#kind of leo mention? his sword is here

[mangomaars]

Mikey knows how to use many weapons.

(B&W ver under cut.)

[blondejellykitty]

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୨୧ percy jackson x hades reader ୨୧ as much as percy tried to persuade you to admit halloween was scary, it wasn't as scary as admitting your secrets. a/n: (1.9k words) no mention of y/n. I'm actually proud of this. This is self indulgent so hopefully it comes off as authentic lol. !!! happy halloween !!!

Percy Jackson is a feared and famous demigod. 

He has defeated his enemies with nothing but his willpower and his sword. He is the definition of a true Greek hero. His strength and loyalty to Olympus proves that, but also his courage and intellect inspires others around him. 

Percy defriended almost everyone in camp or rather everyone in camp wanted to befriend Percy Jackson nevertheless as much as you wanted to deny that you both were friends, that would be a lie.

You’d heard about him as soon as he’d come to camp, and since then you've been unfortunately hearing about him from practically everyone you talk to.

From your two siblings, to training partners, to professors, even your own father! Lord of the underworld was not exempt from the gossip around the wonder of Percy Jackson.

So it was safe to say when the two of you finally did meet, you were rather rude and short tempered with him.

And even though he’d fought ares for less and held a grudge (shortly) against Clarisse, not even Thalia was safe from his rebuttals to their unwanted angst towards him.

Percy never seemed to mind when you’d dug deep into him with your words and glares. He stayed friendly and laid back throughout all of your intended torture. Which only made you dislike him more.

After a few years and a couple wars you two were practically inseparable. Never one without the other, you’d die before admitting it but you and he both knew you would let go of his hand for almost two weeks straight after he'd been kidnapped by Hera. 

You often wonder when the line blurred between you boiling hate and jealousy of him to whatever it was that you were feeling now.

If you had told yourself two or three years ago that you’d be spending a festive holiday with Percy Jackson and his family willingly. You probably would have called Mr D for a mental check, yet here you were.

You were borderline drowning in blankets, sitting on the couch in Sally Jacksons living room. The TV was set on the Netflix profile screen waiting to be started.

You could barely see the coffee table anymore, drinks, candy and other snacks piled on top threatening to fall off. And Percy, standing at the doorway that connected the living room and kitchen to the hallway leading to the bedroom. 

All the rumors of his beastly nature in the battlefield, and the constant reminders of his dangerous power circled in your head. Both things you’d first hand witness during the war against mother nature herself.

His power rivalled that of some minor gods, and everyone including him knew that. But from where you were sitting he looked adorable not that you’d ever utter those words out loud of course but still he was the epitome of lovely.

Standing in the doorway he wore green striped pajama pants and a sea blue graphic shirt as well as the most horrific blue fluffy socks.

He was leaning on the open arch of the door, his head bent down in a way that looked uncomfortable to speak in hushed whispers to his mother.

You could faintly hear him promising Sally that Leo’s invention had been tested before and that you’d both be fine and able to watch the TV without monsters showing up unannounced.

There were a few more whispers you couldn't make out before finally he promised you both would stay quiet as to not wake Estelle who’d gone into a sugar coma from the earlier trick or treating. 

The promise made you giggle. For the first time in your whole life you finally felt like a normal teenager.

Having a sleepover with your friend, something rather mundane that you’d never got to experience seeing as camp had rather strict rules about that kind of thing.

Spending the majority of your life inside the safety of camp half-blood you missed out on various experiences, most of them you didn't even know about until Percy explained them all to you.

Exactly like today, Halloween.

A holiday you’d heard other campers talk about but it was spoken so out of context or without explanation that you never truly learned what it was.

When you had told Percy this, it never occurred to you that he would make it his hellbent mission to introduce and spend every holiday you'd previously missed out on.

Even at this moment you don't know how he got you to agree to indulge him in a Halloween themed movie night.

He claimed the third best part of the festive day was the holiday movies. The first being the costume and the second being the candy.

You drew the line at dressing up. It seemed completely ridiculous never mind the fact you promised him you both would next year.

Seeing your ignorance for holidays and most mortal things, it was safe to say that included movies too.

Ever since Leo’s new gadget doing something to the TV’s frequency half-bloods are able to indulge in technology. Camp was basically buzzing when he’d made multiples, Percy had already shown you his most favourite films and ones he thought you would like, you begrudgingly admitted he was right.

Now there seemed to be a list he made of all the festive ones he planned on showing you most of them you’d already forgotten the names of.

Being pulled from your thoughts. You bid goodnight to Sally as does Percy before he almost runs back onto the couch next to you. He was ecstatic to have you here.

Not only would he not shut up about every little thing he had planned to show you but because every time he would glance over at you he’d say exactly how happy he was you were here and every time he’d have the goofiest grin that made your stomach flutter. Which was borderline disturbing.

You'd always thought that the whole heart pounding, butterflies in the stomach, weak in the knees thing was utter lies. That it was nothing more than hopeless romantics wishing for something more in this dull life.

But no matter how much you tried to convince yourself otherwise when Percy would look at you, with his beautiful ocean eyes waiting to see your reaction to whatever he'd asked you, you had to physically fight your knees to stay standing.

And it definitely wasn't as if you were looking at him like he was the most gorgeous person to grace the earth, no of course you weren’t.

Even though you would happily burn every museum and art gallery to the ground just to replace it all with paintings and statues of the absolute beauty that currently sat next to you.

Even you couldn't deny that ever since he was in your life everything seems just that little bit better, okay it was a hell of a lot better..

Everywhere he goes he leaves a trail of lovesick people behind.

He's too good looking, that's what it is. Too handsome, too alluring for his own good. 

You knew it was bad to think but the amount of gods and goddesses he'd been in contact with.

You honestly couldn't fathom how any of them could not fall utterly in love with him.

After thousands of years of existing, they were blessed with meeting him in all his glory and they just let him go? Maybe Luke was right; they were all fools.

You usually hated how much like your father you were.

You’d gotten his aura making other campers scatter away from you. His rather pessimistic view and his grumpy attitude. But still you hope that you are more than mere godly genetics can make you.

All this went out the window of course, the day you saw Percy Jackson and your half-brother Nico. You couldn't hear what the conversation was about but you could tell whatever it was that Percy said meant something to your brother.

It was a sweet and friendly moment but seeing Percy be kind and genuine with Nico flipped a switch in your brain.

No longer cloudy with resentment for the ocean boy but another feeling filled its place. A feeling that made you vow that you would hold onto him and not let him go. 

You too were blessed with meeting Percy Jackson the hero and savior of Olympus and unlike all the other love sick onlookers you wouldn't waste it.

You would fight tooth and nail to keep him safe, happy and content... and close to you. Obviously.

He'd come into your life rather abruptly but slightly unwelcomed, but now after so many late nights staying awake during quests, secret weeks spent in Greece together, exploring both your and his father's realms side by side.

You didn’t think you could live without him. The days would seem hollow and uncanny.

You could feel a lump in your throat form at the mere thought of waking up forever alone.

Dark, cold and lonely. So familiar to you but not entirely recognizable.

"You alright, shadow?" Percy tilted his head like a puppy.

How oddly fitting for him, you thought as you shook away your inner thoughts and tried to focus on him which was far easier than admitting.

"Why wouldn't I be?” You swallowed away the thought. “I am the one with the sweet corn"

You plopped another small candy in your mouth.

"Candy corn" he corrected lightly.

Joining you under the blue blankets "and I only ask ‘cause you were staring at me pretty hard" he smirked, turning to face you.

You scoffed at him reaching for another candy bag to try on the coffee table.

"Yeah well, you are my sexy boyfriend" You whispered so lightly as if admitting a secret.

Percy jolted forward so quickly it was as if he was struck by lightning. His eyes wide like the size of the sun.

"D- Did you just ask me out? A- And complement me? At the same time" You felt yourself frown suddenly shifting as if trying to be casual.

"No, no. You misheard me" You shuffled yourself into the couch trying to make yourself smaller.

With an eye roll from Percy and a failed mean glare from you. He takes it upon himself to further torment and embarrass you.

"Nuh uh, I heard it loud and clear shadow. I’m your sexy boyfriend" He gloated, leaning closer to you.

"Well, I do think you're the most divine man the world has ever seen." She paused and took him his stunned face before continuing "but you didn't hear it from me"

Even though your heart was practically clawing its way out your chest. The discomfort of laying out your honest truths. The blush spreading from his face to his neck was worth it all.

He gulped so loud even you could hear it, making you breathlessly laugh.

“Can I kiss you?” His eyes softened as he spoke.

Unfortunately for him and thankfully for you it seemed your brain caught up to the rest of you. 

"Nope. Now, are we going to watch this Corpse Husband movie or have I turned your brain to mush?" You say lifting the blankets looking for the tv remote.

Trying to distract yourself from the utter overwhelming urge to do something hopelessly romantic.

"Corpse Bride, love" Percy corrected sweetly before instantly finding the remote and picking the movie.

He wrapped his arm around your shoulders and pulling you closer to him. That you didn't pull away from in fact you let yourself snuggle closer to him.

With words and without actions you knew he knew how you felt. Which for once in your life having someone know what your feeling didn't feel as terrifying as you thought it would be.

[storywriter007]

Thank you for answering my other two requests, I loved them!! I have two more if you are interested!

1) Can you do a Percy Jackson x reader (I'm imagining this occurring on the Argo II) that's basically an enemies to friends to lovers? Where maybe they both just don't really like each other based on the encounters they've had, but then end up going on a small quest off the ship just the two of them and some sort of trauma happens that makes them friends, and then you can decide how they get to lovers from there! Basically just want some angst!

2) This one has a little bit of a trigger warning with suicidal thoughts, so I understand if you don't want to write this one. Percy Jackson x reader (this one I'm also envisioning on the Argo II, but this one could also be just at camp when Percy is like 17) where they are good friends and the reader is struggling mentally but tries to smile for everyone else, but she is sitting alone in the woods at some point holding her knife to her wrist just kind of thinking about it but not sure about it, but then Percy appears to check on her and scares her so the accidentally slips and cuts herself there, and from there basically Percy comfort. Idk if that made sense but basically Percy angst and comfort.

You're amazing!!! 🩷

Friends? - Percy Jackson x Fem!Reader

author's note: this is request one. thank you for your request :) i kind of had to cut it short bc this was getting too long.

warnings: cursing, mentions of suicide, betrayal, mentions of death, battle scenes, kissing

genre: angst ending in fluff

word count: 1.8k

-> heroes of olympus masterlist

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y/n took her seat at the table alongside seven other demi-gods. she noticed percy scowl at her and she rolled her eyes back at him. they'd never gotten along. and chances were, they never would.

her intense hate for the son of the sea god had begun a few summers back during capture the flag. they were on the blue team, and she was assigned to offense with annabeth and percy. suddenly, four members from the red charged at the trio, swords in hand. y/n and percy swung and slashed at two of them until they fled. one of them yanked off annabeth's invisibility cap and decided she was their next victim. the other one came for y/n, hitting her ankle hard. percy was quick to defend annabeth and run away with her.

but he left her. y/n was left to fight two members of the opposing team, who were merciless. they were violent, they were twice her size, and to y/n's dismay, her ankle didn't provide her any support to run away. it was a terrible and cruel beating. the two kept going even when they didn't need to. she could barely see by the end of it. y/n remembered that capture the flag game as "don't trust your teammates."

ever since then, y/n had made her distaste for percy clear. everyone admired his loyalty, until they were on the receiving end of his betrayal.

