#it's probably different in my brain xD

[aliens-took-my-iwa-chan]

ugh I cant stop thinking about a hadestown au for tgs

[candycryptids]

Hiya! I hope you're doing well today! I love your characters and how you've structered their bios! Since Chuusday is listed first, is she technically your official WOL or is it someone else? Do you canonically have a WOL in the first place?

Also, I find it SO sweet that you and one of your partners both play FFXIV and have characters paired together ;w; Did you meet ingame or long before either of you started playing? Either way I wish you both the best!!! <3 - gardenofballads 🌻

Awaaaah! Im doing pretty ok!!! Taking time to answer this as a wind down from Emerald Weapon Ex Brain Soupage. And I’m so glad! ;W; I think I butchered one of those “Get To Know An OC” thingies- uhh… oh [this one] actually! I chopped a lot out and I think added a couple different thingums instead because there was so much to that that it felt overwhelming to try to look at let alone fill out LOL but it was a really good jumping off point uvu;

And!!! Hilariously Chuu was my First XIV Character, so she’s dear to my heart for being the first one- but she very quickly made it known being the WOL even as an AU was something of a Joke (Her character showed great reluctance and even frustration at having to do So Much World Saving, maybe a side-effect of me rushing through MSQ to catch up with my other spouse [Who plays Talia, though they’ve got less time for XIV these days ;0;] and the rest of my friends who were all EndGame already at the time in Shadowbringers fhdjfjsjfs.) So I made…… many alts. Throwing spaghetti at the wall but I have SEVERE side-character/NPC brain and kept making “supporting cast” types =w=; it actually took me like. 3? Alts before making an ACTUAL WoL with my husband (Ishi’li and Kizuna) (as of Right Meow, they’re in post ARR, but we’ve been working on Keathan and Tuesday together because Keathan was… Keathan’s first character in xiv XD so we’ve been jaunting through the story together and experiencing every inch of it so we can pick and choose what The Boys™ get up to when we wanna focus on them x3)

🥰 I knew both speece during at least high school- but I actually knew Keathan as early as Elementary school hehe 😌 tho the speece didn’t proper marry until… i’unno, 2017? (For frustrating legal reasons, I’m not legally married, but. As it goes. Someday we’ll have money to visit the one state that has legal poly marriages. Also I struggle to remember our wedding year 🫢)

Since managing to make a Co-WoL with my husband I’ve managed to make one other Alt meant to be a Solo-WoL (Mochiie) but I have to really wrinkle my brain to sink time into playing him, since I’m trying to take screenshots throughout the story at what I find to be inspiring beats xD And even still he has an alt-universe where he’s just a side-character for the ‘Main Timeline’ (where there’s a bunch of spaghetti and like 8+ confirmed WoL’s and the Msq entourage looks HILARIOUS in canon, someday I’ll get all the data together and take pictures, but I think it’ll cook what’s left of my brain x’3) [it’s less concrete than anything I’ve posted about before or I’d try to explain it ;v;’ it’s just interesting mostly to see how the story gets stretched to fit around a larger community of heroes than a solo guy shouldering the whole burden lmfao.]

🌸🌸🌸…. I also hope you’re having a lovely week @gardenofballads !!!! I am tossing flower petals into the air around you !!! Thank you for the ask and well wishes n kind words 🥺💖 🌸🌸🌸

[etheries1015]

We share the love language of biting. Now imagine TWST beatsfolk has that as an actual sign of courting. Like you're chilling with Leona, not dating or wooing him, and then you bite his cheek in affection. And all of Savanaclaw is shocked because among them, it's the same as i.e. proposing marriage. The utter chaos XD

OHH MY GOSSSHHH YOUR BRAIN >>> I LITERALLY LOVE THIS SO MUCH??? HAHAHA SODEFHSELKJD i'm gonna expand on that for a few characters...

Accidentally courting them

General warnings: Gender-neutral reader, not really proof read lol. Obvious Malleus and Lilia favoritism <3 I also decided that they ARE dating in this scenario, I think its cuter that way in my head heuheu

Featuring: Leona, Ruggie, Jack, Malleus, Lilia, ... and Rook HAHA.

TW: none! Just a bunch o' fluff of biting your non-human lover without realizing it was a sign of courtship <3

Leona

It was a typical day for Leona. You two were sitting in the lounge where most of the other students lingered, Leona becoming rather... possessive as of late. Instead of resting in his bedroom away from prying eyes as you had requested from your lover, he ignored all your feeble cries requesting privacy. Instead, he holds you in his lap without worrying what others are thinking. A form of showing others you were his, and his alone. You were conflicted in your feelings, staring at him. His eyes were closed, but he could feel your gaze burning into his head.

"How long are you-" Then it happened. You gave in. You gave his cheek a bit of a nibble. All of the sudden the chattering stopped, all eyes were on you, before they start patting Leonas back and giving him congrats while a few seemed to pull presents right out of their asses.

"Wha- what's going on?" Leona grumbled with a light blush before growling and pushing the face of someone who tried to hand him another gift.

"You all look like idiots! You know biting means something different to us. Don't be dumb." Okay, now you were extra confused. Seeing your utter ignorance, Leona sighed.

"Biting in our land is a sign of courtship, herbivore." ...Oh. You blush deeply and hide your face in his chest, Leona looking away flustered and ruffling your hair.

"Try again in a few years, and I just might bite you back."

Ruggie

You were walking down the halls with your boyfriend when suddenly you had the urge to just...bite him. an overwhelming sense of love and affection for the fact he had given you some of the bread he (probably legally) got ahold of. You smiled fondly at the bread and back at Ruggie before placing your mouth on the bulb of his shoulder, causing him to yelp in suprise and dropping his half of the bread.

"wha- huh?! What was that for?" He became flustered, bending over to pick up his bread and slowly move away from you with bright red cheeks. You furrowed your eyebrows and hugged yourself, almost embarrassed.

"I'm sorry, I just...I dunno," Your cryptic and non specific response left him with his jaw open and eyes wide, spluttering out things like "We're still in school! I don't have the funds yet-" before a familiar fist came and knocked the back of Ruggies head. Leona stood there smiling in amusement and chuckling at you.

"I don't think they know what that means to us beastman, Ruggie." Even more confused then before, you asked for clarification.

"You just asked him to marry you with that bite of yours, herbivore." Now YOUR mouth was wide open, and Ruggie managed to get flee from the scene without much notice from you nor his senior.

Oh brother. You have a lot of communicating to do with that one.

Jack

You were sitting at the lunch table eating away at your food when you noticed...Jack's biceps. You marveled at the sight of his bulky arms- it's a wonder to you how he managed to become so strong and have the motivation to train all day. With a burst of admiration, instead of biting into your sandwich - you took a bite into his muscle. He yelped in suprise and just stared at you, face slowly turning red. Ace and Deuce laughed at his reaction, ready to ask you what was up before Jack took it upon himself to... well, flustered and rapidly spit-firing plans.

"W-we are still so young! Are you sure about this? I-i never knew our relationship was at this level!" He grabbed both of your hands and looked you in your (bewildered) eyes.

"If you're serious about this, I promise I will protect and love you for the rest of my life. But before we go ahead with the ceremony, I want you to meet my parents and get their blessings. Oh, and I need to get a stable job after we finish school first, too, so I can support you and our future. know we haven't talked about marriage before but-" You quickly cut him off in astonishment before crying out,

"MARRIAGE?! Jack, WHAT are you talking about?! I am absolutely not ready for marriage! What got into you?!"

...Queue Ruggie and Leona hysterically laughing at your utter confusion, reveling in the ignorance of it all for a few moments longer before explaining properly what you had just committed yourself unknowingly to.

