#just. in case. apparently hahahaha.

[22degreehalo]

SO in the wake of regaining entry to Livejournal I've started saving the fics I read there for posterity, which given that this is almost entirely a pre-AO3 zone means going through the Very nostalgic process of continually highlighting the given chapter's text, copying and pasting it over to a Word (well, Libre Office) document, and saving n.n;

I had the journal when I began my House/Wilson phase, so that is the clear majority in terms of fics recced there, haha. (I even completed a rec_50 challenge with them!!) And so far, I've been able to save almost everything I linked there, which is honestly amazing! (Albeit with some searching around for mirrors e.g. on fanfiction.net or squidgeworld or just good ol' Wayback Machine.)

So, I should have no reason whatsoever to complain!

...except. :')

There is this one PARTICULAR House/Wilson fic that, for whatever reason, just... lodged itself into my brain, and even all these years later I still think about it sometimes. It wasn't long (only a few thousand words long), or all that original, but it the emotion in it was just so perfectly captured! A very particular kind of emotion that I can only really fully appreciate now that I know I'm aro!!!

Except I... just can't seem to remember the name of it?! (I remember so many other fic's names...) And from what I've seen so far - and I'm making serious headway through them - none of the linked fics look like they are the one I am thinking of... :')

which. How exactly do you ask for help finding a fic published almost fifteen years ago?! I have no idea how to contact the House/Wilson fandom who would've been around back then... I do not think that anybody is checking the comms anymore :')

[ellyswsw]

What you would see on the Shaw Pack's cellphones !!

David

He barely cares what the inside of his phone looks like lowkey but it's still organized

He changes his home and lock screen occasionally (him and angel ofc)

He has an account on Pinterest and he saves so many furniture decors

Help I feel like he would have some pictures of important contracts and paperwork for potential evidence or some shit

Pictures of him flexing his muscles and working out cause Angel asked for them

And pictures of Angel he saved whenever they update him on what they're doing.

Definitely shaw pack group photos

He still keeps old photos of him with his mother, him when he was just a little boy, his mom and dad, and him with the two of them. He'd look at them when it's his dad's anniversary and just cry

His email box is so packed with proposals, sponsors, and just usual pack leader stuff (get it PACKed hahahaha okay I'll stop)

Angel

Angel's phone is definitely filled with selfies, pictures of them cuddling with David

They take goofy pictures of the pack in 0.5 I swear

Sometimes you'd see really blurry pictures that they accidentally took without knowing that they never really bothered to delete cause they're too lazy unless their phone storage is packed asf

Food pictures, so many of them

They have an Instagram account and they really like editing and designing their stories

Whenever David doesn't feel like cooking, Angel goes straight to their phone cause they have so many food delivery apps

Brands begging them to sponsor their products

Angel and David share their passwords

Let's just say they have provocative photos of them to tease David and they always save those muscle pics David sends them (it's on their private album)

Asher

Him and Baaabe really likes taking silly photos together

His phone is so cracked you'd think he has a child that's always borrowing it

Fefinitely lost his phone(s) at least 3 times

He really likes taking candid photos of Baaabe

His phone is so filled with memes and he's the type of person to always send a meme to comeback every possible message ever

Has tiktok and knows how to use gen alpha language and is a Charli's brat album boy

He likes ordering silly stuff online

He has a grocery app

Angel and him have the most screen time ever in their circle

Baaabe

Their apps are organized in groups cause they don't like swiping left and right like theres a folder for Google apps, online shops social media, etc.

They saved every freaky voicemail Asher sent to them

They really love taking pictures of the places they're in. Buildings, trees, cool interior designs, etc.

Likes listening to music, Spotify is their top most used app

Milo

Him and Sweetheart always like taking pictures together whenever there's a good spot or good lighting and he'd usually post it on Insta

Also has a Pinterest account but with outfits

So many online shopping apps just for clothes

Him and Sweetheart send each other outfits they wore whenever one of them is on a business trip

His add to cart consists of clothes, jewelry, cat toys, leashes and collar for aggro.. and adult toys

Sweetheart

I think just like Baaabe, their apps are also organized in folders.

They are barely active on social media because they think if they get into trouble while on their investigating duty, social media is the first option that's gonna be checked and they don't want that

But you'd see them on Milo's posts

Always on incognito mode

You'd always see outfit checks on their gallery before a flight or a vacation since they prepare an outfit they'd wear every day of the week in advance

They have so many hair tutorials for formal hairstyles because they need to look formal everyday at work apparently

Darlin'

Has one broken and abused phone and at least 10 burner phones

Doesn't care what their phone looks like because they don't even care abt the phone

Has no casing

Even the back is cracked

They have a password that they change every month and they tell Sam what the password is

Whenever someone in the pack they're close with needs to open their phone, they either open it themselves or tell them the password then immediately change it after and update Sam again

Every account they have has a different password which they're kinda annoyed at themself for doing that because it's hard to remember every single password

Sam

His phone still has that abstract and colorful wallpaper ever since he bought it and he hasn't cared to change it even now

Even the layout of the apps is the same

Has those millennial parent profile picture

He barely uses his phone

Doesn't know how to put up a widget

Instead of saving the actual picture, he just screenshots it

But he really loves texting his mate, and he won't easily admit it, but he gets all giddy and appreciative whenever the pack adds him to a group chat with them

[mikodrawnnarratives]

(last minute i made another graph to fit what I point out better ig cuz discord + narinder don't have much unique to them and not shmilk maybe it'll make more or less sense idc)

I didn't want to fill out the commonalities in the graph(s) so i'll leave it to text

All: powerful entities that got chained/imprisoned for long period of time that's only made them more vengeful ALSO happen to be popularly shipped with their favorite/favorite for a time in fandom spaces, canon has some hints in the ships favor

kinda also similar in some ways

Discord + narinder:

Motivated by revenge for at least some time, one is reformed in canon and the other kinda depends on the fic/playthrough

I have the least on this since shmilk's been on my mind so much but there are likely more

shadow milk cookie + discord:

What really is the difference between deceit and chaos? Not very much I'd say. Both also don't like friendship all that much b4 being reformed/redeemed (in shmilk's case lol that's not in canon not yet at least)

Very uniquely attached to their favorite in a way thas very apparent to other ppl

also:

"PSH HAHAHAHA LONELY?! NOW WHO'S THE CLOWN HERE?! OH, I'M TEARING UP..." "You dare act like you know ME?!" "friend...?" "You think you can boss Discord around? You think I'm just going to turn all this back because YOU say so? Because if I don't I'll lose the one friend I ever had?" ! "oh....Well played fluttershy. Well played"

That's where they diverge of course lol, Discord's just built different

Narinder + shadow milk cookie:

Usually when I think of narinder I think of Trod narinder from The Rehabilitation of Death by @/ bamsara so both have their favorite betray them, they were happy for a bit then nope then fav still wants a relationship and all that complicated stuff (they still differ in how their fav thinks of them b4 the betrayal)

Both have a time before becoming a villain; Shmilk (if my understanding is correct to cookie lore) used to be good then changed, and Narinder used to be with his siblings before betrayal

Both lose the/a source of their powers (admittedly I'm still trying to get a good grasp of cookie lore so I'm not too well versed in cookie jam power rules 👉👈) and either get downgraded or at least their ex-favorite has gotten an upgrade

More than 2 eyes, and they tattle on their emotions (at least in the fanart)

And likely more that I'm not thinking of rn

[blueteller]

Hello, Blueteller-nim! I just want to ask what's happening rn in tcf part 2? Who are the new gods that have been introduced (and how many of those newly introduced gods became Cale's enemies)? How many hunters Cale already defeated (and how many more should he defeat)? Is there any news about the Fake Hilsman? Did Cale adopted a new kid? (Pls say yes I want him to adopt more lol)

Hi! I believe this exact question was sent to me before? Sorry it took me so long to reply! Every time I started writing, new lore got dropped and I ended up re-writing this reply from scratch. There's a lot to cover, so brace yourself for tons of SPOILERS

I made a post about TCF gods once already, but turns out, parts of it are outdated! Some new information got revealed that directly contradicts my old assumptions about several of them. But we'll get to it.