"we need to find a map." annabeth started.

"it's our key to finding out which way is the safest to go." jason explained. "it's somewhere in the woods, according to what hecate told hazel."

"we're going to have to split up." annabeth continued. "it's a huge forest, and we need to cover ground efficiently."

"i've split you guys up. i don't want to hear any whining." jason said, looking at the group, but his gaze lingered longer on percy and y/n. "annabeth, piper, and i are going eastwards towards the mountains. frank, leo, and hazel are going south to the rest of the woods. percy and y/n will head north, towards the shore."

"why is it 3-3-2?" hazel asked curiously.

"because we need a power balance." annabeth said politely. "it's matched with each person's strengths."

"strengths?" percy chuckled. "i'm the strength. she's going to slow me down."

douchebag, y/n thought.

"i don't want to go with you either, but i'm not bitching about it, am i?" she snapped back.

"you don't have to bitch because going with me does you a favor."

"i'd rather drown."

"lucky you, i can make that happen."

they stared at one-another in an intense fury.

"we'll meet here again in four hours." jason instructed. "and when we do, all eight of us better be here." he said, eyeing percy and y/n.

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it was already eight. and they had to search the stupid northside until midnight. she couldn't even run away if she wanted to.

they continued walking. the sun slowly set as the night sky arose. the woods looked scary at night. tall, thick trees hovered over the two demi-gods as strange creatures and noises came by. after what felt like a long time walking, y/n could hear the sea.

"do you hear it?" she asked him.

"i can feel it." he said, walking quickly.

she trailed behind him as they reached sandy terrain. the sea was dark and terrifying. y/n and percy searched the shore for what felt like another eternity.

suddenly, it got colder and y/n heard a voice. it was a sweet, soft voice.

look at me it whispered.

"do you hear that?" she asked percy.

"yeah." he said, shakily.

look at what you've done it demanded.

suddenly, y/n was watching something in front of her. it was a battle. she looked at the gory scene in front of her. it took her a minute to realize it was the battle of manhattan. she felt a lump in her throat as images of dead campers raced through her mind. silena, charlie, ethan, and luke.

this is your fault the voice said, but it wasn't sweet anymore. it was hoarse, raspy, and cruel.

look at what you've killed. look at what you've brought it continued.

the images flashed terrible battle scenes. it replayed deaths of each and every camper.

you did this the voice yelled.

"n-no, i didn't." y/n whispered, shaken by the images.

look at what you've done

"i didn't do it!" she pleaded.

you did! you did it all!

"i had no choice." she said, tears spilling from her eyes.

terrible, tortuous images kept playing. the deaths of the campers she'd grown up with, the reactions of their mothers and fathers, and the destruction that had been caused.

you deserve to die.

"i know." she whispered. "don't you think i know?"

do it the voice encouraged. do what you should've done years ago.

y/n tried to think through it. this voice, this voice wasn't human.

do it.

it was a siren. it was trying to get her to sacrifice her life.

"no." she said, standing her ground. "i did what i had to. i can't be blamed for it."

then who can you blame?

"kronos." she said, gripping her sword.

the siren showed it's demented face and y/n quickly slashed it. she snapped out of her trance, and the images faded and so did the voices. she turned to see percy holding his sword to his neck. she saw the twisted siren circling around him. she swiftly ran up to him and took his sword from his hand, before slashing the siren. percy too snapped out of his daze, and stumbled a little. y/n caught him, and looked up to meet his sea green eyes. they were teary, and he looked so disheartened.

"you saw it too." she confirmed.

he nodded.

"thank you." he said, his voice low and sincere. "i would've done-well you know what, if you hadn't saved me."

she nodded.

"we should probably get back to the ship." he said quietly.

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when percy and y/n got back, it was half-past midnight, and everyone was already there.

"we ran into sirens." y/n briefly explained.

they all nodded as the ship entered the air, sailing to its next location.

"we found the map." hazel informed. "goodnight guys."

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y/n tossed and turned in her bed. she couldn't get those images out. those dam sirens. she needed to talk to someone. someone who would understand. she sat up and opened her door. she trailed the hallway until the came across the door that read percy jackson. she lightly knocked before pushing the door open.

"couldn't sleep either?" he asked, laying down and staring at the ceiling.

"yeah." she said. "i can't get what the sirens showed me out of my head."

"c'mere." he said, patting the area next to him.

y/n laid down next to him.

"i know it's not our fault." he said quietly. "but it feels like it is."

"i know." she said softly. "it's like i should've done something. but there was nothing to be done."

"exactly." he said. "on one hand, i know i couldn't have saved them no matter what i did. but on the other, i feel like i should've figured it out."

"mhm." she agreed. "they were good people. that's what makes it hurt more."

"they didn't deserve death. and i don't deserve the hero title." he chuckled. "i let them die."

"you had no choice." she reminded.

"did i?" he questioned.

"percy, i saw and heard the same things you did. it just wanted to get in our heads." she explained. "and they did it through guilt. guilt that isn't ours to carry. it's kronos'."

"you're right." he agreed.

y/n had spent years hating him. but maybe, just maybe, he was alright. they had both seen the same things growing up. the same wars, deaths, and betrayals. in an odd way, she felt almost identical to him.

a few moments of silence passed by before y/n realized percy had fallen asleep. and after a few more minutes, she felt herself drift off as well.

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the next morning when y/n awoke, percy was already awake.

"morning." he smiled.

"oh dear god." she said, sitting up. "what time is it?"

"it's five-thirty. and i'm sorry." he said, sitting up as well.

"for what?"

"for how i treated you all these years." he exhaled, as if this was something he'd been meaning to get off his chest. "i'm sorry for leaving you in capture the flag."

"so you did know what you were doing, huh?" she retorted.

sure, the cuts and scars from that beating had been healed a long time ago. but, the betrayal never did.

"i didn't know you." he explained. "i didn't care about you. i just wanted to get annabeth to safety. that was wrong of me. you were on my team, i should've helped."

"'sorry' and 'i should've' doesn't fix anything. we're not best friends because we got along for a day." she said bitterly. "i know for a fact you would've left me in the woods the way you did all those years ago."

"that's not fair y/n." he frowned. "i would never do that to you."

"and you get to decide what's fair now?" she chuckled. "are you forgetting you continued tormenting me instead of swallowing your pride and apologizing?"

"i-"

"that's the thing about your loyalty, jackson. everyone admires it until they're on the receiving end of your betrayal." she said coldly, getting up.

"y/n, you might not trust me today, hell, you might not trust me for the rest of our short lives. but believe me when i say, from the bottom of my heart, i'm sorry."

"how do i know you're never going to do the same thing again?" she asked.

get got up and moved closer to her. he was practically towering over her. she felt her back hit the wall.

"you have my word." he promised, looking at her eyes.

she nodded in agreement, feeling herself breathe heavily being this close to him. she could feel him leaning in, and she did too. their lips pressed against one-anothers in a passionate kiss. his hands were placed on her waist, and her arms snaked around his neck. he tasted like salt and blue frosting. she felt herself get pushed backwards towards the wall as he continued to kiss her. it grew more passionate and ferocious until they both pulled away. she rested her head underneath his.

"friends?" he asked.

"we just made out. we are not friends." she laughed.

"i thought it was too bold to say lovers."

"lovers." she agreed.

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hope you liked it :) sorry for the wait!

[lullabyalikpoptarot]

Mark Lee Perspective Reading

Disclaimer: No facts, all alleged, just my interpretation.

Someone requested this one a while ago, sorry for not responding, but out of three members they requested he stood out to me, so I will get to him this weekend. The song he gave me was Rihanna's Diamond. This could indicate him being special in a sense, or liking to shine and be in the spotlight, or liking a lot of attention, which makes sense as he is a Leo. I don't know much else about him. I am familiar with him, as I was a fan of NCT years ago, but haven't kept up with them, so time to see what he gives me energetically.

Fuck man, he is coming in strong, so I sensed some weird energy from him when I did his LBGQIA+ reading, something was fishy there and yup, getting that vibe here. It seems he went down the path of many of these idols and being prostituted as well allegedly. The one card always gives me the vibes of being filmed or pictures, so there could be that. I feel these people don't care how they hurt these idols or affect them either. This one card comes to 9 and I think of the 9 of swords, a stressful event, maybe he has nightmares about, 9 of wands, boundaries being crossed, 9 of cups, wishes coming true out of that and 9 of pentacles, this gives him financial freedom and access to it. I mean I guess, because SM doesn't pay that well, but okay. This may be why, besides his talent and drive, that he has more opportunities than others.

Now, with this down casted pride, this shows shame, guilt for what has happened or what he did. Maybe he did by his own volition, or just thought that is what is supposed to happen, it is how it is always done. I feel like they may do this to shame them as well or have a hold on them, and that may be a case for him. Why am I getting, he may get reminders of the event to trigger him or set him off, or just embarrass him somehow.

He did give me two other cards, wasn't sure I would add them, but decided to and ugh, this confirms more of what I mentioned. He gave me the triumph of lies and as I mentioned this card gives me he got skeletons and that his rise to fame came with a price and it isn't how they portray. It gives me something more sinister going on behind the scenes. He also gave me parasite, which is people leech of him, take from him. He feels he gets used and abused, how extreme that is I don't know.

He does seem to try to stand strong towards these people. He still remains strong and confident, so even if they do things to knock down his confidence. He stands up stronger after that. He's kind of giving me. I won't let ya'll bully me, so he doesn't seem to distraught about things overall. He enjoys to showcase his skills and work and does what he can to make things happen. He is fueled by his creative energy and will do what it takes to create the things he wants to, with his projects and in his life. At the end of the day, they won't stop him from doing what he loves and that is creating music. And he is one that will put in the work to get it done.

He gives me as not the type to say things or communicate things clearly, but in, I heard rhyme scheme, but the messaging won't be as clear, like a double entendre, so he will be covert about how he states things. It is like hidden messages is how he will communicate his messaging and what he wants to share. That was hard for me to explain, but interesting tidbit I got there.

He may have a sort of obsession with work and any type of passion he has. Whatever he is highly into. He devotes a lot of his time and energy into it. I feel he may do that with his craft and work. He is highly ambitious and does what he can to make his goals come to fruition. He does not like wasting time, sitting idle. He wants to get to work and get things done. He may not even have much time to play and have fun.

I don't see him wanting to tap into his emotions all that much or go to deep into that. I see him not that very connected to that energy. He can be a bit cold and serious, not that warm and gentle of a person. He is about getting things done. He isn't about sitting and ruminating over things. Even if he dealt with some trauma. He doesn't seem like the type that will get distraught about it. He would understand it is the name of the game, I hear, yes, he would feel shame, but it is what it is, he moves on and gets to work.

He does have an energy of devotion and loyalty. I could say to his work and craft, but this could extent to people. He has this energy of needing to be of service to others and using his skills to help provide that service. I see him not being the type to break commitments or any promises he made. He is loyal and stand by his commitments. Although very passionate and determined. He seems to know when to stop and he doesn't cross certain boundaries. I can also see this as him not letting others in and maybe not being too vulnerable around others. He keeps a boundary and a distance there. It is like there is a certain line you don't cross with him.

