do this and that gives us the right to put ourselves first over anything and everything BUT I think the diff is that, while as a teen u might just have an argument w ur dad, jk is an adult and is truly hurting ppl and relationships and having very real consequences dismissing other ppls emotions

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"I feel like hes doing this thing most of us do when we're teens" 👀👀 I'll just leave that there for chewing on 😎 Although I think consequences for this behavior in teenagers can also extend much further than just an argument with their parents, probably just depends on the teen and the situation. Plenty of teenagers burning bridges, missing opportunities, or facing life-changing consequences when they struggle to navigate transition from adolescence to adulthood, or have other major obstacles interfering :(

But yeah, I don't think anyone has to "absolve" anyone of bad choices even if they understand what's going on or where it's coming from etc etc! Just like I don't think there has to be one "right" and one "wrong" person per situation. In general it's totally fair to say "I completely understand what this character is going through, and also the thing they are doing is wrong and hurtful." I think y'all are probably very used to me writing situations like that by now😆

[freesia-writes]

The Bad Batch: Tech and Vel [Part 2]

A fun action/adventure/romance with Tech and an original character, set during the Clone Wars. Rated PG-13 for passion and peril. ;) And just a heads up -- so far, it's got about 27 parts, and I anticipate about 30-32. It kinda got away from me. ;)

Also, I did my best to keep a steady plot line and tried to think of all the potential plot holes or questions or whatnot, but ultimately, this was just an excuse to indulge in imagining a little romantic adventure for Tech. So forgive any inconsistencies or inaccuracies and enjoy the ride. ;)

(STORY STARTS BELOW THE PHOTO) Also, I'll publish the rest on Wattpad for those of you who want to read it all at once. But I probably won't finish it til the end of the month; want to see how Season 2 ends!

The Bad Batch: Tech and Vel - CT-9902 - Wattpad

PART TWO: INDIGNANCE

Vel's eyes cracked open, confused by the brilliant display of colors and buttons on the panels above her. She opened them fully, rubbing her forehead with her hand and looking around. With a start, she scrambled to her feet, realizing where she was. Or rather, realizing that she didn't know where she was.

"Good morning," came a velvety smooth voice, "Would you like some caf?" Crosshair chuckled at his sarcastic offer, not pausing his careful weapon inspection. "Hunter, your friend is awake," he called, practically hissing the word "friend". Casting one last scrutinizing look at Vel, he got up and retreated to the bridge.

Hunter passed him on his way from the front, stopping in the doorway to maintain a distance between himself and Vel. He leaned against the wall, folding his arms across his chest. Vel stared back at him, standing awkwardly like a cornered animal whose fight or flight response was still buffering. "Why were you after Lank?" Hunter asked, wasting no time in getting right to the point.

"Why did you kidnap me?" Vel responded evenly, feeling her head clearing up. "You interfered with our mission, and you fired a live round at a target that we needed to bring in for questioning. Who sent you after him?" "Bob," came the pert reply, as Vel stood taller and crossed her arms, matching his stance. "You know Bob, from Dantooine? The human, with the eyes and the hair?" Hunter furrowed his brow for a second before the realization dawned on him, and he fought to keep the corner of his mouth from curling into a smirk. "Ah yes, Bob. The notorious crime boss," he replied sardonically, "And what did he want with Lank?" "Ugh, just give it a rest," said Vel, turning away from him to sit on the floor facing the hatch, "You know I'm not going to tell you anything." "Fair enough," Hunter replied, "We'll just bring you in and let them figure it out then." He shrugged and turned back to the bridge. A million questions raced through Vel's head, having no idea who these people were or whom they worked for. She knew it would not go well for her to have botched the job so badly, but she had confidence that she had proven her worth so far and it wouldn't be the end of the world. *** The Batch was instructed to try to return her to the Bounty Hunter Guild, which could give them a lead on her assignment. So they set off for The Rig, the outpost of Crimson Nova. 