First of all, the Hunter families. The plot of Part 2 so far consists of Cale going to different dimensions to deal with them.

So there were originally seven, but by current time there were only five left to deal with. Let's quickly run by each of them one by one.

Black Bloods; residents of the planet Xiaolen – specifically Xiaolen 1 – named Huayans (Fayence in the first raw translations, just in case you've seen that version before), led by Redok. They were human Black Mages who specialized in "White Magic", meaning their variant of Black Magic was more powerful and it looked white. Pretty neat. They flooded Xiaolen with dead mana in order to sacrifice the world and gather its energy called "Karma". Still little detail on how Karma works exactly, but we know it can be gathered by either killing or saving tons of people – guess which method the Hunters use. Cale got a dramatic fire power boost because of some universal balance rules, and defeated them pretty easily. (Xiaolen citizens made Cale a statue in his honor, much to his despair lol)

Blue Bloods; residents of Central Plains, a pretty young world from what we know. They were known as the Blood Cult, lead by a female leader called Blood Demon. They created hundreds of thousands of zombies called Jiangshi and planned to cause a 3-way civil war in order to do the same thing Black Bloods were trying to do. Cale got a water power upgrade because of a dead Dragon and defeated a tsunami with a tsunami and got a splitting headache because of some third eye mumbo jumbo – long story. They were a little harder to defeat than Black Bloods, but they managed in the end. Choi Han got to personally slay the Blood Demon. (Central Plains citizens turned Cale into a folk story/legend and apparently there's already a cult for him hahaha)

Purple Bloods; resident of Aipotu – who consists entirely of Dragons and Dragon-bloods, led by Dragon Lord Neo (yes I'm pretty sure the name is a Matrix reference – love the irony of it so much). Purple Blood's specialty was getting to "inheriting" Dragon powers via some very questionable blood transfusions and heart transplants. Nasty stuff. Neo's Attribute was time, or something quite similar to it, and he used his time powers to mess up Aipotu and the World Tree, intending to transfer himself and all his followers/slaves into a Virtual Reality the Hunters planned to make their own new world. Cale had to use Instant to defeat Neo, turning his own broken plate into dust and eating it to survive (VERY questionable method, Cale!!). Dragon Half-Blood also had to sacrifice himself so Cale set him up as an NPC in the Virtual World and he gets to be reborn from an egg as a legit Half-Dragon named Eden Miru. These has been the most recent events in the story (also Aipotu residents built Cale a church under Clopeh and named it Five Colored Light religion HAHAHAHA). Speaking of Virtual Reality…

Transparent Bloods; residents of Earth 3 – the world where Anh Roh Man lives, the guy who made Alberu's Taerang; leader unknown so far. Apparently ARM's parents are the one who made the Virtual Reality, and the Hunters bought/stole it (and named it "Raising My Very Own Precious Omnipotent God!"??? Which is just hilarious…) So the game wasn't originally designed by them. That matters a lot, because it seems like not only VR is sentient like every other world so far, it has even created an AI specifically against the Hunters and their influence. It seems that VR is, in fact, a real world, capable of containing real people and their souls. So Cale will definitely be heading there next to save it from Transparent Bloods. But before we get to them…

Five-Colored Bloods; no apparent residence, but I have a suspicion… We found out very recently their leader is called the "Wanderer King". Which just screams to me of the whole "Mercenary King" invented by the White Star – the exact same brand of arrogance, really. Their specialty seems to be collecting and transferring power; that's how Dragon Lord Neo was able to get so much power to influence an entire world and the World Tree. They will be a pain to deal with, because they seem to be allied both with certain gods and demons. Which is why, btw, in the most recent chapters Cale went to the freaking Demon Realm. But more on that in a bit~!

White Bloods; all we know about them is from Choi Jung Gun in Sealed God's Temple Test of Sloth. To directly quote him, "The White Blood family betrayed the Hunters and escaped!" (chapter 730) – which I actually mixed up in the past, my bad; I thought it was the Red Blood family that betrayed them and escaped. Speaking of which:

Red Bloods; also known as Thames, last known member being Jour Thames (or is it Drew Thames in the EAP translation? Whatever, I prefer Jour…) and the "Fake Hilsman" who stole Cale's retirement fund. Judging from Jour mentioning her brother when Cale got the Annual Rings of Life Ancient Power, I think it's safe to assume it's that guy. CJG said to Cale that " The Red Blood family perished a long time ago", but he also said that "The Red Blood did not perish", so I think they also betrayed the Hunters and faked their death.

If you're still with me after ALL of that exposition, let me now actually address the actual question: the gods involved in the plot of in Part 2.

There are 5 gods we must talk about, and why I need the Hunter families context first will become clear in a moment.

God of Balance; apparently female, wears heels, and approaches people from behind for intimidation. I'd call her the "gentle in disposition yet extremely scary" grandma type. Basically forcefully summoned Cale to meet her after defeating the Blue Bloods on Central Plains (Cale did not see her face) and told/threatened Cale that he should become a god. One of the "Five Ancient Gods", which seem to be one of the if not THE oldest Gods around who did not retire yet for some reason. Seems like a real piece of work, though doesn't seem evil? More like a strict law enforced or corrupt politician. She did beat up the God of Death over giving Cale the dimension-transporting mirror Divine Item that one time. She also wrote a rulebook on universal balance, apparently. That's why most of Cales powers were sealed and weakened during the Central Plains arc.

God of Hope; I don't believe their gender was ever specified. I think some people assume she's female too, but I found no evidence for it so far? I might be wrong. Anyway – thanks to them visiting Cale to "scare away" the God of Balance, we got tons of info. The God of Hope said: "Including Balance, Chaos, and I, there are a total of five Ancient Gods. We have continued to protect these seats without ever handing it over to another existence. My my, we are all quite greedy. We all desire power as well." So the five Ancient Gods seem to be Balance, Chaos, Hope, and I think the last two are Fate and Blue Wolf? [EDIT: The last two were revealed to be Justice and Injustice in the most recent chapter. My mistake!] Anyway – the God of Hope is sometimes stronger than Balance and that pisses her off. They seem to be one of the most reasonable gods we've met so far, not only admitting that they did not wish to become a god at all but were forced to, but also sincerely cheering on Cale's dream, explaining that Balance wanted Cale to replace Hope and be her lackey. No thanks, Balance, that's never gonna happen. …I mean Cale might still end up a god, with how things are going, but. Definitely not working for Balance.