Okay, he gave me a bunch for this last Tarot spread. Dude is all about the Benjamin's and advancing his career. He gave me 3 cards of pentacles. He is all about financial investments and finding ways to make money. He may want to be rich af He seems to have lots of ideas as to how to do that and take different avenues to get there. He will take different routes to get the money he wants, but I also see him as someone who likes to keep busy and keep the money flowing.

With the world and the star, he wants worldwide recognition, to be a star, to shine bright like a diamond lol He wants to travel to different places, experience new cultures, venture into new things. He seems to want all eyes on him and all the attention he can get. This is so Leo energy here. He has passion, determination, a bit of an ego, has lots of creative ideas and has the energy to make his dreams come true.

So, even if he been through some things. He has thick skin and can manage anything that comes his way. I just keep hearing the lyrics, I get knocked down, but I get up again. You can't keep this man down. He is tough as nails. And mostly doesn't give af. As long as he can create and succeed, keep trying him, he doesn't care lol I kind of like this energy. I don't see him caring to much about relationships or connections with others, which is funny. Hopefully he cares a bit, because connection is important, but he got money on his mind and using his craft to make it happen. I do see him devoting time to his craft, it isn't just the money, but that helps.

[pebblewsa]

My AU !!!

so !! this is the first part of many >_>

i have refs for 2 characters so far !! (theyre kind of a work in progress and some details may change in the future jhdsjhsd)

so ! first off !! donnie boy !!

in this AU, somewhat early during the apocalypse the power their base was using started dwindling super quickly considering nobody was prepared for the onslaught of the kraang, so they searched for other power sources.

turns out, kinda hard to find viable power in the apocalypse, especially since at this point the little colony that the turtles were apart of were too scared to go out and scrounge for leftover batteries, or even spare parts for their generator. donnie did what he could, of course, but even his genius is hindered by time and lack of resources. so !! said genius discovered he can replicate the generator power needed with his ninpo, with him as the sole conduit.

this, of course, takes all the energy he has to keep going, and for a while he goes at like. very high amounts of power to keep everything going, barely taking breaks. him being a conduit running electricity through himself for a long time has its. uh. side effects.

anyway !! the other i have rn is leo !! (im still not completely satisfied with his design ngl-- i might change it later :3)

i might add scars to him later if i can come up with reasons/ways he got em yknow but uh. yeh, i wanted to add some things to his mission design but i also really liked the one he had in the movie? gave the boy some elbow pads lmao

i imagine he lost his swords in the chaos of the kraang arrival but i also like to think after a while he finds at least one of em or somethin. i also like to think he eventually loses an arm but its such a recent development that hes still not used to the prosthesis and prefers to go without it. (also hes kinda a dumdum and donnie wasnt able to teach him how to use/repair it hehe)

but ye !! designs are still in their early stages and theres lots of stuff i havent mentioned here cus the au itself is still a massive work in progress but im excited for it !

next post containing this au is gonna be the other half of the turtle team !! (and maybe the caseys + april if im up for it but yknow xP)

[p0ssywhippedcream]

bbg if you write jason grace could you do him dating a daughter of Aphrodite (and obviously pipers ok w it coz she's gay) just imagine how cute

doll I saw a post the other day that said Jason never got to have a teenage love experience (weird feelings w/ Reyna, Piper awk) and it so shows!! here's what I mean

He's so embarrassing around you. You're just so pretty and so kind and so pretty and so, so pretty. He's got the biggest crush on you. Yeah, a crush on his gf.

You're always so nice to him. You hold his hand at the campfire, help him plan out his god dedications and you never neglect to volunteer to go somewhere with him. You’re so sweet and lovely and he feels so stupid.

He's the son of Jupiter who's saved the world and one of the seven but he's so ridiculous. He trips on air, passes out once a week and has dropped his sword into the lake in front of you (twice).

Not to mention how he acts around you. He becomes a blushing, stuttering mess. The one time he accidentally touched your hip, he choked on his drink so hard he fell out of his seat. The time you judo flipped him and landed on his lap, pinning his hands above his head?

He turned so red he could rival Leo with the heat in his face.

You think it's adorable. You hold his cheek with your hand and laugh at how warm he his. You tell him it's cute but he's unsure.

Now, you sit beside him at the lake, skipping stones. You're distracted, your eyes are foggy and your lip is tugged between your teeth. He watches you carefully knowing if you wanted to say something, you would.

Finally, you look away and mutter something he can't hear.

"What?"

"Do you think I'm ugly?"

Are you kidding him? You're the most beautiful girl at camp, you're ethereal. In his opinion, you’re more gorgeous than your mom but he wouldn’t say that out loud.

"No!" You throw a glance his way and his heart crumbles at the disbelief.

"Why would you think that?"

"I dunno.. it's just.. We've been dating 6 months and we haven't kissed. And you get so... we rarely touch besides holding hands."

Idiot, idiot, idiot! He’s such a bad boyfriend!

"Y/n, you're beautiful." You don't look at him, "It's not you, I promise. I just... I've never kissed anyone before."

Now you look at him. Your hand finds his in the sand.

"Piper?"

"That was a fake memory and we were only friends on the Argo."

You nod. "So, you're not kissing me because you just haven't before? You're nervous?"

He groans, "So nervous. I've liked you since I got here and I don't even know if I'll do it right."

Your perfect smile worms its way onto your face. "I could, you know, tell you if you're doing it right."

The implication makes his cheeks flare up. "You want to kiss me?"

"Jason, I've wanted to kiss you for months."

"Oh.. okay, yeah. Sure."

He wiggles in the sand, sitting closer to you with an anxious look painted bright on him. Your hands crawl up his neck and you cradle his heated face in your palms.

"You ready?"

"Ready." He agreed with a gulp.

You pull his face closer, your eyes closing and he tenses. Your mouth ghosts his softly, red lips pressing slowly. The feeling he gets when he summons lightning pools in his belly. He realizes he was a little distracted by your beauty and he closes his eyes to kiss you back.

His mouth moves against yours, inciting a soft whimper from you. The kiss gets more eager. Your mouth envelops his, swallowing the last bits of care he had. His hands travel to your hair and tangle it between fingers.

It's wet now, your mouth wider and harsher in your exploration. He's never felt anything like this. His heart is on fire, the blood in his veins dancing. In refusal to pull away, you breathe through your nose.

He copies you, takes all he can get in this moment. His gasp disappears between your lips as they open and your tongue slips into his mouth. You taste like cinnamon and strawberries.

You're even more excited now, little moans he barely picks up are slipping out of you. You put one hand on his chest and push him down, climbing into his lap. You become so much more intense with the total control you have over him.

Your mouth consumes him, fuels him, takes all his focus. He remembers he read once humans first thought of kissing as swallowing the soul of your lover. He certainly feels swallowed, trapped somewhere between your pout. He welcomes it with a soft grin you kiss away.

When you finally pull away, you're panting and breathless. Your hair is messy and your lips are bitten a blush red. His eyes travel lower and see your shirt has been pushed up and he can see your midriff. His eyes widen and shoot up to your face again, now smirking down at him.

"You know," Your thighs squeeze his sides and he chokes on air, "We don't have to stop at kissing."

[chil-aglia]

Who is in control?

(PART 2)

I’ve decided to name this little fic, “Who is in control” yes based off the song, but who cares, it suits the situation—

Warnings; Angst (obviously), needles, mind control, mentions of wanting to kill, siblings hurting each other (unintentionally though), etc

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Finding Giovanni was easy. Donnie was so glad that he installed tracking devices in his brothers. With Giovanni it was more difficult to convince him, but he agreed at some point and Donatello was glad he did.

“From the looks of it. Gio should be down this tunnel.”

Donnie points in the direction, the boys walking for ages now in hopes to locate Giovanni who Raph came to the conclusion that he was being influenced somehow by the Rat King. “Do we even have a plan on getting Giovanni back?” Mikey questions as Leo chuckled and wrapped an arm around Mikey to reassure him. 

“Relax little brother. We’ll get Giovanni back. I’m sure Donnie here has some kind of trappy thing for Gio.”

“What? I mean, yes. Course I do. I got it under control.” 

Raph sighs as he looks ahead, he stops when he came to a dead end. “What?! Donnie, you sure your tracking system works? It’s a dead end!”

Donnie walks over, inspecting the wall as he frantically checks over his wristband, “How is that possible?! It says that Gio should be here.” He mumbled, pacing back and forth as he tried to see if there was a flaw in his tech.

Leo blinks and looks up at the wall. He knew Donnie was quite the perfectionist when he came to his tech, so he didn’t quite believe that there was a flaw. Especially when it came to something he put inside his brothers.

But Leo didn’t understand then. If Giovanni was supposed to be right here…why wasn’t he? 

Mikey hums, eyes narrowing at the brick wall as he checks it over. “You all right there Mikey?” Leo inquired to his little brother who frowns lightly. “The bricks look strange. Look at this one, it’s a different shade.” He points out, the brick he was indicating to, was a brighter shade of reddish brown, while the rest were all dark coloured.

“Huh…you think there’s a hidden secret tunnel behind here then?” Leo asks in seriousness, though to some it might’ve come off as a joke. “One way to find out.” Mikey walks towards the brick and lightly presses down on it. 

A click was heard, followed by rumbling as the brothers step back and watch in awe as the dead-end wall opens up.

“Whoa!”

“Holy shit…”

“Amazing…!”

“Nicely done Mikey!”

They wait for a moment, Donnie activating his torches on his battle shell to provide light as Leo was the first to step through, his family following behind him.

“Gio? You in here?” Raph calls out, his voice bouncing off the walls. It was quiet. Too quiet that it was eerie. “Don, check his tracking device.” Leo lightly orders as Donnie complied and pulls up his little screen on his wrist tech.

“Huh…”

“What is it?”

“It’s saying that he’s right above us….” He concluded, gulping as all four brothers slowly look up. To their horror they saw multiple red eyes staring down at them. Two figures standing on a ledge.

The Rat King and Giovanni—whose eyes were glowing red like the rats surrounding them.

“Welcome my guests. I’m afraid we don’t have any refreshments for you.”

Mikey huffs and shouts up at the Rat King. “Give us back our brother!” He commanded but Rat King loudly laughs down at them. “Give him back? Oh, dear child…it is entirely up to him if he wishes to come back to you.” Rat King smirks down at the group, glancing at Giovanni who jumps down, landing in a crouched position, sword in hand.

When he stands up, his glowing eyes glared at his younger brothers who all tense and flinch back. This wasn’t their brother.

The Giovanni they knew was kind. Smiling at them. Showing affection to them. Giving them such loving looks.

This Giovanni showed none of that. He was on guard, face blank, eyes squinted at them in disgust. Showing them that he saw them as a threat from the way he gripped his sword tightly.

“Gio….you’re not yourself. He’s controlling you.” Leo softly spoke, hoping to be the one to bring him out of the trance. But Giovanni scoffs at him, not taking his words to heart.

“He had made his choice. He chose us. His new and improved family.” Rat King announces, only that pissed off Raph who’s mystic aura began glowing around his fists.

“He’s not your family—!”

Raph took a step forward. A mistake he didn’t realise.

Giovanni charged at Raphael, taking him off guard with his speed as he kicks Raph in the plastron, sending him flying as he skids against the floor, coughing from having the wind knocked out of him. His aura vanishing from loss of focus.