Malleus

You were laying in the bed of Malleus Draconias's dorm, scrolling on your phone whilst his tail wrapped around your waist as he sat next to you reading a book. You sighed lightly and leaned your head back against the board of the mattress, turning slightly to look at your handsome fae lover. Your eyes then went down to his pale and perfect skin of his neck, the way it was free from all blemishes, smooth, and bright. Something about it made you want to taint it a light shade of red... He felt you shuffle slightly to adjust your body to be in just the right position where his neck was in full view. He glanced over to you feeling you wriggle free from his tails grasp, tilting his head seeing the look in your eyes crazed as you leaned over and just...chomped down on his collarbone.

You felt his tail twitch and his hands quickly throw the book he was reading aside to grasp your wrists, turning your body around and pinning you to the bed and carrassing your cheek with his tail.

"Biting..." He murmured, "Does this mean the same to humans as it does to Fae? You wish to be wed?" Your jaw dropped and cheeks took on a rosey hue, stuttering over yourself.

"W-wed?! I mean, I like to bite when I feel affectionate b-but marriage...I mean maybe one day b-but-"

"Biting in Fae culture is a sign of courtship and ownership. How brazen of you to mark me," he chuckled, "I shall take it you wish to own the next king of Briar Valley?" You could tell at this point Malleus was teasing you, something he picked up from the time you two have been dating.

Malleus could not help but return the favor by riddling your body with his own bite marks. Although he understood you perhaps did not have the intention of marrying him with your silly little form of affection, he knew in his mind with every bite that he was very serious about your future with him.

Lilia

Lilia already knew that biting in the human world did not mean marriage, yet was akin to something more of "cute aggression." So when you have the habit of biting him in the privacy of yours or his room, he knows you simply meant it as a form of affection, letting him know that you had an overwhelming sense of love for the old fae. He bit you back consistently on many occasions, it just seemed to be the perfect form of showing love for one another.

You didn't actually know it meant something much deeper, until you were in the diasomnia lounge and unable to control yourself as you grabbed Lilias hand and bit down gently on his wrist. You couldn't help it, he was being so entirely silly and loving towards you, that you couldn't help but show this public display of affection. Much to everyone else's dismay, however. Sebek stares at you with his mouth agape, sounds of disbelief escaping past his lips yet a sentence unable to form. Malleus as well seemed surprised at this.

"(y/n)," Malleus said, "You wish to marry Lilia?" You coughed at the sudden question and let out a feeble and awkward chuckle.

"I mean...I wouldn't mind one day, of course. We haven't really talked about it. Why the sudden question?"

"HOW DARE YOU," Sebek cried out after finally finding his words, "How dare you bite Lilia and be so insolent as to not move forward with your actions in dignity! YOU MUST TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR PROPOSAL-" Lilia started snickering, cutting Sebek off with a wave of his hand.

"It's quite alright, Sebek. Biting means something much different to humans than Fae, I suppose this is the first you had seen us put on a show of affection, hence your confusion." He turned to you, who had furrowed eyebrows and pursed lips at Sebeks sudden outburst.

"Biting, my dear, is a form of courtship to us fae. It is a sign of ownership," He chuckled.

"Why didn't you tell me that?!" You exasperated, "I mean, it wouldn't have changed anything I have done, but I would have been more careful about it... especially if it means something more to you," Lilia gracefully explained he understood it meant something slightly different to humans, before gently grabbing your hand and raising it to his mouth.

"Well, now that you understand what it means," He put your ring finger into his mouth and took a bite at the base,

"Would you like to bite me once more, my dear?"

Bonus:

Rook

You bit his arm and he immediately was on one knee.

"Was that a proposal? You know mon cheri, biting one affectionately is often a declaration of courtship-" You hit the top of his head and walked away from your interesting boyfriend.

"You're not a beastman or a fae! I'm never biting you again!" Your face red and folding your arms, turning away (ah, his cute tsundere lover.)

