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With RedNote being popular, itâs a nice opportunity to have a great exchange of culture and languages. I wish it gets to stay as a Chinese app. We really need it especially when every media and how we perceive the world is often US-centric.
We often miss out on a lot of stuff from other countries. I also wonder how Viv and her stans would fare on the app if they were to try it. Theyâd be like those foreigners who hop into a different country and demand everyone speak English.
When people plan on migrating to a different platform, they should think of it like moving to a different country and consider whether theyâre suited there. What are the pros and cons? What kind of culture and people live there? Will you be able to adapt to it?
For example, Iâd tell them donât just move over to Tumblr and expect to get popular through likes or followers (instead we get engagement through reblogs). People often expect everything to cater to them without putting in the work and using the right tools to moderate their online experiences.
They need to understand itâs not discriminatory to have certain topics banned in other platforms like LGBTQ+ themes, politics, sexual content, etc. They need to respect the norms and rules of that place. Itâs like moving to Dubai and accusing them of homophobia because their religion doesnât accept gay people (theyâre a Muslim country, not America for godâs sake đ¤Śđťââď¸!).
So I am realizing I didn't finish my thought about RedNote. Please allow me to try again.
Thank you for the ask by the way, I felt this was connected to a Reblog that sparked my interest in needing to clarify it by Haru-Kuneko
Firstly, let's talk about Algorithms. Because we have been ruled by them for a little under 20 years. And GenZ is the generation who is most impacted by algorithms so far. Gen Alpha is not looking good. And the reason for that is because algorithms are woefully misunderstood by laymen.
Curating an online experience through algorithms wasn't designed for you or I to have a superior experience, it was designed to keep us on these apps and websites. They don't just give you more content that is similar to what you like, they trap you in that content and create the echo chamber. Part of the algorithm is intentionally designed to induce rage engagement for the sole purpose of reaffirming your existing algorithmic beliefs. It is designed to keep you engaged with the intent of putting you in a box. Your engagement, your attention, is the product they are buying and selling.
This has led to a drastic increase in internet tribalism and, just as capitalism has an end stage, so does algorithmic thought. With younger people who have never experienced an internet of their own interests, being force fed their beliefs and views that are reinforced by their communities they didn't necessarily choose. Algorithms take away from the act of critically thinking, and has pushed us past tribalism to Deindividuation.
(This video covers misinformation and disinformation, but goes into Deindividuation at timestamp 7:40 if you want to skip to that part.)
And algorithms have replaced personalities for younger people, especially those impacted socially by the pandemic in 2020. They are prepackaged beliefs and values that were primarily created for consumerism and marketing that has now sold our young people identities.
So entering RedBook, these people are, for most likely the first time, experiencing an algorithm that wasn't designed for them the way western websites use them. China's collectivist culture is all about conformity and cooperation. Rage content is not allowed, discourse is not allowed. It is a fundamental threat to their society as their values are not about stoking tenuous perceptions of freedom through false choices and beliefs that are actually predisposed to you based on your race, gender, and sexuality.
It's more about fitting in and being approved of, something Americans are desperate for in this era. They are so lonely that China's social emphasis on community is a fresh spring. And that's a bit of the problem.
Last night my spouse was on RedBook and I watched some videos over her shoulder. It's beautiful to see people connecting with others they are realizing they had a subliminal prejudice against. The US government has done a great job of ruining their citizens in this way where they think they are so superior and above everything, which is reinforced by other western nations. It's the first time for most people that they are in a space where America is not idealized like it is in the West, and they are feeling a genuine human connection because of the amount of curiosity the Chinese users have for them.
They are feeling seen at a time where their government doesn't represent them or care about their beliefs.
And at the same time, some people are swinging far out of bounds to the opposite extreme. People who were once firmly of the belief that the US was superior to China are now saying how amazing and perfect China is, when it isn't. There are some serious issues in China, specifically about corruption and the mismanagement of funds. One vide we saw was about âGreen Growthâ and how China has created extensive solar farms and increased production towards renewable energy, except Green Growth has been shown to be extremely unproductive in reducing carbon emissions.
That isn't to just dunk on China. Obviously, the same issues are true in the United States as well. Neither is worse than the other, to be frank. But because we have lived in a world devoid of critical thinking, the thing I was concerned about is happening: The extreme pendulum swings.
And to be frank, these extremist perspectives are natural and I am not inherently criticizing them for what they are, it's a teenager's mentality as they are being exposed to new social rules and learning how to integrate into a community. This is how a teenager's brain is functioning in high school and why they are so volatile. I'm not here to judge. Just to note that this is a dangerous thing, objectively. It is dangerous, but also natural and even necessary.
But that's what I meant by âlacking Dialecticsâ. The inability to engage with two opposing things being true is a dangerous place to be in and makes it extremely easy to radicalize individuals. China is far from perfect, but it isn't worse than the United States. My concern is how this lack of Dialectics, paired with the inherent tunnel vision of social media and emotional volatility of our emotionally immature and stunted society can just as easily breed fanaticism for some Chinese social paradise that genuinely does not exist.
(As an aside, I linked Dialectics in my previous post and realized that it probably didn't make any sense or was just very difficult to understand. So this link is a YouTube video of some guy explaining it to make it easier. My apologies.)
I'm overall supportive of this, hoping that it can radically change people's views towards the world and global communities. I hope this moves moderates to be more progressive and people to be more tolerant of other ideas, values, and societies. I hope people will be more interested in listening to my Marxist ramblings now that Communism is more about funny memes and kind humans and not some scary oppressive government. But there is always a shadow when you stand in the light.
(Which, to be frank, China is not at all a reflection of Marxism or Marxist Communism. The working conditions there are not any better here and labor is still exploited and expendable. They really are no different than the US.)
Don't forget about the shadow is all I ask.
#anon ask#red book#crooked philosophy#crooked opinion#current events#just be careful out there#i generally agree with anon#but also understand all things can cause harm#banning the expression of different people due to religion is not any more valid than doing it from hate#it is one thing to be ignorant#its another to be dehumanizing#i think its silly to demand to be accepted as part of a group#when the terms and conditions state that you are not welcome#ie if you are muslim you cannot be gay#but saying you cannot exist because we are muslim is#yeah that's fucked up#discrimination under religion is still discrimination#dialectic philosophy#dialects#marxist ramblings#rednote
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There's absolutely no way people are now saying that all the gege-hate train is just an internal joke of the fandom. There's no way you're this out of touch with what has been happening.
I've been in the fandom since 2020 and it doesn't take a lot of smarts to see there's been a change in tone in the way some people say that in the last year. Since this new arc of history began, destructive criticism, massive hate and threats have overflowed into hundreds of profiles. It's no longer "oh, I hate Gege akutami" now and for a while now it's "I hate Gege akutami - his manga is horrible I'm gonna drop it (they never do) - he doesn't deserve popularity - he doesn't know how to write - he pretends to have an illness."
And yet, it's not normal to make jokes about wanting to kill someone, hon. Go check yourself if you find that funny, you're no better than let's-joke-about-sensitive-issues reddit incels
#you're all sick if you want to justify this now#it reminds me of the first hate train in 2021 when gege couldnât finish the chapter and it went published as three normal pages + sketches#people went crazy that time#like you donât understand#how out of reality some of you are#you treat people just for the sake of your entertainment#not as people#you dehumanize authors artists actors and you have the audacity to feel entitled to do so#touch some grass#also the whole discourse about gege faking an illness so the manga gains popularity hmmm WHAT#first of all this is not western culture#sencondly god forbid someone to fall ill#he was ill another times you just want to hate#and jjk is doing well financially like it was at its peak last year and still charts well#literally what are you yapping about#jujutsu kaisen#@meyers#jjk 262#gege akutami#âmeyersÂťtalksđ¸
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every time florida is about to experience a hurricane, or experiences anything devastating, people practically jump for joy. the amount of times ive had to read the most heinous shit online about florida is sickening. things like "i wish florida would dissolve into the ocean already" "florida sucks, they deserve it", and countless other remarks/tasteless jokes, with no regard for the people here. and its not even just florida, its a lot of southern states. they will say these things without thinking about all the people that these laws/legislations effect on a daily basis. instead of doing something to help those who are trying to make the south a better place for EVERYONE, despite gerrymandering, etc. people wish death upon us all. but those same people wanna talk/brag about how forward thinking their politics are. fuck you.