“Raph!”

Leo widens his eyes as he turns to Rat King, glaring viciously. “Release your control of him!” He orders, but Rat King hums in thought, mockingly as he taps his chin. “No…I don’t think I will. Seize them, Giovanni!” He exclaims before ordering his newly appointed mind-controlled assistant.

Giovanni wasted no time. He twists his grip on his sword and sped on over to his next victim. Mikey.

Mikey yelps, shocked as he backflips away from being caught. Donnie rushed in to help his little brother, getting in between him and Giovanni, his Ninpo activating as it forms a shield in front of him, blocking the blade that came swinging down on them.

Giovanni jumps back for distance before charging again. Mindlessly slicing his blade at the purple mystic shield that kept him at bay from reaching Donnie and Mikey who watched with fear.

Giovanni was growling. Hissing as his vermillion eyes were glaring daggers into the orbs of his younger brothers.

“Stop it!”

Leo jumps in, clashing both his katanas with the single blade. The two sword users going at it.

Leo shoved Giovanni back, making the older brother hiss in annoyance before running at Leo, sliding to the side to catch Leo off guard. 

It worked. He jabbed Leo in the side with his elbow, making the slider cough from the impact as he was then thrown to the floor, his katana’s kicked away from him.

Giovanni stood over him, sword raised high in the air.

“Finish him!” Ray King encouraged, smiling manically as Giovanni breathed in and then out. His glowing eyes never faltering. He was going to kill Leo. 

“No!” 

Raph shouted as a red, large and glowing fist punched Giovanni to the side, making the mutant grunt and yelp in brief pain. Smacking against the wall, which caused a dent.

Giovanni was dazed, swaying slightly as he slides down the wall. Knocked out as Rat King glared harshly at Raphael. “Why you…! Brothers, sisters! We must flee! We’ll get Giovanni back to us another day.” He orders his fellow rats who squeal as they all disperse, a flood of the rats climbing over Rat King and he vanished into the sea of vermin.

Mikey was by Giovanni’s unconscious body. Raph had really punched him quite hard. The snapper felt incredibly guilty, but he had to do it. Otherwise, Leo would be dead right now. Raph turns to Leo who was being helped up by Donnie. He walks to retrieve his swords before making his way over to the others.

“Is he…?”

“Unconscious. I didn’t know what else to do.” Raph mumbled, frowning as he glanced down at his own hands. The hands that he was supposed to use to protect his family. Not harm them. Not again.

“Hey, you did good. We just need to take him back home.” Leo assured, softly patting Raph on his arm. “Yeah…okay. Let’s bring him back home.” He agrees, walking over and gently picking up Giovanni who lays limp in his arms.

Leo swung his swords, creating a portal back to the lair. This wasn’t the time to be bragging but he’s gotten way better at using his portals.

They step through, being met with not just Splinter, but also April, Casey Jr and Baron Draxum. “What are you guys doing here?” Donnie raised his brow in confusion, April smiling lightly. “Splints called us. Said we might be able to help?” 

Draxum steps forward, eyeing Giovanni who groans, facial expression twisting, like he was experiencing a bad dream. “I’ll take a look at him. If there are any mystic powers on or in him, I should be able to formulate a cure.” He assures, as he gestured to Raphael to carry his brother to a different room.

The others try to follow but Draxum quickly snaps his head to them. “The rest of you are to stay out of my way of my work. Raphael is only bringing him to me, and then he’ll leave us be as well.” 

“I am? But…” 

Raph frowns, looking down at his limp brother. He was brought back to the present when Draxum awkwardly pats his shoulder. “Giovanni will be fine with me. I give you, my word.” He reassured, showing the family that he was trying. That he wasn’t the crazed villain he used to be to be.

It seemed to ease Raphael, only slightly as he slowly nods. Following Draxum inside the dark room that was the med bay. He placed Giovanni on a bed, stepping back as Draxum hovered near Giovanni, humming in thought.

“Thank you, Raphael. If I discover anything out of the ordinary. I’ll let you and your family know right away.”

Raph nods and hesitantly leaves the med bay, closing the door.

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It was a long and anxious wait for any updates on Giovanni’s condition. 3 hours as of now since Draxum began working on him. Leo begged at one point to storm in to get news, Donnie backing him up with the idea, but Splinter pointedly told them to stay put.

April and went out at one point to bring back pizza, but hardly anyone was hungry. All too focused and concerned about Giovanni.

The sound of the med bay door opening was enough to have everyone perk up and watch Draxum exit. “Everyone.” He greets briefly, being bombarded with questions.

“How’s Gio?!”

“Is he going to be, okay?!”

“Did you find anything off with him?”

Draxum held his hand up to silence them, taking a moment to collect himself as he eyes the concerned family before him. “Giovanni isn’t physically hurt. Other than the obvious mind control he’s under, he’s perfectly fine and healthy.” 

This earned a sigh of relief from everyone.

“What about the mystic energy? Was there any?” Donnie ponders as Draxum closes his eyes. “I was able to find small traces of the insect that this Rat King used. It was the same insect from when I made and released those oozesquitoes. However, the formula he injected Giovanni with, is a combination of human science and mysticism.”

“What? So, he is being influenced with mystic medicine!” Mikey gasps as Draxum nods, “Yes. But as I said, it was a combination of human medicine. I can create an antidote, but I’ll need Donatello to help me. Two brilliant minds working together, we’ll be able to conjure up a cure in a few days at best if we don’t get distracted.” Draxum informs, glancing his eyes to Donnie who blinks when he was mentioned but with a firm gaze he nods determinedly.

“Let’s get to work then.”

“Wait, wait. What about Giovanni?” Leo interrupted, “What are we supposed to do in the meantime?” He asks, looking back at the med bay that was half open. Draxum follows his gaze, “Keep him in your view at all times. He may try and trick you into assuring you that he’s fine. He may also get physical with all of you, to keep him and yourself safe, keep him somewhere where he can be contained. No weapons near him.” He explains his suggestions; he noticed the frowns on all the Hamato’s faces.

“So…treat him like a wild animal? Treat him like how they treated him?!” Leo raises his voice, glaring lightly at Draxum who didn’t falter. Keeping himself stoic and calm.

“If that’s what it takes.”

Leo closes his mouth. He knew this was for everyone’s safety. But after knowing Giovanni’s history, helping him heal from the trauma he suffered. It didn’t sit right with Leo. With anyone for that matter.

But there was nothing else they could think of.

“The confinement spaces I used for when we got infected with the rat flu, should hold him.” Donnie muttered out in a sad tone, but it the logical conclusion.

While no one wanted this to happen, Raphael none the less walked to the med bay, picked up his unconscious brother from the bed and followed Donnie who showed him the confinement room.

He walks inside and gently placed Giovanni down on the floor, stepping back and closing the tarp, Donnie activated an automatic lock on the tarp, making it difficult if Giovanni tried to escape.

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It had been a few hours since Giovanni was brought home, he had been left inside the confinement room, but he wasn’t alone, his brothers made sure to check in every hour or so. But each time they did, he was still unconscious.

But then, a scream from April echoed throughout the lair, she had gone in to do own her checking up on Giovanni, so everyone knew where she was and rushed over. “April?! You, okay?” Raph exclaims in utter concern, they stand behind her as April was on the floor, eyes wide at the sight of Giovanni who was obviously now awake.

Giovanni was up against the tarp, trying to claw at April. His eyes bright red as he growls. “Humans…! Must be eradicated!” He noted out, flinging himself at the tarp to break it. “Gio, Gio! It’s us, take it easy.” Mikey announces, hands in the air to show he wasn’t a threat. Giovanni pauses and looks over at his brothers, scoffing and narrowing his vermillion eyes.

“You guys again…? Where am I? Let me out!”

“Can’t do that hermano. You’re not yourself. If we let you out, you’ll go rampant and go back to Rat King.” Leo reasons, crossing his arms to appear firm. He was the leader after all, he had to try and look it.

“Shut up! You don’t know anything. Rat King is right. Humans are the issue; they take what they want. Do what they want without repercussions….I know exactly how they are!”

He hissed at April who stood up, breathing to calm down. She had been spooked when Giovanni suddenly lunged at her. Thank god for the tarp.

“But April hasn’t done anything to you.” Raph stated, but Giovanni shakes his head. “You’re wrong! Her and Casey are a threat. Must be killed on sight!” He grumbles, his head pounding as he clutched his temples. “Who says they’re a threat?” Leo interrogated, he knew the answer but wanted to hear Giovanni say it. “Rat King…he knows what’s best for me.” He grunts out, the throbbing in his head getting louder.

“Destroy them, Giovanni.”

Destroy…

“Eliminate your brothers!”

Kill…my brothers…?

Giovanni briefly flinched, his eyes returning to normal for a moment. Hold on…why did he have to kill his brothers? They were his family…

“You’re better than them. They are weak and know nothing of what you’ve been through.”

Giovanni groans, his eyes blinking back to red as he paces around the confinement space. “Guys, it looks like Giovanni is fighting the control.” Mikey muttered, noticing the odd behaviour and the eye changes.

“Yeah, but it looks like it’s not enough. Are Draxum and Donnie done with the antidote?” Raph huffs out, glancing to April who got the message.

“I’ll go get an update.”

She runs off, leaving the brothers who face their oldest sibling struggling with himself. Fighting whatever was going inside his head.

“I’ll kill you…I’ll kill you!”

Giovanni announces, slamming his fists on the tarp, hissing at the brothers who frown. This was not their brother. Rat King really had a control over him. And why? Why choose Giovanni? It’s not like he’s a rat.

If anything, it would have made more sense to go after Splinter. Whatever the case may be, they need that cure, and they need it now.

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This went on for a long time. Giovanni would seemingly be calm, but then he’d grunt in pain and hold his head for a moment before he’d thrash himself at the tarp. His brothers never left his side, watching anxiously and in sympathy.

He didn’t deserve this. Giovanni was finally letting loose. Finally showing his true colours. And then this had to have happened to him. Hasn’t he suffered enough?

“Guys.” April spoke up, walking in as they all perk up and look at her. Behind her stood Draxum and Donnie. Donnie briefly gazed over to his mind-controlled brother, holding back a gasp as he bites his lion and forced himself to look away.

“We have finished the antidote. The only issue is how we are going to get in him.” Draxum mumbles, going towards the tarp and eyeing Giovanni who was glaring back at him. “Draxum…why are you doing this? The Rat King could use someone like you on his side. You wanted to get rid of the human race too.” Giovanni informs, smirking at the yokai who lightly narrowed his eyes at him.

“Is this you speaking? Or the Rat King.”

“What difference does it make?”

Draxum shakes his head as he looks over to Raph. “You could knock him out again.”

“No. I’m not hurting him again.” Raph was quick to deny the idea. Crossing his arms and looking away firmly. Draxum sighs and placed a hand under his chin to think.

“Donnie…can’t you like, use those gas things you used before on us when he had the rat flu? That might make him sleepy?” Mikey suggested, having his older brother perk up and glance to Mikey. “That…could work. I’ll have to up the dosage of gas though.” He replied, quickly going towards the control panel.

He presses a few buttons before clicking the big red one. They watch as pink smoke floods the confinement space Giovanni was in. Giovanni flinched as he backs himself up against the wall, the smoke entering his body as he breathed it in.