Blue Wolf; I'm also unsure if the gender ever got specified, though I got the impression that they're probably male so far? In any case, they showed up during the battle on Aipotu. One of the evil Hunter Dragons tried to summon them with a corrupt Divine Item and Lock ended up swallowing a blue flame (yes it was exactly as weird as it sounds). They seem to be the reason why Beast People are able to control their Berserk Transformations at all? Which is quite interesting. Little to no depth on this god's character so far, though, except for apparently liking Lock and making him a successor of some kind.

God of Chaos; we found out a couple of things about them so far in the Aipotu arc. One, their followers are complete freaks; like, Shou Tucker from Fullmetal Alchemist level of messed up.  Their followers experiment on people AND themselves, like re-sewing limbs and creating chimeras (which explains lots of Hunter experiments honestly). Two, their representatives are able to use some weird similar-to-Dominating-Aura power which involves creepy Eldritch Horror Eyes? And Cale's gonna try and replicate that with the Donating Aura himself?? Well okay then…? Three, that god's power seems to be characterized by grey color (Dragon Lord Neo intended to use grey stuff to kill Aipotu with. Also worth mentioning; Choi Jung Gun apparently got poisoned by it, so now he's unconscious, slowly turning gray and dying. We'll see if Cale finds a way to save him.) Which – plot twist!! Actually came up in Part 1!! Looks like Sky Eating Water herself was subdued by that very god's power?! Together with God of War, no less, which brings us to the final god on the list…

God of War; turns out they're a double agent, if not a triple agent!! It's quite difficult to figure out what their deal is. Before, I kinda assumed they had to have some good intentions, because they helped created shelters and Cotton was their Holy Maiden and stuff. But nope. God of War is either working FOR or WITH the Hunters, although I'm inclined to think the latter. There seems to be something going behind the scenes, some personal agenda we don't know of yet? We know from Part 1 that God of War gave the people of the north a river, which the Sekka family hoarded selfishly for themselves, turning it into a lake. The God of War emptied the lake in retribution and sent a Divine Item that was a watering can full of fury. However – despite apparently all that good stuff and "breaking the slave chains" from Sky Eater Water, they also forced her to work for them as a Judge, which she hated so much she ran off. We now found out in Part 2 that God of War must have wanted to control Sky Eating Water, because she was so powerful she probably could have defeated the Ancient White Star by herself!! So, God of War teamed up with God of Chaos and chained her down in the lake in the Eastern Continent where Cale eventually got the Ancient Power from. A tragic end for her, but shows how merciless God of War was for his very own chosen one, in the end. God of War was also involved in giving Neo the knowledge on how to control Aipotu's power and the World Tree. There seems to be a lot more going on with the God of War we EVER knew, and the fact that the grey color has been set up back when Cale got Sky Eating water is straight up thrilling for me. I can't wait to find out more!!

So we finally covered all the Hunters and all the gods so far – goodness I'm sorry there's so much, but in my defense, that's about 300 chapters of context for it.

I roughly covered what happened so far through the two lists, but I'll add a few more things:

Cale defeated 3 out of 5 Hunter families so far: Black, Blue and Purple (like beating someone up and leaving colored bruises lol), with Transparent and Five Colors left. Also the ever-mysterious Hunter Leader called "The King's Successor", no idea if that's the Wanderer King or not, but I kind of doubt it. We'll see… (I also totally hope Cale kicks the a** of the God of Chaos, because they're a creep and deserve to burn in hell)

There seems to be another faction aside from Hunters & their supporters, or anti-Hunter gods like God of Death and non-affiliated people – there's a group called "Arbitrators" (raw translation, EAP did not get so far yet), which include Demons?? We don't know what their exact deal is yet, they seem to be about specific Divine/Demonic politics maybe? And Cotton is one of them because she turned her back on God of War?? And now Cale is in the Demon Realm, meeting a middle-aged demon princess named Aurora (whose father got dethroned and another guy took his place so Cale's probably gonna dethrone yet another monarch soon), and it turns out that the Arbitrators are totally BROKE, which kinda explains why Fake Hilsman stole Cale's money if he's one of them… Now Cale is scared because they want him to sponsor them HAHAHA – Alberu is gonna love the irony

No Cale did not officially adopt more kids sadly, but there's been some adorable kid characters showing up, and there's DEFINITELY a ton of new loyal Caleism followers – much to Cale's despair, as they're starting to worship him across dimensions… And with the Virtual Reality apparently being able to connect worlds, it's only the matter of time before Cale's slacker life is utterly screwed by multi-dimensional religion starring him as their Lord and Savior LOL

…So anyway, I hope it's what you've been asking for? Thank for reading this freakishly long post about my rambling on Part 2!

[yerimbrit]

[flufftober day 31, wc: 1k] - trick or treat! : i saw a ghost! with MC kkura

“THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST UNSERIOUS THING WE’VE DONE,” sakura mutters, pulling the modified bed sheet-turned-ghost costume over your head. you stop her midway so she can see your wide grin, and she only shakes her head fondly at you.

you let the sheet fall down over the rest of your face, and then point to yourself—although your arms are also covered with the sheet, so it just looks like a nub of the ghost is sticking out. “but it fits, kkura, i’m a ghost because i was a ghost, and you’re a ghostbuster! except we’re in love. hey, do you think that counts as forbidden love?”

“no comment,” sakura answers, spinning you around to see the rest of your look. she’s thinking of adding sunglasses, but she’s also afraid you’re gonna fall over because it’s so dark, so… maybe she’ll take it with her just in case.

because of her response (or lack thereof) you start sulking, sometimes sakura chooses not to humor you and it’s annoying. maybe if you died again she would treat you specially again. such a mean lover, but you love her regardless and you know she does too. there were some struggles and certain circumstances before and after you became human again, some that you can’t really explain in detail at the moment.

sakura sees your sulking state and sighs, grabbing the beanie she crocheted for you and fitting it snugly on your head, over the sheet. you hum in approval and kiss her cheek through the costume, effectively growing a blush across her face. “shall we go?”

“this is a rich looking neighborhood,” you note, holding sakura’s hand tightly in yours, the fabric bunching up at your wrist. you’re holding a pumpkin bucket with the other hand. “you should make this on your animal crossing island.”

the girl thinks it over, pursing her lips. “i could, but do i really want to do all of that work?”

you shrug, “you’ve done it before, in your stardew valley farm.”

“touché.”

as expected from a “rich looking neighborhood” the two of you rack up some king-sized candy bars and other trinkets that you don’t really pay attention to, with your unoriginal (but inside joke heavy) costumes. apparently, an old classmate of yours lived in one of the houses you visited and said that the ghost’s voice sounded familiar, so you had to hurry to get out of there.

(“huh,” sooyoung frowns, “you kind of sound familiar, miss ghost. like someone i used to know…”

a bead of sweat forms on both you and sakura’s faces. you chuckle nervously, “what a coincidence, right?”

sooyoung drops two fun sized kit kats into your pumpkin bucket, nodding in suspicion. “happy halloween.”

you two turn back, scurrying off to the sidewalk. “she’s scary,” you whine, nearly tripping over yourself, “she’s always been scary!”)

a dead woman could not trick-or-treat, she could only trick. and haunt. and get resurrected by her human lover. 

some have looked at you weirdly, or did a double-take when they heard your voice behind the costume, but you pay it no mind. people you knew might recognize you, but you’re a changed person, at least different from the y/n they knew. perhaps that is the effect of being a ghost for more than three years. you’re happy now, though, with sakura—you’ve been accepted at her university, your classes are fun and challenging, and you’re planning on majoring in physiology. you’ve also picked poetry back up.

but one thing for sure, one thing you’ll be eternally grateful for: being able to taste honey butter chips again. and going trick-or-treating for the first time in probably ten years.

oh, and also, chaewon lives on this street. the two of you came to her house earlier, ringing the doorbell and expecting regular old chaewon to answer, but you were greeted with yunjin in a striking red wildcats jersey.