#florida#hurricane milton#hurricane season#people see southerners as another form of life that isnt human#its so dehumanizing to so many people here who put in the work to try and make this state a better place despite the obstacles#i get that people just think we're a red state thru and thru but there diverse communities EVERYWHERE here#there are so many people here who want to make florida an acceptable place to live for EVERYONE#fuck ron desantis btw#personal
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should i try and play along with/incorporate zombie motifs given all my scars and the way i limp sideways bc of scoliosis and the literal muscle rot or should i just go ahead and kill myself
#im as good as dead anyways. surely this wont lead to further dehumanization. yknow the kind that comes with being disabled. by default#cant walk normal cant have a straight spine cant be taken seriously cant be indepedent brother what semblance of a chance do i have#i genuinely feel soulless. whats the point of trying to be yourself when youll be forever at the mercy of someone else#people told me they can identify me by the fucking sound of my footsteps. bc of the way i walk. i literally cant even pretend to be normal#hehehoohoo maybe if i embrace something like zombie imagery i will hate myself less! >remembers everyone thinks theyre goofy#im just another dead weight to have its head blown off by someone whos abled. in this way i truly identify with zombies! how fitting#im so miserable. sometimes i wish i was delusional or i could zone out and pretend like this isnt gonna be my life forever#and that it is guaranteed to only get worse from here no matter what. i need to be shot i need to be shot i need to be shot
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*ppl have less time off then ever seen before in human history!! (Even peasants had harvest festivals and excessive amounts of religious/seasonal holidays to keep them from rioting)
*There is a larger $$ disparity between the top and the middle class of people then during the French revolution!!
*Ppl work more and harder - with only slightly more or less depending on decade- since the Industrial Revolution (Before this, the ave person worked 20 hour weeks all the way back to the start of societies, if you take in how much time off and hard labors off seasons into account)
*There has never been a more unstable access to housing and control over your personal shelter (yes, ppl have been held in slavery and impoverished but tbh this is the first time ppl can look at places to live and simply not have access to comfy place to build camp at least) *The starvation rate of people has been higher sure, but food insecurity has never been so wide spread, not to mention our food waste also caps out every years
Oh Also!! If you cant work 'hard enough' to pay your bills its your fault! If you cant leave the house on the way to work 'early enough' to catch a bus that shows up once every hour your the one at fault not the system. You where gunna buy a small coffee or treat on your way? Hahah with what spare change? You have to pay your electricity bill this week. Now get to work at a job you hate!!
#im sorry for the doom vibes yall#But omgg i know i must build the revolution with functioning systems and have a replacement ready but i cant tolerate another 20 years of#the bs#solarpunk#anticapialism#anarcist#its never been worse to be a citizen of any society#of course its been worse to be a dehumanized member of a society duh but for its citizens?? Tax payers?? ppl its meant to protect?? nah#im pissed#rambles
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I loved this movie about nami and her ex situationship reconciling and also anti capitalism
#i have one question are the episode 0 of movies just fanservice am i reding this right. also zoro looks jealous and petty#can they in like love action make zoro chastize sanji bc he is an ally and not just letting him sound jealous and petty like i enjoy both#but clarificaiton sometimes you know. like sanji stop that its dehumanizing and disrespectful also i want you#why are they worried about money when they are in a casino. nami was great at playing cards wasnt she#franky and luffy bonding sumo time.... nami gets the title hell yeah lmao i have been saying she is the strongest#omg the children sellong flowers... dont tell me luffy is going to defeat capitalism in this movie. hell yeah#i was gonna say cant believe they let luffy bet but he does have good luck tho. the stomach ache lmao#sanji is so stupid akdjsksks the guy who likes pain also....don't let sanji think too much about it omg the golden dust....#zoro is going to be executed sanji and luffy are unlucky and all of them are broke and in debt. damn. how are you broke as a pirate even#nami and carina ex situationship talking about trusting each other again looking at the sunset... exactly#that was such a nasty betrayal and nami trusting her again so easily and fast like damn.#also what is the cp0 koala and sabo doing there like damn. jesus even#also what is absalom doing there....#and WHO let luffy infiltrate. FRANKY GOT IMPALED!! gold is really malleable and not resistant and strong like this is getting me out of it#sanji got a cleaning man fit instead of a cleaning lady fit so why is usopp wearing one ajdjaka.... i mean he is the crews babygirl....#also second movie where zoro gets kidnapped. the peoples princess.#omg they are in the pipes. also why is there pipe for the entry of seawater in a boat. maybe i don't know enough about boats#franky getting luffy out of the fan.... cradled like baby jesus for an instant#omg they have been bamboozled BY CARINA?????? OMG AGAIN??? NAMI!!!! OH NVM!!! WHAT???#luffy didnt know they were doing all this cause he would have fucked it up akshaua him being thrown half dead out of the tower ahsuakaia#this reminds me of super mario wii where bowser turns into a bigger bowser when you kill it. damn#also another good guy turned villain because of tragedy. two in a row#the kid with the metal pipe omg... sabo is coming#i heard hikken and the voice was so similar i wondered why ace was there.... for a millisecond he was there..... đ#the red hawk and everything..... should we all kill ourselves.... omg carina didnt betray her actually#tesoro dumb asf for taking nami look how he is going down after that lmao didnt expect gear fourth tho. damn#still thinking about how gold isnt that strong so this shouldn't be necessary but alas shonen be shonen. luffy saving namis gf too <3#talking tag#watching one piece#watching one piece movies
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thinking about a house. the house is sentient but not in a way i would typically recognize. it would view me as both a part of itself (similar to how an animal is a part of its ecosystem) and also something inherently lesser (like how an owner views its pet). i can't communicate with it in any meaningful way. i can't even tell when it's paying attention to me if it doesn't try to draw my attention. it can manipulate whatever is inside of itself except me, which would give me a sort of edge if it ever viewed me as a threat, but since it doesn't it sees it in more of a "awww look at your little claws" way.
#random thoughts#love the idea of being so dehumanized it horseshoes its way around to being in my favor#something that views me as so beneath them it doesn't stop to think i could slit their throat with the blade i shave their face with#there are other houses and though i don't understand them i get the sense they view how the house interacts with me#as deeply wrong and immoral. that i'm being taken advantage of and can't begin to understand that as a lesser being#and the house is very much into the power difference. and i could probably play it up to get stuff if i could figure out#just what the fuck the power difference is???#like i know the house is a different being than i am but due to my nature and how i view things i cannot comprehend them in a meaningful wa#btw i am imagining. this is all taking place in like a white void btw. pocoyo dimension. nothing for miles except me and my house#and other houses when they visit. maybe my house got banished here for how it interacts with humans?#anyway i'm imagining me standing by while my house is talking to another house#and the other house is like. calling out my house? for something?#and i start to understand on some kind of level that the house is somehow taking advantage of me#the other house leaves. dead silence. hit my house with one of these 𤨠and the house PHYSICALLY LEANS AWAY FROM ME#like embarrassed and shit. blushing and sweating. love when sentient objects can physically react to things#'dave are you having sex with this house' i think the house comes from a culture where they have evolved past sex#and my house is fucking FASCINATED. by the idea of sex#probably likes to watch tbh. idk what it gets from it#there's probably some kind of subculture surrounding houses who get together with their humans to watch them fuck?#and like. my house views itself as 'above that'. very possessive. probably tried it out at least once tho before going 'FUCK THAT'#i'm not like ~other girls~ (the house is weirdly attached to me)#horror#the closest i can think of as to why a higher being would want a human partner in an objectifying fetishistic way#is because humans are capable of understanding on a surface level that there are things they cannot understand#like fourth dimensional space and impossible colors and eldritch horrors#and we understand just enough to look for answers but not to understand them when we get them#and it's probably really cute to watch us try and fail to understand what to them are basic concepts#and when we are given the ability to understand and that's taken away from us eldritchian insanity is probably ALSO really cute to them#they probably go through humans really quickly. fucking up their minds to get their rocks off
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Hello! I saw that you really like Adeline! đđđ Jellyfish headcanon is adorable! Why do you think that she chose to join Blood Saints and Patients? Do you think this was really her choices?
