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chazz-anova · 1 year ago

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OC Facts!

tagged by the wonderful @the-silver-chronicles and the amazing @inafieldofdaisies to do this 'bold what applies' tag! thank yall 💖💐

APPEARANCE

i'm over 5'5' // i wear glasses/contacts // i have blonde hair // i prefer loose clothing to tight clothing // i have one or more piercings // i have at least one tattoo // i have blue eyes // i have dyed or highlighted my hair // i have gotten plastic surgery // I have or had braces // i sunburn easily // i have freckles (just some lil baby ones) // i paint my nails // i typically wear makeup // i don't often smile // i am pleased with how i look // i prefer nike to adidas // i wear baseball hats backwards

HOBBIES AND TALENTS

i play a sport (boxing is a sport right?) // i can play an instrument (guitar and bass) // i am artistic // i know more than one language // i have won a trophy in some sort of competition // i can cook or bake without a recipe // i know how to swim // i enjoy writing // i can do origami // i prefer movies to tv shows // i can execute a perfect somersault // i enjoy singing // i could survive in the wild on my own // i have read a new book series this year // i enjoy spending time with friends // i travel during school or work breaks // i can do a handstand

RELATIONSHIP

i am in a relationship // i have been single for over a year // i have a crush // i have a best friend i have known for ten years // my parents are together // i have dated my best friend // i am adopted (was almost adopted multiple times before aging out of the system) // my crush has confessed to me // i have a long distance relationship // i am an only child // i give advice to my friends // i have made an online friend // i met up with someone i have met online

AESTHETICS

i have heard the ocean in a conch shell // i have watched the sun rise // i enjoy rainy days // i have slept under the stars // i meditate outside // the sound of chirping calms me // i enjoy the smell of the beach // i know what snow tastes like // i listen to music to fall asleep // i enjoy thunderstorms // i enjoy cloud watching // i have attended a bonfire // i pay close attention to colours // i find mystery in the ocean // i enjoy hiking on nature paths // autumn is my favourite season

MISCELLANEOUS

i can fall asleep in a moving vehicle // i am the mom friend // i live by a certain quote // i like the smell of sharpies // i am involved in extracurricular activities // i enjoy mexican food // i can drive a stick-shift // i believe in true love // i make up scenarios to fall asleep // i sing in the shower // i wish i lived in a video game // i have a canopy above my bed // i am multiracial // i am a redhead // i own at least three dogs 🐶

APPEARANCE

i'm over 5'5' // i wear glasses/contacts (but she would NEVER tell anyone that lol) // i have blonde hair // i prefer loose clothing to tight clothing // i have one or more piercings // i have at least one tattoo // i have blue eyes // i have dyed or highlighted my hair // i have gotten plastic surgery // I have or had braces // i sunburn easily // i have freckles // i paint my nails // i typically wear makeup // i don't often smile // i am pleased with how i look // i prefer nike to adidas // i wear baseball hats backwards

HOBBIES AND TALENTS

i play a sport (fencing babyyy) // i can play an instrument // i am artistic // i know more than one language // i have won a trophy in some sort of competition // i can cook or bake without a recipe // i know how to swim // i enjoy writing // i can do origami // i prefer movies to tv shows // i can execute a perfect somersault // i enjoy singing // i could survive in the wild on my own // i have read a new book series this year // i enjoy spending time with friends // i travel during school or work breaks // i can do a handstand

RELATIONSHIP

i am in a relationship // i have been single for over a year // i have a crush // i have a best friend i have known for ten years // my parents are together // i have dated my best friend // i am adopted // my crush has confessed to me // i have a long distance relationship // i am an only child // i give advice to my friends // i have made an online friend // i met up with someone i have met online

AESTHETICS

MISCELLANEOUS

APPEARANCE

i'm over 5'5' // i wear glasses/contacts // i have blonde hair (dyed) // i prefer loose clothing to tight clothing // i have one or more piercings (multiple ear piercings) // i have at least one tattoo (4!) // i have blue eyes // i have dyed or highlighted my hair // i have gotten plastic surgery // I have or had braces // i sunburn easily // i have freckles // i paint my nails // i typically wear makeup // i don't often smile // i am pleased with how i look // i prefer nike to adidas // i wear baseball hats backwards

HOBBIES AND TALENTS

i play a sport (she used to play soccer!) // i can play an instrument // i am artistic // i know more than one language // i have won a trophy in some sort of competition // i can cook or bake without a recipe (can do the basics with no recipe!) // i know how to swim // i enjoy writing // i can do origami // i prefer movies to tv shows // i can execute a perfect somersault // i enjoy singing // i could survive in the wild on my own // i have read a new book series this year // i enjoy spending time with friends // i travel during school or work breaks // i can do a handstand

RELATIONSHIP

i am in a relationship (tenuous lmfao) // i have been single for over a year // i have a crush // i have a best friend i have known for ten years // my parents are together // i have dated my best friend // i am adopted // my crush has confessed to me // i have a long distance relationship // i am an only child // i give advice to my friends // i have made an online friend // i met up with someone i have met online

AESTHETICS

MISCELLANEOUS

APPEARANCE

i'm over 5'5' // i wear glasses/contacts // i have blonde hair // i prefer loose clothing to tight clothing // i have one or more piercings // i have at least one tattoo // i have blue eyes // i have dyed or highlighted my hair // i have gotten plastic surgery // I have or had braces // i sunburn easily // i have freckles // i paint my nails // i typically wear makeup (minimal) // i don't often smile // i am pleased with how i look // i prefer nike to adidas // i wear baseball hats backwards

HOBBIES AND TALENTS

i play a sport // i can play an instrument // i am artistic // i know more than one language // i have won a trophy in some sort of competition // i can cook or bake without a recipe // i know how to swim // i enjoy writing // i can do origami // i prefer movies to tv shows // i can execute a perfect somersault // i enjoy singing // i could survive in the wild on my own // i have read a new book series this year // i enjoy spending time with friends // i travel during school or work breaks // i can do a handstand

RELATIONSHIP

i am in a relationship // i have been single for over a year // i have a crush // i have a best friend i have known for ten years // my parents are together // i have dated my best friend // i am adopted // my crush has confessed to me // i have a long distance relationship // i am an only child // i give advice to my friends // i have made an online friend // i met up with someone i have met online

AESTHETICS

MISCELLANEOUS

tagging @dumbassdep @aceghosts @simonxriley @socially-awkward-skeleton @actualanxiousswampwitch @purplehairsecretlair @nonfunctioning-queer @afarcryfrommymain @voidika and anyone else who'd like to do it!

#tag game #bold what applies tag #roman ayson #antoinette chambers #veronica rook #aphia (hollyhock greenhorn)

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galaxythixf · 4 years ago

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As dramatic as he is, he'll turn to vent through music if he doesn't wish to speak to anyone. That being said, he writes a lot of sad, melancholy songs but almost never touches them after he's created them.

#✰ — Apollo ✶ Headcanons; Reaching for the Stars #✰ — Queued ✶ Traveling Through The Solar System #Let's go it's headcanon time babyyy ))

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lil-oreo-cookie · 3 years ago

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•[Toffee’s Timeline]•

It’s Been Five Years Since The Battle For Mewni

That means it’s been five years since Toffee died. In honor of his memory (and because he’s the protagonist of my AU), I present to you all his timeline (with as little spoilers as possible)

Note: Septarians age a lot differently than Mewmans and other monsters, so keep that in mind when reading—

** Continue Reading for Detailed Timeline **

Baby/Child Toffee, ~0-11

Torrence Ambrose of Septarsis was hatched during the reign of Skywynne, Queen of Hours, to his mother Mylanie. To put it simply, she’s a peacemaker who is one of the only Septarians hoping and striving for peace with Mewmans. From the very beginning, Mylanie encouraged her son to exercise his mind and prioritized intelligence over the brute force and strength that other Septarians (*cough*Seth*cough*) seemed to consider all was needed to succeed.

As a child he was incredibly shy around people and tended to stay close to his mother, but when it was just the two of them he flourished with curiosity and it was clear from the beginning that he was a quick learner and incredibly smart.

As he got older he began to gain his own independence, though still incredibly close to his mother. He maintained beliefs reflecting hers, but was still incredibly young and hadn’t fully grasped the situation at hand. Consistently witnessing how opposed the viewpoints between his mom and the Septarian ruler’s were, despite the two being friends.

I could go into more but honestly there’s a lot here so I’m going to continue—

But… Torrence was edging 13 when his mother died.

Braid/Best Friend Toffee ~13-15

At age 13 after Mylanie’s death, Torrence met the Princess of Mewni, Eclipsa, when she was 11. While weary of her at first, being brought up in a peacemaker’s home caused that weariness to quickly fade. The two became fast friends, achieving the title of each other’s best friend incredibly quickly. They were each other’s Star and Marco, except they maintained their best friend status and it never turned romantic.

Eclipsa’s even the one who coined the nickname Toffee, calling him nothing but and using it as an affectionate nickname for her bestie.

Now this is the part where I step in as the creator and put a big ol’ SPOILERS tag on this babyyy because the details are expanded upon ✨later✨. But basically after Eclipsa is crowned the two distance… and eventually fall out… and it’s bad. Really bad. Eclipsa is a huge factor in all of Toffee’s… well you know.

Bad Boy Toffee, ~17-20

So THIS is a redesign of the Toffee we saw in Meteora’s lesson, really dipping deep into that hardcore bad boy aesthetic. Honestly the show adding this aspect of him brought loads to his character.

Now don’t get me wrong, he does NOT like Seth in my AU, at all, and does not respect him, but because Seth was friends with his mother, he and his sister took him in after her passing, AND Seth really appealed to his hurt regarding the aftermath with Eclipsa and fed into it (turning that hurt and sadness into bitterness and anger), Toffee subconsciously bought into that belief system without even realizing how starkly he was changing.

He also rejected the nickname Toffee given to him by Eclipsa (bc he hates her), and went back to being called Torrence around this time (except when Glossaryck ruined it), but I’m going to keep calling him Toffee for simplicity

Honestly bad boy Toffee is so fun but again this is a timeline overview and everything will be given in more detail

Historian Toffee, Early 20’s

In Daron’s AMA she stated that Toffee was a historian that researched magic and the Butterfly Family like no other. That’s still true, and here’s where that time as a historian comes into play. He takes a break from being in the military or whatever and pours his soul into this plan he has.

Due to being (ex)friends with Eclipsa, he knows all about Mewni Castle’s secret tunnels and uses them constantly to “borrow” books from the library. He not only wants to verify what Eclipsa told him in youth (The Whispering Spell, other magical traditions, etc), but also learn new information to perfectly enact his plan.

General Toffee & Canon Toffee Mid-late 20s

The Toffee we knew from the show, the lizard we know and love. Obviously, he reclaimed the name Toffee during this time and began using it as his name. I don’t think going into detail with this section is warranted but I do have a lot of backstory as to what happened with Comet and such (which again, Spoilers) and just his overall mentality and motivations during the events of the show. Here’s one thing though:

After being humiliated by Moon in front of his troops, he not only permanently retires from his title as a general but straight up leaves Septarsis entirely, and planned to never show his face there again, even after he got revenge against Moon and completed the plan he started so long ago.

And yeah I don’t have to explain Canon Toffee,, the lawyer businessman as he is 💕. Just in case the late 20’s is confusing, the way he dresses and styles himself makes him look a lot older (35 or something) but in actual Septarian development (for my AU obviously none of this is canon) I’d say he’s around 27-28.

As of right now in present day, Toffee is still basically dead. Trapped in this half dead state because not everything of him was destroyed, inside a jar tucked away in Star’s closet to prevent him from regenerating and causing more trouble.

Ovelia Dragonfly, the secondary protagonist of the Septarsis-Dragonfly AU, being the eccentric collector she is found the jar and asked Star if she could keep it,, WHICH IS IT’S OWN COMIC but I’m not entirely through with Ovelia yet.

This is so so out of order, I haven’t finished the buildup to Ovelia finding the jar yet but hey, today is July 15th, the anniversary of the Battle for Mewni, I just had to post something Toffee related on the five year mark of his death.

Thank you Toffee for being my favorite character in all of media, you are deeply missed.

🥀Toffee of Septarsis; 2015-2017🥀

#septarsis dragonfly au #star vs the forces of evil #svtfoe #alternate universe #toffee of septarsis #toffee #eclipsa butterfly #svtfoe au #Battle for Mewni #septarian #This took so much time but it was so worth it #I love Toffee so much as a character #He could’ve done so much more if he only had time #very proud of this #Toffee my beloved

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daegulinekush · 2 years ago

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The death of peace of mind

~ a Kim Taehyung fanfiction

Drabble/one shot set in the very far FUTURE

Warnings: cursing, jealousy, infidelity (just the accusation), misunderstanding, fighting (verbal), angsty? but with a happy ending, of course!

I'm terribly late but life has been so hectic so yeah…😅 happy new year!

There is a saying that people who resemble each other will always gather. As such, if you want to be smart, you hang out with smart people, for example.

___ is not that sure how much this is supposed to apply to her and Taehyung’s relationship. After being childhood friends, both with failed relationships in the background and a whole other level of mess and drama between them, finally being together was surely relieving.

The thing about dating your bestfriend is that the trust is already here. As a consequence, the insecurities are not resurfacing as much, the confidence is definetly higher, not to even mention the comfort and coziness already being here. You know each other already pretty much and are merely exploring even more parts of the other.

Things are simpler, especially when you know for most part each other’s group of friends, the important people, even if you don’t necessarily interact. You’ve heard of them or have seen them once or twice. Even more simple when jealousy is a strange feeling you haven’t experienced it beforehand. The absolute trust already being here definitely helps in this domain too.

Just already knowing each other, what you like and dislike, already having a functioning system and being used to the other are big bonuses. Conversations carried much easier, the way eyes speak to each other, hidden gestures you already know how to decodify.

So why was Taehyung’s amazing, beautiful, stubborn girlfriend and best friend ignoring him and basically giving him the cold shoulder for the past three days?

At first, he thought it was just a momentum of being overwhelmed or needing alone time. She tends to have those days when nobody on this planet could reach her and they better not even try. Those days of recharging mostly alone with music or simply reading a book.

Then, the second day followed and naturally, he started thinking if something was wrong. Maybe he forgot something, even if it wasn’t that probable as he was the better one with dates between the two of them. Did she have an activity he forgot to be there for? No, that was two weeks ago. Any big projects she was stressing over? No, her last one was last week. Her birthday passed and everything was fine, they gone out with friends, kissed under the stars and everything it should be. Maybe one of her friends was in a not so good place and she was supporting them. Busy with being there for said friend. After all, Isia could be very dramatic in her crisis problems with Jimin, which she still swears she isn’t in a relationship with, even as everyone knows they’re exclusive.

When the third day rolled around and she was driven home by one of her classmates, he was already done trying to find an explanation and decided to talk it out, to discover what happened, simply missing his girlfriend and the way they would cuddle and her soft lips he wanted so much to kiss.