(“oh hey kkura-unnie, and y/n—wait, hahahaha! that’s so funny, ‘cause you were, hahaha!” yunjin doubles over, holding her stomach from laughing so hard.

“can i have my candy?” you ask impatiently, holding out the bucket. “what are you supposed to be?”

the american smiles widely, pulling chaewon over who is dressed in a dumb inflatable red blood drop costume. “i’m troy bolton,” she points to herself.

“and i’m hemoglobin!” chaewon finishes, before the embarrassment kicks in and she dumps a whole bag of twix into your bucket. “pretend you never saw that.”

sakura snickers and fidgets with the ghost sucker in her hand. “i can’t promise anything.”)

your bucket is nearly filled to the brim, so you agree to make the next house the last stop of the day before returning to sakura’s car. on the outside, the house has some white and orange fairy lights, with very nicely designed and carved pumpkins on the porch. there’s also a slightly deflated santa inflatable in the back, but you don’t think that’s part of the halloween festivities.

“i’m getting a vibe from this place,” you say as you approach the front door, trying not to spill your candy.

the ghostbuster tilts her head. “what vibes?”

“i don’t know, just vibes.”

you ring the doorbell. and the most familiar face answers the door. 

“oh, are you trick or treating?”

“s… se-seulgi,” you blink rapidly, utterly shocked. the artist raises her eyebrows, then furrows them. 

“y/n…? is that you? oh, my god.”

so yeah, turns out the vibe was the whole best friend that graduated and caused your death of loneliness. fun! no, really—fun, because you haven’t seen her since she left.

the three of you end up chatting for a bit, you and seulgi exchanging sincere apologies and also phone numbers, and you also get to meet her two cats, lulu and lala, who treat you like their love at first sight. 

seulgi ran out of candy (someone stole the entire bowl she set outside) so she offered to draw a portrait of you and sakura in your halloween costumes, which you gladly take. as expected, it turns out like it should belong in a museum. this is definitely getting stuck on the fridge.

“i'll talk to you later, okay?” the artist waves goodbye, patting you on the head (or the top of the beanie) and giving a real, genuine eye smile. 

“later,” you grin.

it turns out later might not come because you may or may not have overdosed on more than 20 packs of smarties.

flufftober masterlist

a/n : and that marks the end of flufftober! thank you to all who stuck around until the very last day, im actually rlly surprised i finished it LOL

[seenoversundown]

Insidious : Eleven

Jake x Rory (Fem OC)

Warnings: Fighting, blood, violence, anger, foul language, injuries, tension, flashbacks.

Word Count: 2k.

Author's Note: hiiiiii.. hahahaha.. sorry i've been rogue for a minute. It's not you, it's me. I've been in a bit of a writing slump unfortunately, but I do have some content for you at least.

Austin, Texas | Day 3

We made it to the hotel a few hours ago, and everybody had settled in. Even in such a short amount of time, she had caught on to the routine where we all just disappeared into our rooms for a while to decompress from the bus. 

But we had things to do tonight so, now I find myself in Rory’s room, asking, “How much will you hate me if I steal the boys for a bit?” Sitting in the little rolling chair at the desk in her room. “We just have to meet up with a management person.”

She comes out from the bathroom, shaking her head subtly, “Seems late for that, no?” 

“He just wants to grab drinks,” I start, waiting to see if she seems offended. “I know you typically come with so..” 

She sits on the edge of the bed with a shrug, “Oh, that’s fine.” 

Really sell it, Jake. 

“You sure?” I ask, trying to sound as sympathetic as I can. “I feel bad having to ditch you like this.” 

She chuckles to herself, “No really— I’ll just relax here. I probably need to sleep anyway.” 

Standing up, I look over at her, “Call me if you need anything, okay?” 

“Will do,” she says, saluting me with a shit eating grin on her face. 

Pulling the door open, I can’t help myself when I tell her, “Don’t have too much fun without me.” Hitting her with a wink before a pillow comes flying toward me. 

Josh: we’re outside 

Me: omw 

A couple hours later..  

I spit out, “Josh, you have the money right?” 

“Yep,” he lets out breathlessly, walking past me. 

Looking back at the man tied to a chair in the middle of his office, I shake my head as I say, “I don’t know why you couldn’t just work with me.” 

“They don’t deserve shit,” his voice is angry, and I can’t blame him considering how his night is going. He starts frantically moving, trying to finesse his arms out of the rope. I swing on him once more, my fist connecting with his jaw and I watch him wince after.   

I crouch down, my face close to his, whispering, “You know what you signed up for,” I taunt him. “Don’t you?” 

“I should have fucking hit you harder,” he spits out, and I can feel little drips of blood hitting me as he does. 

“Don’t live in the ‘what ifs’ sweetheart,” I tell him, a grin on my face. I reach up, patting his cheek roughly when I say, “You won’t remember anything anyway.”  

He watches as I back away from him, and he mutters, “The fuck do you mean?” 

Danny cracked him in the back of his skull with a book from his desk, that apparently he hadn’t noticed disappear. His head hangs forward, his arms slouch as his muscles relax. 

“He’s out,” Danny mumbles, tossing the book onto the desk. 

Sam comes around behind him, getting access to the camera system and deleting all the footage from today. I glance up and see the cable dangling from the security camera in the corner.  He cuts the cameras throughout the lobby of the place so we can get out and then I watch him clear out any traces of us being in here before swiping the mouse and keyboard with an alcohol wipe that he shoves in his pocket after. 

“We good?” Josh asks from the doorway.  

I look over at the other two and back to him, “Yep, let’s go.”

Thirty Minutes Later.. 

All of us trying to get back to our rooms quickly, just wanting to wash away another night of chaos. We quietly walk down the halls of this hotel, almost back to our rooms when we pass a little alcove with vending machines and then the worst case scenario ensues. 

“Oh! You made it back in one piece, good” Rory says, walking toward us. 

All four of us are nervous laughing as she gets closer, not really having the chance to look at each other. Sam lets out, “of course we did!”

Danny pipes up quickly, “Well, I’m gonna go shower.” 

“I told you I was going to first!” Sam hollers walking swiftly behind him. 

Josh looks over to her, “did you have a good night at least?” She immediately starts chatting with him and I’m taking that as my escape. 

My head whips around when I hear a door open behind us— paranoia is just a light symptom of what comes with this stupid job. 

“Okay I’m gonna go,” I let out as I look back over to the two of them. 

She grabs my arm before I can walk away, “what happened?” My head turns and before I can say anything, her hand reaches up, swiping her thumb over my cheek gently. She practically coos when she asks, “Did someone hit you?”

“Uh,” I didn’t think she would be able to tell. Desperately trying to ignore the way my stomach feels when she touches me. 

Josh’s voice perks up, “Some shit head drunk hit him— typical bar fight.” 

“Well, if you bruise, I can hide it for you before the show,” she tells me. Pulling her hand away, she glances down, and my eyes follow her, noticing the few drops of blood that have stained my forearm. Fucking hell, how did I miss that? She whispers, “Please tell me that isn't..” 