"You'd better have a lot of money or firepower if you think you're going to walk in there and ask questions or demand anything for my return," Vel snapped from the back of the bridge, angry that they had somehow narrowed down her employer so quickly. "Stroth knows what I'm worth, even if I got captured."

"We'll see how it goes," Hunter returned evenly.

"We can be pretty persuasive," Wrecker growled, cracking his knuckles and grinning from the side seat. 

***

They entered a dark chamber, an odd mix between a bar and a conference room, and approached the table where a few sordid characters were gathered. A Trandoshan hissed a warning as they got closer, and Hunter stopped the group. 

A human stood from the group, walked around the table, and leaned on the front of it, regarding them with mild interest. If this was Bob, "with the eyes and the hair", Hunter mused that Vel could have used some more prominent descriptors in her account of him, such as the fact that he was bald on top of his head but had long hair all around the back and sides, and was missing one entire arm below the elbow. 

He noted Vel standing among them and a smile broke out across his face. He beckoned toward the service droid, who immediately began pouring a tray of drinks and quickly rolled it over to him. 

"Well look who we have here," he said congenially, taking a drink from the tray and motioning the droid toward the Batch. Wrecker grabbed two from the tray, Hunter politely declined, and Crosshair took one but held it without drinking. Tech and Vel remained motionless. 

"You've brought back my newest bounty hunter." He looked at Vel, "And how was your endeavor?" She stayed silent, staring at the floor in front of his feet, unsure how to reconcile her utter failure with his apparent warmth. 

"Ah, I see," said Stroth, "Perhaps we began with a target a bit out of your league." He gave a big sigh, taking a long draught from his glass mug. Wrecker looked from Stroth to Hunter, then downed one of his mugs in a few sloppy gulps. Hunter's senses prickled in the seemingly-casual atmosphere, and he lowered his eyebrows as he spoke.

"We will return her in exchange for a small piece of information," Hunter said. "Why were you trying to kill Senator Lank?"

The only sound in the silence was a poorly-concealed burp from Wrecker, followed by a sigh of distaste from Crosshair. Stroth raised his chin, regarding the crew from his jaunty lean.

"Kill Senator Lank?" Stroth said, with theatrically feigned surprise, "I would never. The Separatists surely wouldn't appreciate that."

Hunter didn't believe a word, and his silence made that clear as he continued to wait for a real answer. 

"But what kind of other reward could I offer you, for the wonderful return of my asset here?" he asked, motioning toward Vel. She looked up at him, feeling her confidence rise at his positive mention of her. He smiled at her again before returning his gaze to Hunter.

"Who wants Lank dead?" Hunter repeated, resting a hand on his hip in apparent ease yet intentional proximity to his blaster. 

"Mmm," Stroth mused, finishing his mug and setting it on the table next to him. He clapped a hand on the shoulder of one of the figures at the table, a Rhodian bent over some schematics, and looked at the motley crew gathered there. "I can see you've got your mind made up. I don't want to make a mess of things, you know," he said, with an air of surrender. 

He signed, standing to his feet, and gestured carelessly. "Kill them all."

Vel's mouth dropped in shock and horror. 

In one solid blur, blasters were pulled from every holster in the room. Wrecker threw his empty mug at the nearest bounty hunter as Hunter flipped the table to their right, throwing Vel down as he dove to cover behind it. Crosshair flipped himself over the bar, crouching behind it and leveling his sniper at the group. 

Lights flashed on all sides as blaster bolts flew. The Rhodian hit the ground as a couple Trandoshans continued shooting from behind him. Stroth pulled his own blaster and fired a few careless shots as he ran out of the room. Hunter threw a knife after him, but it landed in the door just as it slammed. 

Tech fired evenly with both hands, leaning out from behind a pillar to stun another human. Crosshair's perfectly-placed shots dropped two more, and Wrecker met some reinforcements at the door with a huge arm to clothesline them into oblivion. It was over as quickly as it began.

"Stroth will undoubtedly be back with more," Tech surmised.

"Let's go," Hunter said, grabbing the schematics from the table and tucking them into his belt. 