HIIIIIII sorry for the wait!iâve been chipping away at this one in my drafts forever but tysm for the ask!!!
jelly adelineâs concept was based on a mix of the fishing hamlet residents and the fact that some of the patients attack you with tentacle-like appendages out of their heads. i had seen a lot of speculation as to what was under the bags on the patient heads, but none of the theories iâd seen quite seemed to incorporate their aquatic elements. iâm so glad you like her!
i think before the church, adeline was a vibrant, perseverant, and intelligent soul with a deeply curious mind. i talked about this a little bit before, but my personal headcanon is that adeline grew up on a farm, the eldest of several siblings. when the family fell on hard times financially, they moved to the city which would eventually become the cathedral ward. adeline is able to help support her family by becoming a nun. in other words, she was used to handling a lot of responsibility. i also think this is around when she met and befriended maria, and in time theyâd become extremely close. she easily builds a community among her fellow sisters, even in the dire circumstances which would eventually devolve into the beast plague, thanks to her unbreakable spirit and compassion for others. adeline is also incredibly clever â she developed an expertise in folk medicine growing up in a rural area with few doctors, and this coupled with her ability to work under pressure saved lives. finally, she was very well-respected by her peers, making adeline an obvious choice for sainthood. becoming a blood saint was a decision she made on account of her own strengths and abilities, and one she remained proud of even at the end of it all.
however, her time as a nun also sows the seeds for her to self-doubt and self-sacrificing tendencies. iâd liken it to the old saying about the frog in boiling water. if you drop a frog in boiling water, it will just hop out. however, if you put it in and slowly heat the water, the frog will boil to death because it grows slowly accustomed to worse and worse conditions. serving as a nun primed adeline to accept that she was only worth what she could sacrifice for others. i also think this is why maria disapproved of her sainthood. while she wasnât aware of the churchâs true face, maria could still see how it was weighing on the mind of her dear companion, and she didnât want it to get worse for her. however, as the hunts would get longer and longer, she had less and less time to witness how bad it truly became. i also donât think adeline ever truly confided in maria how terrible her treatment would become â she was conditioned to believe it was normal, that she deserved it. adeline ultimately chose to become a saint because she believed it was for the greater good â that despite the sacrifices sheâd have to make, they would all be worthwhile. she still held unwavering faith in the churchâs earnest intentions. this, of course, would prove to be a mistake.
her time as a saint only made things worse. her strenuous responsibilities isolated her even further from her friends and family outside the church, trapping her in an echo chamber. where once she was free spirited and curious, the stress of treating so many people combined with the intensifying abuse of the church made her subservient and broke her self worth. canonically, i would argue the church operates as a cult â with all the manipulation and abuse that entails.
i think what pushed adeline to become a patient of the research hall was likely the aftermath of the fishing hamlet. adeline hears the church is trumpeting a mysterious fantastical discovery â out of the eyes of the public, of course â but maria returns utterly broken. i personally donât think maria ever told adeline the truth of what happened that night because of how much she abhorred herself over it. but from adelineâs perspective, maria had suddenly become detached and haunted for reasons adeline didnât understand, and she was helpless to assuage her pain. what good is she if she cannot soothe the suffering of the people she loves most? even after everything sheâs sacrificed of herself, it still wasnât enough. after being isolated from her connections outside the church, she has no one to talk to who doesnât reinforce church doctrine (whether consciously or not). maria was the only one left who would challenge those ideas in a meaningful way, both as an outsider to yharnam and an affiliate of the church rather than a servant of it. adeline feels helpless â and in her mind, if sheâs helpless sheâs useless, and if sheâs useless sheâs worthless. she feels she cannot confide in anyone or else they will see her as weak or unworthy of sainthood. i wonder if maria, in her despondence, ever told adeline that she felt she deserved the misery she was in, and if perhaps adeline saw herself reflected in that sentiment. after the church has ground her sense of self to dust, all of these emotions were the perfect and terrible catalyst which pushed her to volunteer as a patient.
ultimately, i do not think she chose to become a patient of her own free will, but i also donât think she was physically coerced into it either. rather, it was an insidious process of psychological abuse which broke her powerful spirit in the end.
#tysm for the ask!!!! đđđ#abuse cw#cult cw#i mean its bloodborne ofc but this post talks about manipulation tactics and shit so i feel it warrants it#saint adeline#percy headcanons :)#bloodborne#im insane over her#adeline has so much potential#and she and marias relationship is so goddamn Compelling to me bc of how the church just shatters it with hammers#in my hcs âthis process on adelines part is paralleled by how maria also is dehumanized etc etc but thats a post for another day#also in case it wasnt clear adeline being manipulated and abused is NOT her fault.#i cpuld probably say more but this is long enough already LMAO#anon#ask#long post#?#i guess lol
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hey if you are sad about a content creator you liked getting cancelled because you have merch that is now considered a waste of money:
upcycle that merch. deface that shit, make it custom and unrecognizable. add patches over names, bleach out or paint over designs, cut it up, emborider new designs on it, the possibilities are endless.
merch is usually a symbol of support for creators. make it instead a symbol of yourself and your tastes.
#be your own person#it isnt a waste of money it you still use it#bc wearing that item is not actively supporting that person#especially if you take their name off of it#you do you bestie#tbh i hate cancel culture and i think its dehumanizing#but thats a topic for another day#some people are just shitty tho#like what you like and avoid what you dont#again you do you#just one of those things tho like#im not going to stop wearing this really comfy shirt or hat especially bc they were expensive#but i will stop wearing someones name if i dont support them anymore#tipytalks#cancel culture
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hypothetical godtier abilities for dirk for combat! thinking about doing these for all the kids when i have time hehe
EXPLANATIONS FOR EACH POWER UNDER THE CUT
Soul Lightning: the very basic power that dirk canonically has and shows repeatedly in the comic itself. from what we know, he can produce a sort of lightning that tears souls out of their bodies and tears it apart (assumedly. dirk doesnt actually get to kill anyone with this power. sad!). for the rest of his hypothetical powers, i used this one as the basis: association with lightning and physical action (use of hands) and being really direct with its application. very little metaphorical bullshit hes just Doing It.
Soul Weapons: a play off of that original idea of electricity being able to sever the soul from the body, and dirk's consistent action to treat his body/self as a tool to accomplish his goals (see unite synchronization and half of the shit dirk does LOL). its an overt reference to revolutionary girl utena and the raiden shogun from genshin impact, both overtly about self weaponization, dehumanization, etc. A lot of his powers i based off of famous anime references because of his 'otaku nature'.
Sheer Presence: THIS is another anime reference! the trope when anime protagonists/antagonists gain a menace aura, but this time the aura actively attacks the soul of those in the aura. this one specifically goes from the angle of a prince "destroying through aspect" specifically. in contrast to soul weapons which physically damages his enemies with his soul while emotionally damaging his sense of self esteem/respect, it is purely his identity (or, sheer presence) that is damaging others. he is the center of gravity here, overbearing every other being with himself.
Flatline: probably one of the weakest in this set LOL but i wanted to play with the idea of being able to collapse what connects your 'self' with your 'body' into one connection and severing the line, trapping your soul outside of your body. its plays into dirk's perception of "self", being awake on derse simultaneously as his actual body probably fucked with how he connects his body with his "self". so another prince of heart who believes the self is inherent with the body wouldnt have this power, but because of dirk's perception he does.
Gunhearted: this is a sub power under soul weapons! its a reference to yuyu hakusho (+all other anime derivations from the og soul gun power LOL) and undertale. not a lot of deep thoughts on this one, its more so practicality (long ranged weapon would be useful generally) and cultural knowledge (dirk probably watched as much anime as he possibly could).
#dirk strider#dirk strider fanart#dirk homestuck#hs dirk#homestuck dirk#homestuck#homestuck fanart#homestuck art#my art#if anyone has questions about how these would be used or my justifications etc......send an ask!!!!!!
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another critter life advice i give you: any dehumanization you justify inflicting onto someone you dislike can be justified as its inflicted onto you. you should keep your standards even when fighting a shithead because inevitably someone will think you are one too
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Title: Short Leash.
A continuation of Good Dog.
Pairing: Yandere!SatoSugu x Reader (JJK).
Word Count: 7.5k.
TW: Fem!Reader, Non/Con, Pet Play, Wildly Unbalanced Power Dynamics, Physical Abuse, Emotional Abuse, Semi-Public Humiliation, Blood, Controlling Behavior, and Dehumanization. Dead Dove: Do Not Eat.
You woke up the next morning groggier than youâd ever been before, praying that youâd open your eyes and miraculously find yourself in your own apartment, piled into your own bed, with a hangover painful enough to block out the strange, hyper-realistic dream youâd endured the night before. Predictably, you didnât.
Less predictably, you found yourself in Satoruâs villa, piled onto Suguruâs bed, and entirely alone.
They mustâve untied you at some point, most likely shorty after youâd passed out with Suguruâs cock lodged deeply enough down your throat to cut off your airflow. The black cord hung limp from its post, and the sharp pain in your wrists had dulled into a red, angry throbbing. The rest of your body wasnât so quick to recover. Your legs felt like tree roots, too heavy to lift and connected to you only by calcified tendons too stubborn to break. Your back and sides were bruised where Satoru had pawed and bitten, and you could feel the indents of Suguruâs fingertips around your throat, the weight of his palm against the back of your head. Your muzzle hung limp around your neck, which you were thankful for. You were sure it wasnât as uncomfortable as Satoruâs, but already, you knew you wouldnât be able to wear it for more than a couple minutes at a time. Whether or not youâd be forced to was something you didnât want to think about, right now.