Lucky or not, she was in the kitchen, in her cute dress that reached her knees and had Christmas themed drawings on it, the birthday gift he got her. Which he took as a good sign, his heart calming a bit. It must mean she truly was busy and everything was okay.

So he wrapped his arms around her, letting his chin on her shoulder as she was peeling an apple on the counter.

“Need help with that?” he mumbled, just wanting to soak her warmth and presence back into his arms.

“No, I can do it myself”

Cold. Her tone was cold, her words punctuated. So things were not good.

“Baby?” the word came out soft, questioning. As he got no reaction from her, he tried again, the tip of his nose gently nuzzling her cheek. “Babyyy~”, he tried again, a bit of a whine coming out, being rewarded with a mere huff. “C’mon, baby, look at me”

With his fingers grasping tenderly at hers, he twirled her, her eyes now meeting his, a frown making lines appear between her eyebrows. Definitely not what he expected, but one of the best things about dating your bestfriend is knowing already she won’t be able to keep her mouth shut if bugged a bit. She’ll spill what’s on her mind and he knows really well she’s incapable of keeping her mouth shut once she starts. Not the type to be able to avoid the talk much either and their gazes meeting surely lead to whatever the reason behind her huffy behavior being exposed.

“No ‘baby’” it was just the start, but it was clear whatever had managed to get on her nerves was truly upsetting.

“Why not?” a pout blossomed onto his lips. After all, she usually loved the little nicknames he gave her.

Apparently, it wasn’t the right thing to say.

“Why not?” her eyebrow arched in disbelief and in this moment, confusion entirely took over his features.

What on Earth happened?

“For starters, Kim Taehyung”, shit, his whole name, that wasn’t ever a good thing. The way her pointer finger slightly nudged his chest was underlying that even more. “Care to explain who was in your car three days ago?”

In his car? What is that even about? Was she referring to Jimin? To Isia? Three days ago he literally drove Minhee, his little sister, to school.

“___, dear, I truly don’t know what you’re referring to”

He was honest about it. Yet, his honest response seemed to not satisfy his weirdly acting girlfriend and childhood friend. The way she acted was, in the very first place, unlike her. She wasn’t the one much for questioning, not like they had to question each other considering how they both had the tendency to just say whatever they felt like, which many times includes stories of what they did during that day or during the week if the time-pressured them so much that none of them had the time or felt like talking about it.

Judging by the way her pretty eyes darkened, the tiny sparkles he loved so much now gone, something he did truly upset her. As if disappointment was under all of that sudden anger, as if something was so terribly wrong her heart ached and broke.

Something he cannot even find.

With another huff, she came closer, arms crossing at her chest, and involuntary, he remembered the way she had at some point told him that very position told of a closed of body, of protection, of not letting anything from outside get in, intrude.

Her courses had somehow made their way into his mind too.

Otherwise, he would have taken the closeness with hope, with the need to wrap his arms around her tiny body compared to his, to finally feel her sweet lips again after such a long time – three days without the taste of her lips had been living hell. Yet, those very words she had told him and learned from University echoed in his mind as if to warn him.

She was cornering him without any physical corner or restriction, in all honesty.

Not like he would have expected otherwise. If he is to be honest, he liked it, just the same way he found it annoying many times. They didn’t have arguments often, well, not anymore since they finally resolved all of the mess between them, but they were never pretty, that is for sure. Neither of them knew when to stop, after all, and while they received it differently, responded differently, they were also terribly similar. At the end of the day, both ended hurt and nothing was solved, in all honesty, so arguments were merely matching scream fights that hurt like a bitch.

Taehyung didn’t intend on stepping back. He wasn’t trying to respond either, rather refusing to move, trying to analyze his girlfriend, maybe somehow he’ll discover the problem. Will know at least what to approach.

“I found you with her in bed…well, it was a car, but Kim Taehyung, you’re done!” the small, pretty, idiot of a girlfriend he’d gladly spend all of his life with punctuated each word harshly.

Inevitably, his eyebrows raised in surprise, then furrowed, lips smacking each other, then his tongue clicking. What the hell was she talking about? He’d never cheat on her, she, out of everyone, should know that the best. Not as his girlfriend, but as his literal childhood friend, someone who knows him better than probably even his own mother knows him!

He truly wanted to say something. Wanted to defend himself, to tell her how much of a goddamn idiot she is for thinking even for just one moment of such a thing. Yet, instead, he crossed his own arms at his chest, chin lifting a bit, instead of the warm and quite obvious bend down caused by their height difference, his eyes sharpening too.

Annoyed. He felt it going through every single muscle in his body, forcing him to tense, to straighten his back, pull back his shoulders.

How could she be so ridiculous?

“With your pretty little car in the goddamn parking lot of the University” she continues, and if it was anyone else but her, he’d surely have snapped until now.

After all, who enjoyed being accused of something they know very well they didn’t?

Somehow, the description did arise a memory within him. Three days ago, in the parking lot of the University, in his car. Oh!

The recognizing glint in his eyes made her hiss, as if both in pain and thinking of ways she could strangle him, like a snake.

He tried to open his mouth, explain the situation, now finally understanding what exactly was happening and from where she came. Of course, she just had to beat him to it.

“You’re gonna excuse yourself and fall in the trap, huh? Of fucking course. Typical male behavior”

Ouch. This one hurt. So bad it made him flinch. After all, it was one hell of an insult coming from her.

“My car is literally full of your things, ____” he tried to reason with her slowly, even as his heart was crumbled up like a mere piece of paper. “Your backpack is on the passenger chair. Your lipstick is under the arm rest. Your perfume is in the space of the door”

Her things were literally everywhere in his car. Even the light he’s connected through USB is purple, their color. It holds one of the ripped bracelets made by, guess who? Her!

“Her obviously knowing is not giving you any excuse. You are my boyfriend. I have expectations from you, not some strange girl—”

“I was literally teaching her how to drive!” he couldn’t help but throw his hands in the air, frustrated, voice raising in volume.

“’Teaching her how to drive’, huh?” she mocked him and for a moment he could swear he felt his eye twitching and one of his veins protruding. “’Hey, how’s with the gearshift? You know how to pull it'?!” her voice raised too.

Okay, maybe he fucked up. Because just now did he realize how bad that looks, freezing up.

“Your fuckin hand was over hers!” it wasn’t often that he felt like he lost a fight. Not many he saw her point so clearly.

Now he did. He’d be angry too.

“My things in your goddamn car, huh? Yet, it didn’t stop any of you when she bended down! It sure as hell didn’t remind you you have a goddamn girlfriend!”

Not the way it happened, but it had, probably, looked very questionable.

In the middle of all that storm, somehow, his heart started tingling because of a new discovery that had somehow given him a bit too much pleasure.

“You’re jealous” he couldn’t help but let the words out. That was something he didn’t expect.

It was so brusque, the changing, that even she stopped for a moment, stunned.

“From everything, this is what you focus on?!”

“You’re jealous, ____” he couldn’t help but sing song, somehow feeling so warm over it.

She’s never been jealous before. It was something he even thought of being impossible. Something she herself has said she’s incapable of feeling.

“Baby~” he bended a bit, just to be a little closer to her, barely capable of surpressing his grin.

“Go back to your goddamn—”

Luckily, he cupped her face before she could continue, making her stop. Or, well, move her attention from the colorful language she was about to use on a girl with no fault.

“Would you listen to me, little gremlin?” he pressed her cheeks together, making her sweet lips pop out more, her expression so adorable he truly couldn’t even be mad at her.

Her eyebrows furrowed, but surprisingly or not, she did remain silent. It was so obvious she was biting her tongue, but he could work with that.

“She’s a classmate. Her name is Seungha. I was truly just teaching her how to drive. She bended down because your lipstick fell and she was curious. I guess it quite looked like shit but I would never do that. So stop questioning my loyalty out of everything for you, you little shit” one of his long fingers snapped over her forehead. Delicately, of course.

Don’t listen to her dramatic hiss.

“I’m not forgiving you” she clicked her tongue.

Which made Taehyung arch one of his eyebrows. It was an misunderstanding, why was she being difficult over it? He truly did nothing!

“If it was me in your place, you would feel just as shitty, Mr. ‘Don’t wear someone else’s jacket’. Which, by the way, is way less fuckin incriminating, asshole”

Right under the belt. He forgot how cruel she can be in arguments. Forgot how she’ll somehow know exactly what to say in order to make him lose his smile.

Slap

He jumped and looked at her, scandalized, as she just slapped his ass. She just—

“Say whatever you want, but we both know I was rightfully mad. Not jealous. Continue dreaming on”

She lied. She was jealous. Of course she was. But would she ever admit it and let him have the goddamn satisfaction of it? Nope.

And as any happy ending and ridiculous couple fighting, just a few minutes later they were already cuddling on the bed, his body squishing hers down and lips already dancing together.

How could one resist their very soul in another body?

@pamzn @parkdatjimin 🥰🥰🥰

#bts fanfiction #taehyung x reader #fanfiction #kim taehyung #taehyung fanfic #taehyung fic #taehyung x oc #taehyung angst #Spotify

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justletmeplayminecraft · 4 years ago

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xisuma doesn’t smooth over a server glitch fast enough. the others have to save him from the consequences.

in this fic, i play loosely with minecraft mechanics to create angst. very loosely. don’t think too much about ‘em. you can also date how long i’ve spent on this by the projects they’re working on.

featuring: being an admin gives you a connection to the server, xisuma has a less than stellar day, angst/comfort, zed is an ender hybrid, false & tango are minor admins, getting stuck in blocks is not a fun experience, the hermits care a lot about each other.

warnings: sensory deprivation, starvation, suffocation, its a death loop babyyy, a fair amount of panic, fighting code, glitches, helplessness, it’s pretty whumpy before the comfort. let me know if something’s missing here.

also on ao3. link in replies.

Xisuma sighs as the sun beats down on him. It's barely let up, even on the outskirts of the jungle. He enjoys the brief stints in the shadow of the giant quartz walls. Even then, waves of heat come off them. All of the structures in his base are a heat trap. Clearing out several layers of dirt and stone is a necessity he should've left for another day. With a click, he tugs his helmet off his head. The humidity outside is worse than his filtered air. He tucks the helmet under his arm, pushing sweat slicked hair from his face.

He's made good progress levelling this arena space. He leaves his helmet on his bed and heads to the temporary storage chests. They're filling up quickly, he notices, as he starts emptying his inventory into them. Except, something's broken. The stacks of blocks aren't all moving. He tries a few times before sighing, ruffling his hair. When he turns to the area he's been mining, it's still empty. It's been a long time since they've had desync this bad. He's not even sure when it started.

Stepping gently across the stone, he can feel the heat rising from them. He'll rollback the world and then he'll relax by Keralis's river. The farm is delightfully cool. Anything will be better than this oppressive heat.

He's almost reached his bed when something takes hold in his chest and pulls.

He stumbles forward with a gasp. Of course, the server decides to fix itself this time. He forces his feet forward, trying to reach his helmet so he can smooth things over. He only makes it two steps until his eyes are forced shut as the server reloads. For a split second, all he feels is the chill of the void as chunks reload around him.

He opens his eyes to darkness. It feels like he's suspended in space, unable to move. There's a suffocating pressure around him. Though it's with shallow breaths, he can still breathe. Did something go wrong? He blinks hard. All of his limbs are accounted for, he's certainly present. Even when he's working in the void there are still particles around him. His attempt to raise his arm fails, finding it impossible to open his back up admin panel. His helmet is- where even is his helmet?

His breath hitches, a feeling of panic escaping his controlled calm. He feels like he can't breathe. He can't move. He's trapped in his own body.

What's happening?

[MumboJumbo] anybody else just experience some major desync?

[Keralis1] Oh, is that what that was?

[Zedaph] I had nearly finished my redstone! All of that work, gone!

[FalseSymmetry] didn't you notice you weren't actually... losing anything from your inventory?

[Tango] he was probably too caught up in his supposed mastery

[FalseSymmetry] everybody okay though?

[Grian] all good here!

[Zedaph] Only my pride's wounded.

False looks down at the bedrock layer at her base. Like half an hour spent placing glass, all gone to waste. She groans, closing her chat as it pings away. Sure, she can rib Zedaph, but that doesn't change the fact she just did the exact same thing. She kicks off the sidewalk, gliding to the bedrock layer. She can feel the cold of the void float up with specks of grey.

"Good going, False," she murmurs. Some patches of glass survived. It's almost worse, that's going to be so much less satisfying to fill in. She takes her goggles off, tugging her hair loose to tie it in a low ponytail. Usually Xisuma gives them a warning before the server resets like that. It always messes up her hair, leaves it floaty and static.

She adjusts her goggles on her head, opening the player menu. Xisuma's currently online. She checks chat. He hasn't said anything. She considers it strange, but it's not unusual. Maybe he's been at a farm and isn't AFKing. She types out a private message, sending it across to him.

[FalseSymmetry to Xisuma] hey x, server blipped, might need to check it when you get back.

She'll see if he returns her message. She's got glass to place.

Iskall looks through his in-progress sorting system with a frown. It's broken somewhere. The stupid server reload has glitched it out and he can't find how. He's checked the redstone, he's checked the hoppers and he's checked the chests! Which means it's glitched. Either Xisuma reloads the chunk for him, or he's going to have to tear it down.

Actually, he'll probably have to tear it down anyway. Reloading the chunk will only roll it back.

At least he's not the only person who's redstone has been ruined. The thought brings some comfort. If he has to be miserable, somebody else should be too. He opens his communicator, checking who's around at the moment. That might take his mind off it.

He notices that Xisuma's online. Their admin has been quiet in chat since the reload. Maybe there's something going on behind the scenes he's having to sort out. He'll reach out to Mumbo and Grian, but first, he sends a message X's way.

[iskall85 to Xisuma] hey is everything alright? nothing broke?

[iskall85 to Xisuma] don't forget you can reach out to us if you need help.

He has no idea how much time has passed. Usually he's connected intrinsically to the server. It helps him keep track of the world, dig out any errors or mishaps - sometimes before his suit alerts him. It's essential for his job in order to keep things running smoothly. The server is always there, at the edges of his consciousness.

In this nothing, he can't even keep track of his internal clock. Perhaps it's his own panic, but the code he tries to reach out to feels fuzzy. It feels like it's glitching, sending shooting pains through his head if he focuses too hard. He couldn't take a guess how long he's been trapped. His breathing still comes too fast and shallow, ignoring his attempts to calm down.

He's completely helpless here. And he doesn't even know where here is.

Tango stares up at the stars on his ceiling. He checks his inventory again, counting aloud. He flicks it off with a frown. Yeah, he's definitely missing some. It's not a massive deal, Impulse will be happy to help out. But if he's having problems then some of the other hermits might be. Perhaps they fell and despawned in the reload. Either way.

