#it's not your fault. don't blame it on yourself. please.: tempo (oc)

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An Odd Night At The ThunderRiders' Base (Part 1)

i actually started writing this during like. the middle of september. but then i got lazy and now i'm just splitting it into parts. fuck

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"And I'm sure, that 99% of you people here are a bunch of braindead idiots."

The time is approximately 10 PM. Why are there still people at ThunderRiders' base? Well, Trojan gathered everyone over here for...very weird business.

"What?! Hey! I'm not braindead nor am I an idiot! I'm smart! Trust me." He replied to Destonio's comment, crossing his arms and looking away from him in offense. "Well not my fault you came up with a really shitty idea." Destonio said, glancing away from the other man.

"Hmph, for real though, how DARE you call ME a 'braindead idiot'?!" Fate immediately chimed in, also seemingly offended by Destonio's comment. Lucas pinches the bridge of his nose, sighing in frustration (and stress, probably). "Alright, alright, shut up now. Let's just ask good 'ol Trojan over here why exactly he called us here to summon demons."

"Oh! Because! It's almost October!" Trojan replied happily, a smile making it's way back onto his face. "Trojan, September started two weeks ago. It's the 15th, get a grip." Galactic said, putting a hand on his shoulder. "Eh.....yeah, but still! I wanna get into the spirit either way~" Trojan said, scratching the back of his neck.

"Well whether I like it or not, this summoning demon thing is interesting. I'd like to try it." Ars spoke up, and what he said definitely made everyone else perk up in surprise. "Huh?! What the hell?! Are you stupid?!" Destonio asked, eyes wide as he looks at the Cantate prince. "Uh....yeah? Why's that so bad? Trying something new doesn't exactly hurt, right...?"

Everyone was silent. On one hand, summoning a demon is...yikes. But on the other hand, it's something new, and some of them aren't afraid to try something new, especially Trojan...

"Hm, alright. I guess we can go with Trojan's idea." Tempo said, turning his head to look at the man in question, who's expression lit up instantly after hearing his statement. "Fuck yeah!"

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"And then, I read up online that you have to sing a song."

On the floor of the ThunderRiders' Base's meeting room, is a pentagram of sorts, drawn onto the floor with chalk or something. Several candles are already around it, and in the middle of the pentagram, is a framed picture of...huh? Harry Styles from One Direction?

"Who even is this bitch in this picture, anyways?" Destonio asked, pointing at the picture in the middle of the pentagram. "...I don't know either, actually. B-but one thing for sure, he is an otherworldly creature! So surely this picture of him might be able to summon Mister—or Miss—Demon!" Trojan explained with a proud tone in his voice. Destonio just sighed.

"Well then, what does the song sound like?" Fate asked curiously, somehow genuinely looking interested in this song that Trojan's supposed to sing for this ritual. "Well! It goes something like this! Ahem, ahem, ahem...."

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"Ooooohhhhhh!!!!!!!!! MR. DEMON COME SHIT ON ME!!!!!!!!!!!"

And that first lyric immediately alarmed everyone else in the room.

Everyone immediately went wild, commenting on how unhinged this whole deal is, and some even yelling at the other about random shit.

"THERE'S A BUCKET OVER THERE!!!!! SHIT ON IT TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"OHHHHHHHH MR. DEMON COME SHIT ON ME AND THAT FUCKIN' BUCKET OVER THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

*CRASH!*

And suddenly, the lights went out, because for some reason they didn't turned off the lights of the meeting room earlier.

"Huh?! What the?!" Ars' voice could be heard. "Oh, maybe the lights suddenly went out?" Tempo asked, looking around for a flashlight. Though, that's not needed anymore, because after the sound of a finger snap can be heard, multiple orbs of light appeared around the room.

"I knew you guys would need this somewhat." A voice said. "Oh, Hikaru, hi. You came at the right time." Fate greeted, her face more...neutral than beforehand (when she was yelling about the lyrics of the song Trojan sang). Hikaru sighed. "So, what happened here?"

"Trojan decided to be an idiot and tried to summon a demon." Destonio answered, clear irritation present in his voice as he gave Trojan a...rather intimidating enough glare. "I—eh..." That was the only response from him.