With no small amount of effort, you picked yourself up and swung your legs over the side of the mattress. Youâd only just started to test the sole of your foot against the carpeting when something clambered against the bedroom door, knocking against the wood clumsily before shouldering it open and stepping inside.
It was Satoru. That wasnât surprising on its own, but the fact that he was wearing clothes â real, non-puppy themed clothes â was. Just a pair of grey sweatpants and an oversized white shirt, sure, but clothes.
That, and the absence of his muzzle. Come to think of it, this was probably the first time youâd seen anything below his eyes.
Even if youâd thought to, you never wouldâve pictured him wearing the expression he currently was. A big, lopsided grin stretched across his lips, a toothbrush hanging haphazardly from one side. In the light of day, it was hard to tell he was the same person whoâd done the unspeakable to you last night â his eyes not quite as prying, his posture less rigid, his demeanor more akin to a kid at a sleepover whoâd been waiting the better part of a morning for their guest to wake up. You mightâve been able to convince yourself last night was some sort of mix-up, that he and Suguru would apologize and offer some neatly wrapped, bow-topped excuse to explain it all away, if he hadnât chosen that moment to open his mouth.
âMorninâ, sleeping beauty,â he started, wiping foam off of his lips with the back of his hand. âGood thing Suguruâs already gone. He kept me locked up for days, the first time I took off my muzzle without permission.â
You blinked at him, a blank slate. Then, because the visual seemed to loop in your mind like some gruesome, prophetic vision, you asked, ââŚheâs going to lock me in a cage?â
Satoruâs smile turned sympathetic. The toothbrush was abandoned on the corner of a dresser as he closed the distance between you, hooking an arm around yours. âCâmon â we should get you cleaned up. See if we can wash off the shock.â He pulled you onto your feet, bracing you against his side. âThink you can walk on your own?â
You tried to take a step and crumpled immediately, collapsing into a heap of limbs and stupor and embarrassment. Satoru didnât wait for you to push yourself up, looping an arm under your knees, another around back, and pulling you into his chest. The muzzle suddenly seemed like a mercy. Without it, his delight at your helplessness shone through clearly.
You could remember passing at least half a dozen bathrooms last night, but Satoru didnât seem to be in a rush to put you down. With his fingertips burrowed into your skin and an ever-tightening grip, he wandered through the villa, taking you back to the first floor and into another wing entirely. Eventually, he seemed to find what he was looking for â a large, traditional bathing room almost entirely taken up by an in-ground stone basin. You were placed on a wooden stool while Satoru fussed with the facets, scalding-hot water slowly beginning to trickle into the tub.
As reluctant as you were to give Satoru credit, the heat and steam were sobering. Your eyes flickered from wall to wall, looking for weapons, escape routes, signs that you were supposed to be doing more than sitting here and letting this happen. You didnât find any unattended razors, but there was a screen door near the basin â no lock visibly from where you currently sat. Dappled sunlight beat against the thin, yellowed paper, but knowing there was a way outside only raised more questions. Namely: If leaving was so easy, why was Satoru still here?
You turned to him. He was sitting on the tiled ledge, fingertips skimming the surface of the steadily rising water. More concerningly, he was already looking at you, blue eyes wide and aware. You wondered if youâd ever adjust to that â his eyes, the way he stared, how jarringly bright they seemed. It seemed impossible to imagine yourself getting used to having two twin floodlights constantly pointed in your direction.
âAfraid of a little water?â It took you a second to put together what he meant, that your lasting terror mustâve been apparently. You didnât respond, but still, Satoru laughed. âThatâs alright. Thatâs perfect. Just goes to show that you were always meant to be our little kitten.â
Sure. Whatever. The pet-talk was already turning into white noise â washing over you more ambivalently than it shouldâve. You soldiered on, newly eager for a change of subject. âYou keep trying to make it sound like you know me.â
Satoru hummed. âWe do, baby. Wouldnât have brought you home without doing our research.â
âHow long?â
âIâm afraid youâll have to be more specific.â
You crossed your arms, suddenly aware of your own state of undress. âHow long were you watching me?â
You werenât sure you which you wouldâve preferred â a quick answer, concise and telling in its reflexivity, or something more delayed, leaving room to doubt just how well theyâd thought this through. He seemed to think, but not for very long, robbing you of the satisfaction of either. âDo you remember a few months ago, when your building got condemned?â
You nodded. Youâd been told it was a maintenance issue; black mold, or faulty wiring, or something along those lines. Itâd been sudden, but there were signs. You could still remember how tired youâd felt to the months leading up to your hasty eviction, the dark shroud of misery thatâd seemed to spread itself over you and the other residents and, ironically, only start to lift the day youâd all been told to pack up and get out. That was over a year ago, now. Closer to two, really.
âSuguru stopped by with a few acolytes the night before, since places like that tend to be a breeding ground for cursed spirits. After a little fighting, he ended up in your apartment, andââ Satoru paused, grinning as he shook his head. âIt was something about the way you looked, all pathetic and curled up. He says he thought about killing you for a while, but never got around to it. He told me about you a few weeks later.â
It mightâve been a kindness that you only understood half of what he said, your mind catching on words like acolyte and cursed spirit without the ability to assign a meaning to the phrase. But, even through your confusion, you could get to the bottom line. Theyâd been stalking you for years. Mostly Suguru, but Satoru had been in on it, too. And, to make it that much more nightmarish, youâd never noticed either one of them â not until they decided you were allowed to, at least. It was enough to leave you cold and unsteady, fighting not to shake where you sat. It was enough to leave you wondering why youâd ever thought a hot, normal guy would be interested in you, in the first place.
The water reached the basinâs rim, and without glancing down to check, Satoru cut it off. It took you a second to find your voice. The humidity in the air abruptly seemed overbearing, choking. âWhen do I get to go home?â
It was a deliberately pointed question â meant to counter his delusional affection with cold, jutting reality. Satoru only sighed, nodding to the screen door. âNo oneâs in your way.â
His tone was resigned, a little bored, but the sentiment gave you more hope than it shouldâve. If there was hopeâ any hope at all â that Satoru was brought into this the same way you were, that he was on your side, then that increased your chances of getting out of here ten-fold. Suguru seemed to put a lot of trust in his lapdog, but there mightâve been a chance that you wouldnât be bitten for stepping out of line.
Slowly, you staggered to your feet and struggled to the door, relying on anything within armâs reach for support. It looked like someone had taken a knife to the barred handle, but you couldnât make out what they mightâve been trying to carve â only a series of nonsensical kanji and outlandish symbols. You spared a glance back to Satoru, who nodded encouragingly. Like that helped.
Bracing yourself, you wrapped a fist around the handle a tried to pull.
âŚ
You woke up minutes later, colder than youâd ever been before and cradled in Satoruâs arms. His lips were pressed into your temple, his nose buried in your hair. You could feel his breath fanning over your scalp. Absentmindedly, you realized he was smelling you.
~
They didnât live in the villa. Suguru let that slip quickly, somewhere around the fourth time he found you hiding in one of the many unfurnished rooms. Itâd been an anniversary present â although, from who and the anniversary of what, he never specified. They used it as a retreat, or in your case, a training facility. Youâd be allowed to see their actual home once youâd proven you could be a good kitty.
You hated thinking about yourself in their terms â a captive, a kitten, a pet â but it wouldâve been impossible not to. Satoru was capable of a sort of pseudo-normalcy when Suguru was out, wearing clothes and talking to you like something resembling a human being, but when Suguru was home, he conformed to his allotted role happily. The puppy gear was more of a uniform than your realized â the specific parts exchangeable, but each component necessary. He donned them pridefully, happily. You were expected to do the same.
You didnât often meet Suguruâs expectations.
Satoru whined as you were pulled off of the living room floor (because animals werenât allowed on the furniture without permission) and into Suguruâs lap. Your latest offense had been your most frequently repeated. The leather muzzle bit into the bridge of your nose and cut into the underside of your jaw, and your faux ears always seemed to be pricking at some part of your scalp, and yet, the collar always seemed to be what you gravitated towards, what you picked at, what your body wanted removed before anything else. Suguru clicked his tongue as he traced the jagged, red lines youâd raked into your throat, only dulled slightly by the fact that youâd been scratching through fabric. Trying to get it off wouldâve been futile, with or without your hands trapped in paw-shaped mittens, but you couldnât help it. There was something deep and primal inside of you that wanted it gone, and despite your better judgement, your conscious mind agreed.