Oh woe is Rook! He begs and begs you to bite him more, he wants to be covered in your marks. It means you were claiming him as your own, right? RIGHT??

~~~

This was so fun to write DFSEFDSFIHSLDKJF thank you for the brain rot heuheuheueheueh

Masterlist

[ladiesandwitches]

"But if what you're saying is true, doesn't simply having the newspaper, having access to that knowledge, negate the events entirely?" Scully posited in quiet challenge. "That paper, if it really is from the future, is from a timeline in which you never visited, never had access to that information, and therefore everything is already changed. The future isn't fixed, Dr Brown, it isn't immutable...it's constantly changing, responding to decisions we make in the present. It isn't some fixed destiny we're all heading towards."

It was one of the great discussions of theoretical time travel; how much could or couldn't be changed by someone hypothetically moving forwards or backwards in time. All timelines existed in a world pre-time travel or existed because of the time travel; it was a paradox of never knowing what was changed or what was already altered. Even if time travel did move from the theoretical to the practical, it didn't change the fact that the future was too unknown, too dependent on hundreds of thousands of small factors in the present, to ever really be certain. But Emmett Brown seemed to be of the opinion that not only was the future a fixed point, but that his own actions could be capable of directly changing it.

She was beginning to believe it would be exhausting to be in his mind; it was almost exhausting simply being in the room with him.

"Believe me, Doctor Brown, I have seen more than my fair share of cases which have challenged so much of what was thought to be known about this world, realities and discoveries that show us that the science we know only takes us but a distance towards the truth, but all that still requires evidence. Solid proof. What my partner usually begins with is an idea and an urban legend," she concluded with an affectionate exhaustion. She wouldn't change Mulder's way of seeing the world, but that didn't mean it didn't sometimes tire her.

The talk of time travel, however, a real, honest scientific discussion, with the thrilling possibility of something real and tangible, that it might actually be achieved, only energised her. As she listened to him describe the years and money it had taken, the effort towards his supposed success, Scully felt inside her the kind of eager excitement she'd had when researching her dissertation.

"But wouldn't the energy required be simply too much for the human body to handle?" Scully asked, already drawn in, unable to resist the temptation of something so scientifically astounding that any other breakthrough would pale by comparison. "Besides, every debate about time travel only hypothetically accepts the possibility to travel forward in time, not backward. To be able to travel not only into the future but into the past would require the--"

Scully's growing enthusiasm was cut off by Mulder's return, the door slamming a little against the wall.

"Let's go get your car," he announced with an eager grin, moving further into the room.

"They agreed we could take him out of custody?" Scully asked as Mulder took her hand and pulled her out of her seat effortlessly, the thrill of a time machine clearly making him feel more carefree than usual.

"What can I say? I'm charming and persuasive, Scully" he replied, looking down at her with a grin, before turning to the time travelling doctor. "Your car is still at the crash site. Apparently thinking you're an alien has made local law enforcement reluctant to get too close until it's been checked for radiation. I informed the sheriff that the FBI would be more than happy to help with that."

"That's how you got him to agree to taking doctor Brown out of custody," Scully realised aloud as she looked up at him.

"I simply offered our services," he replied with a knowing grin and Scully sighed, fast coming to the inevitable conclusion that this was a pointless battle. She turned to Emmett Brown, finding herself hoping he wasn't insane, realising that some small part of did desperately want this to be true, that they'd be driving out to look at an actual time machine. The more logical, cynical part of her brain however said to prepare herself for disappointment and to look at nothing more than the dangerous vehicle alterations of a mad man. She took a breath.

"I suppose this means you'd better come with us, Dr Brown."

As she passed Mulder on the way to the door, she put a finger at his chest pointedly. "But if this thing turns out to have radiation after all, you're on your own."

❝It's not the newspaper itself so much as it is the events published in the newspaper. What I found is the first in a series of increasingly unfortunate events for his family that results in him losing both of his children in the span of two days.❞ Just recalling the events makes him shudder. ❝I didn't have the heart to throw it out and the information about the event was extremely valuable, so I brought it back with me.❞

Emmett sighs heavily, hunching over in his seat from the sheer weight of the knowledge he should have never learned, yet knows he could never part with. ❝I learned a lot of disturbing information regarding the trajectory of his life and while I know I'll be able to fix that problem in the future, I can't guarantee anything I try to do will prevent the events that send him on this downward spiral.❞ It would be fixing a symptom, not the cause. And the cause is Marty's inability to maintain any sort of composure when being called a name—but if their proximity over the years hadn't taught him by now that an insult is just a weapon of the weak and only has power when given it—

He shakes his head. There may be no correcting that problem.

But if nothing else, he can spare the McFly twins a terrible tragedy. The sins of the father should not be passed on to the children and they deserve a fighting chance.

It doesn't take any sort of complex mental gymnastics for him to understand Agent Scully's scepticism the more he unveils about the night of the first temporal experiment. Sometimes, when he sits and thinks back on the individual events that not only led up to Marty's displacement, but that occurred during that paradoxically too-short and too-long week, it all seems unbelievable and he had lived it.

❝Accidentally,❞ he reiterates, placing heavy emphasis on the word. ❝He wasn't even supposed to be in the time machine that night. But there were❞—Emmett pauses, hesitating for a fraction of a second as the chill of fear cuts through him, draining some of the colour from his face—❝we were attacked.❞

❝I did the first thing I could think of. I told him to run while I got their attention and that's what he did. He got in the car and ran for his life. I know I disengaged the time circuits, but he must have activated them during his escape and didn't realise.❞

That's another problem I'll have to sort out once I get back. If they'll be looking for me... God, if they come after Marty—

Emmett clears his throat, unwilling to take a ride down that slippery slope right now. There's more than enough worry to be found seated right across from him, in the probing and expectant gaze of Agent Scully, in the uncertainty of his own fate, and at least this problem has a clear and tangible outcome for better or for worse: either Agent Mulder will return having secured his release or he is stuck here for the foreseeable future.

❝No,❞ he concedes, the colour slowly returning to his complexion, ❝it doesn't automatically make it true, but it does suggest that maybe his way of looking at the world bears some merit. That there's a possibility, no matter how crazy it sounds. If there's evidence that supports his theory, even if that evidence goes against every preconceived notion we have of the universe or every commonly held belief, then it warrants investigating, doesn't it? It may just be the case you're not seeing the whole picture yet.❞

A sceptic and a believer. He has to admit his curiosity as to how they ended up partners in such a unique unit.

The words of an old colleague come flooding back—belief belongs in religion, not in science—and while he can appreciate those words now, he's always had trouble accepting that as the whole truth. Belief should never cloud a scientist's judgment or blind someone to the truth when the evidence disagrees with a beloved theory, but its importance as a driving factor cannot be underpinned.

He meets her gaze, offering a small half-amused smile. ❝How? By making it my life's work. Thirty years of research, trial-and-error, my entire family fortune, and the unwavering belief that time travel is possible and not just something out of science-fiction. And a few calculations that would make even the finest mathematician's head spin.

❝The tricky part was designing and assembling the necessary equipment. For a while, the energy requirements were the biggest hurdle; the amount of energy it takes to achieve displacement is astronomical. So everything had to be either built from the ground up or had its preexisting design heavily modified. Which you'll see for yourself when we get back to my car.❞

[factual-fantasy]

Ah yes, the old King Kong himself! I didn’t actually think I was going to add him and Diddy to my AU because I wasn’t sure how they’d fit.. But after brainstorming with a friend, we found a way! XD

I tried to put a lot of thought into DK and Diddy’s designs. Everything was intentional. Diddy and DK’s ENORMOUS size, DKs long fur, the red and blue tones in their fur, DK having long claws while Diddy does not, Diddy’s clothing choice, EVERYTHING! I tried my best to think it all through.

If ya wanna read about their lore and why they look the way the do, I have a ramble below the keep reading just for you! :D

Ahem,

SO

