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shoegazingmonad · 4 months ago

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crazy update wow jade died n the point just got blown to smithereens or whatever but DELTRITUS KID SPOTTED!!!! WOO FINALLY

And though I feel like it's pretty obvious since this doesn't look like a race / species we've seen in the comic and everything in the text would suggest these are the species' Dirk and Rose have been creating, it's confirmed by the (==>) (symbol for events taking place in the black hole) changing to a ==> (symbol for events taking place outside the black hole) meaning that the panel above is from the Meat timeline!!! Joy!!

Time to talk about what piques my interest with this anonymous critter here; Starting first with their quirk.

o-------* < this thing they keep typing right here, as I gleaned from the last sentence, is implied to represent a bomb. With 'o' as the bomb itself, '-------' as the wire / rope and '*' as the spark. The quirk itself certainly suits the situation pretty well considering the latest developments in the Candy timeline, though in a way I'm not really sure how to word or put together.

You've got this laser hitting a point of highly concentrated narrative energy - which I'm guessing is the symbolic "bomb" in this sequence, which makes the "spark" the laser, but the thing that gets set on fire and slowly burns up is the curtains, and, in turn, leads to the o-------* bomb in GC's text also setting off?

Anyway whatever. Another point on explosives here is that this kid seems to be awfully fond of those "volatile materials" as they say such themselves; and also because when the quirk stops counting down their computer blows up. Which to me would suggest they've either got plenty of bombs in (what I'm assuming is) their home or are just experiencing really explosive weather. Though they do hint at devastating explosions at the beginning of the log, in a way that makes them seem super aware of what's about to happen, so I've no idea what to make of that.

And regarding explosive weather; my first assumption about the o-------* was that it was supposed to be a meteor (o) and a portal (*), and the ------- shortening represented it falling from the sky. Though I quickly realised that it didn't make much sense, the idea still sticks with me a little, since the placement (space) and use of the laser to clear out the surroundings reminded me of sburb's meteors.

There's also another lead on the bomb situation though thanks to GC clarifying their interest in explosives as "a real addiction" to a Vriska of all people because it brings to mind 8-balls, and from that, it's explosive, just as circular cousin, the cue ball.

Though I'm not suggesting that the explosives GC is interested in are cue balls; as I don't think they are, I do think it is interesting that they bring up oracles (especially after the o-* symbol runs out), as it's a word that has been used to describe cue balls before.

And whilst on the topic of oracles - it's 'AA' that's referred to as 'like' one, and even used to replace the 'o' in GC's quirk for a joke.

Pretty weird that this AA kid is used as a substitute for the bomb here. Most I think it'd be suggesting is that they've got some kind of unmentioned advantage similar to the cue ball thanks to divine intervention (Dirk or Rose fucking around, or perhaps Terezi).

Thankfully GC goes into detail about this AA kid, and gives a brief mention of a TC, all of which I'll be talking about next.

The first thing that comes to mind regarding these pals is that, similarly to Vrissy, this mystery friend group also uses the 12 (or so, since we currently don't know how many participating kids we have here) chumhandle acronyms that the beta trolls used. Which, in turn means it wouldn't be all that wrong to think they're associated with whatever beta troll they share the acronym with in some way.

If there's anything to be taken from this right now (which seems to be quite little, since we've only got 3 and we don't even know what the other kid's stand for) I'd say it's just pretty funny and kind of cute that the kids using Vriska and Terezi's acronyms are friends.

And now about my general observations on these kids:

GC. From what we've got so far it seems like they're a pretty negative person, in the way that they (rightfully?) assume the worst of most situations but are easily pressured into / out of them. They also REALLY like Vrissy, or at enough so that AA mentions her joining them in sburb as a bargaining point to get them to play too. Though the way they not-so-subtly beg Vrissy to join them and the outright confession of their lack of friends would also suggest that they're just lonely and awkward and may not be too close with the friends (?) they say they're playing it with.

AA, mysterious as they are right now still gets a lot of description on behalf of GC. One thing that stuck with me though is the way they call her 'an oracle', backtrack and say she isn't really, and then instead insist that she's something else, magical in a way that they don't understand but believe. (hope player much????)

Most of GC's descriptions make her sound pushy, overbearing and a little too knowledgeable on the circumstances at hand. "If it's one thing she gonna do it's bug or fuss or meddle" might not be the most reliable description to go off since it's told from the biased POV of one frustrated kid aware the game their friends want them to play is going to kill them. And it's probably not helping that the friend insisting you play is also the one informing you it'll kill you, if the way GC admits they 'know it will' and immediately prompts a conversation about AA's habits is anything to go by.

TC only gets about one line of note worthy information and it's when GC refers to sburb as "TC's game" which implies they were the one who's adapted it / helped develop it similar to what Sollux did for Sgrub. Nothing about TC themselves is brought up besides that they're friends with AA and GC (obviously).

Lastly I want to bring up the question of what species this kid is. Bare minimum to go off here but the hands don't really look aquatic or mammalian, more reptilian than anything. The GC makes me think of Terezi, too, so my first assumption is perhaps some sort of dragon? If so would Terezi have a hand in making some of these things, or would Rose have made it?? This is just vague silly guesses but whatever. The o-------* could also simultaneously function as a bomb and dream bubble who knows. Horrorterrors, Satyrs, Dragons, Nymphs whatever man. I gotta know

That's all I can think of for now. I'm already so fascinated with this singular kid and whatever the hell kinda social circle they've got going on so if they psyche out again and throw the focus someplace else for another 500 pages I'm gonna bawl

#homestuck 2 #beyond canon #upd8 spoilers #gavageCunctation #I joke about AA being a hope player here but also worth mentioning GC really comes across as a doom player too #Though both of those observations are obvious as hell.#Can't wait to see them....#hs analysis #I er uh guess #ramblings #Serious HS Stuff

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elecballoon · 3 months ago

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HxH inquiries I know will never be answered but I still think about (spoilers for anime and beyond the anime below)

- What was the Hunter Exam like for Satotz, Menchi, Buhara, etc.

- Is there really no compensation for being an examiner

- Who nen initiated the funny three (Gido, Riehlvelt, Sadaso)

- Who did Kastro beat to gain nine wins (count em, 9. 9 out of the 10 wins needed to be able to challenge a Floor Master)

-- I'd be willing to bet that Gido, Sadaso, and Riehlvelt was at least 1 - 3 of Kastro's wins

-- On that note, who were the eleven that Chrollo (yes, CHROLLO) beat to become a Floor Master

--- yea eleven because 10 wins + 1 floor master = 11 people chrollo had to beat

---- maybe some of them were used as experiments for chrollo's cards (sun and moon, black voice, gallery fake, order stamp, convert hands)

--- Why in Gods name did Hisoka schedule for fights he didn't even show up for

---- yeah he's an "I do what I want and I don't care" guy. But like DUDE. Because of that, your loss to Chrollo costed your EVERYTHING in Heaven's Arena and you have to START ALL OVER AGAIN

- Who is Gon's mom (if he even had a mom)

- Who was the Number 4th Phantom Troupe member before Hisoka (or was hisoka recruited on the spot..?)

-- I'd be willing to accept Omokage if Togashi would (HxH: Phantom Rouge is definitely not perfect, but it was cute for a HxH movie). bonus points if something cool/meaningful is done with Omokage

- What does Tonpa do for a living

- How often does Milluki go outside

- How has Illumi not broken down emotionally yet

- Actually how has EVERYONE in the Zoldyck estate not broken down emotionally yet

- So if Hisoka takes delight in pain and challenges, is there anything that actually pisses him off

-- I would say maybe he gets upset when he's cockblocked (i.e.: Chrollo's "I can't use nen anymore") but even then 1) it gives him more time for anticipation before he eventually realizes his twisted dreams and 2) not getting what you want can be pain and a challenge to relish in in and of itself. So idk maybe nothing angers Hisoka and if that's the case hot dang I applaud his resilience. (Yeah Hisoka took his loss against Chrollo pretty bad but he wasn't visibly ticked off about that)

- What did Tsezguerra do before Greed Island (or did he dedicate his life to something like GI)

- I get people like Machi, Nobunaga, and Franklin, who probably have jobs outside of the Phantom Troupe orders. But what do people like Phinks, Feitan, Shalnark, and Uvogin do outside of the Phantom Troupe

- What does Chrollo do in his free time

-- Does Chrollo even have a set "work time" or does he just determine any time as a good time for thievery and murder

- What is Chrollo a fan of

-- Would he share his fandom interests or keep them to himself

- What does Razor do when he's bored even with sports & such

- What was Genthru hoping to gain after getting all of the cards

-- Maybe Battera's card bounty. but after getting paid, what was he going to do

- Was Kite ever (unknowingly) SO close to Ging during his hunt for him (akin to how close Gon and Gyro were during the CA arc, perhaps?)