âIâve got half a mind to have you declawed.â The threat was dulled by an airy laugh, but his underlying agitation was clear. In his own, twisted way, you guessed that Suguru considered himself a good owner. Hence why evidence as to the contrary was usually so poorly received. âCare to explain yourself, princess?â
You swallowed back your nerves. âI honestly didnât realize what I was doing, Iâm just not used toââ
âAh,â he cut in, hand falling to your thigh and squeezing. âThatâs not right, either. Can you tell me the first thing pets arenât supposed to do?â
You opened your mouth, but closed it just as quickly. Right. You were having time remembering that one.
Pets werenât supposed to speak. Not without permission.
You hung your head silently, and Suguru took that as answer enough. âGood girl.â And then, his eyes falling back to your throat, âWhat do you think we should do with the poor thing, âtoru?â
Satoru let out a keening bark, still on his knees at the foot of the couch. Suguru softened immediately. âSpeak.â
âSheâs been thinking too much, again. You should show her how to stop.â
Even behind the muzzle, you could hear his grin. Suguru mirrored the expression. âAnd how do you think I should make that happen?â
Another bark, shriller than the first, followed by the heady sounds of feigned panting. You sent Satoru a venomous look, and Suguru hummed. âYouâre right.â He paused, lowering his voice, creating a pantomime of privacy between the two of you. âHe thinks that, since youâre so intent on making yourself uncomfortable, we should do the same.â
Cold, sharp dread cut through your chest, accompanying a flood of memories of Satoruâs body on top of yours, the animal force of his hips against your ass as he did his best to make up for a natural canine breeding drive. Theyâd been surprisingly conservative with sex after that first night, limiting your exposure to a few minutes of unwanted touching during baths and having to hear the two of them go at it from halfway across the villa. You assumed it was a nicety, a means of letting you adjust. Suddenly, you were confronted with the idea that theyâd only been waiting for a reason to blame you for your own violation.
It was almost a relief when Satoru didnât pounce, when Suguru didnât move to kiss you. Instead, he took you by the shoulder and forced you down, until your body was splayed awkwardly across his lap, your stomach pressed into his thighs. One hand rested on the small of your back whine the other fell to your ass, kneading shamelessly. Your face burnt with embarrassment and righteous anger. You couldnât imagine how Satoru handled it â being treated less like a person, prideful and independent and deserving of respect, and more like an animal, happy to be touched in any ways its owner was willing to. Maybe it wouldnât have been so terrible if, like Satoru, youâd never had any pride to begin with.
âWeâll start with twenty-five, since itâs your first real punishment. Count yourself lucky â Satoruâs first warning was a broken finger.â His tone was fond, distant, as if he was recalling a cherished memory. âIâll need you to count for me. If you canât, weâll have to start over.â
You tempted to protest, to stiffen, to refuse to participate in your own degradation, but this was, admittedly, the preferred alternative to what youâd imagined. You could handle this. Even if it took every part of you not to react, you could handle this.
Or, that was what you thought, at least. Then, you heard metal clink against metal, felt leather crack against the unprotected skin of your ass, and immediately realized youâd been wrong. You couldnât handle anything.
The noise that escaped you was wordless, base, instinctual; something between a scream and a gasp. The pain was surprisingly cutting, the blunt force of it relatively dull compared to the sharp, piercing sting. The belt came down again, deliberately angled towards space just below its previous target, and you managed to force something out. âTwo!â
Suguru clicked his tongue. âNot just yet, sweetheart. Donât you remember what I told you?â
You heard Satoru lumber closer, positioning himself below where your head laid. âYouâre being too mean, Suguru.â
 âIâm being strict. Thereâs a difference. Thatâs why so many kittens end up so poorly behaved.â He sighed, rubbing a few small, shallow circles into the column of your spine. âYouâre going to have to keep me honest. Weâre still on one.â
You dug your teeth into your bottom lip. You hated him. More than anything else, more than anyone else, you hated Geto Suguru. It was all you could think, all you could feel, and yet, when his belt came down on your ass, you whimpered out an obedient âOâOne.â
By the fifth, you were sniffling.
By the fifteenth, you sobbed unabashedly into the couch cushions, your mechanical counting barely audible.
By the last strike, youâd gone limp and still across Suguruâs lap. Every part of your ass ached. If the bruising wasnât already visible, it would be within the hour, long before the next time youâd have a chance to dress yourself. You could only hope Suguru would have the mercy not to rub salt in the wound.
Already, you knew that he wouldnât.
âAh, there she is â my perfect little kitten.â Suguru hooked a hand under your arm, pulling you upright and letting you straddle his lap. Immediately, you collapsed into his chest, eager to hide your face. He didnât seem to mind. âYou were so good. Satoru called me such ugly names, the first time his behavior had to be corrected.â
Satoru whined in mock hurt, and Suguru chuckled fondly. âHow âbout we get you somewhere nice and cozy? I think youâve earned a little rest.â
You opened your mouth, but closed it just as quickly. Silently, you nodded into his shoulder, and Suguru rewarded you with a lingering kiss to the top of your head.
You were taken to Suguruâs room, but rather than his bed, you were placed in Satoruâs â low-walled and velvet-lined, more fit for a dog than a person. Satoru crawled in after you, curling around your crumpled form. The last thing you felt before you shut your eyes was the warm, slick sensation of a tongue running over your cheek, lapping up the last of your drying tears.
~
As it turned out, Suguru wasnât an animal trainer. Admittedly, youâd figured that out pretty early on â as soon as you realized the only real animal in his life was Satoru.
Still, âcult leaderâ probably wouldnât have been your second guess.
You sat in the furthest corner of the sanctuary, a small crowd filling the limited space. Some were wearing street clothes, their expressions bored but unquestioning, as If Suguruâs sermon was only a prelude to something more engaging. Others, most, were more invested â positioned on their knees, hands at their sides, their eyes focused intently on Suguru where he was reclined on his dais. Both he and Satoru â sitting alert and watchful at his side â were dressed for their roles, drenched in tradition garb from an era long-dead. The only anachronism was Satoruâs mask. It was the same shape as his muzzle, but the metal frame was barred, the edges sloped downward into something sharper, something more defined. Even from the other side of the room, you could see the set of his jaw, the thin line of his scowl. The association had to be intentional. You doubted there was anyone in the world who could look at Satoru and see anything but a guard dog.
You were aware of the intentionality of your seating, too. Across the room, separated from the mass of bodies, placed so temptingly close to the sanctuary door and so directly in Suguruâs line of sight. Occasionally, youâd catch a piece of his lecture, make out something about âtaking pity on lesser beingsâ and âpracticing divinity through exterminationâ before tuning him back you. What little Satoru had told you about invisible monsters and hyper-specific supernatural abilities lingered in the back of your mind, but at a distance â information you knew to be true, but just couldnât bring yourself genuinely believe. It made sense, in a twisted kind of way. You werenât sure how youâd ever looked at Suguru and recognized him as fully human.
You drummed your fingers against your knee. Running was tempting, but a bad idea. Even if Suguru was miraculously distracted, Satoru would notice, and you wouldnât get more than a few steps past the door before he caught you. Still, theyâd dressed you for the occasion, and even a single silken layer of your too-complex-for-comfort get-up would be more than enough to pay for cab fare back to the city, back to your apartment, back to friends and resources and the police. That was, if you still had an apartment. Youâd already missed at least three monthsâ worth of rent, and you doubted your landlord would have much sympathy forâ
âHeâs always been so fucking full of himself.â
You straightened and shot to the side, immediately pulled back into reality. You hadnât heard him sit down, but suddenly, there was a man at your side â blonde hair slicked back, his black suit tailored immaculately, his posture confident in a careless sort of way. It was hard to tell if he was well-groomed early 40s or a particularly rough late 20s, but either way, the lines carved deep into the grooves of his scowl and the dark circles under his muted eyes spoke to an age-old exhaustion. One directed at Suguru, no less.
âShouldâve seen him in high school. The god complex is new, but the rest of it comes naturally.â You shifted slightly, unsure whether or not you should respond. He didnât seem to care. You watched out of the corner of your eye as he reached for something in his front pocket â a pack of cigarettes, maybe, or another cheap vice â before thinking better of it and checking his watch. âIâd say Gojoâs a saint for putting up with it, butââ
âHeâs worse,â you finished, under your breath. âAt home, at least.â
The stranger glanced at you, wearily. As if heâd only expected to talk to himself. âYouâre the new addition.â
It wasnât a question, but after a beat, you nodded. He slumped against the wall. âAnd youâre here against your will.â
A longer delay, this time, a more hesitant nod. He let out a prolonged breath and directed his attention towards the dais.