"Tangoooooo!" The cry is accompanied by several rockets, something hitting the ground and the sound of damage. He chuckles, stepping away as Zed soars over the edge, stumbling forward with a flutter of his elytra. Tango straightens him up with his free hand.

"No, I'm not doing your redstone for you." Zedaph gasps, dusting off his jeans. He bounces up with a grin.

"You really think I'd come all this way for that?" Zed questions.

"So why have you come all the way here?"

"I'm bored," Zed replies. "And it still stings too much to do my redstone again." Tango laughs, opening up his chat. Xisuma's online, though Tango doesn't expect an immediate response.

"How do you feel about some wither grinding?" He types a message to Xisuma, Zedaph attempting to peer over his shoulder.

"Mmm, I don't see why not."

[Tango to Xisuma] Hey, seem to have lost some stars when the server reset

[Tango to Xisuma] might wanna check nothing important got eaten.

"Right, let's go."

Keralis hums, staring at the plot he was about to start building on. The area has been a bit... Funny. He'll break and replace a block, only to have it switch again. He might have to work on another area until it sorts itself out. His attempts at working here started after the reload, so he doesn't know if that caused it. He's not been able to spot Xisuma nearby either. He's been online, but Keralis hasn't spotted him in chat for a while.

He sighs as he watches the last blocks he placed switch back as if nothing happened. Crossing his arms, he examines the area. He wonders how big this is. Definitely more than one chunk. His new house is going to have to wait. He was excited to show Xisuma around, too.

With a glance at the sky, he realises it's late afternoon. He yawns, stretching his back out. Perhaps it'll be best to settle in his office and work on some future designs. He'll drop a message in chat first, in case this is affecting anyone else. It might give him an excuse to hunt down Shishwamy. He always feels guilty bothering him about things. Their admin takes far too much responsibility on his shoulders. They’re all adults. Keralis wishes he’d ask for help sometimes.

[Keralis1] Has anyone else been having glitchy blocks?

[iskall85] some of my redstone is broken but it's no biggie

[Tango] lost some of my nether stars with the reload but it's been fine since.

[FalseSymmetry] been placing glass without any problems since the reset

[MumboJumbo] I haven't had any problems either.

[Keralis1] A bunch of chunks around our bases are glitching

[Keralis1] but it seems like Shishwamy is busy :(

[Grian] well it looks like he just went afk

[iskall85] that answers that lol

His mind is becoming blurry. It's hard to focus on... Anything. He can't tell if it's because he's struggling to breathe, or something further, tugging him down and away. He tries to fight against it but there's nothing he can do to stay present. He can't hear anything, barely even his shallow breaths. He can only feel the consistent pressure on every inch of his body, the wet tears on his cheeks. He tries pulling on every one of his senses, but nothing comes up.

He slips under.

False empties the last of this glass stack, stepping back at a job well done. She smiles, rubbing her aching hands. It's nice to finally work on this part of her base. Even better now it's not going to pick itself up. At least she hopes so. She'll be right annoyed if it happens again. Something's been tingling at the back of her head, though. She wonders if it's because of the reset.

She looks up at the late afternoon sky. That's enough work for today. As she stretches, she can feel each and every ache in her body. She brushes away her hair, already falling loose. Maybe she'll have something nice for dinner. Some steak, potatoes and pumpkin pie. If she has pumpkin, of course. Xisuma was planning to build a pumpkin farm, wasn't he? His traditional pumpkin and melon combination. She chuckles to herself as she pulls out her rockets.

No matter how things change from season to season, there will always be things that don't. Hermits might come and go, but they'll always be her family.

She launches up, shooting through the water barrier. It's fast enough it doesn't stick. She lands gracefully, making her way to the kitchen. She hopes this nudging in her head doesn't get worse. She just wants to enjoy a nice meal. That's all.

"Well, I think we have a plan," Grian declares, grinning from his perch. His legs are crossed, hands resting in his lap.

"I mean, we didn't exactly need a plan to fix our redstone," Mumbo replies, slouched in his chair the way he only ever does in front of them. Iskall chuckles, resting his hands behind his head. They've really helped take his mind off the broken redstone. Mumbo had a similar problem, so tomorrow they'll meet up again and attempt some fixes.

"Always helps," Iskall says, shrugging. "Especially when one of us spends so much time in the Nether depths, now." Grian laughs, his legs kicking.

"Hey, I'm doing good work out there!" Mumbo yawns, looking between them.

"Well I don't know about you two, but I'm exhausted."

"Food then sleep?" Grian suggests. Iskall nods. It's been a long day.

It's dark as Zedaph and Tango return from The End. Zedaph yawns, running a hand through his hair, messing it up. Tango rubs the side of his own hair. Something's been bothering him, but he can't tell what. Like there's something just not... Right. Zedaph is chatting beside him, a bounce in his step. It's like he doesn't feel it at all.

"Do you want to have dinner together?" Zed asks, twirling his sword by his side. They've repaired their tools, done everything properly. It's been a hard day's work, but they've achieved a lot, even with the setback.

"Yeah, dinner sounds good." He looks at the night sky, squinting his eyes. Zedaph tilts his head at him. The purple eyes are concerned, particles floating up in his worry.

"Tango, are you okay? You seem... Off." Tango sighs, waving Zedaph's worry away.

"Something's nagging me. It's not a big deal." Zedaph's still frowning, but the particles die down.

"Let's just get you something to eat, yeah?" Tango nods, leaning into Zedaph when he squeezes his shoulder.

"Sounds good to me."

Keralis watches the night sky overhead. He's sat in the doorway to his office, a blanket around his shoulders. The stars are always a beautiful sight. It's the perfect way to relax after such a, hm, busy day. Not busy in a conventional sense, no, but still busy. His specially commissioned noteblock song plays in the background, a perfect accompaniment in the peaceful night. He thinks it's strange how the stars always seem the same no matter what world they're in. Maybe he should ask Xisuma about it in the future.

He pops up his screens open. Xisuma is still afk. He misses seeing his neighbour out and about. Xisuma often spends time at his farms, it's nothing new. But Keralis enjoys saying hello to him! Especially after missing well... Years of his life. He tries not to think about that.

With a sigh, he lies against the doorway. Time for bed soon. He laughs at the sound of Bubbles' voice in his head. His communicator beeps and he glances over to it.

Huh. That's interesting.

Xisuma is thrown into full consciousness. His stomach is still cramping with phantom hunger. He opens his eyes and finds...

Black.

No, no, he died. He died. Why has he respawned here? He chokes on his sob, realising no air is entering his lungs. His cheeks are still wet with tears, more leaking out as he gasps at nothing. His lungs burn, unable to take the shallow breaths he needs to. Would it even help? He wants to curl up, clutch at the growing pain in his chest. But he can't move an inch. Heaviness sinks into his limbs and head.

He wakes again in the same place. He doesn't know if he wants to scream or cry. There's not enough air for him to scream, anyway.

[Xisuma starved to death]

[MumboJumbo] X?? mate?

[Tango] X?

[FalseSymmetry] do we need to get your stuff?

[Keralis1] I'm by his base.

[Tango] he's not afk anymore

[Grian] x???????

[iskall85] maybe he's getting his stuff rn

[Keralis1] Shishwammmmyyyyyyy

[MumboJumbo] starving isn't a nice way to go

[Zedaph] It really isn't.

[Xisuma suffocated]

[iskall85] oh no

[FalseSymmetry] x???? im going over

[Keralis1] so am i

[Tango] this isn't right, this really isn't right

[Xisuma suffocated]

[Grian] what's going on???

False shimmies back into her elytra, reaching for the one jacket potato that finished cooking. So much for having a sit-down meal. She rubs her head, pushing away the fear that has something to do with this. Her communicator continues beeping as she grabs her rockets. She runs to the entrance, kicking off and launching into the air.

"We should go and help," Iskall decides, already picking up his armour.

"Thought you'd never say." Mumbo straps his elytra on, grabbing a spare shulker box and an ender chest. Grian nods with a seriousness that doesn't fit on his face.

"Let's go."

"We're going?" Zed asks. He's already stuffing food into his mouth. Tango rubs his temples, nodding. He takes the elytra that's thrusted into his hand.

"Yeah. We're definitely going." He watches the particles floating off Zed in waves, glowing the same purple as his pupils. Tango presses his eyes shut against another spike of pain as their communicators beep. "C'mon."

Keralis scrabbles until he balances on the tower roof. He's searched each one and not found X anywhere. Tapping his foot, he meddles with his communicator to turn some settings on. He has no minor admin powers - that he has to leave to False and Tango - but he can at least try this.

"Ah-hah!" He grins as hitboxes light up beneath him, hopefully a better clue where his currently red coloured friend may be. He scans the towers closely, trying to spot anything out of the ordinary. There are a few mobs, especially as night sets in. Then he sees Xisuma's new build.

He has to take a step back at the sight. The chunks look- a mess. The outline of the blocks are overlapped or flickering. It hurts to look at. Blocks aren't meant to highlight like that. He glides across the treetops. It not only covers the area he was trying to work earlier but spreads into Xisuma's current build. Yeah that's- that's bad. That's not good. His communicator has continued to beep with messages as he searched. He goes to read it, and spots different colours in the mess. The red of an eyeline. He stands on his toes, leaning off the leaves. The outline flickers in and out, accompanied by a beep.

He thinks he's found X.

[Xisuma suffocated]

[Keralis1] he's in his new build!

[Keralis1] I think I can see him in the ground

[Keralis1] it is very very broken

[FalseSymmetry] tango? you on your way?

[Tango] as we speak

[Tango] been a long time since we've had to use these powers

[FalseSymmetry] not long enough

Tango and Zedaph are the first to land by Keralis's side. They kick up loose powder from the road, taking in the massive structure in front of them. Tango's shoulders raise, cringing at the sight.

"That's definitely broken," he agrees, his eyes twisting as they focus.

"And Xisuma's in the middle of it?" Zedaph looks at Keralis. He nods, usually big eyes sharply focused. He points beyond the walls.

"You can just see his name tag. I think the glitched blocks have got him stuck. I tried to build there earlier but nothing would stay." Tango presses his lips together in thought as False lands. They nod to each other in acknowledgement.

"How long does it take until the blocks pop back?"

Keralis hums, tapping his chin before answering, "About ten seconds, I think."

"That's not going to be enough time to reach him," Zed says. "Can't you just teleport him?" He looks at Tango and False. Tango opens his console menu, typing something in. Zed can tell the answer before Tango says it.

"What ideas do we have?" Keralis asks. "We can't just leave him there!"

"Of course not!" Tango replies, sounding shocked at the suggestion. "We just- need a plan." False nods.

"We're not as powerful as X," she explains, "Together we should be able to roll back these chunks but- I have no idea what that would mean for Xisuma. We don't really work with player code." She brushes her hair back. The conversation is paused as the trio of Grian, Iskall and Mumbo land beside them. The three slot in, listening as they're caught up.

"There has to be something that's making him spawn there." Iskall points out, his hand held towards the structure. False searches through the control panel, whilst Keralis and Tango simply examine the messed up blocks.

"He has a bed in there," Tango answers. False taps where Xisuma's spawn is tied to on her screen.

"Since the blocks are glitched, it must mean the bed isn't like... Registering them. Since they don't fully exist." She thinks about it carefully, putting the pieces together as she explains.

"So if we break the bed, he'll respawn at the world spawn?" Grian suggests.

"But how do we get down there?" Mumbo turns to look. It's pretty far down in the ground. They'd have to move quick to get near where Xisuma is.

"There's a few of us." Iskall waves at the gathered group. "I say with enough TNT and manpower, we could do it."

"Wait-" Zedaph holds his hand up, "-Get me close enough and I can teleport in there, get the bed. Less blocks to destroy."

"Zed." Tango turns to him, glaring at the blond. "That's a stupid idea, don't you get how dangerous that is-"

"Xisuma is stuck in a death loop, Tango!" Zed cuts in, raising his voice. The others fall silent, not sure how to handle this exchange. "Sure, I might die a bit! That's nothing compared to what Xisuma's currently experiencing."

"TNT will destroy a fair amount, but it already puts us on a time limit," Grian adds, a sideways agreement.

"I'm willing to do it. Either we reach the bed, or I teleport in." Zed says it with finality. The others don't argue. False checks his spawn point. Zedaph will respawn back in his cave, safe and sound. Even if it goes wrong, it'll be recoverable.

"We need to be ready to roll back the chunks," False says, focusing on Tango. "If I have this headache for much longer I'm going to go insane." Tango smiles tiredly.

"Fine. Let's try this." He shrugs. "I don't think we have a better idea."

"Well, come on! Let's go!" Keralis claps, placing an ender chest. Tango sighs, typing in a command.

"I think I'm allowed this time," he says, a stack of TNT appearing in his hand.

"And other times?" Grian asks. Even through the teasing, they can hear the fear in his voice.

"Don't push it."

There's noises. He blinks his eyes open into the unending darkness. He tries to focus past his burning chest and the weight of his body. There's... Definitely noises up above him. It sounds like explosions. The space he's stuck in shakes slightly. After another lapse, he gasps back to life in the same position. He wants to scream, tell somebody he's down here. This opportunity might not come again.

Then he feels a sharp stab of pain. Something is there, near him. Everything hurts and he still can't breathe. For a moment, he thinks he hears the trill of an Enderman. His tired mind can't figure out how as he runs out of air.

He wakes up to a chill. He slightly opens his eyes, spotting yellow sand as he falls, blacking out.

[Xisuma suffocated]

[Zedaph suffocated]

[Grian] have we done it?

[Keralis1] he's at worldspawn! got him!

[iskall85] YES!!!

[Zedaph] Oh thank goodness I don't want to do that again

[World reloaded]

[Tango] Z, you okay?

[Zedaph] I'm good. Bring my stuff? I'm going to worldspawn

[FalseSymmetry] will do

"Keralis!" Zedaph's elytra beats as he lands, feet digging into the sand. "Is he okay?" Keralis nods. Xisuma's head is resting in his lap. The admin's eyes are closed as he breathes slowly. His expression is relaxed. It's a good sight to see. The spawn island is lit up well, but Keralis keeps his eye on the surrounding oceans.

"He's sleeping," Keralis says, messing with strands of brown hair. "I don't think I'm strong enough to move him on my own." Zedaph drops onto the sand next to them, crossing his legs. There are still bright particles floating off him, his eyes fully purple. "What about you, Zee?" Zedaph seems to notice Keralis's focus, ducking away to hide his eyes.

"Um, not the best. That kind of sucked. But, it worked, and that's what matters!"

"Make sure you look after yourself, too," Keralis tells him. "Fighting the server's code isn't easy." Zedaph laughs, resting on his hands.

"Can say that again. Forgot we have anti-enderman griefing." Keralis cringes, realising why Zed looks so much like he might collapse. It'll pass, but it's never fun to go against programming like that. The architech trio arrives next. All of them look relieved to see the three on the island.