He coughs, trying to cover his mouth and nose. But it was too late, he sways before falling to the ground, eyes droopy as the gas comes to a halt.

“Okay…he’s in a daze. Should be safe to inject the antidote now.” Donnie informs, as he turns to Leo. “Leo, you’re the medic of the family. Here.” Donatello takes out a syringe, the needle fill to the brim of purple liquid.

“You want me to use a needle on him? He hates those!”

“This is the safest and quickest way for him. Right now, he’s not our brother. He has a parasite that’s controlling him, and that is no doubt making him feel worse.” Donnie firmly shoved the needle into Leo’s hands.

“Give him the needle.”

Leo pouts a bit before turning to the tarp and walking over. He sighs, he knew Donnie was right, but it didn’t feel right. They all knew about his distaste for the sharp object.

“Open it.”

Donnie clicks on his wrist tech and the lock on the tarp becomes unlocked. Leo opens it up and walks in. Going towards Giovanni who was laying on the floor on his chest. His eyes were droopy, and they kept fading in and out of being red and then returning to his normal eyes.

Leo crouched down and gently caressed his older brother’s face to let him know he was here.

“Sorry…this is going to suck. But…you need it.”

Leo holds up the syringe, he noticed Giovanni squirming, but he was too weak to properly push himself away as Leo inches the needle closer to his neck.

“We need you back. We need our brother.”

Was all Leo said before he gently pushed the needle into Giovanni’s neck, trying his best to ignore the shaking and trembling body that he was holding.

The purple liquid, the antidote, slowly sinks down into the mutant, who was twitching before calming down. He was too tired to fight back. Too tired about everything.

“Rest well Gio.”

Giovanni closed his eyes.

And for once…no voices were telling him what to do anymore. Just peace and quiet.

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There’s going to be one more part after this and it’s like gonna be the aftermath of this fiasco that Giovanni had to deal with so…look forward to that.

Parts - 1/2/3

This honestly pained me to write. I love angst but damn, Giovanni has already been through so much and now I’m just adding more problems for him—

Once again fanart for this series is welcomed and appreciated!

[lotus-duckies]

anyway here's a pseudo intellectual analysis of the vision quest outfits because i'm normal

The vision quest is interesting to me because it's an instance of the turtles individuality, especially how that shows in the garments they made for themselves.

Raph

Raph deviates the most from the norm, even changing the shape of his mask which feels representative of his feelings of being outcast and wanting to go off to do his own thing.

Most notably, his outfit has a lot of elements akin to alt, adult, or rebellious images, like his belt now resembling a harness, fishnets and his neck being tied off like a choker. It makes for a compelling statement on his desire to be different, be self expressive and individual, to be seen as an adult who can make his own choices and doesn't need to be coddled.

I think this also shows in how he traded his sai, which are typically not very sharp and used for self defense (though offensive techniques can also used), for flaming shredder blades, which are definitely very dangerous for both whoever he's fighting and himself. The fact he used them without hurting himself implies practice, careful use. Wisdom, perhaps. Tempering the fire for power as Splinter said.

(did i mention i think his head reminds me of a snake with its tongue out. that's very important. he looks like a snake with More Teeth for fighting. absolutely lethal)

Also I will briefly mention the implied sensory experience that was what I wanted this to be about. He has significantly more fabric squeezing and covering him, scratchy fishnets on his arms, almost every part of his face is covered except his mouth. Suggesting a sensory profile that he may enjoy pressure stimming, perhaps that goes hand in hand with the fact he's more aggressive in his sparring and fighting. Something to think about.

Donnie

I'm going to talk about Mikey later but i think it's interesting they both chose to paint themselves and wear some kind of armor to protect themselves.

Donnie's design speaks to me as someone who has so much creative energy buzzing inside him but also wants to hide. He seemed to be the most sensitive about the fact they're mutants, often downtrodden about being told he could never be with April because they're freaks, and this combined with that he Knows he's going to get hurt results in the mask. (also maybe he likes casey and his stupid mask maybe he likes it a lot maybe they're kissing on the mouth idk)

The mask and the paint feel very creative expression,very artist form. The desire to build upon a metaphorical blank canvas to make something Different. Straight up covering his face with a skull-esque image. Changing himself from the monster he was to a creature he wants to be (human, casey, etc.

And his choice to change his bo for an axe feels ever reminiscent of the "I can't fight advanced alien technology with a 7 foot staff" statement. Although his bo staff does have a blade now, he wanted More Blade. Just blade. He's giving serial killer energy. Mad scientist energy, even. The axe requires strength that he needs, and we all know from the vizioso incident that he would kill people on sight and this axe reflects that.

Also, the sensory profile: Potentially implies enjoying covered, being in dim spaces, enjoying having a solid material on his face and tolerating the feeling of paint on his skin.

Leo

Leo's interesting because he's the only one who kept his original weapons, and arguably deviated the least from his normal design. I think this a good example of Leo's autism behavior and his desire to keep things the same, holding onto the comfort of familiarity rather than taking the risk to jump into exploration.

The most notable difference being the bow and the arm garments (the guard and the elbow wrappings, likely to protect his arms from strain and the bow whiplash). I love how Leo adopted the bow to compensate for his knee being crapped out, a logical choice to focus on long distance range but still keeping his swords Just In Case (and probably internally hoping he'd still be able to use them well)

It shows Leo's leadership qualities, knowing when it's time to make sacrifices, adapting to new situations, changing for the better, and at the same time, the fear of the unknown and wanting to stay the same.

The sensory: Unlike Raph and Donnie, Leo's hood is a cowl neck. gee that's so interesting oh golly i wonder if something happened that made him not want something near his neck gee i wonder why

Mikey

And now I talk about Mikey's armor and paint. While I definitely think Mikey would wear armor to help keep himself safe because he gets hunted a lot, it also radiates "oh man do you know what would look SICK" and "Learn to be strong and calm, like the forest" "okay sensei got it ! *covers himself in wood*"

He chose wood pieces that still have branches sticking off of them, and with the way he painted his face and. general mutant turtle vibes. he looks more like a Creetur, shrekish. Mikey embraces the strange, the unheard of, the monsters and repulsive. Not covering himself with things to hide his turtle nature, but adding More to that nature. (perhaps we could interpret the paint and wood as camoflague, better blending in to his surroundings, being a better ninja)

I'm also reminded of the armor worn by samurais. A bold goal if intended, considering Mikey's inattentive and distracted behaviorisms. But perhaps that is what he aims to become, a noble and admired warrior, making logical choices to protect himself and trying to be better, growing up into a responsible and capable man. I will not mention the last ronin mikey i will not mention the last ronin mikey i will not

Enamoured by his choice of weapon as well. Splinter had specifically given nunchaku to Mikey, which makes me think the kusarigama blade attachments were a modification He made, likely to prove something to himself or his brothers, wanting to do more, as nunchaku are typically given to those in training to develop quick hand movements and good posture.

And then he has eliminated the chain entirely to just have a sickle of sorts. Sickles were traditionally used for agriculture and the same could be said for the kusarigama, but now they appear to have an association with assassination, once again bringing back this idea of wanting to be more dangerous, be taken seriously and doing more damage.

anyway

[yzafre]

Rise Magic Watch - End Game pt 1

Alright! The Foot Clan's shrine, Some Draxum fight's, Splinter using Leo's weapon, the Dark Armor - we've got some stuff to talk about! We're just gonna go down my list of screenshots.

So, The Foot Clan's "shrine" that was mentioned in the last episode. They've set up a magic circle that seems to be, according to Draxum's dialogue, siphoning and releasing mystic energy from the area. It's blue, rather than their usual pink - due to the nature of the energy?

It implies this shrine was purposefully built here to take advantage of this energy. Does the Hidden City have these kinds of natural energy points scattered around?

We get a brief appearance from the Hamato ancestors.

They did not, however, put much protection on those scrolls. Easily destroyed.

Ohhh my god he just. Taped it up. And it still works? Interesting that they returned to this particular location - that Splinter knew about it?

We don't really get to see the gate that opened, but the teeth remind me of the one in the original episode. So, is this still dropping them by Draxum's place? Come to think of it... how did they know now to get to the shrine? Did Draxum give April directions to pass along? I have questions.

Okay, I've heard this entire sequence is a reference to something? And considering how much nonsense its filled with, I'm pretty sure he's not actually connecting to anything. So I'm not counting this as actual mystic nonsense. I think he just had a weird dream.

What do we think, guys? Is the fire just an implication that he's going so fast the friction made his shoes ignite, or is this a mystic ability?

Following this, we get a really good fight scene with Draxum.

They payed special attention in this fight to once more always indicate where the attacks are coming from, following the same rules set up in the first episode. At this point I'm given to say this is the writer's/animators intention for how his abilities work, and any time we see otherwise should be largely dismissed. We'll see if that holds up next season.

Also! A brief aside about Draxum - specifically his conversation with the talking heads (which are? Things that exist?? And seem to have authority???)

"This is exactly what happens when you let warriors mess around in alchemy." <- What a sentence. I feel like that implies things about like... the prevalence of those titles? Factions in society? Societal norms and prejudices? I don't know, it just feels a bit superior and gatekeep-y. Like, I don't want Draxum doing what he's doing either, but I feel like there's a different way to say it.

Anyways, back to present time.

Splinter uses Leo's sword to open a portal. It's got a lot of that "excess energy" going on, though, which we haven't seen from Leo's portals in a while!

Alright, remember back in the first episode, when we were trying to figure out if the abilities were native to the weapon, or to the user? At the time, we noted that Draxum seemed surprised at the effect of Leo's sword, and the implications therein leaning towards the powers coming from the wielder.

However, here the sword is used by someone else, to the same effect, without Leo being present. That seems to instead imply that the power is housed inside the weapon, instead.

Once again - I am aware of the Word of God on the subject from the twitter AMAs. However, this series is about combing through specifically what we se in the series.

...That being said, I think there's an explanation for this that supports the "from the wielder" argument, which I think I'll go through at the end of the series, once we've gathered all the evidence.

Next up: the Dark Armor, and the fight against it. Which... I think, due to the image limit, I need to make another post. I took a LOT of screenshots.

Part 2

[callmeleonardo]

Odachi Tutorial

heres kind of an explanation on how I made Leo's odachi +kind of a tutorial so you can look like this

Shit you'll need:

Lots of cardboard

Scissors or box cutter (be safe 😤😤😤)

Paint

Lots and lots of hot glue

Hot glue gun (obviously)

Masking tape (if you do the same thing I did)

Further instructions below ⬇⬇⬇

Okay so step one- figuring out big this thing is gonna be

A quick Google search will tell you that a typical odachi is 3-4 feet long, even reaching 5 feet in extreme cases

I wanted to make mine five feet, but that would make it literally the size of me (im 5'1") so I opted for slightly shorter

Heres a size ref for mine:

(The staff is 5 feet exactly)

So first things first, you'll need to cut your pieces out. I made the blade roughly 3.5 feet in length, and the handle is 7 inches. You can adjust however you'd like, but I made it so both my hands can fit comfortably on the handle. For the blade and handle I used regular cardboard (abt 1/8 inch thick) and for the hilt I used 1/4 inch thick cardboard, which was so hard to cut through oh my god- box cutter is highly recommended if you choose to use thicker cardboard there.