Off the coast of Daisy’s kingdom is this big island that can be seen from the shore. Daisy sent some of her Delfino people to go explore it but they never returned.. so she sent a rescue team after them, but they disappeared too.

Desperate, she turned to Mario and Luigi for help. Now, Mario and Luigi have just proved their strength and heroism by defeating Bowser. And they ALSO have a pet Yoshi. If anyone can go to that seemingly dangerous island and return? Its them.

Daisy approached them with an offer. You go use your magical powers and find out what happened to my missing people, and I’ll give you whatever you want. They agreed and made their way over...

Only to find destroyed campsites, boats torn apart... and bodies. Bodies everywhere. 

Turns out this island is home to these enormous ape like animals. And they attacked the Delfino’s because they were loud, setting fires, chopping down trees, taking their food, etc. When they encountered the King himself, Yoshi was utterly terrified. He knew he was outmatched. There was absolutely no way he could protect the Mario brothers from this thing. So he just slowly pulled Mario and Luigi to the ground and cowered in fear. Trying to make them all look as non confrontational as possible.

Thankfully their petrified faces and absolute silence labeled them as a non-threat. And the situation was defused. Loads of shenanigan's later and they waved goodbye to Donkey, Diddy and all the other monkey creatures and returned to Daisy with the gruesome news..

Their reward? They just wanted enough food to fill Yoshi’s belly. Poor guy probably burnt all the calories he had trying not pass out back there.

Now the design lore! :D

On this island, there are these really powerful fruits and veggies that have super star power in them, just like Yoshi’s island. Only these ones work a little differently..

There are two main super foods on this island. The giant red beet type veggies that grow deep in the ground. And the big blue fruits that grow in the trees.

The big red beets are really bitter and tough like rocks. But anyone who eats them will begin to grow in size. The gorilla like animals on this island will use their claws to dig them up and use their iron jaws to crack them open and eat them. That’s why Donkey Kong is red. 75% of his diet consists of these bitter, giant red super beets that make him grow to be giant.

Meanwhile Diddy, and all the other Monkey like animals.. they cant dig for these beets. And their jaws are not strong enough to crack them open. Plus the beets are really bitter.. SO, they prefer to climb into the trees and eat the sweet blue fruits that grow at the very top.

These sweet fruits are also powerful in nature, but instead of making you stronger, they encourage brain growth. So all the monkeys that eat this super sweet brain fruit, will just get really smart and their fur will turn more blue.

The two species almost had a war between them. But they quickly discovered they’re better off together. The gorillas can protect the monkeys from threats, while the Monkeys use their intelligence to make tools and shelter.

This peace is further solidified by Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong's friendship. Diddy being the smartest monkey and DK being the strongest Gorilla.

All in all this island is rather peaceful at its core. But in the end its still full of wild animals. And is considered more dangerous than Yoshi’s island. To this day no one has ever returned to DK’s island. Although DK and Diddy would happily welcome the Mario Brothers back with open arms if they ever decided to visit.

[pageofheartdj]

Currently(and always) obsessed with Donnie&Technodrome and will I force the canon events into my headcanons? Yes, yes I will xD

The Technodrome does have a mind of its own! Maybe its not as sapient as krang or humans, but there is still something!

And this something... liked Donnie.

At first Donnie had to just push his hands in and the Technodrome started connecting.

And then it gets an idea of Donnie and the connection with him.

This contact isn’t enough for both of them, probably Donnie not being krang and all.

And the Technodrome lets him go, because it knows Donnie was going to come back. From Donnie.

And now it reachs towards him and it welcomes him in. Welcomes him back.

After this it’s not just Donnie anymore.

Mind you, this is Donnie inside and this is Donnie outside.

It’s them now. It’s Donnie AND Technodrome. They are excited! They see themselves as perfection!!

But it was still so new and they were distracted even after dealing with krang Brother. They didn’t notice the Prime.

Who can still access the control over Technodrome.

And yet with this and his strength he still struggled with getting Donnie out. Not with one swift move. Donnie was holding, Technodrome was holding. They both screamed in pain from forced separation, their minds ripping apart.

The krang are controling the ship from the outside, like a tool. Donnie became one with it. This is different, they were connected in a way that never happened before.

The color changed too. When Krang are controling the ship, it’s blue, the color of Technodrome’s brain. It was being ordered around.

When Donnie connects to it, it’s purple, Donnie is joining in.

[fnaf-hope-au-askblog]

Hello hello!

I did a Freddy page!

I didn't do much redraws this time, and I wanted to shut out @austin-art404 DUDE you are awesome

Also I drew this from memory and it was basically this one poster from game, but I accidentally flipped it in my brain XD

This I drew when I was very sad. Freddy loves you no matter what. And Fronnie is cute to the heavens and back

And this handsome fella who is not Freddy but sneaked onto a page was a request from Xander from discord server

Some design points for Freddy:

Round. If Monty and Bonny look super fit and buff, he is rounder, almost soft looking

BEANS ON HANDS. Must have soft beans. Probably made with fabric not leather

Most of the games posters have his teeth be round almost like hippocampus teeth. NOT HERE. SHARP. TEETH. BITE.

He and Bonnie both have oval shapes etched into his snout. I think it was on the posters to be like a little nodge to a dots that animals have from where whiskers are growing but I like the idea of them actually having them on and also not to be just a paintjob but like actual small indents

Also I am debating so much on hands for all animatronics. I like three fingers but also five fingers look good??? I will def make them different length and more organic shaped for suuuuure.

Also thank you all for your asks! 🌺🌸🌺 The story shall move on!!

[hooter-n-company]

My sketch for Vore Day ended up being fanart instead of OC stuff, so nothing new to share on this blog. To make up for it, here's an older animation of Lou in "beast mode" savoring the struggles of a feisty meal. Even through the "brain fog" of his feral state, he seems to be enjoying himself veeeeeery much…

No idea why I didn't give him clothes. I'm sticking with the explanation he probably took them off so he wouldn't ruin them during his transformation.

I made this using the Timeline function in Photoshop. It is a VERY clunky way to animate, so I'll probably invest in a different software for this kinda thing. I put WAY more effort into this than I really needed to, but I am quite happy with how it turned out, so that's a win. XD.

[twisted-wonderland-shenanigans]

Lmao your post with Yuu throwing it back is giving me life rn 😂

But did you know that shaking your bottom is a mating ritual between some species of birds? (Like the black widow, I think?)

So my brain instantly went back to the monster au. The thought of the twst boys thinking their lil' hooman is trying to seduce or woo them as a potential mate is a riot to me 🤣

Referencing this post here!

That one was one of my favorite posts I’ve written for this AU! Glad to see it’s still putting my readers in stitches! XD

I think that might’ve been a typo of sorts and you meant “bugs” instead of birds? Black widows are arachnids, though the categories do get mixed together quite frequently. Random fun fact since you mentioned spiders, but did you know that the Harvestmen or “daddy longleg��� spiders aren’t really spiders? They’re actually very closely related to scorpions, which technically speaking are in the arachnid family, but their appearance makes people mistake them as spiders despite them lacking the glands to make webbing! OwO

Wanted to share since, despite me being scared of spiders, am also strongly fascinated by them!..just not enough to actually handle them or be within five feet of one. ^^;

Anyway, back to the matter at hand: Monster AU. It’s so hilarious imagining just how out of context so many things would be in this AU! Even more so when the researchers are completely unaware of what’s happening so they can either study or explain it away! 😂

Now, that’s not to say that they’ll see every gesture and movement as flirtatious or as a courtship display. After all, when you’re surrounded by so many different species living together? It probably took a while before the monsters figured out that their neighbor was just greeting them normally and not trying to flirt or insult them and that it was just how that monster species typically greets others. Progress at least! However, if Yuu (regardless of gender) were to keep making repetitive movements while dancing and giving one of the monsters a playful or (to the boys) seductive look?

Hoo boy, watch out Yuu: you’ll wind up getting courted back! Even worse if more than one tries to challenge each other to claim the boyfriend title. 😅

Now that I think about it, I’d imagine that the older monsters/staff/researchers would be less likely to think that what Yuu was doing was a courtship dance. After all, they’ve been around long enough to know the difference between pure instinctual courtship behaviors and just someone who is either dancing or “moving erratically”. Even Lilia would know the difference, but chooses not to say anything because he’s a chaotic gremlin of a bat monster who loves to see the young pups enjoying their youth. 😌