"Oh, Zedaph, I have your stuff." Mumbo starts emptying it out, the few things Zedaph couldn't fit in an ender chest. Zedaph smiles, tugging his helmet on and feeling a lot more comfortable. He tries not to meet anybody's eyes.

"Tango and False will be on their way. They're just checking everything's good," Grian tells them, hands moving quickly as he talks.

"Should we try moving X somewhere safer?" Iskall suggests. "The shopping district isn't that far."

"If you're willing to boat him." Keralis is firm. "I don't want him dropped in the ocean."

"I swear nothing will happen to him under our watch." Grian puts his hand on his heart. Iskall and Mumbo nod in agreement.

"It'll be the safest boat journey on the server." Iskall's hands are on his hips. Keralis tilts his head up.

"Look into my eyes and nothing but my eyes, if anything happens to my Shishwamy, I will not hold back." The architechs look suitably threatened.

"Can I boat with someone?" Zedaph asks. "I nearly crashed so many times flying over here."

"Hop in the back of mine!" Iskall calls, placing one in the water. Grian plucks Xisuma into his arms, carrying him to the edge of the water. He sets the admin in the boat before climbing in himself. Keralis checks him over before nodding and allowing Grian to keep him.

"I've told the others to meet us there," Mumbo says. "I'm going to fly across and see where's best to bunker down. I think we could all use some sleep."

Zedaph looks at the moon hanging overhead, "Yeah, I think we could."

[MumboJumbo] we're heading to the shopping district.

[FalseSymmetry] thats a good plan

[MumboJumbo] any idea who's shop we could stay in?

[FalseSymmetry] my dimension shop is pretty empty

[FalseSymmetry] plenty of room for some beds. pretty warm.

[Tango] we'll get it set up for you

[MumboJumbo] ok. ill protect the others

[Keralis1] so will I.

The first thing Xisuma picks up on is the talking. He stays still, trying to tell if his brain is playing tricks on him after so long in the nothing. His body is like a rock. He's barely able to move. His lungs still ache and it takes some conscious effort to continue breathing. He blinks his eyes open, wincing at bright lights. Light. There's light. He rolls forward, a sob leaving his lips before he can catch it.

"Xisuma, hey, hey." The voice is soft, casting a shadow over him. Xisuma forces his eyes open now the worst of the brightness is blocked out. Keralis is crouching in front of the bed. His fingers gently brush across Xisuma's cheek. For once, Xisuma doesn't feel the dried tears that had become his constant. "You're okay, you're safe. We got you." Xisuma takes a shaking breath in, squeezing his arms to feel the pressure of his own touch.

"Do you want your helmet?" He flits to look at False. The mere sight of his helmet is overwhelming. He reaches out and wraps it close to his chest. Keralis laughs gently, scratching through Xisuma's hair. The admin sighs, his eyes slipping closed once more.

"There you go." He can hear the smile in Keralis's voice. "We've got you, right here." The sound of movement. Cracking his eyes open reveals False sitting in front of the bed, weaving her hand into Xisuma's. He squeezes it gently.

"You're in my shop, in the shopping district," she tells him. "It's past midnight. You're completely safe here. We've got things sorted, there's nothing you need to worry about." A tear slips from his eye. Keralis wipes it away.

"What happened?" He can't make his voice louder than a whisper, and even that hurts.

"Something went wrong with the world reload," False tells him. He can trust her not to sugarcoat things. "We all had a few bugs, but the chunks around you glitched out badly. Created a bunch of like... Invisible blocks, but they were visible, if you get what I mean? They weren't fully there. Ugh, Tango's better at all this technical stuff." Xisuma tries to peer around for him, but the light still hurts if he looks for too long.

"You were stuck in a bunch of them," Keralis finishes. "We didn't realise until you starved and got stuck in a death loop. I'm really sorry, Xisuma."

"We broke your bed to get you out. Well, Zedaph did. The others got him close enough then Tango and I fixed the area. It's all sorted." Xisuma forces his sluggish brain to put the pieces together. He didn't dream up that enderman sound. That was-

"He's over there, sleeping. Tango's with him." Keralis points at a bed nearby. Tango's back blocks any sight of their part Ender friend, but Xisuma can see purple particles floating into the air. A concerning amount of them.

"What did Zed do?" He asks, the vice around his lungs tightening in concern.

"Um," Keralis answers, False looking at him. "He mentioned fighting the anti-enderman griefing code? So I think he picked the bed up." Xisuma's stomach drops. He tries to push himself up but collapses onto his back again.

"Hey, X, careful," False warns. Her voice is stern but Xisuma shakes his head.

"No- I-" He shuts his eyes, fighting off disorientation. "The server's going to keep fighting him. I've got to reset it." False helps him sit up, but she still watches him with concern. He picks up his helmet, pulling it on and relaxing slightly as all the displays flicker to life. Now when he looks at Zedaph he can see the extent of the damage. His very code seems to be fighting itself. "Help me up?"

False gets an arm around his chest. He ends up leaning his weight against her to stand, his legs shaking. She's firm, grip only tightening to accommodate his need. Keralis hovers nearby, ready to jump in if he has to. They take slow steps across the room. Xisuma strains to see under the light, but the tint of his helmet helps. He can see the architechs sat nearby, watching without any attempt at discretion.

Tango looks up as they approach. Xisuma can see the resignation on his face.

"This isn't going to fix itself, is it?" He asks. His hand in clasped tightly in Zedaph's, whose usually bright expression is twisted in pain. His skin is all too pale, black freckles spreading into larger patches across his face. He doesn't open his eyes, not even as Tango moves so Xisuma can sit down. The grip on each other's hand remains tight.

"I need to reset the code that's attacking him," Xisuma explains. His words have a tired slur he can't quite hide. "I'm gonna write an exception, I can't believe I haven't already just- not right now. Don't wanna do it wrong."

"Xisuma, it's okay." Tango smiles, pinched but genuine. "I'm sorry you need to do this." Xisuma shakes his head.

"It's nobody's fault," False says, "Do what you need to do, X. Then you're going back to bed." Keralis hums in agreement. Xisuma laughs softly as the command screens in his helmet boot up.

He zones out the others around him, leaning on Keralis's shoulder when his friend perches beside him. He scrolls through information as he brings up Zedaph's data on one screen. With one eye on it, he unlocks the data packs, searching through them. He gives voice instructions with his microphone muted to the outside world. Finding the pack he needs, he disables it and checks Zedaph's data. It looks like his code is straightening out again. Thank goodness. He makes sure all activity is deactivated before he turns the pack back on.

"That should do it," he mumbles, before realising his microphone is still off. He reactivates it before repeating himself.

"Maybe you should teach us a bit more sometime," False squeezes his shoulder, helping him up. Xisuma slings his arm over False with a nod. That would be good.

"Thank you, X." Tango smiles. He rubs his thumb across Zedaph's hand. The ender hybrid has relaxed, face slack. It looks like he's properly sleeping now. Xisuma can finally rest.

"Come on. Don't you fall asleep here, I don't want to carry you across." Xisuma hums, too tired to commit to any words. Before he knows it, he's sitting down on the comfortable bed again.

"Shishwam, lemme get your helmet." Xisuma nods, tilting his head up so Keralis can unlatch it and bring it off. His head rolls onto his shoulder the moment it's gone. Keralis giggles, ruffling his hair. "Come on, sleepy time." False lies him down, his helmet tucked safely in his arms. Keralis's hand slips into his. Xisuma shuts his eyes, before blinking them open again.

"Stay?" He asks, too tired to worry about being needy. He doesn't want to be alone in that darkness again.

"Of course," False replies.

"We're not going anywhere," Keralis adds. Xisuma smiles at them both, eyes slipping closed. The darkness is manageable with his friends by his side.

"Don't you dare wake them up," False hisses, watching as Grian and Iskall play with redstone. The morning sun is beginning to shine through the cracks in the windows. She's exhausted, having only caught a quick nap. Keralis is asleep next to Xisuma, sitting on the floor with his head resting on the bed. Tango's slid into bed beside Zedaph, holding him close to his chest. Mumbo's dead to the world across the room.

"We won't!" Grian calls, trying to figure out the game he could make out of this mechanic. Iskall has a Statues book open, an armour stand sat in front of a piston.

"You know, this would be a lot easier if the two people who have done this with armour stands were helping," Iskall points out, flicking through the pages.

"We're fine, it's part of the adventure!" Grian watches as the piston shoots the armour stand across the room. False smiles, leaning back against the bed. Some of the other hermits have been coming online with the early morning. Thankfully, they don't seem to know about everything that went down yesterday. It's best things are quiet for Xisuma whilst he rests. She's sure he’ll tell them about it. She'll make sure he does.

As the sun grows higher with the dawn, she dozes off again. Grian is yawning, him and Iskall only catching a few hours of sleep. He's still buzzing with activity. He'll crash later, easy enough.

It's to this quiet atmosphere that Xisuma wakes up. Iskall and Grian are still experimenting. Grian’s laughter rings out as the armour stand bounces in the air. The beat of the piston is monotonous, but they're nearly falling over each other at the sight. Xisuma watches with a soft smile, eyes barely opened.

"It we got one on top, do you think it would-" Grian holds his hand up, demonstrating an armour stand shaking up and down aggressively. Iskall chuckles, shaking his head.

"It's only the morning, we don't need to break physics yet."

"It's for science," Grian protests. He sounds breathless, half-delirious with his need for sleep.

"Please don't make me do work," Xisuma whispers, all too aware of the sleeping hermits around him. Grian perks up, Iskall turning to him with a grin.

"'Suma!" Iskall calls. Xisuma smiles at both of them, making no attempt to move. He's comfortable here and he doesn't want to wake his friends.

"Exy-Suma!" Grian slides across, leaving a gap from the sleeping hermits. Iskall stands by his side, resting his hand on Grian's shoulder. "How are you feeling?" Xisuma wraps his arm tighter around his helmet.

"Not the best, my friend," he answers honestly. "But I'm certainly better than before."

"Well, we'll just have to make that even better then." Grian is committed to the cause now. He's going to make Xisuma's day.

"You don't have to rush back into things," Iskall says, offering a smile. "I'm sure we can handle ourselves today."

"I don't think I'm getting out of this bed anytime soon." Xisuma looks down at Keralis, dark hair brushing Xisuma's chest plate. False is asleep slouched in the chair beside him. Even without being able to see the other occupants of the room, he can still tell they're sleeping. "Feels a bit weird not going for a jog at this time, though."

"I'm sure your legs won't wither away after one morning, X," Iskall jokes. "Be lazy like the rest of us." Grian grins.

"We could always play some mini-games later, too!" Xisuma laughs, stretching as much as he can without shifting Keralis. He's beginning to regret sleeping in his armour, but it's too late now.

The three chat with each other, Xisuma offering advice now he's awake. They're gradually building up a system to launch the armour stand across the room. Sure, they'll have to clean it all up later, but it passes the time and it makes them laugh. Hearing Xisuma laughing is good for all three of them, despite the roughness reminding them of last night's ordeal. It's safe to say that nobody envies Xisuma's experience.

The three jump at a strange, shrill noise, until the realisation kicks in. Zed is sitting up, rubbing his eyes and yawning. Hair is falling into his face, ruffled from sleep. Tango remains slumped against him. He even rolls into the warmth Zedaph leaves behind. It takes a few seconds until the hybrid notices his audience. Zedaph jumps, smiling sheepishly.

"Oh, hi, sorry! Forgot I wasn't alone." His eyes are glowing brightly in the morning light. He looks down at the arm lazily clinging to his waist. "This oaf is used to it."

"No, no, you're okay," Xisuma tells him. False is stirring beside him, blinking to life, but Keralis remains out. "How are you feeling?" Zedaph taps his chin, resting his finger on his lip.

"Pretty well-rested, actually." Then his attention turns to Xisuma. "What about you? I should be asking you that question!" Xisuma laughs, flexing his fingers against his helmet.

"I'm okay. Taking it easy." He tilts his head towards Grian and Iskall. "Whether I like it or not, it seems."

"Too right," False agrees, yawning. "T'others can handle admin duties for today. You're ours."

"Is that a threat?"

"We can make it one!" Iskall tells him, his voice a lot more cheerful than the implication of his words. "We just need a good leash-"

"Oh absolutely not! Don't you dare!" Keralis pokes his head up next to him, trying to tune into the conversation. Zedaph laughs from across the room. He's tugging a bleary Tango to rest on his shoulder so he can wrap the blanket around them both.

"Oh come on, X, it'll be fun!" Grian wraps his arms around Iskall's shoulders. Xisuma shakes his head.

"You two are terrible. Absolutely terrible. Goodness me."

"I'm sure X will agree to take a day off willingly," False says, sounding far too threatening as she rubs sleep from her eyes.

"I already agreed. No leash required!"

"Why are we talking about leashes?" Keralis finally asks, looking more confused than anything. They break down into laughter.

[Grian] hello everyone

[iskall85] HALLO!

[iskall85] we are stealing your admin for the day!

[Grian] yeah he's ours.

[falsesymmetry] x had a rough night so he's having a day off

[falsesymmetry] so if any admins besides tango, x and i could step up please?

[cubfan135] yeah I'm on it.

[joehillssays] of course, and send our well wishes to our dear admin!

[Xisuma] your dear admin thanks you :-)

[Xisuma] please try not to break anything

[Etho] have a fun day lol

[joehillssays] don't make us lock you out of your screens, x!

[Keralis1] Nothing will get past us.

[iskall85] he's been suitably threatened.

[Renthedog] Should uh... We be concerned?

[Grian] about x-i-sooma finally getting a break?

[falsesymmetry] he's in safe hands. promise.

"Should we get this day started?" Tango asks. Grian is about to answer, only to yawn. He covers his mouth, face turning red.

"Another hour of sleep first?" False suggests. They look around the room, everyone in varying states of awareness.

"It never hurt anyone." Iskall shoves Mumbo over, fitting into bed beside him. "See y'all in an hour." Keralis smiles at Xisuma. He bumps their heads together.

"You deserve a break without being traumatised first, you know that Shishwamy?" He checks. Xisuma laughs, pressing their foreheads together.

"Yeah, I know." He leans back. "And I think I've got some good friends to remind me." False pats his back, getting comfortable enough to doze off again.

"And don't you forget it." Xisuma looks around the room. The architechs are fighting over the bed, Tango and Zedaph curled back up on theirs. He smiles, the fear from last night already on its way to being a distant memory.

"Don't think I can."

#hermitcraft #xisuma #falsesymmetry #keralis #grian #iskall85 #tangotek #zedaph #feel like mumbo's role is too minor to tag him lmao #my writing #this fic took so loooong #but i wanted to get it done #more brain space for my other projects

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c-c-cherry · 4 years ago

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Jojos Doing Jojo Things (with each other)✨😌

*sweating as the part 5 hc asks start piling up in my inbox*

*looks at the one that mentions Jonathan*

Hello~~ I’m sorry for being criminally inactive here, I forgot during that long 6 month lockdown that I actually had a real life outside of the internet and now I have to go do real life things?? Instead of doing nothing but writing?? Crimes, I tell you.