- How did the Chimera ants find their way from the Dark Continent and into the known world (like what did some ants migrate on the sea with some floating log)

- How did Knuckle find out about being a hunter, and what drew him to the occupation (same could be asked for Morel, Knov, Palm, and Shoot, but Knuckle intrigues me the most with his whole runaway story)

- How did Knuckle and Shoot meet; How did Morel and Knov meet; How did Morel meet Knuckle and Shoot; How did Knov meet Palm

- How did Morel mentor Knuckle and Shoot

can you tell i like the extermination team members a lot

- What does Knov teach Palm

- Do Knuckle, Shoot, and Palm consider each other as coworkers, associates, or something else (it'd be so cute if all three of them knew each other very well)

- where was Ging before the election, what was he doing (if he was being a bum I wouldn't be surprised)

- What does Pariston do when he's bored

- Does the Hunter Association involve themselves in every field (crime, medical, technology, cybersecurity, food, etc.) and if so where does their influence start and end

- How does networking work in the world of HxH

- How common is it in the world of HxH for someone to be fighting/aiming to physically harm someone or something (because for a story that proposes occupations beyond fighting, it begs the question of how common fights actually are)

- How in Gods name did King Nasubi survive his generation's Succession War

-- Either 1) the other princes destroyed themselves and only Nasubi remained, 2) Nasubi, his men, or his resources actually kicked ass in his Succession War, or 3) Even though he was weak his siblings were weaker (or something)

#hxh #hxh meta #hxh theory #random thoughts #random hxh thoughts #thought balloons

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gaylordscooter · 11 months ago

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Log of the Multiverse: Blue (aka me, sans t. skeleton)

Originally this was supposed to be an entry on ink but he didn't really like the sound of he wanted to write his entry himself when he had the time to. so i decided to write about myself instead.

it's kinda funny, i should've made this the first entry maybe. it seems pretty self-centered to write an entry on yourself or would it be self-centered to not write an entry? it'd be like assuming everyone already knew who i was.

my name was sans. first name sans, last name, i shit you not, skeleton. pap my brother thought i was joking when i told him it was, in fact, our last name. of course i had to let that name go once i lost my home. i was given this nickname by ink even though it's not mine to have

i didn't lose my home to error, or any outcode for that matter. it destroyed itself, to put simply

according to ink, there were "too many plot holes" and "contradictions" that ended up breaking it. "unfinished" he said, like my world was just someone's drafted story.

it was.

speaking of ink, they're the reason im able to write this in the first place. he dragged me out of my universe right as it collapsed. honestly that whole series of events was a blur, i remember running away from temmie, who just got all six human souls and was trying to kill me along with the other stray monsters that managed to evade the human's murder-spree. i thought temmie was my friend. i question why ink rescued me

my universe was a "swap" universe, meaning in the original universe i was more like my brother and he was more like me, for example. but i've met the sans from "underswap" he's fairly different from me. i've also met versions of my brother when i went to the omega timeline and im still different from them too. like. more different than they are from each other

i assume that has to do with the instability of my universe, ink did nickname it "botchedswap" after all (flattering name, i know)

ever since ink rescued me from my universe i kinda just stuck by his side. i joke that he's my "universe taxi driver" but (i REALLY hope he doesn't read this) he's my best friend.

he's a better friend than temmie ever was. that's for sure

but sometimes i feel like when he looks at me, he's not thinking about me. it's like he pretends im someone else. i remember when he first called me "blue". they didn't say it like they just came up with that nickname, they said it with familiarity.

like it already belonged to someone else

and it did, it belonged to the guy before me, the guy im a replacement for. i was so mad. i was infuriated, at ink, for using me as a replacement. but then he explained his side

it was like his mask of ingenuity cracked as he told me. he was guilty. he's been guilty. and i was their solace

i'm his attempt at repentance

it made sense why dream and i aren't that close, he didn't want a replacement and i'm hardly a good one too i can't count the amount of times ink looked at me weirdly for saying something blue wouldn't. he misses blue, the real blue.

[the paper's damp here, as if drops of water was spilled onto it]

i haven't really been talking about myself, have i?

before my universe destroyed itself, i was in the process of studying to become apart of the royal science division, i was getting training from undyne alphys oh god which one was it someone. i, i think i got in? at one point. i remember celebrating getting in, but that doesn't sound right.

meanwhile my brother he [the writing afterwards is completely scribbled out and illegible, the paper's somewhat torn from how intense the scribbling was]

im forgetting.

#blue's (totally not diary) log

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streamdotpng · 2 years ago

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childhood online friends au

LMAOOOO WEDNESDAY KILLING ENID ON SIGHT

hilarious

how does Enid feel when she realizes that Wednesday is Willa? what does Eugene say to Enid after the exchange bc I think it would be a really funny scenario

also what does Wednesday's viewers think of all of that? does she give context on who Enid is and why she just killed her LMAO

how about the others like Yoko and Bianca? did they see what happened?? what do they have to say about that?

here's the thing, when Wednesday sternly tells Enid to reread the messages, the whole thing kinda slams onto the junior detective because from what she saw-

Her not keeping contact hit Wednesday really hard.

Because from the start, you'd see a message of Wednesday asking where enid is two days after she logged off. Then again the day after, asking if she indeed got kidnapped. Then as a day passes, another sinclair send an sos if so pops in. More days past and you can just see Wednesday lowkey going through the stages of grief.

There's phrases of "dumb mutt, did you forget your password?" to "Sinclair, if this is because i didn't allow you to sell the food then you have all the right to do so next time."

There's a gap of a few months before it picks up with Wednesday mentioning random events after that. She points out how she beat this event in record time or how sinclair would've loved to see the lanterns in this event for that year.

There's guilt crawling in Enid's gut when she sees the words, "did I do something wrong?" as she scrolls through

but she doesn't confront wednesday about it. Its been about five years but she remembers that straight confrontation wasn't usually the best. Familiarity was a comfort, if she were to breach this now when she was obviously irate, it'd do something that enid didn't want

so she plays up the goofyness and Enid is so very apologetic, basically on her knees and begging for forgiveness as she explains the situation.

"im so sorry willaaaa," the words pop ontop of her character's head as she circles her wife's >:/ emoting character. "i couldn't afford to play it back then!!"

most people would forgive the other but Wednesday holds grudges, so she makes the sulking werewolf promise to play with her every two days, same time as now.

Sinclair pauses, counts how much free time she has then the message of "okk!!" pops in.

There's a silence as a dot dot dot follows up with that. "its Enid btw," the werewolf adds as she stares at the keyboard. It feels wrong because Wednesday is this public streamer and she knows WIlla's full name-

its only right willa knew hers.

"Sinclair is my last name ^^!!"

{Your Beloathed Love, Wednesday A. Logged out the game}

Enid stares, mouth agape. "IS MY NAME THAT BAD??"

#wenclair #🃏 anon #jericho online au

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raayllum · 1 year ago

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Soren has always been quite charming, thank you very much.

He has great hair, and a dazzling smile—if he does say so himself—and a swaggering air where he can convince anyone to do just about anything. He'd gotten Callum to lift up logs for shining gemstones knowing very well there'd been nothing but gross bugs underneath just for his own amusement. He'd pulled puppy-dog eyes at Claudia and she'd always, inevitably, help him dye his hair. Even Ezran, on days he had to be very kingly and stoic, couldn't say no to a jelly tart heist if Soren asked for one.

Still, Soren can admit that Opeli can sometimes be a tough nut to crack.

She's traditional, and stern faced, and secretly funny, and she has to be the adult at the table most of the time—especially after Corvus leaves (because Soren is charming, but he can't convince him to stay—not when Soren's half-assing it and knows it) and someone has to hold down the fort.

Now she's insisting that no, they don't have time to go to the Banther Lodge and build snow forts, because they have a delegation to greet in Del Bar in two weeks, and going to the Lodge will add another few days of travel.