……dangit, why did this make me want to brainstorm different courtship methods to each species?! 🤣

[bluginkgo]

Ep 8 Thoughts and Details Part 2

Some thoughts and details I had while watching ep8, and some parallels I found. And yes, I had to split this into 2 parts because Tumblr said "fack you, you can only upload 30 images :P"

Spoilers, duh

Didn't see part 1? Here it is, cause Tumblr doesn't like more than 30 images per post TwT

OMG YOU SILLY GOOBERS, AND THE WAY UZI INCLUDED V DESPITE V NOT EVEN WANTING TO BE PART OF IT TwT

As much as this entire scene was tense about Uzi eating the AS and becoming fused with it- this frame, this facking frame killed me XD Just the D: WHAT ARE YOU DOING- WHY DID YOU DO THAT- I could hear it clearly XD

Could probably be me looking too far into it, but another call back from Liam's first teaser of Murder Drones.

As many people as I have seen being upset with how this reunion turned out to be, I found it adorable and funny. Khan has no idea what that thing even is. And the fact that Nori isn't as cool and serious as she was made out to be in all of the flashback scenes and ep7 is that much more endearing. The angsty side of her is still there, much like Uzi's personality of not really liking close heart to heart moments.

KHAN IS NARUTO RUNNING???? XD

Originally pointed out by @/observer on twitter and absolute scoliosis lives on XD As well as the T-rex stance <:3

God forbid I love this trio. They've been through so much and still came out victorious after fighting a whole ass eldritch being capable of eating planets. V still V but softer and kinder, N still N but more willing to stand up for himself, and Uzi still Uzi and angsty rebellious teen that has an awesome new eye style and friends and family.

"Forget about all of this instantly, get tunnel visioned on spooky corpse robot reveal. Work backwards from there."

You know, I had a silly thought. I wouldn't even be mad that this is how Murder Drones came to be. That Liam's idea of Murder Drones started with the reveal of Cynessa entity and then worked backwards from there- creating the characters to surround the event instead of starting with say Uzi's personality, etc.

VIZZY MY BELOVED WHAT-

You know what... you know WHAT I SAW THIS SOMEWHERE-

Proceeds to connect the dots that aren't even there (Murder Drones Intermission by @/ghoulinfuschia)

But hey, that's what my brain loves to do. But funny how it turned out to be somewhat similar XD Perhaps the context was different but the fact that my brain said "hm, yes, you connect this here and that there." and I just rolled with it TwT

Overall, I genuinely loved the entire episode and, of course, the series. I'm eternally grateful for Liam creating this masterpiece and for every person that took part in creating Murder Drones. This show was the hyperfixation I needed, the thing that I've craved since being in the fandom that I had been for the longest time prior. I'm sad to see this show end so soon, but all great things must come to an end. And I'm glad I was here to see it, even if I was here since ep6 only TwT Either way, I will be haunting this fandom with my presence for a little longer while. Many projects I want to see happen, comics I wish to share, and friends I wish to meet. Until then, see you later >:P

Have a cookie for making it this far XD 🍪

[drawnfamiliarfaces]

As someone who has always loved siblings dynamics in fiction, I find it funny that almost every single member of the HoM team has siblings. Kim has two little brothers, Danny has an older sister, Jake has a little sister, Jenny has eight robot sisters, June has an older and a younger brother, Rex has an older brother, and Zak has three cryptid siblings. Ben and Randy are the only ones who are technically only children but Ben still at least has a cousin who he has a sibling dynamic with. I don't think Randy had anyone like that. (Although it's one of the few shows here that I didn't watch so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.) Any way, now Only Child Cunningham is being treated like the little brother by all of these experienced siblings and has no clue what to do and I find that funny.

(P.s. sorry about the long comment. This thought wouldn't leave me alone so I thought i should share it)

(P.p.s I love your HoM au and your art. Thank you for sharing it!)

Please, don't be sorry, this is like, one of my favorite asks about HoMies I ever got! And also thank you for your kind words! <3<3<3

I also adore sibling dynamics in fiction! It's one of the main reasons I don't want to put much focus on ships in this AU, like I mentioned before, there would be like one canon couple with one of HoMies, but otherwise everyone are sort of floating in nebulous single area, so I could focus better on their complicated friendships with a dash of found family/siblings dynamics!

(And your ask reminded me of a fanart I did a long time ago about Randy being the only child in Secret Trio. xD same brain anon!)

Also one can argue that Howard, Randy's best friend, could be considered sort of like a brother to him (they became friends at a very young age), but I personally view them more as Bros. (does it make sense, lol?)

But even if we count Howard, their dynamic would be more equal in older-younger sibling scale, while Randy indeed would be mostly treated as a younger sibling amongst HoMies and it would probably drive him insane!

Being the youngest and newest in their friend circle, he is like a new baby brother or a co-worker/young kohai (ye, cringe wording but terminology vibe aint wrong! xD) that others are prepared to protect and help, impart their wisdom on, but also tease! (and perhaps learn something from him in return! )

But Randy Only Child Cunningham, as an already seasoned, if a bit overconfident, hero would hate (just a little bit) being considered as less experienced (even if he technically is) than others, no matter how much he absolutely adores being in presence of all those cool people! At times it would feel condescending, but in reality others just want to support him the more they learn about how he came to be the Ninja.

After all they know what it felt like being that young, having that responsibility trust upon your shoulders and going through so much. Especially considering that among them, Randy perhaps had the least stable support during his hero-ing career. Sure, all of them had to go through some things alone, but there were family and friends that were there to help when it came to it. And, no offense to Howard, who does sometimes manages to get through for Randy, he is not the best at being the type of support Randy needs at times. And, Ninjanomicon? While incredibly useful for teaching moral lessons and art of being Ninja - is not exactly the most er, physically able in supporting Randy at time of crisis, being an inanimate object and all that, lol.

So yes, Randy-Only Child-Lone Ninja Hero-Cunningham sometimes doesn't know what to do with all those people who appeared in his life and treat him like a little bro! But sometimes, he enjoys it. ;)

(a little bit of random rambling beneath, feel free to ignore! haha)

Also random, and its not very obvious at all, but there is slightest differences amongst HoMies on how they view/regard him and behave with/around him, depending on their own experiences:

Kim and Jake, as older siblings through and through, tend to see him as a younger bro, like their own siblings who can be a handful and overzealous little hellions at times.

Danny, Rex, Jenny and Zak are a bit complicated. They all have siblings that are older than them, but they are also kind of younger in some sense (or in Danny's case an adopted younger sibling).

Danny and Rex would tend to be overprotective a little bit, as people who didnt have a younger sibling before (I mean, Danny does but she is so independant! Danny doesnt get to exercise his overprotectiveness on Danielle xD) so its a bit new to them. But they are also kind of dicks, and thats just the younger siblings in them talking, lol.

Jenny and Zak on the other hand, both have siblings that are very confusing from the age bracket view.

All ofJenny's siblings are older than her BUT their prototype AI and bodies make them behave younger than her, so she tends to view them as younger siblings. There is a constant argument amongst them about who is older-younger, but its all in good fun! (She also sometimes misses being the only child. xD)

Zak's siblings are all cryptids, and two of them are older than him in age (Fisk and Zon are definitily full grown and possibly more long-lived than humans, I still have questions about Komodo, but he is probably older than Zak in age just by a little bit), but their behaviour, as.... well, i don't want to say animals, because they are not mindless animals, but let's just say - their disregard to human behaviours and norms, as cryptids, make them behave in a way that could be considered irresponsible, thus making Zak often behave like a responsible older sibling, despite being younger than them.

So, Jenny and Zak tend to be as snooty and in 'charge' as an older sibling would, but also be mischevous little shits that is younger (sorta only) child behaviour.

Ben and Jun are sort of like the previous four, but they tend to view Randy on a more equal footing rather than just vacilate between older-younger types of behaviour.

Ben, is a single child, but he grew up pretty close to Gwen, since they were born on the same day. Sort of growing up twins but not kinda situation. They also have an older cousin/brother Ken, and they both adore him, but it is obvious that primarly those two grew up together and are equally annoyed with that, lol.

Jun is a middle child. (I kind of dont want to say anything else, because i feel like it explains everything. xD but-) She is independant, and is equally exasparated with her snooty older brother and her hellion of a younger brother. So, really, she just tends to be the most normal towards Randy in the end???