I love the idea of Jonathan interacting with all the other jojos so I thought I’d take a little break from part 5 whump headcanons to fulfill this one :D SO HERE’S SOME SELF-INDULGENT HEADCANONS ABOUT JONATHAN DOING FUN LITTLE ACTIVITIES WITH THE OTHER JOJOS BECAUSE I KNOW WE ALL NEED IT RIGHT NOW😭😭😭

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Joseph (lets say Youngseph in this case because shhh)

-Hear me out but KNITTING

-Let this man do some nice calm things please

-Joseph has absolutely no way to connect with Jonathan. Like. Nothing.

-He doesn’t see the two of them as anything alike even though they both have the star, and when it comes to connecting with such a righteous, nice dude he’s a bit :/ about it

-He also doesn’t want to do anything stupid (In his words.) He hates baking, he’s never been into reading and school, and the two can never really click with sports

-Our man Jonathan has searched his heart and soul for something to bring the two of them together but Joseph is always just not into it >:(

-He’s almost given up on connecting at all BUT—

-One thing they do have in common? Erina.

-BOOM. Johnny-boy suddenly has ideas >:)

-Joseph is really put off when Jonathan shows up with a ball of yarn and needles and in the most innocent way possible he’s like “I have something to show you ^-^”

-the first thing Joseph thinks is NO FUCKING WAY. If Caesar or his mother or anyone caught him fucking knitting he’d never be able to live it down

-So instead he just watches as Jonathan sits by the fire, and it looks really boring at first but he just starts going at it

-And of course the gears start turning and all his brain sees is “fast task?? task I can be good at? something quick my hands can do??”

-And Jonathan looks up to take a break to see Joseph perched on the edge of the chair in complete awe, but the moment he asks if he wants to know how to do it, Joseph gets really withdrawn :/

The rest of their conversation goes a little like this:

“Isn’t that meant for girls?”

“Why would hats and scarves be only for girls?”

“But its—”

“You know...I’m making Erina a matching hat and scarf for her birthday. I could use a little help with the scarf…”

“...”

“We can make it a race.”

And with a fire lighting in his eyes, Joseph accepts the contest even though he has no idea what he’s doing. But isn’t that what he does best?

-Needless to say, he becomes obsessed.

-When his greatest fear comes true and Caesar finds out, he’s too obsessed to care about the teasing

-Joseph is good at something that Caesar isn’t. Caesar is jealous. Caesar picks up knitting.

-Are knitting contests even a thing?? I don’t care because Joseph and Caesar could probably open a fucking etsy shop with all the stuff they make (and absolutely shamelessly at that)

-Anytime they meet someone new it's immediately “which hat is better?” “Joseph’s is worse, right?” “Can you start the stopwatch for us?”

-Even in his older years, he never actually stopped making things for Holy, Suzi, and even sometimes Jotaro (thought Joot wouldn’t be caught dead wearing any of it in public)

-He actually progresses past knitting and making clothes in general becomes a secret passion of his

-The hat he’s wearing in part 4? He definitely made that. And don’t even think he doesn’t send Josuke the tackiest shit in the mail

Jonathan is very proud :)

Jotaro

-Animals. Is that even a question?

-Jonathan was always more of a dog or cat person, but the moment he finds out that Jotaro’s interested in marine life? MAN GOES ALL OUT

-He not only researches the shit out of marine biology just so he can hold up a conversation with him, but he also buys A SHIT TON OF BOOKS for his favourite angst man

-We all know that Jotaro isn’t exactly a man of words, but his heart is touched when they exchange a few sentences and Jonathan shows up the next day with a book all about what they were talking about🥺

-Like—Jonathan was always scolded for never listening to his father, but when it comes to stuff like this, Jotaro swears he’s able to read his mind

-Most people can barely get him to utter a sentence, but when these two are alone they’ll talk for hours about the ocean

-Holy was actually pretty worried for a while that Jotaro rarely ever opened up to anyone, but after seeing the two of them talk it was like a weight lifted off her shoulders :)

-They go on trips all the time to study water life. First, it's just to the river a few minutes away. Then they start going out to the lake nearby, and then they’re suddenly borrowing Joseph’s private boat and going on all these “research trips” together

-Which just consist of Jotaro taking hundreds of pictures and surprisingly never shutting up about what he sees (which is definitely a first)

-They pass by snooty, rich fishermen all the time who make fun of them for only looking at the animals, and Jonathan secretly uses Hamon to attract the fish to anywhere but where the fishers are lol

-I can blame snipster on instagram for introducing me to Smiletaro but the pure happiness and smiles of happy Joot on this boat with Jonathan is like a DRUG

-Star Platinum is absolutely thrilled, and when Jonathan realizes that Star is an amazing artist, he actually buys the stand a cute little purple notebook to draw all the ocean life they come across :3

-The moment they get back to shore Jotaro’s all -_- again around people, but you can still see the excitement in his eyes if you look hard enough

-When he gets into school for marine biology, Jonathan is so fucking proud

-This is an au which means anything can happen so I formally declare that Jonathan definitely got Jotaro those golden dolphin-shaped coat pins when the man first goes off to Uni

-He wears them as a good luck charm :3

Josuke

-Josuke is soooo easy to get along with, especially since both of them are such warm people :)

-Jonathan figures that it wouldn’t be hard to find something fun to do together, but when he actually thinks about it...he really knows nothing about what Josuke likes to do

-He ends up just asking the kid next time they see each other, and they end up just agreeing to teach each other one thing the other doesn’t know

-Because the power of KNOWLEDGE BABYYY

-Josuke shows up the next day with an entire fucking Nintendo 64 and is absolutely set on teaching him how to play something

-Erina just kinda watches like 👁👄👁 as Josuke plugs it in and Jonathan is confused but also SUPER EXCITED because he barely even knows what a video is but there are also video games??

-After much internal debate, Josuke decides on Ocarina of Time because he’s worried Jonathan will have a fucking heart attack if they play something like Mario Kart

-Also he thinks Jojo would enjoy the whole “righteous hero coming of age” archetype thing because,,,you know,,,

-They start it up and immediately Jonathan is like WHAT and has no idea how to play and dies in ways that Josuke didn’t even know were possible, but they somehow make it to the first temple with a lot of help from Josuke

-Right before the boss fight, his mom pulls up like “bitch we gotta go come on” so Josuke sees no harm in leaving the system at Jonathan’s and coming back next week

-Oho,,,ohohooo,,,

-He comes back a week later to a dark house,,,Erina’s off on some trip, and he can hear the faintest “HYAH!” coming from the living room

-He walks in to find Jonathan in the exact same spot he left him, ALL OTHER SAVE FILES ARE COMPLETE, and he’s in some obscure location doing a side quest Josuke didn’t even know existed

-Turns out he’s really good at quest games

-After Josuke realizes that Jonathan’s managed to beat the game more than once, he asks if he wants to try out another game

-To which Jonathan replies: “There’s MORE?”

-Aside from giving Jonathan a crippling video game addiction, Josuke also learns a vital thing about Jonathan Joestar

-Hamon ^-^

-Josuke’s a little surprised that Jonathan can even see his stand, and Jonathan has no other way to explain it than that it must be connected to his Hamon somehow

-To which Josuke is like “what” and Jonathan realizes that his stupid fucking grandson decided not to tell ANY OTHER Joestar about Hamon

-He’s no Zeppeli, but he could try and teach him...even if it didn’t work, it would still be a nice bonding activity

-When Jonathan finds out that Josuke’s stand ability is revolved around healing, he’s overjoyed because he might have a better chance

-They start small with breathing exercises and meditation, which eventually lead to Jonathan trying to teach Josuke how to make things like flowers

-Since it doesn’t exactly come naturally to Josuke, things don’t exactly work out,,,but both are unsurprisingly happy when Josuke manages to make a single flower bloom :3

-It’s not much, but it’s there and it honestly makes Josuke feel much better knowing that he could eventually learn how to heal himself, too :)

Giorno

-Jonathan considered teaching Giorno Hamon a while ago, but he realized that his stand already has the properties of Hamon, if not just in a more humanoid form

-And when Jojo puts two and two together that he and his son can both grow a lot of plant life, he has the perfect idea

-Garden buddies!!!! :D

-They grow everything you could possibly think of, and to top it all off, Giorno fills the garden with all this animal life :)

-When it comes to biology, Giorno never shuts up about it. He’s the quietest kid when it comes to virtually anything else but prepare for MAJOR info dumps about frogs and his vast knowledge of flowers

-Speaking of flowers, them just sitting and growing them together and talking about all of their favourites? Yes please

-Although they love to accelerate plant growth, there’s one patch in the middle of the garden that they’re determined to grow naturally

-Also them growing and eating carambola (star fruit) together because it’s my pocket dimension that makes no sense and I get to decide what fun fruits the Joestars get to eat together

-the garden becomes a great place for picnics and outings and the best place to go when things get too chaotic

-Giorno starts a plant journal where he records everything that ends up growing there, and Jonathan starts impulse buying all these flower guide books so they can look at pictures of them and put their favourites in the garden :3

-They end up creating a little pond in the middle of everything, and Giorno puts a whole bunch of frogs and fish in it and it's all very tranquil and calm and nice :))

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I was gonna do part 6 (maybe part 7 too?) but mental energy? I don’t know her, sorry y’all :(

Feel free to add on though!! I wanna see what y’all would think Jonathan would wanna do with Jolyne or anyone else I missed :D My first thought for Jolyne was Rugby because Jonathan was a rugby KING and I feel like she’d be really good at it lmao

#jjba #jjba headcanons #jonathan joestar #joseph joestar #jotaro kujo #josuke higashikata #giorno giovanna #jojos's bizarre adventure #ask-c-c-cherry #headcanons #anime #erina joestar #family feels #long post

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mudwingprince · 4 years ago

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ayyyy we're back at this again >:D

...its kinda been a while... huh ':I

but once again

I do not think anything bad about my friends, they're amazing people that deserve much love, and the majority of this fic is fiction (duh, its fanfiction lmao)

tw: illness, poison, poison mention, panic attacks, and lab experiments/torture mention

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5 (right here babyyy)

reblogs are greatly apricated :D

and onto the fic we go owo

Once I had figured out how to make the elevator (simple pulley system, vines tied to the leaf and that was used to pull Radi0 up into the tree, safely off of the ground), I destroyed it. I ripped out the vines and let the leaf fall to the ground. The vine could probably be used later, so I wrapped it around my wrist and up my arm. Thankfully the rain had died down a lot and it was just a light drizzle. Radi0 had trouble balancing on the branch when he stepped off the leaf which was… concerning… to say the least. I let out a sigh as Radi0 curled up next to the trunk of the tree. He looked at me, hardly keeping his eyes open.

“I-I’m sorry,” Radi0 mumbled. I was confused.

“For what?”

“Everything.”

“No, don’t blame yourself! If anything, it’s my fault, I prompted the teasing and then told you to leave, I was just trying to protect you!”

“But-”

“Listen, just try to get some rest, and we can talk about this when you wake up, okay?”

He hesitated.

…

Then nodded, closing his eyes and curling up into a small ball. I leaned back and glanced up at the partially cloudy skies through the thick green leaves and sighed, rain dripping onto my face. What if I actually died? What if I wasn’t immortal? Would Radi0 be okay or would he drown in guilt? How would Isol feel? Would she feel any remorse for killing me? Probably not, I concluded. She was still looking for us, it might be because I’m still here. This really was all my fault. Why had I teased Isol? Why was I such an idiot? I blinked and noticed that tears were pouring out of my eyes. I quickly rubbed at them, trying to stop. I was fine, we’re going to be fine. I heard a rustling from under the tree and rubbed at my eyes again, looking down.

“ARGH!” a familiar voice growled, my ears perked up and I held onto the branch a little tighter than before, digging my claws into the bark. “Where the FUCK are they?!” Oh. I should’ve guessed it was Isol. I leaned over the edge of the branch to get a better look. There was no way it wasn’t Isol, their long flowy hair and thick, bushy pink-ish fur was unmistakable. She really stood out compared to the dark greens and browns of the forest.

I quickly pulled myself back. Isol was there? How? Did they follow our tracks? It was raining, how could they find us? But they didn’t find us, we just need to stay up in the tree. It’s going to be fine. I waited. More illegible growling and hissing came from the forest below. I took in a shaky breath and glanced over to Radi0. He wasn’t asleep and his eyes were wide, filled with fear. He knew very well what was going on. I held a claw up to my mouth in a shushing motion, but didn’t dare make a sound. More rustling came from the ground and suddenly a large bang shot out from beneath us. The tree shook and we desperately clung to the branch, trying not to make a sound. I felt my heart rate rise and my breathing quicken. Isol was going to find us, she was going to kill us! I forced myself to look over the edge of the branch again. The only thing that I could see was the dense forest floor. Isol was gone, thankfully. I pulled myself back and curled up, placing my head on my knees and letting my ears flop. I tried to calm down, but my lungs fought for air. I combed a talon through my hair, trying to push out the dizziness that was fighting to get in. I rubbed at my eyes, which were starting to sting.

“M-Mud?”

I looked up, still fighting the dizziness. I pulled on a smile. “Yeah?”

“Are..." He paused and looked at me. "Why… are you doing this?”

“Doing what?”

“Hiding how you’re feeling, trying to take care of me while still trying to keep yourself alive. Why are you doing it?”

“I’m not hiding how I’m feeling.”

“Yes you are, and you’re not good at it.”

“I’m not hiding anything Radi0, just try and get some sleep.”

“No.” I blinked in confusion. He was obviously tired and, being sick, he needed sleep, right?

“Stop trying to push this away,” Radi0 said, standing up and wobbling. I jumped up and reached a talon towards him to try and steady him. “No, stop it, Mud! Stop trying to take care of me and take care of yourself first!”

“I’ll take care of myself if you sit down!” I said, raising my voice slightly. My tail thrashed behind me and I flicked my ears down.

“No!”

“Please, just sit down! We’ll talk then okay!”

“No! Listen to me! You need to take care of yourself!”

“You can hardly take care of yourself right now! We’re both out in the wilderness, you’re sick, I’m stressed, and our friend is trying to kill us! You need to sit down or…” I thought for a second. “Or I’ll leave!”

“Then leave!”

I was silent. Did… he really want me to leave? Was I really that much of a problem? I blinked.

“... Okay… Fine. I’ll leave. Stay safe, Radi0,” I said, taking a step towards the edge of the branch. Just as I was about to climb down the tree, Radi0 spoke up.

“Wait… you were actually planning on leaving?”

“Yeah…? That’s what you said you wanted, right?”

“I-I didn’t… I didn’t think you actually meant it…” Radi0 said while slowly sitting down. He curled up again. “You just saved my life… and I repay you by trying to get you to leave?” He sighed and leaned his head back onto the tree trunk. I crept back farther on the branch and let out a dry laugh.