âIâm sorry,â he said, finally. âThatâs unfair.â
You felt something tighten in the back of your throat. Your collar, hidden well underneath the layers of your ensemble, seemed just a little heavier. âYeah.â And then, when you could manage it, âI know.â
Suguru gave his final statement, and there was a muted ripple of activity through the crowd â some bowing, some muttering prayers, some wordlessly moving to the side to wait for an undetermined encore. Satoru made it to you first; dropping to his knees and hauling you into his chest. His face was buried in the crook of your neck in a matter of seconds, and you did your best not to care that the blonde strangerâs gaze was still very much boring into you.
Satoru held onto you until, moving at only his own pace, Suguru found his way across the sanctuary. He helped you to your feet and nodded to the stranger by way of greeting. âBring the kids home in one piece, Kento?â
âNanami,â he corrected. âYuuji, Nobara and the twins are in the courtyard now. Megumi left a few minutes ago â his sister tends to worry.â
Suguru hummed. As they exchanged logistics, Satoru propped his chin on your shoulder. âOur latest batch of students,â he explained, keeping his voice low and airy. You wondered if he was allowed to speak in public, how firmly Suguru held onto his rules. You wondered if thereâd ever be another time when you didnât have to think before opening your mouth. âAnd Suguruâs daughters. Youâll meet them eventually. Kentoâs on babysitting duty, in the meantime.â
You couldnât say you were looking forward to the prospect.
As their conversation began to taper, Kentoâs eyes skirted in your direction, and Suguru followed his gaze. Kentoâs features were indecipherable, all but entirely blank, but Suguru wasnât so difficult to read. Anger flashed hot and fast across his expression, quickly settling into something more restrained, something more amused. With a note of levity, he called to you. âWhy donât you join us, dear?â
Immediately, Satoru pulled away, and you were left completely and entirely alone. It took more time than it shouldâve to remember how to move your legs, even longer to actually find the will to step forward, but Suguru waited patiently, keeping his hands tucked into his sleeves until you were close enough to take hold of. With an arm wrapped tightly around your waist, he slotted your back against his chest, forcing you to face Kento. âYou were quite friendly with my acolytes during the sermon.â You tried to close your eyes, to bow your head, but he caught your chin â keeping you upright an on exhibition. âKento, here, especially.â
âIâm sorry, Iââ
âYou misunderstand - itâs a good thing. The last thing Iâd want is for you to feel out of place among our little family.â He paused, humming as he tapped his thumb against the corner of your mouth. âIn fact, you really ought to show Kento how happy you are to meet him.â
Suguru dug his fingers into your waist. Kento reset his jaw. Satoru smiled widely from behind the bars of his muzzle.
âYou should purr for him, love.â
Heat rose to your cheeks â equal parts fury and embarrassment. Kento, for his part, kept his poker face in-tact, nonreactive save for the slightest possible quirk of his lips. His nonchalance provided little comfort, though. An unwilling audience was still an audience. At least, at home, you were given the mercy of a private dehumanization.
âIâŚâ You swallowed, dryly. âI donât know if I can do that. Like, physically.â
Suguruâs grin broadened. âTry for me.â
The âor elseâ was left implied.
And the worst part was, you listened. You tried to find it in your throat, first, to flex a muscle youâd never thought to use, but the most you could manage was a low, droning hum â nothing close to a rumble. Kento looked away, humiliated on your behalf, and you opened your mouth, prepared to reiterate that even if youâd wanted to embarrass yourself in front of half his congregation, your body wouldnât let you. Suguruâs thumb was in your mouth as soon as your lips parted, though, pressing into the flat of your tongue and pinning it to the bottom of your mouth. âYou can do better than that, love. For my sake.â
You wouldnât. You couldnât. You didnât want to, but Suguruâs hand curled tighter around your jaw and saliva pooled at the corners of your lips and you forced out a pitchy, half-strangled whine. It wasnât anything like a purr, not really, but it seemed to satisfy Suguru. His hand had fallen to your hip in the blink of an eye, the edge in his voice softened back down to a cool, smooth timbre. âAh, I suppose you do need more practice. Weâll have to work on it at home.â He looked to Kento. âThank you for your unwavering dedication. I trust youâll be in touch?â
Kento nodded, curtly. âOf course.â
And just like that, you were being ushered out of the sanctuary and into a more seclusive part of the temple, Satoru following close behind you. You tried to look over your shoulder, to see if Kentoâs eyes were still following you, but Suguruâs hand found its way to the back of your neck, wordlessly warning you away from something so needlessly masochistic. You didnât mind, though.
You could still feel his eyes burning into you, the sensation a touch warmer than itâd been a few minutes ago.
~
âDonât you hate it?â
Satoru hummed, kneading absent-mindedly at your chest. Currently, the two of you were home alone, and he was engaging in his favorite leisure activity â laying on Suguruâs bed with you pinned to his chest, a human (or, human-ish, at least) body pillow to be squeezed at and cuddled as he faded in and out of sleep. His touch was probing, shifting constantly between your tits, stomach, and thighs, but not necessarily invasive. Despite everything, it was still difficult to see Satoru as anything more than an extension of Suguru, something only dangerous when ordered to be. It was hard to be wary of a weapon when not in the hands of the person whoâd used it to hurt you, especially when that weapon was all you had in the way of company.
âWhat am I supposed to hate, now?â
âHaving to share his attention. I mean, it was his idea to kidnap me, right? You donât have to pretend youâre happy about it, if youâre not. I know youâreââ You recalled the sounds of stifled moaning through thin walls, the feeling of a mattress dipping under the weight of two bodies while you pretended to sleep, and swallowed down your nausea. âI know you two are pretty close.â
Satoru let out a breath of a laugh. âWe love each other, princess, Like we both love you.â
âBut you donât.â Admittedly, your tactics were crude. Search until you found a sore spot. Skirt around the edges until itâd gone tender. Make him want to get rid of you. Satoru wouldnât hurt you, not without Suguruâs permission, but you needed to make him want you gone. There had to be something you could say, something you could do, to give him a reason to carve you a way out and look the other way while you escaped. âSuguru just told you to put up with me. He gave you a new toy, and youâre not even really allowed to play with it â isnât that unfair?â
âI promise, he didnât have to tell me to doââ
âAnd arenât you scared?âYou cut in, feigning distress. âI donât want to be here, Satoru. And, god forbid, he ever decides he likes me moreââ
Satoru didnât let you finish. His teeth dug into the crook of your neck, turning anything you mightâve gone on to say into an abrupt, high-pitched squeak. The bite was shallow, but it still stung as he pulled away, resting his forehead against the apex of your spine. âSorry, sorry. Itâs justâI know what youâre doing. And it hurts, yâknow?â
ââŚit does?â
âMhm.â He slotted himself against you, his hand falling from your chest to the hem of your borrowed shirt. âYouâre nervous.â And then, his thumb slipping under the waistband of your panties, âYou think weâll get tired of you.â
A new fear, hot and visceral, struck through your chest, lodging itself somewhere between your lungs and your rib cage. While you fought for your ability to breathe, Satoru went on. âSuguru hasnât told you about the day he let me meet you, has he? That figures. He always hated getting sentimental like that, âspecially if it makes him look sappy.â
Your panties were tugged downward, to the plush of your thighs. Satoru nestled into your back as he traced over your slit with the pad of his thumb, his touch still heavy with that kind of lazy, pawing affection. You squirmed, and when that failed, did your best to speak through grit teeth. âIâI donât think youâre supposed to be touching me withoutââ
âSuguru can find a way to live with it. Heâs always liked having an excuse to punish me.â His thumb caught on your clit, pushing slow circles into the sensitive bud. âThatâs what I thought he was trying to do, the first time he mentioned bringing you home. Heâs always hated non-sorcerers, even after I got him to be a little nicer about it. Honey over vinegar nâ all.â Satoru paused, laughed. âDonât take it personally, but it was a little like your boyfriend threatening to bring home one of those inflatable sex dolls. Just because of the whole âThis is what I think you could be replaced withâ thing.â
His hand drew back, but only far enough to cup your sex properly. The heel of his palm ground against your clit as two of his fingers gathered the slick traitorously accumulating between your thighs. âHe wouldnât take me to your apartment, probably thought Iâd try to suffocate you in your sleep. Wouldnât stop bothering him about it, though, so we settled on something more public.â
It wouldnât have been so agonizing if heâd just gone a little faster, moved with a little more urgency. Instead, he seemed to savor the way your restlessness slowly turned to blatant thrashing, how deeply you dug your nails into his forearm when you reflexively lashed out to try and pry his hand away. Suguru wouldâve put you over his knee for that, if not worse. Satoru was different. In a way, Satoru was more sincere. Satoru knew that, even when a housecat bared its claws, the worst it could do was break the skin.