"What about her?" Crosshair asked, nudging his sniper barrel toward Vel, on her knees behind the table, still in complete shock at the turn of events. 

"Leave her," Hunter responded, peeking out the doorway and beckoning to the others.

"She will be terminated," Tech pointed out, "Perhaps her knowledge could be of use to us as we determine the motive for Stroth's bounties."

"Fine," Hunter agreed, his sense of urgency outweighing his disdain for extra baggage, "We've got to go." 

***

The light turned blue around them as the Marauder jumped to hyperspace, and Vel sat on the floor on the back of the bridge once again. Her mind was reeling. She was abandoned, again. No matter what she did, she was never enough, never worth keeping around. She fought from spiraling into despair, sinking her head into her knees. 

She barely heard the hologram on the front panel, assigning the crew to a new mission on a planet in the Abrion sector, and offered no resistance as she was shown to her new quarters -- a makeshift prison built into the corner of the cargo hold on the lower deck of the ship. 

There were larger matters to attend to.

[quoththemaiden]

I always notice typos. It can be as simple as a double space where there should be a single space or a smart quote pointing the wrong way; I'll spot it. It trips me up for half a second, and then I carry on.

The fic that gripped me so much it interfered with my sleep for six straight days (not because I stayed up late reading about it, but because I'd wake up in the middle of the night thinking about it!) was written by someone who doesn't format quotations quite right (at least by the American standard). I assure you, I wasn't fretting about their grammar at 3 AM.

My comfort fic that I've reread countless times was written by someone who clearly wrote it on their smartphone, has a teenager's grasp of the English language, and has definitions for certain key words that took me three re-reads to figure out what they actually meant. I still sink right back into it when I'm stressed and need to read something familiar.

The fic I've had saved on my computer for over 20 years has some typos, but it has far more scenes that are indelibly burned into my heart. I only know it has typos because I re-read it last week; they certainly didn't make it into my memory. (What has lasted in my memory is a burning, childish desire to plagiarize that black-and-white scene with the colors because it's iconic... the typos are neither here nor there.)

Do I have any idea if "'Til the Fight is Done" or "Dollhouse" has typos? Absolutely not. Maybe they do, maybe they don't, but I legitimately wouldn't remember either way even if I noticed while reading. I think of those fics regularly, have re-read the first one multiple times (and have zero desire to re-read the latter despite it lurking in my brain because omg that was dark), but what I'm remembering is your plots and your scenes. Your grasp of the English language is clearly strong enough that if you have typos, they're going to be just typos, not something that's so confusing or jarring it makes the fic unintelligible or ruins its emotional impact.

There's obviously a balance to be struck, but even professionally published books aren't typo-free (and in the early days of OCR, they could be downright rife with typos no matter how much work the author put into perfecting them). A typo in an emotionally-charged scene can be a little unfortunate... but on the other hand, it can be kind of adorable when an author got so into their fic that a normally cleanly-written story instead got multiple typos per paragraph, and by the end all that really matters is the whump they made you feel instead of the precise order of the characters they used to express it.

So yeah, I notice, and I do think it's worthwhile to do one pass of copyediting, but I don't think it's necessary to obsess beyond that.

Trying something to get over how perfectionist I have become about trying to post without typos. If you have a second to reblog so we can get as many answers as possible I would appreciate it!

Please feel free to also elaborate more thoughts, I’m really interested in this.

[foundfamilyfringedivision]

thinks about the line "it's not about fate. it's about changing fate" coming from the observer who was exiled for interfering one too many times, who chose how his story would end and said fuck this they don't get to decide what fate is and is not that's our decision and SUCCESSFULLY creating the future he designed for himself and the people he loved even though he didn't get to see it. Just. Forever thinking about September.

[mendessi]

IV. The Departure

Pairing: Druig x Eleni (female)

ELENI IS AN OC DUE TO THE FACT THAT I LIKE WRITING MY OWN CHARACTERS. FEEL FREE TO REPLACE ELENI’S NAME WITH YOUR OWN.