“I threatened to leave,” I mumbled. “You’re sick and traumatized and probably not thinking straight, I’m probably not either, and again, we’re in the wilderness hiding in a tree from our friend who is out to kill us…” I flopped back onto the branch, my legs dangling off of the tree. I put a claw to my forehead.

“I-I’m sorry…”

“I’m sorry too…”

It was silent apart from the occasional hoots from an owl and croaks and chirps from frogs. I sighed and stared up into the endless night sky, scattered with stars.

"It's pretty…" I mumbled.

"What is?" Radi0 asked. He sounded tired.

"The sky," I replied, rolling onto my side and curling up. "Anyways, goodnight."

"Goodnight."

I woke up. The bright sun was blinding compared to the dark night sky that I had closed my eyes to. I blinked a couple times before sitting up and rubbing my eyes. My fur dripped and weighed me down. I shook out my fur, sending small droplets of rain in every direction. As I started smoothing my fur out, I heard a stifled laugh. I turned to the direction that it was coming from just to find Radi0, his eyes filled with amusement.

"What?" I said, pushing the fur on my head down.

"Uh, n-nothing!" He said, trying to wipe the look on his face. He didn't do well, and I glared at him.

"How are you feeling today?"

"Better?" I blinked.

“That didn’t sound too confident, dude.”

“Yeah, I don’t feel too confident about it…” I looked at him, and then down the tree.

“Do you think that you’ll be able to climb down?” I pushed myself up and reached my talon down to help Radi0 up. He grabbed on and I pulled him up.

“Yeah,” he said, “It seems pretty easy.” I gave him the warmest smile that I could muster and then started climbing down the tree. Once I got to the ground, I glanced around, looking for… something? I wasn’t exactly sure, I just wanted to be safe. I didn’t find anything suspicious, just dead leaves, twigs, sticks, bushes and a clump of fire red flowers. I stepped towards the flowers. I sat down and stared at them. They were pretty. Radi0 walked up next to me and looked at the flowers.

“Do you know what type of flower they are?” He asked.

“I think so,” I replied. “I’m not too sure though.”

“What do you think it is?”

“A snapdragon?” I said. I leaned in a little closer and looked at the flowers. “They normally symbolize strength and positive energy, it might be a good thing that we came across them!” I looked up at Radi0 and smiled before plucking a few and standing up. “They’re called snapdragons because if you squeeze them,” I said, moving closer to Radi0 so he could see, “They look like a dragon’s head, I’ve never done it before because I’ve never seen one in real life, but we can test it!” I gently grabbed onto the back of the flower, making sure not to hurt it, and lightly squeezed it. The petals spread out and it really did look like a dragon’s head.

“Huh…” Radi0 said lightly, looking at the snapdragon. We started moving, what I was guessing was north, based on the sun. “How’d you know that?”

“The lab I was raised in specialized in plants,” I replied.

“Wait, a lab??” Radi0 said. “You were raised in a lab??”

“Yeah, did you think I was just naturally an immortal cat human mud thing?” I giggled. “Things like this don’t happen in nature, at least I don’t think they do. But, I wasn’t born immortal.”

“What do you mean?” Radi0 asked, speeding up a little. He turned around and walked backwards to face me. “Did they do something to you?”

“Well, yeah,” I said, fidgeting with the snapdragons. “I was a lab experiment, of course they did things to me.”

“Are you okay?”

“Yeah, I was able to escape anyway, it's all okay now!”

It went silent apart from the occasional snapping of twigs and brushing of leaves as we walked.

“They made you immortal?”

“Yep, they pushed an entire crystal into my head!”

“What?!”

“Yeah!” I pushed my fur away from my forehead. “Basically, all of my power comes from this.” I pointed to the quarter sized crystal embedded in my head. “It might be small but there’s so much about it, and I’m still learning about it! I think there might be more of them, and… maybe there are some people like me…” I looked at the snapdragons, and then at Radi0. He was giving me a weird look. It was a look that was hard to describe. So many emotions in one glance.

“Ack! Sorry! Didn’t mean to throw that all at you!” I laughed nervously and kept walking, focusing on the snapdragons. I looked at the sky, the sun was in the middle of the sky.

Already around noon? Fuck! I thought and sped up a little. I glanced back to make sure Radi0 was following. He stopped. I turned around and looked at him.

“Are… you okay?” I asked, taking a step towards him. He looked at me, his eyes full of rage. I stepped back.

“You… Poisoned me…”

#OH WHAT??? AN ANIMATION TO GO WITH IT??? WoAh!!!#(please unmute it i just got the idea for this last night and i want it to have an impact lmao)#(the audio is The Holy from Deltarune but its slowed)#fanfic #fic #fanfiction #fan fiction #animation #dumbass-trio #i always feel like i have a shit ton to say before i actually get to the fic XD #oh btw #this ones long =)

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hiislegacy · 4 years ago

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— answer these questions then tag 20 blogs you’d like to know better!

tagged by: STOLE IT

tagging: ANYONE

nicknames: Zuti

zodiac: Ophiuchus. It’s so cool, bros.

height: 5′3

time: EST

favorite band / artist: System of A Down, Lady Gaga, Billie Eilish, Apocalyptica, Kamelot, and just a bunch of Soundtrack Albums...

song stuck in my head: Main Theme of Final Fantasy VII

last movie i saw: The THING.

last thing i googled: etsy

other blogs: I have SO many, and don’t feel like listing all of them... Too many fandoms, honestly LOL. You name it! Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Alien, Dragon Ball Z, and more..

do i get asks: Yeah! Sometimes!

why did i choose this username: I was onewiingcd before, but felt like changing it to something more related to Cloud. Tho, I may always go back. WHO KNOWS.

following: Like 100 people, so it’s hard for me to see everything on the dash LOL

average amount of sleep: eight hours, usually

what i’m wearing (right now): loose-fitting clothes. RELAXED, BABYYY

dream job: Actor, but I don’t think it’ll happen... The auditions were the worst part...

dream trip: California??

favorite food(s): Cheesecake, Oreos, Pizza

play any instruments: Violin, Guitar, a BIT of keyboard...

eye color: blue

hair color: golden brown

languages you speak: english.

most iconic song: I have no idea.. One-Winged Angel??

random fact: I really love movies and video games??

describe yourself as aesthetic things: Roses and the Wind??? NO IDEA.

#ooc #meme thing #mun answers

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ayyyoonohwhatimean · 5 years ago

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morning time! w/ jaehyun+ you being sick

heyyaa! back again with a new writing. hopefully you guys would appreciate and like it though. thanks for reading! if there’s any mistakes, I’m so sorry! xx - N.

morning time! w/ jaehyun + you being sick (jaehyun x reader)

mode: fluffyyyy fluff, slightly comedy and tiny angst!

fuck i love him so much

(before we start, i’m actually terribly sick rn :( and pls listen to paris in the rain by lauv while reading this! it gives me soft fluffy vibes)

“cause anywhere with you feels right, anywhere with you feels like paris in the rain”

okay so let’s get itttt!!

so both of you were in his room still sleeping soundly, wrapping each other’s arms around each other’s waists

sleeping beauties aw

his room filled with you guys’ photos, his favorite LPs standing nicely on the shelf with the classic vinyl player and his speaker that he would use a lot to play your and his favorite playlist whenever you’re together

it’s simple and minimalistic but yet homey. you loved it.

you usually would be the one that wakes up earlier than jaehyun but well not this time

you looked at the clock standing behind the bed, oh shit it’s 10AM

your head felt so heavy and your throat feeling so uncomfortable and funny as you were trying to get up

it was hard for you to get up so you just went back to bed feeling uncomfortable and sick

you looked over jaehyun, he’s still sleeping so comfortably, his pouty rosy lips and red cheeks with some of his dark brown hair covering a lil bit of his forehead and his eyes still shut

“damn he’s such an art” you thought to yourself as you smiled sheepishly

you moved to your right side and you felt jaehyun pulling you closer into his arms as he’s nuzzling into your neck

you moved your head a little bit to look over him as he opened his eyes slowly, “hey babe morninggg” his deep morning voice echoes beautifully in your ear along with his soft smile as he looked at you and his eyes that seems to be made of stars

your heart felt like it’s about to drop (fuck my heart would too :’)))

no matter how long you guys have dated, it would always feel like the first time and day you went on a date with him; the nervousness, the tingling sensation, the sparks and everything.

you replied back to him, “hey good morning sunshine”, your voice sounding hoarse and slightly unclear, starting to concern jaehyun

he straightaway got up and put his hand on your forehead and neck, feeling them to check how high or low your body temperature feels

“babyyy, I think you’re sick. your body feels way too warm and your voice concerns me too” he said as he rubs your back gently up and down

“I don’t knowww, but as I was trying to get up earlier, I just felt so uncomfortable and sick. My throat still feels funny and uncomfortable and my head feels like spinning around” :((

he caresses your cheek lovingly with his soft delicate fingers,“let me fix it” and then proceed to leave a short but yet still meaningful and sweet kiss on your lips

you tried to avoid from him kissing you, “heyy you’re gonna get sick!” but it was too late haha

he laughs and smooches you all over your face like crazy, “it’s okay as long as we get sick together”

you tried to act like you’re vomiting after what he just said and chuckled softly

“I’ll be right back, princess. I’m cooking you something since you’re sick and I’ll get some of the medicines for you from the box outside, yeah?” he said as he got up from the bed and smiled at you

“but babeeee, don’t leaveeee meee” you said, trying to pull his arms and stopping him from leaving the room

“babyy, but you need to eat and I need to take care of you” he cooed

“but take me outside with you too, I’m gonna be bored here all alone” crossing your arms as you sit and cooed back

he giggles to himself afterwards, “you’re making me crazy, god i must be so in love with you”

YES IT’S CHEESY BUT IT’S JUNG YOONOH IK YOU LOVE IT

AAAAAAAAAAHHHH uwu

you giggled too, opening your arms to jaehyun showing him as a sign to pull you from the bed, “take me with you, my man”

he pulls your arms gently and carefully as if you’re made of glass so fragile and precious, “alright, my woman”

he went to the kitchen to start cooking and you went to the living room which facing the apartment’s kitchen

you rested your back on the couch with your head on the soft grey pillow as you’re trying to find something interesting to watch

SO YOU GUYS WANNA KNOW WHAT HES COOKIN

COOKIN COOKIN COOKING TIME

so he’s cooking some rice for both of you, seaweed soup and some chicken soup with mixed vegetables as well as herbs that’s good for the immune system (you gotta eat healthy ok its good for ur immune system)

while he’s doing his thing cooking at the kitchen, he would look over to check on you and what you’re up to

he noticed there wasn’t any blanket on the couch you’re resting on so he went back to his room and got you his fuzzy blanket in case you suddenly got cold

“hey baby, fevers can cause you to either feel really hot or cold. so, in case if you suddenly feel cold, wrap yourself using this fuzzy blanket, okay?” caressing your hair as he walked over to you to give you the blanket

you smiled looking at him and nodded, “thank you, love. what are you cooking? It smells so good already I’m hungry dude”

“I’m cooking...something special for us! It’s a surprise hehe” he grins cutely, like a child (isn’t he cute ugh)

after he’s done with the cooking, both of you finally got to eat yayyyy

sitting on the kitchen counter area facing each other, adoring each other’s presence as both of you were enjoying the meals he cooked for you and him

jaehyun. he’s just so great, so good to be true. he’ll always be the one to pick you up when you’re down, the one to help you out when you’re having a problem whether it’s a big matter or even just a small matter, the one to light you up when everything seems to be dark to you, the one to guide you when you’re lost, the one to get concern about you even if it’s not about something to get/be concern about, the one that only stays when nobody stays with you, the one that falls asleep only after you fell asleep first because he wants to make sure that you’re safe in his arms while you’re sleeping, the one to hold you when everything seems to fall apart, the one to comfort you when you’re upset about your life. he’s your star, your world, your everything. he’s your home.

and,

you’re his home, too.

you’ve always prayed for someone, like, him. :’)

ALLLL MYY LIFEEEE I PRAYED FOR SOMEONE LIKE YOUU AND I THANK GOD THAT I THAT I FINALLY FOUND YOU *sings*

FUCK I’M GETTING SO EMO SHIT

ALRIGHT ALRIGHT EHEM MOVING ON

I love him with all of my heart

ok so after you guys have finished eating, cleaning and shit, you went back to the couch with jaehyun behind you

he put a box which contains all kinds of medicines (his and yours) in it on the table before finding meds for your fever and sore throat

“here, take your meds and here’s some water so that you would feel better baby” he turned to you as he gave you one of the fever pills and lozenges for your sore throat with a glass of water on the table

you took them from his hand the pills first so that you could proceed to swallow it

to be honest you’re not really good at swallowing pills bcus you’re afraid and you just dk how so what you usually do is chewing em (don’t judge me)

yes you’d rather take em like you’re eating a normal food instead of swallowing em like how you’re supposed to do

jaehyun noticed how you’re not swallowing the pills the way it should be done and laughed, “you’re supposed to swallow them, you dumbass”

after you’re done drinking your water, you hit him lightly and said “heyy, I’m not a dumbass!”

“yes you are boo”

“you’re a dumbass too dude”

“heyyy! since when? I’m a very smart and genius guy plus I’m good at almost everything” he said as he rolled his eyes to you

“since when? remember when you lost in the very first missions and other mission as well in the nct life in chuncheon and hongcheon?” you pulled your tongue out as you teased him and laughed

“sshh, do you wanna lose your voice?” him asking you with his arms crossed and his kinda-cute-failed-angry facial expression

“aw, someone’s upset huh” you cooed, before taking one of your sore throat lozenges and put it into your mouth

he laughs as he slowly tryin to attack you by tickling you

“yo no stop it omg ahhHHh JAEHYUN-”

“I can’t hear you i’m gonna tickle you until you lost your voice and can’t talk and tease me anymore”

you proceed to attack him by tickling him too and the house filled with both of you’s laughter (uwu)

jaehyun tries to protect and avoid himself from getting tickled by you with the pillows on his hands

when you both are finally done, you both just kinda look at each other, admiring every single details of each other’s faces

jaehyun climbs over to you on the couch and puts his head on your stomach full of happy smiles

“you know what, I like me better when I’m with you”, he whispers to you with his arms wrapping around your body tightly

“I like me better when I’m with you too” <3

#nct #nct 127 #jaehyun #jung jaehyun #jung yoonoh #nct imagines #nct blurbs #fluff #nct fluff #oneshot #nct u #big uwu #i love him i can't #someone stop me please #i'm so soft for him #fluffy #fanfic #nct scenarios #where can i find a jaehyun

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prismatic-cupcake · 6 years ago

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Oooh an Ask Game!

Rules: answer 21 questions, tag 21 people who you want to get to know better.