"It's Del Bar," Callum says. "They have bad weather that delays stuff all the time."

"It is important to make a good impression," Opeli counters, unwavering even if it's Callum and Rayla's first time back in Katolis in a little while.

"Come on, Opeli," Rayla says. "We can build snow-elves."

The cleric presses her lips together. "I'm afraid that—"

"Breaks to avoid burnout are important, though," Soren chimes in, and Opeli stops and stares at him. He won't lie and say he doesn't act more outlandish sometimes, ever so slightly—to be ridiculous but not immature—just to have her eyes on him a little longer. He leans back in his chair for said reason, hands folded behind his head. "And being fashionably late is Del Bar politeness, you know."

"Soren," Opeli sighs, wavering.

"The best mead is at the Banther Lodge, too," he continues, 'musing.' We'll want to bring something good as a present. Even if we sent a runner now, it'd only really save us a day, maybe two. With no vacation. So..." He grins at her, waggling his eyebrows. "Please?"

Opeli stares at him for a moment, and then a moment longer, before rubbing at her temples. "Fine. Fine." A chorus of cheers, starting with Ezran, sound around the table. "You may go," she relents. "But you better start packing soon. You'll want to leave in the morning."

There's a hasty scraping of chairs as people rise, Ezran scooping up Bait and Callum and Rayla exchanging excited looks. Soren remains as Barius leaves to start baking, watching as Opeli gathers up the paperwork.

"You're coming too, right?" he checks.

She stops, startling like she didn't realize she was still there. Then she focuses on shuffling her papers. "Someone must look after the kingdom—"

"There are other advisors who can spare a few days."

"Soren—"

"You'll be handling things on your own here when we go to Del Bar. You deserve a break too."

Opeli glances down. "I'm not sure—"

"I'd wish you come," he chances, ignoring the sudden lump in his throat. He's supposed to be charming, not sincere. He scrounges up more of a swaggering grin as she blinks, face otherwise unreadable beneath her circlet. "Things are always more fun when you're around."

Opeli lets out a wonderfully undignified snort. "I don't know about that."

"It's true. You're the only one who can stump Callum's snarkiness. And Rayla's surliness."

"I suppose so." She squints at him, mouth pulling up reluctantly into a smile. "You're sure I won't be a killjoy?"

"Not entirely," he says, "but—" and she laughs.

"I thought you were supposed to be charming."

He picks up a loose paper and hands it to her, fingers brushing. Soren tries to talk like his heart isn't beating too fast. "Can't be all the time, I think—although I didn't know you thought so at all."

Their eyes catch. She looks away first, clearing her throat but saying nothing.

Soren lets his gaze linger this time and pushes just a little. "So—you'll come with us?"

Opeli holds her paperwork to her chest. "Yes," she answers at last. "I think I will."

#sorpeli #ficlet #my fic #fic #the dragon prince #don't blame me when this turns into a oneshot

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cyanberry08-3 · 2 months ago

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

With my beloved 🐡 <3

Lobotomy Corporation has been taking over my brain so I made 🐡 ( @last50days ) into an agent

And since it's New Year why not have this be the piece I end 2024 with

Close-Up and E.G.O explanations underneath cut ^_^

Harvest - He's super stupid (affectionate) so I think he'd do well with that scarecrow + that's why he's wearing the suit

Syrinx - Headphones are always a must for my beloved and similarly to that 💥💥💥 fetus he'll cry if they get taken off

Harmony - Nod to his Humane Ability sort of (works better with 🐍 tbh but shh)

Ecstacy - Also a nod to his Humane Ability (specifically the candies mentioned in Dreaming Current's log)

Fragments from Somewhere - The third nod to his Humane Ability (probably the best fit really)

Control Team - not particularly any reason for him to be in control other than it'd be kinda funny

...This literally only has an audience of like. Three

I don't know how similar l50d is similar to Lobocorp (probably not very) but please check it out if you have time!

#last 50 days #lobotomy corporation #🐡#my art #art #i dont usually post anything outside of doodles uh oh shit #cw blood #not a lot but just to be sure

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phrogggslayer · 8 days ago

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Okay so on the topic of incorporating the Cowboy Foxy log flume and stuff into your Showtime AU...

The way I would normally include stuff like that, is to have it be a scrapped, or closed attraction of sorts. Obviously, that's really easy to do in the context of Sewerhell stuff (it's just an AU based on what happens to decommissioned animatronics in the Bobbiedots story I haven't actually read. I call it Sewerhell cause the place they get sent to has a sewer pipe running through it and it's basically a living robo-hell. The books are also hell btw.) but you've had Foxy transition into Roxy and leave the Kid's Cove attraction unattended I think, so previous animatronics and empty attractions could still work maybe?

Like, after the transition, they could have been looking into adding a new Foxy into the Pizzaplex and started the construction on a log flume ride in Kid's Cove, but scrap it because of the costs and shit. They could have also been trying to make this new Foxy a cowboy western theme instead to drum up more interest, but redecorating Kid's Cove was just too expensive after all the problems with the log flume, ya know? Or maybe Roxy and/or the others unionised and kept kicking up a stink about it so they gave up?

You could have had Fazbear be more open to the idea of Roxy's transition because they were already going to revamp her into the cowboy Foxy, with the construction of the log flume already underway. Cassie says it never opened, so it could have been health and safety issues, it could have never been completed due to finances, or maybe it just flopped real hard with test audiences so they abandoned it?

If Roxy was supposed to be at the Kid's Cove attraction where it is in canon, and the Raceway area was empty at the time, they could have been using it to test stuff out with audiences, or any big ideas they might have had design wise. That would make it pretty easy for very few animatronics to know what they were doing over there, because with the way Fazbear do things? Yeah who fucking knows lmao there could be fucking unicorns and shit back there for all they know. This is Fazbear after all, not even they know what's back there lmao

I don't know how well any of this fits in with your stuff, as I say, my memory is a roulette wheel so I may have forgotten something somewhere.

If that doesn't work, there's a mountain of different things that could introduce Roxy to cowboys and stuff. Schools in my country for example, are required to have at least an hour or so dedicated to reading, and most schools I know got pissy if you didn't read the book you borrowed outside of school time. Like you had to do a quiz on the book you were reading and return it for a different book every so many weeks at least so what I'm saying is, maybe Cassie just so happens to have a western book from school? She could be reading it with Roxy or maybe she was annoyed at having to read it when she would rather be doing something else?

I dunno if your Roxy would do this, but it could be kind of funny if Roxy tried to help Cassie out by reading it for her and telling her everything about it so she could pass the quiz on it, and accidentally become absorbed in it. They tried to cheat the system and it just so happened to get her hooked on the idea of riding around on a horse and comitting bank heists with her bandit besties or something...

Cassie could expect Roxy to tell her everything noteworthy about the book like she said she would, but suddenly get a very enthusiastic retelling of it and a bunch of questions about what half of this stuff is instead and hey by the way, are horses real? She's never seen one before and she's not sure...

It'd be sweet if from then on, Cassie made a point of making sure she picked a western book every time she finished the last one to help fuel Roxy's new obsession lmao. I don't know if you've read many westerns, and I've only read a couple myself, but the only ones I've ever seen have been in the large print section of the library and are short enough you could read them within like... a couple hours maybe? Roxy blasting through the entire collection of Westerns Cassie borrowed from the library for her within like a week...

One last thing about it being for school, the system they usually use here is that once you get a full score on so many of the quizes, you move up a level, as in, you can now only read books that are in that level of difficulty. Cassie just... "Roxy, I'm so sorry but I passed too many quizzes and there's no Westerns now..." or deliberately making sure she stays on the level with all the westerns on it so they can keep their western book club of two would be swet.

They could also play something like I dunno Red Dead Redemption to get Roxy interested in this stuff? I've never played it so there's only so much I can suggest, but they could also try out a new movie in the theatre that just so happens to be a western? And maybe when talking about it, one of the staff members comments on how a different Fazbear location has a cowboy themed area for Foxy?