Summary: Tension rises between Eleni and Druig before leaves the Eternals after learning Thena has Mahd Wy’ry

Accepting requests(:

SPOILER WARNING: DO NOT READ IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN ETERNALS

“Are we just going to let him leave?” Eleni looked around at her fellow Eternals before watching Druig slowly making his way down the steps. She knew that he was just misunderstood, but her family wouldn’t understand that. 

“Go after him.” Ajak said to her. “Come find me after. I’ll wait for you.” 

Eleni didn’t hesitate before running down the stairs after Druig. He had already made his descent into the woods and she had to push her way through countless men to get to him. 

“Druig, stop this!” She yelled when she finally reached him. She grabbed his shoulder to make him face her. “Don’t leave. Please.”

“You didn’t even defend me back there.” Druig said. She could sense the hurt in his voice. 

“I’m sorry, Thena almost just killed me. Forgive me for needing a second to process things.” She replied. “You don’t mean to do this, Druig.”

“I can’t take it anymore. I can prevent this, we all can.” He said to her.

“I know you mean well.” She took his hands. “Please don’t leave me.”

“Come with me.” He held her hands to his chest, resting his forehead against hers. 

Eleni felt torn between her mission and her love for Druig. There was so many unknowns. If Arishem found out that he was interfering with human conflict, it wouldn’t end well. Their mission was to protect humans from the Deviants and now they were gone, they had no reason to be here. Maybe Arishem would call them home soon anyways. 

“If Arishem were to find out...” She looked into his eyes, trying to get through to him. He was upset in this moment and she knew it would take more than just a little convincing to get him to come back to the rest of their family. 

“I don’t care anymore. These people deserve more than a genocide. Come with me. We can lead them. Protect them.” Druig looked down at her as he cupped her cheeks. If there was anyone that could convince her to turn against Arishem, it was him. Only him.

“Your heart is in the right place, but this isn’t our right to interfere with these people’s lives.” Eleni said quietly as tears brimmed her eyes. “Come back. Everyone will cool off and things will be normal tomorrow.” 

“You promised, it was you and I. Til the end.” Druig was still heated from his argument with the other Eternals, and he was letting his anger get to him. 

“And I meant it. I do mean it.” She shook her head, reaching for him as he pulled away from her. “Please, stop!”

“What is there to go back to? Our mission is done. With nothing to do, we’ll just drive each other more crazy. Maybe Thena will snap again and kill us all.” Druig folded his hands in front of his body. 

“That’s not true. Arishem will call us home and we can be together back on Olympia. In peace.” She cupped his cheeks, doing everything in her will to try and convince him to stay. But even she knew that his mind was already made up. 

“Until Arishem calls us home, I will be with these people. Protecting them. In peace.” Druig turned his back to her and began walking further into the woods. 

“Please!” She begged as she ran after him. 

“Come with me. Please, don’t make me leave you here.” When Druig turned to face her again, stray tears fell down his face. “I need you to come with me. Please.”

“You are misunderstood, Druig. I understand that this is what you want and I believe that it’s good, but it is not right to control these people.” Eleni tried to hide a sob as she wiped her tears. 

“I’m going with or without you, my love.” 

“Don’t do that.” She pushed his hands away when he reached to wipe her tears. “What about us? Centuries together and you’re throwing it away just like that?”

“I love you. I always will. And maybe one day, we’ll find our way back to each other.” Druig cupped her cheeks and kissed her forehead. She let him, not trying to stop herself from sobbing anymore. 

“Druig, if you leave... I will never forgive you for this.” Eleni said through her sobs. 

“I love you.” He said one more time as he shed a tear. Druig took one last look at her for what would be the last time for over 2,000 years. He hated that the last time he saw her face to face, it was at a time that he was breaking her heart. He turned on his heel and continued his trek into the woods, the army of men following. 