Tagged by: @opalsandcream Ohmygosh thanks so much for tagging me man! I love your blog, its one of my most favorite aesthetic ones I follow!~（●´∀｀）ノ♡

Nickname: Kim (I guess technically, though I treat it more as just my name lol), & online I’ll go as Prisma otherwise

Zodiac: uhh Leo (I only know the basic astrology one, I dunno wtf my rising or moon is) & in Chinese zodiac I was born in the year of the Tiger! [DOUBLE CAT BABYYY]

Height: like 5′7″ or 5′8″ I haven’t checked my height in awhile tho

Last Movie I saw: I think it was the Breadwinner on Netflix (really good one btw)

Last thing I googled: Patrick Star in a Trombone

Favorite musician: k?d & Rezz are some of my faves! And there’s a lot of vocaloid producers I’m always finding to be gr8 too, Pinnochio-P & Deco*27 come to mind first

Song stuck in my head: Airhead by Picon & Solar System Disco (fuck who made this one) are currently fighting for music dominance in my head @v@

Other blogs: pretty much this one is what I use tbh, and I have a separate art blog (prismaticdoodles as my bio says), tho I'm thinkin about moving my art blog to a sideblog on this account for easier sake of use...

Do I get asks: sometimes when I reblog those ask memes, fun stuff!

Blogs following: like too goddamn many; mostly stuff geared towards my interests, like stuff for video games, art & art reference blogs, some aesthetic ones, a few science ones, but also like random personal blogs like mine that just seem to have fun content on em.

Amount of sleep: 8 hours p much always, when I sleep & awake tho varies a bit :’v

Lucky Numbers: 3! I like odd numbers c:

Dream job: soemthing that either utilizes my artsy/creative abilities or something that helps people (ik thats kinda vague ((´д｀)) )

Dream Trip: I kinda want to see Carlsbad Caverns again, that was cool af. Also to see the VLA and the Bisti badlands!!

Favorite food: like any pasta dish

Play any instruments: haha no :’3

Languages: English as its my primary one and like, I can understand some very basic Spanish,,,

Favorite Songs: Electronic Memories, Distance, & Birth of the Universe are all some of my faves by k?d annnnd Pinnochio-P’s Common World Domination is always good; maybe I’ll just list a bunch of jams sometime in a post cause there’s alot but I’m here to esp yell about k?d’s music the most here ok jfgjfng

Describe yourself as aesthetic things: holographic metal catching light all shimmery, cloudy sunset skies, kittens sleeping all soft & peaceful, night skies lit by starlight alone, & water-colored paintings

Tagging: @violetthedragon @laconicfairy @journeythekat @mossy-hearts @strawbberies uhm idk who else to tag rn（；へ；）

#asks n shit #fun stuff uvu

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xuhoon · 7 years ago

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paper roses

part 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5

author’s note: its fluff, i will add links later :)

The night of your birthday, Minghao decided to take you to a nice restaurant close to the ocean. You sat outside and enjoyed the ocean waves before the sun dipped below them. It was a quiet evening, as you talked about anything and everything. As much as you two enjoyed your dinner, Minghao was itching to get home so he could give you his gifts.

You open the door to his apartment to find a glass vase full of paper roses on the dining room table. A pink ribbon tied them together

“These are for you. It’s a dozen origami roses. I folded sheets of paper with lyrics to the songs in my playlist for you. Yeah… I made you a playlist. These are twelve songs that make me think of you. Happy birthday, honey.”

“Minghao, they’re so well done. I couldn’t even come close to this perfection!”

“Thank you, I tried my best. You told me not to spoil you just yet, so I only spent money on our dinner. I wanted to be creative with your gift, while still showing the meaning. Did I do a good job?”

“Hao, you did wonderful. Thank you. I…” You began to tear up, choking on your words. “I don’t want to cry, but…” Hao laughed and wiped your tears away. “You mean so much to me. I can’t wait to listen to the playlist you made me. Can we listen to it together?”

“We can listen to it on the drive to your place.” He pulled you close, holding you for a long while before bending down to give you a kiss. “Happy Birthday, my darling girl.”

Instead of taking the bus to and from school, Hao now did all the driving. It took less time than the bus and you appreciated the kind gesture from your boy. You both had classes spread through the week, but Tuesday’s and Thursday’s were when you spent most time together. Some days you would attend dance class to watch your beau’s gorgeous sweat, other days you’d use the extra hours to study or watch YouTube videos. Occasionally, and this being rare, you’d cuddle up with a hoodie and sleep in the backseat of Hao’s car. He’ll crack the windows, kiss your forehead, and call you after dance when it was time to head over to class. The rest of October and November went on like this, with dates piling up every weekend.

Dates with Hao included the occasional cuddle session back at his apartment just like that first day. But, you also loved to go out together to malls for shopping where his fashionista side thrived, parks where you walked around hand in hand enjoying nature, and other fun date spots. Hao was also taking photography, so his most recent assignment was of you at the Aquarium with deep blue’s surrounding your silhouette. Hao asked you to be his girlfriend that day, as he fell deeper and deeper with his new muse. On November 7th, you two went to Disneyland to celebrate your combined birthdays.

You spent the night at Minghao and Junhui’s shared apartment more frequently than you’d like to admit. It felt so right to be there, even if it had only been a few months since you two started dating. Things were still pretty fresh and comfortable, so neither of you were complaining. As December finally arrived, snuggling in was more appropriate for the cold weather.

“Y/N!” Minghao yelled from the kitchen, “CAN YOU COME HERE?”

You got up and made your way to the sound of Minghao dropping things. “What up?”

“Can you grab the rice wine vinegar from the cabinet?” He struggled to hold all of the ingredients in his hand, refusing to put anything down.

“Hao, I can’t reach it.”

“Oh, you’re so cute and small honey,” finally putting down things, Minghao released the contents of his arms onto the counter letting everything roll wherever it wanted to.

Struggling to reach the rice wine vinegar, even on your tippy toes, you suddenly feel your feet leave the ground as Minghao snakes his arms around your waist to lift you up.

“You could’ve just grabbed it yourself. Or, alternatively, you could’ve put your ingredients down before accumulating too many in your hands causing you to drop the soy sauce. It broke, Hao. There’s broken glass on the floor. You also dropped the sesame seeds, thank fuck that’s plastic,” you kept going, “Junhui! Can you bring the broom?”

Instead of putting you down, Hao shifts his grip and swings you around to hold you princess style. Before you could protest, he says, “I’m protecting my princess from the glass she spoke about.”

“What’s all this for, anyway, sweetie?” Smiling sweetly, you notice Minghao has also pulled out other various ingredients that would be common in ramen.

Putting you down, Minghao says, “I wanted to make ramen for us, but I seem to have spilled the soy sauce. All of it. On the floor.”

“So, this is what you’ve been doing while I was writing?”

“What were you writing about anyways?” Hao bent down with some paper towels to clean the mess. As you handed him a damp one, he said, “I’m listening I promise; oh, thank you that’s probably smart to start with.”

“It’s a research paper on circumbinary star systems and their planets, but I more talked about its role in pop culture.”

“Babe, that’s really cool, can I read it?”

“Maybe after dinner. Do we need soy sauce?”

“Yes! Yes, to both of those.”

Junhui helped sweep up the broken glass into the trashcan and offered to drive to the store to buy more soy sauce while Minghao continued to cook dinner for the three of us.

“Y/n, why don’t you go with me? You can pick out ice cream for our movie tonight.”

“Have we decided on a movie to watch yet?” You responded with as the two of you walked out the door to Minghao’s car. “Okay, wait, Minghao lets you drive his car?”

“I think he trusts me more than himself to drive.” Junhui smirked and tossed the keys into the air, grabbing them before they fell back into his hand from gravity. “Come on! Hop in!”

You feel your phone buzz in your pocket.

mingHOE: babyyy~ be safe with jun and get ben n jerry’s strawberry cheesecake plss

(y/n/n)bunny: have you changed my contact name back from the monstrosity that (y/n/n)bunny is

mingHOE: not unless you change that overused joke and buy me ice cream, and I aint no hoe bb I am loyal to u and only u

(y/n/n)bunny: ok fine but you know that it’s my fave flavor too and I’ll be having most of it

(y/n/n)bunny changed mingHOE’s contact name to secretly a merman

(y/n/n)bunny: better?

secretly a merman: much ;)

(y/n/n)bunny: ok ur turn bb boy

secretly a merman: nope!! I love it, it’s as cute as uuuuu

(y/n/n)bunny: pick a damn movie, asshole

secretly a merman: :O not with that attitude young missy

“Jun, I’m leaving your roommate” You turn to the driver, straight-faced.

“Hahaha, you know he wouldn’t ever change something he’s so proud of. Plus, it sounds like ‘(Y/n/n)-Money’ your street name.”

“That is not my street name, I don’t have a street name!” You hold in giggles, “That makes it worse!”

“Why’d you change his name to ‘secretly a merman’ though?”

“At the aquarium, I swear he was about to transform if any water got on him. When we went to the pier he felt at peace with the waves and zoned out a bit. He likes the sea.”

Jun’s phone buzzed this time. “Can you check that? We’re almost at the market.”

frogboi: she’s so cute

“I don’t need to respond to him.” You smile softly as you slip Jun’s phone back into the cup holder.

junnieboi: Walkin into the market now. I know man. You should use this time to write in your planner before she comes back and you two fall asleep on the couch together, like last time. We’ll be home before you know it.

“Come on Jun! Let’s hurry home!” He puts his phone in his pocket and jogs to meet you inside.

As the two of you snake through the aisles while humming and singing Half Moon, you both laugh and chase after one another to see who gets to the items first. Jun, being athletic, won every time. Your out-of-shape ass was too slow, and you gave up halfway through, still laughing. On your way home, you blasted Monsta X’s new album, singing and laughing the whole way.

“Hao!” You called as Junhui opened the door for the two of you, “We’re home!”

As you turn to put the ice cream in the freezer, you noticed something different about Minghao. “Honey, where… where is your shirt?”

“I took it off when I went to write in my planner.”

“So, it’s your ripped light blue jeans, froggy socks, and your… apron.” You say, eyeing your boyfriend up and down.

“Those froggy socks are so punk, Minghao.” Jun adds.

“You bought them for me for my birthday!” Minghao pouts, and then shows them off.

“You bought Minghao… socks. Really cute frog socks, as if it wasn’t domestic enough.” You bent down to pet the shown off socks.

“Y/n, I promise we aren’t dating in disguise.” Jun leans against the counter.

“I never said that.” Looking up, you meet Minghao’s eyes and the three of you erupt into giggles.

“Dinner anyone?”

After dinner, you and the boys cuddled up on the couch to watch a movie with your bowls filled with ice cream. It was getting pretty late so Jun suggested that we pause the movie and finish it another night, because everyone was yawning frequently. Except, it took a minute for the boys to realize that you had already fallen asleep. Minghao carried you to bed, making you wake up, and you clung tighter to him. You both sleepily changed into pajamas and found your way to the bathroom to brush your teeth and wash your faces. As you climb into bed, you notice Hao’s planner out and open to read:

December 3rd: ramen night!! + ice cream and cuddles

#minghao #svteennet #svtcreations #the8 #seventeen svt #svt #seventeen #xu minghao #seventeen xu minghao #the8 fic #the8 fluff

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cross-d-a · 4 years ago

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HI HELLO!! I might be more than a little in love with Xiao Bai and also!!! @jockvillagersonly is 1000% correct that I have a shit ton of opinions and headcanons about her!! But I really wanna boil all of this down to just a few key points to analyze:

1) Xiao Bai is a third generation leader of the Warehouse. (Wu Xie’s words in s1ep32)

2) Xiao Bai is one of only two women we see at the Warehouse.

3) Xiao Bai is 20 years old, and she’s a Director.

4) Xiao Bai is naïve, yet clearly intelligent as fuck.

5) Xiao Bai tells Wu Xie she came to Warehouse 11 because her family tried forcing her into marriage.

Xiao Bai is clearly the Queen of hiding all the important information in between pretty words and a smile, but I feel like the information we’re given paints a very telling picture.

Basically, I’ve come to the conclusion that Xiao Bai has lived in the Warehouse her entire life, and when her family told her she needed to marry instead of follow in her father’s footsteps (because male-dominated system babyyy), she said fuck that and decided to prove that she could become a Director all on her own.

This gets long, so the rest is under the cut!

We already know about kids being raised in the Warehouse, and Xiao Bai is from a long line of Warehouse leaders, so it stands to reason that Xiao Bai was also raised in the Warehouse.

From day one it’s clear this girl knows the Warehouse like the back of her fucking hand, and when there’s something she doesn’t know? She knows exactly where to find it. You could say this is because she’s a Director and so she has to know these things. But fuck, does she seem a bit too adept at navigating the Warehouse, and fuck, does she seem to know things even Director Ding doesn’t, and fuck, have I known people in power who don’t know a damn thing about the intricacies of the place they work in.

She knows Wu Xie can escape through the vent n the left side of storage rack 14 (s1ep19), for fuck’s sake. That doesn’t like something a Director would know. That sounds like something a kid would know from sneaking around the Warehouse like it was their playground.

Also, okay. Let me remind you that Xiao Bai sometimes sits on top of the racks and gazes up at the ceiling and pretends its stars. This sounds like a well-worn habit developed from childhood. This sounds like a little kid who was lonely and aching and banned from leaving the warehouse, and so she resorted to pretending the glittering ceiling was the night sky. Because the warehouse was her whole world, after all, and thousands of blinking bulbs can look like a whole galaxy if you squint hard enough.

(I promise you we’ll get back to her relationship with Wu Xie, I promise you. But I need to go a bit more into our dear Xiao Bai first)

So she was a kid raised in the warehouse. She probably rarely, if ever, left the warehouse grounds, let alone the actual buildings. Warehouse 11 was her entire life. When Wu Xie suggests she help him find Princess Mute, she becomes outraged. Even if she’s star struck by him (and even if he means more to her than he realizes), she still recites: “If there is one item missing, Warehouse 11 would lose it’s time-honoured reputation.”

Xiao Bai believes in Warehouse 11′s doctrine. In its mission. In its integrity. She is the hands of the Warehouse’s will and she will not betray it. (even if it has betrayed her again and again and again) (because her identity has been bent and broken and grown around its shape and she doesn’t really remember what it feels like to be her own person, maybe because she’s never truly been her own person)

She was clearly raised from birth to carry out the Warehouse’s mission. She comes from a generation of Warehouse leaders, after all. She has to know these things better than the sound of her own voice. And we know that the Warehouse has no qualms about putting children to work from a young age and putting words in their mouths and Truths in their heads they don’t really understand. And I think some of Xiao Bai’s naivete stems from this. Because even though she’s bright and intelligent, she was raised in an unforgiving, restricting environment. Like a plant in a box. A cat in a teacup. You can only grow so much as your confines will allow. (until you fucking shatter it apart, which is just how Wu Xie comes into play :) )

I also think it’s fair to say her family was very strict growing up. She’s described as a “third generation Warehouse leader.” (I also have serious doubts that the Warehouse is only 100 years old and that it is, in fact, much much older, but that is a conversation for a different time) She’s consistently described as a “tomboy” and yeah, I was often described as a tomboy growing up, I feel like in this particular situation (and in China), this is far, far more significant.