The fic I mentioned of Roxy getting into shitty horse DS games never got posted by the way and probably never will be so if you did want to use that, you're more than welcome to. I don't even really remember where I was going with it outside of "and then a horse sneaks into the Plex and while no one knows what the fuck to do Roxy ends up with a new bestie" lmao I don't really know any specifically cowboy themed ones off the top of my head though. I just remember that I've only played one singular horse game that was actually fully functional lmao

Oh, an idea you could use that I had in that, was Vanessa having been a horse kid at some point growing up. I didn't really use it much, just kinda gave Vanessa a base knowledge of different horse sports so she could show clips of barrel racing (remarkably this was before Ruin came out and we saw the cowboy themed stuff so I was way ahead of the game with that one lmao) and stuff to Roxy on her computer, but you could probably do more with that if you so wanted to.

Maybe Vanessa, Gregory and Cassie all play Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games and end up warring over who gets the best scores in all the sports, with the show jumping game being the one they're fighting over the most, and they just so happen to show this to Roxy and unlock something in her? Maybe Gregory gains an interest in it instead of Vanessa having had the interest already? Or Cassie maybe?

And in case you're worried about 'stealing' or anything, I'm sharing these things with you to do with as you please, and also, while the log flume and Foxy's cowboy stuff are all scrapped attractions in my AU stuff, that is probably where any similarities would immediately end. Like I said, we have very different AUs and very different brains, I'd be stunned if we went the same direction with that given nothing else I've done would fit in your stuff. You'd probably have to do some retconning for scenes I'm pretty sure you've already shown for that to work lmao

Ohhh maybe they don't know the log flume ride is even there and Roxy and whoever just so happen to stumble on it one day when they realise there's a door behind a shelf in the back of the salon? Maybe exploring it, asking questions and finding things in there sparks an interest in cowboys and stuff for her? That would be a little closer to my AU but like... I'm not laying claim to the idea that someone could find an attraction like that lmao that would be ridiculous and like I say, the similarities would end real fast with the different everythings

Anyway, sorry if this was longer than you may have expected. Hopefully there's something in here you can find a use for somewhere!

~@monty-glasses-roxy

Thank you for sharing all your ideas! I absolutely love the idea of Roxy getting reintroduced to western stuff through a video game. Especially considering Chica and Roxy play a pirate game together so Roxy can get her pirate fix.

As for the log ride, I think I have a sort of plan now, but I'll need to browse through some of my works to make sure it doesn't clash with any of the current lore. Gotta figure out where it'd fit in the timeline!

Thank you!

#asks #fnaf #five nights at freddy's #five nights at freddys #fnaf au #fnaf sb #fnaf security breach au #fnaf sb au #fnaf sb showtime au #fnaf sb showtime #fnaf showtime au #showtime au #showtime series

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toastedspades · 2 months ago

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Uh this post is kinda long and about Deepwoken

Deepwoken's setting is one of my Favorites Ever, but it's being poorly served by some of the decisions that have been made.

I'm going to first talk about some decisions I like. For example, the character loss and high-damage attacks from monsters convey excellently how unforgiving the environment is, and the lack of any recognizable real-world fauna give a sense that the environment is alien and inhospitable. Chirping birds in the ambience that plays in Etrea and the occasional nest with eggs are the only evidence of any non-hostile terrestrial life. Deepwoken is at its best when you are in a strange unfamiliar land not knowing what sort of alien creature will be around the next corner or perched on a cliff out of sight, with the very real risk of losing your character and having to make a new one.

This tension is undermined completely by the fact that this is a multiplayer Roblox game. The fact that you can run into other people on the same journey as you sounds, on paper, like a strength. It sounds like it'd make the world feel so much more alive having actual people in it, but that's almost the opposite of what Deepwoken is going for. Deepwoken is set in a world that's been flooded back to basically right before the industrial revolution, technology-wise. Remaining settlements are tiny and barely scraping by and the islands without human settlements are populated largely by eldritch horrors. The underworld level you're sent to when your character dies is a giant city carved from stone that's been dragged to the bottom of the ocean by a cult seeking power of sleeping gods that, the last time they nearly woke, destroyed the world. So imagine you're doing some scavenging in some ruins, fighting off horrible crabs with swords for legs (real monster you can fight), and you run into someone while you're there. His name is Jimbo Ashi. He's made his character look like Goku Dragon Ball. He hits the griddy and then sends you flying off a cliff into the ocean where you die of fall damage and have to remake your character. This sucks.

Another way the tension of the game is made meaningless is player-made Guilds. If you go to any settlement and fork over some cash, you can place down a door to your Guild Base. This completely sucks all tension out of any exploration. Who needs to manage their inventory space and adequately prepare for extended journeys when you can place a merchant down in the dungeon that'll buy all your garbage off you and sell you all the food and water you need whenever you need it? Who needs to bring wood for a campfire or a flint to light it with when there's a campfire that's always available and doesn't weigh anything a button press away? Hell, there's like a bounty hunting system where players can be teleported to other players with the express purpose of killing, but they can't get to you in the almighty Guild Base. The bounty system has its problems, sure, but it's meant to be a punishment for having negative reputation with the factions of the world. A punishment that can be entirely circumvented by placing down the funny door. Guilds also have a few different leaderboards, one of which is "PvP Score". This incentivizes people staking out entrances to popular PvE activities like dungeons and world bosses with builds geared towards annihilating their fellow players as quickly and efficiently as possible so they can make the Number Go Up. This also sucks.

In recent memory, playing Deepwoken has felt more like playing Fortnite. Fortnite's a fine game, but it's not what I want to be playing when I log onto what is supposed to be a completely different experience. I want to be able to recommend this unique open world rogue-like RPG with its excellent music and aesthetics, but I can't recommend the anime fighting game the devs clearly wish they were making instead.

the music is really good though, look:

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dorosen · 1 year ago

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Re: Horuss / Cronus fic

Do you have ideas for prompts or AUs you would be interested in seeing? I would love to have smth to work on while I grind away at colleg. Let me know!

Receiving this ask is synonymous with having a bar of gold strike me down on my lap from a plane flying overhead.

But yeah, I've got a few ideas! I mostly like to think about them working around their unspoken feelings for each other (that fluctuates between red and black), knowing there's some sort of connection there that they don't acknowledge because of their situation.

A few dynamics I enjoy, which I think Cronus x Horuss fit well in to, are: lots of tension (where they keep taking it further even though they know they shouldn't), very intense feelings (one-sided or mutual), unable to be together (in this case, because one of them is already in a committed relationship), and contrast (physical/personality).

Cronus was a huge nerd when he was younger, and Horuss (also very nerdy) has remained fairly consistent with his interests throughout his life. However, I don't believe they got along well when they were younger, mostly because Cronus was too upfront with his intentions, and Horuss wouldn't sit back and take any of it (I imagine a lot of the childish flirting fell flat since Horuss wouldn't get it at first). I do imagine banter was frequent between them (and probably still is on occasion), with it mostly being Cronus bothering Horuss until he either logged off or blocked him. That is until he has that personality shift when he's older, which I feel is something Cronus would take advantage of. Not to mention, Horuss is fairly oblivious and probably wouldn't back away from any advancements until they were taken too far, causing him to revert back to his old self momentarily to address the situation. Both of them are also pretty emotional, and their perspective on the hemospectrum lines up pretty well. I feel like interacting would gradually bring out the worst in each other, but oddly enough, it would work. Horuss, in Aranea's words, is a lover, and Cronus just wants someone to bone, so I feel like they'd satisfy each other's needs pretty well, as messy as it would get. Ultimately, it'd just be two loners getting along in a pretty dysfunctional way, but hey, at least it works for them (and thank god they keep away from everyone else since they're too invested in each other). And truthfully I feel like Cronus' crappy pick up lines would actually work on Horuss by that point.

ANYWAY with that long spiel out of the way...

I'm always a sucker for Cronus being Horuss' rebound post break up, with them developing genuine feelings for each other as time passes. I also enjoy the idea of Cronus being a little obsessive and integrating himself into Horuss' life (or afterlife?) more and more. But man, one of my favorites has got to be them fighting, straight up. Cronus would get a kick out of tormenting Horuss and his happy facade, tearing it down a bit. But this wouldn't go so smoothly, as Horuss isn't exactly a pushover (he can be defiant when he wants to be). Now this one isn't really a prompt, but I find it funny that Horuss is one of the few trolls who willingly listens to Kankri talk. They seem to be decent buddies who would dump information to each other for hours. And seeing as Cronus and Kankri frequently engage in an ego jerk circle with one another, Horuss being thrown into that mix would be like tossing a wrench into a jet turbine.