She covered her face as she weeped, falling to her knees. Eleni looked to the sky, screaming at the top of her lungs, letting the sound waves rattle the trees. Druig flinched but he couldn’t bring himself to turn and look at her. 

Ikaris found Eleni in the woods and helped her to her feet. “It hurts now. But time will heal. He’ll realize his mistake and come back.” 

Even Eleni knew that Ikaris was wrong.

Druig Masterlist by Mendessi

QUESTION: who should Eleni be cast as?

Accepting requests(:

all the love x

[sweetchup]

Bi•valve

Noun

an aquatic mollusk that has a compressed body enclosed within a hinged shell, such as oysters, clams, mussels, and scallops.

AKA

The Most Common Seashell in the Ocean

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Vol. 2: Into the Deep // Ch. 6

Type: Poseidon x reader

Word Count: 3,000+

Masterlist

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Cold. That’s the only way you could describe the man in front of you.

Cold as in his eyes were like stone. As if they were dead as they stared down at you. Cold as in that you couldn’t read him, at all. Even as he was covered head to toe in blood, you had no clue what he would do next. Cold as in he was intimidating. Way too intimidating. Like a primal feeling in you was screaming danger at you. It made you want to bolt from the spot.

“Tch…” You instantly freeze as Poseidon finally lets out a sound. He glares down at you in disgust as if you were some dirt on his shoe, “My brother must be losing his mind.”

Scared, you let out a small gulp. Your throat all of sudden feels extremely dry. Brother? Was he perhaps referring to Zeus? So, that must mean this was Poseidon. Right…?

“S-So…” You pause for a moment as you decide if you should dare continue, “…Are you Poseidon?”

You shouldn’t have done that. With a loud bang, you slowly turn your head to look at the Trident he cleaved down in the sand next to you. Its harsh throw sending the sand beneath and surrounding you in the air in a huge rumble.

“Ack!” You spit out as Poseidon suddenly grabs your jaw while you are distracted. His harsh grip on you as he turned your face to look at him felt as if he was trying to crush the bone of your jaw underneath. Even though you knew it was useless, you squirm lightly underneath his grip in hopes to lessen his tight grip.

“Pathetic.” He spits out in a grumble as he watches you squirming. Letting out a small huff, he watches you for a couple of more seconds before finally releasing your jaw. A sore feeling begins to replace the pain you had previously felt. “Humans do not address a god by their name. Especially pathetic mortals such as yourself.”

You feel the need to flinch under his harsh words but thankfully stop yourself. Instead choosing to tighten your grip on Triton who still laid unconscious in your arms. You understood that what Poseidon said was partially true. A mortal such as yourself had no chance against a god, nevertheless one of his stature and power. But he still didn’t have to be so blunt about it. Even Zeus held some sort of common courtesy when interacting with you.

“Ugh…” Startled by the sound, you spin your head downwards to look at Triton who was letting out a loud groan. His face scrunched up in pain as he wiggled around in your hold to get up.

Instantly, you put your hand on Triton's chest to stop him. Worried with the amounts of cuts and blood he was covered in that he could possibly have a fatal injury, “Shh. Don’t move, Triton. It’s okay. I got you.”

Triton seems to thankfully listen to your words and stop moving, relaxing back into your arms. Instead using the energy he had left to open his eyes to look up at you. Though, as you stared down at him with concern, you could tell he couldn’t properly see you. His eyes shrinking and dilating in an attempt to see what was in front of him.

“Triton, can you see meeeE—“

Gasping, you instantly pull Triton closer to your body as you are carelessly lifted off the ground by Poseidon. The blonde male with one arm underneath your knees and the other holding your waist behind the small of your back stands up as if you two weighed nothing. Even slightly throwing you up in the air to adjust his grip. You stared confused at Poseidon whose gaze looked away from you for the first time since he arrived. Instead staring out at the waves of the sea.

As the male began to walk towards the water, you wanted to question what he was doing. Wanted to question why in the world he had picked you up and was currently holding you. Why he hadn’t killed you on the spot. Why he was walking towards the water. But chose against saying the thoughts that were present in your mind. Remembering fearfully the sharp gaze he gave when you not only called his name but also spoke out of turn.