Looking back up to me, the subtle panic in her eyes, she can’t find out. I laugh, “I had to fight him off, Rory. It’s okay.” 

Josh’s arm slinks over her shoulders, muttering, “He didn’t even hit him that hard, the guy's nose started bleeding pretty quickly.”

Her little sigh of relief before she says, “Glad you won at least.” A little smile sneaks out, like she isn’t proud of that thought. 

“Always do,” I mumble, holding her gaze for possibly a second too long. 

Next Day / Before the show 

The day started out normal. Load in went smoothly, and nobody seemed to be in a bad mood today. Thank god. I wasn’t avoiding Rory, but I definitely didn’t linger around her. 

After seeing the way she reacted to a small amount of blood on me, I realized that I can never let her find out what we’re doing out here. I need to protect her from it. 

My stomach turned every time I thought about what would happen if she discovered it. Every possible scenario and how I would have to handle it. Just hoping we can make it through this tour without any mishaps. 

We finish our soundcheck and end up out back, where most of the other guys start lighting up their cigarettes. But instead of that, I find Rory, who's sat in the green room, just scrolling on her phone.  

“Is it obvious?” I ask. 

Reaching up, she pushes my chin so the light hits the side of my face more evenly. The little grimace on her face says enough, but still she tells me, “It’s not terrible, but I can still hide it for you.” 

Nobody was ever looking that closely at my face when we played shows, but I knew she would end up doing this unless it somehow wasn’t bruised at all. 

Following her onto the bus, she points at one of the bench seats in the front, letting out a quiet, “Sit.” 

Plopping down as directed, I watch her come back with her make up bag, digging through it to find whatever it is she needs. 

“If it hurts, just tell me,” she says. Pulling out a tube with yellow stuff in it, mumbling, “Trust the process, okay?” 

A small chuckle comes out of me. She steps closer to me, ever so gently tapping dots of the yellow cream over the bruise before closing and dropping it onto the bench next to me. She's focused on blending it out, so carefully tapping it into my skin. 

“Is it sore?” She asks. 

Her eyes flit over to meet mine and my stomach flips, I mumble out, “It’s not bad.” 

She reaches down, grabbing something else from her bag, but I can’t focus on anything but her. She taps my knees, giggling with a little, “Let me in.” 

She feels so familiar. 

Tilting my head so she can see better, she starts tapping more stuff onto me. The bus is so quiet, I can hear every single time her finger barely touches me. 

“I’m glad this isn’t that bad, but—“ she starts. “You should be more careful, Jake.” 

My chest sinks in and I swear my heart stopped beating for a second. My mind starts racing instead. 

“Nobody looks at me during shows anyway,” I told her. 

She rolled her eyes at me, stepping between my legs and grabbing my chin. She whispered, “They do and you’re gonna get caught if you don’t let me do this.” 

My hands wrapped around the backs of her thighs, tugging her closer and pouting slightly so she would lean down and kiss me. 

“You get one kiss and then I’m doing this,” she tells me, the smile plastered on her face. She gently pressed her lips into mine and I wished she would just stay there. “I know you’re just trying to distract me, and I refuse to let it work this time.” 

“That’s what you say every time, angel.” 

Her head fell back with a laugh, and what a beautiful sight it was. I watched her as she went to work, hiding the remnants of my black eye. I could have stared at her endlessly; effortless beauty, the sweetest soul, and she was mine. 

“There we go,” she said, flitting the fluffy brush under my eye one more time. Leaning in and pressing a little kiss on the tip of my nose. “You know, you really should be more careful, Jake.” 

I nod, “I know, I know.” 

She held the sides of my face gently, pressed another kiss against my lips, and said, “I don’t like seeing you hurt.” 

“Jake?” Rory’s voice floods my ears. 

My eyes snap over to hers, rambling out, “Hmm, what?” 

“You okay?” Her eyebrows are pulled together as she looks at me. 

I nod, asking “Yeah, why?” Before I realize that my heart is pounding and she looks down for a moment. I let my eyes follow where she’s staring, and I’m holding the back of her thigh. 

“Oh,” I choke out, letting go of her. “I’m- uh, I’m sorry.” 

Her hand lands on my shoulder, “No, it’s okay.” 

“Old habit, I guess,” I tell her, forcing a small laugh, only hoping that she’ll buy it. 

She looks at me for a minute, brushing away some loose powder from my face. A giggle laced her words when she said, “I knew you seemed like a diva.” 

“You got me.” 

She stands back for a second, “Do you want to look or do you trust me?” 

“I’m sure it’s great,” I tell her, but honestly, I just need to get out of here. 

She grabs her bag from the bench, saying, “You’re free to run away then.” 

Instantly, I shoot up, walking towards the door, but my body pauses before I can fully leave the bus. Turning back to look at her as she tucks everything back into her makeup bag, I quietly let out, “Rory—“ 

Her head whips over to me, her eyebrows raised as we make eye contact and I say, “Um.. thank you.” 

Ten

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[kerizaret]

Nenekasa gaming date at nenes house but tks comes over all proud and cocky like "hahahaha!! dear nene this time it won't be like others!! I will finally beat you for this time I come prepared!!!" bc he apparently met with toya a day before and they sat and read through the WHOLE instructions handbook that comes with the game and toya made sure tks memorised all the combos so he's SURE rhis time he will get the upper hand. Nene just looks at him skeptical but is like sureeeee. And then smirks like in that case I won't hold back today. And tks like that's right that's right!!! I'll beat you at your best of cours— WHAT DO YOU MEAN TODAY??? DID UOU GO EASY ON ME OTHER TIMES?!?!

So they sit down and play but obviously nene is sweeping the floor with tks because it's muscle memory for her already and she's way too fast meanwhile tks is like aahh... uhsh. Wait... what combo was rhis again... HOE DID YOU HIT ME SO HARD... wait what did this do.. AAHH NOO MY CHSRAVYER??! and keeps looking into the instructions book during the fight and after like 15 consecutive loses nene finally decides its too boring anf sighs and is like alright come. I'll show uoh how to do it. And they switch to practice mode or playing against bot or smth like that and nene shows him how to actually use those combos and let's him train with them so that hr actually gets used to them that they come naturally

And then tks actually manages to beat a bot and he's like!!! I did it@!@ hahah nene did you see that look how amazing that was!!! And nene just smiles soft but exasperated at her lame ass troupe leader like you sure did congrats but then tks starts being like but it's thanks to uou you showed me all those controls and all thanknyou nene!!! You're truly so good at this game so great so fantastic youre such a good teacher!!! Nd suddenly it turns into a sappy compliment barrage that leaves her embarrassed and to distract him from leaving her a complete mess she's like "w-Well!! Well talk when you beat at least 10 bots! So stop talkijg and focus om the game.." so tks is like bet!!! Watch my amazing brilliance nene!! (Proceeds to lose the next match. Its ok hes getting there. He managed like 5 wins this time around that's still amazing) (((they're on easy mode but nene didn't tell him that)))

[mystycalypso]

I DID IT! HAHAHAHA!!!

IAN I HAVE NEVER BEEN MORE EXCITED TO HEAR YOUR PLACEHOLDER VOICE PRAISE COB HALLELUJAH!