so, ye, of course in the end they treat him as just a new friend, this was just more of me trying to look into inner mind of sibling dynamics in a weird way haha

sorry about it, but if you got this far, hope you had an entertaining read! ;D

[murfpersonalblog]

IWTV S2 Ep1 Musings - Daciana: History through Visual Context in Ploiești, Romania

I immediately fell in love with The Vampire Daciana & her Romanian castle, and wanted to know more about it all.

We already know how much the set/costume designers on IWTV looooove attention to detail; they tell whole stories just through architecture, furniture, clothes, etc. So I was like OK, AMC, I see you; lemme start doing some reading up on Romania, so I can try to figure out what might be going on with Daciana. (Warning: I know eff all about Romania or Eastern Europe.)

ROMANIA

Map of Romania. Ploiești's the dot just under Muntenia, north of Bucharest, the capital. Ploiești's part of Wallachia, the IRL kingdom of Vlad Tepes (aka Dracula). Louis & Claudia went there in the 1940s, so I hope this map is accurate enough. (There's this map, but I dunno the date.)

DACIANA

The most obvious thing about her is that she's not dressed in the typical traditional Romanian folk clothing I see all over Google, full of white-red-blue/black palettes.

Daciana's not following traditional 19th/20th-century Romanian nationalist images. Her green/brown palette & silhouette is telling, as she lacks the puffy white blouses & dark skirts. (Despite her name, I'm ruling out her being Dacian (X X)--you think you're FUNNY, AMC! But IDK about Cezare Romulo (X X); might do a Pt2!)

Sleeves

First thing's her trailing slashed open sleeves, which were screaming Medieval! at me. Here's some 15th century Renaissance examples, but with surcoats, which is different, but the sleeves reminded me of hers so IDFK.

We could chalk this up to Daciana's design as just generic "medieval" fairytale stuff and keep it moving. But to give her a fair shake, I looked at local examples for anything similar that's more recent.

Traditional clothing from Huedin, Romania (north Transylvania), (X X).

Traditional clothing from Cluj, Romania (north Transylvania).

Keep Transylvanian/Muntenian cross-cultural contacts in mind when we get to Daciana's castle, cuz it's important!

Wrt rarer non-puffy sleeves, the square cut (light blue) seems to be more prevalent in Wallachia/Moldavia/Bessarabia (southern & eastern Romania); while the rectangular cut (dark green) is all over Romania, but definitely has a concentration in Wallachia & Moldavia.

And this makes sense, cuz the style seems to also be prevalent in 19th - 20th century Bulgaria, just south of Wallachia. Hrm....

Daciana's sleeves hang very long--the only example of super long sleeves I could find is a 19th century one at the Met (C.I.47.3.4a–d). The only example of slashed sleeves I could find is in this museum exhibit at Bran Castle (yes, THE Bran Castle--I'll get to it in a minute!)

Belt, Bodice, & Fabric

Daciana's belt is so plain compared to everything else. Is it supposed to be a leather Romanian chimir (worn by mountain/forest folk)? Those are only worn by men though? Or it depends? Or is it a just a plain cloth belt? It's reminding me of these examples (X X):

I wish I could see more of Daciana's bodice, if there's any particular kind of cut or patterns. Is the diamond netted/knotted/roped pattern on her arms significant? Her fabric is interesting, too:

What's this embroidery? Brocade? (Byzantine-Renaissance?) Damask? (c. 14th-16th century?) Lace? Something else? My brain wants to assume it's imported? Meaning: she's hella rich. Cuz like, the traditional Romanian blouse & skirt used to belong solely to peasants, b4 19th-20th century aristocrats started wearing it, too.

IDKY--more reading led me to a whole bunch of complicated stuff, that can probably be simplified by just saying: The Ottomans. XD

The pre-19th century Romanian aristocracy wore super opulent clothes, inspired by not just the Ottomans (X), but also the Byzantine Greeks (via 18th century Romanian Phanariote boyars (X X X)), etc. But aside from the hanging sleeves, Daciana's dress doesn't really resemble any of these foreign examples. However, it does track with my theory that Daciana predates the 19th-century Romanian nationalist/traditional clothes that became so iconic later on.

Like Louis & Claudia did, let's follow Daciana to her castle! ^0^

DACIANA'S CASTLE

I NEED to know if AMC filmed on location in Romania, or if Daciana's castle is just a studio set/green screen.

The interior's nowhere near what I expected, considering Daciana's haggard appearance. It's really nice--clean & tidy. No spiderwebs, no chipped plaster/paint, not even any bloodstains--but I've mentioned before that I think it's indicating that Daciana's a mother who takes better care of her home (and "child") than herself.

Archway

The first thing is the arch when they first come in (noticeable mostly cuz of how Louis had to bend down to get in, he's so tall).

These types of doors/arches are called "shouldered arches," dating from the Medieval-Gothic periods, which Europeans adapted from Islamic architecture during the medieval Crusades. (Examples inc. Lainici Monastery in Wallachia, and the Academy of Art in Cluj-Napoca (north Transylvania).)

The left pic's Biertan Fortified Church, in Sibiu (south Transylvania). (Another door.) The right pic's Bran Castle, in Brasov (south Transylvania). (Another door.) (Vlad Tepes/Dracula historically never owned this castle, but pop culture says otherwise.) Both places were built by the German/Saxon Transylvanians in the 14th-16th centuries; which might help date Daciana's castle, if not Daciana herself? (The Saxon Transylvanians were in Wallachia, too.)

Wall Ornamentation

The last thing I'll discuss is the wall ornamentation/decoration:

The painted floral trim everywhere instantly reminded me of The Witcher 3, as found in Hungarian, Polish, Ukranian etc buildings. Apparently the designs are all related to fertility, growth/luck, and the Tree of Life. Walls (X X X) and doors (X X) were painted. You can see northern Romanian painted ornamentation in Suceava (Bukovina).

There's painted wall designs in southern Romania, too.

"The research of the popular interior in the Argeş and Muscel areas leads to the determination, along with a local specificity, and some Transylvanian influences, in the contact areas between southern Transylvania and northern Muntenia. In the researched areas, two lines of development of the popular interior can be observed, one relatively simple and the other complex. If the first is the prerogative of a typical Subcarpathian interior, the second represents a distinctly Transylvanian form, which was also imposed due to the presence of the Transylvanian population in the south of the Carpathians, settled in numerous villages." -- (Google Translated from Arta populară din zonele Argeș și Muscel, 1967)

(The website RomaniaDacia has A LOT to say about Transylvania, and the impact of the Germans, Saxons, Hungarians, etc on Wallachia & the rest of Romania.)

Sure enough, I was finding way more carved ornamentation (X X X X X X) than painted ones.

But I wonder if that's why a lot of southern traditional Romanian interiors I've been finding have totally plain whitewashed walls, too, with no painted ornaments, just tapestries (X X). I did find Romanian interior floral wall painted trims (X), but not nearly as much.

Cuz actually, the closest comparanda I was finding for Daciana was Northern European rosemaling (X X), which is also giving me medieval vibes (X); specifically: trims on illuminated manuscripts like the Book of Hours (X X X)--which we know from Lestat in S01E06.

And we do see some Romanian medieval fresco borders & frescoes that had been plastered over & whitewashed, in Biertan's 15th century churches, and in 13th-15th century Darjiu (Transylvania).

So, I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of Romanian buildings (especially castles with whitewashed plastered walls) were formerly painted similar to Daciana's. Unfortunately, I just can't find an example or figure out what AMC might've been inspired by--Romania has hundreds of castles & churches.

So, I'm tapping out--this is the most I could find so far. U_U

Results? Inconclusive! 😭 My Google-fu has failed me, LOL!

I still have no idea what time period Daciana could be from. We could go several routes:

Go by her name, and say she's ooooold AF, an actual Dacian. She's just been collating Eastern European culture as she ages, but stopped at some point (as her mind deteriorated)

She's medieval, somewhere roundabouts the 14th-16th century (making her ~500 years old, the same age as Armand--but she's weaker (as I've theorized b4), which is why she was able to burn herself up.)

Settle on her being a local Wallachian from Southern Romania, likely pre-19th century / pre-industrial early-modern Europe

Handwave everything aside as Renn-Faire fairytale fantasy; let the tale seduce you~!

OR, we can just bully AMC until they give us an extended BTS look at how Daciana was conceptualized, telling us all the tea about her! 😈

[ratstuckinamarble]

ANOTHER ONE??? Oh my goodness. Ahh that's so adorable djdhsjs you're making me grin, the joy is seeping through me I am merely a puddle of happiness now.

Okay I've been revived. I love your sketches! They're more than enough, your own wellbeing always comes first, alright?

Witch Hitch did do irreparable damage... At least to me XD If anyone wants to start that support group, sign me up.

Hey! I just wanted to tell you again how absolutely wonderful I found those sketches you did, they really made my day. Soo, to answer your question, yes you making me fall deeper into the dracugoona rabbit hole is a good thing, I love those two with all my heart. I may lament them not being canon sometimes, but just ignore that lol.