However, you soon regret not speaking your thoughts out loud. Or, at the very least, putting up a fight.

“H-Hey! What are you?!” You screech out as Poseidon travels further into the sea. The cold crashing waves now hitting your feet and soon traveling up to the rest of your body as Poseidon continues further in. “Hey! Stop! We’-I’ll Drow—“

“Shut up.” Poseidon barks out. Even though he doesn’t bother to give you a glance, you still hear the venom in his voice and freeze up. You looked worriedly around you as the water got higher and higher, all the way up til your chest and neck.

“A-Ah.” You can’t help but let out as you see Triton’s head starts to sink underneath the water. Quickly, you fix your grip on the boy and lift his head above the water. Even if he was an aquatic god, you still weren’t sure if he could breathe underwater. However, the only problem with lifting Triton above the water is that it pushed you further under. The waves now crashing against your chin instead of your neck.

“W-Wait—“

As you gasped out your last word, your head went under. You struggled slightly as Poseidon continued to trech forward but couldn’t do much as you didn’t want Triton’s head to drop underneath the water. Even if you knew it was fruitless and Triton would eventually go under, You hoped he would wake up and make an escape.

Stupid human.

As Poseidon's head finally goes under the water and he begins to float down, deeper into the sea, he finally turns his head back to stare at you. You really were pathetic and stupid as the other humans. Lifting his son’s, Prince of the sea, head above the water as if he could actually drown. What a joke.

What in the world did his brother see in you? Making a huge show in the courtroom about how you would be the perfect substitute for Amphitrite. How everyone should at least give you the chance to be Triton’s nanny and take care of him. How you would help the child grow and shit. How you would actually pay attention to him.

Poseidon feels himself freeze for a moment before tightening his grip more on you. Your body had already began to grow limp in his arms. If he so pleased, he bet he could just tighten his grip more on your frame and you would shatter in a million pieces.

Pathetic. Pathetic. Pathetic. Pathetic. Fragile.

Poseidon grunts out in disapproval at the disgusting passing thought in his mind. You were just a pathetic being. One that would pathetically die right here.

Poseidon once again grunts as the feeling of annoyance passes by in his mind. It must have been all those stories Zeus shared at the trial while he secretly observed you two. As a perfect being he shouldn’t be so easily swindled by such thoughts. His son once again was making him weak.

This is why I stayed away in the first place, Poseidon thought as he rolled his eyes.

Slowly, Poseidon trails his hand up from the small of your back to your cheek. He tilts your head that was flopped to the side with his thumb so that you looked at him.

‘The perfect substitute for Amphitrite’. His brother sure was cruel. You were nothing but a small mouse compared to the apex predator that was his, likely, soon to be ex-wife. The minute Amphitrite lays her eyes on you she would surely kill you.

Poseidon gives your cheek a slight stroke around the bruise that was settling there. You really were pathetic, getting a bruise from such a weak grip.

Little by little, Poseidon leaned down closer to your face. His nose grazing yours slightly causes him to pause as he once again observes you. He wondered if what he would do next would end up getting you killed.

You truly were Pathetic after all. Even amongst all the humans he has met over the many millenniums. Though, he couldn’t deny, much better than the venomous Amphitrite.

I’ll just throw you away later when I’m done, Poseidon decides as he finally closes the gap. His lips swallowing yours in a harsh kiss as he brings his palm away from your cheek to wrap around the back of your neck. For once in his life being careful not to snap someone’s spine in half.

Fragile.

That thought once again passes by in Poseidon’s mind as he continues to hold you close to him. Fragile like fine china. Yet also soft…, warm… A contrast to his cold and strong marble like body. The body of a god.

Disgusting.

Finally, Poseidon pulls away, scrunching up his nose in distaste. It seems he’ll have to ‘talk’ to his brother about interfering in his personal life again. Though, it’s not like his brother ever listened to begin with.