Now I just need to figure out how to like, upload them for you guys, and so, yknow they can be archived finally because apparently no one has done that yet

Sad edit in case anyone is wondering where they went:

I got warned by the subreddit that sharing the files, even though they're unused in the game, could count as copyright violation, and honestly I don't wanna risk it 😔

If I use them for something transformative it should be fine-(?) Which I wanted to draw over the lines anyway so at the very least there'll be that.

Sorey guys 😞

[theclaravoyant]

thinking about eddie + invisible..... nothing he did mattered, the effort with the barbeque? mum brought take out and pretended like she didn't know, the effort with the basketball tickets? he can't make it i'm sure we told you. fourteen years alright maybe ten ish but still of being the sole caregiver for Chris ?? never happened he can't feed his child let alone understand him apparently. and ONE PARENT TICKET ??? NOT ONE TICKET / ONE FAMILY TICKET ETC - ONE PARENT TICKET!! TO NOT EVEN HIS PARENT ??? and let's not even talk about oh the diaz boys hahahaha the diaz men and what is eddie then? chopped liver? AND THEN he basically sneaks into this chess tournament, behind the bleachers etc, and they refer to Ramon as Chris's father not like, maliciously, it's just assumed that's the case as if Eddie literally doesn't exist I'm--

[stan-tmblr]

WTPR Finale Episode Theories:

(spoilers ahead!!)

1. Hee Joo is alive. Worst case scenario is amnesia trope but I don't think they're gonna go with that route

2. Psycho Baek Saeon is also still alive (we still have 2 episodes to go he can't die so early in the game)

3. Baek Saeon's mother is about to get REALLY annoying. I'm telling you she's gonna do something bat sht crazy soon to protect her real son

4. More Yuri and Sang Woo scenes (more like: pls pls pls i'm actually begging)

5. I feel there's gonna be a big face off scene between Baek Saeon and Psycho BSE. There's gonna be a hostage (might be far fetched but I feel it's gonna be the mom?)

6. Apparently BSE is actually the son of his grandpa(?) [i know wtf right, i'm actually— i honestly should've known i mean i've seen this sht before in another kdrama but i'm not gonna spoil in case any of yall intends to watch it. just iykyk hahahaha] so we'll probably know who his real mother was, if he actually has a name or if he'll get to choose his own name i dunno so mamy possibilities.

7. Happy ending 🫶 They're gonna live lowkey, maybe in another country

[epersonae]

five fic friday

I haven't done this in ages, and honestly I meant to last Friday but [waves vaguely at idk whatever]; I have quite the backlog of things I like that I want to share, so! looks like this week is a batch of post-s2 fic:

Fortunate (T, 3797) by @jellybeanium124 - oh man. the first of a pair of "Stede's having a time post-canon" fics, and this one I had to read on two separate occasions because I was having a time the first time and just kinda froze. hahahaha stede's doing great everything's fine nope no issues at all (lying). it's very good.

gonna build you up, gonna help you believe (T, 7936) by @saltpepperbeard - the second on that theme: I think I've read this one like four times. the way that a social interaction kicks open all of Stede's anxieties, mannnnnnnnnn.

Caution: Spider on Board (T, 2756) by @yergink - I love the way this kind of silly story about Ed and spiders becomes a really thoughtful meditation on danger and fear and identity.

I hope that someone gets my... (T, 1545) - a lovely little piece about remembering why you love someone and getting through boring little stresses, featuring one of Stede's letters.

The Inn By The Sea (M, 21k) - A truly fantastic plotty innkeepers era fic, the story is compelling, the narrative voices (both Ed and Jeffery Fettering!) are incredibly vivid, the dialogue is sharp as hell. THIS IS SO GOOD AND I NEED EVERYONE TO READ IT IMMEDIATELY. I'm genuinely angry, not at anyone, but just that the vibes were apparently such that the author felt they needed to stop posting. Apparently the rest of the story will be available as a Google Doc? I believe I remember who the author is on here, but out of respect for the anonymizing that happened after I started reading, I'm not going to link them. In any case, I am legit obsessed and I need y'all to join me in my obsession.

[sticks-stones-and-bittybones]

The Wife Bit Ch.4

(Warning this chapter has sensitive themes some viewers may find disturbing)

Yawning as I awoke with a stretch, the movement prompting a few vertebras to pop, I blinked away the haze. With a final yawn I pick up my phone and check my notifications, noting the discord ping with a curious head tilt. Opening the app I find a couple of new mentions in Lust's chat from the past 2 hours. Opening it, I'm immediately met with

What the? What!? Confused and wondering what the fluff I missed, I begin to skim over the recent messages. I'm quick to decide however that I NEED to start at the beginning of this wild ride, and scroll up to where I find the beginning of the conversation.

I snicker at Ink's comment. Yes I would agree Error has a thing for one sided love. That man truly is an unexplainable enigma. He once went on an hour long tangent about how he loved Paladin Danse from Fallout 4 because he was a knight with honor and really cool power armor. But also how he'd only love him in the armor...what a strange creature. It was quite amusing however telling them that I murdered Danse in my playthrough of the game. That glare could have made cities burn with the fire they held.

I chuckle a bit more to myself, amused both by the conversation and my own musings.

Really Error!? After all the fingers pointed my way you have the audacity to ask for my assistance in this!?! ME!?

The gall of that glitch I swear.

However, this has certainly taken a turn for the better. I knew I could count on Wine to bring this to an amusing direction.

The 'Error is crazy' bit was unforeseen, but oh, how I LOVE it.

I cackle. Pure giddiness rushing through me at Dream's total done with Error's dramatics. I practically bounce in my bed from how hard I'm laughing as the events begin to unfold. Oh how the tables have turned dear friend! You tried to turn the group upon me, but now they have all turned against you! Oh and how I could kiss Wine right then! His dry humor is simply too much!

Even more amusing is Error's change in profile, truly, their dramatics are unmatched.

Oh my, even Lust, the newest number is fully committed to the bit now. I can't WAIT to put my input into this new thread, but even though I have caught up to where I had originally popped in at, I am still quite behind.

Also the humor in Error being the one locked away against their will is not lost on me. Suck it Error.

Oh this is peak. The image of an Error-colored chihuahua yipping petulantly from the ground comes to mind, while its owner and the vet ignore the insolent creature and calmly discuss the upcoming procedure of clipping said things balls. Keep barking Error, I'm sure they'll listen eventually.

Oh how I amuse myself.

I snorted and wheezed aloud. My sides aching from my laughter as I continued to read in an attempt to catch up with the conversation.

Not the fluffing cutout! Oh dear they have truly lost their rockers. Error's newest brain rot has been One Piece, and in their insanity they printed and cut out a 6ft Zoro cutout that lives in the harem's living room. It's truly a sight to see. It also apparently scared the RAs who will no longer enter their dorm for room checks. The best, or worst depending on how you see it, is that they stuffed his pecks! HAHAHAHA! The absolute madness!

Not really sure where Error got Ferrari from, probably just the madness. But Wine. Oh you sweet beautiful creature you. Calling upon Classic to judge Error's sanity!? Oh that's just too good!

Oh please please PLEASE let my catch up so I can join in on this. Reading has been tickling me pink, but oh the desire to add to the chaos that is unfolding, it is all CoNsUmInG.

MWEH HEH HEH! Let the chaos begin.😈

Little did Berror know that they would soon regret that decision.

(The next chapter is gonna have suggestive themes, so just a warning in case you're not interested in that kinda thing.)