The Warehouse is so fucking male-dominated it’s insane. Xiao Bai is one of two women we see and the second woman is sort of an older mystic, so very different (yet so similar?) to Xiao Bai. We can assume sexism runs rampant here. Warehouse 11 is already bad enough with it’s hierarchy system, but you add in being a girl on top of that? It must have been absolute hell for Xiao Bai growing up. And maybe everyone calls her a tomboy because growing up she desperately wanted to be a boy, because that’s what made you matter. That’s what gave you power. That’s what gave you a thousand more options and possibilities and freedoms. So it makes perfect sense that Xiao Bai would shoulder her way into that more masculine role instead of docilely accepting her fate. It makes perfect sense that if she was constantly told she isn’t Good Enough because she’s a Girl, that Xiao Bai would do everything in her power to prove them Wrong (because she is smart and she is strong and she absolutely can fucking do this how dare they say she can’t?) (and maybe she Disagrees with certain things and maybe she sees what no one else can, but you can only grow as much as your confines will allow)

Now, as a child of a Warehouse family, Xiao Bai would be taught the ins and outs of the Warehouse from birth. Of that, I have no doubt. It’s what you do when a profession like this runs in the family (and when the profession is so fucking toxic and culty). Even if she’s a girl, they’re gonna make her learn the Family Business because that’s what you do.

And we’ve seen from all the Warehouse episodes that everything is a powerplay. Everything is politics. Everything is give and take and the struggle to survive.

Xiao Bai was raised in this environment from the very start. It’s all she’s ever known. She knows exactly what it means for someone to hold power in their hand and she knows exactly how they’re going to exert it over others. She acts so different around Wu Xie versus around the other Warehouse workers. Especially in the very first glimpses we get of her. She is calm and controlled and decisive. She is clearly in charge and she won’t allow anyone to question her.

Xiao Bai is used to these power plays, which is exactly why she’s so good at keeping her identity a secret from Wu Xie and it’s exactly why she’s so good at helping him. (even if he’s also her weakness, but we’ll get to that) Xiao Bai is good at reading people and their ill intentions because she’s done it her whole life, and that’s one reason why she looks at Wu Xie and goes:

Oh.

Here is a Good person. Here is someone I can trust.

(at one point near the beginning of the Warehouse Arc, Wu Xie will tell her he thinks Director Ding is nice, and she will look at him and go: you are an Idiot and you are so fucking WRONG)

So we have a Child of the Warehouse. We have someone who’s been forced to follow rules that don’t quite fit her and we have someone who’s desperate to prove herself and we have someone who is Intelligent and Persistent and Defiant.

(maybe she tries to run away, once twice four times five, until she loses count and until she’s forced to accept her fate because no one just Leaves Warehouse 11)

(or maybe she doesn’t even think to leave because it’s all she’s ever known)

Does Xiao Bai have friends? I don’t think so. Xiao Bai latches onto Wu Xie so desperately that I really, really doubt Xiao Bai has any friends at all. We never see her hang out with anyone but Wu Xie and the Desperado Fam. For all that she’s good at reading people, she doesn’t appear to have thought to use that skill to do anything but survive Warehouse 11.

Now, here @s1utspeare and I do headcanon that she and Li Jiale are in fact childhood friends. If there’s one Warehouse family kid, then surely there are others? If Li Jiale grew up in Warehouse 11, it would help explain his furious bitterness that Wu Xie rises in the ranks far quicker than he does. It would help explain exactly why he’s so trusting of Director Ding. Maybe Director Ding is a family friend, because he’s been an authority figure since childhood. Maybe Li Jiale has always been expected to take over a higher position but he’s never been quite good enough. It makes sense to us, at least.

Either way, Xiao Bai and Li Jiale are not friends by the time Wu Xie comes into play.

But let’s back up a bit.

Xiao Bai is a Director at 20. It would take a few years even with the shortcuts like solving Warehouse mysteries (my brain is telling my Reboot says it’s four years, but I honestly don’t remember if this is right- it sounds right, tho). So let’s say it takes four.

Xiao Bai is a Director at 20.

She must have been a level 1 when she was 16 years old.

What does this mean for us? What does this mean for her?

Well, there’s really only one conclusion I’ve come to:

When Xiao Bai was 16 years old her family told her she was going to have to get married and she said No.

There are two reasons why I believe this:

1) Warehouse 11 is almost entirely a male-dominated place.

It gives me absolutely no reason to believe that her family would actually be okay with her following her her father’s footsteps and becoming an heir.

2) Xiao Bai tells Wu Xie that people come to Warehouse 11 to escape their lives. When he asks her “What did you escape from?” she answers: “My family forced me to marry so I came here.”

I see no reason why she would lie. The entire time at Warehouse 11 she never actually lies to Wu Xie. She just doesn’t tell him the whole truth. (yeah yeah some people might say this is still lying, but I don’t think she views it like that). When she tells Wu Xie this she smiles and covers her face like she’s embarrassed, like she’s weirdly pleased with herself. Like she’s seeking approval.

And, okay, there is a third reason why I think this whole marriage plot might be true, and that’s because even though she’s part of a Warehouse family, even though she’s a Director, when she’s in trouble no one comes to her rescue except for Wu Xie.

Surely, if she was in good graces with her family (who is in fact in power, I might add), they would come storming in to help. And even if her family was dead, I’m 1000% certain family friends or allies would come help her, too.

But they don’t.

No one does.

Xiao Bai is alone.

When we meet Xiao Bai, she is a young woman in power who is intelligent and bright and lonely.

So I think at 16 her family told her she wasn’t going to take over the family business. They weren’t going to help her. All her efforts and all her training and her life’s fucking purpose was for nothing. And they were going to marry her off.

Now, 16 is much too young to marry in China, but I don’t think that would stop her parents from telling her they were going to decide her future for her. And if my research is correct, you can become emancipated at 16 in China. And I’m not saying Xiao Bai did become emancipated but it’s certainly lingering in the back of my mind. A young girl with no support or money and who only knows one life and one life only and has only ever been told that she is not good enough to achieve the life’s purpose her family forced upon her?

Well.

I don’t think Xiao Bai would have left that environment, is all I’m saying. I don’t think she would have known how, or that she even should. I think she would have grit her teeth behind a wide bright smile and told them where they could shove it because she was better than all of them fucking combined. And she was going to prove it.

And so she did.

(and yeah, if she and Li Jiale were childhood friends, I can see how their families would have set them up despite a few years age difference. and yeah, I can see how Li Jiale would cave because he is Tired and Lonely and Desperate and this is his best friend so it wouldn’t be so bad after all, right? and yeah, I can see how furious Xiao Bai would be, seeing her best friend just cave and accept their roles in life, accept Xiao Bai’s role in life, like she isn’t worth so much more than this. and yeah, I can see how their relationship would deteriorate and I can see how it would break and I can see how Xiao Bai would put all her time and energy into rising through the ranks while Li Jiale is left behind shocked and bitter and fucking lonely. and yeah I can see how that would fester and rot for years until Wu Xie comes along and it just boils over.)

(and yeah, I can see Xiao Bai approaching Li Jiale at that construction site for the first time in years. I can see her tentatively offering that soda can like a peace offering like a gift like a thank you for still being alive and a I miss you my friend and a I’m sorry I wasn’t there for you)

(and it might break me a little ok but we aren’t going there today)

And then we get Wu Xie.

Wu Xie Wu Xie Wu Xie.

I think Xiao Bai’s heard stories of Wu Xie before. He’s so famous in the antique/tomb robbing world by this point how can she not?

Especially since she works at Warehouse 11. Especially because I’m sure she went on pickups since she was young (for training, her father said) and I’m sure she helped pick up more than a few things from Ershu and Sanshu, and we all know how fond everyone is of their Xiao San-ye. So it isn’t beyond reason that they would see this bright-eyed little girl and tell her stories of a different bright-eyed child. And it isn’t difficult to imagine Xiao Bai imagining Wu Xie adventures with stars in her eyes and pretending she could go on them, too. Like she could be the kid she wasn’t allowed to be.

But even if that didn’t happen, Wu Xie is still Wu Xie and Xiao Bai is very good at reading people and she has been cooped up in their warehouse her entire life.

So how does she feel, confronted with an enigma of a man who breaks into her carefully controlled, rotting world? How does she feel seeing generations upon generations of operations come to a standstill because of one man.

How does it feel, watching him unravel secrets and mysteries that have felt larger than life, more terrifying than god, holier than the devil?

In those first few glimpses of her, we don’t see her full face. Just snatches of her intent eyes and slightly grinning mouth. When Wu Xie and Pangzi start succumbing to the plane’s toxins, Director Ding is triumphant, but Xiao Bai isn’t. Instead she’s enraptured.

Director Ding: They were just like them now.

Xiao Bai: I think it’s different.

Director Ding: What’s different?

Xiao Bai: This man.

And that is the fucking crux of it, isn’t it?

Wu Xie is so different than anything she’s ever known.

We all know Wu Xie is, at the very core, naïve. He is kind and generous and there is a fucking reason why so many people would do anything for him. There is a reason why he is Xiao Ge’s only connection to this world.

And Xiao Bai sees it.

Her entire life has been filled with greedy men who only desire power, who only desire order of their own making.

She has lived her entire life in a prison of their own making.

And suddenly, she sees a way out.

This doesn’t mean Xiao Bai wants to leave Warehouse 11. of course she doesn’t. It’s her life. She worked hard to get to where she is.

What I mean, is that she sees a way out within herself.

There’s been a lot of talk of inconsistencies in Xiao Bai’s character. For example, that first glimpse we see of her, watching Wu Xie and Pangzi and calculating what it means for the Warehouse vs. her first actual interaction with Wu Xie.

And really, I think the inconsistencies are a result of Xiao Bai trying to find the balance between Warehouse Child Xiao Bai and Actual Person Xiao Bai.

She’s clumsy about it. She’s both so sure of herself and yet so uncertain. She knows how the Warehouse defines her and she knows how define herself by the Warehouse, but she doesn’t know how to define herself in relation to the rest of the world.

In Warehouse 11 everyone has a place. Everyone has a purpose. Xiao Bai’s purpose has always been to serve Warehouse 11. Yes, she’s struggled with her identity (what it means to be a woman in a world of only men), but at the core of herself, she knows her life’s purpose is to serve Warehouse 11.

But then this man just comes in and disrupts the very system that has raised her. The system that is her entire world. So easily.

So fucking easily.

Wu Xie is the first interesting, different thing to come into her life since maybe ever.

For the first time in her life, Xiao Bai can touch a world that she doesn’t understand inside and out. And for the very first time here is someone who looks at her and sees Xiao Bai and not a Child of Warehouse 11. Not Director Bai. Not a simple girl in a world of greedy men.

Warehouse 11 tells you to do what you’re told and don’t question it.

But here Wu Xie is questioning everything.

And she loves it.

Sierra makes a very, very good point that Xiao Bai is very much like Wu Xie. And I think both Xiao Bai and Wu Xie realize it, too.

Xiao Bai has been alone for most of her life and now here’s this man who is bright and intelligent and kind and funny and he has friends and he’s been living his life in a way she’s never been able to. I think she looks at him and sees what she could become. What she longs to become, without the confines of Warehouse 11, without the restraints of her own fucking gender.

(and maybe she’s a bit fucking envious he managed to turn Warehouse 11 upside so effortlessly, and maybe she wants to reach out and snatch some of that chaos for herself)

It’s refreshing having someone born outside the confines of her world, and shatter it like he does. And it’s refreshing to have someone think like she does instead of how everyone here has been taught to think.

And I really think there’s something to be said about how she and Wu Xie take care of each other. About how Xiao Bai is so certain he won’t use force against her and yeah- he doesn’t even take back the shirt he signed. He just ties her up. And that’s so much better than what anyone else in Warehouse 11 would do. And maybe when he looks at her helplessly and asks where the exit is instead of forcing the answer out of her, she looks at him and goes:

I want to help you.

I want to protect you.

Because Wu Xie will always be someone worth protecting. And he wins her trust by not forcing her to hand over something she won’t give. And he wins he trust by acknowledging that this is her territory and she knows better than him. He ends up asking for her help instead of demanding it. And that’s why I think she so easily gives him the location of the vent on the left side of storage rack 14.

So maybe Xiao Bai is a little desperate and lonely. And maybe she sees Wu Xie as a way to break free from all the Rules that have constricted her life and defined her body and soul. And maybe she sees a better version of herself in Wu Xie and she’ll do anything to bring that out in herself, even if it means following Wu Xie to the ends of the earth. And maybe Wu Xie is the first person to actually care about her opinions and to actually trust her and her judgment and expertise. And maybe she thinks Wu Xie is the first to see her as an actual person instead of a tool and maybe that Ruins Xiao Bai. Just a little.

(so is it any wonder she becomes so devoted to him? She’s been told her entire life to worship things she doesn’t fully understand or even like, so maybe she thinks maybe it’s high time to turn that devotion on something worthwhile)

I’d write more but it’s already far, far too late. I think I might write more about Xiao Bai and Wu Xie’s relationship later, but for now I hope this will do! I just- have a lot of Feelings about Xiao Bai and her relationship with Wu Xie.

Do you ever wondered why Xiao Bai is so obsessed with Wu xie?

Idol worshipping, I get it but ISN'T she just too willing to do anything for him.

Wu xie will ask her to jump of a cliff

And she'll ask which cliff is high enough.

We really need a back story of Xiao Bai (or most of the characters)

Bro this is SUCH a good question??? I adore Xiao Bai with all of my heart, and I think there is so much about her that is so deeply contradictory and unexplained and I’m desperate for it.

I want to know how Xiao Bai becomes a director at her age. I want to know when she learned to hide her intelligence behind a guileless smile.

(I want to know if she even remembers)

I want to know if anyone tried to unseat her authority, and I want to know how she broke them down to make sure it never happened again.

(Is this what draws her to Wu Xie? A ruthlessness, wound tightly around their bones, coiled in the dimples of their smiles?)

I want to know if she sees herself in Wu Xie — if she sees herself in this man who is brutal, and bleeding, and absolutely glorious in it.

I think, after all, that Wu Xie is cute, and smart, and soft, and he is like her: singleminded and sharp-edged in his devotion underneath it all.

(And isn’t that an interesting parallel? Wu Xie to Xiaoge, Xiao Bai to Wu Xie? “Innocence” that both is and isn’t deeply, painfully, and incredibly authentic)

Anyway I just? I haven’t really thought about their relationship in awhile so thank you so much for this ask!! What are your opinions?? Also, @cross-d-a I know you have a bunch ;)))

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