"What was that crash sound, though? I thought I heard something like that before the lights went out." Ars asked, looking around. Though, obviously he can't see anything else other than the other people in the room and Hikaru's light orbs. "Maybe it came from outside of this room? It's worth a shot to take a look, am I wrong?" Fate suggested, gesturing towards the room's door...for some reason.

"Good idea. C'mon, let's—"

And then the scene glitches, and then everything went black.

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not proud with how tempo looks, and i excluded felicia bc even if she didn't have some of her hair up in a ponytail she'd still look the same and arghena bc i drew her with her hair down once already

anywayzzzz hair down!

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both of them! yippee!!!! FINALLY IM DONE WITH THEIRS BTW. SIGH....

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Which duo will fit the Barbie and Ken meme?(the one from the movie about getting arrested)

OH MY GOD ANON I DREW THIS MEME AWHILE AGO WHEN IT WAS STILL BOOMING ACTUALLY (i don't have the link to the post rn idwnfkendkdn but i did draw it at one point)

it's always the serious and not-serious duo for me........cidndkd

fate and destonio would also fit the meme well, with destonio taking barbie's place and fate taking ken's place :33

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this is so sad guys /j

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tempo: why does it smell like a newly bought toothpaste container around here???

trojan: don't you like the smell, though???? :(

tempo:

tempo: shut the fuck up trojan where's terabyte.

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even more :3

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Idk What To Name This

technio kiss real

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"People actually kiss their lovers??? On their mouth????" Technicolour's voice echoes through the empty meeting room as he looked at Destonio with disbelief. The God of Destruction looked back at the ordinary man with a deadpanned look. The two are waiting for the other ThunderRiders members because apparently Tempo called them all over for an 'important meeting'.

'Important meeting? My fucking ass.' Destonio thought, before sighing. "Yeah. People actually do that. I'm surprised you actually didn't know that. I thought you'd at least see a couple kissing each other during a wedding or something." Technicolour shook his head. "Ew. Gross...." He then muttered, and that made Destonio stifle a laugh, but eventually he managed to prevent himself from bursting out a laughing fit.

"Well you think it's gross, but they think it's the most wonderful feeling ever. I...don't get it." The God said, crossing his arms as he glanced towards the door, expecting someone to just waltz in, but no, nobody came. "It sounds gross to me! But...after hearing what you said, I wanna know how it feels like now..." Technicolour admitted, and Destonio perked up at that, quickly glancing back at the man with light blue hair. Now, it was Destonio's turn to look at the other person in the room in disbelief.

"What?!" That's all he managed to get out of his mouth. "Uh...yeah." And that was Technicolour's only response. After that, silence came between them. No word was said as the two awkwardly look into each other's eyes. A few seconds pass, and then eventually, Destonio walked over to Technicolour.

"Hey. There's this thing called consent." He told the other man as he walked even closer. "C-consent?" Technicolour asked, feeling a bit confused. "Yeah. Consent. It's when two people come to an agreement to do something. Like...uh, kissing someone. You gotta have an agreement between you and the person you're gonna kiss, or else it'll just be sexual harassment." Destonio explained.

"You wouldn't know all of this since you were in that cube for too long." He then added, sitting beside Technicolour, before facing him. "I- H-hey..." Technicolour whined, feeling his face heating up a little. What...does this mean? "So that's why...If you really wanna know what kissing someone on their lips is like, then I might need your consent first."

And what Destonio said to him made Technicolour's face feel even more hot.

"W-wha-?! Y-you're gonna...?!"

"Yeah! You said you wanted to know what kissing someone feels like, right? Then I'll give one to you so you'll know!"

And then, even more silence came between the two. The two look into each other's eyes yet again. Eventually, a silent nod came from Technicolour. "...What is that supposed to mean?" Destonio asked, and the other man just groaned.

What happened next was...way out of Destonio's league.

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"I'm pretty sure there's nobody else here." Tempo told Trojan and Shifta as the three made their way to the base's meeting room. "But the front door is literally unlocked. Surely there's someone who made it here before we did!" Trojan argued. Yeah, the front door of the base was unlocked when the three came, so there must be someone who came earlier!