What a pain.

—.—.—.—.—

Were you dead?

No, you were definitely still alive. For your body felt like a ton of bricks. So much so that even lifting a finger exceeded all of your energy available.

But how were you still alive?

Did Poseidon possibly save you in the end? Knowing that asshole it wasn’t likely. Perhaps Zeus swooped in at the end or Triton saved you. A possibility…but also still highly unlikely. You guessed you would have to find out for yourself.

“Ugh…” You groan out as you attempt to open your eyes only to shut them again. The light in the room felt all too blinding. That wouldn't work, you couldn’t see anything in front of you but it wasn’t like you had any other options, you would have to try again. “Shit…”

You once again attempt to open your eyes. Your vision was still hindered by the light this time but it was at the very least bearable.

Ah, that’s painful. You can’t help but hiss out as you attempt to lift your arm to cover the light coming into your eyes.

It seems you would have to wait patiently for your vision to… return…

You feel yourself freeze as something blurry comes into your view. It was blue and shiny, seeming to levitate or float towards your face.

“W-what…?” You can’t help but spit out as you stare at the thing approaching you. Blinking and unblinking as you attempt to make your eyes address what was in front of you, “A-A fish…?”

It was in fact a fish. A giant one at that, if you had to guess it was about the length of your forearm. But, how was it floating there in front of you…? Fish can only exist in wa—

“Hello My Lady!”

The…

The Fish…. Just talked.

You stared in horror at the thing in front of you. You had to be out of it, there was no way that a fish had just talked to you. Nevertheless be actually able to breathe air…

“No way…” You gasped out as you finally drifted your gaze away from the fish. Now that your eyes had finally fully adjusted, you could finally see where you were.

You were…

Underwater.

Specifically you were underwater in a fantasy noble-like bedroom: Ginormous in size, able to fit a huge bed, couch, dressers and, of course, still plenty of space to be able to walk around. The only difference from the fantasy-like bedroom that one would see in novels was that it was clearly flooded with water.

“My lady?” The fish calls once again, “Are you okay?”

“How—how? What— You…” You gasp out in confusion, only to suddenly stop and grab at your throat. How were you breathing underwater to begin with?

“M-My Lady please calm down!” The fish shouts out worriedly as it watches you panic. “I promise I’ll explain everything once you calm down.”

You pause at the fish’s words, he was correct. You had to calm down if you wanted to get to the bottom of what was going on with you. You attempt to take a deep breath to calm yourself but quickly scrap the idea as it felt way too odd to you. Instead choosing to just nod your head to get on with the fish’s explanation, “O-okay…”

“Thank you, My lady.” The fish tells you as it somehow bows, at the least what looks like a bow, “My name is Marine and I’m a Servant at Lord Poseidon’s Palace…”

So, Poseidon must have saved you. But,… why… it didn’t make sense with all he stated on the shore. Zeus or Triton must have made some sort of interference to save you.

“…Please do not worry as you are still alive and well. The reason you are breathing underwater and communicating with me is due to the blessing you gain from Lord Poseidon.”

“B-Blessing..?” You ask a gasp as you look down at yourself. Patting yourself in certain places to make sure you were all well only to let out a small groan. It seemed you were still sore and in pain.

“Please be careful, My Lady.” Marine tells you worriedly as pats you with his fin. Seeming to attempt to push you backwards so you can lay back down. Thankfully, once you comply with Marine’s request, it answers your question, “Gods can usually bestow 3 things on humans: Curses, Blessings and Ambrosia. Though this can differ from god to god based on what they can accomplish. Curses are pretty self explanatory but Blessings and Ambrosia are complicated. Blessings are gifts or abilities that are bestowed upon humans by gods. In Lord Poseidon’s case he bestowed upon you the ability to breathe underwater and communicate with sea life like other aquatic folk.”

“I see…”

“Finally, Ambrosia is what happens when a human consumes the blood of a god. If said human somehow survives the consumption, they are bestowed the gift of being a Demi-god. So far only one human has survived consuming Ambrosia and that is Lord Hercules.”