You will need to cut out two blades (ik, exhausting-) to glue together, because just one will bend and flop, so having two glued together helps reinforce it.

To make the handle, cut out a rectangle of cardboard; mine was 5x7 inches, but do whatever feels right. Basically just crease and roll up the cardboard until you have a solid log of cardboard.

Paper example here:

Glue your handle nice and tight, and set it to the side.

Okay- so for my swords, I decided to wrap the handle and hilt with blue masking tape for a couple of reasons. Number one, I didn't want to paint it, and number two, taping it would give me the wrapped look Leo has on his swords. You don't have to tape it, but it ended up saving me later on with keeping the pieces together, so I recommend it.

So if you do decide to tape it, here's how you can avoid my mistakes and jump right to the solution.

Right now you should have: a taped handle and hilt, and two blades, glued together.

The issue I faced was that hot glue alone wasn't enough to secure the pieces together because the blade was to heavy. So I used a method I call the octopus method. its kind of hard to explain, so here's a helpful little example.

Wrap a piece of tape around the top of the handle (the side that will be attached to the hilt) but make sure you only stick half the tape on. (If this makes sense-) So a bit of tape should be not attatched to the handle.

Make little cuts all the way around

Fold the little fringes(?) Downwards so it looks kind of like an octopus (hence the name)

Then stick your handle onto your hilt, press the tape down nice and smooth, and glue the ever living hell out of it

You can vaguely see it here

And when I say a LOT of hot glue, I mean a LOT of hot glue. If you feel like you're doing too much, youre probably not.

I used the octopus method to attach the blade to the hilt as well, and it worked very nicely.

You can go ahead and let that dry (it'll take a whileeee since you need to use a ton of glue to keep it secure; so make sure you keep it propped upright in a way it'll dry correctly.

Also don't forget to paint the blade-

I had the idea after I finished, but if someone Iowans to try and let me know how it goes, its be awesome, but I had the idea to take a wire hanger or something of the like, straighten it out, and kind of insert into into the middle of the sword (going from the handle to the blade) to help with stability.

I thinkkkkk that's about it?

If you have any questions, my ask box is always open! And if you use my tut to make a sword, feel free to show me! Id love to see ^ ^

Twin katana tutorial here

@did-i-mention-the-shirt

[criesinmultifandommess]

A Dragon's Greatest Treasure

sorry for disappearing! i got caught up in schoolwork and yeah :D i started writing this quite a while ago, maybe a couple months back? idk but the second paragraph was going to be followed by an in-depth description of all the parents seeing their kids start acting up, but im too sad about the current arc CUCURUCHO GIVE THE KIDS BACK YOU MONSTER!!!! anyway enjoy :)

There was no warning for what would happen. There was no announcement from the Federation, no appearance from the Binary Code or Cucurucho. It was just a normal day for the residents of Quesadilla Island. Until everyone’s kids started acting…strangely.

No one was prepared for dragon puberty.

In the group chat between all the parents, Cellbit messages them all to come to the adoption center, mentioning that he has information about the sudden changes to their children. A few moments later, the center is flooded with people. Everyone immediately begins crowding around Cellbit, concerned and anxious. 

“Quiet, please, everyone! Silêncio, por favor.” The Brazilian begins shouting over the commotion. As the residents begin to settle, Cellbit finally begins speaking. “Okay, thank you. I know that all of our kids have started doing some weird stuff lately. Mostre a eles, Richas.”

On cue, Richarlyson jumps and hovers in mid-air for several seconds. 

“Yeah! He accidentally jumped into a hole near the Copacabana, but he did not fall down right away.” Forever comments, Richarlyson nodding along.

“Really? Pomme hasn’t done that, but she has—”

Baghera is cut off when purple sparks begin appearing around Pomme, before she vanishes into thin air. Everyone but the French residents begin panicking, beginning to look around for the missing girl. She pops back into view a few feet away from where she disappeared, violet sparkles eventually fading away.

“She disappears like that.” Baghera lets out a tired sigh. “The first time it happened, we looked around for a few minutes, but she appeared right back where she disappeared.”

“When Baghera messaged us saying that she disappeared, I thought it was the Federation or the Code attacking.” Etoiles shakes his head, frowning. “I would have showed them my Code Breaker sword.”

“Oh, well, nothing that exciting has happened to Ramón. He’s just been really hyper, which isn’t like him at all. There he goes.”

Right as Fit finishes speaking, his son begins twitching and starts racing around the room with incredible speed. Eventually, everyone stops watching him once it becomes apparent he’s not going to stop for a while.

“Chayanne can apparently breathe fire now,” Phil laughs and gestures at his kid. In response, Chayanne lets out a little burst of flame, not enough to harm anyone, but it does cause those around him to jump away in surprise.

“Wait, that’s so cool! Leo, can you do that?” They shake their head, and Foolish’s shoulders drop slightly. “Oh, that’s fine. Well, Leo does this.”

Foolish pulls out a piece of gold from his backpack, but instead of just Leo, all of the kids lunge for the nugget immediately. The parents pull their respective child back, but not before the young dragons begin hissing and clawing at each other. 

“Oh my gosh, Dapper, stop it! He started hissing at me too!” Bad says while wrangling with his son. Once they’re all under control, he turns to Cellbit. “So, they all do some things, but some of the kids have special quirks? What’s going on?”

“Pare, Richas! Okay. I was looking around for some kind of explanation, and when I came here, I found this book called ‘The Early Stages of a Dragon’. I will read it.” Cellbit clears his throat. 

“During the early stages of a newly hatched dragon, they do not exhibit any traits of an adult dragon. However, when they reach the age of one, they begin to showcase these traits during a period called the first growth period. These traits include fire breathing, beginning to fly, small instances of dragon magic, bursts of random energy, a tendency to hoard valuables, and becoming physical through biting, scratching, and hissing. Young dragons will experience a week of showcasing these traits, before eventually regaining control and calming down.”

With that, Cellbit closes the book. “That’s it. There’s two other growth periods, but it says it won’t happen for a while, so we should be fine.”

“Does this mean all the eggs are going to start disappearing?”

“And breathing fire?” 

The adults start muttering worriedly, and Cellbit raises a hand to quiet everyone again. “They may, or they may not. But we should all be safe and start carrying around water buckets.”

“And maybe don’t take out shiny things.” Bad turns to Foolish and sighs. “You’re going to have to start covering yourself up, Foolish, I’m sorry.”

“What? That’s crazy.”

Slowly, the tension in the room fades away as they all start cracking jokes. Some break off into groups, but never stray too far to keep an eye on the kids. The children play with each other, parents making sure to keep their kids’ aggression levels low and stepping in if one starts growling. It’s a peaceful kind of chaos. Life on the island may never be the same again, but at least they have each other.

Right?

[lullabyalikpoptarot]

Stray Kids Love Energy (December)

Alright, someone asked me to do a bit of a longer reading for the life love, so I will be tapping into what is going on with their love life for this month. I will see what I get here, but just mentioning this group is the most forthcoming with answers and messages, so can't help if I get confusing messaging here.

Bang Chan-From what I am looking at I don't see anyone in the picture for the moment or this month. We have two cards of 8 here, so there is an inability to move forward when it comes to his love life. With this Leo card, he seems a bit arrogant and there could be this unwillingness to take the blame in his relationships. He may need to work on reevaluating his past relationships. I also feel he may have high expectations when it comes to love. There could be possessive and Jealous energy with him to. He needs to think more clearly when it comes to love. Although, he can be perceptive and intuitive. He may also see things that aren't there and create scenarios in his head that doesn't exist, which is why communication is key for him.

Lee Know- Umm, there is nothing going on his love life now lol None of these cards indicate love at all. He is very focused on his career and his achievements. He is now the second member, only did two lol to show me the 8 of Swords, either they are restricted from dating, which is weird, or he is mentally not capable of stepping into a relationship, or he feels trapped by it. This boy is so far removed from love and dating at the moment.

Changbin-So, there could be something here. I am not getting someone in the picture either, but he seems more open and willing to put himself out there. He could be dating around and having fun. I say he is very determined and feels confident in himself. It seems he is being very observant looking for the right person for him. I say he is looking for his person for this month.

Hyunjin-Of course he is confusing af, can't help the energy he gives me. He definitely wants intimacy and love in his life. The Pisces card is here, so he is very in his energy when it comes to love, kind of a hopeless romantic. Does he have a Venus in Aries? Because this KOw's energy does not seem like his energy, this is a very sexual, dominant, but can be charming af, so that could be him, but the dominant, take charge energy does not seem like him. Things may be rocky and a bit tumultuous regarding his love life this month. He seems like to the type to lack balance and can't really prioritize different things at once, so I feel this card is telling him to prioritize things a bit better and maybe his love life will come more easily.

Han-Okay, I am seeing he doesn't want to share much here, and girl ain't trying to get sick, so you ain't getting a lot here. I don't want this smoke, so not pushing him for answers lol I don't see someone in the picture either. I say he could be playing around, having fun, maybe hooking up with people. But he doesn't feel stable in his life financially, if he does get into a relationship it will have to be worth it. Moving on, that is all you are getting here.

Felix-He may be another one who needs to find balance and prioritize things a bit better. I don't see someone in the picture either. I say he is on his own journey, trying to find himself right now. If there is someone in the picture. He isn't that interested and may possibly ghost this person. I say he isn't invested in love right now. He's got his own priorities and goals he is focused on. He is also the type that likes new excitement, so I don't see him dating for too long if he does, he seems to get bored of a relationship really quick.

Seungmin-He would want someone to build a comfortable nest with. I say he wants a stable bond. A relationship will complete him somehow. He could be trying to manifest a new relationship into his life at the moment. Although, there is initial passion for him. He seems like the type to lose interest fast as well. This boy is all over the place. He makes no sense. Like on one end he wants stability and comfort, but then he's the type to who may not be able to consistently build a bond, because he may get bored after a while.

I.N- His energy is cute, one of my favorite members to read for. There could be possibly someone in the picture, someone he adores and likes. This boy is such a romantic and cute. He is a bit of an idealist though. He can also be aggressive and dominant, when need be, as well. I can see why he and Beomgyu are besties, they got similar energy. I say if he likes someone, he will definitely not be afraid to pursue them. He can get pretty competitive as well. I wonder if he feels he is competing for someone's affection. I feel there can be worries and fears about a relationship, like maybe, he will lose this person to someone. Bruh how is the maknae the only one showing me he is possibly in a relationship. But as I mentioned, there are some illusions here, like maybe his fears are all in his head. Like, he may fear there is competition, but it is all in his head.

Man, I love how chatty he is, like I wish these other members were this open and carefree. I mean, I get it, you don't want people to know you, but the ones who don't give af and just let it air out are my favorites, this show he probably doesn't have much to hide.

Anyway, went through this pretty smoothly actually, some confusing answers, but oh well. Here this is.