Thank ya! I'm real glad ya like my silly sketches (since I haven't been able to draw bigger things, I'm glad the sketches are good too) And you're not alone, even if they're not canon, Witch Hitch did unreparable damage and now I can't NOT ship them

Here! Have another unrelated sketch cause I cannot keep my hands from drawing them once I allow myself to think of how much I love them <3

[jazzyblusnowflake]

First off, just wanna say you’re one of my favorite md creators when it comes to art and commentary ❤️ ty for being cool n stuff

Secondly, got any more nuzi headcanons or aus in mind? Would love to hear about them.

oh shit people ACTUALLY read my commentaries???

shit, welp time to relocate and change my identity-

and oop i have a lot of AUs, its just that not all of them are nuzi centered XD i mean Nuzi eventually happens, its just that its not the center of the story.

here are some:

i have some personal Reverse Solver au with ocs which is basically an overglorified future au with fankids and humans and aliens and Tessa being alive and new types of drones >:)

i have a Nuzi personality Switch&Swap au which im hoping to draw later on- cuz i already have some story snippets decided on it >:3

i have a massive Human au which i still dont have a name for yet smh- which is very crime, mystery and horror related, the romance comes as a thing that happens during the story- which has a lot of ships that yall probably have seen @keebokuun draw some of uwu basically Uzi is a semi-handicapped girl in the future year of 2371- who in searching for the mystery behind her mothers death, gets stuck in a story way bigger than herself.

i have an Unsolver au in which the solver is just simply a super advanced AI with a sense of indeviduality and the horrors basically just dont happen. Cyn gets to grow as a host, Tessa becomes the head of the mechanical maintanance devision in JCJ, and the disassembler drones are transformed willingly without any gore or beheading lmao. the purpose and plot of the story is something different from the original show, but they eventually do meet Uzi and the others later. its just that the story is a bit extra sunshine and rainbows just cuz i want the characters to have a good ending 😭

Theres the Exorsists au which i posted about a while back :"3 - though this and the Unsolver au are pretty recent and im not sure where to go with them yet, or if i ever will lol but they are fun to think about uwu

anyway i think thats all i can think of for NOW- yall cant keep my brain down for too long lmao- id make a Siren/Mermaid au too but honestly i feel like thats a bit too easy for me, i like a challange- >:3

[artsymeeshee]

Hi! I saw your pinned post and just wanted to send you a note in response. I know it's probably out of the norm but I actually wanted to thank you for posting it xD

When I have artists I follow and adore their work I tend to get over-excited about the possibilities of what they can create on a whim, because they have the ability to create in a way I don't.

So if an artist accepts prompts/requests, I get super excited because this person is willing to take my stupid ideas and bring them to life!

However, because I get so excited about this prospect, I sometimes overlook whether a different artist actually wants to be asked to draw stuff.

Long story short, thank you for being clear and upfront about your wishes/needs for those of us rabid fans of your work who need a reminder that you are not a machine that can simply push a button to create whatever our brains come up with :b

Thank you so much! That really means a lot!

I would really love to be able to accept requests but seeing as I have ideas and working on others (i.e. Instinct) I really don’t have the time. Plus with working at my job and other small things, it’s a miracle I’m able to even draw anything. It would also be nice to have my own place where I don’t feel stressed out all the time. Requests will happen one day, just not anytime soon.

[oogaboogaspookyman]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO~!! MAN I'M ACTUALLY SO FUCKING HAPPY YOU MADE THIS I'M- I CAN'T WORDS RIGHT NOW. I CAN'T USE THE LEXICON NOW A LA MADRE WEY NO PUEDO DECIR NADA ESTA INCREÍBLE!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!

ACTUALLY WAIT Y'KNOW WHAT- FUCK YOU IMMA PLAY MY PART, LET'S MCFUCKING GO DUDE!

turn around. don't be scared. i'm there. don't forget.

turn around. don't be scared. i'm there. don't forget.

turn around. don't be scared. i'm there. don't forget.

turn around. don't be scared. i'm there. don't forget.

R

An establishing story before any horror lmao featuring @oogaboogaspookyman 's ??? (I don't actually know his name lmao), I wrote him as like incorporeal very ghostly cause I wasn't sure if he had a physical body if he does hes probably intentionally in ghost state, hope it's good?

Sometimes, Curiosity does kill the cat

A pang, it was inside Mays head it twinged and echoed as she stilled tail swaying behind her in waves as she honed in on the sensation. It was far away, incredibly far. It called out to her in a way she didn't understand garbled sounds something like voices overlapping each other and yet drowned not saying anything at all itching in her skull to track down the source beckoning, beckoning.

"Hellooo, earth to May come in May Station you're having a category three strange moment," she flinched at the tapping on her forehead eyes becoming refocused on her brother in front of her tapping her with his prosthetic, "oop Houston we have reconnected with the May," he grinned with teeth in a playful easy way as she swatted away his hand.

"Oh stop being a bother, did you not sense that?" She asked as he simply laughed about being annoying, giving her an unhelpful shrug.

"Sense what?"

"That, I don't know, a pang?" She looked at her hands questioningly, flexing her fingers in confusion and concentration. "That sensation. Voices, I couldn't make anything out though." Her brother simply stared at her as if she was insane raising an eyebrow at her, "stop looking at me like that I felt something."

"Oooookaay~" his voice was easy and mocking as he moving his arm as if to grab a stethoscope from around his neck and pretending to hold an imaginary listening piece to her forehead moving it around as he spoke "now how long have you been hearing these voices for huh?" He lightly mocked as her face fell into a soft scowl puffing softly out a sigh.

"I don't think stethoscopes are used that way," she jabbed back, poking his chest softly as he laughed.

"it's a fakeoscope works differently sis." He grinned as he pretending to make notes. "Of course, how did I not think of that," she half mocked half played along as he pretended to hand her a prescription, "I diagnose you with being insane, get these meds from the pharmacy."

She held the imaginary paper giving her brother a look, "you've been around people too long you're learning their mannerisms." He simply grinned in playful ease saying "yeaaa but you think I'm funny you're smiling I see it." He poked and prodded her cheek where there was a smile before shaking him off.

She moving away from his bothering sighing softly as she looked around staring off into the distance, "whatever it was it came from over there," she sighed softly swishing her tail again. Her brother sighed next to her saying, "you're not gonna let that go are you huh? Do you want to check it out?" She looked at him as he hovered on the spot, "come on then you wouldn't be able to get there yourself." he held out his hand to her, she smiled and took it as he lifted her up carrying her as she guided him on where to go.

It was daunting being dangled only being able to hold onto a hand as you're flown across an ocean and different regions. She was thankful to be back on the ground as he put her down flexing her toes feeling the grass beneath her feet as she looked at some building ahead of her. Matt flew around the perimeter as a look over as she felt the twinge again louder in her head but still making even less sense.

She crept towards the building putting her hand slowly on the door and pushing it over, a familiar scent of copper hitting her nose making her snout wrinkle and cringe in response. A bad feeling began to creep into her bones wondering perhaps if she should tell her brother quickly that they should leave or if her curiosity will get the better of her. It almost felt like she was being watched a heavy sensation weighing down on her shoulders boring through her soul core and being.

Jolting in panic as a hand grabbed her shoulder, "What you standing here for you weirdo?" Her brother grinned at her before turning to look into the corridor before them, "spooky looking place," he stepped past her either nose blind or ignorant. She reached a hand after him to stop him wordless but missed as he started to disappear into the dark corridor ahead.

"Hold on!" May quickly followed after her brother, the unpleasant feeling continuing worse as she went deeper in the building, she shivered holding her own arms at how cold it was her tail swished and flicked uncomfortablely as she rubbed at her arms for warmth, "Matt?" She hissed softly, "get back here you imbecile it might not be safe!" She whispered into the darkness with no answer.

She squinted between her bad eyesight and lack of night vision in the dark, stopping and looking behind her, she rubbed the back of her neck, it felt as if something or someone breathed against her neck as if they were right behind her following her an oppressive atmosphere looming like a body weighing in against her slowly. She swallowed anxiously, turning back around to continue forward fear creeping up her spine from her tail.

A sensation ran against her tail making her jump once more turning to look behind her as her tail swished, it was like someone's hand had been there outstretched to catch and run along her tail as she passed, it was cold, her whole tail shivered as she held herself squeezing her arms to self soothe she cautiously stepped backwards trying to watch the corridor that had been behind her to see if a ghost would pop out.