âRemember that florist gig you had, for a while? Just a couple of months â to give you a little extra funding for the sudden move. Not that you needed it. Suguru and I were always ready to take care of you.â He prodded two fingers inside of you and spread them apart. Miserably, you whined into the sheets. âHe talked me into it â sitting at the cafĂŠ across the street, watching work for the better part of the day. I spent most of it imagining how to get rid of you without him noticing, but towards the endââ
Satoru cut himself off abruptly with a chiming laugh. You felt his fingers curl inside of you as he re-settled against you. âSuguru did thisâthis thing. He started touching me under the table, a little like how Iâm touching you, and asked how I would feel about having something that couldnât be taken away from me.â
There was another laugh, softer than the first, then a lingering kiss to the curve of you your shoulder. You made one last unabashed attempt to struggle, to kick, to get away from him, but Satoru only held you that much tighter, forcing another finger into your stuffed cunt.
âHe probably meant it as a sex thing â thought Iâd like bringing home someone I could be in-charge of. I donât see it that way, though.â
He nuzzled into the nape of your neck. His breath was first, warm and stifling where it fanned over you, then his tongue â lapping over your back in short, slow swipes. If youâd been any less disgusted, you mightâve found it comforting.
âI think we were always supposed to share you,â he finished, his saliva still drying on your skin. âI think you made to be ours.â
His palm rocked against your clit, his fingers grinding against the sensitive walls of your pussy. Itâd only take a few more seconds for you to cum, and a few more minutes for Suguru to come home and find Satoru with his head buried between your thighs and tears running down your cheeks. For your punishment, Satoru would have his arm broken (an injury that, as youâd learned quickly, he could walk off as quickly as the average person would a paper cut) and youâd have to spend bouncing on Suguruâs cock, thanking him for each climax he was generous enough to milk out of you.
~
Getting the collar off was trickier than youâd expected. The nail clippers, pilfered from a bathroom drawer while Satoru dragged you through his half-conscious morning routine, only dented the leather, and neither of them seemed to feel at-home enough in the villa to leave things as mundane as scissors or box-cutters laying around. In the end, you had to steal a knife from the block left unattended in well-stocked, but sparingly used kitchen â pressing the spine into your throat while sawing through your collar with the blade. It wasnât the safest option, but it got the job done, and you managed to keep the damage limited to a small nick on the underside of your chin. You left the remains of your collar on the mat in front of the villaâs main door and waited.
Suguru wasnât ecstatic, to say the least.
He found you in the living room, sprawled across the largest sofa you could find, wearing a hoodie that Satoru had made you promise to take off before he and Suguru got home. Satoru trailed behind him â a shadow with an inverted color palette. They mustâve come straight from the temple, or something to do with Suguruâs cult, at least. They were both still in their traditional get-ups, and Suguru was wearing the easy, narrow-eyed smile he only seemed to make use of during his sermons.
You had to hand it to him. Had it not been for how tightly his fist was curled around the strip of ruined leather in his hand, you wouldnât have known he was angry at all.
ââtoru,â he started, his tone light and melodic. âOn the floor. Stomach-down. By the time I come back.â
He turned on his heel, slipping into another part of the villa, but Satoru lingered. He stared at you from the doorway for a second, then another, his eyes blank and his face unnaturally pale.
Then, you moved to stand, making a pitifully clumsy attempt to run, and he was on top of you.
It was strange â to see Satoru so quiet. He kept his lips sealed and his jaw locked as he pinned you to the floor, straddling your lower back and forcing your wrists against the tender spot between your shoulder blades. You couldâve tried to get away, but you didnât. There was no world wherein you could overpower Satoru, and he knew that as well as you did.
Suguru took his time. Full minutes later, he returned, having replaced your collar with a pair of rusted-out pliers. It seemed wrong to see him carrying such a crude tool, like violist showing up to their recital with a sledgehammer rather than an instrument. You werenât really in a place to comment, though.
âPrincess.â He crouched in front of you, letting his head lull to the side. He cupped your chin, thumb running over the hairline scrape youâd inflicted onto yourself, before pulling away. âYou know what this means, donât you?â
You swallowed, thickly. âI didnât want to, I justâI couldnât wear it, anymore. It hurt my neck, and I couldnât breathe, andââ Pausing, stiffening, digging your nails into your palms. ââand Iâm not your fucking cat, you sociopath.â
Suguru sighed, his smile falling. He exchanged a glance with Satoru, expression unchanging, before looking back to you.
âIâll be nice,â he said, finally. âBad kittens can either get declawed, or defanged. Since you seem so unhappy with your current level of autonomy, Iâll let you choose.â
You balked. âIâm not playing yourââ
âSatoru.â Apparently, youâd already run his patience thin. âChoose.â
You couldnât decide whether itâd be better or worse, had his answer not been so deafeningly automatic. âDeclawed. And just the index finger.â
âAnd why is that, puppy?â
âBecause she doesnât know what sheâs saying. Sheâll be more careful after sheâs learned her lesson.â
Suguru hummed, his posture taking on a slacker note. After a beat, he nodded. âGive me a hand, then.â
This time, you did fight it â albeit, not very effectively. You did your best to wrench your arms from Satoruâs grip, and when that failed, to jerk away as he curled a hand around your left wrist and pressed it into the floor. Suguru moved to take your hand, but stopped barely a hairâs width short, his eyes flickering back to Satoru. âSorry,â Satoru mumbled. There was a nearly imperceptible shift in the atmosphere â a change in the air pressure, a drop in the temperature â before he went on. âItâs a reflex.â
Suguru didnât waste time. He spread his hand under yours, interlocking your fingers and holding you steady as he brought his pliers up to your fingertips. The nose of the lower hinge worked underneath your nail while the ribbed underside of its upper counterpart scratched against it, the texture alone enough to make you cringe. You shut your eyes and tried to distract yourself, but nothing you couldâve dredged up wouldâve dulled the feeling of blunt metal digging into your nail-bed, of the jaws clenching around something so thin, something so suddenly fragile. There was a light pull, testing for grip, then the pain.
Burning, throbbing, blinding. The soreness of it was almost worse than the sting, your body protesting the jarring absence of something it hadnât known to imagine life without. Youâd expected the pain to be limited, isolated, but it spread quickly â infecting everything below your elbow with phantom pains and sympathy aches. Youâd told yourself youâd stay quiet, that you couldnât cry, but a scream tore past your lips involuntarily, the tears following shortly after. That was fine. That was good, actually. They should know that theyâd hurt you. They should know why youâd never, ever be able to love them back.
Hot blood pooled in the space your nail had once filled, dripping down your finger and spilling onto Suguruâs skin. Rather than let you go, he pulled you closer, bringing your hand to his face and taking your mutilated finger into his mouth. His tongue ran over the empty nail-bed, enlightening you to a brand new type of agony. You were sobbing unabashedly by the time he pulled away, the crimson of your blood dotting the corner of his lips.
âTake her to the cellar.â He was talking to Satoru, not you. That was fair. You werenât in a state to listen to much of anything, right now. âIt seems like we all need a little time to think.â
There was no protest from Satoru, no resistance from you. It was all you could do to cradle your wounded hand against your chest as he gathered you up and held you against his chest. With no great sense of urgency, he navigated through empty rooms and endless hallways, up the natural incline of rustic architecture and down, down, down into a lightless, concrete abyss. Despite the size of the basement, itâd been left deliberately void, with only a bare mattress and a few thin sheets to fill the desolation. Two lengths of thick chain hung limp from the wall above it, each one punctuated by a metal shackle, but you didnât have the strength to acknowledge them.
Satoru set you on the edge of the mattress. Rather than curl into yourself, you clung to him â refusing to let go even as he tried to pull away. âPlease,â you begged, the sound of your own desperation catching you off-guard. âPlease, Iâll be good, and Iâll wear my collar, and Iâll purr, andââ
His arms were wrapped around you, keeping you pressed against him. But, despite the gentle warmth of his embrace, his voice was cold as ice.
âPets donât talk.â
Youâd wanted Suguruâs, but Satoru had been the one to hold you down, to carry you, to let you cling to him for just a few seconds longer than he shouldâve. Calling the police was a non-option, a fantasy youâd been childish to indulge. Youâd seen more than a few officers at Suguruâs sermons, and asking anyone you knew, anyone you trusted for help would just be inviting lambs to the slaughter. You didnât want to be the reason Satoru had fresh meat to tear from the bone.