[oraclekleo]

Xiaojun (WayV) Kinky Tarot Reading

Disclaimer:

All celebrity readings have purely entertainment nature

I don’t know any of the celebrities personally

Don’t base life decisions purely on tarot readings

I can never guarantee any of what’s said in the reading

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Reading Info:

Rating: 18+

Reading Type: Single - Couple

Requested: Yes - No

Requester: /

Deck(s): The Ancient Egyptian Tarot, Sexual Magic Oracle

Spread: Kinky

Questions:

Position

Libido

Turn On

Kink

Dirty Secret

Celebrity Info:

Full Name: Dejun Xiao

Stage Name: Xiaojun

Group: WayV

DOB: 08.08.1999

Blood Type: A

MBTI: ENFP

Sun Sign: Leo

Chinese Sign: Earth Rabbit

Life Path Number: 8

Masterpost: NCT (All sub-units)

Xiaojun (WayV) - Kinky

Full Name: Dejun Xiao Stage Name: Xiaojun Group: WayV DOB: 08.08.1999 Blood Type: A MBTI: ENFP Sun Sign: Leo Chinese Sign: Earth Rabbit Life Path Number: 8

Spread / Question: Kinky Deck(s): The Ancient Egyptian Tarot, Sexual Magic Oracle

Position - XIV Temperance

Xiaojun is no dom for sure. He’s more on the romantic and equal side of the spectrum when it comes to his lover. He’s well-balanced, not too obsessive about his lover, not indifferent towards them. He takes the golden middle route and usually has excellent communication with his partner. Xiojun truly speaks openly but with kindness and tact and it makes him nearly a perfect boyfriend as he’s caring but not jealous, he’s loving but not possessive. The major arcana card here suggests he’s pretty mature for his age when it comes to relationships, despite the fact he might not have been through that many yet. His soul is still more or less pure.

Libido - King of Disks, 24. Healing

While dating Xiaojun is really romantic and sweet, he’s also a man in his prime and his libido is quite strong. I’m sensing it probably wasn’t so in the past, maybe there were times Xiaojun was insecure about the sexual aspect of relationships or maybe he struggled determining his own taste. That was in the past though and now Xiaojun is really confident when it comes to his desires and needs. He might not show his passion so much openly in front of others but he’s a rather goal driven lover. He conquers his partner in bed or any place suited. He’s likely to take a dominant role in sex and he likes to be praised in bed. He’s still pretty romantic and courting is often a sort of a foreplay for Xiaojun. He truly knows how to properly seduce his lover, leaving them breathless.

Turn On - 3 of Cups

Xiaojun is likely to feel attracted to someone merry and bright, someone with spark in their eyes and with a lively step. The three of cups might suggest a friends-with-benefits type of relationship or even a poly relationship. I mentioned before that Xiaojun doesn’t really get jealous or possessive so this type of romance might seem attractive to him.

Kink - Queen of Swords, 29. Wrath

Lol! While Xiaojun himself isn’t jealous or possessive, he might actually find it arousing when his lovers fight for him. I must admit I have never received such a message from the cards before but yeah… Xiaojun truly might encourage or provoke his lovers to just get naked and compete to get him. What a prick! Lol. I mean it in a good way. Other than being the sweet prize for his lovers, Xiaojun might find it truly hot for his lover(s) to be able to discuss with him and show their brains, too. His lover picking up on fight with him just to create the tension and then them both finding a release through sex is likely also one of Xiaojun’s favourite fantasies.

Dirty Secret - King of Cups, 23. Forgiveness

While Xiaojun can play wild, he’s a total romantic and softie at heart. He’s likely to put his lover(s) on a pedestal and worship them and love them. He takes them as they are, with all their flaws and mistakes they did in the past. Xiaojun is not really judgy and he doesn’t hold grudges. He can forgive a lot of mistakes his partner might make and he’s always open to discuss any issues and hear their opinions or possible complaints.

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[usagiverse]

Hello, I totally love you art and designs.

The way the character sheets the expressions change when they show the body is just adorable, and that image of the princess! I'm like Leo! Do you have more designs like that?

By the way I also had that Yuichi's first name/surname debate, I loved your very complete answer.

And now my question I'm curious about Miyamoto and Yuichi's relationship in the image of the two of them together, Miyamoto looks kind of awkward, is it just my imagination?

Hi Nerish, thank you so much for the kind words and compliments! I think you're one of my earliest followers, so here's an official welcome to the blog!

By "designs like that" do you mean more references? I do not! I'm still planning on the story as it involves the already established characters, and they still have some time-period-specific designs that need to be officialized before I can finish their arcs. Other characters, as mentioned before, come in way later in the timeline. Our very first antagonist is one we already know, or at least, we have an idea of who / what. After that arc, we will see another antagonist, and that's where we can start seeing more characters & when I can post new designs. Unless you meant more designs like Princess Miya, in which... Yes, I do! I had a dream about someone posting Leochi art in a discord server, and Yuichi was wearing a uh..... playboy bunny outfit. At the time the dream happened, I thought it was stupid-- a rabbit in a sexy rabbit costume??? But then it got me thinking... first of all, to any NSFW artists out there, that's actually a genius idea, and secondly, I know how to turn a bad idea into a good one. Here are some concepts of a "Magical Girl" inspired AU of Shuji and Yuichi, whose powers are based on different types of flowers. I wanted to keep the same kind of Light VS. Dark theme, and this isn't an AU I will be actively pursuing, but it does exist out there now.

Shuji is based on a Balloon Flower, has a light, airy, and elegant kind of look, while Yuichi is based on a Himalayan Blue Poppy, and has a messy, rough, kind of luxurious feel to it. I like them, but they don't match each other. Most Magical Girl teams, I think, kind of look the same as each other, to signify they are a "team". This looks, well, not like that, lol. Also, couldn't decide if Yuichi should have an asymmetrical arm piece. Lots of strange design choices made here, but they're neat. Yuichi and Miyamoto... Well, I wanted to portray something between them in that image, but as you can see my art style was different then so the expressions are off, the posing is off, everything is... Off. I do think there is something there, though. Miyamoto is training under Yuichi to have the values of a Samurai, but he doesn't abide by them outside of the house. He believes house = safe, and outside = survival, much like Yuichi and Shuji do. Miyamoto is a Samurai at home, and a rogue outside, which is different than the twins who are Samurai all the time. Yuichi is older and wiser, but he has a kooky quality to him that makes Miyamoto question if he was right to train him. Imagine... you know your Uncle to be this funny, kind of hot-headed, stubborn, and even somewhat air-headed dum-dum that never takes anything seriously (from your POV). Then, the mask comes off and he is actually.. really, really strong. You knew that, but you didn't know he was willing to actually pin you against the wall, just to prove a point. It can be a little awkward to think that your Uncle is entirely capable of killing anybody including you, and he is training you to do the same thing. Miyamoto is by no means a pacifist, but he's a peacemaker. If he offers peace and the other side refuses, of course there will be war. But Miyamoto has never had to imagine that he needs to know how to do what Yuichi is training him for, and so, metamorphically, he puts down his sword and walks away from it all. It's a tough responsibility for him. He's not sure he wants to be a Samurai yet. And he has to face the fact that his strange, oddly chillax and really cool Uncle is trained to kill. So this stirs up his little angsty teenage phase, where he shows up to training late, leaves early, doesn't try as hard, and is often away from home. He loves his Uncle. They just gotta work it out is all.

[0what-a-guy0]

Rise leo x reader

(Kind of)

I’ve never written a fic before but idk I think about him so often it was inevitable. So here he is me beloved.

Trigger warning for mention of a gun and general depictions violence and scary situations.

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You figured it’d be fine as long as you were quick. So…! after a second of hesitation you pulled the keys out of your bag and stepped outside.

You whipped around to lock the door. You shoved the key in.

and it didn’t turn.

A sharp inhale and another attempt the door locked. But there were one too many clicks. A cool metal pressed against the back of your head.

“Unlock the door.” You shuddered and immediately your eyes widen. You stood unblinking. Your eyes began to sting . The gun was pressed further into your head.

“NOW!”

As soon as he shouted there was a crash behind you and the pressure from the gun was relieved. A loud and angry shout left your assailant.

You peaked over your shoulder to see the man on the ground. He was clutching his wrist and the gun had been knocked from his grasp. You looked to his hand to see….was that a ninja star? What the heck??

You looked to where it seemed the star had come from and saw a tall lean figure looking at the man he strolled over to the guy and using the-oh my god this guy has a sword- butt of the handle and knocked it into the guys temple.

The man’s head bounced between the handle and the floor and finally your hero’s eyes fell to you.

“Well! That was a close one! Aren’t you lucky I got here when I did.” You looked the figure up and down. He looked similar to the guys that had been bitten by those mosquitos on the news, mutated. In a way….he looked like a turtle man. He had a blue mask with red striped peaking out from under. The man also had another sword strapped to his back and wrapping around his ankles to his knees and wrists to his elbows.

New York… what a town.

“Are you gonna attack me too?” You really wanted to appreciate him for what he did but you never could be too safe. All the other mutated guys started robbing people and how were you to know what he wanted?!

He looked at you like he was caught off guard. “I save your life and you accuse me of being another attacker? Yeowch.” He scoffed with a slight laugh closing his eyes and placing a hand on his forehead. You started to reach out before he cracked an eye and smirking at you. “Nah don’t worry, I’m here to rescue damsels in distress. It’s kind of my job.”

You let out a huff of air and smiled. As he put the sword into one of the handles strapped to his back.

“Well then is there anything I can do to tha-“ you never got to finish as a gun shot rang through the air. You both slowly looked to his shoulder. As his eyes made contact with his shoulder and saw the red spot beginning to leak blood. He screamed. You screamed.

“Get in the car!!” You hadn’t really thought that one through. You just wanted both of you in a safe space. So you got in the car and sped off.

He sat in your passenger side clutching his shoulder as you made the call to the police to report the man who had threatened you.

The mutated man beside you had his teeth digging into his bottom lip huffing out air attempting to not make a sound while you were on the call.

When you finally hung up he spoke again. “Do you have anything I can put on this?” You weren’t even sure what he needed. You pressed your lips in a line. “Just look in the back.”

You heard his seat belt unbuckle as he began to reach and rummage in the back seats of your car.

You heard him mumble a “perfect” and lean back forward.

“Oh my gosh I was looking for that shirt!!” You reached out and took it from his hand. He looked at you with wide eyes and a questioning brow. “Ahem?? I’m bleeding out right now?” You glanced back at him and his shoulder. “It’s my favorite?” You returned very weakly.

“Bleeding!!! Out!!!”

You gave him back the t and winced a little when you heard the rip.

“So forgive me for being…insensitive to-“ you glanced at him and back to the road and gestured with one hand toward him. “-this. but do you need a hospital or a vet.”

He paused for a minuet. “Why would I need a vet?”

Was this a trap. You weren’t sure. He sounded too serious. You swallowed. “Uhm.. you look like a turtle.”

“Oh well then I guess a vet makes sense.”

You turned right before you heard him gasp.

“WAIT NO HOSPITAL!” Sharp left turn and he laughed hard.

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You made it to the hospital just fine and got him checked in. A nurse showed you to the waiting area and there you sat while your hero went in to get the bullet removed.

After some time a nurse came in to tap your shoulder and let you know he was ok.

At the same time a nurse had entered his room to inform him he had a guest. He swallowed waiting for the speech he was sure Donnie had prepared.

His eyes widened and the monitor sped up as you walked in instead.

“I thought you’d have left by now.” He kind of chuckled as you slowly came in to sit at the foot of the bed. You were glancing between your hand and his shoulder. “You saved my life. I had to make sure yours was saved too”

The monitor got faster. He spoke trying to cover it up but you didn’t miss it. “Ahh it was just a bullet!” You smiled at him. “I can uhm.” You thought for a minuet before letting out a soft exhale from your nose. “I can cover the hospital bill in exchange for saving my life…even if it was ‘just a bullet.”