Sorry if it isn't too clear btw, this specific pairing is so interesting to me

#txt #croruss #I have too much to say about them and not enough time grr

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yewsoup · 2 years ago

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Stuck

Words: 777

A conversation between Warden Gaeric, and the random guy he found in the Icelands and promptly befriended. As he does with many of the strange things that cross his path. They are just buddies <3

Can also be read Here on Ao3!

"I feel stuck." Is how the conversation starts. Gaeric whittling wood. The thing he found out in the snow and the cold and thought was human, but nobody's quite sure anymore, flopped upside down over a log sorting sticks. Pointed ears twitching in time to the knife.

He glances down at it. Meeting it's glowing eyes. "You are stuck. You don't remember where you came from, or how you got here, so you can't go back."

It twists- a little too fluid in it's movements- to sit up properly. Hands folded in it's lap. "Not like that- i..." Ingo- that's the name it had remembered- struggles with it's words. A fang pokes out as it bites it's lip. "Elsewise. Stuck otherwise. Something isn't... right."

Gaeric raises a brow at it. Pausing in his work. This is a serious conversation, apparently.

"I feel stiff. Wrong."

Well, it isn't very good in the cold, so maybe it's the cold getting to it. "You can go inside if you need."

But it closes it's eyes. Shaking it's head and clicking it's tongue. "Not the cold. I am warm!" It plucks at the extra thick tunic over it's black underlayer. "This keeps me warm." He's pretty sure it's wearing it's strange thin shirt under both of them. Which alongside it's jacket, makes four layers. So it'd be strange if it was cold, even out here.

"But you feel stiff?" It nods. "Stiff. Stuck. Something is missing." It sighs. "I wish I could remember what..." "Maybe you just need to do stretches?"

Ingo blinks at him. "Stretches?"

"You know, stretches? They loosen up your body?" Gaeric puts down his whittling proper. Standing and doing a couple stretches he KNOWS Ingo has watched him do.

"Oh! Your funny poses!" It mulls over it's words in it's head a second. "Yoga?"

He can't help but snort at the wording. It really didn't know...? "I don't know what yoga is, but yes. My 'funny poses' as you call them, are stretches! They loosen up my body before a workout!"

It squints at him. Tilting its head as it watches him move. Before standing up with a little grunt, using it's hands on it's knees to push itself to it's feet.

Then, it tries to copy him.

Gaeric laughs, and goes through the motions. Giving tips as it moves. It becomes a game of follow the leader as he goes through an impromptu routine. Ingo keeping up as well as it can.

"Maybe you should join me in my morning stretches!" Is said as a joke.

But Ingo is delighted by the idea! Nodding excitedly. "Yes! I feel so much better after these stretches! It reminds me of..." The gleam disappears from it's eyes as it's mouth returns to it's common frown. Memories slipping from it's grasp as they're wont to do. "I don't know."

Ah... Gaeric sighs. But he does his best to smile at Ingo. Patting his shoulder with a hand. "That's alright, buddy. Now we know the stretches help you, yeah? Maybe you'll remember something in time."

Ingo still frowns- maybe he frowns so much from the stiffness he's apparently been feeling? Or it's just the cold. But he nods, and is excited when he suggests "I can show them to Emmet when I see him next!" Ah yes, Emmet. Another oddity of Ingo is his friendship with the bloodsucking bat Pokemon...

Not that Gaeric can argue, what with his own predisposition to dangerous Pokemon. ... And finding strange things out in the snow. As proven by Ingo.

"I'm sure Emmet would love to hear about the stretches." He agrees. "You're going to see him again soon, aren't you?"

"Yes. And I made a toy for the Sneasel! I think it will like it."

"Is that what you were nicking your hands up carving?" "My hands are not nicked. They healed fine!" "You almost cut your finger off, Ingo."

It opens it's mouth to retort, but a gust of wind blows through it. Cutting it off as it shudders and pulls it's black coat closer around itself to stave off the chill.

Ah. It's gotten late, hasn't it? "You should head inside, it'll be no good if you freeze again. And I need to attend to some duties." Ingo doesn't fight it. A good sign of having learned better. As it nods and ducks into the tent. Hands covered in gloves that don't keep them warm shoved under it's armpits as it goes.

Gaeric watches it go. Calling, "I'll be back soon!" And walking off to check on everyone, tucking the rough-hewn froslass he had been working on into the folds of his tunic.

#writing #pokemon #Gaeric #ingo #emmet #ingo and emmet #Accidental Vampire AU #one of the train guys is only mentioned #but I won't tell you which #but neither of them remember what a gender is

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irxnmaiden · 2 years ago

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3 & 20!

🧂 salty munday stuff [✉️]

Why did you leave your last fandom?

Funny to think I'd ever leave a fandom 🤭

Seriously though, my only other real fandom in the Tumblr rpc fell inactive, that was really it. Everyone kind of dropped from the face of the earth out of the blue, so I packed up and came back to the Pkmn side of things. Doesn't mean I wouldn't go back to that fandom, though!

Wild card: The mun discusses any situation/problem they want.

One thing I see that breaks my heart is when others get bent out of shape over the rpc, probably. And this isn't to invalidate their feelings either, because they have every right to feel the way they do. I just wish more people would give themselves the grace of simply backing away and realizing that this isolated bubble isn't worth having your mental health collapse and I've been there plenty of times so this is speaking from experience lol. It's much easier to treat as a hobby you can log out from when overwhelmed. Short-term, or long-term. Friendships built here can complicate things though, so I know it isn't as easy as I make it sound. But a line has to be drawn somewhere, and deciding where that is for you yourself as an individual is immensely important in protecting what you find enjoyable about the community and your own muse.

Hand-in-hand with that is the lack of uplifting each other unprompted. I think a lot more people would not only benefit from that, but it'd make the community feel tighter, and sometimes that's all someone needs to turn their muse/mood around? Maybe that's just my dash experience, maybe that is a commonplace thing. I don't see enough of it though (and I'm trying to be better about that myself, too, in letting people know they are cherished here and appreciated). I'll be the cornball who admits seeing others give praise to one another always brightens my dash. I just wish it existed more outside of askbox prompts.

#::🧚 ooc.#i am the styrofoam cup of the rpc i'll be here forever #i totally understand every dash is not the same lol #but i seriously love seeing the love!! tell your friends how special they are!

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akash1618 · 2 days ago

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2 mar. sunday

bro bro bro... i feel so up today. ngl, i wonder why. it's as if i flipped over a switch after i woke up.

watched elimination chamber, but only got the men's chamber match. didn't wake up early haha. cena's heel turn was unexpected. it's his final year, so the hunter is really up for a gamble huh? exciting anyway.

i cooked myself some soya chunks, and they turned out to be bad. mother cooks sm better. watched kung fu panda, the first part. the message - nothing. there's no special ingredient. just be you.

kinda also thinking about friday actually. there's nothing i could've done. maybe it'd have been awkward. maybe i'd have had sweaty palms. idk. it's funny how much i overthink things. if it's meant to be, it will be. i simply need to put in efforts in whatever way i can. no matter if they are small. iirc, it's the shlok from geeta - put in efforts, don't expect results.

also forgot to log about my dream today. idk what it was, i just remember i saw her in it. also the tuesday dream - i was sitting in one corner of the canteen, and she was on the other. we were staring at each other. she spoke something softly, and i could surprisingly hear her. so i replied softly. she heard my reply, surprised, and came to sit near me. we spoke and left for a movie in an auto.

found this on insta today.

i never thought of it like this on friday. just a yin-yang. meant to be together.

idk, i always used to think before that maybe i need to save her, because she always seems sad. then my thoughts shifted to maybe it's me that needs saving because of my low self-esteem. maybe it's neither. maybe nobody needs to save or to be saved.

i really don't like insta, but friends keep sending posts so i keep using it. but there were a few posts that caught me off guard this week, and i can't stop laughing. but this one - haha

what's notable is that the same friend puts them as stories.

watching ind v nz rn.

i frankly have nothing to do this evening too. i have got some things, but i believe the peace came after visiting the mahalakshmi mandir last night, so i might try to leave for there. i would really like to be there again.

kohli's out :( but iyer is batting, so good. i hope rahul plays well. his game is always top-notch whenever the team collapses.

today just had to be the best day (umm, third in order actually haha. first would be in the canteen when she stood beside me, second would be the dispenser event recently). i have finally found something i can pursue actively - it's a job in microsoft. will actively start learning things again. my mother was mad at me because i have been leaving home every weekend. she suspects i have a girlfriend. no mother, but i wish. i can definitely not say to my mother that i visit mahalakshmi mandir every weekend. she would be mad. even idk why i visit. it's something of a thrill these days. my - when i am nowhere to be found, i'm here - place.

i went to a chitale outlet at takshila and bought something for mother. also had to get onions, tomatoes, and potatoes. i had asked my brother to tag along. lol, he precisely thinks that i always ask him to tag along to carry bags. well, yes haha. but no as well, i just need company when i do these chores.