Next | Previous | Beginning

[lutawolf]

The Sign Commentary Review Ep 2 part 1 & 2

We start off right where we left off, with Phaya listening in to the conversation that the instructors are having. He tells Tharn to take Yai back, but is anyone surprised when Tharn doesn't listen?

Phaya, I got to ask. What kind of life you have been living that you can pick a lock? Though to be fair, I unlocked my sister's bedroom door with a butter knife more than once.

Phaya makes his way in and intensely looks around. Guess they don't have security cameras. Anyway, he finds what he is looking for and takes photos with his cell phone.

These two. I love them so much. "Why are you so close?" While smirking. The other facing down his current bedmate with annoyance. "I can't see. Why didn't you find a better place? Someplace with more space?"

They discuss the case while cuddling under the blanket. They weren't under there for warmth and seriously, even Yai couldn't turn this into hiding. Those coconuts are cuddling! Convince me otherwise!

Phaya says how he doesn't think that the victim tied his ankle knot himself. "How do you know?" "I just know." Hahahaha! Know a little something about knot tying do you Phaya. So we are looking at a wrap and cinch, aka a quick cuff. Now he was floating in water so that has to allow for some rope give but notice the pull section is in the back. If he were going to quick cuff himself, the pull would be in front so he could yank it himself

How the hell are you going to hide two people under that blanket! I got to see this. Oh wow. 😂😂😂

Tension! Damn, but they got some good chemistry!

"I'm not leaving until you tell me."

HAHAHAHA I'm dead. Phaya taking advantage of the situation is my favorite thing ever.

Now back to training. Where we see Phaya paying attention to everything, and then we get to the classroom. Have I meantioned how much I love Yai?

Look at that guilty face. Homeboy can deny all he wants, but his face says it all. Hahaha!

Then the looks that Tharn and Phaya give each other. Screams confusion on Phaya's part and guilty on Tharn's. I'm loving it. Speaking of faces.

Someone is suspicious of our boy Phaya.

More training, with a sprinkling of flirtation. Then hand holding!!!

Ohhhh, yeah baby, break out the rope. Phaya is showing Tharn exactly what I mentioned earlier.

They are contemplating what move to make next and how just the two of them can do it when the Scooby gang shows up. You decide who is who, but they are the Scooby gang for sure. Yai brings up valid points as to why not to investigate, but Phaya says he can't ignore this and be a cop. Which everyone agrees with but Phaya, but now I know why. He was protecting his brother. I love Yai and his fierce loyalty.

I love them both so much. They are a good balance. And Captain suspicious is for sure watching them. The Captain follows them around to figure out what they are up to.

Now for some well deserved eye candy. Thank you, director, for knowing what us thirsty bitches want.

Now we are to the part where Phaya sneaks out to look for evidence at the beach.

A female voice begins calling out his name. Telling him to come this way. She appears in the water, beckoning to him. Meanwhile, Tharn senses something and wakes up. Checks Phaya's bed and sees that he is missing. He takes off, seeming to know where he will be. He finds Phaya in the wadding in the ocean in an apparent trance.

This is also around the time when they get caught by the instructors. Please let one of them be smart enough to come up with an excuse.

Apparently not. He threatens to expel all of them who continue with the investigation.

After punishment, Phaya talks to the guys in the barracks. Telling them that he is really sorry. It's at this point that we realize that Thai was the smart one of the group earlier. That the Captain was right. For them to be good cops, they have to stick to the rules and pass the exam.

And that's that for this part. On to the next. I'm breaking them into two posts because... Well, I like to add all the pictures. 💜💜💜

[castingspellsanddaisies]

You can post it this or not, whatever you want, Laura Van Celik had a fling with Jude apparently and then she went public and called all the media ( it was confirmed by her team) that she’s dating Jude around the Euros and there were like 5-6 articles about her daily and i mean daily to the point where if you would google Jude no articles would show up so he knew about her and what she doing and he was fed up, now, he didn’t unfollowed her and he recently out of the blue liked her post after idk how much time with public interaction. The rumors are that she is an escort and she had an affair with another player apparently( a barcelona player before she met Jude) , i don’t judge her or anything, it’s what i read about her and that she got mad at Jude cause apparently he told her they would be a couple and after they slept together he blocked her number or something and she couldn’t reach him at all, this info was “leaked” by one of her friends/ or Laura herself. His fans don’t believe they had anything sexual going on and that she’s just crazy but i bet 100% that they had sex and he blocked her and then she got mad and decided to take advantage of his fame. She went to Madrid and called the paparazzi on herself and tried to pretend that she’s there for Jude but when no one believed her she stopped posting like she’s in Madrid , but the articles about their relationship didn’t stopped. This is for your reading about them in case it helps or it will make it easy for you to connect the dots. Leave a 🎪 if you got my msg. Love your readings and take care cause Jude girlies can be mean af

Hello!!

Thank you so much for the info!!

Today i'll post my reading about them and a lot of what you told me matched with what I got!!!

You're gonna love it! 🤣🤣🤣

''Love your readings and take care cause Jude girlies can be mean af'' Thank you! So far, things have been going great between me and them hahahaha

Take care, honey!! <3

[beautifulphilosopherbird]

Dungeon Meshi rewatch ep 10 notes

so I always play the intro and outro because I love them so much and another thing caught my eye that might be nothing but is there a reason the women and men are reaching up, with Falin and Laios the ones in the center, and then them grasping hands? it feels meaningful anyway

ah it's the frog costumes ep hahahaha

they've reached the stairs they have to take to reach the 5th basement floor, near the orc's settlement (where the orc leader told them the red dragon was seen, hanging out and causing problems)

but the staircase is filled with tentacles so they can't just stroll down lol

Chilchuck is upset bc the tentacles mess with traps making it even harder to disarm them

KENSUKE SHOOK ALERTING THEM AGAIN but Laios didn't react fast enough and poor Kensuke got SNATCHED by froggy bad froggy let Kensuke go!

LOTS of notes for ep 10 so imma cut it off here

aw bye bye Kensuke (and Marcille's staff is called Ambrosia bye bye Ambrosia)

lol Senshi calling Chilchuck a kid again

he saves the day by using frog skin to wrap his hands so that tentacles don't hurt him smart kid hehe (sorry Chilchuck)

Marcille's weakness as a fashion girlie exposed lol

THEY'VE REACHED THE 5TH FLOOR castle town

lol the frog skin is stuck to them hahaha

(Chilchuck and Senshi's faces tho akjfiashioaghoa they look like Russian dolls help)

Namari gets motion sickness from the return spell portal thingie (bitch, same, that would totally be me, I get motion sickness from walking a little faster lol)

ahhh right right grumpy mcpants works for the "lord of the island" (ig the dungeon is on "his land"?)

hmmmmmmmmmm dwarf mines you say 👀 is that how Senshi got into the dungeon before it officially got discovered?

anyways, he's suggesting to the haughty looking dude to deploy troops in order to take care of the orc "problem"

hm lord haughtypants calls dwarfs "abominable" and says they're like moles

OH LORE ok let's see

so the dwarfs and elves were at war (no reason stated) and

not sure what that means exactly but I'm guessing the elves went to the west and the dwarfs to the east?