You let out a keening, miserable sob. Satoru didnât crack, but he softened, sighing as he kissed the top of your head. The next time he drew back, you let him â falling onto your side and curling into the smallest possible ball. You stayed that way as you listened to him climb the cellar stairs, as the heaviest lock youâd ever heard slid into place. It was only when you were completely, entirely sure he was gone that you sat up and, after wiping away your tears as best you could, fished his phone out of your hoodieâs pocket â still warm from where itâd been trapped between your body and his. Youâd clear the history and hide it underneath the staircase later, as if itâd fallen between the steps. So long as Satoru found it before Suguru, you shouldnât get in trouble.
It took you three minutes to guess his passcode (your birthday) and four more to find the name you were looking for in his contacts. The phone only rang twice, but he offered no greeting, leaving you to break the silence, your voice more unsteady than you wouldâve liked.
ââŚKento?â
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When it Comes to You
Yandere! Childe x Fem! Reader
TW: 18+ MDNI, Yandere content, bribery, blackmail, Dub-con, Reader works at a brothel (is not a courtesan)
AN: I've just been watching a lot of apothecary diaries tbh and I needed to write something
A job is a job, you often thought to yourself as you tried not to cough from the smell of booze and tobacco, and mora is mora. You didn't have the luxury of denying yourself a single cent. Every little piece of gold, shiny and polished or scuffed and dirty was one step closer to your goal and another away from your debt. Away from him, who didn't try to hide that he was finding his pleasure in watching you drowning under the weight of your obligations.
You were to pour drinks. Whether it be tea, water, or wine. Scurry around the large main hall, entertain the guests waiting for their chances with a lady of the night and pour their drinks. Keep a smile on their faces and their pockets empty. Keep them distracted from just how much they were spending, keep their cigars lit, keep them cheerful and drunk. All simple tasks, in theory. In practice you ran around like a chicken with its head cut off, all while the guests leered at you like a piece of meat. It was dehumanizing, but it paid well and paid quickly. You'd receive a bag of mora at the end of every shift, the amount varying based on how well you'd done that day.
Most of it, you couldn't keep. After paying for necessities, you'd walk on your aching feet to the northland bank and pay off a bit more of your debt. You were barely chipping at the high fortune that you owed, but anything was better than the alternative.
And much to your dismay, the alternative was sitting at one of your tables. With that same empty eyed smile and one long leg casually crossed over the other. He tapped his finger against the rim of his empty glass, taunting you in the one place where he knew you couldn't retaliate. Another lady approached him, head bowed while she attempted to pour his wine, but he shooed her away just as quickly with a wave of his hand. He didn't want her, he wanted you. He wanted you to see and know that he wanted you.
You couldn't look angry, nor annoyed, anything less than an enthusiastic smile meant less pay. So with your lips curled too tightly, to the point of near pain, you kneeled next to his table and filled his glass with the cooled liquid. Ajax seemed pleased with your service. Although, he always seemed pleased when you were around. He kept a smile on his face in your presence , not because he had to, but because he wanted to, like he was incapable of looking anything but smug when near you. With that same expression, he took a singular sip of his wine before sitting the glass back on the table.Â
âStay,â he ordered quickly when he saw even the flicker of possibility of you leaving. You stayed kneeled next to his table as you were told, the last thing you needed was him complaining to your boss, a habit he'd made to keep you as in debt as possible. And Ajax was a high paying customer, one that they wanted to keep. His words were like law to your employers, anything less than perfection with his service would be met with the dock of your pay.
Ajax wanted you to be as poor as possible. He wanted you to be pressed under his thumb, to be weak to his will and in need of his favors. It was those same favors that'd gotten you into this mess now, and those same favors were only digging your hole deeper. You owed him a lot. Not him, per say, but the Northland bank. Usually owing money meant you'd be shaken down by a low level fatui foot soldier, yet Ajax had taken a particularly notable interest in you. One that did more harm than good. It bordered on obsession, although he'd play that observation off with a smile.
âYou're late,â his words were followed by another sip of wine. He didn't have to tell you what you were late on, you knew he was referring to a payment. There was a happy chirp to the way he spoke, a playful sweetness to his tone that would've been charming, had he not been smiling at your misery.
âI paid yesterday,â you insisted. It was difficult getting your anger across with a forced smile on your face, but your strained voice and gritted teeth would have to suffice.
âYou paid the principal,â he playfully tapped your nose with the cold tip of his finger and you resisted the urge to snap and bite, âNot your interest.â
âI was told I could pay it later, I'll have it by the end of the week,â
âTold by whom? Was it me?â He looked so proud of himself as he spoke watching you grow more and more frustrated while being unable to express it, âIf it wasn't by me then it wasn't part of your arrangement.â
âI can pay at the end of the night if you wait for my shift to be over,â you sighed, letting the smile drop for only a moment. You thought it strange how sweetly the teller at the bank was when she insisted that you could pay the interest later. Against your better judgement, you listened. Why were you dumb enough to think you had allies on your side? To think that he wasn't still pulling strings, even when he was nowhere near.
An expression crossed Ajax's face. A familiar one. A bad one. The look he made when an idea struck him. Or, perhaps when he knew he'd finally be able to get what he wanted. That's the look he gave you, and felt your heart sink.Â
âYou won't make enough,â there he was again, saying those harsh words with a singsong tone, reveling in your misfortune, âWith the late fee on top, you'll be short.â
You scoffed, letting the cheerful facade drop. There'd never been a late fee before, but Childe was insistent in getting what he truly wanted from you. Your one slip up was going to be your detriment, and his greatest achievement so far. You could see it in the sparkle in his dead, hollow blue eyes. He was anticipating just this, almost as if he'd plotted the entire thing himself. A conspiracy like that wasn't far off in terms of what the man in front of you was capable of, the one who was looking down upon your pitiful kneeling form in delight about the ownership of you that he dangled over your head.
âTake me as a client tonight and consider yourself cleared of this weeks payment-â
Your glossed lips parted quickly to stop his train of thoughts, but he cut you off by placing a finger against them. You couldn't see it, but you could feel the soft shade from your lips smear across his digit and onto your cheek.
â-and the next,â
You felt your world stop at this statement. Suddenly, the brothel that was so noisy and overbearing, was silent. Two weeks with no payment? Childe was never that generous. But he was also a man who was always two steps ahead. He'd been wanting to bed you since the day you walked into that bank the first time. All smiles with a hand resting too low upon your waist while selling you a loan that would essentially take your entire life to pay back. You were naive then. Naive and desperate. And somehow, you were worse now.
When things were rough and you knew you didn't have the money to pay him, he'd accept little things. A date. Handholding. A hug. There was even a day where he accepted a kiss upon the lips in exchange for a week's payment.Â
A real kiss.Â
He wanted you to initiate. He wanted you seated on his lap, your tongue in his mouth, he wanted to claim you completely, while making it feel like you desired it too.
The kiss was suffocating and vile, not romantic at all. It was a kiss that screamed ownership and possession, nothing close to a true affection. You couldn't even pull away when you wanted to, his hand was holding the back of your head, keeping you in place while he lapped at the inside of your mouth, slurping at your tongue while simultaneously tracing his fingertips over your cheeks.
âI don't take customer's, I'm not a-â you couldn't bring yourself to speak the word, but all he did was cock an eyebrow at your silence.
âAnything can be arranged,â
A deal that feels too good to be true, is usually just that. His smirk, mischievous and cold spoke of a desire that wouldn't end with one taste of your body. Silently, you were cursing yourself for even considering it. Having your head above the water, even if just for a week more would be like a balm to your soul, but at what cost?
âTwo weeks?â You peaked up at him through your lashes. The way his smile spread told you that you were already making the wrong decision, but you didn't turn back, âYou have to promise me Childe, do you mean it?â
âCross my heart and hope to die,â his words made you feel even sicker as he mimicked the childish gesture.
His hand was outstretched to you, fingers long and lanky, still wet and cold from the condensation of his glass. The sight of that hand was familiar. The last deal you'd made with the man being the reason you worked yourself to the bone now. The last time you'd shaken that same, cold hand, you'd done something stupid. It was a bad deal. It was always a bad deal with him. There was always some hidden clause or play of words that you didn't decipher quick enough, always something hidden up his sleeve, especially when it came to you.
And despite your better judgement, you still shook his hand. Instead of feeling the weight of the world fall off of your shoulders, you only felt it grow heavier upon your already weak body. It was better to give it to him now, than have him take it later, right? Who knew what he had planned for you if you couldn't pay.
âShall we take a room upstairs?â He pointed to the staircase. Only courtesans and their clients used those stairs. You were sure he knew that, yet he spoke as if he also knew that there would be one free for the two of you to use together, like he'd planned this very scenario from the get go.
The thought wasn't lost on you. Ajax always planned things to a tee, when it came to you.
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