7 now, that i am in a bus, going to andheri station. would proly be at mahalakshmi at 8:30 or 9.

had been reading about the cowherd and the weaver girl in the day. is this what love looks like? it's so sad. i can only imagine how much pain both of them would feel when they see each other. but niulang? boy you shouldn't have stolen her clothes.

looping ajab si. "kitna kuch kehna hai phir bhi dil mein hai sawaal kahi" hits home.

india losing today?

now that i am here, and feel the peace. i wish I could be here everyday. it's difficult to be here in rains though. iirc, they even close the gates of the stairs that lead here.

india won. and rohit has no centuries in this series :p

and who lies to mother after visiting a temple? i do. my mother would kill me if she gets aware of the fact that i visit a temple so frequently - reason being that i barely ever light a diva in my home haha

of six items i had bought from chitale, i tried them all. they all were so sweet, i shouldn't have had them all together.

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kaiserposting · 12 days ago

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hello 👋 big fan of your works. i saw that you listed competitive pokémon as one of your interests on your strawpage and that's really cool! as someone who is more into "normal" pokémon (as in just playing the games LOL) i wanted to know if you had any recommendations for beginners who wanted to get into competitive 🤔 maybe youtubers or forums or the likes. have a great day !

Haiii omggggggg MY FAVORITE SHOW IS ONNNNNN (I literally . never expected someone to ask me about this)

I play mostly pokemon showdown so I dont really know how the competitive "scene" is in like the actual games. My favorite showdown youtubers are blunder and pokeaimmd they're funny af but I don't think it'd be any help outside of entertainment value (I've never watched like Informative competitive pokemon videos just videos about fucking around so if you wanna get into it i dont think its necessary)

I play upper mid-ladder (1800-1900s range) in random battles and I was in the 1800s in OU and I stwrted playing showdown like 2 years ago so it's been a while now 🤔 Showdown has a forum called Smogon and you can get sample teams off of there to get U started with playing (If you want to teambuild You can but it's pretty difficult so like you can make teams yourself but it might be to a lower success rate). I like showdown because I don't want to do EV training or any bullshit like that I just like the strategy/prediction aspect

There are many categories on showdown so some pokemon you want to use might be restricted based on the tier. Theres one called National Dex OU that has the pokemon from all the regions (overpowered pokemon get banned off to Ubers and Anything Goes) so if you can't use something it's probably just banned to a higher tier

Also like the bad thing about competitive pokemon is that like your fav pokemon might simply be mid. Also in the case of showdown specifically I usually ignore the chat/don't engage and I recommend turning battle timer on because a lot of people will just ragequit if youre beating them lmfao.

I play singles which is the more time consuming format, if you prefer quick paced battles you can try doubles/VGC but for me that one is more difficult. Mostly the success lies in making predicitions (as you play more you start remembering what moves pokemon can learn and etc). It's also good to know the stats of the pokemon youre using, like me for example when I play the games normally it doesn't really matter if your pokemon is a special attacker or a physical attacker and what movesets you run on them but in competitive you can't just have a random ass moveset and win lol, it needs to make some sort of sense <- I'm also saying this in the event that you decide to teambuild because when I was first making teams my movesets someitmes weren't optimal because i couldn't really tell at the time

But like basically a lot of what you need to know to play competitive pokemon on showdown you can just learn intuitively through experience. There isn't really an event where you just log in and are automatically good at it because there's a lot of information you need to retain that in my opinion is better to just let yourself learn with time

Oh yeah also in the games most people have autoswitching on but competitive doesnt work like that, if you want to switch out your pokemon it either needs to pass out, you need to use a switching move (flip turn, u-turn, volt switch, parting shot <- all really good moves) or you need to switch in another pokemon to take the hit intended for the one that is on the field

Anywayssssss Litearlly anyone if you want to know more about this I WOULD LOVE TO TALK ABOUT IT like if U have a specific question. or if you want to know about a specific pokemon or w/e in a competitive sense. lmk.

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celli-ohs · 2 months ago

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I Can't, I Have Rehearsal

pairing: socially awkward!park sunghoon x fem!reader

genre: high school au; crack, comedy, fluff

synopsis: What happens when you get seated right next to the most handsome boy in your entire grade? Well you thought it'd be a great excuse to get to know him better, but the guy won't even talk to you! After a mishap in the science lab, you come to find out that Park Sunghoon, the cold-hearted prince of EN High, isn't in fact rude, he's just afraid of women.

before you read: character profiles

warnings: language, stalking mention, cooties, wild subplot(s), loser enhypen, rickrolling, bad april fools pranks

word count: 3.62k

taglist (open): @ancnymcnzjy , @frankenstein852

note: part 1 of my and scene! series, loosely based off en-drama.

Log 4: Monday - April 1st, 2024

“I’m gonna say it. Y/n has been getting on my nerves recently.”

Everyone snaps their necks to look at Riki like he’s just admitted to committing a crime.

“Excuse me?” Sunghoon is appalled. “That’s my friend!”

It’s been about a month since you and Sunghoon had begun his “girlducation” lessons (You named it, not him). And luckily he’s been faring well!

Everyone’s noticed how he’s more open and friendly, and just last week he was finally able to look his homeroom teacher in the eyes and have a full conversation (about how he’s failing Algebra 2).

Talking to his female classmates has gotten easier too. He can’t say much though, as he still gets nervous whenever the conversation gets too complex.

You’ve helped him make leaps and bounds regardless, and Sunghoon can proudly state you two are friends.

“Come on you guys, you know what I’m talking about,” Riki shakes his head, clicking his tongue.

“No. We don’t. What did she do to you?” Jongseong raises a brow. Riki groans, rubbing his face.

“Yeah, there’s no need to be angry at her.” Heesung adds.

“This is exactly why! You guys like her more than me, I’m being replaced!” Riki throws his hands up in the air.

“Uh, no duh we like her more,” Sunoo rolls his eyes. “She’s nicer, funnier, and she’s prettier.”

Riki gasps. “I can be pretty!” He crosses his arms. “I’m prettier than you!” This time Sunoo gasps. “You can’t say shit to me cause do you got some guy stalking you because he thinks your idol material? I think not bitch!”

“Stalker? Sunoo! I thought you got rid of that guy?!” Jaeyun pauses, now the attention is turned towards the younger boy.

“He’s been on my ass recently, he even knows my order at my favorite cafe.” He shrugs as if this isn’t a concerning matter.

“Oh that’s not…” Sunghoon makes a face, eyeing the others.

“That stupid Belift guy is so persistent. It’s like he doesn’t take no for an answer.” Sunoo sighs. They all look at each other, skeptical. "I’ll walk home with you today Sunoo,” Jungwon decides.

“Speaking of stalkers,” Jongseong clears his throat, turning to Riki. “You’re banned from my house.”

“What?” Heeseung squeaks out in shock.

“Oh, so you liked my April Fool’s prank?” Riki grins, dodging Jongseong’s fists. “You went and switched my alarm clock forward! I was on my way to Jungwon’s at 5am this morning,” Jongseong grumbles.

As the others laugh and praise Riki for his joke, Sunghoon laughs the hardest. “Maybe you should keep your clock that way, you won’t ever have to worry about your mom nagging you to leave on time anymore.”

Jongseong rolls his eyes. “Haha, very funny.”

“How did you even do that?” Jaeyun laughs. Riki waves him off, smiling proudly. “Just asked his mom if I could come over to change it really quick while he was at baseball yesterday.”

“My mom was in on it?!” Jongseong looks betrayed. The boys soon make their way inside their school building.

“I totally forgot today was April Fool’s! I should’ve planned something,” Heeseung laughs, opening his locker.