the dwarfs hid in the lands (where haughtypants is a lord now ig) and waited for the elves, and even after the war they continued to dig tunnels WHICH ALLEGEDLY SWALLOWED THE GOLDEN CITY AND TURNED IT INTO A DUNGEON wait wasn't that the dark evil crazy magician's work (allegedly)? hmmmmm interesting

he also says that the surviving dwarfs are responsible for the dungeon's continued expansion

grumpy mcpants says (his name is Mr Tansu just in case you think I am using the dumb nickname bc I don't remember) that rumor can't be trusted

ok so he copied a magical circle, I'm guessing before they met Senshi & friends bc afterwards they just bailed right? and it's in elvish, the same individual as before

AHA so his theory is that the crazy evil magician is an elf and these magical circles are his work, interesting (he says the work is beyond the abilities of dwarfs and tall-men)

OH EVEN MORE STUFF wow how did I manage to miss all this I'm such a clown

anyway, the western elves are sending letters now being like "the dungeon is ours we want it back" (well, our "heritage" is what they said, which is interesting bc weren't the king and Delgal tall-men?)

oh EVEN MORE INFO so they won the war with the dwarfs? bc they took the land from them and gave it to humans bc they apparently "didn't know what to do with it" (their king granted it himself even)

this evil magician, if it is an elf the only one I can think of is the crazy eyes elf from the living paintings, so I wonder if it has something to do with him

lordy mcislandpants doesn't want to give them back the island bc he wants the treasure that must still be in the depths of the dungeon lol

MAN we're getting so much lore and theories and everything now, the hamster in my brain is being pushed to his limits

grumpy mcpants says that the elves aren't after the treasure but the immortality spelll that's been cast on the dungeon (that does seem more valuable lol)

he tells mr lord to get his hands on the blueprint of the spell before they do and then he'll finally be treated as an equal, or even their superior

he says the lord of the dungeon possesses it (is that the evil magician or does he mean whoever "beats" the dungeon?), and tells him to keep supporting adventurers and not to cut down prices for hunting monsters etc

oh he'll issue a reward for taking down the orcs (that does not sound good)

ah yeahh I remember, Namari goes to the resurrection office and she asks about Falin (no luck of course)

on the 5th floor, outside the golden castle is the castle town (now abandoned and in ruins)

right, so Laios did mention that the red dragon is supposed to hunt once a month and then sleep until the next hunt but this red dragon has been active nonstop, even going as far as getting the orcs to flee their settlement which Marcille finds odd (but it's also no good for Falin bc she's getting digested faster)

aw cute detail look at Shuro all blushy as he's looking at Falin here hahaha

fun fact: the weak spot of a dragon is the underside of his neck

there she goes again saying her protective magic isn't as powerful as Falin's. She was the best in school, right? It's making it seem like something either happened to her or the school didn't have any good students in it hahaha I mean, I don't really have anyone else to compare her to (besides Falin who is apparently better than her in everything magic related) so I can't tell if it's just normal for her not to be able to do this stuff or what.

ALSO not me just realising Falin is a tall-(wo)man and aren't tall-men supposed to be weaker in magic than elves by default? hm

listening to their plan of trapping the dragon now after I know what happens makes me think that they should have known this wouldn't work out. they're all humanfailures

hmmmm I don't think anyone has mentioned this before but where are dragons normally bc apparently not on the 5th floor lol my guess is lower? hm does that mean something chased it up, like the orcs were chased up by the dragon WAIT IS WHAT SENSHI WAS TALKING ABOUT ACTUALLY HAPPENING????? Did something fuck up the ecosystem? 👀

Senshi guarding his special knife hehehe

and oop the red dragon is here

random screengrabs:

them in Mr Tansu's imagination tho LOL

Idk about you but I ship Senshi x bread 100%

same Chilchuck, same

paused and laughed

his timing is impeccable truly I love him

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The Rehabilitation of Agatha Harkness: Prologue

Summary: Being a ghost isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Chapter Rating: T. Fic Rating: T.

AO3

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Being a ghost, admittedly, is not all it’s cracked up to be.

Sure, sure, she could haunt a few people – Jen, in particular, would be hilarious – Look, you’re unbound!  But now you’re stuck with me forever! Hahahaha! – but that would get boring after a while.  You can only knock so many shitty edible candles off a shelf before it gets old.  She’s not a cat, after all.

Besides, there really aren’t that many people Agatha wants to haunt.  In fact, the one she wants most is apparently already dead, which defeats the purpose.  Maybe she should be more surprised that Wanda isn’t a ghost, haunting one of her precious baby boys.  But that would involve knowing that one or the other had survived, and from what Agatha picks up here and there, she doesn’t seem to have known.

Pity.

(Agatha doesn’t dwell on that thought.  She doesn’t like the implications.)

Which really just leaves the boy.

Teen.

Billy.

Who, also admittedly, has enough going on without having a ghost hanging around, but let’s be real here, that’s precisely why he needs her.  Because otherwise he’s going to get his head up his ass about accidentally killing all those people and then he’s going to start having those stupid teenage feelings where he blames himself for everything and then he’s going to start thinking he’s a horrible person when really he’s just an average person with very strong powers that he doesn’t know how to control.

Like a lot of baby witches.

How many witches could have been saved if they believed Lilia?  (How many more could have been saved if she’d stopped running when others stopped listening?)

How many witches could Alice have protected if she hadn’t denied the very existence of magic?  (And how could she deny it when it crackles along the skin and in the veins?  Every witch worth their salt can feel it!  And yet.)

How many witches – and non-witches – could Jen have helped if she’d realized she still had the ability to craft potions the same way she always did?  (How many more if her magic hadn’t been bound?)

Okay, so maybe not just baby witches.

Control requires lessons from a teacher who knows what they’re doing, who has been there, who has enough power of their own to prevent disaster from occurring while the baby witch tests their wings – to catch them when they fall (because they will always, inevitably, fall).

Normally, that person is someone within the family lineage, since most witchcraft is passed down from one to the other.  Even outside of blood magic, usually there is someone within the family with the unique focus that their descendant holds.  In Billy’s case, that would be his dear departed mother.  Wanda, however, if found early enough, would likely have an upbringing much more similar to Lilia’s – her family would find a witch (or coven) who could train her, and she would learn from her.  Of course, then she might not have become the Scarlet Witch.

Dominoes and time and wibbly-wobbly bullshit with one thing leading into the other and something about the flap of a butterfly’s wings causing hurricanes and destruction and why, exactly, is it always destruction?  Why can’t the flap of a butterfly’s wings cause a soft wind to carry a ship safely into harbor?  Why is it always bad when someone steps in and changes something about the past?

….

She’s getting a little off track here.

The point is that little Billy Maximoff, who is not so little anymore, needs a teacher if he’s going to keep from killing people in the future.

And he’s going to need someone to blame so that he can keep that holier than thou heroism about him.

Which he doesn’t need, exactly, and it’s going to get torn away from him eventually, but it seems like the not killing thing is a really big deal to him, and he’ll probably have a whole identity crisis if he realizes he’s killed anyone by accident, so it would be better to pop on over and—

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Being a ghost, admittedly, is not all it’s cracked up to be.

Most people would think that living forever would mean having a lot of friends, but really it means that everyone else dies, and you’re left behind while the world moves on as though you’re nothing more than a thorn in its side.

Billy Maximoff, it seems, is a mixture of two things.

And, no, she does not mean Billy Maximoff and William Kaplan.

One of them is that judgmental, holier than thou prick that was once his mother.

The other….

Well. Agatha will hang around with him for a little while longer.  At least he won’t be boring.