"Maybe I forgot to lock the door last night." Tempo argued back. "That would be impossible, Master Tempo. I saw you locking the door last night." Shifta told him. "Eh? Really? I forgot..." Tempo replied, scratching the back of his head.

"Hahaha! You have piss poor memory~!" Trojan joked, before laughing as Tempo yelled at him to shut up. Shifta could only watch that unfold before her as the trio finally made it to the meeting room. "Ugh, enough, Trojan! We're here in the meeting room, anyways. Let's just go in." Tempo told the dark blue haired man as he grabbed the door knob then opened the door.

However, what awaited the three behind that door was rather...unexpected.

"...Destonio? Technicolour?" Tempo called out. The trio was met with the sight of the two...seemingly kissing? What the hell. Upon hearing Tempo's call, Destonio and Technicolour immediately pulled away and turned their heads to look at the door, where Tempo is standing infront of Shifta and Trojan, who are peeking from behind the ThunderRiders leader to see what's going on.

"What the fuck?! Ah! Techni, get off of me!" Destonio yelled at Technicolour, who panicked as he immediately got off of the God. "What...the fuck were you two doing?" Tempo asked in disbelief (mixed with a bit of shock). "Err....we were kissing!" Technicolour innocently answered, before getting his mouth covered by Destonio's hand.

"You...did not hear him, right...?" The God then asked the ThunderRiders leader, his voice sounding rather intimidating. "....I did." That was Tempo's only response as he watches Destonio yell out an ashamed "Goddamnit!", accompanied with Trojan's stupid cackling again.

This...sure was an experience, huh?

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"Sorry I had to kiss you like that."

"Huh? What? No, no, no! It's fine, really. I, uh, consented to it, anyways."

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"....Destonio?"

"Yeah?"

"I...liked that. If you were wondering, at least."

"What."

"Eh?"

"I-I might faint....."

"DESTONIO-"

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simp

aaaaaand ANOTHER ONE BASED OFF OF ICHIHARU LMFAOOOO

i would've put this in the same post as the fate and destonio one but i got lazyyyy

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i feel immense regret

it's to the point where i feel like i might need to put this under the cut. oh jeepers....

i saw smth on twt (ew) and um. it'sfunny. had to fo smth abt it augbbdbdvsvfnevfbevfbevrbtbrvrgbtI HATE EVERYTHING

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its oct 1st for me do u know what that means (ofc u do)

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HOW THE FUCK DID A SECOND COCKROACH GET INTO MY FUCKING ROOM GET THE FUCK OUT LET ME SLEEP IN PEACE I'M FUCKING BEGGING YOU PLEASE.

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When the Temporal Shifted idk i've never listened to the song before /j

Anyways i actually have two ocs for this song 😭😭😭😭 i haven't made the other one yet haha-

Trojan's good friend and the leader of the ThunderRiders. He's serious and is always willing to finish his work quickly, even if he'll pull literal all-nighters to finish them. He doesn't like messing around and is straight to the point when it comes to talking with someone. He's pretty stiff, but underneath his demeanor is someone who cares for his fellow group members a lot.

Ooooohhhhhh he's a pathetic boyfail oooohhhhh he is babygirl ooooohhhhh

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what the character tags reference

h. HI.

so the ocs in the rg-verse have their own tags obviously, but their tags are also accompanied by a quote/sentence. i wanted to explain what they mean/reference so yeah!!!! under the cut as always lel

also i mentioned spoilers for final verdict and silent answer (specifically one last dream), the two parts of arcaea's main story, in this post. proceed with caution

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1. "don't let him go" (ars):

this.....actually has smth to do with lore. i haven't explained much abt ars lore yet. not even in his trivia post, so i'll save the explanation for later~

2. "this is just a dream" (lucas):

it's a part in lucid traveler!

3. "another me" (ana):

the name of the song ana is based off of; another me by d_aan!!!

4. "where are you? please don't be dead." (galactic):

it has smth to do with galactic (and spinel)'s backstory. this quote was said months after spinel's disappearance.