“Don’t worry, I’m just getting started, I’ve got something for all of you.” Riki sends them an ominous smile. “Heh, what do you mean?” Sunghoon tries to hide his fear with a smile.

“Nothing. Just think of today as karma for replacing me with Y/n,” Riki waves before he jogs down the hall, greeting his other friends.

“We never replaced you?!” Jungwon shouts at him, sounding worried. “Oh my god, I’m scared, what if I open my locker and there’s like a dead rat or something?” Sunoo whines.

“No, Riki’s not like that,” Heeseung shakes his head, before turning to the others. “Uh, right?”

“Last year he put ink on my glasses, so when I took them off I had lines all over my face and hands, no one said anything till lunch!” Sunghoon reminds the others.

“In middle school we shared a class, I fell asleep and he clipped a hair extension to the back of my head. No one told me I had a mullet until I got home and showered.” Jungwon recites, shuddering as his fingers ghost over the back of his neck.

“He gets bolder every year, and somehow he convinces people to help him. I think he’s bribing them somehow.” Jongseong concludes.

“What if I just skipped school today? Huh? Anyone wanna join me?” Jungwon tempts the others. “No! If I have to be here, so do you. Plus it’s unfair that only I got pranked so far.” Jongseong huffs.

“Don’t worry Heeseung,” Jaeyun comforts the oldest. “You’re new, Riki will probably go the easiest on you.”

Heeseung doesn’t look pleased by this. As his friends try to figure out a way they can prevent Riki’s chaos from unfolding, Sunghoon slinks off down the hall to a certain locker.

You stand with your back towards him, talking animatedly with your friend Taehyun. As Sunghoon approaches, he signals Taehyun to keep quiet with a finger to his mouth.

“Boo!” He grabs you by the shoulder, causing you to jump. “Ah! Sunghoon!” You huff, punching him lightly in the arm. “Don’t do that!” You smile nonetheless.

“April Fool’s,” Sunghoon grins. You wave him off, your fingers grazing his own. He feels his ears heat up.

“I’m gonna get you later. You better watch out.” You warn him, but Sunghoon only smiles, shaking his head.

Suddenly, Taehyun clears his throat, reminding the two of you that you weren’t alone. “I’m gonna find Hyuka, see you later.” He waves to the both of you before departing.

But before he turns around, Taehyun sends you a wink, causing you to stiffen up.

“What was that?” Sunghoon asks, eyes trained on the back of Taehyun’s head. “Huh? Nothing, let’s get to class.” You cough, pushing Sunghoon down the hall.

“You remembered to do your slides, right?” You ask Sunghoon as you two sit down in your seats. “Yeah, it wasn't that hard.” He nods.

Your history class has just finished a project, and today everyone will be presenting. It was a solo project, but you and Sunghoon helped each other out.

“You’ll be okay talking up there by yourself?” You worry. Sunghoon feels special to know that you of all people care about him. A few days ago you’d voiced your concern to him about his fear or public speaking (around women).

“I think so, I usually just look at Jaeyun.” Sunghoon admits, shrugging.

“Well if you need to, you could look at me.” You suddenly suggest. Sunghoon feels the heat from his ears spread to his cheeks. “O-Okay.” He nods, focusing on his desk.

Even after all his training, you somehow had a way with words that could cause Sunghoon to shut right up again.

Not just that, you still made him nervous, there were moments he found you too beautiful to even look in your direction.

Home room goes by like a breeze, and soon enough it’s time for history, and one by one students begin to present their topics in the front of class.

“Park Sunghoon.” Mr. Song calls out, and Sunghoon awkwardly stands up, grabbing his notes.

“Good luck!” You send him an encouraging smile and a thumbs up. Just that alone made him feel invincible.

With newfound confidence, Sunghoon strides to the front, pulling up his powerpoint on the history of soybeans. But when he turns to his fellow classmates, his ego disappears and he’s suddenly reminded of how many eyes were on him.

He begins to panic, his words stuck in his throat and his thoughts become sludge. Everyone was looking at him. Everyone was whispering.

“What’s wrong with him?”

“Why is he taking so long?”

“Soybeans? That’s so boring.”

He can hear his teacher call out his name, asking him if he’s alright, but Sunghoon feels as if he’s been nailed to the ground, unable to move.

But as he focuses on his feet, he hears someone clear their throat loudly, his eyes shooting up.

You’re smiling. At him.

“You can do it!” You mouth, cheering him on. Suddenly it’s like he can breathe again. He can feel his body moving finally. All thanks to you of course.

“T-Today I’ll be talking about the history of soybeans in Korea.” Sunghoon announces suddenly, eyes trained on you.

You lean back into your seat, smile never disappearing as you listen intently.

“Where the hell is Riki?! I’m gonna kill him.” Jaeyun stomps over to the lunch table. Heeseung shrugs, mouth full of food.

“He’s not here, what happened?”

Jaeyun groans as he sits down, Sunghoon also taking his seat beside him. “He got Rickrolled.”

Jungwon snorts, choking on his food as he laughs. Jaeyun glares, picking at his lunch. “It’s not funny! He cost me my grade!”

“Pfft! Mr. Song docked you 10 points, you still have an A.” Sunghoon reminds him. The youngest of the bunch somehow got control of Jaeyun’s presentation, adding a bunch of memes into his slides.

“And ruined my 100 streak!” Jaeyun whines. “He won’t let me take any extra credit.” He sighs, letting his hunger take over as he shovels food into his face.

“Never gonna give you up! Never gonna let you down! Never gonna run around and desert you!” Riki sings and dances as he arrives at their table. He’s grinning from ear to ear, all the while Jaeyun glares mid-chew.

“Come on Jaeyun!” Riki nudges him. “Sing it with me! Never gonna make you cry-” He’s cut off when Jaeyun lunges at him, catching the boy in a headlock. “Nev-never gonna tell- a lie- ack!” Riki coughs as he continues to sing under Jaeyun’s grip.

“Shut up!” Jaeyun angrily sneers, just as Riki wriggles out of his arms. “Dude,” Riki is breathless. “Put on some deodorant or something! I almost died.” He gags.

“I’m seriously going to kill-”

Jongseong slams down his hand onto the table, making everyone jump.

“Uh, you good?” Jungwon eyes him. Jongseong zeroes in on him, his eyes ablaze. “No I am not good, Yang Jungwon.”

“Uh oh, cat fight,” Sunoo snickers to Sunghoon, earning a chuckle.

“Did I do something?” Jungwon eyes the others, before realizing Jongseong was only looking at him. “What do you think, Yang?!”

Jongseong suddenly digs into his pants pocket, and pulls out a crumpled piece of paper, tossing it to the first year. Jungwon catches it with ease, unraveling it suspiciously.

“Oh my God.”

“What? What is it? Show me!” Sunoo snatches the paper, his eyes reading as fast as lightning before he lets out a yelp, covering his mouth as he gawks at Jungwon.

“You’re being dramatic,” Sunghoon finally grabs the paper, sharing it with Jaeyun as Heeseung leans over the table to peer.

The paper turns out to be a list, and it has various names on it, including Jongseong’s and Jungwon’s. Nothing seems out of the ordinary. That is until he reads the title.

“How could you go behind my back and run for Student Council?! You knew I was applying!” Jongseong shouts.

“I didn’t!” Jungwon holds his hands up in the air. “Dude I promise, I think there’s been a mistake, I never even applied to be nominated!”

Jongseong eyes him, but concedes, looking just as confused. “But that doesn’t make sense. You can’t not know you’re running- for Student Body President!”

“Yeah, and to think you’re only running for Treasurer,” Jaeyun jabs. He earns himself a kick to the shin from Jongseong.

Riki is the only one who laughs, though it lingers longer than it should have, prompting suspicion.

“What did you do?” Jungwon questions. The youngest is too busy hugging his sides as he cackles.

“Oh my God! I’m gonna piss myself, you should have seen your face!” Riki wheezes.

“Riki, what did you do?!” Jongseong demands. After a few minutes, the boy’s laughter subsides. “We nominated Jungwon cause he fell asleep in homeroom,” He giggles.

“What?! Riki be serious.”

“Okay,” Riki shrugs. “Technically, I nominated Jungwon, but then everyone else voted for him. I found out the announcements were the same day as April Fool’s and thought it’d be a sick prank.”