Dangerous. Not just in the way of how powerful Ambrosia is but in how many times you could have accidentally consumed it from Triton alone. Even though a God’s skin is stronger than a human’s it wasn’t by much as they could still bleed just as easily. The amount of times you had to bandage Triton’s scrapes when he tripped or bumped into something proved that.

“My Lady?”

At Marine’s call, you are startled out of your thoughts, “Ah sorry. I—“

“P-please don't apologize! You are my lady, you have nothing to apologize for.” Marine shouts out as he visibly pales, “I am your servant, it is actually my fault for disturbing you while you were clearly thinking.”

“A-ah I wouldn’t say that…” You murmured out, clearly disagreeing with what Marine was telling you. Though… You find yourself pause as a thought suddenly hits you, “Marine, Why are you calling me ‘My Lady’?”

“Why that’s because you are the new lady of the Manor.”

“T-the manor? What Manor?”

“Southern Manor, Of cours—“ Marine seems to pause at his words as he realizes something. “I sincerely apologize, My Lady. I totally forgot that since you are from the human realm that you have no idea what has happened here.”

Marine looks around the room before finally spotting what he was looking for and swimming over to it. A map…? You sit up slightly as you look over at the giant map that mount the wall above a dresser.

“At the Palace, there are 5 Manors that make up its body. Pacific Manor, The main Manor that holds the king and queen of the sea. Arctic Manor, which holds and trains the knights that protect Atlantis. Atlantic Manor, Lord Triton’s as well as any future heirs Manor. Indian Manor, which holds Lord Triton’s classes, storage and other needed rooms. And Finally, Southern Manor…., for Lord Poseidon’s Mistresses.”

“M-mistresses?!” You spit out as you shoot up from your spot. You couldn’t believe what you had just heard. In no ways would you bed Poseidon. This wasn’t what you wanted when you accepted to be Triton’s mother. You didn’t want to actually be with his father.

“P-please calm down, My Lady. You aren’t one of Lord Poseidon’s Mistresses. My Lord has never taken a Mistress ever.” At Marine’s explanation, you let out a sigh of relief. Thank goodness. “The reason I call you My lady is simply because you are now Lord Triton’s official guardian along with Lord Poseidon after Lady Amphitrite was ruled irresponsible for such duties. Due to Lady Amphitrite still not officially divorced from Lord Poseidon, she still lives in Pacific Manor. So you can not live there as of now and the second best place is here in Southern Manor.”

“O-oh…” You choke out. Though you were happy that you were officially Triton’s guardian and can still stay by the boy’s side, you weren’t sure how long you would last. Especially since you were sure that woman was now going to be out for your throat. “…but couldn’t she just come over to this Manor if she so pleased?”

“Not at all, My lady. Do not worry.” Marine informs you as it points its fin to the cluster of three manors at the top. “The Atlantic Manor, Southern Manor and Indian Manor were all originally designed to hold an intricate sea garden in the middle. This idea was later scrapped by Lady Amphitrite but, by the time she denied it, a tall metal fence had already been put up that surrounded the three buildings to keep unauthorized visitors out from the garden. Under Lord Poseidon’s watch, early this morning a sea witch put up a spell that forbade Lady Amphitrite from entering anywhere in the gated area. So she will not be able to get anywhere near you or Lord Triton.”

“Oh. Thank goodness” You mutter out as you let out a sigh of relief. Finally, you and Triton could live in somewhat peace after—

Triton…!

How could you possibly forget about what happened with Marissa? Was Triton treated for his wounds once he got back?

“My Lady, you can’t get up—“

“Marine. Please take me to see Triton. I need to see him at once!”

Author Note: Ooooop— We got a little insight on how Poseidon feels about the reader and still what in the world happened to Triton? I’m just glad Vol. 2 is up and I can’t wait for the next chapter. Yet, Triton… I miss you 😢. Come back soon in my writing, bud. We need you to lighten up the atmosphere.

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