A scratching feeling went up her back stopping below where her second neck connected with a pressing sensation, it was sharp and cold and yet hot as she spun about again feeling toyed with now trying to replace terror with anger. "Matt I swear to Arceus," She hissed into the darkness quietly. She didn't get a response the silence sweeping around her like a blanket and offering no comfort as she held herself tail moving to wrap around her own waist squeezing herself softly as her hands squeezed her arms.

"AARGH!" She screamed as a white shape leapt out at her from a side door her tail unwrapping from around her to stand upright and immediately curling into a defensive posture twisting her body on one leg arms up to protect herself as it yelled and hollered before devolving into a giggling fit of laughter, she quickly realised the shape was a white sheet and who the laughter belonged to as she ripped the blanket off her brother who was doubled over now laughing himself near breathless.

"Matt you are the WORST! What is your problem?!" She hit him and hit at him again swatting his shoulders in frustration, "you're so stupid!! I hate you!" He just laughed harder tears forming in his eyes from laughing so hard as she hit him lightly with her closed fists.

"Arceus," he wheezed chuckling giggling, "I got you good," he coughed struggling for breath, "I got you real good! I was all argh and you were all 'Aaah no help me I'm being attacked' " he raised his voice to mock imitate hers moving his arm over his eyes like a damsel in distress breaking into laughter again clearly having amused himself.

"I was NOT like that you twit, I just screamed, you or something other has been messing with me!" He sniggered saying innocently "pft not me I've been off ahead there's nothing here, place does have proper spooky vibes though no wonder you're torchicken." She gave him a quick unamused look as he innocently put his hand up in surrender.

She scoffed a bit walking away from him, "there is something here," she muttered not sure what she was referring to really as her brother followed behind. The oppressive atmosphere at least seemed to have lessened and some of the tension left her shoulders as she moved feeling less, preyed upon really.

Passing a door she paused feeling a strange sensation through her body, she turned to look at the door a strange psychic energy radiating from it as she slid the door open, copper and death invading her senses making her eyes water as she looked into the room despite the feeling she shouldn't. All at once the pang in her brain turned from senseless sound to screaming. Voices screaming and yelling over one another in torment and agony within her skull with such intensity fear and anguish she had to grasp her horns and head as her mind was overwhelmed with the psychic level scarring and horrors left embedded into the room.

A cold drip landed on her shoulder the begs and pleading for help still ringing as she moved slowly to look at the red droplet rolling down her shoulder and chest piece, a soft splat as another drop hit the red sleek floor. She could make out parts of people strewn across the room, she couldn't make out a full body from one person, there was a head over to one side with the skin peeled back from the skull from the top of the head as though scalped revealing the eye socket which was empty and jaw bones and teeth, a chest with nothing else attached cut open ribcage yanked and broken outwards and organs stretched out as far as they could a lung over where the shoulder would be, kidneys ripped out through their back, intestines spilled in senseless swirls across the floor, except the heart which still sat hanging within the emptied out chest cavity. A leg cut open to expose muscle, a hand stitched against the face of someone else palm to cheek finger tips stitched into their skin to force the sensation of being touched by another in the most twisted sense. There was more than her brain and eyes could process.

"What are you…lookin…at…" She felt the warmth of her brothers pushing against her to look as his voice trailed off but she couldn't move herself to stop him and save him the sight. She heard him retch as his hand squeezed her arm from passing her before his touch left and she heard him moving away with speed to lose his breakfast outside.

Her tail was ridged as the smell of blood continued to seep into her, memories of possession began to resurface, bodies being broken and crumpled, burning flesh, screams from her own past, her hand came to emptily grasp at her chest feeling her new mega stone while remembering the sensation of sharp jagged crystals breaking through flesh and bone. She wanted to shut her eyes to push the memories down and away but it felt like crawling threads were seeping into her mind wrapping tangling around her thoughts squeezing them pulling them to the forefront of her mind. The lifeless bodies of husk clones pulled from growing tanks thrown without compassion onto operating tables, the darkened hue of her body and the creature that cut them, what could have been living could have been family, open to examine organs and create diagrams of internal structures removing parts and storing them for later. The crushing of organs in her hand the blood still faintly warm oozing from her palm down her forearm painting her grey hued skin red and the splat as the organ was discarded, she tried to stop the memories as they came the oppressive sensation pressing into her skull her second neck feeling squeezed by coldness. Dark hued reflection, thinning sickly body as the crystal glowed yellow in the dim lighting, twisted controlled consciousness carving into yet another failed lifeless body that they terminated, before bringing part of their flesh up to their teeth, the sensation on her teeth the coppery taste over her tongue as her mouth dried in disgust as the assault on her mind and senses continued. Cold whipped around her as if cutting through her a sharp jabbing like feel against her skin pushed under her chin threatening to push through and crack her jaw but when her hand finally reacted to grab her chin there was nothing there, just the lingering cold hot as it gripped at her tightly.

She brought her hand to her eyes to cover them closing her eyes to breathe steadily despite the feeling of her mind being invaded poured into and pulled apart every instance of her existence being explored by something else and yet nothing at all making her skull throb akin to a headache. The bloodied faces of the people in the room stared into her despite empty eye sockets in her mind as she continued to try to steady her breathing. She felt her mind slowly going numb to it all, bloody red flashes becoming meaningless to her, senses becoming blind, she sighed out slowly her hand moving from her face as she allowed herself to open her eyes in half lidded tiredness. Somewhere between broken and self protecting her eyes bleak a burning heat grew from her palm before falling to the floor igniting and spreading beginning to burn growing hotter and brighter climbing across walls and across the bodies charring and destroying flesh as she turned and walked slowly out the room and building hand brushing against and allowing flames to grow along the walls as she left to destroy everything.

She hadn't noticed her psychic powers levitating her through the facility till her feet once more fell and touched the grass and all at once all the emotions inside her burst from her chest, she fell down into the grass choking horrid gasps and sobs at the overwhelming grief and horror that washed over her, breathing shallow and with difficulty. She tried to focus her thoughts as she sobbed, warm grass between her fingers, grass and stones against her knees, warm rays of sunlight hitting her back, her breathing started to settle to ease off, cool breeze coming from the side of her, crackling of fire behind her, smoke from behind her, a bit more panicked by the fire she caused but her breathing eased off steadying. Until she felt cold.

It grabbed at her lower back almost spreading upwards causing her body to freeze, it crawled over her like it was trying to take over her the feeling of cold tendrils starting to climb and wrap around her second neck climbing and wrapping squeezing invading like parasitic ivy as it seeped into her lower skull. She could sense something, a presence, as it pushed against her brain trying to take over her to replace her an all too familiar sensation, it didn't feel like the synergy corruption though, it felt darker, much worse than that. In her minds eye she could start to feel the shape forming, lurching twitching unstable tail long twitching flowing darkness flowed from them in waves and an eye captured her entire soul in its gaze as its presence pressed and oppressed hers within her mind in her frozen like state ready to eradicate her-

A hand grabbed her shoulder.

She acted all at once grabbing the hand and flipping the owner holding them down into the grass, hand flying to squeeze their throat in defensive terror.

"Woah hey it's me!" Her red hued brother choked, stared back at her wide eyed equally as shocked by her as she was of him. Her breathing was ragged once more as she quickly retracted her hand from his throat in panic.

"I'm so sorry, are you okay??" she fretted as he pushed himself to sit before rubbing his throat, "crikey you're dangerous when you need to be.." He mumbled. She could only look at him guiltily until he nodded saying "relax you great loon I'm fine, but I'm ready to leave this horrible place, by that pale look I'd say you are too." She could only nod in agreement as they both slowly stood, he grabbed her hand softly and flew up carrying her along commenting, "arceus you're cold."

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"Interesting."