“Someone’s feeling sick alright, me, that’s who.” Jongseong sighs. Sunoo pats his arm out of sympathy.

“Jongseong, dude, no one’s gonna actually vote for Jungwon.” Riki scoffs. “What kind of idiot votes a first year as their president?”

“The same idiots who voted for him to be a nominee?” Heeseung reminds him. Riki pauses. “That’s beside the point! Don’t worry, this will all blow over when they see how incompetent he is.”

“Hey! I’m competent!” Jungwon huffs. “I just choose not to be!”

“Make that your slogan, and you might just lose!” Sunoo teases. Jungwon rolls his eyes, rubbing his face.

“Hey guys! I heard the great news, congratulations!” Your sweet voice brings sudden joy to Sunghoon as you greet them all.

“Y/n!” He suddenly shoves Jaeyun to the side to make space for you to sit, causing both him and Riki to topple over. He ignores their complaints as you squeeze yourself in right next to him.

You finally take a good look around the table once you’re settled in.

Sunoo mindlessly picks at his food, beside him Jungwon seems to be experiencing his first ever existential crisis. Jongseong has a vice grip on a very beaten up piece of paper and Heeseung is too busy eating to notice the tension as Jaeyun keeps muttering about his grades. And Riki is blatantly glaring daggers at you.

The only person who seems relatively happy is Sunghoon.

“You guys seem to be having a really, uh- interesting day so far.” You cough. “As if you know what it’s like to be interesting- Ow! Jaeyun elbowed me!” Riki tattles.

“And you deserve it.” Jongseong sneers.

“Tough crowd today,” You whisper to Sunghoon as the others begin to bicker. “Yeah, Riki’s been burning some bridges, lately” He nods.

“Oh? Should I be worried?” You eye the boy, who is in fact now glaring even harder. “No.” Sunghoon shakes his head, trying to remain calm as you lean closer to him. “Um, maybe actually? Yes. Yes you should.” He finally decides.

“Uh huh.” You nod warily. “Well anyways, I was just wondering how you guys plan to run your campaigns? I have some experience since I helped last year when Taehyun was Secretary, and now he’s running for Vice President.”

Jongseong sits up straight, putting on a presentable smile. “I plan on winning by showing my responsibility and care for the students here at EN-High.”

The table goes quiet.

“Was that AI? Sounded like something ChatGPT wrote,” Heeseung looks around. “What? No! I’m trying to sound professional.” Jongseong sighs.

“Well I plan to drop out, I didn’t even want to be nominated, but someone thinks it’s funny to prey on the innocent.” Jungwon stares right at Riki, who is busy scrolling through his phone uninterested.

“I saw an opportunity and I took it, can you blame me?” He shrugs. “Yes! Yes, I can!” Jungwon shouts.

“Okay, so it sounds like both of you are losing.” You mutter beneath your breath. “Look, word of advice: students really value honesty and the ability to be realistic. People like it when you tell the truth.” You explain.

“Didn’t Taehyun win last year because he did magic tricks instead of a speech?” Sunghoon frowns. “Oh! I remember him! He was so cool! How did he pull that chicken out of that hat?!” Heeseung asks excitedly.

“He did have a speech, he just did his magic tricks after.” You correct him. “Also it was a parrot, not a chicken.”

“What does magic have to do with being on the student council?” Sunoo asks, looking confused. “If I vote for Taehyun, can he magically fix my grade back to 100?” Jaeyun questions. “Do you think if I partner with Taehyun, I have a better chance of winning?” Jongseong turns to you.

You hold your hand up to silence them, before looking at each of them individually.

“Apparently more than you’d think.” You say to Sunoo, before shaking your head at Jaeyun. “No, just take the L.”

“And yes, but only if you’re okay with him doing the Sawing-In-Half trick on you during the debate.” You tell Jongseong, who looks pale now.

Before you can say any more, the warning bell rings, signaling lunch would be over in five minutes. “Alright, see you guys later,” You stand up, getting out of your seat. “Let me know if you need more advice.” You joke.

“I’ll see you in class?” Sunghoon asks, as if you two weren’t seatmates. You laugh, and teasingly pat his arm, causing his whole body to burn.

“Yeah, see you!” You wave, running off. He watches you as you return to your friends at your table across the cafeteria, his heart swelling.

“Oooh! Someone’s got a crush!” Sunoo suddenly giggles.

Sunghoon feels his stomach turn excitedly, his ears burning a bright red. “Shut up!” He mumbles, covering his face.

His friends begin to tease him, Sunghoon shakes his head furiously, though he peeks through his hands to glance at you once more.

When you laugh at something Kai says, he begins to wonder if his friends are on to something.

“Ta-da!”

You’re grinning as you flip your paper around to present to Sunghoon.

He looks up, blinks, then frowns.

“You like to eat stomachs?” He reads your calligraphy. “Huh? No, I like to eat pears.” You look at your paper yourself, confused.

Sunghoon begins to laugh, before standing up to walk around the table to your side. “You need to press down lightly on this character.” He instructs, leaning over you.

Instead of taking your brush like he usually did when he showed you the correct way, he grabbed your hand.

“L-Like this,” He stutters, leaning even closer to you as you allow him to guide you on the paper. Your hand is really small compared to his own, his fingers are almost half as long.

Your skin is soft and warm, he doesn't want to let go.

“Oh!” You suddenly exclaim, and he jumps back, releasing your hand.

“So that’s how you do it? Let me try again.” You begin to attempt again on your own. He watches over you as you try your best, all of your focus on your calligraphy.

He finds the way you scrunch your face up as you focus endearing, you’ve made a lot of progress.

Your reattempt is still not the best, but Sunghoon can admit this time he could actually read it. “You’re doing a lot better,” He says as he returns to his seat. “Really? I’ve been practicing at home,” You admit.

“You’ve been practicing?” Sunghoon repeats, surprised at your dedication. If he were being honest, he thought your interest in calligraphy was only confined to the old library.

“Yeah,” You smile, getting shy. “I want to show you my best.”

Oh.

The two of you keep eye contact as Sunghoon feels his face and ears begin to heat up. He was probably red all over from just that one compliment. Didn’t help that you looked gorgeous while staring at him.

“I-I think-uh- You’re doing a really good job so far.” He finally looks away, his nerves getting the best of him.

“Thank you.” You hum, smiling to yourself. “Oh, it’s already almost four, we should probably get going.” You say, and begin cleaning up.

The two of you quickly grab your stuff and sweep down the table before heading out.

Outside the sun is still bright, yet it’s lower in the sky than before. You both walk down the street, shoulder to shoulder. Every time you bump into each other, Sunghoon feels his heart race.

“Hey, want one?” You suddenly ask, opening your palm to reveal two pieces of creamy milk candy. The bright bunny logo catches his eye.

The idea of sharing candy with you is exhilarating to Sunghoon. Your sweet nature mimicked the sweetness of the candy awaiting before him.

“Thank you,” He smiles at you, letting his fingers graze your palm.

Together you two unwrap the candies, poppin them into your mouths. Sunghoon takes a bite and-

“What the fuck?!” You spit your candy back into its wrapper, face contorted in absolute disgust. Sunghoon doesn’t hesitate to do the same, gagging as he does so.

“This is a crayon!” Sunghoon grimaces, wiping his mouth with his handkerchief. “Where the hell did you get these?!”

You shake your head, trying to get the taste out of your mouth, but to no avail. “I don’t- I don’t remember I just- Riki handed some to me, and-”

“Wait,” Sunghoon interrupts you. “Riki gave you these?”

You nod, first confused, then realizing what he meant. “Oh my god I’m so stupid.” You groan. “I should have known when he randomly apologized to me, he even suggested I share them with you!”

“He’s always one step ahead,” Sunghoon glares into the distance. “Ugh I can’t get the taste out of my mouth!” You spit.

“I swallowed a little, will I die?” He worries, voicing his concern. “I need water- juice, I need something!” You look around for a vending machine.

“There! A Family Mart!” Sunghoon points down the road. He turns to you with an eager expression, holding his hand out to you.

“Come on, let’s go!” He urges. You hurriedly grab his hand, and the two of you run down the street, groans of disgust soon turning into giggles of excitement.

Sunghoon's lesson he learned today was that he doesn’t mind holding your hand. In fact, he likes it.

He likes you.

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