5. "i don't give a f***" (destonio):

references a part in destruction 3, 2, 1.

6. "our fates are distorted" (fate):

references the name of the song fate is based off of; distorted fate by sakuzyo!

7. "to the furthest dream" (felicia):

song name for the song that felicia is based off of!

8. "darkest night i'll confront you here" (tessi/the testifier):

the first lyrics of testify.

9. "what an agonizingly long journey it has been" (abstruse):

initially, it references a tweet the official arcaea twitter/x acc made. now it's known as a quote from the severed eden story.

10. "this is all my fault" (trojan):

it has smth to do with the story. not gonna spoil that~

11. "money can't buy happiness (but creating things can" (logos):

uh.....the first part references her bio. the second part however......is pretty much outdated. i'll give her a new, updated tag soon. but not now. BECAUAE I'M LAZY AYGHHFHF

12. "a special kind of texture" (primeval texture):

references a quote in the primeval-lore-focused comic i posted awhile back!

13. "i exist" (ego eimi):

""Ego eimi" (ἐγώ εἰμι) in Ancient Greek means "I am" or "I exist". The phrase has Christian theological significance due to its usage in the Gospel of John, where Jesus uses the phrase to assert his presence and divinity" — thing from arcaea wiki

14. "like an ice cube" (technicolour):

references technicolour's weapon (bc nearly everyone here has their own weapons honestly); a small looking cube. Don't Be Fooled By It's Appearance, However.

15. "to the new dream" (dahlia):

supposed to reference felicia's tag, ig?? lmao

16. "the embodiment of chaos and destruction herself" (arghena):

this has smth to do with lore, so i can't say it here. it Is pretty odd how she gets a title like this and not destonio, who is literally the god of destruction here....hmmmmmmmmm

17. "it's not your fault. don't blame it on yourself. please." (tempo):

connected to trojan's tag, which is why i can't say the reasoning here~

18. "authentication: successful" (shifta):

references a part in temporal shifting.

19. "i heard the world is collapsing" (callima karma):

kind of a reference to a lyric in the og song, but bc i forgot what it was for some reason, i might be super wrong for some reason. obviously i remember the part where "arcaea" was mentioned, and since this is Not arcaea, i had to change that lel.

20. "the one who got away" (spinel):

you thought that tag is a reference to that one song? you fucking thought wrong. this has smth to do with her backstory, actually. referencing how she ran away and just went 'missing'.

21. "is it so wrong for a girl to like bugs?" (pamolia):

references a part in pupa's official mv. sort of. forgot how it originally went so i Might get this part wrong. UM. ANYWAYS.

22. "butterflies tear people apart" (pupa):

when i was going thru the comment section for pupa's official mv, i noticed a few ppl commenting that exact quote, so naturally, i had to reference it somehow :3333

23. "he was the one who bared witness to her wrath" (tempestissimo):

i think my art related to tessi, lacey, and tempestissimo already implied this enough, but this tag references how tessi fucking murdered tempest. yea. and while we're on that topic, that also references how hikari killed tairitsu in final verdict. and the way tessi gave up her goddess powers and became lacey just to bring tempest back to life is ALSO A REFERENCE TO SILENT ANSWER'S STORY SPECIFICALLY ONE LAST DREAM'S STORY. AND. AND—

24. "last (moment or eternity?)" (lacey):

references last, last | moment, and last | eternity.

25. "you are your very own light!" (hikaru):

that one phigros tip 🥹

26. "welcome to the progression express~☆" (arta):

references my very first artwork of him, actually! and also references how he's a train conductor

27. "the fireworks that bring tragedy" (lumine):

has smth to do with destonio and lumine lore. not gonna elaborate further tho. for now at least.

28. "the math expert himself" (aleph-0):

references how he's a math teacher. also, aleph-0 is a math thing, am i wrong?

29. "class memories (trauma and paranoia)" (clarith):

references her backstory (and also class memories itself ig)

30. "class memories (realist and serious)" (chase):

references his backstory (and also class memories itself ig)

OH MY GOD WE ARE AT THE END OF THE POST THANK YOU IF YOU READ IT UNTIL THIS MUCH OH MY FUCKING GOD.