He scoffed “in New York? Pshaw. I’m not planning to put you into debt.” You laughed at that. Smiling at him as you thought some more.

“Alright then what can I do for you?” You held out the ooh as to ask him his name.

He cracked a wide grin before leaning over to take your hand with his good arm.

“Leo-“ he answered “-and let me take you to dinner.”

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Terrapin Soup Part 3

Leo made his way home and found his brothers still sitting where they'd been when it left, all a bit closer seeming to be talking about something important. Their expressions posed in a serious and intense look. "Whatcha up to?" Called, breaking all their thoughts as they perked up, looking much happier to see Leo back. "Oh nothing" Donnie said, glancing towards his wrist tech, "I was just giving a lengthy update on all the new additions to the system I made today and-"

"Ah nope, okay that's where you can stop. Anyway I have some much more interesting to say so, ahem" Donnie rolled his eyes but quieted down to listen, hoping it was something related to his dinner date. "So! You can meet my friend, under his conditions. We're all gonna meet up with him tomorrow. And you all have to be on your best behavior I'm serious- Oh, and one more thing, I kinda forgot but uh-.. We are dating. Don't make a big deal of it though-"

"You what??" Was that Splinters voice..? Everyone turned their heads to see Splinter staring in the doorway, a cup of tea in one hand that seemed to mean he was getting ready for bed. Leo sighed and stepped forward about to come clean, but Mikey stepped in front of him to blab. "Leos got a boyfriend!!" Splinter narrowed his eyes staring at them for a moment, everyone else stayed quiet seeing what would happen between the two. "You do huh?"

"I.. Y-Yeah.. Yes. His name is Usagi. He's a rabbit yokai and I really like him.."

"I see.. How old is he?"

"Sixteen I think, he's only a few months older then I am so-"

"Where did you meet?"

"Oh.. uh. I was in the hidden city, I-I was kind of wandering around y'know just uh- Doing stuff, when I ran into him and y'know.. Started talking..." 

"You are even worse at lying the orange-"

"No really! I was.. I was looking for some advice on something important and he really helped me with it. And we just kept talking after that.." 

"And you like him, like.. reeaally reeaally?" Leo hesitated for a moment before nodding, "I think so.. Yes."

"Then I have one thing to say." Oh boy, here it comes. "Tell him I said hello! And to come visit sometime okay? And boys, if he ever brakes blues heart I give you permission to hunt him down!"

"Yes sensei!" They called back. Leo smiled and pulled Splinter into a hug, "Thanks pops.. I'll make sure to bring him over sometime." He pulled back and turned back to Raph, "Just be ready around noon okay?" Raph nodded back and watched as  Leo headed off to his room. "So did he officially just come out to us?" 

"Well we already knew he liked guys, I mean have you seen him?"

"Yeah but has he ever like, said it directly before? Cause I don't think he has?"

"...... Ohmigosh you're right-"

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The next morning Leo spent most of it talking with Usagi over his phone about what exactly they would do and what watch of them were okay with since they now had to act like they were dating or at least something of the sort. They both agreed on three main things. 

1. No kissing, not out of dislike for the other but just because they'd only formally met once and that was a bit too fast moving for either of them

2. No mushy name calling for the same reason as above, things like "babe" would be fine but neither of them liked cheesy nicknames 

3. No mentioning their.. Unique food preferences. Usagi didn't seem to mind as much as Leo did. He would've had no issue telling his brothers about his upbringing if asked it seemed, but Leo still didn't want to raise more questions.

Leo put his phone away after receiving the location of where to meet up, "Alright guys you ready?" He called as he turned the corner entering the kitchen, Donnie was on his phone with Mikey over his shoulder, watching some video of a dancing cat with mild amusement. Raph on the other hand was still packing a small bag full of snacks. The others looked up and stood from their spots stretching a bit before giving the nod that they were all set to head out. Leo grabbed one of his swords from its hilt, opening a portal in place of the kitchens doorway. "Vamonos tortugas!" He called as he went through the portal first. They followed after only a little hesitant since it was known Leos portals weren't exactly full-proof. But once on the other side they all stopped their thoughts of disbelief when they saw the vibrant garden before them. It looked like the world around them had the colors inverted almost, it was beautiful.

"Leo!" Ad the portal disappeared they all turned to see Usagi, giving a small wave to the group. Leo smiled back walking over with the others following behind him. He realized as he walked over that this is in fact the stupidest and most lengthy thing he's ever done to lie about something. I mean, getting a fake boyfriend who was into the same fucked up thing you were and forming a fake relationship with him to throw your family off your trail- He joked yesterday about being in a shitty movie but this really seemed like something he'd watch on some forgotten channel late at night when there was nothing else to watch. He stood beside Usagi gesturing towards him, "So this is Usagi.. My... My boyfriend" Mikey threw his arms up the first to fully welcome Usagi with a hug, "Ahhh he's sooo fluffy!! I'm Michelangelo but just call me Mikey, or orange, or Mike, or Angelo or-" Donnie pulled Mikey back by his shell, both unamused and unsurprised at his little brothers reaction. "Mhmm, charming. I'm Donatello, the brains and better twin of Leon. And if you hurt him just know I have a growing list of ways to make someone disappear." "Dee-" Raph gasped, pushing him aside to gently shake Usagi's hand. "I'm sorry about my brothers, I'm Raphael. The oldest. We're all really happy to meet you finally, Donnie here was just joking." Usagi turned to Leo with a little chuckle, "I see what you were saying now." "Hey I warned you" He said back with a laugh, at least it wasn't an absolute train wreck like his anxiety told him it would be.. "I am honored to meet you all as well. Leo's told me many good things about his family, I hope we can get along. I brought some food from home, well.. The meal itself was bought but I did make the snacks" They all looked interested at the mention of food, he smiled pulling the bag off his back and sitting beside a nearby tree, gesturing for the rest of them to sit with him. Leo looked at the bag, from home he said? No.. he wouldn't, would he? Leo sat beside him and looked to what he brought, it was just rice balls and cut fruits. It looked pretty good.. He glanced to Usagi, having heard the meal itself was bought, so what were the snacks? "It's kind of like the shaved ice you have in New York." He said turning to Leo, almost as if he was reading his mind. "It's very good for the warmer days, I was taught and have been making it in the summer every year since I.. Since I was taken in." Leo nodded a little glancing back  to him, "It looks good, I was a little curious what kind of snack you'd bring, I can't wait to try it then" Usagi smiled, gently resting his hand over Leos, "I've made a special one for you, I tried something new so I'd like you to test it for me~"  His brothers glanced to their hands, unaware of the meaning behind it. Leo however, was very unsure how to respond, if it was what he thought it was.. This was a very dangerous game they were playing. Of course, his nervous expression probably made him look flustered to his brothers. "Oh? I-I see, I uh.. I'm not a big sweets guy but I mean, I'll try anything once." "Oh I know~" He handed the food to each brother, Raph taking his snacks out as well and distributing them. "And what are these?" Usagi asked as Raph handed him a fistful of pizza puffs. "Its out own little creation, more Mikey's then mine really. Kind of like pizza bites?"

"Oh! I've never had those, but they look good." His jaw nearly hit the floor, he's never had pizza bites? That was.. It was a tragedy! "Well here try these first, they're life changing!" Usagi took one, his expression showing he wasn't exactly convinced but he bit into it anyway. His eyes lighting up as he finished the puff in his hand. "That.. Was much better then I expected- This would be very good with some additions, maybe a sauce to dip them in or some kind of savory filling.. I will make a note of this." Raph chuckled a little, "Yeah? I'm glad you like 'em. You'll have to come over sometime so Mikey can give you the recipe." They didn't talk as much once they all started eating, of course there were a few questions like, where they met, who asked who out, what kind of activities would make Leo stay out all night once a month. All of which Usagi answered in a composed manner that made Leo thank the pizza in the sky that Usagi agreed to help him. And when lunch was over Usagi wasted no time handing out his treat with little spoons for them too or course. "This is called Kakigōri. Its shaved ice, with flavored syrups and sweeteners." The treats were all in their respective colors of course, save for Leo who's, on top of being blue, had dark red streaks to symbolize his markings. His brothers had no hesitation, excited to try something new and digging right in. They all lit up making a mix of surprised and delighted expressions. Leo glanced back to the one in his hand, at the red marks specifically. It was much darker then the color that had been used for Raph's so of course his first instinct was to associate it with something a bit darker then he wanted to admit. His eyes drifted back to Usagi who just smiled at him, giving a little nod to confirm his thoughts before the others could notice. "Go on Leo, I want to see what you think of it. It took a while to get it right so I really hope it's good." His brothers paused looking back to Leo who was still hesitating, unsure why he'd even think twice about such a delicious treat. 

"Gotcha, for a second there I wasn't too sure if I should fight your boyfriend cause I mean, seems kind of rude, but if he thinks he can handle it, why not." "I'll look forward to our next meeting then." Leo used his swords to open a portal for them, half wanting to go with but he still had some things he needed to ask Usagi about privately so he didn't fight it. "I'll be home later, or text you if anything happens." Once the portal was gone Leo turned back to Usagi, who was sitting in his spot still eating his own treat with the most casual vibe he'd ever seen from anyone who was doing something they shouldn't. "What the hell was that-" He asked in a whisper as he sat back down. "Who did- How did- I.. I can't even begin to form the words-" "Oh please, I feel like you should've expected this of me. Hey at least I didn't put that on your brothers servings as well. I could've, they wouldn't have noticed. Might've even enjoyed it.." "I.." Leo sighed as sat beside him leaning back against the tree, "I'm seriously conflicted, bet you enjoy watching me panic hm" "Well.. I can't say it wasn't a least a little amusing, but I don't enjoy making you feel bad. You did like it thought didn't you? you told me normal food doesn't sit right with you, so why wouldn't I try to do something nice for you?" "..I guess... That makes sense.. But seriously where did you even get that stuff..?" "Don't worry, it's not dirty. I told you I'm very carful about cleaning everything I use. As a bodyguard I am often thrown into battle, those I face most often do not making it out. That's where I get these things. Its.. Convenient, and doesn't harm anyone else. The addition in question, was of course the blood, with sugar an a bit of water. To make the syrup is pretty easy itself it was sterilizing the blood that took a while. But I have some separate cooking dishing for doing things like that. I'm not a big fan of messy work spaces. You really should see it, it can be fun once you get the hang of the process." Leo rubbed the back of his neck, glancing to the box Usagi had brought the treats in.. "Would you like another now that they're gone?" The growl that echoed from his stomach was more then enough of an answer, he sighed and nodded. "..Yeah... It was really good actually.." Usagi just chuckled filling his cup back up and handing it back to him, "If you're not mad anymore, dinner is still an option~"  Leo took the cup back not hesitating this time to take the first bite, "Mm.. Maybe, I did say I would.. I'll text my brothers later and I guess let them know I'm staying late." Usagi scooted a bit closer, resting his head against Leos shoulder, "Or you could just stay the night. I have a very comfortable bed you know."

Leo froze for a moment, was he.. Flirting? Part 4.1 Part 1

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